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3VEENT OF PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE SHALL BE
CARRIED OUT
fORMER EMPEROR PROBABLY DEMENTED
PARIS, July 8 An agreement
reached by the allied council that
the trial of the former emperor
would be held, in London, as an
nounced by Premier Lloyd George
in the House of Commons, was
a tacit one, but from American
sources it was learned late today
that the agreement was regarded
as binding.
AMERONGEN, July 8. For
mer Emperor William and his
Avife are apparently undisturbed
by the possibility that proceedings
will be brought by the entente
lor the extradition of the former
from Holland.
Members of the former emper
or's suite have indicated in con
versations wj oopndents
that it Vat'lpy
procer f Mrters
would xeveral
mouthy Ythat
Writ.
&nser over for trial.
v WASHINGTON, July 8. The
hasty action on the part of rela
tives and friends of the former
Kaiser in asking that they be per
mitted to stand in his stead has
given. rise to gossip in diplomatic
circles here that William of Hoh
enzollern may be now mentally
unbalanced.
Thus far, Von Bethmann-Holl-veg,
former imperial chancellor;
General von Hindenburg, the su
preme commander of the German
armies, and five of the sons of the
former monarch have come for
ward with the request that they
be put on trial rather than their
old emperor- Their haste is deem
suspicious and may be actuat-
efl. it is said, by a desire to avert
the humiliation and shame that
WouId be the lot of the old reg
ime. Although the one-time ruler of
Germany and his wife are report
pd to be in splendid health at A
merongen Castle in Holland where
t.e 18 Preparing to saw his six
thousandth log, it is believed in
j-wtam diplomatic quarters that
woodcutting might be part
' the mental trouble with which
lle is suffering.
If William 11, is suffering from
tal truoble he will not be
e first Hohenzollern who gave
of an unbalanced mentalitv.
rederick William 1., it was re-
nlV0day' frm Wh0m des
tied the present monarch, was
in his time for acts which
jre conceived in a diseased
Fr!r?USe f his aversion to the
ch 'court, he made it a rule to
bal Tnell0T ethev in a
thpf Chamber seeking with
Co es of stale beer and tobac
thpJl8 CUrt soon became know
Wrld as the '"
Cen w and of
e S was to eith-
bv , a distinued
or heavy tDacco fum
P cae him to drink him-
WOULD CONTINUE
FED.4 CONTROL
WASHINGTON, July 8. Bet
ter results in transportation can
be obtained by maintaining and
improving federal operation that
by returning to old methods in
whatever guise, Joseph B. East
man, member of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, declared
today in a communication to the
senate committee.
Eastman was not a member of
the commission when the commiss
ion's views on the railroad situa
tion was given to Congress last
winter. ,
He declares that federal con
trol of the roads should continue
so as to insure necessary capital
at low cost.
APPROVE ATTACK
ON PETROGRAD
PARIS, July 8. The approval
of a plan for o concerted attacl
upon Petrograd by Finnish sol
diers and forces of the Kolclak
government at Omsk was given
to day by the Council of Five.
WD SON ADDRESS
SENATE THURS.
WASHINGON,July 8. Ar
rangements were completed today
for the appearance of President
Wilson before the senate Thurs
day to present iu open session
the treaty with. Germany.
300 BOLSHEVISTS
SHOT TO DEATH
TOKIO July 8. A despatch
from Harbin states that 300 Bol
sheviki were captured near Trku
tsk lately, and shot to death- It
is declared that there are about
4,000 Bolsheviki west o Irkutsk
in the direction of Krasnoyarsk.
WILSON HONORED
BY NEW YORK
NEW YORK, July 8. Destroy
ers convoying the presidential
party passed the Arbrose light
ship at eleven o'clock.
The streets along which the
president is to pass on his way to
Carnegie Hall have been elabor
ately decorated.
The great business houses on
Fifth Avenue are draped with
flag and more than three thous
and policement line the route-
NEW YORK, July 8. Arran
gements for the reception and en
tertainment to be given to Pres
ident Wilson this afternoon were
completed at a meeting of the
executive committee, of which
Rodman Wanamaker is chairman
and Commissioner Grover A.
Whalen secretary, held in the
EJall of Records. Joseph P. Tu
multy, secretary of vthe President
has' been invited to attend.
The platform is to be occupied
by the President Cabinet officers
and other members of his official
family and members of the exe
cutive and general citizens' committees-
Music for the occasion
will be furnished by the Police
Band of sixty pieces,
i .
self into a state of stupefaction
The weird monarch also had two
beer cubs, and it was a prank
for him to set them on the back
o the learned writer Gundlig,
who was the butt of his other
counsellors.
Frederick also had an insane
desire to recruit his army with
very tall men, who were called
"long fellowers". He tried to
cultivate a race of his favorites
by causing his Goliath-like gren
adiers to mate with the tallest
woman that could be found in
the land.
BOLSHEVIK TAKE
ALL EMBASSIES
HELSINGFORS, July 8. It is
reported that all foreign embas
sies, legations and consulates in
Petrograd have been occupied by
Bolsheviki troops.
Archives have been seized and
those in charge have been arrest
ed and handed over to an extra
ordinary commission dealing with
the charge of espionage against
SoeTtoninent.- -
THINKS GERMANY
CAN PAY MORE
BERLIN, July 8. Richard Cal
wer, financial writer, believes
that Germanys offer to financial
indemnity supplies her enemy
a weapon which may encourage
ON ICTOEY DAT
PARIS WILL BE IN GALA ATTIRE JULY 14 WHEN GENERAL
PERSHING AND ALLIED GENERALS HEAD
ARMIES i
MEXICAN ATTEND
PAN CONGRESS
MEXICO CITY, July 8 The
republic of Mexico will be repre
sented at the Second Pan-Ameri-
ean Financial Congress which is
to meet in Washington next Jan
uary by Luis Cabrera, Secretary
of the Treasury, it is announced.
ADMIT AUSTRIA
TO LEAGUE
PARIS, July 8. The Council
of Five decided today to inform
the AustrianJ delegation tnat tna
government would be admitted to
the League of Nations as soon as
it complies with the necessary
conditions.
This notification is to be sent
in reply to an Austrian note on
the subject. The note is to be of
a -friendly ela&raeter. :
R-34 LEAVES
AT DAYBREAK
MINEOLA, Long Island, July
8. Major Pritchard and execu
tive officers of R-34, after inspect
ing te dirigible engines this morn
VICT;; . VERDUN BE IN LINt
-o
PRICE DECREE
SELLS STOCKS
FLORENCE, Italy, July 8.
All business houses of the city
were overrun this morning with
bargain hunter who sought to
take advantage of price reduction
decreed here
Many stores sold -out their en
tire stocks before noon.
them to force her to nav a still
larger sum than that offprd TTp said that a11 repairs would
writes1
be completed by nine oo 'clock to
night and fuel, water and other
supplies be taken aboard belfare
midnight.
"Germany, they will say, ap
pears to be still quite solvent and
her credit unimpaired if she is
able to offer a gold indemnity of With favorable weather- Major
one hundred billion on her own ! Pritchard said, th cnft wnnlri h
ready to start for England at
initiative- If she volunteers that
much, she is in reality capable of ! daylight tomorrow.
exceeding that limit, will be the;
enemies' logic, and it is suprising ; '
to think this had not occurred Miss Ethel Madry returned to
before to men responsible for the j Greenville this, morning to take
offer." Ivooal lpssrmsa
MAJOR GENERAL ALEXANDER OF THE 77TH., DIVISION-
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SOCIAL WORK
AT U. OF N. C.
Chapel Hill, July 8. One of
the most important conferences
to be held here during the Uni
versity of NoTtH' r GaTcteia Bum
mer School this year will be; the
Social Work Conference, which
begins on Sunday, July 13, and
continues through the following
Sunday- This conference wil
bring here many of the leader?
in social work of this and other
states. A far-reaching program
has been planned, under the di
rection of Professor E. C. Bran
son, and many well-known speak
ers have been secured. It is ex
pected that a large number of
visitors will be here for the con
ference.
Among the many subjects
which will com up for careful con
sideration are :Culture for Citi
zenship; The Social Message of
Jeusu; Red Cross Home Service;
Child Welfare Work in North Car
olina; Mill Village Welfare Pro
blems; The War o Homes Again
st Social Vice; Rural Health and
Sanitation ; Southern Country
Church and Sunday School Pro
blems; Country Illiteracy and
the Country Church; The Church
and Our Landless Multitudes;
Country Y. M- C. A. Work in the
South.
PARIS, July 8 The regiment
of American soldiers which will
follow General Pershing and mem
bers of his staff, in the great pa
rade on Victory Day, July 14,
will, both from past performan
cesand physical appearance, be
worthy companions of the victors
of Verdun, the Marne and Ypres.
Flags from all American divis
ions which fought in France will
be carried by members of these
organizations.
Chatting with members of his staff at Arges, France, just befjore
sailing for home.
In addition to these set topics
there will be many entertain
ment features. Professor F. H.
Kolh will give an illustrated lel
ture before the conference on
Playmakers of the People, and
there will be a special series of 6
lectures by Dr. Henry E- Jackson
Special Agent in Community Or
ganization for the U. S. Bureau
of Education.
FRONTIER GUARD
SHOOTS HERO
GENEVA, July 8. A French
soldier aged 24, who has been at
the front since 1914, and won the
War Cross, presented himself to
the French guard at Neuchatel on
the Swiss frontier and said that
he must visit his fiancee in-Swita--erland
whom he had not seen for
three years. When the guard
said that it was impossible to to
let him pass, the soldier declared
"I am going even if you shoot
me. I must see her." As he
crossed the frontier, the guard
fired and the soldier fell dead.
UNITED STATES CLOSES
ENGLISH DEPOT
SARJEVO, Bosnia, July 8.
This little town where the world
conflagration had its origin in
the assassination of the Austrian
Archduke Ferdinand five years a
go, celebrated the anniversary
with a monster parade, the cen
ter of which was a flower-bedeck
ed hearse containing the remains
of the student Prinzip, who kill
ed the Austrian heir.
The remains had been exhumed
from the oriyinal grave in Vien
na and were selemnly re-buried
in the local cemetery-
SLAYERS BODY WAS IN
PROCESSION
EIGHT RUSSIAN
WAR BRIDES
ARCHANGEL, JuLf 8. -So far
as ascertainable from consular
reports, only seven American
soldiers in North Russia have tak
en Russian war brides. ,
LONDON, July 8. The last of
the billion dollars worth of stores
purchased by the American army
in England will have been dispos
ed of on August 1 in the opinion
of Major General J. C- Biddle.
The American Army headquarters
were closed June 15 and only a
small contingent of the quarter
master's department remained
to co-operate with the Liquida
tion Commission in adjusting a
few remaining contracts and sell
ing supplies. Consequently by
August the army will cease to
have a war interest in England.
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