THE WATCHMAN, SALISBURY, N. C.
MAJ. GEN. J. T, DICKMAN
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: WALTER. HI NS PAQE
OVER THE LAND OF
THE LONG LEAF PINE
E NECESSITY
RESULT OF INSULT
PRESIDENT'S HONOR
3HQ.iT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
' CAROLINIANS.
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SOME TRIBUNAL MUST LIMIT
SCALE OF INTERNATIONAL
ARMAMENT.
AMERICAN FLAG FIRED UPON
CAUSES BLOODY FIGHTING
ON STREETS OF POSEN.
A REPRESENTATIVE GATHERING
MEETS HEAD OF GREATEST
REPUBLIC ON EARTH.
Greensboro. It is generally under
stood that the chamber of commerce
committee favoring a manager plan of
government for the city will start the
machinery early in 1919 necessary to
hare a vote on the question. A peti
tion signed by 20 per cent of the vot
ers is neessary.
T GIVE MEN AND MONEY
CAUSED BY GERMAN OFFICER
WAS GHIEFLY A WORKING DAY
PEACE LEAGUE IS
S IT IS
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With Completion "of New Three Year
Building program America Will
Still Rank Second.
, Washington. Unless a leagrue of na
tions or other tribunal that will make
certain the limitation of international
armament is ; established, the United
States must build the greatest navy
in the world, Secretary Daniels told
the house naval committee.
"It is my firm conviction," declared
the secretary, "that if the conference
at Versailles does not result in a gen
eral agreement to put an end to naval
building on the part of all the na
tions, then the United States must
bend her will and bend her energies,
must give her men. and give her
money to the task of the creation of
"incomparably the greatest, navy in the
world."
With, the completion of the propos
ed new three-year building program,
adding 10 dreadnaughts, 6 battle cruis
ers, 10 scout cruisers and 130 smaller
craft to the fleet, America still will
rank secbnd in maval strength to
Great Britain, said the secretary; who
appeared before t the committee to
make his final recommendations for
the 1920 naval bill.
THE MOST ACTIVE DAY IN
PEACE CONFERENCE CIRCLES
Paris. This has been the most act
ive day's discussion in peace confer
ence circles since the American dele
gation arrived, as the declarations of
Premier Clemenceau and Foreign Min
ister Fichon in the chamber of depu
ties gave a rallying point in the form
of the first official announcement on
the plans of the French government.
The statements , disclosed that
France had determined upon its line
of action on practically all the ques
tions involved, including a society of
nations.
Premier Clemenceau's statement on
the freedom of the seas was the "first
announcement from a high authori
tative source. This was accepted as
shewing that the British and French
viewpoints were in accord. M. Clem
enceau's reference to his talks with
President Wilson indicated tfiat they
had tended to bring out the signifi
caaee of the French premier's pre
vious conversation with the British
prime minister regarding the action
of the British fleet during the war,,
"without which he admitted France
could not have continued the war, as
well as his favorable attitude toward
the future British fleet.
The sentiment prevails in confer
ence circles here that the American
attitude will not become definite until
further knowledge is obtained con
cerning the conversations between
President Wilson, Premier Clemen
ceau and Premier, Lloyd George. '
M. Clemenceau's overwhelming ma
jority in the vote of confidence in the
- chamber of deputies makes him a com
manding figure in France, similar to
that of Lloyd George as a result of
the British elections.
CAMPAIGN SOON OPENS TO
SELL $2,000,000,000 STAMPS
"Washington. The 1919 war savings
campaign will be' opened actively by
a nation-wide celebration on January
17, the aniversary of the birth of
Benjamin Franklin. District war sav
ings directors in conference here were
so informed by Harold Braddock, the
new national director of the war sav
ings movements.
The day will be devoted particular
ly, Mr. Braddock said, to the organi
zation of thousands., of wa"r savings
societies to systematize the preaching
of thrift and promote the sales of
$2,000,000,000 worth of stamps during
the year.
NORTH CAROLINA DOCTORS
TO BE KEPT IN SERVICE
Washington. The services of North
Carolina doctors are so badly needed
by the government that they will not
now be released from the army for
health work in the state. The surgeon
general holds, that because of the
large number of returning soldiers
who must be examined and treated, it
is, necessary to retain the experts for
this work.
Many communities in North Caro
lina are asking for their doctors.
CITY OF, LYNCHBURG SCENE
OF GREAT CONFLAGRATION
Lynchburg, Va. Fire originating in
a four-story brick building in the
heart of Lynchburg's business section
burned fiercely for about an hour de
stroying the building, damaging the
Y. M. C. A. building slightly and fpr a
time seriously menacing, others, but
mas soon under control. The stock of a
Main street florist and a clothing store
were ruined, causing the greater part
pi the 40,000 loss.
The American Third army, desig
nated as the army of occupation, it
under the command of Maj. Gen. Jo
seph T, Diekman, formerly commander
of the third division.
FLEET RFEIEWEO RY DANIEL
MILLIONS WAIT HOURS IN DRIV
ING SNOW STORM TO VIEW
THE SIGHT.
Rugged, Weather-Beaten Tars Headed
by Daniels ad Mayo, March
Down Fifth Avenue.
New York. Riding at anchor in the
Hudson were 21 superdreadnaughts,
dreadnaughts and ships of the line
which, with cruisers, destroyers and
a .host of smaller craft, made the
mightiest American armada ever as
sembled. Ten of the floating fortresses steam
ed into the harbor after 18 months'
service overseas with BeattyJs grand
fleet. The others are the flower of the
North Atlantic fleet Grim guardians
of a great nation, they symbolized that
that the United States has become the
second naval power of the world.
In the teeth of a northwester, in
the chill of a driving snowstorm,
millions waited hours until the 10
battleships of the home-coming ar
mada appeared. This was New
York's and the nation's tribute to the
ships, far more eloquent that the
greatest din of whistles, bells and
human voices." The. .vocal welcome
came later when, the rugged weather
beaten tars who were debarked, with 1
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Secretary Daniels and Admiral Mayo
at their head, marched down Fifth
avenue.
Leading civilians in the cheering
were wounded soldiers returned from
France.
Passing in review before the sec
retary of the navy, off the Statue of
Liberty, the home-coming ships loom
ed suddenly out of the mist and as
rapidly disappeared They seemed,
almost like phantom craft, grim,
Cray, majestic in their silent might.
But as they dropped anchor the skies
cleared and they stood revealed in
holiday attire, ablaze from stern with
multicolor el pennants. To many of
those who lined the shores this shaft
of sunshine symbolized the light of
peace whii awaited the fleet after
the gloom .1 war from which it had
emerged.
PEACE CONFERENCE CONTAINS
DELEGATES FROM 27 NATIONS-
Paris. The personnel of the peaee
congress gradually is taking form, so
that the American deelgates express
the hope that the various countries'
delegates will be announced and the
delegates' arrival for the actual com
mencement of the negotiations soon
after the opening of the new year.
A nnmber of main details of the
compocuon of the congres sare nOw
fairly well settled as a result of re
cent conferences. These indicate that
the total membership of the: congress
will be between 100 and 120. Twenty-seven
countries will be represented
by delegations, including those which
declared war and a number which
have come into existence as a result
of the war.
PASSAGE ACROSS CHANNEL
QUICKLY MADE BY WILSON
Dover. The steamer Brighton, on
which the President crossed the chan
nel, had a quick and smooth passage
and arrived at Dover just about mid
day. She was met at Calais by Sir
Charles Cust, the king's equerry, and
Vice Admiral Sir Roger Dover. Four
French destroyers escorted the Brigh
ton to .mid-channel where British. ' de
stroyers and a dozen airplanes took
over the duty. The President appear
ed in splendid spirits.
SPEEDY AIRPLANE FLIGHT IS
MADE FROM CAIRO TO DELHI
Delhi. Time occupied in actual fly
ing by the Handly-Page aeroplane
from Cairo to Delhi was 47 hours and
21 minutes for a distance of 3,223
miles. The longest stage of the flight
ws from Damascus to Bagdad, which
was 495 miles, and occupied 6 hours
and 53 minutes. The next longest was
from Karachi to Nasirabad, a distance
of 485 miles, wheih was made in 6
""s aim! SK minutes.
Delegation from British Mission Pro
tested to German Commander Who
Declared He Had No Control.
London. Firing by German officers
on an allied automobile carrying an
American flag was the cause of street
fighting in Posen late Friday, says a
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
from Copenhagen. The Germans were
defeated in the fighting. About 138
persons, including a number of women
and children, were killed during the
rioting.
The dispatch says:
"There was severe fighting between
the poles and Germans in Posen Fri
day, which resulted in 38 women and
children and about one hundred Ger
mans and Polanders being killed. The,
affray originated as a result of a Ger
man officer firing on an allied auto
mobile which was proceeding to War
saw, carrying the American flag.
"The Germans insulted the flag and
the Polish guard was called out. The
fighting lasted several hours and the
German. were defeated.
"A delegation fromthe British mis
sion to Posen protested to the Ger
man commander in the town. General
Schimmelfeng, but the German officer
declared that he had no control over
the soldiers."
EFFORTS MADE TO PROVE
INNOCENCE OF EX-KAISER
Berlin. A "league for the protec
tion of the kaiser," has been formed
and will issue an appeal to the former
advisers of the ex-emperor, as well
as diplomats with whom he was asso
ciated, to submit all possible docu
ments to prove the kaiser's innocences
of bringing about the war. Prince j
Henry, of Prusia, who wasproposed ;
for president of the league, suggestgEj by Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, dis
Von Hindenberg for the post. tXTcoverer of the pole
HORSE MEAT EXPERIENCES
ANOTHER ADVANCE IN PRICE
With the American Army of OcA
patlon. Horse meat again has exM-lv.i
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J nenced another advance in Oermanf.
TnHx3c riavs are henna- canarallv nM.
served throughout Germany.
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In Coblenz, the week beginning Df-;' nfiOOfiOO MEMBERS ENROLLED
cember 16, was a meatlesi one. Tbj P BY AMERICAN RED CROSS
ruling prices of horse meat in thfe! .:
area occupied by the Amerciaji armrf ' Washington. Approximately 14,000,
is at preesnt as follows per pouncfU' 000 members had been enrolled by-60
Horse sausage, one mark, 80 pfe$- pep- cent of tne chapters of the coun
nigs; horse meat, one mark, 60 pfe$-?l tryi when the American Red Cross
nigs; horse liver, one mark, 40'pfef-t
nigs. -if I
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flRFAT PIRF P.AllftPft I nft.Q
OF $1,000,000 IN PROPERTtenr0lIinent W0Uld exceed 2W00.000
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Bristol, Tenn.-Va. Fire which orfgM
inatea m tne nve-story Duiiamg oopH
pied by Mitchell-Powers Hardwsj,
company in State street, on. the VI"!
ginia side, completely destroyed thitf
structure and four other buildings In;
the heart of the business district,! 1?
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ly covered by insurance. The ottrJ
buildings destroyed were occupied jfyl
the Bristol Gas & Electric compafyS
offices, the Lynn-Kaylor company, aJdj
the other two by clothing stores.!
rm i t 11 , -m m. S
1 xie nre, wnicn was tne most
astrous in tne nistory or tine city, ws
gotten under control shortly aftr
midnight when it reached the Donlilii
ion National ba.nk building on iief
north and the Strauss
departmefl
tore on the south, damaging thjUans have been " made by A. C.
buildings. j
Lack of water and the explosions1
of powder and shell in the Mitch0l
Powers building greatly handicapiiqji
to spread on each side of this buildfngl
an appeal was made for assistatid
from Kingsport and Johnson City, I.l
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24 WARSHIPS WILL BRING tl
OUR TROOPS FROM OVERSEAS
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Washington. Fourteen battleships
and 10 cruisers have been assigned,
by the navy department to help briijfg5
American troops home from Francel;
The work of altering the battleships
to fit them for transport work is bejing
rapidly completed and several of ttjem
already are in service. All of the 10 ,
cruisers have been fitted up and Itfie
navy department announced that bite
had sailed from Brest 'with its first ;i
load of troops.
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BERLIN NEWSPAPER SAYS THE
EBERT CABINET HAS FALLEN
The Hague. Brutus Molkenbutir;
Liebknecht supporter and former leadj tie opium tcaffic China is alarmed at
er of the executive committee in the j $ie contemplated influx of American
Berlin soldiers' council has been m&dJ I ewers who plan to build expensive
military commandant of Berlin. Tftfs! rjants here. Public opinion is being
of course, means a complete victoryi i aroused in the hope that the Washing
for the Spartacus, group. Herr Scheide- 1 tn government will prevent such ac
mann has fled and Ebert's governments 1 stvities.
virtually no longer exists. According''. The government has virtually com
to a report, marines, and other troops eted preparations for a conference
who Joined them are virtually masters r the settlement of the trouble be
ef Berlin. i iljireen tfie north and the south.
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This brilliant North Carolinian, Ex
ambassador to the Court of St, James,
reecntly died, at his. home at Pine
hurst, N. C.
HE PLAYED A GLORIOUS PART
EXPEDITION BEING PLANNED ON
EXTENSIVE SCALE TO START
NEXT JUNE.
Purpose of Enterprise to Explore, Sur
vey and Photograph Unexplored
Parts of Artie Regions.
New York. An expedition, to be led
hy Capt. Robert A. Bartlett, noted ex
plorer, will be sent to the polar re
gions next June to survey the North
Pole by airplane, according to an an-
nouncement
here by the Aero Club
of . America.
The plan, it was said, was eonivMi
K The PUrDOSe Of this ernAHitmn w-ii
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to "explore, survey and photograph
e unexplored parts of the Artie re-
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una o-n I Aai j K1 t. t . a
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ik't 10 luicuaca to explore
Me upper Q
p61ar uisin.'
annual Christmas roll call ended, ac
cording to reports . received at na
tional headquarters here. If the same
ratio should be maintained the total
OVER THREE BILLIONS IN
WAR CONTRACTS riNrci 1 en
if,
Washington. War. contracts total
lmg more than $3,000,000 000 have
beeai cancelled by the. war department.
"1 ujr "epar
Sefetfry Baker said that while
protests against cancellations ha.
many
protests against cancellations based on
feirs that unemployment would result
fcijd been received, the number of com
munities where labor is greatly needed
exceeded by far those where there is
or jmay be a surplus.
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ERICAN PRISONERS' GRAVES
IN GERMANY TO BE MARKED
pifew York Arrangements for mark
ing; graves of all American soldiers
&h0 died while hfM
Harte, Y. M. C. A. representative at
Befne, and Conrad Hoffman; the Amer-1
.loan Y. M. C. A. secretary' who was
allbwed to remain in Germany during
t-i! war to aid American prisoners,
he plan provides for a central Amer
fein memorial as well as small memp
ipus for each American grave.
VllLSON AND WIFE, TO OCCUPY
A "BELGIAN SUITE" IN LONDON
ndon. The "Belgian suite," re
ed exclusively for royal guests un-
now, will be occupied by President
Mrs. Wilson during their stay
efe. In the years of its interesting
history it has had within its walls
nany crowned heads, one of the latest,
tmj the least mentioned at Bucking
ham palace, being the former Ger
man emberor.
ir It was given its name during Queen
Victoria's reign.
HINA MAY SOON HAVE HER
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OWN PROHIBITION" PROBLEMS
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1 Pekin, China. Having suppressed
After Luncheon, Mr. Wiloen Unveil?
Portrait of Washington Present
ed by Lord Albemarle.
London. The environment of Pres
ident Wilson's second day in England
was quieter than that of the first day.
The only cerenionlal even was a state
banquet in Buckingham palace which
was notable not only as a spectacle
such as probably no other court in
Europe can provide the setting for,
now that the thrones of Russia, Ger
many and Austria have disappeared,
but from the representative character
of the men summoned to meet the
head of the American government.
Besides the members, of the roval
family, the Official world was reDre-
sented by the foreign ambassadors to
the court of St. James, the heads of
the government, present and past
chiefs of the army and navy, colonial
officials and members of the royal
household. There was also present
dignitaries of the church of England.
representatives of universities and
men high in the world of literature,
art and journalism.
President Wilson escorted Queen
Mary into the banquet hall, while
King George gave his arm to Mrs. Wil
son. The day, however, was chiefly a
working day with the President. Five
hours were taken up by two confer
ences with Prime Minister . Lloyd
George and Foreign Secretary Bal-
rour, on peace problems.
For three hours in the morning
President Wilson sat with Lloyd
George and the foreign secretary be
fore the open fireplace in the Presi
dent's apartment in Buckingham pal
ace. The second meetjng was in the
cabinet room of the premier's resi
dence in Downing street. The two
sessions were broken by a luncheon '.
at which Mr. Lloyd George gathered a '
dozen leading British statesmen of the
conservative, liberal and labor par
ties. There was a picturesque incident
after the luncheon when President
Wilson unveiled a portrait of George
Washington, presented t'o the pre
mier's residence by Lord Albemarle.
TART INVITATION GIVEN BY
HOOVER TO PAIR GERMANS
Washington. Food Administrator
Hoover, in Europe, arranging relief for
the peoples of the war-devastated ter
ritories, has refused in emphatic
terms to. discuss German food condi
tions with Baron von der Lancken and
Dr. Rieth, who sought a meeting1 with
the food administrator.
A message from Paris said these two
German officials, who were prominent
in the German administration of Bel
gium, wired from Berlin to Walter Ly
man Brown, director of commission
for relief in Belgium, that they had
been appointed by the German gov
ernment to negotiate with Mr. Hoover
for food supplies. In answer to the
request for a conference, Mr. Hoover
sent this message:
"You can describe two and a half
years of arrogance toward ourselves
and cruelty to the Belgians in any
language you may select, and tell the
pair personally to go to hell with my
compliments. If I do have tto deal
with Germans, it will not be with that
pair."
MORE THAN HALF. MILLION '. ,
SOLDIERS MUSTERED OUT
Washington. Sixty-eight' thousand
American soldiers had been returned
from overseas December 21, and
slightly more than 500,000 in thi
country had been mustered out of ser
vice, members of the house military
committee were told at their weekly
conference art the war department.
HIGH PRAISE GIVEN GENERAL
McARTHUR BY FORMER CHIEF
Washngiton A striking tribute to
the courage and skill of Brigadier
General Douglas Mac Arthur, com
manding the 84th brigade of the 42nd
(Rainbow) division, was given by,Maj.
General Charles T. Mencher, formerly
in command of the division, in a let
ter to General Pershing, urging for the
second time the promotion of General
MacArthur to the rank of major gen
eral. A copy of the communication
has just reached Washington,
NO SECRET DIPLOMACY IS
WANTED AT VERSAILLES
Paris. The socialist deputy, Marcel
Cachin, interpellated the government
in the chamber ,of deputies, asking
Premier Clemenceau to state whether
secret diplomacy would be abandoned
in the peace conference and the dis
cussions given all publicity.
More than 300 deputies were pres
ent and the galleries were crowded,
but the' storm which had been expect
ed did not break.
GoWsboro Millard L. Parker, of
Raleigh, a well-known professional
baseball player, was shot and killed
here. Ashly Southerland, an automo
bile driver, is being held, charged
with the killing, pending a coroner's
inquest.
Washington. A list of soldiers who
have been reported prisoners of war
in Germany, issued by the war depart
ment, include the following: Report
ed to be at a hospital, Lieut. Alfred H.
Walker, Durham; at an unknown
camp, Corp. Klutz B. Lippard, Maiden;
Purley J. Taylor, Stecoah; Robin
Walker, Weanes Ford; Samuel Win
stead, Spring Hope.
Wilmington. R. H. Dorsett, one of
the best known of. the city's business
men and a Mason of state-wide ac
quaintance, died at his home here. He
was a past grand master of the grand
council of. North Carolina, being a
Scottish Rite Mason.
Charlotte. The health department
gave out Christmas greetings in the
announcement that only seven cases of
influenza were reported during the
day, this being the smallest number
reported in many days.
Greensboro. A Curtis airplane was
wrecked here when it struck a tree
at the fair grounds. Lieut. J. W. Cant
well and Sergeant B.- Van Aker, in
the machine, escaped injury.
Kinstoo.- Astounding nerve was ex
hibited by moonshiners who located a
still on the farm of Dr. J. M. Hodges,
a prominent physician of the La
Grange section, and within 400 yards
of his residence at that.
, Raleigh. Deputy Sheriff Ernest
Raines, Deputy Sheriff Stone and
Chief of Police Smith, of Apex, cap
tured an illicit distilling plant near
town. No one was found at the plant.
Wilmington. rEnslgn Harry Shaw
was buried here with men and officers
of the naval reserve stationed here
acting as pallbearers. He died in New
York, during the week, of-pneumonia.
Raleigh. Mr. J. F. Stanback has
received a letter from his son, Lieut.
Jeffrey F. Stanback, stating that he
is at Le Mons, France. Lieutenant
Stanback is a bacteriologist with the
American forces.
Kins-ton. Mrs. Mary Moody and
John K. Moody were married recently
in Trent township, Lenoir county.
Each is 72 years of age. Magistrate
J. G. Whitfield performed the cere
mony. The bride was the widow of a
nephew of the bridegroom.
Bowden, Ed Cooke, the 28-year-old
white man who eloped with 13-year-old
Gladys. Baars, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Baars, has been arrested
and placed in jail at Goldsboro to
await trial on the Vharge of seduction.
Wilson. The town of Stantonsburg,
nine miles east of Wilson on the Nor
folk Southern railroad, is forging to
the front. Besides several large enter
prises an oil mill to cost between $75,
000 and $100,000 is contemplated.
Washington, N. . C. A letter receiv
ed from Reg. Fulford by his parents
intimates that Battery B may soon be
on the way home. "
Wilmington. Wilmington achieved
her goal of 5,000 members for the Red
Cross and will be able to add more
when all reports are in. The message
sent to Atlanta headquarters announc
ed 5,000 memberships and the win
ning of the goal fixed. .
Hickory. Mrs. Matt W. Ransom,
widow of the late Senator Ransom,
died at her apartments in Hotel Huff
ry following an attack of bronchial
pneumonia at the age of 88 years.
Charlotte. The committee of the
western North Carolina Conference of
the African Methodist Episcopal
Church, in charge of preparations for
the celebration of the third centennial
of the arrival of the first of the negro
race in America has decided to erect
a memorial tablet at Kittrell colle?
at Kittrell, to commemorate this even-
Asheville. Members of the Ashe
Tille Bar Association are working hard
for the appointment of Julius C. Mar
tin of this city as United States dis
trict judge for the western district, un
der the new bill passed by Congress.
High PoinL A passenger traia
struck an auto at Main street crossing,
driven by Druggist J. A. Hart and hurl
ed it 50 feet, greatly damaging'the car
and strange to say, Mr. Hart and O.
C. Harris, the other party in the dar,
got off with nothing more serious than
bruises and scratches.
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