X (Elran Cxiral tStmsjsnptr War All She Jantilg 1 VOL. 17. NO. 26. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. 0., THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1919. $1.50 A TEAR IN ADVANCE rt i . tk FIGHT ON CLARK -GROWING BITTER CONGRESSMAN LEVER CLEARLY INDICATES HIS POSITION TO- WA1DS MI8SOURIAN. SOLD ERS ALL FAVOR LEAGUE WJII 8upport No Man Who Will Say That Conscript la 8ynonymous With a Convict Washington. The fight oa Champ Clark for Democratic leader of the house la becouiiug bitter. He haS de nounced some oi his opponents an liars. .' Three North Carolinians, Messrs. .Godwin. Dougbum and Kolmisou. all of whom are away from here now, are said to oppose Mr,. Clark. Representative Lever of South Caro lina, announced that he would not sup port hi in. lie said: ' It la my firm belief that the over whelming majority of the people1 of the country are in line with the pi-eoi-dent in hla wonderful fight to mini mise to llie very limit the possibility of wars In the future. ' The million, three hundred thou- sand soldiers who have gone through the brutal murder of this war, return ing to tills country, are as certain to give their support to the idea of a league of nations as it ia certain that the inn will rise tomorrow morning. 1 ' flemocrats cannot allow personal relationships or sympathy to stand In the. way of party success and they are not going to do At,. Personally I will support no nan who will say .that a con.icript is synonymous with a con vict." . v. " ;:':. 270,000 TONS OF FOOD A l8 PAID FOR BY GERMANY ; Copenhagen. Germany In conidera tion of a deposit of 11,000,060 In gold at Brussels, will receive an immediate delivery of 270.000 tons of foodstuffs. according to . Berlin version .of tha agreement entered into between the German delegates and representatives of the allied powers at Brussels. Germany will further be entitled to purchase monthly 370,00 tons ef food in enemy and neutral countries, , be sides fish from European waters and vegetables. The restrictions on fishing in the Baltitc will be removed, the dis patch adds. AMERICAN ACE KILLED BY FALL FROM HIS AIRPLANE - Seabreeze. Fla Maojr David McK. Petersen, one of America's officially recognised "aces" was killed In a fall of hia airplane at Oaytona Beach. Ifaojr. Petersen's address la Hones- dale, Pa. - - - . - The TaJr plane piloted by Major Pet ersen, and in which Lieutenant F. X. , Paversick waa a passenger, dropped nose forward after reaching a height of about 75 feet while ascending from - the beach. Major Petersen waa killed .instantly and Lieut. Paversick was in jured seriously. - , , THOU8ANDS DEAD AND DYING ' OP" STARVATION IN CAUCASUS --Maw York. Thousands of men, wo- -. men and children are starving to death In the Caucasus, according to the tint : report from Or. James L. Barton chair :'. nan of the committee recently sent to tnat Tegion by the American commit ...fee for relief In the Near Bast, re cevied at the headquarters of the com mittee here; "'.vA'V ". - -;. .-. "Thera is no bread anywhere!" ulit the report. "The government has sot pound. There are 45,000 people In , Ertvau wholly without .bread and the orphanages and troops all through Erl .ran are In terrible condition. "There is. not a dog. cat,- horse, camel or any lirlnk thing in all the lg-41r-region. We saw refugee women tripping the flesh from a dead horse with their bare hands' today. '"Thirty deaths a day are reported from Ash tag; 15 from Etchmtadiln, Iielr and Sad a bad ' certainly more. Another week will score 10,000 lives lost V V . - L'ETTISH TROOPS CAPTURE . THE CITY OF FRAUENBURG Stockholm. Lettish troops captur ed Frauenberg, northeast of Llbau. ' froth .the bolsheviki several days ago . and. took .a ;reat.-quantlty of "war ma terial, a large number of machine guns and. many prisoners, a dispatch from Libau said. The bolsheviki ' retired .fn 'the-direction of Mltau. The Letts - also advanced west of Prauenburg and drove the bolsheviki 'from the region of the Baltic port of Wlndau, :- ,"-V ;:;;':"'::'.t;::v GEORGE H. PEET . : i George H. Peat, who has for aevaral months boen "covarlng" dlplomatle news In Washington for the Aa eoelated Press, has been given a unique assignment by the French gov ernment He has been appointed liai son officer In Paris, and hia duties will be to give to the American correspond ents whatever news is released by the French Government. EXAMINATION MUST BE MADE 300,000 Tons of German Trans-Atlan tic Shipping Now in German Ports 1 Are Also Assigned to U. S. , Washington. The American - gov ernment may not accept the 100.000 or more tons of German shipping In Chilean waters allocated to it by the allied shipping commission. Chair man Hurley, of the shipping board said Anal action jrould depend upon the condition of the eraut and the ships. - . ' Mr. Hurley explauled that the orig inal proposal, made when he was in Europe, was for the United Statea to take over the shipa and use them un til the peace treaty was signed when title to them would be determined. This offer was refused by Mr. Hur ley, who believed their use for so short a period would not Justify the board in standing the expense of the repairs. .. .-'. . Mr, Hurley immediately ordered an examination of the vessels to deter mine the extent of repairs that would have to be made. Since the vessels have been tied up for more than four years, most officials believe their en giaes are In very bad shape and their bulla also have been more or less damaged. .r.- ; Three hundred thousand tons of German trans-Atlantic shipping now in German ports has bden allocated to the United States. Most of the shipa are in good shape and they will be gotten out as soon as the Ameri can crews can be aasembled and sent to Germany. '- GERMANS NOT TO ENTER PARIS TO SIGN TREATY Paris. When the time for the sign ing of the peace treaty arrives. It Is understood, Germany's representa tives will be housed In one of the pal aces at Versailles and will not be per mitted to enter Paris, and the French government does not care to under take to afford protection to Germans In Paris. While the German signatories will not actually, be prisoners and must not be treated as such, public senti ment against Germany Is so high in Paris that the French government Is unwilling to risk unpleasant incidents which might occur were the official German representatives to appear publicly, v - . WILSON WILL BE MET BY GUARD OF HONOR AND BAND Parls.-President- Wilson . will be met at Brest by.the French minister of marine, George"' Leygues; -Captain Andre Tardleu, - Colonel House and his son-in-law, Gordon Auchlnelosn. President Poincare with a guard of honor and band, .will meet President Wilson at the Parle station.' The re ception will be unofficial and. will tack the ceremony which attended ' the frit arrival of . President and Mrs WHion in Paris, k . SURRENDER FLEET AMPLE FOOD SUPPLIES WILL PROBABLY BE FURNISHED TO RELIEVE HUN SITUATION. DEFINITE AGREEMENT WANTED Deciaion of Associated Powers Will Bs Announced by Admiral Weymaa at Conference at Bruasells. Berlin. Under Secretary of State Von Braun. before leaving to par ticlpate in the conference at Brus sels regarding the turning over by Germany of her mercantile fleet and securities in exchange for food, re ceived the correspondent and inform ed him that Germany was prepared to begin immediately the surrender of her entire fleet and conclude an agreement covering the other condi tions in return for a definite agree ment specifying the amount of food deliverable until the next harvest, Paris Admiral Weymss at Brussell will Inform the Germans of the asso ciated powers' decision In regard to the supply of foodstuffs to Germany. Your correspondent -understands that the associated powers, on the grounds of humanity, will again express their Intention to supply food and that the quantities they propose furnishing are 300.000 tons of breadstuff and 70.000. tons of fata a month until September 1. Payment for these supplies will be made by varibus methods, by freight by credits to neutral countries, the sale of foreign securities and proper ties abroad, by advances against the issue of foreign securities and collat eral and to a limited extent by gold. WEBB, KITCHEN AND OTHERS TO VISIT PORTO RICO SOON Washington. Twenty members of the house of representatives will visit Porto Rico In April to study political and economic conditions with a view to obtaining Information for solving legislative problems affecting the isl and which are to come before the next congress. The party will leave New York April 12. hut the length of the stay in Porto Rico has not been de termined. Delegate Davlla, Porto Rico's rep resentative In Congress, who extended the invitation at the request of the legislative assembly of Porto Rico, an nounced he would Introduce a bill to Ix definitely the future policy of the United States toward the Island. THE 8PIRIT OF LIBERTY IS SEETHING IN KOREA Washington. Official advices re ceived by the state department from the Orient described the independence movement In Korea as .a spontaneous one which had assumed large propor tions. No effort at organised resist ance to Japanese authority has teen undertaken, but demonstrations end meetings have been held throughout the country. . . Many of the demonstrations were reported by the Japanese authorities, but It was seld the Japanese later adopted a more conciliatory attitude and that they might treat the aspira tions of the Koreans with more sympa thy. Immediate demands of the Ko reans Included freedom, of ships, right of petition and the teaching of the Korean language In the schools, with ultimate independence for the country. The demonstrations at Seoul and other . points were planned to take place, on the day1 of the former em peror's funeral, but. after learning the Japanese had ordered gendarmes In from the outlying districts the lead ers launched the movement two days earlier, .. - CLEMENCEAU'S ASSAILANT IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH Parte. Em lie Cottfn. the who recently made an attemnt nnnn the life of Premier Georges Clemen ceau. waa sentenced to death by the court-martial which was trying him. ine verdict of the court-martial was unanimous. RACE PREJUDICE FRUITFUL , SOURCE OF DISCONTENT New York. Action hv th conference to. eliminate race prejudice which he termed "a fruitful source of discontent and uneasiness among na tions in the DasL" waa nrr1 hv v. count Ishii, Japanese Ambassador, to the United Statea. speaking before the Japan Society.- Nothing would con. tribute more effectively to the founda tion of permanent peace, he de clared, than application of a proper remedy. , 4 COL OSCAR J. CHARLES 'r,. .'V;-';1 - I '' V y. " I-X'- I tri"fct-ii 1 1 II ill Mllr isl Col. Oscar J. Charles, one of the east known young officers In the army, was wounded September 29 by a shell fragment which drove hla water can teen Into hla leg below the knee. He waa at one time adjutant at West Point, served through the Spanish war with distinction, was In the More campaign, and waa one of the first officers to ask transfer to line service In the recent conflict. He commanded tha Three Hundred and Sixteenth In fantry In the Seventy-ninth division. STATEMENT FROM SICK BED Saya Idea of League Waa Taken From 30 Treaties Enacted While He Waa Secretary of State. Washington. William Jennings Bryan Issued a statement here en dorsing the league of nations, but sug gesting amendments to the proposed constitution which among other things would preserve specifically the Mon roe doctrine, enlarge the proportion ate voting power of the United States and make it clear that each member nation might decide fof itself whether It would support decrees of . the league's general council.' While pointing to imperfections, Mr. Bryan urged they should not be allowed to lead to rejection of the plan, declaring risks to be run in ac cepting the league were less than those involved In rejection and re turning "to the old ways of blood and slaughter." Mr. Bryan dictated the statement from his sick bed at the home of friends, where he has been confined tor nearly three weeks. He said the league of nations Idea, "the greatest step toward peace in a thousand years," was taken from the 30 arbi tration .treaties negotiated by the Unite, oiates while he was secretary of state. It waa not to be expected! he said, that ao great an idea would be made perfect In so short a time and. while President Wilson "had done the best he could." he would be helped by intelligent and friendly criticism from the American people. DRAFT OF TREATY COMPLETED AND READY FOR SIGNATURES London. Premier Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Balfour hare sent word to their colleagues here that the peace conference has nearly complet ed its work. The Evening News aays it understands. The draft of the peace treaty already has been finished and will be signed, before the end of March. " When the Germans are summoned to Paris, The Newa adds, the treaty will be read to them and they will be invited to sign it. There will be no discussion with a view to alterations of the principal article of the treaty. It It Is thought necessary, questions Involving the adjustment of details will be referred to a special commis sion. GERMAN NAVY PERSONNEL TO BE LIMITED TO 15,000. London., The personnel of the Ger man fleet is to be restricted to 15,000, the supreme council has deckled, ac cording to press, dispatches from Par Is. The military conditions to be Im pose! on Germany Include guarantees that no tanks will be built and no more poison gas manufactured and that all German war material must, be , handed over and destroyed. It is add-1 ed.that allied commissions will super-j Vise carrymg out conditions. I EN RESENT A :e NATIONAL WAR LAbOR BOARD HEAR ARGUMENT OF WOMEN AGAINST DISCHARGE. DOCTOR ANNA SHAW PLEADS During the War Women Responded Nobly to Eevery Call of Duty While Many Men Shirked. Washington. Arguments in the ap peal from the recommendation of the national war labor board that women conductors at Cleveland, Ohio, be dis charged to satisfy demands of strik Ing male employes were heard by the board. The case was taken under ad visement and a decision Is expected within two weeks. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, honorary president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association; Frank P. Walsh, former Joint chairman of the board, and Miss Mary Van Kleeck. director of the women-ln- Industry service of the labor depar- ment, were among those appearing in behalf of the discharged women workers, - ,. Dr. Shaw declared that during the war women in all parte of the coun try had responded nobly to the na tlon's call for workers, but that now the acute need for workers had pass ed. there was a tendency to "get rid of" the women. Men employes demand It," said Dr. Shaw, "and because they are or ganized, tbey have power to enforce their demands. The worst of it is that many of the men so employed were never In the military service, but had left to enter 'safe' employ ment." ." :' ONE MALIGN RESULT OF LATE CONGRESSIONAL FILIBUSTER Washington. Reduction by 80 per cent In the force of the United States employment service, effective March 22, was announced by Director Gen eral Densmore. This was made neces sary. It was explained, by the failure of Congress to provide funds to con tinue I be work. . Mr. Densmore said the number of employment offices would be reduced from 750 to 50, but that none of the work in direct connection with the return of soldiers and sailors to civil ian employment would be discontin ued. ' After the urgency deficiency bill was killed In the filibuster in the clos ing hours of the last session of the senate, Secretary Wilson appealed to the President. He received this re ply by radio from the presidential ship George Washington at sea: 'Regret nothing so much as the discontinuance of the work of the employment service . bureau, but the fact Is that Including pledges made, my fund is practically exhausted. What remains would not suffice to maintain the bureau, and to my great grief I see no escape from dlsband ment. I hope It will be possible to keep a skeleton organization." HUN FLEET IN GERMAN HARBORS TWO MILLION TONS Berlin. The mercantile fleet in German harbors, disposition of which will be decided at an early date at the food and ahlpping conference at Brussels, consists, according to Ger man figures, of 72S steamers, of 1,186. 700 gross tons, and 136 sailing vessels of 52,600 ton. The sailing craft and some of the smaller steamers will, however, be left by the entente to Germany for coastal traffic. ' The steamer figures include steam ers finished during the war but not the nnflniehed steamera. The fate of the German steamers in neutral ports is not absolutely known although many of them probably have been seized. The German In formation regarding. the action of the neutral governments is Incomplete. The total tonnage that may be sur rendered to the entente la approxi mately 2.250,000 gross. BRITISH NAVY TRANSPORTED ABOVE 2S.5O0.0O0 SOLDIERS London. The British navy , from August, 1914. to March 2, 1911. trans ported more than 2(400.000 soldiers and other personnel connected with the condlict of the war, Walter Hume Long, first lord of the admiralty, de clared in the house of commons In moving the naval estimates for 1919. In addition nearly 200,000 prisoners. 2.250,000 animals, mora than 600.000 vehicles, 48,M,000 ton of military stores had been transported. , OVER THE LAND OF THELONGLEAF PINE 5H03T NOTKS OF INTEREST TO CAROLINIANS. Fayettevllle. Major General Snow, chief of artillery of the United State army, and Governor Bickett will at tend Fayotteville's "welcome home' pageant May 1. Trinity College. First Lieut Earl M. Thompson of Henderson, N. C, has returned from France and has re-en tered Trinity college as a member of the senior class. He entered the rimt training ramp at Fort Oglethorpe, where he received bis commission Charlotte. Carl Bush, lata of 'he United States army, srnved in Char lotte . to assume charge of the local United States weather bureau station, succeeding E. L. Fellon. whi name here about three weeks ago follow ing the resignation of Mpterolngist O O. Atto. Ralelgh.-Levi Harris, negro cbauf feur, who drove a track over and kill ed little Vennard Glenn last fall, inu.it serve a sentence of four months on the roads and his employers. Sorrell 4 Smith, are to pay I5DD damages to H. E. Glenn, father of the child killed Washington. Senator Overtime's office was notified that the 115th ma chine gun battalion, a Wilmington or ganization, would arrive at Newport News March 22. Raleigh. Governor Bickett granted a pardon for Howard Shelton. sen tenced in the Forsyth recorder's court to 12 months on the roads for larceny. The theft waa from a hardware store There is evidence now that the boy may not have been ia WUMton-Saleos when the theft was committed Salisbury Former Chief of Porloe J Frank Miller, who has been with the Southern aa special officer stationed at Alexandria. Va.. has beea traaater red to this place an daa assessed eharge of the work here. Washington. James H. Sandera kaa beea appointed postmaster at Immer, Bennett L. Wall at Knlghtdala; ITo shie Morgan. Palmerdale; Joseph G. Mast, Sugar Orove. Wilmington. The American steam er Elizabeth, sugar laden, from West Indies to New Tork, was driven high er on the beach at Thimble Shoals, N. C, where she went aground. Wadeaboro. Lieut. Hoyt P. Taylor, who kaa Juat returned from Kraaee. where he rendered heroic service, wM be the next mayor of this oity. .Beaufort The tag PaUadelpnia, bound from Jacksonville to New York, ia ashore in tha sound near here aa the result of the loss of her propeller. The veasel will be Uken to New Bern for repairs when it Is floated. Plneharst. Pinehurst's second an nual dog show, to be held on April M nnder A. K. C. rules and the auspice -of the Pinehurst Kennels Club, Is al ready assured of being the largest aad moat Important event of the kind , ever held in the South. Wake Forest. With the copy for the new catalog now complete the extraordinary features of the present session are clearly evident The tact that dir' -gulshes the present session from all preceding ia the number of freshmen enrolled which haa Juat passed the 240 mark. Kinston. A "victory ' oak" and ' chapter oak" have been planted at Vernon Hall, In the northern outskirts of kinston, by Alfred M. Waddetl Chapter. United Daughters of -the Con federacy. Many members participat ed In the eexreiaes. Charlotte. J. T. Montgomery, su pervisor of the traffic department of the Western Union Telegraph Co. in the city, died at St. Peter's hospital. He had undergone an operation and complications developed and his heart failed to bear up under Jhe strain. Lumberton. Martin P. Hodges, a well known and highly esteemed Con federate veteran, died at his home at Lowe, six miles west of Lumberton, following an extended period of de clining health. : Spencer. The Spencer high school will graduate . IS boys and girls this year, there being an equal number nf the two sexes In the class. The mem bers of the senior class are already making preparations for the enm mencement .to take place tha last of April.

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