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r,'pr'tTpTn vVH.' pTY "L 1 T - II htate Library' A V ESTABLISHED 1876 LINCOL.NTON. N. C MONDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 14. 1019 FIVE CENTS PER COPY J1.S0 ptr year 1 TERMS OF THE VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN ANNOUNCED BY SECRETARY GLASS Washington, April 13. Term rf the Victory Liberty loan wew an nounced today by Secretary Glass. They are: Amount, 14,500,000,000, oversub scriptions to be rejected. Interest, 4 3-4 per cent for partial ly tax exempt notes, convertible into S 3-4 per cent notes wholly tax ex empt. Maturity, four years, with the treas ury reserving the privilege of redeem ing the notes in three years. The 3 3-4 per cent notes, to be is sued later, also may be converted sub sequently into 4 3-4 per cent notes. The 4 3-4 per cent securities are to be exempt from state and local tax ation, excepting estate and inheritance taxes, and from normal rates or fed eral income taxes. The 3 3-4 per cent securities are exempt from all federal and local taxes except federal, state and local taxes except estate and inhertance taxes. WILSON CHAMPIONS MONROE DOCTRINE AMENDMENT Discussion Described as of Dramatic Character President Deprecates Opposition Expressed Lord Robert Cecil Sees No Objection to Amend ment. ' Paris, April-12. The league of na tions commission completed its con sideration of the leagje covenant' at its meeting last nirht. No section were included granting the Japanese and French demands but Japan and France announced that they would re serve the right to bring up the desired Amendments before the plenary ses sion of the neace conference. Paris, April 11. Discussion of th.4 Monroe doctrine amendment by th league of nations commission hvit - nicht is described bv those present ns having been of a dramatic character, concluding with a speech by President Wilson deprecating the opposition which had been exDressed and uphold' incr tha rim-trine as one of the (treat bulwarks against absolutism. The de- hate came late in the session, after nthsr .iihinctji had been passed upon. The British attitude hod been in doubt until the last but Lord Robert Cecil turned the scales by announc ing that he saw no objection to the amendment in the form presented py the President M. Larnaude, of the tvatu-h rlpWation. followed Lord Kob erts to inserting the Monroe doctrine. The Chinese also offered objection to the amendment on the ground that its language was so extended that it might validate certain principles and , Claims auecuiiK uia "" -- Tha Ponident naid the closest at tention to the opposition to the amendment and jotted down notes for a reply. In his speech the Presi dent snoke with great earnestness and with some evidence of feeling. Wilson's Argument. ; Ha declared the Monroe doctrine was enunciated to combat the holy alliance and to hold back the threat of absolutism which was then men acing Europe and seeking to sm-ead its absolute power to the ," western hemisphere. It served its purpose in keeping this absolute power from the western world. One of its great purposes, he said, was to maintain territorial and po litical integrity, and, having served its great purpose in the western world, it was now being brought to the lands which had felt the hand -of absolutism and militarism. It was a source of surprise and discourage ment, the President said, to hear opposition expressed to such a doc trine and such a purpose. The President's speech closed the discussion. There vss no vote and when there were no further remarks the chairman said the amendment would he considered adopted. - The - commission then took up - the next article of the covenant . ARMENIAN-SYRIAN RELIEF CAMPAIGN Active Campaign Work to Close Soon. We have so far contributed about half of our share. Some have aided heartily and contributed liberally, tnnnv as vet have done nothing to save the starving of Bible Lands (Western Asia). Shall not their dying -f roans rise up against us and any who have plenty and do not help them? Shall not the bleaching bones of those who perish stand tor a ghastly wit ness as they lie tcattered along the highways and byways T We can easily spare a small sum to save these people from starving . and it la our dutv to Practice selfde- nial in order to save the lives of our fellowmen. They may seem far away but our funds (cabled across) may do relief work 24 hours after they are received bv the- National Committee in New York This committee is en dorsed and supported by our national officials and leaders without ward tn politics or religion. . Those who have not vet contribut ed are again requsatcd to send their gifts as soon as possible, uo your duty towards this, help us finish this task and s-et readv for the "Liberty Loan". "" We intend to give no further report - of funds soon. Yours vcrv truly. ' 1 Geo. W. Smyro, County Chairman ' EXECUTE BOLSHEVISTS. According to a report from War 'aaw, 33 bolshevists were executed Sat urday on the eastern frontier "of Po land at Pinsk. Colonel Fronczak, of the American Red Cross, who was there, says that according to mili . tary officials 200 - bolshevists were - found plotting ' in a hall on the out skirts of the city, Saturday, and that the building was surrounded. About 70 were captured and marched to the city market place where every other one was shot. It is reported that a Special mission may be sent to Pinsk from Warsaw by the allied commis sion to investigate. THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION TAXATION Experts to Assess Difficult Properties The Standard of Value is to be 100 Per Cent - of Conservative Judgment Revaluation is for Bene fit of Local Governments A Square Deal for Cities and Towns. (By A. J, Maxwell. ) . . ; The last article covered the organi zation for the revaluation of real es state under the new act, except special examiners. The act authorized the Tax Commissior to employ .for the State special examiners to assist in appraisal of properties "the value of which is difficult to sscertain. This provision anticipates that in so far as it nay be found pi at tic al experts in apprairal of particulnr classes of prop erty will be employed with the view that all the property of each of such classes will be accurately and equally appraised in all parts of the State Cap italization of enterprises has been handled in such wide variety if ways that it furnished in many cases a to tally inaccurate index of the value of tre property represented, ine juc:css of the revaluation plan will depend upon the thoroughness, accuracy, and fairness with which it is done, and it will not do to assess at full value the classes of property the value of which will be within the knowledge of the assessors and to take a poor guess at the value of which he will have lit tle knowledge. - The Standard of Value. Tha standard of value ia 100 ner cent, or as expessed in the act, what the property would sell for at ordin ary sale for cash. Forced sales, auc tion sales, and sales on "the extortion plan." or the allurement or time prices are to be eliminated as a matter of course. The act does not anticipate that unnaturally inflated values shall be used, even when supported by some conditions of sale. The rule is plain enough: the difficulty is in the appli cation. That element of value is in every case a matter of sound judg ment and discretion, based upon accu rate knowledge of the property. A very small percentage of property has actually changed hands by recent sale and even as to this small percentage there is in every case room for investi gation of the character and conditions of the sale to ascertain if the piece represents actual fair value. The judg ment of well-informed men will in almost every case differ. The one thing that will be insisted upon is that the assessing officers in every case, as to each piece of property, large or small, get all the available factB not take for granted, but take the trouble to in vestigate and after acquiring all the knowledge that can reasonably be gained in a proper wav exercise an in telligence, conservative judgment as to actual, stable value, and then apply 100 per cent of that judgment as the basis of value. To use any other basis 95 or 99 per cent would be like knocking a chock from behind the wheel of a car standing on steep in cline it would settle right back to the old levels, With a different rule apply ing in each county, and with inequali ty the general rule. Revaluation tor Beneht of Counties - - And Cities The State tax rate has been reduced this year to 11 2-3 cents. The average tax rate in the counties, including sneci&l taxes for various local miraos- es was 1.08 per cent in 1918. In most of the large cities in the State the to' tal rate is around 3 per cent So that about 10 per cent of the taxes collect, ed in the counties from property will be for the use of the State, and less than 5 per cent of total taxes collect ed from property in cities is for the use of the state. The State is pursuing policy of receding from the proper ty tax, and look now definitely to complete abandonment of the property tax lor itsrevenue.except for the pub lic school tax which will be distributed back to the counties. So that the chief purpose of the revalution act is to furnish a more accurate, efficient and equitable means of revenue to meet the local needs of the counties and cities of the State. They will be the chief beneficiaries of its sucess. A Square Ueal t or The Cities. The tax burden bears especially heavy in municioalties whero so many modern improvements have been provided at public expanse. It is in the cities especially that we hear the complaint that high rates are con nscating income irom property, and a very great reduction in city tax rates is essential to the sucessfui adminis tration of the full value property tax system, ine revaluation should leave the total combined tax rates in the highest .taxed city in the State right close around one per cent There are three provisions that will become effective under the revaluation that will be interesting particularly to the municipalities and that will tend to lower their rates. Shares of stock in their banks have heretofore been distributed to the resi dence of the shareholder, wherever he lived. Now all the shares of stock in every bank will be taxed where the bank is located, against the bank, and therefore all the ptocx win be liable for municipal tax, and in the municl pautv where the bank is locate! Real estate and fixtures of telephone companies have been distributed on wire mileage. All such property now located within a municipality will suhicct to the municipal tax. " '" s Railroad depots, yards and terminal facilities have heretofore been assess ed as a part of the total property dis tributed on main line track mileage, so that with fc-,v clight exceptions they have been paid down and" city taxes only upon bnsis of the length of main line mileage within the corpor ate limits. Under the revaluation next year the vafoe of all railroad properties within thj corporate limits of city or town will be subject to mu nicipal taxes.- Lieutenant Colonel Ansell, former acting judge advocate general and one of the leaders in the controversy over courts-martial procedure, has been di rected by Secretary Baker to prepare and submit a bill which in his opinion would correct deficiencies in the exist- lag military juaties system. BOLSHEVISM IN AMERICA. How Far Freedom May Be Exercised and Remedies tor Excess W here Line Will Be Drawn. David Lawrence-Washington news paper correspondent, in an article in the Greensboro News, says that Bol shevism, insofar as it may mean the advocacy of anything seeking to over throw by torce the government of the United States or American institu tions, wiil be dealt with severely by the department of justice. Prosecu tions for the time being will be based on war statutes, and, later on, when peace has been declared, arrests will be made under tha treason laws, or special legislation will be sought from Congress. ' .; Nothing will be done to abridee the right of free speech or a-free press. Any reform, however far reaching in its naturi, can be preach ed, providing the machinery recogniz ed for thechange is the machinery created by the constitution namely, the election and the ballots of the peo ple, out no doctrine that looks to ward violence will be countenanced. "Thus does the government promise to draw the line and squelch at the outset any organized movement in im itation of anarchists or revolutionists abroad. I sought for A. Mitchell Parmer, the new attorney general, some expression of the policy he in tends to pursue in regard to this ques tion. There are two principles to be kent in mind," said the attorney general, that we must, on the one hand, pre serve the ancient liberties guaranteed by the constitution of freedom of the press and f reedom of speech, and that, on the other hand, we must not ner mit the enlargement of thoce liberties. AS long as efforts are made in the exercise of these guaranteed ricrhts looking to reform, howpvpr rnitta through the political method that is, oy tne education of the people along the lines proposed in the reforms and looking to a result from the ac tion of the people under these methods as fixed by our laws, no interference is necessary. - " "But when the effort looks to the direct method by force or other means not recognized under our laws to accomplish such alleged reforms, conuuc: or that sort will be carefull v scrutinized ahd ought to be nipped in the beginning." 1 he attorney general assured me that the movement of the so-called bolshevists in America was commirn tively insignificant and that he believ ed the masses of people in the United States possessed far too much intel ligence to be misled by irresponsible agitators. In fact, he thought the very extravagance of the demands or reforms exploited would tend in most cases to keep any considerable body of public opinion from Tbeing swayed oy mem. lo summarize, the nolicv of thp department of justice means just this: anybody can get up in public meeting ana aavocate, lor example, any system of public or private or communistic ownership or anything, and if none of tne existing political parties care to embrace such suggestions in the nlnt. forms and name candidates to go be fore the people to gain support at the polls on such proposal, then it is proper and legal to advocate the for mation of a new political party to em brace these formulas. . "Such a party, to pet recognition as a political instrumentality, must abide by the laws and rules of the Federal government and the several States. - America has had radical movements before and new political parties, too. The populist party, and the socialist labor party have both been the refuge of radicals, but have never gotten beyond a, minority of the voters. ". . , - "But even a political Party or a can didate for office will not be permitted to advocate the use of force to over throw the republican form of govern ment of the country. Anything that looks to reform through the political method, by compliance with the laws governing political parties and changes in tne personnel ot government or the powers given to the various branches of the government by the constitution will not be subject to in terference, but those who refuse to seek amendment of the constitution or power in the orderly ways provided for in that document will come under the scrutiny of the department of justice and thus liable to prosecution as a crime against the people of the united estates. . . DEATH OF FORMER STATE LI- - BKAKIAN SHERRILL. Mr. Miles Osborne Sherrill died Tuesday night at his home in Greens boro and the following sketch of his life is from the Greensboro News: "Colonel Sherrill was born June 26. 1841, at Sherrill's Ford, Catawba county, and at the age of 16 entered the Confederate army. At Spottsyl- vania he received a wound which re sulted in the loss of a leg. In 18C7, Mr. Sherrill was married to Miss Sarah Bost, and to them were born the seven children who survive him: Dr. J. Gardland Sherrill, of Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. S. L. Alderman of this city; Col. C O Sherrill, U. S. A., of Wash ington, D. C; E. G. Sherrill, of Greensboro; C. M. Sherrill, of Chica go, Hi.; Dr. K. li. Sherrill. of Kn, leigh and Miss Mary Sherrill, of the faculty of the North Carolina College for Women. "For many years he was clerk of the court in Catawba county and re sided at Newton. In 1899 he was ap pointed State librarian and served at this honorable post with credit until health caused him to resign. .Colonel Sherrill was active in affairs concern ing the Confederate soldiery and was always a conspicuous figure during reunions cf the veterans. "His death will be mourned through out the State, where he was known widely and pleasantly, by reason of his long years of public service." ' Railroad net earnings for Februa ry reported officially by the inter State . commerce , commission, wero $10,106,000, with revenues at $351, 946,000, expenses at $324,520,000, and net revenue of $27,425,000. These fig ures are only slightly different from the unofficial report made available last vreek. THE FILTHY FLY IS COMING WITH TYPHOID FEVER With the appearance of the beauti ful, warm spring days, thece comes an increase m the number ot the flies carrying tilth laden with the germs of typhoid fever and of diarrheol diseas es of children. While we love and enjoy the beautiful sprinjy we roust not become so charmed with its beau ties that we forget the dangt of its contemporary the fly. ; The warmth of Spring mult nlies disease germs and hatches the eggs of flies, which multiply very, rapidly, and soon one germ or one ny makes millions. Flies select filth for their breeding places, and often filth in which the diarrheal and tvphoid fever germs live for instance, human filth. When the flies are large enough, they fly away from their breeding places, carrying with them, into the houses, filth laden with disease germs. The filth is deposited on the bread, in the milk, or wherever the flics alight Flies have filthy habits. They alight ori. filth, then on your bread. They ply between the privy and the home. Nobody likes a fly, so help prevent them by cleaning up and destrovinc their breeding places. . ? , witn tne approach of spring and the increased r.umber of flies, typhoid fever begins, and It continues to spread until -it reaches its height in the heat of August or ' September. Then comes a rapid decrease in the number of cases, with - the cooler weather and the decrease in flies. Knowing that the typhoid fever season is near at hand, and knowing that vaccination prevents the disease, the only sensible thing, for those who have not had the disease or those who have not been vacinatcd in three years is to be vaccinated at once. . People have a great deal of sympa thy for those who get sick and die of diseases which can't be prevented, but they have very little sympathy for tnose wno die ot typhoid lever. People are beginning to look upon typhoid as a filthy, disgraceful disease, which is easily prevented: and to look unon anybody who dies of typhoid as doing so of his own accord, for by vaccina tion the disease is prevented, and any- Doay can very easily get vaccinated. In this State, the number of tv phoid cases has been reduced from 8 auu in 1914 to 0,140 in "1918, and the deaths have been reduced from 839 in 1914 to 614 in 1918, Then cases and deaths were prevented bv vacci nation, sanitary priyies and screened nomes. jno. w. same, M. D. Ass't Collaborating Epidemologist April 10, 1919. THAT 17-YEAR LOCUST. The coming-out party of the 17-year locust is sot for early May.. There is no reason to .anticipate that it will be . : . n i . , i eiiyt'.iug muro man h pieasr.nt diver sion, ior alter what the world has ex perienced in the way of war even visitation of locust3 could nave noth ing startling to offer; besides, the old notions folks used to hold about these strange creatures hnve been pretty well educated out of the p-.'.blij mind. Maryland, New Jersey and Indiana will be the banner buzzing grounds for these periodical . visitors during the'summer of 1919. New York and New England will be comparatively free of them, and except for tiny sec tions of Iowa and Arkansas the trans mississippi country will not see or hear them. There was a time when the return of the locusts was anticipated with dread a dread out of all proportion to the damage done, and the government is beginning early to do its bit to reas sure that portion of the public which will not abandon its old alarmist ideas. "The cicada," says the Agri cultural Department's circular, insist ing upon the creature's proper name "does little harm. The injury done Consists almost wholly in chiseling grooves in the branches of. trees for depositing eggs, and. this injury al ways appears to be. greater than it really is." 400 MEN OF THE 120TH INFANTRY DEAD TOTALS. CASUALTIES NUMBER 1,900 Charioston, S. C, April 11. The transport Powhatan arrived here to day vith 2,420 coldiero from overseas, mostly of the Thirtieth -division. Only 47 ir.lnutes vcre required to got them ashore. Waiting special trains were promptly boarded by the soldiers, who were eager to move' to Camp Jackson, where they will undergo sanitary treatment Amonir the units landing are sur vivors of the famous 120th regiment formerly the Third regiment. North Carolina national guard, declared by Col. D. K. Scott, now commanding, to be "the finest men in the world." Theio were 400 men of thic command who gave their lives for their country and the total casualties amounted to 1.900. of which fully 900 were sustain ed on the first day of the great drive against the Hindenburg line which this regiment played a prominent part in .smashing at Bellicourt. Col. Sidney W. Minor, for 15 years commanding the old North Carolina regiment, was about three weeks ago placed in command ox the sixtieth trig.ide as a recognition of hia splcn did service. Colonel Scott succeeded him as commander of the 120th infan. try. v ' . . LITTLE BIRD TOLD THEM. '"It is reported from Atlantic City, N. J. that a blue carrier pigeon was instrumental in saving the life of En sign Finch, who was adrift in a flying boat without fuel off the south Jersey coast. While William Lyall, of To ronto, was sitting in his room at the hotel Sunday night an exhausted car rier pigeon fluttered through an open window. Judge Buffington, of the United States court of appeals, of Pennsylvania, and his cousin Lieu tenant Matthew Taylor, who were at the hotel found a small piece of pa per no larger than a special delivery stamp stamped to its leg bearing this message: "Down 10 miles west of sub marine chasers at 4:15 p. m.. no gas. Ensign Finch." The news was flashed to Cape May naval base and at 1 o'clock Monday morning Lieutenant Taylor was informed that Ensign f inch nmt hi 3 machine were safe. MUCH INTEREST IN JUVENILE LAW Copies of Act of Last General Assem bly Ready for Distribution Now. Rural Sections are Also Provided For Purpose of Court is not to Punish But to Save from Punishing Later. Mr. R. F. Beasley. State Public Wel fare Commissioner is finding much in terest in North Carolina in the matter of juvenile courts authorized by the last session of the General Assembly. Mr. Beasley has ready for distribution copies of the juvenile court law and he wiil shortly have copies of the compul sory attendance school law, child labor law and the law governing county su perintendents of public welfare bound together and available to those inter ested. "The juvenile court act of 1919 places every child in North Carolina under the jurisdiction of a juvenile court," says Mr. Beasley in a fore word to the pamphlet on the juvenile court act "The act embodies the best principles known today and is legis lation somewhat in advance of that of many States in that it provides a juvenile court for rural as well as ur ban populations. The juvenile court principle is not as yet widely under stood in our State, as its greatest need has been in the larger cities, and has not yet been greatly extended to the less populous regions. "While the act given herein is an embodiment of the correct principles of the juvenile courts, its success will depend upon how earnestly the judges seek to understand and apply them, how far governing bodies will go in giving the court officials proper sup port, and no less to what degree the people generally enter into the spirit and purpose of the legislation and de mand its fulfillment. It should never be forgotten that the purpose of the court is not to punish, but to save from the necessity of punishment later on in the child s life, to act as a reme dial, corrective, disciplinary and edu cative agency, and to take tne place of the parent or natural guardian in ev ery case where the child has not been property cared for by these "The clerk of the superior court in each' county is ex officio the judge of the juvenile court. In cities of ten thousand population a special court must be provided unless the city wishes to join in with the county court-- - "The county superintendent of pub lic welfare is the chief probation offi cer of the county, and nas oversight of all probation work in the county. This official is to be appointed by the county board of education and the county board of commissioners joint ly not later than July 15, 1919, as pro 1 vided for in chapter-170 of the Laws of 1917, as amended by the Legisla ture of 1919, making the appointment and pay of this omcial - mandatory. The county superintendent of public welfare is not only the chief probation officer of the county, but the chief school attendance officer. "Social workers, women's clubs. public officials, church organizations and all other agencies interested in the upbuilding of the state, as well as all public spirited citizens generally, should get behind the juvenile court in their localities and see that it per forms the function for which it was designed. All persons so interested mav se cure copies of this act, together with other acts of a like nature enacted by the State Board of Charities applying to the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, Raleigh." SCHOOL CLOSING. Zion School in Dallas Township will close with exercises on April 19th. Exercises will begin strictly at 10 a. m frogram subject to changes. ' Song : America. ' Invocation. Dialogue Lost Knife. Rec. A Story Book. Thelma Lazenby Alusic. Dialogue. The Spelling Class. Rec. Her First School. Genieve Friday. Dialogue " " Lost Trousers, Music Rec. Moo Cow Moo. Lula Plonk. Dialogue Jenny's Secret Monologue Mrs. Caudle on Shirt Buttons. Music. Dialogue. Theatre Tickets. Kec. Betty s Reason. 1 helms Lazen- by. , MUSIC Dialogue All that Gliters is Not Gold. Music. Rec. Little Jim. Irene Friday Dialogue From Away Down East. Music. Rec Papa and the Boy Mae Rich ard. Dialogue, , Train to Mauro. - Recess 1:30 P. M. Dialogue Lost Child. Music. Pantomime Star Spangle Banner. Reading Flying Jim s Last Lesp. Play "Captured or "Old Maid's Triumph" The public is cordially invited to come and bring well filled baskets. Mary Kincaid, Teacher. BLUE RIDGE DEVELOPMENT. The Blue Ridge Power Company, of Spartanbrug, S. U., has planned tne construction of a $1,000,000 power plant in the heart of the Blue Ridge mountains about 8 miles from Hen dersonville and about 25 miles from Ashnvilla. Tha work has alreadv be. gun and there are two small villages of temporary quarters ior tne men. The dam when completed will be 275 feet long, 121 feet high. 81 feet thick at the bottom and 3 1-2 feet thick at the top. It will be constructed with a curve so as to give additional strength. It will back the water three miles up stream and the present level of the Southern Railway trestle will be four feet below the water when the dam is filled. A mile of grading will be necessary in order to raise the road to a proper level. A residential section is also planned to be built around this acre 850-acre lake .which will be formed by the dam, . ' - "A. prohibitionist," ' ys the bar room preacher of persui.al liberty, "ia the nut suadae ef the alcer." HENRY R-3 NEWS. March 11. The people of this sec tion are very busy planting corn. Mr. John G. Stamey received a telegram from his son Private Ge rard Stamey stating that he had land ed and would reach home Sunday. Private Stamey has been in France about 12 months and he stayed on the hnng line some rive or six months, and went over the top several times. Soldier Carmmie Boyles returned to his home in North Brook Sunday af ter serving with the .. A. E.' F. in France. Miss Laceal Gantt visited Miss Lena Parker Sunday. : Soldier Ambrose Boyles returned to his home in Cleveland county this week. The Rev. Wood will preach at St. Peters M. E. church the third Sunday in April at three p. m. Mr. U. S. Martin is very ill at the present We hope he will soon bs out again. The Boys Are Coming Home. They're coming home, they're com ing home; let welcome proudly ring. Fling out Old Glory and rejoice and cheer and shout and sing. They've seen the horrid sights of war where there in fury be, and now America ha. the land these soldiers want to see. The old world is historic ;it is the battle ground where Caesar and N;i pleon their fame and glory found; but greater the race never fought than in the present fight in which our gal lant boys pook part against the Ger man might United with their brave allies, the English, Belgians, French and helped by noble Italy. They took the blood trench Tor rights of man, they gained the fray and glory they have won and now the whole world honors them for deeds they have done. They are coming home, tho scarred by war to see their friends again they left as fathers baby - boys, but now they are stalwart men. They've shown the world that valor lives. Our boys so strong and true; they 're coming home with laurels won, all honor is their due; they've made the world a better place for all of us to iive. A welcome hand to cne and all don't hesitate to give. -. Two Joy Kids. : RESPONSIBILITY FOR WAR Has Been Definitely Determined That Former German Emperor Should Be Brought to Trial. The responsibility of the German emperor for the war i.nd the means of bringing him to trial by one of the allied governments, probably Bel gium, have been definitely determined uDon bv the council of four, says an Associated Press dispatch from Par is. Continuing the dispatch says: This follows the definite decision on the termS of reparation for war damages, whereby $5,000,000,000 must be paid within the next two years, and an iter-allied commission assess remaining damage for a pe riod of 30 years, beginning Mav 1, 1921. Thus, two of the great obsta cles which stood in the path of tha rapid attainment of peace have been removed within the last z nours, ana the period of extreme tension over inactron and failure to secure tan gible results is succeeded by revived confidence over the great advance made towards a permanent settle ment. : The agreement oh responsibilities for the war is understood to have been a. compromise between divided reports presented by commission of which Secretary Lansing is chair man. There was an agreement -on the general responsibility of the German emperor for bringing on the war, but division occurred on whether it was feasible to bring him to justice before an international tribunal. The French and British view favor ed a tribunal, but, the American view it is understood,' favored moral in dictment without recourse to prosecu tion, owing to the lack of an interna tional law as a basis for trial before an international court Belgium, on which the war fell first and heaviest, is reported to have taken a view much similar to that of- the United States, while Japan and Italy were partially in accord with the American view. It was owing to theo divergent. viewpoints that the counci' devised a new Dlan. whereby one of allied na tions; probably Belgium, would initi ate prosecution against the former cinperor and ethers responsible for the bieacn oi iresi'cs, tne ir,v;ttiun oi ;tr rrtorv and the destruction directed against this country and leading v.o a more general pread cf war. The exact nature of the agre-iment is not disclosed, but the f oreproinj' is believ ed to cover th mam lince. The text as finally approved on re nnraVion specif es that the enemy countries mi-st admit : responsibility for loss and damage to allied and as sociated nations and their citizens, caused bv the unjustifiable aggression. But, in view, of the inability of the enemy countries to fully recompense these losses, the clause states as in ter-allied commission will assess the losses on just basis for 30 years beginning May 1, 1921 with an initial pavment of $5,000,000,000. Germany is to pay the entire cost of the commission, and staff during the 30 years of operation. The first pay ment is to be credited against Ger. manv's obligation to pay for the main tenance of the allied troops in oc cupied regions, and the second prior. j ity is for the payment of food relief , lurnisnea to uermuny. President Foincare, of France, has commuted to 10 years' imprisonment the death sentence imposed upon Emile Cottin, who, in an attempt to assassinate Premier Clemenceau on Fahraarv 19. laat. shot and apveralv wounded him. The commutation of sentence was on the recommendation . of M. Clemenceau himself, I . . It was reported from New York j that Mrs. Anna Michael, of Brooklyn , wrote Mayor Hylan asking Dermis- I sion to pitch tents for her family on I unused citv-owned lots, as an in- - crease of $10 in rent is "beyond their means" and ah unable to find an J, ether apartmsn' ith lower rest, SHORT NEWS ITEMS Casualties in the dental corps of the army tabulated by Surgeon Gen eral Ireland, discloses thnt six offi cers were killed in action. Forty-seven other officers of the corn died of disease. In Wake Superior court Judge O. H Allen and Solicitor Norris had some unpelasantness and said things to each other. Apologies were made later and the court continues to r m Smoothly. Huffman Hall, one of the principal buildings of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., was destroyed' by fire of an unknown origin. Most of the students succeeded in saving their effects. The loss was estimated at $150,000 . Six physicians and four druggists were arrested by internal revenue offi cers in New York, charged with viola tion of the Harrison act. Fifty drug addicts were taken in the raid and habit forming drugs valued at $25,000 were seized. ' The airplane of the Shortt brothers, London, one of the entries for tho 10,000 races .across the Atlantic, will start from Ireland for Newfoundland April 16, weather permitting. The airplane is expected to make the jour ney iil.u nours. Berlin reports that the fi rst pnfpnta food ships that reached Germany had to leave in ballast on their return trips because in all Germany there could not be collected enough freight to load them. Neither was it nnssi. ble to recoal the vessels completely. More than 2.000.000 tons of shin- ping were added to the British navy during the war at a cost of between 250,000,000 and 300.000.000. ac cording to a statement by Sir E. H, W. Tennyson D'Eyncourt, director of naval construction at the admiral ty. - - General Pershing's headquarters hand, composed of 150 picked musi cians from the American expedition ary force, will tour the principal cities of the eastern States as a feature of the publicity campaign for the Victory Liberty Loan drive. It was announced that the band is expected to reach the United States about April 15. Tuesday, says a dispatch from Ber-' lm, Germany, the organized and un organized bank employes of Greater Berlin adopted a resolution calling, for a strike of bank workers unless the bank . management make some arrangements with the national min ister of labor for.the purpose of mak inor a wage schedule. In case the de mands are refused the strike will be gin Thursday. 'In the United States district court of Texas, Judge W, R. Smith decided that Japanese who have served as soldiers in the United States army cannot become American citizens un der the law waiving declaration cf in tention rnd other formalities con nected with the naturalization of aliens. Two Japanese who were en listed in the army at Fort Bliss ap plied for citizenship. Judge Smith held that this law was in conflict with former law Tenuirini thn r,ni; cants for citizenship must be "free, white persons, or persons of African descent." Fayetteville had four the field for mayor, Monday in the primary, and a second primary has to be held between J. D. McNeill, incum bent, and John Underwood. McNeill led in the fight, beating Underwood by six votes. It was said that a second primary would be necessary between J. J. Maloney and J. A. Barnes in second ward and T. S. Tolar and W. H. Home in sixth ward, for aldermen. Sunday afternoon Miss' Lila Ekard was seriously injured near Icard. Burke county, when a car driven by lm Knox left the road knocking Miss Ekard .down. She was iniured ahoiii the head and several stitches had to be taken in the lower hp. Miss Ekard is the daughter of Deputy Sheriff W. L, fckard. Knox also struck a return ed soldier, Dock Pugh, knocking him down and then he backed his car over the victim. PLANS FOR ROAD WORK. State Highway Commission Outlines 1'olicy It Will Carry Out. ThjiState Hisrhwav commission in sessrBn in Raleigh last week, adopted a policy to be pursued in its work. The following resolution was adopted: "That we shall first consider and ap prove the applications of these coun ties applying for aid on unimproved ' links of the present highvay system of the State, and the further improve ment, or the construction, of such roads in these counties that are ut present isolated or practically shut off from the rest of the State. This rec ommendation provides that we con sider theco two classes for the same . relative importance. The commission will be glad to consider application ?rom any county where the traffic conditions demand immediate construction of hard sur face roads, and will make such appro- l-Ll 1 M 1? .1 , pnauuns ior Duuuing tnese roads as a due rjgard f6r the entire Etato sys tem will justify. Another resolution was adopted: "To inaugurate immediately an effec- , tive plan ot maintenance, The com mission agrees to appropriate from its funds an amount not exceeding an average of $50 ner mile per year, for maintenance for the State highway system, provided the counties through which these roads have been built will -appropriate an .amount equal to that appropriated by the State highway commission for immediate use in re-. pair and maintenance. The work ia to. be done by or under direction of the commission, the county authori ties co-operating. 1 ne resolution also provides. "That the State shall be divided into four districts.to each one of which shall be assigned a member of the State highway commission, whose duty it shall be to visit, without delay all counties in his district, inspecting roads and inaugurating plans for maintenance of th same."
The Lincoln Times (Lincolnton, N.C.)
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April 14, 1919, edition 1
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