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ARCHMGLE HAS
EEM CAPTURED
AND TH ALLIED LINE AT
DVINA IS GREATLY
WEAKENED THEREBY.
LLOYD GEORGE OF ENG-
l LAND AND BARON NITTJ
OF ITALY FAVOR NEGO-
, TIATING PEACE WITH
BOLSHEVIKI.
London, Feb. 20. The Bolshevi
ki have captured Archangel on the
White Sea, according to a wireless
dispatch to Warsaw today. The
"Whites" have abandoned the town
an their troops joined the Bolshe
vik', the message states.
The last advices to the British or
fiee on the North Russian situation
on February -18th- stated that the
-'Red" forces were 70 miles south ot
Archangel-. The- possesion of the city
by the Bolshevik! will mean a mate
rial weakening of the Dvina line.
Lloyd George Willing to Make
Terms With Soviets.
Paris, Feb. 20. Premier Loyd
George is in favor of opening peace
negotiations with . the Russian Boi
sheviki. it is reported in Copenhagen,
and also supported by Premier Nitti,
of Italy, according to the Echo- de
Paris,,
Wilson Ablo to Resume Regular
Work at. Desk.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 19. Pres
ident Wilson had improved so much.
Rear Admiral Grayson, his physici
an, said tcday, that he goes, to work
at his desk in his study every morn
ing at 9:30. Dr Grayson said, the
President had not resumed using his
typewriter, but probably would do so
soon.
Start Removal of American Rodios.
Washington, Feb. 19. Bodes of
American soldiers in France and in
the rear army zones in France, are
expected to begin arriving in this
country soon. The war department
announced that 17 bodies have been
disinterred in English -cemeterie"
and will be shiped home. This will
be the first movement homeward of
American sodier dead with the ex
ception of 111 bodies returned last
November.
Engene V. Debs Placed on Prcsiden
tlal Ballot. -
Lansing, Mich., - Feb. 19. Suffi
cient petitions to place the name of
Eugene V. Debs on the presidential
preference ballot as a socialist candi
date for the presidential nomination
have been received at the secretary
of state's office here. The primary
will be held April 5th.
Hughes Hails Hoover as Statesman
. Diplomat.
New York, Feb; il9. Herbert
Hoover hailed as a "financer," d
plomat and - statesman," by Charles
Evans Hughes at a testimonial meet'
ing given in his honor here by -'ibe
Civic Forum,, declared that "the na
tion's sense of iduty to; the greatest
number" is in danger of being over
whelmed by selfishnessand"- par
tisanship. In recogniton df h's dis
tinguished public Bervice," .Mr,, Hoo
ver was presented with the Civic Fo
rum medal of honors with 'which
only ythree jathelQ .'Amerfcan citi
zens have been honored Alexander
Graham Bell, Thomas Alva Edison
and George Washington Goethals.
In accepting the medal Mr. Hoover
said that he only did so on the -con
dtlon that the recognition include
his "colleagues and the thousands
of men and women of America who
gave me their support "in my under
takings." It was only the common sense and
whole-hearted cooperation- of the
.. American people that have made his
relief work in Europe a success, Mr.
Hoover declared., "I believe this qual
ity of cooperation will continue' he
added, "although we are faced by
"another complex problem. V
"We are in some danger that sel-
. nshness and partisanship will over
whelm our sense of duty to the great
est number." K
CHARGES MEETING
WAS A CAUCUS
To Be Dictated to by Laboring
Men and to Defeat Rail
road Bill
MADE
BY
SANDERS
Washington, Feb. 20 Union labor
led by the officers of the American
Federation of Labor and the Rail
road Brotherhood today had well
under -way their fight before Con
gress against the redrafted railroad
organization bill.
Labor Deluge Congressmen With
Petition.
Washington, D .C, Feb. 20. Be
sides the memorial prepared by rep
resentatives 'of fifteen railroad)
unions and officers of the American
Federation of Labor, after an all
day conference yesterday whieh
was ' addressed to congress as a
whole, individual congressmen were
deluged today by union leaders and
laboring men generally who protest
ed the enactment of the bill into law
Washington, Feb. 19 Charges by
Representative Sanders, Republican,
Indiana, that members of Congress
had been called into a "caucus" to be
dedicated to by union labor on the
railroad reorganization bill almost
broke up an informal congress to
iifS'Coetween Congressmen friendly
to .labor and labor leaders.
Mr. " Sanders said Tie had received
an invitation to attend a 'caucus' in
the house office building and found
instead an assembly at which labor
leaders were prepared to present
their commands to the legislators.
"I charge that this meeting was
called to defeat the railroad bill,"
he shouted, "in order to foist govern
ment ownership upon the country."
Mr. Sanders bitterly arraigned
President Gompers, of the American
Federation of Labor, for having 'un-J
justifiably and indiscriminately in
sulted the present Congress."
Turning about to face the mur
murs of disapprobation which had
arisen at his unexpected remark, Mr.
Sandeds shoo ka belligerent finger in
the air at the labor leaders as he
said:
j ou cannot nave your own way
about everything."
Immediately Representative Mead,
Democrat, of New York, arose and
declared:
"The man who will say this meet
ing was surreptitiously called is a
liai,"
A dozen, congressmen present, in
cluding Mr. Sanders, jumped to their
feet and turmoil reigned "until the
chairman had called the meeting to
order. ' Representative Mead con
sented tit withdraw tiis assertion,
insofar as it might have been con
strued 'to include Mr.: 'Sanders.
Denying what he said was the
implication 1 of Representative Sand
eYs. tliat the meeting 6r -house' mem
bers and labon ' leaders had -' been
called as a "caucus." Mr. Gompers
explained that no other convenient
place could "be 'found other than" the
majority- - caucus- room- in the - house
office building.
' 'As for the remarks of Mr. San
ders -about the stigmas I have cast
upon Congress," Mr. Gompers said
'I admit I have hot been' over-cdm-plimentary
to 'some members of Con
gress and some members of Congress
have . not been over-complimentary
to me' - " - - '
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Mexicans Releas Mine Official From
.. ... Custody. - ' 1
Los Angeles, Cal.-, Feb. 19. Wil
liam Welch Adams, American mine
superintendent, reported kidnapped
in 1 Zacatecas, Mexico, February 13,
has been "released. 'Recording0 to'
messages which his wife said tor
night' she had received from the
American Metal Company's office in
New York and Mexico and' the Amer-
lean consul at MotnereyJ Mexico.
HON
ROBERT H
RICKS DIES
One of the Wealthiest ana
Most Energetic Business
Men in the State
THE FUNERAL TOMORROW
Rocky Mt., N. C, Feb. 19., 1920
Mr. John D. Gold,
Wilson, N. C,
R. H. Ricks died tonight Funeral Sat
urday morning at 10 at his home
THOMAS II. BATTLE.
Rocky Mt, N. C, Feb. 19. Robert
Henry Ricks, publicist, philanthro
pist, Confederate Veteran and one
of the most prominent financial and
business men in northeastern North
Carolina, died at 7 o'clock tonight
at his home in Nash county, five
miles from this city, after an ill
ness of less than one week. Mr.
Ricks commenced suffering with
blood clot on the brain several days
ago, and his death had been expect
ed momentarily for the last twenty
four hours.
Athough Mr. Ricks was 81 years
of age, he ha.u ever been beiet .
the infirmities of old age, but re
mained vigorous " and active in his
numerbus interests up until the
time of his fatal sickness. In his
death locky Mount and the entire
eastern section of Northr Carolina
loses one of its foremost citizens and
pinoeer upbuilders, who in all1 his
; dealings placed the public welfare
, before indvidual gain.
The only member if his imme-
date family to survive the deceased
i man is his wife, who was before
marriage in 1874, Miss Tempe Thorn
of Nash county. However numer
ous nieces and nephews survive in
this immediate section of the.state.
Announcement was made tonight
that the funeral will be held from
the Ricks family home", Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock.
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Joe Bailey for Governor of Texas.
Gainesville, Tex., Feb. 19. The
1920 political campaign in Texas was
opened heie today with the announce
ment of his candidacy for Governor
on the Democratic ticket by former
United States Senator Joseph W
Bailey. At the same time former
Congressman R. L. Henry, of Waco,
in a telegram to Senator Bailey, an
nounced his withdrawal from the
; gubernatorial race in "Bailey's favor
I The Bailey' announcement follow-
ed an address in which the former
Senator denounced "progressive"
the National administration, Feder
al prohibition and the woman suff
rage amendment and expressed op
position to the League of Nations
Mr. Bailey headed a faction of
Texas Democrats which recently de
clared tor reconstruction of the
Democratic party, national and state
along the "principles of Thomas Jef
ferson." ' :
Miss Tyler Receives $10,000
Raleigh, N. C, Feb." 20.- A check
for $10,000 has been' sent to 'Bishop
John Poyntz Tyer in South Dakota,
as a settlement of the $100,000 dam
age suit instituted "by the "bishop in
"behalf of his daughter, Miss Ada Ty
ler, against the Carolina Power and
Light Co., for injuriees to Miss Tyler
In a street car accident June 9 1919,
on New Bern Avenue in this city. In
- . . - -
compromising the case Mr. Henry T.
Hicks, voluntarily assumed -part -of
the settlement, since' his son Harry,
Hicks, was driving the automobile in
which the young woman was riding
at "the time of her ' injuries. .
The Liner Capoldn'a."'
- London, Feb. 19. The ; German
lner Capolona, on which the
former German Emperor had plan
ned to make a trip around the world
when the war was won, was alloted
to a leading shipping company who
gave her up after the first voyage
owing to the enormous coal consum
ing powers of 'the vessel.
J Since ' then a number of wooden
plugs and other obstructions have
been found in the steam pipes. The
removal of these obstructions is ex-
pected to reduce the steamer's coal
consumption .to nonmal.
ADMIRAL PERRY
ARCTIC EXPLORES
Is Dead at His Washington
Home. Transfusion of
Blood Failed
TO KEEP HIM GOING
Washington, Feb. 20. Rear Ad
miral Robert Edwin Peary, retired,
arctic explorer and discoverer of the
North Pole, died at his home here
today from pernicuous anemia, from
when he suffered for several years.
Arrangements for the funeral have
not been completed, but he will be
buried with full naval honors .
Admiral Peary submitted, to an
operation at a local hospital several
days ago. He was removed to his
home and his condition was reported i
somewhat improveiV He "'gradually
grew weaker, however, and the end
came early this morning. The Ad
miral had submitted to thirty-five
blood transfusions which wert begun
two years ago He is now sixty-four
yeans old, and entered the navy as
a civil engineer, Oct. 26, 1881.
Cotton Market
New York, Feb. 20. The bulk of
the business on the cotton market
during today's early trading was at
tended by further evening up over
the three dead Germans and the
the fluctuations were irregular. -The
options generaly were steady at
a decline of from 3 points to an ad-
vance of 18 points on covering with
the late months relatively firmer on
the prospect . of Jess favorable wea
the in the southwest. Prices eased
off after the call under rij.lizig d
selling by brokers with . English con
nections. Cotton futures opened steady with
March 36.60, May 34.32, July 32.10,
Oct. 29.85, January 29.03.
At noon the market was as follows
Jan. 28.90.. March 36.68, May 34.42,
July 32.20, Oct. 29.20, Dec. 29.40.
Spots, Wilson market, middling
basis, 3 7 1-2 cents
The market closed at 3 p. m. as
follows:
Mar. 36.52, May 34.34, July 32.12.
Oct. 29.93.
STOCKS.
New York, Feb. 20. Prominent
railroad-shares were lower by frac
tion to 1 1-2 points at the opening of
today's stock market, probably as
the result of the opposition manifest
ed in labor circle tocertain features
of the railroad bills In many cases,
however, the list was higher, Cana
dian Pacific, Mexican Petroleum,
General Motors and the Copper
shares recording substantial gaius..
Roper Decides on Several Changes
In Xorth Carolina.
Washington, Feb. 19 As a net re
suit of the riot act which Senators
Simmons and Overman on Monday
read to Internal Revenue Commis
sioner Roper, the following, changes
in the workings-of the. revenue de
partment in North Carolina were of
ficially announced today:
First North Carolina, , was taken
out of the Richmond enforcement
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Tennessee Federal Prohibition
Agent "Thomas H. Vanderford, of!
Salisbury, becomes revenue agent in
charge of the new district and will
have headquarters' at" Salisbury.
Second Sheriff Manly McDow
ell of Morgantonfi, is appointed rev
enue agent, in charge, of . North Car
olina with headquarters in Greens
boro. ,'
Third Sheriff C. H. Haynes is
appointed chief field officer of North
Carolina and will have heaquarters
at Statesville.
Wrestling Match in Ralegih
Raleigh, Feb. 20. Joe Stetcher,
world's champion catch and catch
can wrestle, wil defend his title
against Jim Londless in one fall here
tonight.
THE POSITION
OF
WHILE SENATE
IS
To Clip Power of Shipping
Board Its Attorney Petitions
Court to Compel
HEARST TO GIVE BOND
Washington, Feb. 20. The Sen
ate Commerce Committee today or
dered a favorable report on the
James bill prohibiting the sale of
tnirty former German passenger
vided by Congress.
wnue tne committee was con
sidering this question attorneys for
the Shipping Board appeared before
Associate Justice Bailey in the Su
preme Court to urge that William
Randolph Hearst who secured the
restraining order against the sale of
the ships be placed under a $5,000f
000 bond to cover possible losses to
the government as the result of
holding up the sale of the ships by
legal proceedure. Justice Bailey
said that he would prepare the bond
by tomorrow.
Compulsory Military Service
Approved
Washington, Feb. 20. The prin
ciple of universal military service
as a part of the military policy ot
the nation was approved today by
. . . ....
the House Military Committee by a
vote of eleven to nine.
Mrs. Russell Bryant Dead.
Mrs. Russell Bryant of Benson
died yesterday and within a few
hours her sister-in-law, Miss Daisy j
Bryant also passed away. The latter !
will be buried here tomorrow in ac-
cordance with a notice elsewhere in'
this paper.
. Gaston Rapidly Becoming Cotton
Mill Center
Gastonia, Feb. 20. (Special)
Leadership in the South in the tex
tite induslry swings from the south
Carolina over the boundary to
North Carolina, Gaston county shov
ing Spartanburg county out of the
j southern leadership and also out of
place as the fifth county in America
and also pushing Hillsboro county,
New Hampshire out of the way,
taking fourth place in America and
for that matter in the world outside
the spinning districts of England,
That this is true was first learned
today with the advance announce
ment by the Gastonia Chamber of
Commerce of the total spindles in
Gaston county as shown by an in
dustrial survey. Gaston has 1,022,
696 spindles and.isn'.t for behind
Middlesex county, Mass.,. for third
place. Gaston has ninety mills pf
which forty-one are located in Gas
tonia. New inlls now under con
struction total over nine million
dollars.
Bristol county, Mass., with over
7,500,000 spindles ranks first and
Providence county, Rhode Island,
with 1,750,000 spindles comes
second..
With The Sick.
Miss Janie Penick is down with
the flu.
Mr. E. G Rawlings is now out of
danger and the crisis in his case is
passed.
Dr. L. J. Foster of Bailey, reported
eleven case today.
Dr. Mitchell reported one case of
flu and one case of pneumonia.
Dr. Grady reports ten cases of flu
and four cases of pneumonia.
The flu situation is better but the
pneumonia-cases are on the increase.
Mrs- S. B. Denny is better, but
her daughter Elizabeth is worse.
Dr .Smith is better but Mrs. Smith
is down with the flu.
Dr. Best reports five cases of flu
and one of pneumonia.
PREPARNG
AMERIC
ON THE ADRIATIC QUES-
HUIN HAS BEEN MADE!
VERY CLEAR BY PRESI
DENT WILSON IN HIS
ANSWER TO THE ALLIELV
COUNCIL AND THERE IS
NOT MUCH ROOM FOR
ARGUMENT.
Washington. Feb. 20. -Tin posi
tion of the American government c
the Adriatic settlement has lwta,
made so plain the renly of Presi
dent Wilson to the allied note ad
ministration officials believe ha re
lieved the necessity of further argu
ment on the subject and that the In
cident is practically closed as fur ae
America is concerned. It was sant
today, however, that this did not
mean that the door to further ex
changes had been shut by this coun
try and that further communication
might be expected.
Belgium and French Wit ilexes Will
Not Have, lo go to Germany.
London, Feb. 20. The German
government is rushing preparations
to try those Ccnnana accused of vio
lations of the laws and the examin
ation of witnesses and argument
will begin next week, according to a
Berlin dispatch to the Central News
Agency. Pleadings will open before
the Supreme Court at Leipsic next
weol:.
Witnesses from Great Britain, Bel
gium and France will not be compell
ed to go to Cermany to testify in tho
trials against military offenders, but
their depositions will be taken by
commissioners sent to secure testi
mony, according to dispatches'
through the Exchange Telegraph.
Company from Berlin.
Mexicans Release American.
ew lork, reb. z. Welsh Adams
a American mine superintendent
has been released by the ban hU
who kidnapped him for a ransom in
Tlexico and be has safely arrived
at Saltillo, according to a telegram
received by the American Metal Co.,
Limited, his employers. No W ta.;
as to whether the ransom wa? paid
are given in tho telegrams.
MAYOR'S COURT.
Roy Williams was charged $9,25
for dsorderly conduct.
Robert Perry was charged $14.23
for securing bicycle tires under falsa
pretenses from Charlie Phillips.
Haywood Knight, alias "Bewe
was sent up for thirty days on tho
public road Knight had been try
ing to sell lard and other provisions
which it is believed were taken from
railroad cars that have been broken
into at this place. One car contain
ing lard and .provisions was broken
into Sunday night on the Coast Line
tracks here, while the Norfolk and
Southern lost goods from another
Monday night. There was no clue
to te guilty parties, but the fact
that the . negro never works, and
that he was trying to sell provisions
vTTiTch . merchants were afraid to
touch believing .the goods were
stolen directed the attention to
Knight, who was sent up for vag
rancy and as an undesirable citizen.
Henry Barnes was charged $19.25
for. disorderly conduct.
Henry tBoyette was . up for hav
ing no, lights on the College Dairy
truck. ani Mb case was dismissed
on. the ground that he was trying to
get to a-garage where he could have
them attended to. He was warned,
however, to , be very careful with
them in the future. .
Will Vines was charged $9.25 tat
taking a shaving mug from the back
porch of Mr.. J. M. Adkins whlta
the little negro went there to deliv
er groceries.
Typhus Raging in Galicia "
London, Feb. 20. Typhus M
raging in epidemic . form in Eastern
Galicia according to a wireless des
patch received from Smolensk!. It
is said In some regions .the .popula-
tion of whole villages have , been
annihilated. . '.O
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