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RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 3, 1919.
fracE:nvEcnrr:
.
UuCLE SAM NEEDS
woie JO F1I11SH
UPWAR PROPERLY
.Message Will Be Carried To
; Every Person in U.S. To
V Speed Up Loan
SLOWNESS OF PUBLIC
WORRIES THE OFFICIALS
I Latest figures For Victory
k Drivs Show Less Than On.
' Third Raised With Individ.
, ual SuDicriptions in Nearly
Ivory DUtriot Running Short
of Thoie in Previous Loans
(By tke Associated Press)
Washington, May 2. Ths need of the
government for funds to brief th war
to a successful conclusion will be car
ried directly to every person ia the
United States who cam be reached, ai a
reault of the ilowaeaa of the public ia
volunteering subscriptions to the Vic
tory Liberty loaa.
Latest figures compiled by the treas-
-wry department tonight ahowed ll.47
84700, lea than one-third of the loaa
quota, aubacribed. Individual aubaerip
tioai ia nearly every reserve district
were aaid to be running far ahort of
' thoae ia previous loana, apparently In
dicating that the public waa not awake
to the necessity for raising the full
4,500,000,000 naked for ia order to
bring the men back from oversees,
complete demobilisation and care for
' those wounded in the service Plana
iniinedistely were laid and telegrami
sent ta every State organization in the
- country t make the laet seven jrotkiog
days of the loan campaign productive
of euffieient individual subeeriptioosfto
put the loan "over the top" without
calling oa the financial inititulion and
tying up credit.
St. Lenle Diet r let Lesdu.
The St. Louia Federal Beaerve Die
trict leada the country in having sub
teribed S9.68 per cent of its quota and
two other wettera districts, Chicago and
Minneapolis rank aecond and third, re
ipectively. The Southwest or Dallaa
district waa at the bottom when the
lateat tabulation of subscriptions waa
made. The amount! aubacribed by the
Federal, Beaerve dietricta, together with
the percentage of quota attained by each
district, ts officially eeperted to tke
' Treasury tonight were aa followa:
Districts. . Subscription.. Pet.
St. Louji .....,..ll6yi85,030 69.6
'Chicago ..,.....,.020,601,700 40.1
' Minneapolis . . . . . 75,070,020 47.6
Boston y. ....... . 138,202,300 42.1
Kanaaa City ..... 69,800,900 SSJ
Richmond ....... 70,337,050 3.1.4
Clevslund ....... 184343)00 29.8
Philadelphia 97,484,900 85.9
New York , . 3.12)00,000 US
Atlanta 84,630.500 0
Baa Fruneisco ... 08,237,300 22 J
Dallaa 18,324,850 , 19 J
Richmond Made Biggest Gala.
The Bichmoad district today reported
the largeat gain of any aingle day since
- the campaign began, increasing ita sub
scriptions nearly 110,000,000, taken by
17,233 persona.1 Maryland has subscrib
ed $20,001,150, Virginia 618,951,630,
West Virginia $3,038,800; North Caro
lina, $8,281,050 1 South Carolina, !,
fi8,100; and District of Columbia, $7,
854,000. -
Ia the New York district, tie day's
gala waa 643,527,800.
4 New England ahowed an Increase of
113100,000 for the day, total subscrip
tions by States being:
- Maeaaekuaetts 693,000,000.; Bhode Is
land 613,000,000; Vermont 66,000,0000,
New Hampshire 68,000,000, aad Maine
. 65,000.000. Honor ' flags have been
a wared to 232 communities.
St. Paal Has Good News.
St. Paul was eae of tbe few cities
with a cheerful report aa to the number
of iadividual purchasers of Victory
Botes. Ths city kas oversubscribed its
quota by more thaa 10 per cent withent
any subscriptions from banks. Very
encouraging reports came from Minne
apolis district, 30 per cent of the coun
ties having subscribed their quotas.
Four additional counties ia the Cleve
land district have exceeded their quotaa,'
Lexington and Leslie counties, Ken
tucky, Hancock county, West Virginia
and Champaign county, Ohio.
In the Dallas district 102 counties are
over ths top. Subscriptions ia Tens
nlone compromise 16,000,000 of ths dis
trict's total .
MILL MEN ANXIOUS TO
HAVE PBINCIPLK SXTTLEa
(By the Associated Press.)
Charlotte, May fcV-Winstoa Adams.
secretary of the American lottos, Man
, u fact u rem' Association, with offices
here, tonight authorised the following
- statement regarding Ike child labor es
decided today by Judge Boyd: . -
"The manufacturers are contesting
mis jaw as a nutter or principle rather
thaa merely ths working of young peo
ple. The masufaetursrs claim that if
this law is held constitutional the
precedent' kas been established where
by tba Federal government can make
and enforce any regulatioa covering
eonditioas of employment, wages, hoars
aad other kladred matters, -
"The manufacturers contend that this
is a matter for Stats regulation, rather
thaa regulatioa by ths Federal govern
ment. ,; ,'-
This esse ' kaa beet appealed lid
will be carried direct to ths Supreme
Court of the United States. Aa effort
la being made ta aecurs S hearing at this
scasioa of the court." F ,
Airplanes For Rtchmead.
Newport News, Va- May 2 Five army
airplanes will leave Langley Field, sear
this city, early tomorrow morning to
atage a great air carnival ever Bich
moad i interest of tbe Victory Liberty
Loaa.-' ,
M American Troops On
German Soil After Peace
'' - Washington, May 2. Determination of President
Wilson indicated in press advices from Paris; that no
,. American troops shall continue on German soil for a
longer period after the signing of the peace treaty
than may be necessary to embark them for home, is
borne out by present plans of the War Department,
which contemplate the return of the entire American
Expeditionary Forces by September. Because of this,
General March, Chief of Staff, is making every effort
-to speed up the demobilization in this country.
An official announcement issued today as to the
, , accumulation of surplus clothing for the troops stated
that the estimates were based on "troop withdrawal
to be completed in September." The statement also
said that "if an army of occupation is maintained after
September, a portion of this surplus will be needed."
This computation was taken to reflect exactly the
present information of the department as to future
troop movements.
The September date represents estimates by em-
barkation officials as to the maximum possible speed in
withdrawing the entire force in Europe, including the
troops holding the Coblenz Bridgehead sector on the
Rhine If anything, officers anticipate that the move
ment will be accelerated rather than retarded. The
schedule has been exceeded recently and in increasing
measure from week to week. With an indicated
monthly movement of 450,000 men, the best predic
tions of General March and his aides bid fair, it was
said, to be more than realized.
JUDGE BOYD HOLDS
LAW TO BE INVALID
Greensboro Jurist Again Doubts
Constitutronaiity-of -Child-Labor
Provision
(Special to The News and Obserrer.)
Greensboro, May 2. Julge Boyd, in
Federal court hcte today, held that
the pro-ieion of the Federal revenue
set, taxing at the rate of 10 per cent,
the entire net profits received or ac
crued ia any year by any company em
ploying children under 14 years of age,
or employing children under 16 yeara
of age mors than eight houra ia a da
is unconstitutional.
Tito case waa net argued at any con
considerable length, aad Julge Boyd's
opinion, will ..be brief. He wiU reduce
it to writing right sway, and ths esss
mill M taksn by appeal or writ of er
ror to the Circuit Court of Appeals,
or the supreme Court of the United
States.4 The ease will bo continued ia
ths Supreme Court of tbe United
States aad beard at an early date. The
law ia contained -in Title 12, of the
Revenue act of 1918.
It waa expected that the argument
of the case would take' considerable
time, but when tbe matter came up
this morning. Judge Boyd early Indi
ented that ha was of the opinion that
the law is unconstitutional, and this
mads unnecessary any extended argu
ment. The case was brought by ku
gene Johnson, by his father as next
friend, against the Atherton Cotton
Mills, of Charlotte. The plaintiff waa
represented by ex-Judge W, P. Byaum,
of this city, Julius Parker, of New
York aad Maaley, Headrea and Worn
ble, of Winaton-Salem. W. N. Wil
son, of Charlotte, appeared for the
defendaata, aad District Attorney
Hammer represented the government.
It will be recalled that Jadge Bsyd
held the Keating Child Labor Law aa
constitutional, and was later sustained
by the Supreme Court of tks Unitsd
8tatet- . . .
INVASION OF RIGHTS OF
STATES COURT DECLARES.
(By Ths Associated Press.) '
Greensboro, May L Federal Judge
James E. Boyd .today beld aa uncon
stitutional ths provisloas of the Beve-
aaa act, iatended to prohibit the em
ployment of child labor. Judge Boyd
last year held ths Federal child labor
law aneoastitutiosal, aad bis decision
wss upheld by ths United States Su
preme Court.
The previous ease was brought to
test ths Federal statute, which deaied
the ebsnnels of Interstate commerce
to goods mads ia factories where child
labor waj employed. Despite tks rally
ing of well knowa constitutional law
yers to the defense of tks statute, it
waa held ia valid by Judge Boyd. After
ths Supreme court upheld aim, Con
gross wrote a provision- lata the re
cent revenue act, placing a privilege
tax of 10 per cent on products of fac
tories employing children under 14
yeara of age to any extent, or ths em
ployment for longer thaa 8 kours a day
of ekildrea from 14 to IS years of
age.
Ia making permanent aa injunction
granted, temporarily stay of executioa
of this law ia ths Charlotte, N. C,
case hers today, Judge Boyd said that
ths Federal law tries to accomplish
regulatioa of employmeat by indirec
tion under tks taxing privilege ia this
instance, as ths previous law attempt
it wader ths interstate commerce pow
ers. Both attempts hs kolda to be in
vasion ef states rights. -s ,
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS ARE
UNACQUAINTED WITH ACTION.
Washington, May SwOffleials of tke
Department of Justice were without in
formation of ths decision ef Federal
Judge Boyd at Greeasboro, N. C, to
day declaring the ehlld labor sectloa
of tba war reveaus law unconstitu
tional, aad could sot say what tks next
step la ths as would be-, It wss
stated, however, . tkst tks deciaioa
would aot affect operatioa of the law
aniens upheld by the Supreme Court
Aa the case was brought by aa em
ploye against a Cotton mill, ths gov
srament having as direct part ia the
proeeediaga, it was said tkat the
question of aa appeal would lavs to -be
decided locally at Greensboro,
CABLE LINES BACK
IN PRIVATE HANDS
The Turn Back Last Midnight
Was Without Ceremony
or Formality
Washington, May 2 (By tin Associat
ed Presa.) American cable lines taken
over by the government in November
were restored to private ownership and
operatioa at midnight tonight by direc
tion of President Wilson.
Tbe turn back waa without ceremony
or formality, tbe wire control board of
the poetoffire department hairing ar
ranged detaile of the transfer on April
9. at which time the eomrnment uh
known Ita intention to rrlinanUh mbU
-sr I
iTroTDrine properties. Binee December,
reweomb o. Carlton, president ef the
Western Union Telegraph Company, has
beta directing head of the cable service
by appointment of the Postmaster Gen
eral. Beginning tomorrow, however,
Clarence H. Mackay, president ef tks
Commercial Cable Company, will re
sume his former duties with that com
pany. Mr. Mackay waa removed by the
Postmaster General because of hie re
fusal to cooperate In goverament efforts
to unify all trnns-Atlantie service.
Postmaster General Burleson durimj
the day received another telegram from
Mr. Mackay requesting the return of ths
Postal Company's land linea at once
Mr. Bqrleson replied as follows:
"Replying to your telegrams of yes
terday aad today you are advised that
my telegram to you of the Srst instant
disposes of the matter se fsr ss tbe
Postmaster General is concerned.'
SEVEN TAR HEELS FINISH
COURSESjN SEMINARY
Five Graduates of Richmond
Institution Assigned To Pas
toral Fields
' Richmond, Vs., May 2. (8pecial to
the News aad Observer.) Seres North
Carolinians are included ia the list of
1919 graduates of Union Theological
Seminary (Presbyterian), was an
nounced today. Five of them with their
respective Selda of labor are: Franklin
M Bain, Wade, pastor, Aecomae, Va.:
Frank Fisher Baker, Salisbury, mis
sionary to Brazil; Albert Bay Eowland,
Charlotte, pastor, Samuel Daviea
church, Hanover county, Va.; Clyde J.
Walsk, Charlotte, pastor Madieoa
Heights, Lynchburg, Va.j Douglas Me
Dimonero, Mancbeater, paator, Green
bank, W. Va.
Pastor Selda for David Caldwell
loung, ef Charlotte, and William Carle
toa Bourk, of Wilmington, hs re aot
been selected. Stuart Boseoe Ogleaby
Jr, Hope, Ark, will be pastor at Oi
ford, N. C.
Geo. W. Watts, of Durham, president
of tbe board of trustees, will deliver
the diplomas. Dr. James H. Tsylor,
pastor of President Wilson's church in
Washington, is scheduled to preach the
baccalaureate sermon.
News ef ths death of 8omers B.
Cabell, 33 years old, in John Hopkins'
HotnitaL Baltimore, from th
of Injuries sustained ia aa accident
a. ions vreen, va, wane employed ss
electrical ena-iaear tnr M. --i .j
eoke company, wss received here today.
" waa a oroiner ot Jtoyal E. Cabell,
Biclmoad attnmev rvm vt.u.j
t .-'""M VIWI
States eommiwioser of internal revenue,
ana or aire, cnanes a. flowers, Vsnder-
BtSre. N. C He will hs tinr.A t. v.i..
eouaty ia the Cabell ancestral burying
TOLEDO TO BE CONSIDERED
AS PLACE FOR FIGHT
Cleveland, May fc Toledo, Ohio, la
being conaidered as a possible site for
tke championship heavyweight boning
contest cm Jnlv i. hotm.. J wr:i.
lard aad Jack Dempeey, according to
sicura, promoter et tae contest,
who waa kere tonight conferring with
Mat Hinkel nnd other hhiJIm
aelectioa ef the Ohio city to stage the
corneal, tticnara, wie returns te Tole
do tomorrow.' aaiil ha nanhiM wimiM
aams the city by Monday sexi.
E
NO ARRESTS MADE
Government Agents Believe
Bombs Mailed To Prominent
Men Were Made InJI. Y.
ORDINARY ByNAMITE
USED FOR PACKAGES
Details of Progress in Inquiry
Not Disclosed But It Is Inti
mated That Several Radicals
Are Under Suspicion; Ex
perts From Bureau of Mines
Test Explosives
New York, ' May 2. Agents of 'the
Department of Justice, postoffics in
sp ;ctors end New York detectives
under Inspector Faurot continued today
their hunt for' the anarchists who de
posited in the maila more than a score
of deadly dynamite bombs sddressed to
prominent men iu nil parts of ths coun
try, but ao arrests have been nude thus
fnr. It wss intimated, however, that
several radicals were under suspicion. I
Details of the progress msds in ths
inquiry were not disclosed on the
ground thst undue publicity might en
able, the Reds sought to eseaps. Dis
trict Attorney Bwann announced that
hejiad received an anonymous com,
municstioa auggesting that be investi
gate tbe activities of three men who
have been prominent in socialist and
h W. W. activities. B intimated that
be would set on the suggestion.
Bombs Are Examined.
"' Cnptr llr-ft-Taouaeer explosursa, MX-..
pert of the Bureau of Mines, srrived
here today from Waahington. With ex
perts of ths police and Ire depart
ments he msds a dose examination of
the bombs. It was found thst ths dyna
mite used in them wns of the ordinary
commercial variety but that it bad been
soaked in nitro-glycrrine to make it
more deadly.
' The bombs which have not yet beea
examined were hastily removed from
tbe postoffire today when it was dis
covered that the acid In the phials de
signed to explode fulminate of mercury
cape was eatisg tbrorgh the eork
threatening -aa eiploeisn.--- -
Msae It New York.
Officers at work oa tke case are vir
tually convinced the Infernal machines
were made ia tWe city. They expressed
satisfaction at tholr sueeess in finding
ths plant which manufactured tbe paper
sed sv a covering for the bombs. Only
a small quantity of the paper has been
distributed snd it may. be possible to
trace the nssassins by means of it.
It was aald tonieht there anDeared to
be no connection between the bomb I
conspiracy and the Snding of a quantity
ef expleaivea in a house in West 45th
street raided by -government agents
seeking narcotics illegally beld. The
quarters were occupied bv Charles J.
Pinchel, nliss "Dr. Charles Baldwin"
who conducted a "medical institute."
Pinchel told the police that the ex
ploaives were stored in bis living spart
ments by Oscar Parker, of Philadel
phia, whom he met. while eerviag in the
ordnance department of the army. Tbe
explosives seised included a consider
able quantity of trinitrotoluol of tbe
best quality.
ENGINEER KILLED;
I
R. B. Hilt, of Hamlet, Loses His
Life in Seaboard Wreck
Near VYadesboro
Wadesboro, May J. Engineer R. B.
Hill, of Hamlet, waa killed and Ave
otbeis were injured, one seriously, at
9:30 o'clock tonight wkea Seaboard Air
line passenger train No. 13, from Wil
mington to Charlotte, was 'wrecked at
Lilesville, Sve miles east of this place.
The injured are Ernest Hammond, Col
ored fireman, seriously; Oscar Bailey,
colored porter; I C. Mimms, express
messenger, snd two ethers whoss in
juries sre slight. A spreading rail is
believed to hsvs been ths cause of the
derailment.
The injured were rushed to hospitals
as sooa as a relief train was mads up
at the ballast pit near here. Hammond,
Mimms and Builey were taken to Ham
let, while ths other two injured were
brought to thia city. -
Tbe engine turned over and all the
remainder of the train left the track,
except the Pullmaa. None of ths pas
sengers were injured. All of them, how
ever, assisted the lajured antil the ar
rival of physicians. ' -
- Ths train wns running at tbe usual
speed when, according te the fireman,
Engineer Hill observed aa obstacle on
the track. Ha applied the emergency
brakes at once aad ths suddea pressure
of the brakes, it is believed, produced
a spreading of the rails.
Physicians 'from this placs and Ham
let were called te the scene of ths
wreck and rendered Srst aid treatment
before sending the injured to hospitals.
DrSi Terry, Jsmes aad Kinsman accom
panied three et tbe Injured men back
te Hamlet. .'
Will Deport Revelutlealsta.
Baa Francisco, CaL, May S. Parties
ef alleged revolutionists are being made
ap in San Frsneisce, Seattle aad other
coast points for deportatiop as a result
of ths receipt of mailed bombs aad
other radical activities at these points,
Edward White, commlnaloner of immi
grstioa, announced here today. . ;
01
SEARCH
FOR
AIIABTS
FIVE OTHERS HUR
BELGIUM
PEACE
MUNICH IS
BELGIAN SENATE
it
Preliminaries of Peace Docu
ment Fails To Provide For
. Territorial Claims
PREMIER ARRIVES IN
PARIS WITH MESSAGE
Half Billion Dollars Which Was
Assigned As Immediate In
demnity Has Merely Been
Placed To Credit in Allied
Countries As Part Payment
For War Loans
Paris, May 8. (By the Associated
Press.) Ths Belgian deIcgaiioa laiho
Peace Conference is expressing dissatis
faction over the terms of ths prelimi
naries for peace its they affect Belgium.
None of the territorial claims of Bel
gium has been granted except that for
Malmedy, ia Rhenish Prussia, a short
distance south of Ait L Chapelle, tho
population of which toefore ths war was
largely Walloon. Malmedy will revert
to Belgium. The territory oa tbe left
bahl' or thf Bcheldf-rrm-iad- Maas
tricht and ths Litnbourg pei..nsula are
not mentioned in the terms.
Of ths 300,000,000 already mentioned
as aa inn. ediato financial Indemnity for
Belgium, mors thsn half ths amount
has merely bean placed to Belgium's
credit ia Allied countries as part pay.
meat of war loans. No provision bat
been msds for ths retail by Germany
of the sin billioa marks which were left
i:. Belgium and now nre lying ia Bel
giaa banks aad vaults, bearing no In
terost and unproductive, as the circula
tion of the marks la Belgium ia net
permitted. "Tke amount ef six billioa
marks represents virtual the total
Belgiaa liquid wealth assets, said
member of the ilgla d'egatlom to
day.
M. Delcroix, the Bel.ian premier, ar
rived ia Paris this morning, bringing
s message of protest from the Belgiaa
senate. He conferred with Hymans,
of th Belgiaa peace ' egatioa, whe
ia expected to appesr befoaro the coun
cil ef three to make representations
concerning the terms granted Belgiu
SECRETARY DANIELS IS
GUEST OF AMBASSADOR
Many Prominent Officials of
British Navy Are Present
At Notable Function
London, Msy 2.-Josephus Daniels,
American secretary or tbe ssvy, dinea
tonicht with John W. Davis, the Amerl
run ambassador. Among those invited
to meet Mr. Daniels werei Walter
Hum Long, first lord of the admiral
ty: Winston Spencer Churchill, nee re
tnry for wnr Viee Admiral Sir David
Beatty. commander ef the grand fleet;
Vice Admiral Sir Bosslya Wemyss,
Srst sea lord; Admiral Baroa Beret'
ford, of. Metemmeh and Carragbmore,
the Rev. Wm. Hartley Carnegie, Canon
of Westminister snd their wives.
Secretary Daniels tomorrow will in
spect the Americsa nnval headquarters,
sad then, with his staff, will lunch with
Rear Admiral Harry 8. Una pp. who
succeeds Rear Admiral Wm. 8. Sima as
commander of ths Americsa aavsl
forces ia Europoaa waters. Later he
will review a parade or uanaataa
troops. In ths evening he will dine prl
vately and afterward attend the thea
tre.
Secretary Daniels snd his three chief
technical advisers who have been eon
ferring with British, French and Ital
la.i naval officials, expects to . start
horns wlthia a week. Acting Secretary
Roosevelt waa advised today tbe Party
would sail from Brest oa the transport
Mount Vernon, probably Msy 8 or 9.
Future types ef capital ships, and de
velopment of nsvsl aircraft were the
chief subjects discussed by the Amen
mnn. officials with the leading naval au
thorities at Paris, London snd Rome.
NOT THROWING PEOPLE
OUT OF JOBS, HURLEY SAYS
Washington, May zV-6kipyards will
net be forced to suspend work not will
any men be thrown out ef employment
ia the Contemplated readjustment ef
the building program pf the shipping
board. Chairman Hurley said today.
Mr. Hurley explained that the pros
pective cancellation of 2,000,000 dead
weight tons of shipbuilding contracts
would be followed by the substitutes
ef contracts calling for the construc
tion ef mere desirable types ef vessels.
The prospective cancellations, he
said, would be ef undesirable types of
ships, which cannot be completed until
late in 1919, with some of them being
unfiniihed at the snd ef this year. Can
cellations, he added, would result from
a study now being made te balance ths
fleet for peace time needs. Style, types
aad speed of ships, Mr. Hurley explain
ed, are being studied aad figures al
ready obtained indicate the aeeeaaity
of cancellation. To thia, it waa said,
wss due. the cancellation ef S3 troop,
ships ef 8,000 tons each at the Hog
Island yard.'- .. . , '
ENTERS
DOES NOT
TREATY
GIRMAN DELEGATES BATE
TREIR FIRST CONFERENCE.
Ysraallles,' Msy t. A meeting ef
the German aad later-allied finance
sommlsaiea was held this morning at
the Trlaae HoteV Tke German
delegates, numbering eight, arrived
afoot, wslklag at rasa the perk ander
tke escort ef a French captain. The
merieaa aad ether Inter-allied dele
gates drevs from Parle ia aateaae
klles.
Tke delegates embarked ea a pre
longed dlscmsaWa, apparently a eea
tlaaatlen ef tke acgetlatwae at the
Ckateaa Pleasle Villette, nt Senile,
nerr Cemplegae. Tke German dele
gation Included Bankers Warburg,
Melchlor aad 8traas. The American
delegation comprised Taemaa W.
Lament nnd Hoary P. Dnvtson. ,
ILSCPO, IS
Secretary of North Carolina
Grand Lodge of Masons Ap
plies For Passports
New and Otaemr lim
SS DUrM National But Bide,
r i. B. WINTERS.
(Br Imlil Leased Wtra.)
""Washington, May I. Application wi
today received by tbe Departmeat of
Stats through the o files of Senator Sim.
mens from W. W. Willsnti, of I ilcigti,
for a passport to Englsnd ts nttend ths
Masonic peacs conference in London
uuriog ths week ending June 30. He is
Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of
Masons ia North Carolina, and in this
capacity will be eae of the represents
ttvts from ths Tsr Heel 8tate at thi
international conference. ,
. As related in.ths correspondence yes
terday, lbs State Depart aunt has al
ready acceded te tke request ef Hon
Henry Grady, of Clinton, for a passport
to Europe, he being Grand Master ef
Masonry in North Carolina. Mr. Grady
plans tp leave New York June 10, nnd
it is presumed thst Mr. Willsoa will
leave oa the earns date. Ths appll
tioa for the passport was received todsy
and forwarded immediately to tbe De
partment of State but a repast has aot
been msds as to the sanction or rejec
tion of the request.
Wane Pastmaatar For Wilkeabere.
Tbe PootoAce Department today an
nounced the holding of civil service ex
sminations for the selection of a post'
master at Wilkeaboro to aepply a va
ranry. Ths competitive test will be con
ducted at North Wilkeaboro oa June IS.
The post mester gets a salary of $1,000
a year.
A civil service sxsminntioa will be
held oa June 18 for the purpose of
choosing a postmaster for Rose Hill
Duplia county, a vacancy having arises
ia the office. Tke competitive test will
be conducted at Goldsboro. Tks post
master draws a salary of 91,200.
Major Phillies CeaUag Heme.
General Pershing has notified Sens
tor Overrasa that Major Wade H. Phil
lips, a lawyer of Lsxlagtoa, has beea
released from tbe army ia Francs and
has act sail for America, where he will
be honorably discharged.
Also a communication from the com
manding officer of the American Expedi
tionary Forces to Seaator ' Overmnn
stntes thst Sergeant Charles E. Hutch
inaon, of North Carolina, ia being re
turned to the United States for imme
diate discharge.
Te Have Seme Wheat.
A winter wkeat crop wkiek is estimat
ed to run close to nine hundred million
lusheis aa increase or nearly 33 per
cent ever the record-breaking crop of
1914 snd sa acreage aever before
equalled, ia forecast ia a report on the
condition of winter wheat issued todsy
by ths Chamber of Commerce ef the
United States through ita committee oa
statistics and staadarda.
"About 25 per cent of the yield," the
record adds, "will be south of tbe Mssoa
snd Dixpn line, for winter wheat is be
ing grown now ia some ef the Southern
Stntes where it wss never grown before."
The story ef the growing winter wheat
Is that or aa unprecedented acreage
never before equalled, and a condition
so high ss to be witkout precedent er
parallel. It ia, ia fact, a moaotons of
perfection.
ARE CORSETS UNDERWEAR?
GOVERNMENT CANT SAY
Washington, May 2. Ths question nf
whether eorsets are underwear is aot
ens to be decided hastily, It vas said
today at tbe Bureau ef Iaternal Reve
nue. Ths bureau has been asked for
ruling ea the questloa by tbe Nstioasl
Dry Goods Association.
Retail merchants throughout the coun
try who eater te womea have beea ad
vised through their national organisa
tions to collect the new luxury tax on
eorsets costing more than $5 antil K
eaa be determined whether eorsets sre e
luxury er necessity. The tax will be
refunded if the decision la adverse te
the goverament aad favorable te the
womea
GOING TO ENGLAND
LIKE
TERMS;
RECAPTURED
WET DAY SPENT V
IN PARIS CIRCLES
' - anmmvmsk
No Extraordinary Happenings' '
Reported Among German j
Delegates at Versailles '
NO ATTEMPT YET MADE ':
TO RECONCILE ITALIANS
8oviet Movement in Central
Europe Seemingly Approach
inf Downfall; Munich Is Ee.
ported To Have Been Recap
tared; Russian BolshovUd
STf A - A .
ecu Ultimatum ft
(By Tks Associated Press.)
I Aside from discussion by tks coua
efl ef three of minor artieles ef the
peace treaty, Friday ia peace confer
ence circles In Paris was a quiet day .
Likewise at Versailles, where tke Ger
man delegates are awaiting the pleat .
ure o! Celegates of tke allied and asso .
elated governments te ha ad them the
terms of pesos, there were to cxtraore
dlnary happenings.
With ths controversy with Italy and
the eouneil of three still unsettled, and
the Cilnese defegation reported Te' be""
disposed to protest sgaiast the award
of K;ao Chaa to the Japascae, Belgium
bow is declared ta be dissatisfied with -
ths terms of ths peace treaty as re
Cards her territorial desiree ia Ger .
many.
- Appareatly ao great attempts are be
ing made by the council et three te , '
briag about a reeaaciliatioa ia ideas
with tke latliaa delegates. Tke French
ambassador te Italy, however, has sea. ''
ferret, at length with Premier Orlan
do retarding the eUuattoa aad tbe e-'
vetopmeat ef avemts ia Parle slate the '
Italiaae quh tbe .. French . capital ad
returned te Borne. . t .. . , .''
The Soviet movement ia Central Eu
rope seemingly ia feet approaching iu
dow'all. Munich, teat ef the Bavariaa
Soviet, wkiek waa known te be tar
rounded by goversmest ' forces et?
Premier Hoffman, is reported a sett
cially to bare beea recaptured. Ia Hun
gary, tke forces ef King Ferdinsad, ef
Rumania, witk ths monsreh at their
kead, are shout te enter Budapest,
while Bela Kua, foreign minister is .
tke Hungarian Soviet continues te meke
overtures for a eessatloa of hostilities
by B i man in aad also ths Ciocko-Slo
vaka and Jugo-Slavs.
Wireless advieea from Moscow assevf
tkat the Bolshevik government ia Bun
sin has seat aa ultimatum te Rumania
demanding the evacuation of Bessara
bia. Forty-eight hours have beea givest
the Rumanians te comply..
The Spanish parliament has beea diet
solved by Eisg Alfonso and asm dec
tioss set for June 1, according te re
por' received in London f rem tke -Spanish
capital.
START REVOLUTION IN .'
COSTA RICA IS REPORT
Exiles Said To Have Overcome ,
Force of frontier Guards y
Near Nicaragua ,
Sn Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, Ma?
2. Costa Bicaa sxiles met aad defeated
a force of Coata Ricaa frontier guards
on ths Rio Frio, aear tbe eeutheeetera
shore of Lake Nicaragua, Thursday,
The frontier guards retired after the
Bght. It is retwrted here that other
revolutionists hsve begun aa attack
along ths border between Costa Bica
and Passma. According te the reports
reaching here, a small sehoeaer carry
ing revolutionists, espslxed ia Lake
Nicaragua after the skirmish ea tke Bio
Frio. All ea board, however, were res
eued.
GEORGIA NEGRO KILLED
BY MOB; BODY BURNED
Augusts, Ga., Msy .Tbe body ef
Bvnnie Rieharda, a negro, whe killed,
bia wife and thea wounded two officers
ia defying arrest, was taken to the
outskirts ef Wsrrenton, Cs., todsy aad
buraed, according te reports kere -to
eight. He was killed early today.
The negro, after shooting 7 Sheriff
Brinkley and Robert Williford, city
treasurer, whe were trying te capture
kirn, rpeat the eight ia a swamp near
Warrenton. Members ef a mob dually
discovered him hiding la a hole la the
banks ef a creek. The fugitive kept ap
aa latermitteat Ire, although it mt
discovered later that he' had beea se-,
verely wounded. Gasoliaa was poured '
ia the creek aad set Sre, it was said,;
but wind kept the flames ea the ethst
side ef the stream. -
Bombs extemporised from dynamite
sticks, it was aaid, were hurled toward
the negro's hiding place, as ao eae '
dared to get in front of the opening;
ef his cave.
Finally Richards surrendered about
l.M this moraing.
Sheriff Briakley aad gone to tewa for
surgical attention and tbe mob tied the
aegre te tree aad riddled his body
witk iwllets. Later It wss tskea te the
court hoses square in Wsrrenton, and
from there a crowd took It to the out
skirts ef the town, piled wood ea it
and burned m. - ' ' -
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