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NAYY FLYERS READY TO START t - Plans Completed for First Stage Of Trans-Atlantic Trip By Americans ACCIDENT TO PLANES CAUSES LITTLE DELAY Three Hydro-Planes To Start on Journey From Newfoundland 1 to Azores |yw i ?s New York, May 5.?A score of na val aviators?youths in the'twenties and early thirties; yet experts in Ay ing1, navigation and motor mechanics ?were ready tonight for a start soon after daybreak tomorrow in their at tempt to drive three giant hydroai planes of the American navy across the Atlantic. Favorable weather was officially predicted, both in the vicinity of the home station at Rockaway Point, Long Island, and along the coast of New foundland. terminus of the journey' first "leg." The N. C. f, whose starboard wings were destroyed early today in a fire which also slightly damaged the N- C. 4, was nearly fit for flight again when darkness fell and the N. C. 4 was com pletely restored. There was a possi bility that the N. C. 1 might be de layed a few hours or even a day or more but the X. C. 3 and N. C. 4 were scheduled to take the air" sometime between dawn and 7 a. m. Though saddened by the death of two of their comrades?Ensign Hugh J. Adams and Chief Machinist's Mate Harold Correy, in the plunge to earth of a naval scout plane, the trans oceanic crews showed no discourage ment over the interference with their plans resulting from the fire. Repair work on the X. C. 1 was halted for a few minutes when the H. S. 1. Adams' light craft, took its fatal plunge in full sight of the g. oups around the N .C. hangars, but the of ficers in charge expected to continue operations through the night with the hope that the damaged craft could start with her mates for the New foundland base. Should this prove impossible, Com mander John H. Towers, chief of the expedition said the X. C. 1 would fol low the other two craft to Trcspassey. arriving in ample time for *the "big jump" to the Azores scheduled for about the middle of May. Commander Towers said the navy and civilian mechanics had done "wonderful work" in -preparing the damaged N. C. 1 for the flight The fire started at 2.10 o'clock this morning when an over { heated electric pump which was em ptying her hull of bilge water ignited a can of oil nearby. The plane's fuel tanks were being filled at the time, and the flames spread quickly to sev eral barrels of gasoline on the ground floor. Before the workers could get fire extinguishers into action the up per and lower starboard wings of the X. C. 1 had been burned off and the blaze had spread to the tail pieet of the X. C. 4, which was housed in the same hangar. The latter plane was restored by substituting the elevator of the N. C. 2, which is not assigned to the trans-Atlantic and by recover ing the tail surface. The N. C. 3. in a hangar several hundred feet away was not endangered. Within 20 minutes of the accident the repair crews were at work. The trans-oceanic crews remained on the ground today and their craft were not taken out of the hangars, as all had passed through satisfactory tests. Commander Towers and his as sociates bade farewell to their fami nes late in the day. They planned to rise at -daybreak for the cruise to Halifax, the overnight halting place -scheduled on the way to Newfound land. Nothing hut. "impossible" weather or an accident, the command er said, would prevent the "jump off." The machines will take the air. one after another using in turn the sin gle marine railway at the station equipped for the huge N. C.'s. Commander Towers will head one of the crews?that of the X. C. S. Lieut. Comdr. A. C. Read will direcL the flight of the N. C 4 and Lieut. Comdr. P. N. L. Bellinger, the N. C. 1. In addition to the commanders, each of the planes?huge craft of 126 feet wing spread, with Liberty mo tors of 1.600 horse power?will car ry a navigator, two pilots and a radio officer. A reserve pilot will board each for the cruise to Newfoundland. Jn addition. Lieutenant Commander Byrd will go to Trcspassey as a passenger on the X. C. 3 and Chief "Machinist's Mate Roads on the X. C. 4. Though declining to predict success for the voyage. Commander Towers said that "if hard work by every one connected with the undertaking in the navy department, on the field and in the weather bureau c -mts for any thing, we ought to make it." Trcspassey. X. F.. May 5.?The navy today began laying its chain of de. stroyers for the intercontinental flight. At dusk six destroyers, which arrived here yesterday for supplies, sailed for their stations <m the course to the Azores. The destroyer Roper, the seventh craft, was delayed in re fueling and will leave at daybreak tomorrow. More guard ships passed into the bay today, the Meredith, liush, Cowcll Maddox. Rogers and Ifoote coming from Xew York. Peace Before June ? Paris, May 6.?It now seems pos-; ?ible that the peace treaty with Ger many will be disposed of before June! 1st. a member of the American dele gation said last night. Director General Explains Loss lender Government Control BUSINESS HAS FALLEN OFF CONSIDERABLY I Rates Will Not Be Increased at Present As Business Will Im ! prove. - Washington, May 6.?Director Gen eral Ilines in a discussion of recent railroad earnings tonight disclosed j that: I The government's deficit in opcrat jing the railroads for the first throe j months this year, or the difference be I tween net earnings and one-fourth of [the guaranteed annual compensation was about $192,000,000 for all roads under federal management. The government's loss for. 1918 was $2:26,000,000. Th centire government loss incur red in 15 months of federal operation was $41S,000,000. Marked reduction of freight traffic under records of similar periods of 1 (he last two years were responsible for the bad financial showing and condi tion in April though not yet fully re ported show no promise of improve ' ment. Despite the big government deficits the. director general does not con template any general increase in the level of rates but prefers to await re storation of normal business condi tions. i ? The government also incurred a de ficit of about $14,540,000 in eight Railway Express Company the con ' solidated express corporation up to ? March 1. 1919. "The present unfavorable results naturally lead to an agitation of the question whether there ought to he : an increase of rates," said Hr. Hines in his statement, "my own judgment is that the present conditions are too abnormal to serve as a basis for any general change in the level of rates and that it is preferable to defer ac tion on that subject until there shall I have been a fuller opportunity to get (a more reliable and possibly a more j normal measure of the conditions, i meanwhile resorting to every praeri j cal economy, studying the situation j with the greatest care and keeping j the public fully informed as to dc-ve j lopment." The deficit of S1B2.000.000 incurred by the government in January, Fcb ! ruary and March as figured by Mr. ! Hines, great!;.' exceeded the estimate I made public earlier in the day by the I bureau of railway economics because j Mr. Hines calculated the guaranteed compensation. The bureau of railway , economics calculated each month's I share on the basis of the average for j that month in the three pre-war years. The railroad administration's figures also included small reads, not includ ed in so-called class 1. which are under government control, and also ex penses of the central administration and cost of operating inland water ways. Mr. Hines explained that his system of calculating tended to show the railroad administrations position rath er at a disadvantage for the first three months, but added: "Still it seems preferable to charge a full one-twelfth of the rental into each of these months rather than to run the risk of an impression arising that there is any disposition to un der stale the actual results. "To a large extent the unfavorable results for January. February and March are due to the fact that busi ness has fallen off and that expenses could not be correspondingly road justed so that the loss largely arises in connection with the period of re adjustment through which the coun try is going. Industrial enterprises j ; generally have suffered embarrass-1 ! ment on account of the fact that bus-1 ! iness has been curtailed so much I i i j more rapidly than expenses have been j j curtailed. The railroal business isj s probably in its nature more clastic] j than other business and shows more) !unfavorab:y the embarrassments of re- j adjustment. i "The entire railroad organization] has been and is working most earn-j testly to readjust these costs to meet! ! the present conditions, but the nature! of the railroad business whether un-j \ der private or public control is such ] j that to a very large extent it is im-j possible to offset loss in business by j a corresponding reduction in costs, j j On the other hand, when there shall ! bo a substantial increase in business the revenues there from r.ill be large-j j ly reflected in th<- net because the j costs will not be correspondingly in }creased, it is believed that this im provement will be considerably em phasized by reason of the fact that 'maintenance work has been carried (forward during the favorable weath | er of January. February and March, .on a liberal basis despite unfavorable! j business and this should be reflected j ! in a saving in maintenance costs la-! jter in the year. "In the midst of the present period ; , of postwar readjustment it is impos sible to mak<- any confident statement as to th< results of railroad opera tions for the remainder of this ealen I dar year. i "It is my policy to give the public 'the facts and. where the inference to be drawn is doubtful, to resolve the. I doubt in such way as to avoid the: I risk of making a statement more fa- j [yorable than the ultimate facts will j justify." Copenhagen. May 7.? When Polish) forces captured Vilna recently they seized Adolph Joffe. Russian Bolshevik j ambassador to Berlin. According to' Polish newspapers received here, j Joffe was executed. ' Concerted Effort to Stir Up Feeling Against America j FEAR AND JEALOUSY THE MOTIVES Japanese Angry Because They Cannot Have a Free Hand to Exploit China. J Tokyo. May 7 <?By the Associated Press).?The anti-American campaign in the Japanese pros:; continues with renewed force. Up to the present no serious overt acts have been commit ted against Americans or American property. Evidence exists, however, that the newspaper agitation winch has spread to virtually all the leading journals of the empire, is inciting popular feeling against America and thus paving the way of possible open demonstrations. Representative Japanese deplore the press campaign and have begun to criticise the government for its failure to check the literary outburst on the ground that they arc going so far that they are liable to engender ill feel ing. The participants in a mass meeting held Sunday, at which some anti American speeches were delivered, announced their intention of continu ing the demonstration in front of the American embassy. The police, how ever, prevented this step. I The belief is expressed here that the basis for the agitation is fear of the growing influence of the United States in international affairs as evidenced by her position at the peace confer ence and that it will act as a curb on what are regarded as Japan's legiti mate aspirations in China and Siberia. After declaring that renewed at tempts for anti-Japanese legislation on the Pacific slope indicate that the i Americans persecute Japan in every Ithing, while wearing the mask of lib erty and fairness, the Ilochi Shimhun charges the Americans with having incited the Chinese to make the se cret treaties public and also accuses j American missionaries of fomenting the Korean insurrection. The Yorodzu Choho says the Amer I icans are responsible for attempts at i anti-Japanese legislation are nothing ; better than barbarians; that their actions are more despicable than those of the Germans whose barbari ties they attack. "Hypocrite," "despot." "transform j ed kaiser." "man with the voice of an angel but with deeps of the devil." are some of the epithets applied by the newspapers to President Wilson. Today's newspapers print articles j accusing Americans and British in I China with exciting the Chinese in the !recent Chinese-Japanese agitation in j Peking, based on the Japanese vic I tory at the peace conference on the question of Shantung. The aim is de clared to be the rooting out of Ja pan's superior rights in China and submitting their own influence, j AI a meeting of the TCokuminto party held in Osaka a resolution was [passed declaring that recognition of the Monroe doctrine by the league of nations should be interpreted as rec ognition of Japan's predominance in the far east. Troops for Siberia Eight Thousand Volunteers Called for as Replacmcnt Units Washington. May ? Orders were issued today by the war dcpartmenl for recruiting eight thousand men to serve as replacements for American soldiers now in Siberia. The replace ment detachment will be orirani/.eri at l San Francisco and the troops will be I forwarded in units of five hundred each as they become available. Only i nu n of previous military experience j are acceptable. i Governor General Of Canada! Duke of Devonshire Will Retire Shortly London. May 7.?It is understood] thai the Duke of Devenshirc will j shortly retire as governor general ofj Canada .?in<l The Mail says the office] will I"- offered the Earl of Athlonc,i brother of Queen Mary. Huns Have a Month i - Treaty of Peace Must Be Signed Within Thirtv Davs __ " ! Paris. May ~-?The Petit Parisicn says there will be a maximum delay of our- month before signing the peace I treaty. China Wants a Seat Wilson Asked to Obtain Admis-; sion for Chinese at Presen tation of Treaty Paris. May ? Tie- Chinese dele gation to the peace conference has ap pealed to President Wilson to inter-, cede wiih th<- conference officials to { haw China included among the pow ers permitted to attend the presenta- j tion of the peace treaty to the G>r-I mans at Versailles tomorrow. China is not included in the list of thirteen States so privileged. PEACE TREATY MADE PUBLIC Outline of Salient Points of; The Conditions Germany. Must Accept _-J * I MILITARY POWER OF HUNS WIPED OUT ! jGermany Surrenders Territory! in Europe And All Her Colo nies. Paris, May 7.?Official Summary of the peace treaty delivered i<? the Gcr-j man delegates at Versailles today! made public. The treaty does not deal with ques tions affecting Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey, except insofar as binding Germany to accept any agreement reached with those former allies. Germany under the treaty restores Alsace-Lorraine to France, accepts the internationalization of the Saar basin, temporarily, and Dinzig perma nently; agrees to territorial changes towards Belgium. Denmark and in East Prussia, cedes most of upper Cilesia to Poland and renounces all territorial and political rights outsido of Europe as to her own or her al lies' territories. She also recognizes the total inde pendence of German-Austria, Czecho slovak and Poland. The army is reduced to one hundred thousand men. All forts within the territory fifty kilometres east of the Rhino are to be razed. The German navy is re duced to six battleships, six light cruisers, twelve torpedo boats, no submarines and a personnel o:: not over thirty thousand. All other ves sels are surrendered or destroyed. Germany must also surrender her fourteen submarine cables. Germany accepts full responsibility for all damages caused the allied and associated governments and na tions. Bloodshed in Munich Hundred and Fifty Killed Dur Soviet Reign Berlin. May 6.?One hundred and fifty persons were killed or executed during the Munich fighting, according to advices to the Lokal Anzeiger. Among those killed were Herr Son theimerm. the communist leader and Herr Toller, director of the societ government. The/ Tageblatt sta*te6 that live thousand arrests were made in Munich. BUILDING MATERIAL Build Now Production depends on Construction U. S. Dept. of Labor W. B. Wilson Secretary LlillJ.?' ' ?' ' Rough ami dressed lumber, brick, lime, cement, plaster shingles; in fact every thing for the builder. BOOTH & McLEOD, INC j Complete Economic Isolation j Proposed If They Do Not Sign Treaty PLAN NOW BEFORE ECONOMIC COUNCIL ' This Pressure Expected to Bring Germany to Terms. Paris, May 6.?The complete eco nomic isolation, of Germany is being considered by the council of foreign ministers of the peace conference as; a measure to be adopted in the event I ) that Germany refuses to sign the peace treaty. A plan for the measure j has been submitted to the ministers by the supreme economic council. Chinese Not Pleased Display Great Dissatisfaction j With Shantung Agreement I Paris, "May 0.?The Chinese dele-1 gation to the peace conference is dis- I playing great dissatisfaction with the i announced settlement of the Shan- j tung problem. While the Chinese will probably not refuse to sign the peace I treaty, it appears that likely they will sign with reservations. Managua, Nicaragua, May 7.?Costa Rican revolutionists have issued a j proclamation naming Julio Acosta j provisional president and have solicit- I ed recognition of *he new administra- j tion by Central American republics. | PICHON MADE FIRST CHAIRMAN Provisional Organization \ of League of Nations Effect- . ed at Paris SIR ERIC DRUMMOND ASSUMES DUTIES Nothing Permanent Will Be Done Until Ratification of Treaty. - \ Paris, May 6.?Stephen Picnltfn,. French foreign minister, was elected chairman of the provisional organiza tion of the league of nations yester day, according to an official statement issued after the meeting. Sir Eric Drummond of Great Britain, has as-, sumed his duties as secretary general.' In adopting the rules of temporary organization care is taken by the com mittee that nothing of a permanent nature shall be done, previous to the ratification of the peace treaty by the United States senate. Vice President to Speak Hon. Thos. R. Marshall at Harts ville Next Week Hartsville, May o.?Hon. Thos. R. Marshal, vice president of the United States, will make an address at Coker College Auditorium Tuesday evening, May 13th, at 9 o'clock. Mr. Marshall comes under the auspices of the Harts ville Chamber of Commerce. There w:!! be an admirtanco charged. VOILE DRESSES On Display This Week Specially Priced New Arrivals in Our Shoe Department Brown Oxfords at. Black Oxfords at. Patent "Mary Janes" at