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WAHf ADS. Paie Seven r E.D i i i 4. . Si) ' ...... ". .A I - IT a' r.V v' "n VOL. 26, No 1 06. HIGH POINT, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 1,1919. five cents. i. .it' i if t -r i i t I'' v 4 n t J if ii Prer.IJnet Makes Thu Statement it P arts Today,' After Calling. Attention to the Fact Tht1 No One Country is Wholly t Blame for Delay." a a. FEELING OF APPREHENSION PERSISTS AMONG YANKEES Premier . HMgheieaksJliiOpb idn on Delay. Encountered in v Reaching Final Stages of the a Peace iParle t Banquet"" of French Press. mwarn .; ar! April lA(BylneAasooiat . ed' Press). -President Wilson Aoday ' expiated that he was ertlllng'to ac- - ept! iiis" share ot the responsibility Witi2niioa wnfr.'nc delav. He i was careful to point out, owever,j "thaVthe slowness of the negotiation ' was "not due fo any single country 'or Its representative. He declared emphatically, howev er," that the time for talk was virtu- sJW finished and that now was the time to show' results. (The foregoing is the last section of a dispatch to the Associated Press from Paris slugged "add 'Wilson," the previous suctions being missing. The soction received does-mot make it clear In what connection President Wilson made this statement, wheth er in the peace conference or other wlse).. '.' .. . President Wilson was again in at fnrtnnpA todav at the meeting of the council of four dealing- with peace problems -Between the ses sions of tfe council the President M celved the bishop of Spalapo reprer ; sentinp Jugo-Slav intercsU in; the I l , Dalmatian coasi ""''; - -. In th forenoon the President had I?- a conference with Joseptiua Daniels, wcreury of the navy, shortly before I . anortnre fnr ItftlV. I A fpcling of anprehensloft over the S Jact of progress on the peace Jreaty persists in American circles here si thotigh t. Is "Stated in reliable quar s fpr that differences which have aris en hare not reache th status oi a deadlock. The principle difference has been' found in settling upon the repara tion plan according to the payments miMPflted by the French delegates. The plan, was presented on Saturday before the council ot tour and cov-j a n tvnpwrltten Dages. It Is said i that the frontier question now 'turns on foot to show the people of High on -the securing of military safety Point stereoptlcon slides of an edu "along the Rhine. ' ' cationat nature. ' In a speech delivered ' las imam i V thAs banauet given to the " peace -conference delegates from the Brit- jtntii Premier Hughes ot 'Australia criticized the slow, meth- ; ods pi the peace conference. He in- j ments . with governmental depart ' taK.d nnon the necessity of making ments that furnish the slides to ob- ; a peace whleh would not allow Ger- taJa them m illustrating dairy ' ' ' J 1 in An what she did 1 1. tha livaainrlc industrv and many ever 5 t, , 1n 1914 Premier Borden, of Canada, re- rilled to hte French hosts ot the evening that Canada still, has many inhabitants of French brlgtn who ' HnUe firmly attached to the race from'whfch they sprung while per fectly loyal to the country of their ' blfth. IT HS PORTED PURE 1 no to the report received inAnv bv the city manager n. u- pu.fcptt from the state laboratory oil EROFTHEGnY hygiene the water used by the peo- from Texas. North Carolina. Arkan . i- niirH Point and furnished by 8.A Pennsylvania' and scattered th city water' plant Is 100 per cent B!mnn nnre.-It is absolutely aevo.u ol that pernicious insect coramoiir7trBiXCKTO ruoiisssuu . known-as bacterial, Hence tne mosi fastidious person,, ia regard to bav tnir everything sterilized, need navei n onalms about drinking the .water ot the Deep River after 11 nas through the city water plant. v. Petaln Academy Candidate. iu Arndpmv of MoraL and Political raria, 'April l.--At a meeting ot Sciences, the permanent secretary read a letter from Marshal rotain n.n,nttnir hi candidacy for. the chair of free academician, made va can tby the -election of .Paul Des clil, president of '(he chamhor. of deputies, as academician In title. IBPIEFIB OFFPRICES Food Administration's Control of Packing Industry Relinquished - As Result of Proclamation . Signed by VVUtoo at Paris -,"A andEffective Today. 1 HOG PRICES PASS $20 , . MARK WHILE GOING UP Heavy Demand, Coupled With Fact -That Winter , Run Has Largely Been Shipped Out, is Ascribed as Cause of Rise I - 1 "J "IS''. . ' ' in Price by the Bureau. Wash! ington, April 1. All ' meat packers'' we?e released today from 'ood administration control.'; Under a proclamation signed by President Wilsonat Paris effective today "all packers, firms and corporations associations epgaged In huporUng manufacturing, including packing and distributing, fresh, canned or cured beef, pork mutton or lard' are released from licensing by the foodadralntstratioil. ' It was stated at the food admin istration- that the President's action released packers from supervision off every kind exercise by the food administration, Including restrictions upon niarglrrs of profit. , Aul Hog Prices Soar. Chicago, i; April . 1. Hog J prices passed the J 20 mark upward bound today when'ihey were quoted at $20.10 per hundred at the stock yards. .. . ' ; A- ; A .: The highest war time price - was $2J las tf all. During the winter prices dropped' slightly under , U per hundred but thera have been many advances ,since the govern men minimum price, guarantee was eff month Q h.Al the United States bureau va , tMa .pnt t was tn tJ. ,,.. a.manA .. d th&t w(nter . . ' . . ,. run" of hogs was largely shipped out during the winter, leaving the sup ply ccmparalvely' light until ' the new run of hogs begins in May or June. CH AMBER Qp COMMERCE VIS TO SHOW PICTURES Secretary Maswy JIas Mado Ar rnitKonu-ntj to Obtain Educa .. tional Slides to Show.. W. Q. Massey, secretary of the I chamber of commerce, has a scheme j. u .Mann nas iurnisnea u me chamber pf commerce, free of charge, the machine necessary to Uroiect "the elides on canvass and secretary Massey has made arrange- . home-making have been ordered. fflffl SUITE' New York, April 1. Naval offi cials here report today that the na val supply ship Culgoa. carrying 104 casual troops, which was reported in distress yesterday : southeast . of New York,'; was1 slbwly ' proceeding to "his port. ' She was' having trou ble with her pumps and moving at tt aneei 0 8w knots an hour. ' It Is not known when sue whi arrive. Tne- culgoa has on board casuals pojnt8. s , , , .... ig smL, AT BUDAPEST a8hington, ' April 1. The state d tmj,nt hag iearne(i that Protes- gor phllllp Brown, Princeton is Btill I a Budapest. Several days ago he was reported to have escaped when the j0i9hevikl took over the Hun- ffar!an cabital. He is acting in a private capacity as an observer, but 1 j,e j,as made a number of reports conditions in Austria and Hungary to the department. . - . Jnformatlon reaching here does not indicate that Professor Brown ; j3 jn cirrtody or in any-way. detained by the authorities. " ' ' SOI MOVING INTO PORT Bloody Bill and Bit of String; Bck Vife Murder Charge Mrs. Walter ViikiiiK and Her Hon-1 band,' Charged With Murdering Her. :f section of lead pipe. A' blood marked dollar bill. A bit of newspaper. A piece of string of 16 strands. i ...... luese are exhibits in tne ca ARalnbDr, Walter" WKUilus, accused vis ., Mi . -P 'ip of murdering his wife in their Long Doracr experience, corpora! db Dcacb summer home. Unrest stated, that .when his unit em- Mrs. Wilklus bad property worth ', $l0,00l which the docter . would inherit. in this is found a motive, the authorities declare. . Wilkins claimed his wife, had been killed by burglars. ' AVUkins had been married twice bef ait "to -.at - 8an Francisco Wman who divorced him, Grace Mansfield, and to Suzanne Klrkland. ' " " F Itjs feared by a number of resi dents that the freeze. of last night seriously, damaged the fruit crop, although to what extent no one has estimated. ,The ice was much thick er tis, morning than during the freeze of late last week and as most of the trees are in full bloom, it is felt that the crop , will be greatly curtailed. . There was not . an over abundance of fruit last year and another short croy this "year would be seriously felt. Washington, April - 1. Prompt subscription of the $200,000,000 Dne-yeat five per cent bonds to be offered tomorrow by the war finance corporation "was .predicted today at the treasury. Although the corpor ation will receive subscriptions on ly through federal reserve banks notification was sent by an invest ment house of Chicago that it would take.f 2,560,000" of the bonds and expected to Increase this amount to morrow to $5,000,000. ' .The new Issue probably .will be out ot the" way before the Victory liberty loan. Issue laput on the mar ket' April 21i Banks and brokerage houss' are, expected to purchase most of i tW bonds. This tact and theJ comparatively small total offered, it is believed, will-, prevent ' interfer ence Jwlth.Jhe popular, flotation ot the Victoryxloanj hicU, will. run into billions; t , 1 PHOTOGRAPHIC HTI'DIO TO BE ESTABLISHED BY, O. W. COlJE In the very near future a photo graphic studio will be established in this city by O. W. Cole, of Roa- noke,' Va. Mr. Cole is reputed fo be onian expert IB hia line and will spe- clulize on making photographs of the furniture manufactured, by the local plants, for. advertisement purposes It, Is understood that Mr. - Cole will EAR FRUIT CROP inn FXPFKT RIIYFRS Til AlitAIICE SOOH BE -w. ; . rriT in niiininrr HASTEN FOR BONDS F W TII-tlAGta . ' . v , i come. taiUls city tajnake hiEiomej within the next few weeks. UP TO MARSHAL FOCH TO SECURE USE DANZIG PORT FOR THE POLES : . ; . . . -- . . i , ' Paris, AprU 1-(Hvm Agra mifcslnn has complete 'prepara cy)-Mrtrshsi , Ynch will. leave Hons to transport the Polish 1'nrln tonlglit 'for Spa to ' meet troops to Danzig. uthlas KrzlxM-gw : to dbcusfl : IkM-umentiiVln the possmtslon with him the - nllied demands j of the Pi-cnrh and ituniaiiian thatTollshtroops.be iernilttel i governments the nrwipap'r av 1 to uxo the port f . ltunxig. , sert, prove tlmt tlm advent of tb? . Marshal Pk1i " lias 1 retTlvt-d cpmnuinia tresclnie In Hungary full poum to negotiate with wan due In great 'part to a man the ticmuia rnrenentatlve. Hp i ruwr of Count Karol,T in con will be In constant coniniunlca-j Juni-toln With the German gov - tion with the council of four ot j ei untcnl Tiio mivemrnt was tli xHce conference. : aimed directly at the allied pow-' The interallied Hhipplng corn- j crs, it Is aaid. ' ENTIRE THIRTIETH DIVISION SOON &E BACK HOME, OPINION OF VETS RETURNING TO CITY A number ot veterans of the 30th division, discharged last evening at Camp Jackson,-arrived at their homes in this city early this-morn' ingj not losing a moment's time be tween discharge and entraining for civilian life. Some of the men no ticed about the streets wear wound stripes while all show signs of hav ing gone through the strenuous lighting that broke the backbone ,of the German resistance. The entire 30th division will soon be home, according to one of the veterans who' n-turned during the wee snia' hours, of the mornlpg, Charles Sechrest, originally a mem- 1er ot company M andof Mexican O" Irom S'1- rie le remain ing units' of the entire gallant di vision i were awaiting shipment and that In all jrf babtlity they Were now on the niga seas. information ' the According to this entire 1 division he meeting of the directors of the' chamber1 of commerce called for this evening has been postponed be cause of a number ot conflicting gatherings which the directors feel called upon to attend in lieu ofvthe chamber session. The postponed meeting of directors will go over until Thursday evening at 8 o'clock when it will be held in the new quar ters of the organization, In the lob by of the Elwood hotel. - In making this announcement today . Secretary Massey urged a full attendance of the directorate Thursday evening as business of jnore than passing impor tance is to be considered. . Chicago, April l.-The recently formed alliance between ' the non partisan league and the Chicago labor party will make itself appar ent in Chicago soon by the appear ance of cooperative stores it was announced today by Morton L. John son, secretary of the labor party, v Mr. Johnson said that there would be one store In each of the , city's S 5 wards and, that farm products would be brought t to. them ..direct from North Dakota where the non partisan league is In djrect control and has put many or its mcories into practice. V :, FOE'S 8H1IN DISCL'HSKD t,.- ...vim u in ti'L-uvu' - ' ' - ":; " ;i Paris(v April 1. secretary of the Navy Daniels, Admiral Benson and Admiral Wemyss, first sea lord of the admiralty, held an extended con ference. ', . . ' It is understood that the question Of the disposal of the German war ships was under discussion. . No decision was to the shlpa. ow op e ever, was reached. 'A - number . ot mcipaiii ci greater n.n i,,. subjects concerning naval policy al-; . , ' Stt were discussed. ' ' Foi-n.er Itesldents Here. . Dr. and Jtvs. O. Dv Baxter,4 ot Ral ejgh, arrived In the city Sunduy to visit Mrs. Baxter's parento, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.. Petty," ou" North Main street. Dr Baxer returned to Ral eigh laaybutrsaxt,Ciwin remain in the city for sevoral days. ,i 1 A i. l V .... . is.' ' As is to be ezpscted,' the men un hesitatingly express pleasure at be ing back at home. They experienc ed come ot the most severe fighting tn the history of the world and won for themselves a place in history. They are changed by their experi once3, so much so that one has some Llittle difficulty in quickly recogniz ing those who . have been effected most by the happening over thi're. M9TO TranspiMtH ('omtiij. Charleston, S. C, April l.--The transport Madawaska with General S. L. Faison and units ot the 30th division on board expected to reach Charleston this afternoon will not arrive off this harbor until tomorrow morning, at 11 o'clock 'according to radio advices received by the sixth naval district headquarters here to day.' The transport Huron with four units ot the 30th division is now ex pected off Charleston tomorrow ,at noon instead of Friday t- being , two days ahead of Us schedule ,' -t At 8 o'clock this afternoon those interested In the plan to have ama teur baseball in the city during the coming season wllljmeet in the direc tors' room of the Commercial ' Na tional bank at which time final ar rangements will be made toward putting an aggregation on the field: A name for the aggregation will be chosen and the committee having in charge the task of finding a suitable playing field will report. , A It is believed that the team will be accorded better" support than has ever previously been given a team in the city, since there seems to be wider Interest, There has been reaction from the tenseness ot war this creating a demand for, baseball All interested are urged to i attend the meeting this evening. 5 JO LE 1ST E Rev. J. 0, Ledbetter, of Indiana, will speak in , the First Methodist Protestant church on North Main street Wednesday night at , 8 o'clock In the interest, of the million dollar campaign which is now being car ried on by the Methodist Protestant 1 denomination throughout the: coun try.' ". Mr. Ledbetter is a prominent min ister of the Methodist Protestant j church and; a fluent speaker. A large congregation is expected to as- eetnble to hear him at tomorrow I night's service as a cordial invlta- tion is extended to the phblia and the members of the ' congregation urged to be present.; ' ' '.'A ' ? 1 ' ' ' -r'! CARE OF IDIJ3 COSTS W" BERLIN $230,000 IU1LY Berlin, April 1. The' support of - ,ho unemployed is costing the rau iy payrou 01 iuv.uuu niaiKs. 1 r- ; quired to keep track of the army or luie. . , ', The city council has voted . au appropriation of ,160,000,000 maths for public Improvements "to amelio rate the conditions which are rap idly. becomicg-aa.'ecauomliCaud. so?, clal menace. suuuiu ue uarn on nome sou oy April j em m i NIEWIQBm Ens 0 PRMI Asquith Girl to .Marry a Prince ; - i ; C Miss Elizabeth Asquith, daughter ot the former British premier, and Prince Antonio Bibcsco, of Ruma nia, whoso engagement is announc ed. He is 41 years old and a grand son ot yie former reigning prince ot Rumania. E The main line tracks ot the South ern are now being moved farther away from the passenger - station, workmen being engaged in shunting both the north and ; southbound tracks seten feet to the north. This will leave a niuch wider space be tween the tracks and the , station when the work is completed a and will, according to many citizens, make it necessary to widen the shed which extends down the platform for some utile distance. At present the very . narrow shed affords little protection' to the people waiting for trains Or boarding and leaving them in inclement . weather. The moving ofvthe tracks does not add to the protecting ability of the shed, it is contended. CANADIAN FORCES? IN 1 SIBERIA TO RETURN Ottawa, April 1. Arrangements have been made for the return of the Canadian expeditionary forces In Siberia, it was announced In the house of commons today by Minister ot Militia Newbern, in reply to a question. The date is being v kept Becret by the request of the British government. , '?..:.;: vi.i'.:j;'. The dominion contributed ap proximately four thousand men as its share of . the international Jorce sent to the Siberia front. General I Newborn explained that, in replying to the question of withdrawal, he re ferred only to the Canadian forces, ROOT AMENDMENTS ARK ACCEPTABLE AT PARIS Paris, April 1. Commenting on th tMiiendinents to the covenant of the loitcue f nn tolns BURgested by Ellliu Root it was stated twin y by one of the IorhI siH'cialiht.s a-smx-iati-rt ' with the American peace" ron. feit-nre delegation that ho be- , liovwl all the aniendiiienttt tw acceptable . to the American delegation. . HOLD AMERICAN FOR TREASON-ABLE ACTIVITIES 1 Washington, April Secretary Baker has approved the request, ot the British military authorities in Turkey that they be permitted to arrest on charges ot, treason James Spohr, a naturalised 'American ni zeni : and hi wife, declared officially to have been "closely associated with, the heads of the German .spy system in Palestine and among Brit- - , j8h Indian subjects Weather Fair tonight '.with a heavy klllinR AAAAi-AA A' j fropst; - Wednes day fair; a not quite cold. MAIN LINE TRACKS nvD Wis ! . piiiiii .care Four Virginia Prohibition Inspec tor Charged With KWAnz Uw ' rence Hudson, Alleged Coot leggier, Are to Be Guarded . 7 by Richmond Blues. TRIAL TAKES PLACE AT WOODSTOCK WEDNESDAY Sheriff of Woodstock County Re ,. quested the Presence of Militia ' During Arraignment of De ' ; feodants to Prevent Arising ' v of Possible Trouble. . - Richmond, Va.; April 1, .(By the Associated . Press). Troops a were -called out here today to go to Wood- ; stock thia afternoon to safeguard the tour prohibition inspectors who are to be arraigned there tomorrow on' the charge of killing Lawrence D. Hudson, alleged bootlegger;; who ' died of wounds indicted when Ray- mond C. Shackleford, another alleg-- J ed violator of the, prohibition laws, was instantly, killed while resisting arrest. 1 . Company B, Richmond light In-'. fantry Blues, left about noon ' fpr Fredericksburg to- accompany the four accused Inspectors to Wood stock. . The inspectors , have been ; held in Fredericksburg and will go ; by the way ot Alexandria in com- pany with the militia' as special -es- '' corts." " . f ' -1 . The request of .the militia came Sunday night, the adjutant genert.1 -said today. While the - common-, wealth's attorney declares he does : not think there will be any trouble when the . accused men are taken in-A tot court for a preliminary hearing tomorrow the sheriff of the county deemed it wise to have the- militia on "thescener. .This is the first time . troops have? been called out to Safe guard prisoners In court In a prohi bition case in Virginia. - ' , ' The two rooms, adjoining the lob by of the Elwood hotel which wero Selected as the headquarters of the chamber of commerce will ' be ready ,,! for occupation late this afternoon ac cording to the contractor" engaged ' for the work of renovation, A The rooms have been painted, plas- , tered and otherwise repaired so as" ' to make them as attractive 'as pos sible. The location selected for the . headquarters of the chamber seems to be meeting with-almost unanl- -mous approval, much favorable com ment having -been heard on ' the streets in regard to the location' and appearance of the rooms.- , Secretary Massey states that : th force ot the chamber of eommercc will move into the rooms tomorrow , morning and have everything ready. . tor work by tomorrow afternoon. MUNICIPAL COURT HAD ; A VERY LIGHT SESSION Only Minor Canes , Tried at Yestrt- day's SesKlon of Muniripnl Court veinl Hoboc. ' f . Yesterday's sosslon of the rounle' pal court was one of the lightest yn record: a ueyona several : tauwt . cases the - docket .was non-exisent ' Frank Raden ' acknoletlgiid h'a Built on the charge of beating ft freight train and was taxd.with' the costs. " - J ' ' Charles Blevlus,' charged wlth ho boing a-4raln plfad guiUyi jai'.,', inent was suspended on live payment of the costs.' ' -',-':. James Wesley Hanner was charg ed with embezzlement, j The prose cuting witness. bowever, 'withdrew, the warrant and paid the costs. Roscoe Anthony . plead guilty in the charge of beating a train s;d paid the costs. S-T SINN FEIXERS FLED FROM PRISON (IX DIT.UN London, April l.-Twenty 1 Feiners escaped from the Mourt J ' prison in Dublin, a dl -'-'i ' - t Exchange Telepraph m 1 i Some "Of. the? prisoner c ! ' wardens and hold th-'ii , , n their companions Jown-1 r dor? front. V'.'" whole- group nr, f r ROOMS OF ClttttR -: COMMERCE READY
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