V4 POLK COUNTY NEWS, TRYON, NORTH CAROLINA IMPORTANT NEIVS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN THE NEWS 0FTHE SOUTH What It Taking Place In Ths South land Will Be Found In " Brief Paragraph Foreign The dramatic- escape of Pierre Le noir from death at the hands of a fir ing squad in the Vincennes woods is the subject of lively conversations in political circles in France. Lenoir had been tried with Senator Humbert and President Wilson has signed an act of congresi incorporating the Ameri can Legion, an organization of veter ans of the world : war. Formal reading of the German peace treaty for amendment has been be gun fn the senate. ' r -A strong undercurrent of opposi tion in the house to presenting Gen eral Pershiag a $10,000 gold sword re sulted in eliminating that item" from a resolution extending thanks of con gress to the military leader. The state department has been of ficially advised that China has issued a mandate 'declaring herself now at peace with Germany. - - President Wilson,, stumping the na- f" tion in behalf of the peaeo trefty, rat- if cation, arrived in Portland, Oregon,1 to make one speech and spent the rest of -the day motoring and resting. Domestic - - - Five thousand well-to-do- British women determined to obtain Ameri can husbands soon, will arirve in the other defendants on a chares of hav- United States, "according to a warn ing communicate ! military intelligence ing lssued to bachelors by Mrs. S. to the enemy and was sentenced to C. Seymour of Camden, N. J., who death. The firing squad already had nas Just returned from.Europe, where taken its. place and preparations -were sne was employed byjthe military.au- being . made to esjeort Lenoir out to thorities to supervise the transporta- meet death when the. condemned man tion '-the war brides of American begged to be confronted with former soldiers in different parts of Europe, Premier Caillaux, who is under charg- Recovery of ninety-eight additional es similar to those on . which Lenoir bodies along the north shore of Nue- was convicted. The. execution was ces bay brought the known dead as suspended. . : a result of the gulf storm to nearly Five masked men bound and gagged four hundred and caused fears that the mail clerks on the Ocean Limited the total death roll might reach dou Express of the Canadian National rail- ble that number. The-message is from way near Harlaka, Quebec, and. rob- Corpus Christi. ucu ue iuhu car Ui o,uuu m paper That th Rnartloh et..mr . ZS,. carrymg three hundred passenger. Peace Conference-Devises Plan is believed the bandits had an auto-. went down in the huricane that swept mobile hidden near the scene where Key West, Fla.. ten days ago, appear they dropped from the train and that ed to have been made certain by the ? I, tSh tT the':mencm statement of Ensign L. B. Roberts, border into Maine. ... ,-..,, - , , " . . UK3 yia.iu.iy saw me. Juameuiaie oi mai ?nTXriedVT8ej0in' steamer n the vessel found in forty hMi3J?? - f feet of water near Key West. The Mexican secretary of the treas- ury has befen ordered to make imme- An extract from a magazine article diate payment to the United states written m 1914 by Tneodore Roose government of ten thousand pesos, veIt was read by President Wilson presenting the sum paid to obtain the ln an address at San Diego, Cal., In ransom of two American aviators who favor of the teague of nations. "I am were captured by. Mexican bandits in glad to align mYselt with such utter August. . . ances. Here in concrete form is the The British empire put 8,654,467 Iulfillment of the plan they advocat- men into the war.,.. Of these England ea' saia ine Presidents recruited 4,006,158. The present world unrest means-that spoke from a glass-enclosed platform, the old order of things is in its death and his words carried out to the dis- throes, retary " " yPilpss&-.j "ia NnTUiiiin nrs I' Is w jmjiwoaowpowowa MsSS Is Steel r.n,-. ! f 3 ,tl J4W r- - M wain I H 111 i -SSfflf . B But s i I-.. WIWWWWWJJH .vi. xjciftium auu varuinai . uiDDons pnotograpnea at tne latters home in Baltimore 2 Armenian flagbrought by Genera! Torcom to be presented to President Wilson. ' 3-Scene during the ereat oil tank fire at GreenpoinV Long Island. . ? " : ; - "S me great on i TLi.. STRUGGLE May d!- Uon. Aoain. ... PPsition - - Whi 'ghtiv Af, ''Hi A"t the end of tllft che economic ,Perta. 1 iauur aa the g,-(,Uer n cu'ga steel indust.v !'Part6 tie line, rear.hiD o, lion workers. Aft. , y halU ing directly ung 2i or indir NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS for Settling the "Problem of the Adriatic? Baltie front, it .desires .peace and friendly relations with the new states formed In that' region. Of course it would then he able to turn most of its attention to the East, where Admiral Kplchak is-reported to have "had sev eral notable successes recently. 7 . i ; Japan according to-report, has been asked by the United States to pledge tormauy tne return of Shantung to China, and to set a date for the restoration-. At the time of writing no re j)ly had been .received from Tokyo, and the Japanese foreign office de nied that any such note had been re ceived from Washington. In state ments Issued In California. In reply to Baltic States and Russian Bolshevists lists -.of questions asked him. President ta. ... i . , ... I- TTTI 1 .... talking Peace President WHson Explain Application of League Covenant to Shantung and Irish Questions. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. While D'Annunzio held possSsion of Flume after his spectacular raid on The president in San Diego, CaL, 'ffS? C the pce confer: . t I ence ln Paris cot busy and annoiind Its solution of ' the entire Adriatic Wilson asserted that the Leaeue of Nations would have a powerful effect in forwarding the final restoration of Shantung to China and that no other Instrumentality or action could be sub stituted which could bring about that result. In one of his San Francisco addresses he . said the great powers had Japan's promise to return Shan tung to China, and Intended to see that It was fulfilled under the league. TT I ea stsvll j-h m a. w . . says : Arthur Henderson, sec tant rim of the stadium by means of in 1 W kT18 PJaD de" tod " they meant Vnder the leS of thA Piritich t.qw Un pi.mhi v!,fl - nw n.r signed to satisfy both Italy and Juero- ant unaer tne league , . 7 ' ' jr. i oio-io io , I l" uuuguraic a new policy toward uiass ruie in politics, .hether British those present could hear him, how- 7 T , . iau,cu 10 America China. or American, is bound to disappear, ever, and before he finished there buuramea 10 resident wuson. The main problem now is to restore were many empty seats. This compromise settlement provides PTiir f ,nfidGnCe' he eays' Notification that President Wilson ITn11 n aKfreetate and Martial law is xbeing r.gorously en- had selected them to act as repre- It' i qi .V,. p,?rt; foreedjn-the Shantung province by sentatives of the public in the labor IS J? Juf-Slavs shall have all of the Chinese governor, three leaders conference he has decided upon to 2i,2atlan n;a!nland except the cn aau-japanese movement hav- meet in Washington, October 6, next, T 1 T i 608" .,Be i' rree are in the hands of twenty-two men flu. a 1 T , 1 airaanao rpsirtine- fn nil narta of tho ortTiTO "'". aiuum anu me SUITOUna strength, industrial JT&t C an bmi fKt th. 1 I . wo Ui moor s l rafon are now pe.led to resort ama,hBat "T UeiJ u uiuci iu prove to JUage Grim oir? s aDQ hitL ; " ttJ Ul u,e'r-wmea f0r the indiKtri,i ances. In the Chicago district, at JLmni w lpnsf cMWhi,n- the mills, but - ouinc-uicancis Will L1UI US fcTTl- ployed, according to the comDanv of- rficlais. The strikers will be paid off and discharged permanently, and if the walkout Is general, the mills will shut down. Until tho fic . "iot smnwo nr rt j -. . I uisoraers in Boston, due to the away, an accurate m the armed guards Tl the firRt .7.1 ended with no signs 0f -J Ho,. x feUS 01 serious J -w, m ew Castle P seven persons were w following an alleged ? Vent wnrVorc . "WtOfc m entering a Dattleroj, strike of policemen, -were largely sud- number of workers -h . pressed by the-military, but the situa- In obedience to the sf tion otherwise was little ImDroved. the number hn . uer5l i.uvy uuwever, ueciaea not to yuaia is not ohta nawn quit, and the threatened general strike From triW t.o " . ""uquaners in WaS flt lpflSt nncfnnnaii TV. ir.. J I . I :r"" ""c ttimuue Dnrgn came, claims th r Places in th President Gompers, while defending J" ,1!: or the American Fpdprafinn tok . , . naa taKen the r nan0a tv luwara tne isostoq case is peculiar. of thA fifrit0 . 1U " rani, the tte Ing been summarily executed. t-Vashington Another subject taken up by the president In his answers to questions and in his speeches was the Irish ques tion. This, lie asserted, could prop erly be brought up in the council f the" league under article XL "which makes It the right of every member T " - " vrw""jr Ine territory shall ha nd Tf.n- lu uraw "pennon to any i n m TinTii lfsiTiriTi waa Rem mu om. i - , , .Vu.u i rrtino onvnrtiAA i im rs, " -nV - :: : ZL:. ' sovereignty, and that Italv shall r- l "SL Z " ll ul.,s ucwttxis, u uio uegouauons u,ui6 vau cAicsoiuu ut vuo piOBi-1 .l. A n ,u . tu,u l"e peace or the world or the likely to dis- . . . .. .. . : I . .. . ....... . . I PelVP ft mnnnnro fni oil ilkni. . 1 - wnicn resuitea in a settlement of the aent a "sincere nope ' tna: tne recipl- ." " . 4 " good understanding between nations Adriatic and Fiume issue acceptable ent might find it possible to "under- T,n.lnrithe e? south, Up0n which the peace of the world de-' to all powers, obtained in Washington, take this very important service." c!? sna" t0 Greece. Both Italy pends." The covenant would not bind reveal that Italy will receive conces- Besides-the representatives of the pub- nd Jngo-Slavia make concessions un- the United States to assist in nutting sions of territory in Africa from Great He, twenty-two representatives of or ffer . plan' and U !s believed that down rebellion in any forelim conn Britain and France. ganfced labor and organized labor m- U wil1 enable Flume ultimately to be- try, he said nor would it limi th Informal exchange of views between ployers are to participate in the con- e.a4ta . a consummation pOWer of this country to recomlrp thl the Chinese and Japanese govern- ference. whichjhe American jeace delegation independence of inV peiwho MA ments in regard to the Shantung set- -A new world's altitude record is be- was to Prevent during the treaty to secure freedom He explained ttTt tlement is now in progress, according lieved to have been made at Mineoia, negotiations. - v , Ireland was not glveiTa hearln? at thp ,to statements made in a welUnformed N. Y., .when Rolan Rohlfs, test pilot D AnnunzIos seizure of Flume was peace conference because thl Chinese quarter. Formal negotiations for the Curtis Airplane company, ecidedly embarrassing to the Ital- ence had no lurisdinHnn have not yet begun. soared 34,610 feet above sea leveL J" government. To use force against tions of that sort that frIS:-?aiS"' Cable advices to the war depart- Roosevelt field, his starting point, is nlm was plainly out of the question, tories that did not belong to th 7 ment from the commanding general 110 feet above sea 'level - Rholfs ac- for the sympathies of the nation Were feated empires ' ....ne ae" state that, the approximate etreneth tuallv climbed 34.500 feet, accordine wlth him,. despite the fact that he and rnTj.v ' : of the service' of supplies in France to the barograph. His altimeter reg- hIs troPs were technically, mutineers. 1 wrT fnr v fJ?A9 ?!f: of the American forces at midnight, istered 34,400 feet. However, the government did take th!sreDlT?7nd l iSiviV? ',b S 31' dfUU dUty iQ freigU total grain crops of the South- feps looking. toward a blockade of Fi- Z .Slt'tlS Iffl tli? bSdS countries is 53,705. v ern states for the present year will e by Jand and sea In the expecta- abiguousness? They sked hlm tn The. Turks have r resumed their . at- show a gain of about three hundred "on that the poet-soldier's army would answer polntlblank tacks upon the Armen ans and the and twenty-six million bushels over Koon starved into submission, and you ln "ttS!?,' very existence of the nation -is in dan- the crops of last year, whUe in the n 'this measure the Jugo-SIavs co-op- IreIaildT-de?nes ger says the Amencan committee for rest ofie country there will be-a erated by cutting off all supplies by September 5 when the frish etf the independence . of Armenia. decrease of about three hundred and nd D'Annunzio had . about 10;000 ve committee meets NYnr?; i taice- pleasure in extendmer vonr mi i.t.-i reirulars nnd - fonr-hrtttnit i L7:r- iuuuuu uusueia - " "" " " .'V-'1" " aoes not. seem nossihlp that th in i uu r 1 1 i a k rA ww -mi .-i - . x' . v x. v res-or-no" - answer to such a nil " bGSi W1Shes for, tne correspondents showed block after was reported that he was prepared Some one must wh.cn ; V r.?r?Pess 01 e block of the beach residential section . raze ' lu.m.e; if he could ' not hold Jr2 TZJJ1 217 l T' .j1 .9'rSr' without a vestige of the former beau- t. and that In this-he was support- resentment can hK," T partment to the president of Mexico, tiful homes ed by the citizens. . resentment caused by his general at- onetrcSinn nV sio the department of Jus- Natural thGermans were waTch- 2 on the occasion of celebrating Mexi- i Ine this aflTnlr With .fwa...... ranncation of the treaty, as it stands. can indenendence dav: SentemWia . . r " v u. v . r,.i : . . rlur ,ast week rnu . vtiA j1aiV j x : " tnere nas oeen a aeciine or lu to 15 per l""7 UC'T lI,a- "'e aiues naa decided 5 i.w V;. 10 ermpi Iarm cent in food prices since the time !t was to be handled by Italy alone the strike, admitted the police were i0 given a , charter on thev express un- U "rters in i i m niTnnni . - i demanding that they would not strike. ;. ', ?any UIUCials m the m, Then Mr. Gomper's secretary visited Tu "f t0 challenge a uoston to study the situation, and on -""tc Ui leaders. Inititl.. - . . I Tk ' iniS aiiimuncea tnat the federation iUC otc;i corporation, aealnut u. stood solidly, behind the striking po- the main offensive is directed w, ...riiit.ii. ne intimated that he did ttUie lo operate most of its riant i uul "wr a general strike at this time. Ltne i'utsDurgn district inieny because the poliee force of Washington Mi "o umuuicu hi uie nLuito ant appealed r r., e cunrraiy, rresi- TO DRIVE D'ANNUNZIO OUT dent AVIlcnn tnnlr 1 1 .. . 'Wiitiu uuyi . v''rv ti uaiiu iu Liie mat- f k n- i ' -- I . v. yvuee unions. He sent a tele- London. The Italian men fhrrn!L?"lrB.rown of appealed to the allied powerst sm7 hZ? exclusive of M of tho n " "1 -;'m.lon ians to ame l'Annunio outofFm or ' r f "'tj capital city, according to a report here, which. r,lii V reai C1IV' wnose considered reliable. the nubile or tZ g pre?fUFe UP011 Xt iS unde"tood the American,, 2?, PJS," 5! !.m,mUn,ty' SDch as authorities here, who controUe barmr Peace or em- operation in the Adriatic have c barrass the maintenance of order, ed any assistance whatW ing. the final decision from Wa ton or the peace delegates in Parii ! or permitted.' NEGRO CITIZENS ENDORSE LYNCHING OF 0BE COX coiaun.erT.Sri .'air price conunittee began their J-Uoked on by ,hem aS slguiflcan,, cution under a $200,000 appropriation in the pending deficiency bill for en- forcementof the anti-trust laws. The for some of them were contemplating rioth?nr ' ia'tiii hw, and th. foil. 1 tfie possibility of a similar ra Id on iuitcmcuL.ui. iue antl-irust laws. The ' nnnlo-- Thou flm i- . vote was in committee of the whole Price committee, operating out of Jff,, hat if . ex- Vnuoa . - , i : , i w sn in r ton . ta nor on rno rrnii nr i 1 v. uic wmcu ueace ron- uwuac, auu is nut lllLiU, J.Ol.ner YOte I a , -- - . will probably be demanded with mil the clothing "privateers" both whole- 5rnce, could be defied in one place. rail. sale and retail. . " migni oe aened in another. The eneine of a northbound freiffht respohdencer between" the Mexican train on the Louisville and Nashville --" J Hungary the allies are gradually and the American governments will railroad blew up at Hygeia, Tenn., kill- urInSlnS the situation. around to their became a part of Jhe records of the inS the fireman, injuring the engineer own for the Roumanians, it Is senate foreign relations subcommittee and setting fire to the station and flnnunced, are withdrawing their investigating the Mexican situation train. ; troops and have promised to restore -The Red Cross announces the dis- Rapid growth of the death .list re- e materials they had confiscated, patch of two special army trains car- suiting from the huricane and tidal Prime Minister Friedrlch of Hungary, rying emergency supplies and a laree wave that swept Corpus Christi and expected, will quit, and a coall- - . ... 6 1 . ..... tlT (inkln.t --.til 1 ... aetaenment of relief workers to the nearDy Pmis cansea tne oeiier to vauiuci oe recognized by the hnTTinano.at-rL-Qn - i l nrevall mon tne relief worlrera and 1 ttiiics. - - -nv-.i. uiau.vii . i uclnccu I - , ..., . Brownsville and Cornus Christ! To v. Texas officials that the total dead as. would approximate five hundred per- The representatives of the Baltic ' The United States has asked the Bons- states are holding, or about to hold. Japanese government to fix a defi- Reaching its climax in a scene in conferences with the Russian bolshe nite date for tHe return of Kiao Chau tne nouse chamber at Washington that vlsts, with the prospect that peace be to China, according to cable advices drew added dignity from the simplicity tween them will be arranged. VVheth- v received at Honolulu. The Japanese t . the setting the nation's welcome e this is with the tacit consent of the government has not answered the to Generals Pershing came to an end allied natiuns Is not clear At anv communicaUon. - '..,r . . . when the thanks of congress and of rate, the-White RussIansSire desner Acting Secretary of State 'Phillips the American people were extended ately fighting against such an outcorno" hasireceived a dispatch from London to him. and the army he commanded, 'or it would mean their de.trt!Vri aUting that as a result of the efforts There , were no military bands or by the Reds. The German n,V to raise the (Jerman vessels scuttled ranks of soldiery, and but one flag, the Baltic states, commanded hv at Scapa Flow, the battleship Baden, that draped on the wall back of the eral von der Goltz are ' . the cruisers Frankfort, Nuremberg and speaker's chair, was displayed. The numbers and are verv ni -fLu Emden and fifteen destroyers have only other touch of color was the Berlin government iner Tl!e been floated and three other destroy- uniforms of the high officers of the demand I of he nT? 6 t0 the fera. probably will be. raised. - army and navy eathered t - k.-- " L.ni Deace conference that w.tn ntfiniu in th ah,a f comrade, give highest honors. not unner . !! f-.f J . w?re plea the conference refused to allow. The Russian soviet governmenr asserts that, despite Its recent victories on the . is. . sDeecnes were much more conciliatory, and he even had good words to say concerning the "mild reservationlsts." But his ex pressed opinion of the Borah-Johnson irroup had not changed. .Throughout the country there-Is evident a ' A. termlnation to learn definitely what tne treaty and covenantanean, and the crowds that flock to hear the presl- ucui ano tne opposition senators are not actuated solely by curiosity to see uu near notables. Each in his own way, ana trom bis own standpoint, the a-.ers are trying to enlighten the People, and it is especially gratlfy- ., , .u uuie mat Mr. Wilson is more explicit In his explanations of the articles over which the main contests have arisen. . The national committee for-organizing Iron andteel workers announced that the great steel strike woulTbe gln Monday. September 22. according to schedule.; since every effort to hold fho0?! uTec,tW,th nnan "Gary of l ? teS Steel corporation had failed. , Mr. Gary Issued a state ment explaining his: refusal on two grounds: First, that he did not be lieve the committee was authorized to speak for large numbers of tho ,ployees; second, that a conference w,lu l" committee t would have been treated ; by it is a recognition, of the ' closed shop method of emplbyment which method ;the ; corporation is -determined not to countenance, since it destroys; the-worker's personal Inde- pendence and ambition to'succeed and prosper. ' The organizing committee re pUed.thatthese two reasons are false Announcement that the carpenters strike and consequent building indus try tie-up Jn the Chicago district hnA ended was not only nremnAiro Hf seemingly false. The carpenters were Athens, ,Ga. A number of negroe ostensibly given a chance to vote orv resIdme near Lexington, Ga, hare the question, hut-instead of a secret me and adopted resolutions appro ballot, the voting was open, and the ' the action of whites who re- contractors assert that thus the labor cently lynched Obe Cox, a negro, ac bosses were able to Intimidate the onen cused of assaulting: and -murdering and obtain a majority for rejection of the wife of a white farmer, it became j the compromise offered. known here. ! The- " rcnlnHnna onnApmnpH ill i Two big meetings of general Inter- stron? terms th rHme that aronsed est were held Jn Chicago last vweek. 1000 men and set them to a 24 hours - one nrst-was the annual convention of search of swamps and woods whicS !.!- , Amerlca. at which was concluded with the shooting ofj plans were laid for the Industrial In- the neero and the burning of 0 firS ofTn . , by the Jews- The body. At the time the crime as com o ' thl TehTerSriU 56 memberS mitted Cox was under indictment for So veSSh tbatf05ht.!n an attack on a negro woman. He H Ste;!cL2!T,eI-.AI,eD to have confessed before -deal r ..v.c .a.cu lu raise tne immense sums needed to develop Palestine. The executive committee expects to get as UJUta as $y,wu.uoo In -America during the coming year. to the crime. SENATOR OVERMAN STANDING PAT FOR TREATY OF PEACE. Washington. Senator Overman re- - The other meeting, was of some 300 1 Afl n ore -- a i n . . -..v... -mC iuu-eaioon ieasrue of 0--.. v . h.j America, who "were completing their turaed from Salisbury where he naa program for a campaign desiimed to been to see Mrs Overman, who J make the whole world drv o. " sick. He brought back encourage cided they must raise at least $5,000,- reDorts- h for 000, forthe work and that prohibition "North Carolina," said he. is W must be enforced in American cities the ague of nations. Here 3 as proof to the world that the sale ot tnere-vou find men opposed to u, liquor can be stODDed - - I found no serious oppposition to - f . among the people I saw The gulf coast of Texas suffered se verely from the tropical hurricane that swept up from the Caribbean - sea. Scores of-persons were drowned and immense property damage was done. NO TRACE SO FAR FOUND OF THOSE LOST ON VII-BANER Key West, Fla- Search for thff 01 crew oi-me cspanisu a-v-"o- , region roundabout er vaiDanera, lost on " nfle. Pivi.o.,ft- . . - I lio-Tif n miuo fi.nm here. couL1 - . y0.vuu.u ui me - pactrers bv the "e"wv nco government proceeded apace with the without results. ,r tej presentation of evidence to the grand Cuban .Consul Milord, who a jury in Chicago. Notwithstandihg the the work of tne divers comlW vuivij ui.uu rafo nrt-Bn Tot An. i- i me suniten nuiK. wucu - itions to (0 TPncfl Af . fiki. o .. ... : I M 4 v r :w.firQ -v"y. v. hc "ig nve, . this evidence oj- iub.u- of , Bllli Vhflt I. tT . , , . - nilln TnllT. line.- n"11' . , " : ,o ; j5i .iu . wme - is , declared -" x cuc - by Attorney General - Palmer : to- ho ed the steamer. ample to sustain the combination of packers, and he added SOUTHERN CONSIDERING that when the collected data "is laid THREATENED CLERK before a jury, the wrathr of the Amer- - ' . hn,ri 6 If It lean neonle wrtn r.rv.-..i -i.. -I n-n-.-.-.-.- Tann The ..... .uiuuci - vfrinrr i --.ci-L -ix 'r.c. c " - - conviction.. The . story will amaze adjustment of the Southern J ... , -I Hvsfem nnenen a im L Mt. iv----.. - onr ;u- ence here, among the imp" Patriotic Americans were gratified ters to receive attention b , rtant being the Brother" few for day oy.the sentence :lmnosei hv t.--.. f n... etn'Vo of the ean at Jackson. Minn., on President of Railroad Clerks, strike h: rpA. " r .. l . a V - lUWUiey Of - the v Mnnr.aiMftc.n-. I r...h r,. HatrihirteQ vnrl ague and Joseph GuUbert former ago. Southern railway cld manager, wha had been convicted I Wn inctmcteH to refrain iru.nfli conspiring, to teach sedition, r- They l loting until the present com re. given 00 days in UHiWu fx.-. . 1-. uestioa.