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KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1918
VOL. 17, NO. 8.
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE I
WILSON TO ATTEND
THE PRESIDENT ACCOMPANIED
BY HIS WIFE WILL MAKE A
TOUFt OF EUROPE.
LENGTH OF STAY UNCERTAIN
Such a Reception at Hat Never Be
fore Been Accorded Will Greet
. This Remarkable Man.
Washington. President Wilson will
utlcnd lh)' opening sessions of the
peace confluence. This wait announc
ed officially. He. will no Immediately
after tli convening of the regular
HSs.iou of Congress on December 'i.
He will, of course, b accompanied
by delegates who will as the n p
ciisentiilives, ol the I'utioil Htulca
throughout the conference .
The names of the delegates will bo
presently announced.
- How long l!ie 'resident will remain
abroad he himself probably cannot
say now. The time for the convening
of tho peace conference has not yet
been announced, but 'he gmioral be
lief here is that it cannot be assem
bled before late in December, at the
earliest.
What plans the President liny have
for his trip oilier than to attend the
opening of the peace conference and
to liartlclpate 1n the discussions
among the representatives of the usao
otated nations which will precede It,
have not been revealed. He undoubt
.' edly will be accompanied by Mrs.
Wilson and U is expected here that
besides visiting Paris, where the peace
congress probably will be held, he
will go to London ami possibly to
Brussels and Rome.
Mr. Wilson In expected to receive
abroad a reception such as has been
accorded but few men In public life.
He will be. welcomed not only as the
President of (he United States and the
commandor-ln-chlef of ts army and
navy, hut also as the champion of
world democracy.
TREMENDOUS COST OF WAR
IS PARTIALLY ASCERTAINED
Washington. The direct cost of the
war for ill belligerent nations to taut
March 1 wws reported at about $175,
000.000.000 hy the 'federal reserve
board bulletin. Issued today, and It in
estimated that the cost, will amount
to nearly $200,000,000,000 before the
end of this year. These role u I ait ions
were compiled by the board from va
rious sources and, whtle their accur
acy Is not vouched for, the board be
Nereg the figures are substantially
; correct. .
The enormous size of the war costs
and debt Is further Illustrated by com
parison with the atvte-war debt of the
seven principal belligerents, which
did not. exceed 125,000,000,000. The
cost of supporting tills debt was only
about $1,000,000,000 a year. Hereafter
the annual burden to pay Interest ami
Inking fund allowances will be not
lees than 110.0000,000,000 and probably
much more.
GREAT FLEET WILL 800N BE
IN HAND8 OF ALLIED NAVY
London This week .will see the
greatest naval surrender, the world
has ever witnessed.
A great fleet of German battleships,
battle cruisers, and light cruisers and
destroyers will leave port for an un
' known destination. They will be met 1
by the British fleet, accompanied by
American and French representatlTes i
and conducted to their destination.
A Berlin telegram received In Am-'
. sterdam gives the list of the vessels to
,' he handed over:
, Battlehlps Kaiser. Konlg Albert
' Kronprini Wilholm. P'rln Regent bult-
pold,, Markgraf, Grosser Kurfuerst,
I Bayern, Konlg and Friedrlch der
Orosse.
Battle crnlsers Hlndenbnrg, ' Dw
flnger, Seydlltz, Moltke and Von Wer
.Tann.- : i
Light cruisers Bremen, Brtimmer,
Frankfurt, Kooln, Dresden. Emden,
Aviation service
will be continued
Washington. -Demobilization of the
. army air aervlce. presents a separate
problem on which war department of
ftclals now are at work.
. , It is certain that the plans now be-
. ing formulated -will make provision for
. retaining in the permanent military
; establishment officers and men who
have displayed ability in .the opera.
, tlon,' production and equipment of air
.'planes, balloons and other aircraft.
ALBERT RATHBONE
Albert Rathbone of New York has
been appointed assistant secretary of
the treasury to succeed Oscar T. Cros
by, who has gone to represent the
treasury In France. Mr, Rathbone was
a prominent banker's lawyer, a special
ist on all questions involving finan
cial law.
IS SILENT OM FIFTH LOAN
SWEEPING REDUCTION URGED
3Y SECRETARY OF TREASURY
IN PENDING MEASURE.
Large Reduction in Expenditures Our
Ing Balance of Fiscal Year Call
for Changes In Bill.
Washineton.-Revlslon of tho pend1,,, geptemb(,r, wnen b8ttie followed
ing revenue bill with a view to yield- j Dattle unti from Fiander, to Verdun
ing 16.000.000,000 payable during the tbon was ceaseless action, it is now
calendar year of 1919 and not less pormi38ible t0 outliue t0 a ccrtain ei
than $4,000,000,000 the following year : tent tbc part p,aved by the Anl(.rioan
was recommended by Secretary Mc- armjeg , the flnal ,iec1lilve batlie ot
Adoo In a letter to Chairman Sim- , wUi(.,, en(led wltn the artois.i
mons, of the senate finance committee : tce '
setting forth the treasury's financial! . . !
... . .1 , i 1 Military reasons heretofore have
program for the reconstruction period. . ' ... .t
prevented accentuating the arconi
The secretory also urged prompt pIiahmeIU!l of lb Americans, except i
enactment of tho pending bill. He , a most genpral manner. The dis-'
estimated the revenue yield from the patche9 from ,he fleid bave been nec- i
measure as framed by the senate e9ittriv ,ragnlenlary gn(1 possiblv j
iiiiiiui e .minmuieu m. u,ura,w
ag compared with the $8,000,000,000
provided by the bill as passed by the
house, which be declared "is more
stringent than the changed situation !
will justify." -. I
'The existing law is not satisfac-
tory to the country nor to the treas- j
ury," he added, '
Mr. McAdoo did not refer to the
fifth war loan, which probably will be
floated next spring, but his calcula-,
trons Indicated that the size of this
might be around ' $6,000,000,000 to
make up the difference between the
$6,000,000,000 of taxes plus S6.SG6.0O0.
0000 gathered from the fourth Liberty
loan, and the eighteen billions ot ex
penses. After reporting that government
expenses for July, August, September
and October this year, amounted to
$6,635,000,000 or $1,650,000,000 a
month, Mr. McAdoo lo his letter said:
'There seems evc.y reason to antlcl.
pate a large reducUon In the govern-1
ment's einenditures durlnf the bal-
anca of the fiscal year. How great 46 cities having a combined popula
that reduction will be. it is impossible ) tlon of 23,000,000, which showed 82,-
at this moment to estimate.
CABINET OF REORGANIZED
GOVERNMENT OF GERMANY
Copenhagen. The new German gov
ernment has been organized with the
following cabinet members:'
Premier and Interior and military
affairs Friedrlch Ebert.
Foreign affairs Hugo Haase.
Finance and colonies Philip
Scheldemann.
' Demobtllza'tloiii transport, justice
and health Wilhelm Uittmann.
Publicity, art and literature Herr
Landsberg.
'Social policy Richard Barth.
POLISH TROOPS NOW OCCUPY
ROYAL PALACES IN WARSAW
Berne. Vienna advices say that
Polish soldli.rs have occupied the
royal palace and Belvidere at War
saw and also the military comman
er's quarters. They also have taken
possession of the German military
automobiles and arms and munitions.
Polish officers are directing the Ger
man demobilization.
Poles bold the post and telephone
stations connecting with Vienna. The
German police bare been disarmed.
T
TO RECENTLY ORGANIZED ARMY
FALLS HONOR OF HEADING
FIRST BIG ADVANCE UNIT.
TWELVE MIES DAILY TRAVEL
Advance t Being Made In Column
and Not in Order of Battle
Precautions Being Taken.
Willi thf. American Konw in
France - TUc Aim-rlmi. army has b
fTun to nun? toa;inJ (it'rmany Th
army will travel a'.mi; 12 miles taco
day.
To tli- urn.;- jui oijMiiized ha-t fall
en the huiHir of lica1inp the (irat hi
unit of tliM a!liil cK-cuimtion;il for".
The advance will !' tn;ule in t-oiumn-;
and not order of bat tin ho lm:
followed But it is not forgotten that
techni ally, at WnM, Hiere in still a
Btate of war, Nothing will -be left to
chance and every precaution will b
taken to giard aRuinst surprises, not
withstanding none Is exieuid.
Car will be takf-n to hflvo the fnn
well "Ichoued. The advance guard
will be followed by engineers who
havu bvn instructed not only to re
pair roads and reconstruct bridges but
to inspect keenly every object ami
position that might be a trap. Mines
will be sought carefully. The Germans
have sent word that the way is opn
and the mines removed except in
cases which they have deagnated. Wa
ter also will be inspected carefully.
750.000 AMERICAN TROOPS
IN LATE DECISIVE BATTLE ;
Paris Out of the confusion and
daze of the crowding military events
on the -fHtfrn huttle line since late
wepe ovcrabttdowod by the accounts
of thft -. m0r dramatic operations over
the historic battlofronts to the west
. But it now may be stated that 21
American divisions, totalling more
than "30.000 American combat troops,
participated in the action beginning
Septenrt)er 2s, known variously as the
battle of the Argonne'and the battle
of the Meuse, but which history may
call Sedan the battle that brought
Germany to her knees and as far as
human foresight goes ended the
world's bloodiest and costliest w
PLAGUE OF INFLUENZA WAS
MORE FATAL THAN WAR
Washington. The recent epidemic
of influenza in the United States caus
ed more deaths than occurred . among
the American expeditionary forces
from all causes.
This announcement by the census
bureau was based on unofficial est!-
mates of Mie total casualties among
the overseas forces and reports from
306 deaths from Innuenza ana pneu
monia from September 9 to Novem
ber . ;
Normally these cities would have
had 4,000 deaths from these causes
during this period, It was said, leaving
approximately 78,000 as the number
properly chargeable to the epidemic.
"The total casualties In the Ameri
can' expeditionary forces," said the an.
nouncement, "have recently been un
officially estimated at 100,000. On the
basis of the number thus far reported,
It may be assumed that 'ho deaths
from all causes. Including disease and
accidents are probably less than 45
per cent and may not be more than 40
per cent of the total casualties."
KING AND QUEEN OF BELGIUM
HAVE NOT ENTERED BRUS8EL8
London.--Conflrmation has been re
ceived here that Germans are pillag
ing or destroying property In the su
burbs f Brussels. Although the move
ment Is in no sense revolutionary, it
is regarded" probable that allied mili
tary steps will be necessary to enforce
the armistice.
. Advices received In London say that
the entry ot the Belgian king and
queen into Brussels has been post
poned. ' i
PRINCE T0KUGAWA
t "7 '
Prince Yoshlhiaa Tokugawa, the
head of the Japanese Red Cross mis- j
ion which has arrived In England to !
co-operate with the American, British
French and halian Red Cross missions
for the distribution of all Red Cross ,
material among the silies. j
NO FRATERNALISM ALLOWED
AMERICAN TROOPS MAINTAIN
PRACTICALLY ORIGINAL POSI
, TIONS ON FRONT.
Leaves of Absence Ar Numerous and
Towns In Rear Are Gaysr Than
at Beginning of War.
I
With the American Armies on the
Meuse and Moselle. Germany's army
is moving slowly along its whole j
front toward the rear.
The American forces remain exact-1
ly where they were when the arm-
istice went into effect. j
. So far as known at the American :
headquarters no disposition has been
dislayed to block at any point that f
part of the agreement providing for
the withdrawal of the German troops.
it is realized that the reversing of !
the gears of the great broken German
machine will not be simple.
There would have been no surprise
among American officers had the Ger
man front remained almost unchang
ed, but already there appears to
have been left immediately In front
of the Americans little more than a
fringe of soldiers.
The Germans reluctantly abandon
ed their efforts to continue fraterni
zation where the lines still were in
proximity, but threats to hold as pris-:
oners any one approaching the Ameri
can lines practically' stopped their
visiU. .
Behind the American line the activ
ity of the supply trains continues and
the troops mobilized at the front set
tled down to routine duty. There was
an , increasing number of leaves of
absence, however, and the towns In
the rear where troops are stationed
were gayer than .at any time since
the beginning of the war.
TOTAL OF AMERICAN LOSSES
WILL NOT EXCEED 100,000
Washington. Officials here esti
mate that the total casualties of the
American expeditionary forces in the
war will not exceed 100,00, including
the men killed in action, wounded,
died of woundB, disease and accidents
and the missing who never will be ac
counted for. Some of those who have
been missing probably will be ac
counted for when the prisoners are)
returned from Germany.
MONTH EXTRA PAY PROVIDED
FOR RETURNING 80LDIERS
Washington Senator Trammel of
Florida Introduced in the senate a
bill providing that all soldiers who
have served in the army, navy and
marine corps in the war now coming
to a close shall be allowed one
month's additional pay, the United
States forces being demobilized. Sena
tor Trammell says that "the men
who have so lnvallv and patriotically
carried our banner to victory well
merit this recognition.
APPARENTLY FAKE
ONLY RESTITUTION ASKED OF
GERMAN LOOTERS IN DEMAND
FOR RETURN OF SPOIL.
REPAY BELGIUM AND FRANCE
50,000 Con. Are Stolen from France
Alone, While Belgium Lost Her
Entire Rolling Stock.
Now York. -.In answer lo Orinatt
claims lliiii Mirr'-nder or flvn tlious
unil loruinutlv. a and lin.000 railroad
cars, us di iiiiinci"J by the allies would
brluB famine upon the country. Ste
phane I.;i;,r.:ini'e. hi'ini of the official
Iturcuu of l-'h-nch information, deflar
ed I fiat Marshal' Voch has Imposed Up
on Hie t-n.niy iniTi'ly a restitution of
rolling stink which Its armies of In
vasion M'iz'-d in lieicitmi and north
ern Franc ' early in Ihe war.
"The (ienniin aiilhoritlos pri'tend."
said Mr Uniz:inne, "that this ciiiii
ment i n'-eded lo transport food
from the -farms to the cities. When
the American rcs Is filled with these
claims it '.s perl'iti's well to remind
the pulill" that tin? invaders seized
in France r.rt noo i ars and in Belgium
the entire railway rolling stock, com
prising ,1.000 ent-'ines and Stl.000 cars.
The French publicist asserted that
the equipment specified In the armis
tice terms is necessary to the ration
ing of Ihe civlllon populations of ltel
pium and northern France "who have
been starved and robbed of all they
possessed by the German armies of
occupation." V
MAKE INSIDIOUS ATTEMPT
AGAINST SOUTHERN CAMPS
Washington. Efforts are being
made by northern and wistern news
papers to force the war department to
abandon all army ramps in the south
Secretary Baker was asked by a
Republican paper of a middle western
state, why a ramp should be built at
Fayetleville. The same paper also
complained of a Georgia camp. ,
When asked hy the representative
of the western paper what would be
done altotit Camp nragg. Secretary
Baker said undoubtedly that work in
It would be discontinued. A general
policy bus not been agreed upon, but
It Is understood that all camps now
under construction will be given up.
Secretary Baker also announced
that all development battalions would
be discharged within a short time.
There are about 50.000 men In this
class. The war department has been
Irving to correct defects In their phy
siques so that they could be sent
to the front. All of these men are to
have honorable discharges.
PRESIDENT IS INVITED TO
LAY CORNERSTONE IN FRANCE
Pari British Wireless Service)
President Wilson will be Invited to lay
the cornerstone of the proposed monu
ment at the mouth of the Gironde rir
er. commemorative of the help given
to France by the United States In the
war. A national fund for the purpose
has been started and now amounts to
300,000 francs.
MEN IN DEVELOPMENT CAMPS
TO BE FIRST DEMOBILIZED
Washington. Men of the develop
ment battalions will be the first units
of the army demobilised, Secretary
Baker announced. There are about
50.000 men now in these battalions
and they will be mustered out as soon
as they ran be given the necessary
physical examination. .
NO CHANGE AT PRESENT IN
PRICES OF COTTON GOODS
Washington. The pries Sxlng com
mittee of the war industries board
has recommended to President Wilson
that the present cotton fabric prices
be continued until January 1. and
that after that date no further action
with regard to cotton fabric prices
be taken iijr the committee.
GREAT PEACE CONGRESS WILL
CONVENE AT AN EARLY DATE
Washington. Developments in Eu
rope, not only in the military, but in
the field of International politics, and
the tendency of the revolutionary
spirit manifested by the demoralized
civilian population ot the central em
pires lo spread to enlghborlng states,
have influenced the allied and Ameri
can governments to arrange tor the
meeting at an early data of the great
peace congress. ...
GOLD & PUTNAM OPEN STORE..
liold A Putnam Crncery o ui the
ktyle of u In-w in ni uIk.Ii i. iu beg'a
a grocery hUslnei-s at the. old llula
nr stand at Midway lere Una week.
They plan to do a strictly cai,h busi
ness on the most economic plan and
10 be able to give (lie lowest possible
prices. Thev have an advert iiemenl
in this itiuc of the Herald whereia
11 is stated that llley Kill pay cash,
sell for cash, discount bill and allow
customers to carry small purchase
mid give' the customers the advantage
of these savings. The principals In
the business are Mr. R. ('. iold and
Mr. W. Hill Putnam, both of whom are
well known and liked Mr Gold came
! to this community from Lawndale
about two years ago. He bought tne
Willie Weir place near Patterson
I Grove church and has lived there
I since. A short while) ago he miM that
property and bought a house and lot
from Mr. V. !HI! Putnam in Kings
Mountain and will mini, here soon
j Mr. Putnam moed to town 'n.in the
! Oak Grove section and b;s been in
the employ' of n M llnl er f'o for
about a vinit r Put Mam will hsv
imnieiii.'ite chi'rTe of the slnre ontll
Mr fiohl moves to town when they
' will Jointly nlu the business.
"HANEY" ON THE JOB AGAIN.
iloraid readers remember one
"Ham y" who used to uppear once a
year with a long piece of chronology
concerning himself. He always boast
ed of his age. and had a big celebra
tion each year but he could not cele
brate until his piece came out in the
paper. On one occasion, we rwrall
that Haney got things balled up. He
brought his timely article ot the office
of the Herald and wanted it printed
right away saying that the ration
had been cooked already two weeks
and if rhat celebration didn't soon
come off "hit ud all be spilt." Well,
i Haney has missed the last time or
two with his articles and he had been
missing from town. The other day
he came strolling In walking like a
spring colt wearing a jim swinarer coal
that struck his shins. By his side also
walking gaylly was a husky lass' of
tender years. Haney had quit ad
vertising his age and was eff courting
and his 'companion was his krid.
"She's de bes wife I'se eber had," says
Haney In commenting on hi-s new con
nubial acquisition. "Sh H- goes wld
me lo work right alone. Dis is my foth
wife but if nei "is:irv I'll marry again."
continued the ante helium who has
passed his 71st mile post. . Haney
seems to be very happy In his new
marriage state. -
ANOTHER FREAK EAR OF CORN.
Mr. W. G. 11. Hare, an industrious
farmer of the Oak Grove section,
brought In a whaling big turnip Sat
urday that tipped the scales at six
with the salad off, He also brought
freak ear of corn. It had a natural
center ear with ten associated branch
ing off around the' stem and hugging
the main ear. Mr. Ware being a good
Republican is not certain whether it is
meant to typify the congressional
gains made by his party or whether It
is the graver matter of the world bug
ging the neck of the United States for
food and raiment.
CARD OF THANKS.
I ' We desire to thank the good people
ot the community for their kindness
: and sympathy In the tragic and acci
dental death of our husband and
! father.
! Mrs. W. C. Enters and Children.
DAVIS IN SANTO DOMINGO.
Last week Mr. H. T. Fulton receiv
ed a letter from Ensign J. R. Davis
stating that he is doing shore duty la
the) office of the Military Government
of Santo Domingo. A day later to
Herald received a letter from Mr.
Davis. NeMher contained much news)
but expressed regards for the people)
of Kings Mountain.
IT'S A BOY.
I rpm. to nr. ana ,wvs. r. a. Har
mon, of Route 2. Thursday, a son. Ha.
bert Plnckney.
MR. BELL AT BAKER'S.
Mr. Charlie Bell, of the Oak Grove
section, has taken a position as sales
man with D. M. Baker A Co., to sno
ceed Mr. H. Putnam who has gone la
business for himself.
Abbeville E. B. Gary. Jr.. only son
j of Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary, is
! dead in France of bronchial pneu
I monia, according to a letter just re
ceived by Justice Gary from Lieut.
Ralph, Q. Brunton of the motor truck
company to which Mr. Gary belonged.