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RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY MOtthlltG, fclAY 7, 1919.
PiucEinvEca:.
IAVYBA
D GO G
Tn nri ivniiniiirriA
ID ntLr Ml tHd
yiFumlsh-MusiratWirson
Ceremonial To Boost The Re
cruiting Campaign
COMING TO RALEIGH
TO STIMULATE INTEREST
Acting Postmaster Jones, of
; Tayetteville, Will Be Con-
finned; Edward E. Britton
Boosting Victory Loan, in
Hew York; Campaign Tor
World-Wide Prohibition
By 8. R. WINTERS
' (By 8peeial Leased Wire)
Vashiagtoa; May . The Navy De
partment today directed the Navy Yard
bead at Norfolk to go to Wilson, for
tha recruiting campaign and incident
4 ally to participate ia tha celebration of
tha North Carolina Shrinert May 8.
Tha band will reach Wilaoa tomorrow
. .Bight, aad will be ia charge of Enaiga
Skelton, of tha Baleigh recruiting na
tion. The musical aggregation if compowd
of 22 members of tha Norfolk Navy
Yard. The baad will bo ia the parade
tt aged by the Bhrlners on the Sudan
. Temple. From Wilaoa tha band will go
to Baleigh oa Thursday night or Fri
day, morning, where it will stimulate
i tha campaign for aavy recruit. The
aggregation ia due to return to Norfolk
' ' , Saturday night.
Edward E. Brltloa, private secretary
to tha Secretary of the Navy, left to
nieht for New York city where he will
rcprerent the artist
Heeretary or uie ,
Karjr in the Victory Loan excursion of j
the Yeoman battalion. Two nunarert
-aaO-IUty cwnaa and officers will makei
the trip, and a special train will be
operated to carry the party to the Me-
tropolia. j
i WHI CaaOm PoatmaaUr.
Aetinx Fostmaitor Jonea will le con-
m . . . i A.
lirmcu aa pM.n.a.icr . ' .
ia Daatr ueiug among inc bw rairn
aent to tho Senate for confirmation. H
i. anderatood that Reprentati,, H. L.
w .....i ,!,..
acrviee examination, but his request
will aot W mated. Ilia intimation lc
ing'that lio favored another candidate.
Mr. Jones obtained tho highest rating ia
b civil service test, and according to re
Jiartt hcrw the ehoiea of tho lato
'oaimaattr t'aderwood. . - .,
' T Riork fa PrnklbttUa.
wand Pearsoa Hobson, frank B. Willis,
i jiwr goveraor of Ohio; M. H. Pnt
trnoa, former jtororaot of Tennessee i
Kev. Georc B. Stuart, of BirmUigahm,
Ala-fHeTamadrithof Boston and
i;aa aiorgrn Nuia. ec i.urago, an, -,
iui eonsvieoonsty identified ia Wash
ingtoa as actively promoting the in
terests of world-wide prohibition. Tbey
will apeak simultaneously ia the va
rious Washington churches en Suuday,
June 8. Mr. Bryan will likewise ad
dress a gathering at Liberty Hut. The
World-Wide Prohibition conference and
the Anti-itetoou League field day will
be eventa of the preceding week.
Btilcs, is the name of a new post
office established in Macon county,
Florence Bandolph baa been designated
as postmaster, her address being Tclli
co. Bettie B. Pearson, who retired from
the office for a time, baa been w
ppoiated aa postmaster at Moravian
Falls, Wilkes county.
Federal Aid for Prejecta.
During April. 1919. the Secretary of
Agriculture approved project stals-
meats for 120 Federal aid prejecta. In
volving the improvement ef 923.53 miles
er road, at a total estimated coat of
!16,261,32&51, aad oa which Federal
aid in the amount ef 7,528,550.68 was
re-.uested.
During April these were executed by
. the secretary, aad the several State
highway departmeata, fifty-five project
tgreemeats involving the emprovement
of 521.51 miles of road, at a total es
timated eost ef H ,826.413.48, aad ea
which tifi&JMM Federal aid was re
quested aad set aside ia the treasury.
raaanroi,g
tr-twe other D rejects were placed In
process et esecatiom duriag the month.
' The acting Secretary ef War Crowell
gars out the following interview eon
. ccraiag the sale ef the army camps
today: '
Bide For Army Camae.
"When it became evident that these
mmmm wau 1.1 H A In.... k. mA Jim
i ti the demobilisation of the army, the
chief ef the construction division was
Ustraeted to adv.riiM la 00 newqnpers
and trade periodicals throughout the
United States that these camps would be
old te the highest, best aad moat re
sponsible bidders. Proposals were re
ceived by the coast ruetioa division and
publicly opened ea April 15, 1919. Forty
- fnor bids were' received from thirty-five
different bidder. - It was specifically
stated l.the advertisement that the
storage area at sack ef these esmps and
the utilities serving same would be re
served by the government as storage
v (Ceattaaed Page Eleven) '""
WOt'LD JTOP immigkAtiox
Payettevilie, May V Tlce P red
deal The. B. MarsksU, speaking
here teaJght, decUred that If he
had his way the ere ef America
weald be closed te ! migration fee
ease time te ceeae. Any feeeigaer,
be, added, who Is thrown Into the
awttlng pet of Aaserka aad deea aot
saefct afceald be taken ewt aad seat
away. Ia addHtoa to aaeahlag
streaity agalaat Beeakevnan be arged
sapaact of the Leagae of NaUaaa,
staiiag tkat while be did aot kaew
that It weald sacceea. be believed
Oat at weald aad that eeaaethiag af
this aatare la abeelatcly ainsssry te
achieve aaythlag appreazkiag per
saaaewt peace. . - .
VICTORY LOANNOW
II
T6tatSubscriptlonsOnTclaily
Reported Aggregate 45.79
Per Cent
TODAY IS NAVY DAY
THROUGHOUT COUNTRY
Over a Quarter Billion Sub
scribed Tuesday, But There's
a Big Average of $600,000,
000 Daily To Come Next
Tour Days If Quota Is Railed
In Time Planned
(By the Associated Press.T
Washington, May 8. The two billion
dollar mark has been passed by the
nation ia its race toward the 4,
500,000,000 goal which must be reached
by Saturday night. Subscriptions efli
cially reported to tho Tressury tonight
amounted to 12,080,742,000, or 45.79 per
cent of the quota sought.
Subscriptions by districts and per
centages of quotas were announced tj
the Treasury as follows:
District. Sabacriptioa.
St Louis ., $142,522,000
Minneapolis 100,80,000
Chicago 370,500,000
Boston 197,560,000
Pet.
73.1
64.1
56.7
52.6
jl
.2i
Kansas City KtffiQO
Richmond 9928,000
Kew York ....... 55700,000
Atlanta
5870,000
182,113,000
12tr,731,ooo-
102,654,000
27,61J;000
40.6
40.4
34.5
30.0
29.2
Cleveland ...
Xi,w,.
TTinaaerPh.a
an Francisco
Uillaa
The increase in the total during the
last 24 hours was 256,000,000, of which
14W,Wn,W rtmt from the New York
..... . . . . 1
"tt kl"nc- Th' Tlnt ut
j"' 't
day. but falls far ahort of the $622,000,-
'000 arerage daily subscriptions which
t mn( Iia niUft iin in tlm remainder 4f
the week if the loan ia to bo subscribed
tull;-.
, Cmavariac With Foarlh Uts.
At the crrespondiiig timo of tha
Fiurth Liocriy Loan campaign bond
salea, amounted to 2,78,0OO0O, or
46.64 pet rent, thi .total.
Tomorrow ia Navy Day t'jroughont
tho country, and eotnmitrMt tvery.
wherj hope to make it a banner asv
with tho slogan, "Match the Navy."
Fruiu o( thf wwk vin Bot b.
,fJ fr (w ftr thrM davt Bow.
ever. Special naval demonstrations
have been arranged at many sea and
land nort cities. j
Slowness Is Inexplicable. !
"Experts who have been associated
with all loan campaigns are .at aa ab-l
i solute loss to explain the slowness of
subscriptions, suul the trcssury's re-
view tonicht. "The belief held by many
of them at the outset of the loan that
its fttraetive features, both aa to m-
terest and maturity, would cause an
rlv Arnilu-rinlinn. h beea ranid-!
ly dissipated aad yet no one seems to
be able to assign cause for this sit-:
nation. Slowness in buying is easily ex
plained in a few isolated localities
where farm work is backward, or there
kss been a shortage of employment ia
eertaij industries, but goaerally apeak
lag. no ona seems to assiga a definite
cause for the failure of the country to
keep the pace that expected of it.
The 6t. Louis district continued to
lead In the percentage race tonight, but
Minneapolis was reported driving it
salesmen hard. Apparently St. Louis
has draws so far away from Chicago
aad Boston that there is little ehaaee
of either ef these districts catching up.
Brooklyn, N. Yn and Hartford, Conn.,
reported today they had exceeded
their quotas.
SekacriBttoas by Districts.
trieta sub-divisions:
8t. Louis county, $1,440,000; Indiana,
1.1,073,000; Kentucky, $22.9W,000;
Tennessee, 112,263,000 ; Mississippi, $8,
263,000; Arkansas $14,118,000; Missouri,
22418)O0; Illinois, 18,691,000; Bt.
Louis city, 129,045,000.
North CsreUaa, lll,4ll.S.
Birhmond district: Maryland, 125,-
i TY?"""!!:. .
! ?".! vJ-?l
District of Colombia, $10,778,-
aia, VXjmfiOQ; Weat Vir-
E:rr4L"Ti": Z 4 '
New Tork district: New Tork State,
.-14,648,000; Nw Jersey, 1.1742,000;
Connecticut, 14,651,000; New Tork City,
1411.480.000.
Philadelphia district: Philadelphia,
54,731.000; Eastern Peaasylvania, out
side Philadelphia. (57,066,000; Southern
New Jersey, 10,408,000; Delaware, 17,
415.000. Raa Francisco district: Arizona, !,
005JOOO; Idaho, M89.000; Nevada, S05,
000; Oregon, 19,961,000; Utah, 5,.
989,000; Washiagtoa, 19,660,000; Cali
fornia, Wl ,500,000; Hawaii, 4,0.17.000.
Dallas district: Texas, $24,427,000;
Ariiona, $485)00; Louisiana, $1335,000:
jN'ew Mexico, 748,000, and Oklahoma,
$115,000.
Atlaata "district t Mississippi and
I Louisiana, $15)00,000 each; Alabama,
; .1,751,000; Florida, $651,000; Georgia,
j $6,574,000 Tennessee, $12,123)00.
Chicago district t Cook County, $69,-
'09300; Illinois, outside Cook county,
: $49,572,000; Indiana, $T9,W,000; Iowa,
i 56,726,000; Michigaa, $96170,000 Wis
: eoaaia, $41,931,000.
j The C 8. S. Calhoun, the Navy Tie
itory Ship, reported today that it was
, slowly steaming through the Caribbean
! sea while wsitisg for the nation's sub-
iseriptioas te the Victory Liberty Loss
ita warraat It getting under full steam
i for the last four days of the campaign.
The position ef the Victory Ship to
! nght in such as will make possible the
I torn old ion. of the trio be SuturiUv
i sight; if subscriptions are suds, rapidly.
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THIS IS THE RRITISltFLttRS JUMP OFF
- LOCATION IN
S MUitw.i n in hihimii iii
Photo just received showing Major Morgan and Capt. Raynham
they hope
, '
State of North Carolina Will
Take Over Camn Polk
Is Announcement
CITY. OR MONTGOMERY .
GETS CAMP SHERIDAN
No Adequate Bid For Camp
Sevier, But Others Put Up
Were Bought By Private
Tinns or Individuals; "Pro
posals Beceived Were Very
Satisfactory"
(By The Associated Pres.)
Washington, May 6y Approval of tho
sale ef twelve army eampe eight na
tional guard sites and four small mis
cellaneous camps -for t total of more
thaa 54900, ws announced loiiiiy by
Acting Secretary Crowell.
War Department officials evidenced
satisfaction with the results obtained,
the material covered by the sale consist
ing almost exclusively of hastily con
structed buildings and some stored
equipment. In the case of buildings,
the government had reserved for its own
use the base hospitals and storsge
warehouses.
Omnibus Bid Rejected, And Why.
Forty-four bids were received from 35
individuals and corporations, the largest
single proposal being from one large
wrecking company which offered to take
! all the ramps for a price approximating
j 540,000. The proposal wns rejecten
I largely because of the desire of the do-
nartnient to turn over to the cities Sil
, jaeent to certain camps the sanitary and
other utilities wiiun couiu i uaeu au
vantageously for the benefit ot their
nnniilatinns. Thus Aususta. GS.. will
retair title to all underground improve,
menta at C'nmp Hancock, all the im
provemcnts at Camp Bheridun go to the
eity of Montgomery, and the sewage and
water systems at Camp Wadsworth will
be turned over to Spartaaburg.
, No satisfactory bid having . been re
eeived for Camp Sevier, 8. C, it was
announced that this camp wculd be of
fered at another sale minus the require
ment that the buyer assume the damage
nuita of local property owners.
At the sale of a: my eamps the city of
Montgomery, Ala., secured Crnnp Shen
dan. Alabamai and the State of North
Carolina will take over Camp Polk,
Ncrth Carolina. The other eamps went
Kendrlrk, New Jersey, which was with
drawn from the auction and is to be
retail il for the navy, and 'Camp Sevier,
South Carolina, for wmcn no reaaonsDic
bid was received
The surc.-sful bidders in the other
casea were: Camp Bowie, Texas, so'., to
Henry Marks A Bon, Indianapolis, Ind.;
Camp Colt, Pennsylvania, to Lewis
Bros- Rork Island, III.; Camp Hancock,
Georgia, to J. P. Mulherin, Augusta,
Oa.j Camp Logan, Texas, to G. P,
Brown, Houston, Texas; North Camp
Juc.:30, So-th Carolina, to Lewis Bros.,
(Continued ea Page Eleven)
STRIKE ORGANIZERS
BOUNCED JiT LAWRENCE
Masked Men Took Them Out of
Hotel; Found Later in Bat
tered Condition
Lawrence, Mass., May 8. Anthon.v J.
Capararo, a member of the textile strike
committee here, and Nathan Klelnmnrt,
of New York, an. orgnmier of the Amal
ga mated Clothing Workers of America,
were forcibly ejected from the eity ear'
Lr todar by masked men who took them
from a hotel at tha point of revolvers,
according to, their stories. .The two
were carried off in automobiles. Capa
raro appeared at a house In Andover
about daylight with little clothing snd
showing seversl cuts snd bruises, snd
Kleinmaa later wslked into the polirs
station in Lowell with a blackened eye
aad a cut oa one arm. He said ha bad
beea threateaed with death if he ever
returned to Lawrence.
The night clerk at the hotel told the
police that twelve masked men demand
ed admissioa, shewing revolvers to en
force their demands. -They inquired
as to the room .orrutied by strike lend
era aad took away Capararo and Klein
sua a.
NUMBER OF ARMY
CAMPS DISPOSED OF
will be the first to cross the Atlantic.
(C Underwood k Underwood.
TRANS-ATLANTIC
FLIGHT POSTPONED
BY ADVERSE WEATHER
New York, May 6. The
proposed start today of the
Navy Department's 'rans-At-lantic
flight by way of Hali
fax was postponed ' shortly
after 9 o'clock this morning
because of adverse weather
conditions.
X. b N.CrJ ,whichwas
damaged by fire yesterday,
was repaired during the
nighTEnd run out on the run
way ready to Uke her place
with the other two planes.
The NC-3 and NC-4 also
were ready for the flight
should the wind moderate.
WEATHER IS STILL
if
11
Unlikely That Start Can Be
Made Today NC-1 is
Ready Again
New York. May 8. Beports received
at tho Rockaway Point station of bad
weather along the coast between here
and ,Treiassey Bay dashed hopes en
tertained during the day that the "fly
ing boats would "hop-off on their
"cruise" to Hsllfnx in the morning.
All four motors on the NC-3 are be
ing replaced. It was announced tonight.
A ball bearing in one of them, believ
ed to have been jarred out of place
during a test flight of the machine sev
eral days ago with a 28,000 pound load
was the cause of orders to replace one
motor. Later, In the interests of doing
"gcod job and leaving nothing to
chance, Commander Joha H. Towers
ia command of the flight, directed that
the three other motors be replaced.
The big NC-3 will be ready for flight
in the morning, however, with til me-
tors working. The Starboard watch
started replacing her motors rs'ly in
the afternoon.
The first NC plane to "hop-off-' on
the trane-Atlantie flight will earry
Victory Loan message from Secretary of
the Treasury Cr rter Glass to President
Wilson, it was-fannouneed today.
GENERAL PERSHING
TtVIStf4.0ND0N
Will Be Guest of Government
and Review Big Parade of
Allied Troops
London, May 6. General Pershing
when he visits London the latter part
of this month will be the official guest
of the government for two days aad
will be the unofficial guest of the eoun
try three or five days longer. No ofli
rial notiflratioa has yet been received
of tha data of his arrival or of the
length of his stay and the plans pre
pared srs oaly tentative.
Arrangements are being made for the
American commander to hold an In
vestiture. probably at Buckingham Pal
ace, when he will decorate Britishers
who won honors with the American
forces.; General Pershing will review
American troops brought here for the
occasion snd who will march la a great
parade with British and Colonial troop.
The Americana will embark for home
from England. It is expected the troops
will arrive oa May 22.
SMALL POWERS TO BE- v
ADMITTED TO CONGRESS
Paris, May 0-(By The Associated
Press.) It was decided hits today that
tha followin, delegations, which were to
be excluded, will be admitted to the
congress at Versailles tomorrow whea
the peace terms are handed to the Ger
mane Chins,' Sism, Cuba,' Guatemala,
Nicaragua, Haiti, Panama, Liberia and
Honduras, . 1 , 1
"Sherry's" Ta Cloae La.
New York, May e Sherry's, for more
thaa.ZO years one of the city's famous
dining places, will close its doors with
ia the next two weeks. In view ef the
exported demand after-July first for
sweets, Minis Hnervy, tbe prporietor.
wss announced today, will agaia become
caterer. ,
BMOn
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OTWFOUNDLAOT
j :
jr V . - k
with Martinsyde plane that
TVIN CITY G. 0. P.
E
Put Municipal Ticket in Field
At Last Minute But Demo
crats Won
MAYOR. RANKIN LOSES
IN ASHEVILLE CONTEST
Mayor Stafford Receives 300
Majority Over Former Mayor
Murphy in Greensboro;
Mayor Moore Re-elected in
Wilmington; Charlotte Can
didates Unopposed
(Special to The News snd Observer.)
Aaheville, May Iaeomplete returas
ia the eity election early tonight Indl
eated that Mayor Rankle ia defeated oy
a big majority by Callatla loberts, for
mer member of ths North Carolina uea-
eral Assembly from Baneombe. Like
wise Commissioner ot Public Safety P.
Hidea Bamsey Is going down before B.
L. Fitxpatrick. B. J. Bherrill will be the
new Commissioner of Public Works, by
a conceded victory over M- jwell. R.
M. Wells has woa for Police Justice over
W. P. Brown. Roberts and Wells nre
both West Aaheville men. A $200,000
school bond issue is assured.
Election day was very quiet, all the
candidates and representntives working
hard. The police also had a very easy
day, making ao arrests at II. Roberts
woa by a majority ef 519 ia the mayor
al it y race over Baukia, having a total of
1214. Fitspatrk-k and Bherrill had very
large majorities ia thair races and Wells
for Police usurt Judge had the largest
majority of aay of the candidates.
TWIN CITY REPUBLICANS
PITT TICKET IN FIELD.
(Special to the News snd Observer.)
Winston-8alem, May C The He pub
licans threw a bomb ijto the Demo
cratic ramp here this morning when n
municipal ticket, headed by Attorney
8. E. Hall, appeared at all of the voting
nrerinets. The news spread rapidly and
the Democratic leaders got busy in urg
ing their voters to go to the polls sn.l
prevent defeat of the ticket headed by
IMavor R. W. Oorrell.
It had been hinted for several daysT
SURPRIS
that the Republicans were discussing Mesaisaya, on the Murmansk eoast
the advisability ef contesting with the,'0 On the Archangel
Democrats by putting out a ticket, but ,ro"t "' "oUlw
little atteatioa waa paid to the rumor, I ,h Un
aa severs! of the G. O. P. bosses elaim- of t,h ' hv,." '"c1 out h wr
ed that they knew nothing about such
a movemeat. Attorney 8. E. HsU stated
thia afternoon that his name was placed
upoathe Bepublicaa Ucket without hi.
knowledge er consent. When the polU
closed it wss conceded that the Demo-
eratie ticket had a safe majority. How-
ever, the vote cast was perhaps more
than t.iee h.t it otherwise would h.v,
beea had aot the Republicans thrown a
bomb into the eamp.
MATOR STAFFORD DEFEATS
- MURPHY IN GREENSBORO
(Special to The News and Observer.)
Greensboro, May nV-Mayor E. J.
Ktafford today defeated former Mayor i fore delivery of the treaty o the Ger
Thoa. J. Murphy in the municipal eioc-' mans at Versailles tomorrow.
tion, the former receiving 1,(4 votes
and the bitter 70.1. Marvin (. n.vu
wss elect ea, commissioner' of public
works, the vote being 1,027 for Boy les
and Sol for Shaw. J. W. Donavant, was
elected commissioner of publie safety
over Myers, the former leading the en.
tire , ticket with 1,332 votes while the
latter reclv -d 507. Judge C. A. Jones
was re-elected ss police judge ever
Magistrate D. II. Collies, the vote being
1,201 for Jones aad 2S for Collins.
CAPT. CAUSE DEFEATED
BT MAYOR P. Q. MOORE
Wilmington, May Capt Thomas
Gause, late commander of Company C,
115th Machine Gua Battalion, 30th Di
vision, who waa aomlnatrd for mayor
ot Wilmington immediately oa his 're
tura from France, waa defeated ia the
city elect ioa today by Mayor P, Q.
- . XCentiaeed sge Ta.)
TREATY CARRIES
CLAUSE 1 TO - PUNISH ,
EX-KAISER. WILHELM
(By The Associated Press.)
y Paris, May 6. The clause
regarding responsibilities,
which was, not acted on it
the previous session of the
plenary conference, it is un
derstood, has been incorpor
ated in the final draft of the
treaty "This - provides for
the trial of the former Ger
man Emperor for "a su
preme offense against inter
national morality and the
sanctity of treaties" br a tri
bunal composed of represen
tatives of the United States
Great Britain, France, Italy
and Japan.
TE
F
But Signing The Treaty Is The
Hun's Only Chance of
Redemption
(By rte Associated Tress.)
All is ia readiness for the presents-
tion Wednesday afternoon of the peaee
treaty to Germany.
The small powers have been apprised
ef the contents of the momentous docu
ment and nil that remains to be done
ia to eall the German delegates before
the peace congress at Versailles and
hand to them the verdict which the
Allied and associated powers havo
brought in . against. iar.lreauntrylQl
being ths instigator in the world war.
The terms admittedly will be hard
for Germany, but it ia asserted that
there is but one road for her to follow
If ahe is to obtain what her spokesmen
have so frequently declared she so
ardently desires ths return of peace
snd ths chance to rehabilitate neraeii
economically. Acquiescence even to n
demnnd for the trial of their former
Imperial maater, William Hohenzollern,
which is understood te have beea in
corporated la the treaty, eharged with
"a supreme offense against interna
tional morality and the sanctity ef
treaties, is to be required. Beports
have it that the ateps for ths complete
economic isolatioa ol the eountry are
being considered if Germany should df
ellne to aflx her signature to the
treaty, . ":: " '.' ,V" "-f i i V
There Is still dissent among the al
lied and associated powers over some
provisions of the treaty. Chief among
the objectors is Italy, with Flume snd
the Dalmatian const the point in dis
pute. Italy's chief delcgntes to ths
peace conference did not visit Ver
sailles Tuesday afternoon when the
trenty was read to the smaller powers
hut are expected to be present Wednes
day. Their credoatials already have
beea handed te the Germans. The Ital
ians were represented at the session
Tuesday by Bignor Crespi, who made
reservatioas concerning any provisions
I of the peaee treaty which are not ac
ceptable te Italy.
I The Chinese delrgntee have reiler
j atcd their protest concerning the dis
1 position of the Kiao Chau, and Portu
gal has placed herself in the role of n
dissident to the awards of the Council
! of Four by expressing dissatisfaction
against the treatment accorded the rc
' public
Marshal Foch, Generalissimo of all
the .1 .ed armies of the great ; .,, also
has ripressed opposition to the trenty
as it stands and declared it to be his
lersnnsl opinion that it should ant be
signed as the military security given
France is inadequate.
Nevertheless, the treaty as formulated
is to be placed ia ths hands of the Ger
mann, arrording to the latest report.,
from Paris.
Allied troop", including a small il
tnehmea't of Americans have defeat
noisiiertai sor eapiunKrtBe town
under the spring thaw.
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' PLENARY CONFERENCE
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. Taris, May fi. The
peace conference completed its work to
' day, so far as Germany is concerned,
j and st a secret plenary session eom
I municated the terms of the peace treaty
j to all the powers represented at the
i conference. This was the last act be-
j TSe session was neia tn tne toreign
i oflice with the same setting sad dis-
tingmshed personnel as at previoui
puhlie sessioas, except in, tho rase of
IfalyTwhieh today was represented by
Dr. Hilvio Croespi, the former fool ad
ministrator, pending the arrival of
Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister
Bonn'no tomorrow.
M. Clcniencesu presided, with Presi
dent Wilsoa at his right, and Premier
Lloyd George at his left, with the en
tire membership of the conference
grouped around the table.
Enormous throngs surrounded the
foreign office watching the arrival of
the delegates. Thos whe assembled
with's the building included Marshal
Foch snd the British Vice Admiral,
Bir Roaalya Wemyas, with their stsffs.
' Whits ths session wss a secret one.
It is understood that Capt. Andre Tar
dieu, representing France, explained
the provisions of ths document snd was
questioned front time to time, the ex-
'flanatioM givsa being full and free,
RMS ADWllTTEDLY
HARD
OR GERMANY
V COMPLETE
Will Be Madr Public-All Over
The World Before The Cere- .
mony This Evening ,
MARSHAL FOCKSAYS IT 1
OUGHT NOT TO BE SIGNED
His Personal Conviction Ix.
pressed at Council Meeting!
Because 'Military Security
Given Prance Is Inadequate';
Credentials of The ' Italians :
Handed Qermans
ITALY'S
CREDENTIALS
8E.NTED.
PEE.
Paris. May (By The Associated
Press.) The credeatlab af the Ital
ian delegates te ths Peace Congress
were headed thla awretag tm the
Germaa plenipotentiaries at Var
sallies. Thla official aaaeaaeeseent
waa made thla evening.
(By The Associated Press.) .
Paris, May' fl. The final meeting' of
the Council of Three before tha presea-
tation oi the peace treaty to the Ger
mans wss held this morning. It is ua
dcrstood that the last details ef the
treaty prescntstioa ceremony were dis
cussed as well as the arrangements
for tbj afternoon's plenary session af .
the conference. Also under diseussloa
were the time and method ef making
puhlie the digest of the peaee treatv
now in its final stages of preparation,
which will be cabled all over the world '
oerore tomorrow's ceremony at Ver
sa 11 les. -
Tfi-poaee "1 reaiywas presented ,t.
the minor powers st a secret plenary
ression this sfteruoon which adjourasj
at 8:15 o'clock. The draft ef tha trea'y '
is considered now as having passed th
final stage befori being presented
the Germans.
Marshal Foch in a speech at the plen
ary session declared that tha eecuritj
given France was inadequate from a
military point of view and said it wai
his personal eoavictioa that the treatv
should not be signed.
Ths Marshal emphasized the necessity
of France holding the bridceheada alone
the Rhine and said oeeupatlog limited t
15 years wsi aot sufficient. .
GERMANS AND ALLIES '
CONFER OJf ICONOMtCI
Versailles, May 6. Ths Inter-Allied
and Germaa economic, delegates resumed ,
their deliberations at the Trianon Pal
ace Hotel at 10:30 o'clock this morning
aader the chairmanship ef llajer Ex
brsyst, ef France. A half hour later ths '
French financial delegate, M. Da Last ey
rie, drove np for a conference with '
Herrea Warburg aad Melcblor, ef the ;
German delegation. . The Germans walk
ed through the park to tho hotel,
WHAT ITALIAN PEER
THINKS ABOUT IT
Rome. May . The departure of Pre
mier Orlando and Foreign Minister Bon-'1
nino for Pwris ia taken by the Italiaa .
press as an indlcatioa that they hare
had from the pence conference assur
antes that the Italiaa problem would
be discussed with a new spirit ia view
of satisfying Italiaa aspiratloas. The
excitement of the past week ia subsid
ing throughout ths eountry. The aswa-.
papers continue to express hope that
Italy's rights will be acknowledged.,
Fighting On Archangel Front.
A I I r a ar r
, j. Preifc)Th, 4rrt otu AU
lied river flotilla reaehed the fichtiaar
front near the juaetioa ef the Vaga -and
Dvina rivers last night. The Bel-
sheviki shelled the Allied positions en .
the Vaga yesterday afteraooa. Other
sections of the front are reported quiet.
Chinees Present Precast.
Paris, May 6.-The Chinese delegates
presented a brief, formal aad dl gained
priiii'it lunrnrBtnf the dlpoalUonTbr"
Kian-Chau. The Portuguese delegates ex
pressed satimfaetioa regarding the treat'
ment accorded Portugal. . ,
The protcstatioas mads by tha various
delegates are aot regarded aa serious. -
ss no definite reservations were made
'v J""'--.. ;
x.y was represemea at tne aessiom
lF S'l"' - V
- "' sw. ae as.
wservauons concerning
.T, ' t""y BOt ":
ccpt.ble to Italy.
' 'u tnru "aisng, ma Lninoee ior
eign minister, asked for reconsiders-
i tiou oi the deeisioa regarding Bhsa-
Itnng and KUo-Chnu.
The Chinese foreign minister said '
SNQ
that in the opinion of the Chinese dels-.'. ,
ration the deciaion bad been made with
out regard for justice or for the pro
tection of the territorial integrity ef ,
China. He said that if reconsideration .
was impossible, he desired to - make 1
reservation on behalf of China.
BAVARIAN ANARCHIST
LEADER ANDEDITOR SHOT
250 Bodies Taken From Munich
Medical institute To f.
Be Buried '.S ';
Munich, May frv (Via Copenhagen,
, May .) AM the newspapers appeared '
as usual today, exeept. the Communist
I Red Flag and , other radical organs.
Cash snd other valuables deposited la
banks baa been fouad intact for the
moat part.
8oadheimer, the anarchist leader, was
shot while trying to escape. No trsce '
has been found of ths Communist lead
era N lose a aad Leviae, Lsviae, tha
editor ef the Red Flat, was shot sum
marily. : Some SoO bodies have beea.
tskea from the medical institute to (ha.
.various cemeteries