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Record 1 ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, 1878; PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. JULY 31, 1919 VOL. XL NO. 52 HAM OJ0Lf& IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN IKE NEWS JFTHE SOUTH What Is Taking Place In The South. land Will Be. Found In . Brief Paragraphs Domestic Trade routes reaching every quar ter of the globj have been established by the shipping "board as a part of its program of converting the new Ameri can merchant marine fleet from war to peace work. A complete investigation of Post master General Burleson's conduct of office will be held by the house com mittee on expenditures in the postof- fice department. President Wilson favors promoting Rear Admiral Wiliam S. Sims, com mander of tin American naval fores overseas during the war, and Admiral William S. Benson, chief of naval oper ations, in recognition of their serv ices during the war. In the absence of laws governing the case criminal prosecution is be lieved to be unlikely to follow the halted inquest into the thirteen deaths resulting from a fall of a blaz ing dirigible through the roof of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, at Chicago. President Wilson has signed a Joint resolution authorizing him to invite others nations to send representatives to the world cotton conference to be held in New Orleans October 13 to 16, inclusive. Cotton producers will not oppose the world cotton conference to be held in New Orleans in October. It had been reported the association was suspi cious of the conference. The efforts of the organization are devoted entire ly to organization and not political or economical. Patrick Cudahy, president of Cuda- hy Brothers Company, packers, of Cudahy, Wis., died suddenly from apo plexy. Death occurred in Milwaukee, where he was endeavoring to recuper ate. He had retired, but assumed ac tive charge when his two sons went into the army. There is no reason or excuse for re strictions of any kind in the sale of suKar to consumers. In this country there is an abundance of refined su gar, and in Cuba there is on hand plenty of the raw product. Cuba will produce this year the larg est sugar crop in the history of the island. No one should pay more than 11 cents a pound now for the product. and it will probably go lower. The prosecution of the persons re- cenly indicted in connection with the mobbing of Frank Foukal, a prisoner in the Baldwin county, Alabama, jail, June 22, scored practically complete success when trial of 28 men indicted came to an abrupt end. Confessions of guilt were accepted by Assistant At torney General Wilkerson from all but two defendants. When the national house passed the drastic prohibition bill, a broad smile spread over the face3 of the prohibi tion leaders, for they realized that their work in the lower house was ended, and the measure was ready for the senate, where many of the restrict- tion may be modified or stricken out. A plan whereby Alabama would ;an nex all that part of the state of Flor ida west of the Apalachicola river, in cluding Pensacola, is being worked out by a number of leading citizens of both states. The South's peanut crop this year promises to be a million bushels larg er than last year's Alabama leads the South as a pea nut producer, growing more than one quarter of the country's output last year, but her crop this year shows a decrease. The known casualty list in Washing ton's race war is ten, including two deaths and two men probably dying. Of the dead one was a city detective, shf through the breast by a negro gii- Washington Senator Harris of Georgia introduc ed a resolution for an investigation of the packers, which was passed with out debate. Ten happy commanders of the'Amer- can expeditionary forces returned to the United States upon tho Cunaru line steamship Aquitania, which dock ed here. The party was headed by Lieut. Gen. Hunter Liggett, commander of the fiist army corps, and Maj. Gen, Joseph T. Dickman, who commanded the American army of occupation. At what was virtually an all-night session, the British house of com mons completed its consideration of both the German peace treaty and the Englo-French convention. Here is the invitation which is sum moning Republican senators to the white house to discuss the treaty of peace and the league of nations: "My Dear Senator: "Matters. of so great a consequence are now under con sideration that I would very much ap preciate an opportunity to have a talk with you about the treaty and all that it involves. Sincerely yours, Wood row Wilson. Dr. Chao-Chu Wu, one of the Chinese delegates to the peace conference, has arrived in Washington to discuss the Shantung settlement with senators and officials. Fifty Americans have bene murder ed in Mexico -in the last 28 months, but not one Mexican has been prose cuted for the murder of an American citizen. . The most serious of the recently growing list of attacks on Americans in Mexico has come to light in Wash ington. A boatload of American sail ors from the U-. S. S., Cheyenne were held up in the Temesi river on, July 6, within nine miles of t&e "city of Tampico, nd tbe. sailors were robbed. The American flag- was , flying from the boat the time. ' President Wilson has informed the senate that the presence of American iroops is a "vital element" in the restoration and maintenance of traf fic on the Siberian railroad and that under the agremeent with Japan they couia not De withdrawn only when the uxulbu oiaies experts operating the road were withdrawn. The president says Siberia can be protected from a further period of chaos and anarchy only by keeping the railroad open and that the people there are lookine to the United States and the allies for economic asistance. Major General Graves, says Presi dent Wilson, has been directed specifi cally not to interfere in Russian af- xairs, but- to co-operate in rehabili tating the Siberian railroad, under the direction of the inter-allied committee. Attorney" General Palmer declares that the whole fight against him was conceived and carried on by Germans opposed to his work -as alien property custodian in breaking up the German industrial army in the United States. As to paying excessive fees, the attor ney general says that is all "bunco.' mi . . x ue suggestion tnat congress au thorize the use of the powerful naval rauio station ior commercial mes sages seems to meet general aprpoval in the house. It is believed the wireless will prove a big factor in establishing much more satisfactory relations with the Orient Messages across the Pacific are now delayed nearly a week. President Wilson is requested by the senate to lay the proposed Franco- American treaty before the senate, in a resolution offered by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. Immediate sale of the $120,000,000 surplus stock of foodstuffs held by the war department under a plan which will "insure opportunity for the peo ple of the United States to buy" is recommended by the ten Republican members of the house war investigat ing committee. The Svj Democratic members withheld decision, pending a review of evidence taken bya sub committee. Two gigantic ocean liners, larger j than any ships now afloat and design ed to cross the Atlantic in four days, are to be built by the shipping board. They will be 1,000 feet long and of 30 knots speed and will be equipped for use as commerce destroyers in the event of war. Foreign The German premier has issued a warning to the country against hasty revolution. He admitted that the great masses of the people had just ground for discontent, and said it was the gov ernment's task to alleviate their suf ferings. Bulgarian oppressions in eastern Macedonia loom up as ominous as the Turkish atrocities in Armenia. Dur ing the period of occupation of that territory they reduced the population by almost one hundred thousand, of which thirty-two thousands were in deaths caused hunger and ill-treat ment This statement comes from the inter-allied commission. Twenty thousand Russians, many of them barefoot and without rifles and unsupported by heavy artillery, com pose the northern Russian army, the front of which extends from the Fin nish coast to Pikov, and which is driv ing back toward Petrograd a Bolshe vik army four times as large, says a Paris statement A new political party has been born in Cuba, formed by a coalition of the most prominent leaders in the Liberal and Conservative parties, the purpose of which is to prevent interference ol other nations in Cuban affairs. Sixty Germans from Cologne, Ber lin and other cities have been arrested at Cc-blenz in connection with an al leged plot to defraud the government of millions of marks by eliminating competitions at auctions of army sup plies. A serious military revolt is reported from Croatia, which is said to be tak ing the form of a movement for sepa ration from Serbia and the formation of a republic. The railroads and tele graphs are tied up from Casktorneys southward. It is possible that former Emperor William may not be tried in London, it has been announced in the uppn house. The house of Lords of Britain has passed the peace treaty and the Angle- French treaty through all stages. .King George is eager to show ap preciation of the services of David Lloyd-George during the war. George will not accept a peerage, and it is stated that the king may create him a Knight of the Garter, the highest gift the king can bestow. vHenry Morgenthau, former United States ambassador to Turkey, has been made a commander of the Legion oi Honor by the French government As . a protest against the increase of six shillings in the price cf coal, which came into effect following the refusal of the English miners 'feder ation to accept a compromise on the wage and other questions, thousands of minen. in the Mansfield district ol Nottinghamshire refused to go down into the pits. Lloyd-George told the British house of commons, replying to his critics, who believe that the ex-kaiser should be tried in a neutral country, that the ex-kaiser must be treated as a crimi nal, and that "whoever comes to Brit ain for trial will receive a trial equal to the highest traditions of the Brit ish nation, and there are none highei in the world." Lloyd-George, British premier, says: If war is to be abolished it must be treated not as an honorable game with the prospect of personal glory, but as a crime." The British house of commons unanimously passed the second read ing of the peace treaty. Two hundred thousand Yorkshire, England, miners are out on strike for an increase in wages. The fu-i peace conditions of the allied and associated powers are now in the hands of the Austrians. The first section of the terms were pre sented to the Austrian delegates St Ge. xu&in on June 2. The final sections were delivered to them at the same j?lace without ceremony, by M. Dutsta, secretary . general of the Besot eoafereace) RULE OF CARUZA NOT GOVERNMENT THE HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARS THAT MEXICO IS RULED BY OUTLAWS ABSOLUTELY. itSTiONY MOST EMPHATIC Witness States President Wilson Was Misled in Recognizing Carranza as "The People's Champion. Washington. Carranza's rule of Mexico is "not a government but a band of outlaws, both technically and practically," and "today it is utterly impossible, an enemy of its own peo ple first and America second," William Gates, of Baltimore, an archaeologist told the house rules committee in its hearings on the Gould resolution pro posing a congresional inquiry into Mexican affairs. Although asserting that President Wilson was misled in making his decision to recognize Carranza, believ ing the Mexican to be a "people's champion," Gates declared in favor of leaving the solution 'of the Mexican problem with the President The President, he said, had not been fully informed of conditions in the south ern republic. Gates said his opinions were based on a first-hand study of Mexican con ditions for about a year beginning in July, 1917, during which time he visit ed parts of the country usually not seen by a traveler, including the states of . Yucatan, Vera Cruz, Pueblo, Mor ales and Oaxaca. Carranza's control includes the main ports and the railroads, with ad joining territory for a mile on each side the transportation lines. Gates ascerted. This control, he said, was that "of a body of soldiers, who are ready to shoot at a moment's notice In a country where nobody else has any gun." DEFENSIVE FRENCH TREATY IS SOON TO BE PRESENTED. Washington. The special defensive treaty with France, which republican senators have declared President Wil son is withholding from the senate in violation of its own terms, probably will be submitted for ratification with in a few days. To a group of democratic senators with whom he talked at the cajMtol late today, the President indicated that the treaty, which promised Amer ican aid to France in case of an un provoked attack from Germany, would be laid before the senate certainly before Mr. Wilson begins his country wide speaking tour. It was said he probably would not present it in per son but would send with it a written message urging its ratification. DAYS OF THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT NUMBERED. Warsaw. The days of the present government are numbered. A con certed attack has been made from all sides in the last week, and neither so cialists nor national democrats have spared the government. It is certain that a vote of a lack of confidence could be obtained against it any day, but a vital division is being postponed until the return of Paderewski. The government's chief virtue is that it succeeded in existing when no party combination could have stood. It does not consist of the ablest men available. 28 ORPHANAGES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN ARMENIA Paris. Twenty-eight orphanages have been established in the Armenian republic, acording to a report on the situation there made public. In the region of Erivan, in Trans-Caucasia, there were said to be 15,000 orphans and in Georgia $3,000 more, all of whom are maintained at the expense of the American Relief (Association. ONLY ONE BODY BROUGHT BACK TO UNITED STATES Washineton As far as war de partment records, the body of one deceased member of the American ex peditionary forces, that of Lieutenant Warren C. Harries, son of Brigadier General George H. Harries, has been returned from France to the United States. This was revealed through publication of a report submitted to a house war investigating committee by Major General George W. Burr, as sistant chief of staff. PESSOA INAUGURATED PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL Rio Janeiro. 'Dr. Epitaclo Pessoa was inaugurated tenth president of Brazil in the senate chamber. The ceremony was simple, but impressive. The chamber was filled with sena tors and members ofthe chamber of denuties. The entire diplomatic corps, including special ambassadors representing the United States and several South American countries were seated on the tribunals. FEW AMERICANS INTERRED IN FRANCE UNIDENTIFIED New York. Less than one half of One per cent of the American sol diers who died on the battleelds or France were buried unidentified, ac cording to Colonel Joseph S. Herron, nf Cincinnati, who returned here. The men under Colonel Herron'a command removed the dead from the temporary e-rnvM dnsr for them under Are at night m th field where they fell and laid them to rest ta larga eeaeentratlon cmtri?s. HOPEFUL THAT AIR WILL SOONBE CLEAR MISSOURI SENATOR HAS LONG INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT ON TREATY SUBJECTS. MAT ACCEPT RESERVATIONS Spencer Told Wilson That Unless He Agreed to Certain QualifiQcations Treaty Could Not Be Ratified. Washington. Diplomatic discus sions with Japan over the Shanttme provision in the peace treaty have reacnea a stage where President Wil son is represented as very hopeful of aeveiopments within a few days that will clear the air and remove much of the opposition to the provision in the senate. This interpretation of the Presi dent s expectations was expressed by benator Spencer, republican. Mis souri, after a long talk with Mr. Wil son about the treaty. Senator Spencer discussed with the President the subject of reservations in senate ratification of the treaty, taking with him to the White House a draft of five reservations drawn up and submitted to the President, it is understood, at the suggestion of Chair man Lodge, of the foreign relations committee. The reservations covered the Mon roe doctrine, withdrawal, Shantung, national determination of domestic is sues and independence of action un der Article 10. Mr. Spencer told the President that without some such qualifications the treaty never could be ratified, while if .they were includ ed ratification would come quickly. EX-SOLDIERS MAY RENEW THEIR INSURANCE POLICY Washington. Discharged service men who let their government insur ance lapse were given the privilege of reinstating their policies within 18 months without payment of back pre miums, under an order signed by Sec retary Glass. The new reinstatment regulation, one of a number under consideration designed to make it possible for every discharged soldier, sailor and marine to continue government insurance after return to civil life, is regarded as the most liberal ever offered by any insurance organization. The only re quirement is that the man requesting reinstatement must be in as good health as at the time of discharge and must pay the premium for the one month in which he requests reinstate ment COTTON GROWERS NOT TO OPPOSE WOBLD CONFERENCE New Orleans. Cotton producers will not oppose the world cotton con ference which is to. be held here in October, according to W. B. Thomp son, of New Orleans, in making public a telegram from J. S. Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton as sociation. The Wannamaker telegram was sent from Atlanta after a two-day con ference there of the cotton associa tion. It follows: "We regret exceedingly that the impression has been formed that we are fighting the world cotton confer ence. We have not pitched any fight on the conference. However, as a re sult of your telegrams, the entire mat ter has been adjusted." PALMER SAYS FIGHT AGAINST HIM MADE BY HUN INTERESTS. Washington. Attorney General Palmer, appearing before the senate judiciary committee to make final re ply to charges put forth in an effort to prevent confirmation of his nomina tion, declared the whole fight aaginst him was conceived and carried on by representatives of German interests because of his work as alien property custodian in breaking up the German industrial army in the Unittud States. BRITISH MINERS ACCEPT THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFER London. The Miners' Federation accepted the government's offer of new piece rates for coal mining and rec ommended that all the miners' unions accept the proposition and return to work. The Yorkshire miners will meet and decide whether they will ac cept the proposition of the govern ment, although Herbert Smith, leader of the Yorkshire miners declined to express an opinion on the matter. NO LICENSE TO IMPORT GERMAN DYESTUFFS YET Washington. No license allowing theimportation of German dyestuffs into the United States will be issued for the present the var trade board section ofthe state department an nounced. Reasons for the refusal, as given In the statement, are that congress Is now considering the establishment of ! a permanent policy towards dyestuffs importations, which make licensing inadvisable. SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE OF SEAMEN IN SIGHT New York. Terms for settlement of the seamen's strike which has tied;up shipping from Portland, Me., to Gal veston, Tex., were agreed upon -by representatives of the United States shipping board, American Steamship Association and International Sea men's Union. It was announced tha these terms, before becoming effect ive must be ratified by the seamen at meeting! In the prinopal peril which will eM at enii WILSON APPROVES PALMER'S COURSE ATTORNEY GENERAL RENEWING FIGHT FOR CONFIRMATION OF HIS APPOINTMENT. VIGOROUS REPLY TO CHARGES Improper Administration of Affairs of Office Charged by Indiana and New York Lawyers. v i Wasaington.-A. Mitchell Palmer, before the state judiciary sub-committee, renewed his fight for senate confirmation of bis nomination as at torney general and vigorously defend ed his administration as alien prop erty custodian. He replied to charges of Improper administration of alien property, made by Harold Remington, a New York lawyer, and Leslie S. Ken nard, an Indiana attorney, holding a position in the alien property custo dian's office. General charges of improper admin istration were made by Mr. Kennard in a statement recently submitted to tha committee by Senator New, and answered by Mr. Palmer, who pre sented an affidavit from Mr. Kennard repudiating his previous statement. Referring to the statement of Mr. Kennard, Mr. Palmer said he had learned that Horace Stilwell, of An derson, Ind., an uncle of Kennard, had had Senator New present Kennard's statement to the committee in exec utive session. Kennard was said by the attorney general to be "an incon spicuous $2,000 clerk" in the custo dian's office and not in a position to have information bearing on his charges. One of Mr. Kennard's charges, Mr. Palmer stated, was that he, Palmer, had failed to seize property of Turk ish subjects in this country. "In the first place," Mr. Palmer re plied, "there wasn't very much Turk ish property in this country. Besides there was a very good diplomatic rea son fear of barbarous reprisals upon Americans in Turkey. The President approved of my course in that mat ter." "BEAT YOUR PRISONERS OR BE BEATEN YOURSELVES. Washingt-a. Effort to fix responsi bility of superior officers for mal treatment of American military pris oners in detention camps and jails in and near Paris will be made by a house Investigating committee next week, Chairman Johnson announced that former sergeant, Clarence Ball, who is serving a six months' sentence at Fort Jay, New York, for mistreat ing prisoners while he was a guard at one of the camps, would appear be fore the committee. "Beat the prisoners or be beaten yourselves," is the choice that Ball says was given him by superior offi cers, according to a letter written by Ball to Representative Dallinger, Mas sachusetts, who turned it over to the committee. At prison farm No. 2, where Ball was an "assistant" of Lieutenant "Hard Boiled" Smith, who also is in prison for maltreatment of soldiers, Ball's letter asserts that he and other guards did their "best not to misuse the prisoners, and it did not suit Smith. JAPANESE GOVERNMENT FULLY AWARE OF SENATE SENTIMENT Washington. Katsuji Debuchi, Jap anese charge d'affairs, visited the state department and discussed with various officials the Shantung settle ment provision of the peace treaty. In this connection it was learned that the Japanese government had been ad vised fully of the strength of senti ment developed in the senate favor ing the restoration of Shantung to China and also that that government was aware of the understanding con veyed in the White House statement that it speedily would clarify the sit uation by some declaration of its pur pose regarding Shantung. GOVERNOR FOSS AN ADVOCATE OF GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP Washington. Eugene N. Foss, for mer governor of Massachusets, advo cating government ownership of all public utilities, and James L. Quack- enbush, counsel for the Interboro Rapid Transit Company, of New York who declared Mr. Foss proposals were "stuff" and "nonsense," gave the elec tric railway commission the liveliest session since its started its investiga- ways in ths country. IMMEDIATE SALE OF SURPLUS FOODSTUFFS RECOMMENDED Washington. 'Immediate sale ofthe $120,000,000 surplus stock of food stuffs held by the war department un der a plan which will "insure oppor tunity for the people of the United States to buy" was recommended by the 10 Republican members of the house war investigating committee. The five Democratic committeemen withheld decision, pending a review of evidence taken by a sub-commmittee. U. C. V. CONVENTION IS TO BE HELD IN ATLANTA Atlanta. Ga. The United Confeder ate veterans have accepted the invi tation of Atlanta to hold their annual convention here during October, it was announced in telegrams to chair man of the citizens' committee from Gen. K. H. Van Zandt, commander-in- chief of the veterans. With the veterans of the Civil War will come the Daughters of the Confed eracy and the Soni of tha Confe4r aey a&4 affUiatafl orr&Biiatloaai A PLAN FOR SOME INTERPRETATIONS FORMER PRESIDENT SUGGESTS IDEA TO PREVENT RADICAL CHANGES IN TREATY. WILSON MAY NOT BE AVERSE Mr. Taft's Suggestions Contained in Letter to Republican Chairman Hayes, Caused a Sensation. Washington. A plan for "interpre tations" in senate acceptance of : the league of nations has been suggested by former President Taft in the hope of uniting on a middle ground enough democratic and republican senators to defeat any radical amendment of the covenant and in the end obtain its ratification. The suggestion has been received with earnest consideration by the group of republicans who favor the league idea and who already are at work on a definite program of inter pretative reservations which they de clare they have reason to believe will be accepted by the administration. The administration leaders however, unwilling to concede that any reser vations will be necessary, still insist they will have the votes when the time comes to ratify the covenant as it is. s So confident are the league repub licans of the success of their plan that some of them believe President Wil son will publicly accept it to smooth the way to acceptance of the league. Some republican senators who have seen the President in the last few days have come away from the White House with the impression that Mr. Wilson while not encouraging reser vations if they can be avoided, might not be adverse to such interpretations as would leave the league fabric unim paired. They say, however, that this impression is not based on any direct statement by the President. Mr. Taft's suggestion, which created a sensation in the senate because of his well known advocacy of unreserv ed ratification, was embodied in two letters to Will H. Hayes, the republi can national chairman, copies of which reached some republican senators. MEXICAN NEWSPAPERS ASSERT WE PLAN ARMED INTERVENTION Mexico City. The constantly in creasing space devoted by Mexico City newspapers during the past few weeks to the relations between the United States and Mexico culminated in the issue of an extra edition by El Universal carrying the seven column headline, "Mexico and the United States." Underneath is another seven column headline in smaller type say ing, "United States press affirms prep erations continue for armed interven tion; General Dickm&u, chief of southern operations." MORALE OF BOTH "WHITE" AND "RED" ARMIES REPORTED BAD. Helsingfors. The military situa tion, in spite of the recent release of the "white force" and the decline in morals consequent to the deficiency of munitions and equipment, neverthe less does not warrant excessive appre henbion. The white forces, which were hard pressed, are now holding the enemy and pushing him back on the right and in the center, while farther east the Esthonlan cavalry have made a brilliant raid and cut the Bolshevist communications, taking many villages. The whole of the Bolshevist morale is also far worse than is supposed. OVER 2,000 MEN PATROL STREETS OF WASHINGTON Washington. Streets of the nation al capital were patrolled again by a force of cavalry, infantry and marines numbering more than 2,000 men, no precaution being overlooked by the authorities against a renewed out break of the race riots which have oc curred on four successive nights. PERMANENT ORGANIZATION OF COTTON ASSOCIATION PLNNED Atlanta, Ga. Plans decided on to aid in the permanent organization of the American Cotton Association In cluded the formation of a campaign executive committee of 250 members and the selection of Atlanta as head quarters fr the membership campaign. The 11 present directors will form the nucleus for the campaign execu tive committee and will nominate the additional members who wlil be ap portioned to the cotton states. BATTLEGROUND IN CONGRESS NOW SHIFTED TO SENATE Washington. The battleground In Congress over prohibition enforce ment le&rislation shifted from tne house to the senate. The bill, passed bv a majority of almost 3 to 1 in tne house, was transmitted to the senate and referred to the judiciary commit tee. Considerable delay -n senate action on thebill generally is expected al though prohibition" advocates are ex pected to urge all speed possible. REPRESENTATIVE RAGSDALE DIES SUDDENLY AT CAPITAL Washington. The body of Represen tative Raesdale. of South Carolina,, who died here suddenly while in the ofiice of his physician awaiting treat ment for heart trouble, will be taken tn tha Rarsdale home in Florence, S. C-where the funeral services will be held. TmmaiHatelv after his death, word was sent to Congress and bote, bouse adjourned In respect .to tne memory of ths dM9l4 ffiBWV TEMPORARY HALT IN CONTROVERSY RATIFICATION WRANGLE SIDE TRACKED IN CONSIDERATION OF COLUMBIAN TREATY. $25,000,000 IS INVOLVED Information on Shantung Matter May Cause Decided Change In Trend of Debate on Treaty Subjects. Washington. Senate controversy over the peace treaty with its league of nations covenant will be halted temporarily this week to allow consid eiation of the long pending Colombian treaty. However, the peace treaty and related subjects aro expected to bo to the fore every day, If not on tho floor of the senate, at least in the cloakrooms and in conefrences. While the senate considers the two ticaties, the house will be occupied with a rush of legislation preparatory to the planned recede of five weeks. The Colombian treaty involving the payment of $25,000,000 to that repub lic resulting from the partition of Panama but with the original clause expressing America's "regret" for the loss by Colombia of Panama elimi nated by agreement between the state department and Colombia, will be taken up Tuesday by the foreign re lations committee. The treaty is ex pected to be reported by the commit tee and ratified by the senate prompts-Developments thought pobable in the treaty fight include statements by President Wilson outlining his stand on the proposal for ratification reser vations and giving new information as to the Shantung provision. Both of the expected statements would have a direct bearing on debate. The Shan tung provision is the subject of diplo matic discussions now in progress with Tokio designed to obtain publi cation of the secret understanding for restoration of the province or some other public declaration of Japan's in tentions. "OCCUPATION TAX" BRINGS GEORGIA SUIT. Macon, Ga. C. L. Peacock, tax col lector of Dodge County, and C. N. Mullis, sheriff of that county, and every other tax collector in the state of Georgia is made defendant in a suit filed in federal court here by the J. B. Colt Company of New York, seek ing a permanent injunction to prevent the collection of the state "occupation tax" provided in an act passed by the last session of the legislature. The company claims to have had a $400, 000 business in Georgia, in lighting plants, the past year. The action is based on alleged immunity found in Article 1, Section 8 of the constitution of the United States. Judge Beverly D. Evans fixed September 5 as the date for hearing the application for a permanent injunction. MARYLAND GOVERNOR TO GO AFTER PROFITEERS. Baltimore. Governor Harrington, of Maryland, Is planning to take action similar to that taken by Governor Cox, of Ohio, in dealing with food profiteers. He will immediately con sult Attorney General Ritchie m ref erence to what legal steps he can take under the Maryland laws. He propos es, first to locate by Investigation the responsibility for the high cost of liv ing, and, then with the desired infor mation on band to ascertain how far he can proceed with criminal prosecu tions. PRESIDENTS SWING AROUND CIRCLE MAY BEGIN AUG. 5 Washington. An announcement re garding President Wilson's forthcom ing trip to the Pacific coast is expect ed from the white house. Mr. Wilson is said to have under consideration an itinerary calling for his departure from Washington August 5. CZECHOSLOVAKIA SENDS PROTESTS TO BELA KUN Prague. In the name of the Czecho slovak government, Premier Vlastll Tusar sent a strong note of protest to Bela Kun, Hungarian communist for eign minister concerning the aerial bombardment of Czechoslovak towns by the Hungarians. Premier Tusar In his note demand ed compensation likewise for the sacking of various factories, which he states was carried out by order of the Hungarian minlste rof Justice. LIEUTENANT COLONEL ANSELL FIRES HIS FIRST BROADSIDE Washlgnton -Lieut. Col. Samuel T. Ansell, who started the big row over military justice, fired his first broad side in his renewed fight, since his retirement from the army. Colonel Ansell makes public a letter written by him to George T. Page, president of the American Bar Association, in which he charges that at least two members of the special committee en tered into their duties with minds foreclosed. WIRELESS TELEPHONE USED IN WEDDING CEREMONY New York. Traveling 80 miles an hour, 2,000 feet in the air, Lieut Geo. Burgess of the army aviation corps and Miss Emily Schaefer of 'Brook lyn, were married by wireless tele phone. The ceremony was conducted by thtf Rev. Dr. Alexander Wouters from another airplane piloted by Lieut. Eugene H. Hartsdale, best man, while the machines circled above 200,000 persona attending a pollea ?! ir t ibf4 Sari OVER THE LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE SHOUT NOTES OF INTEREST TO CAROLINIANS. Raleigh. News comes to the state department of education that the Warren county school board and su perintend ency complications are now settled, and that the situation will -be normal by the time the schools open this fall. Chapel Hill The Carolina Playmak ers presented for the second time two folk plays written and produced dur ing the past session by students ia the University of North Carolina, un der the general direction of Prof. Frederick H. Koch. Large audiences of summer school students attended the plays. Mount Airy. Wesley Newman, far mer and saw mill man of some prom inence in his community, was arrested at his home, a few miles west of this city, by Sheriff Belton and Chief Monday, of the local police, upon a warrant charging him with criminal assault upon two daughters. Fayetteville. The Cape Fear river reached a height of 40 feet here as a result of heavy rains on the Cape Fear watershed during the past sev eral days. This Is five feet above the flood stage. The river may rise to a level of 45 feet before it subsides. Greensboro. Establishment of sales agency to represent the Thomas Morse (Aircraft Corporation ia this city was announced. The Morse Chain Company, of which Geo. W. Pritchett Is the southeastern representative, with offices in the Banner building, will handle the business. Lenoir. The pastors of the differ ent churches of Lenoir have put them selves on record as being opposed to modern dances. 'Wadesboro This section of the county for the past tew d.iys hae been visited by a downpour of rain, and work on the farms has been sus pended. Greensboro. This dty will maks an effort to be placed on the proposed air mail route through the south, ao cordlng to Garland Daniel, secretary tC the chamber of commerce. Hickory In spite of the fact that there appeared to be more misunder standing in. the recent bond election here than any other kind, the result ' of the ballot shows that the good roads lost by 271 votes. Wilmington. The body of 1 J -year-old Precllla Moore, daughter of Serrt and Mrs. Ashley Moore of Fort Cas well, who fell overboard' and was lost in the Cape fear River, was found three miles up stream. Fayetteville. Cumberland county authorities have given out the con tract for the erection of a concrete bridge over Lock's creek, three and a half miles from Fayetteville, to re place the present wooden struotnre. Reidsvllle. The Reldsvllle pufelie school system Is rapidly being reor ganised to meet a rigid enforcement of the compulsory school law, and to give to the children of ReldslvIIe a complete high school course operat ed on the basis of a standard h.gh school. Aihevllle. M. K. Webber, for the past few years principal of the high school, has been appointed by the city commissioners to the position of superintendent of city schools. Winston-Salem. Local fee dealers see an early end of the Ice famine now gripping the city. Broken ma chinery In one of the largest manu facturing plants here has crippled production to such an extent that the situation was beginning to grow alarming. Raleigh. Since the 1919 budget pro Tided no emergency funds for any no tfoeiLble municipal improvements the city commissioners are considering the question of issuing $10,000 or bonds for sewer extension. The extension would be made specially for the elim ination of surface closets in the city. Fayetteville. A rise to 65 feet ia expected in the Cape Fear river here, according to a warning received by Frank Glover local weather observer, , based on continued rains on the Cape Fear watershed. Washington. Senator Simmons and Representative Godwin have introduc ed a bill to increase the salary of the collector of customs for the district of North Carolina from $2,600 to $7,500. Kins ton. Extraordinary growth of the wholesale provisions business m this section is evidenced by the num ber of new concerns opening up here and at other points. Several big bnildings being erected will house new businesses or old established ones which have outgrown their quarters. ' Raleigh. Wake county commis sioners have chosen R. N. Childress, of Wendell, as county welfare com missioner. The new official takes up his duties August 1, being now sup ply pastor for a number of rural ciiurch.ee. Charlotte. Hundreds of Charlotte, citizens have been Inoculated against typhoid fever at the city health de partment during the last few weeks, aaderery day Dr. C. C. Hudson, city fctaltn officer, la giving tha strum, to tree t ntw applitantii I
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