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he. daily: The Home Paper VOL. XX.-NO. 307 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. G, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1919 FOUR PAGES TODAY PRICK TWO CEXTS riVl (XKTS ON TKAIX3 REVOLUTION MAY BREAK OUT ANY WOODINGTON FORMS GOVERNOR REFUSES FREE TYNDALL; HE TIME FOR FREEDOM PRESIDENT HAS TO ADSENT HIMSELF ON M ENT TO. FURNISH SEVEREST TEST ULTIMATUM, IS WAY GOOD ROADS CLUB; OF CARRANZA ADMINISTRATION HAS FACED PARIS REGARDS; IT TO HOLD MEETINGS NEEDS THE LESSON AT HAND, HE SAYS OF COLD FTTH PRESS 1 -H?f ; LENJNES PROPOSAL PHILIPPINES IS jBlanquet and Felix Diaz Unite to Attempt. Overthrow of Government at Mexico City Word of Hostilities Ex pected, at Washington Ambassador Confident First Chief WilLBe Able to Overcome Any Situation Aris ingDiplomats Regard Union as Strong One and Apt to Give President Trouble Two' ' Strong Figures in Southern Republic Aim at Latin-American Dictator's Undoing. ....-.' New York, April 4. First word of an outbreak of hostilities by the Diaz-Blanquet faction in Mexico against the Carranza government may be received at .my hour, according to Rotierto Gayon, secretary to Gen era! A. Blanqnet. He expects to et into communication witn iJIanquet to i'?arn inrtner aeians oi tne anu-ar ranza campaign. Severe Test For Government. Washington April 4. That the Carranza government in Mexico may be facing the severest test of its tumultous term is the belief in diplo matic quarters here in the wake of news of a proposed revolutionary movement headed by General Blan quet and Felix Diaz. The Mexican ambassador here is confident Carranza will be able to cope with any development of the Blanquet-Diaz union. Businessmen Aid the Returned Soldiers CLARK WANTS LAi BILL TO LAND PUT Washington, (April 4. Generous cooperation with the Government in its efforts to provide employment for returned soldiers and to stimu late business by putting under way at once, necessary home-building and public-works construction, is report ed by Frank Pollay, a speaker for the Information and Education Ser vice of the Department of Labor, j who has been making an extended trip through Central States. : Businessmen in general show a willingness to get construction work under way at once, and are anxious to take care of their returned sol diers. Mr. Pollay finds labor conditions and business prospects varying wide ly in towns not far apart, though where affairs are not now of tl:e best the signs of improvement are plainly evident. ' Would Have Hundred Mil lions Appropriated for Farms for Soldiers Wants South American Trade Boosted Fixes Time Limit Allies Will Come to Terms or He "Will ' Not Abstain" From Negotiations With Germans . t T T 1 (By the United Press) (Copyrighted by the United Press) Paris, April 4. Premier Lenine's informal peace proposal to the Allies is virtually an ultimatum, it is learn ed from an authoritative source. The iRussian bolshevik leader is known to have suggested a time limit for acceptance of his offer beyond which he would not undertake to ab stain from consideration of Chan cellor Scheidemann's proposal as conveyed to Foreign Minister Trot- ky.. The time limit is understood to be a matter of only a few weeks. Revolution Fails. Paris, April 4. The Sofia corre spondent of Le Matin reports that extremist socialists at Varna have attempted a bolshevik movement. The town was immediately occupied by British troops, who declared mar tial law. Varna is an important Bulgarian port on the Black Sea, 250 miles east of Sofia. HOMAS CASE COMES TO NAUGHT; SIX ACQUITTED (By the United Press) Washington, April .4. Finding work for the returning soldiers and demobilized war workers should - be the first task of the next Congress, TAtirinar Sneaker of the House Champ Clark eays. He announces that he will advocate passage 01 SpTP.t.arv of the Interior Lanes bill appropriating $100,000,000 to re claim swamp, arid ' and cutover lands and immediate passage of legislation to increase the United States' trade with South arid Central America. YANKS REACH PORT. Boston, April 4. The first . contingent of New England's fa mous 26th Division arrived here today on the transport Mount Vernon. " New Germany Has Almost Honeless Leffacv Trouble By Frank J. Taylor (United Press Staff Correspondent) Berlin, Mar. 20 (By Mail). Ger many's infant republic was . born .with no silver spoon, unless libera tion from militarism and kaieerism can be interpreted in that way. The-: new republic begins with the most hopeless legacy of troubles that any nation ever faced, So interwoven and tangled are the problems which the new republic's cabinet is undertaking and struggling 'against, while new ones rise con stantly, that the words of a German, who said, "There's not a man in all Germany who sees at one time more than half of the maze of dangers that might explode and overthrow the state," are true. . Big Job. It is hard enough to change the form of government when things are running smoothly, and when all parties agree to it. It is hard enough to begin a republic where no gov ernment existed at all before. The Germans find their task made far more difficult by the ireason that their country was complexly reor ganized, and the new regime has to answer immediately for all the deluee of failures and mistakes of the old. ' Germany today can be visualized perhaps as a popper full of pop-corn most of which has popped, but some of which has not and is still going off. Each explosion shakes the whole mass. ' This unstable state is held together only by the .walls of arms that still surround it, for many are they who' w'd like to escape from the burden-? Not Confidence. Germany'! new government is tackling the problems with optimism and hope confidence is hardly pos sible, as yet. Right here it might be said the new German government is one without brilliant leaders and is without great men in it. This the themselves Sav. and do eo without regret in their voices. The Germans have had enough of great men. and seem zlad to trust their future to mediocre, honest citizens This "carpenters' reichstag," as it has been called, 'has already weather ed storms of opposition, during the trying months when the Ebert Scheidemann party guided Germany from militarism, and put to flight the adoption of a provisional repub lic constitution at Weimar, on reb ruary 10. The great mass of Ger man people nave expressed meir conf idence in at least the honesty and impeachable good intentions of the "citizen congress." Do Their Best. ' How successful these "citizen statesmen," if they can be called that, will be, can be told only by time. If they succeed in bringing Germany out of the muddle of taneled Dolitical, social, economic and foreign problems, it will be an everlasting tribute to the republican form of government. If they fail and have to call for help from out side Germany, as no small propor tion of Germans who are pessimistic predict, it will be because the mili tarists and the junkers left too much of a bad legacy to carry in these trying times. Just what tremendous difficulties the new republic faces cannot be ap preciated fully nor described in their proper relations by a foreigner, es pecially when German leaders them selves cannot straighten out in their own minds ithese problem, which change almost daily, Magistrate Foscue Hears Seven Springs Matter Farm Tenant Who Disappeared and Came Back Prosecuting Witness. Cause of Better Highways Becomes More and More Popular CONFERENCES CONTINUE Falling Creek Rally Sat urday Nieht Biff La- Grange Delegation Brings Good News to Chamber of Commerce. The six defendants in the Edward Thomas case were acquitted after a hearing before Magistrate K. F. Fos cuo here Thursday. , , Thomas, 60, Seven Springs farm tenant who disappeared following an alleged assault upon him some weeks ago, was present to testify, having returned from West Carolina, where he was located' after a lapse of sev eral weeks. -Thomas said he heard an automo bile stop in front of his place and some one shout an epithet at him. He went out with a gun and was dis armed by the defendants and beaten over tne head, he testmed. The defendants said Thomas was in the road before their car and threatened them with the gun, and that while they talked with him one of the party got in his rear and disarmed him. Their testimony was borne out by one witness for the State. Thomas was the only witness to testify that he was actually struck. He had forgotten some inci dents connected with the affair, he said. ' ' Thomas is supposed by officials here to be of unsound mind. The' defendants in the case were Billie Barwick, Sr., Billie Barwick, Jr., Ben. Frank. McArthur, Walter Barwick, LeRoy Price and Herbert Barwick, n - , I ' MTIITTIUP n .DULIXIIIM V I1 : -I (By the United Press) RECORD MONTH. Washington, April 4. March broke all monthly records for the amount of Federal aid given road projects under the Federal road act since its passage, the Department of Ajgriculture an nounces. . EARLY ACTION DEBS' CASE. Washington, April 4. Presi dential action on application for a respite for Eugene V. Debs, convicted and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for violation of the espionage law, will be prompt, it was indicated today. Advocates of good roads in Wood ington Township went the county one better in organizing a township good roads club" at Woodington School recently. When they met with a Chamber of Commerce committee and talked over the proposed bond issue of $2,000,000 they at once decided .they' would take hold of the matter in earnest, and proceeded to organize the club. E Waller was elected president and W. D. E'ecton secretary. A program for vigorous prosecution of the cam paign under the direction of the club was arranged, and the members will hold meetings in the, township next Week at the following places and dates: Woodington School, Tuesday, (April 7:30 p. m. . Oak Grove School, same date and hour. McGowan's School, Thursday, April 10, 7:30 p. m. iLynwood School, same date and hour. Waller's School, Friday, April 11, 7:30 p. m. Old time applies in each case, Some citizens of the county well- informed as to the proposed issue and able to explain any point in ques tion wjll be present at each of these meetings. Everybody interested is cordially invited to be present, and ladies especially. ; Meeting at Faling Creek. A rally will be held at Jesse Stan ley's store, in Falling Creek Town ship, Saturday night at 8 o'clock, old time, for discussion of the bond issue. All the voters of the com munity are invited to attend and join in the discussion. There will be those present who are familiar with the facts and who will answer any ques tion that may be asked. s LaGrange Delegation Here. A party of 80 or 40 LaGrange citizens called upon the Chamber of Commerce's Good Roads Committee here Thursday afternoon and an en thusiastic conference was held. The Moseley Hall men brought reports of the proposition's popularity in the township and carried away assur ances that throughout the county doubtful ones are turning to the cause of ' permanent highways. La Grange will benefit greatly if the issue carries. Mayor J. E. Jones headed the dele gation from LaGrange. i ; The conferences at rural points be tween Chamber of Commerce workers and planters and country merchants continued Thursday and Friday with 'great good luck" in all instances, according to the campaigners. Has Shamefully Abused Opportunities, Says Bick ett-Sold Whisky While at Liberty Under Stay Execution. Governor Bickett has declined to pardon Thad. Tyrolall, notorious bootlegger serving two years on the Lenoir County roads. In refusing Tyndall's petition for a pardon the executive states that he has deep sympathy for the man's family but that it-is "high time" for him to learn that he "cannot violate the law with impunity." The' Governor's statement follows: "This defendant was convicted ' for violating the laws of the State. He now makes application for a pardon, which is signed by a large number of representative citizens for whose character and judgment I have great respect. 'E'ut under the cold facts of the case 1 am compelled to decline this petition. It appears that the defend ant was convicted in three or four cases at the same term of court and the presiding judge suspended judg ment, whereupon the defendant con tinued, with little Interruption, to make and sell liquor. When brought before the court he was sentenced to two years on the roads, and was granted a. stay of execution to gath er his crops and make provision for his family. Pending this stay of ex ecution he resumed the business of selling whisky, according to his own admission, He has , back of him a notorious reputation as a bootlegger. He has shamefully abused the oppor tunities given him to reform, and although I deeply sympathize with his wife and children it is high time for this defendant to learn that he eannpt violate the law with lmpun- ty." . Baker Tells Natives Exist ing Relations Only Formalities BIG DELEGATION CALLS Forty Representative! Na tives Ask for Islands' In dependence Loyal to Great Friend of the Little Countries Condition is Not Serious. : Physician Cables White House BELGIUM'S CLAIMS UP Early Consideration of Na tion's Wishes Colonel House Substitutes for Wilson at Session of Big . Four (By the United Press) Washington, April 4. The time for (he Philippines' independence, has substantially come. Secretary ' of War Baker told the Filinino mission here seeking self -government. The nounccd. however, that prompt treat day is close at hand when this will meat is expected to effect hia quick be formally accomplished, Mr. Baker recovery.' (By The United Press) Paris, April 4. President Wilson s suffering from a sever cold, nec essitating' his temporary ' absence from all conferences. It it' an- told the mission, describing existing Relations as being tmeroly formali ties. This, he added, is the view of the President. He read a letter from. the President to the mission which The big four met at the Paris "white house" today, Colonel House representing, the President. : King Albert of Belgium," who con ferred yesterday with the President, Premier Clemenceau and President expressed pride in the support the ipoincare, was invited to the meet- DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY TUESDAY, APRIL 22 All Boxes at Courthouse Entrance Fees of $2 and $5 Candidates Must Qualify Before 9 P. M. on 19th. ; Filipino people had given the United States. - i 10 Filipinos Here. Washington, April 4, An appeal for independence was laid before the United States Government by the Philippines today. A mission consisting of 40" promi nent natives of the islands, headed by Manuel L. Quezon, president of the Filipino jsenate, (presented the appeal to Secretary, of War E'aker at the War Department. Declaring that the islands "etood ing. It is expected' that Belgium's claims for priority in the matter of reparation will be given official con sideration immediately and that Bel gian territorial questions will be con- idered simulfaneously with the prob- ems connected with Germany's western ' and eastern boundaries. Vot Very Sick. . , Washington, lApril 4. iPresident Wilson was taken ill with a severe old last night and is confined to his bed, Admiral Grayson, hie private mysician, cabled the- White House by you in the fight for the rights this morning, Grayson, added that and liberties of small nations," Que-! there was no nee1 ? worry over, the son, speaking for the mission, said ; President's condition.. the granting of independence to his country wtould prove to the world that America is a liberating' rather than a conquering Nation. , COTTON. Futures (quotations Friday .:. Open. rand Canyon Must Go to Work, He Says Phoenix, tAriz., April 3. The Grand Canyon of the Colorado, long nationally famous pleasure ground, like Niagara must go to work. That is the edict of James Mc- Girand, chief engineer of the Grand Canyon Water Development Com pany who has completed engineering detail of a $12,000,000 project to make the turbulent waters supply all of Arizona's power demands. Every Member Canvass Southwest Christian Church Next Sunday An every member canvass 'will be conducted at the Southwest Chris tian Church Sunday, April 6. Plans have been made by Pastor S. W. Sumrell and the members to have dinner on the ground following the morning services and to take up the canvass work. This plan is in accord with the gen eral plan of the Christian churches throughout the country to raise a united budget for all the activities both at home and abroad that the church is engaged in. Instead of following the old plan of setting aside a day for Foreign Missions, an other for. Home Missions and so on, the one appeal will be made for these causes, the local expenses, the benevolences and all purposes of the church. A similar program will be carried out at the (Armenia Church on the third Sunday in ApriL - . ' (Buy War-Savmrs Stamps) The City Democratic Executive Committee Thursday night set April 22 as the date for the primary to nominate candidates for municipal offices. Candidates for the mayor- Ity and 10 aldermanic places are to be chosen. These, barring the re mote possibility of Republican op position or opposition by independent candidates, will be formally elected in, May. In the primary all voting will be one at the courthouse, mere will be a separate box for each ward. The amended charter provides for five wards instead of three as in the pat. The E'jard of Aldermen next Mon- ay night will make provisions for the election next month, naming a polling place in each ward, it is pre sumed, etc, Candidates - will be . required to qualify before 9 p. m. Saturday, April 19. The entrance fee will be $5 for mayoralty aspirants and $2 for would-be aldermen, to be de posited with P. S. B. Harper, chair man of the executive committee. The committee named K. F. Fos cue registrar and Herman F. Laws and Lonnie Buck pollholders for the primary. Any Democrat legally (registered now or who may register before the primary may vote in the primary. MRi(fftORrAL5 i BAY C. DICKOP, First Lieutenant, 127th Infantry. Lieut. Dlckop (deceased) was decorated for extraordinary heroism In action in the attack on Flames, France, in August of 1918. On reaching Chezelles farm, he was shot in the head, body and legs. Although fat ally wounded, when orders came for another assault he gave the commnnd "charge", to his com pany and led the assault until he fell dead. Miss Lena Schil ler, hl aunt, 14 res iu West Bend, Vii. . May . . Jufy . . October Local were :. Close. 25.70 NEW OUTBREAK IN THE ESSEN REGION Zruich, April 4. A revolution has ......... 23.54' 23.38 . broken out in . the Essen, district, ac- ....... ;..( 21.38 21.30 cording to advices received, here. receipts to 3 .o'clock were Further diorders are reported - at comparatively heavy, prices ranging Httmm (Westphalia), Dortmund, and from 26-27 1-2 downward. Dusseldorf.. i , Queer Bits of News From Across Seas: Odd Briefs ., ,. i' ;. . ' ' . ' f.'r, - :..',''!..-. .: ; 1 (By the United Press) J Sydney, N. S. W. .Refusing to ' London, A white armlet, warn- wear on "anti-influenza" mask, Dr. ing drivers of vehicles that the wear- lArthur Fox, well-known Iphysician, ers.are unable to hop abmit quickly has been remanded for trial without amidst traffic, is now worn by soldiers crippled in the war. Lille, France. The first factory to is the Lille Cotton Works, just start- FoUndlill? Given tO jail, for defiance egulations. of Public Health J Pch'ce, They Give it to a Neighbor Lady ing business here. , London. A campaign against the theatre ticket speculator has been started here. Chas. E'. Cochran, who owns a chain of theatres, announces that the best tickets for his shows are onlv' nrocurable at the box of- a wee girl, apparently not over a ficet (weeK old, was turned over to the po- Gencva. That Enver Pa;ha has Friday by Calvin Willis of North become possessed of $30,000,000 dur- Kinston, at whose home it was found ing the war, and that fDjemal Pasha daring the day. She was wrapped has $15,000,000 in Swiss banks, as m garments ot no expensive goods, well as $2,500,000 in Stamboul, is the and the presumption is that necessity charge made in a Constantinople dis- drove the baby's mother to part with patch. Talaat Pasha and Rechid Bey her. lhe t foundling turned up in ..... ... i j are also said to have accumulated uBut. millions while in. office. London. Maj. Richard Lloyd- Now. what could they do with a baby girl at the police station, where BUY VICTORY BONDS. Georsre, son of the Premier, just de- there is no matron or anything of the kind! What to do with Little. Etho, or whatever her name should be did n't remain a puzzle long, however. Mrs. Thomas Conway, ) wife of the jailer, etepped in and teok the young ster away from that rough, outfit. She is doing nicely, thank you. Mrs. Conway intend to keep herT Not if, she can heTp it, for the very good reason that she has as many of ner own as sue wants to manage. E'ut little Genevieve , isn't going out in the cold or wet yet. The baby was found by Mr. Willis when he went to his home at noon. There was no one at the house at the time, Mrs. Willie being away, and the kiddie had the whole establish ment to herself. ' - mobilized, hae been appointed di rector of A. B. Brown, McFarlane & Co., naval architects and marine en gineers, of Glasgow, London, and New York. Berlin. That Trotsky ensures his own safety by paying his guards $12,500 a monih for officers, and $30 per hour during fighting for soldiers, is alleged by refugees from Russia. Vienna. As a means of refilling the depleted Austrian treasury, Par liament is considering the establish ment here of a casino, on Mont? Carlo lines. , Bordeaux, .. France. American troops, stationed here, were called odt to suppress a mutiny in a local girls' reformatory. A, fire , hose proved1 efficient artillery, and the drenched mutineers surrendered. BUT WAR-SATLNGS STAiTPS.
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