VOL. XXVIL YADKINVILLE, YADKIN CO., N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1921 ' NO. 29 lira TRIALS t REALLY A FARCE s? - Germans Who are Guilty of tho Major Crimes in the War are Not Arraigned. i •" . r KAISER NOT ON THE LIST \ f Many Other Notables, However Wero ! Among the Accused, But Probably ^L., All of Them Will Get Off as Easily as Has William. ( i London.—The real German war guilty probably will escape trial, ffhey’ll get off as easily as the kaiser, fwhom British politicians premised to Jiang. i This impression is given added foun dation by the procedure at the trials pf the small fry on the allied list be fore the German supreme court at Leipsig. As presented tc the German govern ment last year, the list was the most formidable in the aftermath of war fare, either ancient or modern. The accused ranged from princes to pri vates, and the crimes from murder to theft. The list was made up of lists pre sented by the various allied nations. America was conspicuous by its absence. The others were divided. Kaiser's Name Omitted. 'f Because William Hohenzollern and eon, the former crown prince, had fled to Holland, their names were not pressed. But among the other person ages were the following: Ex-Crown Prince Rupreclit of Ba varia—Charged with being responsible for deportation of many inhabitants tof northern France. Duke of Wurtemberg—Charged with being responsible for the troop massa cres of people at Namur and other towns. \ Gen. von Kluck—Charged with being tesponsible for the shooting of host ages at Senlis and civilians at Aerschot. Gen. von Buelow—Charged with be Ign responsible for the burning of vil lages in the Ardennesi and the shoot ing of civilians. | Field Marshal von Mackenson— Charged with having villages burned and Roumanian civilians executed. Baron von der Lancfeen—Accused in Connection with the executions of Edith Cavell and ('apt. Fryatt. , Tirpitz on List. Admirals von Tirpitz, von Capelle, Von Ilippe, Scheer and von Ingenohl— Charged with being variously responsi ble for submarine warfare, with order ing bombardmeat of unprotected Eng lish town1? and with ordering sinking of unarmed merchant vessels. Field Marshal vpn Sanders—In con nection with the massacres of Armeni ans and Syrians. Oon. von Manteuffel—In connection with the outrages at Louvain. Gen. Kruska—Accused of spreading germs of typhus among the prisoners. In the list presented by France and Belgium, stress was laid particularly fbpon those who oppressed the civilian population, destroyed towns and de ported helpless people into Germany, j The British spec?r’' those naval officers who violated the laws of the war. For instance, in their list the following names occur: Lieut. Capt. Kiesewetter—for sink ing the hospital-ship Glenard Castle, Feb. 26, 1918. Lieut. Capt. Valentiner—For torpedo ing two merchant vessels without warning in 1915. Lieut. Capt. Jess—For torpedoing boats without warning in 1918. Commander Boaker—For bombard ing Hull in March and Edinburgh in April, 1916, from an airship. The German government avoided taking any action in the matter as long as possible. Finally, it presented a reply to the allies in which it sat forth the view that to arrest the men named and attempt to hand them over to the allies would be to precipi tate grave events in Germany. It offered to put on trial any of its Subjects before the German high courts, provided the allied governments prepared prima facie cases against them, showing that prosecution was Justifiable. This view of the Ger man government finally prevailed. i, Prepared Seven Cases. 0# 4 The British prepared seven cases in r SeVnii. These were the cases against .*1f Beynen, Muller. Trinks and Newmann, charged with acts of cruelty to prison ers of war at various camps, and the ■follow'-'" naval cases: Lieutenant Commander Patzig,— Charged with having sunk without warning the hospital-ship I.landever Castle and with having afterward fired on and sunk boats'containing surviv ors with consequent loss of 234 lives. Lieutenant Commander Neumann— Charged with torpedoing without warning the British hospital-ship, Dover Castle, with the loss i>f six lives. BOON FOR FARMERS Picric Acid Left Over From War To Be Given Them. Twelve Million Pounds of This High Explosive to be Distributed Through Public Roads Bureau. Washington.—More than 12,000,000 pounds of picric acid, one of the high est power explosives, accumulated for war purposes and made useless to the war department by the armistice, will be distributed to farmers for agri cultural purposes. When the war ended the army had on hand this immense stock of picric acid, and in addition more than 26,000, 000 pounds of TNT. The latter was distributed to various governmental agencies for use in rail road construction in Alaska, public roads in the national parks and var’-, ous projects on Indian reservations. No TNT was distributed to individ uals, and thus far not a single acci dent has marked the use or transpor tation of the millions of pounds of the high explosive, according to officials of the bureau of mines. The question of what to do with the 12,006,000 pounds of picric acid puzzled government officers for some time, and the war department had al most decided to tow the explosive out to sea and dump it overboard in the interests of the public safety, when it was decided to institute a series of experiments in an effort to find some safe commercial use for it. The ex periments were conducted by the bu reau of mines and disclosed many ways in which picric acid could he used safely and profitably on farms, such as in blasting out stumps and rocks and breaking up land. It was accordingly decided to distribute the explosive, practically free of charge, to farmers. Picric acid, a highly crystalline pow der, having a lemon yellow color, is 18 per cent stronger than 40 per cent straight nitroglycerin dynamite, ac cording to the bureau of mines. It should never be used in bulk, officials say, and its uses should be restricted to redipped paraffined paper cart ridges. The 12,000,000 pounds of surplus stock, located at Sparta, Wis., and Win gate, N. Y., will be distributed to.farm ers through the bureau of public roads of the Department of Agricul ture. The only cost to the farmer, it is announced, will be freight charges and a charge of 6 cents a pound for placing the powder in the necessary cartridges. Notice of Service by Pubii eation North Carolina ) In Superioi Yadkin County j Court I. D'. Long, Rachel Long and Leona Long vs Ollie Potts Hanes and husband -H anes, Lottie Potts Iiep stine and husband, P>ob Repstine, Jettie Potts Repstine and Lus ba"' , John Hen ry Potts, Frank Potts, Helen I Potts and Hazel Potts, ! # The defendants above named, 01 lie Potts Hanes, and husband, --Hanes, Lottie Potts Rep j stine, and husband, Rob Resstine i Jettie Potts Repstine, and hus | band,-Repstine, John Hen j ry Potts, Frank Potts, Helen Potts and Hazel Pofts, will take notice that summons against them has been issued in the above entitled special proceedings which is for the partition of real estate among the tenants in com mon. The defendants will fur ther take notice that the 7 are re quired to appear before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Yadkin county on the 27th day of Au gust, 1S21\ aud answer ©r demur to the petition or that the relief therein demanded will be grant ed. This July 27, 1921 J. L. CRATER, Clerk Superior Court Williams