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Wink Diana-km Denn-n1 VOL. 35 PLYMOUTH, N. C., FEii/A t NOVEMBER 16, 1923. NO. 13 KAISER RECEIVES GERMAN PASS PORTS FOR HIMSELF AND SUITE. MONARCHY TO BE RESTORED Former Crown Prince Frederick Wil liam Emperlor William to Ascend -* Throne. Brussels.—The fanner German em peror is preparing to return to the fatherland. He already has in his haa^p passports for himsel fand his suite, and The Brussels Gazette goes so far as to say it is expected the Hohenzollern monarchy will be re stored December 4. William or his son. the former crown prince, Fred erick William, ascending the throne Private advices from Doom, re eetved by the Agence Telegraphiqut Beige, says that a courier, Von Hope hst, arrived at Doom with 12 German passoprts for the ex-kaiser and his im mediate entourage. A telegram ii cipher was received there in the morn ing, and early in the afternoou there was a long conference between Wil liam and those close to him. Dater a high Dutch official. Dr. Kan, of the ministry of the interior, called and was closeted 1 with the former em peror for 35 minutes. A wireless system has been install ed at Doom house, which has been the residence of the head of the Ho henzollerns during the later years of his internment in Holland, and mes sages are received from Nauen daily. According to advices from various surces in Dorn 12 passports authoriz ing a journey to Berlin have been balded to the former German emperor. "'Thie German emperor received Ger man passports for himself and hia suite, according to the Gazette. It is expected, the paper adds, that iho Hohenzollern monarchy will be restored on December 4, the former emperor or the crown prince ascend ing the throne. Poincare After Expert Parley. Paris.—Premier Poincare ha3 de cided to propose the creation of a committee of experts to investigate the question bf German reparations. The committee, as suggested, would be composed of delegates from the pow ers represented on the reparation com mission; its duties would be to estab lish Germany’s external and internal resources; where the exported Ger man capital lies and how it can be brought back; how and in what amount the resources of the reich can be utilized for reparations; and how Germany can reestablish her^Hnancial position. It is further proposed thta a tech nical expert be added to the commit tee for each country. The investiga tion would last two months at least. Coolidge Sees New t^lay. Washington.—Calvin Coolidge, the first Yankee President in a generation, sat in a theater hero and applauded an impersonation of Robert E. Lee, in John Drinltwater's play bearing the name of the Confederate leader. $r. Coolidge himself was applauded as he left the theater by an audience that included representatives of many families of the old south. The President was accompanied to the theater by Mrs. Coolidge, Frank W. Stearns, the close friend of the Coolidge family and C. Bascom Slemp, bis secretary, and son of a Confeder ate oflicer. V _ Sentenced to Forty Years. Columbia, S. C.—Francis Leo Rydan pleaded guilty in United States district * court to the murder of George Sellers, ,a private in the marine corps, and was sentenced to serve 40 years in the Me Neil's island naval prison. The killing occurred at Parris Island, S. C., two months ago. Land Owning By Aliens Barred. * Washington.—Aliens can be prohib ited by states from owning land, pro vided there is no treaty stipulation to the contrary, the supreme court an nounced in an opinion ending a legal controversy which for years has been an issue on the Pacific coast. The question was shared in importance with the controversy which was wag ed over the right of Japanese to citiz jy, enship, until the court removed the ' latter from the Held of discussion hy a decision last term. The issue reached the supreme court in two cases, one from Washing ton, brought by Frank Terrace and hb wife and M. Nakutsnka, and the ot.hei from California brought by W. 1 Porterfield and Y. Mizuko. THREE YOUNG MEN ARE VICTiMS OF ACCIDENT. Burgettstown, Pa.—Three young men were killed when their auto mobile was struck by a Pennsyl vania railroad passenger train at a crossing here. The dead are Merle Karnes, of Freeport, Ohio, and Carl T. Williams and Wylie White, both of Frankfort Springs, near here. The automobile was pushed 200 feet along the tracks before the oc cupants were thrown from their seats. Karnes, who was principal of the Frankforl Springs High School, was killed instantly and his companions, who were students at the school, lived but a few minu tes. Their skulls were fractured. The three youths were returning to Frankfort Springs from P.ur gettstown on Karnes automobile when the accident occurred. CHECKING LIQUOR TRAFFIC CONFERENCE AOOPTS PROPOS ALS OF SECRETARY OF STATE HUGHES. 0*201_ Understanding Reached Between State Department at Washington and British Foreign Office. London.—Rum running by British vessels, within range of the American shores, which has boon so provocative of American resentment against Great Britain, received a death blow from the imperial conference. In its clos ing session tile conference accepted in modified form the original propos als of Secretary of State Hughes for checking this,- traffic. The question now is in the hands of the imperial conference delegates and a formal treaty vesting the Unit ed States with jauthority for the search and seizure of‘British ships suspected of carrying contraband alcohol within stipulated steaming distance of. the American shore is nearing completion at the hand of foreign office legal ex perts. * A complete understanding has been reached between the state department at Washington and the British foreign office regarding the main clauses of the document, and there appeared to be no, serious obstacle to Its early ac cepantca ,.hoth governments. ‘The treaty will confer reciprocal rights on Great Britain in the shape of granting authority to its osean pas sengers into American ports under sefcl, when intended for outbound con siiir.ption. Lord Curzon, the foreign secretary, now in communication with Secretary Hughes with the object of perfecting the treaty's constitutional features and making it proof against possible attack in congress or elsewhere. I Bavarian Government Overturned. Paris.—Adolph Hitler's troops have begun an offensive movement toward Berlin, aceordiug to dispatches to the Paris morning newspapers from Berlin. The same dispatches say that Hit ler has proclaimed General Lunden dorf dictator and himself chancellor of the whole (reich. Berlin.—The proclamation issued by the German government to the people regarding the Bavarian coup d' etat says: “An armed band has overthrown the Bavarian government, arrested Premier Von Knilling, arogated the right to form a reich government, made General Ludendorff chief of the German artny and made Adolph Hitler, who has only been naturalized a few days, arbiter of Germany’s destinies. “Whoever supports the movement is guilty of high treason. All meas ures to restrict the coup d' etat have been taken and will be executed with the utmost energy." « Crops Above Five Year Average. Washington.—Large crops of corn, potatoes, apples and tobacco have been grown this year, preliminary estimates of production issued by the department of agriculture showing each to be better than their five-year acerage. Corn in three-billion-bushel crop for the fifth time and at November 1 farm prices, its value exceeds $2,500,000, 000. Production is placed at 3,029, 192,000 bushels or about 140,000,000 bushels more than last year’s crop. A considerable amount of it is soft and chaffy, i^owever, and the quantity merchandisante is estimated by the crop reporting board as 79.4 per cent, as compared with 85.0 per cent last vear. There was considerable frost damage in the central part of the corn belt, in New England and New York and much damage from rains in the west, south central states dur ing the last nunth. COOUOGE LAVS WREATH ON TOMB ARISTICE DAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO DIED TO ENO WAR. SERMON “LEST WE FORGET” Bishop McDowell Pleads With Ameri can People Not to Lapse Into Com placency of Soul. Washington. — President Coolidge ]%id a wreath on the tomb of the un known soldier at Arlington as the Armistice day tribute of the American people to the memory of “those who did not'»ee the end but died that the end might come.’’ The act of tribute to the dead of the world war was performed by the chief executive with little ceremony and in strict accord with the custom estab lished a year ago by President Hard ing. Several thousand people attended services held at Arlington in the me morial amphitheater in the afternoon and many more gathered on nearby slopes heard the service af songs, prayer, and address through amplifiers mounted on the top of the structure. Bishop William F. McDowell, of the Methodist Episcopal church, made the principal .address, an appeal to the American people to keep the faith at the time when the tendency i3 strong “to lapse back into ordinariness of as piration, into complacency of soul when the glory of conflict has passed.” "Idealism so often fails in the long pull, in the patient and creative en durance to the end, in the days that show no heroism, but only toil and effort,” Bsihpo McDowell said. “That the teat that is upon us now." , / ' Brief ceremonies were held at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the j conclusion of the amphitheater serv ices and numerous veterans’ organiza tions added their wreaths to the mound .of tributes which grew stead ily higher from the time the Presi dent laid “the national wreath.” Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge, upon their return to the city, went to the First Congregational church where they participated in Armistice day ser vices and heard a sermon by the pas tor, the Reverend Jason Noble Pierce, on the subject, “Lest We Forget.” Ford to Build Charlotte Plant. Charlotte, N. C.—The largest Ford Motor company assembly plant in the south, duplicate of the largest main tained by the company anywhere in the United States, will bo placed at Charlotte, in the 76 acres purchased from the D. P. Hutchison estate, in the “V’’ between the Derita and States ville roads, it was formally announc ed by Fran A. Ateheson, Ford Motor company manager here. The proper ty purchased by the company from the Hutchison estate brought $75,000 or approximately $1,000 an acre. The estimated investment when the as sembly plant is completed will be in the g'eighborhood of $1,000,000, Mr. Ateheson stated. The assembly plant will employ be tween 500 oad 800 laborers, all of whom except some skilled foremen will be employed locally, and the maximum production will be the as sembling of 400 cars daily. Figured on a basi3 of five persons to the fam ily this will mean, it is stated, that the population of Charlotte will be in creased by from 2,500 to 4,000 souls. Wilson Speaks to Crowd in Streets. Washington.—Woodrow Wilson, ad dressing friends and admirers who made an Armistice day pilgrimage to his home here declared that he is not one of those that have the least anx iety about the triumph of tho princi ples for which he has stood. “I have seen fools resist Provi dence before,” he said, ‘‘and I have seen their destruction as will come upon these again—utter destruction and contempt. That we shall previa! is as sure as that God reigns.” Mr. Wilson spoke from the front1 portico of his S street residence to! a cheering throng of thousands who j packed the streets and sidewalks and overflowed into nearby vacant plots. It was his second address in less than 24 hours and the third he has deliv ered since he left the White House. Bent with four years of illness the former President was assisted by a negro attendant to negotiate the single step that led to the portico. After waving his hat in response to an out burst of applause he stood with bared head while Senator Cater Glass, of Virginia, delivered the address on be half cf the visitors. three men killed BY AN EXPLOSION. Buffalo, X. Y.—Three men were killed and nineteen others, among them several city firemen, were burned in ah explosion following a fire at the Abbott Road plant of the National Analine and Chemical Company. The dead, all employes of the company are: Frank Booth, James Holmvood and Elliott Mil ton Berger. The firemen were called when a blaze was discovered in the caustic soda and indigo mill. A stream was turned into the burning part of the building and apparently the fire w$a under control when there was a terrific explosion that scat tered burning chemicals over a ra dius of 300 feet. It is believed the action of the water caused chemical, action of the dyestuffs. Some of the firemen were so badly burned that they will be dis figured for life, it was said. KILLING FROST IN CAROLINA REPORT SHOWS CROP IS TOO WELL MATURED TO BE DAMAGED. South Carolina Cotton Practically All Picked; Rains Cause' Damage In Oklahoma. Washington.—The department of agriculture’s weekly weather and crop review reported the condition of south ern crops as follows:. Continued rains in Oklahoma and portions of Texas and Arkansas, caus ed further deterioration of the cotton crop. Many bolls will probably never open, and picking has been largely suspended in Oklahoma and greatly delayed in Arkansas and Texas. In the eastern portions of the belt good j»Qgress was made in nox|hen: sections where picking had wot- yet been completed and that work was generally finished in southern dis tricts. In Arizona and New Mexico cotton picking was delayed on ac count of rains and help is reported scarce in the last named state. In Califonia the ginning of cotton is re ported as making slow progress. Sweet potatoes are being harvested under favorable conditions, with good yields in most, districts. Truck was mostly in pop/ condi tion until the rains of the week Just closed which greatly Improved the outlook. Frost caused somfe damage to late crops in the northern por tions of the oast gulf states and over Atlantic coast districts. North Carolina: cool v/ith frost first and second; heavy to killing north and second; heavy to killipg north and west but no material damage as crops all matured. Weathed favor able for picking cotton until rain near close cf week. South Carolina: cotton praciiaclly all picked. Four Per Cent of Hogs Die pf Cholera. Washington.—Approximately. *1 per cent of the hogs on farms lijthe Unit ed States died of hog cholera' lafft year. This appraisal of the ravages of hog cholera is made by the bureau of animal husbandry. United States department of agriculture, for the yoar ended April 30, 1923, and is based on estimates of the bureau of agricultural economics. Losses were heaviest in Iowa, Nebraska, Indiana, Missouri, Il linois, Ohio, Georgia, Minnesota and • South Dakota in the order named. Each of these states lost more than 100,000 head of swine from the dis ease during the year, assuming that 80 per cent of the deaths from all causes among hogs is due to cholera. The total number of swine lost from hog cholera exceeded 2.250.000, valued at approximately $29,393,000. The highly contagious nature of hog cholera makes the disease difficult to control. The preventive serum treat ment, combined with strict sanitation and thorough disinfection of premises after outbreaks, is the most effective control measure. The losses reported for last year are not so great as in 1913 and 1914 when the disease ap peared particularly prevalent, but they were larger than department experts consider they should have been con sidering that swine growers have a preventive treatment which is effect ual, if used properly before the ani mals become sick. Place For Drun» Washington.—S-'lectioii of Brig. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, now in charge of the coast defenses in the Second corps area, to succeed MaJ. Gen. Wil liam Lassiter as chief of the training and operations division oi' the genera! staff, was announced by Secretary Weeks. C00LID6E TO HELP WITH BOLL WEEVIL WILL URGE DESTRUCTION OF THE PEST IN MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. IN SYMPATHY WITH MOVEMENT President Intimates He Wilt Mention Subject; New England May Suffer. I Washington.—In response to a sug gestion by Harvie Jordan, secretary treasurer of the American Cotton as sociation. President Coolidge intimat ed that he would in his forthcoming message to" congress, urge that effec tive and practicable measures be tak en to curb and ultlrifittely destroy the boll weevil. Mr. Coolidge said he was in full sympathy with’ the movement to rid the country of the destructive pest. Mr. Jordan pointed out that New England would be one of the most acute sufferers from a cotton famine and he told the president that unless the boll weevil is conquered the cot ton mills of Massachusetts would be compelled to close down and wide spread suffering would result. “I want to .tell you, Mr. President, that this is by-no means an exclusively Southern question,’’ said Mr. Jordan. “It is national and international in scope. The boll weevil threatens the integrity of Northern credit just as it threatens the stability of Southern institutions. There must be a way found to meet and cope with this monstrous evil.” The president by his manner show ed that he was in perfect accord with the sentiments of his visitor. Al though no previous appointment had been made and the president was in the ifildst^of an extrtrhrriinarttywbiy day he found time to see the visitor from Georgia and South Carolina. Jor dan told what the American Cotton association was doing to effect the elimination of cotton’s worst enemy. Mr. Coolidge seemed to be greatly im pressed by his statements. What form of relief Mr. Coolidge will recommend was not stated. But It appears at this time to he certain that some method of cooperation with-tb-e .American Cotton association will W proposed. It is thought that congress may be asked later to appro priate a substantia! sum of money for the purpose of purchasing and dis tributing calcium arsenate in suffi cient quantities to achieve some real results. “If we do not kill the boll weevil he is going to kill the cotton’s most important industry," Mr. Jordan said. “We have lost during the past year more than 400.000 negroes because the boll weevil had not left them suffi cient upon which to live. We can not raise cotton with white labor and if all the negroes leave us it is obvious that the South will cease to produce the staple.” Ginning Data Given By Bureau. Washington.—Cotton of this year's crop ginned prior to November I ag grated 7,554,387 running bales, com pared with 8,139,215 bales ginned to the same date in 1921, the census bureau announced. Ginnings by states to November 1 were announced as follows. Alabama, 494,702; 'Arizona, 33,249; Arkansas. 392,188; California, 19,491V Florida, 11,422; Georgia. 499,142; Loui siana, 299,086; Mississippi, 455,856; Missouri, 56,621; North Carolina. 729,611; klahonta, 295,606; South Caro lina, 626,604; Tennessee. 122,301; Texas, 3,496,479; Virginia, 21,836. All other states, 12,393. Ships Not to Carry Liquor. Washington.—President Coolidge in tends to stand by the executive order issued by President Harding forbid ding American government.-owned ships to carry and sell liquor on the high seas. It became known at the white house that the ban would not be lifted even in the face of competitive advantages which might be given British vessels under the proposed treaty, designed to permit them to bring sealed liquor stores into American ports. Freight Loadings Steadily Increase. Washington.—Railroad freight traf fic during the week ended October 27, the American Railway Association re ported, amounted to 1,073,965 carloads, 1,084 more than the week before. The week was the 19th of the present year in which more than a million cars have been loaded with revenue freight. The loadings were 7,247 cars greater than during the same week last year, and 122,581 cars greater than the [ same, week of 1921. W. J. JACKSON & SON (Established 1*95) Plymouth, N. C. UNDERTAKERS AND FUNERAL. DIRECTORS Will Arrange for Embalming Ug«* Request Motor Hearse Service D. B. MIZELLE DENTAL SURGEON In Plymouth every Tuesday and Wednesday prepared te do all kindly *f MODERN DENTAL WORK. 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