North Carolina Newspapers

; j ;rj , ; - : 1 j i ' .. J' 'if;: a; I-1-- 5 i Ml i: . ! r t y ;M ; -fit J. 1 ., i p t s 1 i l POLK COUNTY ITEWS, TRff ON, NORTH CAROLINA IMPORTANT NEIVS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOB . SEVEN DAYS GIVEN ' (HE NEWS 0fTHE SOUTH What It Taking Place In Tha 8outS land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraph Domestic Revolution is likely to follow in the wake of prohibition, says Rev. G. Campbell Morgan, of London, England, who is visiting in Syracuse, N. Y. The estimated requirements of the Additional -information -regarding the murder of F. ; J. Roney and Earl Boles, Americans, has been received by the etate department tending to show that the men were killed by fed eral soldiers and not by bandits as re ported by the Mexican government. An appeal to the American people to extend aid to seven million Aus trians threatened with anrchy and death by starvation during the winter has been forwarded to Washington by Baron Eichoff, -who is head of the Austrian peace delegation. Baron Ei choff says the representatives of the allied and associated powers in Paris are fully aware of the terrible distress by which Austria is actually afflicted. He says the United States is the only country which can ameliorate the con dition. Resolutions endorsing the treaty of versames and denouncing, as unpatri otic the attitude of senators who would defeat it directly or by nullify ing reservations, were nnsmimnn i - 4 . - ?5 v vivviv; .-X- adopted bv tha United States government, not includ- mmmUfna i .. ; . . T ' ".wvo iu Bcsxinn m WacH1tltnn !;fy?in?.f0r to! 'ailrad admiaH The RePublican leadership of the sen! ate was denounced. Reviewing the legislative record , of the two Wilson administrations and the manner in wnicn tne war was won, the resolu- t ration for thft riOTt fianal root wava - Aluvui yoai tt vi w placed at five and a quarter billion dollars by Congressman James W. Goode.of Iowa, chairman of the house committee, in a statement at Chicago 1 13 &IS1 . - . - . ... .-. . J .jV . ... - I A - TO LEAVE S " ' '! J ( fir fx'4 " YORK WITHIN a ce-w. H 1 BRINQ TROOPS Br woovHvm nY vvvr ' ' with r " 1 (J l W.:tv . XV.;.- '. i. " 5 I ywv... . r.-.A.V,-- I " ' before the Illinois Manufacturers' As sociation. . It is announced that Jack Dempsey and George Carpentier of France will meet in the ring some time in the spring at Tiajuana, Lower California, Mexico. Miss Anna Manson, 24 . years old, known as "Starlight, Sylph of the So viets," recently sent to Ellis Island . for deportation," is so eloquent of speech on the doctrines of free love, free thought, free speech and equal distribution of speech, that her cap tors were hypnotized, and missed the regular ferry to the island. She was later individually escorted . by one of New York's most courtlv Aeteotivoo r r . w v v Grover Bergdoll, one of two Phila delphia brothers accused of draft dodging and who have been sought by the police for the -last two years, was arrested in his mother's home, and taken to the Philadelphia federal build ing. International officers of the United Mine Workers of America will go be fore ; the commission appointed by President Wilson to arbitrate final settlement of the controversy between the miners and operators with the backing of the rank and file of the miners of the country as a result of action at Columbus, Ohio, of the re convened convention of the miners' organization. No promises of immediate reductions m food prices as the result of the dis solution agreement between the gov ernment and the packers is seen by Attorney General Palmer. He has made an explanation of the circum stances, leading up to the settlement. He states that lower prices must come from competition, or else our whole meory or democratic competition wrong. Two hundred Ukrainians registered for armyuservice in their native land jn a memorial service and mass meet ing held in Cleveland. This brought the total number of volunteers In Cleveland awaiting transportation to three thousand. . .tion expressed gratification that the president was regaining health after a breakdown "due to his efforts for worm peace. Complete co-ordination of all gov ernmental agencies, together vith an awakened congress has given the campaign to rid the nation of radicals a broader aspect The attorney gen- ciais department is engaged in a hot pursuit after all radicals all over the United States. Copies of a plan for all American industry, modelled after the Plumb plan for the railroads, captioned "An laausmai Program by ' Glenn E Plumb,", are being circulated in Wash ington, and some of them have been 'u'cu government circles. Very briefly the plan proposes for all American industry the system of tri partite railroad control advanced some time ago, with the backing of the W railroad, brotherhoods, and which, it its een announced, will be -made an issue at the electiona v Receipt by the state department of advices that two more American oil men, F. J. Roney and Earl BowA had been murdered by Mexicans- ,m the Tampico district of Mexico, has Mceu snowed by instructions One of the rSXS 1!?Z? mulcted by the Germans. S-New nboSi. i r." . recovering from the ruin 5 m tue ; xiermannstrasse, Berlin. lemont on the Meuse. 2 RS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS President Wilson and Bryan Split on Ratification of the V Peace Treaty. grafted that their utterances, or at ea those of Mr. Hays, gave a defin- ue. maicatlon of the platform on next ReDUbllcan nomlnPA ror-he presidency would stand. As sunng' that, this Is true, the main plaka of that platform will deal with lab and Industrial relations and with theradicals who seek to overthrow thf&overnment A fair summary of the propositions with which the party matflbe expected to go before the peo ple $iis year Is : F&r LATTER ADVISES COMPROMISE thmoeZlf ... ;il - '-'vov iciauvuo utr- twe capital and labor with Justice to b-')th and also to the third side of the ijlangle, the public. Sympathetic hpln for- hnctnoco H v V.ui3f u wv antagonistic curtailment, as part of me onomic readjustment. when they announced that plans were NO FURTHER NEED FOR tl Departure of Am.i Will Bo Left Alone to 8to Advancing Bolshevik Hor Washington.--,Decision to iue American troops from S the a i the Czechoslovak forces ,has been reached fcy the AmericaM ernment. . Q caiS The troops wereient to SiljJ accord with an agreement oues, japan and th tente powers to aid the Czech tuc oioenan railroad. When tA i . being formed to oust from their union ed. bee "s every member .who beIoced to ,. v v.: com"itt: American Legion. Of course such been.n n"" !'"!ns' i silly action cannot hurt the legion In the Zt w,ore li H wi'i ima iiiuue ciear. rno nnmnoaa i , uu i .oy(a, organized labor and of the eral (TeT wuT'foIl'15' MaJor on are in full accord, tt . wixi ioiiow as sooif Chief Executive Urges Issue Be Sub mitted to,:Pcople and Nebraskan OpposesSaH Francisco Cap tures Democratic National Convention; Develop- merits in War on Reds. ' of ion are in run accord. How much longer will union labor of Chicago per- uiii uie reas to lead it about by the As for Berger of Wisconsin, he de- mieu presenting himself for a seat in congress, and issued the boast that if ne were again excluded he would be aloifn suvernor or Wisconsin and then ffO tO V)lsMn(rnn e. 4. There seemed small likelihood that me nouse La can oe made available t vessels are expected to leavP'vl muim a iew aaj's. With the departure of the A? cans, Japan will be left flinn. in the efforts to stem the east march rt th vii ... BREST IS EVACUATED BY THE AMERICAN TROOP or renresentfltl Stng repressive measures against S Tm . thUSh RePi:esentave Mann tr0Ps quartered at the military J I.VYW.-ism and other forms of ex. ? ,IH noIs caused some surprise by at Brest arrived here on the trLS . r ... I IIIMTHrinrf thnf K. rt ,j I fl . .t 11C vkouiu oppose Sum-1 wurge By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Predictions of a great snlit In thp Amor . - . "-" i . "" u;, wiLii wiiuam jen- urep ho M y m MexICO c"y to nings Bryan leading the revolt against wMST 8nm?ntt0 take Pres,dent Wilson's policies, came to SSSrTiS ? V bring abUt the the Verge of 1 ffilment at the big ed?ers Phment of the mur- Jackson .day dinner in Washington No lrth , . Thursday evening. Sensational devel- aliens S deortf 1011 radical opments had been expected, and they MSe?JShertfkeii Until 1116 ex Came- The PresIdt sent a letter In penment with the tranf?nr nf whlrh u w. . - the firt g i , "1Ut iv:ij mis uemana ior ?0V .et aik' is completed, it ratification of the peace treaty with- T . -Jr 6 ccmmissioner-generai ont changes that would alter its mean- TirTm u ne vote the Su- wg, strongly condemned the Lodge Bw?dPfSP?el? the right of rSerVatins and urged that entire in ff ?6 lnt021cating liquors, Issue be referred to the people at the m so iar as applied to tremijm which advocate overthrow of ie present lorln of government Eft;ient and honest administration. Nojjaxes which kill Initiative. Ade quate taxes, but none for extrava gance A pn for spreading payment of the war ojbt over a long period of years. ujiiaue reaerallzatlon of Indus- xo.k. ine last continent J nuitary'ca; the transpc irttsnmeton. ShP , marv nropppdintro 1..,. -1 Q7 . UI0-s-i . & A4 iuc ciuusion or I " wuivcib, war workers and the convicted Socialist. lans. and 615 tronrv, . .ww. cir: w zones legislature started its VIOLENT STORMS IN FRANirr session bv dpnvfno- thau 4. A I ... 1 m i-RANCE '"tr, vA.ii. oatS iu live socialists. A resolution was passed questioning whether they could be iw.vai to tneir oaths of office stronfederal regulation, but not gov- iuiutjii ownersnip. No -toleration of attempts to arrav groupgalnst group, section against sectiogor sect against sect. Bacg to the Constitution In times of pec&e. . , : Genial Wood handled" ithe reds WlthOUI frl0VP no mti.h 1 tti; ... . " -'cvuuu. i vr 0 ""b'u uuve oeen px- Validity of thn farai fr Ttrn .. tuwpiU -m- i . u ex bition constltntinoi auui- uuuressing tne huge r, carers vigorously ap- TrZT?1 amendment and fathering of leaders, challenged Mr- plaud such epigrammatic sentenrP, INTERRUPTED WIRE SERVICE New York. Violent tm k tries 0,d active. subhTs 'o act subject to the .nstrucl eaph sIce betwee Tp'' , stronuifedeml ro-,,i..i k... ... "ons of the Socialist rn h k. oetllreen France ul speaker ordered them bWgWTefore CoZd the bar of the house. Th tm..f .... -.- . ' " ? . .C?L dela.T 5i;(,icu, it is saia. They must now prove their fitness to occupy their seats before a special tribunal of the assembly. Only six assemblymen voted in their favor. COTTON DESTROYED WHEN 1WL CONFEDERATE ARSENAL BURNS. as thefer "Thgblg issue today Is, first and portions Of thfi Vnlctoo i nm, 49 its PnfnrnimV - auecung "un s treaty policy and his utter lllnCfement was nt involved, but Ues gave assurance that he and .hi. piu.on was regarded as swPon;nD followers win fif foremoft : mninton. . and to Ipavo lutia & f , . ujouh iu uie i , ,,ttu,-c a iaw ana or- "wet adherpnt,, Pe among the fin!sh ln the Democratic convention if der- -rP for constituted authority' The statP H ..' "e .wuueninea tne action r "lcl,tt lutf or a government nn- . a ; " ---"CUu nas Deen in- w me itepuoiican majority in the .?en- oclIUtt Aia.xne famous old Cos- oiscuai nere, used In recent years as a cotton warehouse, wa3 it- DMUJ'eu y nre last night with a lost fcsumated at approximately $70,000 i . Southern states business conditions statA. OL. from tne United ate whil needing Its right to die- f a - r.icuecieQ m tne report of the di rector general of railroads show mark .ed activity, with the railroads unable to meet all requirements for box cars and open-top cars, but with the! Biiuauon improving. Tidewater coal dumping shows a substantial de crease, due to car shortage and the let-up of shipping incident to the hol idays. ' COI1SU1 at Mazatlan Hr : tnto . , .. that Warrv v r , to, ocuics course, ana contln- v, crew or tho IUUSI raCP THa RitnotJnn no I t United ?tnfoc . oi me uie,suuanon as it is. As,Qr tne reds, let's comoke arre Po" We must either secure such compro-' out. 1ey grow only n be? 12 after 1 TMaZaUan' Novem- S1SGS aS may be possible or Preent where f4rmnen Is Um uvr alter a street ffp-h wtu the sna , .. mw - s UU1 Mpvot, v, w"n '. "rtU. oeen sentenced to twn course would mean a delav of nt loncf the issue to the country. The latter months imprisonment Foreign Couztlan 7.-"Tr.r'0"UJfea y an earth. der thf Constitution. Giv labor American leadership. Dont low It to drift Into the hands of anahlstic, red leaders! as jpr the reds, let's stamp them communities IV , V coward,y lot, assassins and murderers often, cowards fliwflVfi tlem go the L W. W.: their" Though the reds are having such fr difficult time in America, as much louuul saia concerning Russia. Over there they are sweeping ahead in a way that is most disheartening-to their antagonists. The soviet I have smashed their way through the WATER SHORTAGE IN NORFOLK, guiles or ueniKine and reached the VIRGINIA IS GROWING ACUTE oc oi azov at Taganrog, and are rmfihlnr l a. . I. XT - i. lHLa east and west, urioix, va. city sprinklers, rail- BUUU ueing in mil W1A& cars ana private artesian COntmi OT Oil o..4-V -ri . I -rrrn . . v. ltussla A1- were pressed into service to ready they are threatening Odessa and sul7 Norfolk with drinking water reports from -Moscow sav thp and. until thp. w, Jtdessa are fleeing, though afro Proves, water wIU be rationei uispatcnes assert With brand la treason. -'5 quake with Washington The government's camDaiern to riri the nation of more than three thousand .to official report given 'out wicua, memDers Of the Communist and Communist Labor parties, arrested in the recent raids, promises to be a long drawn out fight, department of justice officials declare. A dramatic story of eight months hardship as a prisoner in a Mexican bandit, camp was told by Mrs. r.nr Lee Sturgis, a Virginian, before'' a senate committee investigating the Mexican situation.'. Mrs. Sturgis told of her mother's death from starva tion after the plantation had been looted by the bandits, and how she had been forced to go into the hills to cut wood and of a long tramp to an other camp with a- secret message from bandits to bandits sewed in tho sole of her shoe. ' of immigration. Arguments on the constitutionality of the farm loan act have been be gun in the Supreme court and will be concluded shortly. The proceedings are the first involving the validity of lt't0i fea? tne Supreme court. . Rhode Island's and Kentucky's .rat ification of the federal . woman suf- SL611??? brings tne numb of stetes which bave accepted it to enty- our. " Ratification by twelve ?Zl l? JB nfcclssary before the amendment becomes effective Congress reconvene fourteen months and then success only m tne case of our securing a two thirds majority of the senate." The party, said Mr. Bryan, cannot afford to shnr with tVo 'D.-un 2.000 casein. " , r"4 :.i..7.r - """"cans respon se than one thon;n7;vrirC1Uains l'U""yIOf, IUrtner dela and cannot When ty get oyer thJ " ing to officio, ?u accorl- ueiore tne country on the issue that HteratiiiH of thp at such an appeal would nrpSpnt tt. hnn 1S ea in tneir : oy Presidftntim n -f " .r "c : liS mem with the Htpr. Headquarters frowi uuuuu V " as io repudiate art! officS in'the ". the reser- of disturbance, -r V" I11 cc"ier " aruexe' SS: "If we preparing to JVev, got ta follow up Qur Jmrai gratlon iore closely.X Why not in Si newcomers ln Americanism? at Teocolo was ki, r"::..rOD :n:",u, lo. PaIr the right of and the i T11LIJHIIV oil i . . . - Vilc i utus -m the " "w can wp inctot injured Peace or war when the time for action. 81trrnnnl,V . . . J-1 destrovPd r?l Wre flooded OI mr ob"gaon to go to uunared dead are reported at Barranza, near Couztlan At least a dozen towns and villages in tally T f J6 CrUZ have been tally or partialy destroyed; Calca tualco. with 200 in habitants is re Ported to be entirely 3 re' o o"icu. i j ' uiiiiseii is a m wuica occur. Ulrt" ever, and it mon Wilson will be compelled wept me Diapp nf ctn,i.j . - near the voloarirt T Motf " ru,U4IU nearer. His w w. iri. i - . -v. a uiaue lift roTai.A rt x . more The gs&ernment cepted w&h alacritv Z, . ac; thp y.c. A- u,aucuse OI -"v- i cua -.Mum me- war on them Is ex tending tllengths wh, ". "incipate, If their cause to nress npo ..v.t -ramg T vuuiisnea at Beljrradft ing "tne'leTn"8 l manifeants, before tnt nT bUrgeois assembled riS fc palace and touted "Long Live the Republic! .s Kins- "w"u vvun the - ,T- - - .' Seven towns hftrrt law "'.:" UUUU1S 'W Of Jalflna n,r- . w SOUtn ol w . - an.d adJurant1helm---- r- en over: nidPntirr 11TIaae?3 beore the. a 7,; ! aisturbances and - -o.ixi uct lirn nPYt roil ti. .. only recess, looked for is a brief one in summer when the national party convention are .session. able domestic and international prob Jjm await the attention of congress TlPiPartiSaa POliUcs ot coming elecUon prominenUy to the fore. P MUcal speeches of entlal leconmmber8 f Congress tar flection are- expected to flood the 3oiu:re8ional Record. upon a ,"'"a"! uo Iorf?e or value except as it does impair .the independence of congress?" r OI lt remains to be seen whether Mr T ht? $eTe enUgh of a "ow ing to bring about a real split in the S,-He is'a potentican! now more red in many narts nf iwIv . wiie r:!, , 11 ""-be President i ..-- "ic,u,- i no I ""wu win iip rnjYiriQiirwi . neater or the disturbanro ."IT 8am to ac- have been near the yo, SL. WTZZ' :f.D.4.- J,-. M-ate that the ". 'TO,Ce tWS urnz Buffered more th.n S.n F .., .. . ' , sort. aM!oine'f th. - Although seismic cratlc natlnT. tDe as figt as th.; " T" !ars: bv immfiiM c cjLuminea uy immirration rommiwt More than a hundr . . T "f'?e Pttc'a: coast metronnii. K . e ng sent the Allan- been killed or wounded ,n '"T iZSl .t and e of thi 1- ?. .sland 1 "an'f?3 Sofia, accord some ri"n.wlrt ts , them, V One nf thl . . te " ' t " . -Lns is the hierh- L iisph n-itL." camps is eZer.PaW;.-a convention; wHose- At the time of fnVif J - convention was set for Monday, June 28, three weeks after thejiepublican convention meetfin The national committee backed un President Wilson by adopting resolu tlons indorsing the tretv ,fJ?,?,IU: and. denouncing as ppTJ tltude of senators who are LZl defeat It o, to qualify it ?Ll reservatlonc " wu09 they are Dve allorrs daily beine the allotment defend thpfi- it for each fa mil v T iL.i vilj, . . 7 l"e,r Progress eastward the bol- shevlsts are said to have taken the im- MONEY CONTINUES TO FLOW portant railroad town of Krasnovedsk FOR SOCIALISTS' DEFENSE. v,aspian, and this, if true, will mipn Tf i . . t t . e way to north Persia. w JforK. Money to aid in tied th w"uua xne rear Is expressed that rnse of five socialists suspended by mee2LI, i !! able t0 overcome the the assembly continue to flow into the small British forces In Persia and the socialist party headquarters poorly organized native .rrrvuvn It fa .... CQi, rr-u . . r I -ioi-wu tue socialists UJ ic isery fine to picture America ZTZ "uu: a"er wnic1 they might seek t6 retain Charles E. Hughes as tte.rguge of the oppressed of the ? T , f try. Plead their cause before the assent wortd bgt there is danger , in making iZ "kely' alS0' that tt Jiary- committee. Americahe dumping ground for the 5,lsh,evJstt " capture Baku on the - : giea ou center. 5.000 quarts wuicev . one setback which the soviet SEIZTD at.wii'm.t nri "-.inintru was in Thp ature ofgAmericanism. or tne world. We've trot "ii "ur immigration closely. any othersection. disturbances were Mexican renublip needs m'ivr-c, i ... fhnn-TZ'-mu soon have TTT"' be so classed by since the venr opened th agents of the departme nightly ra-ds on th v. . J Rnrto : , "auquarters, re iaite IS CnVBrinn i - Bites. :' :Thirtv.fn, .tuese I0rmer UUU1PR ha1 1 recovprprt u oeen m , -""r" "e news . Acuceio. intPncja was filed Cordoba and OmVa Ho canis of 1firk8lCl:b ' te Dutch par liament haH rim?.,) tie cabinet a mem7rTH presenti to .at.it is nordTsSfearH request former Emperor wnr 0Mj'.to retr?rw .'r.,? I try. tantheJtr,pU?bliCanS aIs had an Por tant gathering, earlier in the week when the party leaders of the 14 mM western state Hpii . wow , 0757525- ; presidential nomination, and Nation i firman Hays were chUfS a big dinner, and U wag taken tol writing xrC ' ' AC tn time of wnting Miirtens. spif.i , dnt fi.v, "''" amoassa-" dor from he soviet government of Russia. wi . still at laree thrtnK v auth-oritiewere searcISf h m believing wm to be the 4al B ICfl. TTJe i "SfSi has been in control of the distribution of bolshevist money and propaganda. money - I - - - i The Chicago Federation of t hn. doesn't yetljee the Heht a - OP meetino. -f iignt. At a recent tlng it;. adopted a resolution de , & xtias on the red Sit!l1??tV."?t-rartnff'tol'- Wilmington. Del. - Mye thonsand the Esthonfpn 'VT I arr?n h Qrts of high grade whiskey, valued PrfefwHr3? S With the at 575 000 and to be consigned to DVln" NeW York 'rom Baltimore by motor , diltrii whth t 7ard n Letsalla. a truck were seired here under a law district which Letvia claims. prohibiting transportation through tbe nn,tt . state of intoxicating liquors in excess , cid thPT C0UnCil ,n Pade- of one quart at-a-time. Some of the Sp trT f ficati'of whiskey,, liquor dealers say. is worth the treaty of Versailles should take ?20 a quart place on Saturday. January 10. in the ' : French foreign office, but at this time RUSSIAN REDS CLAIM THEY eraldstatyesninhtLT'f0V, tte SCT" Lni capture of 25.400 pri 1!.lI.-Tlb,I:, mn b " claimed in an official st amer;'ar.!! LT.V. 'Ssuea . soviet govern. last much lons-er " ut muscow; giving details of the resnis Wi "aucvjK. operations. on the soaur The full Prf0nf . . um, Between Dectmber Zi ai tha " tvT c uamage done January 9. !fJ?It!?"f.earth,,ak n southern The 'soviet ttn.t .... tt 650 entente Pkilllaborlne1 he is ent tletr4? u1 to wh,ch painte union were applauded Mexico probably -e,, III lttmany thousands of tnJ;., Zl'S and ""serous small ere wipea out Thp Htct.K finna . . . u'ul" r..:",.!! about Orizaba, an wvuo.vunujr active volcano. Again the United St too - has' been compelled r,,:;!1 tion of PrsidentT rn,r1: "i .Ainencan citizens. Three enofmcr iaVe asked ?tT aDd Mexlco Is asked to use every; means of bringing ..ee U died forth ta 2: cannon, 50 boml) throw fers, 11 tanks. bso machine guns. and enormous quan tities of military supplies also ere taken. THE COMMISSION OF CRIME PARTLY STOPPED IN CHICAGO Chicago. More than 600 alleg criminals police characters and rag lwnds were in Jails and crime in'Cbi eaco has been temporarily nullified W the police departments two day drire Approximately 25 per cent of those ar rested were identified as 'men with records,. the police said. Pot, the first time Us, many weeks not a hold-up was reported from noon Sunday until midnight and only automobiles were stolen. i