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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
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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. -