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POLK COUNTY NEWS, TRYON, . 0. SS IN AGREEMENT IMPORTANT MEWS THE WORLD OVER I M PORTANT H APPE N I NGS OF THIS " A hi O OTH Er' NATIONS .FOR ".- SEVEN DAYS GIVEN. In a patrol fight American units un- v der instruction . mthe ampus Chemin des Daines sector; killed one rOerinan and captured "another. fOne- American was slightly wounded . An economic agreement with. Spain under which General Pershing will get mules, army blankets .and other mate rials in that country in return for cotton, oil and other commodities from the United States, has been signed in Madrid, Spain. CAN Q FUNDAMENTALLY AGREE WITH THE FOUR PRINCIPLES 1 OF SPEECH. i THE HEWS OF THE SOUTH What j Taking Place In The South V. Jand Will. Be Found In Brief paragraphs Domestic ' Four national army soldiers were held "In -the guardhouse " awaiting a presidential;" warrant from Washington which will mean their internment as eneniy aliens who plotted not only to shoot their officers the first time they got into action in Europe, but also to deliver all the American soldiers in their ' organization to the German army: The names of the men under arrest have been withheld by the au thorities in Washington. The men were arrested at Camp Lewis, which is located in Tacoma, Wash. Coming generations of Americans are endangered by the indiscriminate rush, of women into industry. Women should enter only those lines of work not Injurious to their health and mor als. This is the warning of Mrs. Hil da Mulhause - Richards, chief of the woman's division of the national la bor department. Alleged plots of the Industrial Workers of the World to poison cat tle and burn grain, farm houses and lumber mills along the Pacific coast were revealed in a confession at San 'Francisco of a German who said he had participated in some of the ac tions proposed. He came to the Unit ed States in 1910. B, B. Deming, salmon administra- tor for the federal government, has announced that by order of the food administration, all of the unsold sal mon stock in .the United States wrill be requisitioned for the United States Amy., The full influence of the national administration will be used if neces sary to prevent enactment of bills pending in congress to increase the price of wheat. Wheat is now selling on a basis of $2.20 a bushel and the price is maintained by heavy govern ment purchases for the army and navy and for the allies. ' Re-organization of the quartermas ter corps under Major General Goe- - thals has been completed. Radical changes are contemplated to insure 'the food and clothing supply of the army, particularly of the overseas forces. " ' Fire, which is believed to have origi nated from a defective flue, destroyed the school house at North Boulevard : and Irwin street, in Atlanta. The loss is $30,000. Forres Bigelow, of Columbus, Ohio, killed his wife and 7-year-old daughter then went to the home of his mother-in-law and after wounding her killed - his sister-in-law, after which he re turned to his own home and killed himself. - - Secretary Baker issued a statement on his return to Washington from an inspection tour of the army camps in which, he praised the conditions of , camps at Atlanta, Augusta and Macon. 'According to the department of agri culture, whether or not te war con tinues, the demands on this country, because of the increasing population and the needs of Europe, will be great. The South is urged to provide food for its own people and feed for its live stock and then to plant as much cot ton as can be cultivated and harvest ed by the department of agriculture. . Planting of increased acreage of . spring wheat and production of an in creased supply of other food products and live stock, especially hogs, is rec ommended by the department of agri culture. Washington. The administration bill providing for rovernment control of railroads until eighteen months after the war, in cluding many "short lines," and ap propriating a revolving fund of $500.- 000,000 for federal operation, has been passed by the senate without a roll call. Overseas ship tonnage available to America and the allies passed its low point about February 1st, several weeks earlier than shipping experts had predicted. A complete economic agreement in which Great Britain and the other al lied nations are in accord, has been reached between, the United States and Norway, but the terms have not been made public. " A Mexico City dispatch i announces that "Wilhelm," Ger 'emperor and that "Wilhelm," German "emperor and ranza's felicitations on the emperor's birthday in a most flattering way. He further wishes the Mexican people "much prosperity." It is extremely unwise for cotton farmers to assume that the freezes of the past few weeks have extermi nated the boll weevil. This is the an swer of the department of agriculture to many inquiries from the South. A: bill has been introduced by Rep resentative Flood, of Virginia, which provides that all farmers or farm hands who have served two years or more on the farm be transferred from Class 1 to deferred classifications. The Austrian press, according to reports, is warning Germany against the re-opening of hostilities in which Austria does hot wish to participate. European. "' Ttie" British forces in Palestine have captured the city of Jericho, tfnd Aus tralian troops have entered the city. This is the city famous in Biblical lore because the walls fell down when Joshua marched his army around the city seven consecutive times in as many days. Heavy artillery fighting on both sides is reported on the western front around Champagne and in Alsace. No infantry fighting is reported. It is stated that the Germans have shot down twenty-four airplanes and two balloons in three days. Official dispatches from Rome indi cate that the recent closing of the Swiss frontier by Austria is prepara tory to movement of troops to the Italian frontier. Italian aviators say that troops are continually coming up to the Italian frontier from the erstwhile Russo-Rou-manian front. Facing-absolute subjection, the Bol sheviki are now reported to be beg ging the Slavs to fight. Lenine and Krylenko have issued appeals for a real revolutionary army and urge the people to lay waste to every place evacuated. Berlin reports that in some instanc es Russian regiments have deserted and are offering their services to the central powers. It is reported that the Russian navy is completely disorganized. Five entente allied airmen flying over the Julian Alps found the town of Innsbruck, Austrian Tyrol, was not protected by anti-aircraft guns. The airmen thereupon swooped down with in 300 yards of the ground, picked out targets and copiously bombed them. Soldiers and civilians were surprised, and many are reported killed. t Stephen Pichon, foreign minister of France, made an address in Paris, in which he called America the "savior of the world." An Amsterdam dispatch says that a Russian courier with the peace pro posals of the Russian government has arrived in Berlin. British merchantmen sunk, by mine or submarine in the past week num bered 15. Of these 12 were of 1,600 tons or over and three were under that tonnage. A Berlin dispatch announces that the town of Rovno, Russia, has been cleared of Russians. Trains with about a thousand cars were captured. Important railway and highway junc tions have been occupied. Germans have passed through Wen- den, 55 miles northeast of Riga, and are now before Wolmar, 70 miles to the northeast of Riga. Two hundred and four Americans lost their lives' on the Tuscania, an nounces a London dispatch. One hundred and ten persons per ished when the steamer Dives was tor pedoed in the Mediterranean on Feb ruary 1, says a Paris dispatch. Close relations between the German embassy at Madrid and the most no torious anarchists in Spain have been brought to light, according to The Paris Daily Matin. It is added that official Spain is shocked by the huge ness of German plots. Germany's military advance upon Petrograd is stimulating the Russians to a resistance that may have import ant consequences on the future events of the east. It is impossible for the allies to de termine in advance how serious and how prolonged will be the resistance of the Russians to the advancing Ger mans, but the allies are not "banking" on strong resistance to the Teutons. The Portuguese fighting on the west ern front are showing their mettle. They are holding their ground regard less of strong attacks. Control of the air in the American sector belongs te the enemy. All the American army officials admit this freely. Control by Germany is too ob vious to arrive at any other conclu sion, r. A London newspaper says that if the German airmen knew that Ameri can airmen were waiting for them, they would not fly so boldly over the western front. A London dispatch says that approx- A AAA ft unaieiy tuu Americans resident in London will have to enlist in the American army. The British captures in the past year included 168 heavy howitzers, 68 heavy guns, 437 field guns, 1,055 trench mortars and 2,814 machine guns. British man power has increased on the western front, and the allies out number Germany at present, but the undersecretary of war of the British empire says this condition may not last long, as Germany is rapidly bring ing up reinforcements. The Germans are clever while fly ing over the western front and manage to take pictures, make observations and do virtually whatever else is de sired and sail home without interrup tion. Premier Lloyd-George told the house of commons that conclusions reached at Versailles were the result of repre sentations from other governments, notably that of America. The official announcement of the capitulation of the Bolsheviki govern ment was signed by Nikolai Lenine and Leon Trotzky in behalf of the people's commissaries of Russia. 1-Swiss infantry constructing a trench on the frontier where the repubLc fears Invasion by the 2 Officers Of field artillery on the rr,nge at an American training camp In France observing the results of shots and finding new ranges. 3-Maj. Gen. Sir Henry Wilson, selected as British chief of staff to succeed Sir William Robertson. JEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK Germany, Forcing Bolsheviki 1 o ' Accept Her Terms, Resumes the War on Russia. CIVIL CONFLICT CONTINUES America's Preparations Are Being Speeded Up, and First Battleplanes Are Shipped, None Too Soon Premier Lloyd George Sus tains the Program of the Supreme War Council. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. "No longer believing in the paciiic Utentions of Russia," and with the professed purpose of restoring peace and order in the parts of that country they already occupy, the Germans last week re-opened the war on the bol sheviki. Their first advance took them across the Dvina and into Dvinsk and Lutsk, and thence they continued oh their way toward Petrograd, gathering in many prisoners and large quantities of arms and supplies. After protesting against the resumption of hostilities against Russia, Austria-Hungary Joined In the invasion. The move is extreme ly unpopular among the socialists of Germany and the people generally of Austria, but the Prussian militarists have the whip-hand and pay little heed to objections from others. Continuing their advance, toward the end of the week the Germans sent a large fleet of warships to Reval and landed troops to Invest that great sea port. They also landed a fprce Of Finns, who had been fighting In the German army. In Finland, presumably to attack the bolsheviki at Tarbraer fors and Yiborg. Trotzky, finding his hope that the Teutonic workers -and peasants would refuse to fight against those of Rus sia, emitted a loud wall, offering to sign the peace treaty Germany had de manded, but seemingly Dr. Von KJuehl niann deemed It too late. Further morei there were strong Indications that the long-expected split in the ranks of the bolsheviki leaders had come, for Lenine countermanded Trotz ky's" orders for Immediate de mobilization, stating that they wee unable yet to announce the terms of peace as peace had not yet been signed. te The Red guard is necessarily scat tered, because civil war is raging In many parts of Russia. The bolsheviki claimed to have established their au thority in that part of Bast Siberia known as Trans-Balkalla, to have cap tured Botalsk and advanced far be yond Rostov-on-the-Don, and to have routed the Cossacks In Astrakhan. In Finland, too, they claimed decided vic tories over the Whiter guard of the government. Official dispatches from Petrcrrad said the Ukrainians had made an alliance with the Roumanians and that a joint army had occupied Kishinev, but that the bolsheviki forces had driven them from Tiraspol on the Dniester. The Ukrainians, on the other hand, appealed to Germany for help against the bolsheviki, who, ; they asserted, had Invaded their terri tory and were burning and looting their towns. In the Don Cossack region the gov ernment fostered by General Kalen dlnes was ousted and a new republic organized at Tcherkask by the work men and soldiers. Kalendlnes commit ted suicide, and his successor as het man, General Nazaroff, ordered all Cossacks to mobIlije at once and fight the advancing bolsheviki forces. Al together It is a pretty mess, and no one will envy the Germans the task they have assumed of restoring order. te- , The German and Austrian ministers, addressing the relchraths. expressed the strong conviction that the peace with Ukraine was the beginning of peace with all Russia, but warned the people they might be disappointed. Theyj explained that, in order not to disrupt this peace and lose the chance of getting wheat from Ukraine, they could not promise that the Cholm dis trict of Poland should not be given, to the new republic, as the treaty pro vided, but they pacified the enraged Poles somewhat by the assurance that tht frontiers of Cholm would be fixed by a commission including Polish and Ukrainian representatives. As for peace with Great Russia, Dr. Von Kuehlmann said he was awaiting signed confirmation from Trotzky that the German terms were accepted. These terms, not wholly made pub lic, of course "correspond with Ger many's Interests." The written confirmation of Russia's acceptance of the peace terms, It was reported, passed the German lines on Thursday. 1 The socialist members of the Aus trian relchsrath called on the govern ment to adopt the principles set forth by President Wilson as a basis for gen eral peace and asked that negotiations be begun quickly. They and all the Czechs and Slavs protested violently against the resumption of the war against Russia. Further trouble for Austria was reported by deserters who said the men of the fleet at Cattaro had mutinied, and there was growing disaffection at Pola, Flume and other Austrian ports. The United States and the entente allies have declared they will recog nise no peace In the East made under compulsion and by a mere faction of the Russian -people, nor one Involving Poland without a previous consulta tion with Poland. Sweden finally made up Its mind that it couldn't intervene to stop the horrible civil conflict in Finland, but it was expected that Germany would take a hand In the mess there. While President Wilson and his ad mi (dstration show no intention of dis continuing the campaign to bring about peace by argument, they do show an Increasing realization of the Improbability of peace within a short time. Possibly they are ready to ad- ! mlt that men" and guns will do the most to end the war. At any rate, Oxir preparations are being speeded up In a manner that Is gratifying. Plans hare been completed for sending to the training camps the second incre ment of 500,000 men, beginning about May 1, and cfcitlnulng at the rate of 10,000 men a week. These, It Is be lieved, will all be taken from class one. which numbenB approximately 1,500. 000, and from the million men who will become twenty-one years of age during the year ending June 5 next. With increasing rapidity the men of the first draft are being sent across to France, in response to the cull of the allies, and to provide more trans ports for, them and their supplies a great number of vessels have been withdrawn from trade outside the war zones, these.belng replaced. by vessels of neutral nations, according to a re cent agreement. Further relief in the matter of trans portation was provided by the econom ic agreement with Spain, signed Thurs day, which permits General Pershing to purchase In Spain mules, army blankets and other supplies for his troops. A month ago Spain refused to let Pershing have these materials, but sufficient argument and pressure were brought to bear to Induce a change of mind; -te In the matter of American ship building, the prospect is fairly rosy again. The president, by quick and decisive action, put an end to the strike of shipyard carpenters, and on Thurs day the pleasing announcement was made that the drive for the enrollment of '250,000 shipyard workers would bring more than the number sought, thousands of union men Joining with out restrictions as to working with un organized workers. te Equally cheering was the statement by Secretary Baker that the first American battleplanes for Pershing's forces already had been shipped, sev eral months earlier than hail original ly been Intended. These machines are equipped with the Liberty motor, and from now on there will be a steady stream of them going over, together with the aviators and mechanics nec essary to operate them. From tKe dis patches of correspondents in Prance these planes are sorely needed, for It Is stated as an admitted fact that the Germans have the complete mastery of the Air above the American sector, and are able to take observations and make photographs almost without op position. As a result, the villages oc cupied by the Americans back of the lines have been bombed repeatedly. In other respects Pershing's men are holding their own finely, both the in fantry and the artillery demonstrating their entire readiness to meet the drive of the enemy if It should b; directed against their sector. Thls however, is not considered like ly, as the Germans, If they gained any ground there, would place themselves In a wedge where they could be at- tacked on both sides by the allies. Some authorities have expressed the belief that Hlndenburg will attack not only on the west front, but in Italy and the Balkans as well at the same time, making his strongest efforts on thi latter fronts. Others, and these are supported by the statements of pris oners, are sure the Hun will make hi supreme effort at two points on th' west front. General Maurice, British director of military operations, said on Wednesday there had been no de velopments during the last two week? to Indicate that the German offensive was near. This Is not in accord with the information that has been coming to America, bu if anyone knows con ditions and what they indicate, it, should be General Maurice. te Switzerland has become much exer cised over the massing of Teuton 'c troops near her frontier, and fears tlMt her neutrality will be violated as ruTh lessly as was that of Belgium. This might happen If Hindenburg decided to attempt to turn the right flank of the French army, and the rjesults might be serious, for the Freneh-jSwiss front ier is not strongly protected. te ; In Palestine the British are steadily forging forward. To the east and northeast of Jerusalem several ad vances were made during the week, de-, spite resistance by the Turks, and at last advices the British were within four miles of Jericho. i te Premier Lloyd-George weathered an other crisis last week, maintaining his position by frankness and firmness combined and offering to resign If par liament felt like refusing him a vote of. confidence. It all came about through his adherence to the program adopted by the Versailles council for a more unified control of war operations by all the allies. Gen. Sir William Robertson, chief of staff, would not hold his position in these circum stances, and It was given to Gen. Sir Henry Wilson. Something of a -strrm resulted, but the premier did not yield. He Skid the extension of powers of the supreme council was in accordance with the proposal of the United States, which was almost Identical with those of the other governments, and that the policy of Great Britain In this mat ter was the policy of France, Italy and America. Thrs satisfied most of the premier's critics, though what the program of the council is has not been told to the people. In Washington military circles there Is a belief that the council decided to strike the en emy wlthoutwaltlng for him to make his spring drive. 'te- Two more air raids on. London occurred during the week. Together they resulted in the death of 27 per sons. Over on the continent the allied aviators made repeated raids on Treves, Thionvllle and other towns, as well as on Zeebrugge. Many tons of explosives were dropped on barracks, railways, airdromes and other target, with excellent results. In the numer ous air fights the British and French flyers easily maintained their superi ority. te The list of British vessels sunk by submarines again decreased in num bers, but the week's reports Included the torpedoing of the French steam er La Dives In the Mediterranean on February 1. with the loss of 110 men, te Following a conference of envoys of the allies with Director General Mc Adoo on ways and means to move food stuffs from the middle West to the sea board, so they can be shipped to En rope, Mr. Hoover Issued an urgent ap peal to the American people to do bet ter than they hare been doing In the matter of food conservation, warnlnp them i that - they must be prepared tr endure a domestic food shortage wltV In 60 days SPEAKS IN THE REICHSTAG "But These Principles Must Actually 1 be Recognized by All States and Peoples." Amsterdam. Speaking before r;e reichstag the imperial German r .,,. cellor, Cdunt von Hertling, made this declaration: "I can fundamentally agree with the four principles, which in Presi l. u, Wilson's view must be applied m a mutual exchange of views, and thus declare with President Wilson that a general peace can be discussed ou such a basis. "Only one reserve need be maae in this connection: These principle must not only be proposed by the President of the United States, hut must also actually be recpgnized by all states and peoples." "But this goal has not yet been reached. There is still no court of arbitration established by all the na tions for the preservation of peace in the name of justice. When President Wilson incidentally says that the Ger man chancellor is speaking to the tribunal of the entire world, I must decline this tribunal as prejudiced, joyfully as I would greet it, if an im partial court of arbitration exists and gladly as I would co-operate to rea'. ize such ideals. "When England talks about the peoples', right of self-determination, she does not think of applying the principle to Ireland, Egypt and India "It has been repeatedly said that we do not contemplate returning Bel gium, but that we must be safeguard ed from the danger of a country, with which we desire after the war to live in peace and friendship, becora ing the object or jumping-off ground of enemy machinations. If, therefore, a proposal came from the opposing side, for example, from the govern ment in Havre, we should not adopt an antagonistic attitude, even though the discussion at first might only be unbinding. "Meanwhile, I readily admit that President Wilson's message of Feb ruary 11 constitutes perhaps a small step toward a mutual rapproehe ment." TWELVE PERSONS KILLED IN REAR-END COLLISION Southern Train No. 42 From Asheville Crashes Into No. 18 From Greenville. Columbia, ,S. C. Ten persons were killed outright, two died of injuries and between 25 and 35 others were more or less seriously injured when train No. 42 of the Southern railway from Spartanburg crashed into the rear of train No. 18 from Greenville, near Frost's station, five miles north of here. Railroad officials said all the dea 1 were passengers on train No. 18. Th" dead are: W. C. Tomlinson, Raleigh, N. C. Sarah W. Pethel, Kannapolis, N. 0. J. B. Marshall, Anderson, S. C. P. Frank Baxter, contractor, New berry, S. C. M. A. Leaman, traveling salesman. Greenwood, S. C. Otis B. Brodie, Wagener, S. C. J. F. Nathias, address unknown. H. L. Ivester, Ware Shoals, S. C. Joe F. Moats, Newberry, S. C. Mrs. Sarah Ellen Johnson, Colum bia. S. C. W. W. Richardson, traveling sales man Atlanta Seriously hurt: All of the injured are in hospitals here. Among those reported to be seriously hurt are: A. M. Kirby. Princeton, S. C; R. Anderson; Seneca. S. C; W. C. Davies, Dover, Ohio; J. A. Stands, Troy, S. C; A. S. Tomp kins, Edgefield, S. C. FORTY-FOUR-' ARE FOUND ALIVE ON THE FLORIZEL St. Johns, N. F. Boat crews from the Newfoundland steamer Prospero. braving the breakers which are bat tering to pieces the wreck of the Red Cross liner Florizel on thje ledges north of Capt Race, took off 44 surviv ors, all that were left alive of the ship's company of 136. The death list stands at 92. Of the rescued, 17 are passengers. Only two of the 12 worn en on board and none of the four chil dren were saved. FIVE KILLED IN AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS IN FRANCE Washington. The deaths of a lieu tenant and four cadets resulting from airplane accidents were reported to ,the war department' by General Pe eking., The dead are: Lieut. LelanJ J. Hagadorn, Orleans N. Y.; Cadets Clark B. Nlchol, Philadelphia ; J. F. Stillman, New York city; Donald E. Carlton, Providence, R.-1., and Arthur H. Wilson, Philadelphia. The mes as ave no details of the accidents.