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' i ' I: ti'-i'i Mil i : . I: hi 11 M Li WEEKLY EDITION OLD SERIES-VOL. LXXXIII-NO. 4,646. FAYETTEVILLE, N.'C., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24, 1919. NEW SERIES -VOL. XXXVI-NO. 2,471 ; I i I Ml AFFAIRS JNEUROPE Treaty of Peace Presented tb la low tionslfor Big Irish Loan Opened-rCopies of Pro Jspectus Mailed; r t i ( s . : (By ; The Associated Press.) Pari; Sept. 19.--The Treaty of Peace between the Allied and Asso ciated .Powers and Bulgaria was pre sented to the, Bulgarian mission at the French foreign office this morning at 1Q: 40, o'clock After the delegates had assembled George' Clemenceau, President of the Peace Conference, spoke briefly in opening the session. He was followed by General Theo doroff,. bead of the Bulgarian mission. M. Theodoroff spoke for fifteen min utes, pleading that the Bulgarian peo ple were not responsible for the war, but that the Bulgarian Government had thrown the country into the strug gle, .He realized, . however, he said, that the people must share the re sponsibility. Twenty-five days are allowed Bul garia to present observations on the treaty terms. The ceremony ended at 11 o'cldct. ... Dublin, Sept. 19. Subscriptions for the Irish Republic Loan of 250 000 i - were opened today. No reliable data regarding the response is as yet avall- able. In advertising the loan large parcels of the prospectus are known to have been sent to local Sinn Fefn agencieS throughout; the country for band'" 'distribution, but many others weref mailed in the British i postofflces. er ' In Jattef -will be deljvered or 'con fiscated '"hi illegal ' matter. Helsfogfors, Sept. 19 -The newspa- per Pravda,of Petrograd, publishes a QnvCaf omvarnmAnt ' nrnplflmilHnfl daring a state of siege In Moscow in'CoSt Of War ill Man POWef consequence of the operations of Cos sack General Mamontoff's cavalry near the Red army. Berlin, 'Thursday, September 18. The. Boehler. Steel Syndl ;ate -plants at Kapfenburg, Wurtteinburg, have been bought by Americans, according to a local newspaper. The purchasers, the ; newspaper declares, upon taking charge notified employees that a ten- hour and a piece schedule would be put in; force, .ana mat au 0PPO"niceilt the entire Ust; died of wounds. tne plan wpuia ne aiscnargea uciooer 1st and replaced with American .em plpyeee.. A MINIMUM WAGE FOR MISSION ARIES. (Special to The Observer.), New Orleans, La, Sept. 22. A min imum wage for missionaries is one of the projects to be worked out in the diocese of Louisiana as a result of the 'Nation-Wide Campaign of the Episcopal Church for spiritual, and broader Vsefulnessi " The high cost of living has inade necessary "the plan, which is In line with the general in creasing sentiment for better salaries for the clergy.,. ,, ., , . .. y It is proposed' to pay missionaries in the diocese of Louisiana . a minimum of $1,500 a year each for a single man, and a minimum pt. $1,800 to married men. , The sum of $21,000 is asked to increase the salaries paid Episcopal -missionaries in the state ' 1 Another project tor this diocese is erection of a chapel near Tula'ne Uni versity, ,to serve the students of the Institution and the' women students of ' Sophie Newcomb Colleger'.' The dlpcese .will bear the expense of a clergyman If the church at large will provide the site and plant. SECOND MAN GET8 OIRL. In thd ease of the two young men who Bought licenses to marry the safne girl, as reported n Saturday's Observer, Register Downing said to-day-that he -understood that the sec ond man, to whoifl he was commpelled to refuse; jalons, wentJ wltH ,he girl and the letter's mother to Lum- berton, whei'e he obtalttd" a license (ja clergyman, t Cbwnlng aaid; brought back, to his offlcthe license, Issued to the first applicant. " - THEFT 0F$240,000 ti ' . a. ' . i ioree men Arrested on tharge ot Kobbmg thicago Postofficfr-Clerk Said to Have'Planned Robbery f Part bfs Money Recovered. (Dy the Associated Press.) Chicago, Sept. 23. Three men, one of them John Wejda, clerk in the Chi cago postofnce, who is said to have planned 1 the i robbery, were arrested here today charged with stealing $24Q, 000 of a shipment of-S 415,000 last Thursday from a Federal Reserve Bank here to the Standard Oil' Com pany of Indiana at Whiting, Indiana. Of the stolen funds $93,620 was re covered. The remainder according to an alleged confession of two of the men, was abandoned at the out skirts of Chicago in an automobile in which they were returning from Whit ing and which broke down. A fourth man, said to be the owner of a small farm near Chicago, was being sought early today. ' Police say they believe mot of the missing money was bur ied on his property. He is said to' have been at Whiting with two of the allaged robbers. Belgian Royalty Is on High Seas for the United States . (By The, Associated Press) Osiend, Sept. 23.-klng t Albert, Queen Elizabeth. . andr rown Prince Leopold are today on the high seas on1 their, voyage to the pnitd States. The -Reamer George aghingtoli.eft her moorings . yesterday" afternoon shortly after the royal coople went on board from the United States, destroy er which took the steamer out of;Os tend shortly before noon . Giyen Officially Below (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Sepf! 23 The cost of war to the United States in manpow er is now estimated officially as 116, 492 dead, and 205,590 wounded. A total of 322,182 These figures Included losses to army and marine units on all 'fronts in Kenfemher 1st. Killed in oj pleyen per 14.742; died of disease, 58,073; died of accidents and other causes, 8,092. Under the head of missing, the an nouncement records "zero," with the notation "all corrected." A FEAS SUGAR. (Correspondence AsSociatetd Press) Paris,- Aug. 28.- truck driver; was unloading a Jpad of heavy sacks a a restaurant In one of the boulevards restaurant 'In one of the restaurants Veaterdav when one of them burst and itl content , were spread over the sidewalk. A crowd gathered. One of the young men wet his finger and U8ted the white powder. "Great "heavens," lie shouted', "it is sugar."' ' ' ; ' ' ;.Then the pillage ' began. Newspa pers, handkerchiefs , and women's ho ireRlouSadaintv. , m ,a f?w raiUt utes there remained of that bag of sugar nothing but a white spot on the sidewalk around which cpngrcat e little 'dogs. j. Every one is allowed two pounds of sugar per month In France upon pro duction' of his sugar card. The cor respondent has ; produced " his card about a dozen times since the begin ning of the month, but he has not yet been able to -obtain his August quota. NO TRUTH5 IN THE REPORT. .It. has been rumored that two or more business houses In Fayettevllle have, either een put under .bond or "hauled over the coals" by Federal authorities for profiteering: So far as we have been able to ascertain, there no foundation for such report. The ATrnmnr tioB"1ioAn"IlrniilAlnd"1n onrorfiT communities, We understand, with, va-, nations, but wlth the1 same 'old, prof- ttnnrln fsatiirp' .' ' ' ' ' 1 ' 11 THE WILSON TOUR In San Diego Plans ii Have Been) Perfected Whereby 50,000 People Can Hear President 'Speak on Peace Treaty. (By The Associated Press) Sin Diego, Cal., Sept. 19. Arrange ments whereby it was hoped the spund of President Wilson's Voice would reach a crowd far larger than any that lieard him speak on "his present trip were In effect here to day..; Electric apparatus for trans mltting the President's words to all part i of the stadium here, which has space for 50.000 people, was installed several days ago, and after the final test today was announced In perfect working condition. Los Angeles, Cal., Sept.. 19, Presl dent Wilson arrived here at 11 o'clock this morning on tne way to San Diego. State Rests Its Case in the Albemarle Hearing (By Associated Press.) Albemarle, N. C, .Sept. 23 State rested its case at 11:45 The this morning in the preliminary hearing of Marvin L. ttitch and J, H. Graham charged, with conspiracy in connec tlotf with the rioting at the Wiscas a(et'Mlll3: here last week, 'in which two1 , men. were shot and : seriously wounded. The defendants entered motion- fdr: non suit Which' waB ver ruledi by Judge1 rngrairi. -T3cc44itodi&HJ jw- Qt.m oyer see? m Wlscasset Mills (and a mem bor of the textile union, was the, only witness introduced by the State, who bad attended a meeting of the local union at which plans were jnade for the picketing or tne muis, wmcn is said to have caused the riot. Hen- dricks said a vote was taken at this meeting to form a picket line on Mon day, September 15, and endeavor to persuade non-union men from going to work. Ritch advised at this meeting, ac cording to Mr. Hendricks, to put the women in front and let the men back them up; to leave their guna at home and try to prevent trouble. He told of relating this to his fath er, who does not belong to the union and When his father was put on the stand to corroborate him, his test! mony conflicted to such an extent that Judge Ingram ended the ensuing wrangle with the promise to scrutin Ize the records with a view to determ ine whether the testimony of the father should be stricken from the record. The court adjourned until o'clock. RETURNED FROM OVERSEAS. Mr. James Mcltainey, son of Mr and Mrs. M. J. McRainey. is at Camr Merritt from overseas. He served ir the dangerous and necessary work o the. "Salvation Army War Depart ment." ' Mr. E. J. Kennedy, today reyelced.a telegram from his son, Sergeant John L. Kennedy, stat'ng that he had re turned from France, where he served for 18 months In the American Expe ditionary Force He will get home from the demobilization camp In a short while. REMNANTS FOR SALE We handle all kinds of overall goods, remnants, and pound goods. You Will be interested in our line. Write for price lists. Mail Orcler Department. PROXIMITY MERCANTILE -' COMPANY: , , ,' kHT y'-'i'Ve '::;:f ,tr Greensboro, N. C. THE INSPECTION COMMITTEE IMPRESSED Visiting" Gngressmen and ! " . f j I. I Military Men Go. Thor- - .v j oughly into Matters and View ' tKe ' Situation at 1 Camp Bragg from All Angles. ; The Congressional committee from Washington who' vlni ted Camp Bragg last week seemed, to be much pleased with tho camp, and expressed them selves as highly! appreciative of the cordial hospitality extended them while here. . , After having breakfast at the med ical officers" baracks in the morn ing, they made a tour of the camp accompanied by army officers of the camp and a group of military officers from Washington.: Before beginning the inspection of the reservation- Major General Snow, chief of field artillery, made for the members of Ihe Bub-committee a dem onstration 6f-, thei underlying princi ples of the artllteiy training to be given at Camp Bragg, and illustrat ing the necessity for the retention ofj the camp.i i It is understood that the argument 0oit effective with the Congressmen was that Camp Bragg is the only ar Ullery camp, in the country where a range of more than eight miles can be secured for usjfi of big guns. Thus, were Camp Bragg not retained, it would preclude (raining with the long range railroad gun, which .military of ficers 4,ecl5re tbjftoteffectlve weap- dh HHd in the late -war. At Camp Bragg a 2-mJle rang& with a five-! mile safety; eone Is Available. , At -Pope - Field iaeveral". beautiful. flights. jWera made for the party by i Lieut. . Charles C. Green and Lieut, j Kenneth, P. Behr, two of the noted! kings, of the air. '.Congressman H. E. Hull and Mr. Gv F. Wood, chief, of the land unit of. the War Depart-1 ment, went up in the planes, being! piloted" by . Lieutenants Hchr and Green. From the ships in the air , Mr. Hull and Mr. Wood obtained a splendid; view ot Camp-. Bragg' s won derful artillery range. Col. E. P. King entertained the dis tinguished visitors at breakfast at the officers' camp headquarters, and a barbecue was served on the reserva tion, at McFadyen Spring near Long Street Church, about noon, when the party reached that point on its tour of inspection. Hon. John G. Shaw, who accompanied the committee, on Its tour, acted as toastmaster. Mrs. W. N. Williams, Mrs. W. E. Kindley. Miss Ella Green and Miss Kate Gas- ter served the dinner. Short speeches were made by Lieutenant General Bullard, Repre jentative Anthony, chairman, and the j other members of the Congressional party, and Hon. H. L. Godwin. The party left that afternoon , tor Atlanta to inspect Camp Gordon j md Camp.Jessup. Frdm Atlanta they j will go to Columbus to Inspect Camp : Benning. ' . Shortly the committee will start eliminated. Of course the name of In' an ; inspection Of camps in thejthe another-niust accompany the ar- North and West. The members of the sub-committee apparently were greatly pleased with ( what they saw at the camp.1 It is understood that several of them, no-, tably Congressman Anthony, express ed themselves as being Impressed with the. site and the advantages of fered by the location. The following were members of the Congressional party: .D. R.tAnthony, T. S. Crago, H. E. Hull, W. J. Fields, O. P. Caldwell, T. W. Harrison, H. El. Fisher. The army .-officials'- were: Lieuten ant i General Bullard; i Major General Snow, Brigadier General Marshall, j Colonel Malone, Colonel Kerth, Colo nel King, Colonel Hanimond, Lieuten ant Cplonel Sawyer. ' Representative of the Railroad Ad ministration: Mr. Scruggs. 1 Stenographer: Mr. Strouse. : Mr.' G.iiF..xWood, chief of the rea-1 estate service of the . War. Depart- mefiirMfrwrAr Pearer and"Mrr Wtfthr-Presby tery's-oldesUohurchr- and it. ! McDonald, representing! the Land Division,-and Honl.ILiL: Godwin ac companled the party.u i i ) . ; r DEATH DEFERRED Execution of Pierre Lenoir, of France, Postponed He Was to Be Executed on Charge of Treachery to the Cause of the Allies. (By the Associated Press.) Paris, Sept 19. Announcement was made at 8:45 o'clock this morning of plans for court action in behalf of the postponement ot the execution of j the striking policemen and the calling Pierre Lenoir, who was tried with ' of a special' meeting tonight of the Senator Humber and others on the 1 committee of the Central Labor Union charge of communicating military in-! delegates, to receive reports of strike telligence to the enemy, and who was i votes taken by the individual locals to have faced a firing squad at dawn J during the last week, revived discus day. sion today of a possible general strike At 6:10 o'clock two automobiles left : to suDDort the strikers in their de- the fort and drove rapidly in the direction of the execution ground, and men and women going to work, seeing the soldiers, remarked "It Is all over for Lenoir," but at 6:45 o'clock It was learned that the execution was delayed. The military justice, a party of lawyers and a chaplain went to Lenoir's cell at 6:30, finding the con demned man very calm. 'M father taught me not to fear death " he said, "and I shall die cour ageously. I love France, and never betrayed my country." Asked if he had any communication to make, Lenoir replied: "At the moment of death I repeat what 1 pave always vainly asked to he confronted with Joseph Caillaux." (Joseph Caillaux, formerly Premier of Prance, now Is under arrest in a hospital, near .Paris under similar cnarges to those upon which Lenoir was convicted.) When he hoard that he waa not to be executed this morning, Lenoir said: "uerore uoa ana man I swear 1 am no traitor." FAST RIVER BOAT SERVICE. Elsewhere In today's paper will be found an article in which announce ment is made that the Baltimore Caro lina Steamship Company will oper ate its first ship from Baltimore to Wilmington this week. The article furthe"r announces that "it is under stood that plans are under way to es tablish a fast service on the Cape i Fear River from Wilmington to Fay ' etteville." The president of the Baltimore j Carolina Steamship Company has al ! ready been in Fayetteville, looking 1 into the matter of establishing a river I l'ne, and the above announcement ' should serve as a reminder to our ' Board of Aldermen that they should j get busy on the matter of the docks i on the river front here. LET THE PEOPLE EXPRESS THEM I SELVES. j The columns of The Observer have i always been open to the public for ex- pression of opinion, and we take this occasion to remind our patrons that we will willingly print contributions. on local matters of industrial, com- mercial and social or moral interest, Let the articles be short and to the point (from 250 to 500 words). Much can be said In 500 words it verbiage is i tide; not necessarily for publication, ' but as an evidence of good faith. Reduction in Prices Made. Washington, Sept. 18. Reports to the Department of Justice from twelve states Indicate there has been a decline of 10 to 15 per cent in food prices since the time the fair price committees began their work. From four states have come reports on wholesale prices indicating a decline of 2 to 5 per cent. Virtually no re ductions in clothing prices have been noted. BLUFF REUNION. The annual reunion at the Old Bluff Church, near Wade, N. C, will be held next Saturday and Sunday, Septem ber 27th and 28th. Services beginning promptly at U o'clock hoth mornings. Dr. H. G. Hill of Maxton, the old- est preacher in Fayettevllle Presby tery, will Ideliyer the sermons at this, all who are interested; are urged to be present to enjoy this feast of good t.ii.-.gs.; '-: - .'4 1 ' " -' THE BOSTON POLICE Abandonment of Plans for Court Action in Behalf of Striking Officers Specu lation as to Attitude of the Labor Unions. (By the Associated Press.) Boston, Sept. 19. Abandonment of mands for union recognition The Cen tral Committee was expected to con- aider recommendations to be made at the meeting of the Central Labor Un ion Sunday. Police Commissioner Curtiss began I a state-wide campaign today to fill the places of the strikers, which the Attor ney General has declared are vacant. A special appeal to former service men was made through newspaper col umns. Recruits are offered a mini mum salary of $1,400, and their first uniform free. CAMP BRAGG FOR NATIONAL GUARD TRAINING. (By The Associated Press) . Washington, Sept. 19. Inspec- tions of Camp Bragg, N. C, and Benning, Ga-, to determine their suitability as "temporary sum- -ner xsmpa. iarh6tral,rjjnatihP . National Guard" has been Order d by Secretary Baker. A board of officer headed by Lieutenant General Robert L. Bullard has been ordered to Camp Bragg for this purpose.-' " . Cotton. Mill Man Killed When a Safe Fell on Him (Hy The Asnnciated Press.) Danville, Va., Sept. 19. H. L. Wal ker, president of the Martinville Cot ton Mills and a native of Greenville, S. C, died at Martinsville last night after he had been injured by a heavy safe falling upon him. Mr. Walker wasupervislng the unloading of a safe from a wagon, when some of the supporting timbers collapsed and the heavy mass of metal rolled off the wagon and upon him. Mr. Walker died an hour later. First Cargo Shipment from Germany Reaches New York (By the Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 19. Carrying 350 tons of glassware, toys and sugar beet seeds, tho Kerr Line Steamship Jason arrived here today from Ham burg with the first cargo shipment from ermany since the war. MAJOR ROBERT J. LAMB, Chief Mughal of the Cape Fear Fair, to bAl 'ifeld in Fayetteville Optobe,! 28-31 ! ' ?a-"v - A .Y' ;"--- 1 HQ -Pi Former Speaker of House i Says Solution of Differ ences Between Labor and Capital Lies in the Scheme for Profit Sharing. 1 1 (By The Associated Press.) New Orleans, Sept. 23. Solution of the differences between labor and cap ital lies in the scheme for profit shar ing, Champ Clark of Missouri, Con gressman and former speaker of the House, told the delegates here today at the 15th Annual Convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World. Congressman Clark was speaking for the consumer in the triangular dis cussion of capital, labor and consumer. "The plan for profit . sharing," said the speaker, "was, so far as I know, first operated and put into practice, by N. O. Nelson of St. Louis and New Or leans It will require much pains and thought to work out the details of the plan and bring it to perfection, bnt it certainly is not beyond our ability for doing things Labor, capital. and consumer should be friends, not 'ene mies. They are necessary to each other. Labor without capital would be futile. Capital without labor would be as useless as a painted ship on a painted " ocean. Without consumers, i . j ii i.i i. i ii . occupation." , "V, Effort to Stop Prohibition , Campaign in European Lands, (By the Associated Press.) London, Sept 23. The American State Department taking measures to check the extension of the Antl-Sa-loori League's prohibition campaign into Europe, according to the Dally Mail, which says two agents of, the League who recently sought passport facilities in Paris preparatory to visit ing England were unable to obtain the necessary passes. "The American State Department," the newspaper continues, "is fully alive to the det remental effects which extension of thaAnti-Saloon League's activities to Europe might have on international relations, especially at the present time, and is said to be resolved to avoid possible misunderstanding." Railroad Train Derailed Fireman Reported Killed (By The Associated Press.) Connellsville, Penna., Sept. 23. The Pittsburg-New York night express on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, leav-i ing Pittsburg at 12:30 A- M., was de railed here today near Confluence, Pennsylvania, and W. A. Glenn, Con nellsville, fireman of one. of the t,wo locomotives drawing the train, viras killed No passengers , were injured, railroad officials say. The engineer was badly scalded. THE CAMP BRAGG NEWS IN BRITISH MUSEUM. ,' (Camp Bragg News) Copies of each edition of tho Camp Bragg News have been placed upon the reading tables of the library o? the British Museum at No. 47 Rus sell Square, London. Among the other leading libraries of the world to which copies of the News goos are the Liberty of Congress (the larg est in the world) and the New York public library, on Fifth avenue. With this edition of the paper, copies will be found each week on the tables of son of the leading libraries of Can ada. There is no camp or naval sta tion or military institution v with a newspaper with such a range of pub licity. . , - ,. . , EYES EXAMINED GLASSES GROUND . .DRJUUUSJHAFEER. 218 HAY STREET 4 . Fayettevllle, N. O
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