si 'V"
1,
V--';'
nonnn rvrVri ,
Tut
I 'i' -fe . ' -i - nrv-vrv i x .
1 V.ii
volDmexix.,,
S CONCORD, N. 'C, RIDAY, APRIL 1 i, 1919. ; . Price Five. Cents.
NO. 72.
nisn
V:.::.f .A ,n , II , . , .,
I. t ' J IIUllH.IIU.il I
On all Questions Concerriin
f Peace, With Gennany, Rep
' aration,' Indemnities, Fron
- re ..... ... - . i, , -
tiers on Rhine . and Poland
A FEW DETAILS:
NOW REMAIN
The German .Delegates Wil
, - Be Summoned to Yersail
lets With jn t;.. Two or Three
I: Weeks, Isrls Announced
vl etaoin nu etaoin nu etao
(By The AoMM'latrd Pr.
Piirta, 'April U (HawiK.) Th peacn
cnnforpnce lias -Teuyhed an vgnvmput
on all qnestlonn'concernlii? peace with
Germany, reparation, Indemnities unrt
the frontiers of tlie Khine and Polauu,
according ro un lntervlow in the Petit
Jouriml with the private Hecretary if
Preinlpr.IiJoyd ((Qforfv'iVrtaln 1
tallM rpmafiretV niwl it ia mhloil tliey
will ln nettled In two or three days.
The German doJesntea -will lie mun
itioned to Versa I lien within two or
three weeks.
The lliltlstu rremler, hla aecretiiry Is
niioted na aayinir, thinka that if the
allien agree as well at present aa dur
ing the war, the aehievementa of the
peace conferrnc will' lie lasting, and
mmierona dangerii. Including liolahe-
vlsm, will be avoided.
Section as to Mwiroe Doftriii.
,--Parl April ll.'-Whll the text of
the Monroe Dfictrine -amendment
adopted ly the league of nations com
mlHsion . at Its (tension aHt night In
withheld, ItH mnln (eaturen nre huIi
xtiiutiuH.v u long "the following linea:
ArtlMe X-Nffttiing In tlila cove
nant almll be ernwtrneted invalidating
any agreement Mich an the Monroe doc
trine for the malliteimnce of peace.
NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS '
; FROM ARCHANGEL FRONT
The Absent of News Regarded as
S " FavraWe'Ign," ''-,f w , ,
; . (BJr The AwrlatM VrcMk '""
Waahlngton' April , 'llv There wero
' no additional reportit at tne war de
partment early -today on the situation
at. Archangel, where a company of
American troops involved neurly two
weeks ago In a threatened mutiny, re
fusing ti obey orders to ,entraUi Tor
the fighting lhie. X '
tlie lighting lines until appealed to by
their regimental " commaudcrs.' The
absence of ne'S 'ilhce the report made
public last night: 'after an Associated
Presa dispatch rroio Archangel na
described the incident, was regarded as
a favorable sign. ' ' - i
It was noted jn an official state
ment given out last nigh V by the war
department, that only one member of
he company continued to' refuse tq
obey orders after Colonel Stewart had
taken I personal charge4 of 11it situa
tion. It appeared'poaiiible to- some of
ficers here that the entire situation
" had been created by this man; . .'
Elect leo , of . Jt C. A.' Dmtrg. .
The annual election of Directors for
- the Concord T. M.,(i A. will be held
Thursday,-April 24th, 11)10 at the As
sociation building at which, time every
mealier,. qf the.AsaoclaUon who meets
the requirements for yotlng' arid hold
ing office as laid down in the Constit
tlon, will bei expected to vote. . ,
' .The' Nominating Committee has se
' lected the following men for the tortn,
y Indicated :' r-' -. ,.. - ,
Three year ticrm-J. W. Cannon, D.
U. Coltrane Ii. Ti' Hartsell, JAi K, HaB-
rlsv T, II. Webb. - --.:-..-.... ... ';
; . Tw yeat term A.' P. Hartsell. C.
a Smart, T. H A. Holshousw, 8 K.
' Patterson, V. A. 8tribllng.- ? ; '
r One year term--A. S.-WeW), W. O.
Caswell, 1. A. Cannon, A. Campbell
: Cllne, J.tOMoosA - ''ift:C:.i'-i,
' JPJetaoinsbnllcmfwypTiaetaoin nu nun
The Constitution provide that fit-
teen members of the Association may
, present in writing to the Nominating
, Committee hot later thau tea -days be-"
' fore the annual election,, the name of
; any voting member --for t nomination.
This name shall be posted immediately
by the Nominating Committee, and no
person shall 'be eligible Nf or election as
"a Director -unless his name shall thus
"' have been submitted to,-or-nominated:
. by, said Nominating Committee. , -..n .
i " The Constltatlon .) further .. provides
'.' that management of the Conoord Asm,
" elation shall be vested la a Board of.
Directors of fifteen' men; who are- ac
;r tire members of the Association (active
" ' members are those member who belong
- to some evangelical church) and that
1 :' not more than one third of said Dlrec
tors shall be uemlient of one religious
denomination., ' " -
: All members of the Assoolatlon who
are qualified to vote are urged to come
to the Association building-Thursday
April, 24th and vote' for the man or
' men if their choice. .- -. ; '.
If there lirimother man or men whom
you as a member of the ConoorH J. M.
CT A. should like te have a a Dlreetoiy
remember that the' name must tkj bud
mltte to the Nomlnatalnjf Cotamtttee
at least ten'Mayi efore the annual
,Bo'uiheVisii'WiotV.t?n w. fry-
ernmenL" It' is not even a lora pr
government. Jt .ls a iype of unlawful-';
ucss.-Savannah News. ' . . : ,V ,
AMERICA TANK irii.
. j.? . J PARApG IN fONCORft
The Implement of War to be Sent Here
In.ConnettW With the CampatgB
For Vlttort Liberty Loan. .;s:;
'- Mr. Caleb XV. Swfnk, chairman of the
local Victory Loaji Committee, io In
receipt of a letter from the State Com
mittee! atating that an American Tank
will v:ait thia city on April 2Sth and
20th, in connection with; the campaign
for the V Ictory I.llierty Ixan.
The tank wIll.uroliaMr arrive In Con-
cord on the afternoon of April 28th, and
remain here until the morning of April
Stith. -It will parade on the important
streets of Concord, that all may hare
in! opportunity -of wltncawlng it . The
J local committee ia arranging an appro
priate programior tne occasion,, anu
tliet .f nnl arrangements will be an
nounced later. ')' ' ,
The people of Concord nte fortunate
In having the tank . vlalt here. Most
every one lias some idea of the gunn,
hnyoneta and other Implements of war.
Imt few have had the, opportunity of
seeing the tank. This weapon wna most
Imnortant in the later-stages' of the wa
and It Is certain that its appearance
her?, will be the'ocension of much .en
thusiasm, and It' should foe a deciilejl
help for the Victory Loan.
TODAY'S EVENTS.
NFrlday. April II, 1919.
Centennial anniversary of the birth
of Hlr Charles Halle, the celebrated
KiirIIhIi pianist and conductor. . t
One hiuidred ami twenty-fifth anni
versary of the birth . of . KilwarU
Everett, the famous Massachusetts ora
tor and statesman, .
'Most Itev. Alexander Christie today
completes his twentieth year as head
nf thu Roman Catholic archlepiscopal
ace of Oregon. .
William Uraycs Sluirp. the retiring
United States, aniliassatlor to France,
is scheduled to said forvhome today.
Senretarv . of the Treasury Carter
Glass, l tospeak at Itlclunond, Va.,
todal'ln belialf of the Victory Lilierty
.nan campaign which is to open ten
days hence. -
Organization of a. cotton export cor
poration along the lines suggested ky
iovernor Harding of -the. Federal Re-
nerve Board will lie one of the prlhc:
oal mutters I to be" coiisfdererl at' thc
first . annual' ' meeting of the Texas
Uhainber'of Commerce, which is to open
today at Waco. f , ' I
United States Senator tleorge u.
Moses of New . Hampshire and Prof.
George Grafton iWlson of Harvard.
one of the leading American experts on
international law, are to engage in a
public dcliate on the- proposed consti
tution of -the cLagne of Nations at
Petcrhoro, N. H, tonight. -
Ffrsl Direct Mall From Gennaiiy Since
U. S. went to war.
Nev, York Journal, !:. ; , . j . 'V
What is said -to foe, the first con
signment of mall, to -reach here direct
from (icrmany slwe .America's, entry
Into the war waM,i-oufht ,iu by, the.
freight steamer West Hupjbaw tpday.i
The -Hurohaw t. comes, fBom, Panslg,
where she went to deliver: a cargo of
fttodstuffs consigned to, the Poles. . She
returned in foallast. v , - .- .-...;
The mall consisted mainly of letters
from Germans to ..relatives living to
thisi country. v '. t :
' The steamship Frederick Luckennach
from Cardiff, hrtfugh.tT erei ..casuals:
from s the., American. Expeditionary
Force: The NcWhuiTi arrived from
Plymouth with one marine and twenty
nine sailors on bqard; " '-'?t. M -jr
Committee' Confesses It s t'nable to Re-
. fc . ' port.';. .::;'. ,.
Raleigh, April lO.-1-After. a sesslort
which, lasted f Ite .hours, members of
the special committee of trustees this
afternoon confessed inability to reji
0erva report at this time as to their
investigations pertaining W' a poteiv
tlal president of the, university.
Adjournment for an .indefinite period
was taken, with -, the .nnderstandlng
that , the investlgatlop will be pursued
further, at a subsequent meeting of .the
committee a decision, to place the com
mittee' flndlnas (before the bpard. ,f
AmeieanxGeds Said to be Too Cbea
4f.'-: ;.. u ' For England. v
London. April 10.-gugestlon was
made !iu, -the. hou'e of commons today
that American manufactured cottoh
goods were being ottered in1 England
at prices below which' they were sold
In; the United States,.- W C.: IJrldge
man, under secretary of-the board nf
(rade, said that au anti-dpmplng WH
n aireadv In orlnt and t'.vs board of
trade -would like to have an mforma"
tlon in the possessloa of tne mwmDer
yegardin'g the anggestton made. f
SMers . Overseas ;; will Eat rChleken
. .'t. : -'jw.;.xNt Summer. v ' -'py--
Chicago, "i. April. ,10;:t:o)a ,' storage
chicken wUl be used as d substitute
for..coi,ned baet In ieeln4 the- tnlnd
Statjs army Jn rrapec Germanj'-and
HuscJia. thla, sunrmer' T,Tons' nulHon
pounds of chickens have foin. purcl'.n
ed of Chlcag 3a',ers by the .Wii !c
partment In the hwt fc-.v.days for Jn
metHhte shipment abroad acorulny
to local comjH;oa, men., .Viri 7
President and Mi VVllson , Entertain
'k j-. . r , ; Queen of RuiaBlM.'V.r. vf
Parish April ll.-"Between the. ses-
J . ' . i, - M J A,. I .
Btons ot tno council vi iwruiw iv-
nooh at the Porta-fwhlte house'V and
4hn Viienm-vT wlfmiof ' the-.Deace. con-
' fcrence this afternoon, :Presidet-Wtk
sort and'MrS. Wilson "planned to enter-
Itain Queen Marie, of Rumania, at lua-
-IcbeOn. i -!''r'J'4r',.ut. a Sim7m,' V
,:An' acHveMlfe-rs ondnctlve--to ood
health, but feven thf tiHtcher'roay have
tfojabte .with iW MrW .
Is Ordered Today by Direcfoir
a general JHine--The Wage
.Advance Aggregates the
Sdm of $65,000,000.
ANNOUNCEMENT v
WAS MADE TODAY
Includes Engineers, Firemen
Trainmen and Conductors
h in Both the Passenger and
Freight Service.
. ' (By Vfce JasaalateJ friii
Washington, D. C, April 11. Wage
advances aggregating f6i,000,000 were
ordered today bv Director . General
nines, for -400,000 railroad engineers.
firemen, trainmen and contractors - in
both passenger and freight service-
members of -the "Big Four" railway
brofberhdoos retroactive since -Jan
uary V 1910.''. The brotherhood de
mands for time and a half pay for ov
ertime was granted only, for men en
gaged' in yard service, and foi' the
others' this question was , referred to
me rairunu nuuinmruioii uuaru oi aa
Justments No. 1, already created for
consideration of disputes relating to
railway trainmen and euglnemen.
The Increases were arranged accord-
nig to a contemplated schedule, one
of the aims of which, was to restore
the wage relationship existing before
the railroad Increases in wages last
year? The advance In pay per man per
year will be about 10O.
BEUEVK-METEOR FELL
Disturbance of Undetermined Nature
Somerset. Kv Aorll 0. Somerset
and nearby points rocked and swayed
this afternoon apparently the result
either of a terrin conctmstou or a
selsmlo disturbance.
Extended inquiry failed to definitely
veveai toe cause; . ueuerai opinion,
however, was that a meteor had fallen
in tns vicinity. No damage was re
ported.
Woman Socialist t Begin Prison Term
JwN.!?,., April llv-Rate Rich-
ants tfHare, who has a natlotral repu
tatlmi as a Socialist speaker and wri
ter, la to surrender herself to the Fed
eral authorities here tomorrow, prelim
inary, to being taken to the Federal pri
son for woineu aKJefferson City, Mo.,
to begin serving a five-year' sentence
on a charge of violating the Espionage
Acty.,. '-.,; v ,''.'wl";:' ,
... Mrs. 0'lJare;'who has been active fis
a Socialist leader for many yearsjraa
.tried ana convicted some months ago,
but was .allowed .her freedom ,hndor
bond while her case was taken to the
Supreme Court of the United States,
iteoently 'that tribunoJ refused1 to .re
view her ease, withthe result that she
will be required to serve her sentence.
She has refused to consent to the offer
f .....1.. ,MW rt Kama mnImiu)
saying that a general annesty and nor
ludlvidual pardons to the convicted So
cialists must be demanded.' '
, White her case has been awaiting a
final decision Mrs. A Hare has made a
lecture, tour of thrWest to earn monejj;
to help support, her family while she
la in prlson,$fce s four children, all
undesilff; and her husband, also- a
er in the Socialist movement, ia in poor
health.,.., . ; .,;
Incnasins' Dempteymen for Week j
,' .WaahmgW. c (prii ; lOIncreasing J
unemployment during the week ending
April 0 waa shown in. reports from do
cities to the federal employment af
U, a summary of i which r was. made
public tonight. Thirty-elght cities show
ed a total surplus of 133,505, an ht
crease. of 5l ove the preceding
week. While 19 reported, a labor short
age totaling 4,650, and nine showed an;
equality of supply, and demand.
Labor supply and, demand condition
In the soath are good.. Nine cities re
ported a shortage ,; pf approximately
4.630 aa compared wUh3.80tt the pre
vious week. Columbia, J-.lttPred
a sborUge of ltX)
:'5 ;-.,-y.ij,ii" t Vi r--;.;,--105th
Engineer May . Panda at Twin
r;kCMjr. -f-.
Winston-8alem,.AprU, Ift.r-Permis-slon
having been granted for. the lOSUi
engineers 'to,. eomo to.Wlnston-Salem.
for parade immediately after then
return from JFance provided , the plan
Is aceeptable to -the, .soldiers,' a, mee-,
tag of representatalves of local civic Oky
ganlsartons! was; held In the mayor's
cniceithls afternoon to formulate plana
for a !oyal entertatament of the, re
turnlng soldiers, mapy of,, whom are
members of ta hold Forsyth riflemen.-..-
LawmaJcera to Vlatt Porto Rleo. ; .
Washrlngton, April 1L-A party bl
twenty pr more: members "bf the House
of Represehtaftves Has arranged to sail
from- Nwv tork tomorrow for a fort
night's visit to- Porto iRkso.'Hhe chief
purpose Of the trip Is to study political
and economic eonditlona on the island
with' ti tlew to 'Obtaining- Information
to-a n the solut'on of legislative prob
lems affecting Porto Rico, which are
to come before tne next congress.
- -. ' :-.:...:ii.Ja r.- '....'
Xn'moach of July 1 ought to make it
. ....... a -- ia
' . . ' . . - A
pflsv to recruit tnat voiunieer;roiy
nn'nnn. for- servleo In iYancef-lNeww
York Herald. ' . ' v "' - "
1 NOTED JAPANESE SPEAKER.
to Be at Kibjoail Memorial lutheran
t
Cburth at Kanaapolis Next Sunday,
;The pwWlb tta-lho vicinity of Kan
na polls will be jglyen Uie rare treat of
hearing air. InIouiI, n sulendld vnun
Japanese speaker next Sunday at the
l.utneran i-TiurcB m Kaimnpollx.-M
Hajime Inadomi.ls the son bf a Jap
anese offlciali . After he was convert
eil from. Idolatry to Christianity he
attended Christian Mission school
in Japan t About seven years ago he
came to America: to continue Ills edu
cation : Last June he graduated and
teoelred the A, Bilegree from Koanoke
College, Hnlem,. i Va. - uf wliose com
mencemelJi he was one of the five Tom;
meiicemeiit speakers chosen from
class of seventeen. Durlria the dellv
eryof his address he was constantly
Interrupted With spontaneous applause
from -the large- i audience of several
thousand ' people. I He Is now a stu
dent In tho Lntbt-aii Theological Sem
inary at Columbia, f: Ht! comes to
Kannaoolis to steak In the Kimball
Memorial EvangeBcal Lutheran church
next Mlinday, Aplil :th at the morn
ing, 1 '4 o'clock, 1 nm r even (ii 8:30
o'clock services. 1 His subiect Sunday
Sy evening wiih lie "What Clirist
Meant to Me" The nulillc Is cordiallv
Invited and will be made welcome as
long as there-Is standing, room.
FILTHY FILMS jrtl'ST fiO. ftAVS
WUMAN rOUl'K COMMISSIONER
Putrid Pirtares Poison blinds of
aung Mtms, mrs. ti urao'- asserts,
uHincning j. rusaue. . , s ,i ,
New York, April ft. Mrs... Allen A.
O'Qrndy, Deputy Police Commissioner,
announced tonight that she; had order
ed a .crusade, by women, detectives
against proprietors of moving picture
theatres displaying such "suggestive,
immoral and nlthV Minis" as she ob
served on the tour of movie houses to
day.
"The clergy, educators. Judges and
welfare workers," declared Mrs.
O'Grady. "might as well lock no the
churches, shut the liooks and close
the courts If they are going to permit
the Hfthy motion pictures that are he
ing shown in New York'.and through
out the country .".
Juvenile delinquency, the Commis
sioner asserted,, la inereasing rapidly,
largely -due to "poison" distilled into
juveniles In moving picture houses.
Citing instances' from her own ob
servation, Mrs. O'Grncly said : ,
"Two girls of 14 years, children of
foreigners, wero brought into my of
fice. I asked them what was the mat
ter what they intended to make of
themselves. They answered :
" 'We want to lie American girls,
like n the moving yktures. Have a
good time, ' automobiles and nice
clothe, ..,-. J..
"Imagine Hie Mud -of Americaniza
tion these children .have had. Then.
there was a case- nf two girls of 15
who started to Mirt with a man of 40
on a street car. This is what they
sad to each other: ,- '
"'Say, kld.i let's vaiiip the gtly.'
Vlf something l;not done to safe
guard the morals of onr boys and
girls,. I don't know-, what will become
of them." .i ).
Lahor' Troubles Adjusted in Moere-
ville , Cotton - MilL
Mooresville Enterprise. -
It Will be recalled that several weeks
ago the organisation of a textile lubot
union was perfected, in Mooresville
with a mnSiheriililn totalllnir annroxii
mately four hunh-W -operatives; No
objections were raised by anyone ' to
the organisation and everything was
working along amicably until last
Thursday when the directors of - the
Mooresville Cotton Mills met and de
ckled not to ' employ 'union labor -. and
posted, notices that ..all those adhering
(0 the'-union could gettbelr time Hut
urday:'' This step -k was , , considered
rather drastic and threw the employees
Into a state of great: anxiety,: from; the
fact that the union' i had made no de
mands.' Every member-of the uulou
stupek to i 'his . pledge4 however,, and
probably 'One-lialf of the operatives
were out nf work JastsSaturday. There
-was no strike and the men and women
who were , thus turned down went
about- thenmatter, In a quiet,- sensible
war. -making -arrangements ito provide
for themselves in the best manner pos
sible. In the meantime, Mr.- 'Banheun.
member-of the conciliatory . board of
the Department of Labor- wa's secured
together -with ustnet urganizer ionn
Dean of the Labor -Union. -These men'
with the btneers of he. union and mill
directors got together and soon add
Justed their differences, both the on
ion' and the mills making concessions
scceotable to all iconcerned., - It was
agreed on the"Vart:f .the, union that
hands should not be-intimidated or, co
erced to join the union and on the part
of the mills' they agreed to work both
union and non-union. labor., in otner
words ' the mills will be operated on
the plan of the "open ship."1- .
The operatives ia tne Mooresville
mills had made no demands whatever1,
and when they were notified of their
fire" they acted with, the best or De-
h&vlor winning the respect or au tuoee
conscleutlonsly ; op otherwise , opposed
to labor onions,. Not only, are the em
ployers-- and employees pleased over 1
the happy termination of the trouble,1
but-the town and ' entire community
join with them in .expressions of grat
ification. All returned to work awn-
day morning , anil things are moving
along the same aa, formerly; - , j.
Revolutionary Movement. Spreads
to
(By Tt A I trmm.y
Copenhagen, iAprll .llv The revolu -
tlonarv movement., , in Bavaria 1 baa
nrMit ta Badeoi -and keitatorh-i are
working m Karlsrnhet; Mannheim ana
srnhe dlspatev to, a Berlin newspaper. ,
rhenirltators sre said tO:be attempt- f
Ing t start a' revolution and- to pro-
i'i i j-. , ' ' Ah Dailaa fTlkAm
, . . , . . - - ' - - XI a. Inn Tl,..
- claim a wvi rvi,i,ii.Ai.--i .x
would atsoi unite aiu'n..wiKq,.iue-tw-
varlan sovletrpvrernment.
More. Progress Made at
Peace Conference, in
Past 48 i Hours than
''Previous-Two Weeks.
the
the
in
CHIEF DIFFICULTIES
HAVE BEEN OVERCOME
President Wilson Has Secur
ed the Acceptance of Cer
tain Important Points He
Has Contended For.
(Br The AumUM Pi-m.)
wasmiigton, April 11. More Droe
ress nas Been mule in the peace con
rerence during jthe past forty-eight
hours than during the entire previous
two weeks .acordiug to advices rocelveu
Bt 1 lie white bouse today from Paris.
vtltltnnt giving details, the advices
indicated that some of the chief diffi
culties delaying the progress In tne
negotiations had been overcome, and
that the President had secured the ac
ceptance of certain of the Important
points ror which he has lieen contend-
f"K.
GROVE BUYS A LARGE
TRACT TIMBER LANDS
Purchases 40,000 in North Carolina anu
Tennessee and Place 50,000 Head of
Cattle and Sheep on Lands.
Axlievllle, April 8. Announcement
mude this afternoon of the purchase
by K. W. Grove, of Asheville and St.
Louis, Mo., of 40,000 acres of land
largely timbered in Madison county
and Green and Union counties in Ten
nessee, the land having been purchased
from the Laurel Hiver logging com
pany at a price said to lie $35,000. Mr.
Grove plans to nlace 50.000 head of
cattle and sheep on the land after It
has- pocn cleared and the whole deal
will involve - about 2,000,000. Mr.
Grove is owner of Grove Park inn
hich was erected here at a cost of
$1,000,000 and Grove park residents
section In addition to several hundred
acres of land adjoining the city.
' II M ' Y
MrniirioatPonties Wareib Fft
' uiwiiarw.
Albemarle, April 10, ilunlcipal pol
itics is getting rather hot In Albe
marle as the convention, draws nearer.
The executive, committee of the town
has called the convention to meet Frl-
ws.tfYeuiUR. Apru .urn, ui tue court
house at 8:30 o'clock, to nominate a
mavor. board of aldermen and . two
graded school cbbmissloners. ' Here
tofore there has been very little lnter
eit takeii in town Politics, but there1
seeiils to lie an entirely different feel
ing this year, with the result that a
score pr more prominent' men have
been named - a prospective nomiitee
Among these are IT.'B; McCurdy. A. L.-
Patterson, L. S. - Whit.worth, B. A; For.
man, L..C. Russell, J. . tsnrti, -.vr. u.
Enrd, Chds. Beeves, W E. Mtltow,' Joe
Kluttg, I. H. tJjiderwOod for aldertnen;
Only two haiiies for, mayor 'have' been
publicly uiscusse!,; inese Deing .
Huneycntt apil W; 12 Mann. Si-far as
Is known hone'of the aimVe gentlemen
have yet agreed to' accept the ttomln-j
iftlon if tendered hem, '" " " j
Gastouia Mills To Go,' on Fu'J Thne
Again.
Gastonla. April .10, Announcement
nin. . vyrii nmiuutiw-urciu
de this afternoon by .the man.
: of' 'the; Ai1hwtwr,Dhalrt',of
hose tjAstohla' plants are the
w.a msd
agement
mills, whose (rnStonla'P
Armstrong. ' 1 ' Diinnt Ctera,: ' Seminole
iid -'OscebM;"'tUM' these' plants would
resume-ruir Time operation- oegiuqnig,
today. For some time' past these mills
like nearly H"' the mills In' this part
pf the country; have' been running
thM nlehts arid fow days aa week
Closing every Thurtdayiftetaioott at 6
ocloek.' Beginmlug'' roilayi :t 'however,
these mil' will 'rntt 'uU.:lme: This
news was Joyfully received - bv the, op-1
era tlves whrt fiavej'- noweveiv '.mani
fested A anlemll spirit! 1 of coiperai
tlon' with' the manage tnent-during the
trylg fnjes fhrotiBB'hleli. the '.cotton,
mills have recently passed! -' . j '
i i 'lit:
Council Of 'People's Mandatories Dis-
- persed. ' ' -
(Br The AMlriitei Fn.V ;
!(b(hagen. urtiaiiy,- Aprtl a0.4-
The imuhrfl f 'beooleO tmaadatories,
which ha 'beVn in control at Munich,
has been dispersed y the eommunists
hO' har 'formed' a communis goverti;
a:
ihent ther''act)raijig to ti newspaper t
Nuremberg.1-' -'J"i;'.'H.rr lo .t
Th? Berlin jxrtfal'AmUegeriisila,
ceipt of BslVarlAif advtcesj atatlngthat,
commni?tf conacft In Munich -waa In;
Sessiori' until f rinro'clock thiscmoraing,
and that fr seWcted11 a 'ew .central
conncll mericomiWUih'ig'"frre workmen
and -fli'ohi,.'wltli'.fliqfela3Tr
as preatdentt fqK-A-rfrHHaV: :)ti
-'-BavartrivSrSrtooner '
Berlin! ,-.Thnrsday;,, Aoril.-.- lOl-The
Munich sevohittouary. council has. pv-
red the Immediate- ;.Tleaseof: all
niHannera.-nf ivm In. Bavaria- 'The' Ot
'.der frees thousands of Russian prison
era, inoUKUng. tb,,-Ros8lso commpnhrt.
v-vrscfr it'n ag? .:; ,. r :;
, If Wilson is ill, perhaps he.ls really
bw'rk at heart evsr he Jiopplesa jaskj ot
A malrA Huh notlmia nl TrilvWkVWk
. I . n m,i. li,A na.!,,,,. if TT !lW.
- rjMis - w -- -i lti. .,v vi-;.
levei-eacn omer aw oruvSiTKisame- genennum m. wuiuu ,u arum;.-
more American. . f)(.r,K jj10.r .
THE PRICE-nXINO DISPUTE
I'ntil President. Wilson Gives Decis
ion No Prices Will Be Announced on
Lumber, Brlek, Cement, Etc
'tl The Aaaoeite4 Prw.
Washington, - April 11. The decis
ion which President Wilson will be
asked in the price fixing dispute be
tween the industrial board of the De
partment of Commerce and the rail
road administration will lie whether
the hoard shall go out of existence Im
mediately or continue qnieneent until
the President returns and a final pol
icy is determined.
Secretary Itedfleld. assistant secre
tary Sweet. Solicitor Tburman. and
Chairman Peek, today drafted a cable
gram to the President, which will be
put into final shape at another confer
ence this afternoon. Until tho Presi
dent gives a decision the board will
not undertake to continue its activi
ties, and no prices will he announced
on lumber, brick, cement or other com
modities under considerations.
REDUCED RATES ON
ROAD BUILDING MATERIAL
Was Oadered Today by the Railroad
. Administration.
(Br Tha AiHMlat Prcw.
Washingtoiif April 1L Reduced rates
on road building material for state,
county or municipal workers, ordered
touay iythe railroad administration
au railroads were authorised ta ant
w thout riling tariffs, ten cents a ton
from regular rates, exceeding forty
wnis a ton on an shipments of broken.
cmsiieor or ground stone, sand and
gravel, slag, shells, were tlie benefit of
the reduction would accum to the Fed
eral, state or, local governments;
" JUlrector General Hlnea took this ac
tion after conferences with the Depart
ment of Agriculture, Commers and La
bor, all of which are playing a Dart In
he road building camnalen. and re
garded as an important feature of the
readjustment period. ,
TAP ON JAW CAUSES DEATH
OF INSANE HOSPITAL PATIENT
Heart Disease Believed Cause Follow
ing Friendly Scuffle With Fellow
Inmate. Pittsburg. April 0. Struch lightly
on the jaw In a friendly sparing match
with another patient at the City Hos
pital, at Mayvlew, last evening, John
Richards, 21 years old, an inmate of the
insane department of the hospital, died
almost instantly. Authorities at the
home lielieve a sudden attack of heart
disease was the cause of death, rather
tliat the blow. Coroner Jamison la in
vesting.
According to the report made bo the
Coroner bythe authorities, Richards,
... .. .. . t ....
itn outer patients, .was in unc waiting
to enter the dlung-room when th& (roar
ing match took place. Another patient,
ahead of Richards hi tlie fine, turned
and assumed the position of a boxer,'
Richards-did likewise making a pass at
the' other patient. The other man,
whose name the authorities have with
held, struck at Richards. It was only
a light top; witnesses say, but it lauded
flush on Richards' jaw. He dropped
and when he did not get up a physician
was summoned. Richards, however,
had died almost instantly. An autopsy
will lie preformed to establish the cause
of death.
THE POWHATAN DOCKED
jAT CHARLESTON TODAY
Waiting Trains Took the Boys at Once
to Camp Jackson.
(Br Tk AMwtaM rmi.)
Charleston, S. C April 11. The
transport Powhatan,' which arrived yes
terday afternoon with 2,420 soldiers
from overseas aboard, mostly of the
30th division, docked at the government
terminals shortly after 9 o'clock today,
the troops being landed in quick time.
Wafting special trains were promptly
boarded hy the soldiers, who were eager
to move to Camp Jackson, wnere-tney
win .undergo sanitary treatment.
i'Thrr wlll.arlve at Camp Jackson
this afternoon.
TERMS OF FIFTH LIBERTY
LOAN DETERMINED UPON
Will Be Announced Monday, Not Wait
ing for Secretary Glass Speech
' Tuesdat Night.
Bv Tfc As slatsa pMMkt
WashlngtonAprll 11. Alf'terms of
the Victory Liberty Loan have been
determined by the treasury, and prob
ahly will be announced Monday in
stead of awa'ting Secretary Glass
speech at a loan, rally in New York
Tuesday night : -' : '
THntTY-FTVE RILLED IN
, t NEW SPARTACAN' OUTBREAK
Government ' Troops Csed ' " Machine
Guns on Spartaean Demonstrators.
(Bv Tk tawutH rm. : ,
Copenhagen, April -11. In a new
Spartaean; outbreak ' at Dusseldorff
Thursday, 29 persons were killed and
25 were wounded ' when government
troops used machine guns- on Sparta
ean -demonstrators, - the Lokal Anile-
ger of Berlin says. I .,- " ,
Transport Pow hatan WUh the UMh In-
unny Amvea.
' Charleston; S. 'AprU l.--The
transport Powhatan arrived In the low
er harbor this afternoon with 2,430
troops on board, mostly of the 30th di
vision. She anchored off Sullivan's Is
land and probably-wilt remain there
overnight going up to the port termi
nals to land her passengers tomorrow.
They will entrain, for Camp Jackson.
. .;-'t.;.:).;iin") .. 1 ii ';"'' 1 r-.-'v ..
Would an international supreme
Court, Tnt -suggested by -Senator Cum-
( n u.1a n .. n w,.. a H I 1 A. In thfl
fiim,ivn.n .-.-.-- ...
Qt. Louis Post-Dispatct(,rv
SAYS GERfilAIIY WILL :
it Tir jtiajsf JDjf-
f ers From Wilson's Four- ,
teen Points, 'Says Count -.
yon. Brockdorff. Rantzaui" ?
SPEAKS BEFORE THE
NATIONAL ASSEMBj$.
Says Gerniany Will Give a
Clear Account to Oppon- '
ents Relative To Demands ; )
and Ability-To Pay., V ! V '
(By Twiiwdattl lris
Berlin, Thursday, April lO.-J-Coitnt
von Brockdorff-Rantzau, foreign minis
ter, speaking before tho National As sembly
at Weimar today said Germany ,;
will not sign a peace treaty which de
viated In any essentials from President
rioted in any esentials from Presidents
Wilson's "fourteen po!nts.'V:;: ." v .
'The financial demands to be made,;
in the pence treaty aebvlously can--.,
ing as much difficulty to our 6ppoiierif r
as those regarding territory,"-the for' -!,
elgn minister said. "It is Impossible to
solve the question-If financial claims .f'
without negotiating with our experts at '
the conference table. We will give a ;
clear acount to our opponents relative
to their demands and our ability'';
pay." z. "
EX-GOVERNOR SLWXING
. -Wri
' - R.I1 va nu ravmiAv rahD ,.
SaysYformal Crop This Year Will Mean- C , .
Worse Conditions in South Than Oe . . ,
eurred in 1914. . c r v: : F '-J -Columbia,
S. C, April . Declaring " j
that Kurope is unable to iny both '; ; .
food anil clothes ndw, and that she
will of course buy -food first, former ' ', '
Governor Manning 'of Bouth Carollnn, ,
who Is now In France. . writes that.a ft'H;';;
of cotton acreage and a normal crop . ."' ' ,
of cotton this year will mean far worse .-.'J;-?-'
conditions in the' south than' prevailed - ' ;
in . this section Just after the com- - .
m'encement of the world war in 1914. ,
He predicts-that cotton would go. to ,
elghe and ten centaa pound and po-.;
slbly lower. The letter sounds n strong
note-of e arning to the planters of tho-'
south. ' '"r ." ' " ' .,
"I spent some time' in New ' York
and northern points for the purpose' Of
making a personal study of the cotton .
situation at first hand," says the fpr- ' ,
mer governor In his letter. "The 'in-.
formation gathered at these points was
a revelation to me. The situation is, .,
Just this: Europe needs foodj Europe
needs clothes. She can postpone buying'
clothes but she cannot postpone, buy-.?., .
Ing food. Europe lacks money and cred
it with which to buy, Speculators will? v,
of course, buy cotton as cheaply .as -
possible. Competition will be lacking. '
there being no funds fof credit; ' for
competitors. The big syndicate will '
have an open field. If the south plaqts .
full cotton acreage and makes even a t- t
normal crop, she will heap even a nor.
mat crop, she will reap a whirwina it
means eight and ten cents and posibly
even lower prices. It clearly means far,
worse prices and conditions than pre
vailed in the south Just after the com-; ,
mencement of the world war m 1914." -
THE COTTON MARKET -. i-f''
Sharp Advance at Liverpool and Bad
Weather Led to ArUve ftertae7kA
(Br Tho AsMCtatcd Preaa.) j ,
New York, April 11. A sharp ad'
vance In the Liverpool market and con-
tlnued bad weather In the South tod
to active covering by some of yester.
day's sellers in the coton market here
at the opening today. There waa also I ,.
Liverpool and domestic trade, buying. ,
but after starting at an advance of 22 -to
38 points, with May selling at 26.35 - -and
October new style at 22.75, fluctuftv f
Hons were nervous and irregular. ThJ .
was the result of further scattered
realizing and some Southern selling ,
under which May eased off to 28.17 end.
October to 22.59 shortly after the call,
or about 15 to 18 points from the ta- . '.
tial level." ;-i'-,;--,-:-i-.
Cotton futures opened firm. May old,
24,0 new, 26.85 July old, 23.60, new,
24.30? October new, 22.65; December
new, 22.35; January ew, 22.18. ,
. . ' ', i v;' ' -.;
In southwestern France there are de-' v
posits of Iron ore that were exploited
as far back as the time of the Roman
occupation and which still yield soma
of the purest minerals found in Europe.
- In novels a man nearly always mar.
rles the right woman. And he succeeds .
In doing so about half the time in real
'life.-r-Topeka. Capital. V ? . i.--
3 31$
IMPORTANT NOTICE. ' '"'
M v On account of the fact that
$ many of our subscribers are out of
K employment, due to the shutting K
down of the mills, our cash In ad- ?K
vance - requh-ement will not be
strictly enDoroed for the present
or until conditions grow better, :
If any one . is unable to pnv, ws
shall bo glad to extend creu.t n -the
subscription for a reas.ma
Jength of time. ;' '
Of course we sliill ev- (
others to pay promptly as i !.
''( 5K '
i '
st ,).-