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ASHEVILLE, N. 0., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DE CEMBER 8, 19.4.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GERMANS AGAIN ACTIVE
IN WESTERN THEATER
bardment of the Flanders
prn Indicates Invaders
lave Renewed Attempt
I to Gain the Coast. .
0 ENGAGEMENTS IN
SOMME DEPARTMENT
jian Report Declares That
S0,000 Russian Prisoners
Were Taken in Fight
ing Around Lodz.
Ready lor IToublo.
Rome, Deo. 8. Eight battalions of
Italian troops have been ordered to
Libya to reinforce the troops there,
and according to the announcement
"to be ready for any aggression,"
Goeben Out of Business.
London, Dec. 8. A Daily Tele
graph dispatch from Petrograd says,
Constantinople advices state that the
Turkish cruiser Goeben cannot be re
paired until mechanics and materials
arrive from Germany. The correspon
dent adds that the work of repair will
take at least two months.
i
lie interdependence of the
Wements in the eastern and
era arenas of the Europe-
pr is emphasized by the in
itions that the Germans in
west, who have remained
paratively inactive during
last several days, have
in renewed their attempt to
1 the channel ports, follow
their important successes
anst the Russians in the
isian Poland campaign. This
; is evidenced by the news
n Paris that the invaders
I bombarding a village in
st Flanders. That the Ger-
s are again making an at-
ipt to reach the coast of
jnce is also indicated by re
its that the warships of the
Is are bombarding the Ger
hpositions near the coast,
ich some observers believe
)e an operation to check the
ray's advance on these
is.
'he resumption of more ac
' hostilities in Belgium so
n after her main energies
e directed to another field
nonstrates again the excel-
p oi uermajnys iranspor
ton facilities, by which
;ops can be transferred, so
okly from one extreme of
empire to another.
he French also report ad-
hces by the allies in the de-
ftment of Somme and the
ture of the village of Ver-
les between Bethune and
lis. Uihcial dispatches say
Germans have utilized their
it guns in place of the heavy
illery because of the condi-
f the ground owing to in
flations.
.The Austrian war office de
Hbes fighting in Poland as
t yet decisive, although the
jssians have been forced to
ireat. Likewise, in west Ga
;ia and the Carpathians, the
ies of engagements contin-
s without result.
An effort is being made to
png about a resumption of
nnal conditions in Paris,
!'ich is indicated by the fact
hi President Poincaire will
'urn to the capital from Bor
iux to preside at the cabinet
eting Friday. The Paris
'irse has re-opened.
I'opo Benedict is endeavor
A to effect a ' truce between
f belligerents during the
nstmas holidays.
I 100,000 Ituselan mmnrrt,
London. Deo. t.K Central News
!teh from Amsterdam aay that.
"uirn to a mnmo from Berlin,
reported that upwards of 100,000
"n prisoners was taken by the
"n forces during the fighting In
an Poland which resulted in the
or ixia
or mi capture of Lodi. the
, " ", fix aroused greet en
'"m In Berlin. Ilousne are deck
i , rrmn n Auntrlan flag
'""" re otrtor evidence of th
;'M spirits of the people.
, un' official hue ion reported
- wmrerning th numt.er
" ana guns tek.-n In. IluwUn
' Bombard Village.
Paris, Dec. 8. This official com
munication was Issued, by the war of
flee last night:
"In Belgium the Germans have
bombarded Cost Dunklrke, four kilo
meters (about two miles and a half)
west of Nleuport.
"Between Bethune and Lens we
have taken the village of Vermeles
and the position of the Rutolre, to
the east of which we are along the
railway line."
Vienna Satement.
Vienna, .Dec. 8. (Via, Amsterdam
and Lohdon)--The' following official
announcement has been Issued by the
Austrian war office: "
"The fighting In the Russian war
theater is not yet decisive. The Aus-tro-Hungarian
and German troops in
the district southwest of Plotrkow
(Poland) attacked Russian troops
advancing northward across Nowo
Radomsko and forced them to re
treat. .
"In west Galicla Important battles
are proceeding, but no result has
been reached. The Austro-German
troops captured 1,600 Russians in
that territory Sunday.
"In the Carpathians the battles
continue, and from some points the
enemy has withdrawn strong forces
behind the mountains."
PRESIDENT WISHES
TO CLEAN SLATE
- i i
He Hopes That Special Session
of Sixty-Fourth Congress
Will Be Unnecessary.
DISCUSSES U.S.
t S
President Answers Those Con
tending Country Is Unpre
pared for National De
fense, in Congress.
TOriY DEBTS
Big Payment on Grand Lodge
Temple Shows Order Is
Not Suffering From
Hard Times.
OUTLINE OF PROGRAM
OF LEGISLATION GIVEN
GOVERNOR CRAIG TO
PARDON BANK CASHIER
Bomb Kills Ten.
London, Dec. 8. A Central Tfews
corespondent In northwestern France
says:
"In attempting to destroy a rall
rond station a Taube aeroplane .drop
pod two bombsfon the Hazebroueke.
The first did no harpv On returning
the aeroplane dropped a bomb in a
crowd . gathered about a hole made
by the first missile, killing ten and
wounding five civilians, Including
women and children."
Iille
in o
Berlin, Dec. 8. (By "Wireless to
London) The official statement giv
en out by the German war depart
ment yesterday .. says that In
northern Poland the Germans have
been successful In the fighting
around Lodz, defeating strong Rus
sian forces stationed northwest end
southwest of that city. The text of the
communication follows:
'There Is nothing o especial Im
portance .to report In . the western
arena of war, nor from the region to
the east, of the plains of the Mazurl
an lakes.
"In northern Poland, we have gain
ed Important successes In the pro
longed ' fighting around Lodz, defeat
ing strong Russian forces.
'Lodz has been taken by us. De
tails cannot yet be made public on
account of the extended field of oper
ations, but the Russian losses were
large. Attempts by the Russians to
come to the assistance of the thrent
cned army from the north were foil
ed by the activities of the Austro
Hungarlan and the German forces In
the district of Plotrkow.
Gazette-News Bureau
Wyatt Building
Washington, Dec. 8. The short
and final session of the sixty-third
congress convened at noon yesterday.
It will end when the body as now
constituted will be dissolved auto
matically on March 4.
In the usual course of events the
sixty-fourth congress will not come
into being until December 191o
Whether, like the present congress, It
will be called into extra session de
pends on the developments of the
next three months.
President Wilson does not desire
an extra session. In this determina
tion he is supported by party leaders
in both houses.The president's wish Is
to clean up the administration s ate
before March 4, so that the country
may be given a legislative vacation
during the coming summer.
There are, however, still a few of
the pledges of the Baltimore plat
form to be filled, and while the pro
posed legislation will not have the
far reaching effect on economio and
tlnanclul interests as the laws enact
ed during the last two years, It is of
almost equal importance.
Even if nothing should be done
now except the passage of the appro
priation bills to defray the expenses
of the government during the fiscal
year of 1015-16 the democratic ad
ministration, the democratic boast.
can look back on a record of accom
plishment' not even approached in
many years.
' The tariff has been reduced' down
ward to a degnee unexampled In the
history of this generation.
The banking and currency system
of the country has been radically re
vised and improved.
Approved by the People.
Additional restrictions have been
placed upon truBts and combinations
in restraint of trade. A trades com
mission has been authorized which
will have important control over bus
iness.
An Income tax has been substituted
in part for the indirect system of
tariff taxes.
The enactment oft these reforms
was approved by the people of the
country In the recent election. Dem
ocrats claim as- was shown by the
continuance of democratic control In
both branches of congress and the
election of many democratic governors.
The president, however, still has
other promises to live up to, which
he will enumerate In the message he
will read to congress in joint session
today.
People Have Been Misinform
ed; National Defense Has
Not Been Neglected,
President Declares.
Alford of Bank of Kenley to
Get Freedom Young Men
From North Get Two
Years Sentence.
MIGHTY GALE
9KR
1
High Seas Batter Coast Towns,
Destroying Houses and De- ,
vastating Various Sum
mer Resort Cities.
French Rtateruont. .
Paris, Dec. 8. The French war
office made public the following state
ment in Paris yesterday:
'In the region of the Yser we have
continued our attacks on the few en-
trenohments which are still held by
the enemy on the left tank of the
canal.
'In the Armentleres and tn Arras as
well as In the Olse territory. In the
Alsne and Argonn. there U nothing to
report except to refer In general terms
to the superiority or our offensive operations.
"In Campagne our heavy artillery
In several engagements showed mark
ed superiority over that of the enemy.
"There is nothing new to report on
our eastern fronts, where our positions
have been maintained."
OIL STEAMER GOES
Oil BRITISH COAST
Vedra, From Port Arthur, Tex
as, Wrecked and Burned
All But Two Lost. '
SHIP BEARING GIFTS
ARRIVES AT GENEVA
Geneva. Deo. . (By Way of
Rome) Rrlnglng gifts fo rthe wr
orphans of Oermany and Austria, the
Christmas ship Jason, which arrived
today, was stopped by three warships
from Memallle, As soon M the bat
tlMhlpa discovered the character of
the ship and her cargo, they Imme
diately drew off.
Facing Famine.
Washington, Deo, I. Dtre need of
food among the people of Albania and
Palestine hit been reported by Am
bainador Morgenthau to the state de
partment In these countries, the re
port said, more than 100,000 people
are faclns famine and 80,000 have
already died of starvation.
Coming to Pftrts.
Prwdrent. Franc. Deo.' t. (Via
Parts) Pronldent I'olnrare will trans
fer his ortVinl rwMenra to Parts this
week, lln will ur1r thore In time to
t rri! !e St a cabinet meeting Friday
AVashington, Dec. 8. President
Wilson, In his annual address to con
gress today, gave his answer to those
who contend the United States is un
prepared for national defense.
'Let there be no mlsconceptio," he
said, "the country, has been misln
formed. We have not been negligent
of national defense. We are not un
mindful of the great responsibility
resting upon us. We shall learn and
profit by the lesson of every experience
and every new circumstance; and
what is needed will be adequately
done. . ; .
Assembled Jn Joint session in the
hall of the house, senators and repre
sentatives heard the president, reading
his address in person from the clerk's
desk, outline the administration legis
lative program and voice a fervent
hope that the United States might be
instrumental In bringing peace to Eu
rope. The legislative program in
eludes passage of the conservation
bills, bills for ultimate independence
of the Philippines, ratification of the
lxndon convention for safety at sea, a
government owned merchant marine,
'charting' the 'perilous waters of the
Alaskun coatilind Ji?(ieure for aeon
omy . in all branches pi the govern
ment. ' -
National Defense.
But the portion of the president's
address which commanded intense In
terest was that In which he discussed
the subject of national defense.
"It is said In some quarters that we
are not prepared for war," said the
president. "What is meant by being
prepared? Is It meant that we are not
ready, upon brief notice to put a nation
in, the Held, a nation of men trained
to arms? Of course we are not ready
to do that; and we shall never be in
time of peace so long as we retain
our present political principles and in
stitutions. And what is It that It is
suggested we should be prepared to
do? To defend ourselves against at
tack? We have always found means
to do that, and shall find them when
ever it is necessary without oalling our
people away from their necessary
tasks to render compulsory military
service in times of peace.
"From the first we have had a clear
and settled policy with regard to mill
tary establishments. We never have
had, and while we retain our present
principles and ideals we never shall
have, a large standing army. If asked.
Are you ready to defend yourselves?
we reply. Most assuredly, to the ut
most; and yet we shall not turn Amer
ica into a military camp. We will not
ask our young men to spend the best
years of their lives making soldiers of
themselves. There Is another sort of
energy In ua It will know how to de
Clare Itself and make Itself effective
should occaslun arise. And especially
when half the world Is on fire we
shall be careful to make our moral in
surance against the spread of the con
flagration very definite and certain and
adequate indeed.
SHIPS HUNT SHELTER;
SMALL CRAFT WRECKED
Entire Atlantic Coast, From
Hatteras to Maine, Swept
by Most Terrific
Storm.
T
OF CONFERENCE
Baptist Pastors of State Met
in Annual Session in Ra
leigh Last Night More .
Than 300 Present.
OPENING ADDRESS BY
REV. FRED. M. GARDNER
Barrow, Eng., Deo. I. The British
steamer Vedra from Port Arthur,
Tex., with a cargo of g.tfc!!no, went
hnr. liar, this mnrnltlff In th
heavy gale. The cargo became Ignited uonl "r"' ln lne future as In the
(By W. T. Bost.)
Raleigh, Dec. 8. John C. Drewry
has displayed a $10,000 receipt on the
streets, an acknowledgment of a Ma
sonic check for debt on the big Tem
ple building on Fayetteville street.
'That shows that the Masons "are
not having hard times," Mr. Drewry
said, "and ' this represents another
payment on the Masonic building. We
have cleared up the small debts and
paid down to $20,000 our first -mortgage
bonds. We now owe about $59,-
000. on this property which is worth
more than $175,000. And most of that
debt is not due for more than 20
years. ,1 Just thought It would be in
teresting to Grand Lodge Masons and
everybody else to know that they are
not poor."
The Masonic- temple was the first
of the big buildings to go up in Ra
leigh and made history, for when it
climbed a little nearer than its fel
lows to the skies, other buildings be
gan to be ambitious. The Commer
cial National bank and the Cltlzenn
National bank went ten and' eleven
stories respectively and hundred thou
sand dollar structures became mon
numerous.
The insurance company of which
"Mr. Dremry is state manager, car
ried the $50,000 bond issue which en
abled the Masonic fraternity to bulla
the first of the big office structures
In Raleigh. .
Will Pardon Cashier.
Governor Craig Is expected Wed
nesday to Issue a pardon to Cashier
Alford, of the Ban kof Kenly, who win
have served two years on that date,
December 9.
The cashier's friends have made a
remarkable fight for him, the officers
of Johnston county and the officers of
the bank joining heartily In the ap
ueal for clemency. He had been sen
tenced to five years. Though young
Alford left the bank ln pretty baa
shape, there was universal sympamy
for him because conaiuons oi pro
tracted Illness ln his family and ne
cessitous circumstances were always
cited in his behalf. No prisoner has
had a better record and none nas naa
often such appeals In his behalf. One
of the most active workers for him
was Secretary Josephus Daniels.
. To Get Three Years Each.
In Judge Whedbee's court, Herbert
Locke and R. Y. Chase, Lynn, Massa
chusetts men who have been convict
ed of passing moneyless checks, were
sentenced to three years each on the
Wake county roads.
These young fellows came south to
gether sovcral weekB ago and Locke
first fell Into trouble. After being
caught he trier to kill himself ln the
cell. He had passed checks Blgned in
names familiar to Raleigh people.
Then Chase came. He was the elder
and appeared to have more sense. He
said he bore a commission crom
Iicke's mother to keep ehe boy
seralght, but hhe two could not re
Although of London, He Dis
played High Sense of Hu
mor in Discussing Mis-
sion of the Church.
; New York, Dec. 8. Chilling north
winds, Intensified at many plaoea by
pelting rains and driving snows, con
tinued ' to hurl their wintry blasts
along the north Atlantic sea coast
and ln New York city.-
Until a late hour last night the
high winds, which at times blew at
a velocity of 68 miles an hour and
lashed the sea into a fury from North
Carolina to the coast of Maine, con
tinued unabated. Seabright, N. J.,
seems to have sustained the brunt'
of the storm, whfle other summer
resorts along the coast suffered se
verely. The property damage to Sea-
bright, so far as reported, has been
estimated at about $500,000. All day
yesterday the waves battered at the
protecting sea walls and some of
these were washed away at places. Wake Forest where he has been de.
The giant seas wrecked fine houses I lighting students and faculty at the
(By W. T. Bost) .
Raleigh, Dec. 8. rMore than ,800.'
delegates to the Baptist state conven- '
tion had been assigned to theJrhosts
yesterday evening when the first '
conference of the- pastors began ln
the first Baptist church at 7:30 with
Rev. Frederick M. Gardner preach
ing the sermon. ' .
Throughout the day the local en-
tertainment committee had had a
large number of church members
at the station receiving the visitors
who came ln large numbers ' upon
every train. . .
Dr. W. R. Cullom of Wake Forest
presided at the conference last niht,
ono largely attended despite the ui-,
turbance of the elements. -
The opening addressee were made
by Mr. Gardner and by Rev. Henry F. .
cope, Mr. Cope having come from
and cottages..
Of the four deaths which have
been reported as a result of the
storm, one was accounted for by wire
less from the Southern Pacific
Steamship company's - liner Comusy
which said that Arthur Tomllnson of
Brooklyn had been washed overboard
off the Delaware capes. One woman
was killed by an automobile at Hemp
stead, N, Y. Another was killed by
touching a live wire at Bridgeport,
Conn., and a third woman was trap
ped ln a boat house at Atlantic City.
"Let us remind ourselves, therefore,
- - - w..., n v, til Will UU, I
V m jst depend in every tlmo ef an-llst the temptation to play a trick on
the south first.
and of the crew of 16 only two men
were saved, and these were seriously
burned.
The Vedra left Port Arthur No
vember 13 and passed Norfolk No
vember1 21. The vessel Is said to have
been sighted at Tusker on the Irleh
sea. The Vedra was commanded by
Captain Brewster. She was built in
1111 at Sunderland and was of 4, OS?
tons. She belonged to the Associated
Oil Carriers company of London.
OUT ITS EJIG REPORT
Total to Data 1$ 13,008,105
Bales In N. C. the Total
la 674,195 Bales.
Washington, Deo. I. Cotton gin
ned up till December 1 amounted to
U.Odt.lOt baloe, according 'o the re
port given out by the cetunui bureau
today. Ilonnd balm Included 11,116
He Island, tl.tdl. The glnnlnirs In
North Carolina were 174.116, end la
South Carolina 12B,4T,
post, not upon a standing army, nor
yet upon a reserve army, but upon a
citizenry tmlned and accustomed to
arms. It will be right enough, right
American policy, based upon our ac
customed principles and practices, to
provide a system by which every citi
zen who will volunteer for the training
may be made ramlllar with the use of
modern arms, the rudiments of drill
and maeuver, and the maintenance
and sanitation of camps. We should
ncourage such training and make It
a means of discipline which our young
men will learn to value. It is right
that we should provide It not only but
that we should make It as attractive
as poestble. and so Induce our young
men to undergo It at such times as
they ran command a little freedom
and can seek the physical development
they need, for mere health's sake, If
for nothing more. Every means by
which such things can be stimulated la
legitimate, and such a method smacks
of true American Ideas.
"It Is right, too, that the National
Ouard of the states should be develop
ed and strengthened by every means
which Is not Inconsistent without obli
gations to our own people or with the
stabllshad policy of our government.
And this, also, not Veoaune U Urns
or oorairlnn MM'laHy wills for such
measures, bnt because It Rhould be our
cnnxlant policy to make theee provis
ions for our national pace and urty.
"More than this carries with It a
,( Continued on page 1).
Jnrtira Whedbee acceptea lockbb
plea of guilty and Chase stood trial.
He appeared at first to have been a
witness only, but his superior years
showed that h ewas pulling the purse
strings and remaining further from
trouble than Looks. It was tnis ev
ident thing that rave the two the
name sentence, thougn LiOcks naa
sinned and been caught - ortener.
lake's crude effort at suicide lort him
little worse. Ills neck was strained
slightly from contact with the prison
bedclothlng.
Advise Stajin In If, C
M. L Phlpman, commissioner of la
bor and printing, advises North Caro
linians to stay ln the state.
The state official has th word fo
city officials of Detroit, Michigan, the
Detroit Post and the labor organisa
tions. These all ask him to scatter the
news that there are not Jobs for near
ly all of the people out there. "There
are thousands of unemployed In the
city." he says, end that there are
many who will not be able to get em
ployment. The city hoe voted a large
sum of money for public improve
mente, but the position will be given
to residents and not all of them can
be supplied. Mr, Phlpman I asked to
communicate thla fact so that North
Carolinians will not go there.
"I do not believe that any North
Carolinians will go there," Mr. Nhlp.
man ssld today, "hut I am telling
them. Trier. Is some hind of work for
practically every person In this state. "
. New York, Dec. 8. Huge seas back
ed by a mighty tide and howling
northeast gale, battered the New York
coasts yesterday, smashing houses,
wrecking boats, flooding villages, de
vastating summer resorts and forcing
steamers to remain outside Sandy
Hook and flKht the storm.
At Sandy Hook the wind attained a
velocity of 68 miles an hour, driv
ing in a record breaking tide and mak
ing It impossible for pilots to board
incoming vessels. In New York har
bor the tide was the highest In thir
teen years and the waves drove New
Jersey ferryboats to cover and strewd
the Staten Island shore with the
wrecks of scores of small craft.
The worst damage In this vicinity
was suffered at Coney island, where
the loss within the past 24 hours is
estimated at $200,000.
Two or three fins houses at Seagirt
were wrecked, despite the fight of a
small army of workmen to build de
fenses with hundreds of sand bags.
Fifteen buildings alomr Coney Island
had been damaged tonignt. Including
big bathing pavllllons ami summer
cottages.
Seabright Suffers,
Seabright, N. J., Dec. 8. Driven by
a sixty mile gale from the northeast
which had blown steadily for nearly
36 hours, the waters of the Atlantic
last night were pounding along the
Jersey coast. At Seabright yesterday
he water broke over the bulkheads
and Ocean avenue was flooded to
depth of from two to three feet.
Cross town streets from the beach to
the Shrewsbury river were raging
torrents.
Three cottages had been wahei
away easily last night and residents
conege. xne conference continues
through today, when it merges Into
me convention that actually begins
with Rev. K . T . j Carter' sermon tn
the city auditorium.
Mr. Gardner chose his "first text
from John 16th chapter and part of
the 7th verse, "I will send him," the
reference was to the ministry of the
holy spirit. . '
The preacher spoke powerfully
against the "made in Germany" theo
logy wnicn he declared "is not so
popular now as It once was." , He
thought of many modernisms, .the .ra
tionalistic theology that doubts the
virgin conception, the atonement, the
divine sonship of Jesus, things that So
many ministers are allowing . them
selves to forget. When he quoted a
minister as having said that the sem
inaries are no longer teaching the
virgin birth of Jesus, he declared ln
the language of John Weeley "thank
God that's a lie." "I would not be so
stupid as to Inveigh against scholar
ship,' he declared, but against that
modern rationalism that Insists one
must, suffer a paralysis of . faith be
fore he can exercise the function of
knowledge."
Following the sermon of Dr. Gard- '
ner, Miss Kate Johnson sang a solo,.
one could not resist the conclusion,
that with all said against modern
tendencies of the church to "enter
tain by choir, by architecture, by:
buffonery of pulpiteers and kindred
tricks, the address of Dr. Cope com
ing closely upon Miss Johnson did
not "touch" her.
Dr. Cope was born In London but
his humor seems to be designed to
negative the tradition. Hla address
dealt with the mission of the church
which he declared to be the making
of Godlike men and womtn. HI
theme gave him immense play of
humor. He declared that the mod
ern church Is too often the collective
fancy of the deacons whose idea ot
architecture make many demands,
chief of which is acoustlo property
for the preacher. He deplored the In
different treatment of the child ln
the church and told the story of a
congregation that spent $2,600 on a
choir and $50 on the Sunday school.
"We shoot our children Into the
basement , the junkroom of the
of nil nthnrs had moved out. It was cnurcn, and expect them to be pleas-
feared other houses might go at theied with It," he said. 'The state has
next tide. The Seabright Beach club more sense than that. It spends
building erected last year at a cost
of about $50,000, was undermined
and was expected to collapse. The
damage here thus far Is estimated at
$70,000.
Railway sorvlce on the Jersey Cen
tral whs cut off all day, train from
New York going only a far a Gall-lee,
Llfosavers kept a careful watch
along the coast lost night.
Gale Strike X. Y. Harbor.
New York. Dee. . Th ' Atlantlo
gale yesterday swept New York har
bor with great violence, flvereal ships
lying at dock were pounded against
th pier. A flreboat which had bssn
lying In the slip at St George, Bat
Island, was sunk In this manner, ,
Atlantlo City Buffer.
Atlantlo City, N. J., Deo. 8. The
terrific pounding of the seas during
th storm of the past three day has
caused considerable damage. Th mu
sic pavllllon at one of the piers was
destroyed. Water flooded part of
Longport and Ventnor, washing away
th bulkhmds which protected the
handsome summer residences, and In
vaded th Atlantic end of several
street. .
money on its children to make th
men and women of tomorrow."
He pleaded for a gospel that would
attract the young because it has
something higher than sitting with
the deacons, wearing carnation and
eating the congregation.
Prayer was offered for Nosh Bigg,
who la desperately 111 and unable t
attend the convention. Rev. Mr. Tay
lor mad the prayer.
4 ' PREPAREDNESS" MAY
BE INVESTIGATED
Washington, Deo. 8.-Preparedness
of the United State for war seem
destined for Investigation In congress.
Several bill and resolution bearing
on tlto subject were Introduced yes
terday and an Inquiry by congr
lonal committees Is regarded at the
capital a certain although President
Wilson told Representative Gardner
during the day that he opposed the
latter' plan for an Investigation by'
a national security ootnmteslon. Th
president expressed the opinion thtj
this would be an unwise war cifj
handling "a question which inlirhtj
create very unfavorable International j
Impress! on.