VOL. 8
Elkin.N. C, Thursday, June 5, 1019
Ko. 10
NC-4 FLYING HIGH AND
ESCORTFJ) HY AIRSHIPS
REACHES BRITISH POR
riymouth, May 31. The sea
j, ;
plane NC-4, pride of the Amcri
can navy, crossed Plymouth
sound this afternoon, circled the
place whence the Pile-rim fa
thcrs sailed in their cockleshel
ship for the new world in 1020
and alighted in the Catte water
her epoch-making transatlantic
flight ended.
As she came in view through
the haze, easily recognizable
among the escorting Britis
. fliers by her great bulk, England
gave her the splendid welcome
she deserved.
Leaving Ferrol, Spain, where
Lieut.-Com. Alltert C. Head hat
t-lected to spend Friday night, at
f:27 this morning, the NC-4
covered the distance of approxi
mately fiOO miles to Plymouth in
less than seven hours.
Despite adverse wind and
weather conditions the NC-4
covered the last leg without a
Vh to mar the exploit. Safe
and sound? but thoroughly fatig
ued by the physical ordeal of the
trip, as well as the mental strain
-,'ommander Lead and his crew
rlre sleeping peacefully tonight.
The rousing welcome of Ply
mouth residents to the Ameri
can airmen and the cordial re
ception given to them altonrd the
, Rochester by Rear Admiral
Plunkett, the mayor of Ply
mouth, British and American of
ficials and the crews of other
NC planes, reached a climax
with the first actual landing of
I the victorious crew at the spot
' from which the Pilgrims set
forth for America
There was wonderful interest
in today's flight, although it was
eclipsed by the previous flights
of this seaplane, for in the opin-
ion of American naval officers
and the British public general
ly the NC-I reached ihe peak of
her great adventure when she
spanned the Atlantic at Lisbon.
The last stage of the journey
was regarded by airmen chiefly
as a "side show" to attest the
firm friendship which the war
has cemented U-tween this
uiitry and the t'nitcd States.
The pride felt by Americans
in the extraordinary feat of the
NC-4 finds echo tonight in genu
ine admiration, expressed by
British naval men and airmen
for the crew's nki" and pluck
and the well wo J out plans
of the American navy to facili
tate and safe-guard the flight.
The NC-1 flew in lain and
I fog through the bay of Biscay
and fog also was encountered off
Brest, eoiiiHiling the plane to
keep at a low altitude.
Although news of the pro
gress of the craft was passed
along by warships stationed on
the way, it was not until noon
that the woid was received from
Commander Read himself. His
message merely icmrted his
jKisition.
In his first greeting to Com
mander Lead and his men, the
ryayorof Plymouth said:
C ' It is with profound grati
tude that I here today on kdialf
of old Plymouth, from which
the Mayflower sailed 300 years
years ago, welcome you after
your tremendous and wonderful
flight over the waters separat
ing us. I think I can speak with
the voice of Kngland in express
to. ing great admiration for your
achievement and in welcoming
to thse shores our American
cousins."
The NC-l appeared suddenly
out of the hare at 2:19, summer
time. After circling over the
harlior, she dropied gracefully
toward the Catte water, alight
ing near the Buoy prepared for
her at 2 :22. The great crowd on
the harltor front cheered hearti
ly and craft tied down their
whistles in noisy welcome.
4 The seaplane when sighted
was flying high and leading an
escort of three flying loats.
Her enormous size, dwarfing
that of the escorting planes, left
afj doubt of her identity. While
. , , iiie thousands of spectators
yelled themselves hoarse, the
flying loats dropped very light
ly, and a fleet of small lioats
rushed out to greet the Ameri
cans. .
The captain's gig from the
mine layer Aroostook proceed
ed to the NC-4 as the latter tax
- &d up to her buoy, where she
HOWARD WILCOX WINS
500-MILK AUTO RACE.
Indianapolis, May 31. How
ard Wilcox, of Indianapolis, to
day won the seventh annual in
ternational sweep-stakes race of
500 miles at the motor speed
way, his time for the distance
being 5 :4 1 :21 :75. Two driver
Arthur Thurman and Louis Le
cocq, and a mechanician, R
Bandini, were killed during the
contest, and two others were in
jured.
As a result of his victory Wil
cox wins a prize of $20,000
Fifty thousand dollars was di
vided among the first ten driv
ers. Among the prize winners
finished in the order named
Hearne, Coux, Guyot, Alley, De-
palma, L. Chevrolet, Vail, G
Chevrolet and Thomas.
wncox ana i nomas were
team mate"?. Wilcox assumed
the lead as the contest approach
ed the half-way mark and drove
consistently throughout. He had
two stops, once for a tire
change, and on the other occa
sion to take on gasoline, oil
Witter and to repair a loose
steering knuckle. His average
was 87.12 miles an hour.
All records for the Indianapo
is speedway were shattered by
Ralph de Palma for the first
20O miles. I,ong stays in the pit
lowever, put the Italian driver
almost entirely out of tho run
ning and it was only by terrific
Mced that he managed to finish
iixth.
Arthur Thurman. driving a
car he had reassembled himself,
was killed when his machine
turned over on its back before
the race had progressed 2.0
miles. He was dead w hen found
lis mechaniciau'received a frac
tured skull, and was rush'nl to a
lospital, where he was operated
on immediately.
Iouis tarocq and his assistant
Landini were burned to death
when their car turned over and
caught fire. The accident hap-
ened on the north turn and the
machine rolled over three times
ie fore it stopjH'd. pinning !oth
Jriver and mechanician under it.
The race was one of the most
sensational ever held here.
'.roken steering knuckles, the
oss of wheels, two cars turning
over without serious injury, and
the loss of exhaust pipes kept
the crowd on the edge from
tail to finish. The electrical
liming device was broken when
one car. pulling in minus a front
wheel, caught the wire and
tore it from its connections.
his hapjenei in the last '0
miles of the race.
At no time was the field
trung out. not more than two
minutes separating the winner
and second num. The remain
der of the field was proportion
ately bunched.
qiWkly made fast. It was a per
fect landing. As the mcmler
of the crew were lcing taken of!
by the Uat from the Aroostook
for their reception on the Ro
chester, the British flying Itoats
swept into the Catte water and
drew up alongside the NC-4.
A strong west wind was
blowing when the NC-4 came in.
The inner hartor was calm, and
presented a fine setting for the
brilliant picture as viewed from
the densely crowded slojws of
Plymouth's celebrated play
grounds, the Hoe. The haie ly
ing over the sound obscured vis
ibility, and it wits not until the
NC-4 was over the harltor that
her presence liecame known.
It had lccn expected that the
American flier would arrive at a
little kfore 2 o'clock and some
anxiety was felt when that hour
passed. Once, flying lioats
which had liocn scouting out as
far as the Kddystone light, 14
miles away, returned to the har
lor and a false alarm was raised
that the NC-4 had arrived.
The American naval base re
ceived 70 telegrams today di
rected to the commander of the
NC-4. Lieut. Com. A. C. Read,
and others of the crew, congra
tulating them on the finish of
the flight. The niKjority of the
messages were from the United
States, one leing from Jasephus
Daniels, secretary of the navy.
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trariNitliintlc fllSlit from NVufoiiti.llnmt ( I.K.n. 'J-A V'w of II,- tnm.lr.-d'.
bU ili-monst ration aiC'tlnM . war tin on o,,t ht.-r i.ihI lv ( r.-io.i. 3. -
Mp In the world. Jut before It a liiuiMiml at lmg I-limd City.
CKR.MANY'S ARMKD
POKCKS NUMI5KR .i:,0.00
Coblenz May 20. A re)oi t on
the Cerman military strength
has been issued by the head
quarters of the American army
of occupation, "in view of the
fa' t that May 1 officially marks
the end of the (I rnian demobi
lization and the functioning ol
the new army and Reichswehr."
In January, when it becnm
clear that the old army must k'
ut that troops were needed to
pie.serve order and for the east
ern front, numerous enterprise
.ng officers began organizing
V( hmteer units of which no two
were alike, except that all osten
sibly were for the eastern frot.l.
Later these units, usually term
ed Freiwilliger, began combining
nd as they proved their worth
in suppressing disorders, were
almo.st without exception offi
cially adopted by the LlK-rt-Sch-fidemann
government, and are
till the main strength of the
iew army.
In addition to these Freiwi;!:-
ge-inits, a!mot every old army
ieg:nient has lately U-en trying
to save something out of the
vreck by recruiting volunteei
dctntliments to pass over into
the Reichswehr or new ami v. It
is still unsettled how far these
units can keep up their old regi
mental identities, but apparently
they arc all to be absorbed into
the new Reichswehr organiza
tions. Few of these volunteer
detachments have yet shown
themselves to U of much value.
New Army Ktablixhrd.
The national assembly at
Weimar has officially establish-
ed the new anny, or Reichswehr
until May 1, 11120. mid permit tint
the administration to arrange an
eiaus. i ne war ministry has
accordingly ordered the army of
approximately 2r0.(M)0 men with
.0.000 additional homo guards,
to lie composed entirely of volun
teers. Roughly sneakinir. there
will Ik? one brigade in each of
the old corps districts through
out Cermany.
One important change from
the old system is the creation of
leneral Luttw izs group or armv,
with headquarter at Berlin,
which will recruit from all Ger
many, and practically le the na
tional government army directly
under the war minister, with
alwit f.0,000 men. This treat
reiwilliger unit already has
this strength, and is Heir
Noske's great reliance at pres
ent in suppressing all . part wist
lisorders.
The total number under rms
is 325.0(H). The present .tava-
lan situation may result in
some small changes in these
figures, but the data are as yet
too limited to justify conclu
sions.
The alove estimate has lnrn
very carefully prepared by the
American authorities, who have
ecn making a special study of
the organization and strength of
the new German army. Num
bers of American officers have
een on duty in unoccupied Ger
man territory in connection with
lerlin conferences and the work
of American troops in regard to
lussian and other prison camps
still existing in Germany, as
well as in regard to the passage
of Polish troops through Ger
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many.
Conservative Estimate.
The means, therefore, have
not been lacking of ascertaining
the truth, but the above must
be taken as a very conservative
estimate of Germany's present
miiltaiy strength. It must ever
be borne in mind that the Frei
williger units contain some of
the the best material that the
German army ever had. Nearly
all are professional soldiers,
the ranks U-ing filled with many
old non-commissioned officers.
Germany has today more than
4,01)0.0(10 men trained to modern
warfare, and having .-ecu actual
service dm ing the war.
Although it is unquestionably
true that the mass of the Ger
man people were sick of the war
when the armistice was dechir
ed. the fei ling js ; weiring o!f,
and from personal observation-;
during the last five month in
Germany I am convinced that if
in six months or a year from
now Germany issued a new call
to arms, she would have little
dilliculty in expanding her pres.
ent army of ...".dhhi men into
one qt leat four times a laige.
Also it must be taken into con
sideration that the Ameiiran es
timate does not ineltide tho home
guard or imluing companies,
which could easily le develop!
t a 'int where they would ex
reed id nunifiers the tot.il stand
ing army. These local honu
guards are ie..!!y a .sort of con
stabulaiy iii.ule up of old non
commissioned ol heel s utitj ve
terans. The marine division of
Frankfurt, which it a tvpical
home guard, docs not contain
one man owr 30 years of aee.
Sl'RRY JMI.-HUi; Ahl.lt
CMTI UKD IN VIRGINIA
Dob.-on. May 31. Shell!! Bel
Jon and Yuginia officers arriv
ed here Thursday night with the
hcjjjo who escaped from jail
here Tuesday morning, he hav
ing U-en raptured nt Pulaski.
Va., just us he was preparing to
board a train for West Virginia.
l'.ver .since his escape here
Tuesday morning Roberts has
In-en hunted by officers of this
county and from Carrol county.
Va. On Tuesday altct twn the
sheriff of Carroll county with
three other men. cause here,
bringing bloodhound from
Ililisville. The dogs took the
scent nt the jail door and follow
ed into a dense forest Un do ing
Fisher's river. A heavy rain
prevented further progress with
the dogs on a tral that had Ix'cn
made ten hours. Tuesday night
it was learned that he passed
near Mount Airy on his way to
wards his home in Virginia.
Wednesday night Roberts stole
the horse of a Carroll county de
puty who wa.s on the hunt for
him at the time. From this
point he pmc ceded towards Pu
laski City. leaving this horse,
he stole another, arriving in
Pulaski City Thursday morn
ing, where his arrest followed.
The officers found a saw for cut
ting steel liars and several loaves
of light bread sewed up in Rolr
crts overalls when arrested.
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IMPOSSIBLE TO CARRY
OFT TIIK TKRMS, SAYS
TIIL GK R.MAN ANSWKK.
Washington. June I. Gor
many, although realizing that
she must make sacrifices to ob
tain peace, is convinced that tin
executions of the peace lreat
as drawn "are more than tin
Gen uiii people can bear."
(Vu.t von Bidckdorir-Raiit
t . I r . i ,
.an. man 01 me t.crman noacc
delegation, thus Minis up the at
titue'e of the German nation to
wariH tlu proposed treat v of
peace in a note to the allied am
associated powers, outlining var
ious German counter-proposals.
The German note, delivered to
Premier Clemcnceau. president
or the peace conference, lad
Thursday, was made public to
night by the state department.
Tl. . , it
i ne iorman delegation now
here, in its note, asserts that it
will refuse to sign the present
treaty but declares on the be
half of the German nation that
"even in her need, justice for hei
is too s.k ud a thing to allow her
to stoop to achieve conditions
which she cannot undertake to
carry out."
Lc!iision of Germany from
the ye of nations, the note
assfe means that ill signing
the M-ace treaty Germany
would be executing a "decree for
us own proscription, nav, its
own death sentence."
The German pisiple. the note
'ays, have been disappointed in
their "hope for a peace of jus
tice which had let-n promised"
and stand "aghast" at the de
mands made upon them by the
'"victorious violence of out
enemies."
Outlining its counter propos.
als, the German delegation
agu es to reduction of Gel man's
army and navy on condition that
Germany be admitted immedi
ately to the league of nations; to
renounce Germany's sovereign
lights- li Alsace-Irraine and
Posen. but as to all other ter
ritories which Germany is called
iihiii to give up the principle of
self-determination. applicable
at once, is asked; to subject all
German volonion to administra
tion by tiie league of nations not
under German mandatory and to
make the indemnity payments
as requited but in amounts that
w ill burden the German taxpay
er no more heavier than the tax
payer of the" most heavily-bur-detied
state among those repre
sented on the reparation com
mission. The note declares Germany is
willing to pool her entire mer
chant marine with that of the
associated Hwers. Neutral
participation in the inquiry as
to rcsHnsihility for the war is
asked.
Austrian Will be Handed
Their Peace Terms Today
The long awaited presenta
tion to the Austrian of the
terms under which they may
have peace with the allied and
associated pow ers will take place
Monday at St. German-cn-Laye,
a short distance outside of
Paris. The Austrian will learn
however, only what they will
have to do from the military and
political standpoints and how
their future lioundaries r.re to
run. The cost to them finan
cially in indemnities and repara
tions will be withheld to be pre-
nil RSDAY'S ARRFST IN
CIIAm.OTTK Ml'RDKU CASIO
Charlotte, May 30.--The ar
i.'sl Thursday of Biennan Swar
niren, a 1 it-year-old youth, in
he Montgomery murder case
ias arc-used the highest interos
') the city. Swaringen wa.
irked i.p ye.rterday afternoo,,
wider orders of Chief of Police
V. I!. Oi r in connection with the
'(iliing of Montgomery on the
Myers Purk road lad Friday
night. Swaringen and Finest
Hunter, the negro charged with
the crime, were riding togeth"!
n a Ford auto on the evening o
he tr;:;edy, the police have i
.ablished by th alleged admis
ion oi' Swaringen r.nd they ai
trough inclined to believe th;
Ills have been the mvstei
ous Ford that Miss Oucn sai(
u'as following her and Moutgt m
ery. Swaringen drives a For
lelivery truck for John M. Scott
tnd company. On Saturdav
morning a few hours after Hun
ter was arrested information
'.va obtained which caused th
police to send for Swaringen
When brought to the police sta
lion if fell in a swoon. He
puckly recovered and told
number of th-ngs. The 22 cali
lier pistol lound in the home of
lluntc r on the ni'dit of the tinn
ier is (he property of Swaren
'.re n. It is allceoil that Swan n
'ii aixi iiunier nave iieen com
.... i 1 1 . i .
panions on a number of trips in
to Myers Park for niinioses o
ae dropping (untiles who wen
I here. ( lncf On- released
laliiigeii but has Watched hiir
vcr since.
ented at a later date.
Meanw hue commission of the
lilies ;ue iroinir tlirouidi tin
lerman counter proposal to tin
lennaii treaty and it is expect-
ii that the reply of the allied
Hid associated jHMVer. to then-
will Ik.- delivered during the
present week. Sundav saw the
ouncil of four inactive, jiwait-
ing tlo' report of the commis
sion. Count von Brockdorff-
lantzaii. head of the Germar.
relegation, continues to assert
that the allied tenns cannot be
iccepted as originally framed
leclai ing them to Ik "more than
the German people can bear."
Whether the allies are tc
make concessions remains to bi
i'ti.
German troops in Ittland
and Lithuania are refuted te
ive been ordered to withdraw
to new lines in Baltic province
marked out for them bv the al
led high command. Biitish and
K'l.sheyiki Rtisssiaii warships
igain have come into battle in
the Gulf of Finland.
Although the Uil heviki had
the big battleships Pethoitov
iv.sk, a vessel of 2'.nn7 tons in
their battle line, they were fore-
I eventually to flee to Kions-
tl.ult.
Iguaiue Jail Padeiewski. pre
mier ol rolatitt, has requested
'resident Wilson to form a com
mission ol American to proceed
to Poland to investigate the re-
orts of pogroms and other ex
cesses against the Jew in that
country.
The threatened Imdon police
trike has lieon postponed until
after peace is signed.
SOME JAPANF.SK THINK
HIGHLY OF AMERICANS
Tokio April 2". Japanese ap-
n'cciation of good points of
mericans finds expression in
oll.ttioii of personal comments
published by the Jitsugyo, a
commercial periodical. The fall
owing are representative ex
tract:
Dr. K. Miyake: "Japi.n has
much to learn from America.
he unanimity with which
mci-ici entered the war, and
the patriotism which her sons
emonstrated on the firing front
and behind it i worth studying.
he next thing which Japan has
to study altout the American Is
lis cnteiprising spirit of social
affairs."
Dr. T. Nakajima: 'The Japa
nese are exclusively cunning and
intriguing. Long years of feu-
dism are to be blamed for
this. In contrast w ith us the
Americans are downright by na
ture. That they have a wonder
ful power of assimilating those
ho come near them may be
traced to this American open-
ANGELKS TELLS
OF IKS OBJECTS.
Washington, May 'M. - Gener
al Felipe Angeles, recently pro
claimed by V illa's U)t vs a pro
visional president of Mei:'n, (,.
sent a communication to Wa.-.h-ington,
it was learned today, for
presentation to the state depart
ment, setting forth hi objects
in leading the revolution now in
progress in northern Mexico.
Acting Secretary Polk said
that no communication had been
received and that none would be
: i 1 1
r runt, as 1 al Ti.llU ,l p'v. I-
I nt of Mexico an I Gem ral ,u
Hes win a rebel operating
'giinrt the constituted .inthori'
lies, lie made it plain, however
that General Angeles was r--garded
as an ex 'cllint soldier
lith a good record.
In the communication which
lie hoped wou'd reach the de
partment. General Angdls de
dared the piimary puipoe of
his revolution was to restore the
'on.ditution of 1H."i7, which he
pointed out provide for legal
change of the fundamental hw.
of the country and which make,
the Oucrctaro constitution ut
terly illegal. He promised pro
tection to all legal interests of
Mexicans and foreigners .nil
aid he wanted to restore la",
ind order in all parts of the Re
public. General Angeles ipmli.i i,ed
hat he would not deal with I e
'ix Diax. General Manuel Vm
"Iragon. Rudolfo Reves, forrfi-r
nresid.Mit de La Barra or ;mv c no
.'.ho was a member of the l!u.
ita cabinet at the time ol' the
Madero assassination. Motidr.i.
rn Krenlly attenqitcd to eile, t
a union of the rebel in il.
outh under Felix Diaz and him
e'f with the Villa force.-, in tho
north, but failed.
Reports rejiching WashiniMoii
through various sources till oi
Itodies of former 'illist:i . 1. 1
nany Mexicjin who opjxi e Cji-
iinza regime in different nan
of Mexico, rallying to Angela'
standard upon learning that he
lad been proclaimed provision 4!
president.
I KALM.OAD OF TKAt.ElM
(Mr. Joseph Lin.lon ."simih 1.
The Youth's Companion
The last convoy that I saw
Aiaii (the French Under towti
where the civilians from th-.-territory
occupied by the G,t
man were repatriated) wa.s
"f children, .'loo or pio it( them,
many tpiite young. Most of then
mothers were held in Geitnaiiv
hey were emaciated lievond U-
ief.
French officer, with a look
if intense agony on hi face, dL-
lacted my attention fiom the
hil.lren. I stopped beside him.
W hat is it?" I asked aln lost iti
ohmt.irily. "My wife has jud.
ied in the enemy' hands, al
so my girl of seventeen at ht t
hank God! Three times I have
ecu here to meet niv liovs.
whom I have not seen for four
ears. They were two and
three years old then, and todav
-" he paused, with a look of
horror on his face. "Not dead?"
asked, feeling I could not
tiuid the answer. "No; but
they do not know me, their fa
ther, whose soul yearns for
them. I thoucht I wjls nretiar-
d for everything the enemy
ould do to me, but this is un
bearable." And he broke into
onvulsive weeping, completely
unnerved.
ess of heart."
T. Shidachi, formerly presi
ent of the Industrial bank:
There are many commendable
traits in the American, but his
pu it of social service is to mo
the most remarkable. He is
firm believer in Christianity, but
ic does not lielieve in that reli
gion merely for peace of mind.
tut in order to contribute to
wards making society better and
the world more livable bv in-
uencing the thought of others.
irm in his religious belief, he is
uring to a sublime degree, and
never despairs. He is optimis
tic, and defies all obstacles with
cheery face."
Mr. Furuya, director of a
trading company: "The Ameri
cans are outspoken. Their
turning desire is to see them-
elves a great nation in accor-
ance with their own conception
of greatness."