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POLK COUNTY NEWS, TRYOH, NORTH CAROLINA IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN THE NEWS THE SOUTH Whit It Taking Place li The South. land Will Be Found In - Brief Paragraph Foreign Official dispatches on the situa tion at Marash, in the Villayet of Alep po, Syria, where French troops have been having a severe struggle with Turkish forces, announce that the French succeeded in extricating them selves after hard fighting. The French evidently withdrew hastily, as they were compelled to leave their wounded,-which will be cared for by the American Red Cross. The decision not to cust Turkey trom Constantinople was reached by the allied supreme council only after long consideration of the dificulties in the Turkish situation, Premier iioya-ueorge declared in the house of commons wnen the question of the future of Turkey was brought up for debate. The influence which had de cided the peace conference to retain the Turks in Constantinoplefi the pre- uicr aaia, naa come from India. Lloyd-Georga, speaking in the house of commons recently, said:, "For the luomeni America must be reckoned as entirely out of any arrangement we can contemplate for the government ui iurKey and the protection of Chris tian minorities." It is definitely stated in London that Sir Auckland Geddes, if he is persona grata to the United States, will be Beieciea as British ambassador to the unuea states. Sir Robert Stevenson Home, minis ter 6f labor of Great Britain, will suc- u cir Auckland Geddes as president uie .ungnsn board of trade. A dispatch from Melbourne to Lon don says Capt Sir Ross Smith has landed, at the Point Cook airdrome mere, concluding his flight from Svd- jney to Melbourne, the last stage of mp rrom England covering ""lB man.inirteen thousand miles in all. . London advices report that an at tempt nas been made to assasinate Prince Regent Alexander of Serbia ana vernier Protitch. Both the prince ana tne premier were wound ed, the report says. Because of a sensational libel suit iuaumas Erzberger, minister of fi nance of the German republic, against Dr. Varl Helfferich, former minister of the treasury, Erzberger has volun tarily retired from the portfolio. The nature of the testimony left Erzberger no other course, 4t is contended. Washington President Wilson has signed the oil land leasing bill which opens up for ievelopment millions of acres of land In the west. The totatl area of oil lands thrown open for lease under the Mil is estimated by the geological sur vey at more than 6,700,000 acres, and rroven ocal lands under government withdrawal total approximately 30, 030,000 acres, with 39,000,000 acre's still to be classified. Phosphate lands .are estimated at 2,700,000 acres. President Wilson's reply to the en tente prebiers on the Adriatic ques tion has been dispatched by the state department. Officials still declined to discuss the contents of the communi cation, but it is known that in his exchanges with the premiers the pres ident has made an unequivocal state ment of the American government's po sition, especialy with regard to the forming of agreements without the participation of this country. After more than a year of discus sion as to the future of American rail roads, following the twenty-six months of government control, congress has at last completed its part of the leg islative procedure establishing the Rtnt. utory basis on which private operation will be resumed March 1, and the .Cummins-Esch bill now goes to Pres ident Wilson. Charles R. Crane of Chicago, busi ness .man, millionaire and world trav eler, who was appointed minister to China by President Taft in 1909 and recalled while on the way to Pekin for "talking too much," has been se lected by President Wilson for the same post to succeed Dr. Paul Reinsch. Formation of a political labor party irould-.be detrimental to the interests of labor and exactly in line with that which is. most ardently desired by those who seek to; oppress labor, Sam uel Gompers, president of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, declares x-ussiouiues ol( a substantial break in tt. Democrat peace ,rea. OCT At in. to dkcuss a possible change in party policy, and revived the hopes of the Republicans that the treaty might be ratified with the Republican reserva! Uons adopted at the last session of congress. , , Wilson Phillips of Massachusetts. now assistant secretary of state, has been nominated by President Wilson lo be minfcwr to The Netherlands and ioxemburr wwMU,Wao IU UiUVe TOr ft nan.nn Soviet Russia's proposal to the Unit ed States for peace t will receive no consideration from the. American gov ernment, officials declare, who further say the proposals differ, in no mate rial way from previous overtures. The invitation of the British and French premiers to President Wilson to jcin them in a formal proposal to the Italian and Jugo-Slav governments to negotiate a new Adriatic settlement on the basis of the withdrawal of all previous agreements caused no, sur prise in official Washington. " It is agreed by all in the know that the nation will nothave to wait long for a show-down, between President Wilson and Democratic members of the senate. The issue is drawn. Sen ators are advancing to meet it. Its set tlement will be a matter of days if Senator Henry Cabot Lodge succeeds in his program of keeping the treaty of peace constantly before the senate until a conclusion shall be reached. Definite confirmation has been ob tained from authoritative sources in Washington that the, Ignited States, un- i der the international shipping agree ment, restated to the senate by Pres ident Wilson, will have to pay into the German reparation pool from twenty million to thirty million dollars for re tention of the German ships seized in American harbors at the outbreak of the war. Democratic senators realize they are facing a serious problem over the peace treaty. They are aware that upon their solution of it hangs not only the fate of the treaty in tho current effort for ratification, but the solidarity of their party in ' the : forth coming presidential campaign may be tnreatened.' Domestic- Governor Robertson declared that lauiiduon or tne federal woman suf fracp amprffmurt ' .... , , , was compietea in Oklahoma nc fo i i . , , itV4 my icgisiaiure is concerned, because the senate and the house have adopted concurrent resohi- uuxib. mere is therefore no way for luc iurnumeni to be submitted to referendum. An airplane carrying Maj. R. w. ocuroeaer. cnief test pilot at McCook field, fell over five miles after reach ing an altitude of 36,020 feet, said to be 5,020 feet higher than the world's record. The major is in a Dayton O hospital suffering from shock and tem porary partial blindness. Instruments on the machine indicate that it fell more than five miles in two minutes. Mrs. Richard Dohertv. wif of t, Doherty of the court of common pleas of Jersey City, N. J., gave birth to twins for the fifth time in thP,v ned life of ten years. Five thousand . dollars enmnpna0tAM for twice facin gthe gallows and for serving two years in the penitentiary although an innocent man, was voted by the lower house of the Mississippi legislative to Will Purvis of Tta, county, Miss. Thirty-five federal bers cf the Michigan stata o ulary who arrived at Iron River, Mich , yroniDiuon commissioner ! 1U1 t-ue central states to Iron county, are en route back home, "" i-uuiimssioner is bound for Washington to confer with th w, viuuiouwn commissioner. LM j . lVi U. M. Sum Kim, chief of tho use Indians of Umatilla county, Ore- suxi, ea route to Washington on h,,. ness for his tribe, was found asphyxi: ated in a hotel in Chicago. The po nce are of the opinion that he had uiuwu out me gas. Secretary Lane ordered th nnin. to homestead entry of mora thQ sen. 000 acres of land, a portion of which is adapted to cultivation, in western uie6on, iormerly embraced in the Or. egon and California railroad grant '. Miami, Fla., passers-bv who watnK. ed a well-dressed man calmlv tati jewelry from the display window of a jewelry store in the heart of the business district early ia the (evening recently, thought that he was merely a window trimmer taking out a dis play, instead it wass a burglar, who rifled the windows of $25,000 worth of jewelry, and pursued the even tenor ui ms way ana nas not been appre hended, and there is no clue as tn ms wnereabouts. The executive council of the Ampri. can Federatio nof Labor, with Samuel vcxo A,ieSmUigf met m jactson. ville, Fla., and continued in session for ten days. The session was devot ed to discussing the problem of organ izing the American workingmen. It has been announced that prelimi nary conferences in connection with the John Di Rockefeller gift of five million dollars for the advancement of medical research in Canada, will be held in Canada March 9, 10 and America's future naval policy must be one of expansion and increased ef ficiency, Admiral Wiliam S. Benson recently , retired from the navy and present head of the shiplpng board, declared in an address recently in New York City. The United Rtatoo Bufoni. the BoyZC , V Russia, nas arrived in New York just two months and a day af ter she started on her memorable voy. .age. , v Joe and Irving Gluck, brothers, and Wall street, New York; messenger boys have confessed they turned over to Nicholas Arnstein, alleged head of the .$5,000,000 Wall street bond rob bery, at least $2,300,000 in' stolen se curities. The boys made the confes sion because Arnstein "held out" on them 1 1 ton a-iT I 7' IP'A-v p 4 b J jl 1 Celebration in Denmark over the return of Schleswlg-Holsteln after a separation of' 50 years. 2 Wire entan glements and troops protecting the foreign embassies in Berlin. 3 Capt.G. H. Williams, who 'will have charge of the airplane to be used by the Cope expedition In exploring the regions about the south pole. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Railway Reorganization Bill Is Passed Despite Opposition of Organized Labor. . COLBY TO SUCCEED LANSING Selection of Former Bull Mooser Is a Surprise Peace With Soviet Russia Coming Nearer "Rum Rebellion" in Northern Peninsula of Michigan. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Organized labor lost its fight against he Cummins-Esch railway hill for - - i adopted in the senate by a vote of 47 to is. me debate was unexpectedly brief, the opposing senators confining ineir remarks to explanations of thpir vote. The result was made only the more certain by the efforts of the moor leauers to prevent passage of the bill. Senators of both parties ex- pressed meir resentment of the tntips employed, and Myers of Montana made tne conference report on the measure, Ia,,ea lo materialize, and on the oth after being approved bv the honsp er hand Senator Hitchcock admitted pjwixny Dirter attack on Gompers OLO ",uot I,ave ueen ousy m washing- iing ine position that if the com and his allies and on those who would ton for !t Is asserted that a major- promise fails, the pact of London will mv I " ' " ic iuuoi vuie. xne measure went at once to the president, and so did the arguments drill onnnnln iv. 11 . . I Cai ui we uiDor leaaers. The mucr urgeu me president to veto th 1111 n A 4l& I ouu men prepared an elaborate bripf nrpsntino- f,j troversy. Their reaupsf for f. x men biub oi uie con- i seconded bv thP irnrmprc Vo, v council, thouirh othPr fr :Z zations annrovPd th locio., ' to..ic null. me i general belief was that Mr. Wilson would sign the bill after It hnd hPPn passed on by Attornev fi,! tdi tn u-,.m k.:; .7 . r1""' rcmi x miner, i to whom he submitted it. The hrads iithea!!Way brtherh00ds and oer . tiC vtlltu m ineir Q1 cnsslons of the measure and expressed the belief that there would be no gen- eral strike of the rail workers, thouirh they were confident of their nnWW can a waikout that would tie up the .. . . " n "ZyZ sterns of the entire mo'r iV tn. J y eem to want wmIJ C:S"0" f,a tribunal on "7 ii t aim management S"" 2lV?.lSlaJel """'Pendent of 77 a u "UJUSl",eui maenmery pro- vlded by the bill. TW ho, ' men and their employers can come tn agreements without the lntprn the public. . ..l.uu i . statistic, e estimating the advances in fZ Mioti rt7 -:7r:-1 .B weeK in fflroc onH Ann!ki I ;-;a;;to purs- footing. Opponent nf k, J n JL 7 7"" saia -uirrr per cent on the old watered stock hnt the experts assert that Z fn,7 j value of properties has muSJ" the water, and that anvwav thfrot will be based not on TnAi ?? values b rrriJ !ated book The whole mntw " ' lation, with mprnf Z the background, will be In ZVZ politics this year, ar 77 7t rear, according to the la Under the leadership of bbr chiefs TTn777 T6 impels theynwS,tte:dt7?oP:f .. . J. "ueavor to se- cure the election to congress of didates of either nrt. ","u' vorable tn inho. '71 "U1 ue Ia" nnsh ."rT111" to r- io ine uummins Esch measure. President Wilson sprung another of surprises on tne country Wednes S27" "!.Abt that he : uucc" wr. iansmg iciury oi State sec- nredl e .n.es hl rpmrv nf etotn mi... . i Aitiioi. i r" " 6V i" I c-ymw! WOUId ETO tn f wnn n rm bort thosUentfemen we a 8 i when their efforts ,X, J ' ana - " voioy s name -t'w uoi suDmitted to thi finn,ta I nce. and there was a good deal " tnlk Of nnnneltlnn in . I -7.7r " iuat nooy to h s vumirraation. senator rjnidoi. xr -I - Tork said he would tlJFZ . rofc " I mm because he considered Mr. Colby no better fitted for secretary of state than for the shipping board, for which he was confirmed several years . ago af ter a hard fight in the senate. Mr. Colby Is a native of St. Louis, a grad uate of Williams college and a lawyer by profession. Until the organization of the Progressive party he was a Re publican. He followed -the fortunes of Colonel Roosevelt until the latter came out for Hughes In 1916, and then Mr. Colby joined the ranks of the Democrats It is reasonably certain mai ir. wnson win not nave any serl- ous ainerences with his new adviser concerning- International affairs. Mr, Colby Is an ardent advocate of the treaty of Versailles and the League1 of Nations covenant. Incidentally, he is opposed to national prohibition nope or early ratification of the peace treaty faded last week and the senate deadlock seemed tighter than ever. The predicted revolt of Demo- crats against the president's policy . . .... that he had been deceived in expect- g a DreaK ln tne ranks of the Re- Publicans. Senator Lodge let it be KUO"" wai newas determined to force another vote on ratification or re- -iectIon and to put the Democrats on ttrvuiu- "e Deiieves ir ail minor mat- ters were adJusted an agreement could u,ure easuy De reacnea on article 10. Some ,frJends of the Egyptian national- J otuoiuis uuw iavor me res- - - . . mauon reiusmg to recognize the Brit- Ish Protectorate over Egypt. - soviet government of RnssU a w A. t ... uttI1" D aomg everyliilng it can th!nir'nf vT, . ""ic ui .cu2iiik 10 oe a sov- let eovernment. to hrW ahnf 1 u i iirni r with thp om " v route or anothpr Z ' "?"Z of E,,mna -JV. w - lunaiu l Jit? same Lenine, who admits that W sla must have neace and tht M of the world mCf ,1 - -...7 . ,c u rei- muai iiuv e peaceiui n tions with Russia, last wppU km offer of peace to the United States, an uau uuu jioumania. xne council of the allies declared its position In the matter earlier, as follow,: "The allies cannot enter into d,ni. matlc relations xr.f, , " " 1 l ouyicl tuv ernment, in view of their past experi ences. until they have arrived at the convIctIon that the bolshevik horrors come to an end and that the gov- emment at Moscow Is ready to con form Its methods and diplomatic con auct to those of "f- w u" Ci1Ilzea govern- ii m- , "Commerce Ww t.., ... rt 7,7 y"ia ttllu ie i v vjo. a m ma m .fc Vi liUl UIJC Wllicn IS Sn Meanflol for the imDrovempnf fan . ditions. not onlv in ni. k ," 77 uvuiiyuv; tXII rf 1U lue in oe encouraged ee possible with- to- dee possible with- l?"" l ine aude Ascribed out relaxation of the ' . . Iorcea the French, for 'ya George and Nitti. and nprhnn -re sr 0? 2 g SVlet goveraent and concluding a speedy peace. The dlplomats believed, S,ded Wlth the French' and there rumors of a wlng split In the entente. The compromise Is regarded by many as an unworthy evasion. The roies' on the other hand, are Inclined ZJ1? the once and ar formulat rag ineir conditions. , - "' the sov let eovernment wnttnn rrt-. . . . - v-uuuuuc, me gov- r nortnern Russia has col laPsea enrely and has surrendered Archangel and all the Miimmn.ir to the reds. Earl Curzon on it, urzed th vintrt k.7 m ausiuiu irom vio lence and severe repressive measures, and there has been nothing to indicate' Uo7tn tL , , esPd opposl that" his plea was In vain. inTe ttrl T lt M Uomh tte 7... .. soutn the Kuban Cossacks at last re ports were trying to come to an un- oerstandlne with nonorai rn.i. iui vjreuerai i ipnt irino in 0W that the peoole -m VI . .uxu.! JLCU1K1UK. in- I tnougn tnev art hnrtn t. . . .. tiriv v. - " T" dlstrast of OenMnrt alonary tendencies. The general In- a nnftAd t?h. I sla. whprp. 77 : r 7 ----- -oats uuu pmnned - - - maepenaenttate. ' Th mnm. .; .7.7 vuuutus pians con- 2!? are stacked from va V1UUS airecuons. In England Xta Robert Cecil declared that the Turks must be removed from Constantino ple because the maintenance of Turk ish sovereignty there would be a men ace to tranquility. He added that the danger of offending Musselman opin ion In India was "very gravely exag gerated." His views are supported by other public men there. Prince Feisal of the Herjaz has warned the allies that the Independence of Syria must be recognized or war with the Arabs will follow. Lenlne. it Is r- ported, has jumped Into the contro- versy with a demand that rwtnnH- nople be given to Russia in fulfillment of a promise given by the allies in 1915 as recompense for Russia's war effort. Premier Milierand of France, who is not in accord with some of Lloyd George's plans, says he will not consent to any Important decisions re garding Turkey, that have not been ap proved by President Wilson. President Wilson's rejoinder to the supreme council rejecting Its reasons ror revising the Adriatic settlement as well received by the premiers, and lt Wfls predicted they would yield af- ier lurtner argument. The president's note gave In detail his reasons for ob- Jeering to the new concession tn Ttoi d for Insisting on his solution of the problem as modified by the agreement OI ecemoer 9 last Great Britain and France, it was said In London, would answer the note, as Itnlv ! n- tff aside as an interested SDectator I "c u Lorce. rrpsnmnhlr fw xrti I J sn never would airrep tn thfc probably he would have the surmort I x i ouj;j;ui I e Present French government Some very IntprPHn f I 7. . . ery interesting events in For i urinsfi -nniiHno . '":C.""".Z . ""Penng- i iiiih i inn rn a r. m . . : . u nome rule Dill nas t0 Parliament and Is l" Slir uy inin- Tne Labor I DartV I 3 nlfinnlrir 4-n. , . thl i " 0ppos.e .!t on Z:". ' L""1 U noc Ieaa to a 1 111 Vi. ll,e irisn Question. Af- r its introduction the measnrp w cnanged by the cabinet In two Impor- tant particulars First as a conces- slon to Sfr vo r. area was defln the Dlster SSL,'. " hm.ogene009 l? 1 lnSlea1 .of the 1 . v tl luaicuu oi tne wnoie K." . .' u ine secontl change the i Dill ncraad , . mil. Instead of reserving Inrtpfinftw the control of customs and excise to England, states clearly that: control of all taxation will be transferred to ireiano tne moment the two Irish leg inures demand It. This, It Is be i ' -' "in me lieved, may gain for the bill the of many of the Sinn Fein sup- . .Anot.her event of Importance in Brit isn pontics was the return of A-:nnith I i. . - v" i nu riiu mM - -w-m . . 7 "um i-aisiey with a ma 17. utf"riy over the Labor InriftT . . 1 A AVV candidate. It was assumed the for mer premier would resume active lead ership of the opposition, and troublous times for Lloyd George ed. Mention must be made of ih ir reoeuion- that broke out last eek in Iron River, in the northern nontneni. I..... .. .. IU of Mlrhi , u.uWUj,n il was reany a temnPSt In a nrlno rm. . " " juS. xne local au- iiionties, resenting the attemDt of th government liquor inspectors to seise aim destroy some home-made wine owned Dy certain inflnpntli defied the federal forces which were rusned up from Chicago, threatening icauer wiin arrest. He mm. ed, however. In pouring the nfrpnHi wine Into the gutter and rPtnm k. VT wasnington without pun ishing the recalcitrant district attor ney and his aids. Then a Joint fed -77. 7 -"Huiijr imo u,e circum- ZT" ?nng tne "revcir was iron Ulver. Because of the widespread opposl- '-of the ar b,, tt.'.3 ature n leac e pres nted t vu icauers agreed to s!dtra r" measure was nre. dAnf-oI x . 71 ne th that section viuui omitted. A sTjeclai -w-.vuiium.ee Will wxt sesSon J l""181" f Way at 5f(lSe" toI,ell'te' . parties will have the "numiy of puttincr In their platforms If th Chairman Kahn Is as earnest an ad vocate of the system as ever, and al raost as honeful nf finoi he admitted separate legislation wa lue oniy practical course now7 -! .... PEOPLE TO MATTER OF T EFFORTS TO BREAK dead IT IS COisir.i VJ U tl I 1 I A is MERE WASTE OF TM E. A COUP OF IRREGOKCil compromise Negotiation S on Sub;J of Major Reservati onS to Arv.. ' -o oe UroPPed Washington. Convinced th,t the present their labors to bnS r k7 cuiutjK are a Va-. i , .uua moved to pc, ' treaty out cf the way of pre?J , Jation and to let the issues 'i the ratification fip-ht . eih 7 ' bU 1:110 tne cal campaign for decision Under the plan agreed to awJ parently acquiesced in by all L l of both nartiP . 1 t'a . - '-"-"piuiinsp np,.u tions on the crucial reservation t7 tlcle ten are tn ha j l' tion of the republican wwr,,,,.. " ocooiuu is io lie COfflDoJ AS a fnrmalifw . ,1 .1 pram nf lact aaos; .- . I . iufQ a nnal r fication vote is to be taken to n. 1 treaty out of the senate and campaign. The coup of the irreeoneihMes -' thus bringing the treaty rw .7 truce was a virtual repetition of th! move by which, several weeks mise negoiiations Dy brinrin sure to bear on republican leader? GOVERNMENT OF BOLIVIA IS TRYING TO SECURE SEAPORT New York. Bolivia's eommerni Arlca through an agreement it is I posea to make with Chile and Pen AMERICAN IN FOREIGN ARMY IS KILLED IN LITHUANIA. Warsaw. An American named Kar ris is reported to have been killed at Kovno, Lithuania. Harris joined Lithuanian army a few months ago as instructor. 165,000 ACRES GOVERNMENT LAND WILL- BE SOLD SOON. Washington. Public sale of 165.000 acres of land In the former Cheyerpe Tiver and Standing Rock Indian reser vations, In North and South Dakota, was ordered by Secretary Lane. AMERICAN FEDERATION TO TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION. Miami, Fla. No further action irill be taken by the American Federate of Labor in regard to the railroaJ bill, signed by the president over the protest of organized labor. Samuel Gompers, president of the federation said. 2.5 PER CENT BEER HELD LEGAL BY WISCONSIN COURT. Milwaukee, Wis. Manufacture and sale of 2.5 beer in Wisconsin was le galized in a decision handed down by Federal Judge Geiger In the test case brought by the Manitowoc Products company for an injunction to halt en forcement of the Volstead act SENATOR BANKHEAD, ALABAMA. HAS DIED FROM LA GRIPPE- Washington. Senator John H. Bask head of Alabama, died here after a? llness of several weeks from la griPP- Senator Bankhead was 77 years o:J THREE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE BY NON-SECTARIAN. New York. Banishment of the Turk from Europe; and of the Moslem for ernmenfs control over Christians and fulfillment of the allied pled? to Ar menia, were urged in a resolution adopted at a non-sectarian nj3cs meet ing here. Copies of the pet'tlon be forwarded to President Wilson and the supreme council at Paris. STRIKE SITUATION AT PARIS APPEARS SLIGHTLY IMPROVED Paris. Railroad men mnh'l;zpT tJ the Paris, Lyons and Mediterranear system were rnortmg in increasinf nnmbers and what little change there s in the strike situation seems tc be for the better. So far. the penera' strike may be said to be a failure, as Dumbers of railroad men. even unior adherents are refusing to quit, par ticularly in the provinces. Inconvenience is being suffered and freight service dislocated, however. PROCEEDINGS CAN ONLY BE BROUGHT AGAINST EMPLOYERS Washington. Georgia suprem court decrees holding that proceed "bags under the'federal liability act car only be brought against an employ were upheld by the supreme court The opinion was rendered in appeal trom , the dismissal of damage Pra ceedings brought by B. C. Lee for 1 juries received while employed by th Central of Georgia Railroad, but which he also had named another e& ploye as one of the defeadants. lFPn