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HEAD THE VANT ADS ON PAGE 5 d ci::;is today 4- iV T - COi, APIUL C, 1 3 SINGLE COPY 5 CEHTS "7, "Y 1 - v Uuu - mS m W T s ; (By Toe Associated Treat.) , IDETKOIT, April 8. With ' little snore than one third of the precincts ia ,' siie state tabulated ' early this morning, . United States Senator Ilirain ' Vf. John- n was maintaining the lead ho took last tight ovpt Major General Leonard Wood, lot 4hV-endorsement of Michigan, repub licans for the presidential - nomination. w Figures -from 808 precincts .out of a to ' Tal of 2,421 W the state guve: Johnson ' -.0,043 J Wood 44,463; Governor Frank a Tvowden, of - Illuiois. 24,380; Herbert Jloover) ',2094; "General Pershing 5,512; ' William G. Simpson, Detroit, 9G3; Sena- -lor Miles W. Poiudexter. 894... ' On - the democratic ticket Herbert Hoover held the lead over Governor Ed Vard I. Inwards," of Nw Jersey. The viemocrats apparently east a light vote, '.725 preciu;ts giving: -lloorer 7,288; Ed rewards 6,424 ; -William G. MeAdoo, 5,536 j 4 William J. Brjan 4,742; Attorney Gen eral Palmer 3.741.? J;v " ;.;' ' "V: "' ' The Detroit city complete vote (319 procinets out'of 366 in'Wayne county .yesterday ' presidential preference pri sriary, gave: : vv ;i ;-""V'" Republican:" Johnson '" 69,004 ; Wood 16,193; Hoover: 12,550; Lowden 11,009; Tershing 2,77;" BimpBon 557 ; Poindex :Ut 3S0, " : : ;--.-'v.':;-':V,' Democratic; . Awards 7,142 ; Hoover -4,977 McAdoo 3,633; ralmer, 3,099; liryan 2,524. --C:'- ' '.-'V 1167 out of 2,421 precincts la the state .'including DetroH 'complete, give: v- Republican t y Johnson ' 1 03,786 ; Wood '9,483; Lowden 33,298; Hoover 29,774; Vershing 7,510. . - ' . ' - " 096 precincts Including" Detroit com ' jileto giv J ' J ' -" - Democratie: Hoover 11,126; Ed wards 10,033; MeAdoo 8.95$; 'Hryaa 6.f50; Valmer 5,646. V ' 1 ; 1 ' ;cc:::iT!:::s-f,T otee:i .' War Department Issue! State ment llesardins R e c e n t Troubles a t Government .Hospital at Oteen. ' 4 - ' , (By H. JEL & Bryant.; 5 WASHINGTON, April 5. The war department gave out. statement on gen. rel hospital 'No.. 19, "'at Oteen, today " In part the department says: , - T"M As i- the result " of recommendations made by InsiKSctor General J." l- Ctam .IwlRln, which" have been " approved ty i?ocretary of War. Baker and put into effect by Burgeon General M. I. Ireland, conditions at U. 8. General Hospital Ns. 19,' Oteen, which gave rise to complaints, Siavs been! corrected and it is believed thers will be no" further trouble, on this account. '.:, - ' -'"' ,. v-v-'Oa the recmmendation of - the in -Pcto' general, Major Frank A. Craw ford, sanitary eorps, was relieved from 15 lP " -i . " -;(EyTT."Xs9c-ata ..j;tlacitcctcz, :Apri--J'2:-- -: troops today occupied TUiivostik t-". r r ight Lours of sews fitting ia all parts jf ths-city."- . ;-. Ths Jipanese iirrcrial fag is'-ilying ia the place of tLe E. : Laa ens'n from 3 government bullJixijs. . . J - . ome of the officials of ths revolution ry rejime already have been arreted and deported, Eussians have been 'fiis- armed. . ' . -',;; " Throughout last night the Japanese t ought with rifles, machine guns, grea des and email artillery in all portions of the city. Their incessant f rlnjr iset tittle opposilion, as the I'u3iians were -takea by surprise, the Japan eso moves towxrd occupation having beca , ynex rpeeted by the party in power. .' HOPES TO' HAVE FLOWN AC20SS PACIFIC IN TWO TEAX3. (Ey The Associated Press.) ' WASHINGTON, April 6. Gecretary Daniels told the senate narsl committee today that he hoped tv.st 'in two ears or lees we will have a machine tl at has flown acrose the Paci"c," The eeerd'ry w- 'is wing provi sion in the tnnual cavai bill for the preeervatlon of t!.e trars-Atlant'e sca-T-lane N C-4 Jo r -sum. ile ffid not go4v) ar.y v 3 to the it r i t . ; 'J ' "X w " duty as moss oflicer at the hospital fy burgeon General' Ireland, who asnigneii Major , Arthur Moorehouse, sanitary corps, to that dotyC ."'"-" f Another ninfter wliicli was investi gated wa tho actiop taken by ihe'romr maiiding oflicer in placing Lieutenants John D. Crews, field artillery; John G, JowUngs, air service; Chester O. Kn.sigu, 353d infantry; John D. Mills, Held ar tillery, and .William C. Bhohan, chemical warfare service, all patients, jn isolation, after they had exposed themselves to in fluenza when . the hospital was in quar antine. The inspector reported that all officers, enlisted tnen and civilians- wera subjected to the same treatment, which, tor professional reasons, could not be questioned but he passed some criticism upon the manner in 'which the ease was handled. " -"; '. - , v Should Have Admitted Clark. . ., ''Wliile the investigation was ia pro gress, a civilian,' Walter Clark, sought to lunke a persoual investigation of condi tions, at the hospital. The commanding jflicer informed Mr.v Clark that unless ne had the authority of the war depart ment to make such an investigation, he would have to decline to permit him to visit the hospital until he, Colonel Lyster, hud communicated with the war depart ment. The report f the inspector states that while Mr." Clark presented no au thority from the war department to make an. investigation it would have been bet ter had the commanding office allowed him to visit, the hospital and-interview his 'friends and receive first hand infor mation of the conditions at" the hospital. ''In forwarding the report to the secre tary of war, Inspector General Chamber lain stated that the evidence indicates that the food furnished enlisted patients at Oteen hospital hns been fat from satis factory. Good food has been spoiled in cooking. Tablo utensils ;,have" at times had -particles of foo4 on them. .While this, under ordfoary circumstances, is inexcusable, it is, with i the class' of patients at this hospital, reprehensible. . :x:-y. Lack of Supervision. . . . -11 The improvement of the mess after the n rrival of the lnspwtor Indicated that proper supervision was not exercised before It was. held tliat ' fresh 'milk should, beserved rattier than powdered milk The difficulty of eradicating cock roaches was appreciated but with energy and " constant " fighting the presene - of these insects can bejredoced to a mini mum." . i';;:" t,-i.tp,:',--r:v -'-. VV'f v.4' The inspector general held thai ths priftciple fault has been lack of careful, eaergetia and .constant ' supervision.' - - 'Ths investigation was undertaken nt the request of Surgeon General Ireland, who stated today that tha recommenda tions of the inspector general had al rvady been carried into effect as far. as possible . end . would be fully complied with.' r tive sesjioa after a Ixkt cri mec'.'.rt ? 'Hx wlica he arj.l t.x ljcrsite, cf t:.:,CSdJa.M srpreprlaUoa for tie training and development of the naval r erva f orces. - Tber t"l as drawn -carries 30,000, ..which Mr. Daniels said .wodl barely allow the department to "sta?.i still". The reserve force, he added, was the navy's greatest personnel asset In time of war and should be fostered In years of peace, ' : , ;; : ;i..- ;.',',,"'.".- FRANCS GETS 10 TE2 CZZT " or Errsrr; wASsnipa : , (By The Associated Fresa) ' PAKI3, April 6. Particulars of the distTibuSon of enemy warships among the allies have just been published here. Fra&ee's- share, which is 10 per cent of the total tonage of all the captured enemy ships with the exception of sw marines, represents 82,000 tons, half of which is In Cerraaa ships and the re mainder in Austrian vesst ls. - Five . ernisers and ten destroyers are allotted to France and t'..o same number of. crui.-wrs f . h c-r t: eeive a 1!"! t r whit h rr ry 1 r Italy. tT, jo--.-U a!so re r anl l res destroy-" -s ' 1 for a year for t - I t must be dWtrc.T " ' i c'jpi, Por7 ' i-i . ..'a jorts are l' " f " 1 cf f--"j I ! : - per el t' BUL. " allcV, . ' : 3 ! U IV rc;:::"?nAr:::r"ir. I. UN , ft Frank A. Vanderlip, former President of the National City Bank, -N. Y.- C.', who may be one of the candidates for the .Republican nomination for U. S. Senator to succeed Jas. W, Wadsworth. He is said to have the support of the Prohibition forces. (e) IIU.'1 captist gc::ve:;ti: i at : " . err ; Vi"1 "W4 Many Gaston Couiy Peole ; Attendini r.Iitti-.T cf Yo- 'l men's 'Mi'sicrry Union In Shelby This ie The Program TLroujh Wednes day. " 4- r x Many Gaston county Baptist women are leaving for Shelby today lo attend the 30th Annual session of the Woman's Missionary Union which begins today and continues - through Friday. . Concerning this, The; Cleveland . tHar says;- '-- "" f ' Fully 425 delegates- from all over Nortl! Carolina have signified their inten tion of wining to Shelby next weckto attend the 30th Annual session of the Woman's Misjuonary Uniou - of ; North Carolina, an auxiliary to tho Baptist dtate convention which meets April 6th to 9th inclusive, holding sessions in the handsome First Baptist Church of which Dr, J.- Marcus Kester is pnstor. The peo ple of' Shelby, regardless of denomination have thrown open their doors to enter tain tlte distinguish guests who assemble in 'the interest of a . . worthy ' religious cause,, while the ladies from the other churches of the Kings Mountain associa tion ' will . furnish - dinners on the "three days at-the First Baptist ehnrch.'. The program for the meeting is as follow: : Tuesday Evening, S O'clock. - v , Rev. J. II. Kester; fchelby, president, 4 Devotional service Eer. J. W. Gottle, Shelby.- -v' "r ". ' ""' v f - fiermon Eev. J. ElwovJ Welshi Tur ham. -- '- ,'- v -' WeJnesisy L!jrBlat, loYscloclc. -Trayer Jjerrice Led by yUs. W. V. Koberts. , r- ":" V ";- Address of Welcome fronf- Kings Mountain a wK.Lation Mrs. William Archer. ' "' " " ; y'' - " -. Address of Welcr -ne from churches of Shelby Mrs. P. L. Henneseee.' ' Response -t Urs. T. E. Gardner, Eden ton. " .' ' .. -',"'!' V; y. Report of corresponding secretary," Miss Bertha Cartli Ealiegh. " report " of-' treasurer .Mi.- Bertha Carroll, Raleigh. ... ', i - ".J: Prfwr.tation' of-W. If. U. Bannen -' Prt ' " t's r. iress Jfmorial stones ' Mrs. Wesley" N. Jom-s, RaWtgo.' ..' ' Records, of Baptist history lira Ethel CrKten-ba, Wske Forest. v , v . Recognition f visitors. Appointment of core-.. 'ttees. " Election of nominat'-s committee. -' Report of enrollmtnt. . t. . , . - - Annonnccnsents. : - - -Wednesday Afternoon, J O'clock. T The Junior 'Work aw tLe 75 IkTillion Dollar Campaign Mise. Ellrabetli N. Brijrs, Junior euperintendent, presiding. Prayer Service Mise Elizabeth Ebcl-toft.- Report of Junior Euperintendert The Fourfold Increase - "And Jesus in creased in -wisdom and e'sTjre, find in favor 'with God and can." IIl.-s rrvi. rj.;;h. - - . Junior t- '"-Trrondations, 21. ' Bt-tnoaotrst'-jn - t'hey Jfv-.'.cam' Talk L'rs. n. JL Coctral (' -x . Ti'k I" n . tUe Ec ''.i. .. ' r-r. 7. . -: - i : r. c. a. ii ... j i.4 inL la. l.t r.r I Authority on Cc- its Comes ' to U ' r Aurpices of - Juv ', Lyce tracii era Last At ascn. ; ; ... Juilge B-n V.. Lindseya world renown ed authority. n Juvcnilc'rourtii, will be the next 'attraction' in the Gastonla Ly eeum'.eeurse. lie wiil lecture in the Cett' tral school -auditorium, Monday night, April 12th, This is the last attraction of the season offered by the local man agement of the lyceuin course for the year.". Judge LiniWy is in great demand is a speaker " and lecturer. . "'1 . Those who hate Jieard J edge Lindsey since his return from Frauce where he went uujcr the ausjices of the American Kovernment and the Allies to study social conditions and rehabilitation plans a motig the vmen, children and jrls of the war. tone, say that never before has he delivered sueh powerful lectures, lec tures which completely grip the immense nudiwices which eveV-where- gatlfer to hear the famous speaker." ., " Judge Lindsey gained fame through his great work as judge of-' the- Juvenile Court of lVn ver.-' n became judge of this court in 1901 and so great ..has been bis work that practically every juvenile court ow.es its" inspiration to him. Euro- pean nations have sent royal commissions j to Denver to learn his methods and Japan wus so .filled with the wonders of .hint that the commissioners from that coun try even, took photographs of the court room so that it might be exactly copied. An lonir'.a" h "busied ' himself with playgronnds &n& public ; baths he ; was the universal idoL But the time came when he left symptoms and . began to hunt the auses, digging , deep t find the reaaans 4ehind the wretchedness of mothers and children. and this wae the be ginning of. a long and hard fought strug gle, with the intrenched interests of com mercialized vice. ., . , , , v And Lindsey has won for he has been able to make people eee that the tight for the; children is after- all the fight for the fathers and mothers as well.; ,v 'JL believe in Judge Lindsey because .e hss brought something of worth to us," says Bishop McConnell, well known i one' .of the leaders pf . the Methodist church. - ':-.'-'V,.f -C : cc:.:"L::mr sdg'AL wcxers buoy sfle;:c:d aquET Enjoyable Affair at . the Arm . ir?ton Hotel Monday Night : GrVen by Mr. W. T. Rankin - and Pro. F. P. Hal! to Corn's- munity Vorkers ; and , Do mestic Science Teachers. ' V- (By Mrs., joe Gribbie): ' ' " '' I One of the peculiar characteristics ff Miss Nell Pickens, Gaston County's most. eiUcient county demonstrator, is to dream dreams and . in some mysterious way bring them to pass. By passing the magia wand before Mr." W. -T. Rankin a prominent mill man, and Prof. F. P. nllr county superintendent of . schools, with their generosity and previous in terest in the work made possible the de-. l'htful banquet at the Armington Hotel I"t sight, . whereby all the com munity workers and domestic - science teachers of Gaston eonnty were assembled as guests la this most pleasant get-together way. The long dining table with center decorations ef lovely jonquils was placed in "one family "effect with cov ers laid for twenty-five, Mr. Rankin seated at one end,' TrO. . Hall and Miss Pickens at the other . ' Banty hand paint ed jonquils adorned the place cards that stood in an upright position with stream ers of narrow, (td green ribbons leading out from each, twining garcef ully ia and Out- among the table settings with ap propriate fortunes tied at the end. . The Mistress of Ceremonies, Miss rick ens, with a f ew weU efcosea words re marked that a general mixture of peo ple were ' present, doctors, preachers, banker, mill men, school teachers and press representatives but all with the one interest,- that of community -welfare work. '...' ... --.'. Miss Tim Sloan was then called; upon and in response gave a delightful toast to Mr. Xlankia and Miss Ilinshaw gave ene to rrof. 1111. ,Fjve eK'-mtly appointed courses were served but t-e sLxth course, richly pre pared and most ia keebj with the oc casion yet not on tf.e regular lill-ef-fare, was the so?, "Caa you mass ranches, can you m.e bruits!" parody" on "Are you from E-itief" suc by Hiss ae- PUBfCCE IS TO tWti . : W mmm m RESPECT VERSAILLES TIB Occupation of Cities Is Merely Military' March Accornpanied by No Fighting German Cities V Declared Under State of Siege. ;'' '. ' (By Tbs Asaoeiated Press) - ? FRANKFORT, April 6, Frankfort Was occupied without incident by French troops early today and with the cavalry in the lead, followed by the infantry and the artilleryr the occupying forces press ml rapidly beyond the city. They met with no opssition. By 10 o'clock in the beim , (three miles north of Frankfort). The entire operation was- expected to be fomplcted. during the day.'. . ' ;;'' y 'i ,The occupation takes the form of an extension of the French lines around the bridgehead of Mayence, a distance of a- bout 18 miles. ; The extreme limits of the 1V1W I. IU1 . LUU .lint .4. 1 .w but larger than that of the original tone of occupation. v The only German troops ; encountered in Frankfort by the French were Sicher heitswehr, or volunteers, Who surrendered. They probably will be simply disarmed and rieased. The French occupying force . is esti mated to number from 15,000 to 18,000 men. It is composed largely of cavalry .with detachments of infantry for occu pation of the various centers and artillery merely as a precautionary measure. The neutral sone occupied presents no interest whatever from the point of view of mill tary ' strategy and hence the force has been limited to the number necessary for occupation alone. . . - MAYENCE,, April 6 French troops entered Frankfort at 5 o'clock this morn ing, finding only a ' small German force left there to afford police protection for the people. " The occupation of the city was a mere military march and was not attended by any fighting. .. ' ' - - - 'Darmstadt was entered shortly after wards by French-forces. The German garrison of that city had left at mid night to avoid contact with the French and this morning was six miles east of the city. :;jr"'-V' :'.' V- i --;' '.'-, - Genera! de Goutte has issued a procla mation to cities and towns within the area to' be occupied stating that the French troops have crossed the Shine to eorapel the Berlin government-to respect its agreement, with the allies and assert ing there is no hostile intent toward ths people of that region. The proclamation says the French' troops .will withdraw as soon as German government forces have evacuated the neutral cone and declares no one will be affected by the presence ef tha French as long as order -is main tained. ' The proclamation makes ths following provisions for publia order: Frankfort, Darmstadtr Offenbach, Hochstadt, Kocningstein and Bieburg as well as all towns and districts within the circle of Gross Gerau, Langschwalbach and Wiesbaden, wita ih$ wcepticuef Eiebach, sre declared oner a' state of siege. - --.W . ' ; German authorities and public, ser vices will continue to function under French military officials and. strikes will aot be tolerated. . - . .y. :'. . - ' -V , People are temporarily, forbidden to circulate in ths various communities from nins o'clock at night until Sin the morn ing. . -: ".'.'..".-".. ''::'-r ,J More than live persons must not eolltct ia streets or ia private or publia meetings without autaorlsatioa. .'.'-- v " ; Newspapers are temporarily suspend ed and permission must be given to use tbs telephone and telegraph. Postal censorship is temporarily established, wireless installations most be dismantled and the use of carrier pigeons is forbid dea. ;. ::. ,. ' :7 ::..,.:.:--, . All arms and grenades most t deposit ed ia city . halls within six hours after the posting of the proclamation but reg ular police- will be allowed to retain sabers and revolvers. .. Safety guards must disarm., Any infractionf these rules w;ll' re sult In eourtmartHl. V " . ' . KOTIFIES B2. VCN HXYTZ PABIS, April 6. Premier III. vand :.tyer, t e- ' ' r- ;' ,.t today forma the Cernna not.n il Pr. iT.."-. v.n . cf CL3.IS9 d r--.,h r .in ce a- i ' - 1 1 tron ing t'. as s Tl government to obtain the immediate wita drswal of ths German troops which na duly penetrated the' neutral sone fixed by article 33 of the treaty of Versailles. :' "My request having obtained So re sult up to this time, I have ths honor of ' Informing yoa that the general command ing in chief the army of the Bhlne has re ceived orders to cenpy immeduitely the cities of Ftankfort, Uamburg, , Ilanau, JJarmstadt' and Bieburg."; This occupa tion -will end es soon as tlie German troopa shall have completely evacuated the neu tral sone.":. 'V . v '''' - rkrw rnriric viTit ui r i i PAKIS April tJ Marshal For h hA i conference this morning with Premier Auuerana. xater tne premier received Hugh C. Wallace, the American ambas sador. PLAN CONFERENCE TO v RESTORE CAR SERVlCS ' ' '.'' t , r ' -.. V..' . ...... . 'J..' - 1. .. Bv-Associated I TOLEDO, O.; April & Following lusai last night of eity council to cede from its stand against an increasa of "one cent in the rater of fare to cover a wage raise demanded by striking street car men. Mayor Cornell Schreiber, Judga John M. Killits of the United Btates district 'court, ' and Henry ' I, Doherty, head of the Toledo Traction interests, planned a conference today in which aa attempt wilt be made to restore car ser vice; ' , ". City officials -were working frantical ly today trying to install , an efficient motor bus service to take ears of tha working public; many ; of whom have been obliged to walk to and from work since Saturday morning - when the ear men walked out. . - 1 Snow and f reezing temperatures arer addlng to the discomforts of ths former car riders sad down town business is said to have felt ths result of the strike: 1 Mr. Doherty gave it as his opinion to day that the traction problem now ia np to the citizens,' He figured that tha strike is costing the company $4,000 a day, the workers $8,000 a day and tha city at large about $100,000 a day ia decreased production. : Us Intimated that be has no intentioa of taking the initiative ia a settlement. " WISCONSIN VOTERS WILl ' ; CSCIDS TODAY (By Tbs Associated Press.);! - WILWATJKEE, Wis., April ft Early 1 indications pointed to a fairly heavy rota in todays state-wide primary for dele gates to the national political ! c$nveaT tions and ia the election at a mayor and board of aldermen ia Milwaukee,. ;; Chief Interest centers in the outccs of contests forelegates to the reputli- can national convention between the ua instraeted candidates headed by Gover nor E. L. PhiUipp, and the list of can didates having the indorsement of United States Senator LaFollette. . Tha " delegates on other party tickets have mo opposition."' No presidential preference is being voted on. PREPARING TO BRAG RIVES ! - F02 BODIES OF VICTIMS (By The Associated Press.) - AXDEKSON, S. C, April ft-Prepar-a tions have been made for dragging the bed of Savannah river, at Harpers Ferry, ia the hope of , recovering bodies of the tea victims of an accident Sunday af ternoon when a flat- boat with 11 pas sengers was swamped. The swollen, stream this morning had receded to about" three feet above normal.- ', : V - ' Parties on both , the South CW. and Georgia sides of the mer lava watched along the shores la the here tlat wuies wouij do washed op. time of the tragedy, wloie a"s V from 14 to 27, consist cf en9 f twe, three ehnj.-ca cf t$ f children each cf ta c ' r f one child of a f.-i-r:a t practically " t' j m 'a'. I or: oo !. ' pro-.i- t r v ' Vie- ' ' 1 f rici.cr.s wl'.h ler own tanja ccrrpiuvinier.t wl'h recvivel loud Iacse. --"'- Ths s,ort t:"s fren T. f. J '! l-'r. TT.- T. r ' ' ; t 1 '..' ' f C., :. i cc-. t . TTsnw -J trsns-Paci.'.s f ;' Z'T. V&X.n'3 t?7rT 1 I t f ' ' I ' 1 r i-
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