North Carolina Newspapers

CLEMEN U TELLS TROOPS COME HOME TIE ENDS CAUCUS MORE LIBERAL ARE STATE, DEPARTMENTlDISCIPLESy4EN0IR GASDIM EXPECTED SOil STILL HIGHER AFTER 2 INCREASES SHE MUST BUT SYMPATHY FORTO SELECT LEABERIENEfiTS IFOR' EX HWS NOTHING. OF JONES it OET A IIUSTLK ON JAPS NOT RECALLED, SENATE: DEMOCRATS JAP-AMERICAN -ROW m IN KINSTON J J? Apponyi . Warned Not Engage in Dilatory Tactics Now SIGNING NEAR AT HAND American Ambassador to Be Present When Allies Hand Treaty to Former Second Fiddle of Austrian Confederation. (By the United Press) PariH. Jail. 15. The Hunv gariait peace' treaty was handed the enemy delegates at 4;15 p. m. Premier Clemenceau, prest-; dent of the peace conference, in vited the Hungarians to sign im , mediately. Count Apponyi, head of the Hungarian delegation, protested, surging necessity for discussion. : Clemenceau ' then'; agreed that ' th Hungarians j should appear before the supreme . V council at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow . to present their claims. ' Paris, . Jan. 15,-i-Premier . Cl-3men - teau has adopted rapid fire tactics to prevent any delay,, in bringing about peace with ' Hungary. . When Count Apponyi. bead - of the Hun ; garian delegation, presumably in an attempt to gain timej asked the peace con Terence to advise him 'whether or not the United States woul;l .partict ' pate in the signing Clamenceaa sent V a , sharp- reply warning him- against dilatory tactics. bnssador, will be present when ' the treaty Is handed the Hungarian dele . gates at 4 o'clock thjs afternoon, Clemeneeau said. ; The treaty was to have been handed the,, Hungarians yesterday but was delayed, presum ably bocaiuse- of Apponyi's tactics. - . -4-urli .1- Medal'From University of Paris to Its Sister Insfitctioh in N. C. (Special to Tha Free Press) Chapel Hill, Jan. ,15. -President Chase has received from the rector of the University of . Paris a hand some bronze medal sent to the Uni versity of North Carolina by the University v of Paris in . appreciation of services rendered during the war, The medal is about six inches in di amefer and the work on both aides is artistically and beautiful done. On : one side is" representation of some of the old buildings at the University of .Paris and these words in Latin "The University! of Paris hails her most loyal sister."- The medal is re ceived as a sincere tribute to the 41 University men who died in the war, to the more than 2,300 University students and alumni who, first and last, were in the military and naval service of the United States, and to 'ie many different kinds of 'home service rendered by the ' university n lecture, ; pamphlets, bulletins, training and extension work." American Note to Tokio Re ceived There in Brok en Form Washington hes. Mikado , Well in batting Bolsheviki V V.KJ1 LJan. 15. Becau iarision of the inesV government f theVew policy ol i fn Iberia is b withheld from pub ! DepartmAt says. . i expected tanno can troops viHbe v Crom Siberia aM a wan e United rresi) Washington' Jan.' 15.- Because of errors in trananission oi the note to the JapanesW government an nouncement of thewjew policy of the United States fn ttberia is being temporarily withheld mrom publica' tion, the State DepartmAt says. .." rne note is expectea tannounce that all American troops wifnbe witij drawn soon from Siberia aM that the United , States extends. patny to .Japan- in combattang Nie boleheviki there. " several days' ago and has been re ceived at Tokio in broken form. ' . TO RING BELLS ALL OVER STATE FRIDAY MORNING 9 O'CLOCK To Usher, in Constitutional Prohibition . in United States- Governor Pro claims Sunday Law En forcerecnt Day ,- Underwood Would Have .Won Had Glass Been Allowed .Vote v CANDIDATES ARE BUSY Both Hitchcock and South f errier Trying Itob Other of the Single-' Ballot Amendment to War - Risk Insurance ' Act Makes it Possible for Beneficiaries to Draw Money in Lump at Death Insured . s Report From Far fcast Makes Obscure Ffciev , ence to a Clash TAKE AM3M0RED TRAIN (Special 1o The. Free Tress) " ,7" . . Washington, Jan..t 15. Under t the wujim:ricans JVUICQ in ne v amcnt-ment td the war risk in- - X-jfnrp nf SPrr,nnnff T?fti1 njrajiru acv w.iren w,i-!tiii n law uo-i A , , , i . . cembcr ?4, when it ws signed by the t OrtrCSS WCW Move- Necessary to Elect-No IJnTfrU: ment Under Foot in Si Date Set for New Effort verted) insurance policies ma'be I , ' made payable .to anyvof the fol'twingl DCriE w list of (boneficarieC (By th Untted Press) - I Parent, - grandparftit, Apparent, Washington. Jan. IS. The Senate parent through adoption. ite or hus Democrat are deadlocked over their I : child, - ffraWtyW, stepchild, choice of (By the HniteH Pr"i WBSiTiinMnn, Jan. 1iK jTia Rtofo floor leader t'o ' auocecd I aM$ ' chtl IbrofJf.' sister, half-1 Department ' has - no inforination Thev note was. put on the cablesfh late Senator Martin. 'With the I brother, half-srsterfc brother through Ion .the renortedf capture by American between Senators Hitchcock and I doption, sister tiirbugh adipption, J soldiers of an armored train from rwiood a tie, the Democratic sipporotner, ate -jrer, uncie, aunt, i (HnTfll tfemenotr or a clash between caiucwlL. broke up shortly after- noon I wwit'':f,'"'""r"i-"': raicr-1 Japanese anu menca.n iroope in -,i vlk 1.1 .i. i Lt .1 it,ln..r n ' nevi . Tirli A . ha, fnl in I C!1..w!. v wnn negate sei ior anoxner auem.pt i " "" " i 1 w , to elect leader. 'v' ' jthe rtlationyf a parent to the insured Mention of Clash. The caflhus adjourned subject to f?r . 7pod t' one-; year - or morel London, Jan .15.A dispatch from call bv HfSMicock and Underwood. PW wnne msoreds- enlistment, pr Harbin ttoday made -olhscure refer- who in the mSyitime wtilj try to break I lnuc5?" z"8 Chdren of such per-1 ence to a reported clatjh between the deadlock. , lac caucus first voted lxn;v.K pareni, a g ranoparem, steip-1 Japanose and American troops in Si to permit Ckrterlasi to vote, .but !"nt or parent tnroatrh adoption of Iberia i:uer reversea us wecHjion. . uiass -i """" " credentials arrived, a.hough he hasl,. not taken hia teat In thasenate am Glass 'voted Underwoodwpuld haf won oy oue voie. MAUD UNDERSTANDS ONLY OOD OLD UNITED STATES Uoblenz, Germany, 'Jan. 15. Now you take Maud for Instance aimon pure, ; 100 per, cent, American that she is she just won't-itand for any German concerts ' either. She balks at being ordered around language that's strange to her a; dozens of German laborers in employ of the American Army of copation here have been "Gott raf ing Missouri" lately. These laSorers were engaged in Improving th road3 hereabouts with the aid of 'anundred or more American mules And were baring a terrible time of it until an uiitcer oi our new democratic armv humanely taught themthree magic English words, "Who' "Gee" and uiddap." Then, and only then, did Missouri agree to' a armistice. APPALACHIAN tOOT ROADS ASSOCIATION SjfcETS FEB, 26-28. Asheville, Jan. 1 The eighth an nual session of 'the Southern Ap palachian Good Roada asoeiation, covering the states pf Maryland, Wginia, West Virginia. Kentucky, rth and SoiMh Carolina, Georgia, I-luri)a, Alabama, Tennessee ,ind Arkansas, will be held in Ashev;lle Thumlay. Friday and Saturday, Xtbruary 2fi, 27 and 28, 1320. i Revi Bernard P. Smith, county di rector' for (the prohibition . forces, Thursday made public the fallowing telegrant from .Harvey Holleman, of state headqWters at Greensboro, hundred conies of which were aent out eimultaneously to county di rectors from Manteo to Murphy: "Please complete arrangements for carryring out the following and tell all editors possible aWit tit:, Plans have been mad for tolling hundreds of bells throughout; North Carolina at p. m. Friday, January 16,, ce- brating the death of John Barley corn, formerly nationally famous character. ; There will also be hunij dreds of community' mass meetings held next Sunday in accordance wth the proclamation of the Governof i'on account of the 18th aimendmojK to the National, Conatitution becoming effective." -. The' Governor's proclamttuoa in part follows: v ; ' "On January 16, 1929 according to the action of the cittsens of this Nation, the , fundament policy of this Government regarding the liquor traffic will change, aiAl, according to our Federal Constitution, It , will , be unlawful to manufatture, sell, trans port, Import, or pqport Intoxicating favors tor b?vatg,3 puripcses in the Unrtod States. Dnder tfhe provisions f the law !ithrcement code passed bv Cowrre ktyber 28, 1919, the rntmal Tavenue Department ,t is "!iai f1 wij the enforcement of this nnd $h Roper, 'the head of this ir aitmem, : is appealing to citizens a-d stay officers to give the federal offieerif full cooperation in. this wbrkh'.v-:' x,::.'-').,:'. '' , "J&w. Therefore. I. Thomas Wal tersBickett, Governor of North Caro- lins, by virtue of the authority vest m in me, do hereby proclaim that iSunday, January 18th, be set apart as. 'Law Enforcement Day,' and I re quest that the ministers of the State on that day read this proclamation to their congregations . and call on them to cooperate with the officers for the enforcement of our national and state anti-liquor laws." ". ' ; TAKES OVER FACTORY TO MAKE SHOES FOR KIDDIES (By the United, Press) New York, Jan. 15. There k one shoe factory running in Poland,' 250 jubkss, . destitute shoemakers are back on the payroll, after several years" . forced idleness and barefoot children are soon to have shoes. That's one way Isidor. Hershfield, American Jewish belief commbsioner Poland, is combining relief and reconstruction work. - He found the factory in Vilna, subsidized it with relief funds at his disposal, gave em ployment to 250 hungry Jewish work men and immediately began turning out childrens shoes. 1 BULLETIN CBv 'tJie United ypress) v iL a vt. -(fTtr i rrc:? innmr ri", Waf-hjngton, Janv.' 15. Enact ment of laWa to penalize . vio lators of coijtrnjfa between cap ital and labor as suggested to day by the spokesman for the coal operars before President Wilson's eeal commission. CONSIDEl CASE OF. KAISER. " Par Jan. 15. The big three at a jKeeting this afternoon ia . secrftf session discussed . the ex tradition of the former kaiser, it jis learned authoritatively. fiegro is Jailed for Running Down Little ' Boy With Motor Truck With he completion of the investi gation of the latest serious auto ac cident here Claude ' Redding, colored driver , held on ' the charge of run ning down eight-year-old Marion Joynr, on of J. M. P. Joyner, will probably be bailed out.. The victim is in the hospital with the chances favoring his recovery. His injuriea include broken bones in his left leg, a, broken jawbone and a severe cut on his right leg. Physicians have found no internal injuries so far, Redding, who was driving a truck for H. E, Moseley Company, hard ware dealers, was locked up a short time after thg accident late Wednes day, afternoon. The poy was , run down near tihe intersection, of Bright and McLewean streets. Reddinig said the approach of another car caused him to swerve the truck and that the boy, who is understood to' have been on skates, ran into the machine. The driver claimed the accident Was en tirely unavoidable.' The Kttle victim suffered much pain following the ac cident. vv . . .. '-'. surance in Lump, ij United States Government life (converted) insurance may now be paid, at death in. a Mnvp sum or in installments for 36 Tuonths or more, at the option of the armored, n. . j - , t .. . ine rate oi coinipensation lor ais ability, has been grpatly Increased. A comparison botween the amounts fipmerly- granted 'Ijnii ,r the war risk .a- Vftjipe t-,t with 1 3SCrcovid'iJ,-ljy the lvw law follows: '-1 - TeniQrary total disability With Tk'ither wife nor child, in creased frdlk 30 to $80. With wifeut no child, $45 to $90. With wife anV one child, $55 to $95, With wife ancfawo children, $65 to 100. With wife and th? or more chil dren, $75 to $100, vWith no wife but onehild, $40 to $90.., , With no wife but two ifehildren, $50 to $95. With no. wife but three chiare $60 to $100. With no wife but four childre $00 to $105. Extra allowance for dependent mother or dependent father or both, $10 each 'Under the new law there is an al lowance to a man temporarily total ly disabled, and with no wife living, of $5 additional for each child (in excess of one) without limit as to number. . , j , . -',; ,i, -. Total and permanent disability; Under the war risk insurance act the same scale applied for total and permanent , disability as for tem porary total disability.. A distinc tion is made between the two in the new law. Undier the latter" the "com pensation monthly lor total and per ,manent disability is $100. . A bolshevik wireless communique fronij Moscow referring to the situa tion In Siberia today said a move ment had been . organized by social .revolutionaries fn conjunction with Czechs. , . . American soldiers have .. captured an armojed train from Somenoff, ac. carding to a Harbin dispatch. Two A mericans "..were, killed and three in jured in the encounter, thfe dispatch said. , ? r . Endangered Life by , Driving Through the Fayetteville Market United Missionary Budget . T Jt' .Conferences" Held at - Cordon Street Church--State Secretary Heads -Visi'ttn Workers : Conferences, 'in I Iv;' interMt of the United Missionary Budget, of the Dis cfpU'fl of Christ, wore held in Gordon Strcot Christian Church Wednesday niffht. an ls. Thursday morning. State SecrrtaryCharlos. C. Ware of Wilson was in charge of the team, which was composed of It. A. Baker, missionary to Tibeiti. Miiss , Myrtle Azfoell,' state secrctau f-f ths Chris tian .Women's Board of Missions, Dr. Raymond A.. Smith. president of At lantic Christian College, and Miss EJtta Nunn, s4.tonnl secretary of the Christian Women's Board of . Missions.- The epeakers presented ' Vari ous phases of the budigt't, Mr. G, H. Sullivan, pawtor of the Riohlanda Church, opened the Thurs day morning conference. -There wre nine- churches represented t T&m tho two cpuhtv units, Lenoir sn l .Jones- Onslow, for which tho copi'CTonws were bttld. ' ' .-' The state budget calls , for . $40,. 212.67. to bs idts.trfbuted among the following objects: i Foreign Mis sions, .American Missions, Christian Wwnon's Board of Missions,' Benevo lence, Church Ex-tension, (Ministerial Relief, Tomporance, Christian - Unity, Atlantic Christian. College and JStata Missions, Of this amount ths ,church! of Lenoir are askedj for $5,000 aid thfiso of Jones-Onslow for v $1,273.00. While Wheat is Selling as . Much as $1 Above ' .Guaranteed Price PUBLIC IS CATCHING IT Prospect of .la-Cent Bread by Spring Gives Spec taclcd, Undersized Char acter of Cartoons 'New . Cause for Worry . RAH. HiS OWN WILE ARMY OVER IN FRANCE CHARMING MUSICAL SHOW , AT GRAND FRIDAY. RIOTING AT BERLIN BREAKS OUT AGAIN; HANV ARE KILLED If Count Was Scores Slain and Than 100 Wounded The local automobile demonstrator who took a prospective customer 380 miles,, to .prove the merits of the car he, was trying to sell, and narrowly escaped disaster at ? , Fayetteville when he profaned' the best traditions of Cumberland County by ' driving the machine through the ancient mar kct house, has managed, with the as sistance or the man who saw , the ' good . points 'exhibited and hia win to , Keep his identity concealed The ,vperience is described as "hoi- rible.'When the gravity of the of fense ,haL dawned upon him the of fender agans J'ayetteville't digni ty got out 1 the place quhrkly, glad to have escaped with hia limbs; in tact. The crima wa committed when th,e prospective pwchaser left ; the car to call at a bankwpr funds, leav ing the dtanonstratolk and ; the former's wife in, the.rarChe demon stratbr decided to drive -nL a place where traffic was not sq hea The bewhiskered market house s&arl in the middle of the street. Tho mVto- mobile chugged through the . a way "of the building, emerging on" th other aide before an astounded cop could Tecover his wits. , The demon strator was arrested, and got the idea ; that sbe would be drawn "und fjuartered for whatever offense be had ; committed. ; It was ; soon e wasn't a , market house: any, longer in fact, but a historic relic eacred to Fayetteville and all of Cumberland County, When the" prospective purchaser A iiif!ito I walked op the salesman-chauffeur i mauu matters , worse Dy explaining More I that he had been pinched for driving .1 ("through . that -that thing there.'' in This Top Sergeant Even Had Orderly Until a Higher Up Took the y "Dog Robber" Away From , H'im-Uved in Fancy Places Flo-Flo, John Cort's'" charming musical comedy, which will be the at traction at the Grand Friday night, is a fascinating, and . rejuvenating play,' and -full of pep and go. It has its momenta of heart interest. It appeals io dteelligent , theatregoers. That the public has responded to it is best illustrated in its career. It ran, throughout one entire season at the Cort Theatre in New York and since then has played in several of the larger cities, including Chicago, wliere it ; delighted - large audiences for three months, iunstonians . are to see the production exactly as it was presented ia New York and Chi cago and may De sure tnat Jonn Oort ha supplied a company of the highest merit, for that has always len his way in casting his playj. I he .officer took hint before a magis- Tuesday's Fighting Not trat at nce- it happened that tbe a Revolution I lawyer.' He managed to have the af fair kept" quiot long enough for the party to get out of the county, it is understood, after apologies had been made and the indictment quashed. l$ S. St (By th Unttad vPresf lomion,-1 Jan,, ia. iiwspatcho ' re ceived here early .today indicated the noting, was renewed at Berlin yes terday.' - , , ' -i- . .,''( The military authorities have order ed additional, reinforcements to pro tect the. city. ., . , ; . ' .: - The toll of yesterday' fighting 1b front of the Reichstag U'semi-of-fk-ially announced as 42 killed' and 105 injured. - ; ' ' Same' eye witnessed, according to the dispatches, thought, the total of casualties miglit be considerably larior. .. Dispatches received here in official quarters indicated the outbreak Tues day was not of a revolutionary na ture. ' ' ' - REWARD RATHER THAN PRIZE, SAYS CHAIRMAN CUMMINGS. Washington, Jan. 15. Democrat derive much amusement over the of fer of $10,000 in prizes which the Republican National Committee has made to young men . and women writing the best G. O. P. platform. "It is a reward, rather than a prize, said Chairman Cummings of fhe Democratic National Committse, while- his hearers at the Jackson Day dinner laughed and applauded. 'The compensation ts totally inade quate; the task, is impossible, and no one but an adolescent would un dertake it." "" The late war was generally lacking In comic: opera episodes; but it fell toi the lot of one - American Soldior to run his part of it on his own hoik with "nobody butting In and ma liv ing in chateaux-and all uch things." Harry Paul, who ofl, the MVu nn 'jorder aspired to the " title of ; poet 'aureate of the 30th - Division and wrote poems between guards, with a great deal of comment from his fel low, soldiers and that not altogether favorable, told how he got to be 'commander-in-chief nil by himself in an intervdow here Tuesday. Paul was a Iinrt sergeant when'his regi ment went ' overseas. He 'happened to be In hospital at the time. how. ever,, and "(est his outfit." Within few weeks he found himself at tached to a Iabor company of negroes headed for France, assisted in - the administration f the unit by four white sergeants, .'"There was a lieu tenant in command, hut we lost him, or rather, he ins, up at the front.' We were put to work. Five days from time we landed we were laboring ler shell 'fire. Our colored soldiers valiant enough on the wholo, but some days they differentiated betweoftk rifle fire and shell fire Their preference seemed to be for bullets. J'i n supreme command to all appciKnces, though I don't doubt Foch oiPershing or some body would havtaken chkrge had our wora not gonen as regulations speciiiea. i learned what some per son was interested inijous when my orderly, who kicked a Io rife in the mud with two packs, was takelirom me and restored tp his ! regulul&duties. This same person sharply relfended me I wasn't supposed to bavefean orderly." 4 , ; ! . "After the armistice wni our little outfit one first. 6ergeant, three sergeants - (one r.rtvl-i" ben bumpert off) and approxi!i-"itely 101) colored men was sent back of the lines to look after the graves. Wc nrowld from place, to plaoe, as hap py a little army as ever armied. I appointed myself anotlier orderly, snd we set up the sergeants mess in real houses. Occasionally we would find a hamkome chateau only slight ly used, but as empty of living creatures as a cemetery. This we would take over for our own estab lishment. We kept this up a long time. (Finally we were ordered home. I never did see Foch, so' I taka it for granted be wes perfectly satisfied with, our part in tha war." , m VJ 11 i m. DUY WAR-SATNGS STAlirS. ' (By tha United Press) Washington, Jm, 15. Gasoline. ts hkyly- to mount u unhrind of prices iicspite the , lucre v already niaJS - this week., if ' i.!i:ated by govern- ment offu.ul-v - Tlito .CIAH.1..1 f fV4,r.nii OT,-'.', nounccd h.T. j'rias;3 of one cent a . rnll,in whoiosAic ');iti yesterday.'. This : ncroase, whic Ivcht tho price" to ".. ? 1-2 cents', vs in addition to an-: other iiKreose of r; cent per 'gallon i....! i .?.it. , ;, ,' -, ' ... ! dread May Co Higher. , '.? ' Washington, Jan. 15.t-Wheat is , jelling at wmc pbicos at 80 cents to w' $1 abovo tho government guaranteed , nrics of and may soar still higher in , May; 'when vtho guarantee Will bo romovod, 5 the view of some . ijovornment experts here, ,: , Others aay .tiie price will go down. Higher priced . wheat muy bring 15 rfint lrnit. . , '; . .In, . ; V . .. . Hoir.e in Northeastern . Part of State, Thought ; Following a meeting at Ahoslcie of the boaTd of trustees of Chowan- Col 'oge,v wlich is to be removed from Murfreesboro, where -it has been lo cated many years, to a more ac-cees-ible place, a committce from tho board is) , Investigating ihv.tatbiis from Exlenton, Ahoskie, -Elizabeth City and Greenville. : It . is under stood here thRt Rocky JI:)tint's offer was withdrawn at or. prinr ' to the trustees' meeting. The imtitutiun when rel :cated n-ill be enlarged and according to Dr., Bernard W, Spil- nan, president of the Bapii.'t Stata Convention, wi!i become one of the moat important denominational schools fn the eastern ' part of the state. It may -ultimately get a $1,- 000.000 endowment, according to Dr. Spilman. . . . . One of the competing towns was; represented at the trustees' meeting by a numerous and eloquent delega- ion. Speakers set forth the place's - attractions as a eenter of education. irt, travel, industry, as a center in ' ?encral. "We bnve spent $9,000 to ?et rid of mosquitoes," it was do- " ileeliired. Edenton'a representative iiade a strong bid, both aa to money . nd land for the eite. . "We, too, hsve moqnitos,'' admitted an Fden- ton speaker, 'but not $9,000 wcrth." The Northeastern Carolina Baptists have controlled Chowan College, and will probably continue to do so. It " is. believed in wall-informed circles Hat the -institution Will that part of the state.' remain :n ALASKA'S GREATEST ASSET - IS FISHING INDUSTRY. (Bv. rt Unfted Press) Junaiiu, l.-a 13-rWhilo famed througl'.out t'.e the world as a coun try of orortnr.-Jlei ;!n 'manr lines. .AJaka' trreiie'r c'aim to famo k based on,hir fisbcriLti and fish re sources. .Tha f:shiiig industry of the territory has grown year by yedr un- the values of her annual export ns has reached the enormous 6um fty miIlion dollars and, except almon, this industry is yet in its iitSincy. V . . 37.75 oL05 3'A 30.1 to 3 o cloik prk-es front Futures quotat January March May July October Local receipts about 40 bales. cents di'ra arj. Thurstlay were: periing Closing 38.40 362 34.85 33.9 00.78 were 33