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V v. THE MQRNING -STAK, WILMINGTON, N. C.TUESDAY; NDBMBEE 11118 TWO. i i, t' WARFIELD ATTACKS RAILROAD CONTROL Utters Warning of Paternalism Running Into Autocracy and Revolution. SPEAKS AT LAND CONGRESS Director HeAdoo Scored for Withdraw al of Support from Land Org ' animations Maintained by Rail roads of South. (Special Star Telegram.) Savannah, Nov. 11. In a striking ad dress before the southern land con gress here this afternoon, met to con sider southern development and the placing of returning American soldiers on southern lands, S. Davis Warfleld, of Baltimore, president of the Southern Settlement and Development Organiza tion, declared that agricultural and in dustrial development in the south, as throughout the country, must depend, now that the -war is over, upon the rapidity and the plans under which the people are to be permitted to re - sume control of their own affairs. The congress was called under the auspices of four large land associa tions which were organized by the Southern Settlement and Development Organization, and which have some 3, 000 members and represent 25 million acres of land. Fourteen states were represented. Mr. Warfleld gave a brief history of the organization which he stated had, prior to government con trol, been mainly supported by the railroads operating in southern ter ritory. He said he was not here to discuss the railroads except as they related to these organizations and their work. The railroad administration policy of declining to continue former railroad .contributions for the prosecution of development work, Mr. Warfleld declar ed, means that if these organizations and agencies are to accomplish their ambitious arid contsructive aims for the development of these millions of acres of productive lands, the restoration of sanely regulated private management of the railroads in essential. He stated that notwithstanding the appeal made in a petition signed by 27 southern senators from 15 states, that the national railroad administra tion continue the railroad contribu tions t othe development organization; notwithstanding the outright offer to turn this organization over to federal control in order that its activities might be continued, the director gen eral declined both propositions on the ground that contributions should not be made to a "private organization not under government cdntrol." Mr. Warfleld noted here that the organiza tion had been chartered by the state treasury, thus attesting its public character. He continued: "It is indeed unfortunate when a agency like this, which is admitted by the administration to be meritorious one, must be discontinued on a mere pretense in order that autocratic methods may be firmly entrenched, to replace those which have been the,, means of developing the southern country and which will continue to do bo to a greater extent in proportion to the rapidity with which you have restored to you the management., of your own affairs. v: "For the financial support of this organization to be withdrawn for the reason alleged, is not reassuring what other single agency has done more or could do more, or as much in providing the very beef and food asked for b yone department of the govern- . ment, and now asisting another depart ment in providing for our returning soldiers? If one governmental depart ment to make a saving of a compara tively small amount of money, estab lished this policy in times of war, when ihe products of our work are deemed essential to conduct it successfully and are called for by other departments, 'what have you to look forward to in the times of reconstruction jrou now 'ace? "It may be natural that those in power should wish to prepetuate their great powers but recently granted to '.hem, or as many of them as they can aold. But such an autocracy as the jongress was compelled, under condi tions of war to temporarily set up, was set up under the stress of those very ;onditions; and it may be safely believ sd that the congress intended it for no other purpose. Take care lest we now create in this country the very conditions which the lifes blood of millions of men has been shed to des troy in other countries." Asserting that for this very reason, questions arising from the two schools Df thought private or government ownership of utilitities "will likely be made political issues, and very soon occupy the attention of the two great political parties." r. Wa leld said: "The people of the country must de cide upon one of two courses one, for those who own the railroads to proceed along lines that will secure all that can be obtained for them through negotia tion with government under prospective government ownership, and thus ac cept government ownership" without regard to whether this is the best in terest of the people as a whole; the other course is to treat the question as a public and an immediate sue which the railrod administration is - now forcing upon the country, and must meet the issue by deciding whether the people are better served under a plan which will retain to them the property regulated private manage- DOCTORS SAY GALOTABS ARE BESTF0R GOLDS According to- the world's greatest physicians and medical experts, calo mel is the best and only dependable K. remedy for breaking up a cold over night or cutting short an attack; of sore , throat, deep-seated cough, influenza or la grippe. Now that science has puri- vfled-calomel of all its nauseaand dan- . gerous qualities, the new kind of cal omel, called "Calotabs" is even more popular than the old style. - One Calotab on the ton ciia at Ka time with a swallow of water that's alL No salts, no nausea nor the slight est interference with your diet, work or pleasures. Next morning your cold has vanished and your whole system is purified and refreshed.. Calotabs are sold only in original sealed packages, price thirty-five cents. Your druggist recommends and guarantees Calotabs and will refund th hiHa f ,,.. not teUS hted with., ttUMa-dv. , ment of their properties, and preserve to them the benefits of individual ini tiative. " ' ' "My own judgement is that only through comprehensive plans of control and regulation under private manage ment vand initiative, can the best re sults be obtained from any of the srreat industries of the country. It Us earnestly to Je hoped that the ini tiative if the American people ana those characteristics- known tp the world as Americanism shall not be des troyed by-, a , ..governmental policy of control or ownership that will stifle individual efforts and incentive." Concerning the vital interests of the shippers of the country. In these pro blems, Mr. Warfleld said: "The shippers and- land owners of the country are as much concerned in the questions issue. whether the rail roads are owned and operated by the government or under private owner ship and operation as any interest in volved. The securities of their own companies, if they are ' corporations, are affected and" if they are not corpor ations, their-business is affected, by the sympathetic effect of any action that adversely affects the billions of rail road securities outstanding. More over the success of the shipper and land owners is dependent upon adequate and proper railroad and development ser vice. V "Labor has also to consider -whether its interests would be protected under a system that wfculd retard its expan sion and subject it to all the evils made possible by a political control which change every four years. "The question of the relations of the railroads of the south to the organiza tion to your association and to the . de velopment of the southern country, during federal control, and what these relations shall be in the future, are very vital to ysu and to the whole country. For, if there is t obe created as now indicated, a governmental autocracy in the conduct of the affairs of these great trade arteries of the nation, with $17,000,000,000 securities outstanding, employing two million men and controling 250,000 miles of railroad, it will not stop there- The system of paternalism thus established under desire for more power and con trol, would be extended to all indus trial activities and, perhaps Into the private business of the individual, the gradual encroachmnet of such a system upon property rights and upon personal liberty, the restraint intailed thereby, and entailed thereby and the political HOLLAND DOESN'T T WANT EX-KAISER Government to Object to His Residing There. . Officials Reported to Be Conferring Re. . sardiaar Sla Statu Another Re port Has It That He Will Be Interned. Amsterdam, Nov.ll. The Handels blad says it learns the Dutch govern ment will object to the former Gery man emperor residing 'in Holland. FIELD MARSHAL HINDENBURG IS NOT WITH EX-EMPEROR Washington, Nov. 11. A German radio- message picked up by the Amer ican station, confirming the report that William Hohenzolldrn is in Hol land where he is stated to be awaiting a decision by the officials of the Neth erlands government as to his ' status, 1 says Field Marshal Von Hindenburg is not with the former emperor but haSi remained at the headquarters" of the German general staff. IS REPORTED THAT FORMER RULER WILL BE INTERNED Amsterdam, Nov. 11. It is stated on good authority here that William Hohenzollern, the former German em peror, will be interned in Holland. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVE GONE TO FRONTIER Amsterdam, Nov. 11. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Officials of the Dutch government and the government min-: ister at The. Hague have gone to Eys-i den, on the Dutch frontier, to meet tnJ former German emperor. WHAT THE "FORTY -EIGHTERS" FOUGHT FOR NOW REALIZED New York, Nov. 11. William Hohen zollern's flight was hailed tonight by the American Friends, of German de mocracy as a "complete vindication of the distinction our society has always control thus made possible, must final- J believed to exist between the real Ger- ly result rn a one party country, the forerunner of a form of governmental autocracy- that could be finally over thrown only by revolution. If there is a people to whom the very idea of such a system of paternalism must be renugnant, it is those of us who live in the south.' It was indicated by the congress that the large land associations would con tinue the development organization, Mr. Warfleld co-operating. CAPTURE WHISKEY STILL Found la Operation fa a Negro's Home in RrooUya. James Singletary, a colored man about 35 years of age, who has had the misfortune of having both of his legs cut off near the knees, was ar rested last night about 7 o'clock by Policemen D. -W.. Coleman and Leon aeorere after they had discovered a five gallon whiskey still in operation in the negro s home on Thompson s al ley. Brooklyn. Florence Williams and Katie Singletary, who were ... iff the house when the raid was made, were also placed Under arrest. The still was asortof a patched up affair, it" ing a latd can converted into a still. - When th officers made .the raid they found jit ln full opera tion, tne juice running qui tne worm, with the two women standing beside it and the negro man bottling up the spirits, of which there.was about two quarts. The still, whiskey and ne groes were carried to city- hall, Singletary has been in the law's toils on charges of violating the pro hlbitibn on several- occasions, but has been shown leniency-on account of his misfortune. Reaches the Limit. It will no doubt be considered "the limit" for a man to sell a quart of whiskey for $17 in - perfectly good money, but eveil that isn't quite the limit. At least one white man in this town thinks so. He . alleges that he paid a negro named James McCoy that price for a quart yesterday. and that McCoy turned right around and stole it from him. McCoy will be heard this morning on the charge of selling the whiskey and likely on the charge of larceny also.. PEACE CONFERENCE IS NEXT IN ORDER (Continued, from Page One.) Ject connected with the European na tions and races, even to the political and geographical re-arrangements which must be made. The world's business demands re storation of the old channels of trade or creation of new ones and employ ment must speedily be found for the troops that are being demobilized, else there may be anarchy and great suf fering. Therefore, it is believed to be probable that the effort will be made to assemble . the formal confer ence possibly before the end of Janu ary. One of the most weighty problems connected with geographical re-arrangementsthe future of Alsace Lorraine already practically has been settled by the acceptance of President Wilson's declaration for righting the wrong of 1870 which means uncondi tional return, o- the province to France. President Wilson has "insisted that a league of nations must be organized in connection with the peace confer ence; that the subject cannot safely be left for agreement afterward. In his address to congress today in connection with the armistice Presi dent Wilson himself indicated anoth er very serious problem that must en gage the attention of the' peace con ference the question of the stahimv competency or the governments and with which covenants , of peace are to be made. GERMANY HAS MET FATE THAT WAS INEVITABLE - (Continued from Page Onei. time for the cessation of hostilities arrived. Not one whit less exact Ir their sportsmanship were the Ameri can artillerymen behind the lines who awaited to the second the time for the calling off of the fighting and then loosed from their big guns a thous and of them a rain of shells as a parting salute to tha defeated foe, Poincaire Ceasrratnlates Focfc. Paris, Nov. il. (Havas.) President Poincaire received Marshal Foch today and congratulated him, warmly on the signing of the armistice. 4 ..' ;v , Grove's Tasteless Tonic " restores vitality and, energy by purify ing and enrich'ng the, blood., Ton" can soon fg Its Strengthening,? In vlgorat JnaCECectfysFricittMa man people and their late govern ment." "In this solemn hour when the Ger man people are to be delivered from the bondage of dynastic interests we, whose forefathers were 'forty-elght-ers,' look back at the inspiration that moved our ancestors.- and w.e see the vindication of their efforts .in the. free dom that victory will bring to the German people of today," read a -statement issued by the society and signed by its president, Franz Sigel. "Had the .German democrats and re publicans .of 1948 been Victorious the unspeakable crimes for which imperial Germany will be held responsible would- have been, spared-us." CELEBRATIONS OF PEACE ARE NOISY (Continued from 'Page One.) citizens Went wild with joy today- cele brating the victory over Germany. .From everywhere along the coast came , the same story. Tonight the celebration continued undiminshed and public dances and fireworks everywhere were being made a part of the festivities. , FAYETTEVILLE BEGAN" TO ; CELEBRATE AT M. (Special Star " Telegram.) Fayetteville, Nov. 11. Fayetteville has been celebrating the victorious -ending-of the world war since 4 , o'clock this morning when the news was re ceived here i nan' Associated Press dis patch and was greeted with shouting, whistles and ringing bells. The impormptu celebration continu ed until well into the day when the council of defense took charge of the program of joy. A half holiday was declared and thanks giving prayer ser vices were held in all the churches of the city at noon. At 3:30 there started the biggest parade of the . kind ever seen in Fayetteville when a mile of automobiles wound its way through the city with the participants working every noise-making device J.hAt ; could be begged, borrowed, or commandeered.'' The parade led to the LaFayette Thea tre where a monster mass meeting celebrated a-new the winning of the war by America 'and the allies. Here speeches were made 'by John A. Oates, chairman of the council of . defense; Mayor McNeill, who , read the list of Cumberland soldiers who have been killed or died of disease, and Col. C. W. Breedwood who made the memorial address for these 19 heroes who have given their liveB for freedom. The last period of the meeting was turned over to the. united war work committee and after appeals from Dis trict Chairman Chas. G. Rose and Dr. W. E. Hill, the audience responded wfth pledges. for $3,500. PHILADELPHIA CELEBRATES AS SHE NEVER DID BEFORE Philadelphia, Nov. 11. Demonstra tions such as have never before been seen in Philadelphia welcomed the signing of the armistice. From early morning until late tonight the city was in almost a frenzy of excitement and patriotism. Parade after parade came through the central streets which were Jammed with shouting crowds that threw confetti, blew horns and wmstles and used many other means to make noise. Factory whis tles blew continuously .from before dawn until tonight. A general holiday was declared.- There were hundreds of neighborhood celebrations. At these, victory song services were held and nearly every one of them' wound up with the hang ing in effigy of the former emperor of Germany. I'mmmmmmimmiiTKX u 'izum n,UJ wiAi s jfej,-Jimiiiiniiimi . ..how -baking; does bring outline delicious wiiimiiimiimiiimnmmTfflnHiimimmM Tonight there Is no " cessation of the merry-making. This evening the celebration was suddenly turned into a drive for the war fund campaign. Speakers were active - and a substantial sum was raised. ' NEW ENGLAND CELEBRATES WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM Boston, Nov. -.ll.--New England threw off Its traditional self-restraint today and celebrated the - signing 6f the .armistice from long before dawn until long after dark with more en thusiasm, noise and processions than ever marked , Its most, glorious Inde pendence day observances. 'v Boston streets were jammed-all day. There were more processions' in a day than ever tramped Its pavements in 'a year. ALL SORTS OF NOISES ARE MADE AT RICHMOND Richmond, Va, Nov. 11. Every available noise-making contrivance' was brought Into use early today when Richmond began celebrating the sign ing of the armistice. Shortly after 3 a. m. the signing was announcea by the ringing of bells and the soundlngj of whistles, immediately we populace left their homes and hurried Into the streets. Those ot religious . inclination went t the . churches where special thanksgiving services were held. 'All day the noise continued with band after band parading along; the streets.; NORFOLK CEASES WORK AND STAGES BIG DEMONSTRATION JMnrfolk. V No v. 11. All erovern- ntrent activities ceasea, scores or in dustrial plants closed and business waspended this afternoon in order to permit the people to celebrate the vic tory of the American and allied arm ies over Germany. Early in the after noon thousands of sailors, as many moer civilians and practically every school child in the city united in a monster victory and war work parade, waving flags,' shouting and keeping an accompaniment with every conceivable noise-making contrivance available. yelling, Joyous folks, Early In the day Mayor Stafford pro claimed a holiday, business was supend ed, and the city gave It self over to celebrating. the victory of America and Its allies. The main streets were crowded all day long, Thousands of people came In from the country and! added to the gayety and confusion. Until a late hour tonight the informal celebration; lasted. - y Lynchburg Folks Happy Lynchburg, Va. Nov. 11. Dawn, fol lowing hard upon the, ringing of bells and whistles, found upon the streets the advance guard of a riotously happy, crowd celebrating the end of war and the beginnings of -peace. The celebra tion, which Was the greatest ever seen in Lynchburg, continued until mid night. There were two accidents, one fatal. KERMON HAS CLOSE CALL Negro Attempts to Shoot Policeman . aad Then Boats Hasty Retreat. The fact that the revolver failed to Uresis all that saved the life of Police man W, H. Kermon yesterday after noon when a negro, whose name could not be learned, leveled his pistol at the officer and pulled the trigger. The trouble occurred near the corner of Sixth and Red Cross streets. There had been a - great deal of rowdyism among a few of the young colored boys In that vicinity. They had been discharging revolvers and Officer Kermon went there to disperse the crowd. It was stated that he was talking with several of the. colored boys when one, with his back to . the officer, suddenly turned and snapped his pistol at him at a distance of only about three feet. Realizing m was in bad the negro ran and m d in getting away from the ones 6 Beuani Mof watefl SureReli4 fIX L-AN FOR JNDIGESTIO Make 5ur desserts delicio J Blue KIb&on vaniiia or -,-by the best cooks. Sold by tni grocers. Adv. GREENSBORO'S CELEBRATION BEGIN-AT 4 IN THE MORNING Greensboro, Nov. 11. When at 4 o'clock this morning the Are bell recor ded an alarm from "court square, and a moment laterv the codrt house bell began ringing, expectant citizens of Greensboro received notice that the world war was over and began cele brating. Within a few minutes other bells and whistles added to the noise. Soon the streets were filled with auto mobiles, on which were bells, tin buck ets and anything else that would make a noise. Horns were blown by children . . . i l : , a rm ana, aauus carrying iieB- vv xieii day light came hundreds of automobiles were in the streets, many of them gayly decorated, and all loaded with 666 cures Headaches, Bilious ness, Loss of Appetite, foul breath, . or tliat tired aching feeling dite tCmMalaria r Colds. It, removes the cause. WANTED l - -Several young ladles for s tockkeep ing and sales position. Experience not necessary. Good' pay to start; bonus, and Insurance features. . Good oppor- i tunity for advancement and permanent positions. ' Appiyat'once. s 4 . .-li SiHKiress&JCo. PEACE ON EARTH WILL TOWARD MEN Good The happiest hour for the entire world has come. The gladdest news of all the -ages is declared. PEACE IS RESTORED A Let us all rejoice and give thanks to Almighty God, that the world is freed from the horrible condition of war. Let us again rejoice and praise God that the United States and her allies Ta&9 emerged Victorious from the strife and that German Militarism that curse to Human ity, and Civilization, has been permanently and everlastingly crushed. J. H, & CO. . .-i V I r- , r
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