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SCOTLAND HECK, N. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1922.
TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
DEBUTE F0RIActionQfU-s-
Only Can Save
Armenians
MEDAL HELD
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PARTISAN NEWSPAPERS
CRITICISE REPUBLICAN
CONGRESS
H,. WALLACE BASSFORD
(Soeeial Correspondent)
Washington, D. C, June 6.
.shortly before the election of
President Harding, Senator
U.dge, -Judge Hughes and s,ome
f'?ntv-ine other men, whose
ll-ii-u's were though sufficiently
impressive to make the people
believe an otherwise improbable
tale, issued a statement in which
ihev .uiid that the way to get in
to the League of Nations was to
vote for Harding, it is tar from
the province or the intention of
this writer to fall afoul of those
who may have their own views
on the momentous question, but
it is healthful and harmless to
hiuirh and to rejoice at having
been born a Missourian, with all
of the inborn incredulity of that
ICl1 Of DieiDles of Aristotle.
For was it not that great Greek
philosopher who said that "In
credulity is the source of all wis
dom"? How Lodge and Hughes
iind the other twenty-nine must
chuckle at the gullibility of the
average voter! Thousands fell
for it. Thousands, are now fall
ing for that other great piece of
bunkum, the President's claim
1 great economies in the admfn
it ration of the government.
When this session of Congress
adjourns along in the Dog Days
of August, or later, it will be
found that the appropriation's
for the support of the govern
v.tnt will be fully as large as
for the previous year, and that
saturnalia of extravagance was
ibo a Republican financial debauch.
Washington, June 6. Believ
ing that only action by the Unit
ed States Government can save
the remnant of Armenians from
further persecution and probable
extermination on account of their
faith, the Federal Council of
The annual debat nf efnf ' Churches is making a nation-
of the High School for the Best!wide aPPeal ta 150,000 congre-
Debaters Medal was IipM litigations m America to urge Con
FOUR STUDENTS CONTEST
FOR BEST DEBATERS
MEDAL
night at the school auditorium.
Miss Etta Dunn presided as
president, with Mr. Vernon Han
cock as secretary.
Thp nnpstinn fesft xxroc .
Resolved : That the United ! lief to a11 Pastors-
gress to take necessary steps , to
ensure the permanent protection
of Christians under Turkish rule.
This appeal is being sent incon-
junction witn tne is ear J&ast re
states should enter the League
ot Nations.
The affirmative team was Miss
Mary Hayes McDowell and Mr.
Landon Whitehead; the nega
tive, Miss Lois Speed and Mr.
Charlie Herring.
All f. i 1 1
ah or tne speecnes were . so
The tragedy of Armenia has
become so acute that the churches
fel that American must act.
They point out that the Armen
ians were one of our allies during
the war and were given a pledge
by this country and the other
allies that they would be protec-
Wftll nrfinarftf and sn snlftTirlirHv 1 e(l from the Turks
deliver that the "iiidffea will no The Churches in the letter ex
doubt have a difficult tim saJ press their horror at' the thought
5 CENTS PER COP ST
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(By Associated Frusa)
High Point, N. C, June 6.
Three negroes are held in jail
here and another at Greensboro
in connection with an attempted
assault on lan eighteen year old
white girl at Thomasville late
yesterday. .The jail is under
heavy guard. -
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DEAD
lecting the winner. Their de-
j cision will be given at tonight 's
exercises.
The recitation of Miss Kbsina
Pittman, and the ' declamation
of Mr. Buck Kitchin were excel
lent and receive rounds of ap
plause. .
Miss Catharine Shields, in an
instrumental solo,. was especially
good, and the songs by the Lit
erary Society members were
thoroughly enjoyed
The .Commencement exercises
will close tonight with an address
by Rev. Harry M. North, of
Rocky Mount, the delivering of
medals anc announcements. Ex
ercises will begin promptly at
8 :30.
of exposing the Armenians to
FUNERAL WILL BE HELD TO
MORROW AT 11:00 O'CLOCK
Report has just been received
further .persecutions.- They of the death earlv this morning
state their opposition to entrust- of Miss -Mattie Nichols at a
ing the Armenians to the sov- hospital in Washington, N. C.
ereignty of the Turk and declare
that in accordance with pledges
made the Armenians must be as
sured a protected country. Thv
are in favor of the United States
giving financial support to what
ever body assumes the trust of
organizing the administration of
Armenia.
The appeal to the churches
summarizes the present plight of
Armenia as follows:
First, the Armenians were
one of the Allies in the late war.
and fought for its ideals.
"Second, in consequence of
afternoon.'
II. If. Kohlsaat, for many
years the editor of Chicago's
great Ivepublican newspaper and
the friend of McKinley and
Iianna, tells in his autobiographv
a little tale of Lodge which, had
it beer, known in the fall of 1920,
would have caused the public to
take with a grain of salt his
pro-mis" that Harding would lead
the country into the League of
Nations. Of course his 'manifes
to was given out in order to hold
to "Harding those Republicans
wan favored the League. Konl
saftt tells how he urged Hanna
to slunv to Lodge the draft of
the financial plank and which
McKinley was to run a plank
awed out in the offices of J. P
1 M. & Co., in Wall Street, just
J opposite the New York Stock Ex
r'umge. Hanna swore a mighty
ion tli and refused, saying that
Lodoe couldn't be trusted to
jk''p it under his hat. Kohlsaat
' vet-persuaded him, however, and
vit)i II anna's reluctant permis
sion, showed the plank to Lodge,
who begged a copv on promise
o' secrecy. What was Kohlsaat 's
chagrin to find that "the Boston
papers bad it the next morning
wilh Lodge headlined as the au
thor r)f tb rklanlr . A Wn A con
ci.-ited Press wiring it to St.
Loins under a Boston date-line!
d thus Lodge slipped under
the car.vas and made all Massa-t-misetts
believe that it was " his
; Vi,ni j!;at achieved that monu
ental financial hocus-pocus that
b'd the people in the year
.,p (AV tlie Question natur
al arises, who engineered the
u'k-us-pmcus of 1920? No mat-
Who is etitillfvl in wroar tlir
The hveather permitting, treJr loyauy, xney smierea un
CIbsh Dav exercises WiU b? heldi told persecutions, almost to the
,0 o c,; ,C'ninnir ii; I A erge of annihilation.
1 "Third, the Allies as well a
'. our own country pledged them
? safe area for themselves and
their 'children, andjthey have a
right to expect nothing less.
IS
1
RUSSELL
Miss Nichols is well known
here and has many friends and a
number of relatives locally.'
The body will arrive tonight
on the 7:20 train 'from the South
and will be -immediately taken to
Old Trinity 'Church where it will
remain until the funeral at 11 :00
tomorrow morning, Rev. "Reuben
Meredith officiating.
The following gentlemen
have been selected as pallbear
ers: L. M. : Pittman, Chas. J.
Shields, C. S. Alexander, James
D. Shieids, J. B. Hall and Dr. J.
E. Shields. ;
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, III., June 6:
-Over the strong protest of
the three labor representa
tives on the United States
Labor Board a new wage
cut of seven cents an hour
for railway shop mechanics,
rdne cents for freight car
men, cutting four hundred
thousand shopmen, of ap
proximately six?ty) millions
a year, was ordered by the
Board tod(ay.
The reduction followed on
the heels of a fifty million
cut in wages of maintenance
of way laborers last week.
This new cut is effective
July first, the same as the
previous one.
The minority report stat
ed that the majority decis
ion was made "with no con
sideration of human needs"
and held that it fails to set
'a just
wage.; .
and reasonable"
Cincinnati, Ohio, June
The new wage reductions
6.
for
hopmen, ordered today, can but
intensify the present feeling of
dissatisfaction with the Railway
Labor Board. Conditions will at
least result in an immediate
strike vote returnable June thir
tieth, according toB. M. Jewell.
head of the Shopcrafts Union,
I who is here today for a railroad
Himte conierence.
WEATHER REPORT
For North Carolin- ; . : eral
ly fair and cont; , warm to
lined warm to : 1 vnd Wednes-
.able winds.
day. Gent?
:
Mr. CaJter, who travels for
Kinghan and Co. Richmond, Va.,
:.vas in town -yesterday.
POST WAR BATTLE IS
MORE TRYING THAN WAR
-
Berlin, June 6. Fighting for . house. have employed them in
a post-war existence in civilian ' divers capacities.
lite Has proved more harrassmg In bhort. the huore network of
PiOREDlEO
TODAY
(By Associated Pressl
Pittsburgh, Pa., June 6. Mrs.
Lillian Russell Moore, whose
death was announced early to
day had been ill for several
veeks following an accident on
"Fourth, the American public
has given millions of dollars, to
save the remnant of this shatter-1
ed race, in confidence that they
will be given a protected home.
"Fifth, this remarkable res
ponse to a nation's need will be
lost if these promises are not
fulfilled.
"Sixth,- the Allied Powers are
preparing a treaty with the Tur
kish Nationalists which threatens
to return the Armenians to un
restricted Turkisl? control
TO REPLY TO
Germany's trade, commerce, and
industry is fairly dotted with
these former heads of compan
ies, battalions, and other units
in he old and war-time armies.
They are in the riiines, metal
works;, machine' fajctories. elec-
offices,
""hbuSes;
BANKERS
"Seventh, responsibility for
protecting the Armenians has
been referred to the League of
Nations-
Eighth,
America cannot cs-
shipboard when she was return- cape her responsibility upon the
iBsr to this country from Eurone Jsround of nonmembership in
V A ! - '
The end came at two-twenty
o clock. Sherf was the wife of
Alexander P Moore, publisher of
the Pittsburgh Leader.
ate. '
"The situation in the Senate
at this moment constitutes an In
dictment of the good sense ot
the Republican party.. At this
moment, when Congress is under
the fire of criticism, and the rec
ord of the Republican party is
Fhe League. Our vast reliet
contributions, the cause of hu
manity, and our own moral wel
fare, demand not expressions of
sympathy, but action.
The appeal then suggests that
pastors and churchmembers ex
press their opinion to their con
gressmen and senators so that
they may have the viewpoint of J
people back home. The signers j
of the appeal are: For the fed
eral Council : Dr. John M.
Moore, chairman of the adminis-
Pafris, Juine 6. Members of
the Reparations Commission
met unofficially today to consid-i retired or on reserve. In addL
er framing a reply to the Inter-1 tion there was the commissioned
than the fortunes of the battle
field to many of the thousands ot
German, officers who survived
the war. They numbered some
300,000 at the time of the armis
tice. While the majority held
only wair-itime commissions,
tnere were a large number f ) tvht plants, technical
veterans for whom the lifting fnuafries, Tn(t exDort
smoKe ot tne contact revealecl some have drifted to the film
that they had suddenly been up industry.
rooted trom their chosen careers The former surgeons-major in
and were forced to begin afresh! the army have condescended to
in new tields. It was especially be mere medical men or have be-
difficult for the aged officers,
who were no longer vigorous and
adaptable enough to" battle ef
fectively in an economic maels
trom already burdened vith
keen competition.
The German army, and navy
in peace times included an ac
tive officers corps of 55,760, of
V'hom 50,960 were in the mili
tary forces. When the war
broke out this list was augment
ed by 270,000 of those who were
national Bankers Committee res
pecting the factors to be consid
ered by the latter in. the study
cf the advisability of a loan to
Germany.
JITNEY TRAFFIC
REGULATED BY
come specialists in their profes
sion. Many went into the chem
ical industry or took places in
hospitals. Officers blinded in
the war were mostly instructed
at the School for Blind at Mar
burg, where they "studied politi
cal economy and simultaneously
learned typewriting and stenog
laphy. Certain of the officers who, af
ter the close of the war, resolved
to begin life anew as settlers in
some foreign land, are reported
to have had really unhappy ex
periences. Some died miserably
after sore privation; while some
few others succeeded in getting
back to the Fatherland. Only a
small minority made real prog
ress abroad. Very few left the
ORDINANCE
under scrutiny," when millions of trative committee; Dr. John H.
staff of the medical branches
numbering $3,406. Th total j
loss in the corps amounted to
about 55,000 killed and 96,213
wounded.
Since the Treaty of Versailles i
permitted the retention of but country, however, it is said, and
4,000 officers in the Reichswehr, the charge that German ex-offi-a
vast majority of the war sur- cers since the war have joined
vivors became factors for ab-j foreign armies and navies is re
sorption in civilian pursuits.. To-( garderl here as unfounded.
day they are to be found in near-' The marked transformation in
ly every walk of life, some hav-. mode of living has variously af
ing even resorted to the positions fected the family life of ex-offi-of
waiter and porter in order to cers, not all of whom can main
gain a livelihood. Some were tain their former social status,
connected with trade, labor, or For example, there is the case of
industry through family ties and the well-known First Lieutenant
thus found situations ""compara- Berg, who in the world, war was
tivrfv easilv. Others returned the commander of the "Appam."
6. An to official positions, and a part taken as "a prize ship by the
thfi newlv-oro-anized "Moewe." He obtained a situa-
' - j. . TT 1 1
! t;on m namourg leaving
his
in Lv!.,,. i x them
' ls Uat tliey always have a
Richmond, Va., June
ordinance recrulating the
t--,.-.n tI tioo in T? iViTYinnrl wn ' RpOHrit.V Police.
J'V "l x,mm-U j . . ., -1,1 T-l
passed by the council. "It re-; A considerable section ot tne wue anu ciinuren m mt- uan,u
, a - -l. . . j :t . .n.-,- -4-irT.c tni-noH t i nnivAisiirv Trkwn ot TiPnrHiH. i unci v uci-
voters are making p their minds Fin!ay chairman of the tamis.j T.tmT co u d i Q : nanV With his slender income
n yul I it'll muuaatiu uuuaia iujui- . e? x -,.'. , . , , , . '
dnul; x v' l-ot, a inrlipial and medical Uerer was unable to meet the
sand for property damage. ! lectures and . in polytechnic , cost of his family s "PKeep,
! schools. In the first period of which became increasingly high
j transition, some worked in sub- due to the Danish standards of
rUTnnPfRJirilT fir niiTr& ordinate executive positions as valuation. He finally killed
FrJHInl.r llllril I llr nllln Ueciet ,nt, o-n snm at ; manual hi7nself when the familv had
nil IS I I I J III lit HJ'Jniutw -v. '" i
on tne evidence presented, tne
Republicans of the Senate are
making a record of absenteeism
sion on International Justice
Goodwill; Dr. Charles S. Macfar
land and Dr. Sidney L. Gulick,
and neglect of public business secretaries. For the Near East
that will surely return to plague
fOn yesterday, when' a call of
iii.njc-i ot l oth experts and ama- the Seriate was made, only 30
ours winning up to take their j Renublican senators answer
Mace m the pitcher's box in case tl:eir names. Possibly each
- man assigned
sl'ild blow up. .
to the
hielief: Dr. James L. Barton,
Walter George Smith and Stan
ley White. '
Republican senators answered to
oi
job j the absentees had a good excuse
for his absence; but in the list
appeared the names of several
who have been habitually absent,
although they are reported to be
to
senators.
v nt the White House, can. So anxious are. some of them, in
;,r t( "0()fI in the performances! fact, that they have deserted the
y';uli TJresent Congress. In Senate chamber for the stump
fp'f,,, l'ie following extract where they rely upon their elo
1o rl st e(nal, itv is well, quence to convince the voter that
lien! f'mlK'1 tllat tuere are sixty , this is the best Congress that has
toucan members of the Sen ever met.'
COTTON MARKET
ven the Washington Post,
of Paitur deserted the party! in good health and anxious
miners to emov the social spwa their country as
I Ti,... ... v . ' ' - ' v v
TODAY'S MARKET
JULY 20.38
OCTOBER 02.08
DECEMBER 20.03
JTNLTARY 20.17
MARCH -r.. 19.92.
PROVIDING
RETURN
labor, even as miners. -
YESTERDAY'S MARKET
July ...l-.. 20.26
OCTOBER 20.08
DECEMBER 20.00
JANUARY . .1 19.81
March 19-67
! been reduced to want.
tViot-o arp nnnp nf thp laren Individual instances ot re-
banking and industrial concerns sourcefulness were of everyday
today in which former officers occurrence. One lieutenant used
are not active. Tn some b r his last resources to buy a taxi
one runs across an occasional cab which he and his former or-
ff nff in.p.ra ! rlprlv drove alternately. Now
Richmond, Va., June, 6. Hold-j were jn position to receive teivmt- the taxi belongs to the orderly
intr that the enforcement of trol-; inf: industrial offers because and the lieutenant can devote to
ley rates that provide no return their unusual preparation and, study the humble receipts of his
on property is confiscatory in-; tbeir knowledge of languages, enterprise. Three U. boat offi
vasion of constitutional rights. Already before 1- cers combined and bought a
ihp Fpdpral Circuit Court ot Ap-i , rp in Hpmand m the insurance . small sailing outtei. n .
RULED CONFISCATORY
II1V art n aa.- - - -
noflls rodav ranted relief to thn-f;! insneetors and agents,!
n-nrl Rp.andinavian
awarding an increase in . rates : nbly increased. The automoTite They themselves cmy?"
industry, too, has attracted many.f crew, .ioaamg anu
Detective agencies and. ware-jail cargoes personally. v
over those fixed by the South
Carolina Railroad Commission.
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