C'cy Tun
A Clftn total gfiapaprr Jor All Sly Jamtlg
VOL. 17.
NO. 22.
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. 0., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1919
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GERMANY ACCEPTS
. NEW CONDITIONS
VERTS WHAT THREATENED TO
BE SERIOU SITUATION FOR
ALL PARTIES CONCERNED.
NEW TERMS ARE WITHHELD
Mora Important Result ar Expect
ed to Talc Form Shortly Who
Fooh Returns to Trove.
Parisy Marshal Foch informed tb
supreme council jot tbe acceptance b$
tbe Germans of the conditions for.
- renewal of the armistice.
Marshal Foch appoared in person
before the council of the great pow
ers and announced the acceptance and
' the signing by the Germans of the
v new conditions of the armistice.
v" This arerta what promised to be
. rather critical situation, aa it had
l been reported that the Germans
i L might persist In carrying out t heir in-
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timations of a refusal to sign,
Tbe new terms, while still withheld,
are understood to restrict German
operations againat Poland within cer
tain fixed lines, thus remoYlng tbe
danger of a military clash, and at
the same time opening access between
the Interior of Poland and the Baltic
aea.
But more important results will
take form shortly when Marshal Foch
returns to Treves lor submission of
tbe details of tbe disarmament and
demobilisation of the German forces
which are being formulated by tbe
military, naral and economic 4vln-
ers of Foch. These are of a nature
amounting In fact to a preliminary
peace agreement.
SLOOOIE8T MASSACRE WOULD
FOLLOW REMOVAL OF TROOPS
Washington. Roger B. Simmons,
- who recently returned from a mission
to Russia for the bureau of com-
mere, told the senate committee in-
, vestlgatlng lawless agitation In -this
country that if the American and al
; (led foroea were withdrawn from
northern Russia tbe bolsheviks would
. engage la one of the bloodiest mas.
. sac res the world had ever seen.
The witness said be was surprised
at the demands made for tbe with
drawal of tbe American forces and
told the commtltee every time the
.American and allied soldiers had
, found It necessary to give up ground
: ' In northers Russia, the bolshevik! had
:' ' swept In and Inaugurated an orgy of
.murder of peaceful cltlsens. He aald
- that:, before, leevnlg Archangel last
.. November 's. 'be had found that the
; American .troops were well supplied
'. and had performed great acts of hero-
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V PROTECT WILLIAM II IS NEW
CRY LAUNCHED AT WEIMAR
Weimar. "Protect William the
' SmuiiI Is the sav err launched In
Weimar as the rallying cry or i the
Germans and a new attempt to re
vise the national feeling. A league,
described as the "league of German
men and women for the protection
a tk. nrosuiat llhartv and Ufa of Wll-
. lam 'the Second," has been formed
, and Issued, its first, appeal, as. a, big
.. advertisement in a leaning - rreimr
rr
The paper la a warm supporter of
''the new government.
. : The new cry appears to be another
. move along the same lines aa "Out
with nur nrlaonars." which tbe KOV
. amtnant hu adonted. The Droclama
tion la not worthy, as it admits that
Prince Henry was asked to become a
' patron of the league. .
SERIOUS DISTURBANCES
r - ARE REPORTED IN SPAIN
-. T jMiitnii Rnnnrta of serious disturb
antes have been received from Spain.
. a hnatiiA demonstration occurred in
Granada a a protest against the. ac-
; tlvity of government political agents
tfc.r ' nlanatchea from Portugal say
that monarchist efforts of Portugal
uuaity nave cvuiavi.
YWO NOTES ARE HANDED.
. TO FOCH, BY ERiBEROER
; Paris. Two notes were handed to
" Marshal Foch by. Mathias,Erberger
:' when the renewal of the armistice was
i,, taken up at .Treves. vOe, note eon
:V" uwnwUt the nmnlorment of tbe German
- . -mercantile marine tor various :pur
whiu the nthar was- lonrer and
. contained several request including
. the release of German prisoners ana
' M.,!nhuiiflM.iif economic Intercourse
i n c -mr- ' occupied ter-
S. GROUITCH
The latest photograph of S. Orouitch,
the Serbian minister te the United
State. Mr, Orouitch was undsr see
reUry of foreign affairs of hi country
n whan Serbia waa overrun by
th Huns, and want to Switzerland and
represented hi country there.
DRAFT CONTAINS 26 ARTICLES
Japanese Introduce but Drop Amend
ment Providing Againat Racial
Discrimination In Immigration.
Paris. The Burxeois :. proposition
for an Inter-allied military lore so en
force peace waa defeater by an over
whelming vote at the meeting of the
society of nations commission.
The French and the Csecho 8lovsks
were the only representatives In th
affirmative. . ; 7
The draft of the society of nations
plans was then unanimously adopted
as whole. Th final draft consist
nf M articles.
The Japanese delegation presented
an. amendment providing that racial
discrimination should not be toieratea
m immlcratlon laws. Beveral dele
gate urged that this would open such
a large question that great aeiay
might ensue anad tbe matter wa
dropped without a vote,
JAPAN HESITATES OVER 1"
THE "MANDATORY". PLAN
Pari. Janan ha not yet agreed .to
the plan for making her a mandatory
for the Carolina and Marshall islands.
While the other powers have practi
cally aarreed to th mandatory nnei
pi and are willing to accept nireo-
tlnn af the various German colonies
Jinan deairea a mora complete deflni
tlon of the plan under wnicn tne two
group of Paella islands will be en
trait ta her. and a more complete
statement of the kind of lnternation-
tlonal control, and supervision wni
will obtain under the society ot
tlon plan... .. , r v"
if the -society of nations desires
standardisation and unification pt de
velopment of th captured . uerman
mlnnlii which would prevent Japan
from giving a distinctly Japanese
character, to tbe Marshall and unro
ll. Islands the plan would hot be ac
onBtable to Japan, aa it would hurt
the national pride of her people, , th
delegate said. ,
AMERICAN AND- ENGLISH . -..
HEARD ON REPARATIONS
Paris. The peace conference com
mission on reparations heard the
American and English points of view
on the question of reparatlons. Lord
Sumner spoke "tor Great Britain.
Louis KlotV the French minister of
finance, presided.
OERMANY PREPARING TO
RAISE LOAN IN AMERICA
Genera-The Lauanne Gaiette say
Germany is preparing to raise a large
loan In the United States aa soon as
peace ta signed. The dispatch adds
hit the monev is to be used to pay
Ljnr expected raw material from al
lied countries.
WAR REVENUE BILL NOW
LACKS ONLY SIGNATURES.
' Washington. Final legislative act
ion on the war revenue bill levying
St.OOO.OOD.OOO In taxes thl year and
$4,000,609,000 yearly thereafter until
revised wa taken by the senate with
out a record - vote, the conference
agreement ra adopted aa approved
by th house. After the bill la sign
ed by Vice President Marshall and
Speaker Clarlt it will b sent to th
white house for th npproval by Pres
ident Wilson .'V., -; ' . ' ,
CANT PUT TRUST
INTERNATIONAL ARMY SOUGHT,
NOT FOR PURPOSES OF WAR
BUT TO PRESERVE PEACE:'
TAKES WORD FOR NOTHING
Lust for Power and Dominion WW
Return te Hun a Soon a Strength
Has Been Recovered.
Paris. "There haa never been any
disagreement on tbe fundamental prin
ciples of a league of nations between
the French delegates or other "pow
er," sadi Professor Ferdinand Lar
nadue, dean of the Paris law faculty
and one of the French delegates on
the league of nations commsision.
"We do not seek an International
army for the purpose of making war,
But for the purpose of preventing it.
"Further- disturbances Of tbe
world's peace will come from Ger
many alone. German' unsatisfied
greedy appetite, her lust for power
and domination, will recurn as soon
aa ahe feels strong enough to renew
her aggressions. Inasmuch as Ger
many ome day will be admitted to
the league of nations', what Mr.
Bourgeois and myself objected to was
the necessity of being placed in the
position of taking Germanys' word
for anything, The German people
have not progressed along the lines-
of sincerity." -
INTER-ALLIED FINANCIAL
ALLIANCE IS ADVOCATED
. Pari. An inter-allied financial al
liance la strongly advocated by Ed
Mund Therry, the French economist,
in Th Figaro. It should take tbe
form of a special organisation." he
says, to receive for joint account all
aums paid by Germany. Austria-Hun.
gary, Bulgaria and Turkey, which It
'would transform into liquidation
bonds "to be distributed among the
allies.'
Mr. Therry points out that after the
signing of peace the) richest entente
nations will seek to improve their
monetary situation and consolidate
their financial situation as rapidly as
possible on a gold basis. Such con
solidation would' augment the diffi
culties' of the less favored allies in
converting to gold, sterling dollars, or
francs, the claim they recover from
the enemy, on which they count to
pay the debts they have contracted,
either with the wealthier allies or with
neutrals.
MANY MORE TROOPS RETURN. .
, GENERAL DAVIS COMMANDING
New York. The United State
cruiser Huntington and the trans
port Matsonia and Louisville hav
docked here' .debarking 7.101 officer
and enlisted men of' the American ex
pedltonary force. V The steamers Dan
te Alighleri with 1.88 officers and
men aboard and the Siiaola with 47.
reported off the coast by wireless.
WAR-TIME REGULATIONS OF
COAL WILL CEASE MARCH 1
Washington. The last of th war
time coal regulations ot the fuel ad
ministration still In force will be sns
pende March" ,1, if tie .present 'com
paratlvely. mild weather ' continues,
said an announcement by Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield: - These prohibit
tb shipment of coal for reconsign-
meat and -rer a'l shippers of coal
moving to tidewater at New Tork,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Hampton
Roads to consign, such shipments t
th Tidewater coal exchange.
FEDERAL AID FOR ROADS IN
NORTH CAROLINA. $374,000
Washington. Under the federal aid
act, SI good road projects have been
approved by the Washington govern
ment for .North Carolina. The total
mileage Is 4S7.86 and the estimated
cost SUlz.M0.9S.- The' federal aid is
to be $374,000.: One of these projects
haa been completed. . The mlleag
completed amount to but 8.01.
FOUNDATION OF LEAGUE
. PLEASES ITALIAN PRESS
Rome. Tbe .., whole Italian pres
greet with )oy and .satisfaction the
announcement of the foundation ot
the league ot nations, and praises
Presdent Wilson tor the evidence he
ha shown In settling a concrete basis
for the league before leaving America.
AU declare that th war haa not been
m vain If there arise from it a so
ciety which will forever prevent re
currence, of uct a oofljet. s ' V
SIR ARTHUR PEARSON
Sir Arthur Pearson, th blind pub
licist, who played prominent part
during the war in organizing relief in
stitution for soldiers and sailors sim
ilarly affected, ha oom to this coun
try to Interview American authorities
In regard to th operation of similar
Institution for blind Midler and sail
r on thl side of th Atlantic
ARE WE "SCOoTiNGTHE POOL"
Premier's Promise of Indemnities to
B Kept By Conference, or "Some
' One Has Sold th Pas."
London. The view that the terms
of peace with Germany should be set
tled before the organisation of a so
ciety of nations ia dealt with waa ex
pressed In toe house of commons by
Horatio W. Bottomley.
The preliminary treaty, he said,
should be initiated and then submit
ted to the people ot each country.
Mr. Bottomley said be waa not sure
that it that were done, President Wil
son would find that he spoke with
rocb absolute authority tor the Unit
ed States. He said he supposed that
in any case President Wilson on bis
return to America would Sad Amer
ican idealism taking a very practical
form in securing food contracts
throughout the world and "scooping
the pool while we are talking about
a league of nations."
If there had been no disagreement
at the peace conference aa bad been
said in the king's speech. Mr. (Bottom
ley added, then the question of the
freedom ot the seas had gone, the do
minions were to be supreme regard
ing the German colonies and the
premier's promise aa. to indemnities
were to be carried out, or "some one
has sold rtie pass." ,
ANARCHIST REGIME VIVIDLY
DESCRIBED BY REV. SIMONS.
Washington. Th bolshevik re
gime in Russia waa described by Rev.
G. A. Simons, in testimony before the
senate committee investigating law
less agitation 1st the United States, as
a minority military dictatorship sup
ported by terrorism. Dr. Simons, who
tor many years has been head of the
Methodist Episcopal church in Russia,
said most of the bolshevik leaders
were Jews, many from the Eaatside
ot New York, and that they hail set
aside large sums for the spread of
their doctrine In all th countries of
the world. I."W. W. movement in this
country, which the committee ha in
cluded in Its general inquiry, was
said by Dr. Simons to be identical
with bolshevists' system.
FIVE LEADING PACKERS WILL
CONTROL THE FOOD SUPPLY
Wuhinetnn. .Francis J. Heney,
former counsel for tbe federal trade
Mmnilulim. testifying before the
hnnae ieterstite commerce commit
tee, declared that within 10 years and
nrnKhi within five, the five leading
meat packers would oontrol the entire
food supply of tne country ana wouia
he -able to charge whatever prices
they desired.
Mr. Heney said tne paexers uao ev
temleil their activities into so many
field" tliey had become a menace to
the country. . They now control the
cheese, oleomargarine and butter mar
h uid and raoidlv are obtain
ing a monopoly of a large number of
ITALIANS GETTING BACK
. TREASURE FROM VIENNA
Vienna. Italian troops and bank
ers began removing from a bank her
bank-notes, bonds and securities
valued at 1 500,000.000 kronken which
had originally belonged to the city
of Trieste. -The money was brought
here for safekeeping during the war.
Military truck were backed up In
front of the bank, the entrances of
which were guarded. Crowds of; cu
rious onlookers watched the treasure
being row. .. v";;; ".,.
TO SETTLE GREAT
PEAGEJUESTION
ACCEPTANCE OF NEW TERMS IS
EXPECTED TO CHECKMATE
ANY ACTION BY HUNS.
ARE IMPRESSED BY ARGUMENT
Lines Originally Suggcated by Brit
ish Premier Generslly Adopted by
the Peace Convention
Pari. The new armistice condi
tion will, in effect, settle the moat
important of all tbe peace questions,
and their acceptance by the enemy,
will, beyond douht, deprive him of
any opportuntyl of taking blackmail
tactics when the peace treaty comes
to be signed. : The fresh conditions
follow generally the lines suggested
by Premier Lloyd George since th
beginning of the discussion, and it is
wrong to suppose that in this matter
the British bare acted as mediators
between extreme French and the ex
treme American points of view.
Both tbe Americans and the French
have been Impressed by tbe argu
ments brought forward in favor ot all
three tendencies which were placed
In their presence and all agreed that
the British scheme was not only less
open to criticism, but the Paris posi
tively the best proposal made.
The discnaaion has been extremely
fruitful, and the result has shown tb
extreme alarm of French opinion as
to the American attitude of no tore.
Another good point to remember is
that the action of the British dele
gates has proved once more to the
French that, while the British -are ex
tremely desirous of retaining their
close friendship with the Americans,
they are imbued with a sense of con
tinental reaponabllities and allainces
and thus are able to act between the
old and the new worlds.
SPLIT PRODUCED IN MOSCOW
80VIET BY ANARCHIST NOTE
Helsingfors A split has been pro
duced in the Moscow central soviet
hv the hnlahaTlat note to the allies
accepting the Invitation to the con
ference -on Princes islands. Lenine
and the maioritv want a conference
even though they think It Is bound to
transform the bolsbevist policy Into
one of co-operative moderation.
Kinnfeff dictator of Petroerad. Ka
menoff and BuCharin openly denounce
It as a diabolical plan to Dury ooi
herlim. Thev accuse TroUkV. once
their Robespierre, of being the Pon
tius Pilate ot the movement. Because
h washed his hands of the Moscow
conference to discuss the acceptance
of the allies' Invitation and carefully
kept away from the city.
At tbe full session of the Moscow
central soviet. Lenine cried violently
to his critics. "If you want to conceal
your fears by this childish protest,
you had better leave us. w shall lose
nothing by your going. W and oth
era muat have the courage to confe
freely that our communist plan I go
ing unquestionably to smash If w
do not change our front."
AMBAS8ADOR - SHARP'S
i RESIGNATION ACCEPTED
Washington. President Wilson has
w.tiaii th r puii-nation 6f William
Graves Sharp as ambassador to
France to take effect wSen a -suc-..r
niialnx. This was revealed
by correspondence between the Presi
dent and the ambassador, maae pumic
at th white house without comment.
HAILING OF 13.000 MEN
.FROM FRANCE ANNOUNCED
Washington. Sailing of three trans
wirt. anil the battleships Rhode Is
land and Virginia from France with
13.000 men and 41X1 officer was an
nounced. ;
The transtiort Huron a due at New.
port News February 54. with the 4th
regiment, coast artillery, several cas
ual companies. Including one from
Mrtrth r'arillne. convalescent oetacn
ments. and a fw casual oiAYers.
HAMMOND DEVIC5 FOR RADIO
CONTROL OF SHIPS 8UCCESS
Washingtou. Army and nvy ex
perls have reported the device of
John Hay Jtammond. Jr.. for radio
control of surface craft to be sent,
laden with explosiives. against enemy
ships, a success and predict similar
results with submerged craft show
ing above ' water only wireless at
tennae. v.
Result of i testa were made public
In connection with the new fortifica
tions appropriation kilt. : . v , s 5
BRIDGES AND STEPH
ENS ARE CAPTURED
Both Jack Bridge and Kaudolph
Stephens, wanted in Gaston county
tor shooting, and very probably fatal
ly wounding. Deputy Sheriff J W.
Cole on the night of January SOI h.
have been arrested and are now m
Jail. Stephens was' arrested Wednes
day of last week at Columbia. S. C.
and taken to Gaston count v Jail
Bridge was arrested that night on
Broad river bridge near Cllffeld. this
county. He waa taken to Charlotte
and place in jail In order to remove
him from hi accomplice. Stephens.
Rewards totalling $500 were outstand
ing for the arrest of Brldgo. and $200
for Stephena.
Herald readers will recall that
Bridges and 3tephens were caught en
tering Gastonia with an automobile
containing whiskey and that when a
squad of officers including Deputy
Cole undertook to arrest them In a
house at the Pluekney Mill, one or
the other of them shot Cole in the
face with both barrels of a double
barrel shot gun and both escaped
while Deputy Cole wa being removed
to the hospital. Organized search
was made for several days hut the
desperadoes were too well gone and
the sleuth method of apprehension
was adopted which resulted to cover
Ing both the men within two weeks
after, tbe tragedy.:
It is said that Deputy Cole Is in a
precarious condition, erysipelas hav
Ing developed in his facial wounds.
ANNUAL MEETING
B.&L ASCLATION
The regular annual meeting ot Mm
stockholder ot the Kings Mosmtaia
Building and Loan Association "was
held in the office of G. W. Kendrtck,
February 13, at 7:30 p. m.. President
A. B. Clin acting a chairman and
W. H. McGinni a secretary of the
meeting. After th reading ot the,
missies of th last an anil meeting,
th secretary and treasurer read hi
annual report Uowingth conditio f
th association and the receipta as4
disbursements (or tb pa Xf moat.
Tb report show that th sswt rear
ha been the best in tbe history of th
saaelation. More than 400 share
hav already heed Subscribe for fat.
tb 10th series which opened Febru
ary 1st. More than l.sOfl share am
ow ia fore. After th ad optical of
th re porta, th election of a board
of director wis taken ap which re
sulted is tbe election f A. S. Clin.
W. P. Fulton.'L. A. Ktaer. J. . Lip
ford. D. R. Hord. J. F. Allison, M. R.
Herndon, D. C. Mauney. I. B. Goforth.
F. S. Finger, Dr. L. P. Baker and W.
H. MeOlnnia. Dr. Baker and Mr. Fin
ger are new member ot the board
: Attar the stockholder mthvg a
pomrMd th tiirector met and orgaat
iaad. All the old atcr were re
elected. A. K. Cllne. President; W. F.
Futtoa and U A. Riser, Tice prsaateeitsi
and W. R. McOiaal secretary
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5TH LIBERTY LOAN
IS SET TOR APRIL
Th fifth liberty Losuw. tUsk wtM
be known a th "Vis lory Lean." wt
b kmcad lata in April. Th ksv
pandtng drlre may pi went new sad.
peeaHar obstacles. It ia a popular im
preasioa, for butane, that bsea
hetrtttltie have esassd, the war haa
been paid for. Ot course, such a be
lief is wholly without warrant. Mere
over, k ia distinctly harmful, and ib
devolve upon those who know th
real situation to banish such belief .
tree th minds ot th public aad pro
par, th people for th com tag cam
paign. It, will probably take better
ind more intensive and extensive
campaigning te put the Victory Loan
through than it did for the hut Lib
erty Loan on account ot the false im
pression abroad that tbe war is over,
and no more money la needed.
Afthavilla Altar heinsr closed fori
mar than a month owing fb th h-'
fluanaa epidemic, the official quatwa
tia lb Ashavilla was lifted and the
city restored to normal condition. Ia
the Drat 11 daya of February taare
hav heaa $$ new case and U Snath
.a th city.
WtnataavSanm. Th criminal term
of Barry superior court, held at Dod
sea, closed and on of th last acta
of Judge Laa. who- presided, wa to
saateao Jo Bowie. Jo aad Gard
ner Cain, tb last two brother, to b
electrocuted ia Raleigh April 4.
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