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THE MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1918. THIS MftY BE IAST seldehim. supreme need ALLIES' JEWISH POLICY OF MIESS 1 10 Mr. J. Allan Taylor Tells Boys That They Must Come Into New Jlcri- t2e Ere the War Ends. TWO NDAYS HARD BLOW HUNS Uailroad and'Fuel Administrations Hope So. Good Prosi Made Yesterday In Hauling Coal and Clearing Lines to Idle Mines .Conference May End Holidays. Washington, Feb. 3. Railroads to day made good progress in the hauling of coal and both railroad and fuel administration officials were encour aged in the hope that tomorrow would be the last heatless Monday. Reports of milder weather over most of the country and the movement of a greater volume of coal today pro vided the basis for belief that the or der requiring suspension of industrial activity on future Mondays to save coal would be rescinded after a con ference Tuesday between Fuel Admin istrator Garfield and Director General McAdoo. The railroads today ignored the hol iday in an effort to clear the lines to the coal mines, many of which have been idle for a week on account of inability to get empty cars, or to have loaded cars hauled away. Production this week is expected to be much greater - than last. Danger of floods still looms large, however, and the railroads will attempt to accumulate reserve stocks of coal at distribution centers, anticipating" a later interrup tion o ftraffic by High water and ice jams against bridges. The railroad administration will not begin to lift the general freight em bargoes on eastern trunk lines nor lo cal restrictions in effect elsewhere east of the Mississippi until the coal movement improves considerate. Tomorrow state fuel administrators will be here for a conference with Dr. Garfield on the general situation ana to report on the results of the heatless Mondays and the five-day shutdown. l.'OVGESTIOX IX PORTS CUT DOWN IS PER CENT IX JAN. New York, Feb. 3. Accumulation of export freight at New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Newport News and Norfolk was reduced from 41,101 carloads January 1 to 33,593 on Janu ary 31, or 18.27 percent, according to ft report made public tonight by the Freight Traffic Committee supervised by Alfred H. Smith, regional director of railroads. "X EARLY 2,000 CARS COAX MOVED TOWARD SEABOARD New York, Feb. 3. A summary of reports on general operating condi tions of railroads in the eastern ter ritory made public tonight from the office of A. H. Smith, regional director, indicated steady progress in the move ment of coal and the return of empty cars. Within the last 24 hours, 1,066 car loads of anthracite and 769 of bitum inous coal were reported in transit to New, York and New Jersey tidewa ter points. The car situation for all eastern roads .was reported above normal. A most Interesting and helpful ad dress was made by Mr. J. Allan Taylor before the Boys' League at Its meeting yesterday- afternoon on the subject. "The Demanu of the Hour." Mr. Tay lor spoke for. only about 20 minutes, but managed to crowd into the time a lot of wonderfully sound common sense. His. address was heard with close attention by the members of th.e League and a number of older citizens were also present. . Many things are being demanded as being absolutely essential to the prose cution of the war, sai dthe speaker, One may say that the paramount ae- mand is transportation; another that the great deman dis airplanes; .another ships; another, a great army. All of these things are necessary, and all of them essential to the winnig of the war. But none of them is paramount. The paramount demand made upon the peo ple of America is not these things. It is e conscious , self-denial. "All of the EXCELLENT PROGRESS MADE RELIEVING NORFOLK CONGESTION Norfolk, Va., Feb. 3. The Tidewater Coal Exchange reports excellent prog ress during the past 24 hours in clear . ing up the export and general freight congestion in the ports of Hampton Roads, despite unfavorable weather Officials are confident the coal export situation will be practlcallv normal when business is resumed Tuesday. Coal is moving promptly and there is an ample supply. The -unfavorable feature in the sit , nation Is the ice conditions in Chesa- peake bay with water traffic to Wash ington, Baltimore and other po!"Vs at . almost a standstill. Confirmation was received today to the report that the York pit lighthouse . was swept away . last Thursday by heavy ice drifts. The - attendants were rescued by an uu- - known tug. ' i things that America needs, airplanes, transportation, and whatever is need ed to realize the aims of the nation Is covered by the one word, "selfldenial." That is the one fundamental need of the hour. "By self-denial,", said Mr. Taylor, you boys can help to relieve the ae mand of transportation. Deny your selves the non-essentials. They con gest the shipping facilities. Deny yourselves things that you eat that are not necessary to your physical well being. Every resource of this county wilj be thrown Into the balance to win this war. It is the first time in the country's history that is liberty has been imperiled. We are now fighting for the very life of the nation. And it is only by self-denial that the "war can be won. xou can help by saving a part of the money that you usually spend for amusements an . atmngs that are not essential. You are not in a. large sense producers of wealth, but you can as sist those who do produqe by saving, by not wasting any of the things that iorm tne real wealth of the nation. is all needed by our armies and by our ames "You boys, who may be men on the day the war ends, need to learn some of the rigors and hardships of war. You cannot go Into the trenches dui you can share the burdens of war Dy aenying yourselves, by buying thrift stamps. The man who comes back when the war'is done will be hardened to aiscipiine and to self-denial. It is with these men, come into new powers oi manhood, that ' you will have to compete In the ne wera that Is dawn ing with the advent of peace. You need to take on some' of the character tnat they will bring into our rivil life when the country again takes up me ways or peace. "You can claim the proud distinction of being American citizens by lending your help in the winning of the war. There was never such an opportunity offered a generation of boys to heln in the salvation of the world and free it rrom tne yoKe of an odious oligarchy NERVY SHERIFF HOLDS MOB AND SAVES NEGRO Took Prisoner from Jail and Put Him Aboard Knox vi He Train In Face of Crowds. FINLAND IS TORN BY CIVIL STRIFE Continued From. Page One.) tance for the troops of the Finnish e government in the way of- arms and ammunition. Apart from an unimpor tant group of Swedish left socialists the country's sympathies are sfrnn cr ly with the Finnish government, but there is little sentiment In favor of active intervention. Athens, Tenn., Feb. 3. After hold ing off all night an angry mob of citi zens who were yelling for Arthur Ren fro, negro, accused of having crimin ally assaulted a 4-year-old white girl, Sheriff Lawson and a heavily armed sue. oi aeputies put the black on the Memphis Special at 6 o'clock this morning and sent him to the Jail at Knoxville, to await trial. The mob gathered around the Ath ens jail early in the evening and sev eral times during the night it looked ?f lf the 3ail would be stormed. Sher iff Lawson and his men thrn ' shoot to kill if any attempt was made -u ii.K.e me negro by force. 1. Jr- "o tnis morning the uisperaea ana it was decided to spirit the negro away. Shortly before the arrival of the trai nanothermob l"e oepot and it was only by threats that the sheriff was able lu possession of his prisoner. German Diplomacy Confronted by Difficult Problem - British Declaration That Palestine is to Be Homeland of Hebrews Sure to Have n Good Effect Throughout World. -w & , WAS nnnnimA1 4- ioI " : tuuay mat a spe cial term of court will be called about March 2 to try the black. TROTZY ARRIVES AT CAPITAL TRAGIC DEATH OF GEXERtL London. Feb. 3. Leon Trotzy, Bol . pheviki foreign minister, is reported In an Exchange Telegraph dispatch . from Copenhagen to have arrived at . Helsingfors, capital of Finland, which t is In the hands of the revolutionaries. , He made a speech from the portico of . a government building, the dispatch . says, and advised the people to fol . low Russia's example, in which case . they would be rewarded by full sup , port from Russia. A Red guards yesterday attempted to search the house of General Silverh 3elm, 80 years old. He held them off . with a revolver, killing several of them and then committed suicide. M. Trotzky has been head of the 'Russian delegation at Brest-Lltovsk ', whither he went last week, according . to an Amsterdam dispatch on Wed nesday, for" resumption of the peace - negotiations. This is the first inti . mation that he has left Brest-Litovsk U. S. BOLSHEVIKI ARE EXCITED BY KARENSKY REPORTS (Continued From Page One) Is supposed to represent here, but they did not Instruct him to oppose the fco. shevikl. He is not representing us cor rectly." . Anarch Stand Pat. Naun Berkus, of the Cleveland group of anarchists, said that while the anar chists "always were opposed to any government whatsoever" he was glad the working people of Russia " had overthrown the so-called revolution ists under Kerensky. Nevertheless, he declared, the anarchists present could not consistently vote -to endorse the Bolshevik government "simply because It was a government." A protest was sent to the chairman by -Ellis Ranen, representing the Mass achusetts Jewish Socialists Bund, say ing that the Jewish Federation of La bor ha,d been refused a vote f nthe con gress. ' - - r"- .-- STREET CAR TRAFFIC STOPPED IN ST. LOUIS Men Turned in Car. Saturday Nlht and Announced a Strike 30 I. W. W.'a. Arrested. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 3. Street rail way traffic in St. Louis was almost at a standstill today as a result of the strike of motormen and conductors who suddenly went out afetr 11 o'clock Saturday night. At dark all cars were returned to the sheds and it was an nounced that no effort would be made to operate any lines tonight. TreVifikeri were shot and wound ed in rioting tonight. The strikers' demands include absolute unionization of the company's employes and an in crease in wages, as well a reduction in hours of continuous daily employment. Police raided the headquarters of the Industrial Workers of the World and arrested 30 men. The secretary of the organization denied that the I w W had any part In fomenting the strike. GEN. WOOD ABLE TO LEAVE HIS BED NOW Expects to Leave Hospital Thl Week. Major Kilbourne's Eye May Be Saved. Paris, Feb. 3 Major General Leon ard Wood, United States army, who was recently wounded on a visit to the French front, was able today to leave his bed In the hospital here, wherehe is being treated. He received a num ber of visitors. General Wood's arm is in a sling. The wound is still painful, but he ex pects to leave the hospital this wek. Lieut. Col. Charles E. Kilbourne, chief of General Wood's staff, who was wounded in the face, is to be brought to Paris from a hospita Inear the front. The attending surgeons report that they expect to save his right eye, whioh it was feared at first would be lost., Major Kenyon A. Joyce, the third American officer wounded, is still in a hospital near the front with a painful wound in the arm. New York, Feb. 2. German diploma cy is confronted with a difficult prob lem by the British declaration'-: in favor of a national Jewish homeland In Pal estine, according to Jewish leaders here who are interetsed in the devel opment of the Zionist . movement. They refer, in that connection ,to the letter written by A. J. Balfour, the British secretary of state for foreign affairs, to Lord Rothschild stating that "the British government views with favor the establishment of Palestine as a national home for the Jewish peo ple," and also to Premier Lloyd George's speech before the British la bor union this month in which he as serted that Palestine was entitled to recognition of its separate national condition. These public declarations by spokes men of the British government, say the Zionists, led the Jews throughout the world to base their hopes for the success of the Zionist movementZ .upon the good will of the entente allies and upon the defeat of German militarism. To show that this fact is realized in Germany, the Zionists quote an asser tion by Dr. Monfred GeoTg, one of the responsible editors of-the Montags Zeitung, a German newspaper, that by the British . statements, England has won the Jewish masses in America and Russia. The allies can now boast of another small, nation under their protection, asserted Dr. Georg, "and the Central Powers again have lost a great oppor tunity which is of world significanse. We appeal to the German and Turkish governments to support Zionism and save what there is still to be saved of the situation." ' - But, the Zionists here say Palestine is not at the disposal of Germany nor have the Germans any love for the Zionists. To reconcile Jewish opposition, it is asserted, the German diplomats have undertaken to whipsaw public opinion pretending friendship toward the Jew ish movement in "Palestine and at the same time strengthening Germany's hold on the Polish kingdom which the central powers promised to set up after the war. To win back Jewish sympathy in Palestine, it is claimed that Count von Bernstorff,' former German ambassador to the United States, aranged that Taalat Pasha, the Turkish grand viz ier, should grant an interview to the corespondent of the Berlin Vosslche Zeitung in whioh the Turkish states man asserted the Jewish colonizing movement had Turkish good will and promised freedom of religion, intellect and culture. Subsequently announcement was made that a bill granting Jewish au tonomy in Palestine has been intro duced in the Turkish parliament and the Zionists sa ythat the German gov ernment has announced that it ap proves the Turkish declaration con cerning, Palestine. . Concerning the Jewish question in Poland it is claimed by the Zionists that the German diplomats have sup ported propaganda by pretended ortho dox Jews in. Poland, against the de mand that the Jews' shall have nation al recognition and m?norlty rights in Poland. At the same time. th Zion ists asserted, the German government has officially declared to the Jews that it stands for the granting of such rights. ' - , Zionists here believe that the German Zionists have not been deceived by this Teutonic subtlety. As evidence of this they say that the Zionists in Germany recently adopted a resolution thanking Great Britain for Its atti tude toward their compatriots and a number of Jewish bankers in Germany are declared to have given notice to the German government that they will not aid in floating the next war loan unless Germany and Turkey cease their oppression of the Jews in Palestine. Then she learned haw ether women da it. Sht Just added water to Aunt Jemima M Pancake Fltur. Such Jluffy, delicious cakes he said he could eat two dozen! Doift" experiment start his day rigfjtit To your husband breakfast is really the most important meal of the day. Surprise him tomorrow with a plate of steaming Aunt Jemi ma pancakes the.pancakes that last year made over 60 million breakfasts successful. And every Aunt Jemima breakfast helps to win the war, for the skillful mixture of corn and rice which gives these cakes their captivating flavor conserves wheat for our allies. It is the easiest, most economical breakfast! Everything is mixed in the flour. You just add water, pop them on the griddle and breakfast is ready! And it costs only a third as much as meat or eggs! Have Aunt Jemima pancakes or Aunt Jemima buckwheat cakes tomorrow, and see how pleased your husband is. And more the most delicious waffles and muffins are made with Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour, too! Aunt Jemima Mills Company, St. Joseph, Missouri. Saves the Wheat! r " .""!'"' S' 6 1917 br AaM Jemima Mills Company i J : " COLUMBIA TAKES STEPS AGAINST MENINGITIS Sweeping Order Issued Closing Schools, Churches, Theatres and Forbidding1 Public Meetings. . Columbia, S. C, Feb. 3. Sweeping orders were issued by the city' public health epadrtment tonight closing the public schools, churches, motion pic ture theatres and "other public gath ering places" in an effort to prevent the spread of spinal meningitis. The order is effective tomorrow morning. Fifteen cases of meningitis are repoft- hi me cu.y ana suDurDS ana oner new case developed today, according to city health officials. , . The order does not affect Camp Jack son, it was said. Seven new cases of meningitis developed at the . canton ment last week, but the general situ ation there was reported' to be Improving. Used No Gloves In John L's Time MOST PICTURESQUE WORLD CHA3I MOW FOl'GHT TO FAME WITH HIS BARB KNUCKLES SPE2ST MILLION OX DRINKS WORKING MEN AND WOMEN - SOLIDLY BEHIND "W. S. 8," Union Labor Man Says Thrifty People Make Better Citizens. New York, Feb.- 3. Working men and women throughout the country are solidly behind the war savings cam paign, C. Lt. Baine of Boston, labor's representative on the national war sav ings committee in Washington declared ina statement issued here tonight. "We know as well as anybody knows," he said, "that of the members of our unions, as wage earners general ly, those who have shown some thrift and those who have some money in the bank not only make better members of the unions, but they make better citi zens of the country. We know from our own experience that the men and women upon whom we have to depend for conservative action at times when there is liable to be radical action are persons of that character. - "I am a firm believer in the idea that the country can boast of having the largest population holding its securi ties is the country that has least to fear tlJ? T?71OIton, upheaval or anything that will disturb th J hat country. ; John Laurence Sullivan who died Saturday was "one of the most pictur esque characters in the history of prizei-flghting. For more than ten years, from the time he defeated Pad dy Ryan in 1882, In a bare knuckle fight under the London prize ring rules, until he was defeated by James J. Corbett, In 1892, his personality and methods of fighting completely domin ated sporting circles in the United States. In the annals of pugilism sporting circles two notable distinctions were his; he was the last champion under the London prize ring rules and he was the first native born American to succeed to the world's champion ship It was largely through his achievements that the championship title was made a prize of. great mon etary value. .In the early days of his career, $1,000 a. side was looked on as a great sum. He received only $53 for the fight that made his a national character in fisticuffs and won him the rignt to challenge Paddy, Ryan for the championship. His friends ranged all the way from the ordinary "fight fan" to many men of social and financial distinction In the United States, and It is said he was on chumming terms with the late King Edward VII. of England. He began his fighting career'' soon after he was seventeen, when as the "Boston Strong Boy" he took part in amateur boxing contests In several cities in Massachusetts, if Sullivan's customary procerure in his early youth could be called boxing. Tactics, stra tegy, plan of campaign were all swept away when John I hammered his ruthless, undeviating way to the front.. His style was atavistic, a re turn to the simple, primitive principle of battering an opponent into insen sibility. - His success, coupled with his free manners, acertaln social triumph and his subsequent position as a semi public character proclaimed him a sort of dignitary in the sporting world. After his nine-round fight with Pad dy Ryan, -an the strip of greensward on me umr of Mexico, the word Madden, Sullivan's trainer to describe the effect of his blows wheal properly delivyed. His hardest fight was with Jake Kil rain. It was fought near New Orleans and lasted fir seventy-five rounds. That was the last championship con test In the United States to be foueht witn bare knuckles, under the rules. That .flgnt practically decided the uselessness of trying to beat Sulli van by. combatting .him in his own sledge hammer style. A thirty-nine round fight with Charley Mitchell; a wary ana skillfull boxer seemed to PUT MORE SPEED IN 'CONGRESS tVAR BILLS THIS WEEK (Continued From Page One) perts for military service, are to be reported in a few days to the senate by the military committee and Dress- old ed for prompt disposal. The Chamberlain alien resolution will be taken up by the house- again Wednesday. Probes Nearing End. All congressional Investigation of war operations are nearing an end. The armv Incmlrv mnv vo fintcVio . . i i a J " uxAAVAlu lll'JC biiow ngntHig managers that the great week by the senate military commit John L. might be vulnerable to a man : tee. The house naval committee's who could box well and stay with him ' inquiry into navy affairs virtually is long enough to wear him down. The closed and only a few more witnesses opportunity to try this method on the , are to be heard in the senate corn champion fell to James J. Corbett. The s merce committee's investigation of purse was the largest ever put up in ! shipbuilding. Tomorrow the latter GENERAL BARRV HKIXItt- Trio Alona: French Froi-t fls M lightening Is Optimistic. An Atlantic Port, Feb. 3 ilaj. ' Thomas TT. Barrv !tml II. F. Hcd-1 of the United States army, who S? been making a tour ' of in?p along the section of the French f' held by American forces, returned day on an American steamship. They expressed optimism regarc the general situation abroad and 9 their mission had been an er.r.S ing one, but declined f urtiier to '- cuss their visit abroad. Lord Eustace Percy, attache 21 British embassy at Washington. K passenger on the same cs'- had been in England on a-leaveo sence. I a ring oattie up to that time. The purse was 525,000 and the stakes $20, 000. The. fight that was to end John Li.'s championship was fought before the Olympic club of New Orleans. When the fight was over there was a new champion of the world. Sullivan was thirty-four at the! time of his de feat. Sullivan said himself that he made two millions in the. fighting business and that he spent one million of it in buying drinks for himself and his host of admirers. He had knocked out two hundred ... mi.. wii near more testimony about the Hog Island shipyard at Philadelphia. The senate manufacturers sub-committee which investigated sugar and coal shortages plans this gin drafting a report on the "coal situ ation . Next Wednesday the senate foreign relations, committee plans to consider various war aims or peace resolutions in considering a composite draft for emphasizing America's aims. House Appropriation Bills. Appropriation bills are being rapid ly disposed of by the house, which SX'iBi JrL er.in';LaAS,ed.the cultural measure last TiT 1 , ; ' -""""" y. a.iaiwoK aua pians to pass the diuloma that in a doImiti 1 r tt..i. t j 1 i. . uipiuiua in 1906, he gave the "Black Bottle," his greatest enemy, the knockout wal lop. On the occasion of the decision with regard to the "Black Bottle," he said: "If I take another drink, I hope I rfhoke, so help me. God." He never took another, but kept up his fight for temperance by lecturing occasion ally on the evils of drink for those who have athletic ambitions. .He was born in Boston October 15. 1858 and passed the later years of his life on a farm which he owned near West Abington, Mass. ; He was twice married. His first wife was Annie Bates, of Centervllle, R. I., whom he married in 1882, but with "whom he lived only a few months and from whom he obtained a divorce, on the ground of desertion after twenty six years. At fifty-one years of age the former champion took I as his second wife Kate Harkins, of! Roxbury, Who was his sweetheart years before when he was "The Boston Strong Boy. 'knockout" was manufactured by Billy valued at $500. National at Grantt J traction. Grand Junction. Tenn., Feb. 8. Ten dogs are entered to start in the national- championship field trials which will open here tomorrow If weather conditions are favorable. The stake carries a i purse of trsn and the Edward Drezel memorial can tin. RllnTllv mAaaa.oA - I . huge deficiency bill this week. Tha seven billion dollar army appropria tion bill also is scheduled for comple tion by the house military committee during the week. Consideration is soon to be given by the house agricultural committee to the bill urged by Food Administrator Hoover for extension of his - powers and Cniajrman Lever also plans early introduction of the bill proposed by the president for broad extension of general price fixing authority. On Tuesday the house public lanas committee will begin hearings on pub lic oil and coal land 1 while a sub-committee works on wa terpower. development legislation. VecrefciWa Compound, of thousands of SuchCa Black River Falls, 'J9 , Pinkham's Vegetable Gwgj saved 0f it IsuC" E. BLUE RIDGE CAMPAIGN. Train- Y. II. C. A. to Raise: 9125400 for . " .war worker. . : ht l Eeb' 8' :AnX Y.-M.. C. A. headquarters here - announced tonight lLetPenf day ln a11 sthern X SL -In l1 8trict, of Columbia t ; B1Uf R,ld8re association . cam paign to raise $125,000. ' nJ ndvi8 SOUffht for the war-time w thf "elation, assembly at ?S titwn- near Seville; ere for Hi16 v'rork1 e instructed for service at home and overseas.' 12. campalsn w"l close . February PS! If' 1 MS oniVtrOUDl'f'J y d 3 Lb. housework. wantedpe- Vegetable Compound cured id r,nt na h miration, anai- . u all my friends about it Binzr. Black River Falls, w t :,.. -noli experiences os a Mrs. JBinzer mat. u "T'oVi 1 t hrh remedy a bouses i - A T7 KUu"- , from ocean to ocean. -geeri3T wim inflammation, u -jaess- the ifoe-1.".S not rest until she has and for special advice J"J js. Pinkham Medicine Co., W4 n
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