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Tooo(l 'tobca f eiiiriii feloKeklt iitfWatiV Should Tb6 moreparti IVILSOH DEFINES TEN BIG POIirfS FUNDAMENTAL . PRINCIPLES ON WHICH ACCEPTANCI OF THt : ' TREATY IS A8KED, ' BOYCOTT SUBSTTTUTEFOBWAR Placing Pmos'oT Worid Under Inter- national. Overelght As Legitimate Interest of Every Stat . Oa Board President WlUon'i Spe cial Train. Ten points la, the peace treatr wero deOned by President WU son as tho fundamental principles on which he .s asking Its acceptance, by the United States. The President made no stop for an address , but Instead made known through the newspaper correspond' ents the platform he desires io place before the people in his plea for the treaty's acceptance. The ten points which epitomise the treaty- provisions are as follows: 1. The destruction of autocratic power as an instrient of interna tional control admitting only self-gov erning nations to the league. 2. The substitution of publicity, dis cusslon and arbitration for war using the boycott rather than arms. 3. Placing the peace of the world under constant International oversight In recognition of the principle that the peace of the world is the legiti mate immediate lntere.t of every state. 4. Disarmament 5. The liberation of oppressed peo ples. 6. The discontinuance of annexa tion and the substitution of trustee ship wfcb responsibility to the opinion of mankind. 7. The invalidation of all secret treaties. 8. The protection of dependent peo ples. 9. - High standards of bibor under International protection. . - 10. The International co-ordination of humane reform and regulation. SIXTEEN ARE DROWNED WHEN HURRICANE STRIKES STEAMER Miami, Fla. According to report here the British auxiliary ' schooner, Mystery J, commanded by Captain Al len I. Johqson, which left here for Nassau, New Providence, Bahama is lands, heavily laden with foodstuffs and parxylng six passengers and a crew of 13, encountered tna hurricane aodsank near Bimlni, the nearest of tne paama group, 46 miles from Mia mi. The report says nine were saved. ' " :" . . .) -. v.. WORLD'S BA8EBBALL SERIES IS LENGTHENED TWO SAME'S Cincinnati, ' Ohio. Nine games, will be played In the world's 'series' this year as against seven last year; Aug ust . Herrmann,' chairman of the na tional commission, announced.' Heir man Said a majority ot the clubs of bf both the National and American leagues had ratified the recommenda tion that nine games be played. . Herman said that the -vote of the clubs on the proposition would not be given, out at .'.this time. -' -s. ' PARIS COUNCIL WORKS - 1 : ; Paris. -The j supreme, eunci, - hav ing, virtually complete jr.prlj Pfli'the Bulgarian treaty, yfO take. up. the drafting of the peace terms with Tur iey.i Pfemie lUoyd Oeorge will ar rive here for this purpose. He wifl be assisted In the conference bf Field Marshal: B. H. Allenby, commander of the, allied forces la Asia Minor, who has-Just arrived ia France. WILSON TO CONFER WITH A . - WESTERN LABOR BODIES. Seattle, Wash. President '. Wilson has agreed .to meet a delegation ot representatives of northwest organis ed, labor, here for a conference, t ,, ;.v Mil. IS STORM SWEPT SHIPPING IN THE VICINITY SAFsV LY WEATHERED STORM WITH . ' . BUT LITTLE' L08S. . . ' ' '' 1 ' SEA WALL STANDS PRESSURE City Residents Apparently Regarded Approach of Storm With Equanlnv ' ity, As a Matter of Course. Gaivestotn Tex. With a 65-mile wind, high tide and heavy seas, the tropical storm struck Galveston, tste water from the bay flooding the bus iness section of the city and the norHJ side ot the Island, with three feet ot water. Huge waves broke harmlessly on the seawall and there was no ma terial damage from the wind. Shln- plng in the vicinity weathered tbe storm.' The wagon bridge across the bay was not damaged. Two thousand feet of track on the causeway and railroad bridge connect ing Galveston with, the mainland was washed out, destroying rail commu nication. Galveston residents apDarentlv re garded the approach of the storm wHh equanimity and took it as a matter of course when.lt struck. At midnight there was a light wind and no rain but the streets were practioally de serted. COMPENSATION PROVIDED BY WAR RISK ACT IS DOUBLED. Washington. Increases practically doubling the monthly compensation originally provided by the war rtak In surance act to disabled soldiers asd sailors and members bf the families. was passed unanimously by. the house, with other amendments to tbe act. liberalizing its provisions and to elim inate red tape in administering the law. Among the changes in compensa tion payments provided for total tem porary disability are that a single man shall receive $80 a month instead of $30;. a man with a wife, or a chUd $90 Instead of $45; one with a wife and one child $95, instead of $55; and the man with a wife and two children or more $100, instead, ot $6'' ' ' FOOD CONTROL jfcST PA88EB, unt!ninh penalty CLAWS,. Washington. The house hill as. tending the food control act to nenal- lse profiteering, as. requested by Pres ident wnson apa Attorney General Palmer as a means of, reducing the cost of living, was passed bv.tha sen ate and sent to conference. In addition to penalties $5,000 Una Snd two years' imnrlaonmnnt tnr profiteering, hoarding, destrovlm nr monopolizing or food and other neces saries or "making an unjust or un reasonable rate'or chaiee." the bill extends the law to Include wearing ap parel and containers of food, feeds and-fertilizers as well as food, fuel, fertilizers and agricultural macihnery. WOMEN OF 80UTH LED - IN RED CR08S WORK Washington. W-otaen of the -south produced In the workropms, . p 'the American . Red pross nearly , 100,000 Sweaters, rolls of hnndneao, snil athi articles that were 'used for the com fort and relief of soldiers, sailors and refugees during . the war. National headquarters of the soeleti estimates 'he value of the articles Southern women-contributed at approximately, 5 ler'Cent.'of . the total value produced the entire country. J?,-'. 'ft NDfAN 0IVE8 TWO HUNDRED ! 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A deleiritlon hendud hy JikIpc Jeter C. p-'tcisrd cmie bore frrm A3ho"'lle t nr i'-:i ari'i't the ront'-mpl-trd n-1'- of '"--'H---h Inn fi tbe r't''!-'' l'"!S fr-p u kot- ernnjent tulierrctnuH h;v ital. Asheville For !he sn- nd I'mc In Ihn past few wrk- i - t'll li-s liern d'scovred nnd ni '! - on the p.. t-te of Mri. Trl'th " indrr'- l'. Ihe v'dnw rf fh" I te Oeoive V. Vanrl"r hllt. of Biltm?re. Hickory, The r'.r.tonlan I,ltnry soe'ety cf Lenn!r r-IlcRe has been r nrcin!7.pd with 40 -ir nnre -n:)Pri pnd sfrts out the yerr with Ind'cu nf incnvisod Inl-res! In literary topics. Rl'-'h.Wearlr.'j tbe Freii"h f'rvx d" Cii'-itp and diviiion aArd for hravrv wlill- umiIt fire on tho front. Lieutenant Waltr Simpson hss r lunird 10 Ripigh after long service In Kurope, for a Khort leave of absence. Kineton. Liolr a typholdless county Is a probability. A systematic campaign waged by the health bureau against the disease has resulted in the Immunization of a large part of the population. Concord. Hugh, small son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Endy, of Routs 5, lost his leg here when, while play ing around a mowing machine oper ated by his father, his leg became en tangled in the blades. The boy was rushed to the Concord hospital where amputation was found necessary. Shelby. The resignation of Sheriff W. D. Lackey from office has caused no little comment la Cleveland and there is much speculation as to bis suooesior, Lumberton. Eight divorces have been granted in Robeson superior court this week, the divorce qaeatioo taking hp much of the court's time during the first week. Asheville. The town of Waynes- vllle is to have a new hotel with 260 rooms and It Is expected that the building will be ready for occupancy by the end of next spring. Raeford. The largest crowd ot Hoke 'county people. ever assembled w'elcomed the Hoke county boys back from the great war with an old-fash-toned picnic. It was the general es timate eight thousand people were present. Fayettevllle. Preparations are be ing made here and at Camp Bragg for the reception, and entertftrnment of the congressional eemmttee which will inspect the camp with, a 'view to making a recommendation to Con gress as to tbe retention ef the Artil lery training center- " Hickory. DaneJ B. Rline, of Lin- colnton, a widely known manufacturer lias given Lenoir College 100,000 to ward a $250,000 endowment fund on condition that the Institution dupli cate the amount, v ': - " Fayettev81e,-Telegrams of felici tation and congratulation on theallled victory;-achieved since" the last cele bration of Lafayette day from Presi dent Potucare, bf France. 1 Gen. ' John J. Pershing, Robert !. Lansing '-and MaJ. Gen. Leonard Wood were read at an te'orial observance of the 162nd anniversary of the birth of Marquis da Lfavette held here, i . -.ul U RENTAL SITUATION INTENSE IN PARIS j LANDLORDS AND TEN ANT8 ARE IN DEADLOCK BECAUSE OF i HIQH RENTAL CHARGES. UNABLE TO FD NEW HOMES Fifty Thousand Notices to Move Out Have Been Served on Tenants for End of Second Quarter of Year. Paris. The struggle between Paris ian landlords who seek to double or treble the income from their proper ties, and te.iants. who are unable to find vacant apartments at any reas onable price, hus reached a deadlock. House owners refuse to extend leases or to advertise for rent apart ments that have been vacated. Ten ants unable to find new quarters, re fuse to move at the behest of the landlords, while the courts have ceas ed to entertain applications for writs of expulsion, there not being enough process servers to handle them. Fifty thousand notices to vacate were served on tenants for the end of the second quarter of this year. ACCEPTANCE OF THE TRTATY SHOULD NOT BE QUALIFIED. Spokane. Wash. America's accent ance of the peace treaty must be un qualified. President Wilson declared here, if It is to end promptly the snirit of unrest throughout the world. Any change which would make the ratill cation conditional, he said, would re open the negotiations end prolong doubt and uncertainty. Mr. Wilson said he saw no moral objoctions to interpretations which would not change the meaning of the document, but added that such a step would be merely to say that the United St-tes tinderstands the treaty to mean what It says. STRIKING BOSTON POLICEMEN LISTEN TO CAMUEt, GOMPERS. Boston. Prank McCarthy. New England organizer of the American Federation of Labor, announced that the policemen's union had accepted the suggestion of Samuel Gompers that they return to work and await the outcome of the abor conference at the white house on October 6. When Police Commissioner Ort:s was informed of the action of the un ion, he said that he had issued or ders that no strikers applying for re instatement should be taken back. He said that he could not change this or der before hearing from the attorney general. RELICS ARE ON DISPLAY OF THREE WISE MEN OF COLOGNE Cologne. A British army chap lain celebrate! mass rs.-ently in the great Cologne cathedral at the al tar of the relics of the Magi, the skulls of the three wise men who came from the East to visit the newly born Savior of Bethlehem. A number f American officers and men from the Cohlenz area attended the services, and were permitted to view the relics. STATEMENT THAT SECRETARY LANSING OPPOSED TREATY. Washington. The assertion that Secretary Lansing opposed ratifica tion of the peace treaty and league of nations cove-ant, although he was a member of the American peace com mission that drafted it," was made.be gore the senate foreign relations com mittee by William C. Bullitt, of Phli adelphia, formerly employed by the mission at Paris in a confidential ca pacity. ' . The testimony, purporting to give Mr. Lansing's private opinion express ed in a conversation with the witness the day the latter resigned ffom, mission because he was tdt, ajna pathy with the treat'o he league, popped, Aiildftftty' and sensational- RAILROADS ARE OF E SHOULD BE EITHER OWNED Oh CONTROLLED BY THE PUBLIC GOVERNOR BICKETT SAYS. SENATE FICDLIN6 AWAY TIME "Now Is the Psychological Moment for Putting This Railroad or Public Utility Program Across." Raleif h Raleigh The government should make it impossible for a man or set of men working for a public utility tn go on a strike, is the opinion of Gov ernor T. W. Blckett brought hack from the governor's conference which met in Salt Lake City, ftuh The problem of averting strikes, es penally in big public utilities which affect of the three big matters consld I erid at the conference of the gover nors. The North Carolina executive had more to say about this particular point than on any of the other sub jects under discussion. Illustrating his point, that a man engaged in a public utility wort should not be allowed to strike, thr governor said that the railroads, for instance, are much more a vital psrt of the nation than either the army or the navy. II is recognized that the railroads are so necessary to the pnb lie welfare thai they should either be owned by the public, or should be con trolled by the public. Now Is the psy coK)gical tinip for putting this rail road or public utility program across for 4,000.000 soldiers, who are Just out of the service understand the view point, and would back up such a move. Instead of dispoing of the treaty and getting at these vital things the sen ate is fiddling its time while Rome burns, the governor thought. Success In Preserving Records. The North Carolina Historical com mission is meeting with remarkable success in its efforts to preserve North Carolina's war history. Concrete ex amples of this success are one of the finest world war museums In this country; a department of war history created in the historical commission by the general assembly; and definite provision for publishing a complete history of North Carolina's part in the world war. Wants Resolution Passed. Washington (Special) Representa tive Godwin appeared before the house committee on military affairs and urg ed the' immediate passage of Resolu tion 8940 to authorize the secretary of war to transfer, free of charge, to tbe department of agriculture and the postoffice department certain motor propelled vehicles and motor equip ments for use In the transmission of the mails and the construction and maintenance of the public highways. The delay caused by the the refusal of the secretary of war to transfer to the state these vehicles and equip ment is a serious matter to the sev eral communities. No Blanket Investigation. Explaining that he will draw bills of indictment if the grand Jury of Mecklenburg county makes present ments in, cases growing out of the re cent car barn tragedy in Charlotte, and adding that In his opinion, the solicitor has no power to conduct a blanket investigation. Solicitor George W. Wilson, of the Fourteenth Judicial District, has written a letter to the governor setting forth his position in the matter. Bond Issue Is Validated. Caldwell county's quarter mttrtoa dollar road bond issue i& validated. Martin county wins, H $100,000 suit for the delivery ot. bridge bonds de clined by. the Wachovia bank, highest bidden, mu the ground of irregularity, yassea local legislation and former Sheriff Windley, of Beaufort county, gets new trial on charge of misappro priation of county's money, the s-. preme court decides in Its fl.rt of the fall term. MOST liORTANG THE - Wide-Awake Farmer is no more contest with alin. 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Your Business Solicited. Thos. H. Battle, President. R. H- Ricks. Vice-President. Vice-President. X Cashier. As3t. Cashier. Asst. Cashier. A. P. Thorpe, J. L. Suiter, W. G. Robbins, N. S. Bennett, FOR SALE! -One Ford Tourine Car and one Maxwell Touring; Car. Will sell for cash or on terms, r or further particulars appiy to T. B. Dameron, Nashville, N. C. LISTEN!
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