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KINGS MOUNTAIN N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918
VOL. 17.
NO. 11.
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
WILS0S1 NOT TO SIT
AT PEACE TABLE
BELIEVED THAT CLEMENCEAU
WILL BE MADE PHE8IDENT OF
THE CONFERENCE.
SESSIONS WILL BE PUBLIC
Some Little Secrecy Must Be Main-
uiinea nt ii wiways tne custom In
Large Dellberatlvu Bodies.
Ou. Hoard U.S. 3. George Washing-!
ton. President Wilsrii probably will '
nut nit at the peace table but will bo',
represented .hurt! by delegates while1
remaining In close contact with the '
heads of the other nations and prepar- '
ed to decide questions referred to hint.
, Premier ('leniencouu, it is believed, I
will be president of the peace confer- 1
once. This Is considered fitting bo
cause the conference, will be held IB
t ranee
President Wilson's disposition Is in '
favor of: entirely public .proceedings,"
such as are carried on In the senate,
chamber at Washlnslon, . with the
press representatives given 'every fa- 1
cility to report certain business. Nat--;
urally there will be need of secrecy, :
as there is in the foreign relations
committee, bitt the President's Idea is
that the procedure could be much the :
same as at Washington, a committee j
considering the confidential and deli- j
cate features of various questions, and '
then reporting back to the peace con- ;
gress for action, J
NORWEGIANS WANT PAY
FOR USE OF THEIR SHIP8.
Chrlstianla. In shipping circles
there Is growing uneasiness in regard
to America's position on (he part of
Norwegian owners whose ships were
reulsltionod August 3 of last year, but
who still are unable to obtain a set
tlement. Their properties are with
held and used by the Americans with
out any remuneration to the owners.
The question has been discussed,
In a leader in The SJoefartstidendo,
-which stated the percentage of ton
nage lost by Norway was greater than
that of any other merchantllo fleet In
the world, while the total los of Uvea
was about 5 per cent, of all Norwegian
seamen. After the services of Nor
wegian ships to the cause of the al
lies. It Is not In order to boast. The
fact Is put; at Ita face value. Because
American confiscation deprives Nor
way of the restoration of ships lost
in the service of the allies, the journal
reminds. Norwegian owners thereby
are compelled to order new sjMps in
England,
"But our American friends, says
this journal, have as yet refused to
pay us the money we wanted In pay
ment for these new ships. The Amer
icans are straining the patience of
their Norwegian friends seriously."
CABLE COMPANY STRIVING
TO SECURE INJUNCTION
New York.- The Commercial Pacific
company, allied with the Commercial
Cable company, asked for an Injunc
tion in the federal court restraining
Postmaster General Burleson from
further control of its 10,000 miles of
cable, between San Francisco and
China, Japan and the Philippine is
lands. Violation of International law by
Burleson is charged in the complaint,
which -asserts that the United States
had not obtained consent to the sets
ure from the nations upon whose ter
ritory the rabies land: It Is further
alleged such consent would bo uncon
stitutional without a formal treaty
approved by the senate.
BANK RESOURCES WERE OVER
FORTY BILLIONS IN JUNE
Washington. Aggregate resources !
of the 28.8S0 banks In the United I
Slates, state and national, last June
30 amounted to $40,210,000,000, oil
which $22,371,000,000 was credited to
the 21,175 state, savings and private
banks and trust companies, nnd $17,:
839,000,000 to the 7,705 national banks.
SITUATION IN VIENNA IS
RAPIDLY GROWING WORSE.
Vienna The situation in Vienna la
growing; rapidly graver. The cause Is
the coal famine. The last stores of
coal for public use in this city are
drawing to an end and if, owing to
lack of coal, Vienna goes to darkness
and by inability to keep up train ser
vice, Is cut off from the rest of Eu
rope, the maintenance of order be
comes problematic. . The authorities
are vigilant, but strong apprehension
are felt.
FLOYD GIBBONS
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Floyd Gibbons, i Chicago war cor
respondent who was wounded In
France while going to the-ald of an of
ficer, and was decorated by the French
government, has returned to deliver a
series of lectures. Ha Is tailing of
what he saw over there and is "waking
ud America" to the best of his ability.
HASY DATE OF FINAL PEACE
WILL BE SHOWN SOME OF THE
DEVASTATED DISTRICTS ON
THE WESTERN FRONT.
No Real Fear of Outbreak By the
Bolshevik In Germany But the
Present Regime is Unstable.
President Wilson Is expected to ar
rive in Paris on the morning of De
cember 12.
It is likely, before any meeting of
the allied delegates, he will be shown
some of the devastated districts on
the western front. It will certainly
not be before the middle or the end of
December that he will meet his fellow
delegates. December 16 is mentioned
as the probable time for the first meet
ing, but December 20 Is the more
likely date to be agreed upon.
The peace conference proper prob
ably will meet in March or April. It
is possible now to give a general out
line of the probable course of the
peace negotiations, although naturally
at this early stage, no definite pro
gram has been established. The prob
lems are too vast for any immediate
peace to be fixed without the greatest
danger to future peace and, even with
the cost of maintaining some armies
in the field, It is well not to hope for
a final settlement for many months.
BUSINESS INTERESTS APPEAL
FOR GOVERNMENT RELEASE
Atlantic City, N. J. It was apparent
from the action taken by groups repre
senting hundreds of industries and
businesses that strong appeals will be
made to the government to loosen the
hold It took on business during the
war emergency.
There seemed to be almost a uni
versal demand for a greater merchant
marine. Many groups passed resolu
tions for less control of business and
removal of restrictions and regula
tions governing production and distri
bution.
CANNOT ESCAPE BECAUSE
THEIR HEADS ARE CROWNf.D
London-David Lloyd George, the.
British prime minister, in the ele,eln
campaign, gave a restatement ol hit
policy. In it he declares that, th
men responsible for the war cannot
escape because their heads were
crowned, but that they must be tried
by an international court. Mr Lioyi
George also declared himself In favor
of the cxpulaion of all enemy allena.
His remark everywhere -wore re
ceived with marked approval.
WANTED 8Y DANIELS
WORK ON SEA, BOTH NATIONAL
AND INTERNATIONAL MUST
BE PROVIDED FOR.
! TELLS NAVY'S PAAT IN
U. S. Committed Itself : Years I
Ago to the Building c. .. Id's I
Greatest Navy.
Washington. With a story of bril
liant achievements of the American
navy in the war. Secretary Daniels
couples, in, his annual report, an ur
gent recommendation for continued
naval expansion to meet .the demands
of peace for national and international
work on the sea. ' .
Through nearly all of 144 pi luted
pages the secretary tells In brief
phrases of the navy's part in the war,
of the doing of the seemingly impos
sible through teamwork. He speaks
of the mighty.: accomplishment of
transporting 2,000.000 men to France,
without the loss of an eastbound troop
ship through enemy action, and he
devotes a graphic chapter to the ma
rine brigade, which as: all thfc World
knows blocked the last Prussian ad
vance on Paris, and started the Ger
man retreat that ended with the war.
. "Inasmuch as the United States is
the richest of the great nations and
has suffered less in war than any of
the allied powers, it will devolve upon
this country to make a contribution
to the navy to preserve the peace of
the world commensurate with Us
wealth, its commerce, Its growing and
expanding merchant marine, and its
leadership in the council of free peo
ple. It is therefore, our duty, now
not, Indeed, to enter upon any new
and ambitious naval program, but to
go forward Bteadily upon the lines of
naval increase to which the country
commuted itself by the adoption three
years ago of the first far-reaching
constructive naval program in the his
tory of the republic.
"I have recommended to this Con
gress the adoption of another three
year program substantially like the
one authorized in 1015.
Mr. Daniels shows that the new
$600,000,000, three-year building pro
gram he has proposed will provide 156
additional naval ships, 10 of them
dreadnaughts and six battlecruisers.
and the others to be in such distribu
tion of approved types as the depart
ment may deem best.
CLEMENCEAU MAY BE LEADER
OF FRENCH PEACE COMMISSION
Paris. Premier Clemenceau may
act as president of the French dele
gation to the peace conference. It Is
reported that the presence of Presi
dent Wilson, as head of the American
delegation, has led to this decision on
tbe part of the French premier. It is
said that he may select as his collabo
rators, Captain Andre Tardieu. head
of the general commission for France
American war matters, and high com
missioner to the United States; Jules
Canrbon, general secretary to the min
istry of foreign affairs and former am
bassador to the United States, Mar
shal Foch and the French ministers
of the navy and labor, Georges Ley
gues and M. Colliard, respectively.
TOO QUICK EXPANSION WILL
PROVE HAZARDOUS TO BANKS I
Washington. In cautioning banks
against seeking great business expan
sion and profit making following the
war, the federal service board, said
these activities "must for some time
to come be subordinated to the gen
eral welfare. "Some banks, the state
ment said, recently had drawn too
heavily on the reserve banks for redis
counts to cover promotion or business
expansion which really were not es
sential to the community welfare.
Conservation of bank loans, their
restriction' to necessary enterprises,
and the liquidity of banking resources
must continue, the board declared.
NINE FRENCH PRISONERS ARE
SHOT IN PRUSSIAN PRISON
Paris Nine French prisoners were
shot by the Germans, and 15 other
prisoners seriously wounded at- the
prison camp in Langensalza, Prussian
Saxony, the Spanish ambassador at
Berla reports. The behavor of the
prisoners did not in the least Just-.fy
the severity of this act of repression
it was decided.
Tbe French government, It Is indi
cated, is resolved to demand repara
tion for that act of the Germans.
COMMANDER P. W. F00TE
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A North Carolinian by birth, a sailor
by nature and capable officer by ex
perience and training, Commander
Percy W. Foote, naval aid to Secre
tary Daniels, Is the type of man who
la helping make the American navy
famous. Commander Foote was In
command of the President Lincoln
when she was torpedoed and sunk by
a submarine. His conduct on that
occasion earned for him the high praise
of the navy department, particularly
because he saved such a high per eent
of his crew.
FOR FUTURE WORLD WORK
WILSON IS SPEEDING ACROSS !
ATLANTIC UPON A SOLEMN
AND MOMENTOUS ERRAND.
Illustrious List of Passengers Accom
. pany the President on Board
the George Washington.
New York Bound on a mission, the
principal objects of which are the abo
lition of militarism and the attain
ment of a just world peace, Woodrow
Wilson, first president of the United
States to visit Europe while in office, j
is speeding across the Atlantic toward
France to attend the greatest Interna
tional conference in history.
On the transport George Washing
ton, one time German passenger liner,
manned by a navy crew and with deck
guns -ready for action, and accompa
nied by a naval convoy, the President
left New York harbor amid a demon
stration without parallel 111 the his
tory of the port. '
Mr, Wifson.deft his native shores,
according to persons who conferred
wl'Ui him before the George Washing
ton sailed, determined against mili
tarism in any form. . He feels that
the crushing of Prussian militarism- is
part of his plan for the future peace
of the world, these informants said.
In emphsis.: it seemed, of Amer
ica's part in bringing about Germany's
downfall, the presidential party, out
bound; met some of the American
hosts returning from overseas..
The liner's passenger list contains
a group of prominent name.-, prob
ably without' parallel for any single
voyage In (he annals of shipping. Willi
the President are two of his fellow
delegates to the peace conference
Secretary of State Lansing' arid Henry
White, former ambassador to France.
Mrs. Wilson, together with the
wives of Secretary Lansing, Ambassa
dor Davis and the French and Italian
envtiva, are members of the George
Washington's company.
MORI THAN 5.000 RETURNING
SOLDIERS GREET PRESIDENT
New York More than 5.000 Amer
ican soldiers arriving here from Eng
land on the transports Lapland and
Minnekahda, shared as a part of their
home-coming reception the tremen
dous ovation President Wtlaon
as he sailed for France to help sehl
their victory at the peace table. Tlie
Lapland, bearing more than 2,000 of
ficers and men, came in just as the
presidential ship was about to sail:
PEACE CONFERENCE
EARLY IN JANUARY
DELIBERATIONS EXPECTED ' TO
CONTINUE OVER PERIOD OF
FOUR MONTHS.
KEPT AOVISED BY WIRELESS
President Has Not, So Far, Approved
of Anything Done at Supreme
War Council at London.
Paris The opening of the peaco
conference at Pans has been set for
the first week in January. It is ex
pected here that the pence delibera
tions will last about four 'months. Un
less unforeseen obstc.ales urise Uie be
lief prevails in well-informed quar
ters that filial 'action will be reached
toward the early part of May!
President. Wilson will he .informed
by wireless of the plans for the as
sembling of the inKrrallit'fi conference
and the meeting of the peace confer
ence. He will also be advised con
cerning the recent gathering of the
supreme war council at Iiiidon. In
the meantime, reports that the Presi-.
dent has approved of anything dene
at the supreme council are premature.
Tile plans concerning tile peace
meetings are the results of Colonel
Edward M. House's long talk with
Premier Clonieticeau, following a con--ference
-with Ilaron Sonnino, .the Ital
ian foreign minister, and the Karl of
Derby; British ambassador to Krance.
300.000.000 STOLEN FROM
RUSSIA HAS BEEN RESTORED
London.-The afternoon newspaper
In London make a special feature of
the Impending demand for the extra
dition of the ex-fcaiser apparently aris
ing out of an Interview with Premier
Clemenceau in Paris. It Is declared
President Wilson is being kept in
formed and consulted.
Also Is featured the fact that Ger
many is beginning to surrender her
loot, having already handed over to
the allies for safe keeping three nun
dred millions pounds in gold exacted
from Russia. .,i
WANT SOLDIERS' KIN TO HELP
MAINTAIN MORALE OF ARMY
New Y'ork-The week of December
15 has been designated by the war de
partment commission on . training
camp activities, as a time for special
letters to be written by mothers,
fathers, sisters , wives and sweet
hearts of the men now overseas. The
week has been called "Letters-From-Home"
week, and the purpose is to
apply 1...1 "home touch" to a broad
guaged military program for main
taming the morale of the men who
find themselves Idle after weeks of
strenuous fighting. The war depart
ment hopes, through these letters, to
keep the men contented, "straight,"
and ambitious. to.Jive up to the high
ideals of American manhood.
A model letter such as the govern
ment wants the mothers and fathers
especially to write has-been prepared
hv the war department. This with
letters from Secretary of War Baker
and Raymond B. Fosdlck, chairman
of the commission. Indorsing the plan,
has been - mailed to newspapers
throughout the country. The letter
partlciilarlv asks that the men over
seas direct, 'heir attention to whole
some recreation and activities, instead
of to the unwholesome Influences that
might result from the enforced period
of Idleness wherever large bodies of
troops are awaiting orders to return
hame.
BUSINESS SENDS COMMISSION
TO THE PEACE CONFERENCE
Atlantic, City, N. J. Appointment
of a European commission representa
tive of American business to go to
France and be available for any aid
to the peace delegates from the United
Stales In considering economic prot
lems that might enter Into the peace
negotiations was decided upon at thj
final session of the reconstruction con
gress of the Industrial war service
committees.
NOMINATION OF GLASS IS
CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE
Washington. The nomination ol
Representative Carter Glass, or Vir
ginia to be secretary of the treasury
to succeed William O. McAdoo was
confirmed by the senate without ob
jection. Mr. Glass immediately will
resign from Congress and will tain
up his new duties on December 16
Mr. McAdo will continue as director
general of railroads until his sc
cessors for that position shall have
been appointed, ,;- ;
OVER THE LAND OF
THE L0NGLEAF PINE
flIORT NOTES Or' INTKIIIXT TO
CAHOI.IMWS.
Rutherfordtnn. R. S William has
reieivod a message from rb war de
partment staling that his son Privaie
Fred Williams died of liitlnen.a on
November 8. la Prance.
Asheville. George Dnlton 1 1 vear
old son of J. K. Dalton. of Went Ashe
ville,. was run down and seriuiislv in
jured by an automobile driven hi- K.
J. Doyles. and is now In a local hos
pital. Oreenslxiro. Robert H Wharton,
who has for six years been a deputy
clerk of the superior court, was unani
mously elected by the board of county
cominit-':'ioners to the officf" of regis
ter of deeds, The vacancy occurred
at ibe very beginning of the term by
the deutti of ('apt. W. II. Itankln, who
died suddenly. .
Lumbenon. Oakley McNeill aged
7ii years, was killed bv un A. C. L.
train at'-Pembroke..' The enginew re
ported that his train had struck some
body and when search was made Mr.
.uoeiii s oouy was round near the
railroad track with bis neck broken.
Chapel Hill. With inanv delegates
assembled and many more expected,
the twenty-fifth annual session of the
Eastern North Carolina Christian con
ference opened here In the Chapel Hill
Christian church, with addresses of
welcome by W. E. Lindsey and Mayor
Roberson. of Chapel Hill
Gastonia. L. F Groves & Sons pur
chased all the holdings of the Dukes
m the Groves mills here, thereby ob
taining control of tills property. Mr.
Groves was the active head of the
Graves and Flint nulls until a few
months ago when he retired from that
role.
Beaufort. The power yacht Flint,
en route from Boston to Miami. Fla.,
went ashore three miles west of Beau
fort bar. The cre'w was taken off by
coast guards. A strong west wind and
high seas drove the vessel aground at
a point where It is out of danger.
Winston-Salem The county offi
cials, elected In November, were sworn
In. . With one exception all of them
have served the county two or more .
lerms.
Davidson. The S. A, T. C. is being
dissolved as rapidly as possible and
It looks as If It will be difficult to
hold things together until the end of
the fall term, about December 22.
Shelby. The remains of Grady Tur
ner arrived from Akron, Ohio, where
he was killed In an automobile acci
dent. .
. DanvHIe, Va. E. M. Smith, of Spen
cer. N. C, about 28 years of age,
brakemaiL on the. Southern railway,
was crushed and instantly killed hers
while coupling cars In the yard, pre
paratory to resuming his run south.
Wilmington. Barium Springs gets
a check for $6,351 as a result of
Thanksgiving offerings for the or
phanage of the First Presbyterian
church of this city. 0( the total, on
man gave $5,000 with the request that
the money be used In opening a new
dormitory and the further stipulation
that his name be kept quiet. Wil
mington churches gave well over $60,
000 to the various church orphanages.
Charlotte As tills is the season
when smallpox Is most likely to break
out, Dr. C. C. Hudson, city health of-'
fK'cr, warns people who have not been
. vaccinated within the last few years,
to apply at: the health office or to the
family physician -and be vaccinated at
once. Vaccination within five days
after exposure -to smallpox usually
will protect the one exposed, bald Drf
Hudson. Hickory. Two more Catawba coun
ty lads, Hugh G! Logan and Marvin
Whitener, have made the supreme sac
rifice In France, the first on Novem
ber 9 and the latter on November 8.
Salisbury. A meeting of the execu
tive committee of tbe Episcopal con
vocation was to have been held in
Salisbury thiB week but was postpon-
ed on account of tbe Illness of Bishop
Cheshire, who was to have presided.
Charlotte. Internal Revenue Collec
tor P. G. Klser is making preparations
for beginning the task of takiug tax
returns beginning January 1 and con
tinuing through March 1. Exclusive
of Winston-Salem Charlotte Is the
most Important city in this revenue
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