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1 1' f A . - ' ' . ; ' VOLUME XXXIV. HAWKER, MOURNED AS DEAD, TELLS OF THRILLING RESCUE IX MID-OCEAN Australian Criss-Crossed Ship Path for Hours Before Sighting ; Tramp Maintained. 12,000 Feet and Flew Into a Heavy Storm Failure of Circulation System Forced Sopwith Airmen to Abandon Crossing. The London Daily Mail publishes a detailed account of the difficulties encountered by Harry G. Hawker and Lt. Commander Grieve in their un- successful attempt to fly from New foundland to Ireland ten days ago. The two airmen explained that dur the first four hours of the vovaee ; mg the air was freezing cold, but the;minate the ten Percent levy on the airmen were quite comfortable. Haw ker, however, was unable to steer a good course because of the clouds, being at times forced to go around them. 12,000 Feet Above Sea. When about S00 miles out to seal the weather continues very bad and clouds rose to great heights. Sev eral times Hawker tried to clear them, but lost height at every at tempt, and each time the machine was started climbing the water in the radiator boiled furiously, which in volved waste. At last, however, the nirnlpne renrhed a. height nf 12 Ofiftl- ; "1 ' I";,!; " "" " I. 'It ZVl wLlrif !L1Z at!'si that level for the rest of the trip "We had not as yet doubted being Ul . . " 6. & ."'"cations for rooms are coming in at a ker said in describing his experience. "e were at that time above most i "uuuoV 111UU" T iA&e"idications are that the registration of pursuant to a proclamation by the and we were keeping a good course, f 1052 for 1916, the highest in -the President of the United States, have although we had to go a little slow-, history of tne summer school, will be formulated a program for a nation er and close the throttle to keep the; at least 6qualledf if not 8urpassed wide Boy Scout week beginning Vater from heating Up. T Hnrino- tho fnrtlimin.r ccd rru Snndav Tunc StTi onH nfinninP' Baffled Amid Clouds. "We continued at this height until we had been in the air twelve and a half hours. Then came heavy clouds again. They were very high, reach ing a level of 15,000 feet and being very black. It was almost impossible to steer through them, and each time I tried to climb the water boil ed badly." Hawker then described his efforts! to find the cause of the trouble with I the water-cooling system, and said that he concluded something got in - i , . ! ; " ;Pf lr:TZT.Z cv, uv o xxxw.x "LT ",6 ,t rflS! i " " k"'l".' ' ""fv '-"' might clear away the refuge in filter This was successful. In view of the difficiluty of going through the clouds, the aviators- decided to go beneath them. "Coming down to a height of a bout 6,000 feet," Hawker said, "we found it blacker than ever and even tually got to 1,000 feet above the water before we could see to fly. We' started on our course again with the sun just rising, but couldn't keep the temperature below the boiling point. "Played For Safety." "Then it was we reached the fate ful decision to play for safety. We changed our course and began flying diagonally across the main shipping route for about two and a half hours when to our great relief we sighted a Danish steamship which proved to be the tramp Mary. "The wind was blowing half a gale from the northeast and we were get- ; ting knocked about badly when we T sighted the ship close to our port bow. "We were fairly in a fog with the clouds low and were almost on top of her before we saw her. "We sent up our very light dis tress signals. These were answered promptly and then we flew on about two miles and landed in the- water ahead of the steamship. "We made a very good landing, al though the sea was high. The ma chine floated at an even keel well out of the water. . 4. ,4i,,-r. or.. nrnpphicr r,, t nr nwn hnat x vvx " and stood by in case the machine should break up and sink, which sne Degan to do rapidly m the neavy sea. The sea was Tunning up to twelve feet and breaking right over the machine and us. "Our life-saving suits kept us dry and for an hour and a half we watch ed the crew trying to launch a life boat. The Mary was only 200 yards away. "After much difficulty the lifeboat succeeded in reaching us. We' board ed the lifeboat and were pulled to the ship by a line. "Owing to the heavy sea it was im possible to save anything. When we got to the ship we were without our boots and caps, while Grieve also also had lost his coat. We were yery sorry, to lose a lot of valuable instruments and the mail. The aviators were picked up at 8:30 a. m. Greenwich time, Monday, May 19. PUB LI SEE D SEMI- WE? LUXURY TAX REPEAL MEASURE IS ORDERED REPORTED FAVORABLY Efforts Will Be Made To Obtain : u-aviy Action on the Measure. (Washington-Special.) . By unanimous vote the House Ways and Means Committee nrriri a favorable report on the resolution' repealing the so-called luxury taxes! in me revenue bill. Action on tht repeal of other excesses was defer- red: Chairman Fordney said effort would be made to obtain earlv action on the resolution, which would eli part ot purchase price of costly wear ing apparel and many other articles. Discussion of the repeal of the j tax on soda water indicated the members were not inclined to con-' sider favorably all suggestions made. PROSPECTS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL, ARE VERY BRIGHT University of North Carolina Sum mer School .Will Open Next Month. Chapel Hill, May 29. With the ' . . " J nxacaiiL, ni Prospects tor the coming 32nd ses- of the University otWh Carreer leadership, are still without the olina summer school, June 2 4-Aug- - ust 8, are exceedingly bright. Appli- j rraT)id rat fl, fnrv wattex J T . years 1917 and 1918 -saw a falling . off on account of participation in the war, which was to be expected. MAY BE JULY BEFORE CENSUS MEN ARE NAMED Major Stedman Recommends J. Tucker, of Caswell. E. Washington, May 29. It may . be .J U1 UCLU v Lue Uit11 "" a "c a Uirfctor ot the Census Kobers manes the appointments, ( . but he T,,l.. V .P- 11 TV' il, 1 of congressmen if the men presented suitable t There wili be ten supervisors, and i. o nnn : I ciUOUl i,UUU clSKlKLUIlLS UX. . VdllUUB itiiius uiiu. uegiees. Representative Stedman has rec- ommended J. E. Tucker, of Caswell tion to act as leaders of boys, to en county for the Fifth District. The list in the Movement locally as vol position of supervisor pays about unteers. $1,800.00. (C) Definite steps toward the or- ganization of first class local councils GRAVES OF 70,000 U. . with the necessary financial resourc- SOIDIERS TO BE DECORATED , es to make the Boy Scout program f available to the boyhood of the c6m- Presidcnt Wilson Will Speak At the muility. Services In France. j (f) 100o,000 Associate Members Paris, May 29. The graves ofi()f thg Nationaf Council of the Boy seventy thousand American soldiers gcouts of America. In this latter ob who died in France will be decorat-J jej;;tiye each city, town or village ed next Friday under the auspices of, . . ked t reach a definite the forces of the umtea states sun in France General Pershing has issued a bul-. letin that all American soldiers shall ; mapping of .the country into twelve participate in the Memorial Day ex- Federal Reserve Banking districts ercises President Wilson will sPeakjwiU he followed. Each person be at the services in the American cem- mpmhsr will receive a suit- .. Dorio wJiPra1" 0 . - . etery ax auieMico, uCai """ . Ambassador vvaiiace wxxx yo ,the Boy gcouts of America ana over the execrises. FORMATION OF A BDLDION DOLLAR TRADE COKrUuAiiu Tc T Long Discussed Project At last is rn.l.:.. TVafinito SlhaTlft. XUHailg xcmi. 1 ' -Washington, May '2 9. The move - tiv in New York r .r.uM rrr. Wii1nn dollar tor me .cre""t " United ! paign is to secure 1,000.000 Asso- sSSTSt 'yoper sLrethejciate Members of the National Coun world traSf by extending credits to cil, Boy Scouts of America as an as woria ir.-av. uy t of enlarged usefulness, foreign nations oegaix - io, chnne here, I nrvio now nrooosal is that tne ieu ral eovemment shall aumorue " . r. -nritv, n i chartering-ot a coiyui"" tbr more as membership dues, in ef capital ot $ i,uuu,vuv,vv Bnaresj . nve or ulu . . ... TTni - subscribed to by the Um- La government: The balance of the stock would be taken up by. the banks and trust company by manufacturers, exporters and the public at large. Mr. Robert Nelson Dead. Mr.' Robert Nelson, highly esteem ed farmer, died at his home near.Mt. wrtnesdav after a short, ni- He is survivea oy 1 uet&. -j, m nni,01 and one- brother. Mrs..x n;: Burial this af and Mr. Mat Nelson at Mt. Creek at 3:30 o'clock. ternoon. Methodist Baraca Class. Mayor Thad G. Stem will address thfoxford Methodist Baraca next Sunday niommg 10 ortocfc All members are .urged, to be pres ent and bring some one with them. LTOWN AND COUNTY OFFER B EI L LI ANT OPPORTUNITIES OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WILD CAT DIVISION. ON WAY HOME. Will Land At Newport News Some Time Next . , : . Week. - Brest, May 27. The American battleships South Carolina, Minnesota, and Missouri are sailing this afternoon with the first troops of ' the Eighty-First Division, the "Wild Cat" Di vision, to be repatriated. The troops are from , North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. ' On board also are the 156th Artillery Brigade, and the 306th Ammunition Train complete The battleships are btmnd for Newport News. NEXT DRIVE WILL BE FOR MORE MEMBERS OF THE BOY SCOUTS Beginning June 8th and Continuing Through June 14th. The Boy Scout movement has giv en organized boyhood a place along side the Red Cross and other great organizations as national institution. In order to extend its benefits more rapidly to. the million of American boys, who, because of lack of volun training of the Boy Scout program, Hon. W. G. McAdoo and eminent gentlemen associated with him, work imr in rnnntinn witv, mi I -n o,. a S through to Flag Day, June 14th. Results Anticipated. The program of activities is in- I tended to produce the following re suits : . i (a) Definite recognition national ' ly of the value of the Boy Scout Movement, especially the achieve ments of the Boy Scouts during the war. (b) Attention of each community to Vital facts with reference to its J i Ionizations which have a point 'of contact with boy life, to organize troops ot Boy Scouts. . j x :4- 4 U ) KJWUl LU.XIXLJ' lUi XXXCX1, Cisyciitti. ly i etuxxixxig buiuici o aim oanu, oualified by character and inclma- quota determined by the same pro- qc-o oa ncoH in nllntt.iiisr ouotas in " T,n!lt1 Acoordinerlv the - 'able, certificate signed by tne omceis the Chairman of the Citizen's Na- ticnal Committee. (g) 1,000,000 enrolled scouts at ' least, by February, 20, 1920, when the Tenth Anniversary of the Boy , g t f America will be celebrat- , , ;eu j Become a Member Yourself. The first objective of this cam- 4eeftPiatfi Mpmhershin is of- fered to mothers and fathers of A merican boys and other adult Amer ican citizens upon payment of $1.00 - fect and in spirit a contrbiution to ithe Movement, the amount to be ae- termined by each individual. The Associate Membership, however, is an actual legal identification with the National body, without voting privileges which, by the constitution and by-laws of the Boy Scouts of A merica, belong only to regularly elect ed members of the National Council. Local Interest. There are perhaps about three hundred Boy Scouts in Granville county. Our quota will no doubt be placed at twelve hundred or more. Col. W. B. Ballou has been request ed by the National Council to orga nize the drive in Granville county. He was chairman of the Victory Loan drive and the Centenary drive and is an excellent selection for the Boy 'Scout drive if he will accept the honor. ; FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1919. INTERNATIONAL SITUATION AS SUMMARIZED FROM THE CABLES Germany "Refuses To Accept The Punishment 'Fixed' by The Peace Treaty;" Seeks New Basis. The German counter proposals to the allied peace terms were publish ed in Berlin Wednesday. The reply asserts the willingness of Germany to reduce her armaments to a greater extent than demanded by the. allies. Germany, the reply says, refuses to accept the punishment terms fixed by the peace treaty fia it is declar ed that the allies cannot both accuse :IZA 7 " T and entence Germans guilty of re- sponsiDHity tor punishable acts. Vorwaerts says: 'Every one in Germany has read the text with heavy hearts. If sober reason pre vailed at Paris it would jump at this proposal." Friday is towitness the receipt by the Austrians of the terms of the peace treaty that has been formulat ed for the former empire of the Hapsburgs. The plea of the chief of the Austrian delegation for haste by the allies in making known their terms probably is responsible for Friday having been chosen as the 'day for the Austrians to appear be fore the peace congress, it previously having been believed . that the cer. embny. would not take place until The allied council on food supply now has eight ships loaded with pork products and flour at Helsingfors, Hango, Danzig, and ether Baltic ports, and these cargoes could be de livered in Petrograd within seven days. Their delivery, however, will have to await joint orders from the allied powers, and these are not as yet forthcoming, pending the out come of events in 'Russia. DR. LUTHER LITTLE COMING. One of the Most Brilliant Men In the Baptist Ministry. Dr. J. H. Dew, the noted Southern evangelist, who is conducting the great revival at the First Baptist church, says: "I congratulate Presi dent Hobgood and . the good people of Oxford pn the coming of Dr. Luther Little to preach the com mencement sermon for Oxford Col lege. Dr. Little is one of the most 'brilliant men in the Baptist ministry, Those who fail to "hear Dr. Little next Wednesday night will miss a rare treat." THE NATIONAL GUARD TO BE RETAINED War Department Plans to Return to Pre-War Organization Compris - ing 16 Divisions. Washington, May 29. Tentative war department plans for the peace time national guard include a re turn to the pre-war organization comprising sixteen divisions, it was stated, authoratively. Unless unexpected changes oc cur, this plan outlined will be sub mitted to congress for its approval, with a request for an appropriation sufficient to carry out the plans. COMENCEMENT AT CREEDMOOR Hon.X W. J. Brogden Will Deliver the Address. The finals at Creedmoor High School will begin next Sunday, June 1, at which time the sermon will be preached Monday morning at 10:30 the graduating exercises will be held i and at 2:00 p. m. the address will be delivered by Hon. W. J. Brogden ot Durham. Monday night a play will be given by the High School pupils, which will conclude .the program. Adjudged Insane. JVIr. P. B. Farmer of Oxford Route 5, who slashed his throat a few days ago, will be admitted to the insane asylum for treatment. Thev wounds that he inflicted upon himself while mentally unbalanced ars healing Tip, but his condition is most pitiful. t ALL HOME PRINT. PUTTING IT INTO PLAIN ENGLISH j Council of Four Will Consider and Digest The V iews of The Enemy and Quickly Report Decision. Paris, May 29. The German delegation presented only tlu-ee copies oi the counter proposals to the secretariat of the peace conference. Twenty interpret ers were busy today translating the document from German into English and French. DR. J. H. DEW HAS DONE A GREAT WORK IN OXFORD The Protracted Meeting Will Ccme to a Close Sunday. There has been a great spiritual awakening in the community since Dr. J. H. Dew came to the Oxford Baptist church two weeks ago. Un der his forceful presentation of Gos pel truths the whole community has been awakened as never before; hundreds of people have requested special prayer and hundrds will join the church here as an outcome of his preaching. Dr. Dew has accomplished so much for the Lord during his two weeks' stay in Oxford the good people re gret that he will bring the revival to a close next Sunday. There will be the same interest manifested and the same overflowing jrowd to hear him today, tomorrow and on Sunday. Dr. Dew will be pleased to see a large number of out-of-town people in the church at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. He will have something to say about the alabaster box at the Sunday morning service: Those who have not heard the great evangelist preach should avail themselves of the rare privilege be fore he leaves here. WIDSOX CAXDD3ACY HANGS OX FATE OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS If League Fails Here, Great Pressure Will Be Brought -To Bear On President To Run. Chicago,: May 29: President Wil son's jsandidacy for a third term will J?e determined largely vby , the fate the league. jo nationfiyHiiv-the opin--ion-of Homer S. Cummings,. chair man of the Democratic National Ex ecutive Committee, in addressing a meeting of a Democratic committee of the west here. The meeting is the formal launching of the Democratic campaign for the presidency in 1920. "If the league of nations should by any chance fail and I regard this as improbable, the pressure brought upon the President to run again would be very great, and under such circumstances, I believe the chances for his election would be bright. If the league succeeds, I do not think the pressure. would be so great." MERCHANT MARINE SEEKS MEN FROM THIS SECTION J. G. Hall, Druggist, Is Local Agent! of the . Shipping Board's Re j cruiting Service. The United States Shipping Board is again seeking men in this section to be trained for the Merchant Ma rine. . ! Applicants are directed to apply for enrollment to the local agent of the Shipping Board's Recruiting Ser vice, J. G. Hall, Oxford, N. C. Boys entering this service are en couraged to keep their eyes open for promotion. There is nothing to pre vent a country boy who enters this f service now as a sailor oecommg a ship captain in five years and Mer-j chant captains are now earning as Thigh as $4,500 a year. There is also a fine opportunity for firemen to be come engineers, the demand being brisk for good men, and marine en- I gineers on American ships earning as high as $3,450 a year. HAWKER WILL TRY AGAIN Non-Stop Flight Across the Atlantic. London, May 29. Harry Hawker, who was picked up! by the Mary in mid-ocean, states that he will again attempt to fly across the ocean. "I will try again and think I can succeed," Hawker said when asked if he would attempt another traris Atlantic flight. "The risk wasn't as great as people thought," he said. "It was a perfectly straight-forward attempt to fly over, not a do or die enterprise." National Memorial. The windows at the Oxford post office are closed today on account of National Memorial Day. Vacation Kindergarten. 'My vacation kindergarten will op en Wednesday, June 4, 1919. See or phone me for terms, v MAY S. WHITE. NUMBER 43. AMERICAN NAVAL SEA- ) PLANE FIRST TO FLY ACROSS THEATLANTIO First Trans-Atlantic Flight Made by XC-4 In 26 Hours and 41 Minutes Actual Fying Time (By the Associated Press.) Blazing the way of the first air trail from the western to the eastern j hemisphere, the United States nayv seaplane NC-4, under . Lieutenant Commander Albert Chusing Read, swept into the harbor at Lisbon, Por tugal Tuesday, the first airship ' of any kind to have crossed the Atlantic ocean under its own power and thru its natural element. Taking the air at Ponta, Azores, at 6:18 am. Tuesday Washington time on the last leg of the trans-oceanic portion of the voyage from Rocka way Beach, Long Island, to Ply mouth, England, the NC-4 covered the 800 miles in 9 hours and 41 minutes, maintaining an average speed of better than 80 knots an hour. The total elapsed flying time from New Foundland to Lsibon was 2G hours and 41 minutes. At the first opportunity the big plane will continue to Plymouth, 775 nautical miles to the north. To the navy department, however, it makes little difference when he completes the journey. The great object of all the effort lavished on the undertak ing, navigation of a seaplane across the Atlaitic through the air, has been accomplished. Twentieth century transportation has reached a new pinnacle and the United States navy has led the way. For the next few hundred miles of his epoch-making journey, Comman der Read and his crew will be with in sight of the Portugese or Spanish coasts in the sweep northward. Skirt ing the coasts of Cape Finiserre, they will head . out across the Bay of Bis cay to sight Brest, the most westerly point of France. Thence direct to Plymouth. PENSIONS WDLL NOT BE PAID UNTIL DECEMBER 15 Widows Who Married Confederate ;yeteransi.M Not Entitled to Pensions. Clerk of Court D. C. Hunt has received a communication announc ing that the new semi-annual pay ment' plan for pensions for Confed erate iveterans and widows will be come effective next December 15. Af ter the December payments, pensions money will be received by vteerans and widows of veterans on June 15 and December 15. " Widows who married Confederate veterans after January 1, 1868, will not be eligible to be placed on the pension list, the letter stated. Mr. Hunt explained that reports had been made that widows married to veterans after 1868 would be eligible for pensioning under the new pen sion law passed by the last legisla ture. Many, widows have . made in quiry as to whether they could se cure pensions although they married since 1868, he said. The next meeting of the Granville board of pensions will be held the first Monday in July. All persons entitled to a pension should make application before that date, Judge Hunt said. The board of pensions is composed of W. H. White, chair man; E. C. Allen, B. I. Breedlove and the clerk of the court sits as a member. THE DARLING OF THE Am WILL ATTEMPT FLIGHT ACROSS OCEAN New PJane Will Be Equipped With Two 400-Horsepower Motors For Famous Woman Aviator, Ruth Law. ' Chicago, May 29. Ruth Law, be fore leaving Chicago for New York yesterday, announced that she plans to attempt a trans-Atlantic flight within six weeks. She will use a new Curtis land airpjane equipped with two motors of 400 horsepower each and will be accompanied by her mechanician. THE SALVATION ARMY HAS PASSED GOAL The final figures on the county's contribution to the Salvation Army fund are expected to show more than $2)100 in hand in cash anT pledges, with a qupta of $2,000. The campaign for $13,000,000 home service fund has passed its goal, according to - latest reports from all sections of tne country. Real Estate t Transfer . Messrs. Luther Davis and R. R. Herring this week sold to colored people in Cam .Town the property known as "Hunt's Row," the consid eration being $7,376. mm i 3 Hit; ww " H9r J mi mm V.i'S 1! 1 ! . l if 'in ';:$:!; iM - ,1 .a iif a. i 'jih'i'-' ' jM t in mm 'it' i , : . I t r " t:k if'! i tvl. 1' H J .i'i mm. .if ; - ' S : i. t.j 1 ; ' f if' I t, : v .
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