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ATH-kM G :1 JuLJlC MECOED ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, 1878. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. DECEMBER 11, 1919 VOL.XLII. NO. 19. iPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN HE NEWS OF THE SOUTH What Is Taking Place In The 8outh. land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs foreign Ninety-eight men have been arrest ed ai Donora, a steel town on the Mouongaliela river, Pennsylvania, thir tv :nii s from Pittsburg, when troop ers oi the state police raided Lithua nian ball, headquarters of the district stee! workers of that district. A box containing $25,000 in gold coin shipped to the Anglo and London Faris National bank of San Francisco on the liner Korea Maru was found to contain scrap iron and metal wash ers w'aen opened by the consignee in Hong Kong, according to cable ad vices received by the bank and steam ship company in San Francisco. Mexican bandits at night raided the Clartao ranch, on the American side of the Rio Grande, eleven miles to the southeast of Zapata, Texas, es caping with provisions from a store on the ranch. Maudamus proceedings to compel Secretary Lansing to cancel the state department proclamation announcing ratification of the prohibition amend ment have been filed in the District of Columbia supreme court, Washington. Tie ground is that the required num ber of states have not yet acted on the constitutional amendment which enjoins nation-wide prohibition. Frani L. Polk, head of the United States delegation to the peace con ference, Paris, summoned Kurt von Lersner, chief of the German repre sentatives at Versailles, and told him Germany should not interpret as be ing in her favor any delay that might be encountered in ratifying the Ver sailles treaty at Washington, accord ing to newspapers. Speaking at Portypridd, Wales, Sir George Hewart, attorney general, said the suggestion was not true that there was any dissensions or waverings with reference to the trial of former Em peror of Germany. An agreement which it is hoped will solve the Adriatic question has been prepared in Paris by the Amer ican, French and British peace repre sentatives for submission to Italy, ac cording to private dispatches received in London. The use of automobiles in Bermuda is not permitted. The American delegation to the peace conference, which was to have sailed from Brest -ior the United States on December 6, has postponed its departure for home. The change in the plans of the delegation is due to the failure of the Germans to sign the protocol ratifying the peace treaty. A serious earthquake occurred in western Asia Minor, seven villages in the districts of Soma and Balikesri being destroyed. Many persons were killed and injured. The French representatives in the peace conference are urging the dele gates from the United States to de lay their departure for home until the protocol is signed for putting into ef fect the peace treaty with Germany. December 1 was the date 6et for the exchange of ratifications of the peace treaty, no definite news was at hand regarding the intention of the German government. Sir Horace Plunkett, "who is chair man of the Dublin convention, and who has generally kept aloof from Irish politics during his long career of public service, has issued a warning that the announcement that hunger strikers will not be released from the jails in Ireland hereafter, if it is in tended to break the spirit of the Sinn Fein, will have he opposite effect. Washington The annual report of Secretary of the Navy Daniels, just made public, is a long and chatty relation of the ef ficient work of the sea forces of the United States during the great war and since the signing of the armistice. In his annual report, just issued, Secretary of Agriculture Houston tells in a brief way how the farmers of America helped to win the war and are saving the world from starvation by marvelously increased production cf foodstuffs. Extension of the coast guard serv ice to patrol all coastal and inland boundaries against the entry of unde sirable aliens is not practicable, Capt. W. E. Reynolds, commandant, said at a hearing before the house immigra tion committee. It is stated that Consul Jenkins, the American agent at Puebla, Mexico, has been released. This development is accepted generally as relieving re lations between the two governments. Counties of Southern states releas ed from the federal quarantine re strictions against the spread of cattle fever tick and tick fever which by order of the department of agriculture vere freed December 1, are announc ed by the bureau of animal industry. Another note to the Mexican gov ernment relating to the arrest and im prisonment of William O. Jenkins, con sular agent at Puebla, has been sent the state department to the em at Mexico City for presentation Wranza. state department has given out iiemnet anent the murder of k1 Wallace: "The department has vest illt.c,rme(l as a result of an in lace1SiU('a that a mule on which Wal empw riwng to the place of his , overturn1 Shied at a macnine un, mediat(.w!he Sun- Tne soldier im" striking wl Wallace, the bullet him inctanu,? lhe n6Ck &nd kiUiDg Five couvf-nt; international ilv3 ,jrught before the drafting commit,?" 0Eference the and will ubmt. ave been ad0Dted eovrorfp r6p,,Ved to tb" various Norman Hapgood, United States minister to Denmark, is returning to Washington leave to report on condi tions political, military and economic in Russia, it is learned from the state department. Mexico has 24 war-type airplanes mobilized at Chihuahua City alone, and i3 abtaining additional planes from Germany, according to war depart ment information. The war department has informa tion that former airplane pilots in the German army are in Mexico for serv ice in the army air forces there. Two senators, delegated by the for eign relations committee to confer with President Wilson on the Mexi can crisis and report whether in their opinion the president by reason of his iJlness was unabls to exercise his functions, left the white house after a conference of three-quarters of aD hour with him agreeing that he was in touch with recent developments, and was mentally keen enough to form judgments on the questions concern ing the nation. Increase of the rates of pay for enu merators of the fourteenth decennial census to four cents for each person enumerated and 30 cents for each farm reported, was announced by Di rector Sam L. Rodgers. Marine and shipyard strikes during the past year have cost the United States shipping board $37,000,000, ac cording to an estimate made public by the chairman of the board. This estimate- does not include the loss thus far sustained by the coal strike nor is there any attempt made to estimate loss which will be entailed if the coast wise longshoremen go on strike. Representative Joshua Willis Alex ander of Missouri has been appointed secretary of commerce to succeed William C. Redfield, in the president's cabinet. Congress got into full swing with the receipt of President Wilson's an nual message and inauguration of ac tual legislation in both senate and house. The senate has taken up the Cum mins railroad bill, hoping for its pass age before the Christmas holidays. House leaders have arranged for immediate attack on the annual ap propriation bills carrying almost five billions as submitted by the depart ments. Domestic Certain American concerns operat ing in Mexico ordered their border representatives to prepare for getting their American employes out of Mex ico. In some cases the definite in structions were given for immediate withdrawal of American employes from Mexico. The government was requested, either by legislation or by an execu tive order of the post-office depart ment to forbid the issuance by news papers of comic supplements and mag azine sections as a means of conserv ing print paper in resolutions adopted by publishers from Kansas and Mis souri. Ratification of the federal woman suffrage resolution was completed by the South Dakota legislature when the senate passed the measure. WTiliam Carlisle, the artful train robber, who for three weeks had laughingly defied civil, railroad and private detectives, wa3 captured neai Glend, Wyo. The bandit fought des perately until he fell from the many wounds he received, none of which will prove fatal. The South Dakota Republicans have endorsed Gen. Leonard Wood for the nomination for president. Thousand of cotton and woolen mill operatives in New England will receive an advance in pay. ' Trappers in the Adirondacks region, due to the unprecedented high prices paid for furs, are making from $300 to $500 a week. Henry Clay Frick, pioneer ironmas ter and one of the foremost art col lectors in the United States, died sud denly at his Fifth avenue home, New York, in his 70th year. The second five billion dollar con gress of ordinary peace times faded into the past when Secretary Glass, presenting the annual estimates, pro posed appropriations of five billion dollars for conducting the peace time activities of the government during the fiscal year 1920. One thousand soldiers under the command of Villa fell upon the eighti eth regiment of the federal army 21 miles north Santa Rosalia, Chihua hua, Mexico, 24 hours after the Cha pultepec officer, General Angeles, had been shot down by a firing squad, and massacred all but two members of the squad. Unlike its predecessor, the second industrial conference began behind closed doors. Newspaper men were asked to leave. Some of the dele gates opposed this move. Another American murdered in Mex ico, close on the imprisonment of Consular Agent Jenkins, coupled with reports of revolution in Mexico City, with Carranza in flight to Queretaro, though these reports were denied, are adding complexities that seem to force the already tense Mexican situation toward the long expected breaking point. Railroads, under federal control, made a net profit of eleven million dollars during the month of October. Wartime restrictions on the nation's use of coal, more stringent even than those applied during the war, were or dered into effect to stave off a cruel famine. Moved by reports of dimin ishing coal stock and growing danger of distress in numerous sections, the government sought no compromise with the striking mine workers whose walk-out forced the emergency, but asked for national determination to endure privation and discomfort until coal mining was resumed on its terms. Under the permanent chairmanship of Secretary of Labor Wilson, another attempt to harmonize relations be tween capital and labor has begun with the opening of the second indus trial conference call by President Wil son. Herbert Hoover was elected per manent vice chairman. Although a new effort for compro mise ratification of the peace treaty is expected to follow closely the re convening of congress, discussion among returning senators reveals lit tle optimism that the question will bt brought to a deeisiv tot set rl WMki ALLIES AGREE TO MGDIFY PROTOCOL SEVERAL FEATURES TO WHICH THE GERMANS OBJECT ARE TO BE ELIMINATED. TO GO TO HAGUE TRIBUNAL Imputation of 'Responsibility of tha Huns for Sinking of Scapa Flow Fleet Is Left in the Pretocol. , Paris. The allies have consented to modify some of the terms of the pro tocol putting the peace treaty into ef fect to which Germany has made ob jection. The clause providing for the indem nity for the destruction of the German fleet at Scapa Flow has been modified so as to refer to The Hague tribunal the question whether the delivery of the tonnage demanded will cripple Germany, it is understood. The understanding also is that the other features of the protocol most objectionable to the Germans have been eliminatel. It is expected that the German plenipotentiaries will sign the protocol without much further de lay. The final paragraph of the protocol providing that even after the peace treaty has gone into effect, the allies might use military measures of coer cion to ensure the execution of the treaties terms, has been eliminated entirely. The imputation of responsibility to Germany for the sinking of the Scapa Flow fleet is left in the protocol. AT REQUEST OF WILSON, FALL WILL NOT PRESS RESOLUTION. Washington. President Wilson would be "gravely concerned to see any such resolution pass the con gress," he "wrote Senator Fall in re ferring to the Fall resolution request ing the president to aever diplomatic relations with the Carranza govern ment. Senator Lodge said the committee had wished to assure the president of its support, but that even that appear ed undesirable. "Very well," he said, "he may deal with it" "It was what I expected," remarked Senator Hitchcock, after reading the president's letter. HABEAS CORPUS IS DENIED TO BERKMAN AND EMMA GOLDMAN New York. Federal Judge Mayer dismissed writs of habeas corpus ob tained by Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman to prevent their de portation to Russia and refused to ad mit them to bail. Federal District Attorney Caffey an nounced in court that the government planned to deport the two anarchists within two weeks. NORTH CAROLINA SENATOR HITS SUGAR BOARD HARD. . Washington. The sugar equaliza tion board was severely criticised by Senator Overman for compelling the people of North Carolina to buy sugar from New Orleans, when they had al ways bought It in New York. He charged that the action of the board is causing the people of the state to pay a great deal more for their sweets than people of the north and east are paying for It. PROOF PRODUCED CARRANZA PLOTTED REVOLUTION HERE Washington. Evidence that radi cals in Mexico with tle knowledge and support of President Carranza plotted to instigate a revolution in the United States and to seize the border states acquired by the American gov ernment in 1848 is contained in the memorapdum presented to President Wilson by Senator Fall, of New Mex ico, chairman of the foreign relations sub-committee investigating the Mexi can situation. UNSTINTED PRAISE GIVEN BY PERSHING TO DIXIE TROOPS. Savannah, Ga. Unstinted praise was glv.en southern troops for their valor and discipline during the world war by General Pershing, whose speech was the feature of the open ing of the Southern Commercial con gress. The distinguished visitor received an ovation upon his arrival.. The day's program Included In addition to General Pershing's address, a sight seeing trip to the harbor. TRANSMUTATION OF MATTER IS SOLVED BY RUTHERFORD. Paris.. Sir Ernest Rutherford, since 1907 Langworthy professor .nd direc tor of physical laborites at the Univer sity of Manchester, England, has solv ed the riddle of transmutation of mat ter, the secret sought by the anclenl alchemists, according to the Matin. Sir Ernest Rutherford is one. of th best known physicists in the world. He has devoted much attention in re 'cent years to radio activity. OF 18 STATES IN BAPTIST DRIVE 14 EXCEEDED QUOTA Nashville, Tenn. Fourteen of the 18 states included in the. drive foi funds in the Baptist $75,000,000 cam, paign were over the top when the cam paign" headquarters w.s formally dlB solved, here. , Additional returns from the remain ing four states, Alabama, Louisiana Missouri, and Southern Illinois, addec to the subscriptions from foreigi fields and other sources brought th .total to I S2,000(000. E BE ED URGENT SUMMONS IS SENT TO FIELD MARSHAL WILSON. TO CONSULT WITH FOCH. HAD ENOUGH FINGER-WAGGING Bomar Law Says Allies Can and. Will If Necessary, Force German Rati fication of Versailles Treaty. London. There was a persistent ru mor in the stock exchange that the supreme council of the peace confer ence had threatened Germany that un less the final peace terms ware agreed to, allied troops would occupy Essen and Frankfurt. Up to this time the market has not been affected by the report. Official announcement that Field Marshal Wilson has gone to Paris in response to "an urgent summons to consult Marshal Foch in connection with the peace treaty," is regarded by some morning newspapers as of con siderable significance, it is printed alongside the address made in Glas gow by Andrew Bonar Law, in which he said he believed the allies had the power, and if necessary, will exercise it, to Insure ratification of the Ver sailles treaty by Germany. It is sug gested that steps to exert pressure in Sermany may be imminent "There has been enough solema finger-wagging at the Germans, who have come to believe it safe to defy the al lies," says the Daily Mail, in comment ing on the situation. "A wise and merciful course would be to tell them plainly that if within a fixed time they do not comply with the allied condi tions and fulfill the treaty terms, the blockade will be renewed." STATE DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED JENKINS HAS BEEN RELEASED. Washington. The American embas sy at Mexico City notified the state department that American Consular Agent William O'. Jenkins, at Puebla, Mexico,, had been released from cus tody. It was announced at the state de partment that the advices from the embassy said Jenkins had been liber ated from the penitentiary where ha had been pending trial on charges of giving false information regarding his abduction by Mexican bandits in Oc tober. , The embassy's dispatch reached the state department coincident with the arrival at the white house of Senators Fall and Hitchcock, who were instruct ed by the senate foreign relation com mittee to' discuss with the president pending resolutions proposing that the president be requested to sever diplo matic relations with the Carranza gor ernment. COUSIN OF ROOSEVELT MAKES DEBUT ON STAGE AT PARIS Paris. Miss Hilda Roosevelt, lousing of the late Colonel Roosevelt, made her first appearance at the) Opera Comique in "Manon." Newspa per critics praise her operatic debut highly. PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE TO BE CURTAILED IN SOUTH Atlanta, Ga. General curtailment of passenger train service throughout the southern region of the United States railroad administration was announced at headquarters here. GOVERNMENT BEGINS ITS PROBE AT INDIANAPOLIS Indianapolis. Henry S. Mitchell, BpecTal assistant to Attorney General Palmer, arrived in Indianapolis to aid in the federal grand jury investiga tion of charges of alleged violation of the Lever act and anti-trust laws. NOTHING FOR PUBLICATION ON CABINET PROCEEDINGS Washington. The Mexican and caol situations and other matters were dis cussed at a meeting of President Wil son's cabinet which continued for two and a half hours, but none of the departmental heads would make a statement. Secretary Lansing, wh ocalled the session, said there was nothing to be given out, but conceded that the Mexican problem had occupied the cabinet's attention part of the time. COUNCIL DECIDES COERCION ONLY IMPRESSIVE ARGUMENT Paris. Coercion is the only argu ment likely to make an impression upon the Germans and induce them to sign the protocol of the peaoe treaty. It is said this conclusion wa reached at the secret session of the council of five when Marshal Foch "was present It is represented, that Marshal Foch undertook to execute the plan ha drafted last June, the mere ; threat of which brought German plenipotenti aries to Versailles. EFFORTS OF TEN GOVERNORS MARK PROGRESS OF STRIKE Chicago. Efforts of governors of at least ten states to have sufficient coal mined, to provide! for domestic con sumers and absolutely essential in dustries marked the progress of the strike of bituminous coal miners. '. Restrictions had been placed on con' sumption of fuel throughout the coun try from New York City to the Sierra Nevada mountains as the general situ ation at the mines snored virtually no improvement, GERMAN BLOCKAD M AY RENEW THE SUGAR BOARD TO BE DISSOLVED GOVERNMENT WILL PROSECUTE OFFENDERS UNDER TERMS OF LEVER FOOD ACT. ' HOLDS CONGRESS AT FAULT Determination of Department to A ban don Its Program Gives Leeway for Further Rise In Price of Sugar. Washington. Abandonment of gov ernmental attempts to control the dis tribution and sale of sugar wai an. nouncedby Attorney General Palmer. "A conference has been held be tween representatives of the sugar equalization board and department of justice officials in which the sugar situation was revjewed," Mr. Palmer said. "The department has neither the power nor the facilities with which to control the purchase or dis tribution of sugar. The only govern mental body having this power, is the sugar equalization board, and its con trol terminates December 31. "The Congress, although requested to do so, has failed to extend the life of the board. The department of Justice will confine Its efforts in the future to the enforcement of provis ions of the Lever food control act by prosecuting all instances of sales of sugar for an unjust and unreasonable profit. Determination of the department of Justice to abandon its program was said to give full leeway for a rise in sugar prices. AGREEMENT MADE BY POWERS INTENDED TO SATISFY ITALY. London. An agreement which it is hoped will solve the Adriatic question, has been prepared in Paris by the American, French and British peace representatives for submission to Italy Frank L. Polk, under-secretary of state, and Premier Clemenceau are declared already to have signed the agreement. It is understood Great Britain is prepared to sign, upon which the agreement will be handed over to the Italian plenipotentiary in Paris. The nature of the proposals is not stated, but they are said to have been framed with a view to satisfying the Italian people. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL Washington. A surplus of $2,342. 851 In postoffice operations for th fiscal year. 1919 was announced in th annual report of Postmaster General Burleson. An aggregate surplus of more thaa $35,000,000 as compared to an ag gregate deficit of more than $59,000, 000 for the preceding seven year pe riod is shown in an appended table. RESOLUTION PRESENTED TO DECLARE WAR ENDED Washington. iA Joint resolution de daring the war with Germany "at an end" was introduced by Representa. tlce Tinkham, Republican, Massachui setts- He indicated he had acted at the suggestion of Republican leaders in the senate, end said he would ask aly consideration by the foreign af fairs committee. REPORT OF CAPTURE OF VILLA DECLARED UNTRUE El Paso, Tex. Andres Garcia, con sul general here for Mexico, received telegram from military haedquarters at Chihuahua City which said that the reported capture of Francisco Villa near Parral was not true. CUT PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE IN SOUTHWE8T. St. Louis. Reduction of passenger train service one-third in the southi western region as a coal conservation measure was ordered by Regional Di rector B. F. Bush. LEADERS OF MINE WORKERS APPEAR AND GIVE BOND Indianapolis, Ind. Headed toy Act ing President John L. Lewis, six gen eral and district officials of the United Mine Workers of .America appeared at the federal building and surrendered to United States Marshal Mark Sto ren, who had capiases for their ar rest. , The men provided bonds of $10,000 teach, which were furnished by a sure ty company. The hearing will be held next week. GREAT BRITAIN HAS AGREED TO ASSIST THE FRENCH. Paris Terms of the tripartite agreement guaranteeing Fra nee against unprovoked attack by Ger many will be carried out by Great Britain regardless of whether the Uni ted States, the other participant, rat ifies the pact according to newspa pers here, which state that negotia tions to this end have been almost completed. It would become operative when both Great Britain and the Uni ted States ratified it. SENATE COMMITTEE WILL SEE SEC. LANSING BEFORE ACTING . Washington. Secretary Lansinf will be called before the senate for .elgn relations committee before ac tlon is taken on the resolution of Sen ator Fall, Republican, New Mexico, requesting President Wilson to sever diplomatic relations with Mexico. '. Decisions to cal? Mr. Lansing for s 'discussion of the Mexican questior was reached by tin committee aftei two-hours' tmttei behind dosed Soors. GERMANY DECLINES TO SIGN PROTOCOL ATTITUDE TAKEN CONSIDERED AS CONFIRMING REPORTED CHANGE IN 8ENTIMENT. RESIST INDEMNITY DEMANDS Supreme Council Has Addressed Note of Protest to Germany Against the Increase of Hun Armament Paris. Germany has decided not to sign the protocol presented to her by the allies as a condition of putting the peace treaty In effect, the peace con ference has been notified. It was learned that Baron Kurt von Lersner, head of the German delega tion here, called on Secretary Dutasta of the conference and told him that Germany had made such a decision. This attitude is taken as confirming reports of a sharp reaction in Ger many within the last fortnight. Train ed observers of German developments have expressed to members of the peace conference the view that there has been a complete transformation of the situation in Germany and that it is due to the failure of the United States senate to ratify the peace trea ty. These observers declare that while the vast majority of the Germans, be fore the senate's adjournment, desired the peace treaty ratified as soon as possible, they are now supporting the government's attitude In resisting the demands of the allies for indemnity for the sinking of the German fleet at Scapa Flow, recompense for which was provided in the protocol. The supreme council has addressed a note to Germany protesting against the increase of Germany's armament, contrary to the provisions of tha peace treaty. TRAINMEN WILL NOT HANDLE COAL MINED BY VOLUNTEERS. Pittsburg, Kas. Railroad trainmen at Frontenac have refused to handle cars containing coal mined by the state's volunteer miners. WILSON MENDING FINELY, SAYS ADMIRAL GRAYSON. Washington. President Wilsoa is getting better and his progress is causing satisfaction, Rear Admiral Grayson, the President's physician said, adding that from his standpoint everything was going fine. CARRANZA EMPOWERED TQ SETTLE JENKINS AFFAIR. Mexico City. The solution of diffi culties arising out of international af fairs with the United States were en trusted to President Carranza without legislative intrusion by the senate at a secret session held. VILLA CAPTURED BY HIS OWN MEN IS CURRENTLY REPORTED Jaurez, Mexico. Francisco Villa has been captured by .a force of his own men and is being held for a reward fro mthe Mexican government, accord ing to advices received here by Su perintendent Cabellero of the Chihua hua division of the National railways of Mexico. Two Villa rebels are reported to have presented themselves at the fed eral headquarters at Parral and noti fied the commander there that Villa had been captured and was being held for surrender to the Carranza forces. The state of Chihuahua has already offered 50,00 pesos as reward. Mexican officials here expressed the opinion that General Manzalo Escobar, commander of the Jaurez district, would proceed immediately to Chihua hua City for a conference with military officials. P W. Cabaliero, who received the news of the reported capture, is here on an Inspection tour in company with Colonel Paulino Fontes, director gen eral of the National railways of Mex ico. RESOLUTION INTRODUCED TO SEVER MEXICAN RELATIONS Washington, A resolution request ing President Wilson to sever diplo matic relations with Mexico was in troduced by Senator Fall, New Mexico, chairman of the senate committee charged with an investigation of the Mexican situation. Explaining his res olution, which also asked that the president withdraw recognition of Car ranza, Senator Fall declared it was based on evidence which would "as tound the world" when produced. FAMILIES OF ANARCHISTS MAY ACCOMPANY DEPORTEES New York Famflies of anarchists are to be deported with them to soviet Russia, according to a telegram re ceived by Harry Weinberger, coun sel for Alexander Berkman and Emma Gdldmaa from Anithony Oaiminettl. "If you represent any alien ordered de ported to Russia who has a family, file your application for family to accom pany such alien and the same will be given consideration," the message said. ' . STANDARD OIL COMPANY HAS ORDERED TWO BIG TANKERS New York. Two tank steamers of 20,500 deadweight tons each, which will be the largest bulk oil carriers m the world, have been ordered by the Standard Oil Company, it was made known here. The tankers will have cargo capacity for 140,000 barrels. Recent estimates made by the tank executive of the United States shlp nin hoard tlace the fuel oil require ments of the United States far 19W at 88,000.099 barrels. CLOSE OF CAREER ER HENRY C. FRICK, MASTER OF UNTOLD MILLIONS CLOSES HIS EYES IN DEATH. RESULT OF PTOMAINE POISON At Ten Years of Age Deceased Was a Simple Farmer Boy, and at 60 His Fortune Was Uncountable. New York. Henry Clay Frick died here. Mr. Frick suffered an attack f ptomaine poisoning early in No vember. He had nearly recovered !rom this when complications devel oped. He was 69 years old. The career of Henry Clay Frick has Tormed one of the most fascinating chapters in the romance of industry In the United States. At 10, a boy on i farm in a family of only ordinary means, he was, at 60, a man of so many millions that his fortune, like :hose of Carnegie and Rockefeller, was largely a matter of guess work jven to himself. It has been said he was worth more than $100,000,000, perhaps as much as $200,000,000. Mr. Frick built up the greatest eoke business in the world, and ac julred such vast interests in steel that he was also one of the principal mag nates In that industry, and in round ing out his career he became known s one of the world's greatest collec tors of master paintings. VATICAN AT ROME ANXIOUS ABOUT MATTERS IN MEXICO Rome. Anxiety is felt by the Vati' can relative to the situation in Mex ico, especially regarding ecclesiastics in that country. Religious connec tions have recently seemed to have returned to a satisfactory and nor mal condition in Mexico, but fears are expressed that a new upheaval in Mexico may lead to persecution of the clergy. ARRESTS FOR CONTEMPT' OF COURT ARE SOON TO BEGIN Indianapolis. Convinced that ef forts to bring about resumption of operation of coal mines through of fers of a 14 per cent wage advance to miners have failed and that the in junction issued by United States Dis trict Judge Anderson against tha strike has been violated, the govern ment has concluded to institute con tempt proceedings at once, it was in dicated here. Federal agents would make no statements as to when court action might be expected but it s known that the evidence has been collected against alleged violators of the in junction. i AFTER READING OF MESSAGE CONGRESS GETS TO WOI RK Washington. Congress got into full swing with receipts of President Wilson's annual message and inau guration of actual legislation in both senate and house. The message was read separately to each body with floors and galleries crowded. When it was concluded, both senate and house began on the months of work ahead. i The senate took up the Cummins railroad bill, hoping for Its passage before the Christmas holidays. House leaders arranged for Immediate at tack on the annual appropriation bills carrying almost five billions as submitted by the departments. The house adopted during the day the conference report on the Edge bill authorizing foreign trade flnanc Ing corporations, and ' the measure now goes to the President for ap proval. In the senate no formal move to ward final disposition of the German peace treaty was made and the Pres ident's message made brief reference to it with a view to a special message later. VILLA TAKES REVENGE FOR THE EXECUTION OF ANGELES. El Paso, Tex. General Sanchez, commander of the eightieth Mexican regiment federal troops, was still re ported missing and was believed to have been killed with 673 men or nis command of 675, with whom he had boasted that he would "get" Francisco Villa when that bandit chieftain, with 1,000 followers In revenfe for the ex ecution of General Felipe Angeles, swooped down on the federals at Ran cho Espojo, and massacred them. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIES MUST OBSERVE SHORT HOURS. Atlanta, Ga. Industries, stores and business houses will be required to ob serve the shortened hours of the fuel regulations, even though they may get their light, heat and power from oil or other fuel, or from hydro-electricity, according to rulings of the south ern regional coal committee. The fact that their operations do not require consumption of coal will not exempt them, the committee an nounced in a series of interpretations. LATEST TREASURY REPORT SHOWS LARGE INCREASES. Washington. Increase of nearly a half billion dollars in receipts over 1918 was noted in the report of the treasurer of the United States for the fiscal year 1919. The ordinary re ceipts were $4,647,603,852.46, and the ordinary disbursements $15,365,741.76. an increase of $6,398,830,475.73, as compared with those of the' year pre vious. The disbursements of the Pan ama canal were 112,265,775,03, walls Iht.ractlptl wtrt 18,777,048.81. FAMOUS Fill CAROLINA AND CUBA ROOTE SHIPS WILL SOON BE PLYING BETWEEN WILMINGTON AMD PORTS OF CUBA. AUDITORIUM TO SEAT 4.000 Alterations in Old Market House Are Progressing Rapidly: Building' Will Reflect Credit on the City. Wilmington. George L. Tillery. who has been located here as special agent for the South Atlantic ' Mari time Association, left for Savannah, where - he will have charge of the offices of the South Atlantic Forward, ing Company, which will act as bro ker for the shipping corporation. Prior to his departure Mr. Tillery gave out a statement in which he said that ships now under control of the corporation will be plying between Wilmington and Cuba and South Am erican ports within a few weeks. Work is progressing rapidly - on Wilmington's new auditorium in the Old Market House on South Front street. When the necessary altera tions in the market house have been completed the auditorium will seat 4,000 people. Washington ISnecial).. The cas ualty list included as killed in action Private Walter I. Foster, Haw River, North Carolina. Hickory. Provision for a memorial lobby in Hickory's proposed municipal building and auditorium, with tablets commemorating the soldiers who gave their lives' in the great war,vwas made in the plans of the architect submit ted to council and accepted. Greensboro. Mrs. Al Fairbrothef has engaged to give her entire time and service to directing the woman's division of the world prohibition and law enforcement movement in North Carolina, it was announced at central headquarters. New Bern. The "Col. William H. Baldwin," the third concrete passenger-carrying ship ever to be launch ed, plunged from the launching pier at the plant of the Newport Ship building Corporation here, the event being witnessed by hundreds. Concord. Tyrus Raymond Cobb, the world's greatest ball player, is t make a week's visit in Concord, and , Mt. Pleasant. This announcement was made on receipt of a letter from Zeb Cox, of Augusta, Ga., who stated that he and Mr. Cobb would arrive here for a week's hunting and fish ing trip. Charlotte. More than 400 cotton mills in the South were advised by telegraph by W. D. Adams, secretary df the American Cotton Manufactur ers Association, that textile mills and other industrial plants operated by electricity obtained only from wa ter power may continue operating day and night as heretofore. Winston-Salem. The fuel situation is the live topic in this section. Ac cording to information received here Winston-Salem is in Pocahontas re gion and is therefore not seriously fFctri- that is the stores and other places of business will not be re quired to close at lour unless anotner order is issued. Asheville. With his big brother, Thomas Burgess, killed in a fight with Jim Waldrop in Cherokee county, during a dispute the two had over the settlement of the partnership of a blockade business, William Burgess, a 10-year-old boy, took up the fight with a .22 caliber rifle, and avenged the murder of his big brother by shooting Waldrop. Henderson. Damage estimated by company officials at $300,000 was done to the plant of the Union Seed and Fertilizer Company here by fire. Progression In Harnett, Lillington. The officials of Harnett county put the county on the map as one of the most progressive in the State when the board of county com missioners and county board of edu cation voted for a full county and state public health program, and als for an all-time county superintendent of Public Welfare. The latter will cost the county $2,500 annually and the former $4,000 annually. The boards went fifty-fifty on both propo sitions and did it in the presence of many citizens of both parties. Celebates 85th Anniversary. Teacheys. Of unusual interest in this section was the 85th anniversary of Mr. Gabriel Boney Carr, which was celebrated at his .home, three miles west of this place. Mr. Carr is the only surviving member of . the family of the late Barnett Carr, a family widely known and intimately connected in Duplin county for the last three-quarters of a century. The celebration was marked by an informal simplicity which is charac teristic' of the life Mr. Carr has led in this community since his boyhood. Company to Play Host Goldsboro. The Goldsboro Cham ber of Commerce, for. the benefit of citizens in this city who are not fa- I miliar with the usnual large number of visitors who always attend me North Carolina Live Stock conven tions, has Issued an urgent appeal to Goldsboro citizens asking; that they provide all their vacant, rooms as sleeping quarters when the convention convenes in this city December 8. In the meantime, the chamber is planning to entertain delegates and fisltors la mot lhort tBrf NORTH
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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