THE CHATHAM RECORD, PITTSBORO, N. 0.
TO MAKE AN EARLY
WORD-WORN TREATY
PROFITABLE SALES
GOV. FRANK 0. L0WDEN
MISS MARGUERITE SMITH
PEACE- WITH T
GHT IS RESUMED
l 1
AN AG R EEMENT IS COM P L ETE
AMONG "T H E A L L i ES ISIO T TOV "
INTER VEN E IN - RUSSIA. . ;
ACTUAL AMOUNT REPORTED IS
SAID TO BE AROUND SUM
OF- $700,000,000.
ARGUMENT THAT PEACE IS A
PRESENT FACT PROBABLE
LINE TO BE TAKEN.
DESIGN Fn ... r-
Ihave; CONFIDENCE i jj.:s:
PLAN TAKES
H GIilMS ALSO ADJUSTED
CONCESSION IS CATCH WORD
V
for
OFfARlMEIL
If I
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Ten Months Only. Have Been. Consumed
by Commission In Disposing of All-' ;
Our War-Stocks In. Europe.
New fork. A total of .: $7,00,000,000
was realized by 'the sale of America's
war mateiial m England, Fran ceV Bel
gium,. Italy and Germany, Edwin B.
Parker ' of Houston', Texas, chairman
of the United '- States liquidation com
mission stated -'Q.--
He said .the, commission also clean-,
ed up claims, due and against the
United States for as much more. Its
report' will :be ready in a. few. days.
Mr. Parker . asserted that, while It
had taken the commission only 101
months to dispose' of all of this couri-;
try's war stocks abroad, the other al
lied countries had not yet been able
to make an inventory.
Trucks in Germany were sold to.'a
syndicate for $15,000,000 he said, and
a British, syndicate' bought .automo
biles for $1,000.000-, One lot of auto
mobiles was sold in France for $400,
000. "' He asserted : the articles were
sold for more than , 50 r per cent of
what, they cost. ,
Wants United States.to Intervene in
.Disputes Only When Civilization v
Seems1 to be Endangered.-
Miss Marguerite Smith, at the . age
of twenty-five, became the only wo
man Republican to sit in the New-York
state .assembly.. She. was elected' from,
the Nineteenth Manhattan distrct, deT
f eating Martin J.. Healy, Democratic
incumbent, and also a Socialist candidate.-;
Miss. Smith Is .the daughter of.
Dr. j. rGardner Smith, president of
the Harlem Board1 of Commerce.
HOOVER PROPOSES A REMEDY
EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE TO
TOUR COUNTRY IN JANUARY."
Washington. Congressman Graham
of Illinois and a subcommittee from
the committee' on. expenditures in the
war department of. the house bill will,
make a tour of the country beginning
January 10 with Charleston or Bruns
wick as their first stop. The purpose
of their visit to various places will be
to make'an investigation into expendi
tures of the war department.
The Grain Corporation Qould Extend
v- Credits out of Capital Owned .by
J It Without a Special Call.
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
STATE RETURNS. FROM FRANCE
New York.- Frank L. Polk, assist
ant secretary, of state: GenJ'Tasker H.
Bliss and Henry .White, "mem" "rs of
the American delegation to the inter
national peace conference, arrived
here from France on the transport
America.
WAR-TIME RESTRlCTlbNS ON
LIQUOR IN CANADA REMOVED
" Washington. Starvation faces from
15,000,000 td 20?OOO,OOOlO0O persons in
central Europe outside ,of Germany
unless "some quick. means can bex dis
covered for,, their assistance," . Her
bert Hoover, former United : States
food administrator, said -in a formal
statement." Unless relief; is quickly
furnished, tie predicted a- breakdown
of stable government -in the countries
affected and "creation of another cess
pool like Russia."
Tp meet the situation, Mr. Hoover
proposed that the "great surplus of
wheat and flour": held by the grain cor
poration be sold on credit to Finland,
Poland, Austria and other nations of
central Europe. . The grain corpora
tion he said, could extend the credits
out of the capital it already possesses
without a call for special appropria
tions by Congress.
Washington. Formal consideration
of issues of the' peace treaty fight
will - be reopened .by the senate for
eign relations committee and . an effort
wilbe made to work out a new,' com-,
promise plan to he placed before the
senate after-the holidays. :r ; J -. "--i
The:i resolution iYof ' Senator Knox,
republican, Pennsylvania, to declare
that: a. state of peace' exists Is expect
ed to be the. basis of the committee's
wxrk. Various modifications : are ex
pected, however, so as to incorporate.
provisions .which republican leaders
hope will draw democratic support.
' Among the .changes' .and additions
understood ' 'to1 have been considered
by .the republicans Is one designed to
preserve to the United States any ma
terial 'advantages embodied- Hi the
treaty'' as it stands.-; Another suggest
.tion is that- the resolution jqcdA. V a
general declaration of policy pledg
ing the United States to intervene in
any future European war. which :;nieh
aces civilization, ."p. - -. , lr. v- ' ,
Some members of the committee .de
sire to. see, action also on Senator
Knox's alternate resolution ' to ratify
the treWty with , the league Of nations
covenant ' excluded.1 1 ' '
Ottawa. An order granting amnes
ty to military offenders has been pass
ed by the federal cabinet. It stops all
prosecutions and releases: prisoners
under the military service act. '
With regard to liquors it is under
stood that a bill in council is being
passed rescinding all the war time re
strictions with a few exceptions as
from January 1.
MILITARY COMMITTEES
. MAY REJECT ARMY PLAN.
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PRESIDENT AGAIN NOMINATES
WILLIAMS TO BE COMPTROLLER
Washington. Rejection by house
and senate military committees, of war
i department proposals for a regular
army of , 576,000 officers and men ap
peared prrvctically certain when Chair
man Wadsworth predicted . that the
senate . committee " would fix - the
strength of the force at about 280,000.
The house . committee has" already
agreed tentatively on approximately
a similar program. .... .
SIBERIAN RAILROAD GUARDED
BY 60,000 -JAPANESE TROOPS.
" Stockholm. Bolshevik claims that
sixty thousand Japanese troops are
stationed . between Vladivostok and
Omsk to guard, the trans-Siberian
railway are reported in dispatches re
ceiVedrhere . from !Helingfors.
Governor Lowden of INinbisUs: .. an
atftive '" candidate - for the Republican
nomination- for the: presidency : arid
Jiis cause was given a: good poost re
cently When the ' Republican editors rof
the state assembled in .'conventibn In
dorsed him for the' higH honor., , ',
NDLONGER LOOK Ttt
WJLSOr
Prosecutions' for Violation of. War-time
Prohibition" Act Probable in"
-h Course of Next Few Days,
' fr
X
Louisville,' Ky. Watching one of
their, last reinjaining hopes for a brief
"wet" spell jga fluttering away ty'the
de''clsi6n of he vtderal supreme court
upholding, -the ' " war-time t prohibition
act, Kentucky distillers and former
saloon proprietors apparently were
deeply troubled
British GovernmeKt Cannot" Conceive
v That" America Will Dishonor -the v
- Signatdre of Its President.5 r
London. Without any. disrespect
Rail, Layirg an(J 1
? tion on t, r !
i- IS Alr,J..'.'PH
''FayetttvUle.
and. without wishine to debrive Amer- k&n interurban-f.
CiZV bring IPavt
grounding towns;
Braeff: intn .H
" "uwea at.
grower compan.
operate-s-the" 'street :
erla:
cat
Prop-
ica. iof the honor 'of sharing in v , the
guardianship of ' Christian cihmiiii-"'
."ftin .olli'oo WoWn , rfani A ort f in ' matra I
pe4acek.with-,Turkey,. the earliest "pos-- -..we
sibl'e moment. - Premier .Lloyd Ceorge LJ..- V1
declared in the libuse of .commons.?.
' ; &r: " Lloyd. V pebrgl a'id v therS was
cbntplete; agrejmenti; among" ths allies
PA 1-ilie questiQh.b
in VRussia,- but- that; discussions . were
proceeding between the United 'States
and .Japan , concerning: 'future. ;acUpa
should the "bolshevik adyahces reach J
fo any considerable .degree eastward!
r. Tth"revfererice:to the Auglo-Am$rJ-
cah-f'rench Conventions' he 'said that 1
the "British, 'government ha4 given..nb
understanding . on . the subject, v f or the
simple reason that it coiild' nbt 'linagi'
ibe -that .'th United Stated wouifd ; ai-'
honor the- signature of its great - rep
r,esentative. He admitted . that tor
Great Britain to, undertake the charge
alone , would- be-'a : aeriouSf - obligation,.;
which he would' nbt enter pippn? with
out the consent of parliament.
Adding td his Russian." siatement;
be said it was a' dismal jirospect, but
city, antf elecfric
Four Oaks, .Prihc,
jviicro
ork on the layw
Z .6 exteasic-l
uegun ana Mr. g,,,,
be 'extended to thp!
miu: village as S005
V; "We are anxious t
our .work according,
I the. , general . manager;
ijieie u as outlined if
Djrtne citygoVena,
How to lawfully dispose of appro3L:iin'fod coal ad other supplies which.
RUSHING BUSINESS IS DONE
BY COTTON SEED OIL MILLS.
Washington. The census bureau's
cottonseed and cottonseed products
monthly report, shows 1.716.148 tons
of cottonseed were crushed August 1
to November 3a, compared with 1,555,
422 tons for the .same period last
year, and 777.830 tons were on hand
at mill, November 30.
8,000 RUSSIANS IN GERMANY
HAVE BEEN PUT IN PRISON.
Washington. , John Skelton Wil
liams was again nominated by Presi
dent Wilson to be comptroller of the
currency. ', - . ...
PRICES ARE STILL RISING ' ' : '
DESPITE GOVERNMENT EFFORT
ASSASSINATION OF OBREGON
IS PREVENTED BY AMERICAN
Washington. Despite efforts of the
government to reduce the; cost of liv
. ..iing, retail cost of 28 staple food arti
00t0i)s -showed an .average increase of 2
j;fpe cent in November as compared
.v:' - 'with October, the bureau of labor sta
' tistics announced. y . . .
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1ISSING NC-4 IS REPORTED
I SAFE IN HARBOR OF MOBILE.
San Antonio Tex.-Twa... Mexicans
prominent .in - political affairs .hate
been arrested att Mexicp City through
the activities of Gen! Benjamin Hill,
charged with attempting to a3sassin-
ate Lieut, :.Col. Obregon, candidate" for
j the, Mexican presidency, it is reported
I here in dispatches to Mexican news
papers. General Hill recently resign
ed from . the . federal .army to take
charge of Obregon's campaign.
Mobile, Ala. The trans-Atlantic na
val seaplane NC-4, missing for' several
hours recently after leaving Galves
ton, Texas; on a non-stop flight jto Mo
bile, arrived here. Because of the fog
the plane was forced to descend and
spend 12 hours at Grand isle, La., 50
.miles south of New Orleans, '
SECRETARY LANE ANNOUNCES
HIS INTENDED RESIGNATION
SENATE MAKES NO PROGRESS
, ON TR EAT Y OR R ES E RVATIO N S
Washington. The peace treaty' con
troversy was revived in its full vigor
just before ;the senate recessed for
Christmas. ... . . ' ,. . ; .-
' Two new moves for the formal es
tablishment of peace, one by ratirXca
tion of the treaty, One with and the
. other without reservations, were the
agencies' which opened the fight
among the divergent elements of sen
ate membership. Neither proposal
got anywhere. . .'. : f
.. Washington. Secretary Lane is
sued a statement denying published.
reports that he had placed his resig
nation before President Wilson, but
disclosing that he intends to leave
the cabinet when h 3 can do so with
out "adding to the president's 'bur
dens or worries."
Berlin. Eight thousand Russians,
who returned to Germany with Colo
nel Avaloff-Bermondt, commander, of
the recent offensive against Riga,' have
been disarmed and are being confined
at Danzig, Nauen and Grabow. Posen.
They will be held until opportunity is
given to send them back to Russia.
CHRISTMAS DIVORCE RUSH '
IS UNDER VVAY IN CHICAGO.
" Chicago. ;The Christmas., nigh for
divorces-is on in Chicago. Court at
taches" can't explain- this -Christmas
divorce. Tush, but say that the number-
of divorce applications invariably'
increases around the Yuletide hdli
days. . " ' '
Close to 100 divorces were . issued
one day by Judge McDonald and, court
attaches say, indications are tha the
demand this year will be heavier than
usual! v -i-y--! : " ' .": "'
WOOD ALCOHOL. CAUSES DEATH -OF
TWELVE MEN IN NEW YORK
HOUSING FACILITIES OF
:',, WAR! TIME FAME DOOMED
I:
DANIELS URGES LANSING TO
' TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION
Washington. Secretary Daniels
wrote Secretary Lansing urging tha
the state ; department "take appropri
ate action" to,, secure the release o
prompt trial of the jtwo American
bluejackets, who have been held in
jail at Mazatlan, Mexico, since theii
arrest there November 12.
A report from the commander of th
scout patrol boat Pocomoke to whicl
the two men were attached also wa
... transmitted to Secretary Lansing. . ,
Washington. Without a dissenting
vote, :the house passed and sent to
the senate - a bill ordered the sale of
housing facilities erected ' by the gov
ernment duiing the war to relieve
congestion in many industrial centers.
! -The measure also abolishes the Uni
ted States housing bureau, transfer
ring ' the properties to the treasury
for sale ? to private persons, either for,
cash" or part cash payments.
. New Yorki ' Whiskey containing
wood alcohol has caused . twelve .deaths
here in . two weeks, according to the
records' of the city, medical' examiner.
Saloon keepers "responsible for its
sale haye. not been arrested, and whis
key containing a large percentage of
wood' alcohol is being -freely sold
throughout the city. . ; . :-.y '.
$35,000,000 IN TIRES ARE
LOST THROUGH CARELESSNESS
imateiy 38,000,000 gallons Of liquor
worth at wholesale approximately
$400,000,006 was a big question with
them. While exportation is allowed
until, national prohibition becomes ef
fective January 16, 1920, a scarcity of
ocean tonnage prevents exportation
of all Kentucky whiskey by that time,
it was said, ' Distillers have professed
to see no chance of President Wilson
lifting the war-time ban soon.
Elwood Hamilton collector of inter
nal revenue, for Kentucky and' District
Attorney W. V. Gregory announced
that prosecution of violators of the
war-time act may be undertaken short
ly. V
all that 'could be' done was --to keep
vigilant watch : .v.; '
-The-; premier, referred to the assist
ance the allies wei reriderlng'AustriS
he described' as. .a mere soup -kitchen
policy " to mitigate a situation requir
ing 'large methods. . ''" ' - '" ' v
EARTHQUAKE SHOCkS CAUSE t
CONSIDERABLE EXCITEMENT.
CHARGES FOR CONTEMPT OF
COURT HAVE BEEN DROPPED.
Indianapolis, Ind. Charges of con
tempt of court against eighty-four offi
cials of the United Mine Workers of
America, with one exception, were con
tinued by United States District Judge
A. B. Anderson until such a date as
it is deemed advisable to bring V the
cases again before the court. The ex
ception is the charge against Alexan
der Howat, president of' the Kansas
district of the mine workers, who is
charged with continued violation of
the court's injunction against further
ance of the strike.
PRESIDENT WILSON SPENDS
AN HOUR 'IN THE SUNSHINE.
r Washington,:' . President Wilson
spent more, than an. hour on the south
portiqo of the white house despite the
extremely cold weather.'.
CONSTANTINOPLE REPORTS
O UTB f EAK BUBONIC P LA&U E.
,j; , ... ,.,. . . . .' 1 '
:GeneVa.--Reports of an outbreak of.
the.. bubonic plague at Constantinople
are donfirmed in a telegram received
here at the offices of the international
Red Cross organization. ' ; ' ' .
WORKMEN IN HAVANA SUGAR
CENTRALS" STRIKE ON PAY.
SINN FEINERS MAKE RAID ON
RAILROAD TERMINUS AT CORK
' Washington. Automobile - 4 tires:
worth more than 35,000,000, .thrown
in a pile many feet deep and cover
ing more than an acre of ; grouiid,
were ruined through exposure ito the
weather at the 'Motor Transport Corps
base at ; Verneule, France, the house
committee investigating war "depart
ment expenditures was told.
No coverings of any kind , were plac
ed over: the tires for more than ten
months. . :' : . -
Havana. Workmen employed in the
several sugar "centrals" ' of -Santa
Clara province are demanding an
eight-hour day and increased wages!? ' "
4,000 CHICAGO BAR-KEEPERS , i
V:fTPi CLOSE UPON JANUARY 1
Chicago. Four thousand of Chi
cago's five thousand salons will close
fheir! doors' or go into other ' business
MarshTille.-The k
cattle which took pla
tin's farm here ns a
.way. Ahcut 2.000
f rom vCYery direction
stock and the sale
Forty-eight head we;
pr'ce from caWei,
;$655. " 1
. AsheVille. The mo
In western North Ci-
wild, both county aaf
agrjee,. that -with h'
product and the
can be manufactmf'
forts . of city, cotfr
thorities to roirfit:
Memphis, Tcnn. Labor problems i and , they haTescw
confronting . the Southern farms and larger number thaye-
Mexico City.1 Earthquake shocks
Ifcaused some excitement among the
peopie following the " publication ; of
numerous reports' that the end of the
world was due. . .. .
LABOR PROBLEMS TO BE
DISCUSSED AT MEMPHIS.
., Maxton.-The hfe
farm lan r
was paid by Aack
burg- for the farbofs
.Ma xtpn. The ha J
acres,-sold tot.J
tnan 4&8 per acre,
means of holding the negro laborer
in the South were among: the most
important subjects planned for discus
sion at the annual convention here of4
the Southern Alluvial Land Associa
tion. , .; .
RECENT ACTION OF CARRANZA ....
CAUSES A TENSE SITUATION.
Washington Refusal of President
Carranza to permit General . Alvare
Obregon to retire from the army, and '
appear as a civilian candidate for the'
presidency has created: a tense situar'
tion in ; Mexico ;Cty, according to ad
vices from the Mexican capital.
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L G I S L AT I O N ON SUGAR-HAS1 . '
RECEIVER ANOTHER SETBACK
: Washington'. Sugar legislation ' re
ceived another setback in the sen&te i
wlien advocates,of the' bill , to extend,
federal sugar control and licensing
during 1920 were unable, because -of
protracted opposition debate, -to bring,
to a vote the house amendments broad,
ening the powers., proposed - for the
United States . sugar .. equalization
board. " :
fore they still Mi
Charlotte.-Tlrtl'1
show 'of the Charier.
tion will be held ilTd
6 to 9 and fromF
will .be the largestr
organization.
This, show will
rules ,of the Amerle
tion. All standard ft
recognized at fttti
!. prizes, . All entnas ff"4
uary . 3..
Salisbury.fflC
ed the salaries o!kc
cials. J. Fratik
the court, is gitn is
as clerk, h'is'salary I:
600 and as jueK
which .formerly hai
how 'get $1,000. V
Deaton gets an
700. Treasurer CKT
Neave .each ,goe
4oo." ... ;
MONTFAUCON.HILL IN THE :r
ARGON NE TO BE' WfONUMENT.
Paris.-1 Montfaueon Hill, in the, ,Ar
gonne, ;on;..' which: are' hundreds of
graves of American soldiers, who fell
in bajttle in September ; anB;' October,
1918 may be made an historical jnbn,
ument 'by he French government..
ARMY ? OFFICERS ARE..SEEK1NG.
" CAUSE OF SPECTACULAR, FIRE.
Dover,' N, J Causes of the' spectac
ular Hre which swept over part ' of
the Picaninny, arsenal: followingan ex
I Diosio'n lA't.h research laboratory late
on J ahuary 1,' according to an estimate j were - made the subject of an official
by M. J. McCarthy, secretary of theHnvestigation by .armvroff friers; f
r Illinois, j-iiauor tjjeaiers' Protertiv Ao.
s.ociation. -"We really expected to see
the saloons open up after the supreme
court action," he said, "and the deci
sion upholding war-time . prohibition
took the , pep out of the owners.
FORTY-FIVE LIVES LOST ON I .v.
FOUNDRED STEAMER
Cork. Two hundred Sinn Feiners
raided the Cork ' railway terminus at
midnight, masked men holding up the
' employees at the points of revolvers, j
The clerks were driven from their of-!
iices and the engineers and firemen'!
from their locomotives. The signal
men were forced to quit their shelters
and all . the, .. 1 way men thus rounded
upwere kept prisoners for an hour.
The terminus is only 2,000 yards 'from
principal police station.
Halifax, N. S. Forty-three members
of the crew of the British steamer
Manxman were drowned when their
ship foundered in mid-ocean, accord
ing to a radio from tne British steam
ship British Isles, picked up here.
The rest of the crew, numbering more
than a dozen, have been picked up by,
the British-Isles. '
The message said that among those
lost were the captain, first mate,
fourth engineer and wireteis operator.
GERMANS TO OFFER MATERIAL
ONLY THAT CAN B E S PAR E D
BerlmTne German; government's y leV York.j-Two thousand, two un
idea regarding compensation in the
sinking of the Scapa Flow fleet' is to
offer such harbor material as can be
spared wtihout seriously disturbing
Germany's economic life, according to
the Morgen Post. . The remainder of
the amount of" tonnage decided , upon
as compensation1' would . be delivered
In stallments from new production of
tha German shipbuilding industry.
The fire destroyed four builingsr:en
tailing a loss, estimated as high. as one
million x. dollajrs. FiVe r nien. r were in
jured,, one possibly 'fatally, but so .far
as could be 'Ascertained- - there; was ,120
lossjpf life.'
2,289 (WAR BRIDES "HAVE
REACHED UNITED STATES.
dred' and . eigfity-nine war brides of
American, soldiers Irttve reached ? the
United States', according to the Young
Women's Christian . assocfaticinrand
they represenTt 16 nations. Eight hun
dred and niriety-three -4I0 not speak,
English, but approximately,, half of the
number have trades or, professions. ,
The granl total ' includes" - l,Et)5
French bridAs, 426 English," 47 Xrlih,
49"Belgiari alid 46 . Scotch,
;" Winston-Salein
Winston-Salem
mington on Dec
the ; launchini of t-;
ffaffi-hf.r. "Th
Satem." which
Iina'-Shipuilf?llr!
Dewitt Chatain.
Mrs. Hugh 0
eponsdr' for tf J
named after 4
record mad
lLoan drive.
1 New 1$
'Stategvllla.
a, modern opert;
picture theater,
terlalized
TJa T1r 1 jiv .? niTrch. I
Jenkins a lot'J
Loan, and..
50 by 100 feV
posed buildinl v
will begin as T
pleted,by the
tne theater wi"
000. and w
beautiful der0-
DurdaTn.11 j
meeting of &
that extenslr
a the
and Cn"
w. wai. vi
t . V,a r
trustees. ,,1
building of J
rate patients- 1
Imateiy 7.
xt-.x Will
ary. my
prpTemenW v .
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