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THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
ESTABLISHED 1821.
lilBMAW Sid. S.
PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY.
GREENSBORO, N. C, MONDAY, MAY 12,^ 1919.
VOL. 98. NO. 38
THE PEACE Tfc»
H..V1SM AM) SPARTACAh
•ClSGSHAVKMAMBTiraai
'J.SKTOAI-I.HOBUORS.
GERMAN8 KICK ON THE
SEVERITY OF PEACE TREATY. PREPARING DRAFT OF
TREATY WITH AUSTRIA
pH..——Tmhee people.
!d fairlJ" stricken dumb by the
are now recovering suf-
•lin. via Copenhagen. May 10.
Sj von Br°ckdorff-Rantzau, a
W \>m Versailles says, has «EBMAX DELEGATES DIVIDED
..;•
•**■'
P- to Premier Clemenceau,
chai.„ JI of the peace conference, a
note declaring that the draft of the
peace treaty contains demands which
IS THEIR VIEWS OX TERMS
HANDED THEM.
PARIS AWARDS US ALL
GERMAN SHIPS WE SEIZED
AMERICA TO PAY ABOUT $100,-
©OO.OOO OF THE MONEY
GERMANY OWES US.
FORMULATING PEACE TERMS
FOR AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
Paris. May 9.—The peace terms
could he borne by no people. Many 't0 be Presented to Austria are rap-
°* the demands, mortrurer, in thfe idly taking concrete form. It is an-| es. the America, the Vaterland and
■erraany view of the German experts, are in- nounced from Paris that the draft-I other big ocean liners which belon*-
"-ot and *»"' not slRn ,he com" capable of accomplishment
Ji. matter what comes.
wtrt are increasing and bolshe- wm Aamlt of No Dlscussion terms as completed contemplate wip- I now the actual propertv of the-
' , d the spartacan uprising of ' -
"n i t*'° months nave- lf any"
to declare that
not sipn
:;
'
made Germans immune to the
which are to be an-
•ri if they are again plunged
.ar. according to the best opin-
V exists a small group of Ger-hiefly
conservatives, who
Washington. May 8.—All the
kaisers and kaiserins and Der Gross-ing
committee has begun work on'ed to Germany and were seized in
the document as a whole. The naval American ports during the war are
Will Admit of No Discussion.
Paris, May 10.—The allies can ad- ing out the entire Austrian army, the United States, at cost of about $100.-
000,000 oft the money the vanquish-re
mlt of no discussion of their right surrender of every ship of the Aus-to
insist upon the terms of the peace trian naval arm being demanded,
treaty substantially as drafted. |Tne allied and associated govern-
This is the reply to Count Von ments wffl decide later what disposi-
Brockdorff-Rantzau, head of the Uon sna11 be made of the vessels. No received from Americansourc* ;
German peace delegation, who sub-mitted
a note to Premier Clemen-ed
government owes us.
Announcement was made here to-day
that a cable message had been
at
I*. ceau declaring that the peace treatv
>,> the entente occupy the contains demands which could be
J e country than to have it l>ol-|DOrne by no people, and manv of
wik. but they are in the dwind- them incapable ot accomplishment.
•: minority-teports
from the Versailles corre-1 Genmm to Co Into Mourning.
pgdents emphasis* the feeling of j Berlin. May 9.—A "week of
and excitement which mourning" has been decreed by the
reading
hint has yet been given as to the Paris that the supreme peace coun-other
conditions of the treaty. | cil has awarded to the United States
Meanwhile the German peace del- ' all the German passenger ships in-
Paris, May 8.—While the Ger-man
peace plenipotentiaries are di-gesting
the text of the lengthy peace
treaty handed them Wednesday and
communicating with the Weimar
government as to the demands made
upon Germany by the allied and as-sociated
powers, the council of four
is engaging itself with the formula-tion
of peace terms tor Austria and
Hungary.
The German-Austrian delegation
is reported already to have started
for St. Germain. France, there to
await the summons to Versailles to
learn what is to Detail the one-time
dual monarchy in the way of the
payment of indemnities, the making
of reparations and the relinquish-ment
of territory.
Estimates have been made in Par-
,lnl„„ngl
1
trla:H"nKary in addition to the de- B - limitation of frontiers. The
r railed on the of the
I.-JK oi the peace treaty. All the
|9n*spondents agree that no hasty
Isdsicm will he reached. A fort-
I .-.■ ;- allowed the Germans for an
lacier, and this time will be used
ISir careful consideration of the de-
| rands and the preparation of coun-'
suggestions, the
government to give expression to the
"sorrow and depression" called forth
by the announcement ot the peace.' Feeling apparently is running
terms. The week will begin Sunday, high in Germany over what is term-
The decree provides that public ed the severity of the peace terms
frivolity must be stopped for a pe- anil a review of the opinion in Ber-riod
of eight days. Its provisions at- 'in says that the people are discuss-fect
the first class theaters in t'» -ing the consequences of a possible
egation at Versailles continues its terned in American ports. This infor- ' 'S that 5-000-0°0.000 crowns will be
formidable task vt digesting the ' mation caused an intense feeling ot! demanded as indemnity from Aus-peace
terms handed '■> it Wednesday . optimism to pervade at
by Premier Clemenc u. According , board headquarters.
to reports Originating from a high! SO Ships Involved.
British source in Paris, the delegates | There are forty-one such ships for
are divided in their views on the passengers and freight, and forty-eight
cargo ships. Chairman Hurley
declined to make any comment, in!
the absence of official confirmation' - ,ePorted that when the terms
of the cablegram, but it was evident
that he hoped there was no mistake
about it.
THOUSANDS FIGHTING MEN
APPLY FOR HOMESTEADS
SECRETARY LA%"E WANTS THE
GOVERNMENT TO "SEE THEM
THROUGH" TO SUCCESS.
Washington, May S.—With appli-cations
already received from mare
than 40.000 soldiers and sailors who
desire to take up homesteads when
discharged from military service.
Secretary Lane and bis advisers are
revising the program originally pre-sented
in Congress to take care of
the increased demands.
It was said to-day that the first
estimate of $100,000,000 for estab-lishing
discharged service men ou
"slacker" lands probably would
have to be made several times that
number, perhaps $400,000,000.
Secretary Lane's plan would not
merely start a man as a farmer or
cattle producer, but would "see him
drastic conditions laid down.
German Keeling Runs High,
pre-war through" to success by assistance
debt of the former empire and until he could begin repayments,
kingdom, it is said, is to be divided The large total required to finance,
among the newly formed states !the Projects eventually would return
which have arisen or are to arise in
the new territories.
The acquisition of the large pas-ot
peace with Turkey are concluded
the United States is to be requested
to become the mandatory of Arme-nia,
and that President Wilson will
corespondents same manner as the p0pular cab„ refusal to sign the treaty. | ion> U was P°inted out by an official
rets. Dancing, horse racing an I ' "Rather anarchy than slavery." is I versed in shipping affairs, will ad-
Much Sperulaiion. gambling will be suppressed for th.^ the remark heard on all sides, the vance thi9 country ten years toward
There is much speculation in Ber- week and the occasion probably will review declares. (Shipping supremacy of the world.
■a as to whether the terms repre- oe used to t a deflnite d newspaper credits Herr Gies-' a"d " '" DOt unlikel>r that one early
MVAi™l™ ^bling frenzy wu,ch is holding bert a member of t* Lman *Z*™*L™ ? ?».»?*'" °f this
reater Berlin in its tentacles. A gallon at Versailles, as asserting
that the only immediate solution is
a peace with Russia and the em-ployment
of Bolshevik troops by
Germany.
senger ships involved in the decis- P'*Ce the matter before Consress »■
Iv reduced or whether they are min-
[ianm and irreducible.
According in the Berlin Zeitung
IAII Mittag. the delegation to Ver-ifies
will carefully avoid any bar-l.-.
inins, but win present definite;
elear-cut counter propositions, which
in pan have already been prepared.
"These counter proposals." the
Newspaper declares editorially.
Ywttl hp based on the If point* so
Mvaceratly abandoned by Presi-
1*1 Wilson. If thf German people
pto rote on these terms as a
country in the lead of any other
season of soul searching would seem
to be the most probable reaction to
the frivolity and gambling which has
been in progress.
On the day the peace terms were
published here the Karlshorst race,
track took in more than 130.000
marks in gate receipts, while the
betting sheds distributed 3,500.000
marks.
During the week of mourning the
cabinet
country- in trans-Atlantic passenger' dl
order that a decision may be arriv-ed
at.
The communish government in
Hungary is declared to have declin-ed
to accept the terms laid down by
Rumania for an armistice and has
decided to continue righting. The
terms of the Rumanians
to the government with interest at
four per cent after having establish-ed
thousands of men in community
centers on lands now unused.
Officials of the interior depart-ment
said to-day they were amazed
at the great volume of requests for
land by soldiers. More than 50 let-ters
daily are being received asking
information regarding the plan.
THE ASSISTANCE WILSON
HAS PROMISED FRANCE.
Washington. May 9.—In response
included ,t0 an inquiry from Secretary Turn-service,
j——rmament and the surrender of, "&&• President Wilson cabled to-day
In this connection it was pointed * materiaIs and also the return ot.that he had promised Prance to pro-out
that Great Britain has so much
to replace in her other more vital
services, like the Pacific and Orien-i
the Wilson peace offered us yes-
W«tV (alls in this category, instead
"M his lt p0jnts..
Wilson Not Compromising.
Unofficial advises from Paris de- tal, that she must necessarily be un-clare
that the controversy over able to make replacements in ber
Italy's claims to Fiume and the Dal- trans-Atlantic lines fast enough to
matiari coast is far from being set- hold her supremacy,
tied. President Wilson, according i The present program of the ship-to
these advices, is not in agreement . ping board will give the United
expects that the federated with the compromise plan by which States in a very few years one-third
the ?late_8
J
W.i" Rive loyal co-operation to Italy would be given a mandate to of the ship tonnage of the entirs
administer Fiume until 1923. and world, and the acquisition of th?
then take possession of the city. German vessels is looked upon as a
Viscount Milner, British secretary wonderful help toward attaining the \
for the colonies, has been called to KOal sought.
Paris to discuss the question of Bel- I
m. there would not be
** empire a single 'yes.' ,its en^eavor to have every city, town
force without measure or limit and hamlet observe the occasion.
* used to be a Wilson phrase. ' — ,
pRHi IB TH>: PEACE
TRKtTY *4S PRESENTED.
GOV. BICKETT PARDONS
SIX NEGRO PRISONERS.
nin acting ns mandatory for German
Raleigh. May 9.—Six pardons for East Africa,
as many negro convicts who are do-gium's
protest against Great Brit- TRANS-ATLANTIC HYDRO-AIRPLANE
PLIGHT BEGUN. in "^ country is in prospect for this
V►eenrailles, May s._!
' *«»» Of the
hen the terms -•
The scene at
peace congress
the treaty were
EJ** «* O'nnan delegates.
:!0c^^v.OI1,.;imithefunc_
r,, /;l Bi,h0,» its tense mo-
^-heeQtir6halfhour
Ikntua u»t von Brockdorff-
Ncic 10 "elivw his reply to Pre-ing
road work on the Selma-Pender
county highway camp near Golds-boro.
were mailed to the camp yes-terday
in compliance with promise
made to them yesterday by Gover-nor
Bickett when he stopped th?re
a little while en route to Goldsboro
for the tax assessment conference.
There are a number of other c?vs
, that are to be investigated as to mer-it
The Hungarian communist gov-war
prisoners without reciprocity. | P°se to the senate in connection'with
Trouble seems to be brewing for tne Pea«» treaty "a supplement in
the Afghan tribesmen, who, aided which we shall agree, subject to the
by Afghan regular troops, have vio- \ approval of the council of the league
Iated the British Indian border by of nations, to come immediately to
crossing it and occupying certain po- the assistance of France in case of
sitions on the Indian side. The Brit- unprovoked attack by Germany."
ish are taking military precautions I "Happily there is no mystery or
and also have addressed a strong, Privacy about what I have promised
note of protest to the amir of Atgh- the government here." the President
;n itln sai«l "I have promised to propose
to the senate a supplement in which
we shall agree, subject to the ap-proval
of the council of the league
I of nations, to come immediately to
croI^Se"; X rThe T* ™»^T^^T1^
rg^-ry* ?** —* *»*—*. MMtr hastening the action whieh
. we should be bound by the covenant
THE BIGGEST WHEAT
CROP EVER GROWN.
Halifax. May 9.—The United
nprroodudcLtio^nr,68e1s;t-imTa?te1d^b'"y tth0ereCdaeSptarOt-riIot the "ie'ag'ue'oTTatlons""
ernment forces continue to suffer states naval hvdro-airplanes N C-l
military reverses. Czech troops have and N C-3 will start tomorro>w morn-nienceau
was a ne ' d f " '°f pardon as Promised by the
CrT (°r Preside« Wilson Pre- Rove™or- The Pard°°s ™ 'or Jun-r'^
nv-ncem and „ ' 'us Loftm. serving 25 years for mur-id
in ,-J *_mieT Ll0yd.der: Will Jones. 10 years for high-
I"'"1 or-lb
lor virtually way robberv; c'narleg Fisher. Wil- relaUon9 betw«*r. Afghanistan and air for their tests after dark brought
mington; Kid Shine, of Columbus
« fact.
Present.
■sPeech »,.,.
*»k- translated sen-ff
*!f sentence by the Ger county, who had served eight of a
"no did not fail tohpiM 10 yeaF sentence: Ed Graham. Bun-
'" fuil Pinphasis every shar* Combe county- serving 20 years tor
C ' ! and the three in H burglary: Jack Graves, serving a
'" !iu' ">eir heads together t6rm f°r ,arceny- Each of these men
1 presented his own case for pardon
in this novel camp call madt> by the
governor and each pledged good be-havior
when they shall have been re-leased
and each has a perfect, prison
L"•"'rnSram w,, „„ .. , 'record.
W,..J "■•■' unaltered, how-
The
depart
ment of agriculture, placed Its size
at almost nine hundred million bush-obtained
a foothold in Nagyszecseny. ing at 8 o-clock for Trepassey N"F e,8—in exact fiBures. 899,915.000—
40 miles north of Budapest. Ru- the jumping-off place for their trans- •*
manian forces, according to latest Atlantic flight, if the weather is fav-reports.
are 80 miles east ot the cap- orable. The aviators said tonight
'**'" j that tests made after some of the
Operations have been begun propellers on both planes had been
against the Afghan tribesmen who changed showed both to be in per-crossed
the border and tok up po- feet readinea for a resumption of
sitions on the Indian side. Russian their journey.
government advices say an Afghan The roaring of the engines as the
mission seeking the establishment ot two hydro-airplanes shot into the
Russia has arrived at Moscow.
«!t
GATE CITY MOTOR COMPANY
BUYS ITS HOME.
'Cerml?!' !! '"0re than one
i-,. ",a spokesman's cutting
Rr*a"--hiii,y „:
hi,. aiwwer.
".v were deliber-an
Kliry ^ the German pleni-finished
Premier
' a"d put the cus-
«n 8>'0na
further observations
Aftd when there was
-'Sri ' tu,ued:
^^<!>e session closed."
Nh»iif«. a"s t0 the consti- -^ :?iljiaboriaw-the
.••!? to , ,ls Provisions, ac- JNcrissued to-day
K*«ion „ Per- The chi'1
i5n^th hBnew revenue bill
'" April 25.
governor gave assurance to location is on East Market street
the convicts generally that good be- with a frontage of 65 feet and a
havior in prison service will go a depth of 191 feet. The considera-long
way toward procurement of tion was said to have been $45,000.
pardons and cutting down terms ot Mr. Edwards, who is president ot
service.
thousands of residents to the water-front.
As the airmen had all their
liehts in operation there was a bril-liant
spectacle as the planes left
their moorings in the harbor and
' circled over the city. The moon was
Another large deal in real estate bright, there was a gentle breeze
in the Davie and East Market street and the water was calm. When the
section has been made. C. W. Ed- test was ended the machines swoop-wards
has purchased from Rev. S. ed down into the harbor again with
M. Rankin and C. S. Watson the ease. It was nearly 10 o'clock when
property which is now occupied by the airmen left the planes and went
the Gate City Motor Company. The
would make this year's har-est
worth $2,034,000,000 at the
government's price guarantee of
$2.26 a bushel.
Kansas is producing an enormous
crop, the forecast of production for
that state being almost 22 per cent
of the country's total indicated out-put.
Illinois has a forecast of near-ly
66,000,000 bushels. Indiana
about 56.000.000. Ohio 55,000.000
and Oklahoma slightly more than
54.000.000.
The acreage is the largest on re-cord
and the area abandoned from
winter killing, overflows and other
causes is extremely low. 1.1 per cent.
THE VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN
HAS BEEN OVERSUBSCRIBED.
Washington. May 10.—The fifth
and last popular loan ot the United
States has been oversubscribed. Al-though
the approximate total sub-scriptions
will not be known for
nearly two weeks, figures available
tonight showed that the American
people had responded generously to
the appeal to "finish the job."
Like all of its predecessors, the
victory liberty loan suddenly jump-ed
on the last day of the campaign
above the mark set as its limit. The
day brought an avalanche of sub-scriptions
which banks could not at-tempt
to count until next week.
Growing crops "have" been splendid \ !"'°n=! °.' !°".d?y.S harve.st was inc,ud-and
the crop from April 1 to Mav
1 made an improvement, bringing it
to 100.5 per cent of a normal, which
is the highest condition on record
for May 1. Continued good grow-
. 'n8 conditions from now to time of
to the mine layer Baltimore to spend h,rvAa. mi„h. „ . ,
ihp nVhr harvest might result in a crop larger
g .than 900.000.000 bushels.
———~~——————— Winter wheat prospective produc-
Trouble on Mexican Border. tion this year in Southern states east
Laredo. Tex.. May 9.—Charles of the Mississippi river shows an in-the
Gate City Motor Company H°Pkina- an immigration inspector, crease of almost 13,000.000 bushels
'stated that several additions would and tnree unidei>t'°e«i Mexicans, •*•* ""t year's production. The
be made immediately to the prop- were ■**•*• aad two men seriously condition of the crop May 1 and fore-erty.
already one of the best ar- '■ w°unded, one perhaps fatally, in an cast of production by states follow:
ranged garages in the state. A sec- "change of shots between Ameri- Virginia, condition 99; produc-ond
floor will be erected the entire'can offlcera and Mexican smugglers. _**»• 18.848,000 bushels.
Paris. May 11.—Italy, according length of the building to be utilized 8ev*n miI*9 ■•■*■■■• of Laredo last North Carolina, 85 and 11.378.-
to the Echo de Paris, seems inclined for storage and accessories. The nl*ht- Ir" HU1, of tbe Texas neaUh Cl>0-
to cease pressing, for the time at second floor at present only runs 8erT,ce, and Jose Valdez. an alleged,
least, her claim to Fiume and to de- back about 30 feet, the remainder of 8nsuSSler- were wounded. Valdez is'
ed in the total of $3,849,638,000
subscriptions officially tabulated to-night
by the treasury, and officials
would not be surprised to see the
final figure go to nearly six billions.
Only $4,500,000,000 will be accept-ed.
ITALY INCLINED TO CEASE
PRESSING CLAIM TO FIUME.
not expected to live.
South Carolina. 88 and 2,351,000.
Georgia, 90 and 40,493.000.
Tennessee, 97 and 9,883,000.
Alabama. 91 and 2.011,000.
Mississippi, 90 and 641,000.
mand fulfillment of the treaty ot the building being one story.
London, upon which her Dalmatian This particular piece ot property,
claims were originally based. ]ike all that in this section, has
In several of the newspapers the jumped rapidly in value. Original-
Over Half of Youths Killed.
Paris, May 9.—An investigation
mal pact of friendship and alliance, wards for around $10,000. Mr. Ed-' township roads in Caldwell county, into the number of French soldiers
while in some quarters regret is ex- wards erected the garage, and about The iwo precincts here in Lenoir killed between the age of twenty
Purported Message From Cyclops.
New York, May 9.—Navy officials
said tonight they attached little im-portance
to the finding in Long Is- -
land sound ot a bottle containing-what
purported to be a message from
the U. S. S. Cyclops, the collier
which strangely vanished on a voy-age
from the Barbados in March.
1917. It was stated that tbe Cy-clops
was sinking and gave the lat-itude
and longitude. It waa undated.
The latitude and longitude given
were such that the message carried
little light with naval officers. A
similar message was found in a
bottle near Quanantine in the lowet;
bay in August, 1818.
•m.
Road Bonds Win.
Lenoir, May 9.—Unofficial return*
view is taken that it is in order for ly the Tatum home place, it was sold I show a majority of over 600 vote3 in
France and Italy to conclude a for- about five years ago to C. W. Ed-! favor ot issuing $250,000 lO build
Daniels on His Way Home.
, Brest, May 9.—Secretary Daniels
he'f aaI Foch Pressed that Italy was not invited to a year ago sold the entire property j gave a majority of 436 for the bonds, and thirty-one has revealed that 58 [arrived at Brest to-day, from Eng-
' Reut * tomorrow-:join tne defensive alliance proposed to Messrs. Rankin and Watson for Only three precincts ot the 16 in the P«r cent had lost their lives. That, land. He embarked shortly atter-e
«" dispatch from tor France, the United States and $31,000. He now buys it back at connty gave majorities against the «». that over half ot France's youth ward on the, transport Mount V«-
i Great Britain. a considerable advance. I bonds. | baa disappeared.
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non to sail for home.