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Volume XLIV LENOIR, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1919 Price, Five Cents the Copy No. 36 HS PLEAS AND PROTESTS ARE HEEDED Are Being Discussed by the Council of Four and May Secure Some Lessening in the Severity of the Peace Terms There is a possibility that Ger many may secure as a result of her strong counter proposals some lessen ing in the severity of the. peace terms of the allied and associated powers, says the Associated Press in Wednes day's papers. Germany's pleas that it will be impossible to fulfill the finan cial requirements of the allies and her protests against certain territo xirl relinquishments have been held and are being discussed by the coun cil of four. Paris reports have it that in certain quarters of the peace conference the German viewpoint is receiving strong support. A full discussion of the German counter proposals, especially concern ing reparations and other economic features of the peace treaty, has been held by President Wilson and the staff of American experts of the American peace delegation. Great Britain is said to favor a number of concessions to Germany, but France continues firm in her stand not to waver from the original terms. On the other hand, the Americans are declared to be not averse to minor concessions but are not in favor of going to the extent that the British propose. "More Than the German People Can Bear," Says Brockdorff-Rantzau A dispatch from Washington Sun day says that Germany, realizing that she must make sacrifices to ob tain peace, is convinced that the ex ecution of the peace treaty as drawn is "more than the German people can bear." Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, head of the German peace delega tion, thus sums up the attitude of the German nation towards the proposed treaty of peace in a note to the al lied and associated powers outlining various German counter-proposals. The German note, delivered to Pre mier Clemenceau, was made public Sunday night by the state depart ment. Count Brockdorffff-Rantzau in his note further asserts: "The more deeply we penetrate in to the spirit of this treaty 'the more convinced we become of the impos sibility of carrying it out." The German delegation nowhere in its note asserts tha tit will refuse to sign the present treaty, but declares that "eevn in her need, justice for her is too sacred a thing to allow her to stop to achieve conditions which she cannot undertake to, carry out." Exclusion of Germany from the league of nations, the note asserts, means that in signing the peace trea ty Germany would be executing a "decree, for its 6wn proscription, nay, its own death Sentence." The German people, the note says, have been disappointed in their "hope for a peace of justice had had been promised" and stand "aghast" at the demands made upon them by the "victorious violence of our enemies." Outlining'its counter proposals, the German delegation agrees to reduc tion of Germany's army and navy on condition that Germany be admitted immediately to the league of nations; to renounce Germany's sovereign Tights in Alsace-Lorraine and Posen, but as to all other territories which Germany is called upon to give up, the principle of self-determination, applicable at once, is asked; to sub ject all German colonies to adminis tration by the league of nations but under German mandatory and to make the indemnity payments as re quired but in amounts that will bur den the German taxpayer no more heavily han he axpayer of the most heavily burdened state among those represented on the reparations com mission. The note declares Germany re will ing to pool her entire merchant ma rine with that of the associated pow ers. Neutral participation in the in quiry as to responsibility for the war is asked. According to the Associated Press the German government is incensed over the formation of a Rhenish re public. It has ordered the arrest of Dr. Dorten, the president of the re public, and also has protested to the peace conference and the armistice commission at Spa against the beha vior of the French authorities-in the occupied Rhineland. French support of the RheniBh republic is character ized by the German government as high treason against the empire. Strikes by dissatisfied Germans in the American-occupied area called in protest against the. formation of the republic ended quickly when the American commanders issued a warn ing against tha movement. 1ie supreme council has been re quested by the Lithuanian delegation " to the peace conference to have an allied commission investigate alleged pogroms and other illegal acts by the Poles in wcupied Lithuania. . An uTicmfirmed report has reached onenhairen that Petrograd has been captured by Finnish and Esthonian troops. - .- Dr. Renner, the head of the Aus . trian peace delegation, has departed - from ' St. Germain for Innsbruck, carrying with him the amea peace treaty. ' ! Counter revolutions are reported from ' numerous - towns in western Hungary, Hundreds of refugees are arriving . at the Austrian frontier VILLA PROCLAIMED MEXICAN SECRETARY OF WAR Villa forces have proclaimed Gen. Felipe Angeles provisional president of Mevico and Villa himself secretary of war. The move, coming at the climax of military operations considered by the Carranza government so serious that it has asked the United States for permission to move troops through Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, is regarded in Washington as reflecting a situation more serious in Mexico than any since the triumph of Car ranza forces over Villa three years ago. Viewed in connection with ac tivities of the Felicista forces in southern Mexico, the situation is re garded as full of possibilities. American government officials are refusing to comment on the news un til they receive official confirmation. There seems, however, to be no doubt of its authenticity. Angeles' reported first proclama tion announcing that Americans in Mexico would be protected is particu larly interesting to officials in Wash ington, it is stated, coming as it does on the heels of the refusal of the state department to grant Carranza's request "hat he be allowed to move troops through American territory for the purpose of protecting Amer icans in Chihuahua. Acting Secretary Polk announces h ehas notified the Mexican govern ment he could not grant the request made unless assurances could be giv en that Americans would be afforded protection while the troops were in transit. That this could not be done had been admitted previously by the Mexican authorities. Gov. Hobby of Texas declined to authorize the pass age of the Mexican troops through Texas without guarantees of protec tion to Americans, and so notified the state department. BRITISH TO ATTEMPT NON-STOP TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT The British dirigible R-34, the largest rgid airship in the world, will attempt a flight across the At lantic about the middle of June, says a dispatch from London. It is plan ned to travel from Scotland to a landing somewhere in the vicinity of Atlantic City, where she will take on petrol and then return. The dirigible will have an American officer on board as a passenger. The trip is expected to take about forty-eight hours, carrying a vrewof 30. What did Germany expect? An invitation to a pink-lemonade lawn- tennis party? Boston Transcript. "Have you seen my new talking machine?," "What! Married again." Cornell Widow. OF COUNTRY WiN BALLOT Constitutional Amendment Passed by the Senate and Now Goes to the State Legislature for Its Ratification Action by Congress on equal suf frage subject of a fight of forty years' duration ended late Wednes day in adoption by the- Senate by a vote of 56 to 25 of the historic Susan B. Anthony constitutional amend ment resolution. The proposed amendment, adopted by the House by a vote of 304 to 89, May 21, now goes to the State, rati fication by legislatures of three- fourths of which is required for its incorporation in the Federal consti tution. The roll call in the Senate showed two votes more, than the necessary two-thirds for the resolution, which was drafted by Susan B. Anthony in 1875 and introduced by Senator Sar gent of California in 1878. Counting paired and absent members, the Sen ate actually stood 66 to 30 for the measure. Loud applause, .unchecked by the presiding officer, swept the Senate chamber when the final vote was an nounced following two days' debate, and many jubilation meetings were in progress Wednesday night at head quarters of various women's organi zations which have been active in support of the measure. Immediately after the Senate's ac tion the resolution .was taken to Speaker Gillett's office and signed. It was rushed back to the Senate for its presiding officer's signature, but arrived after the Senate had ad journed. President Wilson's signa- the door of Attorney General Palm ture, it was stated, is not necessary, er's home, while attempting to plant although the resolution will be sent hia" cargo of explosives, to the White House as usual and ma I The hat of the Washington bomb be signed by the executive. It will 1 planter, purchased in Philadelphia, be certified to the States 'by th I and other details indicated a possibil state department. ' i Ity that the consignment of explo- Upon the Senate's roll call the vote sives was sent out from -there. An was as follows: (other connecting link, in the view of For adoption Republicans, 86; Washington officers, was the similar Democrats, 20.' Total, 56. aty of the anarchistic handbills found Against adoption Republicans,: 8; Both Senators Simmons and Over man voted agains tthe resolution. - L towns, seeking safety. ; i Sweden and Denmark have come into line with Switzerland and Nor- way in declining to join a blockade against Germany In case Germany re-' fuses to sign the peace tn v. Switzerland and: Norway, ih made by Sweden and Denmai such action would be a violati Like lea .is. that n Of their neutrality., : Bur strikes have besrun in Paris, Lille and other cities in France.' inbiwflshrdlapetaoishrdlupetaoishrdlu BOMB FOR ATTY-GENERAL PALMER KILLS ANOTHER Wrecks Lower Portion of Residence Blows to Bits Some Unknown Man Numbers Killed and Injured at Other Places Attempts on the life of Attorney General .Palmer were made Monday night through the planting of a bomb which wrecked the lower portion of the Palmer residence in the fashion able northwest portion of Washing ton. Mr. Palmer and all members of the family escaped without injury, being on the second floor at the time of the explosion. One man, thought to be the per son who planted the bomb, was blown to bits by the force of the explosion. Police believe that the bomb explod ed prematurely before it could be placed under the house. The bomb, according to the police", was contained in a suitcase filled with clothing. Portions of the clothing of the man killed, it was said, indicated that he was roughly clad. The force of the explosion was suf ficient to shatter window glass in residences for a block on each side of the Palmer home Police picked up along with bits of clothing of the man killed a copy of "Plain Words," a radical publication. This, in connection with the report of the explosion at the home of Jus tice Albert F. Hayden in Boston caused authorities to fear another widespread bomb plot similar to that which radicals attempted to carry through about a month ago. The home of Justice Albert F. Hayden in Boston was severely dam aged by an explosion Monday night but no one was in the house at the time. A bomb explosion in Pittsburg damaged the residence of United States District Attorney W. H. Thompson and a few minutes later another explosion occurred in the west end district of the city. Resi dences were badly damaged and W. W. Sibray, chief inspector of the bu reau of immigration, was thrown from his bed. The Sibray residence is located across the street from where the explosion occurred and the police think the bomb was intended for the inspector, who has been active in the deportation of enemy aleins. Also during the same night an at tempt was made to blow up the home of Mayor Harry L. Davis at Cleve land, 0. No one was injured but a part of the house was wrecked. A number of persons were injured in New York when a bomb exploded at Lexington avenue and 67th street, in the home of Judge Charles C. Nott, Jr., of the court of general ses sions. One person was reported to have been killed. Judge and Mrs. Knott were not in the city. At Paterson-, N. J., an explosion wrecked the house of Max Gold, silk manufacturer, at 12:30 o'clock Mon day night. No one was hurt. Attempts were made to blow up a Catholic church and a private resi dence in different sections of West Philadelphia with bombs. So far as could" be learned no one was injured. The house of State Representative Leland W. Powers, son of former Congressman Samuel L. Powers, at Newtonville, Mass., was partly wreck ed by a bomb soon after midnight. No one was injured. Terming the bomb outrages of Monday night in a number of cities "the lawless attempt of an anarchis tic element in the population to ter rorize the country and thus stay the hand of the government," Attorney General Palmer in a statement said the attacks had utterly failed in their purpose. "These attacks by bomb throwers," the attorney-general add ed, "will only increase and extend the activities of our criminal detect ive forces." nvestigation of the bomb explo sions in eight cities which were in tended to kill public men has con vinced the secret service chiefs in Washington that the outrages had a common source, and that they proba bly can be classed as an unsuccessful attempt on the part of a still un known anarchistic group to resume a campaign of terrorism began with the May-day, attempt to deliver a series of infernal machines through the mails out of New York. Washington police have devoted their efforts to re-assembling frag- I uiciibo ui wic man vvuu. was luueu afa near the scene of the explosions in several cities. In both houses of Congress mem bers ; began the preparation of. meas ures providing Jiew and severe: penal- tiej for perpetrators of such cranes. Reference. to. the outrages were made during the debate L in, both. house. V 4 W .. -r , hi. V K ? UEOKGE WASHINGTON .13 OR' f t f :v! DfiRED TO BE READY f .; A dispatch . from Brest saya that .the liner George Washineton. . on ' Which President WHaon has three times crossed the Atlantic has' been ordered, to be readv to sail oh. 12 hours' notice at any time after mid- night yesterday. . . TWO GIRLS BURNED TO DEATH ATilE HIS Miss Addie Miller of Lenoir, Route S, and Miss Clyde Filman of Lin colnton Were the Victims in Dormitory Fire The people of Lenoir and sur rounding country were shocked to learn of the death of Miss Adeline Miller at Valle Crucis last Saturday night. Miss Miller was teacher of domes tic science in the school at Valle Cru cis. The school had closed, and Miss Miller" Mid Miss Clyde Filman of Lin colnton, a student in the school, hav ing their trunks packed ready to leave for their homes Sunday morn ing, were sleeping in a room Oil the third floor of the dormitory when the building caught fire about 2 o'clock in the morning. The building was enveloped in flames before the fire was discovered and every possible ef fort wag made by parties to arouse the girls, but they failed to do so. The building was complete consumed. Miss Miller was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller of the Game well section, and was 21 years of age. She was a full graduate in do mestic science from the Thomas Nor mal School of Detroit, Mich., and was well equipped for the work of her chosen profession. Mr. Miller went to Valle Crucis and had the ashes of his daughter and Miss Filman brought to his home for burial. . . WOULD MAKE WAR STAMPS A PERMANENT INVESTMENT Secretary of the Treasury Glass is Working out a plan to continue the war savings stamps, or some varia tion of them, as a permanent part of the scheme of government finance. Its possibilities are shown by the fact that a billion dollars of them were absorbed last year, in addition to Liberty loan subscriptions. With no further issues of Liberty bonds to absorb their savings, Secre tary Glass points out that the small investors in general find the war savings stamps, earning 4 per cent, compounded quarterly, an excellent vehicle for increasing their capital and earning power. During 1919 the stamps may be bought in as large a quantity as $1,000. TENTATIVE WAR DEPARTMENT PLANS FOR NAT'L GUARD Tentative war department plans fnr thp npupp-timp nntinniil crnarH in- ! ..... ........ - r. ciuae a return to me pre-war organ- ization comprising 16 divisions, it is stated in a dispatch from Washing' ton. Unless unexpected changes oc cur, this plan will be submitted to :t 1 (.v, - quest for an appropriation sufficient to carry it out. New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinods will have complete divisions under the plan, authorized by the (thorized by the 3,J)4...IONA.shr sorship out ot deference to the al thnriwrt tn maintain divisions. . hea, aid not permit the story to be :i.; J.ne 1UBL jem me uigoiiiiauuii 'would include 106,000 men 20$ for each Senator and Representative. , This in accordance with the Hay act, as are the proposed 50 per cent year- ly increases for the fourf succeeding years, so that the second year there k inn aAean rQ, gressman; the third year 450, the third year 450, the fourth 675 and fourth fi75 and the fifth 800. ' For the first year the division will be organized on a basis of 7,820 men o ip tfcn pfv,;,,i h war-time divisional strength. VJ U UlflDlUll) l-JJ IlllUil Villi J VI1V Members of the North Carolina re- serve militia who had been hopeful that with the ending of the war they would be permitted to drop the cares of military life, are disappointed by an announcement from Adjutant General Royster that the. guards would have to continue in harness a while longer and urging them to do their duty as they had during the war. Gen. Royster says that the guards will be released as soon as the war department authorized the for- mation of national guard units to re- lieve them. , seaplane will be disassembled and shipped to this country. The secretary said the navy con- templated no attempt at a non-stop trans-ocean flight in the near future, ira , a spectacular showing, was not in any and would(( not understand an" order freedom from typhoid and diarrheal competition for trans-Atlantic flight to retreat." diseases. Flies are much more than I honors and did not favor "stunt"' j The French general sent for a copy a nuisance; they are a deadly men flying. !of the order which, when translated ace. -- - Secretary Daniels declared that the navy is content to rest on its laurels iur uiu ureaenu turn iuab uie .11- i 1 . 1 . .1 . i win ds Drougni oacK 10 mis country ion board the U. S. S. Aroostook. The crews will return later on board gov- "11 1 1 1 1 i - Al i ernment vessels. - Alia uiKUb naa uuinv -in tile interest oi serial science, ne saia. couuieibbciuj. i :, ? "Ajfter we have compiled all of the The French army compander de data garnered during this flight, been clared that he would notify the made confident by our mistakes and. American division later what action .with , the lesson we have learned, itjwas never changed, nor. 4id' the first (will -then be, time to begin consider-1 division retire, despite the fact that 1 1 a ii. - : i : . a t v, a.j.. AM.i.nJ J. npA4 ' lug iuriut;r eApei mieiib in biniia-Ab iantie flying; until then we are sat isfied," Secretary Daniel added. 'Special Sermon for Odd Fellows Rev. i. E. Hoyle will deliver.a spe- ?clal sermon to the Odd Fellows at the First Baptist church Sunday morning at ll o'clock. ; The public cordially Invited. . f , FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS MEET IN CHARLOTTE A trade conference of the South ern Furniture Manufacturers' Asso ciation, representing furniture man ufacturers of North Carolina, Geor gia, Tennessee and Virginia, was held in Charlotte last week. During the discussions it was shown, says the Observer, that the industry is over sold for from four to seven months ahead of output, with no immediate prospect of being able to approach an output equal to the demand. This condition has arisen despite the fact that practically no homes were con structed during the past two years. It was declared that it troubles the industry to contemplate the notably one-sided condition of the. trade when the great construction program now in progress generally throughout the south is even partially completed,' for the furniture makers anticipate a tremendous increase over the now unprecedented demand for furniture. It was brought out in discussions that the shortage of hardwood mate rials is severe, with little hope of an early improvement of the supply. This condition was attributed to the fact that rainy weather last winter prevented logging in the south and the warm weather in the north pre vented logging there, where the snow is relied upon to a great extent to make easy the movement of the tim ber to th mills, a river or to ship ping points. NC-4 WILL NOT TRY TO FLY BACK TO AMERICA The American naval seaplarteNC-4 which arrived at Plymouth, England, Saturday, thereby completing the first trans-Atlantic flight, wuTnol at tempt a non-stop or any other kind of a flight back to the United States, Secretary Daniels said Monday. The WEBB INTRODUCES A BILL TO DISPOSE OF LIQUOR Representative Webb has intro duced his bill to provide for the dis posal of captured liquors. He would turn the hoarded booze over to hos pitals or destroy it. He said that the warehouses are full of it and some thing must be done to relieve the congestion. Adjutant Casale, a French aviator, last week in a flignt for altitude as cended 3i,U0y feet, says a Paris dis patch. Xnis constitutes a worid's ror-nrH A ri infant Plasnlp HnrinB" the war h'ad numerous ngnts in the air I and was credited with Caving downed twelve German machines. REFUSED TO CONSIDER MEAS UKES FOR RETREAT Writing from St. Nazaire, Erance, ?. correspondent observes that when Lieut.-Uen. Kobert L. Bullard steps off the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria America will have on her shores the man who first told the French that American soldiers did not know the meaning of the word "retreat" and that th American officers were not plans for future operations. At the time the incident occurred the cen- 1 divulged, though various versions . - . - tjij Uo lea,ked out later. Gen. Bullard .is the ,,1UU1". aulB " "i ,liulu' "aue c lcan present PelleQ- , 1 ,. In May last year the first American aivision, wnicn uen. cuuara men commanded after capturing Can- "" down ffto holding Ime. The German offensive changed tward Chateau l'hierry and boissons and pressure was again felt on the allied line near Montdidier. One af- . , , -f, , IV:rnoon lne commanuer i . u "vou tuim,i.uu N6 .uC mUuiiu se(r1( adjoining the Cantigny sector called atMthe.,n"t d;ylsl?n headquar- te3 & Monil bt. irmin to discuss PlansL for retiring the first division, which was then a part of a French corps in the first rrencn army. . 'My orders do not contemplate re- tiring, declared Gen. Bullard. The French officer insisted that such a possibility was imminent in view of the persistent German advance. Gen. Bullard r,urned in an automobile to Breteul, where the French corps headquarters were located. While he i was talking to a corps commander of the French first army a commander whose name it is not necessary to ive said: "The Americans are in line for the first time. 'Their confidence is high, Thev have iust cantured Cantienv into angusn, airectea tne division commanders to "consider measures utwoooij voc w icwisuicuw! fin rr j 1. 1 1 Mlff.. J n t i. a umceia uu uvi, uiumu bu cuu- aider any such measure,'!- said Gen. Bullard. "The Americans h ave shown that they are able not only to ad- . .uw, wmw "V .fv. u ....... . bus uiuci icuiniucu iu wn. It is true that the dote of peace is cooing, but it cooes as if had ade noids. Chicago Daily News. The Greatest dancAr in lotti'mr thn kaiser go f ree ls that he might get on -seme vnautauqua circuit. Hopkins Journal. & t VANQUISHED AUSTINS APPEAL T0JHE1R VICTORS Ask for Grace and Just and Kindly Treatment Terms About Like Like Germany's Army No Longer a Menace A peace of right and justice, and assistance to tide over present , troubles are desired by the new Aus trian republic from the hands of the allied and associated powers over the peace table. Thus Dr. Karl Renner set forth Austria's needs Monday at St. Ger main, when the major portion of the peace terms of the allies were pre sented to the Austrians. "Our state now rests in your hands and we hope before the conscience of the world that the allies will not abuse this power," Dr. Renner de clared. Under the terms Austria is to- re nounce possession of large tracts of territory, including Hungary and her colonial possessions. Her navy ii to be entirely surrendered, but she is given tranit privileges through for mer Austria-Hungarian territory in order that she may have acsess to the Adriatic. As to the future of her army, the decree will be submitted later. Likewise the demand for in demnities and reparations is reserved for future presentation. Fifteen days are allowed the Aus trians to reply to the demands of the allies, the same period of time that was accorded the Germans, although in the case of the Germans this was slightly extended when appeal was made that it would be impossible to formulate the counter proposals on th especified date. The London Times, in comn.;nting on the Austrian peace terms, says; "In the main, as was to be ex pected, the draft of the treaty pre sented to Germany's ally closely re sembles that handed to Germany. The territorial clauses have been ren dered far more complicated by the extensive transfers, said to amount to 160,000 squar miles and 3,500,000 of souls, rendered necessary by the rise of new states. "This breaking up of the great em pire inhabited by some dozen differ ent races has confronted the peace conference with one of its most ar duous' tasks. They have not yet solved it altogether and until they have published the exact terms of their decisions discussion might be injudicious. There is no part fore saw, which is less likely to satisfy everybody than that which relates to these problems of territory and of nationality. "If the treaty affords even an ap proximate solution it will have done all that can reasonably be hoped. Time and the machinery of the league of nations must be trusted for minor adjustments in the future. The naval provisions follow the lines of the German treaty. "Austria-Hungary will have to make good every ton of allied ship ping which it destroyed. The mili tary terms will be framed so as to forbid the Austro-Hungarian army' ueiug a menace bu any OJ. ftlUC neighbors- The new frontiers from being a menace to any of Aus- I are not fully settled but Austria ; fixed by the allies. The proportion must bind herself to accept them aa 0f the pre-war debt to be assumed by the new states jg tQ b(, determined by th reparation committee, but they are to be exempted, it sems, from liability from the war debt." THE DEADLY FLY SEASON (T. S., in University News Letter) All ine fly season is upon us. Is your table covered with these odious ani- mais7 If so you have ,nsanitary con. ditions in the vicinity of your house- Flies breed in uncovered manure pjies open privies, uncovered gar- bage cans and g0 on They c filthi and often disease germs, from these places to our food. They are harbingers of sickness and discom- fort They are indicators of unclean- ijness. Tney are unneCessary and preventable. j To prevent flies: First, destroy their breeding places. Second, shut them out of the house, , Keep manure piles covered or re- move manure once a week. Keep privies screened and closed to His. Keep doors and windows effectively screened. Various commercial fly traps can be bought at little expense which will rid the house of ; these The Crop Outlook Countv Ac-pnt D. W. Rnhpra -mhn. ... . "... ' is in loucn witn amerent sections of the county, reports that the wheat 'cron la not SO badlv Anmao-eii mam .first thought, and the prospect is for iau tlUUi ; The fruit cron will average short in the county. In some places there is an abundance of fruot, while in other places the crop was entirely destroyed by the late frost. - The blackberry crop will be the best known ii years. Mr. Gwyn Improves Residence Mr. Bunt Gwyn has just completed an attractive driveway to his moth er's residence on Hibriten street. The driveway is paved, leading from the street and making a circle in front oi tne resmence. It adds much ta the beauty and attractiveness of the horns.
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