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P 1 One WEATHER Cloud? Friday, rain wtt por tion;. Saturday local rain. SECTION ONE Pages 1.8 VOL OX. NO. 94. RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1919. PRICE: FIVE CENTS. TANGLED ISSUES STILL STAND IN WAY OF PEACE; WHAT REAL TROUBLE IS Thursday's Meetings Proceed ed Amid Another Wave of ; Apprehension Over Lack -1 of Tangible Results FRENCH WANT MORE THAN t WILSON WILL STAND FOR, ACCORDING TO REPORT President, It Is Stated, Not , Willing; To Go As Far As To . Create More Alsace-Lor- raine Situations; But Be , sponsive To Demands of French On Most Vital Sub . jacts; . Middle Ground Must Be Beached To Obviate Further Delay; Marshal Foch . .Meets German Armistice Commissioner at Spa and Conference Takes Place; Peace Developments at Paris . and Elsewhere (By Om Auoelatcd Fru.) Paris,' April 3fcFresident Wilson and Premiers Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Orlando continued their discussions at President Wilson's residence lodajr. Other peace conference organizations , also met. ' N . Al! the conferences tended to unravel the tangled issues still standing in the vay of peace. The meeting proceeded amid another wave of apprehension spreading through . the conference over lack of any tangible . results after the council of four had labored continuously for ID days. This was accompanied by well-founded reports from those close in touch with the council of four 'showing that the situation, while not desperate, was at least serious because of radical differ ences on some fundamentals in the set fitment of Germany's western, fLe Franco-German and the eastern Polish frontiers. , Behind the Scenes; One of the American experts who is constantly Unrig consulted on various questions before the council, gives the following glimpse 'of what is going on behind the scenes: ''The situation is extremely difficult, particularly as regards the western frontier of Germany. President Wil son, in a conciliatory spirit, bas been willing to do most anything to assure French security short of the sultiflea tion of engagements made at the time of the armistice. The French have been assured of every military protec tion along the Rhine and for fifty kilo meter east of that river,' even to the ' extent of considering that any military activity in that section shall le looked uopn as a hostile act. What More is Wanted. "But this is not considered enough end additional claims lead to the con . viction that they are open to construc tion as meaning something more than military security and verging on terri torial control. "The President is not willing to go that far in creating more Alsace-Lorraine situations and it is this stand against these claims which is causing Hie delays until some middle ground U found." Agreement ea Reparations ia Sight. Concerning reparations, it was added that there were good prospects for an , early agreement. This will, jiot specify tlie total amount, but will leave it to a commission- to work out details of rep arntion through a period of years. The priority of Belgium and France in the .division of the German indemnity also is saia to &e Bearing agreement. 3earch for Middle Groaad. As a means of, finding the ''middle ground on tho Rhine controversy, the uDf council of four created a eon- mnng oouy consisting of Andre Tar- dieu, France, Charles H. Haskii., American and Viscount Morley, British. They labored until S o clock this mora Ing and ther J-alkd on CoL Edward M. Koose before aeiing the council. To intimate they were not optimistic on .' the progress that is" being made. Another of -President Wilson's en fourage Said the real issue was whether President Wilson s principle .of self ... determination ua tc be upheld. The President, he aaid, did not regard this a a principle which .mould be applied when favorable to the entente and not applied in all ease alike. t Just now, it vss asserted the Issues or ef Daniiir the Saar Valley and the region Vest of .The Rhine brought np tlii principle of self-determination, as it was not clear the transfer .of territorial control of these localities would be in accordance with the wishea and determination of their peoples. .- Albert at Conference. King Albert of Belgium figures promi nently during today's conference. The Belgian Monarch called on Col. House in the morning and later saw President Wilson before the arrival of Premiers Lloyd George and Clemenceau and Sig- nor Orlando. The. call, of King Albert , on Coi. House wa a decided novelty for which veteran of t jyal procedure ,.aid there was no precedent. The King wore the, uniform of conimaudfT-in- - chief in the Bclfciaa army and was ac companied by a staff offWr. lie was --'inet at the entrance of the residence of Col. House by the Colonel himself ' who escorted him to hi private office. (Continued on Pig Twe) NEW LEAGUE DRAFT COVENANT CONTAINS ADDITIONAL ARTICLE (By th Amcfattd PrwS.) Paris, April 3. The League of Nations drafting committee has completed fif teen articles of the League of Nations' covenant, which Tiow contains twenty-seven articles. It is not. known what the " additional article is. The committee probably will finish its. draft tomor row, which will be in French and English in parallel col umns. A full meeting of the league commission; will be held probably Saturday to consider the revised cove nant, which doubtless will undergo further changes be fore it is submitted to the representatives of the five big nations. The revision thus far does not contain mention' either of the Monroe Doc trine or the proposed Japa nese amendments. These questions will not be. dis posed of until the next meet ing of the league commis sion. LETTER GETS PUBLICITY a. i. J ; UUHiy oauv un nun iu Save HiS Own Skin dM : ! (Br the AiVd w ; Washington, April 3. Discussion of the controversy involving Lieut. Col. Samuel T. Ansell, formerly acting .Tudge Advocate General, and Judge Ad vocate General Crowder and their re snettive views of the necessity for re- NELL' vising the army system of justice was The industrial situation is compli revived today.by Senator Chamberlain's , arto -1 raw speecli and by publication in New ,)e incr(iagf,t ani transportation im- Vork - newspaper' of the letter pf Col. Ansell to Secretary Baker which the Secretary recently refused to make pub - lie ou the ground it would not be helpful. Senator Chamberlain recently de- . . r manded that the Anseii letter oe given tho sane publicity as had been given i one from Gen. Crowder to Secretary, j Baker, thereby reinforcing it now devel- i op an nrgent request made in the let-1 ter itself. Publication of the letter shows that. Col. Ansell, replying to statements by Gen. Crowder, bluntly asserted that re - spottsibility for any maladministration in the office of the Judge Advocate Gen - eral must be located first upon the See - retary of War. He charged that Gen. -,n.w .,,..! Kilt, him In re - , . . ... m k.. gard to the power of his office, but riv Tn, , , fc.. Z w Wrtr " tortr mark, a day, had been Baker, he said, Ansell, I had to u . Uek t' ., t x of i Tin lZ'Jt LZ ll l Pk or beef. Kestaurants, which sary to do it in order to save my om-1 ' . , , . - ' ... "r.f , .. ' i earlier had catered to customers with Eaed rWatm f IaJ.rt.ce. ! ? hei ith Col. Ansell, reviewing the whole con-i 'Kltl'ou.t .,,ie P-ttUo f tvovcrsy and attacking the .tatement of ! rd were be,nK forced to the Gen. Crowder a a "dexteriou effort to '""J" ' divert publie attention from th .ystem pct Case. PessimUm. ,t inji,Mice which he defends," tirtually The lo a,t for V'f, Aecmon ot made the charge recently made by Son- P'8 conference, and the press report ator Cltanrberlaia that Secretary Baker j from tlmf ,0 time of decisions ad and Gen Crowder were not' cting in ! " lrmany had produced a very good faith when thev sent to Congress! Pessimistic Bentiment and, just as the some time ago a-fei'll to revise court- i government representatives talked of martial procedure. He said the Secre-' refusing to sign a humiliating treaty, tarr had refused to accept- thi opinion publicist aad men in various that power already existed for reviewing wa,lt f had begun to argue the sentence and correcting injustices, and advisability of casting over the west that the bill sent to Congresa wa not , earning to an understanding with a bona 6de proposal to correct exiting Bolshevist Jtussia. evil." ' '- - -"" --!-"-If Oektaf in Went WhatT 5 r Spirit-Crashing Injustice. ' Thi sentiment, when coming from Of thaWnt y,'ui the letter said:; those of the better classes, was un ,"I say the ystem doe not -do justice, j doubtedly voiced largely for foreign It does' injustice gross, teriblc, spirit-1 consumption. An alliance with Russia crushing injustice. Evidence of it is oa'and Bolshevism, however, is a plank ia every hand to those who will but see. ( the plan of the independent socialist The records of thi office teek with it. ir their big drive for power and ia a J . .:!;. t .t. - .1. . . , .1 . . a COLUMBUS (GA.) MILL STRIKERS LOSE FIGHT Columbus, Ga April 3. The trike of textile worker ia Columbus was ended today by vote of the workers, 3. J. Thompson, organizer of the United Textile Workers, announced tonight. The worker who-went out nearly two month ago, demanding an eight-hour day, win immediately apply lor re - employment",. Thomas laid. There re bout 8,000 worker in thi section. Since the strike began many hare re turned to work and ' mills bare- klrwi outside help. The milt owner it was j understood will re-employ til those fori whom they have openings. j BDLSHEVISTS GAIN BYDEUYEDFUCE Germans If Faced By Despair; in West Will Turn To 'Social- j ' ists' Plan in The East ,, ANALYSIS OF HUN STRIKE AND UNDERLYING CAUSES A, P. Representative Fresh From Scene-Telia of Fighting in Frankfort .and Why (By the Auociatcd Plfws.l 1 Paris, April 3. The latest advices i concerning the fighting at Frankfort and ' the renewal of the strike ia Berlin 1 confirm the impression prevailing in ! ' Germany when the, former Bcrlia corre- j spondent of the Associated Press left 1 ttere a week ago, that the then eompar- atTWuyll in tha manifestations of In j dustrialdisorder and revolutionary vio lence and pillage by the rabblo was I only temporary. - r " ' Germany then was fairly quiet, the only important exception being a strike in tha surrounding region. The March 1 insurrection ia Berlin and the disturb ances in central Germany and in east Prussia had been suppressed; tho flame ,of disorder was only flickering in the i Silesia coal fields while order vas bo ing maintained ia- Bremen, Essen and other cities, formerly sccneB of Sparta ' can uprisings, and the socialist prolo ! tariat of Bavaria, although tunning af fairs in that state without regard to the central government, were not seek. ; ing any occasion of conflict with the central authorities. i Beneath, the Surface. I- Beneath the surface there were alnind-: I snt possibilities of trouble. The ma-1 ! jpvity of the German workingmen, par. 1 ticiilurlv the married men, wish to work, 1 ' although higher wages are being con- ( it.,., Hi. l..mnnil(vl. in meet the risinir! co cf food. An encrgctie Hparjaean ( cotton acreage in 1919 will be 31.08 per 1 minority and the younger irrepressibles, Pcnt iPSS than in the previous year, ac l.ottever. are constantly causing trouble .,.jln . . nnr nn .r(.B rediic- and preaching Bolshevist doctrine. I rin nnrlv iwi-Diiifina- a at Berlin and in the Kuhr region, these minorities had ; ing States submitted by the South Caro been able to inveigle r persuade others i ja Cotton Association here today into joining' the strike movement, pro-j ducini? hieher wases in case of success, ..,i. :n.un nnt th bait of abundant 1 food shipmetns from Kussia if the gov- eminent were overthrown and an al- IJancc. eonduded with Bolshevist hussuus t- u I- j a. . w..i. touch with indirstrial conditions regara distribution of American food sup-! plies at reasonable prices as the only possibility of mastering the strike Z'ZX re-establishing industrial or. d(tr ami .timulating production. With the workmen able to buy with thciih wtf, the ..ecessary f ood. they may be ah.i to siiaxe ou me luuueure ui ij radical.'. Without this possibility all must inevitably drift completely into tha domination of the extremists i proved there would be a far beter out- look for industry. ' t. , " "i, ! ; H aitl(UreJ ,ho correspondent , they would have no difficulty in doing a profitable business even under the .... tt..nfa fC tha tnnA anrf fuel ' """ - --- uimcuuy was soiveu. i iuuu ouu ation was rapidly becoming eritkal when the food and shipping agreement was signed. Potato Stock Enhansted. The exhaustion of the potato stocks was in sight. Some stocks of grain could last at best only into the third j week of May. The emaciated herds of ) Germany were no longer able to supply even the reduced meat ration of from ; TOVernmeB,a, di.tributian of bread wa : siKhtly over five pounds a week, but ! was still functioning efficiently. ! Otherwise the rationing machinery i had largely broken down, ; . . ..- kis imnnMinff the Hpartaeans, who are so largely financed by Bussian money that the gov ernment early in March introduced spe cial emergency legislation to prohibit the importation and circulation of Rus sian currency. . J CRIPPLED TRANSPORT TOWED INTO PORT. ' , New York", April 3. The transport ; wrnton, reported in uisir - en Marcn 7 while oh the way to Brest, wu towed into port today by naval .tugs. " Three of the Scranton crew lost ' their live In the capsizing of a small boat while trying to carry a line t the transport El Rot, which ptood by until tugs w ere summoned, . HUN WHOM MARSHAL FOCH DEEPLY MOVED AT SPA YESTERDAY r i , - v , MATHIAS ERZBERCER German Armistice Commissioner F.rzbcrger formally met Gen. Foch at Spa yesterday and cable reports say the German appeared "deeply moved" after the conference." 31 IN 1919 ACREAGE Estimate Made .From Reports From All Cotton Grow ing States FIFTY PER CENT LESS . j FERTILIZER; BOLL WEVIL ! Table Showing Estimated Acre j age As Presented at Colum i bia Meeting (By Special Leul Wire.) Columbia, 8. C, April 3. Tho South' . from , the cotton .row- T1)a H IireMnU,d boforo t cotton , .. ,. , . , .. reduction wmenrion at which u was, announced SO0 delegate were present representing evevy county in the State, s1so annoutHO(i unfavorable weather ...,..,.. .. for Plantuig in 00 per cent of th. cot I "'n,1'1- , , ... That 50 per cent less commercial fcr- i tiliwr will be need this year, that there ' is a marked labor shortage, and ln- roans or mo uou weevu wu. oe more 1, i -- - - - - , (rave detailed figures of estimated re- iiurtiims in tutu .Lait- niiuniii); mo uig cotton producing States of Teti,jo'""1" acpuueu oe- Georgia, Mississippi and Oklahoma by these figures pledged to raise one-third1 less cottpu this year than last. j Acreage By States. The following table of acreage by j States was presented: j Reduction j percent-, State Xor. Caro... South Caro. Georgia Florida. ... Alabama ... Mississippi , Louisiana . Texas .' Arkansas ,. Tennessee Missouri. . . Oklahoma . California . Arizona . . . 1918 l,0(i,H00 2,995,000 5,432,000 . 107,000 2,622,000 !!,2fi4,00O 1. fc.-I.OOO 1 11(000 2, !V22,tKJO . 020,000 , 153,000 3,155,000 . 11(4,000 . 92,000 1919 age 24. 31.15 3.11-3 24.55 33 1-3 33 1-3 1,222,000 2,062,0fK) 3,m;m 126,000 1,748,000 2,241,280 1,100,000 7,740,000 2,12)00 770,000 14.1,720 217rri4 15500 69,000 29, 25 16. 6. 331-3 20. Totals. . . .37,051,000 2532,428 31.08 Accuracy of, Estimate. "The Association has not. onlv had pledges on reduction carefully tabu-, the purpose of organizing the Amal-1 given to him. IIo never siw the Em lated and "checked," say the report, t gamated Textile- Workers of America i pcror; neither did he enter the castle "but has had a personaL.ivestigation! made in each section for "the' purpose of being as near accurate as it is humanly possible to be in this, estimate. . The association repprt is certainly the most accurate report ever issued for Houti Carolina the same being the result of practically personal canvas of the farmers of the Mate. IM' "10 P'ob- My the most accurate report on all eon ditions covered id tho report ever is sued." Addresses 'irere made' by- United States Benator E. D. Smith, of South Carolina, Congressman J. Thomaa Hef lin, of Alabama "and ABbury F. Lever, of South Carolinn, Governor Bobert A- Cooper and W. B. Thompson, of Newj Orleans. The convention elected leu j delegate to the cotton convention scheduled for Memphi April 10, and twenty aciegnies ro w new uriean cynvcuu'Mi . .uuy ...j. cunYt-iuiui-ended today. - ! LEAGUE OF NATIONS , - . MAY HAVE TWO SEATS. Paris, April 3. (By The Associated' Press.) There is a possibility that tho League of Nations will have two seats, at Geneva and at Brussels. This plan i being considered. 'Although a majority of the, delegate apparently favor Geneva, King Albert' strong appeal in behalf of Brussels i influencing sentiment and the palaces offered by both the Swig and the Bel gian may both be accepted, and Alter nate meetings arranged. Soviet Admit Failure. Lou'on, April 3. Failure of th offensive in the direction of Tukkum, in Courlaud, west of. Riga, i admitted by the Russian Soviet government in a wireless message received here today. nil The message adds that fighting la in progress in the direction of Mitau, southwest .of Riga, and in the region of Pskov, northeast of Blga. PROBLEIViS OFTHE T Chairman of Appropriations ; Committee Makes Interest- ! ing Statement NEW AND INTRICATE, . ! INVOLVING BIG SUMS! 1 66th Congress Will Appropriate i Billions To Bun Machinery of Government Alone I Washington, 'April 3. The passing of j ! the "billion dollars'' congresses of pre-. war days anil the coming for the peace ! nnrlnil ftf ,(fnnr bitltnn lnllrf, inn- i greases was predicted tonight in a state ment by Kepreseniallve Good of Iowa, who will bo chairman of tte Appropriat tinns committee in the next House. Bevlewing tho financial problems to! be faced by the next Congress, Mr. Good estimated that the appropriations "necessary for tht various government expeditures" in the fiscal year ending June 201921, ,.duld total more than 3,800,000,000.' Strictest economy, he added, would be necessary to hold ex penditures down even to this total. New and Intricate Problems. ' "The next Congresj" said Mr. Good j in hi state, nt, "will be brought face to face with many new and intricate j problems and many of them will eall ' for large expenditures of money.1 i "While . difficult to make a, reliable , forecast as to what the expenses of the .' government will be for the fiscal year ending J ne 30, ltfi!i; it is reasonably ; safe to assume that the executive de partments will most earnestly urge ap- i propriatio s at least as large a sthose 1 appropriated for tho fiscal year ending June au, xor juen appropriations ! were made to administer these depart ments on a peace basis. If we assume, however, that both tire militnry and naval programs iU be n ...i..j i kt 7...i: greatly reduced nnd that our standing army will be limited to 250,000 men, it . will require rather strict economy to ! bring the regular ui nuul supply bills! under C2,t50,()00,0OO." Eleven Figure Eatiraatcs. . Good ,stim:ted that the aoDro priation made by Congress for the war ! j period and or the fiscal year ending Jnne 30, 1920, totalled more than M7,- n0,t,000. The revenue to meet these appropriations he estimated at $16, 657,000,000 to bo derived through cus toms receipts and income - and other taxes and $25,888,000,000 to be raised from the sale of bonds, notes and war savings stamps. NEW ENGLAND TEXTILE STRIKE CONDITIONS ( V , J O cured to Put Lawrence Com mittee On Its Feet ' Lawrence, Mass., April 3 A. J. Musto, of Boston, a textile strike leader who returned from ISew xor today, an-! nounced that he had obtained in that city "sufficient funds to put the work j of the strike committee on its feet." Mrs. Glendower Evans, a wealthy resident of Brooklyne, interested in the : cause of the strikers, also reported after ! a visit to New York that further finan cial support fdr the strikers was in : sight, through espousal of their cause hy New i'or wonmn ot with and fashion Traaafer of Children. Transfers of children .of striker from their homes here to New York and Boston will be made in a day or two, according to Muste and Mrs. Evans, A convention of textile workers to ' be held at New York April 10-11 for was announced by Muste. The strikers here are now being organized into a local branch' of the new body, which leaders have said would be extended to other mill centers. " Congratnlate Haywood. A telegram was scut by the general strike eommittee to Willinm D. Hay - WOod, who was the Industrial Worker of the World lender here during the textile strike of 1912, congratulating him and the other men released yester day from jail where they were serving sentences for seditious act. CHATTANOOGA TURNS OUT TO WELCOME UNITS . OF THIRTIETH DIVISION 7T , , a ramue wou ijuae lc e 114th Artery, Maj. Court ney Machine Gunners Chattanooga, Tenn., April 3. Mem bers of the 114th .Field , Artillery, and 114th WachrniTgun battalion of the 30th division, were welcomed home today at a celebration which lasted until late to night. The Jroops are at Fort Ogle thorpe awaiting demobilization. Col. Luke Lea led the artillery unit while the machine gunner were com manded by Major Cantry. Gen. Scott, commanding at the post, reviewed the soldier- and there were addresses of welcome by acting Mayor Battertoa and United State Senator McKellar. Col Lee responded. -'-'. Thousand of person from thi city and vicinity witnessed th review and school children sang patriotic tongs along the line of march. Wounded soldiers nd Confederate veteran were given a place of honor in the reviewing itand. - The troops were enterfalaed ot a dance toaight. m CONGRESS ANOTHER AVIATOR WHO ASPIRES TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC Dunne ia picked to fly the giant Tar rant super-triplane which oon will be given,. a testing out and then made ready for a cross-ocean flight. The Tarrant has a span of 130 feet and will lift 10 tons. DISTINGUISHED ARMY AERONAUTS. KILLED Engine of Plane Suddenly Stopped; One of Victims Son of MaJ.-Oen. Dickman Americus, Via., April a. ueut. col. curtailment as a government agency. Frederick W. Hickman, commanding!. The Langlcy field at Hampton Koads ffi .t K,.llir Fiebt. near here, and I Maj. John W. Butts, executive officer, were killed late today when their air- plane plunged 200 feet io tho ground, Colonel Dickman was the son of Major j General Dickman, commanding the t imra American Army on mo mune. The officers had been up for the usual afternoon flight and had made the last ! turn of the field preparatory to do- seendfng when the engine o the ma- -i: -...i.j i.. .i ik. . ! chine suddenly stopped, the plane crashing down in a tail spin. Lieutenant Colonel Dickman and Major Butts were graduates of West i Point, Major Butts was a native of t Texas. Two Airmen Iajared. Xewport New, Va., April 3. Lieu tenants Puliii.ru and Thomas, of the Hampton Koads Naval base bad narrow escape from death late this afternoon when a hydro-airplane they wore driv ing fell several nil nurcu feet irmj bmej In two on the pavement just outside Fort Monroe. Spectators declared the men had been flying over buildings near the Fort for some time before the ncci- dent occurred. Both officers were taken to the Fort hospital. Pulliam's kg was broken in two places, hi nose broken and he was badly shaken up. Thomas sustained only a broken nose. ALLEGED INTERVIEWS ! WITH EX-KAISER FALSE , ; Articles Printed in London and 1 America Repudiated By Bentnick London, April 3. Tho articles in the London Chronicle by Harold Begbie de - seriblng his visit to Amerongen, quoting the former German Kaiser's alleged state of mind, charging Russia witli re- j -nonaibiiitr for the war and asserting; . 0Hn iBB0Wince 0f any guilt, !ave at- traded wide 'attention. Tho Loudon j 'riet where communication is difficult, bureau of the Associated Press today ! The writer has recently been request received the following telegramt j ' investigate the subject for a pep "Amerongen, April 3. Harold Begbie, "l!lr magazine, and he found that the has not had an interview with the I'lrplane, hitherto associated with the former Emperor. His written questions Wca of destruction of life, was convert remained unanswered. He did not re- , io t,lo use of saving human life bv i ceive any authorisation to publish the 1 Emperor's view and no statement wa ' gat's. (Signed) "CARLOS BENTINCK." The signer of tie foregoing telegram is Count Carlos Bcntinck, son of Count Godard Bentiiick, who is serving as host to the former Kaiser at the request of ! tne,, VU,Ckh ,vernBlent-. , j "rticle ha beFn reP"n, thi country. WOMAN'S MISSIONARY .COUNCIL M. E. CHURCH Misi Bennett, L.L. D., Presi , dent, Reports On Expendi- tares During The War .1 Memphis, Tenn., April 3.-Iu a world ; uvey ot mission work during the past year, Miss Belle H. Bennett, LL.D., president of the Woman s Missionary (ouncl at t. annual conven ion here today, that more than iW was - pcuueu oy . ..ocu ... , .., foreign mitaion during 1918 and told the delegane that n increase of 1j per cent ia finance wou be necessary for the .ommg year because of ojsorgan.zod CUUUI11UUB uue tu III, nsr. - Dr. Bennett reported that during the kst year 124 monar.es in Lstiij-; (hat be ll8, the 0pportunity to en America Africa and China were sup-. ia ,ome ((rm of more itaW ported by the eouacil in addiUon to l.4 work. Thi, of eQurte will deUrmilt( deasonesses in this country. Increases . at w. wheth Ul9 discharged man in membership were shown m i h t.v. n .t,iiin . .wM , majority of tho 41 conferences of the ehnreb. Daylight Bank Robbery.' Monroe, La., April 3. Two white men, ia the broad day light, entered the Bastrop State bsnk of Bastrop, Li., and while all the employe in the institution war covered with revolvers, made a careful search oQhs hank and left with 10,000 In cash, according to a report reaching ber from Bastrop tonight. AIRPLANE FOR - 1 "Since The Air Service As a War-Created Agency Is Be ing Dismantled" ...... K .. - . r.'.X:l OTHER APPLICATIONS ALL TURNED DOWN Many Peddlers Among Dis charged Men in .Uniform; Raleigh Girl To Marry Krwt and OWmt Burou, 40 Uiatrkt Nutlnn.l Bank Bldr. , Br 8. R. WINTERS. (Br Special Uaied Wirt.) Washington, April 3. Since the air service as a war-created agency is being dismantled, he applications of Win-ston-Jialem fer the loan of an airplane as' a drawing card for launching it campaign to raise funds for the erec tion vt State headquarter to North Carolina boy scouts seems unavailing. Applications for airplanes from, Maine, Ohio and other States have been nec essarily rejected by the War Depart- ment. The application from the Twia City as transmitted to Secretary of War Baker, personally, through th office of Senator Simmons is responsible for a report from Colonel Davis, executive officer of the division of military aero nauts, which reflects tha general dis integration of the organized effort to employ airplanes, as instrument at warfare. Tho flying machine will either have to be transferred to use of peace ful nursuits or subieet itself to aarioni aisconunnea ana tne nearest landing station to Winston-Salem is the Boiling Field here In Washington. The War Department has issued order au thorizing the curtailment of the per sonnel of the aeronautical division to 15,000 men and, officers, all told. The government is experiencing difficulty in obtaining aviutor in guarding the property of the government at the many abandoned landing fields, although 0,m ... wuior nurn purposes. Uncle Ham is expending monthly W,- The curtiiilmettt of the, personnel of the air service makes doubtful the ful fillment of the application of General lieonard Wood for the use of three, planes at Chicago, and Boiling field. has no avntlalile aviator that could be (lis I patched oither-to Chieago or Winston Salem. The approaching Victory Loan campaign will engage the use of many flying machine for the three sched uled flying circuses to be held to stim ulate the drive. , The. future of the airplane is the ub- J(;(.t 0f columns in newspaper and magazines and the experts are s'udy- , lng with tho view of adantimr the ma. chine, to civil pursuits. Canada il j using tho machine in patrolling the 'forests and Forester Henry 8. Grave ' 0f the United Htatea Forest Service i j known to' favor such an einerimenr. in tho United States, Down ,in Texa whero the boll weevil is a constant men ace to the cotton crop, the United State Depart meut of Agriculture is using air planes to scout for cottoit fields in fested by the pest, great areas being secreted by lakes and surronndina ; woodlands. I'erbnps one of the most nnusual i adaptation of the aerobians has found i practical tests not so many hundred i miles from Kitty Hawk where th , Wright Brothers began the experiment : with heavier-than-air machine.. Th ; United Htates Public Health Servies ( daring the Spanish influenza epidemie i off the dangerous Cape Hatteras coast i drafted upon the Hampton Soads naval station for a machine to convev a ohr- sifiiin from home to home in thi dis- facilitating travel in eastern Carolina. To Keep Track of Soldier Teddler. Col. Arthur Woods, special assistant to the (Secretary of War and chairman of the emergency employment commit- ! tee for soldiers and sailprs of the Coun- cil of National Defense, has requested alt Slate and municipal officers having power to issue licenses to peddler to furnish l1iim or his representative with a list ' of all discharged soldier aad sailors who have applied for licenses i of this kind and keep him informed i of any future applications for ped j dlers' licenses from men discharged 1 from the service, , In explanation of thi request Colonel 1 Woods said: I "The . growing number of peddler ' among discharged men in uniform ha i become very noticeable in many of the j larger cities. It is my l.elief that, in ; many instances, this is due to th fact ; that the discharged soldiers or sailor j have nut been able to scours suitable employment, immediately and have i ,,.,, . -j,h . ,n. ii,.., ...i ! ca8icst , lwoni(, imDK.(iately ,f. j , ti The u o( , m'on , nBiform peddlingr on the streets is e- , trem(J, unaosirBolB and ,uf;ge(,t to . the public thllt he be(n MgIftcted ; ,,Ad thgt no eSott u leini mt(le t() ol)tain ,uitable emplovment for him, j It i4 t(, t in toucll ,.itb every discharged soldier and sailor who ; hB, t.L. .... , n.,,,,!.,.. iinM1 from necessity. If local authorities will co-operate witli me in thi matter I am varv Anfldftnt thnf A wilt flnit Hint . in the majority-of cases it has been matter of necessity rather than choice, and that - the .discharged soldier or sailor who ha engaged in, thi tort of work will welcome an opportunity of obtaining employment which is mot (Coaeiaoed en Page Two.)
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 4, 1919, edition 1
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