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1 - .. .... .. ..f ' 1 10VEST THOU ME?" THE BISHOP'S TEXT Stirring Service Marked Sunday At Methodist Conference. ft ipostles Care Up Hope When Savior Vn Crucified and Peter Led the Way Back to His Old Work -As Fisherman. Bv REV. T. A. SIKES. fc Pi;o of the inclement weather ,aSt Sunday at the North Carolina Met iirwli.-t conrerence in st. haul's Goldsboro, an immense audi- cliurd tcn win a he arose to preach. There was hardly a vacant seat in all the house ,-ien he announced the first hymn This j,vnia was sung as only a Methodist conference can sing. It was the fami liar. or a Thousand Tongues to 5inS;- and almost literally a thous and tongues were singing. The open ;nsr prayer was led by Rev. J. E. Un jenvood. and the frame of mind of the congregation was indicated by the chorus of "Amens." Trie special choir music was unusual ly attractive. A selection, entitled Only Thee," which was rendered by the quartette, was especially inspiring. The morning lesson, the first 15 ver Ks of the 21st chapter of John, was read by the bishop, and the second hymn was announced. This hymn was literally a great prayer as "Break Thou tho Bread of Life" was sent up wards in an immense wave of song. The bishop then took as his text two references from the third and 15 verses of the chapter which he had read: "I so a fishing" "Simon, Son of Jonas, Lovest Thou Me," and for more than an hour the vast audience human emotions. 1 The bishop announced as his topic; the "Supreme Test Which Comes to Every Man Sooner or Later." The substance of his sermon follows: "Some one has said that when r0rnvallis gave up his sword at forktown the issues of tlfe war of ;;ie Revolution were at an end. All :se was incidental to this. It is like wise said that the great fight at Get tysburg settled the issues of the civil war. All subsequent events counted for naught. When Pickett's men flaTl d in their charge and died in their blood the doom of the Confederacy was sealed. - "There is a time I know not when, A place I know not where, That marks the destiny of men, For glory or despiar.' "Only Ood knows when such an tour arrives. It is a most fearful truth that a soul destined to live when worlds are burning should come . to the hour that settles his .doom forever. I have but one desire and that is to help some man to a better life. I shall be supremely happy if this hour shall help some soul to be better. No one knows when the hour is at: hand. God Almighty's tests come unannounc ed. Suddenly we come into the pres ence of an issue which we must set tie and which settles us. Abraham and Lot came to' a sudden decision -as tie division of the field,, and Lot was suddenly compelled to decide his future destiny. Lot chose him all the plains of the Jordan, and from that moment pitched not only his tent, but him self toward all that was low and ruinous. He had no idea what was wrapped up in that moment When the devil tempts a man he put the at traction in the palm of his hand arid gives him time to decide. ?When God tests a man He puts His hands be hind his back and makes him pass inrough the fire. There is no royal roaa to character. Only the test can prove the man. Only self-abneeration -sacrifice and trial purify and de- 1H2 and Tint T7An nrn vor ran H'aIt a nan evade the issue. "The picture set forth in the lessons. is both beautiful and sad, simple and suggestive. Here is a band of dis couraged men. They are men who fi"e lost hope. There are few such rSn. llanv mpn hava the hliipn hut a i.ew oecome reaiiv aiscouraeea. There Sro nn 1 1. fntwr VA-tr f n It FT- Vi 4- valiantly and who have felt their ab jure failure. In this case these men ere once contented fishermen, happily agaged in making a living. Suddenly i PTOat U i j 1 AT ands, looked down into their hearts, ad called them to come and go with -m and become fishers of -m The M life was forgotten. They lived and Iked and talkprl with him lTntil thev d their Lord. No man can live wee years with Jesus and not love -:m. The reason we don't love Him ttore is that we don't know him bet- . The- i -.j J 1 i -- ij u l lucii uvea auu ucaj 10 I ' rTirri--r An Tin l t wt a t-t- THE FRONT FOR ltrriv;al of King Victor Emman 'if "S gild t vwaoiun iyi vcjcma aMing. our photo ehows -. ..(ffl.Tj1ff1Hjr- gjjgfmy III! ly the sideN0fvhis life, and heart and were attached1 to Him by bands' of steel. But a dark day came. A qross ocwyu on me nin. .Each man heard Him groan and saw Him die. Each man ned to his own place, and there lost heart. What a dark hour. . They said. save Up au we . naa tor Him and now we have lost him.' " The bishop referred feelingly to his own early struggles. His father died " ij wtia a mere iaa, leaving his mother with twelve children the jruungesi or whom was he himself They, were ln destitute circumstances and many were the times when it seemed as. if there were so way out of the dark. But there was faith and "upe ana tney prevailed. The bishop cited another illustration of discouragement. He told of how one of his friends became so discourag ed that he wrote a note asking that his life insurance be call ant ri hi debts settled and the remainder of ms amount be paid to his widow. He had tried and failed. "All around us there are men in irouuie. xney sit by our side. They sreaziy in need of our assistance. There may be men here who feel that they have tried and failed. If so God help them! There may be preachers nere who feel that they cannot face their work. Yes you can, brother Put your hand in the Hand that was pierc ed on Calvary and you can go any where. Discouraged men! All must meet the vtest. "So these discouraged men crowded together to talk over matters. 'Ah!' said Peter, I saw Him once but for only a little time and now He is gone.' 'Yes,' said another, 'and Mary met Him, but only for a moment.' So Peter came to the conclusion that he would go a fishing. His hopes had failed, and he was going back to his old task. "Oh! how often we get downcast. I have known many a sad experience during my twenty-two years in the ministry. ' I have been in homes of suffering, by the bedside of the sick, and in the poverty stricken tenament districts. I have heard the clods as they fell on the boards that covered the coffin. I have felt in the darkness the touch of mylittle boy as he reach ed for his absent mother. But the sad dest picture I have ever seen is that of a preacher who has gone back to the world. "For aman to have holy hands on his head, to abjure the world, to leave secular interest behind and then go back to the world is the most pathetic sight I hav-e ever witnessed. Brethren, don't 'go a fishing.' The way may be Lard in your work but there is too much at stake. If you only go alone there would not' be so much re gret. Peter said, 'I go a fishing,' and the others immediately responded, 'We aLo go with thee.' You can't go to hell alone. Thank God, it is also true that you can't go to heaven alone. The apostles all said, 'Peter If you go, we are going too.' Three men stood under an electric light on a Saturday night. The -clock struck nine and one started home to his godly widowed mother. The others insisted that he go with them to the red light district. He protested firmly but after a fierce struggle yielded. They went. One died a miserable death, another lan guishes in jail while a third is a fugitive from justice. 'We go, too. To heaven or hell brother, they will go with you. "Now, for the result. They went back to their old haunts, and expected to be 6n the fish markets of Caper naum next morning. But they toiled all night and caught nothing. Thank God, they didn't, for if tl. had, they would have been on the fish market that morning and .would have failed to see their Lord I dont know where Jesus, was but I think he must have walked the shores that night 1 with hands stretched out over . Gallilee to make the fish stay covered, and thus prevent a catch. Christ will despoil your secular life if He can. He hover ed around and just as they, in dis couragement, were washing their ne.ts, he crept close and cried, 'Oh Children' Thank God, for a loving-Lord! How unlike the world He is, for it kicks a man out when he is down. Listen to a voice so full of love, so full of mu sic and sweetrfess: 'Children, did you catch anything last night?' 'No.' 'Cast your neton the right side of the ship.' The result is know to all the world. And John, who has a spiritual discernment, said, 'Why Peter, it's the Lord!' Peter jumped over board, swam to shore and found Jesus. "What did Jesus tlo? Did He com plain? Did he ridicule Peter-for go ing back a fishing? Did He upbraid him for the denial? Many a preacher has hid behind the pulpit and insulted his congregation. What did Jesus do? He asked for- the others. He spread the feast. He called down the benedic tions of heaven upon them. Oh! what a picture. Nothing in the picture galaries of earth can equal this pic ture of a group of disciples surround ing a Master who loved his erring ones. "Now comes the supreme test. Christ, calls Peter aside for a private talk. That is the only way to talk to an erring brother. Take him aside where only God can hear and tell him lovingly of his failures; So Jesus took Peter aside and asked him the supreme question which he asks of us again this morning. 'Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me?' 'I joined the church TXTT710 TT ""! T7rT BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION wsggsaaaBesm the American delegation at, the-station to - welcome 'the king. , Insert, King Victor. - ' ' 1 , -V-"C!) Undetwood & .Underwood. - ,. ; ' MOJtttlNG STARWILMINGTON, J. C. MONDAY; forty years ago.' I didn't ask you that. Lovest thou me?'. 'I 'have been baptised. 'Nor did I -ask you . that. Lovest thou me.' 'I have' been ordained.' 'Nor did Iask you that. Lovest thou me?' 'Love is the -test and, the only test. What Is your an swer? If you can look up Into his face and answer, "Lord 'thou knowest all. things, thou know.est that I love thee,' you will be the happiest man on earth. If not, neither ordinance nor sacraments can save you. But do we love Jesus? If we do, we shall be willing to suffer for Him. We shall both know the fellowship of suffer ing andthe power of His resurreption." At this point the Lishop broke forth with the old hymn "Children of the Heavenly King," in which the , con gregation heartily joined. An invita tion was extended to all who wished to be better to come forward. The whole congregation surged forward al most as one man. The scene which followed beggers discretion. Smiles and tears mine-led. old time shnntincri sounded, and there iirh . pouring of feeling as to make one think that the old time camp meeting had returned to us again. FORESEES CONFLICT BETWEEN THE RACES Japanese Statesman Believes Time Is Coming When the Colored and White Peoples Will Flffht. Tokio, Nov. SO. (Correspondence of The Associated Press). Belief that the next war will be the outcome of race prejudices is expressed by Yukio 6za- ki, formerly, minister .of. Justice, and a leading member of the constitutional party. Mr. Ozaki said that in his opin ion, the colored races which steadily were developing their civilization would demand finally the . same treat ment as the white races,, and that the result would be an armed collision. Mr. Ozakl recommended that at the peace conference, japan acting on toe- hair of the Asiatic races, should in troduce the racial. and population ques tions for consideration, and If possible, secure a solution. In a country like Japan where the population is Increasing with alarm ing rapidity, he said it was but natur al that the -surplus population should try to obtain an outlet even by resort ing to arms. From Japan's standpoint. said Mr. Ozaki, the racial or population questions were more important than President Wilson's "Fourteen Points" as laid down for a basis of Germany's surrender. These racial questions, he said, concerned the fut.ure of millions of souls in Asia. Mr. Ozaki warned the Japanese not to develop the German system of state organization which in the present war had proved to be a mere machine for destroying civilization and for tram pling under food the rights of other nations and peoples. On the question of Japan's occupa tion of the German South Sea Islands, Mr. Ozaki declared that the United States should dismantle her forts in the Philippines and Hawaii, and that this would be more important for Ja pan than the taking over of the South Sea Islands. AMERICANS IN FSAJfCE OR ENGLAND AT CHRISTMAS TIME They Will be Right Royally Enter tained by the People There, London, Nov. so. IT your son' Is In France or England at Christmas time you needn't necessarily feel that he is losing all the joy of life. Perhaps he is going to have the opportunity to a real English Christmas. Invitations have been issued to as many American soldiers and sailors as possible In France, through Y. M. C. A. secretaries there, and those ' in camps and on battleships in England were not forgotten. More than two thousand of them will be entertained for the holidays in London homes alone. And on Christmas day 1,500 more will watch the brandy burning on top of the pudding and eye the roasted pig in families who are to do everything possible to make this holi day one, that the American guest will always remember. Invitations poured in to the Inter national y. M. C. A. Hospitality league from many farms outside of London, too, from Devonshire, where riding and shooting were offered from Scotland and from Ireland. "I want two boys for the whole of their leave," one Irish woman writes. "I am going to give them the kind of Christmas my boys would have liked if they had not been killed in France." MINISTERS FAIL TO HEED HEALTH BOARD'S REQUEST (Special Star Correspondence.) Kinston, Dec. 22 Pastors of churches here today failed to comply with a sug gestion by the board of health that re ligious services be dispensed with dur ing the present influenza emergency, together with all other gatherings of a public nature, including parties, dances, etc. The ministers said the health au thorities' action was too elastic in that it imposed no legal restriction and fail ed to check street gatherings or curb holiday shippers. Members of the board of health said restrictions upon business were not im posed because shortened trading days resulting in congestion for several hours daily and the community depres sion that would accrue were- capable of doing more harm than the present gradual spread of influenza, if it is spreading now. HIGHER TOBACCO PRICES IN VIRGINIA PROMISED Richmond, Va., Decjr-Pospects still higher prices-pref ailing for the of remainder of the tobacco, crop when the market re-opens January 7, after the Christmas recess, is the prediotion of brokers and jobbers throughout the state. A conservative estimate dis closes that more than $35,000,000 has been paid Virginians for tobacco this season, higher prices prevailing than in any previous season. In the Richmond market the past week the sales amounted to 600,000 pounds; Danville reports sales during the week of 1,478,902 pounds, South Boston sold 800,000 pounds during the past week, bringing the total up to 8, 753,958; South Hill market sales so far this season aggregate 6,115,000 pounds, and Lynchburg, sold 7,355,500 pounds. CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLING BIG SUM AT CHARLOTTE. Kinston, Dec. 22. Ambrose D. John ston, a salesman, has been arrested here on the charge of embezlement of $1,141.52 from the Home Light & Power Co., of Charlotte. Johnston is alleged to have made collections which he did not remit to the company. He Is a man of middle age aind good address and is well known to' traveling sales men in this section. He is expected to give bail in the sum of $1,250. Sher iff's officers ' tvalled Johnston ' and ar rested him as he was -about to take a train out of the city. .He has resided here several "years and recently return ed after an absence of some months. v ALEXANDER J. MITCHELL DIES OF PNEUMONIA Popular Young: Railroad Man Posited Away Last Nigrhrt at Wallcer Ble , mortal Hospital, This City. Hundreds of friends in .Wilmington will be shocked and saddened this morning upon thie announcement of the death at, 11:30 o'clock last night of Alexander J. Mitchell, son' of Mrs. J. S. MltchBll, 'No. 113 North Fourth street, chief clerk in the office of the general manager of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad company, and one of the most popular and most liked young men in Wilmington. Mr. Mitchell died of double pneu-.: inonia at -the James Walker Memorial hospital after an illness onlv since . . .i um 0i ciose at tention to his duties in the general of fice of the railroad in thiB city since the development of the complex .trans-, portation situation incident to the war, his strength had been much impaired and although he continued at his post to the very last, about 10 days ago he went to New York for an examination for some throat trouble by a specialist, a minor operation having been per formed at. the time. He returned to the city apparently in his usual health but on Monday night of the past week, he took to his bed and did not im prove. His condition still thought not to be serious, hut owing to the inabil ity to get nurses, on last Friday he thought it expedient to go to the hos pital and until yesterday morning, the best was hoped for. However during the day pneumonia of a very malig nant type developed and although given the very best care awd attention by nurses, doctors and loved ones, it was impossible to stay the hand of death and he passed gently away at the hour named, remaining conscious almost to the. last. "Allie" Mitchell, as he was familiarly known to his friends, was truly . one of nature's noblemen. Kind and open hearted, generous to a fault and with a good word for everybody, he made friends by the score. He was the 'one above all others in any company of young people and a truer friend never lived. Light-hearted and cheerful In his disposition, he spread sunshine wherever he wejit. He was born in this city 84 years ago, being a son of the late Joseph S. Mitchell and Mrs. Fannie Mitchell. He had lived here all his life and received his education In the sonoQls of this city. Early in life he decided upon railroad work as his career and began his duties in the office of the Atlantic Coast Line under the late William A. Riach. He roBe rapidly, by native ability and devotion to business until he became chief clerk to the late W. N. Royall, bo universally beloved all over the A. C. L. system. Upon the death of Mr. Royall and the succession of Percy R. Albright, he remained in the same position under the new man agement and had made himself inval uable in every way. His loss will be keenly felt by everyone in,, the offices of the system here. Mr. Mitohell is survived besides his mother, by two brothers and two sis ters, George L. Mitchell, of the fed eral manager's office in this city; Jos. S. Mitchell, of Atlanta, Ga., Misses Mary Baldwin and Fannie Mitchell, of Wilmington, the past year of the fac ulty of the Greensboro N CL,. high school, but now at home on account of the' suspension of the school until after the holidays. They each and every one have the ten-derest sympathy of the entire community in the very deep affliction which has come to them. Mr. Mitchell had taken a prominent part in the Benevolent Protective Or der of Elks, being a past exalted ruler of Wilmington Lodge No. 532, and especially untiring in his work in be half of the charitable work of the order in this city. He was Interested in all clean, healthy sports and was the life of the New Hanover Fishing club which he helped to organize with other good' friends several years ago. Everywhere will the loss of this noble, generous spirit be- keenly felt. Arrangements for the funeral h,ad not been made last night and prob ably will not be until the only absent member of the family, Jos. S. Mitchell, of Atlanta, can be communicated with. The funeral will be held this after noon at 3:30 o'clock from the residence, 113 North Fourth street. EX-EMPRESS MAY NOT LIVE TO SEE NEW YEAR Her Ailment Grows Considerably Worse Former Kaiser Also Re ported In Critical Condition. Copenhagen, Dec. ' 22. The Frank fort Zeitung, a copy of which has been received here, says the former German" empress will hardly live to see the new yean Her ailment, heart disease, has grown considerably worse during the past exoiting weeks. Pre viously, for severaL months, she had suffered from the effects of a stroke of apoplexy; The condition of the former empress, the newspaper , adds, has had a serious effect on her husband, who is also seriously ill. It is feared that his ear trouble will spread to the brain.. Also his nervous condition Is bad.'. PAN-AMERICAN TREATY OF " PEACE URGED BY BARRETT Chicago, Dec. 22. A P an-American treaty to secure peace on the western hemisphere and preserve the inviolate ness of the. Monroe Doctrine was urged tonight 'by John Barrett, direc tor general of , the . Pan-American bureau In Washington, . tit an address here. He declared the influence exert ed .by the international council of the union had undoubtedly prevented sev eral . wars among American nations and declared "If has moreover . to .its credit that at. this very hour this moral Influence is chiefly responsible n hold ing back Chile and Peru from . a pos sible conflict. '"With public opinion strongly dif fering as to the feasibility of a, world league of nations," he continued, "as expressed In speeches of Senators' Knox and Lodge, why should not there be consideration of a plan to strength en this present Pan-American Union through a Pan-American treaty to be drawn up and signed at the next Pan American Congress? "This league, not ooeroive, but moral, can make peace forever permanent on the western hemisphere, avoid Euro pean and Asiatic , Interference in , Am erican affairs and preserve . inviolate the Monroe . doctrine. Worls ot ;TJ. , S. . Floe Admired. . Washington, Deo, 22, Admiration of the work don in the war .by the- Am erican ' Isattle f squadron under Vlve Admlral Rodman and - the-. mine force under Rear.' Adjnidal Strauss la , ex pressed by the, British board r of ad miraity in . i.' ituvr : vv auiuu u oiui.v - DECEMBER 23, 1918. FUNERAL OF GREED IS ; THEME OF DR. HURT Another Effort of War la to Curb and '. Put an End to Selfishness Newspaper Park Matter. The subject of the sermon at the First Baptist church last night was "The Funeral of the Rich Man's Soul less Greed," one of a series of sermons Dr. Hurt has been preaching during J. the , past two months under the topic, T "Some Funeral Sermons Inspired by the World War." In spite of the rain j a fairly large audience was in attend- ance. Before taking up his subject for the evening, Dr. Hurt discussed for some minutes the Lakeside park matter and the afternoon paper's comment thereon,, to which he had previously referred in another sermon. "The evening paper .declares that be cause it expressed an opinion I charged It with being a disciple of bolshevlsm," stated Dr. Hurt. "The evening paper is wrong." he continued. "I charged it with being bolshevistic in tendency be cause of the opinion it did express in an editorial published recently under the title, 'Some Silly Notions and Fan cies.' relative to "operating amusement features at Lakeside parlj on Sunday afternoons.' ' "The words used in that editorial," Dr. Hurt added, "do not admit of two interpretations. They may have a gentle spirit back of them, but they are certainly revolutionary in meaning and I could not let them pass through the editorial columns of one of our dailies without being challenged,, for we of Wilmington are a people of fraternity, of neighborlinees, dwelling together in peace." 'The suggestion that he is opposed to civic progress Dr. Hurt dismissed as 'mere camouflage to divert attention from the main issue. I had hardly set tled In this city," he 'continued, "before I joined the chamber of commerce and three of the largest fraternal organiza tions of the city and started a weekly newspaper. That tells what I think of being up with the times, but if prog ress is towards Berlin instead of Jeru salem I want to be left behind." ' In closing, the discussion, Dr. Hurt declared that he was confining himself to the real issues In the case and hod no personal feeling against the editor of the evening paper, with whom he 1 8 not even acquainted: "But I can not forget that the same paper advo cated the proposal made last summer to lift prohibition lews of North Caro lina in so far as they pertained to sell ing beer to shipbuilders of Wilmington, and that on moral questions the pa per's editorials sometimes point in the wrong direction. I want to do what I can, to help get the editorial columns straightened out," Dr. Hurt concluded. Taking as his. text the words. "What shall it profit a man If he gain the whole world and forfeit his life," Dr. Hurt, turning to his sermon, first paid a tribute to rich men who nave proved themselves neither soulless nor greedy, as shown by theix generosity in con tributing large sums of money xoward the successful prosecution 6t the war. "Public sentiment has been speaking in thunder tones during the war," Dr. Hurt stated, "telling the soulless rich man what he ought to do. . Many of these have acted under the compelling force of public" opinion, but while so acting they have discovered the bless edness of unselfishness and hereafter will give with a nobler Impulse. Will KlVV Willi a. liuuiwi ,ujuwv. "Government taxation has done much tn interfere with the plans of the greedy rich . men. If this nas been a poor man's war the rich man has had to pay for itl From many platforms it has been preached that man has no right to live for himself alone. The individual, society and God are the three factors determining wealth, and God and society 4 should have a voice with the individual as he plans his ex penditures. Society as weir as God has been speaking during the lest two years, and the individual himself has been made happier by hearing them." FOUGHT 18 Am BATTLES BEFORE "DOWNING FIRST HUN Philadelphia, Dec. 22. MaJ. Charles Biddle, one of the four American aces, who returned yesterday from France, said tonight he fought 18 different battles in the air before -he succeeded in killing his first German. The major has seven enemy planes officially "erased" to his credit and was decorated with the croix de guerre with one citation. After the armistice was signed Ma jor Biddle crossed over into Metz. "I found the city," he said, mor prosperous than French towns of sim ilar size. All the people seemed well fed and well dressed. I took dinner at the chrtef hotel in town and had a meal of soup, fish, meat and plenty of veg etables, wines and two kinds of ice cream, all for about $3.60. -And there was no lessening of amounts there, either. The same thing seemed true in Luxemburg and Thlonville, where I went later." FINLAND TO BE FURNISHED FOODSTUFFS BY THE Al.JL.iias Washington, Dec. 22: Steady pro gress in -the establishment of a pop ular government in Finjand on a com paratively stable basis free from Ger man control has resulted in a decision by the United States and the allies to furnish that country immediately with foodstuffs for civilian relief. In making this announcement today the var trade board said that "the moment Russia succeeds In achieving the same degree of social and political equilibrium as Finland she will be throwing opei for her own .benefit a door by which food and many other necessities of life may enter freely from the outside world.?' PRESIDENT IS POPULAR WITH EUROPEAN CHILDREN Parlsr Dec 22. President Wilson is receiving letters from all over Europe from boys and girls who want his au tograph. Some want more, seeming to think that he has brought Christmas gifts from America. The president cannot possibly an swer all these letters himself but to each little 'writer' an ' official letter is going from the Parts white house ex pressing the president's appreciation. SWEDEN DECLINES TO WAGE FIGHT AGAINST BOLSHEVIK! Copenhagen. J Deo. 22. The Swedish consul at Reval, capita lof Bsthonia, arrived at Stockholm today to ask as sistance from the Swedish government against the bolshevik invasion of Bsthonia. The Swedish foreign minis ter tola the consul that the riksdag would never permit the sending of a Swedish army out of the country. The consul (is now seeking aid . from the British legation at Stockholm. Snanlah Embassy Pillaged. ' Stockholm. Dec - 21. Saturday (Ha-. vas) Advices received here from Pe trograd say that the .Spanish embassy was enterediDy tne- DoisneviK,wno pu 'icu me ivuyv DOUGHBOY WINS PIE EATIN WARRIORS OF EIGHTEEN OF ALLIED NATIONS - ' rMpj jSfe&Sffialtr-- v r?f,4 " NVV'W assart Before the world war ended the in ternational! pie eattng championship had been decided and won by a dough-' boy, with a United. States sailor sec ond and a Belgian soldier a good third. This all happened at the American Y. M. C. A. Eagle hut in London.' Soldiers and sailors of 18 nationalities compet AMERICANS DESTROYED 854 GERMAN AIRPLANES In Addition 82 Balloons Were Brought Down American Airmen Lost . 271 Plane. Washington, Dec 22. American air men in France brought down a total of 854 German airplanes and 82 German balloons, against an, American loss of 271 planes and 45 balloons, according to a report cabled by MaJ. Gen. Har bord on Dec 15, end made public today by the war department. Destruction of 354 of the enemy planes and 57 of the balloons had been officially con firmed. The total casualties of the American air service in action are giv en as 442, including 109 killed, 108 wounded, 200 missing, 27 prisoners and three interned. GRAVES OF AMERICANS TO BE DECORATED , CHRISTMAS OAT Paris. SaturdawPec. 21. More than 1 j - - . f 3,000 grave of American soldiers will be decorated on Christmas day by the American committee for devastated France. In the region between Laon and Chateau-Thierry, where the graves will be decorated, the committee will also provide a Christmas festival for 6,000 children. Christmas stockings filled with candy, tQys and games sent from America, will be distributed each child, in addition being given some article of clothing, mittens or a muf fler. Two fwndred children who have re turned (.to the ruined village of Crecy will rejbeive complete outfits of clothw Ing so that they will be able to return to -schoBl. The committee is also ar ranjingVhrlstmas festivities at Laon, Sois$aAfFaris and other cities. RUSSIAN LEADERS TO ASK CO-OPERATION OF ALLIES Paris, Dec. 21.Prof. Paul Milukoff, leader of the Russian constitutional democrats and foreign minister in the cabinet of Premier Lvoff which was formed after the overthrow of the im perial dynasty, . has arrived in . Paris with Nicholas, fichebeko. former Rus sian ambassador at Vienna and four other Russians representing the var ious political parties exclusive of the bolshevik! and the' extreme left of the social revolutionaries. The Rus sion leaders say they hav,e come here for the purpose of interesting the en tente powers in the restoration of order in Russia so that a government may be formed which will reunite Russia and win recognition from the world powers. THREE GREEKS WOUNDED WHEN FIRED UPON BY BULGARIANS Athens, Saturday, Dec. 21. '(By the Associated Press.) Bulgarian troops today fired on the Greek posts near Troussova and wounded three Greek soldiers, according to an official dis patch from Seres, in Greek Macedonia. The Greeks, the message adds, then attacked and captured two Bulgar ian posts. Several Bulgarian soldiers were killed. The Bulgarians retired toward the slopes of Mont Beles. SOME DAY THEY MAY WANT TO BORROW 'A TOOTHBRUSH (St. Joseph Gazette). The tall bookkeeper wound about three yards of lower limb around the leg of the table and remarked as he gazed off into space: "I would like to know Just what some people's idea -of Inconvenience is For instance, the other day a small child belonging to one of our neigh bors knocked at our back door. '"What can I do for you, little girl?' '"Well, she said, 'my papa says he hopes It won't inconvenience yo uany, j but he has sent our ioe box downtown . kaw a w Iin1ri0 mif tn. And hA wants to know if you will lend us your ! refrigerator for. three' or four days j refrigerator until ours gets fixed.' "Can you. beat that?" Holly Shipments Light. Kinston, Dee." 22. Holly ' shipments from . this immediate section have nbt been heavy this , season. , From other parts of . southeastern Carolina the Christmas green has gone north in fair quantities, Pfis have been high. Mistletoe -has been much in lemand. Locally ' comparatively little of either decoration nas been seen..-. To Inventory German Thefts.' . Paris, Dec: 22- (Havas.) The French commission charged with-the inventory of Qerman , thefts in -northern France and ' Belgium, left Paris today tot - Spa, Belgium, ' the headquarters of ; the ya- rious armistice allegations. v, -y ITIREE', G CONTEST FROM ed. The winner is seen in the nr. yes1 right hand corner of the picture. Mod--estly he withheld his .name but th sailor, whose smile is pie encrusts stopped long enough in the thick of tlUl contest to say "I'm JMartln; plain Ma- tin." He thinks that pause lost bltq the championship. MEXICAN CAPTAIN KILLS 1 SPANISH YICE-CONSUri Considerable Unrest tm Meads Report ed by Passengers oh hip Rebels Are ActtrsV Havana, Dec 23 Don Zop0l Ocejo, Spanish vice-oounsul at Fwrai diro, state of Mich paean, HsKioo, r cently was ' assassinated by a ca of the Mexican government forces, a cording to stories teld here today arrival fro mMexlco of the steams) Estrada Palma. The travelers also asserted that therfil was consldereJhle unrest in MexlooJ Emlliano Zapata, it was said, has cap tured Jalapa, capital of the state -of! Vera Cruz, end rebels constantly ars attacking trains ' running between Mexico City and Vera Cruz and' re moving from them aad executing Car ranza soldier escorts. The' entire region was described as being dominat ed by rebels and the general opinion expressed. by the passengers was that the Carranza government was totter ing. According to some of the passengers, ea uprising by sympathizers of Felix Diaz was expected at any moment "in the capital. PERSHING ON FIRST VISIT TO RHINELAND American Commander Surprises His Own Officers As Well As the German Cviliana. American Army of Occupation, Sat" urday, Dec. 21. (By the Associated Press.) Gen. John J. Pershing made his first visit to the Rhineland today. He arrived in a private car wbisb parked at the edge or a town. It H doubtful if .one per cent of the inhab- itaiuts of the place knew that the commander-in-chief of the American forces was in their midst. With tine exception of General Dickman, com mander of the army of occupation,, not even the officers at the theadquarten of the third army were aware of Genf era! Pershing's presence. I WILSON SPOKESMAN FOR INTELLIGENT MANKjQfJl Has Become More Than President ! the United States, Says Mr. WeUal (H. G. Wells, in the New Republic If this league of nations project anything more than an amiable sentU mentality, then it is a project to sub stitute for a multitude of foreign o fices, for a multitude of embassies and diplomatists, some sort of . central and authoritative world council. If it Is a serious proposition, it la proposition to create a new thing in which foreign offices and diplomacy are to be pooled, which is Intended to guide and be eupi ported? by and to represent the will of mankind. And so far as I can see, wa are going to leave it to the foreign offices and the diplomatists to arrange; for their own final extinction. That la askin a lot from mortal men.. We are asking these creations of the great power theory, these instruments of the great power theory, to banish the great power theory from existence. It is a little like asking the Associated Society of Undertakers to distribute the elixin of life. That, I take it, is .the peculiar em barrassment of Europe now, and that is why the masses of liberal people in Europe in every country of Europe h display the remarkable disposition they to display to annex your president. He has become more than your president. He is, for the time, the head, the mouth piece and representative of intelligent mankind. There can be no one else. He is, I admit, a very great man, but if you will permit me to say so, there are statesmen in Europe who are to be measired with him. But they are- en tangled. Their hands are tied. Theiri Instruments do the wrong things. AllU the world, all that is sane in this world, a. x .1. i- .i. I ! i wauis iv turuu&u viub peace uuoi-j - ness without any more secret treaties! and understandings. But foreign of-J fices make secret treaties as rats gnawr the wainscot or mosquitoes spread ma-' laria. It is their nature' so to do. German. Minister Expelled. J Luxemburg, Dec. 21. (Havas.) K. Von Buch, German minister to Luxem burg since March, 1914, has together with his advisers, been expelled from the country by the grand ducal gov eriimenti Three Luxemburg minister. of state have left the oapital for Paris.? : . ' ; Serb Prince to Visit Paris. , ! Paris. . Dec 22. (Havas.) Princaj Alexander; .thecrown prince of Serbia, I wUl arrlv vin Paris . on Thursday ' or Friday, according to the Petit Parlsienl 5 1 i i if 'A k- 4 1 i v. mm l; IS. safe's , . 'v-yi.Wi' 1 7 it. 'tiff! Ml Si 1 u V 4 J j' ,
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