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WIN CIT Y SENTINEL PAGES TODAY ONE SECTION fHE WEATHER 12 I Fair Y-SECOND YEAR FULL LEASED WIRE SERV1C1 OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, TUESDAY, OCT. 12, 1920 aixoLi copies nvB ciVrrs LAST EDITION s sum M . AND ammm m i a,.. WQR Sill fskif is mmm LLUIilL iu ninrrnnmnnn I MASTER ROOKLYH t .7 . 7i- rr. tn 'itcnes nis k' Jctory, Aided By Hitting of Mates KvASllIT HARD Una More Loonely n ny One of the Sor liirtc Making Bobbles, klyn's Were the Mont flv of the Two rk, Cleveland, Oct 12. today won his third series, holding the helpless before his hlng. The series end victories for Cleveland the National League today's final score being tiler, president of the ne caked with tne ithe Brooklyn club here iime to smooth down iithers of the Robins, the came that vou did e phiimpionship," Heyd- Wheat, captain or tne Remember the strain Ime is on the Indians. , nn them todar and KO back home and win This is Cleveland s were taken and there JRU apiece for grand The crowd came ear was warm with no Behind tha Brook- jre the Flatbush follow- rational league cham to the frayed hope of itory ana noiding post the three recent ae- ies for today's game B as follows: e: Dlneen, first; Klem, My. third. Si'Kt I inline fOlson popped to Gard- he. first ball. Sheehan imieson. Johnston took Hinder and tossed to flio failed to touch the n error for Coveleskie s. Wheat sent a high . So runs, no hits, one l-Jamleson went out at fy unassisted. Wamby IVheat. Speaker popped fin. .No runs, no hits, no Lfiml Inning Sewell threw out My- uardner threw out it. KlldufI went out at to Johnston. Sewell flop and a pretty throw. nits, no errors. -Kilduff threw out on a pretty play, tak- t hind the box and mak- thrnw. Sheehan took under and threw over Gardner held first. Icelanders claimed that a to go to second on Umpire O'Day al- im and Gardner walked tnd, Johnston walked, ut to Griffith. Gardner kilduff threw out rst- No runs, no hits. "Iilrtl Inning urimes got a Texas to short. Sewell mnu. U grounder and it went P. Sheehnn'a crrniiniai the leg and Olson was Sheehan Is credited 1 Grimes was sent back iriftith' filed out tn uns. two hits, one error. COVleskie atrunlr hed bulls. Grimes took mash and threw him 'rimes' hand h,,,. tmieson's hot grounder suspended The xrw rimes when he resumed iimny scratch..,! , i IdUff threw nut Sneaker runs, one hit nn sn fwrth Inning ' smith no i,n fofore the game by the neat got a hit up pereen for a Ino-ia ,,. It second stretching It, uaraner took and threw him out at f E ON PAQE TEN) RACE FORJdU,UU0 AND liJiAIODAY PASO U A Defeats Sir Barton in Mile and Quarter Race Time Was 2:03 Kenllworth Jockey Club, Windsor, Oct. 12. Man-O'War, champion 3-year-old of America, j won the thoro bred championship of the continent from Sir Barton over a course of a mile and a quarter here this after noon In 2.03. His victory netted his owner, Sam uel B. Kiddle, of Philadelphia, a $75,000 purse and a gold cup val ued at $5,000. : .; i Man-O'War, a heavy favorite In the betting, finished ahead by eight lengths. , ' Sir Barton at the pole led at the start, but Jockey Clarence Kummer put Man-O'War ahead at the first sixteenth and he was never In dan ger thereafter, - Kummer galloped his mount to the seven-eighths pole, a good two tenths ahead. Then with a burst of speed the Riddle horse stretched Ills lead to a good eight laps. More than 26,000 persons saw tha race, setting a new Canadian at tendance record. MX IS IN ILLINOIS COUFESSION OF NIGHT-RIDERS LE NOT T VIRGINIA'S CORN CROP ALMOST NORMAL NOW Richmond, Va., Oct. 12. From the bureau of crop estimates has come the report of the conditions In Virginia for month of Septem ber, showing that the corn crop is 97 per cent of the normal, which Is an increase of 15 per cent over last year. The tobacco crop, how ever, hfis gone back, and it will be about 75 per cent of the normal and below the average of last year. The crop early in August indicated near ly 100 per cent, and then came the rains .of - August and fired, spotted and-: otherwise injured the crop. There is a decrease of 400,000 bush els in the peanu,t production .com pared with a year ago. Estimates of the crops' for September were as follows, the percentage being that of the normal: Tobacco is 76, com pared with 82; apples, 72, compared with 68; buckwheat, 91, compared with 00; potatoes, 86, compared with 90; sweet potatoes, 86, com pared with 91; pasture, 96, com pared with 101; field peas, 93, com pared with 86; pears, 82, compared with 87, and sorghum, 94, compared with 98. . ATTORNEY SIMS AND PALMER FALL OUT Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 12. Dan W. Sims, special assistant attorney general In the cases pending against the coal operators and" officials of the Mine Workers of America, Indict ed under the Lever Act last winter, has resigned, it became known here today. Mr. Sims, while admitting that he had sent his resignation to Attorney General Palmer at Washington, de clined to discuss the case when seen at his home in LaFayette, Ind. It is understood, however, that Mr Sims resignation was due to a disagree ment with the attorney general over procedure and evidence to be used in the coal cases. I. C. C. REFUSES TO GRANT HIGHER RATES FOR COAL Washington, Oct. 12. -Cancellation was ordered today by the I. C. C. of proposed Increases of ten cents per ton In the Joint rates on coal from mines on the Norton and Northern railway to destinations In North Carolina and southeastern territory. The schedules were filed by the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway and Southern Railway companies. The commission held that the Increases were not Justified. LOS ANGELES BANKS AID WEST'S COTTON FARMERS Los Angeles, Oct. 12. All the banks of Los Angeles have Joined in an arrangement to finance the cotton crop of California. Arizona and New Mexico to the extent of $2,500,000, according to announcement today by J. Dabney, vice president of the First National Bank. WRINGS UP TO COMBAT THE WAN RAILWAY EXPRESS CO.;- HT IS TO BE STARTED IN SOUTH KKR ANDERSON.) .. . "-(Special.) ' ott is to be made pres ' Atlantic Coast Line Thomas W. Davis, re assistant general coun system, will aucceed pneral counsel of the ' currell gossip among ''a and other officials at the next meeting the road, which I. hin the next sixty '"ex, who deslrag to ' chairman of the '-'tors, according to me source ; and Davis are well Jm nent Nortn c live in Uiii-.. . ,rn '"' ra'"-oad matter Iiat th. " aveloped 'he 11, , '"e ,Boutnrn V h JLS" com- rin i "'" 08 staged, ; ?,' ,he """th and j-;"1 10 a11 sections ' While organized primarily for ex press business in the South, the new company in reality is the out-growth of disinclination of a number of carriers to aim the contracts offered by the American Railway Express and now filed for approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Southern Railway system par ticularly Is understood to object to the contract and a consolidated con trol of the express business of the country. Under the American Rail way Express it is proposed practl cally to operate four express com panles, the Southern, Adams, Amer lean and Wells Fareo. Organization of the South-eastern Express means there will be an inl tial fight in the southeastern states, which may extend to all sections of the country. It is regarded as sig nlflcant that among the organizers of the new express companies is .api. cnarles Lylerly, a Chatta nooga banker and a director of the Alabama Oreat Southern Railroad which Is operated by the Southern system, and Robert F. Maddox, of Atlanta, hanker and director, of the eeaooara Air line railroad- One of. the Most Enthusiastic Meetings of His Campaign Held Last Night Peoria. Ilia, Oct. 12. Governor Cox, of Ohio, today returned Co Illi nois following one of the most en thusiastic meetings of his campaign last night at St' Louis, to carry on his fight for the League of Nations and other party policies. The Dem ocratic presidential candidate also was to speak later today In Indiana, his fourth trip to the Hoosler State. His position as the champion of the league was to be further emphasized today by the governor, who planned also to discuss the stand of Senator Harding, his Republican opponent, and former President Taft. The governor's Itinerary called for his departure from Peoria at noon and for a number of rear plat form speeches this afternon en route to LaFayette, Ind.. where he was to speak tonight. F ARMERS 1 BODIES NOV If! SESSION Representatives From Leading Organizations Meet to Dis- cuss Credit Expansion Washington, Oct. 12. Representa tives of farmers organizations from all parts of the United States began a two-day's meeting here today to consider credit expansion, which, they say, Is necessary for movement of the crops already produced and for continuation of production. The meeting is expected to de vise a policy to meet the downward trend of prices for farm products, which the farmers claim has cre ated a serious situation. Attending todjay's meeting were representatives of the American Cot ton Association, National Grange, National Board of Farm Manage ment, the Live Stock Industry, Wheat Growers,- Tobacco Growers, several of. the state commissioners of agri culture and representatives of state marketing bureaus. Appointment of a committee ; to present the White House a request for a conference with President Wilson and his cabinet for the sub mission of the needs agriculturists was decided upon. - The committee chose a representative from each of the farm organization, The representatives also decided to ask for a conference with the federal reserve board. HARDING ASKED DIRE T QUEST RUE Officers Now Convinced The Crank's" Confession Yester day Was. a Falsehood OFFICER SAYS BOY ALIVE WAHNEDBYFOUn SOUTHERN GOVS. Lawlessness Is to Be Severely Dealt With According to Their Statements Doremus Wants to Know If He Thinks 41 Nations Will De- Bert League for Him ; Chicago, Oct. 12.--The question of whether the members of the league of nations would accept new association of nations, was put to Senator Warren O. Harding today In a statement Issued here by Con gressman Frank E. Doremus, chair. man of mid-western headquarters of the Democratic committee. - - ; "Senator Harding Is again talking vaguely about an 'association of na tions' ignoring the fact that the League of Nations is already set up and Includes 41 -countries," says the statement. "Does Senator Harding think these 41 nations will disband and join his association?" "The only Inference that can be drawn from the senator's remarks Is that he Is a bush leaguer, playing with Mexico, Turkey and Bolshevis tic Russia." In Fact Ofllwr Ixnhart Rays He Is Confident Child Will B (ilven to Its Mother By Next Friday; Continue Karrh of "The Crunk's" Farm Philadelphia, Oct. 12. -Investigation of the latest confession of Au gust Pasquale, "The Crank," in which he Is alleged to have told Major Lynn Adams, head of the state police, that he accidentally smoth ered Blakely Coughlln while stealing the baby from the home of Its par ents in Norrlstown last June, was continued today. Pasquale, according to Major Adams, said that when he lifted the child from its crib, It start ed to cry, and that he placed it un der his coat which he buttoned tightly. After making his escape and running some distance, he un buttoned the coat and found the child dead. . Search of the woods and swamps around Egg Harbor and New Oretna yesterday, failed to reveal any trace of the child's body. It was In the neighborhood of Egg Harbor that Tasquale purchased a small farm shortly after he succeeded In ob taining $12,000 from George Cough lln, the missing child's father, on the promise to return the boy and It was also' there that he was captured when he attempted to get an ad ditional $10,000 ransom. The authorities stated today the Investigation would be continued, but declined to say what the next would be. Because of the many false clues Pasquale Is said to have given those Working on the case fince he confess ed the kidnapping, neither the Mr rlstown police nor the Coughllns place much credence In, his Ktest story M. H. Lenhart declared today that Pasquale has not yot told the (ruth, and added: "I cannot tell all I know,- tut within a few days It will be found that; Blakely Coughlin is alive,- I am certain of that and expect to hear of Mrs. Coughlin making a complete identification of ner baby before Friday." Takes Officer To Koene Harrishurg, Pa.. Oct. 12. August Pasquale, confessed kidnapper of Blakely Coughlin, today took Cap tain Samuel Oearheart, of the state police, to the spot along the Schuyl kill river below Norrlstown, where he declared he had thrown the body of the child, and a diver found a piece of rail and some string which he alleged he had tied to the child when he hurled it into the stream, ac cording to a' statment made today by Major Linn O. Adams, superin tendent of the state police. The search, for the body is being continued by the diver, the major sam." - ; ::? . Major Adams also said Pasquale had confessed to killing a woman about 608 N. 8th street. Philadelphia last spring and to stealing $300. The news of the search was tele phoned to the superintendent from Norrlstown and simultaneously a warrant for the, Philadelphia murder was Issued. TROOPS WHEN NEEDED ARMENIA TO FIGHT TURKS AND TARTARS - Erivan, - Oct. - 9. Armenia - has plunged Into new warfare against bands of Turks and Tartars. Her army, commanded by General Sehoo, la estimated at 334,000 men, who for the most part have- been con scripted since last spring. All are able-bodied, their ages running from 17 to 45 years. The reason for the fighting Is the fact that the Interests of the Armenians and the Moslems here cannot be reconciled. Tartars and Persians have been attacking Armenia for the purpose of estab lishing a corridor from Baku to An gora, In Asia Minor. Armenia is in the same miserable condition of her neighbors. Her population Is living from hand to mouth and has devel oped a sort of gypsy psychology. Thousands of refugees are always on the march and prey upon starving bands of Tartars, who also prey up on each other. MORATORIUM IN CUBA , HAS DESIRED EFFECT ' Havana. Cuba, Oct 12 Proclama tion of a moratorium for fifty days seems to have cut short the financial flurry, which occasioned considerable alarm on Saturday. Issuance of the decree .was favorably received by the public. All banks. Including the Interna tional Bank of Cuba, which suspend ed .payments on Saturday morning following a run on that Institution opened for business at the usual hour today. , MR. SAMS TO ADDRESS WOMEN WEDNESDAY, 4 Hon. A. F. Sams will speak to the city nurses at a meeting at the Young Women's Christian Association building tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. He will discuss "The History of Political Parties and Political Platforms." Mr. Sams has delivered ad dresses on matters pertaining to citizenship at two meetings of Winston-Salem women and each time his discussion of the sub ject has made a deep Impres sion. His address. tomorrow will be along different lines from ths others and It also is sure to be heard with much Interest. Not only nurses but women generally, are cordially Invited to be present- s Negro Guard Killed at Gin In Ar kaiiNas Was Slain lly Two Other Negroes for Robbery and Not Shot By Nlght-Klders as First Reported; Governors Talk Atlanta, (5a., Oct. 12. Several fires of undetermined origin, with cotton destroyed and widespread threats of night riders to burn gins whose owners ignore warnings to discontinue operations until the staple reaches a pries of 40 cents a pound, have resulted In the is suance of proclamations by Gover nors Urough, of Arkansas, and Kllby, of Alabama, and statements of their position by Governor Dorsey, of Georgia, and Cooper, of 8outh Car olina. - Governor Brotigh, upon belna' a-I-vised last night of tha shooting of Nora Canada, a negro gin guard in Lonoke county, issued a proclama tion citing the killing and "law'exs nesa in some of our oountles growing out of the prevailing prices of cot ton." The governor called upon the state adjutant general and sheriffs of counties where there are likely to be disturbances to use all powr at their command to "suppress tnese night riding outrages." Posts of the American Legion also were urged to co-operate with the author ities. The killing or Canada until late last night had been regarded by the authorities as a possibln nut growth of night -riding aotivitlei, ss the owner of the gin at which the negro was killed is said fo have re r.Uved a warning to close It. Two negroes ha va been arrested and charged with the killing, hoivivir, and one -l 'hem' Is said to have con fessed that the .motive was rohievv, refuting the tin ry that the shoo inu was an act of nitiht riders. In a proclamation citing ths burn lng of gins and. gin houses In Ala bama, Governor Kllby has offered a reward of $250 for th arrest and conviction' of any person guilty of the destruction of property. "This character of lawlessness deliberately violates one of ths purposes for wnicn government is established and threatens to substitute for orderly government a reign of terror and violence," the governor declared. Governor Cooper, in a communi cation to Ira Harris, solicitor of ths tenth judicial district of South. Car- ollna, deplored the acts of "fanat ics," and gave assurance that should any situation develop which would require extra effort on the part of the state he would not hesitate to order it. Mr. Harris had written the governor of tha posting of warn ings on gins and had asked if any preparations had been made for the sending of detectives Into ths affect ed districts. The only overt act so far committed In South Carolina was the removal last week of me chanical parts of a gin In Anderson county. Thess were replaced and gin resumed operations. Replying to a suggestion from a county sheriff that the offer by the state of a reward for the arrest of night riders In Georgia would have a beneficial effect. Governor Dorsey stated that threats against property in Georgia constituted a mlsdemean er, only, and that In the circum stances he was not authorized to of fer rewards. Ths governor declar ed, however, that in the event prop erty was destroyed a felony would have been committed and that he would "be glad to ofTcr the highest reward possible under law." Gin Burned In Texas. Ft. Worth, Tex., Oct. 12, The cotton gin of G. T. Moore at Pursley, Texas, burned lost night. Tha fire is beljeved to have been of Incen diary Origin. The lorn Is $(,000. JERSEY WOMEN LIKE THE IDEA OF JURY DUTY HORRIBLE CRIME BY MICHIGAN FARMER WORLD CHAMBER0F17ILLTA COIERCEIOIEITII Confesses to Chloroforming His Two Little Daughters and Burying Their Bodies Instng. Mich., Or t. 12. Karl Roop, a farmer, living near here, today confessed, according to Sheriff Sllsbee, that late yesterday he chlo roformed his two daughters, aged two and three years, and burled their bodies In the bed of Red riv er, a short distance from his home.) The twu girls, the sheriff said, had been In the fields with Roop in the, evening, the farmer returned to his home and assured his wife, who! was 111 and in bed with her six-day-1 old son, that the girls wers oafs and would be horn shortly. A few hours later h started for the sheriff's office at Msson where he surrendered and mads tha al leged confession. After Roop had told his story the sheriff went to the river, led by Roop, and uncovered the bodies. Despondency, according to the al leged confession, was the motive for the crltne. Roop Is being held on a charge, of murder. HARDING IS TO TRAIL GOV. COX THIS WEEK Newark, N. J., Oct. 12. Women newly, enfranchised in this state take their duties as Jurors mors seriously than do men, John E. . Gallagher, aergeant-at-arms of the Orange dis trict, declared today after serving subpoenas on the state's first panel of women. ., . - ... Out of twelve women only one ob jected to serving and she consented when assured that she was not too young. - me woman win sit tomorrow In a suit Involving dlapute between a dress maker and a pattern manufac turing company. Leaves Tonight for Trip to Ky Tenn. and Indiana May Be Last Speaking Tour Marion, O., Oct. 12.- Senator Harding will leave Marlon lat this afternoon on his fourth speech-making trip outside Ohio, which will take him through entucky, Indiana and Tennessee, It may also be his Inst lour away from his home in ths campaign If plans under serious consideration are finally approved. These plans contemplate cancellation of the senator's date at Buffalo on October 21 and allotment of most of his time after this weak to frorM porch speeches and other affairs here In Marlon. A few Ohio cities are to b visited, however, regardless of th final decision as to an eastern trip. Two red latter days of the-campaign In ths home sector will be Oct. IS, when delegations of first voters will bs addressed by ths candidate here, and October 20 when he will speak at a barbecue at Jackson, Ohio, Harding headquarters announced to day that young men and woman from every part of Indians, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Kentucky Would be here for the nrat voters celebration and that seventy-five special trains had been engaged to bring the crowds from ths same states to ths barbecue at Jackson, ' WILSON GRANTS MINERS' REQUEST Call Joint Meeting to Consider Any Inequalities That May Be in Board's Award WASHINGTON SEES THE END OF BOLSHEVISM APPROACHING IN RUSSIA; WRANGEL GAINS STRENGTH Washington, 0it. 12. Th end of! Bolshevism In Russia in believed by oUlcials of the state department to be near enough to begin considering what will follow soviet rule. The danger of anarchy and chaos In Kassia following Bolshevism Is real, itwss said today by an official of the department, who, however, expressed the belief that the Zem stov has been so well organized that they will he able to maintain order until a new and stable government Is set up. said to lndlcats that ths Itusstan people are pinning more faith than ever to the Zemstov, which organlza tlons have been preparing for the time when each of thern will have to administer ths affairs of Its own dis triets. General Wrsnge In reported to be, receiving considerable support from the population of the territory under his control In south Kussia and as his area of control Increases his system of government Is being In stalled. The antl-Holshevik leader la j sub-dividing the big estate so that Advices rei-elved recently by the the peasants ar obtaining land to department from various source arti cultivate. Washington, Oct. 1 2. President Wilson today : notified representa tives of anthracite mines that he would request a joint meeting of op erators and miners, to bs held at Scranlon, Pa., October IS, for ths purpose of adjusting any Inequali ties In th recent wsge sVvard. The President In his message con. gratulated the miners for their promptness In complying with th award of th anthraclts commission, The telegram was addressed to John Collins, secretary, Hasleton, Pa., l. 11. Golden, Hhamokln, Pa., anil Phil Up H. Murray, International vies president of th United Miners. Ths message said: "I am In receipt of your tper.tra advising ms t h it h anthraclu min ers havs re'-urned to work In accrJ- ance with the terms of their auric ment and asking (hat I call th? rep resentatives of the anthracite oper ators and miner; Into joint confer ence for !he purpose of adjusting Inequalities in tne present agree ment. - -- ' --- - "I congratulate you and ths miners you represent upon prompt msnnsr In which you have roonplled with the award of th anthraclts coal com mission. I am convinced thai, the future of collective bargilnln de oends upon ths fidelity with which each side adheres to th terms of their contracts. If any Ino'iimllllea exist In the agreement 1 ;n son no objection to their being e irrected, If both sides can agree upon a remedy "In compliance with your request therefor I will request tna repre sentatives of the anthraclto opera ors and miners, and do hereby re quest them, to meet in joint confer- nc in the city of Herantoii, Pa, on Monday, October II, at 11 a. In.. fur the purpose of adjusting any In equalities In their present aarue nient as they mutually agre should be adjusted. I am sending a ropy of this telegram to the eortai-y of ths joint s:ale committee of tha anthracite coal field with a rvqueit that It be cminunlratd to Dot I) op erator and miners." - . . 4 .. . ' - GEN. WRANGEL IS ATTACKING AGAIN Hebastopol. Oct. 10. (By Asso ciated Press.) General Wrangel the snti Bolshevik I leader, has launched his expected offensive against the new sixth srniy of the aoviet forces sheltered behind the Dnelper. General Wrangel l tar rying out a pinching movement con verging on ths town of Kakhovka, Aurthsast of Khsrzoa. . Will Be Held in London Next June;. Boat d of Directors International Adjourn Paris, Oct. 12. Ths board of di rectors of hs International Cham ber of Commerce today adjourned its two days' session after approving ths holding of the second conven tion of ths full membership in Lon don on June next, th exact dale not being determined. The directors ap proved ths plans for expansion and cxpresxetl plesaurs at ths sympa thetic attitude of ths chambers ot commerce of th nations belonging to ths League of Nations. The directors said it was expected most of ths other league member will be represented at th next con vention. Thw sessions of ths board wer attended by A. C. Itedford, vie president; Judge Walter Brry. pres ident of ths American chamber of Commerce of Paris, and H. J 8heets, for th United Htates, and representatives of r rnnue, nelgtum. Great Britain and Daly. Th next smslon of ths board will bs hold in Paris January 1 nsxt. HIGHlFliOF ' II Vice-President Foreacrt Found Dead Sitting in Hin Car at Hendersonville Today Ashevllle, Oct. 12.W. N.1 Fore acre, a vie president and general manager of lines east for tha Houth- em Hallway, was found dead in his private car at Hendersonville at sifts o'clock this morning, by his porter. Acute Indigestion was assigned by physicians as th cause, lie had been deed about two, hours, It I said, when th porter, who went fo hi room on ths car to cull him. its was sitting In a chair In his night clothes with a light burning. Mr. Korencre, accompanied by O. B. Keystnr, general superintendent, and S. J. Mulvaney, division super IntenUent, were on a tour of Inspec tion. Ths party arrived In -AahsvlHs yesterday and went to Henderson ville and Brevard, returning to Hon lersnnville last night, Mr. M.ire acre, who is about 0 years old, re tired apparently In good health. He has been In the mplrv of the Southern Hallway sines HIT, when he became a telegraph operator with ths company. He rose rspldly and before th world war was ap pointed to I he position he held at ths Urns of hi death, headquarters bslng maintained at Charlotte. A special train has been mads up hers and ths. body will bs sent to Atlanta, his native horns, for burial. - LITHUANIA DIVIDED INTO TWO COUNTRIES (E STEPS stop misii LAVJLESSUESS Government Determined That Tlmeio Use Drastic Meas- ! ores Has Come ! SOME PLANS PROPOSED DEAD ' Warsaw. Oct. 11. Tha new een tral Lithuanian government at Vllna has proclaimed ths creatlstt of a new slsts, ssys a I.Ida dispatch. A series of proclamations has been is sued by ths so-called government Th first proclaims ths new Mats and promises to convoke a diet In th near futurs, , Th s'ond, addressed to the Polish government, asks for forgiveness for the mutiny of General Helgouskl's troops and gives notice of ths crea tion of ths new stats, ths territory of which, It Is set forth, includes tm town of Grodno, with th rlvsr, Nl men ss ths dividing line from Po land. The proclamation further asks that the Polish troops occupy ing central Lithuania b considered as an army of occupation. Th Vllna government requests that It lie allowed to send a commissary to these troops. ' j A third proclamation is a declar ation to the Kovno government (th old Lithuanian) government propos ing ths opening of negotiations with reference to th futurs relations of ths two countries. Ukrainian Seise Kiev ' Warsaw, Oct. 11Ukrainlan In surgents have occupied Kiev, ths Bolshevik forces thst were holding ths city abandoning it, according to advices received hers. leaders of Sinn Kris) llrgard State nwiie of l.loyd corg as Bn lar athilt of War Agalt lOmrrnlil . Jxle -Mnttira Are Soon to Ha Brought to Heart ; I,oiu1on, Got. 12. tader of ths Hlnn r'eln Movement regard thl speech muds at Carnavnn, Wale, on Saturday by Premier Lloyd Oeorg as almost a -"declaration of war" at Ireland, In that hs virtually con doned acts of reprisal against per sons who hsve attacked th police forces In Ireland, There are many signs, ssys ths thiblln correspondent of th London Times, thnt the executive depart ment in that city Intends to bring, matters -to head as nutckly as possible by a concentrated conumlirn gainst disorder which by inflicting genersl hardships on ths country may make crime and lawlesnneM "truly unpopular." Projected meas ures are said to Include comptetn sloppags of th Irish railways, dras tic reduction of ths postal service until alt railway worker agree to return to duty and until there I a cessation of raids nn ihs malls. LEAGUE TO OPPOSE LITHUANIA REBELS Paris, Oct. 12. -Lon Bourgeois, as presiding officer of the executive council ot the League of Nations, has telegraphed the head of th mil itary mission sent to Lithuania, asking that Information b forward ed from lime to tlm as occasion-rail.. ra for regarding svente in Vllna with a view to such action as might bs useful to put an end to ths occu pation of ths city by General gouekl, ths Polish insurgent com msnder, ' M. Bourgeois Informed ths mili tary mission that ths Polish gov ernment had disavowed General illkouskl and had expressed its rwadln to fake all measures In or der to end the troubls. ASSAillLL , BUSYJIIIRELAIID Two Constables Killed Party Attacks Military Lory Near Cork and Driver Killed Bulllndery, Ireland, Oct. II. Constables Keeny and Craw fori were shot dead and a sergeant and two other constables wer badly wounded when a po'les motor car running between Kosocmmon to Hulluglireden county ot Mayo, was fired upon today. -- Attack Military Lory. Cork, Oct. 11. An attack on a military lory In th Mallory district of Cork today reulte In the deuth of ths driver and the wounding of three soldiers, It developed into another fight betweon soldier hur ried to the scene and th atutfktn party, which, according to a mlllt iry headquarters report, numbered men and wss armed with machliitf guns, rifle and bombs. The seen of th ambush was near th town of Kanturk, the residents of which later cloned their houses and shops and fled to the Country, fearing reprisals. ' REQUEST LEGION TO REJECT K. OF C. FUND Charlotte, Oct. 12. Hornets Post, of th American Legion, hs transmitted to national headquart ers a resolution. passd at its meet ing Monday night, requesting tha legion to reject ths l,QO0.0u Knights of Columbus fund, on ths ground that It Is contrary to the principles of ths legion to becom either politically or religiously entangled. BOTH PEACE DELEGATIONS BELIEVE THEY GOT BEST OF THE OTHER IN THE RUSS0-P0USH CONFERENCE H'g, Oct. 12.- Experts wen n gaged today In completing ths Ukrainian text of ths armistice. aiJ preliminary peacs - trsAiy between Poland and ltusnla and Ukraine. Completion .f this work, wns" ths l-i-i ll.iilnt.ry to signature ot U14 con vention, which was framed after 20 days of negotiation. Many compli cations havs arisen while th peace delegation havs been deliberating on the terms Of the preliminary trsaty. Polish and Lithuanian troops have been fighting along th fron tier between those, two countries; there ha been a- general upsetting of stabl conditions In the Buttle state, and many member of the big Polish delegation havs been striving to prevent M. Oombukl. th chairman f the delegation and the Polish pennant party, from strength ening their position In Warsaw, Both Adolfn Joffe, head of thi RueMan -soviet peacs mission, and' M. rtnmbskl express satisfaction with i the terms agreed upon. Ths Bold he- j viki insist th preliminary treat Is much less favorable than th peace offered Poland last February and th fuilur of the Poles to have a financial settlement included in tha preliminary convention bos been generally regarded a a soviet tri umph. M. Joffe has bad much ex perience at peace conferences anil th complete agreement reached by th members of tha soviet delega tions gavs ths Bolshevik I chairman an advantage from the- first.- At mo time during tha negotiation has the soviet mlSHidn shown a divldmi front. Poland, however. obtained much naurs tnrrltory than tt seemed Hkely ttvs conference would grant Wheu it opened, and many Po)hih observer regurd the corridor shutting oft Lithaanla from Russia as a victory outweighing any coai-esalon .mad.. While th principals In the negotia tions insist the'terms eveotaaiTiy will leal to th algnatur of a permanent treaty which will permit restora tion of normal conditions in central Europe, there Is :-much pessimism -1." 11, . , t -. 1 . 1 h ... iti'u vom-E.via participating in ths oouicrtoo.
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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