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t. fir ' ; ' ' . " 1 I f - THE TEYON NEWS, TRYON, N. 0. SSMSisidA m- . . f -.i,,,r i uv 7 W v 1 'H 1 Tracks unloading some of President Wilson's furniture at his new home In Washington. 2 Conference of soviet troops In Petrograd. 3 M. C. Brush, president of the American International Shipbuilding corporation, turning over to Frederick Morris of the shipping board the great key to the Hog IsUnd shipyard. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Railway Labor Board Refuses to Abrogate the National . Working Agreement. , with the grievances were not a party to the national agreement IS WITHOUT JURISDICTION Senate Committees Report Against Naval Holiday and Suspension of Immigration-Germans Are Pre paring Their Counter-Proposals on. Reparations. " By EDWARD W. PICKARD. this year's" first big labor fight, that between the railways and the rail workers, .really ,ppened last week when the national railroad labor board took up the appeal of the rail executives for immediate v abrogation of the na tional working agreements. The hear ing drew to Chicago the heavy guns of both the executives and the rail way brotherhoods. The bonrd, decided against the railways, which, however, have not abandoned the fight. As was foreseen, President Wilson declined to Intervene, though asked to by both sides, stating he would not take any action "which would inter fere with the orderly procedure of the Interstate commerce commission or tne railway : labor board." Frank P. Walsh, counsel for the rail 'unions, and Bk M.Jewell, head of their department of the American Federa .tion of Labor, are leading the fight of the brotherhoods. Their first ac tion was to question the Jurisdiction of the labor board in this matter, on the ground that a question involving the financial ability of the roads to , pay is within the. province of the In terstate commerce commission, the la bor board being limited by law to questions of wages and working con ditions. This point the board decided Was well taken. Chairman Bartow said the board for several months had been considering the national working agreement, clause by clause, to determine whether any parts were unreasonable, and he urged that It be "not further interrupted by the Introduction of unwarranted demands by either party." The second part of the general argu ment of Mr. Walsh was that the move by the railroad executives is part of a "Wall street conspiracy" to kill the power of the unions, establish the open ehop, crush collective bargaining and reduce wages. - ; "Twelve" New York tanks," said Mr. Walsh, "through interlocking direc torates, control 92 class I roads, which nave 80 per cent of the . class I mile age and 76 per . cent, of the total rail road mileage of the United States. In the hearings of the Lock wood commit tee in New York the testimony re vealed a movement on the part of certain interests to crush unions and establish the open shop. It is di rected first j at the two basic Indus tries , of building1 construction and transportation.; A great many "persons not directly 1 concerned in the present controversy believe with Mr. Walsh that, there Is a concerted, movement to establish the -open shop, and like wise, a great many persons are In sympathy with such . a movement. These persons see the ' Impending conflict; as . a fight not be tween labor anT capital, but between tyrannical labor unions and industry. Most of them have suffered and are suffering from tiie'lntblerance of both " organized labor and organized capital, and they are very tireH of it , What railroad' men said was one of : the most far teaching decisions made ;by the labor board was handed down last week, the ruling fceirig that it was r the duty of 'the Boston and Maine -railroad to confer with the committees )pf the American 'Federation of Labor over the grievances of Its workers: I Employees said the decision upheld ' the rlght of Independent organizations of railway workers to present their , grlevances:vtfr r'oad officials." In the . Boston and Mahie ' case It was said a conference was refused because those . Inspired by the conviction that the United States should have a navy as strpng as that of any other nation, the senate naval affairs committee re ported against the Borah resolution for a six months naval construction holiday. The report, presented by Senator Polndexter, said the commit ter was as anxious as possible to bring about a reduction of armaments, but that no disarmament would be of value unless It were general and, in the case of the great maritime powers, universal. "Unhappily this is not the case at the present time," continued the report, , "and we must deal with conditions as they exist. For one nation to leave itself exposed to at tack while another Is preparing all the engines of war would be not only folly, but the greatest danger to the peace of the world that could be Imag ined' , V-' ; ;v,' t r. -h - ' A temporary suspension of building, it was pointed out, would cost the gov ernment immense sums through der terloratlon of material and ' disloca tion of contracts; would throw ltlrge numbers of workmen out of employ ment, and, by rendering it difficult or Impossible to reassemble these forces should work on vessels be resumed, would give an Immense advantage to powers that had not Interrupted the construction of their fleets. The committee upheld the conten tion of the navy board that the capital ship Is not obsolete.' It recommended that twelve destroyers and six sub marines, authorized in 1916 but not yet contracted for, be eliminated from the building program. , These 18 ships were expected to cost the government about $55,000,000. The committee sug gested the use of this amount for the construction of two airplane carriers of the most modern type and of the most advantageous size. . Another senate committee that on immigration also took important ac tion when it rejected, by a. vote of 5 to 4, the bill passed by the house pro viding for the suspension of immigra tion for one year. Senators Johnson, Washington ; Harris, Georgia ; Har rison, Mississippi, and King, Utah, voted for the bill, and Colt, Rhode Island, chairman; , Dillingham, Ver mont; Sterling, South Dakota; Keyes, New Hampshire, and Phelan, Califor nia, against it - Next day the committee began con sideration of the Dillingham' substi tute for the house bill, and the indica tions were that it would be acted on favorably. This measure provides that the number of aliens of any na tionality entering as immigrants in any one year shall be limited 4o 5 per cent of the, total number of persons of such nationality already in the coun try, as determined by the latest cen sus. The legislation would not apply to immigrants from the American con tinents and adjacent islands, nor to the Asiatic "barred zone," from which immigrants already, are excluded, nor to Japan, Immigration from which is regulated by agreement. Some of the radical restrlctlonlsts will make a fight to have the percentage cut down, perhaps as low as' 2 per cent In Washington it was said there was no likelihood . that the bill would get through congress before March 4. .Frequent charges that thousands of sick or disabled ex-service men are being Inadequately cared for by - the government had their effect on con gress. The senate adopted an amend ment to the sundry civil bill appro priating $12,500,000 for five new build ings and $6400,000 for;, the enlarge ment and improvement of existing hospitals. The house, by unanimous vote, passed a bill carrying an ap propriation for 1 $13,000,000 for addi tional hospitals and enlarged facilities. Under this bill five new hospitals are to be located one In the central. At lantic states, one In the region of the Great Lakes, one in the central south western states, ; one In the , Rocky mountain states and one In southern California. In addition, the secretary of war Is Instructed to take over at once t and equip for hospital use Fort Mackenzie, Wyoming, and Fort Walla Walla,' Washington. Foreign Minister. Simons shas noti fied the allies that' the German gov V'r - V. ernment will send qualified delegates to the reparations conference in Lon don March 1, 'provided negotiations are based on proposals which the Gei man government, reserves to itself .the right , to lay before the conference." This acceptance being satisfactory, Doctor Simons called into consulta tion a large number of experts In finance, industry and economics, and tbey proceeded to frame the. counter proposals which Germany will submit Premier Brland has obtained from the French chamber, of deputies the support he required before going to the London conference. The chamber voted 395 to 83 to approve the repara tions terms framed by' the supreme council, and then gave, a "vote of con fidence in Brland, 387 to 125. The op position was led by members ' of the former Clemenceau cabinet. -The pre mier closed the debate with the state ment: "The fate of Germany lies j in her own hands. Should she, after May 1, 1921, refuse to fulfill ; fier pledges the French government can be relied , upon to take all measures to make her." . The Hansa league, the great eco nomic association of Germany, sdys many of its members urge-la boycott of French and English goods in favor of goods from America, and adds that the directors of the league may adopt the suggestion if Great Britain con tinues to support France in the repa rations claims. , ' : .... .. - 1 Of the two great military operations In the Near East that. are believed to be impending, one, that of the soviet Russians against, Poland and Ron mania, has not yet been started. The other, . the conflict between the Greeks and the Turkish nationalists, may al ready be under way. The news from Asia Minor that comes through Paris is carefully censored, and advices by other routes are conflicting at this writing. There is no doubt, however, that the Greeks have been concen trating large forces for. this fight, jand that Kemal Pasha also has gathered together most of his troops for what he hopes to make a decisive opera tion. Greece relies on financial a sistancefrom the allies for this war fare, and without it she will have great dlfilculty, for her expenses are now vastly greater than her revenues. Chronic trouble-makers and trouble seekers are trying to find in the Grerk operations in Asia Minor a cause fir serious conflict between France ai d Great Britain; but there is no reason to believe that their hopes will be realized. Walter Lyman Brown, director of American relief work In Europe, has been making a tour of all the coun tries in his Jurisdiction, and is skep tical concerning the expected Russian offensive' this spring. He thjnks the Bolshevik government would scarcely dare to undertake-an attack on Poland that-would. lose;. to. -Its cause the sup port of the workers of western Europe. ;He says Hungary and La tvia are sure the attack is coming, Poland Is nervous, and Czecho-Slovakia ' and Esthonia believe the Russians will re frain, r"' v. ";. - -';'-, The loyalists of South Africa, head ed by General Smuts, won a great vic tory In the recent elections, and as a result the provinces of the Cape of Good Hope, Transvaal, Natal and Orange Free State will continue as one of th self-governing dominions of the British empire Instead of setting up an independent republic The bp position was led by General Hertzog who asserted the right of South Africa to secede from the empire despite the act of union. v .)r; ,;:,..;M..v- -t; - In India a more liberal self-government was put Into effect last week when Prince Arthur of Connaught ar rived atrDelhi as personal representa tive of the emperor. King George, and issued; a proclamation announcing the surrender of much government power to the native princes., v , R. C. Roper of Nebraska makes the Interesting announcement . that' .Wil liam J; Bryan and his brother Charles, whom Mr. Roper represents! are planning to reorganize the Demo cratic; party so that the Cox-White and McAdoo-Woolley factions shall he' eliminated and ' the control put in the hanl lJhe class Demo-' ts The program, said Mr. Roper, will be made putiUc on Harch 18. w J. Bryan's blrthdav. - , - . ' BEST FOWLS FOR BACKWARD AmsMcaiv Breeds, ! Sue ji as ; Plymouth mcks, " Wyandottes and. orping f't 'tonsrAre.Rrnehded. - (Prlpred 'by th' United States Depart : M', ,'menVof J Agriculture.) - ; fit the medium-sized -breeds PlyJruth RoCkSy tWyandottes; Rhode Islahd Reds ahd Orpingtonsare best suttpCto backryard conditions. Large hens IkeDt in close confinement are Hkefyk get too fat to lay well.' Small. nervous hens are apt to develop such vices las egg eating and feather eating jThef fcad tendencies .mentioned do not prohibit the keeping of large and smal breeds" in small back yards, but make .it necessary for the kepeer to use ex traof dinary care, to, keep ,them in good condition and productive. - White , dnd Hgh4)lored' varieties are' not desirable for ypiU? back yards, . because their nlunjaje soils too easily. As. fe rule it is most satisfactory to buy hfens of a local poultry keeper or dealerlin live poultry.- Desirable smal flocks re frequently offered by people who sage obliged by change of Work or of repdehce to. sell their poultry. Dealjr.ln live poultry everywhere sort out . fripm their general receipts the hens show ,good breeding and quality; to sell to back-yard poultry keeper. ; When satisfactory stock can not be Obtained locally, the advertising columrs of poultry papers, agricultural papersr newspapers that carry poul try adertisihg should be consulted. and th& hens bought from the nearest breedep who can supply what is want ed atf apreasonable price. ' , For me back-yard flock kept to pro duce eigs only it is not necessary to have hns of extra good standard qual ity.. : Wwbat breeders of standard poul try ealgcholceutillty hens are as good as anyijfor egg production and cost but Httffe inre than ordinary mongrels. Hens i & this grade in the medium sized breeds are usually a little under stanaara weights and nave superficial faultsj-fs unsoundness of color, or lr regulaorp of markings, or of the shape of the fjomb which in no way--affect T.npir jfine ranaciLv. tmt make thpnj Dual-Puroose Hens Are Best Suited for I Jick Yard Conditions. - unfit fdrri exhibition and undesirable for breeding purposes. Whenj juying hens in person, partic ular atlet!on should be given td gen eral conllon whether the bird seems vlgoroul &d lively and to the appear ance ofte comb and the condition; of the feet Healthy hen's have bright red combs kill bright eyes, say poultry speclaUtiof the United States Depart ment of fAgrlculture. A slight pale ness of tfe comb Is simply an indica tion that lithe hen is not laving at the time ; biit bird whose comb haseither a yellowjor alulsh cast should be rejected! r these are symptoms of in ternal d$irders. The skin and scales of. legs an! toes should be smooth and the soles it the feet soft and free from corns. BETTEHSIRES FOR BANTAMS Culpeper Raise! pounty (Virginia) Farmer Jjurebrds From Chickens feo' Dairy Cattle."";' From cattle is farm of ?ntam chickens to Holstein ie range of live stock on the im Sullivan & Sons whn re cently eirlled in the "Efetter Sires Better St-oljk" movement that is being directed jbthe United States Depart ment of Agriculture. This farm, which is cated In Culpeper county, Virginia, rises Hotetein cattle, Duroc- Jersey swine, Rhode Island White chickens,! CWhite Holland turkeys. white gun(a fowls, Cochin bantams, and Museofty ducks. ' V " 'V.;- PurebrM horses also are kept on this ; farnl, gbut no stallion is main tained. ill accordance with the re quirements;; of 5 the better-sires move ment, whjcj is aimed to improve the' average Sility, of armi live stock, all of thej tock listed Is bred to pure-' bred slresi i EGGS FRf)M GEESE III WINTER Good to. T Goslings Be Hatched by Time The Is Good pasture. So That .5 Geese arf fed a ration to Droduc eggs duringfth latter part of the win ter, 3 so th.it tlie eosllnes wili;. h hatched by?ither hens or; geese. Some breeders p,pter to raise all ? the gos Ifiigs undrShens,! as geese sometime uwvmt? uutcuu to manage when al lowed to.-fajtch and rear their young. The perid;! of ffneubation . of- goose eggs variesfifrom 28 to 30 days, v : M COTTUyNI 9 VUIUR FrSWjrTl WfiMV ..Curious Creature. r . THE VOICES EXPLAINED. i s whefi Mrs.? Wood Elf was about to explain to the boy and the girl adven turers' about 1 the v voices she listened first to 1 what they had'to tell her. - R Obi It 'was aW- fuir said the glrr. When the first voices, were say ing siich' horrible fhTngs . it y became very dark and frightful." ' :- ' "And when we ' listened - the second vblces,T said the boy, "we seemed to be in a lighter, ; brighter part of the woods." "You see. said - - v " the girl, "the' first voices said not to go the way you had told us to ; and they said you weren't really a friend. - "And the second voices said the first voices were very , wicked, which they really, really, were. . ' ' t - ' "But it was frightful in the woods, hearing the different voices telling us to go different ways.' "Of course it was," said Mrs. Wood Elf. VAnd I will explain those voices to you.. '''r-'r'!:X ' - v v15' ;Do,w said the boy. VAnd please f orglye, us for doubting you tor a mo ment, dear Mrs. Wood Elf ,M "Of course I wlllsald Mrs." Wood Elf, for I know you haven't under stood before how dreadful those first voices are; ?f ;-"'v ' ; ' "You find out about those .voices' when you come adventuring and some times when you don't adventure at ".You?rp'apt to find them anywhere. They never appear themselves, for they can't rThey're only voices. T You foK lowed the right ones, the ones who are followers of those two brothers, Hon esty and. Faithfulness. "But if you: had followed the wrong ones, who, it Is true, said they were right, you wouldn't have found me or any one to help you on your Journey for goodness knows how long! Maybe years! ) . r, ;. xae nrsi voices, or tne wrong voices, are all ruled over by a creature named Doubt, whose lord high chan cellor is named Unhapplness. "Doubt Is a very curious creature. He ias hands and arms and legs -and feet and, a face and a body, but he has no heart at all, and so he got hold of Unhapplness, and together they rule the voices which sound-in the ears of people who are going forth on adven tures, as well as in those of persons who are not I ' "Doubt sees that his subjects do their best to make folks doubt their friends, to make them believe that their friends are never unselfish. He makes people believe that all charities are; fakes and that all kind people are being kind only for what they can get out of being kind themselves. ' "Sometimes, when, he does happen to be right, he Is in his 1 element, and then he tries to get a lot of followers. For instance, when a charfty is a fake. or when a person has not been a- true friend, e hurries his voices around and they. say: ; "'See, see; we told you sol "He- and his lord high chancellor make those who listen to- them pretty unhappy. And their eyesight' becomes queer through following such dark and untrue paths. "I, who am aware of everything that goes on In the woods, know. You hesi tated for a mo-; ; - ;' mentft or , two. But you, would not fol low Doubt, i You knew, ' too, that Doubt would never lead you to the 'House of Se crets. - . - ;: "But - here I must bid you fare well, and " happy. we have been, in spite of the strange things that have . hap pened. ' "May you enjoy your . trip and find the House AN ANTI-TYPUS CAMpAGn IN PROGRESS BY MEDlc' : MEN IN NEW YORK. TO SAFEGUARD THE 1 Ships Being n Station in Dyrted to the Bostl Order to Re ,eve thi Congestion at New York , wasnmgion. eaerai medical thorities .Will probably assume char . Ewlng Laporte( assistant secretary me, treasury,! m cnarge of pU health, .announced. Transfer of title of the quarantine station in Ne York to the government, he said It expected. 'I Aumuuutti laumies win De "provij ed for detecting typhus cases amoni incoming passengers at the port New. York, Mr. Laporte said, and present medical staff will be incread ed by public health service officials! rrom wasnmgion. i With the acquisition of the xev (York station .-Mr. Laporte said public health authorities were of the opinion that every necessary step to safe guard the country against entry 0l typhus would have been taken. The . Boston station, -he explained, is tti eral controlled and ships now are be-1 ing diverted to that port to relieve f the congestion at New York. witn tne neaitn service taking precautions abroad and in this coun try, Mr, Laporte said, there is no danger of a typhus epidemic. - Gonzales Thanks Lima People. Lima, Peru William E. Gonzales of Columbia, S. C, United States am bassador here, through the local news papers thanked the people of Lima for the cordial reception tendered the of ficers and men of the United States Atlantic' fleet during their stay here. I j , ; Suspends .Wage. Reductions. Chicago. -Recent reductions in the wages of maintenance-of-way men and changes in the working conditions of train dispatchers as announced by the Erie railroad were suspended by the Federal Railroad Labor board pend ing, a hearing:. ' Ex-President of College Dead. Hamilton O. Andrew Dousa Hep burn, JD. Dn said to have been an au thority on. English literature, died at Oxford. He was formerly president of Miami University there and of Davidson College, North Carolina. He was 91 years old. - Nebraska Must Comply. hingtonrPassenger and freight rates imust, be raised to the level of interstate rates by March 22, under orders issued by the Interstate Com merce Commission. Private Stock Inviolate. Jacksonville, Fla. "Private stock" In Florida is inviolate, according to Federal. Judge W. I. Grubb, who or dered 300 quarts of choice liquors re turned to C. A. Munn, of Palm Beach. Death of Samuel D. Weakley. Birmingham, Ala.T-Samuel D. Weak ley, former chief justice of , the ' Ala bama supreme "court,- author . of Ala bama's prohibition laws and national ly known prohibition advocate, died here. r..K Pafmer to Resume :. Practice. : -. Washington. Attorney General Pal mer was among those scton to retire from public office who were admitted to" practice before the supreme court of the District Of Columbia! ' 8h Was Off. So saying, Mrs. Wood Elf left them J for they had reached the road, and, pointing in the direction they should go, she was ofL The -road was quite rough in nlaces and quite bumpy, but T they remenw oerea tnat the witch had : told them tney couldn't find the Hcuse of Secrets if they, stayed on the smooth, 'wrfi. beaten road which was the Road- Coak monplace. They had to be willing to tackle the. bumps if i they wanted to find the answers to their questions. r ? Ana tney knew that thev coriM flnii -the answers onlv if ffiv , h. adventured and vhad. learned the sev crets one by one, in the House of Be crets. r. ; L$Ji&it-s& w;- v v.-v:- . -i ;, ; -i?'v -rrrj,';;-t-l-i- Lark. . . Xlsten, boy.w-;. -;-'- TeS, : Sir. '... 1 '&x0j In my, youth I: was ifreauentlT im with thelark at five in the morning. r ,-xou .naa me outclassed, dad. ' I couldn't keep a lark going, that lonx.1 1 Ebuisvjlle Courier-Jourtal.; - Turpentine Breaks Sharply. : i: Savannah, Ga.--Spirits turpentine broke sharply in price at the call of the market here2 It rwentVoff 42 1-2 cents a gallon, sales being at 50 cents. 5' ; vl Victims of r Sleeping -k Sickness. , New ;York.-rFive more deaths from sleeping sickness have occurred here and in this " vicinity. ' No new cases were reported, however. QIHett May 'Beneftt. Washington. The salary of Speak er Gillett of the house would be in creased trom '112,000 to 1X5,000 under an amendment to the annual federal aalary hill, recently mtroduced for consideration: Vi King Opens Parliament. 'i'l London.--King George, accompanied by Queen Mary, Prince of Wales and the Duke of York, opened a session of parliament which j promis.es to be a test of coiitinuance of te coapition government of Premier Lloyd George. v Martin Memorial Services. . Washington. Memorial services Vereheid jintheyhouse for ' the late senator - Thomas r Staples 1: Martin of Virginia, for many years Democratic leader of the senate.: ' . ' Must Not Desert '' Haiti. ; WashingtonThe. United States havfng 4,put itshknd fto. the plow" in 'Baiutntist:.iibt;t?ii through withdrawal of '- the American forces, jthere5; Rear ;Admiral H. S. Knapp declared in a report , which h presented in final form. L c t c I i
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