Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 05, 1919, Image 1
Established in 1891.
! POLLOCK AD WES
' ABRHNOJEW IDEA
PRACTICALLY DISFRANCHISE ALL
OF DOUBTFUL PARENTAGE TO
THIRD GENERATION.
WOMEN TO BE GIVEN BALLOT
8?lleve? That Cotton Will 8ell at, or
Around Thirty-five Cents in the
Immediate Future.
Columbia.
W. P. Pollock, of Cheraw, former
tJnited States Senator, spent the night
in Columbia, having come to the state
capital to deliver an address at the
commencement exercises of Chicora
College. Mr. Pollock is keenly interested
in various questions now pressing
for solution, particularly that of
vrotnan suffrage and that of a possible
drive on the part of the negro
for political recogntllon.
Should Mr. Pollock be a member of
the next state Democratic convention
he will ask the party to grant the
white women of the State the right
to participate in the primaries. The
state owes this to the women, not
only as a right, he says, but as a
proper recognition of their patriotic I
service during the Great War, which
could never have been won so early
without their unflagging real and enthusiasm.
Mr. Pollock advances a new idea to
. wstrlct the negro's participation in
politics. He would base registration
on legitimacy of birth, extending back
three generations.
Concerning the proposed constitutional
amendment, Mr. Pollock said:
"IX such an amendment to the constitution
of the several Southern
States were adopted, the race ques.
v tion. wculd be practically solved. No
one should object to such a provision,
as It would not only solve this vital
question, but it would place a ban on
illegitimacy and would encourage
marriage and the keeping of the family
relation sacred.
The former senator believes cotton
will be selling from 33 1-3 to 35 cents
within the Immediate future. Not
only does he expect this crop to sell
above figures now obtaining but aleo
the next.
Cotton Crops About Rulnod.
J. 6. Wannamaker. president of the
American Cotton Association, issued
a statement declaring that the excessive
rains of the past 10 days have
practically ruined the South Carolina
cotton crop.
"In South Carolina it Is going to be
necessary to replant a very great portion
of the crop," said Mr. Wannamaker.
"Much of the crop in this
state is rotting and grass is taking the
remainder of it.
Not Selling Cotton.
W. G. Smith, state warehouse com
miasioner, said there was little inclination
among the farmers to sell cotton
stored In -warehouse under the
state warehouse system. When the
advance began several weeks ago
and moved up to 25 and 26 cents,
timid ones began to turn loose a
amall portion of the reserve. Soon
the fear was dissipated, and now all
are Inclined to wait for 35 cents.
Wants New Companies Formed.
W. W. Moore, adjutant general, directed
letters to a number of places
in the state, urging that military companies
be organized with dispatch for
Induction Into the state National
Cluard, two battalions of which are to
<be reorganized Immediately. The
minimum strength Is to be 65 men.
and General Moore la urging that as
many as 75 men be recruited.
Gov. and Mrs. Manning Arrive,
New York (Special).?Wearing five
stars, one of gold, for sous In the service,
ex-Governor Richard I. Manning
of South Carolina, arrived here from
France. where he went with Mr?i
(Manning to visit the grave of their
son. MaJ. William Manning, of the
S16th infantry, killed in action during:
tlio Argonne drive.
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Presides for Halg Hour.
Washington (Spocial.) ? Senator
"Dial was called to preside over the
senate after being a member of that
*>ody for Just a week. While the wognan
suffrage amendment was at its
hottest point, the president of the
senate called the new South Carolina
^ .senator to the desk and the latter
(took the chair. There was a filibuster
on at the time and if he was not up to
i?H the senate rules and mystifying
parliamentary customs and usages no
one found It out. He was in the chair
jfor about half an hour.
^Important Ruling Made.
: Judge Townssnd rendered an imjportant
decision in the criminal oourt.
* (He ruled that a policeman In order
jto make a legal arrest on a trolley
oar must see the offender violate some
paw or secure a warrant. John Castter,
negro, was on trial on the charge
of assaulting Officer Lee after the
patrolman told the man to come with
jhlm. Caster's attorney made a motion
'for a verdict of not guilty and after reviewing
the evidence Judge Tov/nsend
directed a verdict of not guilty.
The
ruck* for State Roacf*.
a. nu? ? cuueii, auiur ighwa* eng:
2?er. *as advised from Washington
that the first allotment of truck* to
l>e used In ouilding federal aided p*rnanerit
highways in South Carolina
were ready for shipment In this Initial
lot there are 79 trucks of the following
capacity and make: Two two
ton Internationals and 11 three-ton
Gramm-Bernsteins, Atlanta; 14 threeton
Aviation. Baltimore, and 52 twoton
Naah quadruple drive, Indianapolis.
Immediately upon receipt of the
telegram. Captain Pennell made the
distribution among the counties,
where federal aid is being met for permanent
highways, and instructed the
department of agriculture where to
have the trucks shipped at once. The
trucks should be delivered immediately.
The highway department has received
assurance that 296 trucks to
help in highway construction in this
State are to be made available as
soon as possible. Nine counties do
not receive any of the present shipment
of trucks, as some of theee counties
hfive made no provision to meet
federal aid. Several others are not
yet ready for the trucks. The counties
not Included In the first allotment
are: Abbeville, Ander?on, Barnwell.
Berkeley, Clarendon, Darlington,
Dorchester, Jasper and Marlboro.
Daniels May Be Present.
J. L. Mima, president of the South
Carolina Press Association, announced
that he had Invited Josephus Daniels,
secretary of the navy, to deliver
an address on Monday night. June 30,
before the press association at its annual
meeting In Greenville. The meeting
of the association will be held
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
June 30, July 1 and 2. These dates
were determined upon at a conference
in Greenville between President Mims
and Greenville newspaper men.
Plans for the entertainment of the
association call for a barbecue in the
mountains and a trip to Asheville by
automobile, returning to Greenville
that night. A banquet will be tendered
the association on Wednesday
night at the Imperial Hotel. This hotel
has been chosen as headquarters
for the meeting.
The members of the association will
also have the opportunity of seeing
some fast ball, as Greenville and Augusta
will play in Greenville on the
three days of the association meeting.
Other delightful events are being
planned by the Greenville people, who
are enthusiastic over the coming of
the newspaper men to Greenville for
their annual meeting, says President
Mims.
Col. R. L. Foster of the New York
World has been invited to deliver an
address at the meeting and in a letter
to a friend he states that he hopes to
be able to accept the invitation.
Indications are that the meeting
this year will he the most largely attended
in the history of the associa
uvu,
Greenville 6ecures Reunion.
Oreenv'lle, where the "Old Hickory"
Division trained before going overseas,
was chosen from a list of seven
cities b'dding for the first annual reunion
and organization meeting of the
Thirtieth Division Association to be
held September 28-29, and the boys
who Btnashed the Hindenburg line
will mobilize there. The selection
came after Raleigh, Memphis, Columbia.
Chattanooga, Knoxville and Ashe
ville had all presented strong cases,
but geographical location and the
striking enthusiasm of the Greenville
delegation to entertain again the boys
of Tennessee, North Carolina and
South Carolina, conspired in bringing
victory to the Piedmont city.
General Tyson, in an ex-ofTicio capacity,
ably presented the claim of
each of the Tennessee cities. He said
that Memphis was best equipped of
any of the cities bidding t*> entertain
the convention. For Knoxville, he argued
keen interest in the Thirtieth
and for Chattanooga Its beautiful
scenery.
Columbia ofTered big inducements
in the way of entertainments and Raleigh
presented what the committee
declared was a most impelling contention
that the first reunion should come
here.
The contest, however, was in such
splendid spirit that the other towns
have pledged to do everything possible
to make the organization meeting
of the association a big success and
bide their turn in cutertaining the
veterans.
Taw .Qui# A KnrvHrtPeH
S. M. Wolfe, attorney perioral, re- |
turned from a trip into the Piedmont
section of tho state, where he went on
business relative to suits which have
been brought in protest against the
state tax commission.
Mr. Wolfe succeeded in getting the
Carolina. Clinchfleld & Ohio Railroad
to abandon its suit, which involved
5311.50, which the company alleged
had been assessed as excess taxes
various other parties have brought
suits, most of which have been
abandoned.
Truant Officer* Appointed.
John S. Swearingen. State superintendent
of education, has been notified
of the appointment by 42 coun
Ilea of the attendance officers under
the compulaory education law. The
State board of education directed the
appointment of 55 of these officers, 37
counties receiving one each and nine
oountlee two each. All appointments
were to be made and reported to the
State superintendence office by May
15. In one of the counties at least
the appointee baa declined to serve.
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POET MIL
ALEXANDRE MILLERAND h
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President Poincare of France at a
nesting of the cabinet recently signed t
i decree appointing Alexandre Miller- r
md, former minister of war, governor p
if Alsace-Lorraine. His headquartera s
vIM be at Strassburg. ,]
TEMPORARY NAVY DF 250.000 f
t
d
Between Now and End of War Department
Will Have Time to Care- 1
fully Consider Situation. ^
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Washington.?Although the navy ^
department has placed itself on rec- s
ord as being opposed to launching ti
new builing programs which would r
give the United States a navy "second ^
to none in the world," it is in favor v
of rushing to completion all capital c
ships already authorized and of main- t
taining temporarily at least, a force 1
of men capable ofhandling "any emergency
which might arise." .
h
Secretary Daniels, continuing his ^
testimony before the house naval af- ?
fairs committee, read a communication
fromthe general board which rec- h
ommended that the 10 battleships and 8
six battle cruisers authorized in the v
191G program should be completed us
soon as possible. ^
Recommendation was made by the
secretary that provision be made in
the 1920 appropriation bill for a navy
of 250,000 men, only 23,000 less than
are now in the service. He asserted *
that unless this number was author- 1
ized, the navy would be unable to aid J
materially in bringing American i
iriwjps nome irom Europe ana in addition
would be "dangerously weakened."
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Mr. Daniels emphasized that the j
navy department did not intend to ask j
Congress at this time tor a permanent
navy of 250.000 men but only for a
temporary force large enough to take 8
care of the work arising in the tran- '
sition period between war and peace. *
Between now and the end of the war, 8
the secretary said, the department "
wolud have time to study carefully *
the situation and arrive at a definite e
conclusion as to the country's needs. *
LYNCH IS LYNCHED BY AN J
ANGRY MOB AT LAMA, MO.
Springfield, Mo.?Jay Lynch, slayer i
of Sheriff John Harlow and Harlow's s
son March 3. was hanged by a mob e
at Lama, Mo. c
Lynch, who was captured in Colo- t
rado a few weeks ago, was being ar- t
raigned in the Barton county courthouse.
A moh quickly assembled and.
taking the prisoner from the officers, t
hanged him in the courthouse yard. a
Lynch was mobbed while seated in t
the courtroom. Men held the officers j
and seizing the prisoner, dragged him t
down the steps of the cotirthouse to
an elm tree about 25 feet from the g
entrance. Lynch had entered a plea
of "guilty" to the charge of murder- a
ing Sheriff Harlow and his son and r
had been given a li^ sentence. i
GERMAN PRESS COMMENTS >
ON COUNTER-PROPOSALS
Berlin.?The newspapers comment
at great length on the German countor
proposals. Theodor Wolff In The
Tafteblatt says that the whole count- jc
er draft corresponds to the Demo-, c
cratic Ideals of right, and In no wag a
to military nationalist conceptions. 0
Tho demand that the occupation ii
troops shall return home In six
months at the latest might also be c
reckoned as meant to effect the pres-1 a
ervation of German sovereignty. s
BOLSHEVIK'S INTERNAL IS
TROUBLES INCREASING
Ix>ndon.?The bolshevik! are faced
by further internal troubles and the J
official statement received here by A
wireless from Moscow refers to the ii
"internal front" where "an advance *
against Vinnista has been, stopped."
According to a t el gram received I
here from Kern, the bolshevik com-, "
missioners in the Shuiga district were 1 r
killed and the red guards dispersed., <1
Confirmation of this report is contain*! r
id In the Russian wireless statement ?
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li, S. 0., THURSDAY, JUNE
LAST THROES OF
HUN RESISTANCE
(AY THEIR PLANS OF LEAGUE
OF NATION8 ARE 8UPERIOR
TO THOSE OF WILSON.
STILL PLEADIN6 INABILITY
rlemenceau, Speaking of Germane In
Speech Said, "You Must Sign
Either at Versailles or Berlin.
Berlin.?Germany is willing to agree
o the proposed stipulations regardng
her military, aerial and naval
orces contained in the draft of the
eace treaty, provided that she is permitted
to enter the league of nations
>n an equal footing immediately upon
he signing of peace and particularly
nat she be permitted to share in the j
tnnpieie equality and reciprocity ot
ill nations in the economic domain.
This declaration ?s contained tn
he second section of the German
nemorandum embodying the counter
iroposals to the peace terms. At the
anie time, it is declared, the German
lelegation holds to its idea of the anteriority
of its own draft of proposals
or a league of nations.
"The covering note," presented to
he peace conference by the German
lelegation says:
"We came to Versailles expecting
o receive a peace proposal framed
ccording to the agreed basis. Wo
lad a firm resolve to do everything
n our power to fulfill the heavy oblivions
assumed by us. We were
hocked when we read in that docuuent
the demands which the victoious
might of our opponents had set
orth. The more we studied the
pirit of the treaty, the moro we
irere convinced of the impossibility
if carrying it out. The demands of
his treaty go beyond the strength of
he German people."
London.?Premier Lloyd George, in
lis speech to the Wolsh division at
tmiens. declared, according to The
!outh Wales Daily News:
"We say to the Germans: 'Gentlenen.
you must sign. If you don't do
io at Versailles, you shall do so in
3erlin. We are not going to give
vay,'"
IFTEEN STEAMERS TO TAKE
FOOD TO HUNGRY SIBERIANS
London.?Jonas Lied, whose name
las long been associated with the derelopment
of the Kara sea route, has
ust returned from Omsk and has
>een authorized by tbo Kolchak adninistration
to make arrangements
or the dispatch without delay of 15
iteamers of 3.500 tons each with cargo
or the Siberian population to be deivered
by way of the Kara sea.
It is proposed that 10 of these
iteamers shall start from England and |
Ive from New York. Appropriate I
Iritisli and American cargoes are
inked for. In exchange for a wide
election of manufactured goods, the
(olrhak administration has authorizid
the exports of hemp, flax, bides,
urs, wool and other products.
iENATOR OVERMAN REGRETS
MAKING LEAGUE AN ISSUE
Washington.?Washington and New
fork newspapers made a feature of a
tatement of Senator Overman to the
iffect that the Democratic national
ommittee made a mistake to declare
hat it will accept the league of naions
as a party issue.
Mr. Overman is quoted as follows:
'In mv nnininn 1ao?v??? "9 ? ~
... ..s/ vp.inuu mo ica^iiU Ul Ilcl*
ions should not be made a party isue,
It should be entirely nonpartisan;
hose of every political party should j
oin in and support it from purely pa- |
riotic motives.
"It is a mistake to try and limit its
upport to those of one political faith.
"I am somewhat surprised at the
letion of the democratic national coinuittee.
In any event it can have no
nfluence or control over the senate."
kPART FROM GERMANY
"AUSTRIA IS DOOMED."
Vienna.?"Austria is doomed to
iconomic death if she does not join
iermany," said Herr Setz. president
if the Austrian republic. "Overloaded
.s Austria is with this Vienna of 2,00,000
inhabitants we have not much
ndustry.
"The proposed Danube economic
onfederation is in my opinoin imposible
because neither the Czechs nor
>lavs are willing for such a union."
IINN FEIN MEMBER OF
PARLIAMENT ARRESTED.
Dublin.?Lawrence Ginnell, Sinn
^eln member of parliament for West
leath, was arrested on charges made
n connection with a speech delivered
>t Athlone. .
British troops broke up a forbidden
necting at Athlone on May 5. Lewence
Ginnell was attempting to ad- ,
Iress the meeting when the troops appeared.
Several persons were wound
also assistant chl^f of staff. General
Burr was for several years at the head
of the various United States arsenala
and bought for the United States during
the war the ordnance which this
government obtained from Great Britain.
He Is a native of Missouri.
GREAT OBJECT ACCOMPLISHED
Twentieth Century Transportation
Has Reached New Pinnacle With
U. S. Navy Leading the Way.
Washington.?Blazing the way of
the first air trail from the western to
the eastern hemisphere, the United
States navy seaplane NC-4, under
Lieutenant Commander Albert Chusing
Read, swept into the harbor at
Lisbon, Portugal, the first airship of
any kind to have croeeed the Atlantic
ocean under its own power and
through its natural element.
Taking the air at Ponta Delgada,
Azores, at 6:18 a. m., Washington
time, on the last leg of the trans-oceanic
portion of the voyage from Rock-away
Beach, Long Island, to Plymouth
England, the NC-4 covered the 800
miles In 9 hours and 43 minutes, maintaining
an average speed of better
than 80 knots an hour. The total
elapsed flying time from New Pound- |
lullfT tr% T .i hnn wno Oil h nn vo o n A A 1
minutes.
At the first opportunity the big
plane will continue to Plymouth, 775
nautical miles to the north. To tho
navy department, however, it makes
little difference when he completes !
the Journey. The great object of all
the effort lavished on the undertaking,
navigation of a seaplane across
the Atlantic through the air. has
been accomplished. Twentieth century
transportation has reached a
new pinnacle and the United States
navy has led the way.
Navy officials emphasized that the
long delay at the Azores was due to
the weather and to no weakness of
the machine or its daring -crew.
PEACE TERMS NOT SEVERE
ENOUGH FOR POINDEXTER
Washington.?Lack of severity of
the peace terms imposed on Germany
was criticised by Senator Poindexter,
Republican, of Washington, in a Tetter
written to a constituent and made
public by the senator.
"Foch was right," said Senator
Poindexter in his letter. "The French
have been fortunate enough to produce
several men in this war who
combined the genius of great soldiers
and great statesmen Foch is one.
I am very sorry that the Un'ted States '
was humiliated by having a self ap- j
pointed representative, who used the |
control of finance and of food of this |
great nation to ameliorate the terms ,
to bo impound upon Germany. There j
are times when softness is not in the '
interest of humanity and civilization
and this was one of those times."
GERMANS WANT EQUAL VOTE
IN THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Berlin.?The question whether Germany
will sign the peace treety or
not. it was believed here tonight, depends
altogether on whether the allied
and associated powers will agree
to a plebiscite in all disputed territories
and the reception of Germany
into the longue of nations as a member
with an equal vote. Both these
issues are made the cardinal features
of the German reply which has been
approved by the cabinet.
AMERICAN FLIES FROM
COPENHAGEN TO STOCKHOLM
Stockholm.?Captain Batt, an American
naval aviator, arrived here at 10
o'clock on his flight from Copenhagen.
After leaving Nyeshamm. about 60
miles south of Stockholm Captain
Batt lost his direction in the darkness
and was forced to descend at Furusund,
west of Stockholm.
The captain expects to continue his
Journey to Helslngfors, capital of Pinlaud.
in a f?>w days
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5, 1919
BRIG. GEN. GEORGE W. BURR
Brig. Gen. George W. Burr has aucceeded
Maj. Gen. George W. Goethala
aa director of purchaae, atorage and
traffic of tha war department. He la
[MES
MEXICAN MATTERS 1
GROWINGSERIQUS
VILLA FORCES HAVE ELECTED
GENERAL FELIPE ANGELES
PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT.
VILLA IS SECRETARY OF WAR
Carranza Government Asks Permission
to Move Troops Through Texas
New Mexico and Arizona.
Washington.?Villa forces have proclaimed
General Fel'pe Angeles provisional
president of Mexico and Villa
himself, secretary of war.
The move, coming at the climax of
military operations considered by the
Carranza government so serious that
it has asked the United States for
nemiissinn tn movo trnnne thi-nnirti
Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, is
regarded here as reflecting a situation
more serious in Mexico than any
since the triumph of Carranza forces
over Villa three years ago. Viewed
in connection with activities of the
Felicista forces in southern Mexico
the situation is regarded as full of
possibilities.
Angeles' reported first proclamation
announcing that Americans in Mexico
would be protected is particularly interesting
to officials here, coming as
it does on the heels of the refusal of
the state department to grant Carranza's
request that he be allowed to
move troops through American territory
for the purpose of protecting
Americans in Chihuahua.
Acting Secretary Polk announced
that he had notified the Mexican
government he could not grant the request
made unless assurances could
be given that Americans would be afforded
protection while the troops
were in transit. That this could not
be done had been admitted previously
by the Mexican authorities. Governor
Hobby, of Texas, declined to
authorize the passage of Mexican
troops through Texas without guarantees
of protection to Americans and
so notified the state department.
SERGEANT YORK, OF ARGONNE,
RECEIVES HIS DISCHARGE
Chattanooga, Tenn.?Sergeant Alvin
C. York, Tennessee mountaineer and
hero of the battle of the Argonne, who
arrived here en route to Port Oglethorpe,
received his discharge from
the army and will leave for his home
at Pall Mall, Fentress county.
Sergeant York arrived at the fort
and 30 minutes later had received
his physical examination and discharge
from the service, all the pa
pers having been prepared in advance.
Sergeant York wired Senator Kenneth
D. McKellar asking him to introduce
the necessary legislation allowing the
return of the revolver?number 24,048
?with which he killed the Germans
at the time of his Argonne exploit.
The revolver was turned over to the
army quartermaster at Retz, France.
York was made an honorary member
of the Chattanooga Rotary Club
and elected a delegate to the Salt
Lake convention by the Rotarians.
REVISED LEAGUE COVENANT
ENDORSED BY CLUB WOMEN
Asheville. N. C.? By unanimous
vote, at a public meeting at the City
Auditorium, the mid-biennial council
of the General Federation of Women s
Clubs of America decided to adopt the
revised covenant of the league of nations.
President Wilson was cabled
of this act and the foreign relations
committee will be wired. Kach woman
present, over .100, pledged herself to
write to her state senator telling him
of the stand taken b> the council and
asking his support in the matter.
Unanimously adopting the 10 plans
presented by Mrs. J. D. Sherman,
of Chicago, for the Americanization
which is planned by the General Federation
of Women's Clubs, took the
first definite step townrd that end.
SALVATION ARMY DRIVE
B1LIEVF.D BEYOND GOAL
New York?While complete figures
are lacking, there is every Indication
that the Solvation army passed the
$13,000,000 goal in its home service
campaign by approximately $3,000 000.
Thanking the publoc for its support,
Mr, Whitman asserted that "the
record made by the army in Prance
and in earlier years at home guarantees
that its work of the future will be
well done."
SEES LITTLE PROSPECT
OF REDUCTION IN PRICES
Washington.?Belief thet the conntry's
street railway systems will have
to seek relief in directions other than
a reduction in cost of labor and materials
was expressed hv T. S. Holden,
of the department of labor.
Mr. Holden declared that building
materials were the cheapest commodities
on the market by reason
of a less advance in prices of
building materials tbaq the prices of
r
3- vSM
SL25 Per Year.
.
people seem
ire niMniiFi ifiFn 1
HUN NEWSBOYS VENDING FULL
TEXT OF THE TREATY m
ON STREETS.
BIG THREE MADE RIDICULOUS
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The Cry of "Beware, Thie Translation
Is German Made," Does Not Leason
Humor of the Situation.
London.?While President Wilson
and Premiers Lloyd George and Cleruenceau
imagined that they were
keeping from the world the exact text
of the peace treaty. Germany stole a
march, tor they have put it out in a
pamphlet form, selling it upon the
streets oftheir cities.
Those who have eeen parts of the
original peace treaty in Paris say that
the official press summary was rigge<t
with special sharp teeth for political
effect in France and England. The
clauses upon reparations arc as one
instance, the clauses being less severe
in The Times forecast published the
day before the Germans got the treaty
than in the c fTicial digest arranged
for the press at Paris.
The pity is that the Rig Three let
the Germans come along first with
the full text of the treaty. They are
now crying "beware, this translation 1
is German made." It does not leesen
the rather ridiculous plight the
Rig Three may now find themselves
in, in consequence of trying to make
the people at home think that the
terms are more severe than they
really were. Nor does the attempt to
cover the hiatus between the press ..
summary anil the first draft with the
explanation that constant changes
are necessary before the final draft
will be reached smother the humor
of the situation that the Germans
have apparently created.
IN FIFTY MINUTE FIGHT THE
ANARCHIST FLEET IS ROUTED
Helsingfors.?A fifty-minute fight
occurred between a bolshevik fleet
comprising the battleship Petropavlosk
(2.1,703 tons) and hat flesh ips
which had been bombarding the coast
west of Krasnaia Gorka (15 miles
west of Kronstadt) and seven British
warships. The Russians eventually
fled to Kronstadt.
Tho encounter, which took place In
the gulf of Finland, was the second
the British have had recently with
bolshevik naval forces which are trying
to harry the Esthonian army approaching
Petrograd from the west.
| On May 18 a thirty-five minute naval
j fight occurred not far from the locality
of the one now reported. It had a
similar result, the bolshevik fleet retiring
to Kronstadt.
LONDON POLICE STRIKE IS
POSTPONED OR ABANDONED j
Ix>ndon.?London's threatened police
strike, for which the members ol
the force voted by a big majority, has
been called off for the present. At
the demonstration in Hyde park which
had been arranged b/ tho police It a
was announced that the executive "
committee o ftheir organisation had
decided to postpone the strike until
after peace was signed.
The announcement also was made
at the Hyde park meeting that the
official ballot of the policemen on the
question of a strike was 44,549 In
r\f arwl A 10 A orroln^l a II ?
Secretary Hays, of the police union
<n giving out the figures, explained
that the strike committee wag not
anxious to call a walkout If It could
have the men's grievances redressed
in any other way.
ANGELES "WISES" WASHINGTON
AS TO MEXICAN REVOLUTION
Washington.?General Felipe An
geles, recently proclaimed hv Villa's
forces as proviirionnl president ol
Mexico, has sent a communication to
Washington for presentation to the
state department, setting forth his objects
in leading the revolution now in
progress in northern Mexico.
GEN. FAISON TO ADDRESS
STATE BANKERS' MEETING
'
Winston-Salem.?President Jas. A . Oray.
of the North Carolina Banker*'
Association, announces that the annual
meeting of financiers will he h?*ld
in Winston-Salem, August 20-22. Thi
meeting Is expected to he most ln; ^ t
terestlng and valuable. Announce y'~~~
mont Is made of the coming of several
speakers of national reputation. These
Include General S. L. Falson, com
mander of the famous Thirtieth dl
vision.
WANT "PEOPLES BANK"
ORGANIZED IN ALL STATE!
New York.?A campaign to bring 1
about organization In every state oi ^ Jfl
"peoples banks," designed to meet tb?
needs of laborers, salaried men, small
business men and farmers, was planned
at a meeting of representative
business men. . A committee was ap }
pointed to work for adoption by Con
press of & federal law authorizing th?
hanks. Members include Govern?
Blckett, Carolina.