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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER I9rl9l8.
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Mayor Calls Upon. Citizens to
Stay, In at Night.
PEACE AND QUIET. REIGN
Death List Totals' Three White
Persons "and One Negro; S.
"P. U.' Employe Killed. -, -
Special to The Observer.
Winston-Salem. ' Nov. 18.Peace
and quiet reigned throughout the day
here; following the attempt of several
hundred people to break into the city
lock-up yesterday afternoon and last
night for the purpose of taking the
life of Russell High, the negro who
the mob. believed waa guilty of hokf
lng up and. robbing Mr. and lira. J.
B. Children, on the Inverness mill
road Saturday night and also attack-
in Mrs. Childress. -
Soldiers from Charlotte and K?firmertrutal negro of the lowest tywe.
elgh are sUll.here and were used aU I A mob of -c-ndauxed and -ffior
dav In ttatrolllna the streets.
Mayor R. W. Oorrell Issued V proc
, tarnation : at noon today announcing
that the entire city would be. policed
tonight and until further -notice by
United SUtes troops from Camp
Greene and Camp Polk.
v, All Ititeh are urged to remain In
, their homes, between the hours of 1
p. ra.' and. a. m. except those whose
duties or business call them away, .
Aasemblagea Prohibited.
"No assemblage of people," says
the mayor, "will be allowed in "any
part of the city and anyone on the
streets or public places suspected will
be searched and those bearing arms
' will at once be arrested." . - .
The death list includes three white
people and ope colored . man. The
. whites are; : ;
Charles J "White construction fore
man for the Southern Publio Utilities
company, who was held up and rob
' bed in East Winston about 10 o'clock
- last nlghV wljile ; returning, with a
i helper In mh automobile from-repair
tng aiwelectrie wire. Hs died at tiSd
this morning at his home, the attend
' lng physician jfleciding that, internal
. bleeding . war responsible for - his
., deaths.?? ''svSS 2
. Robert. Young,, naval teserve-TOlun-teen
awaiting orders ' to, report for
. duty. , He was in the Municipal build
' lng and was handling one of the hose
when the Are department turned wa
ter on the mob with the purpose of
- dispersing It, when he was shot from
someone la.fhe street, death resulting
in a few minutes. , ,
' MIhs Rachael Levy, aged IS. who
was killed In her home on Main street
'by a stray bullet The remains were
- taken to Greensboro today and In
, tarred 14 the Jewish cemetery; there.
f George Johnson : was, the 1 colored
! man who lost, his life, by being hit
with a pistol ball, ' near the union
passenger station. -v ( : . , .
- . .Eight 4n Hospital. '' ,
i ' Eight ' persons, two of whom are
: colored, are being treated at the city
s hospital. Probably the most serious
" )v wounded is C. M.: Tork, who was
ohot through by a. pistol ball, steel
jacketed bullet being used." While his
" wound is considered serious, his con
dition Is not believed to be critical. ;
No further trouble Is anticipated
by jhe officers.;, A number of people
are' inclined to believe that Russell
; High, the negrd wanted by the mob,
has been removed to another county,
- though nothing official has been given-
The officers say that Mr. Childress,
who claims to have been attacked by
a negro, does not believe that High is
the guilty party. ,:. . ,..,' '
Those who broke into and robbed
the hardware stores last night of pis
., tola, guns and ammunition, will be
properly : dealt with, : if they can be
.apprehended,. it,i8 stated,
SOLDIERS POLICE CITY; ; ;
. TROUBLE BELIEVED OVER
By the Associated Preaa. ,
Winston-Salem, Nov. 18. With sol
diers policing the city tonight, no fur
ther trouble was expected by author
ities in maintaining order after the
rioting yesterday, when a mob at.
tempted to lynch' Russell High, ' a
negro, held In Jail here on charges of
shooting J. B. Childress and attack
' lmf Mrs. Childress.
Mayor Gorrell Issued a proclama
tion this afternoon calling, upon the
' people to remain in their homes be
tween the hours of 7 p. m. and 6 a. m
Persons on, the Btreet after that hour
were liable to be searched" by the
troops and if weapons were found on
, them thef were to be placed under
arrest. . , - . t
t, - A' large body of . soldiers are en
- camped on the courthouse square, and
the military aspect of the scene is en.
hanced by the presence oft an army
- tana orougnt '.irom , camp Polk at
Raleigh.
.. ; The home guard from Greensboro
sent here at the instanoe of Governor
BIckett, as well as eight or 10 police
- men sent from the same city; were
released , when ; the regular troops
arrived.' " ,' " '
The - work 'of the I Winston-Salem
home guards l being highly praised.
For hours they stood' they gibes of
members of the mob, volleys of stones,
and' later- bullets with e the . greatest
patience and coolness, and it Is the
opinion of officials that their effective
' work did much : to reduce ' the cas
" uulty list Sunday night 1 - - '
Official reports give the number of
deaths at three; although one. of the
wounded men died , early Monday, Ten
were wounded m6 re or loss seriously,
although others not. . identified re
ceived wounds also.- ,
Arrival of 175 soldiers; from Camp
Greene and 2(0 from Camp Polk to-
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winsion-SALEn rioters quiet .
Arrival of Soldiers From. Camp Greene in Early Morning Hours
"Signal for Cessation of Promiscuous Firing Find Streets
About Railway Station Sprin kled With Blood Appearance pf
L - Troops Greeted by Citizenis-"Baby"Tank From Camp Polk
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on acene. ,
BY K. B. CRANDAIiL.
. (Staff Oorrvspondcnce.)
Winston-Salem, Nov. IS. For the.
first time in a quarter century the
city of Winston-Salem was today
placed under strlet martial law. Dur
lng nine hours .of riot. indlscrlmlnaUd
use of firearms and. general turmoil,
a fireman and a little white girl were
killed : and another white man, rid
died ' with ' burets, was taken to .thewas estimated at over ,000, swarm-
hospital, where he died a few hour
later. Possibly a score or more fit
others, both whites and negroes, were
mora or less seriously injured, wnue
several "blacks, exact number , un
known, received fatal wounds, 3feyo
K. w. uorreii caneo on ins mayers
of Charlotte, Raleigh and Greensboro
for Immediate aid, shortly -after, 10
O'clock 8unday night I
The trouble was tne sequel oi a
brutal assault. . The case was aggra-
rated In this Instance by the Jfcet
that the victim was a woman past the
axe. of 40 years and the motherpr
three Children, the assailant" a strong
ughly angered white men, fully arm-
1 8,000 American Troops Sta
r tioned ln Great Britain. -
FirstShipload- of . Thess to Bs
- Started Momewt;WbV. '
; XondoiC Novv ll.--The hrst Amer
ican troops to depart homeward as a
result of the signing of the armistice
will be 11,000 men stationed in Eng
land. The American army expects to
surt the, first shipload of these sol-
dlers homeward within a week ana
to have all the men en their . way
back to the United SUtes 10 cays
later. - .
Th plans for clearing England of
American troops are. incomplete, but
it is desired to remove these men im
mediately as some shipping Is "avail
able for this purpose. - Most of the
11,000 men -are .helping the British
air force. v-.
The American" hospital units win
be' left In England until a' policy for
caring tor future cases ot illness
among the Americans has been de
cided upon.' '
The belief Is expressed- at army
headquarters that very few Amer
icans wll be left long in England as
It Is ttheught that the hosplUls . in
France can care for future needs.
GOVERNMENT TO OPERATE .
THE OCEAN CABLE LINES
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' Washington, Nov. 18. Government
eontrot and operation ot all ocean
cable lines owned In American, under
Postmaster General Buleson la ordered
bv President Wilson lsTa proclamation
dated November 3, which " has Just
been made public through publication
in the government's official bulletin.
Officials at the pobtofflce department
refused to discuss the proclamation
today, or : to say whether anf steps
actually had been taken toward put
tin government operation into effect.
The .first Intimation' that the cables
were to be taken ever came Saturday
through a statement at New York by
Clarence H. Mackar, president ef the
Postal, Telegraph-Cable company, say
ing he had been informed ot the
action, and criticising the government
for taking the step now that the war
practically Is. ended. ,. -;" , ' ;
ANTWERP CELEBRATES ' ;
FREEDOM FROM GERMANS
Antwerp, Belgium, Sunday, Nov! 17.
B" the Associated Press. ) Antwerp
today- is celebrating its. third day of
freedom from the Germans. The town
is gaily bedecked with entente flags.4
Thousands of -residents are crowd
ing the boulevards and cheering the
allied soldiers. The Germans left the
city on Friday without any untoward
incident and Belgian troops entered
immediately. . - . , , .
BRITISH AND RUSSIANS V-!
, v , RE0CCUPY BAKU PORT
London, Nov. 18, (8 p. m.) British
and Russian forces on Sunday reoc
eupled the Russian' seaport of Baku
on the west coast of the Caspian sea.
says an official statement issued this
evening by (the war office. The allied
forces were given an excellent reception,-
especially by the poorer classes.
The Turks, before evacuating the port,
looted It " ,. ' . a , ,
GORCASGOESTOTHE
RETIRED LIST DECEMBER 1
Washington,! Nov. 18. Major Gen
eral William C. GOrgas, former sur
geon general of the: armyt will be re
turned to the retired list on Decem
ber 1, the war department announced
today, When he reached the age of
retirement several weeks ago, General
Gorgas was recalled to active duty to
make a special health Investigation.
'.ssiVa :;' ,e '
d. ent on revengei gathered aboufl
i4ha. Jail early Sunday afternoon whe;
w.
the,Jail early Sunday afternoon whenJ, ' . . " .
apainedcurrency thatjhemNDER - ARMI$TICE TERMS
IVVUIHU UM1UUI, L&LI UU Ui'H
in which Sheriff
Flynt
wounded, had bee
eiTti
captured
and
lodged In the county jail here.
Mob Grows in Numbers.
The ana-rv -crowd, which continued
rto grow in numbers until te strength
ed about the entrance to the Jail. - Oc
caslonal pistol shots punctuated their
cries; demanding .that the accused ne
gro., be. turned over- to . them. An
nouncements by promlnent 'cltisens,
and .even the ,ravaed . woman, that
the prisoner was" probably not lha
man wanted, hadoelfect on the-now
thoroughly aroused mob.
The negro population of the-city,
which . Is about 60 per cent ; of the
whole, then gathered, quietly collect
ed their arms and prepared to rush
to the aid of their bUcksklnned
brothers, according to the best avail
able information.
At this critical stage assistance was
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Hurley Plans to . Seek Interna-
Agreement
41,
Expects to Prppost TtArnsm
ban Laws
reernntsv
Bq Adopted m KatlonMif
T ?7?"Wziii- '2 tAirt
Washington., i NbySU 18.--Chalfmap
Hurley, ot the shipping boards who
sailed toe Europe last Saturday to
prepare for the returning of American
troops and; for . moving needed ifood
supplies to the war-famished nations
overseas, also plans' to seen an inter
national agreement; between govern
ments, shipping Interests .. and labor
nmniKations of .the BrlnciDal . mari
time nowers for standardization -of
seamen's , wages ' and v working ; condl
tlons. sv. .:,.h--- , vv.
. It was sUted today that Mr. Hurley
expects to propose that the American
laws and the agreement between the
government and the Seamen's unions
on these subjects be accepted as the
standards and it Is understood that
the American, Federation of Labor
and the British ' Seamen' union are
prepared to support the: proposal. ?
Such an agreement as that contem
plated by Mr. Hurley, It was said,
would eliminate the chief difficulty
that has confronted American, ship
ping interests In past years in thelrJ
attempts to operate snips in competi
tion with other nations. The standards
for American seamen Are said to be
the highest In the world; And now
that this country is putting a great
fleet . of ships on the seas, officials
believe that unless some international
agreement is reached, a great pro
portion ' of trained seamen ., will be
attracted to the American 'merchant
msrlne. - . .j j-v ,
It wagjearned today that the ship
ping board as far as consistent with
the necessities of. government needs
is diverting . ships to normal trade
routes and that within a few months
officials hope to have American ships
carrying needed commodities of peace
to South and. Central America, Asia
and Africa as well as to Europe.-?
Some ships requisitioned by the
shipping board during the war are.
being, turned' back to private owners.
In all, some 8,800,000 tons of shipping
I was requisitioned, ' ', .,
WOULD ABROGATE THE
CHRISTMAS AGREEMENT
' "saisie8ssJss,'. .''V.' -
New YorkNov. 18.' Abrogation'
of the agreement between the retail
mAro.hants of the -f country and the
council of national defense that there
be no additions made to holiday sell
ing forces, was suggested In a letter
today from the Merchants' association
here to the headquarters of the coun
cil In Washington, It waa pointed
out that this, agreement had been
made to prevent interference with the
government's labor program and that
the signing of jthe armistice had made
it no longer necessary. It was stated
that the abrogation of the agreement
might alleviate the situation caused by
the closing of "munition plants, as well
as preventing further sacrifice on the
part of the stores.
PLAN INTERNATIONAL
. . PROHIBITION CRUSADE
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 18. Formu
lation of plana for an International
Crusade in the. Interest of prohibition
will be the main business of the
world-wide conference on prohibition
which opens here tomorrow night
Delegates from Canada,. Great Brit
aln, Mexico and every part ot the
united States will attend. ' ' '
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GINGHAMS ORDER CANCELLED.
Washington. Nov. 18. The war In
dustrles board announced ' today that
It order of last July . 1, preventing
sales or ginghams for delivery after
April 1, 1819, is cancelled. . Sales ,nqw
can do maae tor aeuvery at anyj tlme
provided the prices are not greater
man inoe ustefl in tne maximum
sprite schedule now in' effect
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Germany Hands - Over
Fleet This Week.
Great
Many Battleships, Battle Cruis
ers, Light Cruisers and De-: :'
' stroyers to Be Given Up.
London, Sunday, Nov..lT.-(Brltlah
Wireless 8ervlce).-wThls week will see
1 . .
I the greatest i . navf.l ; surrender the
world has ever witnessed. . v
A great fleet of . German battleships,
battle cruisers, and light cruisers and
destroyers will j leave port : Monday
morning at ( o'clock for. an unknown
destination. They will be met by the
British ileet, accompanied by Ameri
can and French representatives, and
cmnducted to their 'destination.:
A Berlin telegram received in Am
sterdam gives this list of the vessels
to be handed ' over; '
Battleship Kaiser, Konlg Albert
Kronprlna Wilhelm, Prins ,. Regent
Luttpold, : Markgraf. Grosser Kur
fuerst, Bayern, Konig-and Friedrich
der Grosse.;, .;,-v.-,v;'i.;.
Battle cruisers Hindonburg. Der
flinges! Beydllts,' M61tkc, and . Von
Der Tann.. . f ,.' . . ;,t;'
a Light cruisers Bremen, Bi ummer,
Frankfurt, KoelnB Dresden . and Em-r
I . The German ' cruiser Dresden was
sunk off the . Falkland islands by the
British, under Admiral Sturdee, while
the Emden was sunk in , the , Indian
ocean, after It had raided shipping In
te far. east
MUCH SPECULATION AS:
TO FINAL DISPOSITION
''iwas.hington, Nov, , a 8. There was
fio, announcement here today resrard-
m
tleshlDS. battle tcruirsi:,and.rilght
eruisenp wnicn vrnninjli we reqmreo.
uuaer me serms ot iiib ,riniin;w . w
surrender today to the associated na
tions. Nor was ; there; any informa
tion as -to the names . of the ports
at which the vessels were: to be !, In
terned. 'i V'i'- '- '
There' was: much speculation as to
the final' disposition of the ships, but
in the absence of any official Informa
tion; .many officers thought' this mat
ter would be left until the peace con
ference meets. "
The armistice provided that the
vessels "were:- to be disarmed Before
they left Germany- and that they were
t to be ..interned at neutral-or allied
porta as the associated governments
might direct, with only caretakers on
board. ' j,. , ."-V Ni:i;i '' 2 '
Publication of . the names of,, the
battleships and cruisers which were
designated by the associated govern
ments for delivery reveals that Ger
many is stripped of at least half of
the . fleet' of dreadnaughts . which 'it
had In commission or building when
the war began and practically all of
its battle cruisers. ;.V -',"'
- The dreadnaughts Kronprlna Wil
helm, Grosser Kurfurst Markgraf
and Konlg are of the same typl. each
680 feet long and of 26,000 torta. -
The Prlnsregent Lultpold, Konlg
Albert,' Kaiserin, Kaiser, and" Fried
rich Der Orosse were completed In
11S and. are 8(4 feet long, .with a
speed of 81, knots and of 84,000 tons.
They , carried 10; 12-Inch guns each,
and 14 6.8-mch rifles. ; y
Awflable naval records herd do not
show battleship Bayern, but it is
regarded as possible' that this is one
ot the three newer dreadnaughts com
pleted since, the, war .started,,. .-These
were authorized la 1811 and 1814 and
r to have been of J9. 000 ton
displacement wlth" eight ' ; i8ihch
nnes eacn. ' .
Besides tne cran aeuverea, uer
msfny had -four - older dreadnaughts,
but their surrender was not required.
They must-be disarmed and laid u in
German pqtts, howeveK ?x::n''
The Derfllnger Is the largest of the
battle cruisers, her displacement being
28,000 tons and length 718 feet Her
armament consisted of eight 12-lrich
rifles and her designed speed 'was 80
knout an hour. There Is no mention
ot a cruiser Hindenburf in naval rec
ords available here. v ,
J0-J0 SAYS
'Fair today and Wednesday, if
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Attention,- gentlemen map-makers;
overtime work for you fellows for A
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SOLF MAKES ANOTHER '
? APPEAL BY WIRELESS
London. Nov. 18. (By tlie Associat
ed Press.) A long wireless dispatch,
signed by Dr. Solf, the German for
eign secretary, addressed to the Amer
ican, British, French and Italian gov
ernmeut, has been picked up here.
The dispafcn asks for elucidation.
In a "mollifying sense,", of the condi
tions or me armiwoe concerning ute
left bank of the Rhine, wlthont which
"we shall .Inevitably advance to more
or leas bolshcvist conditions which
might become dangerous to neighbor
ing states,".
On Larger Scale Than , Other
Arms of Military Service. V
Demobilization of Air Service
Presents Separate Problem '
for War Department
Washington, Nov. 18. Demobiliza
tion of the army air service presents
a separate 'problem on which war
department officials now are at work.
How it is accomplished so that the
aircraft manufacturing Industry, now
A government Monopoly, can be pre
setted has not been disclosed, but It
is possible to ; state ; authoritatively
some of the considerations that' will
govern demobilisation plans, .' (
Secretary Baker- is known to re
gard the air. service as the field of
military enterprise in which the great
est developments are to be, expected.
For' tliat reason, the army program
to be laid before Congress I probably
will- show recommendations tor con
tinuing the aviation branches on v a
scale disproportionate to the - other
arms of the service.- -:-
It Is certain that the plans now" be
ing formulated will make7 -provision
for retain lng in the permanent mill-:
tary establishment ' Officers And taen
who have displayed marked ability in
the operation, production; and equip
tment of JtigplAne, balloons; And, f M1".?.
.,tfeiX4
,t The iinonopoly: t -the1 gvernntent
etlendsv to every .branch Ot aircraft
production. To make a-start on the
extraordinary program laid ' out, It
was '. necessary ( to build from the
ground, up, to create virtually every
facility required, even to the growing
of castor beans to furnish the., lubri
cating oil required. , The only excep
tions are. tho automobile factories
which- were turned from building enr
gines fdr niotoc cars to the produc
tion of Liberty motors and other air
craft engines. ' ' . "('
For these plants. the transition back
to peace-time Industry is natural and
many have completed plans for after-the-war
conditions on which they are
at work.'.- There exists, however, no
market ' exeept ' the government for
aircraft that can possibly engage any
part of the other plants now devoted
wholly to that oroduotlon and the fu
ture of these plants Is not as yet clear.'
t Outstanding contracts, for military
planes of 1 various types are under
stood to total between 26,000 and 80,
000" Kit Is 'regarded as likely, that
virtually aU of these will be cancelled.
" It was said today that there Is no
need to tulp heavily with any ot
the types,pow In production for mili
tary" Use ' as Improved machines of
greater speed, endurance - and ma
neuvering power were developed even
while every energy was being strained
to reach quantity production here of
M DeHavllahds and Handley-Page
designs. It Is ,to the tjew- types that
chief attention will be given by the
government V ' ' -. :-' ..
In1 addition ' to, the manufacturing
monopoly which includes the 'assem
bling of scientific data of the utmost
Value o.n the whole question of Air
flight the government hsa complete
monopoly, over the trAlnlng fAcllltlee
fof flyersi The home Aviation schools
Are now Atted to turn out 8,000 men
A month fAted as reserve mllltsry avl
Ators, while there now Are - in this
country more than 12,000 men who
either hsve- passed tnrougn, tnai
school system or are nearlng complex
tlon ot their training.- There also are
tens of thousands of airplane mechan
ic, and s. 000 aviators In France, at
least one-halt of whom are fully quali
fied military jpllota,
SHEET METALWORKERS
: , AT NORFOLK WALK OUT
Norfolk. Va., Nov. 18. With the
exception of the civil service ' men
employed At the navy yArd, All sheet
metal workers . on government And
other lobs in this section walked out
this morning. About 600 men are put
tonight Practically all work of this
class has been susuended, ?
The men claim that " the cutting
Out of overtime, and the holding of
their pay to 7$ cents an hour Is a
Virtual cut in wages.' They declared
that heretofore the government had
sriven -J2 hours' pay - for 10 1 hours'
work. Now they are receiving regular
pay for eight hours' work. . Govern
ment, officials' declared;: that they are
not Involved in the present fight 4
SEPTEMBER EARN1NG3 0F r
; , RAILROADS ARE REPORTED
- Wsshlngton. " Nov. , 1$. Railway
earnings In September were 126,000,
000 leas than in August, but wre
slightly greater than those In the aame
month last year, : Reports to the in
terstate commerce commission,, made
publio today, show a total operating
income lor September of '$10I1.889,9S3
compared with 89t.887.927. or 8p
tember. 1917.. Total-operating reve
nwe.was f 4SS,I85,90, or WO,O0iO00
more than v In f September, 4 917, and
operating expenses were. 1370,604 J90,
An- increase; of. 128,288,000 Vr r , tose
for the-Same month last. year-4
ARM! H
Fill (ICE JUST AFTtn T
TOTAL COST OF THE WAR
TWO IIEO
Direct Cost jo All Belligerents
Up to Last March 1 Reported
r at About $175,000,000,000.
Washington. Nov.' 18. The direct
cost of the war for all belligerent
nations, to last March 1 was reported
at about 8175,000,000.000 by the fed
eral reserve board bulletin, Issued to
day, and it Is estimated that the cost
will amount to nearly 8206,1)00,000.000
before the end of this year. These
calculations were compiled by the
board from various sources and. while
their accuracy Is not vouohed for, the
board believes the figures ars sub
stantially correct i. -.. -r ;"- .'"vvvy
For purely military and naval pur
poses, it is estimated that all bellig
erents had spent about $132,000,000,-
000 to May 1, or about three-fourths
ot the total war cost. The balance
represented Interest on debt and other
Indirect war expenses. v 1!
How the cost mounted as the war
grew In proportion from year-to year
la Illustrated ty tabulations snowing
that i the - mobilisation ' and . the first
five months of -lhewar Jn 1814 cost
all belligerents about $ 10,000,00 0.000.
In lis the expenses jumped to, ixs,
boO.OOMOO; In 1818 they Increased to
$88,000,000,000 and In 117 they were
estimated - at ' 180,000.000,000. -This
year, expenses 'have run only 4 "little
above the, rate !ast-yeAt.sry- y.J'-n,-m
About .810,000,000,000 of. the total
"war pout has been .raised-by .war loans
of varlou .nations and eoroparwtiveiy
Uttfe by tAxtloh. "Jhe publlotdebr of
-th tHn(lriftl untnnla ll(ra ' 1 . PITCH.
lated-ali Appwxlntelyil0a,000.0011,
000, or more? than twice as much as
the: Aggregate deot or . tne central
powers, set at 145,000,000.000. This
does not take Into consideration, debt
incurred 4slnoe.3Ast (KMt'-i-'S.H't-
The enormous slse of the' war cosfs
and debt is further illustrated by com
parison with the ante-war debt of the
seveq. : principal belligerents which
dld not' exceed $25,000,000,000. . The
cost of supporting this debt was only
about ' $1,000,000,000 . , year. Here
after the annual burden to ' pay . In
terest and sinking fund allowances
will be not less than $10,000,000,060
and probably much more, ' : ."
Q0NGRESSMEN WILt GET :i
f THEIR TRAVEL1 MILEAGE
Both Houses to Adjourn Next
Thursday-OJd and New Ses
sions Will Not . Merge;
Washington, . ' Nov.i 18. Adjourn
ment of the present session of Con
gress next Thursday was arranged to
day oy democratic and republican
leaders ot the senate and house. 1 This
will enable members to secure travel
mileage allowances And Also will ore
vent the present session, which . be
gan last December 8, from .merging
with the third and final session ot this,
the Sixty-fifth Congress, which will
open uecemDsr i; c-.. ' :- - ';,-5-.:.;,
ending ox the- present, Session
Thursday , was agreed .upon "after .the1
senate ; nnance - committee . bad , ue-
Vlifld'-'iR OSO.tlflfl enft hin h.
fore tW date for trfe beginning of the
new session, with disposition ojr the,
senate, xooay or tne -warrtime ' pro
hlbltltfn'blll. which goes to'fhe Presi
dent Thursday, the most pressing
business if the session was tomuUU
BILlliS
WhW Congress Is Ad3ourn.di;.theirh;-it'chW '
senate nnance committee win
tlnue yewision of the revpue -blll..ih
accorfl, with suggestions by; Secretaryfcfngipulot a wA ln hlcJ this coun-4
McAdoxfc And,"house v committees .ftA.pArMelpAe.a,A(J'lkAwlse he wi
dcsid traming ine ie. .appropriation
bills J,-. Sharp reductiohs in the. appro
priations are now" contemplated by
congressional leaders. , .,r.v
AMERICAN TROOPS IN i I
fRUSSIA WCLL.EQUIPPED
.. American w. Army I headquarters,
Tour S-ranoe, Nov. J8.' tPr. the Asso
ciated' Presa) The iAraei'lcan- troop
participating In v the, . Expeditions - In
Russia by way of - Archangel, and
Vladivostok are.MUluned.in the. meat
!"?iT"fr 7IJ??fY?tftm -Mt, b.ior the?. working ut r
r5n,:coa-i. ax -'wwaotiw weutoUAtlon these prlic!.; n t
wyuuiicui in - .uKmii; a.na ra nee
With white iheepakW.irkas, iwhlch
Are : - ailp-on ' overcoats"1' resembling
Santa Claus '4uttttav I i.ty'f J-:i.
The expeditions Also- iv&oea
supplied with a : f oil coropiemtnt of
Norwegian s sleds.' . dogs, moccasins.
snowshoes, ' relndeetf , skin ; mltfeos.
tent, Arctio stovev, sQhw. goggle
sklls.j. sledges,, high rubber boots and
wooien oreeones.
FINANCIAL siTUATicrn:
V ,0ERMAN-AU$TRIA CrAY2
' tJenni (VlA-BAseOsWlV-Dr.
von Stelnweinder, flnano'sr minluter in
the liew'flepman-Auwtrlaii'fcablnet, In
a statement to the Vlenfi?e press to-
Iddy'' de.Scrbed.! the ftyan'-'ar situation
In, Oerman-Austrla ' as telng grave.
pew sources of revehbe,', '"however. h
sald'rrthe i.'dlncdlUes "' -couM - be
inojihteV..; i .. , . v , .
mm
I Will
Take Part In Framing Main
Features of Peace Treaty.
DOES NOT PLAN TO STAY : v
, .THROUGHOUT SESSIONS
Probably Does Not Know H.ow
iLopgHe.WIIAbroal'
BREAKS
TWO
PRECEDENTS
Who Will Act as President Dur
ing Absence Is Mooted Question;
Constitution' Silent. '
Washington Nov.:. 18.--Presi-deht'Wilson
will attend thiopen-
nng .sessions pf the peace confer-
ence. This was announcea to
night officially." He wilt go imme
diately after .the convening of the
regular' session "of Congress on .
December Jh ' J -W ,
- Thisf official statemjpnt:;was Is- "
sued at the White House: -M '
"The President expects to sail :
fbrj France immediately after vthe , ;
opening' or tne- regular, scssiun ui ,
Congress,, for the purpose of tak-.
ing . part in the . discussion and ,
settlement of the main features of
thetre-lty bf peape.; It is ndt likely ,
that it will be Possible for him to . .
jemaiaJtoughoutihe-sessions .
the ,formalpeac,t;OMerence, mx -.
his pr eence at.he outset is neces- "
sary la ordcr to DbthtjrthKtsr.I- , '
test aisadvaatciiM ccaissioa; ip. r
cable: in det6rrn!n.ih'e;:f rei;r
outlirtes ,tof, the-tinar;lreaty jafcv
suited He5 will; "of courseVbeiac
companiidby 4elegates who :will
tit 4 k Vs.n-'r k4 W
w ' Old rlllW: Lam L1IC3 VII I11C'!'.
United jStitcs throughout the con-'( '
"The'hames of the 'delegates '
will.be;' presently announced' y
i HMATrrw OOS1S A MONTH. -
How long the) President will remain'
Abroad h; himself probably cannot
say ftoww ghe'rUi.Ior tho convenln . .
of the peace oonfereno baa not yet -been
announced, but tbe grneral be
lief here Is thatMt. cannot tort'sera-
Wed before Into, ta Pecember. ar c
earliest' If sudlproves ihcf ease, ti.-K
President wIU h, absent from Bhi - kv
country for At least month and prb-. '
Ably,lotuter..,ir:-iV';v:r ,
v what plans the Preaideng ma ha,v' ; -for
his trip Mber than to Attend t... .
opening or the peace conference And1 N
to . participate) in - the discussions' - '
among the repreemUUvea of the asso
ciated nations whlrh will precede Mt,"
have not been revealed. , He undont t
edly will be accompanied by Mr.'
Wilson and' it. Is expected here. ttnt
besides visiting Paris, where the pe.- -'"
oongreas , probably will be - hfld, lie'
will go to. London and ppsslWy-j to!
Bruaselrand Rome. P- ; .( V'
; Hr."Wlson is. expected to- Wrlef
abroadA rwcvtknr suclr As, has b-n -
accorded, but few-men Inpnbllo L . i
Will be,.welonnri rt only a t
ceninunder.hvhter-Af :ti'annv i f'1
ruivy.t. biu also a, the champion 'of. s''
world democracy;, ---f: v.;. ; . U
WUt IMabltah Two! Precedesaa;1
tXu:' "'!
con-lotnt.. M urtMut. 'it'v v t
fePencs foi theeattllnatof issues arr
beithe first PeaAMerifc, to 'leave Nor
America soil -during his tenure .f
office,',- - ' , - rr;-, , f .
n ;reacning nis oecmion . to atini .
the, peace conference; -President- V. l -son
is understood to have bee'n lar- K
influenced by reprencntaUoire'v-fr ..
Premiers Lloyd-George, of Gret L -' ( t
aln. And Clemenceau. of Prance.r ; .
other statesmen ot .the. entente r .
tries. The prlncples and terms rfr - -,
men,t "enunciated. by the I re ,
have been Accepted by both ,t i,
elated nations Aa4 the cent-I
as, the-Basis upon wkto pt
. ii t
re-eeaniianea j ,ana it i.t
anpucation.o
'pre.'lenceli la
IfofVVfd sti
so earnea Jw - dt" ! f i
statesmen.- -
Ahea 1 -of iTSe. .
Sinee the Prealder t H . to p "
:FAnce:'Vearly'''.ext . iit It,
certain that "hewi ' rach Tar i
erarweeks, before
assemble..
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fenences ow j
9 ,the pre 'm.
the p'c; Cf -1
have. the. t
person f ' 1 i
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council rln ,
sented by C . !.
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