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' ? , HE MOBNING STAR. .wiMINGTON, N. C.; THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 191R ,TWO. LARGEiODIENGE TO & iIW.-SMITrI ft .-- -i, v;. GOVERNORS' MEET AND EASTERN LAPS IN CASWELL SCHOOL FULL OF Secretary Lane Says His Trip to France Necessary. Why Go West to Associate With Over Half of Peeble-Minded Children There Have It. Capacity Crowd Expected at the v Academy of Music Tonight. Ration of Financial Resources - Is Recommended. p Coyotes and Prairie Dogs? NEHNANCiERA WTIQftWDB HOPMMOMA INFLUENMMGINfi PROBLEMS He Went Not Like Napoleon, Seeking -World Dominion but Like Pasteur V Come to Heal The Nations. -.- Next Meeting Alaska, Department of Labor .Man Talks Straight Out From the Shoulder in Regard to Settlement of Sol diers in Vacant Lands. Annapolis, Md., Dec. 18. War gov ernors of the states before adjourning their annual conference tonight, in spected the new super-dreadnought Mississippi, anchored in Chesapeake Bay. Earlier in - the day the governors heard addresses by Mr. Daniels and Secretary Lane, who praised President Wilson for going to Europe. At the suggestion of- Governor Mil liken of Maine, the executives agreed to discuss with their respective con gressional delegations the question of reimbursement by the federal govern ment of colleges and universities which suffered heavy loss by discon tinuance of students army training courses. v Commenting on President Wilson's trip, Secretary Lane said: "I -have seen criticism of the Presi dent and so have you, for going across the water at this time. The spirit which animates him in going is the spirit, of this new, day. It is the spirit of giving your hand to your neighbor. . "It is the spirit that would make this ' war the end of wars. "The man who stands as the repre sentative of the foremost democracy . of. the world goes to Europe not that he may march down the Champs Ely see, not that he may receive the plaud its of the French multitudes. But he goes to Europe as the champion of ; American ideals because he wants to see that out of this war comes some thing worth while. He would have been derelict, he would have been neg ligent, he would have been false to his own conscience and false to our idea lof him if he had not stood in Paris in person as the champion of that principle which we love and those in stitutions which we hope to see spread " around the world. "To me Woodrow Wilson in Paris ! represents not the ambitions of Napo leon striving to master the world by force, hut the greater Pasteur, the healer of the nation, who comes to bring peace, happiness, and to secure gratitude from those whose lives and homes he makes secure." Alaska will be the meeting place for another conference of .the governors next summer, providing one-half of them can attend. W. S. WILSON VICTIM OF DREAD INFLUENZA State Legislative Librarian Dead at Raleigh Was One of State's Most Valuable Public Men. (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, Dec. 18. A distinct shock came to the people of Raleigh today as the news spread that W. S. Wilson, state legislative librarian, had suc cumbed to influenza or rather to com plications experienced by this dread epidemic. And all through North Car olina this sad intelligence will cause sorrow to very many, there being scarcely a better known or more high ly esteemed member of the younger " circle of the public men of the- state: Mr. Wilson sustained an attack of influenza two weeks ago that develop ed pneumonia, but he responded well to treatment and the physicians! were very hopeful of his recovery. How ever, at a critical stage of the disease a liver complication of long standing assumed alarming proportions and this really caused his death. Mr. Wilson came to Raleigh 20 years ago as representative hi' the legisla ture from his native county of Cas- . well and later received an appointment as corporation clerk in the department of state. Two years ago he was made legislative librarian under a special act of the legislature establishing this division of the4 activities of the histor ical commission .nd he had in the 'brief period of these activities mar shalled archieves of legislative infor mation that marked him as especial ly successful in this line of work. He was especially active in all the civio activities here and a shareholder and director in numbers of the most use ful business and social organizations. By S. It. WINTERS. Washington, Dec. 18. To looate in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho and be forced to fight coyotes, ground squir rels and other pests renders that sec tion less favorable than thousands of cut-over, acres in North Carolina, Geor gia e.nd South Carolina. Such is the view of Ethelbert Stewart of the de partment of labor. He issued an Interview today stating that for. every man induced to locate in the west 50 could be, persuaded to find happiness. in the centers of east ern civilization where schools and so cial life make for a contented people. The statement follows: "A really practical piece of work Is being done now by the department of labor through its investigation and Inspection service -with a view of definitely locating and identifying the unoccupied usable farm lands in vari ous sections of the country. "We have heard much of the mil lions of acres that lie somewhere awaiting the returning soldiers. We have heard enough. If not too much, of the available lands and reclaimable swamps to be found somewhere within the limits of states that might be nam ed or not named as the orator Baw fit. The investigation and inspection ser vice of the department of labor Is no wgoing into North Carolina with agents who will list unoccupied usable farm lands by county, townships and section, giving the nearest market and nearest post office address, and further identifying the land by the name of the owner. This will be supplemented by statements covering the entire county, as to the-, general typography, nature of the soil, etc. This informa tion will then be In the department of labor so that the returning soldiers or any other person seeking employment through the land will be able to lo cate definitely where these unoccu pied lands aTe. "The trouble with The whole land schemes of the government has been its indefinite!) ess and its undue stress upon immense areas of land on the frontiers of civilization. By the very terms of the discussion practical far mers have been discouraged by its bewildering vastness and vagueness." Ethelbert Stewart, director of the Invstigatipn and inspection service is of the opinion that for every man who can be Induced to go to Wyoming, Montana, or Idaho, and take up Irri gated lands and associate with coyotes and ground squirrels, 50 men can be induced to take reasonable sized farms in the various centers of eastern civili zation with schools and social life al ready made. Modern Inventions have -made it possible to handle these lands in the southern and eastern states which have been abandoned or left un used because of the difficulty in secur ing labor. The lands can be drained with oaterpillar tractors, .stumps clear ed with dynamite1, ground ploughed and cultivated with tractors and mod ern machinery is even prepared to pick his cotton as well, as gin it." Chapel Hill Puts Ban on Public Gath eringrs New Cases at Payetteville -Ashevllle Schools. May Close Again. (Special Star Telegram.) Kinston, Dec. 18. More than 60 per cent of the 200 feeble-minded children at the Caswell Training "School here, were ill from influenza this a-fternoon.. The first death was announced when Lula Parlier, aged 13. of Hlddenite, N. C, succumbed. The school escaped the first epidemic and -its appearance now is attributed to the conditions brought about by the. recent fire which destroyed $40,000 .of school property. Threatened with drastic restrictions at the height of the' holiday shopping season, Kinston has official word for it that the city may be ; seised by a second epidemxo of Spanish, Influenza. The miserable Weather5 of vthe past 72 hours has : tended to' make matters worse. . ,'. - . The bureau of health has Issued - a stern warning to the. public to avoid public- gatherings, and the health board; whicli has power to impose re strictions, will probably issue an order against such, meetings after tonight. There are again hundreds of cases scattered through Lenoir county. The publlo schools here are handicapped by a teacher shortage. A number of members vof the 4 faculties are ill. Whole families are down. The health authorities-as a precau tionary measure are urging" volunteer nurses to register with the Red Cross relief comnflttee against the possibili ty of a call for their services. Oc casional deaths from pneumonia are occurring. During the first epidemic, sever weeks ago, undertakers in the County buried between 125 and 150 bodies of influenza and pneumonia victims. Noted . English - Speaker Brings Mes- save of Thankfulness to American Nation from Great - Britain Red Cross Participates. A -capacity audience is expected to gether at the Academy of Music to night to hear Mrs Burnett Sniith, the celebrated lecturer and novelist tpnr ing the south under the auspices-of, the federal food administration. ' Mrs. Smith is a typical war-mother of Eng land. She brings a stirring message" from the British mothers to the moth ers of : America, and her address will undoubtedly prove of great interest to all attending, the meeting, which commences promptly at 8 o'clock. . While Mrs. Smith comes to-Wilmington under the. direction of the food ad ministration, -. thje entertainment to night ,will not be devdtd: entirely to matters pertaining to Affairs of that organization. The Red Cross chapter- has been inyltedto participate in the meeting, arid - members of the Christ mas roll call committees are expected to attend In full force. A short talk in the. interest of the roll call, will Ve made by one of the members of the s , :- ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN CASES SINCE THE EPIDEMIC Fayetteville, Dec. 17. One hundred and fifteen cases of influenza have been reported by physicians of this city and county since the reappearance of the disease here, with a drop in the num ber of new cases for the past two days. There were 6 new cases reported for yesterday and only 2 for Sunday, as compared with . 11 Saturday. tap 3wT S. TV. SMALL WOOD DEAD Referee in Bankruptcy Expired Sud denly, on New Bern Train. . (Special Star Correspondence.) Goldsboro, Dec. 18. Samuel W. Smallwood, prominent citizen and bus iness man of New Bern, here to hear the plea of R. Tonkel and Co., in bank ruptcy, died suddenly yesterday after noon while sitting in the coach of his train for New Bern at 4:30 o' clocks as result of heart failure. Mr. Smallwood while here yesterday was apparently in the best of health and spirits, laughing and joking with his many friends, especially the older members of the Goldsboro bap. He was well known and universally liked throughout- the eastern part of the state and had been for many years act ing as referee in bankruptcy. The remains were conveyed to his home in New Bern on the same train, it being held for the preparations. Only One "BROMO QUININE" To get the genuine, call for full name LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets. Look for signature of E. W. GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day. 80c. adv. r HONNET 1867 Christmas shoppers will be pleased with the completeness of the display of fine wares shown by this shop. HONNET Conservative Progress. AV: ;"" ' ' ?- c 2 V - " ' " ; y ary- 9;V Robert Ife ' Lee J and G. Taylor r I Tr,Vr?T TJjf. Zi- - A SHE VIL L E MAY BE CLOSED UP AGAIN ON ACCOUNT OF "FLU" Asheville, Dec. 18. Asheville may be closed up again as a result of the new flare-up of "flu," unless things take a change for the better Within the next few days. A large number of new cases have been reported, both in city and county and several deaths have occurred. The schools are still open, but attendance is extremely poor, the parents apparently- being afraid to allow their children to atend. Of ficials state however, that if the schools are again closed, a hard and fast rule, requiring children to keep off ' the streets, will be put into effect, and parents who allow their children to nin at large will be prosecuted. Officials are loathe to close up the town'a-aih at this season of the year, and are anxiously awaiting develop ments before taking further action in the matter. December Bulletin of Federal Reserve Bank Diacusires Financial Condi tions During the Reconstmc ' Hon Period. Washington, Dec. 18. A new era in American finance "replete with new and momentous problems demanding nq less consideration than those of war," is predicted in the December bulletin of the federal reserve board, made. public today. JRatioriing of the financial resources of the country during the transition period not widely differing from that required when the nation was at war; aid., to foreign governments through the medium of the banks, in addition to that which may be required from the Ame ican "government; prevention of inflation," limitation" of : industry to "those i'ines-.wiich may properly -be called essentia,!,'.', and methods for ab sorption of .war loans, were Some of the suggestions made for securing a broad economic base for the future. With the termination of the war, the United. States in common with the rest of the world-is; confronted with prob lems and needs growing, out of re construction, but; in the "opinion of the board-definite' limits : must -be set to the requirements of public financing. "The liquid capital of the country," the bulletin continues, "may for a long time to come be inadequate to meet the demands of the world, and some process of husbanding or ration ing, it must therefore be applied dur ing reconstruction, just as has' been the case during the period of the war. The methods will not be the same, but will be' closely analogous to those pursued during the war." Attention is called to the .fact that the federal reserve system is now in an "exceptional posi'tion for influenc ing the, distribution and use of bank ing credit upon an economic basis." Necessity for the reduction of loans on war paper is dealt with at length and direct absorption of the govern ment bonds now carried by the banks through extensive popular .saving is suggested as a means of creating- new surrent wealth. you will receive gifts for youriiomo and your business ; gifts to wear and gifts to -eat. But I am sending,yQu a different gift -a gift in fifty-two parfaeach of which I am sure you will enjoy. It is a year's subscription for BAN ON PUBLIC GATHERINGS AT UNIVERSITY AND THE HILL ' Chfln! Hill. DQ. 17. Aa thft result of the , outbreak of several cases of) Influenza,- a ban has been put on all public gatherings at the university and in Chapel Hill. Only several cases of a mild character are reported, but the college physicians are taking no chances and are using every precau tion to prevent a return of the epi demic. Many "get-together" meetings among the students for the purpose of reorganisation have been cancelled as a result of the doctors' orders. Students are daily . completing their examinations and leaving for their homes to spend the holidays. The last of the mental tests come, on Friday. The students are getting more vaca tion this year than usual, due to the demobilization order. , Registration days for the new quarter will be the second and third -of January. Class work will begin on the fourth. The men are being urged to especially guard their health during the holi days that no diseases may be brought back to be spread among the students after Christmas. NAVY URGES LARGER ENLISTED STRENGTH (Continued from Page One) of the naval reserve force upon their passing examination ana also that the naval reserve officers be retained in the service as long as they are needed. m Chairman Padgett objected to v the plan; saying it would break down tfce present system of obtaining officers through the naval academy. The in centive for going to the , academy would be lost, he said. "If the navy depends upon the acad emy for its officers," Captain Laning replied, "it can never get the required number. Only 600 v officers are grad uated yearly from the school while there will be . a shortage of 5,000 as soon as the temporary commissions are revoked' . The advisability of authorizing" big increases in the navy personnel at the present time was questioned by Representative Kelly of .Michigan. "Why n6t hold steady until the peace conference is ended and see how things stand?" he asked. Captain Laning replied that might be advisable If other nations looked at it in the same light, but if they continued their expansions it would be foolhardy for the United States to sit back and allow them to get avbig lea "As Admiral Badger said, a second rate navy Is almost, as bad as none at all," ike added. WILL OP MISS LEE BEQUEATHS $157,000 (Continued from Page One) ' (godchild) $1,000; Edmo Lee, - Harry Fitzhugh Lee, Fredericksburg, $1,000 eaoh; Nannie M. Lee, Ocotink, Va., An ne Lee, Richmond,. Va.;' Henry Lee, Mrs. Katherine Lee Guerrat and Rob ert Lee, Powhattan county, $2,000 each. She requested in her : will that, her body be cremated and the ashes placed n an- ura inscribed 'With) 4 her full name, date of death ' and the words: "The last surviving child fit Geni Rob ert E. Lee." : - " ;-; ::, "f The will was executed last Febru arys 9.' Robert R Lee and GV Taylor Burke, Dankers of Alexandria Va Kwere , naumea executors.. v t, , chapter.. Rev. M. T .Plyler; chairman of the roll call, was scheduled to de liver this address, but his unavoidable absence from the city makes this im possible. While the principal speaker of the evening, Mrs. Smith, has been sent to America by the British ministry of food and is speaking under the au spices .,pt the foodar'administration of this country, the meeting tonight is not intended to deal primarily with discussion of conservation or similar subjects dear to the heart of Herbert Hoover. It will partake more of the nature of a general celebration by the food administration and Red Cross. - A repertory of popular patriotic s ngs has been prepared for the occasion by the ViclV chorus, of which R. W. BaxterfStTlfeaer-df Fort CasweHiS derIctorT Included in this repertory are several familiar Christmas carols which should prove particularly pop ular at this season. . Chairman J. G. McCdrmick, of the county food administration, will pre side at the meeting, which opens with invocation by Rev. J. A. Sullivan, pas tor of Calvary Baptist church Mrs. Smith will be introduced by H. C. McQueen, chairman of the Wilmington chapter of the ; Amerioan Red Cross and member of New Hanover's coun cil of defense. The closing pray er will be offered by Rev. F. D. Dean, pastor of the Church of the Good Shepherd. g Every Thursday, all during 1919?it will ?V come to talk over with you the week's progress in agriculture -the problems facing every man who grows food, from There is still time for YOU to write a note like this to those . farmer friends whose gifts you have not yet bought. Then give me their names, with $1 for each, and I'll start the sub scriptions to cover all 1919. This plan main it easy for you to plea them. And if you are not tecdvingTHB Country GENTLEMAN.giveyour. aelf a subscription for Christmas t and youH thank me for making the suggestion. c There's No Better Gift for a Dollar Call. me today ROBERT H. COWAN 205 South Fourth St., Wilmington, N. C. Phone 1128-W. f An authorised subscription reprcaenUtlve of IbsCbaBtryGeMnn JBKhdWRomJboraal LEAGUE OF NATIONS IS INDISPENSABLE (Continued Prom Psgre One.) tnjnalities especially Armenia and Po land. The pope's letter also expressed the hope of a Just and durable peace being reached through enlightened ac tion. Pope Benedict also spoke in behalf of the new countries arising frpm the partition of the dual monarchy, men tioning especially Bohemia. The pon tiff asked President Wilson to help those countries to realize their ambi tions regardless of race and religion.' It has developed in connection with presentation of ' the papal letter that it was not in response to President Wil son's ; reply to the pope's congratula tions for the part taken by the "United States in the war. Monslgnor Cerretti Intended to present ft at Washington, as he hadxbeen delegated to attend Car dinal Gibbons' jubilee at Baltimore, but was recalled from England, where he was- about to embark when . it - was learned- that - President - Wilson, -oon would be In FraoeVr v1-::: J . f. ;. ;-' .i The papal envoy left the Murat man sion after a brief visit. 1 "VI i r f (A yi i? b ill m DOCTORS SUOTABS fil BEST FOR GOLDS According to the world's greatest physicians and medical experts, calomel Is the best and only dependable reme dy for breaking up a cold overnight or cutting short an attack of sore throat, i deep-seated -caugh, Influenza - or lal "grippe. Now, that science has purified calomel of all Its nausea and danger ous Qualities, the new kind of calomel, called "Calotabs" is even more popular than the old style. One Calotab on the tongue at bed time with, a swallow of c water that's ail. 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