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MORGANTON, N. C., JANUARY 9, 1919.
NO. 30.
THE0. ROOSEVELT DIED
SUDDENLY MONDAY
Former President Passed Away
ai Oyster Bay Home Blood
Cioi Killed Col. Roosevelt
While He Slept Death Very
Unexpected.
Theodore Roosevelt, former Presi
t4c . of the United States, died Mon
dav morning between 4 and 4:15
oVu'i'K while asleep in his bed at his
home oh Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay,
Lcv.iX Island.
His physicians said that the imme
diate cause of death was a clot of i
blood which cietacnea itseit: irom 8 a
vein and entered the lungs.
his physicians as well as ail otners
who had been with him lately. It
was announced that the blood -clot was
not directly due to the inflammatory
rneu
matism from which he had been
suffering for two months, but must be
traced to earlier conditions. One of
the contributing causes was the fever
which hexCOHtracted; during his --explorations'
in' Brazil, when he discovered
the River of Doubt early in 1914. This i
fever left a poison in. the blood which
had been a partialicajuse of seveial-attacks
of illness which he had suffered
since that, time. .". -".
Colonel Roosevelt was-working hard
a; late as Saturday, dictating articles
and letters. He spent Sunday quietly,
hut looked, and felt:-well,- until shortly
before 11 o'qlock, -when he had ; ; diffi
culty in breathing. After t treatment
he felt better and returned to bed.
Mrs. Roosevelt looked to see how
he was- sleeping that morning. . He
then appeared normal, v Two hours
later, James Amos, an old'' negro ser
vant of the family formerly with
them at the white 'house,, thought that
there was -something- wrong with the
manner in which . Colonel Roosevelt
was breathing. Amos had been plac
ed in the next room to keep a close
watch over Colonel Roosevelt, and
went at once to the bedside. He was
alarmed at the hollow sound. of his
breathing and summoned the trained
nurse. When she arrived, the breath
ing had stopped. Dr. George W. Fal
ler of Oyster Bay, the family phy
sician, was summoned, and found that
life had left the body."a few minutes
before. V
Statement By Physicians.
'"Later, the following statement was
given out by Dr. Faller and Drs.
John H. Richard and John A. Hartwell
of New York, who had Colonel Roose
velt under their care at Roosevelt Hos
pital: "Colonel Roosevelt had been suffer
ing from an attack of inflammatory
rheumatism for about .two months.
His progress had been entirely satis
factory and his condition had not giv
en cause for special concern. On
Sunday he was in good spirits and
spent the evening with his family, dic
tating letters. He retired at 11
o'clock, and at 4 o'clock in the morn
ing his man servant who occupied an
adjoining room, noticed that, while
sleeping quietly, Colonely Roosevelt's
breathing was hollow. He died al
most immediately, without awakening.
The cause of death was an embolus.
"GEORGE W. FALLER, M. D.
"JOHN H. RICHARDS, M. D.
"JOHN A. HARTWELL, M. D."
Embolus is a clot of blood. Dr.
Faller said that it had probably oc
curred in the Jungs, but might have
been in the brain.
Colonel Roosevelt was taken from
Roosevelt Hospital to Oyster Bay to
spend Christmas with his family, but
was expected to return for further
treatment. The inflammatory rheu
matism was due, in the opinion of his
physicians, to an infected tooth, which
had originally given trouble twenty
years ago. Inflammatory rheumatism
is not known to be a cause of embol
ism, and it is not Relieved that the
rheumatism was responsible for his
death, although it may have contrib
uted to it.
Colonel Roosevelt suffered from
pulmonary embolism at the Roosevelt
Hospital three weeks ago, and was
then in a critical condition for a time,
but his recovery was thought to be
thorough.
Mrs. Roosevelt was the only mem
ber of the family at home when the
death occurred. Captain Archibald
Roosevelt had just left with his wife
formerly Miss Mary S. Lockwood, foremen n "
Boston, on receiving word that her ernment :.nd the people of the United
father was dying. Lieut. Col. Theo
doie Roosevelt, Jr., is in France with
tle Army of Occupation. Captain
Ke-mit Roosevelt is also in France.
Hi, daughter, Mrs. Richard H. Derby,
and her two children had been at Sag
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HUNDREDS ARE KILLED IN
BERLIN STREET FIGHTING
Spectacus Crowd and Govern
ment Troops Clash in Battle
Conference Yesterday Morning
Several hundred persons have been
killed in the fighting in Berlin, accord
ing to a Copenhagen dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company, but
late yesterday no.details were obtain
able. The government seems provisional
ly, to be master- of the situation.
Early Tuesday morning the Berlin
government massed troops outside of
the city. These troops are ready for
'any emergency.,,.
Field Marshal vori Hindenburg is re-
.Street .fighting has been particu
larly sanguinary, it is said, owing to
the fact that the Spartacus element
has plenty of weapons" taken from
the munition factories at Spandau.
While the machine, guns- were.:firing
and bombs were dropping, moving
picture operators were busy recording
scenes. v r.-f -
It was announced recently that the
American army has sent motion pic
ture operators to Berlin.
The dislocation of the telegraph
service 'has prevented anything more
than meagre and scattered reports of I
what has been happening in Berlin
in getting through but all the dis
patches agree severe street fighting
Occurred Friday.
The first encounters between the
government and the Spartacan forces!
occurred Sunday in front of the Kais
erhot hotei when one person- war
killed and eight others were wounded.
According to an eye witness some of
the troops turned against the govern
ment and some, of the other troops
refused to obey' the orders to recap-
hture the Wolff Agency.
; The Spartacans refused all offers
of the government to negotiate and
were attacking the foreign office, the
chancellor's palace and other minis
teries on Monday, when 18 were killed.
PRESIDENT LAUDS WORK
OF COLONEL ROOSEVELT.
Cabled Proclamation Recites Val
uable Services Dead Ex-President
Orders Official Honors.
The following proclamation on the
death of Theodore Roosevelt was ca
bled from Paris Tuesday by President
Wilson' and issued that night at the
State department:
"Woodrow Wilson, President of the
United States of America.
"A proclamation. To the people of
the United States:
"It becomes my sad duty to an
nounce officially the death of Theodore j
Roosevelt, President of the United
States from September 14, 1901, to
March 4, 1909, which occurred at his
home at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay,
New York, at 4:15 o'clock in the
morning: of January 6, 1919. In his
death the United States has lost one
of its most distinguished and patriot
ic citizens, who had endeared himself
to the people by his strenuous devo
tion to their interests and to the pub
lic interests of his country.
"As president of the police board of
his native city, as a member of the
legislature and governor of his State,
as civil service commissibner, as as
sistant secretary of the navy, as vice
President and President of the Uni
ted States, he displayed administra
tive powers of a signal order and con
ducted the affairs of these various of
fices with a concentration of effort and
a watchful care which permitted no.
divergence from the- line of duty he
had definitely set for himself.
"In the war with Spain, he display
ed singular initiative and energy and
distinguished himself among the
commanders of the army in the field.
As President he awoke the;nation to
the dangers of private control which
lurked in our financial and industrial
systems. It was by thus arresting the
attention and stimulating the purpose
of the country that he opened the
way for subsequent necessary and
beneficent reforms.
"His private life was characterized
by a simplicity, a virtue and an af
fection worthy of all admiration and
emulation by the people of America.
"In testimony of the respect in
States, I do hereby direct that the
flags of the White House and the sev
eral departmental buildings be dis
played at half staff for a period of 30
days, and that suitable military and
naval honors under orders of the sec
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DIED IN.JCAMP OF
INFLUENZA-PNEUMONIA
Sgt. W. E. Walton, Jr., Died
Sunday at Plattsburg, N. Y.,
Hospital.
The sad news was telegraphed to
Morganton Sunday night of the
death Sunday of Sgt. W. E. Walton,
Jr., at Plattsburg, N. Y. The family
was informed the latter part of the
week of his illness, and the father,
Mr. W. E. Walton, Sr., being unable
to go to Plattsburg wired his daugh
ter, Miss Lucy, in Asheville, to go and
she left at once for her brother's bed
side, reaching him only a short time
before death occurred.
Sgt i Wjalton died - of pneumonia
which followed, influenza. He wrote
his parents early last week that he
was in the hospital with influenza,
contracted Christmas day, but told
them not to be uneasy, he ,was getting
along all right. When pneumonia de
veloped death followed in a few days.
-Thebody reached Morganton on No:
11 Wednesday and was taken from
the train to the cemetery, where fun
eral services were held: These were
in charge of the Masons, Rev. F. A.
Bower conducting the religious' part,
The young soldier was the son xt
Mr. and Mrs, W. E. Walton, Mr. Wal-
ton for many years farmer at the
State Hospital. Miss Elizabeth Wal
ton, a sister, is just recovering from
an attack of influenza at the School4
for the Deaf.
'.A comrade and good friend, Sgt.
Miller, of Plattsburg, accompanied
Miss Lucy Walton to Morganton, they
arriving on Tuesday night in advance
of the body.
Pall bearers were Burke county sol
diers at home after being discharged
or on leave. The flag-draped casket
borne by khaki-clad boys was an im
pressive spectacle.
Runaway Freight on
Saluda
Kills Trainman.
One trainman was killed and two
were injured when a runaway south
bound freight train on the Southern
i railroad overturned on a safety
switch near Meltrose, 35 miles south
of Asheville Tuesday morning. The
dead: L. N. Creasmanj fireman, the in
jured: Walter Green, brakeman and
Wk A. McDowell, engineer. Creasman
was pinned beneath the engine.
The mishap occurred when brakes
on southbound freight train No. 52
failed to work while the train was
descending the steep grade of Saluda
mountain. The train plunged into
safety switch No. 2, overturning the
locomotive and five cars.
All victims of the accident resided
in Asheville. The two injured train
men were taken to the Mission hos
pital where it was stated their condi
ti5n is not critical. McDowell has a
fractured shoulder and Green has a
broken knee and three fingers crush
ed from his left hand.
Germany's Submarine Losses.
Interesting figures are now avail
able about Germany's loss of subma
rines during the war. The total of
German losses was 202. In addition,
14 submarines were destroyed, by the
Germans, 10 in the Adriatic and four
in Flanders. Seven more were in
terned in neutral countries. -
The Germans are still building sub
marines, with the allies making no
objection because obviously it is ne
cessary to keep workers employed and
when submarines are built and
launched they would be disposed of
by the allies.
Pennies For Taxes.
Small change required to pay war
tax on many retail. articles, caused
the government mints to produce
307,614,000 one-cent pieces in 1918, a
record output, according to a report
by Raymond T. Baker, director of the
mint. A total of 538,160,000 coins
were minted, more than ever before in
the nation's history. The number of
nickles minted was 45,334,000; dimes
68,645,000; quarters, 32,692,000; and
half dollars 20,769,000. Neither dol
lars nor gold coins were minted.
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German Airplanes Turned
Oyer to Americans.
"Sixty more German airplanes were
accepted by the Americans. One hun
dred more which will be turned over
to the Americans, have arrived at
Coblenz and are being given trial
bights by German aviators, prepara
tory to their acceptance. So far all
the machines offered havebeen ac
cepted. All were bran new.
STATE LEGISLATURE
HAS BEGUN SESSION.
D. G. Brummitt Chosen Speaker
Governor Bickett Will Read
Message Today.
The 1919 session of the State Leg
islature began yesterday, convening at
noon in the'capitol at Raleigh.
On Tuesday night the caucuses for
officers of the assembly were -held. In
the democratic caucus of the House
D, ,G. Brummitt was chosen speaker.
Mr. Brummitt declared that while he
has sought the .place for the honor
and preferment there is in the office,
healso desired the speakership, for
th.S; opportunity it afforded to accom
plish something forthe commomgood
iri -this crisis in the development of
the State. He urged a broad vision
in dealing with the affairs of state.
Ejfrummitt was nominated by Rep
resentative Gold, of Guilford, and sec
ori$ed by Stanley Winborne, who
withdrew as his opposing candidate.
: -Alex Xassiter, of Bertie, .was elect
ed principal clerk without opposition;
D. P. Dellinger, of Cherryville, as
reading clerk; J. H. Mooring, as ser
geant at arms, and O. P. Shell as en
grossing clerk. The only contest was
for sergeant at arms, when Mooring
received 51, S. D. Moore 30 andt M.
W. Hines 3. ' ' "
The caucus organization met with
Victor Bryant, of Durham,' as chair
man, and Representative Mull, of
Cleveland, as secretary.
The senate'cau5us made J. A. Brown
chairman. He told the" senate that it
was just 26 years ago that he sevve3
his first term in the senate. Senator
Scales, of Guilford, nominated Sena
tor Lindsay Warren, of Beaufort, for
president pro tern, of the senate, and
he was chosen by the caucus by . ac
clamation. R. O. Self was named
without opposition for principal clek;
C. C. Broughton for reading clerk; I.
W. Hughes as engrossing clerk; W.
D. Gastor, for. sergeant at arms, and
J.A.Bryson, of Hendersonville, as
assistant sergeant at arms.
Governor Bickett will deliver his
message to the legislature today to
the joint session of the senate and
house. Formal organization of the
two houses was made . yesterday. It
is understood he will deliver in per
son, following the precedent establish
ed by Governor Craig six years ago.
The - message will deal with all the
state problems that are expected to
come before the legislature from the
viewpoint of the governor and his
administration. It is a foregone con
clusion that he will call for those
educational policies recommended by
Doctor Joyner in his recommenda
tions, including six months' minimum
school term, compulsory school at
tendance, advances, and the like.
The go'vernor is known to favor the
so-called short ballot and is expect
ed to discuss this from the North
Carolina viewpoint. Of course he will
stress the application of his pet con
stitutional amendment to exempt
mortgages on farm homes from tax
ation. Then there will be his recom
mendations as to changes in the tax
ing system, and these are awaited with
keen interest as indicating along what
lines the movement for the tax re
forms insisted to be - necessary will
bring in the legislative efforts.
Peace Conference Plans.
The peace conference, according to
the Petit Journal, will proceed as fol
lows: 1. A conference of the four great
powers.
2. Representatives of Belgium and
Serbia to be admitted for a study of
the genera! situation.
3. Admission of the other allies for
conferences on the. problems ' interest
ing them.
4. Presentation of conditions suc
cessfully to Germany, Bulgaria, Tur
key, German-Austria, and Hungary,
and the signing of the peace pre
liminaries. 5. A general conference concerning
the questions of a league of nations,
freedom of the seas, limitation of ar
maments, and related topics.
Girls' Dormitory at Caswell is
Destroyed.
A girl's dormitory at the State In
stitution for the Feeble Minded 'was
burned Tuesday night with a loss of
$20,000. The origin was not determ
ined. This is the second dormitory at
this institution to be burned within
two months. .-
Miss Jessie Byrd spent the week
end in Charlotte with relatives.
THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS
DID THEIR PART NOBLY.
High Tribute is Paid to the
Americas and Foch By Haig
in His Final Report.
Field Marshal Haig, whose report
on operations from the end of April
until the end of hostilities, was made
this week, pays a high tribute to Mar
shal Foch and alludes to the splendid
fighting qualities of the American
forces. In concluding his report, the
field marshal wrote:
"At the moment when the final tri
umph of the allied cause is; assured, ,
fwe and all others of the- allied and
associated armies can look back on
the. years that have gone with satis
faction undimmed by any hint of dis-.
cord or conflict of interest and ideals.
Few alliances of the past can boast
of such a record. Few can show a
purpose more tenaciously and faith
fully pursued .or so faithfully and
gloriously realized.
"If the complete unity and har
mony of our action is to be ascribed
td the justice of our cause, it is due,
to the .absolute loyalty with which
that cause has been pursued by all
those entrusted with the control of
the different allied armies which
fought side by side."
The report takes up in detail tef
fighting on various parts of the Brit
ish, front, which . the field , marshal,
states, was carried on as a part of the
grand plan of the campaign laid down
by the allied high command. At the
close of operations the report de
clares: "In the decisive contests in the.
period covered by the report, the
strongest and most Vital parts of the
enemy's front were attacked, his iat- been reuced to definite terms of en
eral communications were cut and his !actment.
best divisions were fought to a stand
still. On the different battle fronts,
the British took 187,000 prisoners and
2,850 guns, bringing the total number
of prisoners captured during the year
I to over '201,000.
PRES. WILSON SENDS
MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY
! Cables Mrs. Roosevelt From Italy
On Learning of Col. Roose
velt's Death.
Mrs. Roosevelt received Tuesday
night a cablegram of sympathy from
President Wilson, dated at Modane,
which is on the Franco-Italian fron
tier, reading as follows:
"Pray accept my heartfelt sympa-.
thy on the-death of yoru distinguish
ed husband, the news of which has
shocked me very much."
This was one of more than 500
telegrams and cable messages which
poured into Oyster Bay for Mrs.
Roosevelt that night. They came
fm Private citizens, rough riders,
ambassadors, ministers, congressmen
men of all ranks and distinction,
and women too.
Alexandra, queen mother of Eng
land, cabled the following:
"I am indeed grieved to hear of
the death of your great and distin
guished husband for whom Ihad the
greatest regard. Please accept my
deepest sympathy on the irreparable
loss you have suffered."
From former President Taft came
the following dated Harrisburg, Pa.:
"I am shocked to hear the bad
news. My heart goes out to you andj
yours in great sorrow. The country
can ill afford in this critical period of
history to lose one who has done and
could in the next decade have done so
much for it and humanity. We have
lost a great patriotic American, a
great world figure, the most com
manding personality in our life since
Lincoln. I mourn his going as a per
sonal loss. Mrs. Taft and I tender
you our sincere and deepest sympa
thy." Ex-Kaiser is in Very Bad Shape.
Even the wonderful spring-like
weather of the new year did not brin?
the former Germau Emperor outside
the Amerongeon castle, although his
condition is improving daily.- The
principal cause of his indisposition
appears to be mental depression, in
duced by the gradual realization of
the full extent of his downfall. Re
cent reports from Germany are said
to have accentuated this feeling.
Lack of open air exercise and the
continual brooding have had such tell
ing effect on Herr Hohenzollern's ap
pearance that he scarcely is recog
nizable to those who saw him when he
first came to Amerongen. His wife,
who is with him almost constantly,
displays much more buoyant spirits
land makes every effort to cheer him.
STATESMEN WORK ON OUT
LINE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Experts Exchange Views Brit
ish Have Two Plans Ameri
cans Want League of All Na-
tions Free From Domination
of Any Clique. ' ;
The return to Paris of President
Wilson, the arrival of Lord Robert
Cecil, the special delegate of the Brit
ish government on the league of na
tions, and the presence there of Leon
Borgers, the French representative on"
the same subject marked the inaugu
ration of exchanges on the definite
terms by which the league is to be, con
stituted. Already considerable progress has
been made on the various tentative
proposals put forward, but in the re
cent absence of the President these '
- nut i.an.di uciiiiiLt; lurm, as it is
recognized he personally will take a
leading part inthe final formulation
of the plan. Meanwhile, however, the'
various governments chiefly interest
ed are presenting outlines in mi it. a -
definite form.'
Two British plans of this' tentative
nature have been presented one by
Lord Robert Cecil, the other By Lieut.
""i T "1 r . m - ,
vjen. u. kj. smuts, iormer minister or
defense, of the union of South Afri
ca. The French plan as formulated -by
M. Bourgers has also been set
forth,, and these are being compared
by the-American specialtists who are
preparing the groundwork for' Pres
ident Wilson, v
T nJ T i i. r i i i
xjuiu ivuucii & pian outlines a
broad and comprehensive organization '
I - " M 1 1 .. .
01 ine ieague oi nations, out, thus far
lt 1S in general terms and has not yet
General Smuts plan is along sim-
ilar lines, but more general, and is
mainly a thesis on the advantages of
such a league of nations.
Both of these plans are receiving
careful study by the American au
thorities, and it is declared-both are
regarded in a most favorable light.
M. Bourgers' plan embodying the
French point of view, while general,
also embraces a number of specific
details, including compulsory arbitra
tion, restriction of excessive arma
ment, an international tribunal and a
series of sanctions or penalties for
enforcing observance of the league's
decisions. These sanctions include va
rious diplomatic, judicial and eco
nomic measures, whereby the united
nations may enforce their decrees.
The American viewpoint, as it is
now being formulated by the special
ists as the groundwork for the Presi
dent, seeks to reach an accord on fun
damentals on which all agree and pre
sent them in simple working form.
One of the chief of these fundament
als is the formation of a league which
will embrace all the nations of the
world but not one which establish any
balance of power among a group of
Also, care is being taken that the
influence of the various nations in
the league would be In accordance
with their size and importance, so the
would have voices according to their
standing.
Another feature especially concern
ing small undeveloped nations is to
be established, according to the Amer
ican plan a system of international
trusteeship whereby the various lar
ger nations having a developed and
stable civilization will act as trus-
4.1, :,r n nofmne i
lees 1VU LUC 3UV.icijr wi jiohwho m.h
teririg the program and development
of undeveloped communities.
It is recognized the league of na
tions will have to have some estab
lished and permanent seat for its ex
tensive international work, and the
gradual conviction is taking form
that this seat will be in Versailles.
The decision as to this, however, must
be the natural outgrowth of the peace
conference.
Reports that the working organiza
tion might be located in Holland or
Belgium are declared to be incorrect
as it is pointed out that the present
war went on despite The Hague con
ventions and the peace organizations
at The Hague, Berne and other places.
Versailles on the contrary, is felt
to embody the spirit of the present
movement for the restoration of peace
on an enduring basis and the ' crea
tion of a league of nations, and also
to have practical facilities which its
proximity to a large capital gives.
The present informal exchanges
will progressively develop into the
formal gathering of the interallied
conference, and that in turn, to the
peace congress, in which a number of
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