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ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, 1878.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. JANUARY 16, 1919
VOL. XL no. 24.
ATHAM
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS 0FTHE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place In The South
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraph
Domestic
Tunnelton, Pa., and towns for miles
arcund were severely shaken and win
dows shattered when one thousand
pounds of dynamite exploded at the
O. R. McAbee Powder company's plant
at Saltsburg, three miles from here.
A watchman and fireman, the only
persons in the plant at the time, were
blown from the building by the blast,
but were uninjured.
Maj. Gen. Franklin Bell, comman
der of the department of the east, died
in New York January 9 of a sudden at
tack of heart disease.
Three more states have gotten on
the water wagon Maine, Tennessee
and Idaho joined the movement for
national prohibition by ratifying the
prcoosed constitutional amendment.
Twenty-two states have ratified the
prohibition amendment. Thirty-six
are required.
neath a cemetery knoll near the ram
bling rural highway along which he
traveled so many times in boyhood
and in manhood between the Saga
more Hill house which was his home
and the quiet village of Oyster Bay.
All of the five Socialist leaders tried
for conspiracy to violate the espionage
law were found guilty in the federal
court at Chicago. The defendants
found guilty were. Congressman-elect
Victor L. Berger, publisher of the Mil
waukee Leader; Adolph Germer, secre
tary of the National Socialist party;
"William F. Kruse, editor of the Young
Socialist; Irwin St. John Tucker, writer
and speaker; J. Louis Engdahl, editor
of the American Socialist.
Between fifteen and twenty persons,
mostly women and girls, were killed
and more than a score others were
injured at Pittsburg when a terrific
explosion wrecked a film exchange
building at S04 Penn avenue, In the
downtown section of the city. Eight
bodies were recovered from the ruins,
and firemen working in the interior of
the structure report that many other
bodies are buried under the wreck
age. Col. Robert J. Lowry, a pioneer citi
zen, and leading bank president of At
lanta, Ga., died after a day's illness.
He was one of the most prominent
financiers of the South.
Ohio, Colorado and Oklahoma have
ratified the federal prohibition amend
ment. Belief that President "Wilson will
appoint a new director general of rail
roads within a few days is expressed
by William G. McAdoo.
Senator Cummins, prominent Re
publican leader, says he favors gov
ernment ownersliip of railroads oper
ated by a lease to private corpora
tions. Almost without discussion, shippers
from all parts of the Southern states,
meeting in Atlanta, unanimously
agreed that they would not support
government ownership of railroads.
Ten airplanes from Hazelhurst field,
Long Island, flying in squadron for
mation, circled Sagamore Hill and
dropped floral wreaths around Col.
Theodore Roosevelt's home.
Reports are that construction work
Is proceeding in many of the Southern
camps, despite the fact that it has been
reported that only one or two will
be held by the government.
European
The latest news received from Ber
lin indicates that the government
forces have widened the barred zones
inside the city and succeeded in ef
fecting a junction between the troops
coming from the provinces and those
already in the city.
A. Bonar Law, Earl Curzon, Arthur
J. Balfour and Viscount Milner com
pose the new eabinct of David Lloyd
George, premier of England. Four
years ago Lloyd-George was regarded
as the leader of the Bolsheviki of Eng
land. The British steamer Northumbria
struck a mine off Middleborough, and
it is believed that most of the crew
was lost. A boat with two survivors
and eight dead has been washed
ashore.
Activities were renewed by the
American and allied forces on the Ra
dish front. According to incomplete
reports to headquarters here the Amer
icans burned the village of Kadish, re
tired from it and then went forward
and recoccupied the ruins.
According to reports sent out from
Warsaw the Bolsheviki are adding tor
tures of the dark ages to the custom
ary horrors of guerrilla warfare.
"Red" leaders from Russia are in
Germany aiding Liebknecht and Rosa
Luxemburg in Bolshevist work.
The Independent Socialist have join
ed the Spartacans and proclaimed a
general strike in Berlin.
A dispatch by way of Copenhagen
says Berlin is in a state of complete
anarchy and civil war. All banks are
barricaded and a great number of the
public buildings are in the hands of
the S -art? nan, or extreme radical
group.
It is -eTorted that hundreds of peo
ple ha'Q fled from Berlin, fearing a
reig no?" terror.
The I'Teek military mission to Bul
garia, according to a report from So
fia, has demanded the immediate re
toase of young Greek girls who were
uiken from eastern Macedonia by the
Bulgarians and have been held in Bul
garia. The report says that a num
ber of prominent Bulgarians had some
of these girls In their power.
The names of Vilna, Lemborg and
Kiev are being written in Mood-red
letters along the western frontier of
Puxsla, and scores of smaller cities,
Uvn and estates lying betwees the
.tie s also are being destroyed by tee
I aUhevlkt.
It Is estimated that more than two
hundred persons have been killed In
the fighting in Berlin since the 6th
instant.
Kakhri Pasha, commander ? the
Turkish forces at Medina, offered one
excuse after another for not laying
down his arms, and as a result, the
allies have notified Turkey that un
less the Turkish force at Medina lays
down its arms immediately the forts
at the Dardanelles will be destroyed.
Announcement of the French dele
gation to the peace congress in addi
tion to bringing a distinguished ar
ray; of French statesmen into the are
na of the peace congress, has begun to
give definiieness to the delegations of
the great powers, of which the Amer
ican delegation has been by itself up
the present time.
Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevist pre
mier of Russia, has been arrested at
the command of Leon Trotzky, minis
ter of war and marine, who has made
himself dictator. Trotzky charges that
Lenine wished to effect a coalition
with the Mensheviki, or moderates,
while he wishes to continue the reign
of terror until the Bolshevists are sue
cessful.
Washington
Memorial services for Theodore
Roosevelt willjae held at the capitol
on February 9.
The injunction suit brought by the
Commercial Cable company and the
Commercial Pacific Cable company to
restrain Postmaster General Burleson
from taking over for the government
their respective cable lines controlled
by the Western Union Telegraph com
pany was dismissed by Federal Judge
Hand in New York City. Counsel for
the companies announced that an ap
peal would be taken.
Battles between strikers and police
are raging in Bunos Aires, the capital
of Argentina. There was a particular
ly sharp conflict in front of the postof
fice. If the fighting spreads in ihis
district it is probable that it will be
necessary to close the cable office.
Over one hundred people are report
ed to have been killed and many
wounded in the first day's fighting in
Buenos Aires.
The shipping interests of the coun
tr yhave gone on record as opposing
the establishment of a secretary of
transportation and federal incorpora
tion of railroad companies, as advocat
ed by railway executives, and propose
that the rates be made sufficiently lib
eral to guarantee, proper maintenance
of railways and ample returns to se
curity holders.
Loyal Russian troops, operating un
der the authority of the Omsk govern
ment, have defeated a large Bolshevik
army, capturing thirty-one thousand
prisoners and large quantities of war
material, according to a telegram from
the Omsk authorities to the Russian
minister at Stockholm.
American and allied operations in
Russia are friendly and not hostile to
the Russian people, although in op
position to the German Bolshevik forc
es, Chairman Hitchcock of the senate
foreign relations committee, said in
an address replying to the recent de
mand of Senator Johnson of California
for an official statement of the Amer
ican policy in Russia.
All restrictions on the importation
of corn and rice have been removed
by the war trade board. At the same
time the board announces it will con
Bid ar favorably applications for the ex
port of rice and for licenses for the
shipment of jute and jute products, ex
cept yarns and nitrate bags, to all
destinations.
Casualties in the French army, ex
cluding colonial troops, up to Novem
ber 1, were 4,762,800, according to of
ficial figures made public by the high
commission of France to correct con
flicting reports hitherto published
Figures made public by the ordnance
department of the inter-allied bureau
of statistics show that the production
of munitions in this country had grown
so rapidly that In the last months
of the war the -United States was far
ahead of Great Britain and France.
A dispatch from Coblenz says that
ten million German marks arrived
there from Berlin by special train, the
sum being the first payment by the
German government of the twenty-five
million marks due in January for the
expenses of the American army of oc
cupation. The royal train with President and
Mrs. Wilson and party aboard stopped
at the station of Santhia, almost mid
way between Milan and Turin, where
it remained until the next day, in or
der to permit of a good night's rest
for the president.
President Wilson has called on con
gress immediately to make available
to him an appropriation of one hun
dred million dollars for the purpose of
providing food and other urgent sup
plies to the starving and crushed poo
ples of Europe.
Naval guns and gunners placed on
American merchant ships to protect
them against German submarines are
being removed as rapidly as the ves
sels reach home ports.
Germany has turned over to the
American authorities for the current
expenses of the occupying forces 64,
000,000 marks, all told.
President Wilson, according to pres
ent plans, Intends to leave Europe
about February 12 for the United
States. The president not only in
tends to be in Washington for the clos
ing sessions of the present congress,
but to deliver several addresses con
cerning the settlement of the war und
establishment of a peace which it is
hoped will be durable. After March 4
he expects to return to France.
After his visit to the Vatican in Rome
President Wilson returned to the
American embassy, whence he drove,
with Mrs. Wilson, to the American
Protestant Episcopal church.
American troops fighting desperate
ly near Kadish, Russia, have driven
back Bolshevik troops which made an
advance there. The Bolshevists also
launched attacks on the Onega sector
and bombarded the allied front.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, twenty
sixth president of the United States
was laid to rest without pomp or cer
emony In Young's Memorial cemetery
at Oyster Bay, January 8. The Epis
copal burial service was uned.
Count George P. von Hertllng, the
former Imperial German chancellor,
died at Rupbolding. Baveiia, rt?y
Ue U1 keen U' tt i day.
1 American marines entering the Forbidden City In Peking on Thanksgiving day to celebrate the signing of
the armistice. 2 Soldiers and sailors of the revolutionary government on guard in the courtyard of the im
perial palace in Berlin. 3 Workmen removing the protecting sandbags and boards from the Vendome column in
Paris. .
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Spartacans Start Civil War
Berlin and Many Fall in
. Street Fighting.
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EBERT GOVERNMENT UPSET?
Disorders in Other Parts of Germany
Trotzky Makes Himself Dicta
tor of Bolshevik Russia Prog
ress of Peace Conference
in Paris America
Mourns Roosevelt's
Death.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Believing themselves now strong
enough to overthrow the Ebert govern
ment and gain control of Germany, the
Spartacans, led by Liebknecht, last
week deliberately provoked civil war
in Berlin. First they seized the ar
senal and munition plants at Spandau
and armed themselves, and then pro
ceeded to attack the government build
ings. Sanguinary fighting ensued, for
the Ebert crowd was determined and
was supported by many of the return
ed soldiers. Some of these were
posted on the Bran(j3nburg gate and
at other strategic points with machine
guns, grenades and flame projectors.
After several hundred persons had
been killed and many wounded, It was
announced that the government forces
had maintained the supremacy and
had large bodies of troops concentrat
ed just outside the city, ready to enter
it. The chancellor, addressing great
crowds outside his palace, bitterly de
nounced the . Spartacans for their
"rascally behavior and insane policy"
and promised that they would be sup
pressed. At this point the independent social
ists jumped into action, taking advan
tage of the crisis, and tried to force
out the Ebert-Scheidemann crowd. A
new revolutionary government was
proclaimed, composed of independent
socialists, with Ledebour, Liegmann
and Tiek in control. This naturally
did not satisfy Liebknecht, and he was
said to be continuing his efforts to In
stall a government of his own choos
ing. His followers were in possession
of the royal stables and of police head
quarters. Chief of Police Eichhorn,
who is one of them, had ignored his
dismissal by the people's commission
ers. Radek, the bolshevik emissary
from Russia, was advising the Sparta
cans. Dispatches coming as this is written
say the Spartacans were being
strengthened by the accession of some
of the troops and were holding the
principal points in Berlin; that Gustav
Noske, commander in chief of the
Ebert government troops, was. prepar
ing to call new forces in to attempt to
regain control of Berlin, and that a
violent reaction by the more conserva
tive elements was expected.
There were reports that the civil
war was spreading to other parts cf
Germany and that violent uprisings
were disturbing Bavaria and the Rhen
ish provinces. In Munich and Bruns
wick there were strikes and riots in
cited by the adherents of Liebknecht,
stores being pillaged and several per
sons killed. The main strength of the
Spartacans, however, is in Berlin.
If any government can hold out until
the national assembly has .met and de
termined what the future of Germany
shall be, it may be recognized by the
allies as competent to enter into the
peace negotiations and sign the treaty.
That, of course, Is its immediate aim,
and that is what the Spartacans are
fighting against so strenuously.
Is
The military commission of the al
lies sent to Berlin In connection with
the carrying out of the terms of the
armistice got mixed up in the ruction
and, seeking protection, persuaded
General Harries of the American army
to raise the . American flag over the
Hotel Adlon, where the members were
! sheltered. A street mob threatened to
storm the building if the flag were not
lowered, and at the demand of the
Ebert government this was done. In
I dignant patriots are assured by offi-
PAID DEARLY FOR VICTORY
France for the First Time Makes Pub
lie Her Losses During the
Great War.
Casualties n the French army, ex
cluding colonial troop, up to Novem
ber 1. were 4.7(2.S10. according to offi
cial figures made public hy the Frenrh
high romml"lnn to correct conflictlnn
repnrta hitherto pnbHiheit.
Ken kitleij in artlmi or dee 4 et
frvoada wber4 lt,otXN and to
cials at Washington that If the press
reports are correct the Germans were
well within their rights and that Gen
eral Harries acted injudiciously. The
war is not yet formally ended and the
allies have no more right to raise one
of their flags in an enemy city than
would the Germans to fly their colors
within the allied lines.
- -felt
begins to look as if Russia is to be
left to her fate and to be called on to
work out her own salvation or relapse
Into barbarism under the semblance of
rule of the bolsheviki. Japan has an
nounced that most of her troops will
be withdrawn from Siberia, Great
Britain declares that she will send no
more men to Russian territory and
that those now there are being re
called, and there is no reason to be
lieve that the United States will in
crease her forces there. Indeed, some
of our senators and congressmen are
openly denianding that the Yanks be
brought back from Russia at once in
stead of being left to fight the bolshe
vik armies in the snows of the Arch
angel region and along the Siberian
railway.
Although they are still making con
siderable progress in the Baltic prov
inces and have captured Riga, from
which the allied and German troops
withdrew, the bolsheviki have not been
doing so well toward the east. The
Omsk government of loyal Russians
grows stronger and asks recognition
by the allied nations, with the right of
representation at the peace confer
ence. The Siberian and other factions
have joined with it, asking Admiral
Kolchak to accept their support for
the salvation of Russia. The bolshe
vik government is having internal
troubles, and a story came from Co
penhagen to the effect that Trotzky
had quarreled with Lenine and ordered
his arrest, declaring himself dictator.
Lenine, it is said, sought to effect a
coalition with the moderates.
Sa
The conflict between Germany and
Poland over the province of Posen
may be settled without further fight
ing, for the two governments have
opened negotiations for a peaceful un
derstanding. But the Ruthenians, at
latest reports, were determined to re
cover Lemberg and had surrounded
that city, which was defended by a
large force of Poles, including a divi
sion made up of women.
The Poles were driven out of Vilna
by the bolsheviki, the .defenders be
ing without cannon and short of car
tridges. The bolshevik troops &t once
began a massacre of the civilians.
The Polish soldiers retreated to Lana
varova, where they were disarmed by
the Germans and sent to Bialystok.
There they were robbed by Germans
and started for Polish territory.
Paderewski and Pilsudski are still
trying to get together to form a' gov
ernment for Poland, knowing that dis
sension must end before the allies will
help.
PS
President Wilson returned to Paris
from Italy, where he probably accom
plished much in clearing up the situ
ation concerning the disputed territory
on the east coast of the Adriatic. It is
said that opinion in Italy on this mat
ter is divided, many of the people pre
ferring to have peace rather than to
insist on possession of the land that
the Jugo-Slavs claim. It is likely a
compromise can be reached in the
peace congress without great difficulty.
Premier Lloyd George being de
tained In London, the preliminary con
ferences of the premiers and foreign
ministers of the four great powers in
Paris went over to this week, but Mr.
Wilson had an important informal con
ference with Premier Orlando of Italy
and the representatives of Japan.
President Poincare named the fol
lowing as the French delegates to the
peace conference: Premier Clemea
ceau, Foreign Minister Pichon, Finance
Minister Klotz, Jules Cambon and An
dre Tardieu, high commissioner to the
United States. The French have sub
mitted to other delegations a program
for procedure by wh-jch the peace con
gress would take up matters in this
order: A general agreement for the
creation of a league of nations; the
setting up of new Independent states
growing out of the war; the assess
ment of damages and Indemnities and
manner of payment ; the conclusion of
peace treaties with the central powers.
The treaties, it is plain, must wait un-
thls total must be added 290,000 listed
as missing and given up for lost, mak
ing a total of 1.327.S0I0.
The number of wounded was 3.000,.
OiNl, with 4.V.OiiO listed as prifomr.
Three-fourth of the wounded hnve
recovered, either entirely or at lct
to surh an eitent as to be fit to work
ajrnln.
Sllzhtly le thnn "no.Ofio are atmv
lutrty unable to work. The French
BTerftmfit ewftmafe thnt the t"tt
numher ef nnflt aM fn"ltiel fsy
enalty be betn avo et4 PW.W0
til recognizable governments have been
established In the central nations. If
this were too long delayed it might be
come necessary for the allies to step
In and help, though probably this
would be done only as a last resort,
and the United States might decline to
have any active part In it. i .
fe
The British government. It is under
stood, will urge that some kind of a
general peace settlement be the first
business of the conference, one of the
important reasons for this being that
it would permSt an early demobiliza
tion of the army. Just now this is a
serious matter for England, for last
week there were many noisy demon
strations by troops who want fo be re
leased to return to civil life. The
crews of the mine-sweeping trawlers
also protested, and It was announced
that hereafter the work of these men
mostly fishermen would be done by
volunteers. That no punishment was
Inflicted for the open breaking of dis
cipline by the British soldiers Is one
of the significant signs of the times. In
the United States there is similar dis
content over the slowness and poor
system of demobilization, but so far
there have been no demonstrations.
Secretary Baker's pacifist soul is
finding expression anew these days as
the Yanks return from overseas. In
various cases there have been efforts
to organize receptions for these men in
their home localities before their de
mobilization, so that their friends can
see them parade and show them In a
body how their gallant services are ap
preciated. Among these the case of
the Blackhawk division and Chicago
was notable. But the secretary of war
seems to fear that such martial dis
plays as are asked would tend toward
militarism. He does not say so, but
that is the way it looks.
Ea
A jury in Judge Landis federal
court in Chicago did a good job last
week, finding Victor L. Berger, Adolph
Germer, W. F. Kruse, J.. Louis Eng
dahl and Rev. Irwin St. John Tucker
guilty of sedition and disloyalty under
the espionage act. The congressman
elect from Milwaukee and his Socialist
associates were active throughout the
war In their efforts to obstruct the
government's war program, and they
now face terms in a federal prison and
heavy fines. It may be that Berger
will not be permitted to take his seat
In the next congress, though .this is un
certain, owing to his appeal from the
verdict.
IS
The allies are planning to mitigate
the rigors of the blockade of the cen
tral powers in order to let in food, not
for the Huns, but for Poland and the
people of the Balkans and certain sec
tions of Russia. Partial surveys of
the food situation show that these re
gions are near starvation, the shortage
of bread, meat and fats being especial
ly serious. Most of the fats must be
supplied by America. The German ves
sels required to send food to Europe
will be available before long and Mr.
Hoover, who is directing the relief
work, is doing all in his power to
hasten the supplies so sorely needed.
fia
All other events of last week were
overshadowed, so far as America was
concerned, by the death of Colonel
Roosevelt. Believed by his countless
admirers to be the greatest American
since Abraham Lincoln, he Is admitted
by those who disagreed with him to
have been unexcelled In courageous
patriotism and zeal for the welfare of
his country and his countrymen. To
eulogize one whose remarkable quali
ties and achievements were known to
all the world seems superfluous. His
passing evoked the sincere and univer
sal grief of men and women in every
rank of life. No pomp and circum
stance marked his funeral none was
needed, for his glorious place in history
and in the hearts of his fellow citizens
is secure.
Another mighty good man passed
away last week Maj. Gen. J. Franklin
Bell, commander of the department of
the East. He was a West Pointer and
had a distinguished career of forty
years in the army, in the course of
which he saw much fighting in Indian
campaigns and in the Philippines. He
trained the Seventy-seventh division
for the war In Europe but was not
physically fit for service at the front
men. The returns, are not complete.
The losses among the native troops
coming from French colonies or pro
tectorates were 42.f00 killed or died
of wounds, with 15.01V) missing and
very probably dead. The number pen
sioned after wounds or Illness wa.
4.rmo.
The total killed or dead of wounds,
mlslng and nnfit for work Is between
6 and 0 per tent of the French popula
tion. Tiie ntirehrr of tr ana tier thnn
toad bete tuppeted.
NORTH CAROLINA CASUALTIES
Casualties Among North Carolina
Troops Overseas, as Reported by
the War Department.
The following is a list of casualties
among North Carolina troops as re
cently reported:
Killed in Action Private A. F. N.
Rhoads, Wilkesboro; Lieut. J. H.
Johnson, Cahepl Hill; Privates C. S.
Craft, Rosemary; F. J. Smith, States
ville; Corp. D. S. Twiford, Eastlake;
Monroe Phifer, Concord; Privates Da
vid Green, Elizabeth City; J. D. Ful
cher, New' Bern.
Died of Woundsr Lieut. E. G. Bond,
Edenton; Sergt. A. S. Neil, Mclver;
Private W. A. Gardner, Angler; J. L.
Short, Fremont; R, V. Yount, Hollis.
Died of Disease Privates Wilbur
Ferguson, Murphy; Roy Gay, Zebu-
Ion; A. B. Street, Union Hills; Walter
Parker, Rocky Mount; Isaac Wells,
High Point; Lynn Bond, Edenton; W.
Purdie, Tar Heel; John Chambers,
Wadesboro; T. D. Knight, Corapeake;
V .Smith, Durham.
Missing Privates H. S. Rippy, Winston-Salem;
J. N. Roberson, Saxapa
haw; H. P. Webster, Henrietta; R. I
Humphewt Kellum; F. Tayer, Mo
Grady; W. D. DeArmond, Charlotte;
Lieut. C. W. Higgina, Greensboro.
Died of Accident H. L. Miley, Dav
idson; J. E. Holloway, West Raleigh.
Wounded Severely Sergte. L. H.
White, Coleraine; Lee Miller, Marion;
Preston Sumner, Burgaw; Ernest Till
man Bass, Hartsville; Britt D. Max
well, Raeford; Corps. Joseph B. Odom,
Mount Olive; Edward D. Purnell, Hope
Mills; Walter M. Collins, Wilmington;
Ralph M. Dowd, Dunn; Fred M. Lo
in ar, Concord ; Ocie A. Bedgood, Nash
ville; Clarence G. Brandriff, Concord;
W. H. Williams, Washington; James
L. Cabe, Bryson City; Robert T.
Lloyd, Randleman; Lieut. W. O.
Smith, Raleigh; Privates S. Pittman,
Linvflle Falls; E .F. Mitchell, Burling
ton; O. Keen, Coats; A. Pearce, Ma
plesville; Jos. Hancock, Durham; M.
Watts, Taylorsville ; Mack Burgess,
Whitaker; M. Mathis, Willard; G. M.
Poplin, Waswood; C. L. Gambell, N.
Wilkesboro; J. G. Hedgepath, Como;
W. F. Locklear, Maxton; Daniel Scott,
Raleigh; Jas. I. Arthur, Otway; D. C.
Boyette, Lucania; Fred Brown, Reids
ville; Sergt. E. A. Smith, Greensboro;
Corps. C. Johnson, Davidson; Brady
Burch, Charlotte; Privates P. D. Alex
ander, Paw Greek; R. M. Mason,
Scranton; H. W. Holt, Raleigh; E.
Rasberry, Snow Hill; W. D. Jones,
Vanceboro; Fletcher G. Stevens, Vine
land; Roy W. Penny, Apex; . Ben
Rhodes, Williamston; James H. Rog
ers, Dillsboro; Alexander Gates, Tim
berlake; Robert Golden, Spray; Bar
ney P. Harris, Henderson; John C.
Morgan, Flats; Arthur B. Wicker.
Sanford Scott Alford, Fairbluff; Ed
die Birchmore, MarshviHe; Condary
Ellis, Pine Level; Edgar M. Carter,
Hejwrier; Luther Farmer, Ahoskie;
Larry Carlson, Camden; Albert Moore,
Rutherford ton; James W. Rollins,
Randleman; Adam B. Simpson, Albe
marle; Marion Spivey, Sanford; Thos.
J. Ferrell, Bailey; Royal G. Dearen,
tApex; George Underwood, Murfreea
boro; William L. Pipkin, Washington;
Oscar Quick, Gibson; Gerret Zuidan,
Charlotte; William A. King, West
field; Samuel Tripp, LaGranger Alvin
IBagley, Kenly; Able Gatewood, Wades
boro; Russell W. Kistler, Reidsville;
Gorman B. Abernathy, Martin; Alfred
Garner, Leaman; Willard D. Kam
man, Glen Dale; Coy Miller, Laurel
Springs; Russell F. Nantz, Iron Sta
tion; Henry Pope, Tillery, Tom Buck,
Milton; Walter L. Howell, Beaver
Creek; Bill McKinney, Cranberry; A.
T. Manson, Greensboro; M. E. Bed
dingfield, Wakefield; John Bostick,
Rockingham; Leon J. Cooper, Ply
mouth; Bugler Curley L. Harbin, Ashe
ville; Mechanic Fred Mcintosh, Bald
Creek.
Additions and Corrections.
Died of disease, previously reported
died from wounds: Corporal Jas. L.
Bryan, Catherine Lake; Private Jess
Cousin.
Wounded severely, previously re
ported mining in action 'Private K.
B. Robertson, Henderson; E. K. Whit
aker, Nashville; C. L. Dickerson,
Smithfield; E. Patterson, Durham; R.
Gregory, Topton.
Sick in hospital, previously report
ed missing in action Privates Ray F.
Hyatt, Lexington; Guy A. Shields,
Huntersville.
Killed in action, previously reported
missing in action Private Sidney J.
Robinson, Magnolia.
Wounded (degree undetermined)
previously reported missing in action
Privates John H. Brinkley, Thomas
ville; William L. Swank, Wilson;
Robert Dyer, Goldsboro; Cleveland
Hancock, Franklinville.
Kinston May Build City Hall.
Kinston. If the municipality ot
Kinston builds a city hall this year,
there being considerable sentiment for
such a structure, it will be a fine
building, according to members of the
city council. The council, it is cer
tain, will invest in nothing short of
the finest public edifice in this part of
the state. The building proposed
would contain commissioners' offices,
a large council hall, a fire station, po
lice station, offices of the water and
light department and rooms for pub
lic purposes.
Narrow Escape from Death.
Rocky Mount. To go to sleep in a
peaceful and ordinary manner and to
wake up about 24 hours later in a lo
cal hospital to be told that he narrow
ly escaped going into Che Great Be
yond by the asphyxiation route waa
the experience of Sigma Weecot, e
roung white man. whose home Is near
9outbTort. He regained consciousness
after having been poiaoned by gas es
3ptng from a km beater In bis room
a a lecal tooteL Hospital author 'ties
io se Uiiak bs vin eaffer any arle
aouM'tv-tea,
PEACE CONFERENCE
iD THEN LEAGUE
GREATER PROBLEMS MUST BE
GIVEN PRECEDENCE OVER
LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
DEATH CECREEO THE KHISEB
Repudiation of Germany's War Debt
and Payment of Entire Cost of
War by Germany Demanded.
Washington. Speeches advocating
postponement of consideration of the
leagueof nations proposal until after
the peace conference were made In
the senate by Senators Sterling, of
South Dakota,, Republican, and Myers,
of Montana, Democrat.
Both insisted that problems of the
peace conference should not be com
plicated by this plan.
Senator Sterling contended that ex
isting relations between America,
Great Britain, France and Italy made
a league of nations to enforce peace
unnecessary. Senator Myers advocat
ed establishing a restricted league
later, without impairing the sover
eignty of its members, and with the
central powers barred at least for this
generation.
Death for , the former kaiser, life
imprisonment of Von Bernstorff and
others, Senator Myers said, should be
provisions of the final peace treaty.
He also argued for repudiation of Ger
many's war debt and payment of the
entire cost c the war by the Ger
mans; for confiscation of the kaiser's
personal fortune and retention by the
victors of both the war and merchant
marine fleets of Germany.
MORE THAN $200,000,000 OF
AMERICAN PROPERTY SEIZED
Christlania. More than $200,000,000
worth of American property was seiz
ed by the German government.
This Is the estimate of John Henry
Cooney, manager and custodian of all
the properties of. the International
Harvester Comoany in Germany dur
ing the war. "It was a year ago," he
said, "that the imperial German gov
ernment served notice on him that
it would begin "sunervision" of the
I. H. C. factories and offices. On Jan
uary 4, 1918. the proDerties were for
mally confiscated, and on July 3 the
32 office workers in the Hamburg cen
tral branch were notified they must
leave the offices, and stay away.
"No attempt to take our properties
was made until the American govern
ment began seizure of enemy alien
properties ' in America. It aoneared
that from time to time the German
government was endeavoring to match
each move of the American govern
ment as a reprisal.
TRANSPORTATION OF LIQUOR ...
INTO DRY STATES ILLEGAL
Washington Statutes of "dry"
states permitting persons to import
or personally bring in limited amounts
of intoxicants for their own use were
in effect nullified by the so-called
Reed "bone dry" amendment enacted
by Congress, the supreme court held
in !n nninlon reversing the federal
court for the southern district of
West Virginia
Justice McReynolds, in a dissent
ing opinion in which Justice Clarke
concurred, held that the Reed amend
ment was not an interstate commerce
regulatory measure, but a direct med.
dling with state affairs
SENATOR LODGE TO DELIVER
EULOGY ON COL. ROOSEVELT
Washington. Senator Lodge, of
Massachusetts, will deliver the eulogy
at the joint congressional memorial
services for Theodore Roosevelt to
be held on February 9. The Republi
can leader in the senate, who for
many years was a close personal friend
of the former president, was elected
by unanimous vote of the senate and
house committees appointed to ar
range for the services and he will be
the only speaker.
NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF
RAILROAD OPERATIONS NAMED
Washington. W. T. Tyler was ap
pointed by Director General Hines as
director of the division of operations
of the railroad administration to suc
ceed Carl R. Gray. Mr. Tyler has been
Mr. Gray's assistant.
Mr. Tyler began his railroad career
in 1883. His first executive postiion
was with the St. Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern: In 1917 he was elected
assistant to the first vice president of
the Northern Pacific railway.
EXCURSIONS ON RHINE
FOR AMERICAN SOLDIERS
Coblenz. Two German river steam
ers to be used for excursions up and
down the Rhine by officers and men
of the third army. The trips are to
be part of the recreation program for
the army of occupation.
The excursions will include trips be
yond Cologne down the river and be
yond Mayence up the stream. Under
the present arrangements, the excur
sionists will not be allowed to land
during the trips.
CHARLES F. BANNING IS
RELEASED ON $10,000 BOND
Atlanta. Ga. Charles F. Banning,
a wealthy Pittsburgh manufacturer,
who was Interned last November at
ort Oelethorpe as an enemy alien,
was given his liberty here nnon fur
ihtn a bond of $10 000. His rele
vas ordered bv Judge Newman In fed
"81 district court.
Jndre NMrmsn snta'nM RennHr'e
Awtpitlnn tti h waa an wlin
' 4fsn M hM tht bit Internment
tberefor lUejai.
OVER THE LAND OF
THE LONG LEAF PINE
SHOUT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
CAROLINIANS.
Winston-Salem Eight murder case
tre set for trial this and next week in
Forsyth superior court.
Burlington. Mr. John H. Vernon,
iged 35, died at his home here. He
succumbed to pneumonia, following an
attack of influenza. , '
Charlotte. First Lieutenant L. D.
Southerland of Charlotte landed at
Newport News, Va., according to a
telegram received here by Mrs. South
srland. Kinston. Veterans of the New Bern
aid Goldsboro .police forces will be
smployed for the local department
Members of the city council intimate.
For other "new blood" in building up
the Kinston force the army and navy
will be depended upon.
Durham. Lieutenant E. G. Miller
and Lieutenant M. F. Brogg, in charge
of two Curtiss airplanes from Lang
ley Field, Virginia, enroute to Camp
Jackson, made a landing here on ac
count of engine trouble and spent the
night here.
Spencer. The Southern Railway
Company has established the office of
paymaster at Spencer. T. S. Gold
ston, of the Washington offices, has
been appointed to that position.
Wadesboro. Two negroes were se
riouslv and nrobably fatally Injured
''during an altercation on Main street
here. The argument is believed to
i have been started over the question of
ownersnip oi an amount ol uiuubj,
Mooresville Clarence Furr, a resi
dent of Mooresville, was struck and
dangerously injured by an automobile
while walking on a road near Moores
ville. Monroe. John Aldridge was held
up by a highwayman ou the Wof Pond
road and robbed of $15. This is the
third robbery that has occurred with
in a week.
Raleigh. Miss Octavia Parrish and
J. Mann Corbett, both of Zebulon, Rt.
1, were the first couple to obtain mar
riage license in 1919 in Wake county.
Kinston. Ten thousand negroes d
Lenoir and surrounding counties ob
served Emancipation day here. A num
ber of manufacturing plants were shut
down. ,
Wilmington. Young women of this
city who hold business positions and
have no opportunity for acquainting
themselves with the fine arts of house
keeping are going to be instructed
without cost by the city home demon
strator, Miss Annie Lee Rankin. Les
sons in domestic science and practical
cooking will be given nights.
i
Charlotte. Approximately 8,000 sot
fliers have been mustered out of ser
vice at Camp Greene or sent to camps
near their homes for discharge. Thers
are about 7,000 soldiers at the camp
at present.
Shelby. Arthur Wright, aged 31
years, died at Boiling Springs of in
fluenza and pneumonia. He was night
superintendent of the Blanche hosiery
mills. .
Washington. The First National
Bank of Gastonia has Increased iti
capital from $150,000 to $250,000. Thii
action was approved by the corny
troller of the currency.
Raleigh. A report to the food ad
ministration by Miss Minnie Lt
Jamieson, of Greensboro, state secr
tary of volunteer college workers uA
der the food administration, showt
that 7,305 fall and winter garden!
were planted for negroes in 18 Nortn
Carolina cities as a result of the
work of , the ngro college volunteer!
in co-operation with the organization
of John D. Wray, negro farm clu
agent.
Wilmington Cfty council has OP
dered memorial trees planted for Ne
Hanover men who have died in th
service, each tree to be dedicated te
a soldier and a tablet fixed at each
bearing the soldier's name.
Oxford. It was suggested that
Granville county erect a monument
with a bronze tablet- for each soldiet
who died in the service of bis coun
try during the war by General B. S.
Royster, who appeared before the,
county commissioners at their month
ly meeting. .
Bailey. J. W. Pattern, recognized aa
one of the South's best Masonic lec
turers has arrived in Bailey for two
weeks of instruction work with the
Bailey Lodge No. 633 A. F. and A. M.
Much degree work will be done while
Mr. Patton is here as the lodge has
several candidates to raise.
' Asheville One trainman was killed
and two seriously Injured near Mon
roe, when a runaway freight train on
the Southern railroad turned over on
a runaway switch, halfway down Utf
steep Saluda mountain grade.
Greensboro. S. B. Blvens has ten
dered his resignation as Guilfprd coun
ty farm demonstration agent, and will
accept more advantageous private
work.
Gastonia. It the people of Gastonia
generally are of the same opinion aa
the mayor and members of the city
council. It is probable that a concert
ed movement may soon take shape
looking to a change in the form ot
Oastonta'e municipal govcroxaeat
from the cM aldermanie torn to a city
nDifr irmm.
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