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PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. FEBRUARY 13, 1919
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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 8outfc
land Will Be Pound In
Brief Paragraphs
Domestic
The temporary personnnel of the
navy has been fixed at two hundred
and twenty-five thousand men, exclu
sive of officers, for the fiscal year be
ginning next July. . -
Peparture from France of five
transports with more than 650 officers
and 15,000 men has been announced
by the war department.
Twenty buildings in the heart of
Fairbanks, Alaska, have been destroy
ed by a fire which started early in
the morning recently.
Navy officers at Pensacola, Fla.,
expressed complete satisfaction with
the success marking the first exper
iments at, the naval air station there
in firing a torpedo from a dirigible.
Charged with excessive cruelty to
children under her care, Mrs. Naomi
V. Campbell, who conducts a private
orphans home eight miles from At
lanta on the Marietta road, in Cobb
county, Georgia, was held for the
grand jury under bond of $750 follow
ing a lengthy hearing at Marietta be
fore Justice of the Peace B. V. Greer.
The federal government has been
asked . to take charge of the general
strike situation in Seattle, Washing
ton, where practically the entire work
ing force of the city is on strike.
Plans of a most comprehensive na
ture to bring about conditions which
will make possible a marked improve
ment in the express service through
out the country, have been announced
by R. H. May, Atlanta representative
of the American Railway Express com
pany. A "becter service campaign"
will be undertaken by the 135,000 men
and women employed in the express
business for the purpose of raising the
standards of packing, wrapping and
marking express shipments.
George T. Page of Peoria, 111., pres
ident of the American Bar Association,
announces that he has been informed
after a conference with Secretary Ba
ler and Major General Crowder that
reviews of all sentences passed under
findings of general court-martial are
being reviewed by lawyers in the Ma
jor General Crowder.
Governors of the cotton growing
states will be urged to set in motion
a campaign for reduction of the 1919
cotton acreage which will reach every
individual grower, as the result of a
conference held in New Orleans. An
other resolution urges the farmers not
to sell the balance of the present cot
ton crop until 30 cents is secured.
The grain dealers appeared before
the national house agriculture commit
tee and proposed that the government
pay the guaranteed price of $2.26 a
bushel for the 1919 wheat crop and sell
it to the consumer at the world mar
ket price, which they estimated would
be about $2.25.
European
The new German assembly was har
angued by the temporary chairman,
who said that Germany was not at
all pleased with the developments
since the armistice was signed, and
that Germany could yet fight, though
she starved. The allies may present
a new armistice condition to be sign
ed by Germany.
Herr Eichhorn, the former police
chief of Berlin, is in Sweden accord
ing to report form Stockholm.
Two railway coaches, recently hand
ed over to France by Germany, play
ed a most important part in a puzzling
accident on the Paris-Metz railway line
in which five persons lost their lives
and sixteen were injured. Train No.
47, bound for Metz, had just entered
the tunnel at Nanteuil, when the pas
sengers occupying the two coaches
handed over by Germany began to ex
perience trouble in breathing and
strong, obnoxious gases began to fill
up the coaches.
Friedrich Ebert, the German chan
cellor, opened the first session of the
recently elected German national as
sembly at Weimar. It is probable
that the chairmanship will be taken
by the oldest member of the assem
bly, probably Herr Pfannkuch.
It is reported that Alsace-Lorraine
snt many members for the first sit
ting of the new German assembly.
The name of Herr Eichhorn, the for
mer chief of the Berlin police, who
was ousted during the troubles with
the Anarchists, was stricken from the
roll of membership of the new German
assembly, as his whereabouts is not
known.
The new German assembly has in
vited Austria to become a part of the
new German republic.
' No answer has been returned by the
American delegates to the peace con
ference as to what is said to be an
almost unanimous desire of the other
powers that the United States under
take to act as mandatory for Armenia
and the other severed provinces of
Turkey. Such of the American dele
gates as will discuss this plan say
they are disposed to resist this devel
opment, holding that it is the business
of Europe to look after the Europeans
and the people of the Near East.
There is still no prospect of ' any
betterment in the labor situation in the
United Kingdom. If anything the sit
uation, both in Glasgow and Belfast,
has become more serious, particularly
in Belfast. The strike movement is
very similar to those which are tak
ing place in Germany, and the govern
mental authorities are calling on or
ganized labor to help adjust the mat
ter, as it is realized that a strike of the
disorganized very largely borders on
anarchism, and the only hope for a
quick solution is by organized labor
nrlping citizens and the government
to-pacKy the malcontent"
Alliances between the various na
tions will not be affected by the exist
ence of the Society of Nutions now in
process of formation. The English for
eign secretary, asked the direct ques
tion whether the formation of the
world society would involve the abro
gation of alliances, said: "The consti
tution of the league of nations will in
volve no modification of the treaties of
alliance previously concluded."
Government troops have entered
Bremen after heavy fighting and have
occupied the town hall md the stock
exchange. The Anarch'ts have re
treated to Groepsingen.
The virus of thench fever and that
of influenza and of some forms of
nephritis have been isolated and iden
tified, according to the reuort submit
ted to the director general of the Brit
ish army by a number of army medi
cal officers in France, who have been
investigating the causes of these dis
eases. ' .
Heavy losses. have been inflicted on
the Anarchists in the Archangel. Rus
sia, sector, by the American forces.
and the enemy has bee-i driven back
in disorder from the village of Vis-
tavka. on the Vaga. The American
casualties were five killed and several
wounded. Many prisoners were taken
by the Americans.
It is stated that Chinese and Man
chu troops have joined the Russian
Anarchists, and are fighting in their
armies. The treatment accorded pris
oners by the Manchus is described as
horrible.
A satisfactory settlement of the
London railway dispute has been at
last reached, it is officially stated. It
is understood that the settlement in
cluded the tubes and all the London
railway systems.
Prof. Edward de Valera. the Sinn
Fein leader, and Milroy and McGarry,
also Sinn Fein members of parliament,
esecaped from the prison at Lincoln,
according to a dispatch from Lincoln
to the London Evening News.
A dispatch from Dublin, Ireland,
says it is definitely stated there that
all the Sinn Feiners interned in Eng
land will be released.
For refusing to obey an order to pro
tect the frcnt of the Siberian army
against the Bolsheviki in the region of
Kungur, southeast of Perm. 250 sol
diers and ten officers have been tried
by courtmartial and shot for insub
ordination. The Turkish authorities have requi
sitioned the Constantinople palace of
Enver Pasha, the former Turkish min
ister of war, as a residence for Gen.
Franchet d'Esperey, the allied com
mander in European Turkey.
Washington
A Paris dispatch announces that
Marshal Foch will go to Treves Febru
ary 17 to fix the conditions for a third
renewal of the armistice and the dis
cussion of the conditions to be im
posed will take up considerable time
before the supreme war council.
Foreign dispatches state that the
feeling in the peace conference is that
the Germans are more and more for
getting their position, and it is ex
pected that the supreme war council
will take measures to "bring them to
a sense of the reailties.
Substantially one-half of the draft
of the constitution for the society of
nations has been covered by the chief
conference commission dealing with
this question.. The acceptance of all
additional articles will be provisional.
It is possible, it is stated, to secure
action on the articles before President
Wilson sails for home.
American steamers will soon steam
up the Rhine, using Rotterdam as a
base, according to information ema
nating from Paris.
There is a feeling hinted in the dis
patches from abroad that the war end
ed too soon for the more adventurous
spirits on all sides of the contention.
The Prohibitions appeared before
the house Indian appropriation com
mittee and urged that the use of the
intoxicating peyote bean by Indians be
inhibited. The bean is used by many
tribes in their religious observances
and. efforts last year to prohibit its
use failed.
During the hard fighting from Sep
tember 1, the German losses were ap
palling, the figures showing a drop in
their strength from 1,339,000 to 856,-
000 November 1. During the same pe
riod the allied forces dropped only
from 1,688,000 to 1,485,000.
A total of 24,234,021 men were en
rolled for Uncle Sam's armies under
the selective service act. When the
armistice was signed Uncle Sam had
produced a selective array of 2,810,298
men and the work of handling, classi
fying and utilizing Uncle Sam's man
power was just getting into perfect
swing when the ending of the war
brought it to a close.
Government agents are said to have
started an inquiry into the operations
of a "wire tapping" gang, operating in
Florida and other parts of the South
to which wealthy tourists are attract
ed. The investigation is proceeding
from Chicago.
The total casualties for -the forces
in the Archangel, Russian, region are
given as 409. The force . originally
numbered 4,927.
Figures showing the rifle: strength
of the allied and enemy forces of the
enemy forces of the western front dur
ing the last eight months of the war
have been received by the war de
partment. They show that up to July
1 the allies were outnumbered from
two hundred to three hundred thou
sand men, but that they reached their
peak on September 1, when they had
1,688,000 opposed to the Germans' 1,
339,000. The health of the American soldiers
in France is excellent and the morale
is of the highest. They show willing
ness to re-enter the fray if occasion
demands.
Dutch ships requisitioned by the
American government during the- war
and now operated by - the shipping
board will be unconditionally returned
to Holland as rapidly as they reach
United States ports at the conclusio
of their present voyages. The an
nouncement Is made by the war trad
board, which has reach d an agree,
ment on the subject with the ibippkv
EXPRESS METHODS
TO BE REFORMED
A "BETTER SERVICE CAMPAIGN"
INAUGURATED BY 135,000 EM
PLOYEES OF COMPANY.
STUPENDOUS DRIVE NOW ON
Rules Now Existing, Relating to Box
ing and Packing of Shipments to
Be Rigidly Enforced.
Charlotte. N. C. Plans of a most
comprehensive nature to bring about
conditions which will make possible
a marked improvement in the express
service throughout the country, have
been announced by Mr. W. S. Hall,
Charlotte representative of the Amer
ican Railway Express Company. A
"Better Service Campaign" will be
undertaken by the 135,000 men and
women employed in the express busi
ness, for the purpose of raisng the
standards of packing, wrapping and
marking shipments.
The drive started on February 10,
in every city and town in the coun
of education and appeal among ex
press employes simultaneously with a
widespread effort to secure the co
operation of the shipping public along
the same lines. No new packing or
marking rules have been adopted for
the campaign, but express drivers and
receiving clerks will be instructed
hereafter to insist, firmly but court
eously, that the rules already in force
be strictly adhered to.
The chief purpose of the "Better
Service Campaign" is to check, once
for all, the waste of time, effort and
money that result from lost or dam
aged shipments. It is a source of dis
satisfaction and annoyance to both
shippers and the carrier and tends to
impair the express service. It is ex
pected that all who ship by express,
and 300.000,000 shipments are annual
ly traveling that way, will be keenly
interested in the forthcoming drive,
because it so intimately concerns the
transportation end of many different
trades and industries, some of which
depend almost exclusively upon the
express service.
Regarding the conditions which led
to a decision for a national drive of
this character, an express official
made this statement: "It is an ac
knowledged fact that the average
American businss man regards a sat
isfied customer as a direct asset to
his business. - He would do nothing
that might jeopardize his good rela
tions with that customer. But if the
goods he sends to the customer arrive
in bad order, if the contents are dam
aged or pilfered because they were
exposed during the journey, or if, may
be, entire shipments are lost because
of inadequate marking or insecure
packing, the customer may not wait
long for explanations, but place his
business elsewhere."
"Start Express Shipments Right" is
a slogan which will be carried
throughout the campaign and which if
adhered to will mean a great saving
to business and their customers.
18 DIVISIONS OF GERMANS
ARE ON THE WESTERN FRONT
London. British newspapers of all
shades of opinion are devoting seri
ous attention to the attitude adopted
by the German government toward
the armistice conditions.
The Daily News Paris correspond
ent sends a dispatch from "authorita
tive sources" on the subject in which
he says his informant told him that
he had the best reason to believe that
Germany is not continuing to de
mobilize. "She has now concentrated more
than 18 divisions under Von Hinden
burg on the western front," the cor
respondent quotes his informant as
saying. "We also have the best rea
sons to believe that Germany is keep
ing her troops under arms on the pre
text of economic necessity. Some of
the military authorities think that
Germany has sought more material
to give necessary armament to 3.000,
000 men. German demobilization is
a condition to our demobilization.
GERMAN NEWSPAPER USES
AIRPLANES FOR DELIVERY
Berlin. Am Mittag is the first pa
per to employ air service in newspa
per distribution. It will send its is
sues to Leipsig and Weimar, thus" en
abling the paper to be distributed to
its subscribed houses in the early
hours. Herr Ullstein decided to sup
ply the national assembly at Weimar
with a regular service of newspapers
and chartered a number of airplanes,
which left with Vossiche Zeitung's
morning edition.
JAPAN COERCES CHINESE
DELEGATES IS CHARGED.
London. Japan has notified China
must work in harmony with Japan at
the peace conference and must un
dertake not to reveal to the con
ference secret Chino-Japanese agree
ments, according to a Reuter dispatch
from Peking dated February 3.
. The correspondent says his infor
mation comes from Chinese sources
and Reuters says it should be regard
ed with some reserve.
SPARTACAN RIOTS IN
HUN CITIES CONTINUE.
CoDenhagen. Fresh spartacan
riots began in Hamburg on Thursday
afternoon when workmen rushed to
the headquarters building of the gov
ernment. Troops and all arms were
seized: The town hall and banks
were occupied at night and the move
ment has r nread to Altona.
in Kiel armed sailors and workmen
overpowered the guard at an airplane
station, took possession ox an arms
ud tsecupied the police buildings.
AHARCHiSM NOW
CfiiiiC.il
STAGE
IMPERIALISM OR NIHILISM IS
IMPRESSION GIVEN OUT BY
MANY REFUGEES.
IRQTZKY WORKS FOR ORDER
Chief Characteristic Tired Feeling,
Tired of Killing, Tired of Fight- ;
ing and Tired of Wandering.
Warsaw. That bolshevism is in itis
critical stage, either turning to im
perialism, with perhaps Leon Trotzky,
minister of war and marine, as the
new emperor, or slipping back to the
idea of nihilism, with a sort order
ly disorder, is the impression given
by many refugees of all nationalities
who have arrived here from Russia.
The corrsepondent has talked to a
number of these, people as to what
might happen in Russia if there is
no outside interference. One of them
was a bolshevist soldier who deserted
while his contingent was engaged in
raiding the country wst of Minsk.
"Our chief characteristic," he said,
"is, that we are tired tired of fool
ing, tired of killing, tired of fighting
and tired of wandering from pillar to
post. There is no doubt that Leon
Trotzky is attempting to obtain order
and to whip the troops into shape.
He is known to be terribly ambitious,
and possibly he is dreaming of be
coming czar, knowing that bolshevism
has failed."
MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD
FOR THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Washington. In solemn services
within the house chamber the nation's
leaders and representatives of foreign
governments paid tribute to the mem
ory of Theodore Roosevelt. Members
of Congress, supreme court justices,
members of the cabinet, army and
navy officers, and diplomats'" of many
nations heard Senator Lodge of Mas
sachusetts praise Roosevelt as a
statesman and as a man.
Crowded galleries and the thivng of
men and women who could not. gain
admission testified to the personal
feeling for the man whose death
shocked the world. It was this to
which Senator Lodge, a close friend
of the man he eulogized, referred
when he spoke these word3 in the
stillness of the house chamber:
"A tower is fallen, a star is set!
Alas! Alas! for Celin. -
"The words of lamentation from
the old Moorish ballad, which in boy
hood we used to recite, must, I think,
have risen to many lips when the
world was told that Theodore Roose
velt was dead. But whatever the
phrase the thought was instant and
everywhere."
TO PURCHASE PROPERTY
FOR NATIONAL CEMETERY
Boston. Acting upon instructions
from the war department General
Pershing has been in communication
the past month with Marshal ePtain
for the purpose of purchasing prop
erty for a national cemetery for the
American dead in France, according
to Secretary Baker. The orders stipu
late that a chateau or castle shall be
located on the property decided upon,
adequate for a museum to house a
collection commemorating America's
participation in the world war.
Secretary Baker made clear the
plan would not interfere in any way
with the desires of parents who wish
their dead brought back to this coun
try. "The war department will scrupu
lously respect such requests," he said.
CASH FOR GOOD ROADS IN
NOW FAIRLY A CERTAINTY
Washington. The senate by a vote
of 51 to 17 tentatively adopted the
Bankhead amendment to the postof
fice appropriation bill appropriating
$200,000,000 for the construction of
good roads. Of this amount $50,000,
000 is for .use this year and $75,000,-
000,000 each in 1920 and 1912.
PROPHECIES OF PROSPERITY
ARE SANE AND RATIONAL
Washington. Secretary Carter
Glass, of the treasury department, an
ticipates and expects prosperous days
is well on the way. He sees no rea
son for hesitation on the part of busi
ness. The country needs the prod
ucts of the factory and the farm and
is willing to pay for them. Money is
more plentiful than ever before. This
is shown in the office of the comp
troller of the currency.
PLANNING TO BRING HOME
OFFICER AND SAILOR DEAD
Washington. Plans for bringing
home the bodies of all officers, sailors
and marines now buried on foreign
soil are being worked out in the next
few months. The wishes of relatives.
however, will govern .not only as to
the return of the bodies, but also as
to their final disposition. :. Those
brought home either will be sent for
ward for private interment or buried
in the Arlington or some, other Na
tional cemetery.
FINAL RUSH BEGINS TO
CLEAR LEGISLATIVE SLATE
Washington. A vote by the senate
on the woman suffrage resolution and
bv the house on the naval expansion
program will mark the beginning of
the f nal rush of Congress to clear up
the legislative slate before the ses
sion ends.
Advocates and opponents of the
house resolution, for submission of a
woman suffrage constitutional amend
ment, are ready for a decision. Cham
Vlons express confidence.
NORTH CAROLINA CASUALflES
Late Report From the War. Depart
ment of Casualties Overseas
Among N. C. Troops.
The following is a list of casualties
among North Carolina troops, over
seas, as, recently made pu'jlic by the
War Department:
Killed in Action Sergt. W. A. Shu-
ler, Bryson City; Lieut. F. S. Paris,
Canton.
Died of Wounds Corp. A. L. Tur
ner, LaGrange; Privates Crowell
Woodward, Selma; Buford Gross,
Marler; Jos. G. Benson, Carthage.
Died of Disease Private M. T. Al
ston, Greensboro; Frank Davis, Louis
lmrg; Thos. H. Mathews, Dunn; John
I. Ruffin, Lewiston; N. Brodie,
Yanklinton; W. G. Hackney, Morris
ille; Alexander Harris, Blanches.
' Missing Private Forest Fisher,
Bryson City.
Sick in Hospital Private John B.
Carlysle, Tarboro; previously report
ed missing.
Returned to Duty Privates Russell
Collins, Lenoir, and Welzy Dodd, Just,
both previously reported missing; Pri
vates Arthur Cabe, Way'nesville, and
Claude C. Fox, Marshall, previously
reported missing; A. L. Bradley,
Smithfield; R. V. Blalock, McCullers,
and W. O. DeArmond, Charlotte, last
two previously reported missing. Otho
Eason, Rocky Mount, previously re
ported killed.
Severely Wounded Private Harold
Jackson, Charlotte; W. A. Faison, Ra
leigh; A. L. Green, Durham; Corps.
Harvey J. McNair, Wilson; G. L. Ker
nigan, Powellsville; Clarence Pinefer,
Charlotte; H. E. Tarkenton, Woodard;
E. T. Davis, Raleigh; Hallie J. Ellis,
Durham; Dallas Wiggins, Vanceboro;
Sam L. Jones. Reedy Branch; D. T.
Dearman, Hayes; Alma H. Hudson,
Duke; C. A. Walker, Bently; M. P.
Webster, Henrietta; A. E. Fullam,
Biltmore; J. E. Gregory, Mt, Airy;
Luke Ridgill, Summerton; Horse
shoer E. E. Dedman, Hendersonville ;
Corps. G. W. Midkiff, Mt, Airy; Wiley
M. Price, Crumpler; Sergt. B. A.
Hodges. Adams, previously reported
missing; Privates Donnie L. Bennett,
Chapel Hill; Frank Carroll. Rouge
mont; B. C. Munden, Elizabeth City;
Norman E. Park, Biscoe; John B. Sut
phin. Mount Airy; Sergts. Clyde Hel
dreth, Charlotte; David L. Jones. Al
exie; Privates Larson M. Moore, Hen
derson; Ernest L. Woods, Burnsville;
Garland Shuford, Lawndale; J. P.
Shepherd, Gibsonville; Solon M. Fowl
er, Tabor; Thomas E. Houck,' Fleet
wood; Orin E. Shepherd, Edison; Jno.
A. Lynn, China Grove; Sergt. E. L.
Whitsell, Burlington; Privates Robert
Bell. Enfield; Harry L. Davis, Kin
ston; Charlie C- Hendron. Cooleemee;
Ernest Hobbs, New Bern; James P.
Morgan. Stagville; C. T. Troutman,
South Mills; G. B. Teague. Winston
Salem; Harmon Kivett. E. B. Mullian,
Clemmons; S. A. Phillips. Wilming
ton; Jesse R. Rice, New Bern; C.
Haithcock. Chapel Hill; Sergt. Eu
gene Gaffney, Asheville; Bugler Eu
gene Glenn, Durham; Privates Thos.
L. Wood. Dallas; C. L. Howard, Gas-
tonia; Will Jones, Wilkesboro, previ
ously reported missing; Lieut. J. W.
Jones, Asheville; Sergt. B. R. Knox,
Huntersville; Mechanic C. B. Ledbet
ter, Polkton; Corp. Waverly V. Jones,
McCullers; Privates R. H. Veach.
Tbomasville; John Hobbs. W. Dur
ham; Percy Card well, Madison; J. W
Robb, Eufala; W. E. Ferrill, Rose
mary; W. D. Kamman, Glendale; El
lery S.' Fields, Boardman; A. L. Ben
nett, Fayetteville, Carl Hudspeth,
Lowell; Lieut. R. G. Cox. N. Wilkes
boro; Privates L S. Autry, Autry
ville; Wm. B. O'Neal, Avon; E.: A.
Jordan, Clarendon; Oddie McCullen,
Newton Grove; M.-L. Price, Faison.
Slightly Wounded Sergts. D. S.
Brown, Mt. Ullah; Will Heath. Winston-Salem;
Corp. W. H. Hayes, Wal
lace; Privates F. S. Koonce. Trenton;
W. Mitchell, Weldon; F. Bright. Golds
boro; Walter McKnight, Salisbury,
and Robt.- C. Wright, Hickory, both
previously reported missing; Lieut, G.
A. Wagener, Gibsonville; Sergts. Dun
can Davis, Raeford; J. L. Meets, Rich-
lands; M. G. Williams. High Point;
Cook R. E. Bridges, Cliffsitle; Wagon
er Wm. E. Hetner, Lincoln ton; Pri
vates Willie C. Fouts, Thomasville;
J. G. Greenwood, Mt. Airy; G. E.
Jackson, New Bern; J. B. Merritt, Mt.
Gead ; J. D. Ruffin, Durham ; . Hay
wood Atwaters, Methol; W. S. Hall.
Gatesville; Clarence Locklear, Fair
mont; J. E. Mitchell, Hester; Daniel
C. Credle, Fairfield; Raleigh A. Mizell,
Windsor; Nath. Ollis, Frank; H. C
Faircloth. Roseboro; J. M. Fowler.
Mineral Springs); Ernest B. Green,
Concord; H. F. Green, Northside;
Capt. J. N. Jacobs, Wilmington;
Corps. Bug. R. G. Jeffreys, Youngville;
Mechanic I. M. Wagner, Yuma; Pri
vate Alfred P. Dyson, Chadbourn;
Corp. Amos F. Williams, CJiarlotte;
Privates Willie W. Jones. Hampton-
ville; Hardy Davis. Morehead City;
William S. King, Trotville; Roger C.
Wood. Apex; Zeke Byrd. Burnsville;
Iley Gallop, Elizabeth; Corps. H. F
Brock, Mount Olive; Aven O. Hall,
Asheville.
Rev. Baumgarner Killed.
Charlotte. Rev. G. Z. Baumgarner,
of Taylorsvllle, was instantly killed
when hit by an automobile driven by
C. C. Culp. Ca the Dowd road, east of
the Elizabeth mills. Rev. Mr. Baum
garner preached at a church in the
Elizabeth Mill community last night
and, with a friend whose name could
not be learned, was walking back- to
the city when the accident occurred.
The trip was being made in a ma
chine. Tire trouble was said to have
made it necessary to stop the car on
the Dowd road.
Demented Soldier Under Guard.
Salisbury. John J. Flutter, the de
mented soldier who made an escape
while in charge of Red Cross ladies
was retaken at Barber's Junction Sat
urday night where he had entered a
home and locked himself in a room.
He had .given no trouble and was
easily , handled. He was brought to
Salisbury and held for authorities to
come and take him to a camp In
western North Carolina to which place
he was being conveyed last week
when he made Ms first set-away.
GUMS
GLAMS
ARE MOST URGENT
A PERCENTAGE OF INDEMNITY
SHOULD BE PAID AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.
NEED FOODS AND MACHINERY
Government, Cities, Towns, Villages
and Indviduals Have Suffered
Heavy Losses.
Paris. The financial claims of Bel
gium against Germany are most ur
gent, Baron Van Den Heuvel, a mem
ber of the Belgian peace delegation
and of the peace conference commit
tee on reparations, said.
Belgium, he declared, does not have
time to wait for an agreement to be
reached as for the exact figures of
the indemnity which is due her be
fore obtaining at least partial repara
tion. The baron said a percentage of
the indemnity should be paid imme
diately.
Belgium, he added, needs foods and
machinery at once. Her workingmen
are idle, her industries are at a stand
still or working at a loss, and her for
eign trade will go to other markets
unless something is done.
Baron Van Den Heuvel said it
would take time to reckon the exact
figure of Eelgium's losses through
military operations, occupation and
enemy requisitions. The government,
cities, towns, villages and private
citizens have suffered heavy losses.
GERMAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
HAS BEEN OPENED AT WEIMAR
Weimar. The opening of the na
tional assembly this afternoon was
impressive for its solemnity, earnest
ness and simplicity. Chancellor
Ebert's opening speech, the delivery
of which occupied a half hour, was
frequently interrupted. The Court
theater was thronged long before the
appointed time.
It was a democratic looking crowd.
well, though plainly dressed, that
shuffled its way througa the snow to
the theater, for everyone walked, save
one carriage and one automobile
Dartv. Following a brief review of
an infantry honor company, everyone
sought the interior of the theater.
Herr Ebert received only a brief
ovation on his entry. He found him
self so heckled by independent social
ists that he was forced in the middle
of his speech to turn upon them with
the declaration that their disorder
showed how little evil times had
taught them. He aroused approval
when he began by declaring:
"We have done forever with princes
and nobles, by the grace of God."
He said the German people was
now ruling itself.
There was disapproval mixed with
annroval when he declared the revolu
tion would decline responsibility ror
the shortage of food and the defects
in food in Germany.
Need, the chancellor continued, de
livered Germany to her enemies, but
he protested against being a slave to
Germany's enemies for 30, 40 or 60
years.
TOTAL RECENT CASUALTIES
BY AMERICANS IN RUSSIA
Washington. Total casualties in
fho American forces in the Archangel
rpsrion of Russia up to and inciuaing
January 31. were 180 killed, diea oi
ds: sickness or from other
rnnsps. or missing in action, and zzy
wounded or injured, making a total
casualtv list of 409 out of a force tnat
numbered 4,925. f
The ' information was contained in
a cablegram from .Archangel dated
February 4. The casualties were list
oH as follows:
Killed in action, three officers and
58 men:, died of disease, two officers
and 64 men; died of wounds, one of
fippr and 12 men: accidentally killed,
three men: drowned, one officer and
twn man: missing in action. 34 men;
wounded in action, all rank3, 198; ac
cidentally wounded. 25; wounded.
other causes, six.
EARLY ACTION EXPECTED ON
MUCH DEBATED TAX BILL
Washington. Senate and house
members studied the final re-draft of
the six billion dollar war revenue bill,
preparing for early action on the con
ference renort.
The bill will yield $6,077,200,000 for
the present fiscal year and $4,184,
510,000 next year, according to esti
mates given out as compiled by ex
Derts of the treasury and senate fl
nance and house ways and means
commitees.
U. S. HOSPITALS IN NORTH
CAROLINA TO BE CLOSED
Washington. The government hos
pitals at Waynesville and Hot Springs
will be abandoned. The Kenilworth
Inn hospital has not been passed up
on yet. The war. department has
reached a final decision on the two
olants at Waynesville and Hot Springs
Representative Webb introduced a bill
for $75,000 for a site and public build
ing at Morganton. This is one of many
public buildings going in now.
WOMEN ARE EQUAL TO MEN AS
DELEGATES TO CONFERENCE
Paris. The supreme council dis
cussed the terms of the extension of
th'p. armistice wtih Germany. The
discussion will continue.
The labor legislation commission
discussed the representation which
will be srivento governments and or
ganlzations of employers and working
neonle in the nrooosed permanent in
ternatlonal conference, It was decld
ed that women should be equally tt
gibla as men at delegates.
till FOR IHEMH BELIEF
Only Sufficient Aid Asked to Keep
the People Alive Until tire Next
-Harvest Can Be Gathered.
Raleigh. State Chairman James Y.
Joyner, of the Armenian-Syrian Relief
Campaign, is rapidly getting his state
organization perfected, and in the
week beginning Feb. 21 he expects
that the people of North Carolina will
enthusiastically raise the $200,000
which the American Committee asks
this state to give as its portion of the
30,000,000 necessary to save the lives
of the little children and the women
of that oppressed country.
Tha churches of. North Carolina
have been striving for many years to
aid the Armenians, who are the oldest
Christians in the world.. They have
been called upon to fight constantly to
preserve the religion of Christ in-the
world. There have been all kinds of
pressure brought to bear upon them
and promises of freedom and aid of
all sorts from Turkey, from Germany
and from other powers if they would
only give up their belief in the Christ;
but they have preferred to suffer and
to die rather than break the faith.
They have been massacred, their prop
erty stolen, and they have been driven
from their homes, but they have kept
the, faith. Their church was estab
lished in the year 301, and in each
year since that time they have been
subjected' to brutal treatment, first
by the Persians, then by the Arabs,
and then by the cruel Turk, who has
spared none in the effort to intimi
date them. They have remained fol
lowers of Christ. Truly, the churches
of America owe them a debt of grati
tude which they now have opportunity
to repay in part.
The Armenians ask only sufficient
aid to keep them until they can gather
the next harvest, when they will again
be self-supporting.
They had 200,000 soldiers in the
Russian army, 10,000 in the American
army and 12,000 in the British army.
fighting on the side of the allies.
Germany promised them a free repub
lic if they would join the Teutonic
forces, but the Armenians said they
were certain their destinies were link-
fid up with the allies, and that what
ever the ultimate outcome, they would
cast their lot with America and the
other nations fighting for freedom of
the world; and they fought a gallant
battle for the right. Their women
and children are now starving, and
we alone can save their lives.
Dr. Joyner asks the people of North
Carolina to give $200,000 to aid in sav
ing these dying people, and he is cer
tain that the response will be a ready
one.
Fatal Auto Accident.
Greensboro. Nathaniel Norman, the
child of Dr. George W. Norman, was
struck by an automobile driven by
Mr. Mayes, of Burlington, on Spring
Garden street, and died from the in
juries at St. Leo's hospital. The child
is survived by his parents and eight
brothers and sisters. Mr. Mayes was
greatly disturbed over the accident
and remained with the child until its
death. Doctor Norman, father of the
child, is one of the city's best-known
physicians.
Influenza in Salisbury.
Lumberton. The second epidemic
of influenza in Lumberton has just
about subsided. Only a very few new
cases have been reported this week
and practically all who were sick are
now able to get out. However, the
lid is still on so far as holding public.
meetings of any sort is concerned:
The barber shops and shows are also
still closed and no services will be
held at the local churches Sunday.
The town commissioners met and de
cided to keep the quarantine in effect
for some time yet.
Chief Cause of Fires.
Charlotte. Two-thirds of the fires
in Charlotte are caused directly by
shingled roofs said Fir6 Chief M. M.
Wallace. Two blazes Saturday night
were said to have been caused by
sparks flying from flues, lighting on
shingled roofs. New shingles 'are not
so liable to catch fire as old shingles
which have been on houses for years,
said Chief Wallace. There are hun
dreds of houses in Charlotte which
have not been reshingled for years.
The shingles are rotten and would
be an easy mark for a spark, he said.
Retires from Service.
Winston-Salem. Having reached
the age limit, 64 years, and after be
ing in military service for 40 years,
CoL J. C. Bessent. captain of the
home guard and a member of the
national guard, holding .the title of
lieutenant colonel, has forwarded his
resignation to Adjt. Gen. B. S. Roy-
ster in Raleigh, and its acceptance is
expected to be announced within the
next few days. His successor as cap
tain of the home guards will be chos
en as soon as the adjutant general or
ders an election.
Road Bill Endorsed.
Asheville. One hundred and twen
ty-five delegates from twenty western
counties in convention here endorsed
the Stevens-Scales state-wide road bill
without a single dissenting vote. It
is the intention of the jonventiou that
a delegate from each county be sent
to Raleigh to urge the passage of the
bill on the representatives in the Gen
eral Assembly. The Asheville Board
of Trade hase also endorsed the
measure and "sent its secretary.
Mr. N. Buckner, to Raleigh to boost
the bill.
Warehouses Under Way.
Elkin. Ground was broken 9nd the
foundation begun for a new tohn.cco
warehouse on East Main street. Work
will be started shortly on another
warehouse on South Main street, neir
the Elkin Roller Mill. Both of these
buildings will be of brick and will
contain all modern conveniences for
the handling of leaf tobacco. The mat
ter of building a knitting mill Is being
strongly agitated among parties here
and it Is believed that the project m
be put Into effect
LUTHERAN EFFORT
MAKING
PROGRESS
CAMPAIGN FOR RELIEF WILL
BEGIN FEBRUARY 16, AND
CONTINUE TEN DAYS.
$120,000 IS AMOUNT DESiPED
A Large Oversubscription of Allot
ment Is Expected by Those in
Charge of Drive.
Raleigh. The campaign of the Lu
theran Church of -America for $1,000
000 for relief of refugees and orphans
in France, Finland and near eastern
countries, which begins February 16
and continues 10 days, is meeting
with "a hearty response "In North Car
olina," according to Rer. W. A. Lutz,
pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran
church, campaign director for this
State, who returned from a tour of
a large part of the State in the inter
est of the effort Among the towns
he visited were Statesville, Hickory
and Salisbury and those in numerous
adjacent counties. The quota assign
ed the members of this church in
North Carolina is $120,000, said Mr.
Lutz, who is rapidly developing the
State campaign organization.
Soldier's Wife Wins Out.
Asheville. After hearing three wit
nesses in superior court a jury return
ed a verdict awarding Mrs. Agnes de
Ldtinbiers, wife of a Canadian army
officer, a verdict of $75,000 against
the Wachovia Bank & Trust Co., ex
ecutors of her father's estate. Captain
de Lotinbiers, in testifying, stated
that he made an agreement with W.
J." Slay den. his wife's father, to take
out $100,000 insurance in favor of his
wife, and the father, in turn, agreed
to leave her a like amount in his will.
Mr. Slavden died before the amount
could be incorporated into the will.
and Mrs. de Lotinbiers "received only
$25 0Q0r The suit was brought as a
friendly measure to Justify the bank
in carrying out the wishes of the de
ceased. Plans to Welcome Soldiers.
Rutherfordton. A mass meeting
was held in the courthouse for the
purpose of planning a suitable recep
tion for the county soldiers upon their
.return from the army. A standing
committee composed of the county of
ficers, the county chairmen of. the
Liberty loan and war savings stamps
drives, was agreed upon, said commit
tees to meet with them and perfect
the plans, fix the date and place for
reception.
Stand by Ferry Agreement.
Wilmington. The New Hanorer
county commissioners are standing
by their agreement to take over the
Cane Fear ferrv with Brunswick coun
ty. Heavy pressure has been brought
to bear on the board to tear up tnis
agreement and support the two-bridge
plan north of the city, but the agree
ment is not a "scrap of paper" ac
cording to Chairman W. A. McGirt.
The board is not antagonistic to the
bridges but regards the ferry as the
main thing right now.
Number of Stills Destroyed.
Statesville. According to the offl-
ril renort of Revenue Agent Thos.
R. Vanderford for toe month of De
cember, 1918, which has just been re
ceived at the office of Collector
Watts, giving an account in detail of '
seizures for violation of the govern
men liquor laws, the above month
was the most productive of results of
any month throughout the past year.
A total of 58 stills with caps ana
worms, most of them set up and i
operation, were destroyed by the of
ficers. 33 of them being of pure cop
ier construction and which are very
highly prized by the blockaders. as it
has become a hard matter of recent
years for them to get hold of copper
outfits, on account of the close ob
servation under which hardware
stores dealing in sheet copper, are
kept by government officers.
Killed by Live Wire.
Asheville. Placing his foot on a
wir carrvinz 6.600 volts. Thad Ku-
kendall, lineman for the North Caro
lina Electrical Power Company, was
instantly killed at Craggy, near here,
while at work at the top of a pole.
Win safetv belt, strapped around the
pole, held him swaying limply in air
until fellow workmen ascended tne
note and brought him down. The
strong current had burned off the toes
of. the foot which was on the wire. A
hurried examination showed that life
had left the body.
Arrested for Neglect.
Wilmington. E. S. Woodard, who
is charged by his dying wife with ill-
treatment, neglect and non-support.
has been arrested on charges oi that
character and released under $500
cash bond. The woman is lying in a
local hospital, awaiting the Blow-mov-
in? death which comes with bichlo
ride of mercury tablets, swallowed.
she says, because her husband had
made life a burden to her. Doctors
say she may live a day or two. but
cannot recover.' She later withdrew
her charges.
Cooper Lends an Ear.
Wilmington. Senator Cooper on ai
riving here was met by a Southport
delegation asking that he permit no
election on the question of moving the
county seat from that town, and he
advised that the folks of Brunswick
possibly knew better how to settlo he
question thau he did. He was tola
that many people wanted no election,
but by others that many do hunger
and thirst to get a chance to vote on
it, and It may fall out that Brunswick
will settle this ancient quarrel in ft
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