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1- v is. ? ;-3 .-.' , i j : THE- WEATHER T1 A . I ' L . Jj. : ,0 llil -1111 T'fi PAGESTODAY f Mondy fair, auite so j ' j J eV it 1(1 1 ONE SECTION ' TFOlUXE3D T i 18fi7 - -:: '- . - ' f IXjCI Q 113 1 WILMIKGTON, N. C, SUNDAY HOEKIG, JANUARY 13, 1918 WHOLE NUMBER 39,290: COUNTRY IS COLDEST WEATHER EXPERIENCED SINCE 1899; ZERO FA&S0UTH Cold Wave Extends From the Kocky Mountain Region to , the Atlantic Coast BELOW; IN N. DAKOTA 32 Zero Temperatures Registered Last Night Almost as Far South as Birmingham SNOW TIES UP RAILROADS Increased Suffering From Shortage is Expected Coal "Washington, Jan. 12. Jhe coldest weather experienced in the United States since 1899 tonight extended from the 'Rocky Moun tains to the Atlantic coast and from the lakes to the gulf. Zero temperatures j were registered , al most as far south as Birmingham, Ala., while in North Dakota, the thermometer went to 32 degrees below zero and it was only 12 de crees higher in many parts of the Middle West.! , High Wind and Snow. The cold wave was accompanied by a high wind in many sections, while in the west there was ' heavy snow, tral states on both sides of .the Mis sissippi river. I Inability of the rail- ids to deliver shipments of coal. jrrently needed in many sections was ajscted to greatly increase the suf- :enng causes . uy me swim. The snow storm was expected to pass tonigrht, the weather bureau re ported, and with its abatement, it was expected that railroad traffic would soon be resumed. . : ' : Sew York and New England to aight had not felt the full severity of (he cold wave, reports to the weather bureau showed, ;but temperatures there rre falling rapidly and much colder rather was forecast for tomorrow. In the south the cold extended far into Florida and the cold along the gulf ;oast was severe. The minimum temperature reported today at Chicago was 12 below zeroJ Tnth colder weather expected tonight. It was 20 degrees below at - Fort Wayne, 16 below at St. Louis and even S below at Memphis. At Bir mingham it was two above. CHARLESTON IS FACING ANOTHER SEVERE: SPELL Charleston. S. C, Jan. 12. With the damage to water pipes from the pre vious cold wave, which was the worst in the annals of Charleston, not .yet overcome, this section is facing an other severe spell. Telegraph and telephone communication with the outside-worM has not been fully restor ed yet. The fuel supply is extremely low and is Snlil nnlv tnr- imOPffPnev W A . A. AAA w A w A A V - LITTLE TOWN OF APOPKA, i PLA ., IS SWEPT BY STORM Tanpa. Fla., 1 ' Jan. 12. Except for tne tornado which swept the little town of Apopka last night, . wrecking a number o fbusiness houses and sev eral dwellings and injuring three per sons, none fatally, this section suffered ';ttle from the storm of last night. -The Jt Apopka is placed at $100, - Tne local weather bureau pre sets the coldest weather of, the win ter for Sunday morning, with a mini mum of perhaps 24 degrees.. ! FRE'XCi TEMPERATURES ! AT .lArKSOVVli.i.in unwnTfrm'n T , CKOnviile. Fla.. .Ta.n. 1 5.- -Follow- ; n o- i . : . illiTl li'iii J tnrrtfvnti.il 1 si in a orr.pa.'ied byi lightning, which pre - , Friday night with :no-ma- -r.a. danii.sre. freezing temperatures ,. . rTe'u, Ap! for Jacksonville and vi Kifw. ?r?UK!lt and Sunday morning. It,p'!1 to !3 degrees above zero is MVnA,f WAS ISOLATED I ROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD fcatr?6aVn'.S'.. Jan. 1 2. A ! 52-mile rnm "'"i isiibu oa.va.nna.n i'srijae,(.'a:ye;rul!,-throunout tn dy- ani t i . rmi one 10 teiepnone n pompanies, is confined n lows and dmOlIihed s i-Aificniiff me com? u th winter tonight, the ' ; real? predicting four de- fnU Mni r( -) COLDEST 'v.. , :vrIIKR OF THK YEAR rnrr' . Tan- 12 With the :"VM:,nc "twffny Columbia ' M .r tht lero will be ,r,! - nnht neem well "fiiNntr-ation lln h ' ' AT '' to normal rondl 1 ftu of twA ears of rmii 'a..-.. "Mf.Uy will be dellv- m 7, f ' THKR I YK4US 12.- Expecting re durlnir the 4 . ... , s M",w. ! U tmh. -t thr I no Kreat U oh sT 'I rtt dm tut 1 c ' 'Mnp, It0k) SHIVERINGl Capt ain Lewis, The Murderer of Four Men Kenyon Says We Will Dissolve the Kaiser 's Partnership With God New York, Jan. 12. Dissolution of the "partnership of the Kaiser and God a partnership which God does not seem to know much about" will be one of the things the United States will accomplish in the war, Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, declared in addressing members pf the republican club of New York City, at a luncheon today. Senator Kenyon, who recently re turned from a tour of the western war frffnt; said:' X3pd is not a German god. Great Britain and the United States can not be bluffed. We are not fright ened by 'the mailed fist.' I am glad that we can come to the assistance of Belgium end France." BOLSHEVIK! YIELD TO THE GE Trotzky Says Russians Wanted to Leave No Possibility in Peace ! Fight Unutilized REMAIN AT BREST-LITOVSK; "We Adhere to the Principle of Demo cratic Peace As Proclaimed By Us," Says the Bolshevik Foreign " ' " Minister. Amsterdam, Jan. 12. Leon Trotzky, Bolshivik foreign minister .to the con ference at Brest-Litovsk, yesterday said that in order not to leave any pos sibility to the fight for peace unutiliz ed the Russian delegation accepted the demands that the negotiations be con tinued at Brest -(Litovsk. The chairman of the RAissian delega tion said that in full accord with their j former resolution, the Russians desir-i ed to continue the peace negotiations, j quite apart from the fact whether orj not the entente powers .participated, j Trotzky "said he had noted the state ment of the central powers, that the basis of a general peace as formulated in their declaration of December 27 was null and void and added: "We adhere to the principles of dem ocratic peace as proclaimed by us." ' M. Trotzky said he considered it necessary to remove a misunderstand ing which had arisen. He referred to the statement made at the previous sitting by Dr. Von Kuehlmann, the German foreign minister, that the semi-official Russian agency had dis seminated a fictitious account of the reply made at the sitting on Decem ber 28 by M. Joffe, of the Russian del egation. M. Trotzky said the official account of the sitting, as published in the Ger man newspapers reproduced accurate ly the speech of M. Joffe and that the Russian delegation was entirely ignor ant of any real or fictitious telegrams on the subject such as those to which Dr. von Kuehlmann referred. The speaker said the matter would be in vestigated. As for the protest made by General Hoffman, in the. name of the German chief command against Russian wireless messages containing appeals of a revolutionary character to the German troops, M. Trotzky stated that neither the conditions of the armistice nor the character of the peace negotiations limit freedom of the press or of speech. Dealing with the declarations at the previous session by Dr. von Kuehl mann and by Count Czernin, Austro Hungarian foreign minister, respect ing the failure of Russia's allies to participate in the negotatona which vitiated the peace offer of the central powers and resolved the discussions to questions of a separate peace wltlh Russia M. Trotsky said: "We are in full accord with our for mer resolution that we desire to con tinue the peace negotiations aside from the question, whether the entente p-owers take part." aikrica wim Kioirr i;ntii PRUSSIA ACCEPTS TERMS Vftrir. Jan. 12. Secretary of Ftate Robert Lansing, speaking : here trtnicht nt the annual dinner before New York state bar association, declar ed that utntl the war aim outlined by resident Wllaon are accepted by the Fruarta nRovernment, the war mutt go on. "We are In thia war as ft repabHe to the very end. he declared emphatical ly, and hroMKht the dlnere to their feet cheering. Arefcfclahof) Laa Oaaalag. New York.. Jan. 12. Moat Rev. Coaro Cordon Lang, arrhbtahep of Tork. will arrive In the United tre In March. It waa announced here today by the war commlaelon of' the Episcopal church, 'of which the archbishop will he the gttent. It will he the second lime aa archbishop of the church af Eajjand hat visited this country. HANS I UNDER J. Whistler Killed Reserve Bank President and Three Others With Axe After They Had Been Bound THEN ROBBED ARMY BANK A Fifth Man, the Sole Survivor, Reveals That Slayer Was an Army Captain WHISTLER THEN SUICIDES Tragedy Occurs at Camp. Fun ston, Kansas Camp Funston, Kan., Jan. 12. Iden- : tiflcation today of Captain Lewis B. ' Whistler by Kearney Wornall, the sole survivor of -five men who were at- tacked by an army captain, bent on robbery of the camp bank last night, as the man who had perpetrated the crime, and Captain Whistler's subse quent death by suicide have convinced army officers here that the search for the slayer is ended. Captain Whistler killed himself by firing two bullets from an army rifle into his head. His death came after Wornall had recovered consciousness at the base hospital and told the ques tioning army officers the story of the tragedy in which the captain had kill ed -with an axe four .men, including C. Fuller Winters, president of the federal reserve bank, of Kansas City, an intimate friend of the captain. An order was issued that all captains at the cantonment report at headquar ters to have ; their Anger prints taken. lrrjs then,, that the shxjts from Cap tain Wsihtler's office wrere heard.; A note- was found with the body. It was written to a woman whose name the authorities refused to divulge.; It said: "I have been thinking of commit ting suicide for a long time but I have never had a good reason. Yesterday I went out and made myself a reason." The room in which Captain Whist ler's body was found, was smeared witfti blood ,spots. The blood-soaked towels were found in ' the room and the table was spotted with it. Captain- Whistler had borrowed two hatchets from a supply company yes terday, according to officials, and he borrowed two more today. Army officials tonight declined to say whether any of the money which the roblber is supposed to have ob tained, was found in Captain Whist ler's room. Worn ail li who recovered conscious ness this morning, told the authorities that the murderer was an army cap tain whose face he recognized and who, he said, was a close friend of Winters, head of the army bank. Wornall, in describing the tragedy, said a man came to the door of the bank about 8:30 o'clock last night and rapped insistfently. He was admitted and covering the five men with a re volver, forced Wornall to tie the hands of the four men after which he tied. Woman's hands. The man then proceeded to loot the bank safe and had reached the door when Winters said to Wornall: , Tou recognize him, don't you?" Wornall answered that he did.- The murderer turned to Winters and said: "You know me, do you?" "I sure do, you black scoundrel," was Winter's reply. Wornall says at this point the man hesitated and then suddenly leaped at them. swinging his hand axe. He struck the helpless men down, one by one. Wornall was the last struck. Captain Whistler's former wife, from whom he was divorced about a year, ago, and a son 14 years old, reside in Salina, Kas. His parents live at Good land, Kas. Captain Whistler, who was about 40 years old, fought in the Spanish-American war and later saw considerable service in the Philippines. Mrg. Whistler today received, a let ter from her former husband jm which he said he was In good health and spirits. The letter, she thought, waa written yesterday, although It wae un dated. . ! . UP TO SUPREME COURT. Will Determine Method of Flgurlaff In- aad Exeeaa Profit. . . Washington,. Jan. 12.- On advices of the department of Justice, the bureau of Internal revenue today decided to leave to the supreme court the determination of whether, in figuring incomes and ex cess profits for the past year. Inven tories may be mAfte on 7!T3Ts of eitner original coat or present market value,' whichever la lower. ( j Income and excess profits tax return! forms were accordingly changed and! will be Issued next week with provis ion for reporting; on both bases. I avsBSBaaBHasBBBaaasaBBBasBaaaaaaaaaaaBBaBsa 1 VOX IIKRTI,Ia TO REPLY TO 1 WILSOX A!YD LLOYD-OEORCiB ! Amsterdsm. Jan.. 42. The Vosalehe Zeltung iPerlln) ear that Imperial. German Chancellor Count von llertllng will reply to President TT wd Premier Lloyd-Oeorgo speeches betore the mala committee or the RtlchsUff Tuesday. BAKER OPPOSED TO OF MUNITIONS POST Secretary Says Re-Organization of War Department Will Meet All Requirements HE IS FURTHER CRITICISED Senators Still Fear His Statement of Thursday Will "Lull the Country to Sleep" Washington, Jan. .12. Secretary Ba ker, in the course of another vigorous cross-examination before the senate in- vestigating committee today, voiced strong opposition to the creation of a department of munitions and was fur ther criticised by senators for broad general statements regarding adequacy of army equipment, which. Chairman Chamberlain said, would "lull the coun try into a feeling of security." Mr. Baker's opposition to munitions department followed tbat expressed to' house leaders yesterday by President wison. It was based, the MnrAtJiW; jsaid upon the fact that the recent re- organization of the war department! wlu nieet all requirements and give j better efficiency and that the position! of minister of munitions would Impose an "impossfble task." While senators . strongly criticised the re-organization of the department as detailed by the war secretary, thus presaging a possible conflict later at the capital over legislation the com mittee has announced it will press. It was decided to further investigate the operation of the department, under the re-organization plan before interrupt ing the inquiry to champion Senator Chamberlain's" . bill for a minister of munitions and other measures. Secretary Baker's examination on ordnance and supplies was concluded late today "in executive session and It wa sannounced tha.t next week the committee would cit mnaorttie council of national deTense the war in dustries board and other government agencies for examination as t.o their opinion of the necessity for a. muni tions department. In opposing Senator Chamberlain's bill, Mr. Baker said the minister of mu nitions would be an "industrial dicta tor" and that "no human being could be found to decide all the questions It would present." The secretary also pointed out that his judgment on military matters would be subservient to that of the munitions director and insisted that the recent departmental re-organization is virtually similar to the navy depart ment's system and also the British munitions directorship. . In detaiVr.g the re-organlzatlon, Sec retary Baler said the war industries board by the authority of "common consent" If not technical legal power, would become the, supreme arbitrating authority In co-ordinating industrial needs of the war, and added that Pres ident Wlllard of the board, and Gen eral Goethals, acting quartermaster general, approve the plan. . Questioned by senators, Mr. Baker admitted that under the new army supply department, the ordnance, quar termaster's, medical, aviation and en gineer bureaus would do separate pur chasing, but said it would be co-ordinated and directed. - This feature was sharply criticised by committee mem bers as failing to effect centralization of munitions affairs. Secretary Baker's statements regard ing sufficiency of supplies were criti cised by Chairman Chamberlain and Senators Hitchcock, McKellar, Weeks and others. Mr. Chamberlain said the country would believe that nothing had been done that should have been ac complished. "I don't think It has," he added. "I think the country Is entitled to feel secure." Mr. Baker replied, adding that when all the facts are known "a feeling of security will be Justifled." Ambassador Francis With Pistol Held Off Mob at Door of American Embassy St. Louis, Jan. 12. Charles R Crane, head of the American mis sion to Russia, ln an address here fold how Ambassador Framcte stood at the door of the ' American embassy ln Petrograd, and with a revolver ln hand, held off a mob. Mr. Crane said that a mob, be lieving that a man named Muni (ln realty Mooney), the San Francisco dynamite siwrpect. wm to be exe cuted In thia country started for the American embassy. The Petrograd authorities warn ed the ambassador by telephone that the mob was approaching. Guests begged him to flee with them, but he refused,- said Mr. Crance. Mr. Francis told a negro servant to get a revolver. With thia weapon, the ambassador met the mob at the door. "Your government la going to hang our leader Muni and we are going to clean out the American embassy. said the leader. "No you are not." replied Am bassador Francis. Thl Is Ameri can soil, and X will kill the first man who crosses the line." Mr. Crane said the mob dispersed. Ife aid he heard the noise at the embassy and arrived there just as the crowd went eway. From the negro servant, Mr. Crane learned th details. A Russian is Now With Central Powers For Separate Peace Agreement They Yield to German Insistence and Withdraw Demand for Remov ing the Discussions From Brest-Litovsk Heavy Artillery Fighting Takes Place North of Verdun Be tween Beaumont and Bezonvaux. ' (Associated Press War Summary.) - Yielding to German insistence, Rus sia has withdrawn her demand for the transfer pf the negotiations with the central powers to 'Stockholm and is proceeding with separate peace discus sions at Brest-Litovsk. The Russian compliance on this point was on the ground that the quadruple alliance would thereby be deprived of "a pretext. for breaking off peace ne gotiations on technical grounds, ac- cording to Leon Trotzky The Rus-J bility ln the flght fo peace unutilized, he said. 1 Trotzky reiterated that peace was a ! cardinal principle with the Bolsheviki ' and declarer! thv wnnlrl rrm timie tn press for it, despite the refusal of the entente powers to join in the negotia- tlons. While noting that the central SOLDIERS SUFFER AT GAMP WHEELER Some Had Tents Blown Away Af ter They Had Settled Down for Friday Night MERCURY FALLS RAPIDLY Was Expected to Drop Down to Near Zero Lrat Night At Macon, Ga. Storm Took a Toll of Three Lives. Macon, Ga., Jan. 12. With the tem perature falling rapidly and ' indica tions that it wfll go 10 to 15 degrees lower than last night when it dropped from 68 to 13 degrees above zero, the people of the city of Macon and the soldiers at Camp Wheeler are trying to recover from the severe storm. There is suffering at Camp Wheeler and also in the city of Macon. Sol diers were forced, to spend the night in their tents, but every effort was. made to obtain more clothing from the com missary department for them. Some of the tents blew- away after the men had settled down in tfhem for the night. There were only three deaths re ported in this section of the state up to late tonight. John Tulley, a taxicab driver, whose home is in Kentucky, was found dead inside Camp Wheeler this morning. He had picked, up a "live" electric wire that was in the path of his automo bile, after he was passed by the guard, and was shocked to death. Marvin Harris, wagoner, attached to the supply company of the 122nd in fantry, of Newnan, Ga., was killed by the collapse of a corral. An unidentified negro was shocked to death by an electric wire near Ten nille. In addition the base hospital at Wheeler tonight reports several new cases of pneumonia with three deaths. A Macon, Dublin and Savannah rail road, passenger train that should have Jeft the city for Savannah yesterday ; afternoon at 2 o'clock was not able to I get out until after this afternoon, on ! account of washouts at Camp Wheel er and other points. The Ocmulgee river Js rising rapid ly. A 16-foot rise is looked for at Jackson, which will permit the opera tion of the water power lighting sys tem, idle for many weeks. It was re-called tonight that 32 years ago tonight the Ocmulgee river was frozen over. U. S. CANT ACCEPT OFFER OF RUSSIANS Law Does Not Permit Acceptance of Foreign Officers Into the Military Organisation. With the American Army in France, Jan. 12. (Byfhe Associated Press Because of the law that does not per mit any but citizens of the Unites States to become officers in the Amer ican army it has become necessary to refuse the offer of a Russian officer representing a large number of dToTTJ er Russian officers in France, to place a group ot omcers ai ine aisposai oi General PersTTThg. The decision also affects the plan of the United States army to take over the Russian army In France, to be utilised as a .labor army st the same rate of pay as the Ameri-ifor can .abor battalions. Many of the Russian officers would, here tonight as a result of the tem have proved of great value to the j peratures. American xorces as instructors, avia tora and Interpreters. Kanvrald lateraed. Cincinnati. O.. Jan. 12. Dr. Ernst Kunwald, former director of the Cin cinnati Symphony Orchestra is en route tonight to Fort Oglethorpe, in the cus tody of a detail-of !Tjrt Tiomas sol diers .for Internment during the period of th war. Negotiating powers had withdrawn their "no an nexation and no indemnities," declara tion of December 25 as 5 basis for peace because the entente powers had not agreed to participate in the pour parlers, the Russians, Trotzky added, adhered to the principles of a demo cratic peace as they had alerady set them forth. After the Russian position had been thus voiced, the conferees apparently got down quickly to business. They left the question of separate represen tation for the Ukraine in the confer- ence for decision at a plenary session after the delegates of the central powers had talked it, over among themselves. They then arranged for the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian delegations to get together for private discussions. The Ukrainian spokesman at the conference gave notice that any peace (Continued On Page Two) TO GET PAY ON COST RASIS Many Extravagant Expense Bills Rendered for Service on Exemption Boards MANY, ALSO, REFUSE PAY Crowdfr Promulgates' Regulations Un der Which Boards Will Receive . Thirty Cents for Each Man Finally Classified. Washington, Jan. 12. Extravagant expense bills filed by many members of local boards for their services in class ifying registrants has led Frovos Marshal General Crowder to accept the recommendation of board members and others connected with the administra tion of the selective draft to place the salary feature of the classification sys tem on a cost basis. In a telegram sent today to all state governors, General Crowder promul gates new regulations, approved by President Wilson, . under which the boards hereafter will receive an aggre gate of 30 cents remuneration for each man finally classified, exclusive of com pensation for clerks or examining phy sicians, who are not members of the board. Under the old rules the boards were allowed a maximum ot $150 a month UfT each member, exclusive of clerical help. While many board members have re newed their offers of gratuitous ser vices and others have held their ex pense accounts down,- General Crowder said in his telegram "a considerable number, regardless of the size of regis tration in the respective jurisdiction, have made their estimates on so ex travagant scale that the total cost could not be made out of any appro priation which congress would be will ing to make or which the people of the nation would approve." Under the new regulations expenses air6ady allowed board members will be "considered to have been based upon the provisions of this regulation, and any and all further payments shall be computed accordingly. The board, by unanimous vote, may distribute the 30 cents allowance per man among their members as they desire, provided that no members shall receive more than 15 cents and no two members more than 25 cents. General Crowder praises the patriotic embers of the boards who are giving their time to the government without pay, and adds: "Personal sacrifices are being . made on every hand. The soldiers who are being selected by the local and dls- itrict boards have given up comfortable ; homes and. In many cases, sacrificed ' large incomes in order to fight for the j country 24 hours a day for $30 per. month. . . . Therefore is it not rea- iiiv ax v ai.vau&ww u at- mj b J. sonable to request the great army com- posed of local board members to meet the government and co-operate with it in the matter of minimum cost?" COAL AT SCHOOL BUILDINGS IBS DISTRIBUTED AMONG PUBLIC lo "rive at tne scene ana passed a . I tow line to the stranded vessel, but Atlanta, Jan. 12. Mayor Candler late ! the cal5le nart&d- Several tugs have today requisitioned and ordered sold inione to the assistance of the passen- ; small quantities an oi tne coax now i held in the city school buildings. Aft-' ! er the mayor's orders were issued u-j . perintendent of City Schools Wardlaw ordered all of the city schooTT closed ' one week beginning on Monday.1 jThe fuel problem became more acute ; Healy Crowd Not Guilty. Chicago. Jan. 12. Charles C. Healy, former chief or police of Chicago, De- tective Stephen Barry and William Skidmore, a saloon keeper, were found not guilty by a Jury tonight on charges! or conspiracy to protect illegal re sorts. The Jury was .out five hours -before arriving at a verdict- The trial begw October 15, im X: 1 PEACE UNTIL IS E Colonel Says Those Who Demand " Peace Now Are Enemies of World Democracy ! ON LEVEL ! OF BOLSHEVIKI Ex-President Says It. Would be Crime to Ever Discontinue E ; Our Great Army Camps i M ; New York, Jan. 12, "America must accept no peace except the peace of overwhelming ' victory," .Theodora Roosevelt said in " an : address tonight at a dinner of the Ohio society of Nevr York. "To accept j an Inconclusive the former president! declared. peace; I would mean that the wihole war would have to be fought over again by ourselvest and our -children.j i Those who now de mand such a ; peace are not only th enemies of America, but of democracy throughout the world, and stand on th level of the. Bolsheviki, who have be trayed both Russia and her ahies to the militaristic and capitalistic autocracy of the Hohenzollerns " j ! t" Unless both Belgium and France. are) restored and Indemnified, , Colonel Roosevelt said, justice will not have prevailed.' j . : ;. j j. ! ' ;. The expediting of war preparations OUR MADE !!;' , r VICTORY was urgedr by the speaker, who declar- s ed that "to refuse to see and point out"- the country's failure in this respect "is both silly and unpatriotic." 1 r "To permit them to go uncorrected," he said, "is to play the German game a in the most effective manner possible It is no mere accident that -has made '.' all the pro-German organs in the pre& clamor against 1 the men who dare "'to point out our shortcoming; for the pro Germans know well that the ruthless . " enemies of this country, whom JUjm serve as far astheyAre; -desire nofh-' ing so much as to see this country afraid to acknowledge and make good its short-comings; and these pro-Gei- mans cloak the -traitorous aid to Ger many4 under the camouflage of preferr ed zeal to save American oRJcials" from just criticism." ; ' - . . if j ; f. : . Colonel noosevelti' said America would be wise to" make its ultimate aim "such military and'industrlal prepared ness as shall save us from "ever ."rain being caught in such shape as i to "be helpless to protect ourselves." In thia connection he reiterated his advocacy of universal military training, "The training camps of today,"; ha said, "are huge universities of Ameri can citizenship, .and it will be a cr!me if they are ever discontinued." r , INFORMAL RECOGNITION GIVEN THE BOLSHEVIKI Great Britain Takes Thia Step In Orae I to Gain Useful Information ' From Russia. London, Jan. 12. The British gov ernment has -redded to establish infor mal relations with Maxim Ldtvlnoff, who was appointed by ' the-Bolsheviki government as j Russian ambassador SZ London; according to j the ' Dally Mall. ; This ; step, adds the newspaper, has been taken with a view to obtaining? useful information in regard to condi tions in Russia., i t "The position Is." the Mail says, "that so long as Lenine and. Trotzky retain the defacto power ln great Rus sia It would be unwise to adopt an at-! titude signed to shut off Great Britain from receiving communications of pos sible value and from -supplying Infor mation, if for example Lenine and Trotzky should eventually be inclined : to give heed to j the counsel tendered .; them by the allied government ! through the recent speechess of Lloyd- ' George and President Wilson." PASSEJfGER; SHIP GROUNDS. All 'Passengers: Removed by Togs and Ifone tWere Injured. :,!; Havana, . Jan. 12. A passenger steamer bound Ifrom Key West to Ha- vana ! with 74 passengers, went arouna at a point is mues rrom this c1? early today. : A Cuban tug took oft all. the passengers In eafety and none wa-s -injured. The women and children aboard the steamer were the first to be taken off.. Among the pas- sengers was George M. Bradt, pub lisher of the Havana Post. ' r ; A coastwise j steamer, bound from t -v i m wneans ior Havana, was tne nrst ger biciiiiirr. EIGHT DEATHS OCCUR IN 36 HOURS AT CAMP GORDON Atlanta, Jan.! 12. Eight deaths oc curred at Campj Gordon during the last 36 hours, three of which were from pneumonia and one from meningitis. : The deaths from pneumonia were Lieutenant Robert Foster. Carrolltori, Ga.; Privates Marshall; Melton, Argo, Ala.; James E. May, Alabama; Barney James, no address given. Private Wil Miam Robinson died from meningitis, It j was reported. ! j j ! Other deaths, the causes, of whom ! were "not Elven. follow: Privates Eddlef Betterson, WettfmKa, Ala.; Cliff oil Simms, Olive Hills, Teniu.' Jam) Hardy Qt09U SllU9TG9m. jj 1,-5 -A if :,r :' i- 1! t -r. if ' if 1 : y . i- ' i : . f i i; mm 1 I r 4 ii :.:; - t - Fir?:' , : . -(r-
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