The Greensboro patriot [March 27, 1919]

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ESTABLI ■/„t ^ 1821. GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1919. VOL. 98. NO 25
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rtrJStril'r =2 NORTH CAROLINA BOYS
sh from the scenes where, in the
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IWfl.
10 RETURN B£V*bU8!ne88 of war, they-h-;d-1-0;-k:
„,vivn '' unafraid int0 ^e face of death.
x*y» MSW All of them had seen hard service.
Their eyes had a thoughtful seri-ousness
except when you spoke of
home and then they fairly danced
with happy anticipation.
Have Lived Hard Lives.
March 21. -Secretary of
' na0iels. after bis investiga-
'^C7P editions at Brest
^lCaS,ciated Press tto toi-
SPEND DAY DELOUSING
EVERY MOTHER'S SOX IS HAPI'Y
TO BE HOME AGAIN—WILL
PARADE AT WILMINGTON.
THOUSANDS OF JEWS ARE
KILLED IN BUENOS AIRES
•WHITE GUARD" RAIDED JEW-ISH
QUARTERS—BODIES
BURNED.
Camp Stuart, Va., March 24.—It Nwe>w Y*"o>r■k>,., mMaarrccnh 2266..——TThhoouussaannddss
was officially announced here, to-day of Jews were slaughtered in a "po-
"War i« -i grim tan, that the 115tn machine gun batta- I grom" conducted in Buenor Aires
men have lived hard lives "but'tZl "?• COmposed ot Nortn Carolina January 9, according to a statement
, , „•' have the conscious air «f th 7 K ' veterans °r the 30th division, would | issued here tonight by the Zionist
i0B °f . tW° • man w^o knowThA ? I • be demobi»^ at Camp Jackson, Co- Organization of America, quo-ting a
at Ponaue- »»» «jO]knows he has performed , lumbia, s. c., instead of Cam Lee I report it has received from the Ar-sout
of the 'ne hardest job in history efficient- Va.. as wa« =„„„.,„,.».. <„... w„.J „.„tin« canit*!
K,. statement:
••;;iV„ S!„nit a pom
' Ls in the camp at ronu^- ^^_J~ZZ"._~. .T *~"«";««M5tt 1 lumbia, S. C, instead of Camp Lee, I report it has recei
# 1 .rains 380 days 0«t of the £\£™ ** n ***** efficient- va., as was announced just before ! gentine capital.
f t I »ave seen more than *re
a^™£Plo»»*- And »ow they the arrival of the battalion from I According to this report, a "white
£-Mnerican troops encamped SSVSB^SIW^ and
f
continue , overseas. The battalion is expected l.guard" was organized there follow-
*M9J.L for embarkation home **? "™ t°* ™aku,g » better world. I to leave here for its final destination ing a rumor that strikes in that city
^"conferred with scores of> ^Slmk^SlZS^ *™V\ here ' Thursday night. I were the beginning of a Bolshevist
IS ad many mea Just from the *™ about while ,t^was raining. But part of the Old North State. ! revolution incited by the Jews. The
ff " ^TJsXxTtTvTJT k made- at leaSt> Win see this batta,ion of "report charged that with co-opera-
■"•" ""• mileins cIaImTpSwSitnLou^t inconven^ient °f thC her T,ctori°»» sons before they are tion of the police, the "white guard" J >.H:_.J ™,. ... _ -...j .u_ ...
COL. ANSELL DESCRIBES
COURT MARTIAL SYSTEM.
Well Cared For.
"Every man in camp has a bunk.
1 "^V'r^ru waTk f'rom'tenTio "™P without inconvenience:
,,."1,\vi,i,h the marines were"
a,,l in the wooden bar-;
,,. , ,h„ soldiers sleep. I mattress and five blankets. Every
.:„ wol|p,n kitchens and tent is squared by wooden framing
,.„.,,, ami saw where dinner and has a wooden floor and stove.
ru, marines' was prepared in I found an ample supply of fuel
„ lWPive kitchens. This available for all the stoves in the
..... is fed in forty min- camp. 1 found bathing facilities ay and t,le battalion will entrain
. " .. jus, as many are fed in sufficient to give each man in camp j ' " "
(Mi other kitchens. | two baths
; ities ample
.... vv..va^ »uw «.*, ..«..».»,, wic "line KUillM
demobilized. The battalion will go raided the Jewish quarters, "kill-to
Camp Jackson via Wilmington for ing a number that cannot be esti-a
parade to be held next Saturday, mated because all the bodies were
Wilmington is the home of company ! burned in a common grave," Jews
C of the battalion, commanded by | and persons who resembled Jews
Capt. Thomas J. Cause, well known I were stopped on the street, it was
hotel man of that city. The stay | said, and even synagogues wore
there, however, will be less than a
lion w
I from there for Camp Jackson.
sol- twice a week
„ — —. B _ „_„—...wuu, ni^; ivpun cbli-the
battalion and large delegations tinued, finally succeeded in retting
,.,„„s«-,iu-i.i- from tne home town ot every com-{the police to end the "pogrom" at-
"I found twelve amusement places ^ '" !*1organization w,» be in ; ter it had asserted there were no
nMra,inn „K,-fc V. 'r31 P . the coast cit*- according to reports Bolshevik! among Argentine Jews.
Amusoiiu-nls.
tasted in operation which last week enter-
I found the
jl, (i tviih Marine".
■I sat upon the to113 ot ""'
. and ate my midday meal with
... The meal *-as well cooked.:
palatable, and plentiful and
ffi good as any meal I ever ate in (tained 130,000 men.
.:.v lite. The midday meal consist- .water supply ample, I can see no
I A ol a large helping of roast beef,! reason for criticism of this camp.
Baaed potatoes, stewed carrots, . but more to praise than in any
liti neat gravy, bread pudding with camp I have visited in the United
raisins. t»o large slices' of white States, I found the embarkation fa-
Mead and a large cap of coffee, cilities ample and above criticism. I
Dm the entrance of each of the found the camp well lighted and saw
dining halls is a large sign in French ('bo beginning of operations for a
which, translated, means you can ' complete lighting sysiem.
hare as much food as you want and i Congratulates Helmiek's Ability.
;„ home right away. Few asked for j » , wlsh t0 congratu,ate the war
a second helping, tor the Hrst help- (lepartment on the ability of Major
s«'- General E. A. Helmick. who is the
commanding general of the base of
tlie American expeditionary forces.
"I noticed 1 fen- rosy-faced young He has executive ability, vision and
tapik< came for another helping discipline with sympathy. The cam-iwt
as to had been accustomed to 'manding general of the camp is
«'o »itk He food that mother used Brigadier General Smedley D. But-
'0 serrp (hfm. it was nar(1 to tell ier. He is a steam engine in breech-
•I t> sen hall whether the most es ^nd his work here is monumen-
PWhr phrase was 'as much food j *al. When the history of Generals
M J'ou MM,' or 'home right away,' , Helmick and Butler and their cap-
1,111 ,'hr'', ' sP0ke to the soldiers. I ab,e and enthusiastic assistants here
mnd no difficulty iu understanding »n Brest is written what they have
« "hom" right away- was the note done here will win the praise of all
touched their hearts, brought; Americans who take pride in big
0 most beaming smile and the achievements.
I hnrtiest cheering.
"' Happiest.
-~ o>-~ «vu 111,111 in camp i . •«* ■.«-«""... j -•-- t
a week and laundry facil- I Great Piaparatioris are being made The j
e for clean underwear in Willni"gton for the reception ot Zionist o
raided on the ground that Maximal-ists
were being hidden I'aere from
the police.
Argentine branch of the
rganization, the report eon-iera
could eat at one time.
He/1 led, /{.id (limate.
Roquet For Admiral Halstead.
"If the mothers of America could
were happy when I haTO bee" WUh me yesterday Md to"
;,; ' Admiral Halstead ■ ^ **?* W°UUl *mm be6n haPPy
'""•"■eived a message that the' wa* nave such leaders-
'•' "; '•»■ Rennan transports to ' WIW* the Kenerals have donk is onl-v
equalled by the excellent service of
had Admiral Halstead and his admirable kart»B troops home
■■«*ooid with a naW
, ff ""'l thai others would follow 11)ersonnel in charee of naval opera-nav>
P-rsonnel already having jt,0n °" tne ^^ of France.
^£T£?SZZ£ —- «™ A.THOR.TV
J" °f l!:- -as the .mighty Le! I FOB «»TAIMXG WILLIAMS.
I rcadv '" carry 12.000 sol-hora"
»m that four battleships ' WashinSton' "«*»«» 25.—Secre-tary
Glass made public to-day a let-ter
to Representative McFadden, of
Pennsylvania, replying to Mr. Mc-
Fadden's inquiry of the authority
Secretary Glass has con-
John Skelton Williams in of-
" a drop of"water fiCe aS comptroller of the currency
' """ :,! :• oi (hom The tent and ex"officio member of the federal
1"! :"«l each one has* 'eSerVe board- Mr' GIass said nis
*«rm and comfort- actl0n was Dased on an act of Con-gress
dated March 2. 1S95. which
5**W coaled preparatory ,„
■ZTm*,,;"',; ,,omp- iKuess of I'oinanezen camp ,. , .
. m",,-':l»" «tn ^u see ™"S
h ! !;'»".arra.-k covered citv. ,by ^»,
^n, """• ' went into a t
1.'"Ued J°' . I".'. •■ linn AA ii..
,v- and
The
m!'" rome •""! KO by the
i,t is •.,' c,.i,,t.j. o„.t. move- was construed
N^H1» Sea, „0
IJta, °P,''"at
that already have come to Camp
Stuart.
The cities represented in the bat-talion
are Gastonia. the home of
company A. commanded by Capt.
Robert G. Cherry; Asheville, the
home of company B. commanded by
Capt. Thomas Y. English; Charlotte,
the home of company D, command-ed
by Capt. Oscar R. Mills, and
company C, Wilmington, command-ed
by Capt. Cause.
This was the first busy day spent
A cable dispatch received from
Buenos Aires during the progress of
the riots made no reference to a "po-grom"
and one received two weeks
after the "pogrom" is alleged to
have occurred, did not mention any
slaughter of Jews, but reported an
Israelite delegation had waited on
President Irigoyen to protest against
"unjust atrocities and inexcusable
insults" suffered by them.
Although for more than two years
disorder has beeu rife in the Argen-by
the battalion since arriving on ;.tine capital, the most serious riot oc-
Anierican soil. The entire battalion
to-day went through the horrors of
delousing again so proud mothers
need not, fear the hero son intro-ducing
French cooties into the
"spare bed" the first night he is
home. No ^cootie, however hardy,
could have withstood what took
place to-day at the official louse kill-ing
plant. After the regulation clean-curred
last January about the time
of the alleged Jewish "pogrom"
when in trouble growing out of the
harbor strike which later led to na-tionalization
of the port 80 persons
were "killed and S00 wounded on the
streets.
Steady growth of "Bolshevism"
was reported and following word
that a Bolshevist army was invading
Washington, March 25.—"Crude,
unskilled and unlettered the exec-utive
arm of a military commander,"
were among the vigorous terms em-ployed
by Col. Samuel T. Ansell, of
Currituck county, N. C, in describ-ing
the army court martial system
in a speech to-daV before the na-tional
popular government league.
He will make a similar address on
Thursday night before the North
Carolina society in the auditorium
of Wilson Normal School in Wash-ington.
He will be given a recep-tion
by the Tar Heels at the nation-al
capital.
"The court martial system is at
fault." said Col. Ansell. "It is one
that leads to injustice, logically,
naturally inevitably. It is an inher-itance
from the old British code
which we adopted in 1774 and never
changed. It is not a court in the
proper sense, it is simply the exec-utive
arm of a commanding officer.
"A man is arrested, brought be-fore
this tribunal. He has no coun-sel
in the proper sense. A callow
second lieutenant without -rfny
• knowledge of law easily intimidated,
is assigned to defend him. The lieu-tenant
makes a perfunctory defense,
but never insists upon the rights of
the man. He is convicted by a court
—which has no knowledge of law.
The sentence is reviewed by an au-thority
sometimes equally ignorant
of law and the man is forced to un-dergo
the sentence imposed.
"One instance I want to relate
from the records of trials by court
martial. ■ It is of a man who was ar-rested
and charged with desertion.
He was sentenced to forfeit all pay,
be dishonorably discharged and
serve ninety-nine years at hard la-bor.
The reviewing officer in sus-taining
the court naively remarked
that it would not enforce the part of
the judgment for the man's dishon-orable
discharge Until ne had served
his prison sentence."
GOY. BICKETT APPOINTS
NEW HIGHWAY COMMISSION
FRANK PAGE IS CHAIRMAN.
. WITH CAMERON, NORFLEET
AXD STIKELEATHKR.
— —i^vww <ii in^v was invading
ing officers spent the afternoon Argentine after a battle with fron-checking
clothing and equipment of
their men and each man will come
home with the best clothes that his
officer has been able to get him at
Camp Stuart.
Tonight the men are practicing up
on their old American habits of
"movies," girls and cold drinks. The
battalion lauded only yesterday and
the machine gunners have got a lot
to forget about their old French cus-toms,
a lot to refresh themselves
with on how they used to do this
back in the Old North State.
The trip across from France was
rather uneventful, according to stor-ies
told around camp to-day. The
most engaging thing was the epi-demic
of seasickness which took
hold of officers and men alike the
ties police at Port Natalis. Chile,
1.400 Reds were rounded up and put
on a cruiser for deportation.
COMMISSIONERS OF PEACE
CONFERENCE READY REPORT.'
A LIQUOR SMUGGLER
KILLED BY OFFICERS.
Paris. March 25.—Virtnally all
the commissions and sub-commis-sions
of the peace conference are
waiting for instructions from the su-preme
council in order to close and
submit their reports.
It is said that except for instruc-tions
on certain broad principles
which must come from the premiers,
the reports are ready to be submit-ted
within a few hours after the in-structions
are received.
An American amendment to pro-second
morning out from France . tect nations against the influx of for-and
kept everybody engaged for the eign labor was adopted to-day bv
next 48 hours On the fifth morn- the league of nations commission. It
ing out the. n„ and on which the J affirms the right of any country in
battalion traveled passed the Azores, j the league to control matters solely
wh.ch held the interest of the pas- within domestic jurisdiction,
sengers for severa: rsonrs. There Another important amendment to
was no lack ot amusement on the the league covenant article Vfll.
IZ*ZJ2 <ll T a l0nR °ne' w»"ch empowers the executive coun-
Tvvo bands on the ship gave a con- e„ to formulate a plan for the re-'
x.... „,,.c. cert or two each daily. The Haw-i auction of armaments. The lan-move
"*" ™U!>l'ueu •■ 1906 by Attorney »an ukeleles and that funny move- guage of the article is altered so as
pop.- General Moody t0 provide for contin- mT^ considerable popularity to limit the powers of the council to ,u ance in office of all treasury offi- and always •* • "ig hand. No. J a simple recommendation to the gov-cials
after expiration of their terms tney ™ , men" " ,8 ratl«er strange eminent affected.
° !»=<">-. J ot office and before the appointment I that the last day ou: was the rough-'
Harrisonburg, Va.. March 26.—
One man is dead and another seri-ously
injured as the result of an ex-change
of shots between Prohibition
Inspector W. C. Hall, of Richmond,
and three deputies and two men in
an automobile, who, it is alleged,
attempted to smuggle whiskey into
dry territory. Having been notified
by telephone of the coming of the
men fronr Baltimore, the officials
encountered them at Fisher's Hill by
blocking passage of a bridge and in
the battle that followed one of the
occupants of the automobile was
shot. He died on the way to a hos-pital.
He gave his name as Shackle-ford.
The other man. who was captured
by one of the deputies after an ex-change
of shots, in which he was
wounded, gave the name of Hudson.
He is in a hospital ht«re in a critical
condition. The men were from Pet-ersburg
and had 139 quarts of whis-key
stored in their touring car, the
officers say.
TAX SECTION OF COTTON
WAREHOUSE BILL WRONG.
Raleigh, March 27.—Governor
Bickett yesterday named the new
state highway commission which
will take office April 1, succeeding
the present commission, under the
highway act passed by the general
assembly of 1919. Lieutenant Frank
Page, of Aberdeen, is chairman, ap-pointed
for a term ot six years. The
other members are John E.- Came-ron,
of Kinston. appointed for a
terra of four years; James K. Nor-fleet.
of Winston-Salem, appointed
for a term of two yedrs. and James
G. Stikeleather. of Asheville, ap-pointed
for a term of two years.
In compliance with the law. Gov-ernor
Bickett named Mr. Stike-leather
as a representative ot tbe
western part of the state; Mr. Page
for the central; Mr. Norfleet from
state-at-large, although he resides
in the Piedmont section which is not
represented by other members of
the commission. Mr. Cameron is the
Republican member required by the
act and Governor Bickett did decid-edly
better for the minority repre-sentative
than he might have. He
gave him an appointment for foui
years, whereas he could have made
it two.
Out fit the mass of recommenda-tions
and endorsements before him.
the governor suggested this aggre-gation
of men as a body which will
do things.
GOOD PROFITS FOR SOUTH
IN BOTH CORN AND, OATS.
]"n of the magni-" and qualification of their'successors"-est- The Finland ran into a high Mother Gives Her Life to Save
I •r, ;,r^ar;r!La.Sn,any as Thc •««*• tailed to confirm the re-' "*•»**"-•»»- — —
» a
"•ops are ro »cu*ie lauea 10 connrm
Has;', ,-Cr!Ve<1 some days nomination of Mr. Williams.
r *» 17.000 are embark- ■
lo cor
1 do
sea and a 50-mile gale when about
30 hours from Newport News and
her arrival was delayed a tew hours.
But the storm was only incidental
and the boys are all home safe and
New Railroad For Mexico.
Mexico City, March 25.—An Eng- ™* ia" Doy" are aU home ***« and
not know lish syndicate, it is officially jsn-j^ 2S™$ZTZTCl'"^ ^^ " d~th *" * »" «
concession. J J^^JL ^If"1"91•"■• ta • fashionable reside*-
Daughter.
New York. March 26.—Mrs.
Louise Mercier sacrificed her life to-day
in a vain effort to save her two
daughters. Lonia, 6. and Helen, 3.
from burning to death in a fire at
Raleigh. March 26.—Attorney
General Manning rules that section
six. of the cotton storage warehouse
act of the recent legislature, is un-constitutional
in that the tax of 25
cents a bale on all cotton ginned is
in violation of the constitution, but
that the state board of agriculture
must proceed with administering
the other provisions of the act, in-cluding
election of a state ware-house
superintendent, who is to give
$100,000 bond. The noard meets
tomorrow and will agree on a policy
in view of unconstitutionally of the
section designed to finance the
warehouse system.
Chicago, March 25.—"The South-ern
cotton states are now confront-ed
with the opportunity of a life-time,"
says Wade Hampton Arm-strong,
cotton specialist of this city,
"due to action of Congress main-taining,
the price for spring wheat at
minimum 1>rice of $2.26."
Mr. Armstrong says further:
"This act will csuse farmers in
the spring wheat belt to plant an
immense acreage in spring wheat at
the expense of corn and oat acreage,
and as a result will mean high prices
for corn and oats which grains can
be grown in the South as well as in
the West.
"The cotton acreage annually
planted is about 36,000,000 acres
and all of this land will produce
corn and oats. A reduction of one-third
in cotton acreage will leave
24,000,000 acres for cotton and 12.-
000.000 for corn and oats, which
would mean an increase in produc-tion
of corn of 350,000,000 bushels
and a decrease of 4,000,000 bales in
the production of cotton. The crop
produced on 24,000,000 acres would
be about 10,000,000 bales, which
should easily bring in the markets
of the world 30 cents per pound or
$1,500,000 which would be more
than could be obtained for a cotton
crop of 15,000,000 bales and leave
the South 350,000,000 bushels of
surplus corn which will bring good
prices and help reduce the high cost
of living. In addition to this the
South would also realize high prices
for the cotton they now have on.
hand, due to lack of ocean transpor-tation
and stoppage of all shipments*
to Germany and Austria."
TONS OF NITRATE OF SODA
STARTED TO WILMINGTON.
- sailor, 7 B esi tno n01"»ced has sought a concession ™"* T ." Ul 1Noritt Carolinians their home ln m fashionaole residen-these
-. ,b" heroes of n
m
j
urn,nS sol- connect these points with Vera Cruz. ' .
O* 'our,.'.. i0Ugnt bal- Tal>asc6 and Campeche and open up «■«• "»■*» Floating i„ River.
••.'.'• • sacrifice a vast tsretch ot rich b' ut undevelop-; Asheville, March 26.-Everett two children, intending l° much in tsretc
W.*^ •nilteitfc PrTrVP the lib" ed te"»°ry.
-CV.;„Uir.''Wo'l"h".-is nm°f«,~hi e..wo.rld- '
r and in King Jtnd Queen Guests of Pershing.' in the French Broad river "nea'r Oli-
Chaumont, March 25.—King Al- vet when he discovered the body of a
burned, had jumped from a window
Mrs. Mercier went into the second
floor bedrooms in search of the other
"•a,cu *»•—Everett to throw
I Emery, who lives a short distance' them out t& their father, but she did
I out of Asheville. was fishing to-day not reappear.
r°'J-'hi '"'-'•""lisis imr,rPcci„„ i , I IT" "****" **'—*v,Ml; ■"' - ,,'<I ""' bo.ly of ;, Advance in Bar Silver.
« *',h ""■ out of ,he ",J J QUePn EIizabeth' of BeI" >oun"u
babJ "oatlng in the stream.' London. March 25.-The price of
l thnVLIIS f:"T:..SPen.tJhe ni«ht_attne head; The sheriff was called immediately bar silver was advanced to-day from
47 3-4 pence to 49 5-16 pence per
hi!l>^ i- th„ K -■»»-* <"c OIRIII ai me neau- »•"• -."-■■" -us cauea immediately
<^*?irlt of the «f bn?uBBt <5uarters*of General Pershing and and the body of the child brought
Su* in Pam„ le" tbis morning by automobile for to a local undertaking establishment camp
I to await a corner's inquest.
ounce to reach the equivalent of
.American exchange. '
Cat Their Ears Off.
Vladivostok. Siberia. March 26.
—Bodies of two Russian officers,
with the ears cut off and the hands
nailed to the shoulder blades, were
found in First River, near here, to-day.
Allied officers- claim the dis-covery
corroborates stories of Bol-shevik
outrages.
Canadian officers and soldiers
have been instructed to go only in
pairs after nightfall in Vladivostok
street and to carry arms.
Nine Bolshevists were arrested
here yesterday. The political situa-tion
Is increasingly disturbing.
Wilmington, March 25.—Thou-sands
of tons of nitrate of soda are
stored here now and other thousands**
of tons are arriving daily. A half-dozen
vessels have unloaded nitrate
in Wilmington during the past three
weeks. Shipments out of town are
light so far.
Farmers throughont the stare will
eventually get the soda. It is said
the demand for it has not yet been
manifested, and as there is ample
storage space here, no effort will he
made to distribute tt at once.
The soda was originally consign-ed
to the war department to be used
in the manufacture of explosives.
When the armistice was signed sev-eral
vessels en route to Atlantic
ports with cargoes of soda were di-verted
to Wilmington, and an ar-rangement
made where by the farm-ers
of the South might secure the
soda for crop needs.
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