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Hickory Daily EGORD VOL. IV. NO .163 HICKORY, N. C, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1919 PRICE FIVE CENTS BAVARIA REJECTS, 42 TO 8, SOVIET FORM GOVERNMENT Russian Ideas Voted Down by Assembly of Social Democrats Exciting Scenes in Mun ich Followed by Dearth of News, but It Looks Good So Far. the Associated Prcti. Nuremberg, Havana, April 6. (Via Copenhagen). The Bavarian national assembly of Social Demo crat has voted -12 to 8 against the introduction of a soviet republic in Bavaria. ANARCHISTS LOSE OUT By the Associated Press. Berlin, Sunday, April G. There lias been no definite news concerning the situation in Munich since, the re- ports were received irom the eany lAcitinjr occurrences. 1-rom sucn 1 1 I II I - l- T me iawnum uii-i, wuv, v.. ly moot Tuesday, as has been the program. KU oecaus? i r. ,i ...-.-u- td of the support of the troops in Munich, who were repoprted in Mu- nich dispatches Saturday to have ex- pressed sympathy with the soviet cause, but to have declared their tcntion to maintain neutrality, al though they would not protect the diet building which is armed with machine guns. The proponents of the soviet idea, however, have met with great oppo- sition on the part of the burgeoiso, : on the one hand, and the peasants, on th other hand. The peasants hold the trump cards in their con trol of the supply of foodstuffs, which they have declared they would re fuse to deliver in case a societ gov ernment was proclaimed. ?!!'.?. JONES DOING WELL Mrs. E. Bryan Jones, who under wont an operation in a Salisbury hos pital Sunday, stood it well and today at noon was getting along nicely. This was the good news that came to Ir. Mcnztes this afternoon. E RECOGNIZE SOVIETS liy the Associated Tress. London, April 7. Lord Reading, the British ambassador, authorized t :-: statement today that suggest ions that Premier Lloyd George had 'h'sirtd the recognition of Lenine orj Trotzky, the Russian bolshevik l akrs, were wholly unfounded. The ambassador authoribed the followin & I statement: "With regard to the suggestions which have appeared in some quar ters that Mr. Lloyd George had ad-vi-cl the recognition of Lenine or Trotzky, I am in a position to state that these suggestions are without foundation. Mr. Lloyd George 'docs not desire the recognition of that government." IWL'LI.NE FREDERICK AT PASTIME TUESDAY The program at the Pastime Tues day will be Pauline Frederick in "Hungry Heart," a Paramount pic ture. Taken from David Graham Phillips' novel, which was one of the "host sellers" this photoplay serves as the next starring vehicle for the l.t...lt Pm1in Frederick. The prob- ir v.U no fivervone who has read it knows, is: "Can a man be true to his science and at the same ,,;,. in hi wifo the unadulter- uu. i.frWtinn she necessarily craves?" The question may come v,.,v,.. r. ov rf vnu. but if it does- en't it will set you thinking mighty hard. The eternal triangle is giv en a new twist, and the solution u :n,Lifmr. nlffo of work. Miss (lit imvi cni-in,, - i.'-,.,i,.:,.t, v,o no nnnort of Howard Hall, Robert Cain and Helen Lindrotn.. VICE ADMIRAL SIMS REACHES JIE TODAY By the Associated Press. New York, April 7.-The steam nhip Vice Admiral William S. Sims, will probably reach her pier late today. The vessel was due to dock hero this morning, but was delayed by fog. TO MAKE REPORT r ti. a -. lut Art news as nas reacneu uerim, nowev- ancea to be given members of the it. it seems probable that a soviet four leading trainmen and engine government has not been proclaimed mcn brotherhoods were discussed to rn any way that can be regarded as day by Director General Hines and rllkial or binding. the chiefs of the brotherhoods and The oponents of the plan met with the order probably will be issued to strong opposition in two quarters. morrow. NGLAND WON'T E EASE ORDER 10 BE By the Associated Press, Washington, April 7. Wage ad - . . ... ine oraer Win readjust wages so as to restore most of the differential , between various classes of employes existing before January 1, 1915. These relationships were disrupted by the general wage increase granted iast year. A few rates will be low-! in-!erccj jt was said, but the general ' level will be raised. It was reported after the conference today that the brotherhoods' apppli cation for time and a half pay for over-time had not been granted. Neither the brotherhood chiefs nor the director general would comment on this feature. BAKER SAILS TODAY FOR TRIP TO EUROPE By the Associated Press. New 1 oi k, April 7. Secretary Baker arrived here today from Washington and went direct to the; nrmy pier here to board the transport Leviathan for France. The Levia than is to sail between 12 and 2 o'clock this afternoon, but might be delayed by the fog over the harbor. Secretary Baker will be accompan ied by C. W. Cuthell, the war de partment representative on the Am erican liquidation commission. It is expected the war secretary's stay in France will be brief. APPRECIATE DONATIONS Mrs. A. Burbonnais has received the following letter from Mrs. N. uutR"c' "?"CY"1"' ..V" tary of the isaracca-i'hiiathea Union: ' I received your box and distribut- ed the contents to several wards. We gave a bottle oi grape juice to warn 1-1. where the contagious case are kept and where the boys are never allowed out of the ward and never ITCt lO IUWI1. A lie UUIC wajitcu iuc l jar of jam too, so as she naa a boy f who had a birthday yesterday, of i course, we gave her the j'am. Her ! -. i a t vr 1 name is miss usatnj wiu j-iu. a, Oteen, N. C, and I believe she is one of the most unselfish nurses I have ever known. She never lets us pass that ward without asking for something for her boys. We took the cake to another ward and put the other jars in ward 1-8 and J. The magazines wetook to the x building. Thus you see we reach ed a large number of boys in this way if vmi ponld see these boys eat 1 NCR U cookies and candy I am sure it wouia ious states 0f the old Austrian em t h necessary for me to tell you . , ... , ,j . m i i i a. i nioocnrn Anv time tnax uini biiv.jF v"j"j .. u v.mr oninv thPiYi ana xnat youi vou feel like sending me anomw uua I will certainly be giaa xo nave it, ithfr of thines to eat or flowers. In the name of our soldiers, I : i honlf von for your help and cooperation. Effective at once the Hickory can teen will observe the following hours: 8 a. m. to 12 m. and 5 to 7 p. m. t, iuhn rannot leave their (donations at the canteen during these hours may leave tnem at "'":' und Martin's store or Umstead Gro cery Company, where they will be rollected by the members. The new hour, were decided upon because there are few. if any soldiers to be served on trains which pass through Hickory on other schedules. .. Sims, wh oreturns to the United red th world war, will, come to Washington to make a per sonal report of his service overseas. After a short stay nere ne t, tj Newport, R. L, to resume his au ties as head 01 the navai w wvb. HICKORY CANTEEN AS NEW HOURS VIOLENCE MARKSREVOLUTION LAWRENCE E liy the Associated Press. Lawrence, Mass., April 7. Riot ing marked by promiscous firing by strike sympathizers and police mark ed the opening of the tenth week of the strike here today. The out break occurred in the vicinity of the Everett mills shortly before 7 o'clock, a few hours after the vicinity had been stirred by the explosion of a bomb in a tenement house in the same neighborhood. Early reports indicated that no one was injured by the shooting, although several rioters and policemen were in jured by stones and clubs. VERY MUCH BETTER By the Associated Press. Paris, April 7. President Wilson's condition was improved this morning, but by direction of Rear Admiral Grayson, his physician, the president remained in his bed and did not see callers. Apparently the president's cold is 'in the last stages of the wearing-off process. He hoped to be able to reSume work Tuesday. STEADILY IMPROVING By the Associataed Press. Washington, April 7. President Wilson is "steadily improving," al- though still confined to his bed, ac- cording to a message day from Paris. received to- ELECTION TODA Y Hickory's municipal election was held today and Mr. J. D. Elliott was elected mayor and Messrs. F. A. Ab ernethy and Geo. S. Watson alder men. Messrs. J. L. Cilley and Eu bert Lverlv held over from last year. There was no interest in the contest of course, but enough voters cast uam,ts w " BUDAPEST AGAIN By the Associated Press, I Vienna, Sunday, April 6. The Hun .nrn rnniTtiunist erovernment m , fo" " Budapest has been overthrown, ac- cording to rumors in official circles Beja jun the foreign minister, is reported to have been assassinated The reports do not say whether the attempted revolution in Budapest was organized by the Socialist or the bur- ! geoise parties. REPORT UNLIKELY Bv the Associated Frew. The communist government in Bud apest was still in office Saturday and on that day Beia fZun in a statement to a correspondent of the Associated Press said that a proposition had been Tirniiirh General Smuts, the Chief allied representative in Buda rtat the representatives of the nira un i r.iniiriiiii. nuiu c vviij- v.- v"vw; - . . i j to discuss Dounaary mm ecuuum. questions. pGt rsnnr from Budapest have', " -1 Mrom indicated that the communist govern- ment was not meeting with very stroner opposition in carrying out its Bela Kun was formerly private sec - retary to Premier Lenine of the Rus- sian soviet government and has been looked upon as the real leader of the communists in Hungary. Rev. C. N. Campbell of Charlotte has awarded the contract to Mr. J. H. Elliott to remodel the Haithcock property, just south of the Presby terian church and to make it into an anartment house. Each of three J aDartments will have three rooms and TYia wnrV will' hflP-in a kitcnen next week Mr. A. M. Lawrence has returned Richmond after spen(iing several - g his si Mfg L L R&t field rams COLD CHANGES ITS COLORS APARTMENT HOUSE R H KORY SOON AUSTRIA IN PROSPECT By the Associated Press. Washington, April ,7. Advices reaching the state department today indirectly from Vienna said a com munistic revolution seems imminent m German Austria. LET IN T By the Associated Press. Heflin, Ala., April 7. William Par ker of Fruithurst and his wife are both dead and Richard Hooper, Mrs. Parker's father, is in the Heflin jail as the result of a double tragedy which occurred Saturday. Parker, it is said, shot his wife twice, killing her instantly. Hooper, who had brought Parker's wife and child to Fruithurst in a buggy, cut Parker's throat with a knife. Parker then staggered into his store next to the postoffice and droppe ddeal. F 'NOW NEARLY $2,000 Previously reported $1,529.75 Fulmer Furniture Co. 5.00 Prof. Longaker 1.00 R. L. Huffman 1 2.00 J. C. Martin 5.00 City of Hickory 275.00 Chamber of Commerce 50.00 E. Bryan Jones 5.09 Ed Hammond 1.00 P. D. Plank 1.00 S. W. Lawrence 1.00 R. H. Bowles .50 C. M. Coffey .50 T. E. Hyder .50 G. W. Setzer .50 M. D. Setzer 1.00 E. D. Sherrill 1.00 J. E. Cook 1.00 Walter Bumgarner 1.00 Hamp Burns .50 C. A. Coffey 1.00 W. A. Hawn .50 Tob Shuford .50 L. D. Ferguson 1.00 D. D. Rowe 1.00 Tom Nichols .50 J. T. Starnes .50 D. R. Martin .50 D. L. Johnson .50 Roy Senter .50 L. Hayworth .50 T. W. Harris .50 H. C. Moore 1.00 Alvin Berry 1.00 W. G. Lynn 1.00 J. R. Reid 1.00 D. A. Setzer 1.00 J. M. Henkle .50 Gordon Yount . J. C. Williams . Geo. Ingram A. L. Yount .50 1.00 .50 1.00 .50 Parks Whitener Murphy Whitener 1.00 W. S. Sudderth .50 O. O. Barger 1.00 1.00 A. A. Frye M. Travis 1.00 Ch.i?. Crisr Sam Sudderth Theodore Foster J. r.I. Cook Albert Bost .25 .25 .25 .50 .25 $1,904.75 NEW YORK COTTON By the Associated Press. New York, April 7. The cotton market showed renewed activity and strength during today's early trading. The opening was firm at an advance of 20 to 50 points on new style months and on reiterated reports that the neace treaty would be ready be- iore roaster aiiu a tti a i M and a renewal oi traoe 1 . . , ,1 . buvincr. There was souxnern sennit ana a goou ueai ui xb, onerings weie leauiyr au, 3 the broadening demand with new gtyle May antf October 22 to 57 points hierher before the end of the first .hour, Open 2:40 call ! May 4 25 gj-; " 22.25 December 21.80 January 21.70 26.23 24.40 22.66 22.24 22.05 Hickory cotton. 24 l-2c. WEATHER FORECAST For North Carolina: Cloudy to- nierht and Tuesday. rroDaoiy ram Tuesday in west portion, tonight in the interior, moderate souin winas. DOUR RAGEOY ALABAMA OWN CELEBRATION UNO 1 I N'lWIPROVEMENTON TO I WHITE SEA j iiATrn JUItU By the Associated Press. London, April 7. There has been an improvement in conditions at Kan dalasksha at the base of the Pola peninsula on the White seaside, it is announced in an official dispatch from Murmansk under date of April 5. A rising Finss and bolsheviki had been planned on a large scale, the account states, but the announcement that reinforcements for the allied troops were on the way and th other military preparations had been taken to meet the situation have overawed the leaders for the time being. HELP CORPORATIONS ON INCOME 1AXES Mr. E. J. Smathers, internal rev enue inspector and Mr. P. P. Jones, deputy collector, are now in Mr. Jones' office in the post-office build ing for the purpose of assisting the by towns in compiling their in come and profit tax returns. All corporations desiring free as sistance in filing their returns are requested to come to this office at once ,or as early as possible, in order that the work may be completed as soon as possible, as these revenue men have other important work to be done in other fields, and their time is limited. Corporatitons desiring their assistance are specially re quested to refer to the blanks they have received from the Statesville office in order to ascertain the ex act data to get up before coming to file their returns, as the require ments set forth in the blanks are very important and 'absolutely ne cessary in preparing the returns. This information consists of vari ous schedules, balance sheets, analy sis of surplus accounts, the amounts pre-war records, dates and amounts of dividends paid in the year 1919, the dates and amounts of income and excess pronts tax paid in iyi on the 1917 returns, an itemized state ment of the income and expenses for 1918, a list of all Liberty Bonds and other obligations of the United States and the amount of interest received on same, etc. Jim Knox, a white man with a Ford, was abteto hit everything but the road near Icard, Burke county, vesterdav afternoon. His machine left the highway and knocked Miss Lila Eckard, daughter of Deputy Sheriff W. L .Eckard, down, made a serious cut on her lower lip and caused iniury to her " head. The young lady was standing across the road ditch, but the machine jumped that and struck her. The injuries were painful. Drs. Abernethy and Blackburn are attending her. After Knox had driven ten or twelve feet, he struck Mr. Dock Pugh, a returned soldier, and sent him to the ground. Then Knox backed over the victim again, tearing his clothes badly. "Well, I saw some service in France," observed Mr. Pugh, "and derned if it wasn't left for a fellow in a Ford on a country road to put me out of business. It was said that Knox had loaded up a little and was endeavoring to prove that gasoline and liquor would mix. TRACY R. WALSH, GOOD CILZEN, Mr. Tracy R. Walsh, one of the best known citizens of Hickory, died Sat urday night about 8:30 at his home n 4-4- -POlviirinnp on ill On OlXlIl aucci,, iuuunu.6 AOTO RUNS OVER TWO PERSONS SUNDAY DA ness of several weeks. ie was stine; m a lew years suc uu w born at Monroe on June 3, 1874 iess; then he married and his second moved to Hickory several years ago;wife also died in a few years enna and was a valuable representative less. Then some years afterwards of the Singer company here. He ; he married the third woman, who al is survived by his wife and two chil- j so died childless, so Andrew left no TVia vamaiTiQ wwp parried to I nffsnrinc. Mocksville for interment, after a fu- neral service at the residence at 10 o'clock conducted by Kev. u. m daughter, had marneu a . Craig, assisted by Rev. W. W. Rowe Hefner and they had children. These Mr. Walsh was compelled to quit descendants are the only legal repre 1 i,4- o TYivnii atrn rTi ac- oTfitivss and heirs at law of the count of ill health, going to Chester- field, S. C, in the hope of getting better His condittion became-worse and he returned home two weeks I Mr Walsh was a fine citizen, a I member of the Presbyterian church, and an industrious worker, punciuaj Layel, who took care 01 nei anu up and reliable, and his death is a loss port and maintain her through her to the community. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hildebrand Wo.anri son. master xjruce, uj- I are guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Whitener. BRING WILSON HOME FROM FRANCE MAY FIRST George Washington Undergoing Clean Up Pre paratory to Return to Brest Peace Confer ence Business May Be Concluded About Easter, It Is Now Thought. MEET GERMANS SOON IN FINAL PEACE By tne Associated Press. Paris, April 7. (Havas Agency) ; Paul Dutasta, general secretary of the peace conference, will go to Versailles today to prepare for the ar rival of the German plenipotentiaries It is probable that the preparatory meetings will take place in the for mer speaking room of the supreme war council in the main barracks at Versailles. MARRIED 54 YEARS Friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. Hut- ton will congratulate them on their 54th wedding anniversary which they observed Saturday. That is a span of years that is seldom given to any couple to live together, and Mr. and Mrs. Hutto nrealize it. They grow more devoted to each other with the passing of each mile post in their wedded lives. Miss Mattie Haithcock's insurance agency has been purchased by Prof. W. H. Little of the Citizens' Insu rance & Realty Company. COL. YODER GIVES OF (By Col. G. M. YODER Mr. Tittus Hefner, who lives in that section of the country, says that a few years ago that the Bakers were notified of the death of Andrew and Joe Baker in California, but they did ' not give it much heed, paying no at tention to the report. Thought that it was a hoax of myth. Then a few weeks ago the county papers be gan to publish that the register of deeds had received a letter from some court in some county in California that Andrew and Joseph Baker, gold mine diggers, had died and that there were no relatives near of Andrew and Joe Baker in that county and that they had left a considerable amount of means to some of the Bakers in Ca tawba county. The receipt of that letter stirred up the relatives of that section of country, especially the Ba kers, they began to investigate the matter the descendants of the branch of the Baker family. I Some fof the Baker descendants knew that the writer had been en gaged by writing and tracing up the ieneral logical history of the early ff"e Ztti ; ,, i,T,tv lmnwn nioneer settlers in this county known as Catawba county, and came about fifteen miles to his home to mterro Att.led on the jatawDa river noi iar from the White Sulphur Springs in Catawba county. He told them that he did not know anything about that Baker, as he lived about fifteen miles from that place. They said that they wanted the given name of the father of Andrew and Joe Baker who had died some years ago, and was buried at St. Peter's church grave yard near Oxford on the Catawba riv er They thought that the old pi oneer John Baker had died about 1800. They were told by the writer of the error and were mistaken as to John Baker. They said he was a brother to Andrew and Joe Baker but after looking up the matter more closely and making a rigid investi gation of the family, it -was found that this John Baker was the fath er of Andrew and Joe Baker and when he died left a widow and six minor children whose names were Andrew, Joe, Noah, Mollie, Susan and Barbara. And then in a few years she married again, a Mr. Hefner, and had children by her second husband. After Andrew had arrived at the age of maturity he thought, like all other young men, tnai ne "ub"w l w?fo sn he married a Miss nave - -.I,;!! joe, Mollie, Noah and Susan were neVer married; Barbara, the youngest estate of those testators who died in California. . But since this estate sprang into existence an old will made its ap- that an old Baker made ? sister to those testators, who died m California, made in favor of Mr. natural life. Now, here may be an important as the old Dutchman, John TCavler used to say. the question da' iz, mind you was this will madf and executed before these testator? di-d? If so she was one of the (Continued on page 4) H TORY BAKERS 1 ' BJ t. By the Associated Press. Paris, April 7. Orders, which it is learned have been given for the return of the United States trans port George Washingtgon from Am erica to a French port are not taken to mean that President Wilson is con templating a premature departure from France. They are thought rather to reflect a belief that the peace conference will be able to effect an adjustment of outstanding difficulties soon. REPORT IS READY By the Associated Press. Paris, April 7. The peace con ference conmission on reparation and damage today adopted a provis ional report on the various forms of damage and the method of valuation. The reprt was presented by the first sub-committee of the commission. BEING CLEANED UP By the Associated Press. Washington, April 7. In reports from France of the plans for the president's return home, the navy department oifficails said no orders had been received for the transport George Washington, but the vessel was undergoing her usual clean-up preparatory to sailing April 15 for Brest. This would permit the presi dent to reach home by May 1. PEARL WHITE AT PASTIME TODAY The program at the Pastime to day will be Pearl White in the third episode of the "Lightening Raider," Pathe News and a Lonesome Luke comedy "Girl of Tomorrow." Some good show. Mr. John M. Stephens, formerly manager of the Southern Public Utilities Company here, but now manager of the Greenville, S. C. plant, is spending the day in the city. i T ' IS E Rev. Charles R. W. Kegley, pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran church, oc cupied the pulpit at both services yes terday and pleased two large con gregations. The sermons were lar gely devoted to an appeal for Chris fan unity in xne congregation ana ! f or a greater service to God and hu- tian unity in the congregation and manity by the church. At the evening service Mr. Keg- Al ; - unity among the members and for service to Christ at all seasons. Dis cussing love and honor, he asserted that the men who wore the khaki should never lack for positions as good as those they surrendered to fight our battles, and he spoke vig orously in behalf of them. At the conclusion of the service, which was marked by deep interest, Mr. and Mrs. Kegley repaired to the front and there shook the hands of the members. The new pastor made a good impression in the pulpit and he has won many friends among the people generally. Mrs. Kegley also has won friends, and members felt last night that she would do as much as her devoted husband to further the work in Hickory. She i a charm ing woman, and Hickory people will welcome her and her husband gladly. Good music was rendered last night, a solo by Mrs. Vernon Lackey being a feature. Mr. Kegley said during his sermon that he expected his con gregation to fill that large church not only on Sunday morning, but at each service. MR. FLOWERS LEASES PLACE FOR CANNING Mr. E. L. Flowers, manager of the Home Canner Manufacturing Com pany, has signed a lease for the old Catawba Milling Company building on Eleventh avenue and will conduct the canning department of his busi ness there in the future. He will as sume occupancy May 1. The proper ty is owned by Mr. A. A. Whitener. The building on Tenth avenue occupied by this company will be retained as office and manufacturing plant, the business having outgrown ind made more room necessary. Mr. Flowers will fit up the mill building which contains a basement and sever al rooms, and make it a model can nery. Some of the machinery purchased in Salisbury some time ago will be installed and the cannery will be a large industry during the summer. PASTOR WELCOMED HER Washington, April 7.-Admiral, i