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The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-04-04
CAMP SITES TO
Be PURCHASED
FIFTEEN ARMY CAMPS WILL BE
TRANSFORMED INTO AVA
TON FIELDS.
Twenty-Seven Army Camps, and Fiji
teen Aviation Fields Now in Use Will
Be bandoned-Project Will Cost
About $15,000,0o0.

Washington.-Dec of the war
Department to proceed with the pur-
chase of the sites of 10 army camps
and 13 balloon and flying fields over
the country was announced by Acting
Secretary Crowell.
Less than $15,OO0,000 will be in
yolved, Mr.. Crowell said, and it Will
not be necessary to await action by
Congress, as the department now mas
the necessary funds.
With these purchases completed the
army will have 80 training camps, in
Guiding the original 16 cantonments
constructed for the training OF the ma
tional army and 10 aviation centers,
most of which will be in the Southeast
ern States, Texas and California. Inc
new fields to be retained in the north
will be regarded as summer flying CEN
tiers only.
Twenty-seven camps and 10 avia-
tion fields will be abandoned. orders
already have gone out for the aban-
donment of 20 of the camps, lnclud-
ing nearly all of the national guard
training centers set up after the UNI
ted States declared war on Germany
Construction work on the u camps,
according to War Department hgufes'
represents a cost of approximately
S11O.OOO,O00, of which 3,OOO,OOo was
snent on the four embarkation canton
ments-Mills. New York, Merritt, New
Jersey. and Stuart and Hill, Newport
News, Va.
Approximately $2S0,O00O0O has been
Snent in construction work Oh the 10
environments to be bought and the 10
now owned, and it largely was because
of the amount involved that the ue-
partment decided to go ahead with the
purchase.
I Most of the 80 camps now are Delng
lsed as Rehabilitation centers, but no
definite plans for their employment
after the war army is disbanded nave
been evolved. 1t was explained that
the whole problem of the future use OF
the camps depended upon the nation
military policy and that no conclusion
as to that could be reached until the
peace conference at Paris had rem
dered it's decision as to world dlsarma'
ment
Announcement already has been
made that only two flying fields actu-
ally would be used in training army
ayiators in peace time, and that oth'
ers purchased or now owned would De-
come storage plants for material on
hand or under contract.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-04-04
U, S. EXPLAINS ATTITUDE
Not Disposed to Favor Purchase 5y
Japanese Interests Land IN
Lower California.

Westinghouse va result OF teie-
grams from United States Senator
James d. Phelan, of California, giving
information of a proposal by Japan
csc interests to acquire large tract
of land in Lower California owned Dy
Americans, the State Department has
called attention of the owning corpo-
ration, the California-Mexico Lana
Company, of Los Angeles, to the att
tude of the United States Government
toward the sale of property when
might be used for military purposes.
1t was said at the Department that the
land in question was reported to COM
prise nearly a million acres. me use
to which the prospective purchasers
propose to put it is not known here.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-04-04
NO IMMUNITY FOR BRIBERS
state Will ForestaII Any Attempt
to Obtain Immunity For
Witnesses.

Columbus, Irrespective witness
es before the joint legislative COM
mittee appointed to investigate alleged
attempts of bribery of legislators ana
other charges of misconduct are to De
"ouizzed" by Attorney General Jom
G. Price before being called before the
committee. it was learned. This de-
cision. said to have been reached by
the committee in executive session, las
twofold purpose, first, to forestall
any attempts to obtain immunity, ana
second, to list the witnesses IN the
order in which they are to be calleu.
Prior to the executive session the
committee discussed plans OF pro-
cedure with Acknowledgement Price
and Hugo Schlesinger, prosecuting
Attorney, of Franklin county. Schles-
niger, it is reported, was invited to the
conference over the protest OF one OF
the majority members of the commit
tee
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-04-04
Aih.n Visits Psrshlna.

ChaumOnt. France. = King AIberl
and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium ar
rived here for visit to General Perish
ing at his chateau. The royal pair
made the trip by motor car, the wealth
er being unfavOrable for the journey
by airplane that they had contem-
plated. They were met at the great
entrance of the chateau by Gener II
Pershing and his staff. dined quietly,
and passed the night in the chateau.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-04-04
New Liqht For Shoals.

Observation-Disclosures Shoals on
Cane Hatteras, the grave yard OF
ships" will be marked with a new
light before the end of the month 10
renlace the one torpedoed by a Ger
man submarine last year. Congress
failed to appropriate s45o,ooO for a
new lightship, but the Bureau Of Light
bouses issued orders for the relief ship
of the service to proceed to Diamond
Shoals as soon as her present tour OF
relief is concluded.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-04-04
Patriotism of People.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS confidently
TO the patriotism of the American per
ple to make success of the coming
victory liberty loan, Secretary of the
Treasury Carter Glass, in two
speeches in the Twin Cities, declared
the loan could not be fiOated on a
strictly commercial basis. The people
have ample resources, he declared
from the s11,OO0,OOO.OO0 trade balance
of the last three years, high war wages
ana the thrift engendered by the war
and It's savings campaigns.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-04-04
IIkranlana Take Lembere.

Archangel-Ukranian troops, besleg-
ing Lemberg. entered that city after
five DAYS of hard fighting, according TO
an official statement Resistance OF
the Polish re-enforcements sent to the
aid of the beleaguered city was broken
bv the Ukranians, the statement adds.
Documents seized by the Poles showed
that reward Of 1000 crowns and I'VE
srnents tabout FIVE aeres) Of land had
been promised to every Ukranian sol
der entering LemberL
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-04-04
Wireless Telephone

Iondon.-The human voice ira
yersed the Atlantic. A. Marconi engi
neer sat in a wireless hut at Clifden,
Ireland, lifted the telephone receiver
and called "Glace Bay!" InStantane-
ously the answer came: "Glace Bay
talking" From that moment continu-
ously Clifden communicated with Nova
Scotia. the voices carrying strong and
clear all day. There were no senti-
mental speeches, but the technical en-
gineers talked about improvements OF
the system which thus carries mans
voice across the Atlantic as readily
as between New York and HObOken.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-04-04
PROHIBITION is ATTACKED
Test Suit in Interest OF Brewers
Filled Against the United
States.

New York.-The Jacob Hoffman,
Brewing Co., bringing test suit in the
interest of the United States Brew
ers, Association, applied to the Federal
District Court for an injunction re-
straining the Collector of Internal Rev
enue and the United States District
Attorney from beginning any proceed
ings to interfere with its contemplated
production or beer at 2A per cent al
coholic content. The complaint, sign
ed by Elihu Root and William b.
Guthrie, of this city, and William l..
Marbury, of Baltimore, as counsel, IS
unusual, in that it seeks to restrain
possible criminal prosecution. In or
binary procedure, it was said, district
attorney can not be enjoined from
action against an alleged violator OF
the law or government regulations.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-04-04
Hun Debt in Belgium.

Brussels.-Germany's debt TO BEL
gium for acquisitions of cash made Dy
the Germans and other money transac-
lions alone aggregates $1,93O,OOO,OOo'
of which half of this amount repre-
SCENTS German marks circulating in Bel
Sium after the armistice and taken up
by the Belgian Banque Rationale, ana
$3.50. 900, 600 confiseated by the Ger
mans from the Banque Rationale and
the Societe Generate during the occu-
nation. The balance is made up OF
fines and monthly payments levied
upon towns, cities, provinces ana pun
lc institutions.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-04-04
ENJOYS SEEK AGREEMENT
President Wilson and Engisn ana
French Premiers CLASH on Front
iers and Indemnity.

Paris.-Colonel e. M. House, OF the
United States delegation to the Peace
Conference, told British journalists ne
was convinced that the peace treaty,
including the League OF Nations cove
nant. would be ready for signature on
March 2e. and added that he would
be disappointed if the Germans were
not at Versailles three weeks hence.
Paris.-President Wilson, M. Clemen-
ceau. the French Premier, ana DaVld
Lloyd George, the British Prime Mil
lister. are holding a series OF meetings
for the adjustment of differences pc
tween them. They conferred at the
residence of Mr. Lloyd George, the
session lasting from 3 o'clock IN the
afternoon until late in the evening.
The differences constitute some OF the
larger questions neutrality-suspicious.
for war losses and the Franco-German
frontier These questions for the mo-
ment have assumed paramount I'M
portance, taking place even ahead OF
the League of Nations, for, Wmle the
work of the commission revising the
covenant is proceeding rapidly, much
difficulty is being met in reaching an
accord on PREPARATIONS and frontiers.
The chief issue of the question OF
reparations is not what Germany
should pay, but what she can pay. Inc
commissions which have studied the
subject gradually have reduced the
claims to a total of $40,OOO,OoO,ooo'
One proposal was to spread the pay
ment over 40 years On this basis the
principal, with interest, would amount
to $4,000, 100000 at the end of the
period. Against this proposal the com
mission has estimated all the available
wealth and resources of Germany al
home and abroad. The American view
as to these estimates is that $12,OoO,'
600, 900 is the utmost that can be ex'
pected.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-04-04
Wants Quick Peace.

Paris.-"The first result to be OBJ
tanned is peace, and the quickest peace
possible" said David Lloyd George
the British Premier, in statement
printed in the Excelsior. "All internal
events in every country, allied or en-
emy," continued the Premier, ARE de-
pendent upon that peace, which we ex-
pect and desire to come at the earliest
nossible moment. Pending this every
one is living in a state of expectation
and uncertainty. Commerce and In
dustry are kept in a kind of stagna-
ton, which only can engender disor-
derS."
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-04-04
maunr Aonnsed Of bribery.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Aiayor FREDERICK
n Woodman, of Los Angeles. was IN
dicted on a charge of having received
n bride for the protection OF wee
George Brown and George Henderson
we're indicted on charge OF having
given a hribe in connection with the
same transaction. Indictment against
Mayor ,foodman. stripped Of its legal
verbiage, charges him with the crime
Of having asked fer, received and
sg7eed to receive q kribe
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-04-04
His 7s5 Suits.

Prof Albert Bushnell Hart OF Har'
ward said in Boston the other day:
1.-THE kaiser was always unbalanced.
Look at the way he was continually
rigging himself out in different uni
forms and costumes. Why, the mar
actually had 784 suits"
Professor Hart smiled.
Exclusive" he added, "of his go
ing-away suit"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-04-04
EnhezzIer he Sentenced.

Boston.-A maximum sentence OF
years in the Federal penitentiary al
Atlanta was imposed in Federal court
upon william Roniker, former teller OF
the Merchants National Bank, Of Cam
bridge. for embezzlement Of SZI,OOO.
Roniker pleaded guilty. His counsel
said the former teller had made resti-
tuition TO the extent Of $4,000
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-04-04
Rtadlustment Of shipbuilding Costs.

Observation-Disclosures OF snip
building costs to peace-time production
is expected by experts of the ship
ming Board to establish a basic price
in the neighborhood of $50 ton for
f.,.,,-. contracts lot To Ansric~7 ysSEis
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-04-04

Many mans wife prevents him
from losing lot of money in specu-
lating by not allowing him any TO
speculate with. g.9,a
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-04-04

Isn't 1t queer now many idle friends
an industrious man has?
The sun., 1919-05-24
AERO FEDERATION :
ASKS WORLD LAWS
Air Ministry in Each Country
Is ADVOCATED.

PARIS. May 90 tdelayed) The Inter.
national Aeronautic Federation. in ses
sion here. has unanimously voted the
Following requests for the delegates from
each country to present to their Gov.
eminent representatives in charge O,
aerial affairs:
That the liberty Of aerial nayira-
tion be reestablished as soon as pos
sible In conformity with the de-
cision OF the Peace Conference.
That civilian aeronautics in the
various countries be placed under
the control of the Aviation Ministry
or Department.
That all the aero clubs affiliated
with the International Aeronautic
Federation be represented upon the
International Commission on Aerial
Navigation. which Is to be created
after peace Is signed
That In every country the Ma
tional Aero Club be repI scented in
the National Commission on Aero
nautics.
Certain conditions under which tn,
orevet OF pilot aviator may be obtained
were altered by the federation, and 4
was decided that regulations relative t.
the verification of aerial achievement
should be modified. Other question:
were carried over for the next session
OF the federation, which is to be helt
at Brussels In october.
The sun., 1919-05-24
AIRMEN USE PIRATES LAIR.
Handley Page VIII he on Way
June IL.

HARsoR GRACE, n. F.. May 23-On
grounds near Bears Cove. the former
haunt of a pirate. the work of assembling
the great Hanley Page seaplane for a
more daring adventure than ever the
pirate crew embarked on Is being pushed
ahead
On June IL. when the next full moon
will ilumine the night the seaplane will
be on its way to Ireland. Lieut.. Col. E
W, Stedman. engineer in charge of the
assembly work, said to-day. While the
big ship gradually assumed form a care
full test OF the emergency wireless whick
will be used to case of distress was con-
Quoted. The emergency aerial was sent
INTO the air suspended on a box kite and
signals were sent TO and received by
the Cape Race station, eighty-five miles
away
The set used to-day is in addition to
the regular wireless with trailing aerial,
and TO the directional wireless by which
The position of the plane- will be cal
eulated. The same ground occupied by
the Hanley Page will also be used by
the Vimy bomber which will also start
Tor Ireland. probably about the same
Tine as the great Hanley Page.
The sun., 1919-05-24
BIG DAMAGE BY UPSTATE RAIN
'ahisto Suffers Heavily and Part
of EImira Is Inundated.

tLMIRA. n. Y. May 23.-Serious dam
See 10 the big fats tobacco belt is
U'hE done in the valleys OF the Che
nIung' Cansteo and Tioga rivers be-
Weeh this city and Hornell as the re-
f p, Of prolonged rains. The Chemung
r r.ver between Corning and Elmira IL
"I'h'n a few inches of the breaking
POINT west Of this city.
IN Canisteo the walls along BENEFITS
'seK gave way. flooding stores and
Thg thousands of dollars damage
"e village was almost isolated. State
5'"' were made impossible and trolley
"1 railroad service was either sus-
tended or badly hampered. It is esti-
mated that the flood did $4,000 dam
"FT IN the village clone.
n inns city the low lying sections
80 inundated and no particular dam
age was done.
The sun., 1919-05-24
1900 LINOTYPE MAKERS OUT.
On Strike for n A. Hour Week and
Increased Wages.

A strike OF 1900 employees of the
Mergenthaler Linotype Company. "a
Ryerson street, Brooklyn, for a forty
four hour week and wage increases went
into effect yesterday after a vote taken
at a meeting. e. J. Deering Of 116 Mas
sau street. business agent of the machin-
lists unions of Brooklyn. said the EN-.
ployees had been negotiating with the
company for three weeks, but had failed
to get any satisfaction. The machinists
went out yesterday morning. he said
and were followed by polishers, finishcrs
moulders and others.
officers Of the company said that only
1000 were out and that the demands
were Impossible" The workers. they
added wanted a closed shop. in addition
to wage increases and the forty-fouI
hour week. The company does not ex-
pect to be compelled to close any de.
partments.
The sun., 1919-05-24
COP HERO Is KILLED
CHASING SPEEDER
Carbonelli Meets Death in
Brooklyn After Winning
Medals for Bravery.

sunny Carbonelli, who at AZ, with
fifteen years on the police force and a
medal or two tucked away for heroism,
had been promoted from patrol duty to
the freer and speedier life Of the mo-
torcycle policeman, was killed in the line
Of duty in Brooklyn yesterday while in
pursuit Of an automobile that was
smashing the speed ordinances.
Carboneln had never relaxed his
vigilance in all the time he had been
on the force. He had been an up and
at 'em" sort of patrolman. fast on his
feet after the nimbie holdup man and
house breaker and quick to act In emer-
gencies OF FIRE or sudden danger. He
had his motorcycle at tho curb yesterday
afternoon, the motor gently purring,
when he sighted the speedster tearing
down Fourth avenue.
Looks like a job" he remarked to
storekeeper at the curb. Then no was
Off. He cut around in a swift curve and
opened up, lodging through traffic with
a sure hand and giving his machine more
Of the throttle all the time.
He had gained full speed and was cut
Ting uOWn tne intervening ulbldHCe
at Fourteenth street, without warning, a
car just ahead started a slow circle
to turn into a side street. There was no
time for Carbonelli to swerve out of
| the way. To make turn of any sort
would either have thrown him or would
have carried him onto the curb, en-
| dangering pedestrians.
The driver of the automobile George
Walsh, a chauffeur for the Atlantic and
! Pacific Tea Company, saw the danger,
| but was unable to avert the accident.
attempt to swing clear 1t had no appre-
| cable effect. Carbonelli struck the car
| toward the rear There was no chance
for him to escape, but he possibly could
avoid injuring seriously the driver OF
| the other vehicle.
The impact sent the veteran police
man through the air head on against a
! telegraph pole. His skull was fractured
A passing automobile carried him to the
Methodist Episcopal Hospital, where II
was said there was no hope for him. In
three hours he died.
One OF Carboneli's medals was for
heroic work at n fire at 81 Spring street
| in 1909 when he rescued several women
and children Ave stories above the street
| carrying them down a perpendicular fire
escape past windows from which flames
were reaching. He was married and
| lived at 713 Burke avenue. The Bronx.
! Walsh, the driver. was held on q
charge OF felonious assault. He lives al
| 406 Forty-third street, Brooklyn.
The sun., 1919-05-24
READ MAY DEPART
FOR LISBON SUNDAY
Announces That NC-4 Will
Not Attempt to Leave Ponta
Delgada To-day.
STRONG WINDS OFF COAST
Towers and Bellinger Reach
Portuguese Capital and Will
Await COmrade.
By the Associated Press.

poNrA DELGADA, May 23.-Lieuten-
ant. Commander A. G. Read, U. s. ",
announced tonight that strong easterly
winds of the coast of Portugal would
prevent his starting in the seaplane
Nc-4 for the flight to Lisbon before
daybreak Sunday.
WASHINGTON. May 23.-High winds
and heavy seas again prevented to-day
the fight Of the NC-4 from Ponta Del
sada to Lisbon. 500 miles away. Rear
Admiral jackson, on the Melville at Pom
ia Delgada. notified the Navy Depart
ment of the bad weather conditions. In
his cablegram he said the Azores were
still harassed by poor weather and that
heavy squalls were expected within
twelve hours. The weather probably
will become much better by Saturday
morning." however, the Admiral re-
ported
II the squalls should continue Lieut.
Commander Read will not give the
word to leave. He Is determined not
TO make the transatlantic fight a failure
BY a premature start under bad weather
conditions at the final stage of the great
attempt.
Commander Towers and Lieut. Com
sander Bellinger. captains of the NC-3
and NC-1 respectively. whose seaplanes
are out OF the race, arrived with their
crews at Lisbon to-day on board the
destroyer Walker. They will wait to
welcome Commander Read and later
will go to Plymouth, England, where
the NC-4 will complete its long trip OF
1925 nautical miles
The sun., 1919-05-24
AIR LADDER STUNT SPOILED.
Wind Prevents Aviator Climbing
From One Plane to Another.

ATLANTIC CITY. May 23.-Lieut, Omar
Locklear, the former army aviator
whose favorite stunt is dropping from
one airplane to another in mid-air while
ootf are going at sixty miles an hour,
made an attempt here this afternoon to
chmo from one machine to another
above by means of a rope ladder. Great
crowds craned their necks to watch the
aviator try the stunt, and they saw him
make several grabs at the ladder as
me machine from which it was sus-
pended Unanswered above the airplane
on which Lieut.. Lockleer stood on the
wings
Eddie Stinson. an aviator who was in
me air and close to the maneuvering
m,achine. said later that Lieut.. Melvin Ell
Hott ard Lieut. Shirley Short, who pilot
"a the two planes. swung them so close
together that Locklear was compelled
10 lie prone on the upper wing of Lieut..
shorts machine. Lieut.. Lockleer jumped
Up quickly, however. and reached for
the ladder. but was unable TO clutch It
because the beat of the propellers and
me high wind kept 1t twisting out of his
'each or fiappng against the fuselage.
The sun., 1919-05-24
proceeds donated 10 the fund. The cable

proceeds donated to the fund. The cable
gram reads:
SHEAR White House sheep and give
wool to Salvation Army Home Service
Fund. WOODROW WILSON"
Word was received here also that Sec
rotary Daniels has wired Rear Admiral
Glennon, naval commandant for this dis
trict. to give all assistance possible to
the Salvation Army workers.
Workers before the Public Library in
Fifth avenue included yesterday Anna
Ciaybaugh, Blanche Bates, Julia Arthur,
Elsie Ferguson. Fay BANTER. Ruth Shep-
ley, Violet Heming. Mrs. Otis Skinner,
Louise Dresser, Alice Dovey, Jean Shell
BY, Peggie O'Neill, Alice Elliott, Corinne
Baker. Anita Doree, Evelyn Herbert,
Nine. Cisneros, Louis Mann and Lowell
SheI man.
Lassies Remained AZ Front.
The MONDAY crowd before the library
was addressed by Irwin 8. Cobb and
Postmaster Patton, while Capt e. b.
Cock. who was severely wounded in the
fighting early last fall, told the crowd
at the Argonne Forest Theatre In Times
Square how the doughnut lassies had
stood up under fire.
When his unit was under an intensive
COMPARTMENT TOT InOTe Indn twenty
hours. Capt. Cook said, he ordered two
Salvation Army girls to remove hastily
to the rear. They deliberately refused
to obey the order. he said. and remained
with the soldiers all through the fight.
Major-Gen. Alexander commander of
the Seventy seventh Division, will tell
his own story of the activities Of the
Salvation Army girls ate noon to-day
from the library steps. Commanded
Evangeline Booth will accompany him.
The -Four Minute Song Men, tine group
of we'll known professional artists. who
have been feature of Liberty Loan
drives. have volunteered their services
to the fund and will give a benefit con.
cert tonight IN Aeolian' Hall Among the
solcists will be Grace Kerns Maximiliar
Piizer. Rosina CALI, Desiree Lubovska
Edgar Schofield, Henry w. Geiger and
A. Campbell Weston. The programme
has been arranged by the Volunteer En-
tertainment Bureau of the New Yori
War Camp Community Service.