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VOL 8 Elkin, N. C, Thursday, Feb. 20, 1919 No.l FRANCE'S VIEWS ON COVENANT OK LEAGUE OK NVIION PRESENTED I'aris, Kelt. 15.- In presenting the views of Fiance regarding the covi'iiiint of the league of nations at yesterday's plenary session of tho peace conference, Leon Bourgeois, French repre rrTrt alive oil the commission which framed the covenant, spoke as follows: 'i rise to express the deep satisfaction of all, and of Fiance more than any other country lie cause .she is among; the countries who have most suffered, to see the untiy of our wills and of our hearts in a passionate adhesion to the principles of the league of nations. That act of faith we shall do in a spirit of cor diality and good will that ha. been of the committee. Unde! the eminent chairmanship of President Wilson the committee has worked with all their hearts to attain this great object. -j'Jjrd Robert Cecil has said we now present to the conference and to the world the result of our work, hut we do not present it as something that is final, hut only as the result of an honest effort, to he discussed and to he examined not only by the confer ence, hut the public opinion of the world. "We are unanimous in our opinion that this scheme must Im presnted to the world as it re sulted from our deliberations. We must preserve the character of unanimity which its note has given. We .still retain our rights when further discussions take place to state more definitely our views (in some details. "We rise to prevent the re newal of war like that which we have just seen ; we rise at the ap ical of all those who have fallen to spare their offspring the re newal of such an ordeal. We are jietsuaded 4 hat war in the future can Ik; limited to a small area. The interdependence of the different parts and different interests of the world has In come such that no conflict can In limited. It is that the whole world may keep itself from dan Iter that we today have ordained that right and justice must 1 the basis of stettlement in all he conferences. In the view of just people there are up small and no great state. All are. nd all will. U' equal before the prin ciple of international justice and in the tribunal that will give the decisions the judges will sit not as the representatives of one ""Wticular nation, hut as the re presentatives of inlei national right. 'This is a principle to which we are particularly attached. All the states, in consenting to sub mit to international justice, take at same time a definite pledge to guarantee to each other the integrity of their territories as established by the settlement of the present peace treaty, and al so to guarantee their jHlitical in dependence against iiiuire ag- g,VSsion" ! STAMPKK AISOLLED? A telegram from the Wa-JV- partment was received in ifi's-j vine Wednesday, announcing that Cittmey A. Stamper, of Statesviile. a memWr of the 105 Ammunition Train, had died January 21st of a fractured skull It is assumed that Stamper was killed in the railroad arcideiit in which Hiiiee King, of States viile, was killed. Stamper was a memWr of the Iredell P.Iues and was on the W der with the company. He was in training at Camp Sevier and went to France with the :.0th Division. He was alnnit 25 years old and was a son of the late Alex Stamper, who lived near Statesviile. He is survived hy two sisters and two brothers: Ralph Stamper of Mooresville, Malon Stamcr, of Winston-Sal- em, Margaret Samper, who is in school in Georgia, and Iois , Stamper, who lives with her un cle, Mr. J. M. Stamper, near Statesviile. A half-brother and -"ice-half sisters also survive: A. Stamper, who has been in wrftamp in Texas; Mrs. Geo. Smith, of Concord, Mrs. Philip William son, of Grecnslwro, and another -'.;stcr. who lives in Philadelphia. "V'nlmark. FURTHER ORDERS HAVE RE EN ISSUED. Coblenz, Thursday, Feb. 1 ! Further evidence of determina tion to prevent the interming ling of Germans and men of the army oi occupation was given todav in the issuance of orders forbidding American soldiers to patronize German doctors. Regulations against fraternizing are still strictly enforced and to- dav's order was in line with that forbidding the local purchase of foodstuffs. Ixxal newspapers express sat isfaction with the establishment of the new German government hut the increasing food shortage seems to arouse more popular in terest. A slight but very insig nificant increase in the meat sup ply has been made possible by an order directing the sale of con demned American army horses. The shortage of milk, according to statements by physicians, is leing reflected in the health of babies. I ah h appeals have been made to the people to use as lit tle milk as possible even tho ill. The milk consumed by babies in Coblenz is :?.1S0 quarts daily. Refore the war this consump tion, as shown by statistics was WW quarts. Germany is a I-and of Graves. Germany is pictured as "a land of graveyards" hv Lieut. Col. Searle Harris, of the United States medical reserv-- c')l s, who has just returned to Pa';s after having investier.. ? I condi tions east of the Rhine. 1L' ;.ays that the Gernvm nation ;-. bank rupt, the people are ' actually ( starving ai.d that "probably no' one will very know the num ber of casualties suffered by Germany during the war." "There are no eggs, no milk and only half a pound of Inet su gar for each person a month," he says. "Shop girls have lost from 10 to 15 jHtunds in weight, while every one shows a lack of vitali ty. I found children going to school shod with paper sandals or with cloth shoes to which wooden shoes had been attach ed. No one knows the comjKisi- tion of the hlack.'gritly bread that is being issued in limited quantities by ticket. TuIh-icu- IosW is increasing and skin di seases due to lack of nourish ment and lack of soap are pre valent. One leneficial result of the low diet which has hen en forced upon the German people is found in the fact that it has helped many who were over-eaters, Plight's disease has de creased and diabetes has disap peared. There is no more gout in Germany, hut on the other hand, intestinal diseases have greatly increased. These are at tributed to coarse bread. Peer that is Mng sold has no sub stance." Conditions which he found have led him to the opinion that many women and children will die or Ixrome defectives if not supplied with food. "The Oer- tnan who overran Fiance," he says, "should le punished and periwttej to starve, hut not the wometAwrtd children. Hungry men and women do not make good neighlors," MTU DIVISION POST 13 PER CENT OP ITS MEN Columbia, S. C. Feb. IT,. The Thirtieth division's casualties amounted to approximately 10 per cent, according to a letter from Major J. Shapter Caldwell, formerly assistant adjutant gen eral of South Carolina, to W. W Moore, the adjutant general, re ceived several days ago. Major Caldwell is the adjutant of the "Old Hickory division." The Thirtieth division was stationed at P.allou, France, on January 1.1, the date ihe letter was written. The latter, which js full of m tcresting gossip, relative to the division and the officers, said that Colonel McCully, who train ed the 118th infantry (the old first South Carolina national guard infantry) at Camp Sevier, Gienville, and w ho was relieved of his command in P.elgium'is again in command of the regi ment. - -:: "" J fj ' M '! ' "J' ' V;:F I ' f i I. i -:r,'iJ" '- 1 .,:.,1'I n i - . h. vin kn h-n i,-1 t -r 'i r t'T:- -a-"u i J'IK'-' M t 7 " "ViJr:; 1 ' : - -r- 1 Aiik-I" :u 111 my inii kx n llm of li.- A lin-1 ! ft 11 nuns i.f tii;illn t ( l.C llf lln foVi'l ll"! tlliltlKlolt lit i EIGHTEEN WAR RRIDES O.N INCOMINt; VESSELS. Now York, Feb. 16. The United States cruiser Hunting ton and the transports Matsonia and Imisville docked here to day, debarking 7,101 officers and enlisted men of the American expeditionary force. The steam ers Dante Alightri with I ,MK of ficers and men nloard and the Sixaola with 17, reported off the coast by wireless and were ex pected to arrive tonight. The Matsonia has the largest) passenger list, composed of j 3.:it-"i officers and men. com-! manded by Eng. Gen. Richmond yesterday of Dr. Jctt. of Reids P. Davis, of Statesviile, N. C-U ille, a w ell know n j hysician, al The units included the CH coast jM, a companion w ho name was artillery .made up of former na-t learned, but wa, -aid to he tional guardsmen from Connecti-; an insurance agent. Dr. Jctt is cut and several western states: I charged with having violated 1.11st artillery In igaile head-1 ti, ,app i,,Uor I.n,- officers hav quartcr;, seven officer and 21 ; jnir foim,j 20 gulU of ardent men, and casual compaiiu-s 27, U,i,its jn the tonneau of his au ;yir, ::,(, .".", "70, nl, r.fV.l, "Gl, i ttiHile which w as found on the M"t and .".07, comprising 22 ofli-1 ro:M ,ua,. u,,, Henry county seat, cers and l.r2 men frohi Illinois, "There are three wai rants in the Ohio. New Jersey. New York, oase, om. fm- the stale alleging Iowa. Massachusetts and Ala- j ha ma. On Itoard the Huntington weie V tlttlll 1, I "'f !,' lit ' I IIHM lll II of the list division, comprising former national guard organiza tions from Washington. Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. These included the supply com pany, machine gun company, third battalion headquarters and companies I. K, L and M. of the D,:i infantry, of the list division the first battalion headquarter and companies A. II and C, of the IClst infantry of the list divi sion, the int. ambulance com pany; casual company numU'r 231 of Ohio; casual company: number 2:17 of Pennsylvania and a small number of casual officers and civilians. TM t --II I t a m mm, i ue !msvine nrnugni and ri)t other passengers, the latter inrluding IS "war brides" who are wives of army and navy men. The troops included the 1st field artillery, field and staff supply company medical de tachment and companies A, P, C and D, with headquaiters of the D7th field artillery brigade and detchment company G, of the r.OKth infantry, all of the fore going except the officers leing negro national army of the JWrd division and several medical and rouvalestent detachments and a numWr of casuals. The wounded and sick on the Louis ville numbered 217 officers, men and nurses. All the vessels reported en countered severe storms which asted throughout virtually the entire voyage. The men on the Huntington had the added dis comfort of a mild influenza epi demic which sent 1.1 of their number to the sick hay' Private Iiuis F. Wells, of Wozicr, Ala., died during the trip. Wearers of the distinguished sen-ice cross and the croix de guerre were sprinkled liberally through the passengers. Capt. Joseph V. C. Stephens, of Wincomico Church, Va., re turned with a D. S. C. for gal lantry at Soissons, where ho brought up reinforcements after being severely wounded. Lieut. G, R, Touchstone, of Hattiesburg, Miss., an aviator told of having been captured by . 1 it . mini Im Iw.'.h C'uliliu nii.l Itmiii mt tin- li rrovollil tin- l!liih' fit Ciihli-HZ, inn- of 1 1 All lllllli.'''!, I!u UO'll !' till' A ill "Tia Germans after and wounded 1 eing shot down st August by a group of German Fokkers. Al though he was .severely injured, he declared, a German soldier bayonetted him through the hand and had poised his weapon for another thrust when he was checked by a German officer. He and another officer later escaped from a prison camp and walked 200 miles to safety. DR. JETT IN TitOUSI.K OVER I .OA I) OF MQl'OK Danville, Va.. Feb. 1-'.. Word reached here this morning from Martinsville of the amst there transportation of ardent spirits. (another charging violation of the .Martinsville municipal law and a third issued by the federal authorities charging a violation of the internal revenue laws. Eond 'for his appearance amounted to more than $1,000 and the automobile was confis cated by the government. A friend motored over from Reidsville and took the physician an. i ins irienij i.acK home. According to the information received here. Dr. Jett ran out of gasoline when just outside Martinsville, very early yester day morning. He sent a negro to the town to get some fuel but waited two or three hours for his return. P.y that time day had dawned ami passers by who caught sight of what was in the machine gave the secret away by telephoning to Sheriff H. I.. Tur ner ami Chief of Police H. G. Stultz. who made the arrest. Arrival of Soldiers Country. in This From the signing of the arm istice to February K. 287,a."2 American troops in France and Great Rritain had embarked for the United States, while up to February 10, f.t.h'l officers and l.oti'.UPJ men had been demo- 1 : . . I llf. ,...,....,.. T I .Milan in nit". otiiiu , itnai ariivals of owrseas tiiHps up to February 7, were 2t i,7l,.. These figures were made pul lie by Secretary P.aker together with others relating to the mini K'r of sick and woundinl ih France and the number return ed home. Men in France being treated for disease on February 1. totaled C2,rf)l and those suf fering from wounds were 21 10. The aggregate of 87,015 was 1,68s. less than h the pro ceeding week and 10(140.'$ less than the number in hospitals overseas on November 1 1. Since the end of hostilities 53.012 sick ami wotmdld have arrived in this country, bringing the total since the beginning of the war to 63,160. On Febru ary 1, the occupied beds in hos pitals in the United States num bered 60,777, whilejhere were 47.0 13 vacant beds available for returning cases. Landmark. ' i ml -jr. ft l.mik of iln l!liln SViii(imrl Mliw;iys to ( MTHIllliy. 3 iuf- - lt It ltd! ridkn M f ilirt lf 0 iH'ill- PRESIDENT WILSON IS EN ROUTE TO AIM ERICA. I'.rest Feb. 15-President Wil son left I 'rest on his return to the United States on lxard the U f. S. George Washington shortly after 11 o'clock this morning. The George Washing ton weighed anchor at 11:1" o'clock. The President arrived in P.i est from Paris at 10.P.0 o'clock and we t direct to the dock where he' embarked on a French gun boat which look him and his party to the George Washington. From the railroad siding to the dock were drawn up a batal ion of American soldiers and a French marine band played the Star Spangled Rainier as the gunlHiat left its moorings. All the ships and all traffic was sus pended while the President's party was transferred to the George Washington. m A Fr"iu h naval escort consist ing of the cruiser Com! and sev eral torpedo I mats acted as a guard of honor for the Washing ton. This escort with the Amer ican battleship New M-xico will accompany the President out to sea and thin return. The New Mexico had as companions four American torpsdo boats. George l'vgues, the French minister of marine, and Andre Tardieu. much high commissioner to the United Slates, accompaliie the President to hid him good bye. Fr inkhn D. Poo eveit, Ameri can asjtant cre'nrv of the navy, arrived in P.rcst shortly before the President Imarded the George Washington, and was taken altoal'd the liner on .special naval craft. The weather was runty an. cloud v with a moderate tempera tine. After exchanging greetings the President stood on the gun- lioat and waved to the crow ds on the docks and those assembled on the embankments high alove the quav. The mistiness of the weather hid the gunloat from sight soon after it left the dock hut the President continued to waive his hat and smile as the boat headed toward the George Washington. The President was accompanied on loard the gnnlioat by Ambassador and Ma dame Jusserand by Representa tives Hclvcring. White ant1 Norton, who hnvetn in France for several months. David R Francis, the American ambas sador to Russia, and his son an. daughter also were memlvers o the party. PLACES TOTAL COST OF WAR AT in ItIM.IO.NS Washington, Feb. 14. The total cost of the war to all belli gerents, including the centra! powers, was placed at $1113.000, (hkumhi hy .NocretaiT r.akcr in an address here at the Ameri can Woman's victory climr This estimate, the secretary said, was b.oscd on figures just compiled by the war college. New inventions m the pro cess of dovelopment hy the as sociatcd governments and the enemy, Mr. P.aker paid, would have mside the fifth year of the war twice m destructive in hu man life as all the four years that had gone before. FRANCE MERELY SEEKS PROTECTION IN FUTURE AGAINST THE GERMANS Tal is, Saturday Felt. 15. (P.y ,; .nciated Press.) "There nev er has been any disagreement on the found-'imental principles of a lea.TUc of nations between the Frcn.h delegates and the dele gates for other powers." said Prof. Frdinand Larnaiide, dean o)' the Paris law ficulty, and one of the French del gates on the league of nr.tions commission to. lay. 1'he only differences of opin ion were loose expressed by .eon Bourgeois with whom I am completely in accord. We do not seek an international army for the purpose of making war, mt for the purpose of prevent ing it. i.od knows we are a peaceful people and we have roved it during -II years of mental anguish in the face of the military preparations going on ast of us. "Further disturbances of the world's peace w ill come from Germany alone. Germany's un satisfied greedy appetite, her ust for power and domination, will return as soon as she feels trong enough to renew her ag gressions, inasmuch as Ger many some day will he admitted to the league of nations, what ,M. P.ourgeois and myself object- d to was the necessity of being iacea in the position oi taKing Germany's word for anything. 'he German people have not uogressed along the lines of sin cerity. We have every confidence in the undertakings of the United States, Great Rritain, Italy, Ja- an and all other memlers of a eague of nations. We arc will ing to accept their word, but we desire in the future to avoid the possibility of having no other guarantee than Germany's en gagement for our safety. "Henceforth Germany will trive to develop her recent chemical discoveries and devise new ones and new means of de struction in which gun powder, annon and riffes will not enter, The Germans w ill seek to profit y their development along the ines of chemical discoveries at the expense of other nations which are somewhat Mated or ue unwilling to seaixh for new methods of destruction. 'These means of destruction may ih easily concealed, ana therefore it is not jnissible for us to accept the declaration of an interested nation in such mat ters when Mich an interested nftHon i Germany." ! Professor LaiT.au le added that with new developments in iMiial warfare Germany might prepare soeretely sufficient air forces to destroy Paris in one day. 'Surely when Germany enters a league of nations." Professor I.amaiide continued, "she will agree to sign every undertak ing v e desire ; hut w e know w hat undertakings means to the Ger mans. Did they not sign a treaty guaranteeing the neutra lly of P.elgium?" Referring to the international army which the French desired formed. Professor Ijirnaude savs: "What we asked for was not an international army in the strict sense of the word. We are too grateful for what Ameri ca did for us in the present war to expect that she would again s, r.-l her men by hundreds of thousands to future wars. Rut perhaps we meant the protec tion of America's great fleet. We thought it unfair that Fiance should have to keep a huge standing army to protect herself from Germany's attacks. 'it will l hard financially. It will le the harder because of our depleted young manhood after losing a million and a half men during the war." Asked if the matter of the for mation of an international amy w ould he brought up again. Pro fessor Uu-naude replied that h w as unable to ay. "Rut," he added, "the coven ant has not yet been signed. It has merely been presentd, and it is hard to tell what discussions may yet arise." Li conclusion Professor Lav naude said: "Upon one thing, however, a' the delegates are fully agreed DRUMMER ATTACKED JJY DANVILLE HOTEL CLERK. Danviile, Va., Feb. 15. R. F. ftevson, a traveling salesman of alO South tryon street, Char lotte, X. C, had a terrifying ex perience during the early hours of this morning when while in his room at the Hotel Durton he was attacked by R. P. l'rice, night clerk, crazed with liquor anil armed with two six shoot ers, it was the drummer s nm visit to Danville and he leaves the place with reminissencn of the w ild and wooly west. Dow the hotel clerk secured his liquor is-not revealed, but it is known that Revson waa awakened from his slumber at o'clock this morning by a pistol shot in the hotel corridor. This was followed by a han.merinjr nt the door and clamor for admit tance. Revson unlocked his door and met a wild eyed man armed with pistols, who said that he had come to "protect the hotel." Price backed the di-ummer down to his bed and then threatened to shoot him. Other guest ? see ing the predicament through the door, which was ajar, had no in clination to wad! in to the res cue, but Hugh Robertson, man ager of the hostelry, telephoned for the police. In the meantime) Revson was using his wits and he humored the drunken man until he found an opportunity to leap upon him. In their strug gle they plunded throne h, the bed slats and when three offi cers arrived, Revson had one of the pistols and one knee on the hotel clerk's chest. It took four men to take JJrieo to jail. This morning, after all of the evidence had been pre sented against him he was ask ed if he had anything to say in his defense. He refused to make a statement and was fined $'.:'. Not having the collateral h went h.uk to jail. Price is giv en an excellent reputation by hi i employer. Mr.Revson is taking stock of his wounded fccluigi and blames hotel management for keeping .such a terror Ixdiind the lobby desk. This may 10 sjilt in another chapter on the alfair, but ai a different angle. Situation Grows Serious To Farmers and Railroads. That the fertilizer movement has been slow this year and Hurt congestion of traffic is probable unless fanners put in their or ders at once, is the burden of a statement issued yesterday hy Regional Railroad Director Win chell, which is as folio .vs: "Please let me say a word to our farmer patrons. The normal yearly movement of fertilizers in thi.-? legion run from thne million to five million tons. This means, in lound I'g uies. 160,000 carloads to lie handled. 'Ordinarily most of this very large item of traffic is thrown on the railroads in the month of January, Fchru:uy and March. Great activity on their part is necessary to handle the same well. "P.y February 10 at Ie:ist 40 per cent of the whole fertilizer tonnage has usually been ship ped, but this year less than 15 per cent has moved $0 far; that is to say, the movement tip to dale is aUmt W.Hi.l ears .short of what it should have been. "It is easy lor you to nee what I fene, "A flood of business at the last moment cannot le moved te t he satisfaction of our patron t and complaints will surely follow. We are anxious to avoid com plaint vhut 't is obvious that we cannot move all of this tonnage at one time. In order to da the job right it is necessary that it l well distributed throughout the whole three months, "During the past four or five weeks car conditions and weath er have been favorable ,but the fertilizers have not moved freely and immediate activity is now necessary to avoid a condition w hich w ill be serious alike to the farmers and the railroads." It is that your President is blessed with a most amiable dis position. He presided over the sessions with great dignity and equanimity even during the most trying discussions and we ijdi him God fpcod and mpt return.
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