The Greensboro patriot [May 15, 1919]

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PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY.
GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1919.
AliK SAID TO
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f;yid E. Beehlot.
,„dcr a recent date, says ih.s
1 i Iit!>-
■gpcrei history" from the
l-tf Minference:
„«,e stage of the peace-making
raats called in Kanes. the
British economist, and ask-ash
and d> -»
«»ho.« ™ J ment>oned as
others. Fran. J former,
best^ customer ft, German coal but
France expects to have all she needs
when she gets the outpost of the
Saar valley, about 10 per cent of the
German supply. Germany, however.
H!ll st.ll have plenty to export. But
—as pointed out. Prance, the Ms
customer, is out of the market; and
Mis article 7tU%arUiShhe,bigBeSt ™W "POrt , ot the Brittsh isles, ir Germany is
permitted to sell too much coal she
will cut down the demand for Brit-
BIB ■ coal!
VOL. 98. NO. 39
writing from
[,„ c m effect:
,, Kanes. how could we collect
nwmany the greatest amount
aid possibly pay in the short-to
0—Manufactured Products.
Here would be one of the greatest
methods of collecting, were it not
for the boycott sentiment against
goods "made in Germany." Pro-ducts
such as optical equipment,
lenses, fine technical instruments,
""told them: By giving pref- *™ "° on' »»vlng high value because
German manufactured 0t **• ^kmanship „„ them and re-
I ou'ring little or no imported
-«idea didn'1 ma*' ml,cn of ;l
: m-itb the diplomats.
|a,, they had asked him a cold.
Idaical question: and he had given
Hir fold, technical answer, as
Lc later on found out from a lot of
Eher economists and financiers, and
bm their own study.
' This incident illustrates the great-k
difficulty of the whole peace con-
■-air; namely — j
Hu»- ranch of a damage bill Ger-
GERMANS STILL KICKING
ON TERMSOFTHE TREATY
IT IS RELIEVED THE AISTRIAN
TREATY WILL RE COMPLETED
THIS WEEK.
Paris. May 12.—The council of
four spent the greater part of the
day on the Austrian boundaries and
completed the task of defining them
this afternoon in a session with the
foreign ministers. Such progress
was made that the members of the
council believe that the Austrian
treaty may be completed this week.
GERMANS DON'T LIKE THE
PEACE TREATY A BIT
AUSTRIAN'S ARRIVE WITH
SMILES ON' THEIR FACES.
Paris. May 14.—The Austrian
CALLS IT A "DREADFUL AND! peace delegation arrived at St. Ger-MURDEROUS
PAPER'—MAKES this
GERMANY A RIG JAIL.
main-En-Laye at 5.55 o'clock
evening.
The delegation was met by Per-
Paris. May 13.—The German del- feCt CnalieI and representatives of
egation announces the dispatch of a' \he French government and the al-fifth
note which will probably reach 1 Ued and associated powers.
L0C0M0TIYE BLOWS UP,
KILLING THREE PEOPLE
THE CAB WAS BLOWN 300 FEET
ONE WAY—BOILER 200 FEET
ANOTHER.
- raw ma-terial,
would be "velvet" for paying
the bill if the allied people wanted to
buy them! The manufactured ar-ticles
would be turned over to the
allies free; sold, and the monev ap-plied
on the debt. Neutral countries
receiving Germany's manufactured I,
goods could pay the allies instead !
of Germany. But—aside from the
boycott, allied business demands
protection!
«—Direct Labor and Material.
uivcan pay. and how to gel it. This method can be best illus-
•solved" yet-by a Ions *„ T..*-.U"nI Northern F™"™ »«
int. Germans woul I
TV bill is still to he collected.
There are exactly six methods of
IVilcctiiu it. iiccordins to the tinan-
|:a! experts here advising the peace-jkers.
But will public sentiment tolerate
Ih' three biggest methods';
1 an example. The
prepare in Germany all the bricks,
glass. lumber, furniture, concrete
machinery and belting, to rebuild
Northern France: send it over with
German workmen; and completely
restore the devastated region. This
is one of the plainest cases in lifting
The financial authorities I have in-' ™,Ues riRht out of Germany. But
rviewed all say that the big stutnb- e yOU bump into the ,abor unions
to; block in Betting the damages a"d labor generally. Frenchmen
need this work. And anyhow. France
doesn't want another German man-sion,
peaceful or otherwise.
Incidentally—
Germany's total wealth is some-where
around 78 billion doll*.-«
[rom Germany lies in the fact that
three methods that would net
lie 21-eatest sums hump smack into
Prong anti-German feeling—
First. Against anything "made in
irmanv."
1 scoud. Against lowering French Ta'K °f f:ermanv Paying the cost of
rrflgian labor conditions, wages
f»mand by taking part of the
I in work.
Wrd. By givfng German com.
Wop in dye and other industries
Moped by the allies during
and expecting protection
t" a'jd other
the war—something like 200 bil-lions—
as the French people were al-lowed
if not encouraged to expect,
sounds nice, but it can't be doue.
ries
the
in
every one of
raw materials
T» the Germans- -et
'-* "» last cen, tnev can
rounds roo,l but it
Whins.
ALL AMERICANS TO LEAVE
GERMANY AND FRANCE.
A conference between Baron Son-nino.
Italian foreign minister, and
Col. E. M. House, of the American
peace delegation, regarding Italy's
claims to Fiume and the Adriatic
coast; a meeting of the council of
four at which tlio . otes presented by
the German peace delegation con-cerning
prisoners 01 •• ar and labor
were turned over to «■■ perts for in-vestigation,
and the completion of
the task of defining the new Aus-trian
boundaries represented the en-activities
in peace conference
circles in Paris Monday.
The result of the conversation be-tween
Baron Sonnino and Colonel
House has not been made public.
Meantime dispatches from Borne in-dicate
that the Italian population
again is becoming restive after hav-ing
learned that the report of last
week that Italy's claims to Fiume
had been settled was erroneous.
Added to this irritation is dissatis-faction
because Italy was not men-tioned
as one of the parties to the
proposed Anglo-Franco-American al-liances;
the question of the division
of America's merchant marine: the
treaty provision with Germany that
the three principal powers are suffi-cient
to ratify the treaty, and other
small matters in which the Italians
feel they have been slighted.
Germans Study ins Treaty.
While the Austrian delegates are
well on their way to St. Gerniain-En-
Laye. there to be informed of the
conditions for peace which are to be
imposed upon their country by the
allied and associated powers, the
Germans at Versailles are still busily
engaged in examining the peace
treaty. In addition to the six minor
members of the delegation who left
Chancellor Rener appeared in the
doorway of the car with his hat in
his" hand and with a contagious
smile that put the reception commit-tee
quickly at its ease.
Dr. Renner, a plump round-faced
man with a black beard and a bald
head and with eyes shining bright-ly
behind a pair of gold-rimmed
spectacles, bowed courteously to the
reception committee. There was no
hand-shaking.
The head of the Austrian delega-
..,,,, '"on was followed by Dr. Franz
even from the press galleries'greet- Klein' Peter Eichoff and Dr. Rich-ed
the chancellor as he character- *** Schu,ler- A"er them came the
ized the treaty as "a dreadful and m"mber" of the party, which num-murderous"
document which would . ,about *'"ty-make
an enormous jail of Germany | .. W"h Pri«"n«»-V Courtesy."
in which sixty million persons would Chaleil. advancing and bow-the
French foreign office tonight and
will be delivered to the council of
four tomorrow morning.
Phillip Scheidemann, the German
chancellor, has followed the lead
taken by President Ebert. In a
statement to the national assembly
in Berlin. Scheidemann declared
that the peace terms are not accept-able
to Germany.
Cheering from all factions in the
chamber, excepting from the bench-es
of the independent socialists.
have to labor for the victors in the
war. The speaker several times
charged deception on the part of
President Wilson and the abrogation
of his promised fourteen points for
peace.
It is reported that Scheidemann
has been informed by the leaders of
the two democratic parties and of the ' '
parties of the center that these fac- DATE IS FIXED FOR THE
ing. addressed the Austrian chan-cellor,
saying he was delegated to
meet the Austrian representatives
and treat them with friendly cour-tesy.
He added that he would turn
them over to Major Bourgeois, who
would establish relations between
them and the entente powers.
means the
TfcOrsu-
|!ht' but that has
Ma will be 'axed all
mg. commander in chief of
American expeditionary forces, ar-rived
in Coblenz to-day for what may
be his last official visit to the Amer-ican
occupation area. During bis
visit he will arrange with Lieuten-sn
t anything to do
Pto* to collect the bill
r m *"* conference eocme-
Kl7°U h"Ve '*' think "> I?,"":' rUnter Uggett f°r tne! terms wh " «l*l values that conlP,ete flW"
Versailles for Berlin late last week,
Coblenz. May 1.1.—General Persh- two of the more prominent members.
Herren Geisberts and Landsbere!
have gone to Germany, evidently
with the purpose of conferring with
the German government.
From Germany come reports of
continued dissatisfaction of the
ich Germany has been told
she nvust meet in order to obtain
peace. Reiteration that it will be
impossible to carry out the provis-ions
are to be heard everywhere.
Great demonstrations of protest
have been held in Berlin. Breslau
and other cities.
-— <nai can be , withdrawal of the
Lr" «ut 01 r,Prm:lIlv. and not American forces as decided upon
«»<* of v.Ht.es. Mlen as cuf - some three weeks ago at general
„' headquarters.
Tiero 8re .
theiw, B:'s ilfc°rding to' General Pershing confirmed the
nuW suh,orities. to get j Washington announcement that all.
Hen. aj j or at least nearly all, of the Ameri-
, dre: Mns would be out of France and
"~Pa>"ieni „f <;itM j Germany by September 1. He an-th"
"losi dirm " nounced that the plans for the with-
.,. "■*•! Rold reserve is -.hont ' drawaI ot troops from the occupied
' "f »»' currency It <2 1 Z°De WCre CVen further ^vanced
- P"r cent is conside ! 'han Keneral headquarters had antic-lni,'
imuni to keep up IiPated S°me WeekS ag°'
tions will withdraw their represen-tatives
from the government it' the
peace treaty is signed.
Meantime, however, the German
plenipotentiaries at Versailles are
continuing their work of assimilat-ing
the terras of the treaty and for-mulating
such pro twits as they de-sire
to make while others of the del-egation
are in Berlin discussing the
prospects with the government. Still
another German note—the fifth—is
to be delircSsfl at the French for-eign
office Wednesday.
Allies I,et 'Em Alone.
As for the allied and associated
TRA VSFER OF POLICIES.
Washington. May 13.—The war
risk insurance bureau has tentative-ly
fixed June 1 as the date for the
issuance of the new life insurance
policies for which soldiers, sailors
and marines may exchange the pol-icies
issued to them under the war
risk act. Applications for conver-sion
are now being received.
While no intensive campaign to
induce holders ot the war risk act
policies to transfer to the new tonlatek,' ^ was not Injured
of insurance has been launched as Benton's home is in
|*:
sfun<i
•t"nce
»J ,"rm<">y but
••"* tl»rT|.r|..
"ion h,v... •'' un(|pr German
!(,1|lr..
- "ant take '.-;-—— —* ",c "«="«»«« «'» ' said, holds no precedent m
especially, **Vhe •>«"» *W. the troop I mination complp
P
tPl
Cv
neighbor-! w,thdrawal from the Rhineland will '
go forward with a rush and if anv 1
dependent on ' Americans are le» at «"• bridgehead ! JFStJZZ'Zl /T^ ^
I by September, they will be few -< : e rad,cal e'ements.
"Monstrons Document."
No less a person thnn Freiderich
Ebert, president of Germany, has an-nounced
that he is standing on Pres-ident
Wilson's I 4 points for peace.
Ebert alluded to the peace treaty as
a "monstrous doeu ,-ent." which, he
deter-to
annihilate
vanquished peoples.
paper
""' th
* b,
1 f-ght
til Ships,
he -..Hies
"- valuer|
They have seized Leij
'■'■
over.
'•> keep
number and assigned to duty of ,'T T" ™' Ue,PS1C' °"e ot the
cleaning up and checking property; f, fT "' ** sPartaca«-
* now have. ' preparatory to turning it over to the ' t, It ^^ proc,aim-
;ind f'orma.l.ly fFrenc«h-. ea there.
iiaioc
though it will be
«rtain supplies Double Murder by Negro.
Tampa. Fla.. May 13.—Ed Lewis.
W;"?r,ny bef°re she can
i. £***• That can be
s'Sple 2"T- "Bd the ships a negro> blew his wWe's head off with not been engaged in fighting of great
'He,"
Early June has been tentatively
chosen for the commencement of the
withdrawal of American troops from
north Russia. The Americans have
yet, applications are invited now in
representatives they are leaving the order t0 ooviate , rusQ when
Germans severely a one for the pres- time arrives for transfers to be
ent. except for dealing with their made and also to encourage holders
communications and are now engag- of the policies to make the ex-ed
in settling up the peace terms fh,„„ ... . J - . , cnange WnnKe0n„ iUt iios „m„o.s,t conveni,ent.,
which are to be handed Austria; en- for them to do so
deavoring to dis-entangle the snarl The bureau has also made it
in the skein of discord with Italy as know„ that it wj|, not ^.^
regards Fiume and the Adriatic re- icies a., having elapsed even though,
gion and discussing the Turkish alter discharge, a man may have
P'° t!"w c, , ! ceased payment or has notified the
Italian Situation Improves. bureau that he wishes t(> cance| hjg
Optimism has been expressed in policv, untn ample time ^ beeQ
Paris that the Italian situation is granted for reinstatement. The bu-nearing
settlement, the Italians reau's policy will be to allow a
evincing a disposition to make con- soldier, sailor or marine to put his
cessions. Premier Orlando again policy back in force by payment of
called Tuesday at the residence of back installments within a period of
Colonel House, of the American dele- six months.
Up to the middle of April, the
bureau had paid 105.000 claims for
insurance awards for death. Only
1.604 claims have been disallowed,
,,,,,, ... , ,. , and in a good many of these cases
doubtless went over the disputed the action ,, flna,
ground. 1
Austrian Treaty. I "
As tor the Austrian treaty it is TO REIMPOSE BLOCKADE IF
said to be nearly complete. While PEACE TREATY LS NOT SIGNED.
the details of it have not become
known it is asserted that in some re-! Paris. May 14.—The council of
spects it will follow the German doc- four. composed of President Wilson,
ument This is true especially as Davld Lloyd'George. M. Clemen-regards
trial by court martial ot ceau and signor Orlando. to-dav
persons responsible for violation of considered the immediate reimpos-the
rules of warfare during the pe- ing of the blockade against Germany
nod of hostilities although it is said ,„ case that countrv decIines to sign
no demand is to be made for the trial ,he peace treaty The SUDject
of former Emperor Charles.by an in- under discussion at
Raleigh. May 13—Engineer Wiley
Benton. Fireman Davis, and Chief
Brakeman C. D. Buie were instantly
killed this afternoon at 2 o'clock,
when the 16-wheel drive freight er-gine
exploded as it was slowly pull-ing
a long Seaboard freight train
southward by Method.
The explosion was heard for miles
away and shook the immediate rt-cinity
like the shock of an earth-quake.
None of the Seaboard offi-cials
has made a statement regard-ing
the cause of the explosion, in fact
it seems to be as much a mystery to
them as to the hundreds of people
who visited the scene of the wreck
three miles west of Raleigh, and
members of the train crew, who
were not injured in the accident.
The only theory advanced as to the
cause of the explosion—and that is
purely unofficial—is that cold wa-ter
was shot into the hot pan ot the
boiler and this resulted in the fatal
accident.
The wreck happened just a few
hundred yards east of the Method
station. The cab was blown 300
feet back of the southbound train
and the boiler was blown 200 feet in
front of the tender and trucks.
which remained on the tracks.
The negro fireman. Davis, was
evidently blown many feet into the
air because parts of his clothing
were found in the telegraph wires.
He was on one side of the track, and
the body was badly scalded, being
burned almost white.
Engineer Benton and Brakeman
Buie were found near the cab on the
south side of the track, several hun-dred
feet from the tracks. Conduc
tor J. W. Dowd. who was riding in
the caboose, was shaken by the
Mr.
Monroe, and
gation. and went over the situation,
while in the afternoon President
Wilson had an engagement with
Thomas Nelson Page, the American
ambassador to Italy, with whom he
ternational civil tribunal. The de-limitation
of the boundaries of Aus-tria
will follow the lines laid down
in the treaty of London.
Huns Want to See Austrian*.
was
separate
'::: method of collection a shotgun tnen drowned his eight- importance for several months.
0Un' they're worth, j ******* daughter in the HiUsbor-! Recognition of Korea as an inde-
'P'-ty Ow»»H 1 „ ' °U8h r,Ter ne*r here 8hort,'r •*« Pendent state and the liberation of
wao,. noon to-**y- T1>e tragedy occurred the country from Japan has been re-
With the expected advent of the to the treaty.
two
meetings of the council.
On the other hand, it is antici-pated
that the blockade will be en-tirely
fitted immediately if the Ger-man
delegates affix their signatures
Mr. Buie lived at Lemon Springs.
Strange to say the wreck, which
was about the worst that has been
experienced in this section, did not
tear up the Southern tracks, and the
way was cleared pretty soon after
the explosion. The boiler, however,
seems to have been thrown a con-siderable
distance, splintering the
cross ties of a siding and demolish-ing
the track, and cutting a great
hole in the ground. From there it
evidently bounced 30 yards, where it
was witnessed by the crowds which
went out from surrounding towns,
a great mass of twisted and broken
steel and iron. The fittings were
scattered in all directions for many-hundred
yards around.
The wrecked engine was No. 511,
of the famous Mallett heavy draft
type, and was one of the newer lo-comotives
used by the Seaboard. In
the past these1 engines have given
remarkable little trouble and very
fine service. This causes the explos-ion
to be all the more mystifying to
the officials here.
The freight cars were immediate-ly
pulled back into the Raleigh
yards, and a wrecking crew was at
work clearly the tracks by 5 o'clock
this afternoon. The Southern tracks
which parallel the Seaboard were,
used until the other track was clear-ed.
However, there was a delay of,
several hours.
Austrian delegates at St. Germain-!
k. '53 r>">pertj >c"rlti.
<»
while the family was fishing in a
J outside Ger- rowboat. As officers approached
on property out- Lewis jumped Into the river and was
' *n,vd by the German drowned.
quested ot the peace conference
Paris.
in
at 0. b
ia r.erm.y-!::''naan 8«bJectS
These can be
"mans
NJ™? the German
En-Laye. the Germans at Versailles | _
are seeking permission to be allowed j Body of D"»WBed *°r Recovered.
to Lommunicate with them Count! Winston-Salem, May 12.—The
Von Brockdorff-Bantzau. head of the body of Fred Bolt, the young man
German contingent, is said to have who was drowned In the Yadkin
carried his request to the point ot river last Wednesday near the For-
Planes May Get AW»T TO.D desiring to send a German Jelega- syth-Davie bridge while trying to se-
"T* tion to greet the Austrian*! on their cure a duck he had shot and killed.
Washington. May 14.—The Amer-; arrival. The answer of the allied has been found as it passed over the
ican naval seaplanes NC-i and NC-3 \ ;r>d associated representatives is dam of the power house owned and
operated by South Western Public
j Utilities Company. The men at the
through I Long Time Seeing Father. ' power house had been watching for
It is said the air. Official reports to the navy | Bell Fontaine. Ohio. May 13— ^he body, believing that the swollen
Howard Hamilton, of Eagle stream would bring it down in a
Kentucky, born during the few days. After its recovery it was
»^fc ioint miiit„r» --■-T'' '■"~~" „'"* Tu r~TvT*«I '"ght' int'mated Civil war after his father had gone brought to a undertaker establish-
«„*■"» Material,. ££1 t h I» s,^''"^ »L f ."V" WO0,d b<S made int0 wrrice met nis father to' ** ment here and DreDared «» burial.
hic
hlPri<"ipa. raw mated,, serS fornlr^L, ' " .K!""' "* *? tTfBty-'our ho™ " "w first time to-day when he found Jer- The funeral service was held this af-(
■*••* *m Par pit ^-^y"? Dresentati0!l « 2* weathe' alon* ttte «nte to the emiah Hamilton, aged |«, at West ternoon and interment was in the
Pay. Pot- the Presidents return. Indicated. Mansfield, near here. Baptist grave yard at Clemmons.
ACTIVE "TAFT CLUB"
FORMED FOR CAMPAIGN.
President Wlii Cable Message.
^arl9' May 13.—President Wil probably wil Ibe in flight before sun- ' problematical
"V j". '""""burse the Ger- S°n S messase- which will bi cabled down tomorrow in the first attempt'
'^■Hs '.!'Irr"ncy- Possibly l° 5'ongres9 on May 19. is expected to cross the Atlantic ocean thronrh
R> th b* TOade which t0 bC ei?,JPtiona»y short.
1*6
a sub" m"lnou out to cor- * "'" EOt SUDm,t tl»e complete text department late to-day from Tre- William
"huj'?* Who are not liv- °f the ''';ace treaty •«■ the o cposed passey Bay. N. F.. the starting point. Station,
' t0°- Franco-American engagement for of the proposed flight, intimate rivii ..,
I Azores was indicated.
Omaha. May 13—William Howard
Taft. as the n^it Republican presi-dential
nominc-i. is th- ol.ject of tha
new organization being formed in.
Omaha. F. A. Shotweil. prominen*
attorney and original Taft man in.
former campaigns. Is at u.« head of
the organlsatior. ShotweU Is very
close to National Committee Learn-ed,
and to Victor Ronewater. editor
of Omaha Bee and ehalra an of the
Chicago convention at the time th*
Progressive party split.
In a lengthy statement issued to-day
Mr. Sbotwell says in part:
"Mr. Taft is the head of his party,
and there is no other to take his
place in popular confidence and es-teem.
He enjoys the sympathy and
respect of honest labor and honest
capital. The times are uncertain
and dangerous; we moat call our
most able and courageous statesmen
to oEce and Mr. Tnft la the nmn tar-
President la 1920."
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