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VOLUME 38.
THE SMITHFIELD HERALD TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1919.
Number 32.
TREATY OF PEACE
NEARLY FINISHED
Council of Four Disposes of Polish
German Question—Germans Ex
pected to Give Little Opposition.
No Agreement on Italian Question.
Wilson Opposes Italy’s Aspirations
and Stands Firm Against Secret
Treaty of London—Soldiers’ Coun
cil at Vienna Has Taken Over Aus
trian Capital—Situation in Europe
Summarized by the Associated
Press.
The situation in Europe is thus sum
marized for Friday by the Associated
Press:
With David Lloyd George, British
Prime Minister, again in his seat after
his visit to London, where he defend
ed his actions as the peace conference
before the House of Commons, the
council of four yesterday renewed its
hearing of the claims of the Italians
to the important Adriatic seaport of
Fieume and also had under discussion
the question of the Polish claims to
Danzig on the Baltic. The council met
at the “White House,” the residence
in Paris of President Wilson.
The opinion prevails in Paris that,
with the Italian demands now the re
maining obstacle to a full agreement,
the situation is such that President
Wilson will be able to sail homeward
in mid-May with a signed copy of the
peace treaty for submission to Con
gress, which in some quarters in Paris
it is believed will be called in extra
session not later than June 1.
Little opposition to the peace terms
is expected from the Germans, ac
cording to the latest reports in circu
lation in Paris, as they are declared
to be anxious for a return to peace
conditions at the earliest possible mo
ment. It is asserted that there is to
be no German text of the treaty—the
document to be issued only in the
French and the English languages.
Although a general strike has been
proclaimed in Bremen and the asser
tion has been made that it has been
impossible to unload foodstuffs, taken
there on an American steamship, a
German wireless communication as
serts that the unloading of vessels is
assured. Employes of department
stores and specialty shops in Berlin
have joined the bank employes’ strike.
In Bavaria the situation still remains
acute, but few details are available. In
Vienna there also has been disturb
ances. The Bolsheviki attempted to
storm the parliament building but
were defeated.
Brig. Gen. Richardson has arrived
on an ice-breaker at Archangel to
take command of the American forces
fighting in that region. A message
from General Pershing read by Gen
eral Richardson to the American
troops called upon them to maintain
the morale that was expected of Am
ericans.
Helgoland, Germany’s great but
tress of defense of the Elbe and
Wtiser rivers, is to be dismantled, but
not destroyed.
It has been decided also that the
fortifications along the Kiel Canal will
be permitted to remain in existence.
Saturday.
The Adriatic question, embodying
Italy’s territorial claims, again fell
short of solution after a four-hour
session of the council of four Satur
day.
This much discussed outstanding
point in the peace conference parleys
was presented to the council by Baron
Sonnino, described as an “extremist
advocate of Italy’s utmost claims,”
and will again be brought up for con
sideration at the next sitting of the
council, set for Sunday.
It wras expected that a settlement
would be reached soon, as the council
when it assembled, purposed to give
its time exclusively to the subject. The
Italians, however, appear to be obdur
ate, and while the British and French
Premiers are understood to favor a
compromise on the question. President
Wilson is described as still taking a
stand opposing Italy’s aspirations.
Disturbances and strikes continue
in Germany, and reports from Vienna
indicate that violent demonstrations
have taken place there. The Parlia
ment building was the storm center,
when crowds in sympathy with the
Bolshevik movement tried to enter
the building. Five policemen were
killed and scores of demonstrators
and police were wounded. Troops
finally dispersed the crowd.
Communists are playing a large
part in the troubles in Germany". They
constructed trenches at Freising, near
Munich, engaging in a battle with
government troops. Losses are re
ported on both sides.
Three thousand Wurtemberg troops
have arrived north of Munich. A de
cisive battle for possession of the Ba
varian capital is expected when rein
forcements arrive.
A state of seige was proclaimed at
Offenbach, near Frankfort, after an
attempt by government troops to dis
band a Communist procession brought
.about disorders, in which casualties
resulted. Bamberg was also the scene
of a Commnunist rising.
Successes for the Russian and Brit
ish forces on the Archangel front
are recounted in a British war office
announcement, and advices from
Archangel tell of the occupation of
Bolshie Ozerkie village. The Bol
sheviki are being pursued southward.
The Soviet admits a retirement to
new positions on almost all of the
front in Eastern Russia.
Sunday.
Situation in Europe.
The situation surrounding Italy’s
claims before the Peace Conference
for rights along the Adriatic seaboard
has reached an acute phase.
The Council of Four Sunday again
listened to arguments by Premior Or
lando and Foreign Minister Sonino,
who endeavored to straighten out the
tangle, but their efforts seemingly
went for naught so far as a give and
take method of settling the contro
versy is concerned.
President Wilson did not take part
in the session of the council of the
countries and it is asserted that Mon
day, when a further effort will be
made to surmount the obstacles which
are hindering an agreement he like
wise will be absent. The Italian
statesmen will depart for Rome Mon
day and wish to place before parlia
ment the result of their work in Paris.
Italy, it is asserted, is still desir
ous of obtaining the entire Dalmation
coast and adjacent island and also the
city of Fieume, without sharing the
territory with the Jugo Slavs. The
Italian army is declared to be behind
the Italian premier in obtaining com
plete fulfillment of Italy’s aspirations.
The threat is said to have been held
out in a dispatch to the premier from
the heads of the Italian army that in
case Italy’s desires were not acqui
esced in, Italy, without reference to
the conference, would occupy the re
gions to which she considers herself
entitled.
The talk of the formation of an al
liance to protect France from further
aggressions by Germany, has brought
forth the statement from a high
source in the American peace delega
tion that the United States will enter
into an alliance which would be incon
sistent with the spirit of the League
of Nations. President Wilson con
ferred with Premier Clemenceau Sun
day afternoon, but the nature of their
talk was not disclosed.
Chaotic considerations still prevail
at Munich, where the government
troops are declared to have been aug
mented and a battle for suprem
acy to be in immediate pros
pect. Sporadic fighting is reported
to be in progress in the Bavarian cap
ital.
The soldiers’ council at Vienna has
taken over the Austrian capital and
purposes to administer it with a Bol
shevik govemm'ent. Troops repre
senting the soldiers’ council have oc
cupied the parliament building. No
trouble in the city is anticipated. The
allied representative has. issued a
proclamation declaring that if there
are disorders the food supply will be
cut off.
Representatives with plenipoten
tiary powers are to be demanded of
Germany at Versailles when the
peace treaty is handed to Germany.
The Council of Four has informed
Germany that representatives, who
are merely messengers, cannot be
received.—Associated Press.
The American Sunday School union
has offered a prize of $1,000 for the
best book manuscript on Christianity
and Modem Industry. This work, the
organization explains, should deal
with actual achievements, as well as
with principles and methods. It should
include the rural as well as the urban
situation. The offer is made under
the provisions of the John C. Green
prize of $1,000 in two parts, $600 for
the best manuscript and $400 for the
next best, on Everyday Heroism.
Mr* T. A. Whichard, of Farmville,
spent Sunday in the city.
MR. GLASS OPENS
• LOAPTCAMPAIGN
Says the Country’s Honor is Involved
in the Success of the Victory Loan.
In His Opening Address at Cleve
land, Ohio, He Gave Assurances
That the Loan Would Be a Success
and Said, “The Work of Our Boys
Must Be Backed Up.”
Carter Glass, secretary of the treas
ury, in an address at Cleveland, Ohio,
Saturday night to approximately 1,
000 Cleveland bankers, manufacturers
and fourth federal reserve district
loan workers, opened the Victory Loan
campaign in that district by saying
that the entire country is ready and
that the success of the last Liberty
loan is assured. The secretary was
given an ovation when he arose to
speak.
Secretary Glass in firing the open
ing gun of the campaign laid emphasis
on the fact that the soldiers had done
their part to save America and the
civilized world from the Hun menace
and that it was up to the stay-at
homes to finish the glorious work.
“The work of our boys must be
backed up and the way to do it is to
put the financial shoulder to the wheel
and put over this loan,’ ’he said. “A
wbrld is to be rebuilt,’ he continued.
Should we pause and debate as to who
should rebuild it? No. The enter
prise should be started right away
with the whirr of mills, and the din
of a thousand essential industries
should spread to the uttermost parts
of the land.
“The American people* should sup
plement the patriotism of war by the
patriotism of peaqe. The foremost
obligation is the duty of guarding
zealously the honor of the nation.
“The war is over, in a sense, but I
decline to believe that the American
people are indifferent to the honora
ble commitment of their government
or would diminish the splendor of the
nation’s achievement by an exhibition
of avarice in time of peace. Four
Liberty Loans have been floated and
nothing nor anybody can shake my
faith in the purpose of the country to
complete the splendid structure of na
tional credit by making this last loan
a great success.”
The valor of the American soldier
was extolled, the work of the soldiers’
relief societies praised, the magnitude
of the victory and Its meaning set
forth, and then the speaker ended with
these words:
“The honor of the government is in
volved. Being your government it is
your honor that is involved; and I
know that the appeal of the American
government to the American people
will meet a response of which the na
tion will be proud.”
rsew Pistol Law.
The new law regulating the sale
and carrying of concealed weapons,
was effective April 1, and from now
on all persons who purchase weapons
designated in the law will be required
first to secure a permit from the clerk
of the Superior Court. Each prospect
ive purchaser is required to present
himself before the clerk and answer
such questions as are necessary to sat
isfy the clerk of good moral character,
and that the possession of one of the
weapons described in section 1 of the
act is necessary for self defense or the
home. Having received such testi
mony the clerk will issue a permit
which all dealers must require before
completing a sale within the State,—
Wilmington Star.
FIRST BOLSHEVIK ARMY
SURRENDERED IS REPORT.
London, ^.pril 20.—The first Bol
shevik army, operating in the region
of Honrel, along the Pripet river, has
surrendered to the Ukranians, accord
ing to a statement by the Ukranian
press bureau and forwarded from
Vienna to the central news. Up to
the time that the report was forward
ed, 20,000 rifles, 35 guns and 200 -ma
chine guns had been handed over to
the Ukranians.
Tomato Land.
Good tomato land is neither ex
tremely rich nor very poor, but just
such land as would grow extra good
corn or cotton. Land that was ma
nured heavily the previous year will
generally grow good tomatoes.—
Weekly News Letter.
EVERYTHING NICE
TAXEDMAY FIRST
Just Take a Look at the Levy on
Luxuries—Soda Fountain Drinks
Included; Load Up With Pennies
Before You Go to Fountain.
Washington, April 15.—Carry a few |
pennies in your pocket after May 1.
Uncle Sam is going to take them
away from you to help pay for the
war.
Every time you spend a dime at a
soda fountain or ice cream parlor on
and after May 1 you’ll have to throw
an extra penny on the counter to pay
the war tax.
Many soda fountains which charged
15 cents for sodas and sundaees dur
ing the war have reduced the price
back to 10 cents, but you’re likely soon
to see signs over their fountains read
ing:
“Sodas and sundaes now 11 cents.”
The tax on ice cream and soft
drinks is only one of the many which
go into effect under the revenue act
on May 1. The most important of
these are written into the revenue bill
before it became apparent to our Con
gressmen that they were unnecessary.
An attempt was made to pass a bill
repealing them before Congress ad
journed, but it was one of the bills
talked to death in the filibuster. It is
likely that the “luxury taxes” will be
repealed during the coming special
Uf—sion, but until then we’ll have to
pay ’em.
They call these “luxury” taxes, but
the commodities taxed are by no
means all luxuries. Congress intend
ed the taxes to fall on the rich and the
well-to-do people of the country, but
some of them will fall just as heavily
on the great 90 per cent of the popula
tion represented by the middle classes
and the poor.
Take, for instance, the tax on medi
cines. After May 1 you’ll have to pay
a tax of one per cent for each 25
cents’ worth of proprietary medicines
you buy, whether they are pills, tab
lets, powders, syrups, tonics, plasters,
salves or ointments. If you pay $1
for a bottle of medicine, you’ll pay
four cents tax.
The same tax will apply to tooth
powders, hair dyes, hair restoratives,
toilet waters, perfumes and other
toilet articles.
The tax on other “luxuries" is not
so heavy as that on medicines, toilet
articles and beverages. The reason
for this is that, while the tax is 10 per
cent, it is imposed not on the entire
price, of the article taxed, but on that
part of it in excess of a specified
amount.
For instance, carpets and rugs are
taxed 10 per cent on the amount you
pay over $5 a square yard. That is
if you buy 10 square yards of carpet
at $5 a square yard, or $50, you will
pay no tax. .But if you pay $0 a
square yard, or $60, you will be taxed
on that extra dollar a yard, or $61 for
the ten yards.
Another “luxury” tax that will hit
the poor after May 1 is that on mov
ing pictures, which requires every
person leasing moving pictur films for
exhibition to p£ty a monthly tax of five
per cent of the amount his films pro
duce in rentals. This tax, of course,
will be added to that already being
paid by the public on admissions to
moving picture theatres. In many
cases it will double the prices of movie
tickets.
The new taxes are in addition to the
many others which went into effect on
April 1. Prominent among these is
the tax of. five per cent of the total
price paid on all articles of jewelry.
Still other “luxury” taxes, which
affect wealthy people principally, but
here and there dig into the pockets of
the poor, have been paid ever since
the revenue act wTas approved by the
President in March. These include
the following proceedings of the total
prices:
Automobiles, five per cent.
Automobile accessories, 5 per cent.
Musical instruments and records,
five per cent.
Sporting goods, 10 per cent.
Chewing gum, three per cent.
Candy, five per cent.
Cameras, 10 per cent.
Photographic films and plates, five
per cent.
Firearms and ammunition, 10 per
cent.
Hunting*knives, 10 per cent.
Portable electric fans, five per cent.
Thermos bottles, five per cent.
Cigar and cigarette holders, humi
THE SPECIAL TROPHY TRAIN.
Will Be in Smithfield and Selma, Sat
urday, May 3.
Crammed full of military equipment
and machinery covering every phase
of wartime science two Victory Liber
ty Loan trophy trains will leave Rich
mond, Monday, April 21, to tour the
States of the Fifth Federal Reserve
District. The first, which will pass
through Virginia, North and South
Carolina, will be known as “The Thir
tieth Division Special” in honor of the
fighting Carolina boys who were with
the first to pierce the Hindenburg line.
Each train will be on the rails ap
proximately three weeks covering
almost 2,600 miles in the completion
of the schedule that calls for stops at
75 cities and towns in the Fifth Dis
trict.
Part of the exhibition will include
every variety of weapon and equip
ment used by the Allies in the suc
cessful prosecution of the war, from
rifles, machine guns and hand gren
ades to large calibre cannon. In ad
dition airplane parts will be included
in the display.
Probably the only arm of the ser
vice to be omitted from representa
tion in the Trophy Train will be the
tank corps. Arrangements had pre
viously been made by the government
to ship “whippet” tanks to various
cities and towns throughout the coun
try as a separate feature.
A unique part of the exhibit will be
the display of naval inventions, per
fected under the stress of war needs,
and completed only at a late date
when the signing of the armistice pre
vented their introduction into the
scheme of modern warfare.
As a balm to longing eyes the dis
play will include an assortment of
captured German war material—hel
mets of the crack Prussian guards,
large caliber guns used by the Huns
in reducing Allied trenches and for
tifications, and articles or personal
equipment captured from Boche offi
cers.
Special features to commemorate
the Liberty Loan trophy train have
already been prepared in many of the
places where the train will stop. These
will assume form in the way of
speeches by war veterans, exercises
and, where time permits, a parade by
the contingent of soldiers that accom
panies the train as an escoit. In many
towns the appearance of the trophy
train will officially be made the occa
sion for a holiday or a half-holiday.
The Victory Liberty Loan Trophy
train will make stops in this section in
accordance with the following sched
ule:
Saturday, May 3—Arrive at Smith
field 7:50 a. m. Leave Smithfield 9:30
a. m. Arrive at Selma 9:45 a. m. and
leave for Wilson at 11 a. m., reaching
the latter place at 12. Will leave
Wilson for Goldsboro at 2 p. m., ar
riving there at 3 p. m.
Town House-Builders.
Smithfield’s housing syndicate has
been doing: business. Its first new
houses will be ready fer rent or sale
by the first of August. Smithfield
was growing so fast she did not have
houses for the newcomers knocking at
her door. Her business men have met
that situation and propose to build a
house for every family that wants to
locate in their thrifty town.—Wil
mingon Star.
Crop reports as sent out by the
United States Department of Agricul
ture show that the peach crop was
severely damaged by frosts of April
2 and 3.
dors, smoking stands, 10 per cent. (
Slot machines five per cent.
Livery uniforms, 10 per cent.
Hunting or riding habits, 10 pei
cent.
Fur clothing and furs, 10 per cent
Toilet soaps, three per cent.
Pleasure boats, 10 per cent.
Paintings and statuary, 10 per
cent.
Then there are the taxes on alco
holic drinks, which we won’t have tc
pay after July 1, anyway, because
there ain’t going to be no alcoholic
drinks, and the taxes on cigars, cigar
ettes and tobacco, which every user
has been paying since the law took
effect.
Not to speak of the income, excess
profits, and war profits taxes, theater
taxes, and various others which are all
paying Uncle Sam to help pay for the
war.-A. E. Geldhof, in Charlotte
Observer.
SIX TROOP SHIPS
REACHNEW YORK
Hrinff 14,446 Officers and Men in Time
for Blaster—Two German Liners
Among the Transports; Their First
Trips Under U. S. p'lag.
New York, April 20.—Six troop
ships loaded to capacity with Ameri
can officers and men—14,446 in all
arrived here today in time to cele
brate Easter Sunday on home soil.
Two of the ships which arrived here
were the German liners Zeppelin and
Graf Waldersee, making their first
trips since they were turned over to
the United States.
The Zeppelin flying the interna
tional flag as well as the Stars and
Stripes, brought 1,650 men, including
the 129th field artillery complete, 53
officers and 1,274 men, the 339th am
bulance company, three officers and
103 men, 73 casual officers and a de
tachment of one officer and 21 nurses
of base hospital 44.
On the Graf Waldersee were 1,741
officers and men, the majority being
hospital- units and including detach
ments of the fifth, 14th, 21st, 42nd,
44th, 50th 72nd, 79th and 20th base
hospitals, six casual companies, 18
casual officers and 58 convalescents.
Both ships had on board parties of
German officers who had turned the
ships over to the United States and
who had made the trip across repre
senting the German government.
Barnes-Kirby.
J. H. Barn'es, a popular young man
of Dunn, and Miss Marie Kirby, of
Kenly, were married at the home of
the bride Tuesday evening, April 8.
Rev. Mr. Clark, the bride’s pastor,
performed the ceremony in the pres
ence of a number of relatives and
friends.
The groom has made Dunn his home
for about a year, moving here from
Kenly last summer, when he accept
ed a position with the Snipes Garage.
He is a young man of excellent busi
ness ability and is held in high es
teem by a number of friends here. He
is well known in Dunn and is popular
with all.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Kirby, of Kenly. Her father is
president of the Bank of Kenly and is
one of the leading business men of
that town. She was prominent in the
social circles of her town where she
has many friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Barnes arrived in Dunn
last week and will make their home in
the residence on South Fayetteville
Avenue, until recently occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. Colon Pearson.—Dunn
Dispatch, 17th.
MUST ERECT SIGN POSTS.
New Law Imposes a Penalty of $50
to $100 For Failure.
The Attorney General is calling at
tention to the county commissioners
of North Carolina that the 1917 law
requiring sign and guide posts be
erected on all public highways, has
been strengthened by the 1919 Legis
lature, which passed an amendment
to the old law. The new law lays a
penalty of $50 to $100 on the county
commissioners for failing to provide
these guide posts. In counties where
the road work is under the supervision
of a road commission the fine is ap
plicable to that body rather than the
county commissioners. The work
must be done by the first of July,
1919, and unless they are erected the
solicitors of the several districts are
directed to prosecute them.—Oxford
Ledger.
Buying Fertilizers.
It is estimated that around 5,000
bags of fertilizer were sold to farmers
in Monroe Saturday. Such was the
demand that a number had to return
home without theirs. Mr. W. Z.
Faulkner, manager of the Southern
Cotton Oil Company, accounts for the
buying in such quantities by the fact
that the farmer did not begin to pur
chase as early as in former years.—
The Monroe Journal.
Dr. W. S, IJankin, secretary of the
State Board of Health, in making his
annual report to the State Medical
Society in session at iPnehurst last
week, made the statement that one
one million cases of influenza in
North Carolina during the past five
months be a safe estimate.