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PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. APRIL 24, 1919
VOL. XL NO. 38.
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IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWSJJFJHE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place In The Soutfe.
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Washington
Three major generals of the regular
army, Leonard Wood, Hugh L. Scott
(retired), former chiefs of the general
staff, and each of whom trained and
commanded divisions during the war,
and John J. Chamberlain, inspector
general, opposed before the American
Bar association committee inquiring
into the subject of military justice,
ny plan of taking from the president
nd the commanding generals the con
trol they now exercise over courts
martial. During March $15,946,000 was loan
?d to farmers by the federal land
banks on long time first mortgages,
according to the monthly statement
of the farm loan board. The federal
iand bank of Omaha leads in amount
3f loans closed $4,565,000.
Acting Secretary of State Polk
iuthorized the statement that no seri
ous questions were pending between
the United States and Japan, and that
the indications were that minor issues
arising from the situation in Siberia
and the recent trouble at Tientsin, as
well as peace conference problems,
would soon be amicably settled with
out in any way straining the relations
between the two countries.
Rear Admiral Knapp has reported
to the navy department from London
tha ttwo enlisted men had been kill
ed by a boiler explosion on the U. S.
S. Beukelsdjik.
President Wilson has directed the
Industrial board of the department of
commerce and the railroad administra
tion to reopen discussion of price sta
bilization and endeavor to find a com
mon ground on whic hthey ca nagree.
Chairman Peek announces that the
board will take up the question with
the railroad administration immedi
ately.
American troops to the number of
275,000 are returning to the United
States from Europe during the pres
ent month, Secretary of War Baker
told the newspaper men in Paris, he
having arrived there from Brest.
In May the number of men return
"ng from Europe will fall to 250,000,
because of lack of transports, but in
June the number will rise to 300,000
Brig. Gen. W. P. Richardson, new
commander of the American forces in
north Russia, reports the military sit
uation satisfactory in his first official
dispatch since landing at Murmansk.
Now that the Germans have been
called to Versailles on April 25, the
indications are that the proceedings
may move with such dispatch that
President Wilson can remain for the
signing of the treaty, and thus be able
to take back the completed docu
ment.
European
Airplanes were used in coping with
the disorders that have broken out
in the Punjaub. A mob attacked a
passenger train in this district and
wrecked the railway station at Gujran
wala. Airplanes were sent from La
hore and the mob was bombed and
subjected to machine gunfire from the
air. Considerable unrest still exists
in Delhi and Lahore.
It is learned in London that the
situation in Turkey is causing grave
anxiety. Internal disorder is rife, ac
cording to reports from Rear Admiral
Wcb'u, R. N.. at Constantinople. It is
feared there will shortly be outbreaks
and massacres of the Armenian popu
lation on a large scale.
The situation at Smyrna, where the
Turks and Greeks are ready to spring
at each others' throats, is typical of
the situation throughout Turkey.
Bands of brigands are dominating the
country, even within a few miles of
Constantinople, and committing atro
cious murders.
The committee of union and prog
ress, the young Turk organization,
which was driven from power in Con
stantinople as a result of the alied vic
tory, is reported to be secretly con
ducting an energetic reorganization
Movement.
Further disorders are feared in
Fgypt. A division of British troops is
on the way from the Dobrudja to re
inforce the troops of Major General
Alleuby, the special high commis
sioner to Egypt, and to relieve a large
number of Australian and New Zeal
and soldiers who will return home.
President indications are that the
peace treaty will be signed before the
president's departure from aris for
home.
Brig. Gen. Wilds P. Richardson, U.
S. A., having arrived at Archangel.
Russia, with his staff on board the
first big ice breaker which has made
its way into the regular Archangel
docks since the beginning of winter,
one of his first acts was to make pub
lci to the American troops a telegram
from General Pershing calling upon
them to maintain their morale.
It is stated in well informed quar
ters that the situation of the peace
negotiations was such that President
Wilson would probably be able to
sail homeward Mry 20, and possibly
a little earlier by May 15.
Information reaching the peace dele
gates at Paris tends to show that the
Germans are not planning to take up
time and delay the signing of the
treaty, as they desire a settlement of
the peace terms at the earliest pos
sible moment.
The Polish-German boundary ques
:ion has been finally disposed of by the
council of four at Paris, but no an
nouncement has been made of the de
cisions taken. It is understood that
Danzig will be internationalized, and
the Poles will have a corridor run
ning from that city to their frontier
to give them acceaa to the sea.
There will be another world war be
ginning in June, 1926, according to a
writer in the British Journal of As
trology. This prophet signs himself
as "Sepharial," and asks for a Furious
hearing, inasmuch as he claims to
have published a year in advance in
each case the exact date of the war
of 1914, and of the cessation of hos
tilities. The decision of the United States
government to appoint Hugh S. Gib
son, secretary of the American em
bassy in Paris, as the first minister to
Poland, was announced by Premier
Paderewski of Poland.
An agreement was reached by the
associated powers to send food to
Russia under neutral control, but the
French representatives made several
reservations which will be considered
soon.
The American embassy in Paris de
nies reports that important railway
concessions in Russia have been ob
tained by Americans.
Fourteen American and six French
soldiers were killed when an express
train carrying American troops crash
ed into a stationary train with French
soldiers on furlough near LeMans.
Twenty-five Americans and twenty-
two Frenchmen were injured. LeMans
is in the department of the Barthe,
west of Paris.
The plan of the council of four
to have Belgium prosecute the for
mer German emperor on the charge
of responsibility for the war is meet
ing with objections, which are again
bringing up the whole subject for re
vision. Those who have the matter in hand
divide the question of war responsi
bilities into two distinct classes. The
first includes military and naval of
fenders and those accused of various
excesses against the usual rules of
warfare. The second class includes
former Emperor William, ex-Chancellor
von Bethmann-Hollweg and others
whose offense is chiefly of a political
nature.
A petition asking for the punish
ment of the Germans responsible for
the deportation of women from Lille,
Roubaix and Tourcoing in the spring
of 1916. will soon be handed to the
peace conference. It is signed by fif
teen thousand women.
From a parapet of the Fortress Eh
renbreitstein, more than four hundred
feet above the junction of the Moselle
and Rhine, Secretary Daniels had his
first glimpse of the American marines
on duty.
German and Baltic-German troops
have feorcibly seized Libau and over
thrown the Lettish government .
Seven German submarines on the
way to Cherbourg, France, from Eng
land in tow have been lost in a storm.
Eight of the undersea boats were
bound to Cherbourg, but only one ar
rived in safety.
Domestic
Advantages of improved highways
and their economical benefits were
discussed at the sessions of the Unit
ed States Good Roads Asociation, in
annual convention at Mineral Wells,
Texas, the speakers including United
States Senator Morris Sheppard of
Texas, Gov. R. G. Pleasant of Louisi
ana, and former Gov. George W. Don
aghey of Arkansas.
Immediately federal and state leg
islation centering chiefly in public
ownership of the nation's timber land3
was advocated by speakers at the
opening session of the American Lum
ber Congress in Chicago, as the most
efficient means of stabilizing the lum
ber industry and preventing a short
age in natural lumber resources
which was characterized as "rapidly
becoming international in its serious
ness." Removal of government restrictions
on the marketing of the cotton crop
and reduction in acreage planted to
cotton were urged at the meeting of
the Farmers' Educational and Co-operative
L'nion of America in conven
tion in Denver. Speakers pointed out
that a more diversified farming plan
would aid in the development of the
South, which had been handicapped
by confining farming operations to cot
ton. Brewers of the New York district
have taken action intended to speed
court determination of their claim
that beer of 2 34 alcoholic content
may be produced without violating the
food conservation regulations when
two of their number began distribu
tion of a brew of the strength speci
fied in barrels bearing labels describ
ing it as a non-intoxicating beverage.
A telegram from San Francisco says
that the Chinese World, a Chinese pa
per published there, has received in
formation from its Shanghai corre
spondent that the Japanese govern
ment has settled with the United
States for the killing of two Ameri
can soldiers by Japanese soldiers in
the recent disturbances in the French
concession at Tien Tsin.
Wage Increases averaging about $15
a month for approximately 69,000 em
ployees of the American Railway Ex
press company have been announced
by Director General Hines.
Julius H. Barnes, president of the
Federal Grain Corporation, has been
appointed wheat director of the Unit
ed States by President Wilson, it is
announced at the office of the food
administration in New York.
Transportation of intoxicating li
quors for beverage purposes through
a dry state is not prohibited under
the Reed prohibition amendment, the
Supreme court holds in an opinion
was rendered in proceedings result
ing from the arrest of Homer Cudger
at Lynchburg, Va.. under the law while
en route on a passenger train from
Baltimore, Md., to Asheville, N. C.
Meeting at Columbia, S. C, with
members of the South Carolina dele
gation in congress, the twenty dele
gates from the South Carolina Cot
ton Association to the convention In
New Orleans next month, headed by
Gov. Robert A. Cooper, passed a reso
lution indorsing the proposed cotton
marketing corporation, but suggested
that its capital stock be made two hun
dred million dollars instead of one
hundred million dollars, as proposed.
The Tennessee legislature by a ma
jority of one vote has given the vote
to the women. The suffrage bill had
hften DAndins i r several weeks.
EI
PEACE CONFERENCE
ASPIRATIONS OF ITALY SEEM IN-
SURMOUNTABLE OBSTACLE
TO FURTHER PROGRESS.
DELAY MAY BE OF BENEFIT
Marshall Foch Reports That Germany
is to send to Versailles Six Fully
Accredited Representatives.
Paris. The aspirations of Italy as
regards the Adriatic sea coast still
appear to be the insurmountable ques
tion before the council of four at the
Paris peace conference.
Discussion of the Italian claims was
followed by two additional confer
ences, but as yet there apparently has
been no breach in the deadlock over
the demands which the Italians con
sider irreducible and the compromise
offer of the other participants in the
negotiations Premier Clemenceau,
David Lloyd George and President
Wilson.
A delay of three days is in prospect
for the meeting at Versailles between
the representatives of the allied and
associated powers and the German
delegates for the delivery to the Ger
mans of the allied peace term3. The
German delegation. Marshal Foch has
been informed, cannot reach Versailles
until April 28. Originally they were
invited to be there April 25.
The three days' delay oossibly may
be of benefit to the allies in com
pleting the draft of the lengthy docu
ment, whtich is said to approximate
100,000 words. Some doubt has been
expressed that the allies would be
able to give the Germans more than a
summary of their peace conditions at
the first meeting at Versailles owing
to the length of the document.
Talk of the German government
sending merely "messengers" to Ver
sialles to receive the peace treaty is
discounted by official information re
ceived by Marshal Foch that the Ger
man delegation will consist of six high
personages, headed by Count von
Brockdorff-Rantzau. the foreign min
ister. FOCH READY TO ACT IF HUNS
REFUSE TO SIGN THE TREATY
Paris. The fact that Marshal Foch
and the allied commanders have
agreed upon the military and naval
steps which will be taken in the event
the Germans refuse to sign the treaty
has made a good impression upon the
countrv and the tendencies which are
becoming daily manifest in favor of
firm alliance, at any rate, until the
peace terms have been executed, are
greeted with great satisfaction.
The position of America in a mat
ter of this sort is specially delicate,
but there seems to be some ground for
thinking President Wilson 'will not be
unfavorable to some form of alliance
until the league of nations is got in
working order. Rightly or wrongly,
the impression has been encouraged
that only ttie financial clauses of the
peace treaty are open to discussion by
the Germans and that this discussion
would be limited. The Germans, it
was believed, would be heard as to
the best means of enabling them to
carry out the financial obligations
placed upon them by the treaty. It is
clear from the German attitude that
the enemy counts still upon inter-al
lied dissension.
MORE THAN TWO MILLION ARE
WORKING IN VICTORY DRIVE.
Washington. Uncounted millions
of subscriptions to Victory Liberty
notes poured into banks and soliciting
committees throughout the United
States, but no official reports had
reached national headquarters here to
give any comprehensive idea of the
harvest on the opening day of the
three weeks' campaign. Subscrio
tions probably will not be shown fully
in reports to the treasury untu late in
ihfi wppk.
More than 3.000.000 volunteers were
at work in the big concerted move
ment to "finish the job .
SOVIET TROOPS H AVIrNT
OCCUPIED SEBASTOL
Paris. The naval port of Sebasto-
pol. in the Chimea, has not been occu
pied by Russian sovet troops, accord
ing to a dispatch to The Journal Des
Debats dated Sunday at Salonik.
The dispatch says that fighting ap
peais to have stopped for the time
being in the southern Crimea. The
bolsheviki are said to be slackening
their advance in the face of allied
artillery fire.
DETROIT FIRST LARGE CITY
TO OVERSUBSCRIBE QUOTA
Detroit, Mich. Detroit raised her
Victory banner over the city hall.
claiming the honor of being the first
large city in the country to over-subscribe
its quota in the Victory Liberty
loan. The city has not "finished the
job" .yet, for the drive continues and
lnon workers Dredict the total sub
orintinn will near the $100,000,000
mark. Today's subscriptions exceed
ed $60,000,000. The city s quota was
$55,494,413.
COMMUNISTS IN LINDAU
DEFEATED COMPLETELY,
Berne. After a short siege by Ba
varian and Wurttemburg troops, the
communists in Lindau, on Lake Con
stance, have been defeated complete
ly, according to messages received
here from the Bavarian frontier.
Lindau was the most important
communist stronghold in Bavaria
with the exception of Munich. The
in Mia tmrmundine- countrv.
uaruii w r a . ,
evidence great satisfaction over the
MR
ROUBLE
GONQUESTOFTHEAiR
AERIAL SERVICE FOR PASSEN
GERS, MAIL AND MER
CHANDISE. BIRDMEH MEET NEXT . MONTH
Big Convention of Pan-American Aero
nauts Will Stimulate Enlistments
in the U. S. Air Service.
Atlantic City, New Jera, will be
the Mecca for a large gathering; of
American men, and representatives of
foreign countries, who will be attract
ed by the first Pan-American Aero
nautics Convention, which meets
there in May.
Captain Charles J. Glidden. of -the
U. S. Air Service, Military Aeronau
tics, now stationed in the administra
tive department of the United States
Flying School, Southerfield, Georgia,
says:
"The Pan-American Aeronautics
Convention and exhibition to be held
at Atlantic City during the month of
May will bring to the attention of
American people the wonderful prog
ress of aviation. The work of air
craft during the war establishes its
practicability for commercial uses
and insures the creation in this coun
try of a complete aerial service, con
necting all cities and towns for the
transportation of persons, mail and
merchandise.
"Before the close of 1920 I confi
dently predict this service will be in
full operation, with extensions to all
countries on this hemisphere. In the
United States trunk lines will be es
tablished across the country which
will place every city and town within
six hours from some twenty-four dis
tributing points. Once created and
in operation our extensive coast line
could be put under complete protec
tion from any possible invasion.
Thousands of college trained aviators
in and out of the service are now
waiting to join in the operation of an
aerial service.
"The government calls for fifteen
thousand men to enlist in air service
for one or three years' time. This is
bound to receive a quick response, as
here is an opportunity for men to be
immediately assigned to duty in the
service and of the number who enlist
those who pass certain examinations
will be given flying and balloon pilot
ing instruction. This liberal offer is
equivalent to a one or three years'
college course in aeronautics, and one
may become expert in all branches of
aviation, and if qualified a non-commissioned
or even a commissioned of
ficer. In addition to regular pay,
clothing, quarters and rations, extra
pay begins with instructions to op
erate the aircraft. As the number of
men wanted is limited to fifteen thou
sand for the entire country, quick ap
plication to the nearest recruiting of
ficer will be necessary before tte priv
ilege is withdrawn.
"Everybody directly and indirectly
Interested in aviation should attend
the Atlantic City convention and exhi
bition in order to keep abreast with
the times and become familiar with
the development of aircraft for de
fense and commercial uses and wit
ness the demonstrations of the
world's greatest airplane aviators,
who will fly, and balloon pilots sail
to the Atlantic air port from all over
the country."
THE FARMERS OF AMERICA
STANDING WITH THE SOUTH
Denver. Removal of government
restriction on the marketing of t"ae
cotton crop and reduction in acreage
planted to cotton were urged at the
meeting of the Farmers' Educational
and Co-operative Union of America in
convention here. Speakers pointed
out that a more diversified farming
plan would aid in development of the
South, which has been handicapped
by confining farming operations to
cotton.
A report by the committee on cot
ton and cotton products said:
"There have been more severe re
strictions on cotton ever since the
beginning of the war than on any oth
er farm product. Even today there
are restrictions on the trade with
our allies.
"With these facts as a basis we
feel justified in asking our govern
ment' to make every effort to have
these restrictions removed at the
earliest possible moment."
The report also advocated reduc
tion in the acreage of cotton, declar
ing that the South had been brought
to industrial slavery by dependence
upon one crop.
LOAN SHOULD BE ABSORBED
BY SAVINGS OF THE PUBLIC
Washington. Liberty Loan com
mittee of the several reserve districts
were urged by the treasury depart
ment to conduct their Victory Loan
camnaiens with a view to securing
the largest possible proposition of
RiibscriDtions from private investors
The loan should be absorbed by the
public and paid for out of the savings
of the public, said a telegram to the
committees. Resources of banking
institutions should be left free.
RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE
FAVOR PLANTING OF COTTON
Washington. Moderate raiDfall and
temperatures somewhat above nor
mal erave conditions favorable for cot
ton planting, germination of seed and
growth of that which is up in much
of the eastern portion of the belt, but
the seas continues later than the
average. From the Mississippi Valley
westward continued rams and cool
weather fuither delayed the prepare
Hon of soil and planting is progress
ing slowly.
ITALIAN ISSUE IS
AT ACUTE STAGE
DECISION CANNOT LONGER BE
DELAYED WHICH EITHER WAY
IS FRAUGHT WITH PERIL
THE ARMY BEHIND ORLANDO
Determination is Firm to Secure For
Italy Adequate Protection Along
the Adriatic Coast.
Paris. The ftalian issue over the
Adriatic has reached an acute stage,
where a decision one way or the other
cannot longer be deferred, and a de
cision either way is fraught with se
rious consequences.
Despite the Easter calm, which
brought vast crowds to the churches
and boulevard, the council of four
continued its sessions at the "white
house." The Italian premier, Vitorio
Orlando and the Italian foreign min
ister Baron Sonnino, were both pres
ent, and made it known that the open
ing of the Italian parliament has
necessitated their leaving Paris with
definite knowledge of what is going to
be done.
Baron Sonnino continued to occupy
the extreme position, insisting upon
the integral fulfillment of the secret
treaty of London, giving to Italy the
entire Dalmation coast and islands,
and also .claiming the city of Fiume
without internationaliation or diviszon
with the Jugo-Slavs.
Premier Orlando was rather more
conciliating, though a telegram which
he had received from the heads of the
Italian army declared that the entire
army was behind him in upholding
Italy's aspirations.
President Wilson's position was said
to be equally determined against any
recognition of the secret treaty of
London.
Reports of a compromise on the
basis of the Italians getting the Ital
ian quarters of Fiume and the Jugo
slavs getting their districts were not
confirmed, as it was said that this was
the plan put forward to the Italians
but not accepted. But early reports
indicated that the sesson might be
prolonged through the day in an ef
fort to reach a middle ground.
AEMRICAN DELEGATION DOES
NOT FAVOR ALLIANCE IDEA
The talk of the formation of an
alliance to protect France from fur
brought forth the statement from a
high source in the American peace
delegation that the United States will
enter into no alliance which would be
inconsistent with the sipirit of the
league of nations. President Wilson
conferred with Premier Clemenceau,
btlt the nature of their talk was not
disclosed.
Chaotic conditons still prevail at
Munich, where the government troops
are declared to have been augmented
and a battle for supremacy to be in
immediate prospect. Sporadic fighting
is reported to be in progress in the
Bavarian capital.
RECOGNITION OF MOROCCAN
TITLE IS AWARDED FRANCE
Paris. A subject which has been
of great interest to the French is the
fate of Morocco. In spite of all the
clogging conditions of international
control forced upon France as a re
sult of ;the German blackmail methods
which led to the Algeciras conven
tion. France, mainly through the mag
nificent administrative ability of Gen
eral Lyautey, has more than made
good her title, and of having her spe
cial 'position in Morocco recognized in
every way by the peace treaty.
The French government proposed at
the meetng of the supreme council of
the allies that all servitude of inter
national character, to which Morocco
xras subjected as the results of Ger
man action, be abolished and under
took to maintain full economic, indus
trial and commercial equality of all
Che allied nations in Morocco.
This proposal was agreed to by the
supreme councl and the matter was
referred to a special committee.
AMERICAN CASUALTIES ON
ARCHANGEL FRONT ARE 523
Archangel. Since landing on the
Archangel front last September, the
Americans have suffered 528 casual
ties. Of these 196 were fatalities.
The losses of the Americans on the
north Russian front during the past
month have been extremely light as
most of the recent fighting has been
done either by newly formed Russian
troops, who are campaigning bravely,
for the British.
GERMANY SENDS THREE
ENVOYS TO VERSAILLES
Copenhagen. Foreign - Minister
Count von Brickdorff-Rantzau. of Ger
many, has announced that three en
voys will be sent to Versailles author
ized to receive the text of the peace
preliminaries.
The delegation will Tfe headed by
Minister von Haniel, whose associates
will be Hen-en von Keller and Ernst
Schmitt, legation counselors They
will be attended by two officials and
two chancery servants.
TELEPHONE STRIKE IN
NEW ENGLAND SETTLED
Boston. The telephone strike that
has crippled New England service
since last Tuesday was settled at a
conference of fstrikers and company
officials, according to a - formal an
nouncement by the company.
"An understanding has been reach
ed," said the announcement, "by
which telephone employes will return
to work and the service will be re
stored pending detailed consideration
of wist schedules."
5
IARY GIVEN OF
PRESENT OUTLOOK
PRESIDENT MAY BE ABLE TO
SAIL WITH SIGNED TREATY
IN HIS POCKET.
SMALL OPPOSITION TO TERMS
Brigadier General Richardson Is at
Archangel in Command of Ameri
can Fores in That Region.
With David Lloyd George, British
prime minister, again in his seat after
his visit to London, where he defend
ed his action at the peace conference
before the house of commons, the
council of four renewed its hearing of
the claims of the Italians to the im
portant Adriatic seaport of Fiume and
also had under discussion the question
of fthe Polish claims to Dianziz on the
Baltic. The council met at the "white
house," the residence in Paris of
President Wilson.
The opinion prevails in Paris that
with the Italian demands now the re
maining obstacle to a full agreeemnl.
the situation is such that President
Wilson will be able to sail homeward
in mid-May with a signed copy of the
peace treaty for submission to Con
gress, which iu some quarters in Paris
it is believed will be called in extra
session not later than June 1.
Little opposition to the peace terms
is expected fiom the Germans, accord
ing to the latest reports in circulation
in Paris as they are declared to be
anxious for a return to peace condi
tions at the earliest moment possible.
It is asserted that there is to be no
German text of the treaty the docu
ment to be issued only in the French
ahd English languages.
Although a general strike has been
proclaimed in Bremen and the asser
tion has been made that it has been
Impossible to unload foodstuffs, taken
there on an American steamship, a
German wireless communication as
serts that the unloading of the vessel
is assured. Employees of department
stores and specialty shops in Berlin
have joined the bank employes' strike.
In Bavaria the situation still remains
acute, but few details are available. In
Vienna there also has been disturb
ances. The bolsheviki attempted to
storm the parliament building but
were defeated.
Brigadier General Richardson has
arrived on an ice-breaker at Archangel
to take command of the American
forces fighting in that region.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE
VICTORY LOAN QUOTA
Richmond, Va. Apportionment of
Victory loan in the fifth reserve dis
trict was announced officially as fol
lows: Maryland, $58,653,000; District of
Columbia, $20,307,000; Virginia. $51.
366,000; West Virginia, $23,625,000;
North Carolina, $31,101,000; South
Carolina, $24,948,000.
Allotments by cities include:
Washington, $20,307,000; Richmond,
$15,563,650; Roanoke, $2,101,000; Alex
andria, $554,800; Norfolk, $7,535,100;
Raleigh, $1,733,000; Charlotte, $2,658,
400; Columbia. $3,494,800; Charleston.
S. C, $4,891,400.
FIVE CENTS A MILE ONLY
TO MUSTER I NG'IN POINT
Washington. Travel allowances ol
five cents a mile to discharged soldiers
authorized by a recently enacted law
can be paid only to cover expenses
from the point where the soldier was
discharged to the place where he was
originally mustered into the service
Comptroller of the Treasury W. W.
Warwick transmitted a ruling to this
effect to the war department.
If the soldiers home is a greatei
distance from the demobilization
camp than the place from which he
entered the service, the comptroller
ruled, it will be necessary for him to
present a claim to the war department
for the difference between the amount
actually spent by him in reaching his
home and that paid to him upon his
discharge.
DRUG STORE GOODS ARE
TO ADVANCE IN PRICE
Washington. Products of the drug
gist's shelf will go up in price one
cent on each 25 cents of cost May 1
ps a result of the imposition on thai
day of the new war tax. The inter
nal revenue bureau today reminded
that this levy will be made by the
use of revenue stamps.
A like, tax is imposed on proprietary
medicines "as to which the maniifac
turer or producer claims to have an
private formula.
LAWRENCE STRIKERS DENY
BOLSHEVIST CONNECTION
Boston. Representatives of the
Lawrence textile strikers who appear
ed before the state board of concilia
tion and arbitration which is investi
gating the trouble at the request ol
Governor Coolidge denied that the
strike was a part of a bolshnvist move
ment or was due to any other cause
than the desire of the operatives to
earn a living wage. Speakers estimat
ed that 15,000 workers were still out
in Lawrence.
HUN SCHOLARS' MUST OWN VP
TO COUNTRY'S WRONGDOING
New York. Acknowledgment ol
Germany's wrongdoing and contrition
by her scholars and savants for the
"thirty-one kinds of crime" committed
by the Germans during the war must
be indicated before German scholar
ship and German science can be re
habilitated in the eyes of the'univer
sity men of Franpe, England and Am
erica, Nicholas Murray Butler, ires
dent of Columbia Hnversity, says ii
m interview.
ARCH 'N HONOR OF SOLDIERS
Contract Let for the Erection of
Triumphal Arch to Returning Sol
diers of Catawba County.
Hickory. The contract has been
awarded to J. H. Elliott, a local build
er, to erect a triumphal arch under
which the soldiers of Catawba county
will march during the celebration here
the last of this month or the first of
next, depending upon the time of ar
rival of the engineers. The jubilee
will be in honor of soldiers and sailors,
whether they went across or not. and
will include all men who enlisted
here. - The time was fixed on the re
turn of the local unit, it was thought
that would bring more of the old boys
back than any other occasion. The
arch will be 14 feet wide, 38 feet
long and 37 feet high, will be built of
wood and concrete and is expected to
withstand the elements for at least a
year. It will stand across Federal
street on the north side of the rail
road tracks.
Stock Breeders Organizing.
Gastonia. - Mecklenburg County
Farm Demonstrator Charles E. Miller
spent a day in Gastonia conferring
with Gaston county farmers regarding
the organization of a Jersey Breeders'
association. A party of Gaston breed
ers plan to go to Mecklenburg county
in the near future to see herds of Jer
sey cattle which have been brought
there by the Jersey Breeders' asso
ciation of that county.
A meeting will be held in the near
future by the breeders of Gaston
county for the purpose of organizing
an association and selecting the breed
of cattle on which the members shall
specialize. It was reported that quite
a deal of sentiment exists among the
breeders of the county in favor of
the Jersey cattle.
Though the Mecklenburg County
Jersey Breeders' association have had
but two years in which to build up
a strain of Jersey cattle, orders t m
cattle are coming frequently from all
parts of North and South Carolina,
County Farm Demonstrator Miller
said. The breeders have no cattle for
sale yet, but the orders indicate that
next fall when they will have cattle
to place on the market they will have
a splendid market for the breed.
Held By Military Police.
Asheville. George Hamilton, the
man who was arrested here on charges
of impersonating an English officer, is
being held in a city hotel under a mil
itary guard. It is alleged that Ham
ilton left the English army without
leave. The officers state that he has
admitted that he wore the insignia of
a second lieutenant when only an en
listed man. The authorities here have
wired the British embassy at Wash
ington and are holding the man until
information can be secured. It is said
that if Hamilton is not claimed as a
British subject he will be held by
American authorities for attempt to
evade the draft.
Shot by Blockaders.
Smithfield. Shooting of 'Deputy
Sheriff J. Alf Wall, who now lies in
a Raleigh hospital in a critical con
dition, by a band of blockaders, was
one of the most dastardly crimes com
mitted in Johnston county in many
months. Deputy Wall and his posse
were just in the act of surounding a
125 gallon copper still and a small IE
gallon outfit.
Sheriff Wall evidently got in the
light of the furnace, so that he could
be seen, as 'the blockaders fired twe
shots, one of which took effect in his
left side.
Later.
Raleigh. Deputy Sheriff J. Alf
Wall, of Johnston county, who was
shot when he and other officers at
tempted to raid an illicit distillery
near Mioro, died here. Seven men,
charged with being implicated in the
operation of the distillery, have been
arrested. Feeling against the block
aders is said to be high in Johnston
county and four of the men under ar
rest have been placed in the state
penitentiary here for safe keeping.
Ask For Cargo Ships.
Wilmington. The South Atlantic
Maritime corporation, composed of
business interests in Wilmington.
Charleston. Savannah, Brunswick and
Jacksonville, has decided to send a
strong delegation to Washington the
21st to ask for an allotment of 14 car
go ships for the Latin-American trade.
$6,000 From Raleigh and Wake.
Raleigh. Raleigh and Wake county
will be asked to give $6,000 toward tht
ten million dollar drive which the
Salvation Army begins on May 19. and
Lieut. Linton S. James, veteran of the
VnsfrM and St. Mihiel. will have
charge of the campaign in the thir
teen counties for which Raleigi will
he headauarters.
"Ask the Overseas Man" will be the
campaign slogan for the drive which
will continue for a week. The Salva
tion Army has decided to do away
with the tambourine.
Plav Was Somewhat Rour-h.
Charlotte. When Connie ' McCain
and Sam Thomas, negro youth, were
arrested bv Detectives C. W. Russell
and Ed Pittman in conseauence of an
alleged affrav between the two in
which McCain sustained several
slashes across the body with a knife,
thev claimed that they were playing
McCain is further alleged to hav fired
a shotgun at Thomas after having
sustained the knife cut?. McCain
made a dash for safety whenths off!
rs appeared on the scne, and was
found under a pile of sacks.
Power Companies Fiqht.
Salisbury. The firht between the
North Carolina Public Serv'ce Com
pany, now occupying the field, and the
Southern Power Company, about to
come in. is already benefiting the
public of Salisbury in the matter of
electricity. Anticipating the coming
-l the rival company and expecting to
beat them out on a. suit already start
ed, the Public Service Company an
nounces a reduction in the price of
electricity from 12 to 9 cents, subject
to approval of the corporation com
-ntamirta.
LENOIR LEADS ALL
OTHER COUNTIES
BOND ISSUE OF $2,000,000 IS VOT-
ED BY LARGE MAJORITY FOR
GOOD HIGHWAYS.
TO PAVE ALL THE MAIN ROAOS
Organizations in Nearly Every Section
Worked Strenuously to Put the
Issue "Over the Top."
Kinston. 'Lenoir county, with a
population not exceeding 30,000 and
taxable property not in excess of $15,
000,000, assumed the leadership of the
100 counties in North Carolina in the
matter of road construction. By an
estimated vote of four to one it voted
a $2,000,000 bond issue for the Im
provement of its highways. Every
main road in the county and some of
the lesser ones will be paved, the ma
terials to be used to be determined
during the next few weeks by a com
mission of three to be chosen by 27
electors chosen at the polls.
For days the "pros" had claimed a
victory, and soon after the polls open
ed their optimism increased. Organi
zations in nearly every neighborhood
worked strenuously to put the issue
over the top, taking no chance with
the anti-element as in a school bond
election last year when the advocates
of bonds thought they had the victory
sewed up," to be sadly disappointed
when the results came in.
Farmers in some townships support
ed the proposition more enthusiastic
ally than any ever put before them.
Against Dam Building.
Spencer. Farmers residing, along
the Yadkin river near Spencer, on
both the Rowan and Davidson side of
the stream, have become greatly
aroused over the probability of a large
amount of rich bottom lands being in
undated as a result of a large dam to
be erected below town.' It is stated
that the proposed dam will back water
from 10 to 15 feet deep for something
like 15 miles up the river. It is said
this will cover most of the valuable
bottom lands, back up tributary
streams, requiring ferries to cross
what are now small creeks, cover
bridges, damage property and it Is
claimed will endanger the health of
the citizens of Spencer by closing the
sewer outfalls and render the whole
section of the country unhealthy. An
organisation composed of more than
100 farmers in Rowan and Davidson
has been organized and counsel em
ployed to stop the erection of the dam
if possible. This organization is head
ed by Mr. Phillips, a well known
Davidson farmer.
Socialist May Be Mayor.
Asheville. The temporary home or
more than 3.000 soldiers who are here
to recover from the effects of the
deadly gasses of modern warfare, the
residence of the first North Carolinian
to fall flehting against Germany,
holder of a creditable record for over
subscribing all important war drives,
Asheville faces the probability of be
ing governed during the next four
years by a socialist Henry J. Oliver,
candidate for mayor, whose chances
just now seem excellent, is no passive
socialist and his favorable candidacy
is the result of a unique situation in
municipal politics. He is a success
ful merchant and investor with a
strong personal following and a cam
paign management which seems Just
now to have the call on the other two
andidates.
Arrest of Blockaders.
Wilmington. Acting on a tip re
ceived by phone from Rocky Point, a
station of the A. C. L. north of Wil
mington, the police met a big Hudson
car at the city gates and arrested
white man and two negroes seized 24
nuarts of whiskey and confiscated the
automobile which belongs to one of
the negroes, and which will be sold at
public auction. The white man was
B. H. Nace, a shipyard worker and h
is charged with having the whiskey.
though he denies It is his.
Gift to College.
Greensboro. At a meeting here of
the trustees of the Greensboro College
for Women, an institution under con
trol of the western North Carolina
Methodist conference, announcement
was made that J. A. Odell, a retired
merchant of this city, had made a gift
of $100,000 to the institution, the
money to be expended in the erection
of an auditorium and conservatory lor
the music department. Plans for the
building will be prepared at once and
construction begun early this sum
mer. Plans of Power Company.
Hendersonville. At the request of
Dr. Morse, chairman of the industries
committee of the board of trade, John
A. Law of Spartanburg, S. C, ad
dressed a Joint meeting of the indus
tries committee and of the executive
committee of the board of trade.
The object of this meeting was to
have the power companies represen
tative place before the people or tms
c't approximately what they intend
to do an to express the companv's at
titude toward this city as a field for
industrial development.
Mayor McNeill Defeated.
Fayetteville. In a second municipal
primary here J. D. McNeill. Incumbent,
was defeated by John Underwooa for
mayor by 190 votes out of 886 votes
cast. John J. Maloney, McNeill's
aldermanic candidate In second ward,"
was defeated by James A. Barnes.
Underwood candidate. Out of eight
wards Underwood carried six and with
the possible exception of one, the al
dermen of the eight wards are Under
wood men. The aldermen In all but
the second were chosen la the flnrt
nrimsx
downfall or tne communists.