VOL.7 Illkin.N. C, Thursday, Feb. C, 1019 No. GO mi-: i rem ii made pig SACRIFICE IN ATTEMPT TO AVOID HOSTILITIES. Paris, Feb. I. On July :',(, I'.'l 1, the French goveriinioiil or dered its troops to retire eight or 10 kilometres from tin- frontier, havng heard the C"rman t roups were moving toward it, Reno Vi viani, former premier, h dared in the chamber of deputies la.-1 night in the course of disclosures concerning the orgin of the war, wheh never before have been made public. M. Vivi.mi was prcmcr when the war broke out. 'It w;is on July W)," he said, "that the government of which I was the chief, decided that the Flench troops should retire eight or ! kilometres from the frontier. On the same day I re quested Paul Cambnn (French ambassador in Iondon) 1 y wire to inform Sir Edward (Iiey of the measure taken. " 'England.' I said, 'will real ize that if France is (inn, it is uot she who is taking measures of agression. Although Ger niany has moved her troops up on her battle line the govern ment of the French republic in tends to demonstrate that France as will a- Pu--ia bears no responsibility for the at tack.' " These rcmini-ceni es of the momentous days of the la-t of July. F.H I. rau.-.d the deputic to arise and clmer the former . premier. M. Vi iani continued : i "Could we ii k a mtirderoti war upon the chance meeting of patrols? We desired to proclaim high before the woild that if France were forced to light .-he would do mi for light and ju-- tice and no, take advantage of any equivocation. "The withdrawal was (allied out without meeting any obsta cle cither technical or military. "Had we met with an observa tion from General Joilic to the dang" 1 late of the country. Y Vol hay ' hesitated J : Y pt w atch oi 2f j ' ' Micn on u-lltiel . N o!ije( t 111 A liom the general." i i.mi's r ie--( h w a- in re ply to questions by peputy W r nand Fnerand who .-Inrply rritici seil the abandonment of the 10-ki'ometle one. lie (laimed that it w.i a technical mistake becau-e the mim lal al ley of III icy was within ranre of the French pins and had it been bombarded inten-ively for three T four days (lie (ierman iron "fV d- iisits and factories would hic.e Itetn de-troyed and Cer many jilaced in an infdior posi tion reardins: minerals. This. Hie ,h-put thought. wouM have brought almut an end of the war in six months. Oeptity F.nerand ad . . that the nl mdonment t-f the Fieia h sources of miaeiaU and iion without a l i'ht created a s.ini tion which can cd the f.i I bat tle of the Maine to Ixrome a .-w vilhie victorv in-te,i- of the absolute defeat of the ciu my. Fulim'i' Premier Yiviani re plied that th" alondonmct!t ol the Yliey valley in the event of war had been decided upon by the jreiicrid stall in January, PJ1I. A withdrawal to a depth of !." kilometres was first con sidered, said M. Yiviani. who then read a telegram from Cen ernl .lotrre, dated July "0. read in as follow s: 'For diplomatic reasons it is indispensable that no incident occur at the frontier. No unit and no patrol .-ha!! advance cast of the line fixed." M. Yiviani then read a nies snjre from Adolph F. Messjmy. the minister of war at that time, ms follows: "In order to assure Fnjrlish collaboration, it is indispensa- ;- I le that French tnmps do not cross the peneral line derided up on unless a regular attack is made upon them.' ' On August 2, (Ieneral Joffre. learninjr that 17 violations of . the French frontier had been committed, telegraphed to Pre .mier Yiviani ns follows: rN,''The interdiction njrainst r. liViKsimr the line indicated is JiKed. but for national reasons of diplomatic and moral order, it is indispensable to leave to the Germans the entire respon- iility for hostilities. Conse ciierokei: octlaw is pkoi gut to asiie ili.e Asheville, Feb, I. Jim Uose, leader of the Cherokee county band of outlaws, tie.' alleged murderer, w as brought to A-hc-ville la-1 night, and plac-d in the P.uiiK (iijilie county jail for sale keeping. Accompanied by officers from Murphy, Pose arrived here on the Southern railroad at (:") o'clock, lie was taken immedi ately to the county jail. Pom- who was .severely wound ed during a battle between mem bers of his gang and a posse led by Agent Young, is recovering fiom his wounds and physicians who hae attended the outlaw express the opinion that he will recover. The outlaw was taken before the I'nited States commissioner at .Murphy and was placed un der . (i.oiMl bond, on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, and under Sl.ooo bond on a charge of failure to register for military duty. Po c, however, is already un der indictment on a charge murder, returned by the Chero kee county ejaiid juiy seeral I'MMit lis ago. 1 1 ' was indii ted for V. i ! ! 1 1 : ; r Poin d Wil-on. a far mer. Po-e wa- in vr arrested on thi- ind; tmeiit a- county of licia's of Chelokee county did not have the temerity to attempt the ai. i el.ell-ioll of the bandit at his home in th I.eHllit.nn fast he s mar 1 'uaka. Agent Young stated today that it wa.s the intention ol' y- eimnent oi I'm la'- to eie th--, state authorities lli -t t haie e to I tiy po-e on the murder t har;'". ' It is said that Mr-. WiI-mii. wid-i ow of the piiiiiiejcd moiintai- i r. . ill le-tify absolutely that pose muidereii (,, y (ni-liaiid in e..'. l,i I : on w as .-hot do, n ii the port h in fiottt of his home, while he w,,- wa-hin;r Ids hand-. Pu-e, front a "int on a na im- t.uii. is an t' ed of ha!i! lii'ed a hot from his army n:'e tliat in-) i . t pencil ait ii n-on - in-ai i. io-e i- .a.id to have walked down tie' mutititaii: am! . po',e In Mrs. Wi! -on immediately alter the murder. The a -as-mat ion of Wilson follnwel a feud le-ult-ine from the tleath of Po-e's brother, oflicer.s say. iMiiintr : j t'l,'l,t. Po-e'- lirnthcl hot Wil-1 n s -on in uie leir. 1 he lat ter tiled back ,',t Pose'- brothel'. killinir him. For this po-e i said to have mUldeled Wll-oit. Peputy Sheiilf Mi Chile, wl.o a. is ,,,,iii,.1ed in the battle about tin Jones home, near Nnaka. last Flidav inoininj is in a hos pital at Knowii'e, ueie it i I.eln led he cannot i trover. Mis ii: hi .-boulder was shatteptl by a bul'i t, and it w a- found teres, -.tiy to ; " p-:: .,' . t!ie ,, its at the s',oillier, ;uentlv. cur tioops will ineitd hold the enemy back and throw him upon the fiontier without piiisiliiiK' him beyond." M. iviaiii, amnl ten -e silt la r. out inued : "Then war w.i, det ,u et. The pre-ideiit of the republic wiote 1. Iter to Knij.' Ctorjre whit h wa - published in the pre-, at that time, but the reply of the k in n i, still iinpubh-htd. It leads; " 'I adiuii e the limitation whith France wi'.'.iny'v in.lo-ed upon I. ei self and w hich so itally coiitt'iiis per military tlclciise. The ftirmer jremier was la- Itoiinjr under ep-at emotion and his voice was at hieh pitch as he concluded : "It is essential that the world know that in order to assure the peace of the world we were mak in;r such a Miblhie sacrifice in uncoverinj; our frontier in or der to affirm our rijrht. Do you think that preat and noble America wouhi have remained indilfercnt to such a strikinjr demonstration of our srood faith atnl that it had no influence up on her final decision? "I'pon the responsibilities for the war, history may discuss, but France by her withdrawal 10 kilometres away from her fron tier has jjiven the world proof of her earnest desire for peace." vt5 cas iu;cimi:m' oi i k f.u TKI.I.S (MMITINC STOPY. New Yoik. l et.. '1. - The White star lim i Celtic anied heie today fiom Ibc-t. It in;'iiik' "..1 1 I Ann i ican (dTii ei s and nu n from o'.ei .-ea. ( m loard the Celtic .a ti e llltiie p.l-cllliel of the Pr-t '.is ee:liH i t, tile on ly o! iel.-iw' JNi . tllH p employed liy the American expeditionary fop es. The p mail. del' el the pa--eii;-.T v.a- loaiii np t ca-ua! po'. a, j ( omit r . Mai. John P. ( p.n I the o-'k. of San 'C of the e.t- Fiam i-co. i on i iaiei lc; : - !.!. old a l.i -t hand, a ip- pin;' ,-toiy ' (I,,- o'a.i'n.atioii-; a' t l It ICs, fpeii t he t K' it W t lit into act ion w it h I Ii ;t i-h bi ( : in Jaliu l! . P.'ls. 0! til ti-e war t :aled. Tie I cimiu i,t. I e ai., tou"til Mat es a i i.. on every i American front, sullen d ca n.t!-! lies nf Isalf its enh-ted ti - neth of 1 . -. i iiieii and 1 1 1 '.ii lie I '. ith -Ml l l! i i:-e::,bcs weal ill;' thet cioix ih- cih iie, wea'.;:i'.' tl'-' d'siiii-ui. ; Ii' ! s, i; i t in s and I J of its oiT.i-er.- I ( ( i -mil ' tided forili-t n'ii! le d -ci it e j ,. -d.tl .-. 'I he ; tit'p-. Major Co lock -a;t. di I t .mir l-.tit i e-t ! ; ht inj: ;.t Chateau Tlnei i v. .-!. M he I and in Aivonne toie-t.wo- ko t Ollt illlloll-lv fol l' tl.lv s a ll e hnttb of tie- Ari-onn. . -H j . t p-nei alb known aw ay from I he l iii' hue." he s.tid. "that j,'a., reeinnii'-. ie.id-ine-. as they did. eei V ollVllsive. were s.l,.it to peb;..ps "p.i'ei duiu'er than air. other tioop.. !Thi, i, l-.l It- out bv tl ' t I t1' it l'er iiiic::!, . a;e ca - pel cent. I Mi! Ii nlYu '-t o! our ,1 i UaM e-. CONCPFSSIONAI. MPOM. WVAPIU.O TO l:l YANKS. Washington I t b. I. Th n- k'us-iitta! medal of lii liei'. (he only one of its kind prov el 1 be- line li e Oleselit W il liliile fell has been i.wa.ded bv the ile.ii in tl,.. ,, ,,.. f i'.,..,.,-s to IT men. It is on-ideicd the j highest mark of distinction.! Others luav 1 in. In this, i II of honor appears j the name of Robert I.. P'ack-! well, son of .lame, P. P.la kw.-IIJ P. I . D. 2. lliu.lies mill. Person j county. North Carolina, who! fouyht with the French at Saint ! Iloaple. where he won his honors j October 12. He is a member of the Thiitieth division, (omn.mvl . IP.Mh infantry. The following names South Carolinians, all of the Thiitieth division, were so honoied: First Lieutenant James C. Po.ier. of PtK-k Mill, and Seiyeaiit Caly V.. Foster, of Inman .both of llsth infantry, tlistinuished them selves near Mont Prehain, Oc tober S. )o.icr belongs to Company and Foster to Com pany M. Serjeant Richmond II. Hil ton, of Westville, Company M, llhth infamy, won his honors at Prancourt, October 1 1 ; Corporal James I), lleriot. Providence, Company I, llsth infantry, at Yaux; Coiporal John C. Yille pivrue, of Camden. Company M. 118th infantry, at Yatixandijrny, October la, All of these medals have not been announced yet. V, . l II Ik s Ml 1 1 j : i .. I i :in H r in ; i "r sll ' Ci:iMN W ASIIKKWOMFN WIN l-'IKST SKIRMISH. Cobl. n., Jan. I. (Cori(--pon- tlelice t," A. P.)- The Celluail w a-hei women of Cobleiiz have won a ictory in their liist .skir-loi-h with officers of the Amer ican Army of Occupation. Itck of ,-oap caused the complication. In ( ! i many soap is in greater den. and than chocolate or tobac co. Tl..- poorer classc, virtually have been without it for Veal's, maimiie to evt aloii' ,-oine how !y the uc of inferior mineral s'i'i titiite-. Many of the pre war da . - had olle out of btisi !! - I. lit . the Alliel i alis came. When the travel soiled American- arrived in Coblenz by the thou .amis naturally there w...s a iaiid lu.-li to Mild out '.'-!.' s , ;. a '..A -.. ';. w. i pe fu tlv williiij; to do the ' i" k. but lle tlemanded a cake oi ,o.ip v. ith cat Ii con-ii.'iinieiit t dot him Th Ameiicaiis ,'t-tion. had all they it . ll cd at the Ml;; i I. aundru ii .'id do to attend to their old hi ton 'i . and a ii: uted iiuni- bei of new tines, and undie af lil bundle Miit te.it l y ;'ellelals and colonel, and "nvstes too w ci e i etui lied in a ii i y. Ami lai k a; .'. n to the .' 'i"i woman w, i t the bundle-, and the wom en ictu. ied theni to the o!l icers with Use .simple explanation "No oap.V Wi the pleadings of tie (iii-man -peaking oitlerlies I ,.! a5, o'uttd i no fll'ect. j I'm n the terms of the armis tice v., re olisidel ed, but there ; ''. a . hn 1 efep lice to the s)o tae;e !'f M'a:i. Jiln! o the situation be ( .,-;:e Mnl -e 1 1 . t afe d. i . JlPt j waeii it appealed that tin' Aimy tl Ot ( iipction would be compell ed t'i ;vl into the laiiinby bu-i-!,i ,i I 1. lied Males sales iom- ;n,i-.i!y iiited in Col Jen, and ',,1 officer dlscoViiid plenty of j.soap for a few cenls a cake. j Tie n the bundles bejran jroinjr th" " "' "Kaill ill numbers and wrapped in the renter of t ;u h was a nit o lit tle w lute piece of .soap. And when the bundles came back all O'e flothinjr was clean and the v. a lie) womi II of Cobleiu are now i'oin;r the greatest business in their l i -lory w ith the Ainei i' ans furnishing; the soap. DI'MPNTFl) SOI.0IKR AT I.AIUii: IN SAI.ISP.l RY. Salisbury, Feb. 1. John J. i Flutter, a demented soldier suf ferimr from shell shock, is at tare.' in Salisbury or vicinity, bavin;: cscapetl tod;iy while members of the Red Cross had him out for a walk. Flutter left a train at Spencer several days ayo while beinp taken to a camp in western Nort'i Carolina and idler friirhtciiintf citizens there he was sent as far as I,exinrton on his wi;y to Pennsylvania, where he said he lived. When he was missed from the train search was instituted and he was found at Lexington and brought here today. Not wishing to see him kept in jail, Red Cross mem bers secured permission to take him out for a walk, and it was then that he made his second es cape. r ri a if ... iri.W't ij.i- i. ml ii, i ii wiitkiti la if 11. CI1.,:I ,il (ill. ill-, f, t,fit Hd Ii 'Hiii tit" HI. . 1 , NKXT WAR MOST DDADI.Y OF API, Washington. Feb. I. - If the peace conference doeMi't sound the everlasting death knell on wars, the next conflict will make all preceding ones .seem like child's play. The next war--if there be a next --will be the most horrible, the most cruel of all wars which have bet n wajred on the earth's surface since the beeinnin of lime. For it will be a war of poison ous Mes. a conflict in which the scientific ingenuity of chemical corps will be pitted against each other. Acii.il Toipedoc.s will ('auc Deaths h Thousands. Wholesale death will come to hundreds of thousands, jinnies, rmJj.-iHs, .uihi animal, wher- )ever the lifctakinj fumes are let loose. Machines will lire the.se t! Aiinel s of poisonous ases in to enemy ranks. Most of them will be dropped by aerial chemi ;;d corps, and their bombard ments not wrtrk cities v camps, only the living w ill perisl. ami when the conquerors come into the vanquished area, they'll find Ixtdics of human and beast, but not a scar on building or street. There'll Ik- no icbuihlin of de-v;i-talcd (ities after that war! These are the thoughts upper most in the mind; of the men in the I'nited States chemical war fare service, newest of the sei vies in the I'nited Stas war paitmcnt. which had jiM m.v ti to pnid "assinj:" .shape when the armistice was signed. I'nilcd States Mas Thousands Tons of (iiis'on Hand The war ended w ith thousands of tons of the most iMiisoiiotis cases ever made, loaded in con tainers and shells, stored alonjj the Atlantic sealMianl, awaiting shipment for "over there." "On November 11 plants for the manufacture of the standard ;ra-cs were in operation, with a manufacturing rapacity greater than that of Fngland. France and Cermany combined, which capacity could have been treb led in the rase of certain gases before the bginning of this year," asserted Major (Ieneral W. I.. Sibert, director" of the service. When the Hun threw up his hands in unconditional surren der there was. stored in one American poison arsenal 10 tons of "Mustard" gas to every one in all Cermanv. At the present moment we have more war toxics th;in any other country. There's enough in one American arsenal to kill millions of human beings, and no one knew that better than Ger many's secixt service when she quit fighting. Put these thousands of tons of poison gases will not be stored away for the "next war." For, maybe, there'll be no "next." So something will have 1.0 be done with this arsenal of concentrated death. The war department is thinking of hauling the U. S. A antidote for fiendish scientific ingenuity of the Hun away out into the ocean and dropping it overlioard. It is virtually use less commercially. I.IPI'T. ROPT. O. LINDSAY OF MADISON IN AN ACK. Madison, Feb. 1. First Pieut. R. O. Lindsay, of Madison, Rock ingham county, premier Inditing aviator of North Carolina, is a son of W. P. and N. II. Lindsay; was born December 'J.", lK'.Xj; graduate of A. and K. college, Raleigh, PHO; volunteered for service and applied lor admis sion of offici i', training cur,,) t Oglethorpe, G ., wa, turned t' n on accotiri of .ippendieil. ti' derwent a Micces. lul opera tion in Greensboro, made a trip to Washington, where he was ac cepted in one officers' training corps for aviators, and stationed at Champaign. III. Completing the theoretical course he got his practical experience near Phila delphia and at Mineola field No. 2, Long Island. He was later tlaiisfered to San Antonio, Tex as, as an instructor, but was called away at out to help pro tect the American lines, which was exposed to German aviators. Having taken intensive training in acrobatic living in a French aviation field and under French instruction, he went into battle in the St. Mihiel drjve was of ficially accredited with two Ger man planes tluring this battle. When the American drive start ed in the Argonnc forest and along the Meu.se he was shifted to that feld where he shot down four more I Inns. In all. Lieut. Robert O. Lind say participated in 20 air bat tles, fell four miles twice once hi- plane being crippled by Pot lit' bullets. Mis most no liceable feat is described by the Washington Post as being the most daring mission ever wit nessed on the western front hi, attacking a German plane, which beat a retreat homo. Hav ing followed the plane, he shot it down in the German airdome ami returned safe. The following is very gratify ing to PicirUnanl Lindsay's re latives and friends in this sec tion - it speaks for itself: "Olliee of the Chief of Air Set vice. "21 December. PUS. "Fiom Chief of Air Service, iinei ican 11. F. "To: First Lieutenant O. Lindsay, p'.'.nh Aero Squadron.1 No. Isl'i. "Subject: Aw aid of Distin ("lishetl Service Cross. 5 'I. The commander in chief Id' the American expeditionary I'm cos. in the name of the Presi dent, has awareded you the dis tinguished service cross for ex traordinary heroism in action, the official citation being as fol- ow s ; " "For ovtraordinary heroism in action near l.antneviiie, V ranee. 2Tlh Octnher. PUS. In company with two other planes. Lieutenant Lindsay, -ittacked three enemy plan (fokker type) at an altitude1.. a.m me ters and after a sharp tight drove down to earth one of them. While engaged with the t.vo remaining machines eight mi. re planes ttnfei r type) came at hi.n from straight ahead. He (lew straight through their for mation, gained an ndvantagious position and brought down an other plane before he withdrew from the contest.' "2. I take great pleasure in handing you this decoration, so well deserved, and wish to add my own sincere thanks for the magnificent work you have done ami my heart felt congratula tions on the leconl you have made. "Py direction: II. C. White .lead. Colonel, A. S., Chief of Staff." SO'.DIF.U AND HIS W IFK ( MAIM! PI) WITH LARCENY Statesville, l eb. 1. A man and woman giving their names as Mr. and Mrs. Krl Moore, were arrested in Lexington yesterday and brought to Statesville today and they w ill IteD-crcptoseroimti and placed in jaH until Monday when they will be- given a hear. ing before Mayor Pristol on a charge of larceny. Aliout a week ago Moore and his wife came to Statesville and inquired for a boarding place. They were directed to the home of Mrs. P. F. Loughcnour, where hoard was secured. They only ri;conqit:ri;d parts of italy arc dpsolatpi). Rome, Headquarters of the Italian Army, Dec. :U. The dis tressing cllccts of the war and of Austrian occupation s till are evident in the reconquered pro vinces north and east of the Piave. The country in the vi cinity of Otlero, a small village about six miles from the lower course of the Piave, is a ; cine of utmost desolation. It was here that the Duke of Ao.sta's army advanced so .swiftly and deeply into the Austrian lines as to threatt'n the eommunication.s of the Austrian army occupying Conegliano, thus forcing the Austrians to retreat. So intense was the bombardment that very little is left standing in the coun try all around Odcrzo. Many ol the houses are merely heaps, of debris. The village of Odero itself was not so seriously damaged as were the outlying hou.;es. as the Italian artillery-men tried to spare it, but it bears uiimi tax able signs of Austrian occupa tion. The villagers declare that the Austrian., took aw ay not on ly their church bells but their clothes and even the panes of glass from windows, the doors, kitchen utensils and in fact lit erally everything that could Im removed. The parish prieit sav ed some of his household uten sils and several barrels of wine by hiding them in a barn behind a heap of coffins. Owing to the fact that the population was greatly weaken ed by lack of food, the influenza claimed a high percentage of vic tims. In Odcro, iJU'l -i"a!I chil dren were buried in one scar of Austrian occupation out of a population of 2, 1 nu. Th-' condi tion of the people still is desper ate as alxnit half of them are t l with inlhieiiza while ilothiur and food are almost imdbt : r. able. When the Associated Press correspondent visited O l to re cently there were !"( patients in the civil hospital lying on straw on the lloor, without Plankits while the building had neither windows nor diHir.s. The single physician who. with the aid of a few nuns was attending them lad no th ug's and his only surgi cal instruments was his lWkot knife. This situation is said to f re- vail in nearly all the reconquer ed Italian districts. Tluj people it is declared, have virtually nothing and need everything. V LOADED TROOP SIMP STRIKES HIDDEN ROCKS. Southampton. Feb. l.-(P.y Associated Press.) In the early hours of the morning in a calm sea. but a blinding snowstorm. the American steamer N.tragan- selt ran on submerged rocks oil the east end of the Me of Wight, which have claimed many vic tims in the past. The crew was American, and the .ship carried 2.IM0 toldier.:. of whom GO were Americans. Most of I he men w ere in their bunks when the crash came. Pugles called them to deck. All were ordered to stand and to put on lifoWlK,. Tug's attempt ed to draw the ship off the rocks but failed. Then destroyers took the troops oir without loss. They were brought to South ampton. The Narragansett was so bad ly damaged salvage officers think she will U- a total wix-vk. All speak in the highest terms of the conduct of the captain and crew. remained there a couple of days when they disappeared and along with them u wedding dress valued at $7.", belonging to one of Mrs. liOUghenour'.s daughters a ?2a silk scnrl one of a pair of bracelets valued at $50 and sev eral other more or less valuable trinkets. They were traced to Lexington and arrested, the offi cers finding that the dress and scarf had been disposed of, but finding the bracelet in their pos session, the same being identi fied by Mrs. Loughcnour ns one belonging to her. Moore has re cently been discharged from the army ajid still wears his uniform.