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i ! ' v THE ROBESOXUN MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1916 MIDDLE WEST WITH WILSON Prsulent Iieiiees That Section is uu Hun lor Delense Uanger rtwin Nut Irom Witnin countrj, una that Danger is con. ' biant "d Immediate , President Wilfcon arrived in asn incun rriday convinced tnat tne -ptop.e oi uie MiUiie West are wan iiini on tne issue of natiotial defense and are prepared to insist that Con gress lake speedy action. He linisn ld his speaking tour in St. Louis Ihuisdiy anu c-xpressea tne convic tion mat liis mission had succeeded Oevond nis greatest hopes. The rresiaenl's off.cial family want him to start soon on anotner ..Snmj. of them liken his swing through tne Middle W est to an ope -jaiion not yet compieieu. - xivrsrrrrrrMm thpv iooked boui f f Ai w. - e South ana- est lor tne setting ci j.is next appsarance in the role' oi t Lampion, ox national preparedness. Senators and Kepresentatives irom most of the Southern States already have asked him to include their sec tions on his next tour. To tnis have been added invitations from many public bodies, with Texas strongly asserting her- claims. The West and Northwest, or at least that section of the country that fringes the eastern slopes of the Kocky Mountains, are hardly less in sistent that the president's next visit Paul and Denver have presented what naiiier stronc claims, and It is known that a tnpUo these cities - . ... J ..un; aw It I is recuv.ng careiui coiibiuciawv... is possible that if the President makes another preparedness tour, it may be a combination cf the two a swing to the Northwest, including Minne apolis or St. Paul, or both; to Len ver and then south into Texas, pos sibly returning by way of New Or leans, Birmingham or Louisville, al though nothing has been decided con cerning this. President Wilson goes - back to Washingtpn refreshed by the trip, not latigued as' some thought he would be. The enthusiasm displayed wher ever his itinerary has taken him, the .throngs which flocked to hear him, have been tonic to his nerves. , " At least 100,000 persons, his ad visers estimate, heard the President's hief speeches. At least 50,000 .more xrowded about the rear platform of his car during his five-minute talks, .though the great majority of these were out of the range of. his voice. Hardly fewer than 500,000 others have . been banked on the . sidewalks to watch him pass through the cities irom xailways station to hotel, from auditorium back to his private car. Reviewing his trip" in its high lights, the President told his audience in St. Louis Thursday that he came away from Washington thinking that the country was with him on the issue of preparedness and is going back knowing that it is with him beyond iiis greatest hopes. Apparently the President's conviction of this grew with each suceeding day.jdeepened in r.itv Wednesday nitrht when he asked "WoulcTl you volunteer?'! --and received a thundering "yes,, irom every section of the great conven tion hall and reached its climax with the demonstration Thursday at St. Louis, when he told an audience which cheered him tumultuously that the United States ought to have "incom parably the greatest navy in the world." "America," said the President, "is at peace with all the world because she entertains a real, friendship for all the nations of the world. It is not, as some have mistakenly su,p- posed, a peace based upon self-interest. It is a peace based upon some of the most generous senti ments that characterize the heart. You know, my fellow citizens, that this nation is a composite nation. It is a genuine friendship for all ihe nations of the world. "I have no indictment against any iorm of government, but I do not be lieve that the world has ever wit nessed a case or ever will where our people desire to make war upon an other people. And I believe that the security of America rests in the fact that J3Q man is a master bf America. We know that no man can lead -whither the people do not desire to Joe led. "As far as America is concerned -no man need go about preaching peace. We are disciples of peace al. ready, and no man need preach that gospel among us. I, in my individ ual capacity, am also a disciple of domestic peace and security. Bnt sup pose that my neighbor's house is on fire and my roof is of combustible shingles; is it my fault if the fire tats into the wood, if the flame leaps from timber to timber. Is iti my fault because I love peace and ' security that" my doors are batteredj in" and reckless men make light of , the peace and security of my house ?j "The dan e'er is nct from within, it; is from without. And I am bound, to tell you that that danger is con-! -stint and immediate, not because any. I thing new has happened, not be- j. cause there has been any change in! our international relationship within! the last several weeks or months.'' "but because the danger comes with every- turn of events. ! ' -"Gentlemen, the commanders of! submarines have their instructions j mi these instructions are consistent' for the most part with the law of! WAR UPON PAIN Pam is a visitor to every home and osuany it comes quite unexpectedly. But yci are prepared for every emer gency if you keep a-smalHjottleof Sloan's Liniment handy. It is the jrreatest pain killer ever discovered. Simply laid on the skin no rubbing required it drives the pain away. Jt is really wonderful. Mervin H. Soister. RprkW. Tal "writes: "Last Saturday, after tramp, ing around the-Panama Exposition with wet feet, I came home with my neck bo stiff that I rniilHn't turn T applied Sloan's Liniment freely and went to bed. To my surprise, next appeared, four hours after the sec 1 xmd application I was a3 good as anew. March, 1315. At Druggists. 25c nations, but one reckless command- his private interpretation upon whatj uiH vjuverumcuv wiauca nun bv uv, might set the world on fire. X UC1 C (UV UVK VSJf o a.w - to deal with, but the servants of gov- n "t msf nntir t V", nn CI 11II1CII19, 01C vi"J v.. vv tacts of politics, but those infinite ly varied contacts, wnicn come irom the movement of mankind, the move tnurt nf tVio niiipf-. nrorpsses of the every day world. I .effect that on account of the condi- ' "There are cargoes of cotyon onjt.on of the bank's affairs the direc the seas, cargoes of wheat on the tors had decided to temporarily sus seas, there are cargoes of manufac-j peud business and had asked Nation tured articles on the seas and every al Bank Examiner J. K. Doughton one of these cargoes may be the' to take charge. J The following state point of ignition, because every car-! ment was issued by Dr. a. v . luij, go comes into the field of fire, comes! president of the bank: . u'nnrH i.zitr i r: Hie iiaiitca. nv i- ha w w a t o m a a ii' ri i"ri in i man can control. "Thpsp are davs of infinite preju dice, and passion, because they are days of war. It is said by an eld maxim that amidst the war the law is silent. It is also true that amidst the war the judgment is silent. Men press forward toward their object with a certain degree of blind reck lessness, and they are apt to excite their passions, particularly against those who stand in their way, and therefore this is the situation that I have come to remind you of, for . 1 ' 1 A - J you need merely to nave it staieu to aco it. The neace of the world, in- ClUUUlir rvincm-a, ucjji-iiuo' - IrousedTjassion or wner . . . . i n.i not upon the motievs of the nation itself, and it is for that reason that I have come to call you to a conscious ness bf the necessity for. preparing this country for anytning mat migni happen. "Now here is the choice, and I don't see how any prudent man could doubt which side of the alternative to take. This is the alternative; Either we shall sit still and wait for the necessity for immediate nation al defense to come, and then call for raw" volunteers, - w'ho probably for the few months would be impotent as against a trained and experienced enemy, or we . shall adopt the , an cient American fcrfadple that ithe men of the country shall ' be made ready to take care of our own Gov ernment , .- -' - Prepare Or Risk Disaster "You have either got to lake the men of this nation in sufficient num ber ready to defend the nation against initial disaster or you have to take the risk of initial disaster. "Think of the cruelty, think of the stpudiity of putting raw levies of in experienced men into the modern field of battle. "We are not asking for armies; we are asking for a trained citizen ship which will act in the spirit of citizenship, and not in the spirit of military establishment. "If anybody is afraid of a trained citizenship in America, he ibfraid of the spirit of Amerca itself. I don't want to command a great ar my under my authority under the Constiution, to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. Iwant to command the con. fidence - and -support of my fellow citizens. "The plans now laid before the Congress of the United States are merely plan3 not to throw the .life of American youth away. Those plans are going to be adopted. I am not jealous, and you are not jealous of the details. N.o man ought to be confident that his judgment is cor rect about the details. "Ther are no novelties about the program all the lines of it are the lines already established, only drawn out to their legitimate conclusion and drawn out so they will be completed within a calculable length of time. "There is no politics in national defense, ladies and gentlemen. I would be sorry to see men of dif ferent parties differ about anything but the details of this great ques tion, and I do not find any essential difference. Some men do not see anything; some men look everything straight in the face of the facts and see nothing but atmospheric air. Some men are so hopelessly and con tentedly provincial that they can't see the rest of the world. But they don't constitute a large or influential mi nority even." BERLIN WILL GO NO FURTHER Will . Not Admit Sinking of Lusitan ia Was Illegal Act Berlin Dispatch, Feb. 4. Information reaching the Associat ed Press indicates that under no cir cumstances will Germany admit that the sinking of the Lusitania was an illegal act. New instructions for- i 1 a a 1 . a I . l waraea to tne uerman Amnassaaor, at Washington, according to this in. formation, represent the extreme lim; - ' r . . it of Germany's concessions, and V , :. . make no mention of the word "il- absolute veto within six months. es&l" No restrictions are imposed on Tr.e'view is entertained here that! the Legislature's power to levy ex one of the most serious crises of the port duties, except that they cannot war h&s arisen in connection with! be levied on exports to the Un ited the case and that it is impossible to! States. A limit of $17,000,000 is -foresee the outcome. . j placed cn the public indebtedness, The result of the negotiations ap-; which permits the issuance of new pears to hinge singly on the 'sole' bonds to replace the $7,000,000 rrnr word "illegal" which President" Wil-! land bonds, now being retired. son -land Secretary Lansing 5nsist The bill would increase the right must be embodied in the German', of suffrage from the present 2o0,000 formula expressing regret for the j to appproximately 700,000 by extend u,, ,.t a monn livpa nhnar. thpl xnff it to anv citizen able to read and Cunarder. ! The Associated Press is informed! .... , . i . . . i positively and autnontauveiy inai flprmariv rnnnot and will not desitr nate as illegal the sinking of a liner by any submarine. Virtually no other ditierences re man and instructions forwarded to vnn Rpmstnrff contain merely the new formula by which it is hoped to satisfy Washington witnout nu miliating this country. After LaGrippe What? F. G.. Prevo, Bedford, Ind., writes: "An attack of lagrippe left me with a severe cough. I tried everything. I got so thin it looked as if I would never get well. Finally, two bot tles of Foley's Honey and Tar cur ed me. I am now well and back to my normal weight. A reliable rem edy for coughs, ' colds, croup. Sold everywhere.- FAYETTEVILLE' BANK CLOSES Directors of Fourth National Ask (tinlr Examiner to Take Charge Officers " believe No Depositors f in liVOC Fayettevuie Special, 4th, to Wilming- I Ctav Will Lose ton Star instead of opening this morning for the transaction of business, the Fourth National Bank of this city i nltiron n nnt.ira unon its doors to the ifii iii i uuiiu vs avwwww - w severui jema avt ui'it disquieting rumors cocnerning the. hppn 1 bank that nave naa tne encct greatly - restricting its . business', and nave led to the withdrawal of many deposits. This condition has recently become more acute and there have been constant and steady withdraw als that have so depleted the liquid assets of the bank as to greatly hamper it in its operations. Being unable to promptly realize on its oc.,,-;t.oc "ttf directors felt that in iv.vmj . tVio Honnsitnrs thev COUKl JUacicc w - , i : .un kiicinnec nnn. not saieiy conimuc iue uuomi,, --j therefore, requested the National bank examiner to take charge of its -.: u i i h 1 1 . ... . lha ail - - .... ... ii will be paid in full. "We regret very much the neces S:ty of this action. It is a tempor ary blow to our city. It does not in theleast affect the other , two 'banks. They are strong and sound and able to take care of the business interests of the community." The Fourth National Bank was originally organized as a State bank, under the name of the Bank of Fay etteville, shortly after the Civil War and continued as such until 190a when it temporarily suhpended bus iness and within a short while re opened as a National bank under the present name. - The depositors in the Bank of Fayetteville w.ere paid in full and the officers and directors of the Fourth National Bank confi dently believe that the depositors in that bank will also be paid in full. The officers of the Fourth National Bank are: H. W. .Lilly, president; C C. McAllister, vice president; A. W. Peace, active vice president; Thorne Clark, cashier; E. G. Grady, assistant cashier. 1 . The officers of the othertwo tanks in the city, the .ational Bank of Fayetteville and the Cumberland Savings & Trust Company, when seen this morning said that there was ab solutely no appearance of ,nresj among their depositors and instead of any deposits being withdrawn they have already received numbers of new deposits. The general opin ion among the business men of the city is that there is no cause1 for alarm or even apprehension and that the other two banks here have am ple means to take care of the sit uation throughout this section. Senate Passes Philippine Bill 7 Washington Dispatch, Feb, 4.- . The Philippine bill which would extend to the islands a greater de gree of self-government and would authorize the President to grant them absolute independence within four years passed the Senate tonight 52 to 24. Various Democrats, led by Chairman Stone of the Foreign Relations Committee tried unsuccess fully to amend certain features of the independence clause, but in the end the Democrats joined by six Progressive Republicans, voted solidly for the measure. It is understood the bill will go to the House with the backing of Presi dent Wilson and will be pressed for early passage. Administration lead ers tonight seemed confident that the bill would have the approval of the House Democratic majority. As passed the bill carries a provis ion authorizing the President when independence is granted to negotiate treaties needed to adjust all prop erty rights of citizens of the Unit ed States and other countries in the Islands an dto acquire such naval bases and Icoaling stations within that territory as he deems necessary. The upper house of the Fliipino Leg islature will be enlarged to 24 mem bers, 22 chosen by the voters and two appointed by the Governor General to represent the non-Christain tribes. The lower house will be icreased from 81 to 90, the people choosing 81 and the Governor naming nine. The Governor General would have a veto Dower, such as rests now with the Secretary of War. A two-thirds v:r : . . 1 1 u vote of the Legislature would be need overrule it. The President n-iilsl Viqvio ti-n Tifrht. tn int.prnnsp. an write a native language. Polyga- mous marriages and the import, sale . . n IwinofiTi slvtnlra or manuiaciun; ui iuwAiiauuS ." m rfiMinra Trpnt. native beverasres. would be prohibited and no laws could be passed that would permit religious discrimination, slavery or the cre ation of a nohility. YOU CAN HAVE beautiful hair if you keep the Bcalp clean and healthy. Neglect results in baldness. We recommend HAIR TONIC for keeping the scalp healthy and promoting hair growth. 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A bureau for the investigation of children's infant mortality will be 'established tin Fayetteville by the Children's Bureau of the Federal government in March or April, ac cording to a statement given but here by Dr. J. W. MacJNeill, ' city and county health officer. This is the first thing of the kind that has been done in North Carolina, if not in the United States. Dr. MacNeili was not prepared to say this is the Nation's first step in this direction, but was under the im pression that it is. He has just re turned from Ralegh, where he went for a conference with the State Board of Health before the selection of the location was decided on. Fayetteville was selected because of the high in fant mortality rate shown by the vital statistics published last summer, in sharp contrast to the ideal climate and location of the city and splendid rural life of the county, as well as the high reputation of its physicians. The work will extend into the whole county. ' , ; The bureau wilL he m charge of lJr. Frances Sage Bradley, of the Chil dren's Bureau, who will select her own assistants. The work of the bureau will be along the lines of child welfare in general. Its work will be based on the proposition that every child is entitled to be born rieht, to be fed right, is entitled to plenty of fresh air, to a good edu cation, to protection from, prevent able diseases, and that -.practically all children's diseases are prevent- abA representative of the Children's Bureau will be in the city shortly to look over the field, though it will not be possible to have the work started before March or April. All the ex penses will be borne by the Federal government. '.'- .. . If You Don't Read The Rob- esonian, you who live in Robe- on county, you can't keep up with county news. . . VIRGINIA GIRL Gained 15 Pounds By Taking Vinol Norfolk, Va. " I suffered from ner vousness, had no appetite and was very thin. 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