Volume XUV
LENOIR, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1919
Price, Fit Cents the Copy
No. 34
CLOSES DAVENPOP'irtUS
On of It Most Succeful Year
Come to an End The College
Is Making Plan for an Ex
tension of It Work
The finals at Davenport College
were climaxed Wednesday morning
-when a well-filled auditorium heard
Lieut-Gov. 0. Max Gardner's tribute
to womanhood- Another outstand
ing feature of the commencement ex
ercises this year was the annual ad
dress by Bishop U. V. W Darlington,
-which was delivered Tuesday morn
ing in the Methodist church audito
rium. The finals began Monday after
noon with a pageant, "Welcome to
May." This was a most interesting
exercise. First came the Maypole
dance, which was very pretty, the
streamers being the colors colors,
green and white. Then came the
girls for the minuet, arrayed in ya-
ouslv colored dresses and carrying
pink roses ana ians. ino weiui
ness of the girls was in keeping with
the dignity of the dance. In the Nor
wegian mountain march the girls car
ried banners of red, white and blue,
giving a striking effect. The Barn
Hop, Ace of Diamonds and Peas Por
ridge, because of their liveliness,
proved very entertaining.
The program was completed by the
Amazons, a patriotic dance which
was popular many centuries ago.
The music ana expression comesu
were held Monday night m ine au-
ditorium. This has always been a big l
feature of the commencement exer
cises. The program consisted of thir-
tupn nnmhers. as follows
Tita's Tears (Aldrich), Miss wnne
Cornelius Gondolieri (Nevin), MISS Statement autnonzeu uy uie uuuiau , in nuuiiK ouscrvauuns ui uir cut
Ruth Ead's- Much Ada About Noth- Icabinet Tuesday morning through ' rents encountered,
ing, act HI,-scene 1 (Shakespeare), the Associated press. "Although Atlantic air currents
Misses Imogen Barrett, Willie Come- I "That these, consequences must ' can never be marked," he said, "I
lius Ola Marion Jennie Apperson; logically follow acceptance of the . hope to compile observations that will
Nicturne On 55 No 1 (Chopin), peace conditions the American press , make the trans-Atlantic passage pos
Miss Vioia Cl'ine -King John and the has. recognized, without question," the , sible with fewer uncertainties for
Yli.-,. . -"(.Q,!w fniri Rnlladl ."tsafement continues, "toward them later fliers than those which con-
: nia Marion- Love's Dream
(Liszt), Miss Mary Foe; The riea acceptance oi such c .. ., wu.
Piper (Browning), Miss Imogen Bar- not be demanded and that the en
retf Bubbling Spring (Rive-King), ,tente was unjustified in imposing
Miss Beulah Heafner; The Patriot such demand.
(RrowmnirK Miss Jennie Apperson;! "Germany has not only a mora
if i i-Dw,e-n m;u An-
nieTra Bovette' Merry W
Windsor act III, scene 1
peare) Misses Jennie Apperson ana
Ola Marion- Valse, Op. 64, No. 2
(Chopin) Mm Louise Todd; chorus,
Whirl and Twirl (Wagner), from
the Flying Dutchman."
The class day exercises were neia
Tuesday morning, beginning with a
song by the "junior class. The wel-
come address was delivered by Miss
Mavthorne Reeves, and Miss Norvelle
Templeton read the class history,
Miss Jennie Apperson, the class poet,
read the class poem, which was fol-
lowed by the class song by the entire
class. The exercises continued in
the following order: Class prophecy
bv Miss Thelma Albright; last will
and testament, by Miss Gertie Smith;
valedictory by Miss Mattie Whisnant,
and presentation of gif tby Miss Mat-
tie Whisnant. This was followed by
a flag raising.
The annual sermon oy cisnop u.
V. W. Darlington of Huntington, W.
Va., in the. First Methodist church at
11 o'clock Tuesday was enjoyed by a
large audience, from Lenoir and sur
rounding country. The college choir
had charge of the music, giving ap
propriate seelctions, and the opening
exercises were participated in by
Revs. E. L. Bain and H. K. Boyer.
President J. B. Craven introduced
Bishop Darlington, who announced as
his subject "The Mother of Our
Lord." The. speaker said that Mary
-was one of the neglected characters
of the Bible, neglected by Protestant
ministers because Roman Catholicism
has treated her in a most unnatural
-way, putting her between them and
Jesus, a position which Mary did not
desire or expect and to which she was
not entitled. His tribute to woman
hood was tender and eloquent Wom
an has been, elevated from a position
of slavery to man to a place of equal
ity or superiority to him. To a worn?
an (Mary) was committed tne nopes
of all the ages. She does not fully
understand her son, but she loves
him. Very little is known of Mary's
life, hut when the acid test came she
did not fail. She remained at the
cross after the disciples and others
had disappeared, and Bhe was first at
the tomb.
Tv.a nufcnn'a rmnn was intended
to inspire not only the girls to the strenuous times through which
whom the address was directed but we have just passed. She has fur -
everybody in the audience, with anfnished her full quota of menj'she
ardent desire to honor and love their has oversubscribed ' overy Liberty
mothers more and to live with a bet-i Loan drive she Has given generously
ter appreciation of the world, and his to the Red Cross, to the Y. M C. A.,
appeal was marvelously effective, j to the Syrian-Armenian fund and ev
Teh speaker is a natural orator, and , ery other cause en which she has
while he said he was only "taiiang
on this occasion and made no attempt
at oratory, yet he could hardly re-n-frain
from soaring occasionally and
taking his hearers with him,, ; It was
a 'great sermon. ;f;:.p.,i.f-'
Tuesday night the final concert
was given, This consisted of anern
ber of vocal and instrumental pieces"
beginning with a chorus by the Dav
enport Choral Society and continu
ing in tne IOUOWing oruei .
t;a wPniAnniiia" fPndfirfiwakH
Miss Viola Cline; duo, "Der Eriks- Come' out and hear for yourself
Gang" (Kretschmer), first piano, 'what the Salvation Army, has done
Miss Jean Andrews; second piano,4for the men in the service, for men
; nri. Bpiilnh, Heafner: "Provencal ; and women and children in . our
Song" : (Dell Acqna), Miss - Evelyn
DA
MEETING TO CONSIDER THE
HOSPITAL PROPOSTION
A meeting of the citizen of
the county ha been called for
Monday night at the court house
to consider the proposition of
taking over the Foothills Sanato
rium and establishing it a a me
morial hospital to the men who
gare their lives in the past war.
This is an important meeting and
it is for one of the most patriotic
causes now to be considered by
the people of Caldwell county.
Every person who appreciates the
sacrifices of the boy who fought
the, battle should (how hi citi
zenship by attending this meet
ing. The sanatorium property has
already been assessed at a value
of $8,000. Dr. McNairy will give
half of this amount. Ways and
means of providing the other half
will be devised at this meeting.
Be sure you ar,e there to help in
devising these plans.
'T
ALLIED PEACE TERMS
So Says a' Statement From Berlin
Authorized by German Cabinet;
"They Spell the Economic
Destruction of Nation"
"Germany declines to sign the
peace terms laid before it, because
they Speu the economic destruction,
.... . ... . j0
.political dishonor and moral degra
dation of the entire German nation,
not only for the present, but also i
for still unborn generations," was a;
Germany" took the standpoint that
rie-ht to compliance with the general
(Shakes-'grounded, definite, clearly defined
claim according to trie uasia ruica ui.imuusu we mmm m iesun,a wuuw
international laws on all the entente bo only approximate.
powers and especially on the United "Every minute. df the long flight
States. A specific recognition of the will be a busy one. Watching ther
right of Uermany and or the German
peopie to a peace ox ngiu, juow
and reconciliation instead of the pdr-
agraphed song of hate, which was
written at Versailles, is contained in
the note of the American secretary
of state, Lansing, on Nov. 15, 1918.
: "In it the secretary of state noti-
fied the Swiss minister in Washington
unconditionally that the established
basis of President Wilson's fourteen
pionts should be authoritative for the
peace conditions. Secretary Lansing
announced further that the entente
governments after careful considera-
tion also were prepared to recognize
the. conditions set up by President
(Wilson as the basis for the conclu-
sion oi peace.
"The declaration of rights, etna-
(Continued on page four)
CAPT. FLOWERS AT THE
ME. CHICKS
Will Lecture at 8:30 on Work of the
Salvation Army No Services
Will Be Held at the Other
Lenoir Churches
Sunday night, May 25, all of the
churfches in town hava kinflly con
sented to give way in their services to
a mass meeting to be held In the
Methodist church at 8 :30 o'clock for
the purpose of hearing an address on
the work of the Salvation Army. At
this time thte meeting will be ad
dressed by Miss Capt Flowers, who
is reputed to be a very fine and inter
esting talker. It is honed that the
, auditorium of the Methodist church
will be mied to its .capacity, inis
, will be an opportunity to get at first
, hand what the Salvation Army has
dorte and its planning to do.
Caldwell county has responded in
a most admirable way to every call
i which has been made on her during
oeen caueu; io rauae ui ui. ouvn-
tion Army is jusi as nooieanu jusi as
deserving as
any other .of these
causes to which Caldwell has so no
bly responded. It is a safe predic
tion that she will more than do her
part in helping the Salvation Army
m the great work it has outlined for
this organization. This is a work In
which every man, woman and child
in Caldwell" county and the whole
United" States should have a part, ba
! It treat or be it small.
towns an deities throughout the coun
trv. and find out what its program it
, for the people. ,
-STOP AIR FLIGHT
E
Nothing Heard of Plane Since Sun
day's Get-Off Should Have
Reached Coast of Ireland
Monday Morning
Nothing has been heard from Har
ry G. Hawker, the Australian avia
tor, and his navigator, aCpt Grieve,
who started from St. Johns, N. F.,
Sunday afternoon on a non-stop air
plane flight from America to Eng
land. The two aviators were flying
a Sopwith biplane for an English
concern and were competing for a
$50,000 prize offered by a London
newspaper. They expected to reach
; the Irish coast in twenty hours, or
the next morning.
Less than a hundred people saw
: the get-off. The Sopwith began to
speed up as soon as it floated into the
air, and Hawker headed straight into
the northeast. They had selected a
direct course, and, without swerving
a hair from the chosen course, the
little plane faded rapidly from view.
In five minutes it had dwindled to a
speck in the sky, and in six minutes
it was out of sight beyond the hills.
Hawker's satrt was made in the
face of weather conditions which he
characterized as "not yet favorable,
but possible." He and his navigator
gravely considered the hazards of the
attempt, rind decided to stake every
thing on an effort to "beat the Amer
icans." Mackenzie Grieve declared before
the start that the Sopwith would
head straifht for Ireland. II we
strike Ireland anywhere we will have
found our mark," he said, "but if we
hit England we will be nearer home."
A large part of Griev's work will be
front pioneers on the trackless way.
"We are relying chiefly on astro
nomical positions which we plan to
obtain by use of the sextant, getting
an hourly sun altitude in the day
time and working with the North star
at night. Should thick weather ob-
the sky we are prepared to ffte
the clouds for calculating purposes,
mometers, Humeiers, wmu gauges,
oil-pressure registers, using the sex
tant to 'shoot' the sun or stars, and
dropping smoke bombs overside, fig
uring bearings and keeping a con
stant ear to the tiny wireless will oc
cupy all 'spare moments.''"
Within the last few days Hawker
had installed a radio set with a trans
mitter of 250 miles radius.
Hawker and Grieve are without
landing devices other than light
skids, which must do the work of
the undercarriage, which they drop -
ped at the start. The possibility of
accident to Hawker's plane is great,
although he Baid he expected to
alight in safety. Unless he drops
down gently under the most favor
able, conditions, with a very short
"run," he will smash his propeller
and wreck his little craft.
If the Sopwith is forced intd the
sea Hawker and Grieve have little
hope of rescue. Both men are wear
ing "water-tight" suits, which are de
signed to keep them floating many
hours, but as their course is outside
the lanes of shipping the chances of
their being picked up are virtually
nil.
Hawker's wireless set will allow
hi mto receive messages from ships
a long distance off, and the radio
calls he will be able to intercept will
aid his navigator greatly in keeping
on his course. But the sending ap
paratus cannot transmit over 250
miles, it is said, and once beyond the
trans-Atlantic shipping lanes it is
doubtful whether an S. O. S. would
be picked up by a steamer.
BothHawker and Grieve said be
fore the start that while they expect
ed some physical and mental strain
through long hours in cramped posi
tions, unbroken by any prospect of
being able to "spell"' each other by
changing seas, they expected to find
some relief.
Concentrated rations were carried
on the. Sopwith. The fuel supply was
i 340 gallons of gasoline.
About an hour after Hawker and
j Grieve had taken the air with their
1 Sopwith biplane Capt. Fredericks P.
jRaynham and his navigator, Capt.
C. W. F. Morgan, attempted to make
a -start in a -Martinsyde biplane, but
an axle broke and their machine was
wrecked, both aviators being injured,
though not seriously.
Baby Spent Night in Woods
The child of Mr. and Mrs. . Win
Cannon of Whitnel, two and &' half
Sears old, wandered away i from
ome Thursday afternoon of last
week and was not found until about
8 o'clock the next mornings The hild
had been playing about the yard and
its absence was not noticed for some
time. Neighbors 5 assisted in: the
senrch, which continued througlt the
night.' About 8 o'clock the ' next
morning the littl efollow was found
asleep in the woods near the home
of Mr." W, W. Deal. ' . ;
, .-1 1 1 , .';;;,", ; i i
Let's all get busy and pull off a big
one on July-' 4th a real American
celebration. '
AMI'S GROSS-ATLANTIC
PLANES ACCOUNTED FOR
One Made a Direct Non-Stop Flight
to the Azares NS-4 Weathered
a Gale, but Came In Under
Its Own Power
Three giant seaplanes of the Amer
ican navy the NC-3, NC-4, and the'
NC-1, rose late last Friday from the
waters of Trepassey bay, Newfound
land, and headed for the Azores to
make by air in the twentieth cen
tury a journey as dangerous as that
Columbus made by water 427 years
ago.
Commanded bv Commander John
H. Towers, Lieut. -Commander A. C.
Read and Lieut.-Commander P. N.
Bellinger, the planes left their moor
ings at the head of Trepassey harbor
and "taxied" towards the narrows.
Then, rushing into a westerly wind,
they took the air. The NC-3, the
"flagship," rose at 7:32, the NC-4
two minutes later and the NC-1 at
7:41 (Newfoundland time, which is
one hour and thirty minutes ahead
of New York time).
As they passed from view natives
of .Newfoundland who lined the
shores of the land-locked bay, vied
with Yankee sailors stationed there
in sending away with a rousing cheer
the American aviators on their ep
ochal voyage.
. The seaplanes shaped their course
towards Corvo, the westernmost
island of the Azores, from which they
expected to fly to Horta, on the is
land of Fayal, where they will de
scend of weather conditions or me
chanical difficulties make it neces
sary, but they will go on if possible
to Ponta del Gada, on San Miguel
island, 1,352 nautical miles from St.
Johns. This leg of the cruise, from
Rockaway Beach, N. Y., the planes'
hoihe station, to Plymouth, England,
is the only one which will require
night flying.
The planes were expected to main
tain an average of 60 nautical miles
an hour, although they are capable of
making 90 miles if circumstances de
mand, Temperature was expected to de
termine the flying altitude, but it
was beljeved 6,000 feet would be the
limit.
, ,7he.NC-4' which 'jvas left behind
air-the start by her sister craft be
cause of engine trouble and arrived
from Halifax only Thursday, was in
the air today almost as soon as the
flagship, rising after a swift 25-min-ute
cruise about Matton harbor.
The NC-1 made two unsuccessful
attempts to leave the water, while
Commander Towers' plane soared
above it and the "taxi-ing" NC-4, but
it rose nine minutes after the flag
ship and followed in the wage of the
others, which headed for the east as
soon as it took the air.
The NC-4 was the first and only
one of the giant planes to reach
Horta without trouble. It required
seventeen hours for the journey. The
NC-1 lost her way in a fog and was
(forced to descend. It was later
picked up by one of the destroyers
stationed "along the course over which
the planes were to fly.
After weathering a 60-mile gale
and heavy seas, the missing seaplane
NC-3, flagship of the American na
val trans-Atlantic flight squadron,
entered Ponta Delgada harbor Mon
day under her own power nearly 60
hours from the time she was forced
down by a fog when almost in sight
of the Azores on the record-break
ing flight from Newfoundland for
Lisbon and Plymouth, England.
Searching battleships and destroy
ers were scouring the seas and naval
officers had all buttabandoned hope
for the safety of the flying ship and
her crew of five men when warships
at Ponta Delgada saw the plans taxi
ing across the water headed for the
Right objective in the Azores. Rear
Admiral Jackson immediately dis-
pptched the tidings to the navy de
partment by cable, relieving the anx
iety of officials and ending the long
vigil Mrs. Towers had kept since first
news came last Saturday morning
that her husband's plane had been
lost in the fog 300 miles from the
Azores.
The story of the plucky flight the
flight commander and his men were
forced to make for two days and
nights was no texpected at navy de
partment before tomorrow, for offi
cials realized that the aviators must
have been almost exhausted when
they reached their haven.
With the crew safe, the matter of
greatest moment was the condition
of the plane and whether it would be
able to continue the night to JLisbon.
No information as to this had
reached the department tonight, but
omcers woum not De surprised ll it
proceed without extensive repairs.
" amy vuuiu uuu
Menwhile Lieut.-Commander A.
C. Read with the NC-4 still was
weather-bound at Horta and the
NC-1, third ship of the aerial fleet,
was officially described as in an al
most sinking condition 30 miles off
Corvo island, Azores, with the de
stroyer Fairfax standing by. Lieut
Commander Bellinger and his crew of
the NC-1 are aboard the cruiser Co
lumbia at Horta, definitely out of the
race, according to Bellinger's own re
port on the condition of his machine.
The' land suit of Horton vs. Hutten
& Bourbonnais reached tie jury late
yesterday after days of taking evi-
dence ana argument. , ine jury wm
probably return ; v a verdict this
morning.
,,' ,'
COMMISSI PLANS NO
WORK UNTILBONDS SOLD
Preliminary Work to the Sale of the
Bonds Is Being; Rushel Mr.
Robbins Name Was Omit
tel Last Week
County officials are pushing the
preliminary work for the sale of the
Caldwell county road improvement
bonds and hope to be able to begin
actual construction work by July 1.
The road commission has gone on
record as not favoring any work be
fore the bonds are sold and the
money in hand. The plan of begin-
ning work immediately following a ,
favorable vote of the people and
payments made by the county issu
ing short term notes which are taken
up when the bonds are sold is some-
times adopted in order to hurry con-
struction work, but all local officials
opposed this plan and will wait until
the bond money is in hand. The en-
tire road commission is composed of
messrs. u. r. narper, cnairman; j. u.
Nelson, vice-chairman; J. L. Cot-
trell, clerg; T. H. Broyhill and T. C
Robbins. Through error the name of sign the peace treaty. The document
Mr. Robbins was omitted from the js a reiteration, although in stronger
published list last week. words, of the views of the foremost
The various townships Ire sched- I statesmen in Germany that the seal
uled to hold mass meetings tomorro-.v jng 0f the compact would spell the
for the purypose of selecting the five min of the former empire,
road commissioners in each town-1 The text of the request of the
ship. These selections will be. ap- German delegation for an extension
proved by the county commissioners, of time follows:
Apportionment of each twonship's "The German peace delegation in
share of the $250,000 will be made tends during the next two days to
according to the taxable property : submit communications to the allied
listed in 1917. These apportion-1 an dassociated governments on the
ments figure as follows: following points, which, in the eyes
Globe Property value, $173,018; of the delegation, fall under the def
share, $7,600. inition of suggestion sof a practical
TT I.. Ti . . i nni
nui'son rroperty value, l-iZi,-
352.75; share, $14,116.24.
John's River Property value,
$384,871.80; share, $16,906.03.
King's Creek Property value,
$254,944; share, $11,198.99.
Lenoir Property value, $1,626,-
046.74; share, $71,426.37.
Little River Property value,
$251,257; share, $11,036.82.
Lovelady Property value, $953,-
166.28; share, $42,308.40.
Lower Creek Property value,
$727,138.14; share, $35,015.41.
North Catawba Property value,
$105,917; share, $4,652.56.
Patterson Property value, $286,-
391; share, $11,078.52.
Mulberry Property value,
290; share, $5,116.97.
Wilson's Creek Property
$172,479.53; share, $7,570.40.
Yadkin Vallev Property
$261,053; share,"$l 1,467.23.
$132,-
value,
value,
ithos em Berlin, it will not be possible
THE GERMAN-AUSTRIAN i to dispose of them within the time
GOVERNMENT DEFIED limi tof 15 days notified by your ex
The German-Austrian government cellency on the 7th instant, although
is being defied by an autonomous the delegation will taks pains to
government which has been estab- transmit as many notes as possible
llished in the province of Salesburg, within the time,
western Austria. The members of "Having regard to this, I beg in
the new government have issued a the name of the German peace dele
decree forbidding residents of Vienna gation to move that the contents of
from residing in Salseburg, and an- the intended notes be regarded as
iouncing their opposition to the sys- having already been made the sub
tern of exchanging food from foreign ject of discussion in writing, and that
countries received in Vienna for the the requisite time be granted to us
agricultural products of the prov- for a more detailed exposition.
nice. The Salseburg government also,
, is refusing to hand over to the cen-
tral government in Vienna the pro-
ceeds ot the income tax.
E FALLS LED THE
! stand, and asking, in consequence,
Lenoir and Other Churches of Dis- for extension of the time limit. '
trict Are Expected to Go Over; i "In reply, I beg to inform your
Most of the Smaller Church j excellency that the allied and asso
Are Already Over dated governments are willing to
grant an extension until Thursday,
, Granite Falls Methodist church May 29."
was the nrst in the. county and prob
ably the first church in the district HOUSE ADOPTS WOMAN
to go over the top in the Centenary i SUFFRAGE; BIG MAJORITY
drive. The quota of the Granite Falls ' National suffrage for women wa
church was $6,500, and by 10.30 indorsed by the House of Representa
Sunday morning, the first day of the tives for the second time Wednesday
drive, the members of the church had when the Susan B. Anthony amend
subscribed $10,084. Statesville comes ment resolution was adopted by
next in the district with $30,000 sub- vote of 304 to 89. Supporters of the
scribed on a $25,000 quota, says Mr. measure immediately arranged to
Sisk, the district director. Lenoir, carry their fight to the Senate, where.
Hickory, Newto nand Mooresville are although twice defeated at the last
practically over, Mr. Sisk says, and session, they are confident of obtain
will probably show an oversubscrip- ing the necessary two-thirds vote,
tion next Sunday. The smaller The victory for the suffrage force
churches are all over, Mr. Sisk adds. Wednesday was by 42 votes more
Subscriptions to the fund amount- than the required two-thirds. Oa
ed to $25,397,767 when headquarters the previous ballot on the resolution
at Nashville, Tenn., closed Wednes- cast Jan. 19, 1918, exactly the neces
day night. Notabl ereoorts received sarv number of Affirmativfi vnt.ea
, during the day included the follow-
ing: East Oklahoma, $370,000;
Florida. $544,832: Missouri. SI. 107.-
876; North Mississippi, $602,000;
southwest Missouri, $298,412; west
isiwuuuina, oui,iio, uuu i-iUUisvlue,
Ky., $511,934. '
Mr. Gwaltney to Assist Pastor Watts
On the first Sunday morning in
June the pastor, Rev. J. W. Watts,
of Patterson, will fill his appointment
at Uunion church at 11 o-clock; in
the afternoon at 8 o'clock of the
same day he will be at Blair's Fork,
where he will begin a revival. At
both appointments above mentioned
air. waits wui ue accompamea Dy
Rev Parks Gwaltney of Alexander
county, who will assist in the revival
at Blair's Fork,
! Quit ea deal of talk about a real
celebration for the 4th of July ,is
floating around. This seems entirely
in order acd we hope something will
came ,of it. ,
GERMANS GRANTED SEVENi
DATS' EXTENSION TO REPLY
Time Limit Set Forward at Request
of Delegation to Formulate Ar
guments of Much Impor
tance; Cabinet Won't Sign
A period of seven days of grace
has been extended to Germany by
the representatives of the allied and
associated govememnts in which the
German peace plenipotentiaries may
conclude their study of the peace
treaty and formulate such replies to
the various clauses as they desire.
The extension of time, which ong-
inally was to have expired at noon
yesterday, at the requestshrdlupupu
yesterday, Was set forward to Thurs
day, May 29, at the request of the
Germans, who advanced the plea that
more time was required in order that
they might formulate arguments of
much importance,
Almost simultaneously with the
i request by the peace plenipotentia-
ries for more time comes from Ber
lin a statement of the German cab
inet that Germanv is unwilling to
nature:
"First, note concerning territorial
questions in the east; second, a note
concerning Alsace-Lorraine; third, a
note concerning the occupied territo
ries; fourth, a note concerning the
extent and discharge of the obliea-
tion undertaken by Germany in view
0f reparation; fifth, a note concern-
ing the further practical treatment
of the question of labor laws; sixth, a
jnote concerning the treatment of
German private property in enemy
icountries.
: "Besides this, a svllabus is beini?
prepared of the observations which
axe called for from the German gov
ernment by the draft of the treaty of
peace in its detailed provisions. The
problem hereby involved being in
part of a very complicated nature,
: and it having been necessary to dis
cuss them extensively with the ex
perts in Versailles as well as with
"BROCKDORFF-RANTZAU.'
To this M. Clemenceau replied as
follows:
"Sir: I beg to. acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of May 20,
stating that the subjects on which
;the German delegation wishes to offer
suggestions are so complicated that
.the memoranda of the German dele
gation cannot be completed within
the 15 days granted on the 7th in-
were recorded.
House leaders of both parties In
the brief debate nreceHimr W1ti-
day's vote urged favorable action,
but many southern Democrats op--
uuseu me measure, WJ U1U several
New England Republicans, v
ihe favorable vote was more by
14 than would have been necessary
had all members of the House been
present. The political division of the
vote showed- that 200 Republicans,
j 102 Democrats, one independent ancj
j one prohibitionist voted for adoption,
! while the negative poll ' showed 70
Democrats and IS Republicans,
I Speaker Gillett, who voted against
wie resolutions on previous PHllOtS,
aid not vote today.
The entire North Carolina delega
tion, with the exception of Zebulort
Weaver of the Tenth district, voted
against tne amendment, t - .
against he resolution.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Hel
ton, a nine-pound son, Wednesday,
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