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HIGH POINT, N. C- MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 3 1,1 9 1 9.
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PKBTOIIIRY
III
President Wilson and Premier
' Uoyd George Hold a Privatf
Conference
for' Hour This
Forenoon to Reach Conclu-
ion About-Work.
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HUNGARIAN RAILROAD 7
STRIKE NOT YET OFF
Report in London U That Allies
" Have Received Formal Propo
sal for an Understanding .,
From Present Rulers of '
. . Russian Republic.
Bath Interrupted; ,
Awarded $25,000
Paris, 'March 31. Premier Lloyd
George And: 'President Wilson con
ferred- nrfvktely, for an hour thib
foredoanS before the council of four
met at i)U President's residence. It
Is understood -that the purpose of
the conference ,was to expedite the
'peace proceedings.
Reports 'that the railroad atrlkc
In German-Austria has been settled
: MARGARETHEj VS,
To invading the privacy of a wo
man's bath,; 125,0($0. That's tbs bill
a Chicago Jary allowed Mrs. Reeves.
The Invaders were a pair of city
detectives who were . looking for
Mrs. Reeves' husband on a burglary
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SOLDIER
MOURNED AS DEAD, IS ' ' Hydroplane Ambulance is Newest
AT CAMP JACKSON AWAITING
! i IbiSCMARGE- FATHER LEARNS
Thought!. dead i since October 11,
1918. Qeter W. AdkJns,,a soldier,
today telegraphed his father James
Adkins,119 Grace street,; that he
had just arrived, at Camp Jackson
and would be home In a few days.
It was the first information from or
about, the son that jthe father: had
received since October when be was
informed that , his son had died in
a" British' hospital of pneumonia.
Qeter W. Adklns Vas originally
a member of Company M, the local
unit of the old - First North Caro- j went to Camp Jackson to await a
Una infantry, the regiment " which j discharge came as s great surprise,
was disbanded and its members scat-' Adkins Is the second High Point
tered throughout the JOth division1 officially reported dead to have In
when the now-famous Hlndeuburg formed Ins people that he was very
line shatterer was formed at Camp much' alive. , ; The vflrst; wa's George
Sevjer. He was ' reported wounded C. Wright,' In whose memory mem-
Ing the' father oil October 8. On
October 11 tha son was reported to
haVb died- of ! pneumonia, It being
assumed tnat tho disease had been
contracted while' the wounded man
was in a hospital; ' .
Sinc Octobe It the father, ac
cording to Information secured In
the city today, had lieard nothlag
from the son and, was of the belief
that he was dead. Consequently the
telegram from th soldier who re
cently landed at Charleston and
during the breaking of the "Impreg
nable" line; that Information reach-
orial services were held at the city
auditorium last summer.
ars untrue according to a Vienna (lis- charg. i hey found ,JJIrs. Reeves in
catch to the Echo de Paris which
was forwarded by the way of Ge-1
noa Negotiations , between the strik
ers and Herr Benner, the chancellor,
and Herr Deutsch, the secretary of
military affairs, have failed and the
Strike continues on the eastern and
southern railroads, It is said.
Colonel CarJ, f the British army
" who is in Treistehas offered to act
as arbitrator bat the strikers huve
been destroying railroad property
and stopping the transportation of
food. A council of railroad workers
'has been formed at Styrla
' . A small force Of French troojw
stationed In the neutral sone be
twen Hunearv and itumanla has
the bath and made her get out and
dress and go with then Sh- re
sented their standing around while
4he got into her clothes, and brought
suit. '
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STATE COLLEGE TO
HAVESUMMERBODY
West Raleigh, March 111. Tha
Qftb annual sessloa of the State col
leee sumnrer' school at West Raleigh
wMl start June 10. and last through
been attacked, by Hungarian troops, July 23f 1919 Arrangements liave
S6tt oi tne irencn iwihr uu h.pn TOada to extend the scope of
oner, according to an official report
received, tisre.ff
v Get Proposal Prom Russia.
lndonr March 80. Cfeorge Lans-
bury,' editor of the new labor news
paper; Tha' Dally Herald, declares
that the allies have received a pro-
Dosal for aa Understanding with the
, nnt riiliii of Russia Intimates
that conditions of the understanding
are the withdrawal of the allied
tvnnnft from Russia and the aban
donment of the policy" of interfer
ing In 'Russian affairs. Russia on
her part would be- willing not to
intortora with the affairs of other
U.S.
SHELUHGOF PARIS
Lieutenant Homer S. Hoover' Re
lates Incidents Connected With
the Shelling of Paris by
"Big Berthas."
dmt.pi
Delegates tod Alternates to State
Convention at Battery Park
Hotel, AsHeville, Named a
by Post D.
Lieutenant Homer L.
At a meeting of Post D. Travelers
Hoover, of J "
Thf)masville, recently returned trom ' Protective association last Saturday
France where he was attached tonieht .Rt tl,e E'pome o Broad
the courses offered and, jn addition
to those courses offered for the bene
fit of the teachers of the state, spe-
i unntinn will .be Kiven to,
courses to prepare, candidates for ad
mission to college and to freshman
nredit courses.
A ' large and capable faculty has
bVen secured, and competent instruc
tion is assured.
Courses in education covering all
needa and requirements, have Been
planned.' as have courses in elemen
tary agriculture) vocational agricul
ture, home economics, basketry, lan
guages, history; mathematics ana
science. "
A course of lectures for the cui-
the intelligence department of the
army is a very interesting talker
on Prance, the French people and
other circumstances of the recent
conflict. '
Lieutenant Hoover whs an Epis
copal clargyman at the tini6 the
United States entered the war and
,yas so anxious to get Into (he war
work that, without- waiting for a
commission as a' chafiain In the
army, he Inlisted as a private. He
won raold promotion and now holds
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SAYS PilDH! ASEiSTS
ME REALLY BS
Mayor of Wilmington Writes Hot.
Letter , to . Director , General
Hines Asking That Federal
Government Do Something '
1 to Stop: Dry Activities. .
PROHI WORKERS OUTRAGE
THE FEELINGS OF WOMEN
Forty-nine minutes by hydroplane ambulance from the naval air sta
tion at Rockaway, L. I. to St. Luke's hospital. New York city !, That's the
tlm emad ewit ha wounded Soldier by Unile Sam's newest use pf air trans
portation. In this picture the soldier is being placed In the ambulance.
He was accompanied by a woman nurse. A naval tender took h!m ashore
in the Hudson river and a motor, ambulance completed the trip.
HEADON COLLUSION CARNIVAL OPENING
OH ASPHALT P
street the officers' of the post for the
ensuing year as well aa the dele
gates to the state convention, which
convenes in AshevHe May 9, were
elected. t
The meeting of Posf D was large
ly attended and the members were
enthusiastic over the work that hs
been accom plished jy thi Jaisoclatloft
'of late and the fuuA oSpectS 'fai
Ittflrsef ulnessT Th lueffiberslTlf fret
of Post D now contain 155 names.
A A. S. Parker was elected presi
dent of Post D, and O. K. Wilson,
Ford Automobile Driven by Phil
lip Silver is Run Into by An
- 'other Ford on Greensboro
Road Yesterday.
TO 8E POSTPONED
Mayor Moore Says the Dastardly .
Acts of Which He Writes Are
Committed Between 'Wash
ington and the Carolba .
Line Gives Evidence. -
The regular unday collision on
the Greensboro road narrowly es
caped a fatal termination to TVotli
parties in the performance.
' The weekly ' accident occurred
abbttCi iS'cIock 'yesteftay Son ? the
'tVi'h"fillt..ab6ve'
the bridge that spans -the Deep rlv-
Iho rn4ik nf 2nd lientenant
t i..t rr- ... at ! secretary. The following delegates
He!
nations: allow Flniana, asiuiuuv.
. Ekralne and other republics "rme(1Jturai &Tla recreational Bide of he
from the bygoae Russian empire io hoo, life Wg been planned ana
choose their own form of govern- numerou8 features, including enter
ment and to repay Russia's inter- tainment9 and Wing pictures in
the Y. M. C. A. building, will be a
national .debt.
?:-'!. Irttar' mtnlmisMi stories ''of
1 J, HQ .
outrages oy Russian revolutionaries.
, h declaring that such happening
frpnnent - than in
other revolutions,
Thi department of the MJerman
clslon as to Its attitude toward the
neeotlatlon.s a German wireless mes
sage says. The departments de
cided , the German government
should act Only in accordance with
president Wilson's 14 points
to the staie convention " wers elect
ed: C. F. Tomlinson, C. E. Kay-
I rthlt gun wuId Vart nr-i worth, D. S. Cummings. E, Pv Park-
W. C. ' urns, J. T. . Wawr and A
S. Parker. R. H. Walker G. W.
Clark, J. E. Kirkiaan, A. T, Wlshart,
J. P. HayworA. J. B. Marsh, O. C
Harris and V. J Parker were elect
ed as the alternates.
nart of the privileges of those at-
tedlng. The usual story-temng cu
rios and games'-and folk-dances and
community singing will bd features
held frequently tor the enjoyment oi
K otnrtpnts. and pageants will be
.irn, nffM .having charge of the . . , Tn, 4 nA -t the end
peaca negotlons has reached 'oe- fiesslon. - .
Th nreliminary announcement oi
the summer school is being distri
buted and.! the cataloguet which Is
more attractively, gotten up than ev
er before will be ready suortiy.
Already numerous reservation
have been made and a large and sue
cessful school is anticipated.
ASKS AHMY OFFICERS TO
"GO SLOW IN RE-KMiISM"
the time the German big gun was i
dropping shells on that city.
9:
ing about 4 o'clock In the afternoon !
ihd throughout the rest-of the day
Jrop a shall on the city51 at intervals
of 15 -minutes. The citizens of
Paris took the shelling of their city
with remarkable calmness, even go
ing so far as to walk up to the ruins
caused by a shell, when another one
was expected to fall within a-ew
minutes. He relates the story of
another officer asking him if he did
not want to stay at a certain hotel
while he waji in Paris . He asked
the officer if the hotel was not a
very high priced one and received
the reply that the contrary condi
tion existed. The hotel was a very
SIHHOLW
city earlj touay. Jack Heminway,
secretary of the company, stated that
tie loss sustained will amount to
approximately $8,000. The cars on
which the proparty of the company
was being brought from Danville,
er, when the Ford roadster ownea
by Phillip Silver was run Into by
a five passenger Ford owned and
driven by a Mr. Cooper of Randolph
county. According to the accounts
of the accident the blame Uhereof
is to be placed entirely with Mr.
Cooper. It is alleged that he was j VaT, where it played last wek, caught
trying to pass another car , which on fire near the Pomona mils, af
waa going in the same direction at j tor fhe train had' left Greensboro.
mnrA th.m a moderate rate of s need 1 Four of the attractions with the
on the left side of the road. Mr. ( carnival, he circus, Hawaiian vil
Silver going in the opposite direc- j lage, dog and pony circus, the front
Hon saw the' two cars coming, it la j of the canvass theatre in which the
said, and apprehending the accident j fat girls appear and the palace of
, Richmond, ' Va., March 31.
Charging that "thngs in the gutse
of officers" searching for whiskey Ju
Pullman cars passing through .Vir
ginia, do not hesitate to invade the
sleeping quarters of respectable Wo
men, flashing in their faces flash
lights and revolvers, P. Q. Moore,
mayor of Wilmington, , N. C:, : has
written W. G. Hines, director gen-v
eral of the railroads at Washington,
requesting action by the federal gov
ernment against the alleged out
rages perpetrated by prohibition
agents in Virginia on the traveling
public. ' -
In his letter to Director General
Hines Mayor Moors inclosed news
paper clippings supposedly in sup
port of the charges made by hiin
self.v In the letter he not only sc-
f cused the prohibition agentc, or
Iginla, of outraging the feelings of
women, patrons ot ruuman cars, ou;.
bluntly charges that women - were :
having., their luggaga rifled by "
thieves. ' '- , v ,
"These dastardly acts are pcrpc
tratedi i understand, between Waslj'
fngron and" t!fe Nortlr Carolina tlnC."'
says Mayor Moore. 'b-' : '
Mighty Doris Shows Forced to
Postpone Opening Perform
ance on Account of Damag
ing. Fire Eri Route.
The Great Doris shows, scheduled I men masquerading as sucV In -Vir-
to open in the city this evening
der the auspices of the Higli, Point
( concert band, will have to postpone
thein bow to' the7 HlgB'6fnt:!pubilc
because of a Are through which the
property,, of the shows passed jat
Greensboro while en route to this.
RALEIGH ME
BIT
ODAY
IS KILLED T
US GREATEST-DAY
Yesterday was perhaps the great-
tow priced one as the shells from ' .it .
oviiyui vv . iruw 4JfinM- -
It was the annual missionary day of
tna "big Bertha" had been falling
in that vicinity V
PRESUMABLY CLEAH
UP VEEK STILL OH
HUNGARIANS WOCW JOIN
HCN8 AGAINST ENTENTE
Conenhagen. March 31.- The Vi
enna Volks ettung'a Budapest, cor-
ernment ha's '4)ffere dto ally Itself
with the German government against
the entente, according to a dis
patch' received here. A telegram of
the Wolff a bureau says, however,
that nothing Is known In official
quarters In Berlin concerning such
an offer. --
turned into the extreme right side of
the road, entirely off the asphalt in
fact, in order to avo'd the head-on
collision. Hia attempt was useless,
however, for the car driven by Mr.
Cooper ran directly into his car, de
molishing both radiators and other
wise badly injuring the automobiles.
Mr. Silver was thrown against the
mystery were the heaviest sufferers
In addition to thso attractions, four
of them almos ' entirely wiped out
and one heavily damaged, many of
the persons employed by the carnival
lost their personal belongings.
The loss is a dead one to the
Doris shows, siuce no insurance was
carried on the burned property,
Washlneton. March ' 31. War
army officers who are applying for
commissions In -the permanent cs-,
nfL.ti.iin week has been extended tablishment were warned In a war
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Into this, week It Is presumed, ay department circular tooay m.
'i.ii'iiA- 'At-- wht. Point j tnasr I MnaA : r lack, of legislation, or -any
. manv barrels, baskets ana immed ate prospects, oi s''
;ho-WntacleBvnlled. with, rubbish lheT Bbould consider earefully.-,be-
may still bo seen on me most iirum-1 tore placing tneiuneivea v1"
tnnt Dlac'es of the most frequented BijjcatioB. . Application .tor clasBill-
throughtores of the city. . ' "S ; cation with a view to discharge when
A these collections of ruDDisn the service oi tne omcer can
placed here and there ' along the ed vvilTbe considered
Btreetdo not tend to tne ueauunc.
,a Htw It is sucDosed that
the wagons thawere iurnisneu v,
the city to remove th accumulations
of Earbage were either over-worked
or else tell down on the Job maKing
the necessity of extending the clean
up program quite obvious
DEBS MUST SERVri TERM
. SUPREME COURT HOT.1W
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Washington,' March SlEa-'
gene V. Debs' application for a
rehearing of Ills appeal for con
viction and sentence to 10 years .
Imprisonment for 1olatIng the
espionage act was denied today.
by the snpreme court, lV, , ' , '
FULL PARTHTIiAIW TO
,fcE FU1UISHED BY FOUH
the organization at which time spe
cial effort was made tor attendance
and offering. The goa lset for yes
terday was far In advance or any
previous aim and while the 500 at
tendance, this, being the mark set,
whs not reanzea, me coumuuu
amounted to $400, this being an
even $100 more than the aim.
The program rendered by the pri-
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mary, junior ana wiermeamie ue-
partments was very entertaining as
we'll as Instructive. The superin
ndent, A. E. Tate, read Borne fig
ures plainly showing the marked ad
vance the Sunday school has made
In every way during' the past four
years. ' '-,
steering wheel, injuring hi3 teeth x.ikwise is the .loss felt rather hcavi-
and badly cutting his l!p, his com-tiy just at present for the shows wers
panion was thrown some distance
trom the car and badly bruised. Mr.
Cooper was not Injured, it Is under
stood. . -
Store Robbed Twice Last Week
and He Sat Up for Third Visit
-Snuggs Called and is
Wounded His Defense.
Amsterdam, March 31' -In re
sponse to Germany's note in the sub
ject of Danzig, Marshal Foch has
Offered to give personally at Spa to
German plenipotentiary, fully em
powered to decide within 24 hours,
full particulars and required guar
antees concerning the landing of
General Haller's troops.
FIUME, , AUSTRIAN PORT
. V"". IN A STATE OF SIEGE
Flume.'i March 31. The comman
der of the allied troopsp has de
clared Flume, Austria's big port on
the Adriatic, to be in a state of
siege, according to ; the South Slav
press bureaa. '
ST
ATE TROOPS ARE
II
Air
OR NINE TO
BE
CENT
UESHY
Just 10 days out of winter quarters
and were in spoclTand span shape
for a long spring and summer sea
son. It was stated today by Mr. Hem
inway that additional equipment to
take the place of that destroyed had
been wired for and possibly would
be received in time for opening
Tuesday. ,
ON STALL
-Derision -Tills- Wwk.-f-
Quia Jap Activities
Washington. March ix. An
American embassy at Mexico City
. instructed today . ta -make itt
reports that the TnrlR. March 31. flUvas). The
jioxieim government hhs granted probability that important final de-
i v:'r, to JananoseleMon will be taken this week by the
' Ii "ointej out by
1 Madison in Port. . .
'Norfolk, Va March ;31. The
overdue-Old Domlnlon-IinerMadK
son due to arrive here , yesterday
morning "did not dock until early
today, having been delayed by minor
eir;!no troubles which caused '..the
Halifax, N. i S., March 31. The
United States naval supply ship Cul
goa with 104 returning troops on
board, all casuals, 1 sreported ; in
distress' off Nfew York, according to
a wireless message picked up here.
' The message said the vessel was
hose to in' a strong northeast wind
and rough seas. It further stated
that the Bhip was capable' of mak
ing six knots if the weather moder
ated. The Colgoa,sailed from Brest
tor New York on March 6. '
New Y'ork, March 31. The sup
pirshiir Ctirga-Te'pbrted"ifl"arsifes5
off this port . has . aboard casual
troops of -several states, Including
North . Carolina. In all, three offlf
A meeting of those interested In
the organization Jf a fast amateur
team in High Point will be held In
the directors room of the Commer
cial bank tomorrow, Tuesday, after
noon at 6 o'clock, hew time. At
this time the name for the team will
bo selected and the young lady sute-
gesting the name best suiting, ac
cording to the opinion of the name
cominittee, will be awarded the box
of candy.'' It la essential that all
name U In by that time. . Those
ladles of the city who wish to an
nex the box of sweets are requested
to forward their suggestions to K.
K. Ingram, chairman ' of the com
mittee, nt once, , , . ,v , , ( . ,
Considerable, interest , has been
aroused in. baseball throughout the
clty'as a result of the effort to or
ganize a fast team to provide por
tions. of the sport during the spring
and summer months. - There are a
number of good players In the city
and they are now being enrolled
for try-outs and such, j,
' Randall Mann Is captain and H.
R. Williamson ' the manager- of the
"to-'bTfo1-melTeTnrTlie genTTemen
who "attended the meeting last
ihiffsday' afternoon at the bank'and
taA tit fln(TA salt-
NEW YORK RECEIVES l'I.EA
FROM HOOVER FOR AID
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headquarters
naien from Herbert
New York, March 31. - Word of
the distressing conditions in Arme
nia and Syria and the imperattve
need for rushing food to the starv
ing peoples of these countries has
just been received at the New York
of the relief cam-
Hoover, direc
tor general of the international re
lief at Paris.
Mr. Hoover's telegram has been
sent because of reports that have
-irrnlated hi some quarters
.hot these starving 'people are be-
i-- aYii nf hv"ofher roliet
1(1 g lOIVlS -
measnres. It follows:
( -Food, clothing, medicine hospl
a'i attendants, agricultural imple
and our help In local
Jllitvo, "y - -
food transportation are desperately
needed. Please correct any contra
ry impression." (
Raleigh, March 31. Jack Bridg-
era ,a grbceV, was shot an.t killed "
and Jeff Snuggs is under arrest at
a local hospital suffering' with-a se
rious wound in the breast as ; reoulf
of a shooting that took place In
Bridgera' store in' the outskirts of
Raleigh early today . - : .;
Bridgers' store was twice robbed
last week and the grocer had' f
creted himself last night to watch ?
for the intruders. About 2 o'clock
this 'morning Snuggs entered ' tho
store, according to the policy, and
was fired on by the" grocer. BnuM;
returned the Are and two omieis ,
struck Bridgers in the head and b-?
domen.
Snuggs, according to the polico,
claims that he was passing th
store and saw the door open anI
merely looked in to Investigate the,
cause. The coroner" is holding '. an.
inquest at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Bridgers. who was about eO years
of age; leaves a wife and eight chil
dren.
Weather
Fir tonight and
cers,
100 men and one civilian are . able plnylng-field ere to make a re-
Tuesdays rt colder
tonight-with frost
iff interior; fresh
DANCE
ALL ATTEH
RECORDS
BROKEN
The largest crowd that ever at
tended Sunday school at the Flr.1t
Reformed church, was present Sua-,
day morning 1 despite . the fact ; ibt.iu
the services were held" an hour ear
lier by tho "sun time.'" !, 1 f"
There was on roll at this 8itn-
day school . March I, pupns.
During March the enrollment h
been " increased to 212. Yesterday
morning, however.' the ' atiendanco
was 219. 28 of wiiont wera visiters.
It is not' 'belie vim! this record !.
been iittUed in the hlVory of h
c'iurh In this clty-i2 on roll;
attendance, 219. : y
" , iluii . lfjve UuuiU).
Berlin, Sund ty, .March 2')- ('"
Associated Prf -) Tim dit.'-n - ''
af"nt of I'-e 1 - - i I'
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