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VOL. XI
SLIGHT TENDENCY
IH LOWER PRICES
THE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS
RESPONSIBLE FOR H. C. L
REMAIN UNCHANGED.
NKS FALL BEHIND ADVANCE
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The Movement of Labor From Farm
to City Continues ? Various De
mands for Hffher Wages.
Washington. ? Despite recent reduc
tions la prices, little relief from the
general reign of high prices is sees
by the federal reserve board, in ita
analysis of . May business conditions
The beard expressed the view thai
then has been no change in the w
derlying conditions responsible foi
the high cost ?Mlving. -
Asserting that while "store bales'
and/ a tendency L? lower prices beai
witness to the presence of "disturb
ing factors" which suggest the ad
vent of wide alteration in price lev
els, the board declares it cannol
accept the situation as a whole fox
Its face value. The explanation Is
added that there has been Only a
slight increase in production.
"Wages apparently hare fallen be
hind the advance in ;prlces and
eost of . living," the statement
"The movement of la
to city is oontinu
demands for highei
taken under advise
Vive National Conventions Have gfe
Been Held in Chicago Coliseum.
Chicago. ? The Chicago Coliseum,
where the repqtttean national conten
tion at 1920 will, he held, #begi lining
Jane 8, has a history rfok in political
interest. Fire national political con
ventions have been held within Its
walls. '?"?r;,/; ?:
Monument of Abraham Lincoln to
Be Unveiled In London in. June.
London,? St. Oaudens' monument of
Abraham Lincoln, which has been
presented by the American people to
the British, people, probably will be an.
?oiled in Jijne* on tbe site given by
the government in the Canning enclo
sure, Westminster.
Prison,
Atlanta, Ga.? Clad a pr&mj- denim,
ugene V. Debs accepted thr eocialist
jmination lor President of th^TJntt
WOULD . "PLACE IN EFFACE ABLI
STAIN ON OUR GALLANTRY
AND HONOR1*
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OMISSIONS IN RESOLUTION
In Rejecting the Treaty We Put the]
World on. Notice That We Would
| Prefer to Play a Lone Hand
Washington. ? The Republican j
peace resolution was vetoed by Presi
dent Wilson.
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Such a method of making . peaw
with Germany, the president said,
would "place an ineffaceable stain up
on the gallantry and honor of the
United States."
Without announcing his intention
regarding the . treaty of Versailles, the
president declared that the treaty em
bodied the important things omitted
by the resolution and said that by re
jecting tie treaty the United Statei
had declared In' effect that it wished,
"to draw apart and pursue objects and
.Interests of our own.'
"Such a peace with Germany,'* the
message continued, "a peace -In which
ncne of the essential interests 'which
we had at heart when we entered the
war is safeguarded? is, or ought to be
inconceivable, is inconsistent with the
dignity of the United States with the
rights and liberties of her citizens and
with the rery fundamental conditions
of drilsation."
The president added that the peace
resolution omitted mention- of man?
Important objects for the vtndi
of which the United States^
the war. . I
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? Roanoke.? The net income ?i roe
Norfolk ft Western rallvtey for the
months of Aprils 1320, was $454,827.73
under the same month last year, the
report of the roads comptroJ|?if issued
here shows.
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Ten Loaders hi New Jersey StfHie ?
Have Seen Indicted by <jr*nd Jury
Newark, N. J.?' Ten leaders ot m
railroad strike In New Jersey were in
dieted by the <ederafc*rand jnry here
charged with conspiring to obstrupl
interstate commerce.
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H will face a
tine if the SU
measures in i
A CHANGE IN
HOWEVER MAY
IS
RECESS BEING TKEN
WHY MEMBERS FOR
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Armenian Mandate and
Rejorta Are on Liat of Imj,
Measures Stated for Paaaaga
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Washington.? Republican If
the house1 and senate agreed tent
ly on a final adjournment of Congre
Many members of both thr*' 7
and house, however, have lac
that they prefer a recess tfor the ]
lltlcal conventions to a s
Journment and this may <
ychange In the plans as te
agreed on.
Pinal decision as between a '
or an adojurnment, It was said -
hang fire until the last moment
conference with "the senate lead
however, Reprsentative Mondell is /
derstood to have been advised tc
ahead with his adjournment , re
tion under the assumption that
probably would be found
lo the senate majority. (.-SjRK
Only the Armenian mandate
tion and conference reports are <
flat at important, measures slat
paasage before Congress auits.
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oro.? Women who art
Greensboro.? Women v
ous of learning more abou
I*?, have ,the opportunit -
five-days' school
men that witt begin
lin|.yoliege for Wc
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son, Chalmers p. _ ? -
and sdh-ln-law, p. E. Hoffman, of
Airy, are named as? executors.
New British Ambassador
j - . FormaHy Presented Credentials.!
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Washington. ? Sir Auckland Gedde
the new British ambassador,
presented his credentials to
dent Wilson at the white house.
The second 'ambassador to be sent
here by Great Britain since the presM
dent became ill, Sir Auckland
been 'waiting since April 21 to be for
mally received. His predecessor, Vis
count, C*ey departed without ever
laying hiu credentials before the
President.
onihs
le ifoack? The summer
ivUl be open June 1st and
jrvations at the hotels
houses indicate a record
BOB,
ousand dollars -has been
rovementa to. the Qseanic
as room service will be
th the best resort hotels
... Claude Elam's famous
tra has bsen engaged tc
c for the hotel, and will
;ja twelve piece dance
.?A large/.Mtd enthusi
ng for former service
d in the court house for"
of organizing a poet.oi
n Legionr Major Bsn
lade, field representative
Hnr": Risk Insurance
rolina, with headquarters
fas present.
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11.? Professor D. D. Car
ean of the school of com
University of North Car
-on appointed one of ths
es o|;yie North Carolina
igof Frieaids to a worldlit*
f Friends to be held in
:en cTays ago, wteji &B
billing rrater^ with ap
troubled fcas been filed
th Cleric John H. Qa
>r court, and disposes
stimated to bo worth
SWBNtf
x.~W. O. Croom, $. Pull
or, who rims on the Sea
s suing Dr. iT; Q- Murphy,
>n, for . the awn at $20,000
carelessness in the con
peration N?"th|fio3e oi
MLfoli daughter, Mildred,
op, from which the girl
rformed on May . S, 1919.
eged that the admins ter
cauiwd the death, ggjj|
i
:v' I have atmo
| for Judee oithe C
cefvedte^ppror
didacy 1 re
MUST EXPEND $800,000,000 FOR
PURCHASE AND REPAIR OF
ROAD STOCK AND' BEDft
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" iliroad President Says That Roadi
Can Be As Successfully Operated
In the Future as in the Past
Washington: ? With proper equip- i
ment the railroads of the country can
be operated, as successfully in the fu
ture under private '* management aa
they1 were before federal control,
Charles H. .Markham, president ofjthe;
Illinois Central railroad declared in
opening the case of the Southern rail
roads' for higher freight rates before
the interstate commerce commission.
Expenditure of at least $000,009,000
for new equipment for the nation's
transportation system was advocated
by Mr. Markham.
For. the southern railroads, Mr.
Markham asked an increase in freight
rates to enable the carriers to eaip
(236,049,091 annually which, he claim
ed, would represent a return of six per
cent on the aggregate value of those
carriers.
Annual Army Appropriation Bill
of $415,919,000 Passes Senate
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Washington. ? The senate passed
;he annual army appropriation bill,
carrying $415,919,000 and -sent It to
conference.
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Fifty-Third Birthday of Queen
of England 4s Celebrated
Two More Americans Are Taken c;
% iff . Prisoners by Mexican Bandltitf
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Washington.? Two Americans, Hom
er Carr and a man named McDonald,
have been taken prisbners at Jlmlnez,
Chihuahua, according to a report to
tike statle department from the Ameri
can consul at Chihuahua. No details
were given.
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It Wo Truth In Report Hungarian...
. Government Is reraecutino Women
Budapest.? The delegation sent by
the British labor party to . investigate
charges that Hungarian women were
being persecuted by the government
l?t it be known they had found the
reports published abroad that the gov
ernment had bean promoting whole
sale killings were ntrue.
lixty Kewx England Textile Mil?S~7
pji; T4(c? Action Touarde {tyrtallment
? Worcester, ^j^^he'^Waufac
hirers' Textile Association, embracing
in its membership 60 mills' in aoutbern
New England, at a', dinner here, voted
to curtail production fey cutting down
operations u three or .four days a
weefc each member to act according
tp'bla Individual requirements.
Cancellations of orders and lack of
shipping facilities by railroads were
reasons given, mib?r t&juHack of raw
:?W .r ' -:'r5v
? of! Inter-Church I Movement
i Not Allowed to Malct a 8p?wh
rlotte N"c~Thf eral A*
r of the Southern Presbyterian
b- refused to ^How Dr. James
ce, of Nashville, Tenn., to make
iresa to the assembly for the In
irch World Movement, but by
e Wfe accorded - him the privl
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WRITES TO GUAfS ENDOMINf
DEMOCRATIC PLATFGRM OF
PARTY IN VIRGINIA
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PLEASES WITH LEAGUE PUNK
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President Deplores Agitation f',t
"Indiscriminate Bonus for ths
Participants In Great War
Washington. ? President Wilson'i
conception of the campaign issues ol
1920 was elucidated in a letter mad<
public <pt the White House exprSssini
the President's "full accord" with th?
sentiments contained in the platform
recently adopted by the Virginia dem
ooratic convention.
The league of nations plank whict,
declared for ratification of th?
treaty of Versailles, "without reser
rations which would impair its es
seatial integrity," was particular!}
commended by the President
He also singled out for praise the
platform's declaration on finance and
reconstruction which included a 'gen
oral proposal to revise tar laws and
deplored agitation for "an indiscrimi
; nate bonus" for soldiers of the great
war.
The letter was addressed to Sen
ator Glass, of Virginia,, who draftee
the State platform, and its publica
Hon from the White" House generallj
was regarded as forecasting what th?
President and his supporters would
expect to be written into the party's
n^tianal" platform at San FrancUpo.
'The national platform was not men
ti*n direetly by the President.
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Methodist General Conference end V
m&: North PreabytofJena Dieagre#
unanimously to terminate its relation!
with the Interchurch World Hot*
m entity? ?Sjp3
If'jDea M oin efl-tr-Appro vai'^ of the pbtt
of; thif} Interchurch Wprid Movemem
was expressed by the Methodist Epis
ccpal general conference when it
adopted, at its closing session, -the re
port of ? special committee to thai
effeet v V f -
Resolution Affecting Conaltlone
in Ireland (s Reported to Hous?
Washington.? A resolution ("*lew
Ing with grare concern" conditions is
Ireland ^nd^expressinf; .^sympathj
with the aspirations of the Irish peo
pie for a government of their owi
choice" was reported out $y the liousi
foreign affairs committee. The vot< .
wm u to t. ; ? i
Striken May No Longer Be Waged
WUh Reasonable Hope of ftuccdst
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Ifllkee-Barre, *?.? JQeclaring tha<
"class legislation" had made it almost
"huwaajy iatpessiblO'tb wage a sac
costal strike, " anthracite mine work
ers fai their district convention hen
accepted the flan of President WIIsoj
to settle their wage dispute by an ar
feitration committee.
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Bristol, Rhode Island Proclaimed
;-;V; v;; to Mate of Insurrection
Bristol, R. L ? Three troops of rniji
oftnsur
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