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ERNEflENT: '.REFUSES ' " ALLIES' DEMANDS FOR Wm
BUTCH
HOLLAND WILL
F
UHEIt
EMPEROR
THE HAGUE, Jan. 23 The Dutch government has refused
the demand of the allied powers for the extradition of former
Emperor William, of Germany.
Received in Paris
PARIS, Jan. 23 The reply of the .Dutch government to the
note of the supreme council demanding the extradition of the
former German emperor was received in Paris today and de
ciphered at the Dutch legation.
, In advance of the revelation of the contents it was believed
The Netherlands government had refused to comply with the
allied demand, as it was thought in diplomatic quarters that in
case the authorities at The Hague were seriously considering
delivering oyer the former German ruler they,would have re
quired further time to weigh all the points involve.
PARIS, Jau. 2.",
-Holland's reply to
the allied demand for the extradition of
former Emperor, William of Germany,
is expected to be delivered to H?ace con
ference officials here today by the Dutch
minister .
Explanations of the itositiun -Mi the;
. . . .... i. . I
uuten government ure saw to ite given in
the note.
DANIELS TAKES ISSUE
WITH WILLIAM JENNINGS
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Secretary
Daniels today took issue with William
Jennings Bryan, who has stated in pub
lie addresses that Chairman Cummlngs,
of the democratic national committee,
either should disassociate himself from
Governor Edwards, of New Jersey, who
-was elected on b" wet ' ' platform, or re
sign the national committee chairman,
ship. Mr. Cummings attended the gov
ernor's inaugural dinner at which an Ed
wards presidential nomination boom was
.launched, and in reply to Mr. Bryan said
he was present only as a "neutral."
Mr. Daniels said he had read Governor
Edwards' platform with a great deal of
interest ami had found "at least 90 per
cant of it" excellent and agreeing thor
oughly with the best principles of demo
cratic statesmen of the past and present.
Naturally, the secretary said, he could
not agree with Mr. Edwards on the pro
hibition question, but this point should
not be allowed to overshadow the great
good in the remainder of the governor 's
platform.
FORMER GERMAN
BARRACKS DESTROYED
(By The Associated Press.)
iiOT SPRING8, N. O, Jan. 23. The
fountain Park Hotel, which was former
ly used by interned Germans as a bar
racks, was completely destroyed by Are
of undetermined origin, which' was dis
covered at 6 o'clock today, entailing loss
-estimated at $100,000.
The flames had made such headway
before being discovered that the efforts
of the village volunteer firemen were un
availing. ' A score of guests in the hotel
barely had time to escape from the
burning building after the alarm was
given. The entire contents of the build
ing were lost.
SAYS MR. PALMER HAD
CASE OF COLD FEET
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Charges
that Attorney General Palmer "had a
plain case of cold feet" when he failed
to appear yesterday before the house
rules committee to explain the need of
further anti-sedition legislation, .were
made before the committee today by Rep
resentative Bodenberg, republican, of Il
linois, v
Mr. Bodenberg said he did not under
stand why the attorney general had not
appeared.
"I don't want to impugn the motives
of the attorney general,'" he aid, "but
It looks like a plan ease of eold feet"
"We are' sparring for political ad
vantages, " said Representative Pou,
democrat, of North Carolina. "As for
,'eold feet, I see evidence of 'cold feet'
'" in this committee. The attorney general
imply decided to submit his views in
"writing."
' U "Which was a very discreet thing to
do." Rodenberg retorted.
.;. . 1 ,
- Bright men are ia demand in the bus
iness world. They are needed to think
p new reasons for "boosting prices.
, nX Angeles Times. .
NOT GIVE UP
LL
AM
AMERICAN CAPITAL TO
HELPUROPE COMEBACK
So Says Governor Harding of
Federal Reserve Board to
Pan - American Financial
Congress.
, (By The Associated 1'ress. )
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 American
I capital will be employed in aiding
Euroie ' ' to get back to productive work ' '
not because of "attractive rates of N in
terest" but to restore normal condi
tions and to open markets for Ameri
can export, Governor W. P. G. Harding
of the federal reserve board, said today,
speaking before the second Pan-American
financial congress.
' We cannot, however, -exiort things
which we do not have," Governor Hard
ing said, "and in order to provide an ex
portable surplus we must produce more,
or, failing that, consume less. During the
past year we have witnessed an unpre
cedented era of extravagrance in this
country; there has been a continuous rise
in prices and while the value of our
products expressed iu dollars has boon
greater than ever before in history, the
physical volume of goods produced was
less than the production of any year
since l!Mti. Our domestic demand has
wen competing with export demands, aiid
the result has been that prices have been
bid up on both the foreign and do
mestic consumers,"
"Our people must be aroused to the
consciousness that after all we may be
living 'since the close of the war in a
fool's paradise and that more work,
economy and liberal investment in for
eign securities are necessary if we wish
to make our present apparent prosper
ity real and permanent. It is important
that the world should get back to work,
and in order to provide steady employ
ment for the people of our own country
even, it is necessary that there should be
a sustained demand for products
and in order to maiutaiu this steady de
mand, it is necessary to supply mar
kets abroad for our surplus production. "
American bankers were studying the
situation from a new angle toward world
finance, he said, and undertaking engage
ments they would not have embarked
on a few years ago . American manufac
turers were extending long credits, he ad
ded, but could not do so indefinitely with
undue pressure on the credit with Ameri
can banks and to assure this essential
long credit to European buyers, ' Appeal
must be made to American investors."
Governor Harding called attention to
the new "Edge act" providing ma
chinery for ..financing these undertakings,
which, be said, gave exporters, producers,
manufacturers and American investors
the means of co-operative to solve the
problem before them.
"The basis of world commerce is an
exchange of goods," Governor Harding
aid, pointing out that America? 'oans
must be on terms to permit the bor
rowers to repay in products.
"European nations can produce many
things which we either do not product
at all, or cannot produce as cheaply as
they can," he esStftsjd, "or it may be
they can produceJhlifgs needed in South
American eounffjpt in the far east.
As Americas importers - have constant
dealings with South American and
Oriental countries, it follows that Euro
pean credits available in China and
Japan, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and
ether Latin-American nations will be just
as effective in liquidating European obli
gations in the United States as" direct
EuroMun credits in New York would
be." ' -
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Suggs spent
Wednesday with friends' in Kings Moun
tain. Mrs. Price Ford
Mayworth yesterday.
was a visitor to
CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
SHOWS GOOD REPORT
226 Speeders Faced His Hon
or, the Judge of Municipal
Court, in Past Six Months
Drunks Number 183 Ar
rest total 1,142.
Violations of automobile laws caused
the greatest iiuiiiImt of arrests for the
past six months in the police department.
Two hundred and twenty-six' speeders
were arrested. Next in rank was tlie
number of drunks, 1h;i. Affrays, gamb
ling and larceny came, next in uumlter of
arrests.
During the six month there was a to
tal of 1,142 arrests, and an aggregate of
1,390 days in road sentences. The re
port is as follows:
Assault with deadly weapon 4.'1
Affrays 63
Bigamy 1
Carrying concealed weapons 23
Car breaking and" larceny 3
Disorderly conduct 81
Drunk '. ... 18.T
Drunk and disorderly. 12
Forgery 3
P. r it.1 A 6
(nubling 59
Highway roblier J
House breaking and larceny 5
Larceny 40
Murder 1
Manslstigliter 1
Xon-jmpport 7
Perjury 1
Retailing liquor 15
Simple assault 23
Store breaking and larceny 2
Trespass 7
Vagrancy- ' ,5
Violations traffic laws, speeding. .. . 226
Violations automobile laws, other
than speeding 329
1 Total arrests ! 1,142
Total road sentences, days 1,390
: Total fines and cost collected $9,523.30
, Total of arrests made":
White male 780
White female 23
Colored male 301
Colored female 39
Total
.1.142
COME TO RESCUE OF
ARMY HOMING PIEGONS
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK. Jan. 23 Patriotic poul
try fanciers here have com? to the res
cue of Uncle Snm and Victory, pioneers
of the United Htntes army pigeon hom
ing society, and they will not die the
early death, reluctantly ordered by their
owner. Auguste de Corte, of Staten Is
land. Disappointed because of what he said
was lack of recognition by the govern
ment de Corte sailed Wednesday for
Belgium to spend his remaining days af
ter ordering the pigeons to be killed and
mounted for preservation at the Museum
of National History. Protests of fan
ciers, however, lead to a plan to auction
the birds today to persons who will see
that they are well cared for. The pro
ceeds will be sent to de Corte, who is
said to be nearly penniless.
The first piegons sent to France with
the army were fourteen bred from Uncle
Sam and Victory, according to affidavits
made by de Corte.
STRONG EARTHQUAKE
SHOCKS IN VERA CRUZ
MEXICO CITY. Jan. 22. Strong
earthquake shocks were felt in the city
of Vera Cruz from 3 to 5 o'clock this
morning. There were ' no casualties, al
though some residences were damaged.
Reports from Vera Crui state the tre
mors demolished at Couitlaa'aU structures-
which were not destroyed in the
earthquake of January 6, while shocks
lasting 20 minutes caused further dam
age at Balmoral and San Francisco de
La Penas.
POWHATAN'S PASSENGERS
ON THE GREAT NORTHERN
(By The Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 23. The transport
Northern Pacific, which rescued trie pas
sengers on the disabled sister transport
Powhatan yesterday is due to arrive off
Ambrose lighUxrrp at 6 a. ko. tomorrow
and will dock about 9 o'clock at the army
piers, Hoboken, according to a wireless
message received here today.
The Powhatan is in tow of the Canad
ian steamer Lady Laurier, and proceed
ing toward Halifax. A message from
the vessel today urged prompt sending of
heavier towing gear to as to permit the
Lady Laurier putting on a full strata.
The last position given-"by her was ap
proximately 240 miles southeast of Hall-
fas. . ; - , "", .
TWO DEATHS HERE
FROM FLU THIS WEEK
Many cases of the disease in
City But Most Are of a Mild
Type Flint - Groves Sec
tion Hardest Hit Many
Cases at Mayworth.
So far there have beeu but two deaths
from flu in Gastoniu since the disease
became epidemic some days ago. Mrs.
Eiunui Martin, 21." East Fifth avenue,
died Tuesday und Miss Annie May Shorr,
of the Flint Mill section, died last night.
Just how many cases of the disease there
are in the city is not known but tlie
number is considerable. Reports stare
that jthere are 40 or 50 cases at the Flint
and Groves mill. In the Loray Mill sec
tion of West (liistouiii there is h large
number. There are, of course, scattered
cases all over town. The type seems to
le much milder, however, than that of
last year.
Mrs. Martin died at her home early
Tuesday inoniiii;. Every other member
of the f:iinily was in lied with flu at the
time. Brief funeral services were con
ducted nt the resilience by Rev. Dr. .1. H.
Henderlite and tlie body was taken to
Fullston, Cleveland county, for inter
ment. Miss Short died at 6-o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Funeral services will be held
at the home at '' o'clock this afternoon,
Hev. B. A. Culp, of Kings Mountain, of
ficiating. Interment will be in Holly
wood Cemetery.
Reports from Mayworth nre to the ef
fect that there are about ."0 cases there.
TEN THOUSAND ILL
WITH FLU If CHICAGO
Epidemic Continues to Spread
Ten Per Cent of Conductors,
Motormen and Police Force
Among Victims.
(By The Associated Pi ess.)
CHICAGO. Jan. 23 Influenza and
pneumonia today continued to spread in
Chicago and the number of persons
ill with the two diseases passed the ten
thousand mark. Teu per cent of con
ductors and motormen on the surface
lines nnd one tenth of the police force
were said to be among the victims.
The epidemic remains in a mild form
nnd there is still no occasion for alarm,
according to Dr. Dill Robertson, city
health commissioner. The death list yes
terday, with a toll of 36 for the 24
hours period, dropped nearly fifty per,
cent, but the pneumonia deaths, 43, in
creased more than 100 per cent.
The shortage of trained nurses again
became critical today. Some families,
where all members were reported ill,
could not be given even temporary ser
vices of nurses.
TWO CHURCHES AS
TRIBUTE TO A. E. F. MEN
By The Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 23. A movement
for the erection of two inter-denoomina-tional
churches as a tribute to the men
who served in the American expeditiona
ry force was announced here today. One
of the churches will beverected on Long
Island and one in Washington. They
will be called "The Roosevelt Churches."
Rev. Edgar Lawrence Hunt, until re
cently pastor of the Interdenominational
church at Forest Hills, N. Y., and a close"
friend of the late Theodore Roosevelt,
will have charge of the campaign for
funds. The movement is wholly inde
pendent of the' Roosevelt memorial asso
ciation. WORLD'S CREDIT SITUATICI
IS TOPIC TODAY
By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Resolutions
embodying resemmendations and sugges
tions resulting from the group conferen
ces held daily since the conference open
ed Monday were before the second Tan
Americf n financial conference at its fin
al business session today. These resolu
tions brought before the conference as a
whole in definite form for action the
various financial and transportation prob
lems, in which the nations of the Ameri
cas are interested and which the confer
ence is seeking to solve through co-operation
and understanding.
The world's credit situation wan the
general topic for the session with the
principal address by W. P. G. Harding,
governor of the federal reserve board,
on- "The- Problems of The' United States
A Creditor Nation." - . .:
RED PROPAGANDA DISCOVERED
IN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TRIAL OF SOCIALISTS
POSTPONED TILL TUESDAY
(By The Associated Press)
ALBANY, N. Y.. Jan. 23 With trial
of the five suspended socialist assembly
men accused of disloynlty adjourned un- i
til next Tuesday, legal forces, represent
ing the assembly judiciary committee
conducting the investigation today began
assembling their evidence for presenta
tion next week.
Although socialist counsel opposed an
adjournment, the committee granted the
plea of its own attorneys, who lxnnted
out that it in reality would prow a
"time saving device," as it would give
them an opportunity to weed out neces
sary exhibits. ,
Replying to a question from the
socialists who said that they were fac
ing financial hardships by delay, as to
how long it would take the prosecution
to put in its case. Judge Arthur E.
Sutherland, of Rochester, estimated that
it would Im "substantially in" next
week .
The seven witnesses called yesterday
when the first evidence waa presented
have been ordered by Louis M. Martin,
Committee chairman, to be on hand next
week.
Albany seemed deserted today.
Crowds attending the trial who not only
hud flooded the hotels, but had found
quarters on a steamboat tied up by the
ice, had left, many planning to return
next week .
CHICAGO TEACHERS
WANT BIG RAISE
(By The Associated 1'iessi.)
CHICAGO. .Ian. 23. Chicugo school
teachers who yesterday appealed to the
I nna n I of education for a (l per cent
wage increase, 'will receive a blanket
raise of .4(1(1 to $51" i per year, George P.
Arnold, chairman of the board, announc
ed today.
Jesse J. Walther, instructor of suf
normal children, who teaches a class of
20 ranging from boys simply baackward
to others who are feeble-minded, threw
the hearing 'into an uproar when she de
clared that two of her feeble-minded pu
pils, both of 17 year old boys, had gone
to work at higher salaries than she received.
PAST TWO DAYS' PROGRESS GIVES
GROUND FOR HOPE IN TREATY FIGHT
CHAMBER SHOWS COLD
NESS TO NEW REGIME
; (By Associated Press.)
PARIS. Jan. 23 Premier Millerand
J and members of his cabinet are today
considering the attitude of the chamber
of deputies, which, although it has voted
confidence in the- government, has shown
a certain degree of coldness to the new
regime. There is no indication that the
cabinet will resign as a result of yester
day 's turbulent session in the chamber,
but there are many "who believe Jules
Steeg, minister of the interior, about
whom the storm centered, may surrender
his portfolio rather than embarras the
premier in the opening days of his ad
ministration .
M. Millerand 's victory upon demanding
a vote of confidence, while it showed a
mapority of 249, was considered really to
be a defeat as more than 300 members
of the chamber refused to participate
in the balloting. Parliamentary tradi
tion looks upon the refusal to vote on a
question of confidence as a ballot against
the government . -
SEIZED CAR OF WINE.
(Bv The Associated Press.)
GREENVILLE. S. C, Jan. 22 The
first sflixure of whiskey passing through
this state was made today at the South
ern railway depot here -when United
States Marshal Lyon took into custody
affreight car consigned from California
to New York and containing 67 kegs of
(By Tlie Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Jan. 23 Alleged radical
activities in the Chicago public schools
will be investigated thoroughly1, Peter A.
Mortensen, suerintendent of schools, aa-
nouneed today. That action will follow
indictment of Miss Helen Pratt Judd, for
15 years a grade school teacher, along
with two other women and thirty-five
members of the communist labor party.
Miss" Judd, named as secretary of a local '
branch of the organization, was charged
with advocating overthrow of the gov
ernment .
Approximately forty additional indict
ments against members of the communist
party were exeeted to lie returned today
by -the special grand jury investigating
radical activities in Cook county, special
prosecutors announced.
Trial of the alleged reds indicated will
begin Monday in criminal court. They
will be prosecuted under state laws. De
portation warrants will be sought for a
number of the aliens involved, according .
to the state's attorney's office.
A number of the communists who sur
rendered or were arrested here were at
lilerty today under $5,000 and 10,000
bonds. These included William Boss
Lloyd, millionaire sergeant tat -arms of .
the party, Edgar Owens, Moline, Ills., is
secretary of the organization. Robert
Horsley, James A. Meisinger, and Arthur
Proctor were released otf ball of $10,000
each, provided by NTrs. Marion 8.
Dauchy, who scheduled her Chicago home
at $100,000. Clara Rofsky and Samuel
Ash also were released on bonds.
Germans Still Sing
"Deutschland Uber Alles" '
LONDON, Jan. 23. Members of the
crew of the German warship Koentgs--berg,
when drawn up for inspection by s
board of inter-allied commissioners at
Wilhelmshaven. spontaneously sang
"Deutschland Uber Alles" and "Die
Wacht Am Rhein," according to a Ren
ter's correspondent with the inter-allied
officials. It is said that this demonstra
tion wus merely to show that the Ger
mans were not depressed, a naval discip
line was apparently good on the ship and
in the harbor.
TO PROHIBIT SMOKING
IN EATING PLACES
COLUMBIA, R. C, Jan. 23 A bill
introduced in the South 'Carolina senate,
which passed its second reading1 last
night, would prohibit smoking in eating
places. Restaurants and' hotels, under
the bill's provisions, would be subject to
penalties imposed, unless signs forbidding
smoking are displayed and the act en
forced by the proprietors.
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. As a re
sult of the progress during the past two
days by the bi-partisan committee of
leaders seeking to compromise differen
ces on the iieace treaty, senators today
were more hopeful of a settlement of .
the controversy than they have been for
weeks. Reports of conferees that a de
cided step forward had been made in the
negotiations as to article 10 of the league
of nations covenant, the chief stumbling
block, and that definite agreement on
that point might be expected at the com
mittee meeting late today, revived the
activities of the mild ' reservationists of
both sides in paving the way for ac
ceptance of the committee's agreement
should one be reached.
Many proposals for changes in the
Lodge reservation on article ten were
considered -yesterday at the conference
of the four republican and five democrat-,
ic leaders and it was reported the repub
licans were in a mood to make material
concessions regarding the form and lan
guage of the reservation through remain
ing firm in their stand against any change
in its fundamental principles. .
One of the proposals of the democrats
which was said to have received major
attention was along the lines of the Me
Kellar-Kendrick draft It would declare
that the United States assume no obli
gation to protect foreign territory by use
of her armed forces or aa economic boy
eott without specific action and 'approval
by congress and reserves the privilege of
offering good offices in adjustment of'
foreign disputes.' - . -
Regardless of whether the article ten
obstacle was disposed of at the meeting
today, leaders said the conferences would
have to extend into next week in order
.that other points at , issue could be cos'
sidered. '
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