North Carolina Newspapers

1 1 polk comnry iircvTS; try(t, itoiith Carolina : ; i: ii u i i 1 1 :" - " i . ! 1 I y t ! 4. IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THI AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN HE NEWS 0FTHE SOUTH What la Taking Place In Tha South land Will Be Found In BHef Paragraphs : . The New Tear received a "'kidely and varied welcome in New VorkCtty on New Year's Eve night. In the big hotels of the White Light district the newcomer was welcomed by the pri vate stock-holding class with all ex uberance of days when prohibition was still a reformer's dream and a jest. The exuberance of the private stockless citizens was, however, decid edly restrained. The customary crowds thronged Broadway, but the cowbells and horns which on previous New Year's nights threatened the ear drumsof everyone within hearing, were much modulated in tone and .there was little of the riotous horse play that previous years had known. Priies aggregating more than two million dollars will be divided among aviators in competitions being arrang ed throughout the world in 1920 un- der the direction of the International Aeronautic Federation, according t r ( announcement at New York City. Air- "indorsed by Daniel C Roper, commis American competitors will be selected -joner of internal revenue, at Washing by the Aero Club of America. A survey of the medical centers oNaroused public conscience" with re Virginia and other southern states has begun to arrange for ah allotment of the one hundred million dollar Rocke feller fund. Major Gen. Leonard Wood filed a formal announcement of his candidacy for the Republican presidential nom ination with the South Dakota secre tary of state at Pierre. Four unmasked robbers, shortly be fore noon, entered the Farmers and Merchants National bank of Benson a suburb of Omaha, Neb lined six employes and five customers of the bank against the wall and robbed the vault of one hundred and fifteen thou sand dollars, most of which was m ne gotiable paper and Liberty Bonds An experiment in , psycnoiogy was tried at the county jail in Chicago m j the grizzly dim hour of dawn recent- year review of business and crop con ly, when two hundred prisoners were j ditions. Manufacturers, the report forced to witness the hanging' of a I said, have orders in excess of their ca convicted murderer. The most har- j dened criminals were selected to wit-1 ness the execution. Continuation ' of government nitrate plants at Muscle Shoals, Ala., to man- ufacture fertilizer products during peace time, is urged by Secretary Ba- ker upon a special house committee investigating war expenditures. He oe twpirp mmion dollars is-' J" j ... ; i Tr,otpi necessary to be appropriated to matte J , Zcr, tUB'culUi5" w , . I TWO Dloctts m ine wnoiesaie tusu-ici S were destroyed by fire on the water ty thousand to fifty thousand; tht front, entailing a loss which early es- temporary volunteers, or regular armj timates placed at between $350,000 and reserves, one hundred and fifty thou $500,000, and ' plunging the business , sand to two hundred thousand, and section of the city of Tampa, Fla., in-, the civic guards, three hundred thou- to darkness by cutting off the electric light and power before the flames were checked. Wncbinerton The government deficit from rail road operation during November will be approximately $64,500,000, a low record for the year, according to sta tistics compiled by the bureau of rail way economics. Proposals for the purchase of the former German passenger ships seiz ed when the United States entered the war the Leviathan, the largest ves- sel afloat; the Agamemnon, the ' Georee Washington and others will -be received by the shipping board up to January 20. Only American buyers' ' bids will be considered. The greatest round-up of radicals in the nation's history was conducted by the department of justive agents in thirty-three cities the larger cit ies being New York, Baltimore, Bos ton, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Den ver, DesMoines, Detroit, Grand Rap ids, Hartford, Indianapolis, Jackson ville, Kansas City7 Los Angeles, Lou isville, Milwaukee, Newark, Omaha, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Portland (Maine), Portland (Oregon), Provi- dence, San Francisco, Scranton, Spo- j lia, and are marching towards the sea kane, St. Louis, St. Paul, Springfield port of Mariupol on the Sea oi Azov. (Massachusetts), Syracuse, Toledo i A quantity of guns and booty were and Trenton stretching from coast to coast. Over fifteen hundred rad icals are reported to have been taken in custody. New Year's greetings from the heads of a number of foreign, governments were received by President Wilson. Messages came from England, Bel gium, Luxemburg, Sweden, Italy and several other European countries and from most of the South American re publics.! : 1 I Evidence gathered by the depart- ment of justice relative to the alleged leak in decisions oi the United States Supreme court will be submitted to a federal grand jury in January, it is announced at the department of jus tice. . . , ; Legislation subjecting the manufac ture and sale of wood alcohol to the same, restrictions as grain alcohol will be recommended to congress as a re sult of the many fatalities from the nse of wood alcohol as a beverage. Commissioner Roper of the bureau of internal revenue in Washington has -announced. , Elihxt Root, former secretary of state, at Washington, will be called upon to give his assistance and ad vice to the launching fcf the great in ternational supreme court provided under the league of nations. , Of the instrumentalities which are to be set in motion almost imme diately upon the proclamation of peace, the international court of justice is regarded by the supreme council as of ranking importance. Consequently, that body, through its secretariat in London, already had gone so far as possible in advance of the actual dec laration of peace toward the creation. of the court. r An army of 85,000 enumerators 'are at work counting the men, women and children of the United States and of collecting certain information about resources of the country. The taking of this census, the fourteenth in the history of the nation, is expected to require only about two weeks, but fig ures showing the total population probably will not be available until the end of April. - - President Wilson has signed the Mc- Nary bill continuing the United States sugar equalization board through 1920. It was announced ' at the White House that his signature had been at tached before midnight, Jan. 1, 1920. Because the successful solution of the economic and financial problems of the coming year demands the con centrated effort of every American cit izen, the savings division of the treas ury department urged that each adopt and live up to an- individual financial creed and course of conduct. Celebration of January 18, the first Sunday after constitutional prohibi- Uion. as Law and Order Sunday was ton, in a statement appealing for an gard to law enforcement and promis ing that prohibition would be , enforc ed strictly by his bureau. Cost plus contracts fostered fraud and inefficiency, Col. Clarence O. Sher rill, technical expert in the army en gineer corps, testified before a house sub-committee investigating war ex penditures, - Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in a New Year statement, pledged Amer ica's workers to do their full share in working out the country's prob lems in 1920. Continued industrial activity is pre dicted by the committee on statistics of the chamber of commerce of the United States in its annual end-of-the- pacity. and in the retail trade there is a feeling of -confidence of the con tinuation until another harvest a least. . Foreign i f eJ' force are4 f st ftef the British war office at Lon don 10 total close to one milhon men These are -divided into the regular . .. army of four hundred thousand, the land forces of the regular navy, twelve thousand: the armed constabularv. for ; sall(i to four hundred thousand, which is a formidable force. The first step toward peace between Esthonia and Soviet Russia was taken, by the signing of a preliminary ar mistice at Dorpat, Esthonia, stipulat ing an immediate cessation of hostili ties, and covering questions concern ing Esthonian and military guarantees with regard to the frontiers. Bolshevik Russia is willing to mak great concessions to the big powers in the interests of peace, but will not hold out the olive branch to Gen- era! Demkine, according to M. Klish ke, secretary of the Soviety delegation T11' uwbu a : -ni,i jii wiy. jci uuiu nave consxaerea peace wim uenerai rinv" " I & -i "" -v. M. Tchitchenkin, Bolshevik f oreign minister, has proposed to Italy a re- sumption of relations between that country and Soviet Russia, holding out that the imminent canture of the Tiioot oo0 v, rrrr open ine siaca: sea route to Italy, is the news received in London irom Moscow Doisnevists nave occupied the im- i ' - portatant stations of Yusovo and Do captured, as was also the entire Mark hoff division, one . of Denikine's fin est corps. Until the Germans complete tb sweeping of the mine fields they iaitf in the North sea there will be consid erable danger to shipping in waters adjacent to the British isies. Even after that work is ended, some time next summer, there will -be same dan ger, it is predicted, but will gradually diminish. :mm-' inree exhausted and men, sole survivors of the crew oi twenty-nine of the Belgian steamei Anton Van Driel, were taken to St Johns, Newfoundland on tne steamei Ingraham. For two days and two nights the three men had clung tc the wreck of their steamer as it lay on the jagged Tocks that barred the entrance to St. Mary's bay. The avalanches which recently oc curred at the mountain resort of Da vis, near Geneva, caused terror among residents and visitors and resulted in a number of deaths in the villas itself. -nra ' " v y U Ul TJU v m v -rw , . m "m L'.swi'iuiiuii -a . - v - mam.: ., i & m m r O ft J-" rf i -M? 1 Shipping room of the census burea) from which supplies are mailed to the 87,000 enumerators. 2 Scene during target practice with the 12-inch f&rtars and 14-inch rifles of Fort MacArthur, Los Angeles. 3 Ameri can Red Cross nurses leaving Vladivostok for the Interior of Siberia. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Treaty Compromisers Still Are Hopeful but Wilson Shows No Signs of Yielding. PROGRESS OF THE BOLSHEVIK! Sign Armistice With Esthonla and Worry Japan by Siberian Advance - Congress Gets Lots of Ad vice on Railway Legislation. By EDWARD W.PICKARD." Prospects of a satisfactory compro- mlse In the treaty situation in the United States senate were not much brightened by the developments of last week. The compromisers were mire- mittlng In their efforts, however, and one of them. Senator Pomerene, after a conference with Senator Lodge, said: "I believe we will get together. None of the reservations which the majority of the senate adopted is as bad as defeat, of the treaty. The coun try wants the treaty ratified prompt ly." The signs that a good many Demo crats were ready to abandon the ad- ministration's policy of ratification without reservation caused Secretary Tumulty to visit the capitol and study tne situation ior tne president, tie 1 naa a long mit wiin .senator nucn- cock, ana wnne neither would give I the details of the conference, Mr. Hitchcock said: "We've got a long row to hoe yet before we reach a com promise." He added that nothing Mr. Tumulty said Indicated the slightest sign that the president would yield In his refusal to compromise in the fight. Meanwhile the supreme council In Paris, which had made up Its mind to go ahead without waiting longer for the United States, ran up against a snag. It had fixed January 6 as the day on which the protocol should be signed and ratifications of the Ger- xu utraijr ue acuwigea. ana xnen discovered that the German delegates did not have full power to act. Steps to rectify this were taken. The su preme council learned that there were still some 80,000 German troops in up per Silesia, where a plebiscite is to be held, and it was decided Germany j sh0uld be told it had better ' aiiv i them at once.- It was also planned to sena a mission of all3ed officers to OT. pervise the withdrawal of Hungarian troops that are in .that .part of west- ern Hungary that was given to Aus ' tria. On the last day of the year the Es- thonians and soviet Russians In ?COn! ference at Dornnt sirapfl o " 7 ."V-"1JJB u e protocol including , temporary adjustment nf nr,TrM mmtary guarantees nd ZZZZ of the independence nf Tw,l t iiiut-peuuence or JiiSthonia. It 3SUUJcu mat this acreement was assumed that thic WOTlia 50011 be followed by the con clusion or a definite peace between the rwo countries. xn a jew lear's ereetinfr tn fH world, sent from Moscow bv wireie the soviet government promises that in 1920 it will victoriously end the civil war in Itussia. that Soviets tn be established in Berlin, Washington, Paris and London, and that soviet au thority will , be supreme throughout uie world. . - General Semenoff is now the domi nant figure among the anti-bolshevists of Siberia Following his disastrous defeats and the swift advance east ward of the soviet ' armies. Admiral ivolchak went into eclipse. His forces melted away rapidly, and m th. Trv. ntsk region mutiny and anarchv Tre. vaneo. xne entente . nil iwa m . United States seem quite disinclined to Intervene further in the affairs of Kussia by force of arms, In which they probably are wise, and it appears to - -' v De up to Japan to stop the onward sweep of bolshevism In the far East, if It can be done at all. The impres sion prevails that the Japanese will e given a free hand on their assur ance that they have no Intention of nnexiim any additional territory. :-..v.v. ': wv, it aaoMM3 Ii n n nn imfl Ii lli nuanil if Theff declare their only aim is to pro tect fjheir land from the poison or boi- The Japanese premier has Indicted that any general advance of the pviet forces beyond the southeast side fof Lake Baikal will result in out righfi war between the Japanese and the yoisb,evikL PrlWler Nitti and Foreign Minister SciaVMa of Italy have gone to Paris and EiOndon to try to bring about an adjustment of the Adriatic dispute fa- I vora0e' to Italy. The latter, address- I Ing ipe Italian senate, said Mr. Lan- j sing'H proposal for the neutralization of tl Dalmatian Islands and the sur- roum)ng sea as far as Ragusa was In- tolerpile, since it would leave a part of tlje Italian coast exposed to the samei attack as in the late war, but he btlieved Great Britain and France could;.: persuade President Wilson to change his views. "V$ Oemenceau and Mr. Lloyd George -.told me," said the foreign min- ,lsteri -that if France, England and Italyagreed, even going beyond the terrn rof President Wilson, they be- lieveg they could present the agree- mentto President Wilson and induce nlm f accept it In the Interest or Eu- ropesf peace. , 2 If the conferees of the senate and hous do not ' arrive at a satisfac- tory Jtblutlon of the railway bill puz- zle, iwill not be for lack of advice, expert and inexpert. All sorts 01 or- ganizf 'tlons have been taking a whack at ltiand all of them are directly in- terestfyd. The American Federation of Lfibor, the four railway brother- hoods; ana ten railway shopmen s nniony anuiaiea witn xne ieaerauon got together in Washington and told wnat Ifney wisnea, wuai xney uopeu for ar4 what they would not counte- nancej? In the first place, they de- clared4 themselves In favor of two years -more of government operation "rrJl5!!!.! tuiuyvue ui KuvciuixicuL uwueremp a rOTti tIJCt TTlOTT TOf! 1 iTOi that thO TO- tn tK rnac tv,0 nCrc nn MnrfHh is now oprtir,tv hnt mw' -;- . - o - - nnHootihot t,0r rmi- ..w,y..Ut vv.j i t.v . uLiu ownenpp a poimcai issue m the m- ture. rAs for the pending legislation, they declared themselves aerainst the anti-stke feature and the penalty provisrps against ceasing work, and " v.fl S ' m xavT or the features which tend to probably many others will be caught establish better relations between the and punished. Their victims, natural employes and the carriers, and urged ly, are mainly of the poorer classes, that tse features be extended to the which could not afford to lav in Drf- sieepirvr. car ana t'unman company emploes. The railway shomnen already have voted to strike if con- grebs Miopts tne LTimmins anti-strike provisifn, and It is believed the broth- erhoodi might adopt the same course, IVext&jthe American Bankers' asso- ciaiionjjoia wnat u considered neces- kji rv Tn-.ronni ftotn , 3 .... , iii.ttnt-u ut-u- it of tp roads. It favors the speedy return m prirate ownership: the vol uiimry Tut not compulsory consoiida- l!n 0failroad Properties; permissive - rh .. 1 ! 1 . .yncorporauon ; exclusive regU- lation f nd control of the issue of 1 . , . IZL k - t? ViXii1" - xieri I board: M rovernmnt (mnrnntoa tn Ka fL . - r,r m icuarpUwV.ui i operating in- wuie to tne- stanaara return for the sanife period during federal con- indebtedness to the government for -tt j.v. iut vanreio r lr1 seriauy Ior from tei to twenty years. All these Z't TviT a w" Ui HS UU. UJ- Liit!lu are 1m Ul UUUUl! .. . ' . - - , Anotb,4T group vitally interested in ?1flJ'"" . "!.S"? ct mcac. gcuuruiti. cl, u. Hilt lun SK .W.fta. for the road,, follows 7 auuuieuvresoinnnns in snhctsnru oc follows :ff "We ifle oooosed to thA ' .n JJtH- 0f a rransrftrrnti "1. " th On mi, & an IS bill. "TTa ntW th. ,se th nT,i.rv- l n . " l x x' v viuiriuiuuu liv inp i t kuf CLUuimiL n i iim j y roca an t a ranroaft comnnnTr" - e oilnose the - r . - laicua ing grotj and standardization of earnings ghereln as provided for in the AJumminabiiL rWe a ornnwrt a "se oi nis physical condi- iSlShv PlUsbury, who wa, tion of TUe railroads and rt.M.u. of the cofmrrv mt . i rrzri . .tMUw 118 P- -We -A,- to- ,, which w Mrmlt th. ""1"" - i - . , " 'i ii ' i W l- it railroads to their owners at the earli est possible moment, and permit" oper ation by them. "We are in favor of legislation that will effectually prevent the catastro phe that would follow a general rail road strike and at the same time fully recognize the rights of the laborer and all parties in interest.' President Wilson's second industrial conference has put forward a tenta- tive plan for the settlement of indus- trial disputes and adjourned until Jan- uary 12, when it will be ready to listen t0 criticisms of its scheme from in- terested parties. So far the' comments n the plan have ranged all the way fr0m warm praise to ridicule. As ma- chfnery for conciliation the conference proposes this A national industrial tribunal, ap- pointed by the president, to serve as a board of appeal for the final adjust- ment of wage and other controversies. 2. Twelve regional chairmen, ap- pointed by the president, who will 'form boards on occasion from estab- Hshed panels of employers and em- ployees for the adjustment of parti c- uiar disputes. 3. Regional boards of inquiry to in- vestigate and report upon any dispute j which either or both parties refuse to I settle through a hoard of adjustment, 4. Umpires to whom a board may J refer a dispute for decision. I The plan does not propose to do i away witn tne ultimate ngnt to striKe, I to discharge or to maintain the closed I or the open shop; but a decision un- der it would be binding on both par- ties, having the force and effect of a 1 trace agreement. Tne conference be- neves policemen, nremen ana other government employees should be de- mea tne ngnt to StriKe, DUt not tne right to associate for mutual protee- j tion or the presentation of grievances. Numerous deaths in many parts of the tpytoe to the drinking of bo- ps wnisKy maae oi wood alcohol,- Hare ; n... il s.. j 1 : L , 1 nuw "CJC iCUlUC UU i-MUOUSUilie 1 v, : b . ... . . nquor ior tneir evasions: oi tne prom- bition laws. Criminal gangs in sev- ' eral cities have encaeed in the manu- 1 profited enormously, but some of their members are now under arrest and Tate stocks" before the sale of liquor.! kto mor oii i not fatal to the drinkers, It Is almost certain to cause total blindness. As'; nnp rpsnlt nf thp dpnths thp hnrpnn nf i internal revenue will recommend to! conirress the passage of a law subject- ing the manufacture and sale of wood i . . . .. .. .. aiconoi to the same restrictions as srain nipohnl Attorney General Palmer has no fear that the red movement will go far pnnnirh in this rnntrv tn r!ic n Z ", " T I "iJU " "' '" "4 -lcaic of the people's government." And in order that it : . may not go so tar, ne announces, tne i aepartment or justice will Keep up a persistent and aggressive warfare I 2,000 of them will be deported in the i nenr mrnrp. nnn in n-rn o-r tibtw enough on hand to fill up the "soviet arks" his agents on New Tear's day took a large number of the Teds into custody. Mr. Palmer urges thfit the radical orooAE-andj Tip. mnt.rc 1 C7 v..Mut.V4.l-Vl ... u. icaauug its purpose tnrougn the Uress tn nhnw, VL,,. !v- bormons ana paMotlc organtations. members otAm aS?i2 i , . " Iast weeK Thomas H. Bar- F and ilear Admiral John E. Pills- Generairri; J OUT- general Barry was in active service from the time of his CTadua tion West Point in 1877 until hlg .-umt in io Tintll l cujcui, ust jvueusi. tie aid -r. i . - . ceixent worK m tne Philippines, com- manded army of Cuban padfica- tion, and In the war with Germany tried earnestly to obtam a divisional command in France, but was "kept at Ty ' 7 . " fe:uuuaicu irom xne naval academy in iSSZ. was retired In 1908 for 5lf ? service vto 1U credit. .nuE.we Spanish "war he command. l ea e ajnamlte crolser fesavlsa, . EHFORGEfsllENT IS GONSTiTU BY A 5 TO 4 VOTE PETIT INJUNCTION IN BEER TER WAS DISMISSED 2.75 BEER HAS BEEN M vuiMCdo ci rvnocKea Prop I CI n" occr ntv my MlCOnolir r tent More Than Half perce " van. nt Washington. The prohihiri iurceuicfli act, aenning as fc f of one per cent or more of alcoy ( . wuuui u; iue court, in an opinion court divided, 5 to 4. on Proceedings brought by JacobV ' 2.75 per cent beer were ordered missed. j Ruppert's case was brought bcJ ! the war-time act. He -alleged 2.75 per cent beer was non-intoxicaj ing, but that the Volstead act by M iting the alcoholic content prohibit! the sale of . beer manufactured cad?4 regulations prescribed under the Leve food control act by President THboJ In deciding the New Orleans-a;J i Baltimore cases Justice Day, V j.-; ' unanimous opinion, held that ; '. iUAuuittcuire ui oeer containing 2 per cent alcohol was legal until tbf enactment of the Volstead act NEW NORTH CAROLINA MEMBER OF CONGRESS TAKES HIS SEAn Washington. Clyde R. Hbey; mes. ber-elect from the ninth district,! North Carolina, was sworn as a mea ner in the house of representatives. AMERICAN WINNERS IN BOTH SWIMMING AND BICYCLE RACE Melbourne, Australia. Horza Ross, the American swimmer, wos th 220-yard championship sprint in. 'mV athletic meet here. Spencer and 0&- lerieter, Americans, won the slx-day bicycle race with a purse of 3CJ j pounds sterling. THE HUN PRINCE VON ffULOW CONSIDERED AN UNDESIRKBLI Rome. Prince von Buelow, former German chancellor and recently sent ; to Italv on a ' dinlnrrmtir minimi ton been informed ,that his presence in this cltv was undesirable for fte rs arm it rnnifl ran.a tmnViio tnr tt Italian government. - . UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE DENIES RESIGNATION RUMOR. WI a 0V1 fn crr T7ni10fCorot!iTB nf ! state Pol has issued tof ! here is no truth In the report tnar I intend to retire from my office. ml. , ... , t There is no foundation whatever for the statement that I am in any vay in disagreement with the policy of th administration. SOUTHERN FARMERS EXCEL W ALL BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS Washington. Southern farmers H - those of other sections of .the conntry in making building improvements m the last year, the federal farm loo I I bnk reported to congress, savin? ttai , highest proportion ot borpiu6 from the federal farm loan system for buildings was from North and - Sonti 1 Carolhra. Florida, Alabama. Missts- sippi, and Louisiana. FIRST SEA LORD OF BRITISH NAVY PAYS OFFICIAL VISITS. Washington. Viscount Jellirne of Scapa, first sea lord of the British miralty who arrived here from Yorki began a round of official rls?t as the guest of the nation. Immei iatery after breakfast he called on Secretary Daniels. " JANUARY 10 DATE SET FOR RATIFYING OF PEACE TRE' Paris. The supreme cuoncC tentatively set January 10 for th?' . . ITJS. ncauor or the treaty of v p'"; i The council's basis for a setf611" . I ed over to Baron von Lersnpr, The Scapa Flow reparation? ment was reached upon the allies cepting' a diminnition of 125.000 totf from the 400,000 tons of" f" terial originally demanded fro many. . BELIEVE THAT WOOD ALCOHOL MYSTERY HAS BEEN SOLVE 1 New Tork. Two arrests eral officers believe will . eo!? mystery as- to the source of the alcohol which cansed one bflfld deaths in thisicity. New Jersey lew England, were announced W j old B. XJdbhs, revenue aei t -were Cosimo D'AmbTosia, a Br0f wuauucui wuo was uLKen iuv In a farm house, md WilliaB - hi. I ; BroofclTxi s&rage keener and prf wet Ma; and the dai: Isa chl his QUI gOi An in a e Is bu of ha tic sh "I be 'Pc a Ing an: mi j'r .be nr M Dl d e mi on K)l ss ot 'al ho in A f d a I; i E i Ii