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GR EENSBORO AILY NEWS WEATHER You Want All I ho ftews About Businest Read the Ada Daily Fair and Colder Today! Sunday pair. VOL. XXV. NO. 117 (NTKRTO AS HWONB CURS MATTRS XT PO-STOlf U'lt. GUEKNiiBUBO, N. C GREENSBORO, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12, 1921 DAILV AND SVNhAT. t'.O" rtCS THAI DAILY ONLY, 1T.O0 Hi! YKA1 PRICE FIVE CENTS SYMBOL OF VALOR OF AMERICA GIVEN A MIGHTY TRIBUTE It Uy SOLDIER TO REST Reverent Hush Holds Throngs Watching Cortege Pass. LEADERS HUMBLY PROUD President, Judges, the Frail, the Strong, Soldier and" Civilian March to Arlington. HARDING ECHOES LINCOLN -,,,, , 1, ..... The Dead Hhan Net Hit Dies la Vnln." Vnkaewa,' "Home Front Tke Warn," Welgktea Dom WIH Honor, of Worts. (Br AuortsMl hw) Washington, Nov., ll.Under the wide and starry skies of his own home land, Africa's unknown dead from t rance sleeps tonight, a soldier home from the wars. Alone ho Ilea In the narrow cell of live stone that guards his body; but his soul haa entered Into the spirit that la America. Wherever liberty Is held close In men s hearts, the honor and the glory and the sledge of high endeavor poured out over this nameless one of fame will be told and sung by Americans for all time. .Scrolled across the marble arch of the memorial raised to the American soldier and sailor dead everywhere his tomb, runs this legvnd: ; - "We here highly resolve ,that these dead shall not have died In vain." Harding Uekoes High Resolve.' The words were spoken by the martyred Lint bin over the dead at Gettysburg, A, id today, with voice strong with determination and ringing with deep emotion, another President oboed that high resolve over the cof fin of the soldier who died for the flag in France. Great men In the world's affairs heard that high purpose reiterated by the man who stands at the head of the Americas people. Tomorrow they will gather in the city that stands almost In the shadow of the new American shrine of liberty dedicated today. They will talk of peace; of the curbing of the bavoo of war. They will speak of the war la Franoe that robbed this soldier of life and asms -an brought death to comrades of all nations by the hundreds of thousands. And In their cars when they meet must ring Presi dent Harding's declaration today be side that flag - wrapped, honor laden bier: "There must be, there shall be, the commanding voice of a conscious civ ilisation against armed warfare." Far across the seas, other unknown dead hallowed . In memory by their countrymen as this American soldier Is enshrined In the heart of America, sleep their last. He In whose veins ran the blood of British forebears lies beneath a great stone In ancient West minster abbey; he of France beneath the Aro de Triomphe, and he of Italy under the altar of the fatherland in Home. And it seemed today that tb"y, too, must be here among the Potomac hills to greet an American comrade om( to join their glorious company, to testify their approval of the high words of hope,,. spoken by America's Presi dent. ' Halloa Pours Oat Heart. - All day long, the nation poured out Its heart In pride and glory for the . nameless American. Before the first crash of the minute guns roared its ., knell for the dead from the shadow of Washington monument, the people who claim him as their ' own were troop ing out to do him honor. They lined the long road from the capltol to the , hillside where he sleeps tonight; they flowed like a tido over- the slopes about his burial place; they choked the bridges that lead across the, river to the fields of the brave In which he Is the latest comer. As he was oarried past through the tanks of humanity that lined Pennsyl vania avenue, a solemn, reverent hush held the living walls. Yet there was not so much of sorrow as of high pride u It all, a prida beyond the reach of the shouting and the clamor that marks less sacred "moments In life. Out there In the broad avenue win a simple soldier, dead for honor of the flag. He was nameless. No man knew what part In the great life of the nation he had filled when last he pass cd over his home soil. But In France he had died as Americans always have been ready to die, for the flag and what It means. Thsy read the message of the pageant clear, these silent thousands along the way. They stood lu almost holy awe to take their own part In what was theirs, the glory of me American people honored here In .. the honors showered on America's nameless son from France, Army and navy and marines, all play ed their part In the thrilling spectacle (Continued On Page Three.) Feature Articles Sunday' In the Greensboro Dally Flews will inrlade "Bible Tnlks," by Willlnm Jennings Bryani History's Mysteries, "The Borden Mystery"! "The ! known Soldier's Mother," by Charles W. Dakei "Onr Red-Hrsdrd Kid." by Frederick Walworth, anolker one of those charming Literary Digest lor Ira i "Amaalnsr kinase make tkelr appeamnee as the wlater opens," says Anne Rlttrnkouse In ker fashion page for Snndayi some farts re-. ' gnrdlng tke qunllty of rags, by H. Armstrong rlnbertsi gaaaay oekool -lesson, by Ur, William T. Klllai "Tke Waaklnstea Conference," by Frank II. snondNi Tke Forward Observation Post, by Cnle Bnrgrssi Wig-Was From Washington, ky Tkeodore Tiller) a page devoted to women's nr. tlvlllrs lllnatratrd with plrlurra of tke landing of tke pilgrims and Annaalas Dare, kla wife and Vlrarlnla Dare, tke first wklte eklld bora In ' America, ; : ' - In addition to tbrso featare articles tkrre will be several pages de voted to soelnl activities over tke state, a Metkodlat conference article by Hev. T. A. Hikes, anotker religions story by T. W. Tkambllss en tke ap proarhtag Baptist convention and wkat tke Baptists kave accomplishes tke past yean special cable dlspatckesi tke "Wheel Pages devoted to fndnstrlal none and activities! tke best Inaaela! page la the state and all Ike football and otker sporting news of tke stata aa reported ky tke As sociated Press aad tke Dally News' staff of special oorrespaadents. LEAVE YOUR ORDER WITH YOUR NEWS DEALER TODAY FOR A COPY OF SUNDAY'S 'DAILY NEWS. SEVEN CENTS AT NEWS STANDS. TEN CENTS ON TRAINS. -. Vidal Who Started Unknown Hero Idea - - r sy ll " "-""siyJ ' -ni w:V5f"v j JgLtfttyv"Vidl Gaston Vldal, the French minister of sports, la the originator of the worldwide movement to honor the memory of the unknown soldier. A few months before the celebration of Arm- tstios day rn--tMfr-fre"taf tefrttnrtaea In tne French papers, pleading that France should honor her SOO.000 "-mlss-ing" by solemnly Interring one body as "unknown" In Paris. The Idea was permitted to lapse, .Finally Lloyd George adopted it for Great Britain. Italy and the United States as well as the country where the Idea originated followed suit. The photo shows Vldal following instructions given by Johnny Evers In the art of pitching a baseball. SPIRIT OF CONFIDENCE Sessions Start Today. With Delegates Determined. HARDING'S SPEECH CHEERS His Announced Intention .'That America Shall Not Fail Pleases Diplomats. MERELY ORGANIZE TODAY ConferenrU Will Select Presiding- Offi cer, rroenoiy ttaaaea rressn.ro Of Publiu Opinion of the World Is For Reduction. (Br AnocUttorren.) Washington, Nov. 11 With the eyes of the world fixed hooefully uoon them, the accredited spokesmen of the powers will meet In Washington to. morrow to try to And a way to ease me neavy burden or armaments. In the hljtorlo quest Great Britain. Franco, Italy, Japan and the United States, a group whJch, acting together. can turn the whole tide of civilisation Into new channels, all have pledged a solemn and determined co-operation. Inladdltion China, Belgium, Portugal and the Netherlands, invited because of their vital Interest In the pertinent and oruclal problems of the far east, will sit In conference to complete the circle of those who are to strive for the new day of international relationship. Outwardly Confident. Outward manifestations of oonfi denoe In the success of the negotiations never have been more In prominence than on the eve of the assembling of the delegates In formal conclave. Every nation Is declared by Its leaders to be ready to come to the conference table with a spirit of unqualified good will for every other, and behind there Is a great urging force of world opinion seeking translation Into the covenants of permanent friendship. Among the statesmen and diplomats of the visiting nations the great topic of interest tonight was the address made at Arlington today by President Harding, who summoned the confer ence into being, and who will welcome it to American soil tomorrow. Upon every hand were heard expressions of satisfaction that in paying tribute to America's soldier dead the chief execu tlve grasped his opportunity to renew the pledge of-the United States to tako Its full share of leadership In the at tainment of a better order. In the fulfillment of that pledge It Is the expectation of all the delegates that the American government win place before the conference as soon as It begins Its work a concroto proposal for armament limitation. Such a pro (Contlnued on Page AghC r: vft; It': 1 h j ! " '-.J ' J OVATION AT HIS HOME Crowds Along Funeral Proees- .jMpn Warmly Cheer Him. NON-PARTISAN GATHERING Half Hour Demonstration Staged At His Residence, With lie peated Applause. CROWD SCATTERS POLICE Appearaaea of Four Wounded goldlera at His Home t aosed Itvsb of Ap plauding Tkrong First Ap pearance In Over Tws Years. (Br Asnclstes Pros.) Washington, Nov. 11. Former Pres ident Wilson mads his first public ap pearance Friday sines he left tbe White House riding In the funeral proces sion for the unknown dead soldier and later greeting a crowd gathered at his home. i Everywhere Mr. Wilson was given a demonstration. When his carriage en tered the funeral line at the foot of the capltol hill he was greeted with a fluttering of handkerchiefs and then with handclapplng and cheering which continued until he left the line after passing the White House, where he exchanged Salutes with President Harding. r The demonstration at his horns was of great proportions. It was arranged aa a non partjsan affair by a commit tee of seven women for whom Hamil ton Holt, of New York, was spokes man. . "We congratulate you, a wounded soldier of the world war, on your re gaining health;" Mr. Holt said to the former President, who had oome to the front portico of his home to receive the committee. "We pledge you our nonor and respect. Tour work shall not die." v 'i - - ; Heartened By Cheers. When the cheering which greeted tiiis.,atatroeat, jiad, ,m)aided,Mcm.svu, son made his first publio utterance since he was taken 111, more than two years ago. "I wish I had voice enough to reply i you," ne saia, "I can only thank you from ths bottom of my heart. God Bless you." The former President's words brought renewed applause. "Good bye and thank you," Mr. Wil son responded. Voices started up "My Country 'Tis of Thee" and at the end of the first stansa Mr. Wilson kissed his hand to the crowd, while Mrs. Wil son at his side wept silently. A min ute more and Mr. Wilson had re-entered his home, but It was half an hour before ths srowd dispersed, ths former President appearing at a win dow on ths second floor In responss to repeated colls. Half an hoar before ths oommlttee of women arrived, four wounded sol dlers from Walter Reed hospital draw up In front of the home la an auto mobile. A few mlsatea later, ths form er President appeared. There was a cheer and ths srowd rushed from all sides, scattering police and Boy scouts untu the street was ahoked. - Mr. Wilson doffed his high hat In re sponse to ths aheers and then was as. slsted ss he slowly descended the steps. He shook hands with each of the wounded men in turn as ths crowd continued Its cheering and waving of nanaKercmers, nags and flowers. Returning to the steps, a few feet away, the former President received a group of little children, shaking hands with each. Several bunches of chrys anthemums were presented by the ohlldren and by women who rushed to the door from the crowd. Big Demonstration, Mr. Wilson re-entered hla horns, but soon appeared at an upper window In response to continued applause. Soon the committee and organisations re sponsible for arranging the demon stration arrived from Arlington. Dur ing ths short wait that preoeded the secona appearance of the former Pres Ident On the portico women In ths crowd on a terraced lot across the street began to sing "The Star Spangled wanner." Others voices took up the strains untu they were welling from a thou sand throats. As the former President appeared to receive ths committee, there were cheers for the "league of nations" and Mr. Wilson vigorously waved his hat is his band. Repeatedly men In the crowd called for cheers for the league and each time Mr. Wil son's face lightened up and he waved his hat In unison with the hurrahs of the crowd. Mr. Wilson was astir early today to lane nia place In the funeral oroees. slon for the unknown soldier. To a group of correspondents who were at nts home when he returned he salit that he Was glad to pay homage to the unknown. Of the demonstration which ne received on Pennsylvania avenue, he said: "It was rather embarrassing because 11 was given In a funeral procession." Rear Admiral Cary T. Orayson, Mr' Wilson's personal physician, visited the former President soon after his rld and later said Mr. Wilson apparently nan suircreg no ill effects. TWO PRONOUNCED EARTH SHOCKS ARE RECORDED One Of Them Probably In South Af. rlra, Location Or otker Not Kaowa Lengthy nistnrbances. (By AswrUtod Cmi.l Washington, Nov. 11. Two nro, nounced earthquakes were recorded on the'ne4smograph at Georgetown uni versity this afternoon, the first being at an estimated dIUance of 2.600 miles an the second 1,600 miles from Wash ington. The first dlsturbnace was said to be probably In South Africa but the location of ths second was less certain. The first shock began at 11:55 a. m. and was continuing when the sec ond began at 2:64 o'clock. Both, there- aner were intermingled hut the dis turb n c eemiedatoclock. ForeoasS By States. Washington, - Nov. II. Virginia: t'loudy and comer Saturday, preceded ny rain in interior In the morning Sunday fair. North and South Carolina and Onor gia: Fair and colder Saturday; Bun- oay rair. Extreme northwest Florida, Ala bama and Mississippi: Fair and cooler Saturday; Sunday fair with rising tem perature. . . Tennessee: Fair and colder Saturday Sunday fair with rising temperature. Arkansas: Saturday fair, warmer In west: Sunday partly cloudy, warmer in east portion. Louisiana: Saturday fair; . Sunday fair and warmer. . - Th -temperature yesterday,- -according to A. R. Horry, local government observer, was: High it Low 81 LEE AT RALEIGH IS MARKED BY Crowd -In Auditorium Stirred . By- Exercises, MARS AGAINST MINERVA State's War Bill For Year Would Build and Equip 165 Colleges. MR. BAILEY IS NOT "BLUE" Tells Andreas At Apex To Look Across Ocean For Heal Misery an Be Thankful That Tkey Aro Americans. Itw Grftnitors ttelli Nm Bums, 108 HircUala MsUontl Suit lltj. By W. T. BOST. , Raleigh, Nov. 11. Armistice day as celebrated here today suspended the city's business life as effectively as Christmas and the ceremonies took on as much religious character as la given in the churches on the day of days. ur. a. w. Bikes, president of Coker college, South Carolina, mads ths ad dress which often named the name of Woodrow Wilson and every legionnaire, nurse, or chaplain who followed Wil ton' as commander-in-chief of the American forces, cheered lustily. The prearranged demonstration to ths ex President In Washington could not have been staged better than the spontaneous tribute to tbe former lead er worked. And when the speaker, closing, prophesied that Hie Idealism of Wilson will yet become regnant In the world, ths audience cheered as though it were a pepped up political conven tion bent upon swaying the delegates by sheer force of applause. The events leading to ths address ana tns singing In the city auditorium were wrought well. Without a band to stir the crowd Into martial mind, the soldiers registered at the capltol squars and at 10:80 began forming the parade. At 11 It began moving down the. street reallv on time. There were Kuhareds ol ths service men in their uniforms and other hundrtds . who marcnea wunoui ineir xnaki. Splendid Spectacle. They were Impressively augmented by representatives from, every club or ganisation, men's and women's In town. These arrayed with Confederate sol diers, world war fighters and Span, Ish-American warriors, made a splen did spectacle going down Fayetteviile street. The big auditorium was over flowing on the first and second floors and almost filled In the third. Mrs. Josephus Daniels, general chair man of the Armistice day celebration, stilled the house and made herself dis tinctly heard everywhere when she made a charming little speech Intro ducing Judge James 8. Manning, fath er of a soldier who gave his life on ths other side. Mrs. R. P. Noble, play Ing the accompaniments to ths sing lng which Dr. Nobis led, also played the group of national airs which ths sbsenes.-of the band mads necessary. Mrs, Nobis without ponding the bot tom from ths piano mads ths instru ment sound audible to the whole house, On the big stags was a bell which was to bring ths whole house to prayer while the nation bowed over the bier of ths unknown dead In Arlington, When Dr. Richard Crosier tapped ths instrument It mads such a marvelously clear sound that every body asked where It had been. No an nouncement was made, but this was the very beautiful contribution of Mrs, Daniels. The bell cams from ths tor pedo boat Bagley and across it was printed in large letters, "Bagley," named for Worth Bagley, first Amor- loan to die In the war against Spain. He was a brother of Mrs. Daniels. , Songraaster Nohle led the . huge orowd Into singing "Dixie, ''Amertoa, "Buddy Days," "Till We Meet Again, fend Arohle Horton ssng "Rose fit No Man's Land," with the big audience Joining him on the second chorus. Miss Annls May Pharr sang "Down the Trail to Home Sweet Home." Dr. Slkes was Introduced by Judge Manning. The former professor - of eoonomlcs In Wake Forest college chose to discuss peace rather than the glory of the boys In war. One of the worst phases of war's aftermath Is the annual oration, he said, and he felt deeply for Confederate soldiers who had been forced for 65 years to un dergo those yearly tortures, Hikes On Peace. He began with the prophecy of Uoyd George that soms day armaments would become such an Intolerable bur den to the nations that they could not economically endure these weights, Prophecy was fulfilled long ahead of Mr. George's utterance. Today, Da Slkes said, the military and naval plans call for expenditures of from II, 000,000,000 to 110,000,000,000 annually The lata war was caused by this very trouble. Germany started the war, he said, Just as the firing on Fort Sum ter caused the War Between the States, but there Is a difference between starting and causing a war. The real cause Is economic War preparations are too great for nation ul strain. Great Britain was building and Germany was matching the Brit ish program. There were liberals In the German Reichstag who opposed- this grandiose military program. They might have controlled the building, but when one party Is about to bo beutcn by another in a domestic; Issue, the safest thing Is to get embroiled In a foreign war, Dr. Slkes said. He ward would have gone to war with a foreign power In Lincoln's day In or der to save fratricidal strife at home, Looking over the tax returns In North Carolina, the speaker observed that North Carolina paid last year for armaments and the Incidents of war enough "to build and equip 165 stand ard colleges," he said, and Imagined what It would mean to have two such Institutions in nearly svery county In the state. "And If the conference which (Continued on l'age Three.) PEACE WITH GERMANY FINALLY ACCOMPLISHED RnllnVntlnhs III Treaty BxrkasgeS Be tween Amrrlrnn Commlnsloaer y and ticrman Chancellor. - IB, teM rms.1 ' Berlin, Nov. 11. Ratifications of the Oermai-Amrlcan peace treaty were exchanged here tonltrht at the foreign office between Kills Loring Dreael, the American commissioner, and Dr. Carl Wlrth, chancellor and minister of for eign affairs. (Article three of the peace treaty with Germany provides that the treaty "shall take effect Immediately on ex change of ratifications." Article three reads: "The present treaty shall be ratified In accordance with the constitutional forms of the high contracting parties, and shall take -effect Immediately up on exchange of ratifications, which shall take place as soon as possible a tBsrliu,") X President Harding's Address at Burial of Unknown American Soldier at Arlington Yesterday Mr. Becretary of War and Ladtes ,, .and. .GentUmsn: W or, met. .today to pay ths Impersonal tribute. Ths name of him whose body lies before us took flight with hts Im perishable soul. We know hot whence he came, but only that his death marks him with the ever- . lasting glory of an American dying for his country. , Its might have eome from any one of millions of Amerloan homes, some mother gave him In her lovs and tenderness, and with him her most cherished hopes. Hundreds of mothers ace wondering today, finding a touch of solace In ths possibility that the nation bows In grief over the body of one shs bore to live and die, it need be, for the Republic. If we give rein to fancy, a score of sympathetic chords are touched, for In this body there once glowed the soul of an American, with the aspirations and ambitions of a cltlsen who cher ished life and Its opportunities. He may have been a native or sn adopted son; that matters little, because they glorified the same - loyalty, they sacrificed alike. We do not know his station In life, because from every station came the patriotic response of the five millions. I recall the days of creating armies, and the departing of caravels which braved the murderous seas to reryh the bat tle lines for maintained national ity and pressrved civilisation. The servloe flag marked mansion and cottage alike, and riches were common" 16" alFhbmes In the" consciousness of service to coun try. - We do not know the eminence of his birth, but wo know ths. , glory of his death, lis died for his country, and greater devotion hath no man than this. . lis, died .,nniR.tlonlng..uncmftlainliit.Jtii faith in his heart and hops on his Hps, that his oountry should tri umph and Its civilisation survlvs. As a typical soldier of this repre sentative democracy, he fought and died, believing In the Indisputable Justice of his country's oause. Con scious of the world's upheaval, ap praising ths magnitude of a war the like of which had never horri fied humanity before, perhaps hs believed his to be a service des tined to chance ths tide of human affairs. In ths death gloom of gas, ths - bursting of shells and rain of bul lets, men face more Intimately ths great God over all, their souls are aflame, and consciousness expands, and hearts are . searched. With the din of battle, the glow of con flict, and ths , supreme trial of courage, come involuntarily the hurried appraisal of life and ths contemplation of death's great ,, mystery.. On ths threshold of eter-. nlty, many a soldier, I can well be lieve, wondered how his ' ebbing , blood would color the stream of human lift, flowing on aftar his sacrifice. His patriotism was none less if he craved more than tri umph of country; rather. It was greater If he hoped for a victory for all human kind. Indeed, I re vere that citizen whose confldencs In the righteousness of his coun try Inspired belief that Its triumph is the vlotory of humanity. This American soldier went forth to battle with no hatred for any people In the world, but hating war arid hating the purpose of every war for conquest. He cher ished our national rights, and ab horred the threat of armed domi nation; andl In the maelstrom of destruction and suffering and death he fired his shot for libera tion of ths captive conscience of the world. In advancing toward his objective was somewhere a thought of a world awnkened: and we, are here, to testify undying gratitude and reverence for that thought of a wider freedom, On such an oocaslon as this, amid such a scene, our thoughts alter nate between defenders living and defenders dead. A grateful Repub lic will be worthy of them both. Our part la to atone for the losses of heroic dead by making a but ter Kepublla for the living. Sleeping In these hallowed grounds are thousands of Ameri cans who have given their blood for the baptism of freedom and Its maintenance, armed exponents of the Nation's conscience. It Is bet ter end nobler for their deeds. Burial here Is rather moro than a sign of ths Government's favor, It Is a suggestion of a tomb. In the heart of the Nation, sorrowing for Its noble dead. Today's ceremonies proclnlm that the hero unknown Is not unhnnor ed. We gather htm to the Nation's breast, within the shadow of the Capltol, of the towering shaft that honors Washington, the great father, and of the exiulsite monu ment to Lincoln, the martyred savior. Here tho inspirations of I BLUERELD THE SCENE One Killed, Two Desperately Hurt When Flywheel of Rac ing Auto Explodes. ENORMOUS CROWD SEES IT 'Ulnueflold, W. Va., Nov. 11. C. A. Pulllan was almost Instantly killed and James A. Moyler and a man n tuned Mitchell were seriously Injured when the fly wheel of a racing automobile exploded in a gathering here today In celebration of Armistice day. Pulllan's head was tirn from his body. Mitchell's leg was severed below the knee and Moyler was struck in tho stomach by a piece of metttl- Severnl minutes before 12 o'clock ths racing car drew up to Iho curb when the streets win packed with human ity. At the Instant the car stopped a terrific explosion occurred, sending segments of metal through the hood and mechanic's seat. A large chunk of metal struck I'ulllsn squarely In the face, The deBd mart was a plumb er and was 11 years of ge. Mitchell and Moyer were rushed to hospitals. An enormous crowd had gathered along the sidewalks to bow their heads In silent prsyer when ths noon hour arrived. Traffic seemed to pause as the moment drew near and Instead of ths blast of a siren the crowd heard only the explosion, the scresms of women snd then saw the gruesome sight. "y ssterday audT" tTiec6Wttlsa " t " today forever unite to make ths ' ""HspubW wffrthrsf ihlS"ath-fr flag and oountryv Ours are lofty resolutions today, as with tribute to the dead we con sersts ourselves to a better order for ths living. With all my heart, I wish we might say to the de fenders who survlvs, to mothers who sorrow, to widows and child ren who mourn, that no such sao rltlcs shall bs asked again. - It was my fortune reoently to see a demonstration of modern warfare. It Is no longer a conflict In chivalry, no mors a test of mil itant manhood. It is -only oruol. deliberate, . scientific destruction. There was no contending enemy, only the theoretical dofonss of , hypothetic objective. But the at tuck was made with all the relent less methods of modern destruc tion. There, was ths rain of ruin from the alrornft, the thundor of artillery, followed by the unspenk-. able devastation wrought by burst ing shells; there were mortars belching their bombs of desolation; . machine guns concentrating their leaden storms; there was the in fantry, advancing, firing, and falling like men with souls sac rificing for the decision. The fly Ing missiles were revealed by Illu minating tracers, so that we could note their flight and sppralse their deadllnoBs. The air was; streaked with tiny flames marking the flight of massed destruction! while the effectiveness af the the oretical defense was Impressed by --the simulation of dead and wound ed among those going forward, undaunted and unheeding. As this panorama of unutterable destruc tion visualised thi- horrors of ,;modern conflict, there grew on ms the sense of ths failure at a civi lisation which can leave Us prob lems to such cruel srbltrament. strr eljr ti on m autltoflty.'ivvtH hus" man attributes and a full apprals at of the palrlotlo loyalty of his countrymen, could ask ths man hood of kingdom, empire, or re public to make such sacrifice until all reason had failed, until appeal to Justice through understanding had been denied, until every effort of love and consideration for fel low men had been exhausted. un .til freedom Itself snd Inviolate honor had- been brutally threaten ed. ' ' I speak not as a pacifist fearing war, but as one who loves Justice and hates war. I speak as one who believes the highest function of government Is to give Its cltlsons ths security of peace, ths oppor tunity to achieve, and the pursuit of happiness. Ths loftiest tribute ws can be stow today ths heroically earned tributefashioned In deliberate ; convlot'on. , . out - of unclouded thought, neither shadowed by re morse nor mads vain by fancies,; Is the commitment of this Itepub llo to an advancement never made before. If American achievement Is a cherished pride at home,. If our unselfishness among nations is all we wish it- to be, and ours Is A helpful example In the world, then let us give of our influence and strength, yea, of our aspirations and convictions, to put mankind on, a little higher plane, exulting and exalting, with war's distress ing and depressing tragedies bar . red from the stage of righteous olvllliatlon. . There have been a thousand de fenses Justly and patriotically made; a thousand offenses which reason and righteousness ought to have stayed. Let us beseech, all men to Join us In seeking the rule under which reason and righteous ness shall prevail. Standing today on hallowed ground, conscious that all America has halted to share In the tribute of heart and mind and soul to this fellow American, and knowing that the world is nothing this ex- -presslon of tho republic's mind fulness, It Is fitting to say that his sacrifice, and that of the millions dead, shall not bn In vain. There must be, thers shall be, the com manding voice of a. conscious civil isation against armed warfare. As we roturn this poor cluy to Its mother soil, gnrlanded by lovu and covered with the ducorations -that only nations can bestow, I can sense the prayers of our peo ple, of all peoples, that this Ar mistice Day shall mark the begin ning of a new and lusting era of peace on earth, good will among men. Let me Join In that prayer. Our Father, who art In heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy king dom' come, Thy will be dune on earth, as It Is In heaven. tJlvu us this day our dally bread, snd forgive us our trespasses as we for give those who trespass against us. And lead us not Into tempta tion, but deliver us from evil, for Thine Is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, forovor. Anion. AFi Prof. Paul Grier, Father of Head of Erskine, Succumbs On the Sidelines. CAME IN THIRD QUARTER lit Aralites Pres.) Due West, 8. C Nov. II The sud den death of Professor Paul Living stone Orler, fa'her of President R. C. drier of Krsklnn colh-xe, white at tending ths Newherry-Krsklne football gumc hero this aftrrnoon'put a stup to a home coming rflHtnttion that was In progress at Krskins college this afternoon. Tbe gum whs In thn third quarter, 'he Afor- being Krskine Is; Nowbrrry'U and It s agreed by both teams tha; ttn contest should not be counted s a s-"ie. An alumni ban quet that hail I planned for to night ass fnnt-fll.d DA1VM.I.K Hts w.HIK MIT Nr:.HO TH!K Tl KTICAI, MAIL Danville, Va. Nov II. The first ap pearance of a I'nlted States' marine here todi uu'dmg ths I'nlted States mall by orO of poslmaster Oeneral Hays was 1'i.ns.llied by an attempted robbery. Corporal Klhert Peterson had left the station escorting a mail wagon when John Ursnt, s negro, was sur prised In the art of taking parcel post material out of a sack on tho plat form. Two iiegr porters held the man until jiolict .arrived. ... E Mammoth Parade Is One of Out standing Features. SHAM BATTLE IN THE AIR Ed Klingman and Charlie Myers uo stunts In Air While Crowds Look On. DR. LONG CHIEF SPEAKER Declares That It Was tke American llongkboy Who Turned tke Ttds : Of Battlei John N. Wilson Pays Hewpecta In honor of the third anniversary of Armistice day, that memorabls day. November 11. 1011, when ths German army, thought at One tlm to bs un conquerable, with Its kaiser fleeing Into Holland seeking; refuge, acknow ledge bofors the world Its submission to the hosts fighting under the leader ship of that gallant petit Gallic gen eralissimo. Ferdinand Vnnh n.n.. boro people, men, women and children, fittingly and elaborately celebrated Friday. It was ons of the most Im pressive occasions ever staged tn ths city coming second, only to a Christ mas celebration. At Is O Clock honn th. ..ttnenK 1.-11. In the city commenced tolling. In mem ory of America's unknown soldier whose body was burled In Arlington at that hour, hlveryone paused for two minuies wun nowed heads out of re aped not only for ths unknown sol. dler but for all America's sons who failed to return home. Parade Feature. Ths salient features of th it. a mammoth automobile parade, carry ing lormer seruce people and other cltlsons, stretchffig over 1 blocks: sham battle between two airplanes Piloted bV loesL Svl.tnr. W.A and Charlie Myers and a patriotic ad drsas , by .DrJ.,W,.Lsng,-4he ranking oincer in me sity, nsvlng held ths rank of colonel during the war. Thousands of people turned out early In thS niOmlnsr ta h nn hanA fn. parade which commenced moving a isw nunui.es nricr in o clock. It was led by a band of ths American Land and Auction oompany, (Penny brothers) followed by Dr. Long and a bevy of hospital nurses In automo biles. Then cams ths former service men in ailtOmOhllAS. hliHra .h-H.. many of them wore their war-tlms umiurms, recalling vary vividly ths days of 1011 when the war, as far as America was oonosrnsd. was at lta peak. A few minutes after 10 o'clook ths parade commenced moving, moving from North Greene street Into West Market street, It proceeded down West Market, passing In rsvlew before ths student body of Greensboro Col legs. From West Market It turned down Tats street, thence Into Spring Garden street After parading through the grounds of ths North Carolina Col lugs for Womsn, where a large number of students greeted the narsdnra it whirled back down Spring Garden Into Mendenhall, thence up Walker avenue and into North Wm street, Ths terminal was ths 0. Henry hotel, slvstlon Army Float Wlaa. The autos were gaily decorated In colors of the United States. Thers were several floats especially worth mention. The Salvation army entered one that represented the well known doughnut stands overseas. This won first prlte offered by the Clvltan club of Greensboro. Ths Itsd Cross and Rotary olubwon second and third, rs spectWely. The Clvltans offered C0 as prises. The Red Cross, with former service men, broken In body,' but not In spirit apparently, now located at St. Leo's hnspltul, aboard a truck, "made a splen did showing, There lire a number of other flouts worthy of mention, It was undoubted ly the most Inspiring parade of Its kind ever staged In ths city. It was hold under tho auspices of the Henry K. Burtnor post of tho American legion, Greensboro, under ths super vision of Jack Stevens, With the parade over the ' pnopls flocked to the courhouse greens, wflero they witnessed the air" battle betwerS, tfllnirmi.K -nil .......... n . ,'. know Blrmen pulled several stunts, or trick flying, that thrilled the onlook era. Both men knew what thsy were doing, both having had bitttln experi ence In (be recent world war. Kling man flow In tho American army, while Myers was a member of the British, Iloyal Flying squadron ,, ' , After the aerial scrap, the crowds entered the oourthoitse, whore thoy hoard I)r, Long's address. The court room was packed to Its capacity. Dr. Long was Introduced by John M. Wil son, who paid tribute to the American soldier In very eloquent and lmpr.-sslv terms. The Invocation was salil by tlm post chaplain, Itev. (I. T. llontl. If wus while the speeches were lielna mtulo that 12 o'clock rolled uroiiml. Kveryone stood at attention for two minutes and before resuming their Vats, the Pomona band played the Slur Hp.' ns led thinner. . Holy Day In America. "Armistice ilav." sulH lie. I.nn. i',lii always be considered as a holy dny In America. It ranks with the Four'h of July and Is second In Importance only to that day upon which the Sav iour of mankind was born. Therefore, It is appropriate that we celebrate the occasion with parades, tnlmlo air bat tles und addresses commemorating the deeds of our heroic dead. Incidentally It scorns to me that there could be no more fitting place In which to hold this part of the sorvlco than In this magnificent temple of Justice." "We have numerous precedents, both modern and ancient," said thn speak er, "for oslehratlng tho victories of war and honoring our fallen liorous. Twenty-four hundred years ago ths Athenians held similar oernmonlos. They gathered thn bones of their men slain in buttle placed thoin In caskets decoratwd with flowers and marched with these sucrcd rtliui at the head nt lli miliitnn h'n, whn.n ),., could not be Identified an empty casket similarly aecorateii was given me po sition of honor, tluia setting a pattern for tho prcHtnt 'ilay'H bemi'lfu! custom of honoring tho 'unknown soldier.' Fol lowing the parade t lie flrneks stood and listened to the Incomparable (Continued on pag') two) toiiak o nai.i:n AT WILSON- rmt i:i-:u otKu i,ihh,imo (Iqin-Ul In hnlly Newl.) Wilson, Nov, 11. II. 11. Johnson, sea retary of the Wilson tobacco county board of trade, reports for the week ending November 10: Hales, J.344, 43 pounds of tobacco, which brought 1.020,T!'2 JH, un average of 129.83 per hundred. For tbe season to date there has been sold nn this market i4,8V0,2r4 pounds, bringing f 7,1 46. t3 2.45, an all around nverugo of S29.02 per hundred (rounds, - - - !
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.)
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