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VOL XXXII. BOONE, WATAUG ACOUNTY, N. C. THURSDAY JUNE 23, 1921.
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NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
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Admiral Sims Stirs Up Hornets'
' Nest by His London Speech
I About the Irish.
SECRETARY OF HAW ACTS
Mexico Told She Mutt Sign Treaty to
Obtain Recognition Pueblo Ris
ing From Flood Disaster
i New Parliament of North-
ern Ireland Meets.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Some of our eminent Americans
have a positive genius for saying the
wrong thing when they are abroad.
Closer following the extraordinarily
tactf utterances of Ambassador
Harvey n his first address In London
comes the speech of Admiral Sims at
r meeting of the English Speaking
union In the British metropolis. He
is quoted In the press as saying:
"I do not want to touch on the
Irish question, for I know nothing
about It. But there are many in our
country who technically are Ameri
cans, some of them naturulized and
some born there, but none of them
Americans at all. They are Amerlcuns
when they want money, but Sinn
jFelners when on the platform. They
are making war on America today.
The simple truth of it is Hint they
have the blood of the I'.ritlsh and
American boys on their hands for the
obstructions they placed In the wny
. of the most effective operation of the
allied naval forces during the war.
They are like zebras, either black
horses with white stripes or white
horses with black stripes. But we
know they are not horses they are
asseg. But each of these asses has a
vote and there are lots of them."
Of course the numerous friends of
"free Ireland" In the United States
vere enraged by these words, and
Senator Medlll McCormick of Illinois
.went to the front promptly, denounc
ing the admiral's speech as "repre
hensible and disgusting." He called
the attention of Secretary of the .Navy
Denby to the address and asked that
Sims be disciplined if It developed
that he had been correctly quoted.
Without bothering the President
with the affair, Secretary Denby
cabled to Admiral Sims the substance
of the press reports nnd ordered him
to Inform the department Immediately
whether or not he had used the lan
guage attributed to him.
The senate, taking to Itself some
of the admiral's harsh expressions,
unanimously adopted a resolution or
dering the naval affairs committee to
make a thorough investigation of the
matter.
Forecasting his reply to Secretary
Denby, Admiral Sims declared he
would not repudiate a single word of
his speech.
No doubt both Ambassador Harvey
nnd Admiral Sims thought they were
engaged in the laudable task of main
taining and enhancing the amicable
relations between the two great Eng
lish speaking nations; but if they had
wisdom comparable with their years
and experience they would have
known that utterances like theirs al
ways Injure rtithcr than aid that
cause. On the other hand, it is unde
niably true that the efforts of cheap
American politicians to entangle this
country in the Irish controversy are
disgusting to millions of American
citizens.
Of prime Importance In the news of
the week was the announcement by
Secretary Hughes of the administra
tion's policy In dealing with Mexico.
In a sentence, this Is that, if Mexico
desires to obtain recognition by the
United States, she must enter into a
treaty of amity and commerce that
has been presented to President Obre
gon and in which she will guarantee
American property rights within Mex
ican territory ui;a!nst confiscation.
Says Mr. Hughe? : "Mexico is free to
adopt any policy which she pleases
with respect to htr public lands, but
he Is not free to destroy without com
pensation valid tltlwt which hrt
been obtained by American citizens
under Mexican laws. A confiscation
policy strikes not only at the Interests
of particular Individuals but at tbe
foundations of International Inter
course, for It Is only on the basis of
the security of property validly pos
sessed under the laws existing at the
time of Us acquisition that commer
cial transactions between the peoples
of two countries and the conduct of
activities in helpful co-operation are
possible.
"This question Is vital because of
the provisions Inserted In the Mexi
can, constitution promulgated In 1917.
If these provisions are to be put Into
effect, retroactively, the, orcertiesof
on a greut scale. This would consti
tute an International wrong or ins
gravest charucter, and this govern
ment could not submit to its accom
plishment." The ReDubllcun majority In the
house took steps to discard the Borah
amendment to the naval bill, and to
substitute the Idea of the Porter Joint
resolution, which concurs In the ex
pressed purpose of President Harding
to call a disarmament conference but
refuse to tie his hands with Instruc
tions or requests, as does the Borah
plan. The Porter Idea, It is said, la
the more pleasing-to .the President,
but he will not directly Intervene la
the controversy. The house Demo
crats are almost solidly In favor of
the Borah amendment.
The senate performed a peculiar
flop last week In dealing with the
army bill. On Tuesday, by a vole of
34 to 80. It rejected the drastic army
reduction voted by the house, adopting
the plan of the senate militury com
mittee for an army of an average
strength of 180,000 during the next
year, with a reduction to 109.000 by
February 15, Next day the sen
ate reversed Itself, deciding, 36 to 32,
to reduce the army to 150,000, which
would necessitate the discharging ol
about 75,000 men before the middle ot
next February. The entire bill was
then passed without a roll call. It
carries an appropriation of $333,000,
000 for the army for the fiscal year
beginning July 1.
President Hnrding announced to
congress his selections for the recon
structed United States shipping board.
A. D. Lasker, a well-known advertis
ing man of Chicago, was appointed
chairman. The other members ure:
T. V. O'Connor of Buffalo, N. Y. ; for
mer Senator Chamberlain of Oregon,
Edward C. Plurnmer of Maine. F. I.
Thompson of Alabama, Meyer Llssner
of Los Angeles and Hear Admiral
Benson of Georgia. The selection of
Mr. Lasker was criticized sim-usliea-ly
by certain Democratic congressmen
and warmly defended by Illinois rep
resentatives. The Republican national comnrttee,
In session in.XVashtngton, accepted the
resignation" of Chairman Will Hays
and elected John T. Adams of Du
buque, Iu., to succeed him. Mr. Adams
has been vice chairman, and that po
sition was given to Ralph E. Williams
of Portland, Ore. A. new basis of rep
resentation at natlonul conventions
was adopted by which tlie Southern
states will lose 23 delegates' from the
number accredited to the Chicago con
vention of last June. The void system
allowed for one delegate from each
congressional district, but under the
new plan a district must have cast 2,
500 Republican voles In the last pre
ceding election before It may send a
delegate to the convention. To have
two district delegates there must have
been cast 10,000 Republican votes, or
a Repuhlienn representative must
have been elected to congress, Under
the former plan 7,500 votes gave two
delegates.
Just before the committee met one
of Its most prominent members, Alvin
T. Hcrt of Kentucky, died suddenly In
a Washington hotel. Mr. Hert was
very nctive in the last campaign and
President Harding offered him p.n am
bassadorship and other high posts. He
was a leading business man of Lorls
vllle. Another sudden deat'i that shocked
the country was that of C1. Frederick
W. Galbraith, national commander ol
the AmerlcnTi I.e.'lon. He una killed
In an automobi'o accident near In-
dlwinpolls, eni Henry Ryan, director
of Americanization in the Legion, ami
Col. Milton J. Foreman of Chicago
narrowly escaped death at the same
time.
With what we like to consider the
true American spirit, the people of
Pueblo already are at work restoring
Uieir city after the devastating Hood
that swept through Uiut part of Colo
rado. The Nutional Guard Is policing
the area of destruction, which em
braces about 290 square miles, and all
week supplies of food and clothing
were being rushed In by all possible
means of conveyance. It Is not likely
the number of dead ever will be knowu
accurately, but It probably reached
500. In addition to the immense prop
erly damage In Pueblo and other
towns, much of the crops and the live
stock in the flood area was destroyed.
Fears of uu epidemic due to the utter
ly disorganized sunitatlon of the re
gion were allayed by the prompt work
of the medical corps. The' American
Red Cross has undertukeu the com
plete rehabilitation of the flood
stricken sections, and It has Issued u
national appeal for funds that la
meeting with the generous response
always given In such instances. The
railways, of course, are carrying the
relief supplies free.
The British troops in Upper Silesia
are making quick work of pushing the
insurgent Jles back out.o the dis
puted region auuV "according "to re
ports, they are doing it without any
fighting, for Korfanty's men know re
sistance would be worse than useless.
The French are looking on, hoping
that the interests of the Poles, with
whom they sympathize, will not uf-
fer. Meanwhile the German defense
forces, which are underltho command
of General von Hoefer, have ceased
their advance in one sector, but have
kept going forward In another, taking
Slaventltz, Kandrzin and Ujest after
bloody fights with the Poles and ap
proaching close to Glelwltz, which U
called the key to Industrial Upper Si
lesia. Gross Strehlltz, which Is held
by a French garrison, was surrounded
by the Germans on three sides.
After the German high court had
convicted two minor defendants of
cruelty to British prisoners during the
war and given them Jail sentences, It
took up the case of Submarine Com
mander Neumann, accused of sinking
the British hospital ship Dover Cas
tle. On his plea that he was merely
obeying the order of his superiors he
was acquitted, and consequently, It li
now reported, the court intends te
bring to trial the admiralty chief or
chiefs who gave the orders to Neu
mann and the other submarine com
manders whose enses are pending.
The allied council of ambassadors
has sent to Berlin a letter taking cog
nizance of the "good will of the Ger
man government In Its efforts to ful
fill its undertakings under the peace
treaty, and granting a delay until
September 30 fer the transformation
of the Diesel submarine motors to
civilian Industry. trim Munich came
the word that the Bavarian citizens'
iMinrd lias decided to disarm voluntar
ily fly June 30, In compliance with the
ultimatum of flip ollles. This relieves
Berlin of one great worry.
The new parliament of northern Ire
land or Ulster nrnt In Belfast on
Tuesday nnd was formally organized.
MnJ. Hugh O'Neill, descendant of the
famous O'Neills of Irish history, whs
elected speaker and six of Ireland's
thirty-two counties were put on a self
governing basis. Viscount Fltzalnn,
the British viceroy am) a Catholic,
onened the proceedings. Of the fli
members elected 40 were present; T-h
others are nationalists and Sinn Fein
ers, who refuse to recognize the par
tition of Ireland and wlm will sit on
Doll Elrrann, the revolutionary par
liament which claims to represent nil
of the Emerald Isle. The experiment
of the British government In thus di
viding Ireland will be watched with
Intense Interest by the world.
Bands of men supposed to be fctnn
Finers mnde n hold and Ingenious at
tempt Wednesday night to Isolate
London by cutting all the telegraph
and telephone wires running out of
the city. They succeeded to a consid
erable extent. A similar attempt was
made In Liverpool.
W. H WAKEFIELD, M. D
of Charlotte, N. C, will boat
the Watauga Inn, Blowing Rock,
oi Wednesday, .June 2(.Hh; at
Shulls Mills Thursday, 530th; at
Banner Klk Friday, J uty 1st; at
Sugar Grove, Thursday, July
7th. and in Boone, at Blackburn
Hotel, Friday and Saturday, Ju
ly nth and Uth. Th Dr. limits
his practice to the treatment of
the diseases of Eye, Far, Nose
:tnd Throat, and Fitting Glasses.
Ask yoiir family physican about
consulting Dr. Wakefield.
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Haviny qualified as administrator
of the estate of Louisa Cook, dm us
'd, this is to notify all persons hav
ing1 claims airainst the estate of said
deceased to exhibit them to the un
dersijrned on or before the 2nd day
of June 102'J or this notice will 1"
plead in liar of their recovery. All
j)oi sons indebted to said estate will
iil' iise ntaKe immediate payment.
Tnis 2nd dav of June 1(121.
J. U. TAYLOR, Administrator.
Dr. E. M. Loyd,
JOHNSON CITY, TENN.
PRACTICE LIMITED TO EYE,
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
Special attention to fitting
glasses. Offices in Loyd
Building, one block South f
F.T. & W. N. C. Depot.
INSURANCE!
Fire, Life, Casualty.
All new business and ex
piring policies promptly
attended to. Adjustments
promptly made.
GEORGE F. BLAIR,
OFFICE IN P. O. BLIXi.
BLOWING ROCK, N. C.
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LOVE OF OUR INSTITUTION OF
LIBERTY WAS IMPELLING
FORCE DURING WAR.
PEOPLE HATED TYRANT
Secretary of State Hughes Addressed
Gathering of his Fellow Alumni
i of Browns University.
Providence, R. I. Secretary of
State Charles J2. Hughes told a gath
ering of his fellow alumni of Brown
University that It was not desirable
that America's helpful Influence
should be frittered away "by relating
ourselves unnecessarily to political
question which involve rivalries of
interest abroad with which we have
no proper concern."
"It is equally true," he continued
"that we cannot ricape our relation
to the economic problems of the
world."
"Our men did not go forth to fight
for this nation as one of imperialistic
designs and cunning purpose or to
protect a land where avarice might
find its surest reward. They offered
their lives and all the energies of the
country were harnessed In the su
preme effort, because we loved the
institutions of liberty and' intended
to maintain them, because we hated
tyranny and the brutality and ruth
loasuesB which found expression in
the worship of force and because we
found our fate linked with that of the
free' peoples, whowere struggling for
the preservation o' the essentials of
freedom. With thm we made co;
mon cause, and as from one end o'
theicoimtry to the other rang appealf
lp SfMpame of civilization itself, the
wra4 nation responded.
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NOTICE.
My wife, Mrs. Bessie Adams,
naving left me some weeks ago,
Ihis is to notify all persons that I
will not, in any way, be responsi
ble for any debts she may make
or any contract whatsoever. The
public will please take notice.
This the 27th day of May, W21.
WILLETTS. ADAMS.
Meat Camp, N. C. U2 4tc.
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ftGTUATED AMERICA
Cutts Imperial Potentate.
Des J'oines. Iowa Ernest A. Cults,
of Savannah. Ga., chief rabban of th?
Rhrlnors' organization, was electod
imperial potentate.
Only Woman Military Officer.
Santa Fe., N. M. Mrs. Jas. Basca,
of this city. Is believed to be the only
woman officer of a national guard
unit In the United States.
Youth of 19 Commits Murder.
Penspcola. Fla. Claude Brewton,
19. of McDavld, Fla., is in the county
Jail here charged with the murder of
T. F. Roley, 30, of Cantonment, Fla.
Workingmen'v Carelessness.
Of all the accidents to workmen
which occur in the plants of the Unit
ed States Steel corporation only five
per cent, were due to machinery
causes. The others came under the
head of band labor. .
Was Hot In Charlotte.
Charlotte, N. C With a maximum
temperature of 99 degrees, Charlotte
oxperienced its hottest June 14 since
the weather bureau station was es
tablished here, it was announced by
G. S. Llndgren, meteorologist.
The two most
on the market
Dodge
ROADSTER $1070,00
TOURING $1120.00
Delivered
If interested I, will be glad to show
you the new cars and demonstrate
F. M. RICHARDS
Banner Elk, N. C.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
With Summer Comes the Rush
Season for Fords
Each year thousands have been compelled to wait for
their cars after placing their orders. Sometimes they
have waited many months.
By placing your order now you will be protecting your
self against delay. You will be able to get reasonably
prompt delivery on your Ford car. And you will have
it to enjoy when you want it most this summer.
J. B. TAYLOR
VALLE CRUCIS, N. C.
"An dinarchy ef Socialism."
St. Louis. Government control
over business u be ?aid was exempli
fled by the packer control bill now be
fore congress was termed "a gorern
ment oligarchy of socialism" by Sen
ator Jamet A. Roed, of Missouri.
M'Cullouah Heads Rotarlsns,
Edinburgh, Scotland. Dr. Crawford
O. McCullongh, of Fort William, On
tarlo. was unanimously elected Brest
dent of the International association
of Rotary clubs.
City Without Newspapers.
Portsmouth, N. H. Publishers of
the three newspaper here and rep
resentatives ef the striking composi
tors failed to agree on a wage scale
and working hours at conference and
as a rsult this city was again without
newspapers.
Big Loss In Flames.
Roanoke, Va The plant of the Har
ris Hardwood company was destroyed
by tire t an early hour, entailing a
i loss of 1140,000, partially covered by
Insurance. .
popular cars
Buick
ROADSTER $1695.00
T0URIN3 $1725,00
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