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A Clnat Cord Vixspsyn Jor All C ffaattlg
VOL. 17. NO. 24
SINGS MOUNTAIN, N. 0., THURSDAY, MAECH 6, 1919
11.60 A YEAK IN ADVAN02
mi LOAD BILL IS
PASSED BY SENATE
HOUSE HOLM , BRIEF . SESSION
DISPOSING OF CONFERENCE
'"; REPORT ON HOSPITAL.
m BILLS DOO"EO 11 FAIL
he Matter of Sufficient Irnsortanee to
Require the Calling "of an Extra
Session Expected to Arise.
V
. Washington. The sixty-fifth : con-
gross entered upoa Its lait full work
ing day, facing an unprecedented maaa
x of legislation, but with the contested
"Victory loan" bill ont of the way.
- Tha senate remained in session all
night to pass tha loan bill, the key
atone measure of the calendar, while
' . the house held a business session,
disposing ot tha conference report on
" the hosplUl bUL
Passage of the loan bill without a
, .raoord vote and I" the Identical form
ia T,hlch It came from the house defi
nitely marked the course of future leg-
1: -islatton and gave - assurance that
, - President Wilson would not find It
' necessary to change his plan of defer.
- ring a call of the new congress until
after his return ' from France, prob
ably In June. -
:- . - Most Republicans favored an ear-
lier extra session, but after- Republl-
7 ; ' can senators at conference last night
. - ; failed to reach any decision as to the
' advisability of obstructing tha loan
'! , . -bin o filibuster waa undertaken. ,
K" ? ,' Although many Important bill in-
;.; eluding the $720,000,000 nary appro-
- - ' prlation measure with its authorise-
. tkra of a new three-year building pro-
' cram and the 1,216,000,000 army bill,
..apparently are doomed to certain fail
r "r; ? ore, administration leaders believe
- that none Is ot sufficient Importance
to reanlre an -earlier call of con
. ; grass, and that the president will ad-
. '' rheTo- to original plan', announced
-. ;i; after he arrived from Paris
- Passage by the senate ot .the "Vic-
.'v- iory -loan" .bill, authorising tale by the
treasury ot, 17,000,000,000 of . new
; ohort term notea and $1,000,000,000 for
adrances by the war finance corpora
' . Won in extending American foreign
commerce, came after a bitter con
v troverey, a threatened .Republican flj;
. . ibuster. -: 1
COAL AND OIL LAND LEASING.
:-t "-',' BILL IS TALKEO TO DEATH
' ".Washington. The oil and coal land
leasing bill virtually was killed when
. obstruction' led by Senator LaFolIette
r' of Wisconsin,; Republican, prevented
, a vote on the conference report which
had been adopted by the house. Mane-
- i- gers and opponents of the bill agreed
that there bow ie practically no
- , chance of securing action oa the bill
before Congrese adjourns.
''-''4;w Senator LaFolIette spoke for three
V - hours and a half Bad only yielded
, .the finer to-warm . "
bill being laid before the senate with
' ' the understanding that it the oil bill
i was again brought up. he would not be
V, barred from speaking again.."
!v" The Wisconsin senator- devoted
i . most of his address to an attack on
-. the senate rules giving conference to-
' . aorta priority over other matters and
? I '-: on the' practice of tinging la such re-
: " ':. ports oa important Nil late In the i
Slon. -
a-: Washlnttoai-fforty pel tent of the
total known oil suddIt, In the Untied
tates, exclusive of oil shale laepoa
'lte three states,, has been exhaust'
ed, according to estimates transmit
ted by Secretary tane to the senate
- -commerce committee' ta ' compliance
..'with a reeolatlon presented Jky Sena-
tor Ransdell, ot Lonislansyf, -.
; - Vp to last January 1. MrT Lane said
' y.t a total Of 4,5908,000,000 barrels had
- . r beea produced, while the known avail-
able oil resources, not counting the
" ; x v shale depeslts. In the ground and In
field storage : were fsiimatea at
: 70400.000' barrels. B'stlllatlon , of
. shale deposits lh Colorado, tTtah and
Wyomlns;. however, -would produce
"f t-.- W.OOO.OOO.OOd barrels Of . oil, the aec-
';. rotary said. - .,-.. .v..:-
LAST OP COASTWISE SHIPS
U : RESTORED TO THEIR OWNERS
. Washington. Shins of ' the Met
'caaata and Miners TTaaeportatlon
Company,' engaged in Atlantic coast-
' aiu traffic were' turned back to bri-
' vat management by the railroad ad-
"ministratlon. OfflcUla of the' company
accepted .'the rellnqulshnfbnt which
heretofore they have protested., " v
This action restores the last ot the
onaatwlR ateamahlo lines not owned
by railroads to private management
RAILROAD REMAINS
IN FEDERAL HANDS
CONGRESS MAY TAKE SOME AC
TION IN SUMMER SESSION IP
. ONE IS CALLED. ;'.'.'
IMPROVEMENTS TO BE OOE
The Railway Administration Decision
Not to Relinquish Control at This
Time Is Not Reversal of PMIey.
Washington. Uncertainty over the
status of railroads In the Immediate
future was largely removed by Direc
tor General Hlnes' announcement,
after conferring with President Wil
son, that the government would not
turn the roads back to private man
agement until Congres had more op
portunity to consider a permanent
program ot legislation.
This was generally Interpreted as
meaning that the railroads would be
under government management for at
least another year, and' probably long-
en, If a special aeasion of Congress
Is called early In the summer, railroad
legislation might be takes ap.
With the . temporary status deter
mined, the railroad administration
will go ahead vigorously with the pro
gram for: making improvements and
extensions, both tor the sake of the
rail properties and to stimulate the
demand for materials and labor dur
ing the readjustment Verlod. Another
effect will be the Increased use of
waterways in accordance with Direc
tor General Hlnes' expressed policy.
It was said at the railroad adminis
tration that the decision not to relin
quish the railroads at this time la not
a reversal of policy. The railroad ad
ministration has long advocated early
relinquishment. It was explained, but
not until Congress had had time to act
on the proposed five-year extension ot
government control or to consider
other legislation.
DOQ MEAT SELLING AT
TWO DOLLARS PER POUND
Washington. Additional Hght on
the situation In the portions of Rus
sia under bolshevik control la given
by a summary ot reports secured re
cently from a number ot refugees who
passed through Helslngfors on their
wav from Moscow to Stockholm.
'' "The party at Helslngfors," said
the summary, "was composed . of
French. British, Belgian and Italian
cititenB, most of them- Red Cross
workers, The reports all agree as to
the excessive cost ot all necessaries
and the scarcity of food. Dog meat la
quoted at tour rubles (two dollars) a
nound. horse meat at -15 rubles
pound, pork at 60 rubles and bread at
15 rubies. , .r-. , . ..
SAYS FRANCE DOES NOT
' WANT GERMAN TERRITORY
Paris. The peace conference plans
to reach agreements oa the mora lm-
nortaat questions, between Marcn
and March 15. Captain Andre Tardleu,
one of the French delegates, told
foreign newspaper correspondents. He
said the conference had four vital
roblems to solve--the France-Ger
man frontier, the Adriatic situation,
the Russian frontier and the question
of the freedom of the seas. All these
questions probably win be completed
In a fortnight. V' "" ''
f antiln Tardleu declared France
does not desire to annex the left bank
of ' the Rhine, but only wants guar
antees which will prevent 'Germany
from using It as a base for attacking
France. . :. ".'- -" ." '-r'Xr
CUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES
: V GET AMERICAN SOLDIERS
- Cohlena.-rhe American officers
and men who, are going to. British and
French universities as soldiers on de-
(.had service have beea selected ana
will proceed Immediately to-the dif
ferent universities assigned them. The
number of applications for the British
universities was .large.; and naturally
there were some who were . disap
pointed. v ?l -: T ' ;s .'
BLIZZARDS ARB REPORTED
IN SEVEN WESTERN STATES
-: Chlcatro.--BlUssrds were -reported
in Minnesota; towa, Mlswnrl, .Okie
noma, aKnsas, Nebraska and southern
South. Dakota. The weather bureau
nredlcted' sort weatl for Chicago.
la Minnesota-' a stock train" etalled
In the snow watruck by a passeiv.
cer tralartwo persons kmecT . ana.
.nw imihwA , Near Wansa. Neb.
a passenger train, .'with 25 "peraooi
aboard was stalled ta tne snow.
KINGS MOUNTAIN BOYS
WRITE FRO M FRANCE
Uignes, France, Jan. 1. J,91. '
u. sv.lt,. will vou nlease nub-
Hah the following for the benefit of;
I.. i ..j -m..,. nr kims
Mountain as we feel that It will be of i
Interest to our people at large to know
the whereabouts of two A. B. F. boys
and associated friend of Kershaw,
8. C.r ' : ' ;
We three boys left Camp Sevier and
Journeyed to New York, and on the
Slst ot July we boarded the good ship
Mandlngo to make a voyage to the old
world that we used to read about in
our school dys. Oh the 1st day of
August we sailed out ot harbor up the i
coaat to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Can-!
ada, which was a three days' trip, but
a we're made of good stuff we did not
get slcfe We stayed . over night .at
this place and accumulated a convoy
of IT boat to cross over to Europe.
Although we did not have the least
Idea where we were going to, but any
way, we knew what we were going for.
So on the 15th day of August we came
up on deck and lo! and behold we
spied the land of Ireland, the land
from which those Irishmen come. Then
about three o'clock In the afternoon
the gang plank was thrown down tor
ns at Liverpool, England and you can
Imagine what a happy bunch we were.
We marched np to Knotty Ash Canfp
and spent the night. Oa the follow
ing morning we boarded one of those
curious English trains with only 8 in
a box, but my. It was great tun tor
us to see such wonderful things
those English people have.,
We will not endeavor to tell you all
about England, but will give you a
tew of the important cities we passed
through, after leaving Liverpool,- Win
Chester, Rottlngham. Sheffield, Bir
mingham, Susley and on up to Hom
ey about one hundred ' miles - from
London. There we spent three days
to rest If you want to find out any
more about a rest camp in England
only ask some soldier that has reurn-
ed home. Anyway we journeyea rrom
there to Southampton to cross r ovet
the channel to "Sunny" France where
we began to realise what war meant.
We landed at Cherbourg and from
there we went to Paris on to Ten-
nerre where we epeat two weeks or
more In training. Now,' dear reader,
comes the most Interesting part you
have been longing to see and It Is the
most Important -of all. From Ton
nerre we took the wonderful side
door pullman tor tha battle front up
In Alsace. , We dlsboarded the pull
mans at Brouyers and marched to 8t.
Die. the old home town Amerlcus
JPeaouculus. the man who America re
ceived her name from. At this place
we did not see very much sharp fight
ing, although a few of our boys paid
the supreme sacrifice for their coun
try. We atayed at this place a short
while only to leave for a mueh hotter
I. sector. Oa Oct, lath w etaneo out
of St. - Die on a march of about T
kilometers to Rambervillers and on
from there to Thaon Les Tappe. aB
the time Tiding side-door pullmans. At
Nancy we began our marching again.
We marched through SC MIhlet sali
ent, across the river Man. At this
place we Americans had enough barb
ed wire entanglements- to contend
with to make the United1 States a
stockade but tor her brave soldiers
it would be Impossible to build It
there. Anyhow. H Is awful to ee It.
We then traveled oa up to the river
Mouse where the greatest battle of
American' history was fought know
as the Meuse-Argonna battle. We were
stationed at this time at Verdun, if
yon remember where the Huns fought
ee hard in 1016. but did not succeea.
On Dead Man's hilt there Is not a tree
or stump, all having been blown np
by shell fire. One pan find skeletons
atrewn all around. Reader,' it la Im
possible for us to explain the exact
picture of this place, but (here Is
whore we started the Hun on the rua
again. On Nov. Kb, we. went over tha
top wading through Water up to our
knees, but thank God It was for our
country and you' and all the rest of
our father and mothers, and associa
ted friends- ot America. . On the first
day we advanced through mud S kilo
meters and from then -on up until tha
11th of November we advanced a con
siderable dietance, but when the news
came that morning of 11th month, 11th
day and 11th. hour . our. hearts were
glad. with Joy. but a: we ' walked
around the field of blood toeep Into
the ayes ot our dead soldiers lying
there tor the mud with their clothes
torn off by the damnable entangle
meats that autocracy buijt. If there
le anybody we soldiers 'can sympa
thise with, H Is the parents, of those
boys, but as the war 1 finished w
hope w will not have" to lose any
more Mood on the battlefields. Now
a we thiak this Is getting boresome
jo" tha reader we will not try and
tat! you all th places we have been
ataoe we came 'oft the .front-but
will wait until we come, home to tell
It all but we boys want to thank the
people at large for their loyalty to
their country. -By sacrificing their
many needs la order to Help abolish
the Hohensollern reign and establish'
the freedom of the people. We are
now la Lalgnes Oore 'd Or), Franettfr
waiting to come home to sweethearts
and loved ones. We have spent two
months at this place and do not know
how long we will have to stay Here
yet, but let us hope It will be soon
we leave for home as we are more
than anxious. Now. as this is all we
can think of we will stop, hoping It
finds all of you well and will continue
to be" until we see you, .
(Signed)- Pvt. V. P. Jones. PvL W. E.
Ware, and Private Grover C. Bow
ers, the associated friend from
Kershaw. S. C.. all of" the Slat
Division.
O. K. and censored by 8. C. V. 8. A,
Hickory. Mrs. T. W. Blckett, wife
of the governor, addressed a congre
gation In the Reformed church in the
Interest of the Y. W. C. A. .
" Raleigh. The final date ot the Blue
Trlange Investment campaign for
one million dollars for the field and
national work of the Y. W. C. A. has
been extended. .
Kinston. Six boys, several of them
of the knee-pant age, have been caught
m the police net set to cope with the
epidemic of larceny and housebreak
ing here, -' '
Wilmington. The will of Pembroke
Jones, of this city and New York, who
died In January, was probated here,
and Wilmington learned that she gets
150,000 for a park and playground for
white children within the city limits.
FayetteTlIle The body of a man
supposed to be W. C. Wicker, and who
had apparently been employed at
Camv Bragg, was found In Shaws
pond, three miles from the camp, -by
a tenant of the farm of J. O. Shaw.
Lexington. A community nurse for
Lexington Is assured. At any rate,
appropriation of funds to defray the
expenses of one was' made at a meet
ing of the executive committee of the
local chapter of tha Red Cross. '
Six pure bred Holstela cows were
recently purchased by rMe. Huffman
whn llvaa nn RnsrnA Banks and Will
he added to a herd which she has.
These animals are magnificent
mens and are as good as money can
buy. , -'.v.'- . V '-;
Norllna. Mr. and Mrs. John "W.
Adcock received notice of the 'death
of their aoa, Private David C. Ad
cock. who died at Lyon, France, on
Feb. 2nd, of abscess of the brain.
Wilson. Bills have paased the leg-
islatur to allow Wilson county to call
an election gome time this spring to
vote bonds for the erection of a
$260,000 court bourse, it Is also a
certainty that Wilson at ao distant
late will have a bow federal batldtng.
Washington North , Carolina, has
more-than l.000,0O0 acres of lead
that could be reclaimed .under th
plan of Secretary Lame for return lag
The cutover land roughly
estimated, totals 1Z.745.0TO sores ana
swamp lands, 2,748,160 acres.
Several cases of smallpox have beea
diagnosed at uaroieeu anu neuroi-
U, according to visitors here -from
those towns. .; While there is. not aa
enidamic. the county physician . for
Rutherford -county Is urging all per
eons In that section to refrain from
visiting until the. situation is under
control. 1 "
' Kinston. -Rumors that the big lum
ber plant ot the Kinston Manufactur
ing Company, in Southwest Kinston,
would be removed to a point near the
city eatf set up tor operation have
been declared unfounded oy J. i.
Deal, ot Norfolk, president of the com
pany. The mill wUI be dismantled
and Klnstoit will lose an enterprise
valued at $!00.00 to $260,000..
Charlotte. Oasis temple will hold
Its spring ceremonial at Selma-Smlth-
M, Thursday. May 23, according to
Dr. R. J. Noble, Illustrious potentate,
who was' In Charlotte to discuss the
matter ot time - and place with the
bad and patrol of the temple. "
Desoite the factShat two months
were lostr by the Charlotte publle
schools this term because ot tafluenxa
epidemics, they wlU close May Is, the
usual date for the closing, superin
tendent H. .F; Harding; said, v ;
WILL DECISION BE
PE
PEOPLE OP PARIS AWAITING
WITH ANXIETY -RESULTS Of
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH.
PLACE TRUST IN IDEALISM
oaten Speech Regarded ae Searohlnj
Appeal to Hsarta of, the Plain
People of America.
Paris. President Wilson's Boston
speech was awaited here with curios
ity and some anxiety. It was expect
ed to show how he intended to ad
dress himself to the task which " Is
regarded here as a task of supreme
Importance for the result of the peace
conference and for the political fu
ture ot the United States. That task
is to secure the support ot American
public opinion for the work already
done In Paris and obtain a valid man
date tor the work that remains to be
done.
As viewed from Paris, the question
at Issue seems to be whether the pea
pie and the legislative bodies of the
United States will hold fast to the
policy Inaugurated by American in-
terveuflon in the war and sanction
an oianliatlon for peace In the world
on a solid basis or whether they will
prefer to revert to the policy of trans
Atlantic ' provincialism and call It
splendid Isolation.
The best Judgee ot the situation are
the most optimistic. They believe
that the strongest force In the Unit
ed States Is the unseHlsh idealism of
the great maes of American citlsens.
They -think that ' President Wilson
has only to make plain to the Ameri
can people their aostlon as co-spon
sors for the peace and welfare ot civ
ilised humanity for them to give hint
the support he needs la perfecting the
arrangements tentatively made for
the establishment of a league ot aa
tloaa and the formulation of a Just
peace settlement . His Boston speech
Is regarded aa a very searching ap
peal to the hearts of the plain people
tn America. ... . -, .-.
FREDERICK H. QtLLETT IS
NOMINATED FOR SPEAKER
Washlngton.-Representative Fred-
speel-Lerick H. Olllett of Massachusetts, was
nominated on the first ballot by the
Republican caucus aa the party can
didate for speaker. u the next house
of representatives.-:.
" Representative-Jtmes R. Mann, ot
Illinois, ran second with Representa
tive Philip Campbell, of Kansas, who
entered the race a few days ago, after
Representative Simnon D. Fees, of
Ohio, had withdraws, tar behind.
SOUTH CAROLINA PORTS
LOSE STEAMSHIP LINE
Baltimore, Md Mason L W. Wil
liams, president ot the Baltimore and
Carolin Steamship Company, announc
ed that Upon- the return of tha -steam
er Matilda Weems from her present
trio from this port fa Georgetown and
Charleston; S. C. the line win with
draw from buslnaaa.
- Mr. Williams saiei the decision was
forced upon the oempany as it was
on the-Merchants and Minora. Com
pany, by the ruling of the railroad ad
ministration prohlbKmg traaaferral ot
freight between the steamers and tha
railroads now administered py the gov.
ernmenL -'.'';.'; '-.;'-.
' Mr, Williams adddd that the amount
of port-to-port freliht would not be
enough to eable lm line to meet ex
penses. v ''"
WALLAT NOMINATION IS
'.'' CoeW ii"MED BY SENATE
Washington. Nomination of Hugh
C. Wallace, of. Tacomo. Wash., to be
ambassador to France was confirmed
by the senate, slttlnft- In executive ses
sion. At the same time nominations
of a number ot postmasters and ofB
eers ot the army to higher grades were
confirmed. : '-'
EUROPEAN EMBARGOES ON
COTTON CANT; BE LIFTED
A; Wshngton. -President Wilsoa toM
senators and representatives from
ootton-growlng atates It would be Im
possible to lift European embargoes
on cotton until after, the formal dec
laration of peace. -i '
. The president toM-the cotton repre
sentatives and eenutors that, under
the terms of the anwlstce, Germany's
status quo must be maintained,- which
waa a further dlsoouraglnf indication
for the cotton situation, ,-: .'.--V-
LEAGUE SALVATION
.S.
UNLESS WE BECOME A PARTY,
CHAOS AND TURMOIL WILL
RESULT IN EUROPE.
DID NOT CHANGE OPINIONS
Deeislen af Executive Council Will
Net Be Binding Unless Approved
By All Signatory Nations.
Washington. President Wilsoa
told members of the congressional
foreign relatione committees that un
less the United States entered league
of nations, the league would fail and
ehaos and turmoil beyond description
would result In Europe. - Views ot re
publican members opposing the league
constitution as reported to the peace
conference apparently were not
changed by the conference.'
Hitchcock, of the senate commit
tee, said the President held that de
cisions of the leagues executive coun
cil on disarmament would not be bind
ing until specifically approved by
each signatory nation, and that conse
quently the American Congres would
have the opportunity to pass on the
apportionment of armament for every
nation concerned. The President said
that section had been misconstrued.
. Concerning the clause giving the
fright to the league to consider sets
threatening world peace,. President
Wilson said that the clause was In
definite and would be made more clear
by writing In a safeguard .which
would require that every recommen
dation by the council should be unani
mous..
It also was said that the President
Informed the senators and represen
tatives that the disarmament provi
sion would not Interfere - with ; the
military training of men, but that It
was evident that a trained body ot
men would not be a danger to world
peace it their armament supplies were
kept in check.
Mr. Wilson said the provision for
enforcing the determination of the
council la case it was disobeyed by
any nation would apply In only one
case, and that where tha party
against whom a decision waa render
ed had property. Including territory.
In Its possession which it would not
surrender. ' "
EACH CHARGES OTHER WITH
RESPONSIBILITY FOR DELAY
Washington. " Although marked
progress in disposing ot legislation
waa made by Congress arter an
nouncement that ' President Wilson
would not call an extra session until
after his return from Europe, admin-.
latratlon leadera still were extremely -."
doubtful that all the necessary ap
propriation bills could be enacted be-
fore adjournment - --..- .
There waa considerable tension -
over the legislative situation at tha
eapltot .after It became known that '
the President was insistent that all r
necessary legislation be disposed of
at this session. . On the senate floor,
aad la private conversations, Demo
crats aad Republicans charged each
other With responsibility for delay laT
action on Important measures. - -
EXAGGERATED REPORTS AS TO
, ' , LOSSES IN MTH DIVI8ION
Wsshisgton.-r-In a latter written to
Senator Overman, Gen,-8am t- Fat
son, brother of Dr. t. W. Fataon, of
Charlotte, who commanded the Thir
tieth ("Old Hickory?) division in tha
hard fighting In France, said:
- "Hurled against the -moat impreg
nable defenses of the western front It :
(meaning the ' Thirtieth division)
broke through them with dauntless .
courage and fortitude, and with losses -that
are amasingly small, despite the
most stubborn and scientific resist-,
aaee, and also in flat , contradiction
to exaggerated reports sent home by
uninformed men, I am aooa coming
home in command of the division,
aad less than 10 per cent of oar men ,
occupy honored graves -In, the- blood
soaked soil of unhappy France.
MORRISON OPPOSES REPEAL --'
OF DAYLIGHT SAVING LAW
Washington, Prediction of - labor .
leaders that a national daylight-saving
law, making all working hours day
light hours would reduce the number
of Industrial accidents,' waa borne out
la tha pas year, said Frank Morrison,
secretary ot tha Americas Federation
ot Labor. In a atatement urging thv.t
tha law be not repealed, - Provision
tor repeal ot the. act has teen at
tached ' by the senate aj-icui!u
aommittee aa a rider.
1 ,.