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THE CHERM CHRONICLE ' - '-'?^? ? ?. ? VOL. 22. CHEKAW, S. 43^ T^HB&JTTNZ 5, 1919 " NO. 31 mmmm+mmmrn(^?i^? ? POLLOCK ADVANCES ; iiia A BRAND NEW IDEA ? itia low PRACTICALLY DISFRANCHISE ALL .J OF DOUBTFUL PARENTAGE TO ton THIRD GENERATION. teli WOMEN TO BE 6IVEN BALLOT 2 dej hai Believes That Cotton Will 8ell at, or tru Around Thirty-five Cents in the cei Immediate Future. , he! 9ta Columbia. 9<K w 1> D/xll/volr nu ? m ??. a* * viiwa, vr* vucian, luriuvr nOl United States Senator, spent the night me In Columbia, having come to the state ^ capital to deliver an address at the . commencement exercises of Chioora College. Mr. Pollock is keenly inter- me ested in various questions now pressing for solution, particularly that of ^ woman suffrage and that of a possible drive on the part of the negro tor political recogntllon. Da Should Mr. Pollock be a member of J the next state Democratic convention Ca he will ask the party to grant the ^ white women of the State the right j j, to participate in the primaries. The state owes this to the women, not 3X1 only as a right, he says, but as a bel proper recognition of their patriotic nui service during the Great War. which inf could never have been won so early Mc without their unflagging zeal and en- Jui thusiasm. we ^ Mr. Pollock advances a new Idea to ,n -estrict the negro's participation in oolitics. He would base registration . 1 on legitimacy of birth, extending back as: three generations. - mc Concerning the proposed constltu- aul tional amendment, Mr. Pollock said: "If such an amendment to the constitutlon of the several Southern ni* States were adopted, the race question would be practically solved. No ^OI one should object to such.a provision, ' as It would not only solve this vital ala question, but it would place a ban on soi Illegitimacy and would encourage gui marriage and the keeping of the fam- thi ily relation sacred. Otl The former senator believes cotton pla . , -will be selling from 33 1-3 to 35 cents ar within the immediate future. Not only does he expect this crop to sell th above figures now obtaining but also Mi the next. < W( Cotton Crops About Ruined. &di J. 8. Wannamaker. president of the to American Cotton Association, Issued a statement declaring that the excess 1 lve 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. Wanna- * maker. "Much of the crop in this state is rotting and grass is taking the remainder of it. c 1 un Not Selling Cotton. ^ W. O. Smith, state warehouse com- ^ missioner, said there was little inclination among the farmers to sell cotton stored in warehouse under the ^ state warehouse system. When the vij advance began several weeks ago hu and moved up to 25 and 26 cents. t timid ones began to turn loose a small portion of the reserve. Soon the fear was dissipated, and now all ?,o are Inclined to wait for 35 cents. vj? Wants New Companies Formed. ( pai W. W. Moore, adjutant general, directed letters to a number of places in the state, urging that military com- an' tpanies be organized with dispatch for tht induction Into the state National Guard, two 'battalions of which are to ^ toe reorganized imme3iately. The sC( minimum strength is to be 65 men. and General Moore is urging that as many as 75 men be recruited. Gov. and Mrs. Manning Arrive. ^.e< New York (Special).?Wearing five stars, one of gold, for sons In the serv- hej ice, ex-Governor Richard I. Manning of South Carolina, arrived here from SPJ TYance, where he went with Mn( ha' (Manning to visit the grave of their l)le son. MaJ. William Manning, of the 316th infantry, killed in action dur- ^ic: ing the Argonne drive. vel Presides for Halg Hour. Ta Washington (Special.) ? Senator ' TMal was called to preside over the tUT senate after being a member of that Ref body for Just a week. While the wo- bui ynan suffrage amendment was at Its be< .hottest point, the president of the senate called the new South Carolina 5 senator to the desk and the latter Cai {.took the chair. There was a filibuster to on at the time ^nd If he was not up to $?1 .all the senate rules and mystifying ha< ^parliamentary customs and usages no vai one fiotfod it out. He was in the chair 8ul jfor about half an hour. abl 'Important Ruling Made. Tn . Judge Townsend rendered an im- J j port ant decision in the criminal court. |He ruled that a policeman in order ifle jto make a legal arrest on a trolley Uej car must see the offender violate some the |law or secure a warrant. John Cas- 8ta :ter, negro, was on trial on the charge api .of assaulting Officer Lee after the 001 patrolman told the man to come with cot |him. Caster's attorney made a motion w* 'for a verdict of not guilty and after re- 841 viewing the evidence Judge Townsend 'directed a verdict of mot guilty. th* -icks for 8tate Roads. . itu> i-auucii. ouiie Igkwav eng* it, \*M advised from Waauington it the flrat allotment of trucks U used in building federal aided per neiit highways in South Carolina re ready for shipment In this in tl lot there are 79 trucks of the fol ring capacity and make: Two two t Internationals and 11 three-toe unm-Bernsteins. Atlanta; 14 three i Aviation, Baltimore, and 52 two i Nash quadruple drive, Indianapo Immediately upon receipt of the Bgram, Captain Pennell made the tribution among the counties ere federal aid is being met for per nent highways, and instructed the ?artment of agriculture where tc re the trucks shipped at once. The cks should be delivered immediate The highway department has re ved assurance that 296 trucks tc p in highway construction in thli ite are to be made available at ?n as possible. Nine counties dc : receive any of the present ship nt of trucks, as some of theee conn s have made no provision to meet leral aid. Several others are not : ready for the trucks. The coun s not Included in the first allot nt are: Abbeville, Anderson, Barn 11, Berkeley, Clarendon, Darlington rchester, Jasper and Marlboro. niels May Be Present. F. L. Mims, president of the Soutt rolina Press Association, announc that he had invited Josephus Dan s, secretary of the navy, to delivei address on Monday night, June 30 'ore the press association at its an nl meeting In Greenville. The meet r of the association will be helc >nday, Tuesday and Wednesday ne 30, July 1 and 2. These date* re determined upon at a conferenc< Greenville between President Minu d Greenville newspaper men. ' Plana fnr thn ontarfo Inmnn a# #Hs sociation call for a barbecue in th? mntalns and a trip to Asheville hi lomobile, returning to Greenvilh Lt night. A banquet will be tender the association on Wednesday tht at the Imperial Hotel. This ha has been chosen as headquarter! the meeting. rhe members of the association wil 0 have the opportunity of aeeini ne fast ball, as Greenville and Au sta will play in Greenville on th< ee days of the association meeting tier delightful events are beini nned by the Greenville people, wh< > enthusiastic over the coming o 1 newspaper men to Greenville foi ir annual meeting, says President ms. 3ol. R. L. Foster of the New Yorl >rld has been invited to deliver ai dress at the meeting and in a lette a friend he states that-be hopes t< able to accept the invitation. Indications are that the meetlni s year will be the most largely at ided in the history of the associa n. eenvllle Secures Reunion. Ureenville, where the "Old Hickory' vision trained before going over is, was chosen from a list of sevei ies bidding for the first annual re ion and organization meeting of th< irtieth Division Association to b< !H Rpntnmlipr ?8-*>Q nnr! ttio lmv 10 smashed the Hindenburg lint 11 mobilize there. The selectioi me after Raleigh, Memphis, Colum i. Chattanooga, Knoxville and Ashe le had all presented strong cases t geographical location and th< 'iking enthusiasm of the Greenvilh legation to entertain again the boyi Tennessee, North Carolina an< nth Carolina, conspired in bringinj rtory to the Piedmont city. Seneral Tyson, in an ex-officio ca city, ably presented the claim o ch of the Tennessee cities. He saw it Memphis was best equipped o y of the cities bidding to entertaii 5 convention. Por Knoxville. he ar ed keen interest In the Thirtietl d for Chattanooga Its beautifu mery. Columbia" offered big inducement! the way of entertainments and Ra gh presented what the committe< clared was a most impelling conten n that the first reunion should comi re. rhe contest, however, was in sucl lendid spirit that the other towns ve pledged to do everything pomi i to make the organization meetinf the association a oir success ant le their turn in entertaining th? terans. x Suit Abandoned. 5. M. Wolfe, attorney general, re ned from a trip into the Piedmon ition of the state, where he went 01 niness relative to suits which havi ?n brought in nrotest against th< te tax commission, dr. Wolfe succeeded in getting th< rolina. Clinchfleld & Ohio Railroa< abandon its suit, which involve< 1.50, which the company allege< 1 been assessed as excess taxes lous other parties have broughi ts, most of which have beei indoned. want Officers Appointed. k>hn S. Swsaringen, State superin ident of education, han been not d of the appointment by 42 coun s of the attendance officers undei i compulsory education law. Th< Lte board of education directed th< polntment of 55 of these officers, 31 inties receiving one each and nln? intiee two each. All appointment! re to be made and reported to th< ite superintendent's office by Ma] In one of the counties at least i appointee has declined to serve. ALEXANDRE MILLERAND !ft*H 1 President Poincare of Franco at a neeting of the cabinet recently signed i decree appointing Alexandre Millerr ;nd, former minister of war, governor :f Alsace-Lorraine. His headquarters vil* be at Strassburg. v 1 TEMPORARY NAVY OF 250,000 ) Between Now and End of War Department Will Have Time to Care) fully Consider Situation. ) Washington.?Although the navy t department has placed itself on recj ord as being opposed to launching - new bulling programs which would # give the United States a navy "second to none in the world," it is in favor of rushing to completion all capital . ships already authorized and of. main3 taining temporarily at least, a force of men capable ofhandling "any emer5 gency which might arise." t Secretary Daniels, continuing his r testimony before the -house naval aft (airs committee, read a communication from the general board which recc ommended that the 10 battleships and Bix battle cruisers authorized in the y 1916 program should be completed as soon as possible. 5 % Recommendation was made by the '* secretary that provision be made in r 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 authorized, the navy would be unable to aid materially in bringing American 1 troops home from Europe and in addih tion would be "dangerously weak3 ened." 9 3 Mr. Daniels emphasized that the 5 navy department did not intend to ask j Congress at this time for a permanent _ navy of 250,000 men but only for a . temporary force large enough to take ! care of the work arising in the trani sition period between war and peace. 9 Between now and the end of the war, 3 the secretary said, the department j wolud have time to study carefully g the situation and arrive at a definite conclusion as to the country's needs. f LYNCH IS LYNCHED BY AN 1 ANGRY MOB AT LAMA, MO. f * Springfield, Mo.?Jay Lynch, slayer of Sheriff John Harlow and Harlow's j son March 3, was hanged by a mob at Lama, Mo. Lynch, who was captured in Colo3 rado a few weeks ago, was being ar~ raigned in the Barton county courthouse. A mob quickly assembled and, taking the prisoner from the officers, 3 hanged him in the courthouse yard. Lynch was mobbed while seated in 1 the courtroom. Men held the officers * and seizing the prisoner, dragged him down the steps of the courthouse to * an elm tree about 25 feet from the 1 * entrance. Lynch had entered a plea J of "guilty" to the charge of murdering SherifT Harlow and his aon and had been given a life sentence. " GERMAN PRESS COMMENTS * ON COUNTER-PROPOSALS i e Berlin.?The newspapers comment 8 at great length on the German counter proposals. Theodor Wolff In The 8 Tageblatt says that the whole count-1 ' er draft corresponds to the Demo-1 1 cratlc Ideals of right, and in no way ' to military nationalist conceptions, j The demand that the occupation 1 troops shall return home In six; 1 months at the latest might also be ( rerkoned as meant to effect the pree- { ervation of German sovereignty. BOLSHEVIK'S INTERNAL TROUBLES INCREASING London.?The bolshevikl are faced 1 by further internal troubles and the. ' official statement received here by ! wireless from Moscow refers to the "internal front" . where "an advance ' ' against Vinnista has been stopped." | According to a t Digram received ! 5 here from Kem, the bolshevik com' missioners in the Shunga district were ' killed and the red guards dispersed. Confirmation of this report is contdin- ( dd in the Russian wireless statement. LUST TWOF HUN ffiSW Tf?1 8AY THEIR LEAGUE OF NATIONE^APl SUPERIOR TO THOSE?V WILSON. STILL PLEABpB INABILITY Clemenceau, 8peaMng of Qermani In 8peech Said, "ma* Must Slfln Either at VirMma or Berlin. Berlin.?Germany'{a willing to agree to the proposed stipulations regarding her milltarjr,' atrial and naval forces contained ttj^the draft of the peace treaty. provUM that she is permitted to enter th* league of nations on an equal footing; immediately upon the signing of peace, and particularly tnat she be permKtajl to share in the complete equality &d reciprocity ot all nations In the economic domain. This declaration'|^a contained in the second sectkMftf of the German memorandum embodying the counter proposals to the pegbe terms. At the same time, it is de^sred, the German delegation holds to tts idea of the superiority of its'own draft of proposals for a league of nations. "The covering nq*q," presented to the peace conference by the German delegation says: "We came to Vefcallles expecting to receive a peace proposal framed according to the rfgreed basis. We had a firm resolvwjjo do everything in our power to fulfill the heavy obligations assumed by us. We were shocked when we Med in that document the demands which the victorious might of our exponents had set forth. The more we studied the spirit of the treaty,; the more we a ^8^41 ...... nnic vuuTiui-cu ui uie lmpossiDiuiy of carrying it out -'^Fhe demands of this treaty go beyoti| the strength of the German people.**^ London.?Premier^Uoyd George, in his speech to the Welsh division at Amiens^de^^^^Sj^^^Dd tp The men, you must sign. If you don't do so at Versailles, you shall do so in Berlin. We are not going to give way,'" FIFTEEN STEAMERS TO TAKE FOOD TO HUNGRY SIBERIANS London.?Jonas Lied, whose name has long been associated with the development of the Kara sea route, has just returned from Omsk and has been authorized by the Kolchak administration to make arrangements for the dispatch without delay of 15 steamers of 3,500 tons each with cargo | for the Siberian population to be delivered by way of the Kara sea. It is proposed that 10 of these steamers shall start frocn England and five from New York. Appropriate British and American cargoes are asked for. In exchange for a wide selection of manufactured goods, the Kolchak administration has authorized the exports of hemp, flax, hides, furs, wool and other products. SENATOR OVERMAN REGRETS MAKING LEAGUE AN ISSUE Washington.?Washington and New xorit newspapers made a feature of a statement of Senator Overman to the efTect that the Democratic national committee made a mistake to declare that it will accept the league of nations as a party issue. Mr. Overman is quoted as follows: "In my opinion the league of nations should not be made a party issue, it should be entirely nonpartisan; those of every political party should join in and support it from purely patriotic inotivds. "It is a mistake to try and limit its support to those of one political faith. "I am somewhat surprised at the action of the democratic national committee. In any event it can have no influence or control over the senate." APART FROM GERMANY "AUSTRIA 18 DOOMED." Vienna.?"Austria is doomed to economic death If she does not join Germany," said Herr Sets, president nf (ha inatrUn mibhKII? 1 ? ?- -wrMwuv. uvciiuaut'U as Austria is with this Vienna of 2,000,000 inhabitants we have not much iudustry. "The proposed Danube economic confederation is in my opinoin impossible because neither the Csechs nor Slavs are willing (or such a union." SINN VEIN MEMBER OP PARLIAMENT ARRESTED. Dublin.?Lawrence Qlnnell. Sinn Fein member of parliament (or West Meath, was arrested on charges made in connection with a speech delivered at Athlon*. British troops broke up a (orbidden meeting at Athlone on May 5. Lawrence Oinnell was attempting to address the meeting when the troops appeared; Several persons were wounded. a mmt BRIG. GEN. GEORGE W. BURR B^^HHHIBHHB^Kav ?jr?v Brig. Gen. George W. Burr hae sue eeeded MaJ. Gen. George W. Qoethali as director of purchase, storage ant traffic of the war department. He ii also assistant chief of staff. Genera Burr was for several years at the heat of the various United States arsenali and bought for the United 8tates dur Ing the war the ordnance which thh government obtained from Great Brit aln. He Is a native of Missouri. GREAT OBJECT ACC0MPL1SHEI Twentieth Century Transportatlor Has Reached New Pinnacle With U- S. Navy Leading the Way. Washington.?Blazing tho way o the first air trail from the western t< the eastern hemisphere, the Unitet States navy seaplane --NC-4, undei Lieutenant Commander Albert Chus ing Read, swept into the harbor a Lisbon, Portugal, the first airship o any kind to have croeeed the Atlanth ocean under Its own power an< through its natural element. Azores, at :18 a. m., Washingtoi time, on the last leg ot the trans-ocean lc portion of the voyage from Rock away Beach, Long Island, to Plymoutl England, the NC-4 covered the 80< miles in 9 hours and 43 minutes, main taining an average speed of bette: than 80 knots an hour. The tota elapsed flying time from New Found land to Lisbon was 26 hours and 4: minutes. At the first opportunity the bij plane will continue to Plymouth, 771 nautical miles to the north. To th< navy department, however, it makei little difference when he complete! the journey. The great object of al the effort lavished on the undertak ing, navigation of a seaplane acrosi the Atlantic through the air, hai been accomplished. Twentieth cen tury transportation has reached i new pinnacle and the United State* navy has led the way. Navy officials emphasized that th< long delay at the Azores was due t< the weather and to no weakness o: the machine or its daring crew. PEACE TERMS NOT SEVERE ENOUGH FOR POINDEXTEF Washington.?Lack of severity ol the peace terms imposed on German) was criticised by Senator Poindexter Republican, of Washington, in a let ter written to a constituent and made public by the senator. "Foch was right," said Senatoi Poindexter in his letter. "The Frenct haOA Knon fnrt nnotn onnu rrK f/\ ne/v (hire several men in this war wht combined the geniu9 of great soldier? and great statesmen Foch is one I am very sorry that the ITn'ted State? was humiliated hy having a self ap pointed representative, who used thf control of finance and of food of thif great nation to ameliorate the terms to he imposed upon Germany. Ther? are times when softness is not in thf interest of humanity and civilizatior and this was one of those times." GERMANS WANT EQUAL VOTE IN THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS Berlin.?The question whether Ger many will sign the peace treaty o' not, it was believed here tonight de pends altogether on whether the al lied and associated powers will agree to a plebiscite in all disputed terri tories and the reception of Germany into the league of nations as a mem her with an equal vote. Both these issues are made the cardinal features _ m 11 n L V. 1 01 ine uercnun r?piy waiuu nas ueen approved by the cabinet. AMERICAN FLIE3 FROM COPENHAGEN TO STOCKHOLM Stockholm.?Captain Batt, an Amer lean naval aviator, arrived here at 1C o'clock on his flight from Copenhagen After leaving Nyeshamm, about 6C miles south of Stockholm Captain Batt lost his direction in the darknee? and was forced to descend at Furu sund, west of Stockholm. The captain expects to continue hie journey to Helsingfors, capital of Fin land, in a few days =MEXICAN MATTERS GROWINGJERIOUS VILLA FORCES HAVE ELECTED GENERAL FELIPE ANGELE8 PROVISIONAL PRE8IDENT. VILLA IS SECRETARY OF WAR Carranza Government Aska Permission to Move Troops Through Tsxas New Mexico and Arizona. Washington.?Villa forces have pro uiaimea uenerai ferpe 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 permission to move troops through Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, is i regarded here as reflecting a situa1 tion more serious in Mexico than any 1 since the triumph of Carranza forces j over Villa three years ago. Viewed ! in connection with activities of the Felicista forces in southern Mexico 1 the situation is regarded as full of possibilities. Angeles' reported first proclamation I announcing that Americans in Mexico would be protected is particularly interesting to officials here, coming as it does on tbe heels of the refusal of 1 the state department to grant Carranza's request that he be allowed to move troon<* thrmich ? 1 ' VHOtm nui^l iuau IC1 I I" tor7 (or the- purpose of protecting Americans in Chihuahua. Acting Secretary Polk announced that he had notified the Mexican r government he could not grant the re qnest made unless assurances could t be given that Americans would be afj (orded protection while the troops were in transit. That this could not 2 be done had been admitted previous1 ly by the Mexican authorities. Governor Hobby, of Texas, declined to w authorize the passage of Mexican 1 troops through Texas without guarantees of protection to Americans and l" so notified the state department. 1 SERGEANT YORK, OF ARGQNNE, } 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 Fort OgleI thorpe, received his discharge from I I the army and will leave for his home 3 I at Pall Mall. Fentress county. - Sergeant York arrived at the fort 9 and 30 minutes later had received 5 his physical examination and dis' charRe from the service, all the papers having been prepared in advance. * Sergeant York wired Senator Kenneth 9 D. McKellar asking him to introduce * the necessary legislation allowing the 1 return of the revolver?number 24,048 3 ?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 r ENDORsrn rv r.i tin u/nunu 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. Each woman present, over 500. pledged herself to write to her state senator telling him of the stand taken by the council and asking his support in the matter. Unanimously adopting the 10 plans presented by Mrs. J. D. Sherman, of Chicago, for the Americanlsation | which is planned by the General FedI erat'on of Women's Clubs, took the | first definite step toward that end. SALVATION ARMY DRIVE > BELIEVED BEYOND GOAL New York.?While complete figure* are lacking, there is every indication that the Salvation 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 i and in earlier years at home guarani tees that its work of the future will be well done." 8EE8 LITTLE PROSPECT I OF REDUCTION IN PRICES Washington.?Belief that the country's street railway systems will have ' to seek relW in directions other than a reduction in cost of labor and mal terials was expressed by T. S. Holden. i of the department of labor. i Mr. Holden declared that building materials were the cheapest commodities on the market by reai son of a lens advance in prices of building materials than the prices of other goods. PEOPLE SEEMINGLY ARE CAMOUFLAGED HUN NEWSBOY8 VENDING FULL TEXT OF THE TREATY ON 8TREET8. BI6 THREE MADE RIDICULOUS Th? Cry of "Beware, This Translation la German Made," Does Not Leason Humor of the Situation. London.?While President Wilson and Premiers Lloyd George and Clemenceau imagined that they were keening from th? wnrin ???? * _ ^ r. va.W VMW ICAW of the peace treaty, Germany stole a march, for 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<l with special sharp teeth for political effect in Prance and England. The clauses upon reparations are as one instance, the clauses being lese severe in The Times forecast published the day before the Germans got the treaty than in the official digest arranged for the press at Paris. The pity is that the Big Three let the Germans come along first with the full text of the treaty. They are now crying "beware, this translation is German made." It does not leesen the rather ridiculous plight the Big Three may now find themselvea in, in coneeauence of trvin* to m?k? 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 and the first draft with the explanation that constant changes are necessary before the final draft will be reached emother the humor of the situation that the Germans have apparently created. IN FIFTY MINUTE FIGHT THE ANARCHIST FLEET 13 ROUTED Helsingfors.?A fifty-minute fight occurred between a bolshevik fleet comprising the battlet^lp^Vtropav^^^^^^^^ west of Krasn&ia Gorka (15 miles west of Kronstadt) and seven British warships. The Russians eventually fled to Kronstadt. The 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 Esthonlan army approaching Petrograd from the west. On May 18 a thirty-five minute naval fight occurred not far from the local{tv rvf tho Ann nntu T? ?-/ V/l VUV wut UVfTT 1 CJ/UI ICU. 11 tiau a similar result, the bolshevik fleet retiring to Kronstadt. LONOON POLICE STRIKE IS POSTPONED OR ABANDONED London.?London's threatened police strike, for which the members of 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/ the police It was announced that the executive 1 committee o ftheir organisation had i 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 favor of and 4.324 against a walkout Secretary Hays, of the police union in giving out the figures, explained that the strike committee was 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 by Villa's forces as - provisional president ol mcxicu, iihb Belli n viiiiiruuiiH-Hiiuii in 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 Gray, of the North Carolina Bankers' Association, announces that the annual meeting of financiers will be held 1n Winston-Salem. August 20-22. Thl meeting is expected to he most Interesting and valuable. Announcement Is made of the coming of several speakers of national reputation. These include General S. L. Falson, commander of the famous Thirtieth dl vision. WANT "PEOPLES BANK" ORGANIZED IN ALL STATE! New York.?A campaign to brln| about organisation in every state ot "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 gress of a federal law authorising tht banks. Members include Qovernai T. W. Bickett, of North Carolina.