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' VOL. CDC NO. 87.
owALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING,
MARCH 23, 1919.
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MONROE DOCTRINE AND
: JAP AMENDMENT NOT YET
IN LEAGUE COVENANT
. Drafting Committee Has Re-
p ceived Covenant; Amend-s
ments May Be Offered
'Before Council of
Ten Later
WOMAN SUFFRAGE HAS
SECURED RECOGNITION
v ; Offices of The League Shall Be
Open To Women As Well As
, Men ; Another Amendment Is
7 That No State Can With,
draw From League Withoat
7 Two Years' Notice; Commit.
V tee Chosen To Select Local.
' ity of Seat of The League;
Peace Conference Develop
ments at Paris
:-' B tli" Assoc fit41rs.T "
Paris, March 27. The American
amendment concerning the Monroe Doe
trine and Japanese racial amendment,
were not Included in the covenant of
the League of Nations as tent to the
drafting committee today. The amend
ments may be offered later at a plenary
session of the peace conference or be.
fore the council of ten.
Peraaneat Seat f Leaga.
Premier Orlando, of Italy, Baron
Magi no, of Japan, General Bmutz, of
Great Britain, and Colonel Bonne, of
the United States, compote peace com
' mittee, named today, to consider the
question of a permanent seat fur the
eLague of Nations.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE RECOGNIZED
IN THE LEAGUE COVENANT
Woman suffrage i recognized in the
' eorenant of league through the adop
' tion Wednesday of an amendment pro
viding that the offices of the league
shall bo open to women as well as to
.mfii, Another amendment provides so
' state can withdraw from the league with
out two years notice.
..4. "i Official Comma altstiea.
4 I'jris, March 27. Th jftimnvinicatton
' "issued today, dealing with the tension of
yesterday follows: .
''The thirteenth meeting of the league
nf nations commission was held at the )
day, March Ifl, under the chairmanship
- M T : 1 . w : 1
Wi x rrsiiiL'iii vi iiaun.
"The rhuirman nominated Eignor Or
lando, Barou Makino, General Smuts
and Col. House as members of a rom
. mittee to consider the question of the
locality of the seat of the league.
"The commission then concluded its
, . i lamination ..cf .. the.. auf ndment pro-
- Haed to the drrfft covenant, lord Kob
. ert Cecil, M. Larnnude, M. Venizelos
, find Col. llouse were nominated by the
thairman as a committee on revision to
consider the questions of the next
meeting aa soon as the eommon revis
ion was ready to report."
Question of Boundaries.
Paris, Man h. -27,
President Wilson
and Premier Ckmenreau, Lloyd
Oeorge and Orlando resumed their con
ference at the Paris "White House"
tt- morning, when it was understood
the question of honndarirs was taken
tip, the Rhine valley being the first
iibjeet under discussion. The conferees
disposed of the question uf indemni
ties yesterday.
SO-CALLED "REFl-BLIC"
OF BESSARABIA.
London, March 27. A republic has
tieen proclaimed in Bessarabia and its
ilittorate has ordered military opera
tions against the Rumanian army, a
part of which has been forced to fall
back, according to a Warsaw dispatch
, to the Telegraph. It is atatcd that the
movement is evidently engineered by
Itolsheviki supported by t'krainians
who seek to b.enk through Rumania to
establish contact between Moscow and
Budapest. - - p
Bessarabia was, under the old regime
In Russia, a province lying along the
northeastern frontier of Rumania. It
Is bounded ou the west by the Prath
river and on the east and the north by
the Dniester. On the southeast it is
washed by the Black, Set, It has an
irea of 17,614 square miles and had a
population In 19U of :j:,4il. Ru
mania laid claim to Bessarabia after
ee collapse of the imperial regime in
tiussia and Rumanian troops have been
stcupying parti of the eountrr.
Sitaatioa la East Adriatic.
Paris, March 27. I By The Associated
Press.) Peace conference circles were
disturbed today over the paradoxical
situation in the eastern Adriatic. Al
most simultaneously wth the Itnlan ne
toa n lifting the blockade iu that
rrgifln, the berguin press published a
decree prohibiting importation from
and exportation to Italy, thus nullify
ing the Italian action. Details of the
situation have not yet reached Paris.
N Libel Agalnat Van Kachlsaaa.
Zurich, March 27. The casikagainst
the Deutsche Zeitung- of Berlin for
criminally lUwIlina- Dr. Richard Van
' Kuchlmann nas been quashed. The for
mer German foreign secretary protest
fd against the ruling of the court. He
asserted thu libel, which accused him
of immoral conduct at Bucharest and
' Bhest-Utovik cannot be classified si
political offense.
- Borden Will Stand PaU
Ottawa, March 27. Premier Borden
has no intention of relinquishing his
(Contlaaed Paga Tws)
DEVELOMMKNTS IN HUNGARIAN
REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT J
SIGNIFICANT WIRELESS CAUGHT.
Copenhagen. March t7. A Budapest
dispatch ueeiv.d km oatlm a deer
beued br tlx new revolutionary lovtrn
meat whfch place all Industrial enter
priM employing more than twenty work
er under the control at the workers them
eelne. The decre ! provides tht thm
aatafcliahmcnta in tt bt nnder the maa
Mirat of rarasluHti appointed by the
aiintelrr of social production.
Th Budapest municipal authorities were
ktfrmd today that the proletariat has
placed th management f all the affairs
of the capital in th hands of a provis
ional committee.
Th government haa isiuad on order,
making work compulsory, taking the stand
that onlr the working manually or men
tally have right to live in a proletariat
stat. Th order says the state will be
obliged to support alt person Incapable
of working or thee for wan amptorment
caaeot bo provided.
SIGNIFICANT WIRELESS
MESSAGE INTERCEPTED.
(By th Associated: Press.)
. Paris, March 17. Copiee of wireleaa mes
sage sent by George Tchiteheria th Rus
sian Bolshevik foreign minister to variola
laaasr fc H angary, enow hie indignation
that th world refused to accept th Hun
garian revolution aa genuine and disseedits
He Bolshevik character. A wireless sent
by Tcaltcherln to Bclaa Kim th Hungar
ian fore urn mln biter at Budapest, which
was intercepted by th French foreign
off c oars:
Have you good news from other
countries? If not, no dot fall to get wire
baa Bieaaagss seat from Paris to th United
Bum by th American sorrospondenta,
who art sending excel lent critic isms of th
Preach policy and th peace conference
prat aiding."
Organ li in g R.vehttUnarr Army.
Baal. March 17. I French Wireless Ser
vice: Hungarian.) Th new Hungarian
government haa begun reorganisation f a
revolutionary army to he recruited from
th organised proletariat and the soldiers
and workmen now mobilised. Th chief
of th rad army report received from
Budapest eay, la th adviser of th rev-"
lutionary government but control of th
conduct and organisation of the army
wUI be In the handa of th people's com
miseeooer for military affairs.
Th soldiers will get 4j0 crowns monthly
and will be equipped armed and fed at
the expenee of the state. Two or more
soldiers belonging to ta same family will
get an extra oitowane of fifty crowns a
month and thos who have dependent
will get extra pay of tv crown every
is ssoath.
Th normal valu of th Austrian crown
befor th war was 29.1 cents.
Super-Council of Four Gives
Its Attention To Import- .
ant Question
STATEMENT BY MR.
WILSON ON COVENANT
Generals l"och and Bliss Called
In; Hungary and Russia Re-
. a.. .
Cemng Attention
i Rv the a ..nriated Pre.
Pans March 27-Th. super-council
of the President and Premiers, now
known as the Council of Four, divided
it. labors today lietwcen the "Whi
House' and M. Clemenceau s private
office, adjoining the war office.
The franco-German frontier was the'
chief topie of discussion, this follow -
mra .w. aa e amaatnant ns Vi Asl In af
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night oa reparation for war damages.
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riuu.'V 111c ,11111 .uiuv ii 1U1111 nuivuui (
of indemnity, which will sot be an
nounred at present, as likely to cause
friction and aroute hostility in enemy
quarters.
German Financial Commission.
It is noted as a coincidence that a
German financial commission is being
chosen to come to Versailles, t here the
settlement of this branch may include
an imerrsis.
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FRANCO-GERMAN
FRONTIER TOPIC
Tk. f n,.:"" " nuicu,
j;,M,;tl " . :hA u... Vnllev- coal
r3n. anrl the aett bank of the Rhine
Th. ?ritori.i rT-tak.
1... ...j ..j . ' li- j..i. u 1.
last word, and franklv deelare it i. a
question now of political expediency on
whirh the uper-coi neil alone can pas.
Marshal Koch and Gen. Tasker 11.
Bliss were called ii.to the couneil dur
ing the afternoon, indicating that mili
tary questions, including the serious
situation in Hungary and Russia, were
receiving attention.
Stat aeat By President Wilon.
President Wilson, who has virtually
c silent since hi. return to Paris,
Sieves the time is opportune for a
tatement which will allay apprehension
bee
believes
statement which will allay apt,
over the delay and show the revision
of the covenant f the League of Na-,
tion had proceeded at night sessions '
without any interruption to the Other;
main questions. 4 1
rresiuent wuson touay issuca tnc
following statement:
"In view of the very Surprising
impression whal. seems to exist of
some quarters Cat it is the dis
cussions of the commission on" the
League of Nations that are delay
ing the final formulation of peace,
' I am very glsd to tsk. th oppor-
, tunity of reporting that th con
clusions i.f this commission were
the first to b laid befor the plen
ary conference.
4 'They wer reported On February
14, and the world has had a full .
month in which to discuss every
feature of th draft covenant then
, submitted.
"During the list few day the
commission Lit been engage! ia an
effort te take advent- of the
Catial Pag Two)
A Y
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D BY HUGHES
Australian Premier Comes Out
.Strong Against Proposed
Jap Amendment
WOULDNT SIGN COVENANT 1
WITH SUCH PROVISION
Should Be No Interference In
The Internal Affairs of Any
Nation, He Says
Paris, Mar. 27.-(By tha A. P.)-Wil-
l liam M, Hughes, the Premier of Aus
tralia, made tha flat statement to the
Associuted Press today that he was un
alterably in opposition to the pro
posed Japanese racial equality amend
ment to the covenant of the League of
Nations or to any form of it, however
mild in recognizing that principle.
"Australia," Mr. Hughes said, 'Van
not accept this proposal which strikes
at th very roots of the policy that we
have maintained so long, as zealously as
! has America her Monroe Doctrine.
"I am most anxious to avoid anything
! likely to hurt the susceptibilities of the
people of other nations, but on this
I point, since we cannot give way, it is
best that I should speak plainly.
Sovereign Rights. . "
We cannot agree to the insertion of
any words in the eorenant or in the
treaty of peace that would impair, or
even question, our sovereign rights in.
regard to any and every aspect of this
i question.
j "One of the cardinal principles of
the league Is that there shall be no in
; terference in the internal affairs of any
, nation. No nation will surrender its
j sovereignty in matters essential to its
welfare to enter the league.
: ''I cannot but regard the proposed
I amendment as an effort to establish a
principle under which ultimately some
1 nations would find their internal policy
challenged by the league at the insti
gation of one of its members. The
amendment is one which, no matter
how inoccuous it may seem in form, ii
certainly aimed at giving the league
' control of questions relating to inimi
', grntion, naturalization and matters
which cannot be surrendered by any
fState without such impairment of its
' sovertignty as to make, it, in effect, a
subject state.
"No free Nation Conld Agree T It."
"If tb league "is able to compel a
Btat to amend its immigration, natu
ralization and franchise laws, there re
maiusto las Stat only th shadow of
sovereignty. The snbstanee has gone.
No free nation could agTee to dictation
in such matters from the League of Na
tions. Intimate problems telong to
and must remain under the control of
individual nations.
-nt er.nr.. we are told bv those who
advocate this amendment that nothing
i. rlMiro,! than the mere reeoini-
-
tion of the principle. They say no
.....; !. T am afraid
this assurance will not reconcile the
peqpje of Australia to the i-rpoWl, It
rtainiy doe. ' not satisfy me.
" . " . .
Something or Nothing.
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thing, or nothing. If nothing, then
k I..... ;. u .n.i,ln th.
; iur-eiT this something will not be
". "e7fto?SiB,"r, ..fai fui-iem.
all time short of action. If these ... ,. ,
wordg nhl(.u lt it iesiteii t0 intert in ; aifams the alleged
k . -.ki k .k. io patriotic fear
the covenant mean nothing, then the
I covenant itself means nothing.
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I i,niinoi rli.nnt. .,t... . i
o,... " !
great deal; that it contemplate! and
( rrovid)ll for actioni do . other
1 1' r-j.,,--,. mlln(.;nni anrl iniorn.
. , i,.,:.,,:,.. thi. v accent
. . .. ,. ,k. .m, ,.
j 4 no)hing ,, ,hfn in
)
essence from the other provisions; of
paCj
' Feci Keenly on Subject,
"The people of Australia, feci very
keeply on this matter. We feel, I
imagine, Is your people of California
do I do not pretend to know intimately
. 1 .! . , . .... I
sUm... uiannnw my 011-
servations have led mo to the belief
a. 4 A. . ,1 t
that the 1 acifle coast would lie as
much opposed to this amendment
would the citizezns of Australia.
"Without committing myself tn the
.if. . ,k. 1 . ,1 ki.k
' of 'otirse, has not yet been discussed
I ,h ""f"'nfe nd whi"h I W "d
.ireciions, 1 nav
e no hesitation in de -
claring myself in favor of the attempt
to substitute the rule of law and right
of that of force.
Couldn't Sign It.
"I feel sure, however, that Australia
could not sign the covenant if lt con -
tnined any such amendment s Is nro-
posed. Words matter little. Th.
nmendment will be nnaeeeptable no
- I .1
'byoot of a policy v.tal to the et
ZVA ,'- U" " "J "
"Breta '"' '
.matter how drafted, for it strikes at
existence
cannot
LEAGUE? DENIES PURPOSE
T0 MAKE WAR ON TOBACCO
. gr the Associated Praa)
New York, March 27. Emphatic de-
nial of reports that tho Anti-Balonn
League of New York was planning an
anti-tobacco compaign was made to
night by William H. Anderson, super
intendent of the organization.
"The Anti-Saloon League,' said--Mr.
Anderson, f'has absolutely nothing to
do with any such movement and has
never contemplated any activity against
tobacco and will not engage in any anti
tobacco movement."
Coal Price Adjustment.
(Br th Associated Press.)
Washington, March 27. Charging tho
railroad administration with "unfair
practices" ia tb purehes of coal, th
National Coal Association Id state
ment tonight said the coal operators
would be unable to agree with the De
partment of Commerce' ' industrial
board on prlc adjustment, without th
co-operation, of the administration.
BOLSHEVIST PREMIER
WARNS HUNGARIANS
AGAINST IMITATION
At
NO PARROT BUSINESS
UNLESS "PUBK" COMMUNISTS.
Copenhagen, March 27.Premier
Lenine of the Buasian Soviet govern
ment has sent a wireless dispatch to
Bela Kun, the Hungarian Minister of
Foreign Affairs, asking for guarantee)
that the new Hungarian government is
really Communistic and not merely
socialistic. Lenine warns Kun against
imitating "our Russian tactics ia detail."
In his message Lenine says:
"Owinff ta neenliar elrrnmstaneea I
an quite certain woum ve a miataao
- : - a : 1 1 1 1 i -
for the Hungarian Terolntion to Imitate
our Russian tactics in detail. I must
warn you against this mistake."
ScheidemantV Gives Vent To
His Feelings In German Na
tional Assembly
Weimar via Copenhagen, March 27.
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HUN CHANCELLOR'S
CRY OF DESPAIR
uy me a. r.; opeaaing touay in ine''i a
national assembly Phillip Kcheide-
mann, th. Chancellor, said semi-oleia,
and non-official repoH, we, inereasingi
daily that "fresh aggravations in the
peace conditions are expected to be an
nounced; that unprecedented 'sum in
compensation are to be hnposed; that
wid Btrctohe ; f Jnr(v! ;rermaii ter
ritory are to b taken, and that eman
ing restrictions are to lie imposed in;
nnansial and military matters.
"Assured a large part of these alleged
sonditions are invented." th Chan -
j cellar continued, "sw that by repetition
. lBr7 w"1 t"m us io tnese unnearo.
I a J J 1 A I. - at S . II.'...
"l "" ' 0" unl" ""
mr Mem almost bearable to us. They
are invented in order to create au at-
moKpnere which will suuoeate proiesi
j " "" ; ' " v,u,
l'P0'!'M' w,'"'h J f"1 .,!. .:.
'-armiM.ee -mW;rHe by the.
war Fnnnrm 1 tin mnthAil 4 n
of rhauviuist nature, but of the deepest
; de"Pai' whi PPOl. to the highest;
'hero is o the Conference- of humanity j
i ko'o p throughout Germany."
inn said the protests.
conditions were due
patriotic fear. The government
knew this loyalty to the empire was the
most valuable possession entrusted to
mtrol and would not permit it .0
lie entrenched upon at home or abroad.
The chancellor appealed to the people
sponsibility for the war, Herr Bchcide -
mann said:
"Even if Germany were responsible
for all the crimes she is accused of. has
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BKHIIiai AClieiB llini iiiiiiiiiu iiri. rrim
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Brest-Litovsk."
.
; rKUIKSI AuAl.vSil IMSi
Ll'DENDORFF DEMONSTRATION
Berlin, March L7.(Iiy the A. P.)-
i Th. government has protested to rmv
1 officers against the demonstration they
j gave for General Ludendorff last Sun-
Atr on iln ground that it has uiven
! eiinonents an opportunity to assert
that evervthing is the same in Germany
1 as under the former Emperor. If I.u-1
den.lnrff aakeil for. a tribunal to hear,
i his case, the governmeot, it is an -
nniineert. wotild prsnt his reouest and
.would see that it was composed of im-
j partial persons.
ANOTHER AIRPLA.NE FOR
THE ATLANTIC FLIGHT.
London, March 27. The airplane en-!
tered yesterday for tha tranh-Atlanticj
flight by the Mnrtinsyde Airplane Com'-
" v -
ila aa.nw I lAe.
1 J - . . .. - -
land, whence the start on tn Might
will be made. t. P. Kaynhan, a veteran
aviator, will be the nilot and C. W. F.
Morgan will be the navigator.
Snowstorm Ia Maryland.
Hagcrstown, Md., March 27. Follow
ing a sudden, drop ia temperature a
heavy -snowstorm prevails in wetter
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10 smut! logri.irr, himiiiik; j -ew mn, .iian-n .i.-mtir ,.., Tnr r.irT TnaT me metnod or warfare as arn s for the protection or prohiintioir
"The so-culled radicals of the Left officers acre called' as witnesses for the gl as the extent of tertian fought over ,pnt, sought by an angry mob, -after
have no right to protest against acts of defense today in the rnurtmartial of Pnt neoptioaal diflieulties to the .lis- j,a,i killed Raymond Wiaekel-
oppression, for we are responsible un-1 Captain Edwin C. Weisgertwr, a gas and covery and buri.il of th- .lend. Burial ; f ' , 0,., J. 1) Hudwu, alleged
der the treaties of Brest-Litovsk sud ; rhemien! engineer of Pittsburgh, rharg- par,,,,, fr,.oumtlv rompleted. their mis- .' ., ' . ,... thi'. after-
R,.,l,.e. aul eriminal nffenaea. involving d is- t 1: 1. . k :. '..i -r... ..u bootleggers, nere Uismisse I II1I8 sner
, Declaring that Great Britain had r-j loyalty to the United States and s.vm-tr u UuM UBll rov o Jarknesa, , !,w" '' ' , ' L Ii A.liutant
jected a proposal to establish an in-,pathy with Germany. They testified lhll, mak,g idrntifinrtinu difficult nnd "'K telegram reemed ITWM
1 ternational tribunal to investigate re- Weisgcrber had len of invaluable as- nf)en in.r,.,..,!,!., rj,.brii, are now ,,''' J(""'I'1' lA'H M, r" rrom ,'KU
Maryland tonight. Fruit bads ars.,lslo,-rrM and navy use,
most ready to blossom ana growers Tn
the fruit belt fear the buds w.l be
froicn.
Released Haa, Prisoners.
Dunkirk, March 27. (French wire
less Service.) The Danish steamer Bt.
Tbomaa left Dunkirk today with three
hundred German prisoners who were
born in Bchle.weg-Holttein and who
were reletsed at th request ef the
Danish govern meat.
ni n iiininnu nn n
ULU MblM! BUtt
CHARLESTON PORT
Thousands of N. C, S. C. and Gen- Pershing Reports There
Tenn. National Guardsmen, Are Still 5J500 in U.S. Forces'
Landed There Yesterday Listed As "Missing"
QUICKLY DEBARKED, GOING 'ALL THE NAMES ALREADY
TO CAMP JACKSON. S- C.! IN CASUALTY LISTS
State STille Soldier First To' With The French 290,000 and
Land; Mostly South ' Caro- British 160,000, Total Hiss-
liniahs, Some Casuals
(By th Aasoemud Press.) i
Charleston, 8. C, March 27. Three;
transports came into port today from shing reported to the War Department
France, bringing thousands of the men ' today there are still 6,500 officers and
of the Old Hickory division, former ! men of the Expeditionary Forces listed
Tennessee, North Carolina andBoutli j as missing. This total compares with
Carolina National liuardsmen, 10,., Britbn ofgfill, fiplrM of mjm
whom Held Marshal Haig gav eredit t . . ;
for breaking the Hindcnburg line. i m!M," h Fr,e1' W)W. All
The first transport to arrive was the ! f the 800 namea have been reported
Mercury, bringing 69 oi'Heers and .1,(H3 ' as "musing" la casualty lists already
men, most of them from upper South published, the report said. Reinter
Carolina The returning sold.er, wer, : of from ,
debarked in 06 minutes and after a ' . . .
rousing welcome bore started in five
trains for Camp Jackson, Columbia,';
wnero tury win gu tnrouKn uic usual
quarantine routine. Most of them will
eventuaUy be demobilized there but
eaaiiala frnm nther nrgiiniTatinna , wjll '
go to other camps.
The other two transports, the Koen
sen der Nederlanden and the Pocahontas
came into Dort Inter in tha da and
their troops will debark tomorrow morn- P'm th ',I'1 ' "'tion ' nd "wound
ing. Aboard the Nederlanden is the ' rd ',,. ! ie still appearing
former Charleston Battalion of the i dll,1.v ly lists sent out by
South Csrolina National Guard. ,h d"p.Ytme.Bt'
BriMdier General Lawrence D. Tv-
son, of Knoxville. was the senior of 4- ! "Port said, had adopted the pol
cer aboard the Mercury. ' , "J "f ''l i- th. case
1st Good Shape, Bnt Few Sick.
The men debarked from the Mercury
appeared in fine shape and it was re-
ported only five were on the sick list,
none of them being seriously ill.
General Tvson said the men of the.
30th were delighted to again in the
L'nited States aud they deeply appro
..... . . i . .. t.
ciatcd the welcome extended them, for
'k: 1 k. 1 l. .I........I.K.
lB" WBr.
fi7&i- S 'LT
Bed Crm, R.ght There, A. tj
The men are iu surerb physicsU oa -
ation and their api)earance set at rest
report, they were a.ck and unfit. The
loenl chapter of the Bed Cros looked
after the creature comforts of th so) -
dtcrs who were especially pleased with,
banana and with,- ice cream, savn
they had had none since leering this
, country xor overseas service.
t Despite the early hour at which thefafi, hospitals of which only meagre
1 Mercury arrived the water frot was j ,,i 0t,eB, reenv.le n nu ,
( literally thronged with eople, all anl
ions 10 enen.t p-refniig!. u iiht mi..i
! haaitaa Uanna llorld an.l Stiam W1 1
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; of city council went down the bay on
TESTIFY FOR
j (Continued on Page Two)
IM
CaptrWeisgerber Has a Goodft
uay beiore me uoun :war
tial Trying Him
(By th Aaaoeiated Pre.)
1 siatnnee to the government 111 furnish-
I ing chan.icals to various branches cf
. th earmy and navy and they bad never
observed any unpatriotic action on h;s
t
1 ('.,,(; r I 11 irr,wl un.l rhnrles II
. . ............ ... ... .....
Ruth c(nnr,ete(1 wi,, , Photographic
' Rcrtion of the rmy. each declared Weis-
i gerber had made and furnihed to their
department chamieals whuh they acre
nnable to obtain anywhere cIsh-. Harrod
, declared his department was unable to
obtain "me.nl" chemiral u-d in the
developing process in photography, th.
! manufacture of whirh was largely enn-
fined to Oermuny before the war, and
j that Weisgerber was given a one-ounee
i sample of the material and returnrd
four or five days later with one pound. -
1 He also testified Weisgerber furnished
a dye compound which proved very sat -
isfaetory iu coloring motion picture
; films and assisted orneer in mher
' branch .f the n-rU
111 obtaining
much needed chemicals. Neither wit
ness was cross examined. Major Oliver
B,. Zimmerman, who nas Weisgerber'
superior officer in the engineering corps,
described the defendant as "distinctly,
capable" and his work ss completely
satisfactory."
Not Unpatriotic.
"I would lie remiss in my duty," he
.-a.a . j.. an ' s
I Bad Iff If I lltfltl 111 MVP f .it tit. I f I ai
, , - , ... . . . .
" wnncs accinrcu me r uei a.iiuhi- ;
. istration had adopte.1 hostile attituifr.
twoard Weisgerhrt and hi so-called
twoarii neisgernrr ami nis so-caiieo :
Liberty fuels." Major V'
testified Weisgerber hsd applied, for and
received thirteen patents for bis in -
ventions and discoveries while under
hi command snd he hsl submitted these
to tne government, tree 01 an royalties,
Charles E. Btuti and John H. Herr.
both former automobile racers, testified
they had used Picric acid ia gasoline
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""" " r"
that they bad never observe! any de-
lotion of gssolin shd picrie acid and
that th acid was dangerous and destructive
MANY III ALLIED
ARMIES MISSING
ing Nearly Half Million
(By th Aeaorletcd rraas.)
Washington, March 27. General Ter-
wmeunea is luru.slilng aa-1
ditional ijrntifiration in a number of!
aca, sni ror nit reason ue rerorui
of the Grave Registration service are I
being carefully studied. I
Cra CrtiOcate Eiimined.
"trials ' he War Depa
. 1.00 "r,,"'n ,war v' 'n- ersh-
of sn officer and 30 weeks for an en-
1 1 . 1 ... I . L - 1 . I. . . .
V.'" -''"
! "'V Ut rMorde:1 '
!"r' J frs"mp,d- . ,h
Ld l.oen xcd "
' v ' v
."r,:,.!. ,
',,".,:.,, i7. .;VlT , 'T,ur ,u i
ilcatrn can be given, said Gcu. I ersh-
. rt.JL - V. I
-I""-. .. .it, iinr)ir. -
proximj,,,.). 5 mingin- ts he
eounted for. all of whom have Won re-
e'nt Si V "Ifl
; Z?Z iT'ZKceleS
, is furBihill, additional identiUcation
of dMthtJ kilh(rto , rtf(l nin..
, Tnit npttMiy irm of relmrigl
, i-Him nrloin.11. i,..vi-4 1.. .ni..i ...u.
: l0 waitfll Ameriean troop were ttach4
.4 identification b,in(r lHsiM- eith).r u..
juterment. ,
"ivatha f Amor e.n anl.li.ee 1.. 1
; hkcwjae disclosel by rehurial of these
boiiira resulting in comitlete identiflca -
' a ' a -
on. Access to sites ol prison ramps
;.rmany and to territory former!,
! within enemy's lines is leading to dis -
' coverr of many American graves and
identitieation of rusualties previously
I reported, aa .mis.sing.
r .' "th mpaH.-or W. Hflit of -Die
' American' expeditionary force have
. heretofore furnished a complete list of
i officers and men carried as missing
up to February J. All units are r
; quired to display surh list in places
i accfirile to members of .command
i for the purposr-of aV-curing cisunltr
; hitherto unknown graves and identifba-
' tion nhnwing present statu' and where
: about s of many battle casualties.
Burial of Dead Vndtr Fir.
''Consideration should be given to
1. 1
furaji,,,, mtaq, of identification in r
fTfal m,jori!r f ,,lri, ,3!W,fc For this '
' gnyt, r,.gtruum and ,hap-
.... ...,. r i,,... inveiiii..l. A '
small percentage of such reports in-
vestigatrd are proving tn fee cases of
Amerirau dead, previously unreported
as surh. As rapidly us id'iitilie:ition
ran le completed from information
originally filed or silxequently ofiTnin
ed'from every postiMr source, correct
present stntus of each is being reported
by cable "
WILL FIGHT REQUISITION.
Negro Claims killiag Male Is Not Ex
traditable Often.
Ri.-hiui-tiifl Much ?7 -Havinir been
,,,..r.i ,... th- nrisotier was ttilling to
; rHllrll without roquiaition. Chief of
p..i;,. Hnhirnn.! .,f (iifr,l n.irlHet-(l t
arm Bim.;f ,;,, pap(. r, mtc COming
here for Jamee Hr.tl.iwsr, a negro
I ite-examination i grave wgimatiowrt .
i,,, re,orts and also of hospital records, r. fn ,lUl ,;.,,,. ,,,..,
! ferred to by Gen. Persing, was said by " "."
wauled there for killing a mule while swore today in depositions taken by the
at aork ou the county roads. In police 5uriff and commonwealths attorney
court loda'y llolloaay indicated through .that the auents fired the only shots of
counsel that he would lift go without the occasion. Neither he nor Hhsckel
papers snd even if they were prevented ; foni, be said, used a revolver onee. The
would light requisition on the ground 1 pit0l of Shackelford, -which is said to
that the offenw charged against him is ),ave been found with threo empty
not su extraditable one. Jlobgood said ' ,.1Rmbers, is being held for the inquest:
1bat he would return home snd get the ; tiu.iHim t(.tifle,l further that upon
P .. . .. .. .
lulls V
itroaen w muir . i-w, m r,.
a stick
a hen the animal ticca mo obstinate and
. . . , 111 n-k.
, began grazing along the roadside. The
. - , -eiir.l last fall Hollowav
l?.
1
1 1
! UNITS PARADE AT
1 ' KSOXVILLErTEXSESREE
'.--The
Knoxville, Ten, March
j lUth machine gun
battalion, 300th
; trench mortar corpr and th 39th casual
I
"., detachment, all of the 30tu diviaion,
!j today. The troops wer
. The .unit, w'tll de.-rf tonight for
Nashville, and from there will go to
Fort Oglethorpe, Oa., for demobilise-
tioa.
GEN. Ak
In Speech Before The North
Carolina Society at Wash
ington, D. C.
MOST H0MEGENE0US' OF
PEOPLE OF ANY STATE
Distinguished Qualities Due To
Our Scotch-Irish and Eng
lish Lineage, He Thinks
News and Oheerver Tlureaa.
40 District National Bank Bldf.
Br S, It WINTERS.
(Ire special Leaned Wire.)
Washington, March 27. Gen. Samuel
T. Ansell, who thirty yean ago left
Currituck county, X LV tonight lived
anew in reminiscenses his boyhood days
ia eastern Carolina." In retrospect, he
viewed the tall pines, followed in merry
glee the chase of hare and houud, and
trudged with other barefoot boy to
school in Currituck county. His elo
quent tribute to the Ktate of his nativ
ity was incorporated in an address to-
: , t te v fh r,i!n. .!.,
r" m 0r,h Cl,rolm B,xittf
Wl1" an. urmy c0urt wa'tial system as
the main them of his speech. "Hil erit
when the extraordinary session con
venes, "From Black Dome to Iiutteras, and
from Virginia to .South Carolina our
people are of the same strain," said
General Ansell in paying a tribute to
the Tar Heels, whom he declared "the
most homogeneous people, in the world
Poor as they may be, they arei blessed
with nn Knglish and hcotch-Irixh line
at(c that must largely account for some
of their distinguished qualities, quail
ties which have ever been marked and
governed by common sense and studi-
ness."
Quotations From Address.
His nddress in part follows:
I address you tonight with pride,
with pleasure and with love. Your
honoring me tonight, when you could
have honored any one of the many
truly distinguished North Caroliniitus,
brings me pardonable pride. To meet
and mingle with you, people of my na
tive Alfate. goes far toward the ful-
HHthent-of those ,,hnm homeward
fancies and longing which are forever
with me, . You have given me oppor
tunity to express for North Carolina
and N'orth Carolinian th lov which
' we all by nature have for her nd
I her ehildren-a love which with me ha
been deeply strengtened and hsweetly
1 halloweil ly long ansence anu
- I.
' iK irom nome.
"Home, sweet home.
It has always
! seemed to me to mean more to us North
i Carolinians than to others. It may be
because our home is peculiarly sucn a
to nurture the very. dclst affection,
and that. pur. jeojile are those wUhti
(Continued on P.f Klght)
VIRGINIA BOOZE TROUBLE
SLOWLY PETERING OUT
Peters Furnishes Bond For
Prohibition Agents; Inquest
On Shackelford
Richmond, Vu., Mairli
- Winches-
tPr KUardsnien who had bceu called to
c"l"am or """1"";
Tflis "rtinn 1S takfn V"e tQ Mld",,
that no further trouble is feared on tits
iwtrt of the Winchester onictals, who
' watched Willi anxiety trie sionu precipi-
'tated 111 the alley section, wnen omcers
' of the prohibition dirtmrnt, were
taken to u hold in Winchester following
the fatal pistol fusillado at Eishcr'
Hill.
The coroner's inquest over the body
of Shaekelfnrd. liegtin tliis afternoon
at '.' o'clock, and advices from Win
chester indknte that the proeeetliugs
will continue for several days. In the
meantime the prohibitiun agents are
out nn bail, bond for I0,(KK) having ,
been furnished by State Prohibition
Commissioner J. Sidney Peter. "
L. 1. Hudson, companion of Shaekle
ford in the automobile intercepted by"
the officers and aoiiiided below the heart
.11 th piatul tuaiUAdu BllKll lullOWeu,.
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: . " ...k:... ' ...k ...m.i.
upon ttilliiorit .i -euivi. m..
, r... .. ... ,t..
t " ,lu ,I" r " ' -v --
ff' r'oa t,,e ptMd
, fire.
ACQl ITTEl) ON ALL BITU.'NB
COUNT, O'LEARY ON BOND
I Jew Yurk' M""" 27. Jeremiah A.
i A'r ....... wl,.. lina Iiakh in inil her ainc
. , ' , i,lictmens rharginB
: foiisniracy to commit treason and s-
, . , , .
! piouage, was released many unuer
' IOjUUO bond. Federal Judge Kno
j of a .erie. of Indictment, eta kU.
with seditious utterance, in the' anti
LBriMah msgaxin Bull. Th jury diw
greed on en. connU
rtment to ex-' LnS'i W1" likely broach the subject
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