-t'.r- A (Linn Coral Wmaiiatgr 3For All ghf Janrtlg I, VOL. 17. NO. 29. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. 0., THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1919 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE WOT TO LEASE TO JAPS AT PRESENT OWNERS OF CALIFORNIA LAND ;, COMPANY WILL NOT LEASE TO JAPS AT PRESENT. Mm TO FORMER PROMISE Arr,.L ,ciiti of Character Proposed Will Not Be Made Unleea Sanc tioned by U. S. Government. Loo Angeles. Cul. The owners ol the California-Mexico Land and Cattle Company's property in Lower Califor nia still adhere to a declaration made to the state department in 1917, that they will not "under the circum stances make .any lease of any', kind to Japanese, where colonization Is probable, until we are first authorita tively Informed that such an arrange ment will be entirely agreeable to the government of bur own country." . This was announced here by Harry -Chandler. rsldent of the company. Mr. Chandler, who Is also principal owner of The Los Angeles Times. Is--sued a statement as follows: Following is an extract from a letter written by me .as president of the stockholders , of that company, dated February 23, 1917. to the department of state at Washington: " "While my company Is anxious to secure these reliable tenants, amply, -financed, to help develop our property In Mexico, we are first ol all Amer ican citizens and do not wish to make any move which could In any way . prejudice a question which always ap pears to be a subject for agitation between the two countries. We will not, under the circumstances, consid er making any lease of this kind to Japanese, where colonisation is prob able, until we are first authoritatively Informed that such arrangement will -e agreeable to the government of our own country." METHODISTS LOOK FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE TO DRIVE Nashville. Tenn. The sum of $35.- 400.000 will lie raised bv the Meth odist Kolsconal Church. South. durlng the week of May 18 to 25. This money : "Will be spent to , promulgate Chris- tlanlty In the war-ridden countries ; of Europe to cnrrv on mlsslona:ry i 'work in thedarkest corners of Africa, : Asia and South Amer'ca. and a con- tlderable sum will he snent In the .- Southern States for the education of both the whites nnd negroes. While statesmen will rebuild shat - tared governments, educational Inter i ts will erect colleges, business men . will devote their energies to recon- struct shattered communities and In , duatrles. the church .will devote Us money and eoffrts toward the spiritual welfare of the war-ridden people. INCREASE OF 20 PER CENT . ON IN TELEGRAPH CHARGES . ; Washington. Increase of 20 . per cent In domestic telegraph rates, ef fective April 1, were announced by Postmaster General Burleson. ; ' The increase was agreed upon at a meeting of the Federal Wire Board - and was made necessary to meet "the Increased cost of operation, occasion ed by wage Increases now. In effect, . made during the paat year." Mr. - Burleson added that the advance -would be "barely sufficient" for this purpose. 'THREAT IS MADE BV DEBS TO . TIE OP COUNTRY IN STRIKE Akron. Ohio. Eugene V. Debs.-socialist leader, threatened to call a general strike of his party through oat the country unless he Is granted a rehearing In the courts on charges upon which he was convicted under the espionage act. Debt was confined to bed with a bad attack of lumbago ait the1 home of MM. Margaret-Prevey he, when (notified the United States tad refused him a rehearing. INVESTIGATING CHARGES '. . . AGAINST WM. J. OLIVER 1 "' Knoxvllle, . Tenn, Invest Irs t Ion of '''fraud, - sabotage' and conspiracy charges against William J. Oliver 'and 1 10 other defendants, officers and em--" ployeea of the Oliver' Manufacturing .-Company, tpIII be completed by the - federal grand Jury fend a report Is ex- pouted before he. 4 adjournment of v , ths uslted States district court. The grsnd jury remained. In session until many witnesses were exam FREDERICK GILLETT . 1 " .xwjfciLf f"&3 ' . .i"ritt',',1ff,'Wf t.-iwrtr -V-iVr Aft?. Recent photograph of Representa tive Frederick Gil lett of Massachu setts, who has been elected speaker of ths house in the next congress. PRESIDENT IS WEIL SATISFIED The Revlaed Covenant !a Practically Finished and Is in Handa of Com mittee for Final Drafting. President Wilson, who has virtually been silent since bis return to Paris, believes the time is opportune for a statement which will allay apprehen sion over the delay and show the re vision of the covenant of the league of nations hsd proceeded at night ses sions, without any interruption to the other main questions. President Wilson Issued the follow ing statement: "In view of the very surprising Im pression which seems to exist in some quarters that It is the discussions of the committee on the league of na tion that are delaying the final formu lation of peace, 1 am very glad to take the opportunity of reporting that the conclusion of this commission were the first to be laid before the plenary conference. 'During the last few days the com mission has been engaged in an effort to take advantage of the criticisms which the publication of the covenant has fortunately drawn out. A com mittee of the commission has also had the advantage of a conference with representatives of the neutral states who are evidencing a Very deep inter est and a practically unanimous desire to align themselves with the league. "The revised covenant Is now prac tically finished. It is in the hands of a committee for the final process of drafting and will almost immediate ly be presented a second time to the public. "The conference of the commission have invariably been held at times when they could not interfere with the consultation of those who have undertaken to formulate the general conclusion-of the conference with re gard to the many other complicated problems of peace. So that the mem bers of the commission congratulate themselves on the fact no part of their conferences have ever Interposed any form of delay." SPIRIT OF OLD GERMANY ; SHOWN IN MARKED MANNER ; Berlin. General Hoffman, real vic tor at Tannenberg, and General von Leltow-Verbeck ' are forming a new volunteer corps as a division of guards to preserve order at home, and pro tect tha frontiers of the empire. Before the Bismarck statue In Keon tgptatx, the national union of German officers, with the Imperial colors at the head of which was a band of offi cers playing the kaiser hymn, formal ly' made an oath of allegiance In the form of a resolution regarding the frontiers of the empire founded by the "Iron Chancellor." Just as the procession was passing the British embassy. General Luden dorlf turned the corner from Vaterden Linden. Some one recognised him and In an Instant he was surrounded and there were wild cheers. Ludendorff was obviously perturbed by the dem onstration, which In the'present mood of susptcian against him entertained by' many can do him no good service. BERLIN GOVERNMENT PROTEST ANENT LUDENDORFF INCIDENT : Berlin. The government has pro tested to army officers against the demonstration they gave for General uudendorff on the ground that It baa given opponents' an opportunity to assert that everything la the same In Germany as under the former emperor. t Ludendorff asked for a tribunal to.j ear his rase,. the government,, it is. nnounced, would grant his request 1 nd would see that It was composed, if Impartial persons .. MONROE DOCTRINE PERSISTENT EFFORTS, MOSTLY BY AMERICAN DELEGATION , SPEED UP THE WORK. EFFECT IMPORTANT RESULTS Certain Amendments Have Been Agreed Upon That Are Designed to Meet Criticism at Home. Paris. Persistent efforts,, principal ly by the American delegates, but sec onded for the most part by the British and Italians, to speed up the "-work, of the various councils and commis sions preparing the details of the peace treaty, resulted in better progress dur ing the closing days of the past week. That most Important results will be attained during 'the present week Is predicted by those who are in a posi tion to speak, Including the disposi tion of the Monroe doctrine and repa rations, the two subjects which have been the main obstacles to the com pletion of the treaty. The most stubbornly contested sub ject was that of reparations, and it Is suggested that the delay in this case cannot be charged up to the Americans, but rather to the pre-election promises of Premier Lloyd George and Premier Clemenceau to make the Germans pay the whole cost of the war, which have led to some embar rassment, because of the patent ina bility of the enemy to pay more than a fraction of the enormous indemnity that will be required for that purpose. However, real progress has been made In bringing about an agreement! on the total amount of Indemnity and the terms of payment, on a basts of painstaking studies ol the exact state of German Industries and resources i at the present time and prospects for , ! the future made by the financial com-j I missions of the conference. --. Although President Wilson has stat ed that the league of nations cove-, nant did not delay the progress of the treaty, because the work of the other commissions was equally essential to its completion, the subject has been ! the subject of much anxiety and ! close study during the past week. The j desire of the American delegates to safeguard the Monroe doctrine and to insert other amendments to meet home criticism has temporarily pre vented the report of the revised cove- , nant from being submitted to a plen ary meeting of the conference. I THE NEW ROCKET 8AID TO BE TERRIBLE ENGINE OF WAR Worcester. Mass.. Dr. Robert F. Goddard, professor of physics at Clark ; College, acting under the patronage of the United States war department, the Smithsonian Institution. Clark Uni versity and Worcester Polytechnic In stitute, has invented a new rocket that Is reported to be a terrible engine of war, with an altitude range of 70 miles straight up into the air and a distance' range of at least 200 mllee. j The Goddard rocket is propelled by j a perfected ' gas . engine installed in the lower part of the shell, the ex- .' plosions that generate the power com-1 ing from cartridges that are fed Into the chamber by a clock-like' time de-, vice. ; The rocket does not require a cannon to Start it on Its flirht. tha journey beginning from any point where a man can get. The weapon feature of the rocket Is In the bead. GERMAN OBJECTIONS: mav nc DISREGARDED BY THE ALLIE8 Parls.-The Temps says that the allied and associated governments seem to have decided to disregard the German objections concerning Dansig and to land, by force if nec essary, Polish troops at this Baltic seaport - The newspaper adds that con cerning the question of the Polish frontier the allied governments seem Inclined to create about Danzig a neutral state Id order to avoid attach ing this part of the coast either to Germany or to Poland. BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN - SOUTH 8HOW IMPROVEMENT. Washington The reports to the department of labor from Its field agents this week show a decided Im provement In building and construc tion activities. ; "A decided ontlmlstlc tone is found In reports during the last 18 days." The southeastern states show great er Improvement than any other group.' New Tork city leads with the south next It will be some dava before the south 1? back to r at . DR. LIVINGSTON FARRAND I W ky Dr. Livingston Farrand, former president of the University of Colo rado, has been appointed chairman of ths central committee and executive head of the American Red Cross. DIFFICULT OF EXAGGERATION Germany Not Now at Our Feet Un able to Resist Payment of Any Sen tence Allies Might Impose. Paris. Announcement of the out break of a bolshevist revolution In Hungary has produced something ap proaching panic In the Paris peace con ference. ' The fact itself has surpris ed those who have been warned re peatdly for the last four months of tacts as contrasted with theories of the eastern European situation, nor does the Hungarian incident complete the Hat of anxieties. Paris knows that the bolshevlsts have conquered Hun gary. It knows also that the Ru manian situation is becoming critical, and it has almost geenral testimony from those returning from Poland that Poland Is completely undermined by bolshevlsts. It would be difficult to exaggerate the gravity of the situation in Europe as a result of four months without de cision following the victory of .last No vember. Then, Germany was t.t our feet, prepared to accept our sentence, incapable of resisting It. Today it is the testimony of many who know Germany that Germany will sign no treaty of peace such as' we may sometime formulate, that she will Invite us to occupy her territory, believing that our armies of occupa tion will be corrupted by bolshevlBm. while ber property will be protected from dometic disorder. As it stands now. the Paris confer ence has reached a deadlock wholly comparable with the deadlock which existed In the congress of Vtetina that when Napoleon returned from Elba. Conceivably the news of advancing bolshevism will act upon the Paris conference as the bad news of the landing of the great emperor. THOUSAND8 OP JEWS KILLED IN POGROM IN BUENOS AIRES New Tork. Thousands of Jews were slaughtered In a "pogrom" con ducted in Buenos Aires January 9, ac cording to a statement Issued here by the Zionist organization of Amer ica, quoting a report It has received from the Argentine capital. According to this report, a "white guard" raided the Jewish quarters, "killing a number that cannot be es timated because all the bodies were buried In a common grave." Jews and persons who resembled Jews were stopped on the street, It waa said, and even vynagogues were raided on the grounds that Maximalists were being hidden there from the police. WITH HANDS NAILED TO THEIR 8HOULOER BLADES Vladivostok, Siberia. Bodies of two Russian officers, with the same cut off and tbe hands nailed to the shoulder-blades, were found in First river, near here. All Canadian officers claim the discovery corroborates the stories of bolshevik outrages. Canadian offi cers and soldiers have been instructed to go only In pairs after nightfall In , Vladiroatok streets and to carry arms. (The political situation Is Increasingly CONFERENCE DELAY HAS BAD RESULTS MARKED CHANGE IN ATTITUDE OF GERMAN POPULATION IN OCCUPIED TERRITORY. STUBBORNLY UNREPENTANT Movement for the Establishment of a Rhineland Republic Has Lost All Force; Trouble is Brewing. Cobleni The slowness of the peace conference in Paris in reaching a de cision on the t';rnis of prare with Oer. many is having a marked effect on the attitude of the population n the occu pied area. Whereas, late as last Jan uary, when the elections for the -aa-seinbly were held, the people of Cob lenz and throughout the American sec tor were almost reconciled to the for mation of a buffer -tate on the west bank of Rhine and willing to accept anv terms Indicated by the allies, so long as the'.' could get peace and food, vet the situation now is entirely differ, ent. The stubborn unrepentance of th social rulers is rellected both in the German press in Coblenz and In the attitude of the population. Interpreting the delay in Paris as a sign of weakness 2nd indecision, the Germans have added an slmost boast ful tone here and lose no occasion of asserting their determination to re main German and hold the entente strictly to a German interpretation of President Wilson's 14 points. The movement for establishment of a Rhlneland republic has lost all force and the leaders here are openly work ing to prepare the population for pos sible consequences 0f a refusal of the German government to sign the peace treaty. .. POLI8H TROOPS REFUSE A LANDING AT PORT OF DANZIG Amsterdam The allied note to Ger many demanding' that Polish troops be allowed to lani at Danzig declared refusal by Germany would be regard ed as a i reach of the armistice, a Ber lin dispatch said. The German gov ernment replied It could not take the responsibility : for permitting the Poles to land at Danzig, but was pre pared to facilitate a landing at Stettin, Koenigsberg, Memel or Libau. A PROSPECT THAT POTASH MAY BE PROCURED FROM GERMANY Washington. Importation of potash from Germany may be resumed at an early date. Senator Hitchcock waa ad vised by Bernard M- Baruch, now In Paris, that Germany will exchange potash for foodstuffs. The message came through the state department. No details were given concerning the basis on which the exchange will be niade or the quantities of potash that Will be supplied. Neither was It indi cated whether shipments may be made prior to the complete establishment of peace and during the armistice now In effect. : Some doubt Is expressed here as to whether or not commercial rela tions may be resumed with Germany until the treaty of peace has been per fected. It is said 'that this is ths first announcement of arrangements under which any article of merchandise from Germany may be sent to the United States.' ;', TIME AND PLACE OF MEETINGS OF CONFERENCE KEPT SECRET Paris. Increased precautions have been taken to safeguard President Wilson and the premiers with 'whom lie Is in daily conference. So care fully hare the plans been made that even the chief of the American secret service squad is uninformed aa to when the meetings will take place. Up to tbe present some of the news papers have carried In their morning editions a schedule of the movements of President Wilson, with the result that crowds Invariably gathered to witness the arrival of President Wil son and his conferees. There lias been no special Incident to bring aboupt this extraordinary care, ' ., . ! SIX UNMASKED BANDITS ROB i DETROIT BANK AND ESCAPE Detroit, Mich. Herding fourteen persons, Including 'several women pa , trons Into lavatory and vault of the westside branch of the Commonwealth Staie Bank here, alx unmasked ban dits robbed the Institution of $10,000 i In cask and unregistered Liberty bonds, which officials say mav exceed -165,000 In value. Fifty thousand dol lars In currenev had been rmmml from the branch tn th main nsiM jonly a few hours before the hold-up. SUPERIOR COURT LA8T WEEK. The first lei in of Cleveland couuly mperior cort to be held this year :onvened Monday with JudKe B. F. ng, of Siatesville, presiding. The :riminal docket wan finished Wed nesday afternoon and the court began restenlay morning im the civil cases which will consume the remainder of ;he week. . J. T. S. Mnuney was made foreman of the grand Jury and J. J Pruett, officer to grand Jury, Slate vs. Ben Poston. forcible tres pass, judgment suspended upon pay ment of costs. Wylle Pruett and John B. Pruett. forcible trespass. Defendant Wylie Pruett dead. Case continued as to John B. Pruett. State vs. P. K. Allison, simple as sault, continued. State vs. B. G. Bridges, passing worthless checks. Dcfi-mlunt called and failed. SUte vs. John PruetL Jr., c. c. w. Defendant called anil failed. John Hunt buggery, found 'not guil ty by jury. State vs. Otto Stockton, larceny. Defendant being only 16 years of age and son of good woman Juilgninnt continued upon condition that defeu lant pay costs and he on good be avior. Court reserves right to pro louiice judgment against defendant within five years If he Is not found of good behavior. Capias to issue July 1, 1919. If defendant is found in county. Lewis Ramsetir and Marvin Car penter, breaking and entering. Judg nent aa to Lewis Rumseur. eight months. Judgment aa to Marvin Carpenter, eight months. Charlie GoodnlghL Lloyd Smith, Clarence Smith and Fred Smith, lar ceny. Indictment changed to forcible trespass as to Charlie Goodnight, de fendant pleads guilty, judgment sus pended upon payment of costs. Ca pias as to other defendants. Chas.' R. Stevenson, Issuing worth less checks. Defendant pleads guilty. Defendant through counsel C. R. Hoey presented certified copy of record of Richmond county, showing that de fendant had been adjudged insane. Defendant left In control and care of mother and father. George Young, assault. Defendant pleads guiltv. Judgment suspended upon psvment of costs. Ted Ware, crime against nature and criminal assault, judgment con tinued upon payment of costs and to show good behavior. Will Eager tried by jury for as sault Defendant to pay f.125 and clerk of court directed to pay costs out of this and pay to the attorney of John McDowell J35 to be used for the said McDowell who was seriously in jured and the balance of the fund to be paid to the school fund. Court approved recorder In this case. It ap pearing that said money so paid In was paid by Capt J. F. Jenkins for benefit of : defendant, sentence of court la that defendant be imprisoned in county jail for 12 months with leave of the county commissioners tn hire him out to Capt J. F. Jenkins for the term of 12 months and if he falls to work, capias be issued. George Young, plead guilty. Judg ment suspended upon good behavior and payment of costs. 1 George Gordon, defendant pleada guilty. Appearing that defendant la mere youth. Judgment that he be im prisoned in county Jail for II months with leave for county commissioners to hire him out and It appearing that he Is hired out to W. A. Morris, thai Morris pay 150 to be applied to costs and use of the court. Memorial Site Purchased. Negotiations were closed for tha purchase by the State of a piece ol land owned by Mr. J. B. Pearce, on Salisbury street, facing the State Cap itol and adjacent to the corner lot al ready owned by the SUte, and upon the two lots will be erected the North Carolina Memorial building to com memorate the services of North Caro linians In the war. The figure agreed upon was $15,000. This was the out standing feature of the first meeting of the State Memorial Building Com. mission. ' Large Increaae In Deposits. Washington (Special). Deposits of Income and excess profits taxes for the quarter ending March II. 1919. for the fourth Internal revenue district of North Carolina, sbowa an Increase of 155 per cent over the corresponding quarter In 1911, and 125 per cent In crease tor the fifth North Carolina distrlcL The fourth district shows a total of $4,318,277 In deposits, while those of the fifth North Carolina dis trict aggregate $7,813,254. These in creases, while gratifying, are In i measure not unexpected. Charlotte. Fire damaged the two story frame building on North Tryos street adjacent to the city hall known for years as the old Charlotte hotel, to such an extent as to place It beyond repair, and entailed a loss es timated to be In the neighborhood of t50.0. -

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