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IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
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IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR -SEVEN
DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS jTTHE SOUTH
What I Taking Place In The South.
Jsnd Will Bo Found In
Brief Paragraph!
Dwjiestic .. .
Carta for labor continue to pour In
od the war department bureau which
to finding jobs for the discharged sol-
dlera. '
A naval clemency board is now en
gaged in reviewing courtmartial sen
tences imposed during the war. Many
- punishments involving prison terms
or" fines are being Investigated. Many
cases wmch well deserved punishment
In time of war, may be regarded as
loo severely dealt with now that hos
tilities nave ceased.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels an
nounces that not a man was execut
ed as the result of naval courtmartial
during the war.
Mrs. Rena Mooney, wife of Thorn
J. Mooney, who is serving a life
sentence after bis conviction in con
nection with preparedness day bomb
explosion in San Francisco, called at
the white house In Washington and
conferred with Secretary Tumulty. She
desired to see the president, but sec
retary Tumulty explained to her that
tne president bad done everything
possroie in tbe case of her husband.
. President Wilson bas signed tbe res
olution repealing the act under which
the telephone, telegraph and cable
companies were taken over during the
war.. -.
President Wilson spends many hours
each day working on the business ac
cumulated In bis office while be
was abroad.
Secretary Baker, appearing before
the (pedal house Investigating com-
mittee, says that southern sites gen
erally were favored by the wat de
partment because of favorable weather
conditions. He admitted that he made
a mistake in proceeding with work
on Camp Bennlng, near Columbus, Oa.,
following the action of the senate mil
itary committee.
More than one hundred criminal
complaints, alleging the crime of kid
naping in the Bisbee, Arizona, depor
tations of July 12, 1917, were placed
In the bands of Justice of the Peace
Jacks, who bas Issued, warrants of
arrest for the persons named in tbe
complaint. Many of the most protu-
: inent men in tbe state of Arizona are
named in tbe complaints.
Completing its investigation of the
lynchlnf of Frank Foukal in tbe Bald
win county, Alabama, jail, June 28,
a grand jury convened in special ses
sion and returned indictments against
nine men for murder In the first de
cree, against four for second degree
murder and fourteen indictments
charging unlawful conspiracy.
. Washington ''
President Wilson baa accepted the
resignation of Edward Hi Hurley as
chairman of the shipping board, effec
tive. August 1. It Is understood that
Hurley will be succeeded by John Bar
, A Weimar dispatch, via Cobleni,
i says the resolution ratifying the peace
treaty was adopted by the German Na
tional assembly by a vote of 200 to
115. Ninety-nine deputies abstained
from voting on the resolution.
. Advices from New Orleans show
that tbe war department baa fourteen
million pounds of sugar stored away
In that city.
Investigation has shown that the
principal shortage of sugar at present
' is In states east of the Mississippi,
Offers of 10 cents per pound have
' been made for tbe entire surplus of
sugar held by the war department, but
tbe prospective buyers wanted to ex
port this sugar, and tbe secretary of
war declined tbe offer. He stated that
'the American people come first In ev
erything produced in America. ,
, The war department's holding of
thousands of tons of food supplies un
til six months after the armistice was
signed, before making an. effort to sell
them to the public has been a "most
Important factor In maintaining the
high coat of living," Chairman tteavis
of the special bouse subcommittee of
. the national congress to Investigate
" Quartermaster supplies, declared af
ter the testimony of C. Willing Hare,
dlreotor of war department sales, be
fore that committee. .
. It is stated that the war department
'made an agreement with the whole
tale canners of the country to hold
"oft tbe market fully one hundred
thousand dollars' worth of canned
' vegetables, so as to not disturb the
market 'during the coming season.
Peas, torn and squash were added to
the. army ration to protect the can-
cert rather ; than because soldiers
. cseded these articles. , ' ''..
A demand that all the nations of
the world be made eligible to the
league of nations was expressed In a
resolution unanimously adopted in
New York at the first annual congress
oi the Pan-American Federation of La-
nor by delegates from ten countries,
including tbe United States.
President Wilson submitted to the
senate only tbe treaty containing tbe
covenant of the iergue of nations. The
proposed supplementary treaty under
wnicn tne United States would agree
to go to tbe aid of France In case
of an unprovoked assault on that coun
try by Germany will be presented sep
arately at a later date. :.:
Tbe war cost the United States 130,
177,000,000 up to June 29, 1919. Tbia
estimate is made by Secretary Glass.
He arrived at the estimate by sub
tracting the average peace time ex
penses for the same length of time.
at tbe rate of one billion dollars l.n
nually, from the total expenditures.
(32,427,000,000, during the war.
ten Payne of Chicago.
Aided by a westerly wind that some
times reached a velocity, of nearly for
ty miles an hour, the British dirlgi-
Die ft-34 is well over the Atlantic on
the return trip to East Fortune Scot
land, after a stay of eighty-six hours
in America.
President Wilson, in presenting the
peace treaty ith Germany to the sen
ate, declared that a "league of free na
tions had become a practical necessi
ty," to which tbe framers of the treaty
telt obliged to turn "as an Indispensa
ble Instrumentality for the mainte
nance of the new order it has been
their purpose to set up in the world.1
Ratification of the treaty of peace
by tbe German national assembly at
weimar may be held not to be suf-
itcient, says a Paris dispatch. The
new German Constitution provides
that in caeeb where territory is ceded
ratification of treaties by states losing
territory is necessary, in addition to
approval by the central government
Marshal Foch and representatives
of Czecbo-Slovakia and Jugo-Slavia
were before the supreme council of
peace in Paris for a discussion of the
movement of partisans of Bela Kun,
Hungarian Communist foreign minis
ter, against Czecbo-Slovakia and Aus
tria, and tbe advisability Of combined
military action against them.
Secretary Daniels announces that
be will not accompany the new Pa
cific fleet to tbe west coast. The sec
retary will, however, Join the fleet
at San Diego, California, about August
10. The date of tbe fleet's sailing
from Hampton Roads has changed to
July 22.
It Switzerland does not adhere to
the league of nations within two
months, the jest of the league will
not be maintained at Geneva, says
Paris dispatch.
Foreign .
The Hungarian Soviet government
has demanded that the campaign
against the Hungarian legation at Vi
enna be stopped.
Official notification of the ratifica
tion of the peace treaty by tbe Ger
man national assembly was given the
peace conference at Versailles. Tbe
notification was presented by Baron
Kurt von Lersner, head of tbe Ger
man peace mission.
President Ebert signed the bill rati
fying tbe peace treaty and the docu
ment was then dispatched to Ver
sailles.
High tension between the Austrian
and Hungarian governments la indi
cated In dispatches received in Paris
from Budapest, T .
Tbe Austrian foreign minister has
demanded the recall from Vienna of
the Hungarian minister, Czobel.
Switzerland has declared officially
that if Germany is not admitted to
tbe league of nations, Switzerland will
have ho part therein. Tbe allies have
replied to this declaration, but the re
ply bas not been made public.
Three allied warship, one each from
the American, British and French na
vies, have been ordered to proceed to
Flume, where there have been dis
orders reentry between Italian troops
and other elements jn the force of oc
cupation. The situation at Flume far
reported to be quiet.
Tbe council of five bas decided to
raise tbe blockade against Germany.
So far as the action of the council
concerns France the, measure will be
effective only after publication In the
Journal Offlciel of a decree annulling
tbe preceding decrees regarding the
blockade.
A general strike has been declared
In Naples, Italy, against the high cost
of living.
Field Marshal von Hlndenburg, for
mer chief of the German staff, has
written Marshal Foch appealing for
his. support In Hlndenburg's efforts
to prevent the extradition ot the for
mer German emperor. Von Hlnden
burg offers to assume full responsibil
ity and to place his own person "ab
solutely at the disposal of the alliod
powers."
An anarchist plot to attack the cen
tral part of Rome, Italy, by means ot
hand 'grenades and - ether explosives
bas been exposed by the arrest of six-
of the conspirators, four hours
before the time fixed tor carrying out
(he plans. , . ,
A Clrtn good gmwangt Mox KU dto JfaaUtf
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. 0.,
SENATOR SWANSON
ES ON ORIS
VIRGINIAN AftSERTS THAT. Nt
SACRIICC OF SOVEREIONTY
Y US IS INVOLVED.
PATHWAY OF DUTY IS PLAIN
Paramount Obligation to Prsvent Mil
World From Return to Rule of Bar-
Bariam and Brute Force.
Washington. Praising the league
of nations covenant as "one of the
world's greatest documents," Senator
Bwanson, ot Virginia, a democratic
member of the foreign relations com
mittee, told the senate that It the
United plates rejected the league It
wuma mean war. aue saura rn me
greatest world crisis that ever oc
curred."
The speaker defended the league
against the objections that It would
sacrifice sovereignty and American
traditions and asserted that on the
contrary it would result in immense
material gain in protecting American
Integrity and preventing war. He de
clared it would not create a super-
government, involve objectionable ob
ligations nor "invalidate the Monroe
doctrine.
"The pathway of our duty is plain,'
said Senator Swanson. "Let us not
be frightened by our own prodigious
shadow as It projects itself Into world
affairs. Let us not be deterred from
our manifest duty and destine- by
craven tear of becoming great in glv-J
ing service ana direction to a worm in
a direst hour of Its needs and distress.
Pointing out that the war has sha
ken the social order to Its foundation
the Virginia senator said it was the
paramount obligation ot responsible
statesmen to prevent another such
conflagration, which would return the
world "to the rule of brute force and
barbarism of the dark ages."
DAYLIGHT SAVING LAW IS TO
CONTINUE FOR THE PRESENT,
Washington. The daylight saving
plan, under which the clocks ot the
country are turned forward an hour
in March and moved back in October,
will be continued Indefinitely.
This was assured when, following
President Wilson's veto of the 833,-
000,000 agricultural appropriation bill
because of its rider repealing the day
light saving act, the house refused by
a vote ot 247 to 13S to pass the meas
ure over the President's veto. Strength
mustered by the repeal' advocates' was
eight votes less 'than the necessary
two thirds ot the members present.
Party lines were disregarded In the
voting, members from agricultural dis
trictsthe source of most of tbe op
positionfavoring paasage of the bill
as originally enacted.
WHITE HOUSE OF THE
, CONFEDERACY TO STAND.
Montcomery. Ala. The first white
house of the Confederacy located In
Montgomery, will not be destroyed.
This announcement waa made by Mrs.
Belle Allen Ross, secretary of the
White House association, after she had
returned from LaOrange, where sne
slosed a deal for the purchase of the
house from the Danby estate. .
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
ABROAD NOW 837,000.
Washington. American overseas
forces aggregated SI7.S39 officers and
men on July 8, according to, an .offi
cial announcement. On the same date
100,000 troops were at sea ehroute to
tbe United States and 389,000 were in
this country.
COLONEL ANSELL OF NORTH
CAROLINA WILL SOON RETIRE
' Washington. Lieut. Col. 8amuel T.
Anaell, the North Carolinian around
whom the fight over military Justice
of the army has been centered for
several months past, will resign from
the army within the next few days.
1,000 QALICIAN JEWS ARB
ARESTED IN BUDAPEST.
Vienna. Three thousand Gallcian
Jews have been arrested In the streets
of Budapest, according to advices.
Bela Kun, head of "the Hungarian
soviet government, replying to a Pol
ish protest against the . arrests, de
clared: Pogroms art bound to come here
but we do not want Hungarian Jews
to suffer for the acts ot the Gallcian
w1ah peoulatora wtio infest this'
Tintxy." .
THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1919
PRESIDENT VETOES
DAYLIGHT SAVING CLAUSE IN
LAW WAS CHIEF CAUSE OF
WILSON'S DISAPPROVAL.
MUCH GOOD IN EARLY RISING
Observation of Happy and Beneficent
Results In This snd Other Countries
Impelled Use of Executive Axe.
Washington. The daylight saving
law was rescued from repeal by Pres
ident Wilson's veto of the agricultu
ral appropriation bill.
In regard to returning the agricul
tural bill without his signature, the
president said:
'I realize, of course, the grave In
convenience which may arise from
the postponement of the legislation at
this time but feel obliged to withhold
my sgnlature because of the clause
wheh provdes that 'at and after two
o'clock a. m., Sunday, October 28,
1919, next, the act enttled an act to
save daylight and to provide same
hereby is repealed.' ,
"I believe that the repeal of the
act referred to would be of very
great inconvenience to the country
and think that I am Justified In say
ing that It would constitute some
thing more than an Inconvenience. It
would Involve a serious economic loss
The act of March 19, 1918, to 'save
-daylight' resulted not only from
careful study of industrial activities
oy competent men famllar with the
business operations of the country but
also from observations of the happy
and beneficial consequences of simi
lar legislation in other countries
wbere legislation of this character
has been in operation."
It moreover served the daily con
venience of the many communities of
the country I na way which gave all
but universal satisfaction and the
overwhelming testimony of its value
which has come to me convinces me
that I should nof be Justified In ac
quiescence in Its repeal.
(ANTI-8UFRAGISTS GO
AFTER WILLIAM J.
BRYAN
Washington. The Xtanal Associ
ation Opposed to WonTS? Suffrage ut
tered a blast against North Carolina's
foremost visitor, William J. Bryan.
The "antl-suff s" took Mr. Bryan to
task for saying that "the forces of evil
were lined up against the ballot for
women." They emphatically deny the
charge and demand a-retraction.
"When you say," the organization
states, "tht the forces of evil are
lined np against the ballot for wo
men, we challenge not only the
statement . Itself, but your sincerity
In making It. You know that, some
of the noblest and most respected wo
men in America are conducting the
campaign against woman suffrage. Tou
would not dare get up before any audi
ence in America and declare that Mrs.
Grover Cleveland Preston (vice pres
ident of the National Association Op
posed to Woman Suffrage) who, while
In the white house, did more for tem
perance In putollo life than any woman
has done since,, la associated witn
either liquor interests or any other
evil Interests."
R-J4 COMPLETS ROUflO TRIP
TO UNITED STATES. AND BACK.
Pulham, Norfolk, Eng. Great Brit
ain's mammoth trans-Atlantic air-
pioneer, the dirigible R-34,' arrived
here at 8:M o'clock, Greenwich mean
time, completing her round trip from
the British Isles to the United States
snd return.
The R-34 poked her nose out of the
clouds northeast of, the village and,
after circling the lying field three
times, glided gently to the ground and
ten minutes later was housed la the
dirigible s8od. The voyage from Long
Island' was, witnoui particular incr
dent and was completed In approxi
mately 75 hours.
MAS MEETING PLANNED
IN PROTEST OF LEAGUE.
Washington. A mass meeting - m
protest against the league of nations
has been arranged "In nearly every
large city" said an. announcement by
the league tor the 'preservation of
American Independence. Speakers
include Senators Reed, Missouri,, a
democrat, and Borah, Idaho, Johnson,
California, Polndeiter, Washington
and former Senator Beverage at India
as, all republicans, 4 ,
10.000 CHILDREN GREET HIM
Received In New York By Committees
Headed By Gov. Smith, Mayor Hy
Ian, and Countless Thousands.
New York. President Wilson has
returned to the United States, and,
In his first speech delivered on Amer
ican soil slnco the peace treaty was
signed, declared that peace concluded
at Paris was "a Just peace which, if
It can be preserved, will safeguard the
world from unnecessary bloodshed."
The only reference the President
made to his political opponents
was when in referring to the negotia
tions at Parts, he said:
'I am afraid some people, some per
sons, do not understand that vision.
They do not see it. They have look
ed too much upon the ground. They
have thought too much of the Interests
that were near thorn, and th-y have
not listened to the voices ot their
neighbors. I have never had a mo
ment's doubt as to wbere the heart
and purpose of this people lay."
10,000 Children Greet Him.
The President arrived at tbe Ho
boken army pier, formerly at the dock
of the Hamburg American line, short
ly before 3 o'clock. Tho army trans
port George Washington, on which he
silled from Brest, was escorted up
the bay by the battleship Pennsyl
van'a and more than a score of de
stroyers and smaller naval craft.
Along the New Jersey shore, the
state which first honored Mr. Wilson
with a political office, were massed
10.000 school children who welcomed
tbe chief executive of the nation with
the strains of the national anthem.
Through the lines of the children,
all dressed in white, the President
passed to the ferry which carled him
to the Manhattan side ot the river. He
arrived In New York at 4:16 p.
where he was greeted by the official
reception committee, beaded by Gov
ernor Smith and Mayor Hylan. From
the ferry terminal to Carnegie hall,
distance of about three miles, the
Presidential party passed through the
streets lined with cheering thousands
of men, women and children ayho
thronged the sidewalks and filled
every available window and rooftop.
SHELBY OWE8 KINGS MOUNTAIN
AN APOLOGY.
Kings Mountain Is Opposed to Hu
manity," headline in the Shelby
News, published at our august coun
ty seat and edited by the venerable
and versatile Wm. H. Miller. This
striking caption appeared In last
week's edition ot our contemporary
and was placed ovr an accredited
article from the Kinga Mountain Her
ald, which gave a consensus of the
"Pinion ot the voters and tax payers
In and around Kings Mountain rela
tive to voting of one hundred thous
and dollars to build a memorial hos
pital iresumably nt Shelby. The ar
ticle gives the opinion that the propo
sition will get a cold reception here.
We stick to that But getting back to
the charge ot the headline that "Kings
Mountain s opposed to humanity."
When we read this we said certainly
It Is a typographical error. So be
fore sitltng down to answer the
charge we called Editor Miller over
the long distance telephone and ask
ed him If he intended the head
line like it appeared. He assured us
that he did. ; That means that the
Shelby News through Its editor, Wm.
H. Miller, brands our town as "oppos
ed to humanity." He writes" no ex
planation to his charge nor says in
what particular but from the fact that
he -puts the caption over our. article
dealing with the bond Issue we pre
sume that he makes the charge be
cause we are opposed to' the bonds.
It's a broad assertion for a man to
make of a ' community to which he
looks for patronage. Wonder what his
readers around here will think of It.
Wonder what the good people here
who have from time to time given him
advertising patronage think of it. We
see tne . venerable editor on our
streets frequently. Don't look like
he would want to mix up with ns.
"Opposed to Humanity." We Invite
the attention of our contemporary to
our record in all the liberty bond, war
savings, Red Cross, and war work
campaigns. We aak him to search the
records and make comparisons with
his own town and other communities.
Measure us by any standard he can
employ' and determine whether his
charge ia warrantM. If you think we
ar e opposed to humanity, because we
are opposed to the hundred thousand
dollar bond Issue you deny us our
right to vote our sentiments snd be
Immune from the hostile attack ot
your versatile pen. Frankly, Mr. Mil
ler, do you not think you owe us a
publio apology- We think so.
LOCALS
Messrs. Geo. D. McGiil and Monroe
Rhea returned from overseas Friday.
Butler Falls Is also back.
Mrs. R. L. Wycolf and son, Harry,
ot Llncolnton are visiting her surter,
Mrs, H. F. Peterson.
Mrs. E. M. Lohr is visiting rela
tives in Llncolnton.
Mr. a DuPre High of Spartanburg
spent the week-end here with his wife
and child who are vlaitinc her n.
rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. McLaughea.
Rev. W. R. Beach preached tor Rev.
W. C. Barrett at the First Baptist
church of Gastonia Sunday. Mr. Bar
rett was engaged In a meeting at the
Baptist church here.
Miss Gladys Sims is visiting friends
in Shelby.
Rev. H. B. Scliaeffer entertained the
younger members ot bis congregation
at the parsonage last Friday night
The Phoenix Mill Company la fin
ishing up five nice eight room houses.
These bouses are modern and equip
ped with water, tights and sewerage.
Mr. J. L. Julian has closed a con
tract with the Bonnie Mill to put lights
in the bouses and on the streets. Tbey
are also putting in city water.
Mr. 8. A. Mauney and family, Mr.
W. A. Mauney and family and W. A.
Ridenhour and family all expect to go
to Conover to attend Missouri Synod
today and tomorrow.
Rev. H. B. Schaeffe.fj.la to take the
choir of the Lutheran hurch to Shel
by Sunday night and worship with
the 28 Lutherans in that town. The
service will be held in tbe First Pres
byterian church and is Intended aa a
further step toward organizing a
Lutheran church In that town.
Misses May and Elsie Lawson left
Monday for their home at Crisfleld,
Md., after a visit to Dr. and Mrs. L,
P. Baker.
The Young Peoples Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist church will
moot Sunday evening at 7:30 prompt
ly. The young people are cordially
invited to attend.
Miss Lucy Wllloford of Beaufort, 8.
C, who has been visiting at the
home of Mrs. Dora Belle Willeford, re
turned to her home Tuesday accom
panied by Miss Estelle Willeford.
Miss Lucy Kiser baa gone to Chapel
Hill to attend the university summer
school.
Mr. W. A. Ware leaves Saturday for
Lake Junulucka to Join Mrs. Ware and
children at their summer home.
Miss Gertrude Ware was a Char
lotte visitor Thursday.
Prof. Walker of Rutherford College
preached at the Methodist church
here Sunday.
Mr. C. L. Barrett of Waco has
bought the restaurant business of
Messrs. Tom Roberts and Ernest
Blackwell In the City Cafe and has
taken charge.
Beginning next Sunday there will be
revival services held at Bethel Meth
odist church tor a week or ten days.
There will be two services each day,
unless otherwise decided, and H ie
desired that every member of tbe
church make it a point to be In at
tendance. The general public Is In
vited to attend and the presence of
all will be appreciated.
Plans are to begin the revival at
Kings Mountain M. E. Church, South,
the fifth Sunday In August The pas
tor has engaged Mr. Robert L. Milam,
of Atlanta, Ga., to conduct the sing
ing. Mr. Mlhm has been doing evan
bellstlc singing for ten years, and he
comes to tbe Methodist people and to
Kings Mountain higbly recommended '
by pastors and presiding elders. The
preaching will be done by the pastor,
Rev. E. L. Kirk.
PLANS ON FOOT TO CONTROL
YADKIN AND CATAWBA RIVERS
Washington. A plan ia on foot
here to control the waters ot the Yad
kin and. Catawba rivers to prevent
floods that sweep away crops and
other valuable things. The real pur1
pose of the Weeks law was to Inaugu
rate a system of forestry protection
that would hold the rushing waters In
j check.
Senators Simmons has taken up
forest in Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe
with the forestry service a proposi
tion of establishing a new national
and Watauga counties, the water
and Watauga counties, the watershed
on each side of which He the bead
waters of the Yadkin and Catawba
rivers.
JOHN FOX, JR, AUTHOR,
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
Big Stone Gap, Va. John Fox, Jr..
author, died at his home after a brief
illness of pneumonia.
Mr. Fox was one of America's most
popular writers of fiction, his novele
dealing with life among the mountain
peoples of the south having a wide
sale. Is. leading boks are considered
to be "The Little Shepherd ot King
dom Come," "Trail of die Lonesome
Pine," "The Kentucklana." and "The
Heart ot tht HllU."
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