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ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, 3878.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. DECEMBER 18, 1919
VOL. XUI. NO. 20
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IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
IKE HEWS 0FTHE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place In Tht 8outh
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Foreign
H. M. S. Hood, the greatest fighting
ship in the world, has just been launch
eii by the British government, and
ihe eld question of the usefulness of
groat surface men of war pops up its
tead again.
Dr. Cannes, Socialist member of the
Dutch parliament, raises the question
as to the stay of the former kaiser in
Holland. He has changed his mind on
the Question, because he is convinced
that the-ex-kaiser caused the war, and
"believes that it is dangerous for Hol
land to longer permit the ex-emperor
to remain in her confines.
Dispatches from Geneva report that
there have been clashes at Fiume be
tween the French and d'Annunzio's
soldiers. It is stated that the d'An
minzio troops pillaged French depots
at Fiume.
London hears that d'Annunzio is at
last willing to come to terms provided
Fiume is retained by Italy and the
surrender of all claim's to Dalmatia.
Germany's delegation at Versailles
is considering what i3 looked upon
as the last word Of the supreme coun
cil of the peace treaty relative to the
signing of the protocol of the treas
ty of peace. The status of the United.
States in relation to the treaty, Ger
many is told, does not alter ' the ef
fectiveness of the pact; and German
objections are in vain. ,
' The allies have consented to mod
ify some of the terms of the proto
col putting the peace treaty into ef
fect to which Germany has made ob
jection. The clause providing for the
indemnity for the destruction of the
German fleet at Scapa Flow has been
modified so as to refer to the league
tribunal the question whether the de
livery of the tonnage demanded will
cripple Germany.
Gustav Xoske, German minister of
defense, is determined not to sign the
peace protocol handod Germany by
the entente, ant" is resolved to recom
mend that the governiuent adopt his
attitue, come what may, according to
an interview with Xcske.
Eight persons are Cead and forty
two others are known to have been
wounded as . result of the wild rioting
at Mantua. Italy, where mobs terror
ized the city. The rioters attacked the
small garrison, cut telegraph and tele
phone communications, stopped rail
way traffic, raided arms shops, burned
prisons, freeing all sorts of criminals
and held the rolice and . soldiers , at
bay for a long time.
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.
Washington
Omissions in submitted estimates
for the coming fiscal year bring' expen
ditures of the government up to $5,
243.470,031 instead of $4,865,400,000,
Representative Good of Icwa told the
house recently. .
There can be no permanent indus
trial peace that is not based on jus
tice, Secretary Wilson declares in
his annual report. Hum-.n wisdom, he
says, has sold practically every other
problem of living, and it can solve
the relationship that should exist be
tween employee and employer if it
wants to.
Recommendations of the navy gen
eral board for the building program
for 1921 include two battleships, one
battle cruiser, ten scout cruisers, five
destroyer "flotilla leaders" and six sub
marines. The board says that Ameri
can sea power should be made second
to none by 1925. -
One thousand people were homeless
and train service on six railroads was
indefinitely suspended at Meridian,
Miss., because of a flood from swollen
streams at the south of that city. One
person is reported to have lost his
life. The damage is estimated in hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
A peace time regular army of 300,
000 men and 18,000 officers has been
decided on by the house military sub
committee. The number of combat
troops was fixed at 250,000.
Viewing with alarm the steadily
dwindling bituminous coal supply, due
to the miners' strike, Fuel Adminis
trator Garfield by an order has re
stored for the entire nation most of
the drastic restrictions on lighting and
heating, which were in effect during
the coal shortage of 1917.
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
13 abtaining additional planes from
Germany, according to war depart
ment information. . -
The department ot justice is con
fronted with "increasing dangerous
radical activities," Attorney General
Palmer says in his annual report sub
mitted to congress.
The cost of living advanced 1.3
last month, and now stands at 131
above pre-war levels, or the highest
ever known in the history of man
Textiles, provisions and groceries con
stitute the bulk of the commodities
The resolution asking President Wil
son to break off diplomatic relations
with the Carranza government has
been abandoned by Republican lead
ers in the senate after the' president
had informed Senator . Fall of New
Mexico, its autnor, that he would "be
gravely concerned to see any such
resolution pass the congress." ' .
The director of operations of the
shipping board recommends construc
tion of seventy high-class cargo lin
ers and ten small passenger vessels,
and Jeave to private companies the
building of large first class passen
ger ships.
Direcnr General Hines of the rail
road adnr-tnistration, has taken under
advisement proposals designed to di
vert some export traffic from eastern
to southern ports. They include ex
tension of barge lines on the Missis
sippi and of the territory for the in
terchange of rates between rail and
water. ,
The "speculation, spoliation and
plunder" rampant in the United States
were held by Senator Arthur Capper
(Rep.) of Kansas in an attack upon
profiteering to be of such as to make
"train robbery or burglary a poor trade
by comparison."
The Lyceum Theater, known before
the Civil war as the Washington As
sembly Hall, and one of the most his
toric buildings in the capital, in which
five presidents held inaugural balls,
was burned to the ground recently.
Fourteen vessels, wrecked, missing
or making a port-in a tripled condi
tion were recorded by marine authori-,
ties as victims of storms ihich swept
the North Atlantic coast during the
last few days.
Extension of the airplane mail eer-'
vice to Atlanta is planned within the
next year, Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Prager told the house postoffice
committee.
Fuel Administrator Garfield's resig
nation is in the hands of President
Wilson, given because he disagrees
on principle with the coal strike set
tlement proposal arranged by the gov
ernment and the Mine Workers' Union.
"May I not express to you, and,
through you, to the other officers of
your organization, my appreciation of
the patriotic action which you took at
Indianapolis. Now we must all work
together to see to it that a settlement
just and fair to every one is reached
without delay." This is the message
President Wilson sent John L. Lewis,
acting president of the miners, after
it had been decided to accept the pres
ident's plan of settlement. Lewis re
plied in most affable terms.
With less than one hundred members
on the floor, the house of representa
tives decided that Camp Gordon, Ga.,
near Atlanta, should be dismantled and
sold.
Camp Benning at Columbus, Ga., will
be retained as a permanent military
training camp.
News lias reached Washington that
Admiral Kolchak has resigned as su
preme -head of his section of the Rus
sian government and has nominated
General Denikine as his successor.
Messages by way of Eagle Pass,
Texas, state that Villa and his follow
ers sacked the town of Muzquiz, in
the state of Coahuila, in an effort to
avenge the execution of General An
geles by the Carranza government.
Complete blame for the killing of
James Wallace, an American citizen,
by a Mexican soldier, two weeks ago,
near Tampico, Mexico, is placed upon
Wallace himself in a note from the
'Mexican government received at the
state department.
. Senator Lodge and Senator Lenroot
Republicans, say the peace treaty ia
-dead until it is again submitted to the
senate by the president, and place all
the blame for its failure of adoption
at the special session on the Democrat
ic members.
Dompiic
President Wilson says the cure for
social unrest in this country is ' "a
fuljer knowledge of American ins'titu
tions."
Orders have been issued Tjy the
Southern regional coal committee sus
pending all fuel regulations of No
vember 29, with, subsequent additions
and modifications. At the same time
instructions were sent to all federal
managers in the Southern region to re
store all curtailed passenger schedules
in the Southern region.
The suspension of coal restrictions
does not apply to families, federal
managers having been instructed to
retain the one-ton limit for homes,
apartment houses, etc.
A Florida committee, under the aus
pices of the Fernandina chamber of
commerce, has been instructed to
press before congress the necessity
of digging at the earliest possible mo
ment a canal connecting the St. Ma
rys and Sewanee rivers with the Gulf
of Mexico. The idea is further to
eventually make an -inland water
route to the mouth of the Mississippi
river.
Instructions have been issued to fed
eral managers, railroad officials and
fuel representatives to permit deliver
ies of coal to consignees in the first
five classes on the preferment list.
which will make it possible for all in
dustries to resume operation on full
time.
Federal Judge Mayer dismissed
writs of habeas corpus obtained by
Alexander Berkman and Emma Gold'
man to prevent their deportation to
Russia and refused to permit them
bail. It is announced that the court
plans to deport the two anarchists in
two week.
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.
Senora Felipe Angeles, wife of the
Mexican revolutionary leader recent
ly executed b" Carranza troops, di id
in New York City without having been
informed of ier husband's arrest and
death. v ,
Vice President Marshall declared in
an address given in his honor in New
York City that his sympathies were
with the miners who were not ade
quately compfnsated. He stated that
he would back President v Ison to the
limit.
Incomparably stronger and more ef
ficient than ever before, the American
navy emerged from the w.rld war
"second only to tha. of Great Brit
ain and far in advance of any other
foreign navy in ships, in men and ev
ery element of naval strength," Sec
retary Daniels declares in his annual
report.
FURTHER REMOVAL
OF
ilGHTY PER CENT OF MINERS
IN THE COAL FIELDS ARE
AGAIN AT WORK.
GARFIELD'S PAPERS WANTED
Coal Operators in Central Penntyl-
vania Field Insist That Only 40
Per Cent Are Working There.
Washington. Restrictions in tha
consumption of bituminous coal con
tinued to go by the board, as the rail
road administration, now in charge of
the distribution of supplies, received
reports indicating that 80 per cent ot
the striking miners had returned to
work. -
It was said after a long executive)'
session that the committee had-not
decided as to whether it would form
ally demand documents in the po ses
sion of Dr. Henry A. Garfield, former
fuel administrator who resigned be
cause of his disagreement with the
settlement proposals, or as to whether
Attorney General Palmer and other
officials would be called.
The committee,, however, decided to
resume hearings, and summoned R. B.
Norris, dne of the engineers of the
fuel administration, to furnish the sta
tistics on which Dr. Garfield based his
suggestion that a 14 per cent increase,
in wages be given the miners.
Coal operators of the central com
petitive field in a statement declared
miners in the various fields were re
turning to work slowly. Not more
than 40 per cent of the men have re
turned in the central Pennsylvania
field, one of the largest in toe coun
try, the statement said, and a very
small percentage have returned in
the southwestern field, Indiana re
ported practically all of the men back
at work, while in Illinois it was esti
mated that less than 10 per cent of
the strikers have returned In the
Franklin .county field.
LEAK SHOWN IN DECISIONS
OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Washington." Announcement was
made by the department of justice
that an investigation was being made
of reports of aMfged "leaks" on su
preme court decisions by which spec
ulators had attempted to profit In
stock market transactions.
QUICK LEGISLATION IS
NECESSARY FOR RAILROADS.
Washington. Congress wu warned
that if the railroads were turned back
to their owners without enactment
meanwhile of legislation for protec
tion of the properties, two-thirds of
the roads would be in the hands of re
ceivers within 30 days.
Chairman Cummins, of the inter
state commerce committee, which
drafted the pending railroad bill, de
clared the senate could not afford to
set it aside or delay its consideration
in view of the apparent deterralnaitiol
of President Wilson to end govern
ment control the first day of the new
year.
NEWS PI?INTCONDITIONS
- 'MUST SOON BE REMEDIED.
Washington. Between 2,500 and
3,000 small newspapers faee suspen
sion if not extinction unless the news
print situation is soon remedied, Rep
resentative Anthony, republican, Kan
sas, told the house postoffice commit
tee in urging favorable action on the
bill to limit to 24 pages dally newspa
pers and periodicals using the second
class mail privilege.
WAR-TIME PROHIBITION HAS
BEEN HELD CONSTITUTIONAL.
Washington. War-time prohibition
was held constitutional by the su
preme court in a unanimous decision.
Thus vanished the hopes of many, for
a "wet" holiday time.
DAY OF GREAT LOAN8 FROM
STATE TO STATE HA8 PASSED.
Paris. France must spend three
billion francs In the.- United States
during the coming year on wheat, cot
ton, oats, coal and machinery, says
Eugene Schneider, who has "returtfed
from a mission on behalf of govern
ment to the United States.
"The American state, as a govern
ment," the Journal quotes him as say
ing, "canribt and will not advance thif
sum. The day of .state loans to a
state is over."
PRISONER RECENTLY TAKEN
BY VILLISTAS IS RELEASED.
Eagle Pass. Tex. Fred G. Hugo, of
El Paso, manager of the J. M. Dobies
ranch near Muzquiz, Mxico, has been
released by the Vlllistas, who kid
napped him and held him for $10,000
ransom, according to advices received
here. No ransom was paid.
Several prominent Mexicans taken
with Hugo in the recent raid on Muz
quiz and held Tor $5,000 ransom each,
also were released without payment
of any ransom money. .
AMERICAN LEGION HEADS
CONFERRING ON BENEFITS.
Washington. Representatives of
state commanders of the American
Legion gathered her- to confer with
government officials on legislation af
fecting ex-service men. After going
over with Director Cholemley-Jones of
the bureau of war risk insurance, mat
ters relating to disability clauses of
the insurance act, the legion., repre
sentatfves plan to discuss with mem
bers of congress the Maaon and Sweet
bills providing benefits.
RESTRICTIONS
110 RESTRICTIONS
III USE OF FUEL
INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH TO BE
IN COMPLETE OPERATION
IN A SHORT TIME.
ORDER IS NOW EFFECTIVE
Train Service, Which Was Curtailed
During the Nation-wide Strike Is
Also to be Resumed at Once.
Atlanta, Ga. Suspension of all re
itrlctions on the use of "fuel and rein
statement of train service curtailed
during the. nation-wide strike of bitu
minous coal -miners was. announced
here by the southern regional ,eoaf
committee acting on authority .receiv
ed from Washington. I
The order means that thousands, of
industries throughout the jiouth which
have been shut down because ot lack
pf coal will be in oneratibn again in
a . short time and that stores which
had to observe short hours where
their light, heat or power came from
consumption of coal, wood or gas, may
return to normal hours in time to take
care of the Christmas shopping. The
railroads, too, will be put in a position
to take care of the rush of . holiday
travel.
DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICS
IS STRONGLY URGED BY ACES.
Washington. Five American aces,
credited with having brought down
more than 50 German aeroplanes, ad
vocated before a house sub-committee
the creation of an aeronautical de
partment of the government to co-ordinate
all aerial activities.
AMERICAN IS KILLED BY
FALL FROM AN AIRPLANE.
London. George F. Rand, an Amer
ican, was killed by the fall ot an air
plane in which he was a passenger.
The machine was on a trip from Paris
to London.
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT IS
SHIPPING GOLD IN TO US.
New York. The Canadian govern
ment is shipping $10,000,000 in gold to
this city, it was announced for the
purpose of meeting obligations her
and also to check the depreciation in
Montreal exchange. f
APPLICATION IS DENIED
OF BELL PHONE COMPANY
Tall as see, ria. The state railroad
commission denied applications of the
Southern Bell Telephone Company and
34 independent" telephone companies
of this state for a continuation of the
high rates fixed by Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson during the period of
government control.
JONES PROPOSES QUINTUPLE
TAX ON BIG NEWSPAPERS
Washington. N wspapers contain
ing more than 24 pages would be
charged flve"tinn the present post
age rate under a bill Introduced by
Senator Jones, Dmocrat, New (Mex
ico. In offering the measure, Senator.
Jones said publishers in his state, .ap
pealing for relief, said only the big
city papers with their own mills were
able to obtain all the print paper they
needed.
IS REGARDED AS MERELY A
POSTPONEMENT OF SHOWDOWN
Washington. While accepting the
government's proposal for the settle
ment of the bituminous coal strike
mine operators of the ' central Penn
sylvania district declared in a state
ment that the 'settlement Is no set
tlement at all of the' principles at
stake in the controversy," and that
"it Is merely a postponement of a
showdown, which inj our opinion Is
(bound to come. I
TREMENDOUS" VALUES SHOWN
OF OUR CROPS THIS YEAR
Washington The total value of the
country's Important farm crops this
year aggregates 514,092,740,000, the
department of agriculture estimated
in its final report. That compares
with' $12,600,526,(00, the -aggregate
value of last yeai-'s crops" as finally
revised. The totil area planted in
these principal c: ops is placed at
359,124,473 acres, mpared with 356,
497,162 last year.
EFFORT 18 SUCCESSFUL TO
RETAIN THE SUGAR. BOA"RD
Washington. n.e'McNafry, bill, . un
der which the go-.'ernment control of
sugar would be continued - another
year, was passed by the senate and
cent to the house. f .
There was no record vote on Its
passage and the two Louisiana sena
tors, RansdeH and Gay, Democrats, woo
bave been virtually slope in opposing
the measure, made no further attempt
at obstruction. Senator Oay read
brief address bi opposition. - .
Burn Garden Rubbish.
Burn all rubbish from the -garden.
Its value as compost will' not offset
the damage from the insects and dis
ease found in this trash.
Fine Humus for Garden.
Leaves raked from the lawn and
put in close piles soon decay and fur
nish fine humus for the garden.
Farmers Co-operating.
Many farmers are pooling their In
terests and purchasing fertilizers to
gether in carload lots.
GARRELD RESIGNS
CABINET POSITION
NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THE
PRINCIPLE THAT UNDERLIES
STRIKE SETTLEMENT.
PROSPECTS OF HIGHER" GOAL
Fuel Administrator Took NovPrt In
Recent Negotiations Leading to a
Settlement of the Strike.
Washington. Fuel Administrator
Garfield's resignation is in the hands
of President Wilson, given because he
disagrees in principle with the coal
strike settlement proposal arranged
by. the government and the mine work
ers union.
Dr. Garfield himself refused to con
firm, deny, r discuss the report, but
at the White House it was said that
a 'personal letter from him, had been
transmitted to the president.
Men close to thefuel administrator
understood that he believes that the
work of the commission authorized
under the settlement to 'be made u-p of
one coal mine operator ,a coal mines"
and a third person named to represent
the public will result in an increase1
in the price of coal to the consuming
public. Against this form of a set
tlement Dr. Garfield has been, unal
terably opposed. It has been learned
on good authority that he took no part
in the negotiations with the mine
workers'' union chiefs during the last
week and that though Informed and
consulted after their initiation, the
terms laid, out as finally accepted con
travene bis conception of the main
principle involved.
President Wilson sent a telegram
of congratulation to Acting President
John L. Lewis of the mine ' workers
at the action taken at Indianapolis.
ATTEMPT IS MADE TO RENEW
TALK-FEST ON THE TREAY
Washington. The first open discus
sion of the peace treaty in the senate
at this session of Congress came dur
ing the debate on the railroad bill.
Senator Lodge, the Republican lead
er, and Senator Lenroot, of Wiscon
sin, leader of the "mild reservation"
group of Republican senators, declar
ed the treaty was 'dead" until again
submitted by the president.
Senator Underwood. Democrat, Ala
bama, said the treaty could be called
up at any time by a majority vote.
FORMER GERMAN PASSENGER
SHIP SAILS FOR EUROPE
New York. The former German
passenger liner Ibperator, now a Brit
ish ship under Cunard line operat'on,
sailed for Plymouth, Charbourgr and
Southampton. She was to have de
parted at noon but her clearance pa
pers were held up on orders from
Washington, while charges that she
had exceeded her supply of bunker
coal were being adjusted.
The offer of the British ministry of
shipping to replace the excess ooal
was accepted and the ship released,
but too late to enable her to get away
on high tide. The liner had 2,700 pas
sengers on this, her first voyage as
a passenger ship since she left hers
under the German flag in July, 1914.
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS
IN FLObDED MISSISSIPPI
Jackson, Miss. With thousands of
people homeless, a few towns almost
isolated, many industrial plants clos
ed, and several miles of railroad track
under water. Mississippi began a
gradual resumption of normal life fol
lowing the floods which swept the
Southern and eastern part of the stats.
Only two lives have been lost so
far, as the meager and belated reports
show. These were in two wrecks on
the Mississippi Central Railroad.
HUN NAVAL AUTHORITIES ARE
SLOW IN DESTROYING MINES.
' Berlin. German naval authorities
have been backward In removing
mines from German wa :ers, according
to a Hamburg despatch to the Vos
sische Zeitung. At a meeting of the
nautical association in that city, the
dispatch says, maps were shown indi
cating that 8,700 square miles' of the
North sea had not been cleared, while
America and England had almost fin'
ished removing fields laid by their na
vies during the war.
JAPAN MUCH GRATIFIED OVER
CONFIDENCE OF THE U. S.
Tokio. Japan has. forwarded a note
to Washington replying to a recent
communication relative to the opera
tion of the trans-Siberian railroad.
The reply expresses gratification in
the fact that America is convinced
that . Japan is "wholeheartedly deter
mined to co-operate in the work to be
done in Siberia." Emphasis is laid
upon the desire of Japan to bring
about a "sincere co-operation" in the
future of Asiatic Russia.
ILLINOIS SEES RELIEF FROM
ITS COAL FAMINE IN-SIGHT
Cthicago. Relief from the most se
rious coal shortage ever known is
in sight No Immediate relaxation ot
the rigid fuel conservation measures
was In prospect, but the return to the
mines of the first of the approximate
ly 400,000 bituminous coal miners,
ending a forty-day strike, and abate
ment, except in the east and far north
west, of the severe weather of the
paBt two days held forth hops for
rapid return to normal conditions.
TO
STRIKE ACCEPTED
INSTRUCTIONS ARE SENT OUT
TO FOUR THOUSAND LOCALS
TO RETURN TO WORK.
FULL INSTRUCTIONS FOLLOW
Miners, Operators and Government Of
ficials Alike Were Confident of
Final, Satisfactory Settlement.
Indianapolis, Ind. The coal miners'
strike is ended.
With bat one dissenting vote the
general committee of the United Mine
Workers of America to. session' here
voted to accept PresidentwHson s
Droposal for immediate return to work
pending final settlement of their wags
controversy with operators by a com
mission to be appointed by him.
Telerrams were sent out to tne tour
thousand locals of the union by inter
national officials of the mine workers
Instructing the men to return to work
Immediately. Full instructions with
Tegard to the agreement are to be
sent out later. 1
ODerators predicted immediate re
sumption, of operations, shipment of
coal from the mines beginning within
a week.
Miners, operators and . government
officials alike were confident of a fi
nal satisfactory settlement of the
fight by the commission.
The decision' of the miners came
after many hours of debate, In which
the radical element in the general
committee made incendiary speeches
against operators and others interest
ed in settlement of the strike, and for a
time threatened to defeat efforts to
settle'the strte at this time. The con
servative element, led by Acting
President John J. Lewis and Secretary
Treasurer William Green, gained con
trol of the situation and. succeeded in
putting down practically all opposition
by the time the question came to a
Vote.
FLOODS IN THREE STATES
CAUSE OF HEAVY DAMAGE
Atlanta, Ga. The crest of the floods
which have caused property damage in
sections of. Georgia, Alabama and
Mississippi estimated at hundreds of
thousands of dollars and have result
ed in the loss of several lives, had
not been reached, despite the occur
rence of cooler weather and absence
of any more . rain.
Miles of railroad tracks In the three
states were under water and Mobile,
Ala., and several smaller cities were
practically isolated .
MAYNARD ORDERED TO
REPORT AND EXPLAIN
Washington. Lieutenant Belvln W.
Maynard was ordered to report to Ma
jor General Menoher, director of mili
tary aeronautics, to explain the state
ment attributed to him by the Anti
Saloon League of America with refer
ence to the use of alcoholic liquor by
army air service pilots.
STATE OF YUCATAN, MEXICO,
TO HAVE 80VIET GOVERNMENT
Washington. A soviet- government
Is to be established in the state of
Yucatan, Mexico, according to Excel
sior, of Mexico City, December 3, a
copy of which was received in Wash
ington. Unless the military authori
ties take prompt action, the papei
says, the first soviet state in Mexico
will soon be a reality.
AGREEMENT FOR ADJOURNMENT
BY REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN
Washington. Senate and house Re
publican leaders conferred on a holi
day recess for congress and agreed
tentatively to adjournment for twe
weeks, from December 20 to January 5
NEW IRI8H HOME RULE BILL
TO BE PRESENTED NEXT WEEK
London. Premier Lloyd-George will
introduce the new Irish home rule
bill in parliament according to tha
Dally Mall.
The newspaper adds that the bill
provides" for two legislatures with a
co-ordinating senate but that the pow
ers to be allotted to the senate have
not yet been defined. It says the fate
of the bill will depend on the govern
ment's generosity in this respect
FIGHT ON TUBERCULOSIS
INDORSED BY GOVERNORS.
Savannah. A comprehensive pro
gram for a south-wide fight on tuber
culosis has been adopted by the health
section of the house of southern gov
ernors now meeting here coincident
with Southern Commercial Congress.
The negro question has been given
serious consideration by the gover
nors and at an executive session rela
tions, between the two races in the
south were discussed frankly and fully
by prominent speakers of both races.
A PRIZE OF FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS WON BY AUSTRALIAN
' Port Darwin, Australia. Captain
Ross Smith, the Australian aviator,
arrived here from England, thus win
ning a prize of 10,000 pounds sterling
offered for the first aviator to make
the voyage.
Under the conditions laid down by
the Australian government when It of
fered a prize for making a flight from
England to Australia, the distance ol
11,500 miles had to bs covered withif
C days
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PROPOSAL
UNREST CAUSED BY
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COMMITTEE OF THE NEW YORK
LEGISLATURE PREPARES AN
EXHAUSTIVE REPORT,.
TO OVERTHROW GOVERNMENT
Virtually Every Industrial Center I.
Country Harbors . Headquarters
for Radical Campaign. .
; New York. Radical agitation in
this country, with its resultant so
cial unrest, is not due to economic
conditions, but to an organized, arti
ficially stimulated . movement', under
the inspiration of the Russian soviet
government This opmlon-"VrfH bo
submitted to the New Yok legisla
ture in an exhaustive report by the
joint legislative commitee which has
been investigating radical activities
here since its organisation last May.
Three big groups of the radical ele
ment have been suplylng tha forces
for wholesale dissemination of bolshe
vlst propaganda throughout the land,
the report will assert; the anarchist
group, Including the Union of Russian
workers and other organisations; the
syndicalist group, the main body of
which are the Industrial Workers of
the World, and the communist group,
including the communist party of
America and the communist labor par
ty. In each of these groups the over
throw of government by illegal means,
including violence, is the weapon
urged upon the masses, the report
will state.
New York city is one of the big
headquarters for the organized move
ment the report will point out with
Chicago, Cleveland. Detroit and virtu
ally every Industrial center from tha
Atlantic to the Pacific harboring a
headquarters for the radical campaign.
VICTOR- BERGER IS AGAIN
NOMINATED TO CONGRESS.
Milwaukee, Wis. Victor L. Berger,
socialist and Harry H. Bodenstab, re
publican fusion candidate, were nom
inated for Congress at a primary elec
tion in the fifth Wisconsin district
Berger received 14,000 votes and Bo
denstab 9, '82. The special election
will be held on December 19, to fill
the vacancy caused by the present
Congress' refusal to seat Berger.
ADVISORY BOARD TO CONTROL
ENGLISH RAILROAD AFFAIRS.
London. Sir Eric Geddes. minister
of transportation, announced the rail
road executive committee controlling
railroads, would cease to xist on Jan
uary 1, and would be replaced by an
advisory board consisting of twelve
general managers and forr represen
tatives of workers.
NO REPLY TO SHARP NOTE
FROM AMERICA TO MEXICO
Washington. The Mexican supreme
court has assumed jurisdiction over
the case of American Consular Agent
William O. Jenkins, the state depart
ment was advised by the American
embassy at Mexico City.
The message gave no details other
than that the transfer of the case
from the Puebla state courts had been
made on motion of Jenkins personal
counsel, and officials indicated that
developments thus far had not been
such as to cause any change in the
American government's attitude, as
outlined in the recent sharp note to
Mexico, renewing the request for Jen
kins' release.
CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT
IN POCAHONTAS REGION.
Roanoke, Va. The coal and coke
situation in the Pocahontas region
continues to Improve, and Is above
normal compared with a week ago,
the car supply being ample to meet
all requirements, according to the
weekly statement of the local office
of the railroad administration.
MOST OF WARTIME LIGHT AND
FUEL RESTRICTION IN FORCE.
Washington. Viewing with alarm
the steadily dwindling bituminous coal
supply due to the miners' strike, Fuel
Administrator Garfield, by an order
restored for the entire nation most of
the drastic restrictions on lighting and
heating which were m effect during
the coal shortage of 1917-18.
The limitations which are applica
ble to consumers ot bituminous coal
and coke, were made effective with
issuance of the order.
SETTLEMENT AS TO FIUME
REACHED WITH D'ANNUNZIO.
London. Reports that the Italian
government had .arrived at an agree-
rjnhHl D'Annunzio re-
garding the question of Fiume, which
city he has been holding with an arm
ed force. Insisting that it . was and
should remain Italian, were received
in an Exchange Telegraph despatch
from Rome. The agency understands,
in connection with the ministerial
council held In Rome, that' a settle
ment with D'Annunzio was reached.
DISTRIBUTION OF PRESSURE
INDICATES PROLONGED COLD.'
Washington. 'The westesn cold
wave . had spread eastward to the Up
per Mississippi valley, southward to
the interior of the west gulf states,
with temperatures below zero as far
south as the Texas panhandle and
western , Oklahoma. Temperatures
were 20 degrees or more below zero
in the middle West
Distribution of pressure is strongly ;
Indicative of a prolonged period of
cold according to the weather bureau
RUSSIAN
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CHARLOTTE FACES
SUIT TOJECOe
ALLEGATION MADE THAT CITY
OWES SCHOOL BOARD THE
.-SUM OF $0,000.00.
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WILL GfttATLY AIJJ SCHOOLS
City and County! Sehoola Would Share
.; Equally .Should Decision of Cass
Be In Favor of the Plaintiffs. .
; Charlptts Alleging that $10,000 la
recorder's court fines and forfeitures,
collected by th cKy through' its agent
Harvey M. Alexander, former police,
captain,, and others, has not been turn
ed over to the county school board,
the board filed papers in a suit against
the city to collect the money.
Plummer Stewart and John A. Mo
Rae represent the board of education.
The city Itself will share equally la -the
proceedings of the $10,000, If a
decision is rendered for the plaintiffs,
as the fines and forfeitures are divid
ed between city and county each Jan
uary on the basis of a school census
of city and county taken during the
summer holiday period.
The plaintiff prays Judgment against
hte city for the amount dne, as set
forth In three causes of action, and
that an audit of the books be made In
order to determine said sums; and
that the city be taxed with the soits
in the action. ' '
Klnston. Lenoir county will lead
the state In the value per acre of farm
lands with the completion of the tax
revaluation. Will D. Hood, county su
pervisor, predicts. ,
Rutherfordton. M. L. Justice has
been selected mayor by the town coun
cil to fill the unexpired term ot Mayor
R. R. Simmons.
Salisbury. The new military com
pany authorised' for Salisbury has :
been organized by the election of of
fleers, Captain Charles Shaver being -elected
captain.
Dr. John G. Black, former president
of the state medical board and one of
the state's most prominent physicians,
died at his home as a result of a'ppo
plexy. Ashevllle. Buncombe county school
will observe Aycock day with North
Carolina day and Arbor day on No
vember 19, at which time a collection
will be taken up among the pupils
toward the Aycock memoriaL
Concord. The ministers of the cen
tral district of the North Carolina
classes of the Reformed church met
in 'Concord and effected a ministerial
organization which is to meet bi
monthly. Morganton. When the supply of
eoal ran. out A. M. Kistler, owner of
the big tannery here, called each of
his employes Into his office and in-,
formed him that he would be kept on
the payroll during the time the
plant was closed down.
Chapel Hill. President Chase, of
the University of North Carolina; an
nounced that the Unltsd States bu
reau of education has established a
research station at the university,
with Dr. L. A. Williams, ot the school
of education, as director.
Rocky Mount Announcement Is
made that the Rocky Mount Clearing.
House Association, of which all local
banks are members, will discontinue
Christmas savings clubs. The asso-.
elation has reached the ' conclusion
that the regular savings departments
Ol the banks offer better, advantages
to savers than the Christmas clubs.
Raleigh. Commissioner of Public
Works Ed R. Page,, ia critically : 111 at
the Mary Elizabeth hospital and his
life was saved by a transfusion op
eration, In which his son furnished
250 CC of blood.
No Cut in Train- Service.
Ashevllle. Announcement was made
here that it is not probable that any
of the passenger trains on the Ashe
vllle, Salisbury or Knoxvllle division
will be taken off- soon, and that the"
ruling of the United States railway
administration curtailing passenger,
train service In the south will not ef
fect any of the trains arriving ' end'
leaving Ashevllle, at least for the
present time. "
It was learned also that the order
will not effect sleeping-car service out
of Ashevllle. '
Scottish Rite Lodge of -Sorrow,
Charlotte.: Clyde r. Hoe 'was thi -principal
speaken at the reunion ery -.
vice of Phalanx lodge, A. T. V A, ;M. .
held at the Scottish Rite cathedral in
honor of the service men from ' Che'1
lodge. . 1 J'-V'
The roll call of. the 78 members;, of V
the lodge who . had been in the ser vice
showed only on ' who did- net re
turn. This was.Cyrus.de Armon, Taps
sounded and the scenic effects, pro
duced were very Impressive. . ? '
Mr. Hoey spoke on America before -and
aince the war. "'.'
Farmers Net Interested. .
Lenoir. At a meeting of the' Cald-,
well County Fair association a motion
to dissolve the association and liqui
date the-assets was carried. '.- -
The association was organized - ia
19)5 and met ..with unusual success
during the first two fairs. The flood
and the flu knocked the fair out for
two seasons. Since- then the assocla-
tlon has been unable to gather enough
interest to make the -fair a' success.
The. farmers bt the county .have not
taken sufflciVnt Interest la making
exhibits.
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