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Volume XLIV LENOIR, N. O, FRIDlAY, JUNE 20, 1919 Price, Fir Cents the Copy No. 33 I In Vickers-Vimy Biplane They Make Flight from St. Johns, N. F., to Clifden, Ireland, a Distance More than 1,900 Miles The final goal of all the ambitions which flying men have ventured to dream since the Wright brothers first rose from the earth in a heavier than air machine was realized Sunday morning, when two young British officers, Capt. John Alcock and Lieut Arthur W. Brown, landed on the Irish coast after the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic ocean. Their voyage was without accident and without unforeseen incident, so far as can be learned. It was a straightaway clean-cut flight achiev ed in 16 hours and 12 minutes from Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland, a distance of more than 1,900 miles. But the brief and modest descrip tion which comes from the airmen at Clifden tells of an adventurous and amazingly hazardous enterprise. Fog and mist hung over the north Atlantic, and the Vickers-Vimy bi plane climbed and dived, struggling to extricate herself from the folds of the airplane's worst enemy. one rose to 11,000 feet, swooped down almost to the surface of the sea, and at times the two navigators found themselves flying upside down only ten fee tabove the water. Before coming to earth near the Clifden wireless station Alcock cir cled the wireless aerials, seeking the best spot to reach the earth, but no suitable ground was found, so he chanced it in a bog. The wireless staff rushed to the aid of the avia tors. They found Brown dazed and Alcock temporarily deafened by the force ofthe impact. As soon as they were able to be escorted to the wire less station they telegraphed the news to their f riend3, then had break fast. "That is the best way to cross the Atlantic," said Lieut. Brown. Describing the experiences of him self and Lieut. Brown, Capt. Alcock, in a message from Galway to the London Daily Mail, said: "We had a terrible journey. The wonder is that we are here at all. We scarcely saw the sun, or moon, or stars. For hours we saw none of them. The fog was very dense, and at times we had to descend within 300 feet of the sea. For four hours our machine was covered with a sheet of ice carried by frozen sleet. At another time the fog was so dense that my speed indicator did not work and for a few' minutes it was very alarming. We looped the loop, I do believe, and did a very steep spiral. We did some very comic stunts, for I have had no sense of horizon. The winds were favorable all the way northwest, and at times southwest. We sadi in Newfoundland that we would do the trip in 16 hours, but we never thought we should. An hour and a half before we saw land we had no certain idea where we were, but we believed we wer at Galway or threabouts. We encountered no un foreseen conditions. We did not suf fer from cold or exhaustion except when looking over the sides; then the sleet chewed bits out of our faces. We drank coffee and ale and ate sandwiches and chocolate. Our flight has shown that the Atlantic flight is practicable, but I think it should be done noth with an airplane or sea plane, but with flying boats. We ahd plenty of reserve, fuel left, using only two-thirds of our supply. The only thing that upset me was to see the machine at the end get dam aged. From above the bog looked like a lovely field, but the machine sank into it to the axle and fell on to her side." The Vickers-Vimy machine used "by Alcock and Brown has a wing spread of only 67 feet and is equip ped with two 350 horsepower Rolls Royce motors, said to be capable of developing a speed of more than 100 miles an hour. The capacity of the gasoline tanks was recently enlarged to 865 gallons and the lubricating oil tanks to 50 gallons, which Is believed sufficient to carry the plane 2,440 miles under normal weather condi tions. Capt. Alcock, the pilot, was among the British pioneers in aviation. He obtained his flying certificate in 1912 and joined the royal noval air service immediately upon the outbreak of the war. On the Turkish iron: he held the record for long-distance bombing raids. He was later cap tured by the Turks and held prisoner until the armistice, was signed. Lieut. Arthur Whitten Brown, nav igator of the Vickers-Vimy plane, nlso is a veteran of the war, having served in the British aviation service until he was wounded and taken pris oner. , SOME BAD RACE RIOTS ARE REPORTED IN ENGLAND Serious race riots occasioned by the presence of negroes brought from Africa and other parts of the world during the war as labor battalions have occurred at porta in England and Wales recently. They culminated in a night-long fight last week be tween negroes and white men at Car diff and Barry Dock, nearby One white man was killed and numerous whites were wounded. Boarding houses in the negro quarters were stormed, one ofthem set on fire and others looted. Some of the negroes, armed with revolvers', fired on the po lice in Liverpool. CALDWELL GRAIN THRESHERS MUST GET LICENSE The following act to provide for li censing threshers of grain in North Carolina and securing reports on the amoun tof grain threshed was passed at the last session of the legislature : Section 1. That it shall be the duty of any person, firm or corpora tion who shall engage in the thresh ing of wheat for others in any county in North Carolina to first secure a li cense from the county in which the threshing occurs; provided, that se curing a license in one county shall be sufficient to allow the person, firm or corporation to operate in any county of the state. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the register of deeds of each of the sev eral counties of the state to issue a license to engage in the threshing of wheat in any county to any person, firm or corporation applying for same. Every license issued under the provisions of this act shall expire on the first day of November succeeding date of the issue of such license. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of ev ery person, firm or corporation who shall engage in the threshing of wheat for others or themselves in any county of the state to keep a com plete and accurate record of the amount of wheat threshed by such person, firm or corporation, and to make upon blanks to be furnished by the register of deeds of the county, report on or before the first day of November of each year, showing the amount of wheat threshed by said person, firm or corporation during the preceding year. A violation of the provisions of this act shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $25. Provided, the register of deeds shall give thirty days' notice to be licensee before indictment is made, and if li censee make said report within said time no indictment shall be made. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the register of deeds of the several coun ties of the state to make diligent in quiry as to whether the provisions of section 3 of this act have been com plied with, and, upon the failure of any person, hrm or corporation to comply with the same, to swear out a warrant before some justice of the peace of the county, and the proce dure thereon shall be as in other criminal cases. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the register of deeds of each of the sev eral counties in the state, on or be fore the 15th day of November of each year, to submit upon blanks to be furnished by the commissioner of agriculture a report to the commis sioner of agriculture showing the amount of wheat that has been threshed in the said county in the preceding year. Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the commissioner oi agriculture to tur- nish to the register of deeds of the several counties of the state, on or before the first day of May in each year, a sufficient number of blank forms for threshers' licenses, thresh ers' grain reports and register of deeds' grain reports. All threshers in Caldwell county are urged to report to Mr. John M. Cmp, register of deeds, or to Mr. D. W. Roberts, county farm agent, and secure license and necessary blanks on which to make out reports. GOMPERS SAYS PROHIBITION IS A SERIOUS MENACE Organized labor, bringing to Con gress Saturday in a public demon stration its protest against prohibi tion of 'beer and wine, gave warning that the tranquility of the. working classes might be seriollsly menaced by enforcement of the War-time pro hibition law. Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of La bor, said he was "apprehensive of re sults," fearing labor would not adjust itself to the new conditions. While he declared that labor leaders would do everything they could not control the situation, he was unable to say "what individual workers will do." In a three-hour meeting on the eastern steps of the capitol, other ad vocates of wine and beer prohibition repeal protested that the provision was striking at the personal liberty of the masses and was taking from millions of workers an accustomed part of their daily food. A crowd of several thousand, said by labor officials to represent union men in every State, went by special trains to Washington from Atlantic City, for the flag day protest meet ing and cheered again and again dec larations that the people had never been given an opportunity to express themselves on prohibition. Applause also greeted every prediction that the ban on beer and wine would increase unrest among the masses. One speaker, referring to Presi dent Wilson as "the greatest man in the world today," said organized la bor had stood squarely behind him and was asking Congress to do as much. EXCURSIONS TO BE LIMITED TO ABSOLUTE MINIMUM So as not to interfere with the prompt transportation of soldiers now returning from France in ever-increasing numbers, Director General Hines has ordered that -railroad equipment for excursion and recrea tion purposes be limited to an abso lute minimum. ' Among permits,- for special equipment canceled was one for 70 coaches and Pullmans to be operated by New York Central from New York to accommodate persons who wished to. see the Willard-Demp sey fight July 4. - Many arguments are won through silence. LUST WORD OF ALLIES IS If the Huns Accept Terms of Peace Will Be Signed at Once If Dele gation Will Not Sign Allies Act Time Limti Monday The final reply of the allied and associated powers to the conditions of peace handed to the Germans at Versailles May 7 was delivered to the German delegation Monday and made public shortly afterward. The principles of the original con ditions have been vigorously upheld. as establishing a peace of justice, but certain modifications in detail ana many explanations of the effect " execution are made. The reply is in two parts a general covering letter and seriatim discussions of the gen eral counter proposals. The changes include: A plebiscite of upper Silesia, with guarantees of coal from that terri tory. Omission of the third zone in the Schleswig plebiscite. Temporary increase of the German army from 100,000 to 2000,000 men. Declaration of the intention to sub mit within a month of signature a list of those accused of violation of the laws and customs of war. Offer to co-operate with a German commission on reparations, and to re ceive suggestions for discharging the obligation. Certain detailed modifications of the finance, economic and ports and waterways clauses .including aboli tion of the proposed Kiel canal com mission. Assurance of membership in the league of nations in the early future, if Germany fulfills her obligations. The reply of the allied and asso ciated governments to Germany's counter proposals to the peace treaty and a revised copy of the peace treaty were Monday night in the hands of Count von Brockdorff-Rant-zau, who was on his way to Weimar, there to present to the German na tional assembly the final word of the victors in the war, says a dispatch from Versailles. Few changes have been made in the revised peace treaty. The orig inal contentions of the allied and as sociated powers have virtually been maintained intact. Five days was the allotted period originally fixed for the Germans to answer yes or no to the demands of the alleis. But two days additional have been grant ed because of the insistence of the German delegation that not sufficient time had been allowed for proper consideration of the revised terms. This will extend the time limitation ' to Monday, June 23. If Germany's reply is yes the treaty will be mi- mediately signed: if Germany de clines to accede to the demands the armistice will be automatically ter minated and the allied armed forces will take whatever steps they deem requisite to the occasion. With the revised treaty, containing interlineations in r ed ink where changes had been made in it, was a covering note, written by Premier Clemanceau, president of the peace conference. It had been impossible I to reprint the treaty in time for its prsentation Monday. The covering note severely casti gates Germany for protesting against the treaty on the ground that the teraty conflicts with the terms of the armisice. M. Clemenceau says Ger many fails to understand the position she occupies today in the estimation t-,n . iki for a war which was "the greatest ... " r crime against humanity and the. free dom of the people that any nation, calling itself civilized, has ever con sciously committed." Without ostentation Paul Dutasta, general secretary of the peace con ference, at 6:49 Monday evening placed the revised draft in the hands of German Legation Secretary Simon and Baron von Loesner, with whom M. Dutasta held a conversation last ing for several minutes explaining the nature of the instrument and the length of time allotted for the Ger mans to reply. Herr Simonr protest ed against the short time given Ger many to make known her intentions! M. Dutasta arrived in Versailles by automobile frpm Paris at 6:20 o'colck, carrying the momentous doc uments in two parcel wranoed in prosaic brown paper-. v jv The intercourse between the two groups was rather confused; ','Ne pro visions for an Interpreter .had -been made. Secretary - Dutasta. spoke in French and Herr Simorif replied in German. Neither of " the, principals apparently was aware of Just what the other said. So it. seemed fortu nate that the details as $o the -period allowed and the nature ofthe reply expected were indicated;, elearly in the covering, letter, - , The- Germans plainly intimated the jj? intention flflr, demartd an extension, of time. ' . On receiving the treaty fleri Simon said : "I must- observe, jh behalf f my government; that the; time allowed in which- to answer 'J rather sHor t'S ' 4 Greensboro Hews says the annirenie menttaade in Paris that the supreme blockade council, met for Jjfcai; con deration of .measurer flu toigat be rendered necessary, by eertJ jvsn tualities"t places again tc-the' fore front the discussion of wha?'1 likely to happen, in the event of Germany' refusing to-accept stue, allies' asj word. For Tl anything can be re- (Continued on page eight) iERON TROOPS Disperse Rebels and Take Many Pris oners in Engagement Near Fa mous Race Cross Line in Ten Minutes After Order American troops sent into Mexico Sunday night to stop the indiscrimi nate firing acrossthe border fought their first general engagement with the Mexican rebel forces of Francisco Villa at the Juarez race tracks short ly after 2 o'clock Monday morning, and the Americans were victorious. Villa's troops were driven from the race track by rifle and machine gun fire and many prisoners were taken by the United States cavalry, which took up positions on the east and southeast of the track. When the Mexican bullets beoame too thick for the safety of citizens of El Paso Brig.-Gen. B. J. Erwin at 11:01 o'clock Sunday night ordered American troops to cross the border and in ten minutes after order was issued 3,600 American troops had gone over. -....-. The troops that participated in the punitive expedition against the Villa rebels in and near Juarez Sunday night and Monday returned to the American side after 24 hours of cam paigning. Seven ragged Mexican prisoners were herded toward the Fort Bliss stockade by a detachment of the fifth cavalry, while another cavalry detachment drove a herd of 100 captured Mexican horses and po nies to the remount station. It was unofficially stated at Fort Bliss that approximately fifty Villa followers were killed. One Ameri can, Corporal Chigas, wa3 shot through the luig by a Mexican rebel. Secretary Baker in announcing that American troops had crossed the border, said the operation was with the agreement of the Mexican gov ernment and there could be no mis understanding between the two gov ernments. The movement, he said, was entirely in the interest of protec tion to life on the American side. However, Gen. Candido Aguilar, President Carranza's confidential am bassador to the United States, issued to the press a formal statement de claring that "the government and people of Mexico consider as a viola tion of Mexican sovereignty the crossing of United States soldiers into Mexican territory" and express ing the hope that "the situation cre ated by the latest occurrences in Jua rez will be satisfactorily adjusted be tween the two countries." In this connection it was learned authoritatively in Washington that President Carracza never had assent ed to the agreement proposing that where bandit bands committed dep redations in either country the armed forces that country would "follow" a hot trail across the international line. Some apprehension is expressed over the effect upon Villa of the practical co-operation between the United States and Carranza forces. The department of state once grant ed permission for Carranza troops to travel through Texas to Juarez and Villa attacked Columbus, N. M., as a reprisal. Recently the state depart- I ment refused to give any such per mission. But when the Villa troops ! opened fire on American territory i therae was no hesitation. The plan of action had been carefully worked ' out. The border was to protected at any cost, it is a new policy in the ' sense that fighting will not be per- mirroH nrnn r n lYl nvinn tnri f -tt i there is any prospect of damage to American citizens living on American soil. As for Americans in Mexico, it is realized that Vila may exact re prisals, that he may capture some American mining men and make an example of them, but if he were wise he wouldn't provoke the American government on that score, for it is not unlikely that the next time any Villa forces come near the border the American cavalry would be ordered to continue in pursuit oi viua nim self just as was done when Gen. Per shing set out on a punitive expedi tion in 1916. MORE "WILDCATS" HAVE GOT TO NEWPORT NEWS With Brig.-Gen. George W. Mc Iver of Greensboro in command, the 324th infantry of the 81st division, the 306th train headquarters, the 161st brigade headquarters, park ser vice unit No. 411 and several casual companies demarked at Newport News Wednesday from the transport Martha Washington. There were 118 officers and 2,829 enlisted men in the several units. Cols Lorraine T. Richardson, a reg ular, army officer, brought home the 322nd; infantry of the "Wildcat" di vision;:" Wednesday morning on the transport Matsonia, and they have gone; .to Camp Hill to await orders that will send them to demobilization camps V: and ; . home. The Matsonia brought a totafof 3,296 persons from SU ajSBire.i . , ; f 'Hi i PREBYTERIANS TO RAISE FUND ji OF $1,000,000; START JULY 1 ; jDurig('-an -enthusiastic gathering of tebpesentatives of Presbyterian schools n iKorth Carolina, which was held in Gri&uboro, July 1 was fixed as 'the-' date, for launching a campaign in this state for $1,000,000 as an en dowment, and equipment fund for these schools, and every school of the Presbyterian church in the state will share the 'benefit to be derived from this fund. $1,000,000 CAMPAIGN IN CALD WELL MEETING SUCCESS For several weeks the efforts of the committees soliciting for the million dollar campaign for Baptist schools have been meeting with most gratify ing success. Instead of putting the campaign on with whirlwind rapidity, the more thorough work of an exten sive plan is being carried forward. Twelve churches have gone over the top and in places the quotas have been doubled. Last fall when the work was inter rupted by the epidemic of influenza there was one church so anxious to do her bit that she laid her hand to the plow not to look backward, and forthwith raised her quota. This he roic effort was made by no other than the people of Green Valley. And when we remember that Green Val ley is the churc hwhose building was washed away by the high waters of 1916 we rejoice all the mote. Teh next church to go over the top was Rhodhiss. In the mid3t of the winter, with no other help than the pastor and his people, this good church raised the quota in twenty minutes, and then, not being satis fied with a minimum, kept working until a creditable sum had been add ed to it. Other churches that have rone over the top are : Concord, Granite Falls, Mulberry, Mt. Zion. Nelson s chaoel. Sardis, at Hudson, Union, Whitnel, Wilsons Creek. There are twenty-four churches yet to be canvassed. It will wobablv take all the summer to complete this work in the Caldwell association, but when it is finished evxery church will have raised its quota, and the major ity of them will have gone consider ably beyond. We believe that no as sociation in the state, will have a bet ter report to render at the state con vention in Asheville next fall than the Caldwell. When the work is finished a full re port of the canvass will be given. J. EDWIN HOYLE, Publicity Man. THE DAYLIGHT-SAVING LAW IS REPEALED Doom of the daylight-saving, in augurated as a war measure, was pro nounced Wednesday by Congress, both Senate and House adopting by overwhelming votes measures to ter minate operation of the law when the period of summer time ends next Oct. 26. The House, following three hours' debate, by a vote of 233 to 132, passed a bill to repeal the law on the last Sunday in next October, but re jected an amendment to make the repeal effective at once. The Senate, by a vote of 56 to 6, after brief discussion added a rider to the agricultural appropriation bill providing for repeal of the daylight measure on the same date fixed by the House bill. The Senate measure now goes to conference, with the agricultural bill, an dthe House bill is to be sent to the Senate. It is considered likely that the Senate amendment will b efinally substituted forthe House measure. Action of Congress therefore means continuation of the present clock time this summer and early fall with return to sun time Oct. 26, ending two years' operation of the daylight saving plan. Members of both Senate and House, in advocating repeal of the law, said they were guided largely by wishes of farmers and laboring men who oppose the advanced hours dur ing the spring and summer season. Opponents of the repeal legislation declared the extra hour of daylight was a boon to city dwellers and as serted that others could easily adjust their affairs to conform to the ad vanced clock schedule. THE LATEST IN REGARD TO THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION According to the Associated Press in Thursday's papers, nothing official has yet become known as to what ac tion the German government will take regarding the peace treaty. At Weimer the document is being care fully studied by the national assem bly's peace commission. Unofficial reports are that there is great dissatisfaction on the part of the Uerman cabinet members and high German officials over what are considered the extremely hard terms, It is said a large majority of the cab inet members are opposed to signing the treaty, but are fearful of a reign of bolshevism and consequent chaos in the country should they decline. German newspapers take a dark view of the outcome, whether Ger many signs or not. The newspapers which oppose signing let their pessi mism run to the extent of expecting a resumption of hostilities by the al lies Monday if the armistice is per mitted automatically to end. While there is nowhere any indica tion that if circumstances compel the allied troops to advance further into Germany and there necessarily will be fighting, the American, British and French troops will .be prepared ror any eventuality. II a further in vasion becomes necessary the troops will march into Germany in battle formation. EUGENE DEBS IS NOW AT THE FEDERAL PRISON Eugene V. Debs, socialist leader who was recently convicted and sen tenced to ten years imprisonment for violation of the' espionage act, ar rived at the Federal prison at Atlanta Saturday. He was transferred from Moundsville, W. Vs.. where he had been held several weeks after losing nis appeal in the united states su preme Court. . DAY SET TO DESTROY T Officials Advised of Time Set for the Radical Attempt. Menace of Bomb Outrages Still Hangs Over the County The menace of bomb outrages still hangshangs over the country in the belief of officials of the department of justice, according to a dispatch from Washington. William J. Flynn, chief of the de partment's bureau of investigation, said Wednesday that he believed there were "more bombs to come," but said it was impossible to say when the next attempt to create a reign of terror by explosions might be made. Supplementing Mr. Flynn's state ment, the department made public testimony of Attorney General Palm er before the House appropriations committee asking for a special fund of $500,000 to carry on the hunt for radicals. The attorney general told the committee, as the testimony re vealed, that government officials had been advised of a day set for another attempt by radicals "to destroy th government at one feel swroop." . "We have received so many no tices and gotten so much informa tion," Mr. Palmer told the committee at his recent appearance, "that it has almost come to be accepted as a fact that on a certain day in the future, which we have been advised of, there will be another serious and probably much larger effort of the same char acter which the wild fellows of this movement describe as revolution, a proposition to rise up and destroy the government at one fell swoop." Mr. Flynn said he knew of no plot planned for Independence day, and emphasoized that every precaution was being taken by police throughout the United States. He expressed the belief that eventually those involved n the recnt outrags would be brought to justice. "We know the source from which the bomb operators have come," Mr. Flynn said. 'The situation is purely domestic and has no foreign connec tion, although there may be some foreigner actire in it. It will take some time to clear up the cases, but we are making progress." , , Mr. Flynn said investigation of the recent attempt made on the life of Attorney General Palmer had reveal ed that two men were involved and that only a miscarriage of the plot ters' plans prevented the attempt be- ng carried out successfully. In tracing the source of the ex plosions it has been established, he said, that the man killed in Yvrashing- ton was in New lork two weeks be fore he met his death, but his identity still is unknown. Arrests being made throughout the country include many persons not connected with the bomb outrages, Mr. Flynn said, but who have been under surveillance and are detained for further investigation. Mr. flynn gave the first authori tative account of the investigation of the attempt on the life of Attorney General Palmer. Two men were en gaged, he said, both carrying suit cases, each of which doubtless con tained a bomb. Two witnesses, whose identity is closely guarded, have been found who saw the men only a min ute before the explosion. Apparent- v one of the bombs was timed to go off at 11 p.m. The presence of other persons on the street delayed the plotters, who are believed to have manuvered around until they had nassed. By that time the margin of safety had narrowed and the bomb exploded before it could be placed m position. Mr. Flynn said the first theory that the man stumbled over a stone coping and thereby set off the explosives had been abandoned. The second man, believed to have been perhaps thirty feet away, made his escape when his companion was killed. The unexpected explosion averted a deplorable occurrence, he said, for the second bomb also prob ably was intended for some official in Washington. DR. CHASE IS ELECTED PRESI DENT OF THE UNIVERSITY At a meeting of the trustees in Raleigh last Monday, the 16th, Dr. H. W. Chase, chairman of the faculty since the death of Dr. N. H. Staoy, was elected president of the Univer sityof North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to succeed the late Dr. E. K. Graham. Dr. Chase is 38 years of age, a na tive of Massachusetts and has been a member of the faculty of the Uni versity of North Carolina for tea years. He came to the educational department under Dr. M. C. S. Noble and succeeded Dr. Stacy as dean when the latter was chairman of the faculty, following the temporary ad justment after the death of Presi dent Graham. Then, after the death of Dr. Stacy he was advanced to the chairmanship of the faculty. He was director of clinic for sub-normal chil dren at Clark University 1909 to 1910; professor of philosophy of ed ucation 1910 to 1914. He is a mem ber of the American Psychological Association. He has been a frequent contrbutor to psychological and edu cational journals. ) ' in I . . i.f ... The German chancellor says that the peace terms will turn his country into an enormous jail. If that is true literal and exact justice will be done for the first time in human history. -Cleveland Press. N
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