North Carolina Newspapers

ckory Daily CORD ME - . ' VOL. IV. AIO. 20 mmm rps in GERMAN PEACE TERMS , (, jviay Accept German Counter Proposal In p , ,r(l to IiuitMiinity and Allow Plebiscite Jn Silt A to Guarantee Germany Sup ply of Coal HICKORY, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING" JUNE 3, 1919 change in tlif . I'm- territorial .. !, are being eon ,1 of four, it be- SERVE SAUCE 10 PRICE FIVE CENTS TO ARREST NEW HICKORY PEOPLE GENERAL STRIKE WASHINGTON POLICE SAY PKtSIDENT OF RHINELAND ENJOY FINE E 0 AT DECLARED AT THEY KNOW ANARCHISTS -: uiii is the possi- ..iiiT of the GlT- ! ', an indemnity of . huh would in- j i he allied financial i ( ii the Germans oh--',00(1 that there is tin- mollification. ;.-. il is for a pleb- enler to guarantee il supply from the BOTH PARTIES HE URGES ORDER STR KERS IU I1UII 111 ATLANTA Press. ?ie :!.-Nsuimr rising employe an I Atlanta s of ! tele- - : i,;it s! ril.ers are not in- t rnment ser . i i, :n i al Burleson i'.i j.- Brown, president :, I '.i ll Telephone Com steps he felt al- ! the service. ,a hi- telegram in-.,,-nt Hrnwn to inform , ; t h- y would be eligi a'.emeiit for 21 liours ,.. aV'I to him the names .i d to report for duty S at time. :i;.als announced that , i!d he given until ir.orning to return 'A a somewhat dis No disorder lias , president i ine with which the j ,. are atliliated rciter a: M-oximately t'.oo em- i ; i n - were on strike, j Ell THOUSAND IN EIGHTY-FIRST SI By the Associated Press. Washington, June 3. Demand that railroad employes submit to regula tion as do the companies was made by President Bird M. Robinson today I at the convention here of the Ameri can short-line railroad associations. "While government regulation of the carriers is expanded to the most minute details," he said, "the employ es are left to exercise their own sweet will, which they often do in a most autocratic way. Wage demands have j absorbed already the $1,000,000,000 rate increase, which was granted by the director general," he said. "in view of the reckless extrava gance of the government in all its business," Mr. Robinson said, "the de mand for railroad economy was rid iculous." He denounced the claim of 1.000.1 KH) saved in the first year as unjust and charged there was a deficit of !? 1.000.000 every day of the 16 months of government operation. MERCHANTS TO HEAR E LIVE SPFAKERS SUM -d PreS. ' I ' ; u' Pi t thousand men ! -.a, i N'oi't h 'nrolina. ! and I' lorida national i ' !.,.t night for Newport ; i M'ELROY I A. NFEDERATF. DEAD ',:, ! Press. John A. Me-i . ,,i..inan i. r of the 10th j a i t 'irnent, Confederate h; home in Madison i . a .! M. Statesville, June 3. The seven teenth annual eonentkn of the Mer ehants Association of North Carolina to be held at Wrightsville Beach June 17-19 promises to be one of the best state meetings ever held by the or ganized merchants, according to J. Paul Leonard of Statesville, state sec retary. A splendid program for the convention is being arranged by Mr Leonard and the other state officers, and considerable interest is being manifested by the members of the association in all parts of the state. Speakers who have accepted invita tions to address the convention, and their respective subjects, are as fol lows: Charles William Burrows of Cleve land, Ohio, president of the National One Cent Letter Postage Associa tion, and speaker of national fame, will discuss business in general and the fight for one-cent postage in par ticular; Chairman Frank Page of the state highway commission, will have as his subject: "The Merchants As sociation and Good Roads." Elmer It. Oettingcr of Wilson will discuss "Liabilities-Seldom inventoried;" David Ovens of Charlotte will talk on "The Selling Organization;" O. P.. Eaton ex mayor of Winston-Salem and state field director of the federal reserve bank of Richmond, will discuss "The Merchants Association and War Sav ing Stamps" William Parlatin, pres ident of the Raleigh Merchants Asso ciation, is to speak on "(letting the Most Out of Business," and "Mutual Fire Insurance" is to be discussed by T. W. Dixon of Charlotte, secretary of the Hardware Association of the Carolinas. Other business subjects are to be discussed by members of the association. The meetings are to be open to the public, and all repu- table merchants oi me ww ed to attend the convention. ENDORSEMENT i i: gie isv women .I'lrn- Answering an : . a, a: ' in the Abbeville ... . in wnii h it is charged . r i f of the General Fed ', ! en's dubs, Mrs. Josiah " of Los Angeles, i olat ion indorsing ra li the i HINES IS OPPOSED TO MORE NCREASES , I A I t . ' oi, i nrougn tin- n i I at the city auditorium . ' niiht, the president .. '.'tier i,f the national of- ! ' he -e charges. : ared that, not one-third .,te attending the con ' ! for the indorsement and : a onents were not given a These charges were itt ,y some misinformed ' made without an in- of the facts. A reliable ie v. ho covered the conven- !- of the local nowsr)ap;rs 1 'own papers is authority mcnt that, at last W !' delegates in attendance f-'i ' he resolution ami did so i I , ; the president did ask and con vote and not ft ' - a ii t he entire auditorium 'i i the resolution r open aioiiths about the matter Uy the Associated Tress. Washington, .Tune .-Only by in crease.l rates can the government-con-troIkMl roads me: t incrca.u-d operat ing expenses, Director Ceneral Hlhca told the house appropriations commit tee He is opposed to any increase at this time, however, because it mKhi advance the cost of necess.t.es of life. By the Associated Press. Berlin, June 3. The German gov ernment has issued an order for the arrest of Dr. Rorten, president of the new Rhenish republic," the North Ger man Gazette says. The government, the newspaper says, has entered pro test both at Paris and Spa, the head quarters of the armistice commission, against the behavior of French au thorities in the occupied area of the Rhineland. FOR QUICK RETURN OF WIRE SYSTEMS By the Associated Tress. Washington. June 3. Favorabe re port on the bill of Senator Kellogg, Republican, of Minnesota, for the im mediate return of the telephone and telegraph wires to private ovvwnership was ordered today by the senate in terstate commerce committee after the measure had been amended to make the time of turning over to 60 days. The vote of the committe was unanimous. WANT ANSWERS ON ROAD DOND QUESTIONS Interest in the good roads bond el ection on July 12 has not been very great and the Record hears that there is considerable opposition to it in many parts of the county. In Hickory there is disappointment be cause there is no prospect of secui-ing state and federal aid for hard surface roads and in the other townships the people have not been assured where the money will be applied. Those favoring the bond issue of $500,000, it is asserted, should make clear tnree points: 1. The number of miles of sand clay roads needed in the several townships. 2. The tentative plans for building the needed roads. 3. The amount of state and federal aid the county is assured. Other questions concern the per sonnel of the highway, commission, but these three points are the most important, and unless they are ex plained and kept before the public it requires no prophet to say how the election will go. The people of Catawba county simplv demand to be shown. That is all they ask before they commit themselves definitely for or against the bonds. CREWS OF THREE SEAPLANES GIVEN RECEPTION IN LONDON Dr. Charles Zueblin delivered a magnificent lecture yesterday after noon on "The Great Highway" and last night engaged in joint discus sion with Leslie M. Shaw on govern ment ownership of railroads. To day's attraction at Chautauqua is KryPs band and the largest audience of the seven days are expected. Dr. Zueblin upheld the affirmative side of the owwnership question and Mr. Shaw the negative. The audi ence was large and intensely inter ested. The applause probably was about evenly devided and the atten tion given each debater was rapt. The large number of men and women in the tent was thei-e to listen, it would appear, and Jo get a line on both sides of an important question. The debaters were as Unlike in person as in delivery. Dr Zueblin stuck to his text and followed his line of argument throughout. He was humerous in a droll way at times, Dut more serious than otherwise. Gov ernor Shaw was both witty and sar castic and was a perfect master of irony. Dr. Zueblin sought to show that in the great scheme of devel opment and preparedness fcr com merce and possibly war, the United States should own and operate the railroads for the good of all the peo ple, running the roads, most of which had fallen down under private operation or had been drained by speculators that the government should operate them like the post office department should be operated. Governor Shaw on the other hand contended that the real issue in this controversy is between individualism and collectivism and the ultimate end sought is state socialism. He went on to show what private ownership had accomplished in spite of failures and meddlesome regulations which Dr. Zueblin also referred to in his argument and declared that compe tition was what the country needed. The United States has more miles of railroad than the rest of the world put together and every mile was built by individual enterprise. The systems in the United States are in comparably better than abroad and he could find no reason for a change, especially as it meant state socialism, which is contrary to the very spirit of our country. anotherIter VANCOUVER By the Associated Press. Vancouver, B. C., June 3. A gen eral strike of organized labor in Van couver in sympathy with the Winnipeg strike effective at 11 a. m. today was called at a mass meeting last night. Exemption was made in the case of bakeries, hospitals, water works, laun dries, otels, restaurants, ten civil employes to act as grave diggers, six care-takers for the city water works, ice wagons for hospitals, hotel and restaurant delivery only. It Was Italian From Philadelphia Who Was Killed by Bomb Planted at Palmer Home in Washington Very Few Lives Lost in Latest Outrage WILSON DISCUSSES REPLIES TO ENEMY By the Associated Press. Paris, June 3. President Wilson discussed with experts this morning the questions of the replies to make the German notes on the economic phases of the peace terms. The meeting later developed into a full discussion by the American delegation of the peace terms. ON THAT BAKER 1 r I a, a II,, that in the rear of the .re several hundred peo "I not vote, but they were ''at.ors. " ins t,o be no doubt but i t majority of the dclf 1 1 red here from every state on, many of them wives at politicians, were most inclined to the resolution a true of nations. .MEDALS I OK SERVICE Certificates of award and decora W. 1!. Council, Mrs .. u s Smith A I'.ourbonnais aim f;;,.the fplon-li. Ifndered tl y vr(! untiring in Tr-' r rf fiJ sirvk-c and could be ''V1 h sewing room almost ev found at the scwim), treasure ,.ry day sucr.hc.nB : res .and pica in serving their nauo b l"",r"'1? "f, S!,';?', fro- the local a two stripe decoration. f ir r Knebal formerly of Mrs. IL J. Krui q.llisKurv w 11 Chicago but now o hy at the -SaS'sinr Highly reoemmended. London, June 2. The crews of the three American naval seaplanes trans-Atlantic flight, completed so gal- i t 1 iL XT A U vaii rrVi - PV flV- rival at Plymouth Sunday after noon and were given a typical Amer ican reception as their train stopped at Paddington station. American sailors and soldiers who had been waiting for their arrival, rushed for the car that contained Lieut.-Comdr. A C. Read, who brought the NC-4 safely across the Atlantic sezed him and bore him on their shoulders up and down the platform and then to an automobile for a parade. One of the first to reach the NC-4 s commander after he came from the train was Harry G. Hawker, who had attempted to shout his congratu lations at Lieutenant-Commander Head was being jostled about on the shoulders and heads of a score of men. The daring British aviator, who had wired his congratulations to the crew of the NC-4 at Plymouth, ar rived at the station half an hour be fore the train came in, as it was IU minutes late. The huge crowd out side the station waiting to see the successful American flyer, cheered him and Mrs. Hawker as they drove up in their car. When they were inside the station three cheers were suggested and led by an American oflicer and given him by the Amen- n fighting men. They gave three cheers for Mrs. iiawivci. SUPREME COURT SETS ASIDE ' CH A LONER $10,000 VERDICT Washington, June 3. Federal court decrees awarding John Armstrong Chaloner $10,000 damages against the Washington Post for alleged libel growing out of publication of an art -&7n 1109 in connection w.th the k incr of John Gillard at Chaioner s nomef "Merry Mills," Va were set aside by the supreme court. ESTATE SIGN UP NOW Onlv a few persons have signed up a,0guarantorsP for the Chautauqua ext year and unless action is taken ltlv there may be no entertain promptly there may If the Kutalqua is -nted, there should be no delay in signing up. Miss Kuth Bolick has gone to Boone to take the 5 summer course at the Ap palachian training school. (By Col. G. M. Yoder) According to the copy of the follow ing letter that we received from one J. A. Baker in Los Angeles, Califor nia, who claimed to be a son of Joe Baker's third wife, the Hefners are laboring under a terrible mistake in relation to that Baker estate in Cal ifornia. We give this as general mis apprehension sent out then and caus ed many errors to be printed through the different columns of the different newspapers the following is a true copy of the letter as received by me from the foresaid Baker: Friend G. M. Yocter: Dear Sir: Your letter of May 13th at hand in regard to my father, Joseph Baker's wives. His first wife was Stine, his second wife was a Burkhart; his third wife was a Dollell. She was a widow and had four children by Doilell. She had four children by my father, Joseph Baker, and I am one of them. My father and his brother, Andrew came to Indiana some where in the year 1840, don't know exactly. Somewhere in the 4o's then he married his third wife He died in the year 1880, July 14. He was 76 years old when he died. His brother, Andrew, died in White River in Missouri; what year he died I cannot tell, but he died before my father. In regard to their coming to Cali fornia. They never saw California In regard to this estate it is coming through and my Baker brothers which came from Germany in the early days. The names are Lu wick, Joseph and John. They serv ed under George Washington. They took land in different states for their services. This land was leased by different parties for a period of 99 toovc mnt nf this monev and prop erty is in. Pennsylvania (as the Hef ner heirs claimed the estate we made the following assertions). You said that makes no difference what my grand father or my great grandfather's first name was. I think it makes all the difference in the when it. eomes to this matter in regard to that estate you are alluding to. You want to know how much this estate amounts to. It amounts to over $700,000,000. You want to know how old I am. Was born in 1855. My father was born in Ca tawba county, N C. You can tell them that this estate I am looking after is not coming from Andrew or Joseph Baker It is coming from Joseph and Andrew and the other brother, Noah Baker, grandfather. If I can find out if John Baker, the father of my father was John, what was my great grandfather's name and when did he come to this counrty and where did he land and where did he settle and what state? I hope that you under stand what I am trying to get at. If you can give me any information in regard to this matter I will be ever grateful to you. Hoping that I may hear from you soon, I remain, yours respectfully, J. A. BAKER, 4022 Winter St., Lon Angeles, Cal. FORMER GIANTS ORDERED OUT OF LINE By the Associated Pre;;s. Washington, June o. -Twelve pre dreadnaught battle lii"s will be reliev ed of active duty with tha fuet, placed out of commission and probably even tually broken up as junk or used as targets for more modern vessels, ac cording to announcement today. The ships are of the "mixed bat tery" type and are not considered to be of any value against latest type fighting craft. Four of the battle ships, comprising the historic Oregon, Massachusetts, Iowa and Indiana, al ready have been relegated to the scrap heap. The remaining eight soon to be relegated are the Kearsarge, Illinois, Alabama, Wisconsin, Maine, Mis souri and Ohio. The twelve vessels, built between 1893 and 1901 represent a total for hulls and machinery alone of more than $90,000,000. DEMONSTRATION BY WINNIPEG STRIKERS AND SYMPATHIZERS Winnipeg, June o. Hundreds of strike sympathizers and strikers, pa rading the down town streets tore a sign placed by the citizens' commit tee from the board of trade building. Policemen and detectives prevented the crowd from forcing its way into the building. RADICAL OPENS; AT THE ACADEMY The show at the Academy was en joyed by a large crowd last night and many of the people pronounced it the best vaudeville ever shown here. The Academy Company announces that it will have a show every week in Hickory. Rev. F. G. Morgan, chaplain at Paris Island, S. C, attended com mencement exercises at Lenoir College. M YORK COTTON By the Associated Press. New York, June 3. Higher cables and continued unfavorable weather in the south led to an opening ad vance of 30 to S8 points in the cotton market. This was not a full response to the firmness of Liverpool however, and pr'ces soon worked off within 10 to 20 points of last night's figures. Open Close July 31.90 30.95 December 30.58 29.65 October 30.95 30.02 January 30.40 24.45 March av.tv .o FIRE UPON OFFICERS By the Associated Press. Pittsburg, June 3. Robert John son, 35, president of the I. W. W. or ganization, and internationally known as a radical agitator, was arrested this noon. Johnson opened fire with a revolver upon the detectives when they opened the door of I. W. W. headquarters on the third floor of the building with skeleton keys. Several shots were exchanged. MEXICO MAD IS AT GILLETT'S By the Associated Press. Washington, June 3. Diplomatic protest has been made by the Mexican embassy against the speech made by Speaker Gillett yesterday at the Pan American congress in which the speak er declared Mexico the greatest im pediment to the development of trade relations between the republics of the western hemisphere. State department officals are dis turbed by the incident and are ex pected to deny responsibility and ex press regrets. President Wilson's greetings read as follows : "It is with genuine regret that I find myself unable to attend the con ference and greet you in person. I am sure that the members of the gov ernments who are in Washington will make you feel abundantly wrelcome. but I should have wished to express that welcome in person. We attach the highest importance to this con ference. Our hearts are set upon a perfect understanding between the Americans and the development of relations which will be mutually ben eficial not only, but will contribute to the sort of relations which will pro mote peace and good will as well as prosperity. Pray accept my most cor dial good wishes for the success of the conference." Speaker Gillett in an address that startled the conference and was greeted by applause declared that the "present condition of Mexico" was today "the greatest impediment to full fellowship and international trade on this hemisphere. The Chilean ambassador and the Bolivan minister took as the keynote of their speeches the necessity of onfidence and mutual understanding and trust among the countries of the Americas. PETROGRAD I AKIN FROM BOLSH EVI Kl By the Associated Press. Copenhagen, June 3. Esthonian and Finnish forces have taken Petro grad, according to an unconfirmed tel egram from Vardoe, received by the National Tidine. MITCHELL REPORTED DEAD 'T ; A report reached Hickory today that Mr. A. O. Mitchell, formerly man ager of the creamery, had died in a western state, but the report was not even verified by the person who wired it to this city. A telegram from Mr. Walter Bumgarner at San Francisco to Mrs. Mitchell here merely stated that it was reported her husband was dead. Mrs. Mitchell has wired for particulars and it is thought by tomorrow the facts can be learned. BRYANT WASHBURN AT PASTIME TODAY By the Associated Press. Widespread Comb explosions last night, apparently a sequel to the un successful May-day outrages when infernal machines were mailed broad cast from New York to men promi nent in public life, were believed by officials here to believe another move by anarchists for the overthrow of or ganized government in the United States, rumors of which were receiv ed by government officials and mem bers of congress some time ago. Evidence that the pact was care fully planned was contained in a pamphlet found at the home of A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney general, whose home iin the fashionable part of the city was partly wrecked. Warning was given that the "time has come when the social questions solution can be delayed no longer; class war is on and cannot cease but with a complpete victory for the in ternational proletariat." Although apparently - intended to do greater damage, the latest bomb explosions from the standpoint of loss of life appear to have been little more successful than those on May 1. The fatalities resulted, as reported to day, were confined to the plotter him self at the Palmer home and in New York, where from one to two persons were killed. The -full list of cities where explo sions occurred are New York, Wash ington, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Philadel phia, Boston, Paterson and Newton ville, Mass. Washington police inspectors early today believe 1 they had identified the man who was blown to pieces last night in an effort to kill Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer as an an chist of Philadelphia. They also said they were confident that the nation wide plot against government officials and public men originated in Phila delphia. A blood-stained conductor's identifi cation check found in front of Mr. Palmer's residence early today show ed that th? anarchist arrived in Wash ington at 10:30 last night from Philadelphia. He went direct from the union station to the Palmer home and a few minutes before the expo sion was seen by C. S. Briggs of Marion, S. C. The police woud not reveal the iden tity of the man, but they felt confi dent their investigations since last midnight would lead quickly to the apprehension of his assistants, who they felt confident were responsible for the infernal machine plots a month ago. The anarchist apparently was of Italian birth. His scalp, found by the police' at daylight, had upon it hair that was dark and curly. Included in the heap of tattered, scorched and stained fragments of clothing- and articles belonging to the man was a much-thumbed Italian-American dictionary, indicating that the owned knew little English. By a strange freak of the explosion was a hat which remained intact. On the sweatband was inscribed the name of "DeLuca Brothers, Hatters, 319 S. Eighth street, Philadelphia." The police are confident that the plans of the anarchists to blow up the home of Attorney General Pal mer wou'd not have miscarried had he not in his excitement in the darkness struck his toe on a low coping six feet from the front door, where it was ob vious he intended to place the pow erful infernal machine. The coping tripped the anarchist and when he fell the concussion set off the bomb. The head of the dead anarchist was found on the roof of a house more than a block av.-ay from the scene of the explposicn. Representative Mansfield of Tex as was passing near by when the bomb exploded. Flying fragments of the anarchist struck him and dyed deep crimson spots in the light sum mer suit he was wearing. For North Carolina: Probably showers tonight and Wednesday, mod erate east winds. The program at the Pastime today wil be Bryant Washburn in "The Gypsy Trail," a Paramount comedy drama in five reels. Bryant Washburn makes his first appearance as a Paramount star in a picturization of his charming story which was a stage hit of last season. The story con cerns the love of two men for a girl (as usual), the girl being played by lovely Wanda Hawley, whose blonde beauty made such a hit in "We Can't Have Everything" and "The Border Wireless." One of the men is bashful and prosaic and not a bit romantic, and the other is Irish with all the qualities which go to make happy that race. Which of the men wins the girl? That would be telling. Come along and see for yourself. TO RESTORE POWER TO COMMISSION j By the Associated Press. 1 Washington, June 3. The senate I interstate commerce committee by un- animous vote today ordered favorably i reported the bill by Chairman Cum mins ordering the restoring at once the rate making powers of the inter state commerce commission. Mrs. J. Worth Elliott and Mrs. Eubert Lyerly went to Henderson ville today to attend the State Fed eration of Women's Clubs. Miss Josie Person reports ripe peaches in her orchard, which begins bearing in June and has fruit until after frost.