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mid Obse SBCT10N ONB PACES 1 TO 8. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1918. PRICE BCQTT3 X rveir fr-- : - ' ' - j I: -w - 1 : : 1 "VOL'CL- N0. 32.V - RALEIGH, N." : i tuc weenie '--i infrrnrinnrn winnnr im MPYinn r.ira mftiii (ifmswiii TUISSI LII If EASTERIi CHAIN Should She Join' Battle - Front j Would Stretch 1,300 Miles -From Set To Sea . BULGARIA-MUST BJE " SATISFIED FIRST If Macedonia, Is Given 8ulgars, . Then Rumama Will ' Not - Likely Hesitate To Join .With Russia, Servia and Monte negro irrThe Longest Battle Line of History; Greece Far From Satisfied and Italy Still Hestitates; Poland and Galicia Have Become a Sea of Mud ' - u I IIL.IIIIUUIIIU Tniim UUIIULII lllilll -nilbtrJii-nibiHuu uum fc.ii mi.. 111-1- uuiumiuu , B a.nH.ll hW' London, Jan. f. :! p. in.) Should Rumania, now that the Rus sians, ire on Iht border, if . not ac tually In Traaaylvanla. decide to join the allies, bar rmjr will provide- th mlaatng link In the chain of troop --i,IM lone ivlBdlpg from, -lbs Battle to tb Adriatic. -- -rhtefettt ttwo.eaosild.'-bo .composed of Russians. Rumanians, "wvlana and Montanagrtna an thrf one alda. and )rmana and Jiuatro-Huncarlana on tha-Whr. " " ' : Tha. alliea aallava Rumania soon will taka tha alun. Other aralop tnenta are ltad. Relation b twera Orec and Turkey hava rach ' a th bnaaaln point aver tha altered til treatment ot Greeks lu- Aala Minor. -Italy la arowln reatsi over Turkey'! delay in riving aatiatactlon for the violation oNMe Italian cunaulale at Hoodelda. front- wblck tha Brltlah conail, who aoufht refuge, tm for cibly, removed. Rtalcarta la a Thorn. Italy alwo. It H rapartH, haa agreed that Sarvla akvuld a yrated' a port In the Adriatic. Rumania ad Oreaca. It ia though t however, may dalay tak ing up arm until Bulgaria, -which la Mtw -for ai pari-ot Maoedoola, a ; UatlaAad. tor a., boetll Bulgaria on their border' would- compel them to dlelda .alMta fraa ' s "VThlla thara are WlfiWUI"bf atart- Ung hattla Held deyelopnietiU. - ' tremely iBiportant operaueaa ara pro treaainf n fcotri ,aet and west. 1 '. New IMrenatvB Poland. Th Uefmana. aintultaoeoualy with renewal ef their attack on the left bank of tha Vistula, are developing a new offensive from the direction of Mlawa on the Gaat Pruralan frontier, ttomn German attacks on the Rumlan Una which runa along tha Bsura and 'ltwfc-rtvera and thence southward to Opocsno. and along the Nlda to Opalowlec on the lower Vistula, have been particularly severe, but. accord ing to Russian report, all have been rep'ilaed. t The I hum- which has set in In Houthern Poland and Ualicia lias oon . verted tha. country Into a sea of mud and even, cleared the snow from the Carpathians, so that fighting in this rearion Is Impossible. FTrai-li Advance FVoalM. The Kvench. after a heavy bom bardment of the German pualttona be tween the otne and the western end of the Argonn. and after suffering several repulses, have advanced their fronts at several points, particularly east of It helms, where their prog ress has been slow but steady. In Eastern Argon ne the Germans have been advancnlg. The French again report progress In .tha vicinity of Kllrey, In the Woevre alatrirt, which Is of particular im portance, for ahould it coptlnue they Will cut 'the road linking St. Mlhlel wUh Met and may compel the Ger mans to evacuate, m. UUOel. which they ga,ined - long ago at great cost. The Gennana have seat reinforce ments to Alsace. where the French advance baa threatened to cut oft Muelhauaen from the reet of the Ger man Una. and have occupied Burn-baupt-Le-Haut. . Sea of Mud on East. Vienna. Jan. . Vta London :1J p. tt.) The Austrian war department today gave-out the following official statement dealing with the military operations In Russian Poland and Gallcla.. "A continuous thaw, accompanied -by torrential raine, haa converted the whole theatre of the war In Poland and Gallcla Into a sea of mud. Quiet prevails along the whole llrt" from the lower Vistula to Lsxok Pasa V "Keen the Carpathian tnougtaini are free from snow and swollen mountain streams pour from the sum mits, flooding the valley. These con dlttons. combined with t he. dense fogs, have completely stopped all military operations. Bfarh Ram la Mate wegro. Cettinjei. Vta London, jran. a: 1 p. m. The Montenegrin war' ofnee Issued the following offlciaf statement tattlght: "Torrential raina and contlnuoos had - wearher have Tenderedall mili tary operations most difficult, but the Montenegrin troops have firmly held all their positions, notwithstanding the Here artillery Bre of the Aus- trtena. V " 1 rTbe King and Queen are visiting t be troops at the front," ' FVtst at Maarbety "arm. 7 Fetrorrad.' Jan. . An official bat ' ietlo issued . tenlgbt from general eadqjuarters says: , "There were no modifications on -1 aJnuary I. on any part ef oar fronts ! jrfceept In the region of the Morhely , f arm . Rasaian Poland), where a t Sare -esajageinent Is being developed y wttb Intenalty.- . :r J . sleec4csv. If or Ariesilcd. ? V Tha Hague Via London. Jan. I i- xi:vs aw BV-wnfiw n f suanf, military governor cj Bglsm. in re plpylng to a telegram from The Asao sated Press regarding the report that ' (CeaUiaucjd a Pag Three BORDER WARFARE He"' Orders Maytorena ToSign The Agreement Drafted By General Scott NACO TWILL BE NEUTRAL Nogaies and Aga'a Prelta Shall Not .Be Attacked; Those" Who Want To Scrap May Get Out of Range and Help Themselves; Trouble Start ed Four Years Ago I Br tlu Inirlind riam) El Paso. Tel., Jan. t. Gen. Villa today gave Brigadier General Hcott his word that he would prevent ftirv ther border lighting, which, since the Madero revolution In till, has been a menace to residents of American border towns. The Mexican leader promised lir would order Governor Maytorena to sign an agreement which had been drafted by Gneeral Scott at Naco. It would prevent a recurrence of the fighting there, which during thr lust two months has caused the wound ing and killing of more than fifty per sons on the American Wide ' Oneral HllL commander of the Csrninjia tnr rtsttn" defending-' Naro; Monora, who hsa signed the ajiruenient. The- ,0tK VUle. trtmpe - pamrtrm through- Jujwe on their way to H nora 011 e,seaU rVilla rftld.. to G.IWV. mas, on the t'allfornia gulf, ami not to participate In fighting alumr the border. . . . ....Yaoo Shall Be Acutral. Tli agreement almj provldnH that Naco shall remain neutral territory and closed to commerce until Homv constitutional govrritmenf " In etab llahed in Mexico ami s r4'ognied by he United KtttteH ani urtll one of the contending factions Ih Mohora entirely dominates the other. S'onl, held by Maytorena, and Akuu lrletH, held by Hill, nhall not be uttneked for any reason whatsoever. Maytorena' troops shall retire tfl Cananea or Nogaies, and hIimII not mo lest the movement of the Hill forc from Naco to Agua Prieta. x This last clause Is opposed by the Maytoren- faction. Naco Is between Nogaies and Agua Prtets. General Villa la expected to return south- to direct personally the cam. paiga against Carranis forces In ths east. General Hcott will return to Washing-ton, perhaps after - a brief visit to Ngco. A Villa force will he detached to hold General dill's force at Agua Ptieta. but it is understood not to attack him General VUta announced tonight he would welcome the return to Mexico of all former regular army oHIo-r. many of whom were reported in n destitute state In the I'nited Sliueii and other countrie. lie alo Isku.mI a statement claiming a decisive vie. tof y " agalnt Carrarrat BaJtlllo. troops - neaf Washington. D. C., Jan. 8. The War Department today had no offi cial report of arrangements made by General Villa and Urlgadlr (ieneral Scott to avoid further fighting on the border. Knhlque t Lorente. Wah lng agent of the Gutierrez government, was advised br Juarez official an fol lows: -"In today's conference between ftenefaTTItia anil General Mcott ever -thing has been arranged suttxfartoi ily. General Villa has ordered General Maytorena to sign the agreement pro posed by General ffc-ott. Herewith the Naco Incident i cslosed." General Bcott's proposal was that Naco be declared neutral and that bftth. the Maytorana and Hill for-ee withdraw from Its terrltor'" Convention Falls to Meet. Mexico City, Jan. (Via El 1'uso. Texas.) The national convention, called to name a provisional presl dent and adopt a reform program, falued to meet today. Sessions have been suspended indefinitely, Southern delegates, however.-rot today. Thoe present represnted only the Zapata forces. SENSATTOflr FOLLOWS " NEAR RIOT CHRISTMAS AT BLACK WOUNTAIM statementa made in tne superior court Jjeaterday came a an aftermath to the trouble at Black Mountain on Christmas Day. Hall Johnston, of the Asherille bar, advising Judge Webb that he haa been retained by Black Mountain cittxens who fear that their lives are In danger and who feel that the town Is being done (treat harm by reason of the spirit of lawlessness which haa beep In evidence for some time past. Mr. Johnston referred to the fact that the home of the chief of police recently wa dynamited and declared tha there are many reopert- able cltlsena of the town who feel that the strong arm of the law should bring certain violators to the realisa tion that they are not stronger than the law. The statement of Mr. John ston followed the conviction of Roy Little of participation In an alleged near-riot and the entering of a plea of guilty by C. B. Glbeon, True bills have been returned agaThstr fYarfk Wendall and Jim Teague. The trou ble Is Said to have started with the arrest of an intoxicated man by the police and the subsequent efforts of friends of the prisoner to take posse' slon of him. Judge James. L. Webb declared that he Intends to assure the people of Nack Mountain that the law snail not ne ntsregsroea tnere SEGRO KILLU) BY FALL. Tlniar at Greenehnro CosswtrHM A Met Hkail tresfiert. (Br m iimiii mm i Greensboro, Jap. t. Alfred Blount, a negro tinner, fell 45 f-t from e roof of Greensboro College for Wo- men this afternoon anddied an houi' later at the hospital. . He was con scious when picked up, t: ugh hi akall was crushed and a leg brvkkn. Gutierrez Reports Agreement - is Now Almost Certain at Convention ALL FACTIONS PRESENT Carranza, However, May Have Started Something He Can not Stop By Ordering All Oil Fields Closed; Hill Sum moned To Vera Cruz To Render an Account 'Br Um AJioelaud Prm. Wanhlngton. D. C., Jan. I An agreement of "all the armed groups" In Mexico, by which "the problem of pacification practically Is solved." has been reported to the convention In Mexico City by General Gutlerrex, ac. cording to State Department advices today from Consul Sltllman. Details of the plan were not made! public. General Gutlerrex' statement to the convention was In substance ax fol Iowa: "It may be considered that th problem of pacification practically 1 solved. As It would be Inopportune to publish t this time the decision recently arrived at. I refrkln from giving their details snd must limit myself t o the statement that there have beenln touch" with the govern ment ovtr which I nrefriit all of the nYri ted "groups operating' In "the court try. Pome or. these units have dla atcb,w) .sperai ,rqjnrntBSl0nf rf, .TJie, demand of these- groups have 1eep reduced by them to two propositions These proposition, which will be given publicity In -hm time, probably I will be satisfied " ' ' "1 The Plate Department here Issued a statement declaring Outlerrex's an nouncement apparently "carried adth It an Intimation of the strengthening of ths central conventionalist party without the domination of any par ticular leader or faction." A dispatch dated yesterday from Mexico City said the convention had decided to hold dally sessions. ' Carrania Mop Oil Men. As to the recent Curranxa decree regarding oil lands, the State depart, ment Issued the-following: I "The department Is In receipt of a telegram dated January from Vera Crux, stating that on January 7 an executive decree was issued by Car ran sal. ordering development of all oil lands In Mexico as well as their oper ation to cease Immediately, aulas ueh dsveVoptrfeat aad or ration are carried on all h the consent of th Constitutionalist government. It is provided In tte decree that the work on these oil lands Shall remain sua nended until there can be enacted new law governing the matter. Til K TWO XR' "It Is alleged by Cafranra that the properties have been operated to ths deterlment of the nation and to the exclusive benefit of the owners. Gen eral Carranxa states that ax -most of thr pmpeTtle Tire operated by for elgners the privilege" they possess of appealing to their governments fol protection give occasion for danger of complications of an International character which would 'prove embar rassing to the government In any work of revising the oil laws. "It Is stated that the right to des troy Wfirk under taken after the de cree has been promulgated is assumed by the constitutionalist government, which also claims the rlrhl to charge the expenses thereof to the managra or owners. Any wells sunk or brought Into operation after the Issuance of the decree shall be considered national property. "Practically nil the Mexican 'oil lands are in territory which Carranza still control." Carranza Rrc-allA Hill. Nacoi Arlx., Jan. .-The American State department ha granitd permis-1 sum to General Benjamin Hill. Car ranza commander In Sonora, to pass thriaigh the I'nlted State on his way to Vera Crux. , Hill will depart to morrow tinder order lo report to General Carranza on the killing and wounding of persons on the American side of line during the siege of Naco, Sonora, It Is said that Hill will not return and that Colonel P. Khaj Calles will lauccaad him. ' LADY SHOCK KD HY CTRRKMT Hrnrtf Hair Itryer Kis ks Davidson Woman I'nconM-loii. IHrtial to Th .New u4 oUrw. ) Davidson, Jn. . Mrs. M G. Ful- teiw was the Hi dm lum nivhr'TrT-sfrlaTT; looked at first to be a very serious ac rident. in the sy of a shock by an electric current. Before retiring for the night she undertook to use a new electric hair dryer. l-Vr some rea son the apparatus did' not work prop erly and she sustained a severe shook, under vililch she fell to the floor. Her sx-ream. as she Ml, brought Professor Fulton quickly upstairs to see what was the trouble- He found hsr lying on the floor snd unconscious. Giv ing a hat relief he could, he then hur ried over to the residence of Dr; Lin gle. and summoned a physician. It was a half-hour or more before Mrs. Fulton regained consciousness. . Kor a long white she was In danger iof a nervous collapse, though nn nirthej Injury was In. e.vjdenee. One of her fingers was painfully burned. TRIAL IN SFXX)MJ)l:(,RKF. t' M. Jarrett Won't Have to Fare -Vl . . 1 1 . Bpcrll to Ttw 5ci bihI Oliwiiif ) Aaheville. Jan. Solicitor J. ' Kd. Swain yeaterday announced that K, M,. Jarretf. alleged slayer of -William B. Grant at a eiore in the depot sec tion severs I weelta. ago. will not he placed on trial for his life, the prose cution deciding tu ask for a verdict of murder In the second degree. The case will be called In, the superior court next Tuesday morning. Summons- were Issues today for $0 wlt neisies who will take the stand during the progress of the hearing. They re side In all Meet ions of the county and of the lartte number summoned the vast majority are character witnesses But few have been summoned te tell of th actual circumstance surround ing the killing, less than a half dozen men having witnessed the trafetfy. i Though Official Won't Com ment On Reply This Much Seems To Be Certain NEUTRALS SYMPATHETIC If British' Fleet Should Jtow Disregard The Safeguards Promised, it May Call Forth Some Very Vigorous Lan guage; Controversy May Require Much More Talk (Br um Washington. D. C. Jan. . While no formol arrangement haa bene made by neutral countries for common ac tion In respect to oontraband and shipping during the maritime warfare. It became knowa tonJgh t that the I'nlted State is receiving the sympa thetic support of virtually all neutral nations Iff- the negotiations with Qreat Britain. Secretary Bryon ordered copies of the- British reply to the American note delivered to diplomatic represen tutlves of neutral nation. Whan the first note was sent, there were many formal requests for-copie and It was regarded significant ' thai the British note has been voluntarily sent to them. . ... A day's study of ths British com munlcation failed to develop anv com- -R)M!irrnm4niaratton The text will be made public simul taneously In both' Washington and lmdon tomorrow. -Jj 'is known The; British -riot does not 'fl'nalydlsp6se' ol 'theiruestlons raised, but la" In tha nature of a pre limlnary argument. Just how far i along drawn out correspondence Is foreshadowed, offictaja here refused to say. Another Protcert Likely. in authoritative quarters It was stated that another note, perhaps more vigorous than Its predecessor, would be aent to Great Britain, should the safeguards which Great Brttalr herself has advised for America com merce be disregarded by the British fleet, as the American government claims haa occurred heretofore. While the United 8 tale 1g anxlens t ar range amicably points In dispute. It chief cause of complaint haa been against the alleged indecision or Brit ish authorities in applying their n niiag. " :--: -a '-V,.v The controversy canters about the question of length , of time required for a thorough search of a merchant vessel. The I'nlted States claims de tentions and examinations have been entirely too long. Kngland avers that the size of vessels necessitates convoy ing merchant men to porta for de. tailed search. Situation Not Settled. While the tone of the British note Is said to be conciliatory and conces sions of various kinds have been made to American commeroe through ar rangements completed by the allies with neutral countrie, which have declared embargoea on re-exportation of many products, the situation Is re garded In executive quarter as far from settled. E SALTjLLOJBATTLE Villa Says He Whipped The Carranzistas; Villefeal Says He Did Not Br tb AMortatel m ) Washington. D. C, Jan. I. Con flicting reports were riven out tonight by Carranza and Gutlerrex agencies here concerning the fighting near Saltillo. ' - Gutierrez's Washington represents, live said he received the following teTegrarrrrrT gr jwrexr "After capture of Saltillo, General Angeles pursued the enemy, attacking them finally ut Kemos, Arixpe, Coa huila. and engaging In a big battle thre The 'nrranxistaa were com manded lsleneralsAntonlo an'dTXuIsfTuiler'rei, Monelovla and Governor Aeuna Our force com pletely defeated ttie'ni. capturing all their artillery sn! nyirtermis pris oners. "We regret, the death of yeneral Servin fn this brittle." The CorranZM agency Issued the fol lowing: "Information received tonight from A. C. Vlllareal. collector of cuatoms at Laredo, Mexico, state that a force of Vlllalstas were defeated last night lietween Cardena-n and Colotan and driven into SaiUllo. where fighting al ready van tindi r way and continued today. ' The Vlllalstas at Saltillo are hrlng led by Kniilo snd Ilaoul Madero. brother of the4a4e- ex .president. It Is reported that there, has been fur ther Ightlng In th vicinity of Victoria, the Constitutionalists cogtinuiiig 1 to push the enemy ack. Vlllareal slates that recent victories In the northeast Indicate prospect for the Constitu tionalist cause." " SF.GKO COMMITS fsl K IDF.. Charles Harcroc shoots Self and Falls Into reekk. ' KpK-l.l to Ttwf aad Obe.rre.l Wakefield. Jan. . Charles Har grove, colored, who lived about three miles north of Wakefield, committed suicide Wednesday by shooting him self with a ahotgun. He burrowed hell-.rom. a neighbor, took his gun and walked to the edge of Moccasin creek, a short distance from his bouse. Standing with hia-back to the water he, dealt the fatal Mow. falling back ward Into the creek. His body wa not found until the' following day. No reason for the rash act baa bh learn ed except despondency over flaaadal affairs. ' , BOTH SID S CLAIM REPLYTO ARTICLE New Bern Officer Says Corre spondent Gave Williams' Re port in Part P0ST0FFICES WILL AID Captain Bradham Alleges 'Mr. Yelverton Did Men an Injus tice.; Tar Heels Claim Poor Treatment On Cruise, Yet Made Best Record in Target Practice ISparul w n Sm and Mmtc.) New Bern, Jan. 9-Feeltng that th have been unjustly treated, that a report that is false In Its meaning and which lll do them incalculable damage has been circulated and deny ing the assertions In every detail, the officers and men of the North Carolina Naval Militia are preparing to send & written protest to Secretary of the Nvy. Joseph us Daniels, against an article appearing in Fri day's issue of the l.alelgh News and Observer W. K. Yel verton, the Washington representa tive of that paper. The report In question "rips up" the North Carolina. Naval Mliltla for alleged tncompentency and Inability to do their dutlea while, on board of the I". S. S. Hhode Island dartsg cruise mad during the summer months.' Th report In question is feem-eerwe-of - reirt made ty Captain ". H Williams, commander of the Rhode Island, but only In part la ,11.-given and the full, report.. tbawm that lite .ortn amiina men niaxie the Bee Rroml of any-of the eight dlvlsons on board Captain C. D. Bratharn, command er 6f t"he North Carolrmv Nwval iH-. tla. gave out an Interview last night which throw a different light on the rabSU In the flret place Captain Brabham declares that there were enTlrely ton many on board of the Rhode Island, there being eleven hundred when there should have been only eigb hundred and that It was Impossible at time to find men At times, be said, they were "as thick as flies" and there was great discom fort. He claims that the men were not given enough Water to drink, were not supplied with proper sleep Ing auartes and that the North Car olina Division, got the worst and of all of the many hardships, yet the made the best record of any or the other divisions. In his report on ths cruise and In ramrsarw to the North Carolina Dn viston Captain Williams said: "This organisation displayed great Interest in gunnery and mad the best score on target practice. The commanding officer ia sbl and energetic. The gunnery officer is a retired officer of the Navy and is highly efficient." WHIIaasa Gate) Compliment Commander Kradham says that Captain Williams on several occas ion spoke tu him In very compli mentary terms of his division, lie admits that the men were not thor oughly familiar with the work on a battleship but It must tie remembered that thin was the first time that some of them had ever seen a' battleship. "Mr. Yelverton In his article said that the North Carolina men looked on the cruise more as a pleasure trip." said Mr. Bradham. "Aas matter of fact the North Carolina di vision did more work on the: Rhode Island than any other division. The main thing (hat we went on board of the Rhode Island for was the tar get practice and In this we excelled over every other division and It la nat ural that both the officers and men feel that they have been placed In a light which Is most unfair and one which mut lie corrected .a nnen Highly Pratted. In his report of the cruise. Captain W. R. Van Auken. one of the ranking officers on board ot the ship says of the North Carolina Division: 'The officers, and .men had a fighting spirit. The majority are accustomed to rifle shooting, and their training brought them to a high drgree t ehootlna- efficiency Added to thl their fire control officer and spotter. Knslm Vanderhoof. I'nlted State Navy, retired, Is an officer of exp- rience. spirit and s-naia judgment He arranged his system and drilled aastdlously at flre-eonrtoi and tar set Dractlce rehearsals. The combln ed work of North Carolina In ail th cruls was most excellent ana reflects are I credit upon Rnstgn Vanderhoof an an ordinance ,offl cer." Captain Van Anken is one pf the most thoroughly efficient men In the I not llleve thai he would have report- I d aught but his true convictions In this matter Tar Herts Radly Treated. The n-mliers of the North Carolina Division, a x matter of fact, had "kick" coming n their treatment oi, board of he Rhode Island but until the 'time the report appeared In the VrwVand Oherrver ih-y had had net intended to make this public. Thel men claim that they were not In. s.ny way treated with consideration, thai I hey were looked ufhhi by th" mem bers of the other divisions as a lot of greenhorns snd that they put up with all manner of hardships and slur.' from the men of the divisions from other St ales All oT theiri, however. peak 1n the highest terms of Captain Williams and praraad-iii ability and they ire laying the blanv of the adverse re port and it unfair meantnr st the door of Mr. Yelverton, snd In their protest to Secretary Daniels they will ask that he make retribution. According to statements made by mcera of th division they intend to "see this matter to the bottom" an to sift out the cause of the action of the correondent who Is responsible for the article appearing In the News aud ibe-rver. . No Harm Intcrnlcd. llerllr. Jan. . By wlrele Csr linal Mercier. Archb'.ghop of .Valines has given the German governor-genera) of Belgium '-erbal and written assurance, according to the official Press Bureau, that he Intt-ndd In his pastoral letter to calm ; the popula tion and' to exhort the-n; -without hurting their patriotic feelings, to sebmtt to German authcr.ty. The Cardinal agreed that circulation of U iettef b stopped. THE MAN AND THE JOB WILL UNITE National Employment Bureau Will Go Into Operation This . Week POSTOFFICES WILL AIEH Notices Posted jn Every Lobby Advising Where Wprk Can Be Had; Suggestion Of Pres ident Most Timely, As Com missioner Caminettl Had Plans Ready (St Um iUaartM4 rre I Washington. D. C, Jan. . A na tional employment bureau reaching Into every section of the I'nlted States will be put In operation by tha Labor Department neat week. It will be operated along the line of President Wilson suggestion In his Indianapolis speech for "a system atic method of helping the working mm of America." Prellmtnry work for th bureau ha been completed. It was announced tonight by Commissioner Caminettl, of the Immigration Bureau, and In structions sent to postmasters and ru ral mall carriers throughout the coun try and to nearly 200.000 flelrf" agent! of the agricultural department, who will co-operate with the Iboru9 partment In bringing the Jobless man and' the ' rnanlesn Job together. Agent j of the Immigration bureau also. ;H "aid In the huge task. - and hlanks and report for their use al ready have been printed and will be favored without delay. fist master Wlir rlcrp"' " The general plan was outlined by Mr. Caminettl as follows: "Notices will be postad In all post- ocrteee anmmctng- -that application ror work or wor :ers will, be received hythe postmaster. whr will be sup plied with forms to he filled out and forwarded to' th labor department agent In charge of the sons in which th office Is located. The distribu tion branch of the Immigrant service will handle that part of the work and to It also will go reports of the Agri cultural department ag-ents a to sec tions where laborers are needed. Ap plicants will then be Informed of th nearest point where they ran obtain work of the kind they seek. Commissioner Caminettl said the plan had bn tried out In a small way and; the results hod been roost satisfactory. After the fire at Sa lem, Mass., last June, when nearly 4,00 factory operative were thrown lut'er employment. The Labor depart ment' succeeded in finding work for many of them. B a colncldehoe, he said. Secretary Wilson of th Department of labor, approved only yesterday, the date of the President's speech, th final re port mad to him by Mr. Caminettl, announcing completion of the plans. I nfilled Ster Tonnage- New "York, Jan. S.The unfilled lonnaae of the ITnited State' Steel corporation of December 81 totalled l,Mlt.4S tons, an Increase of 5 1 ? 0 5 1 over November. Two Younir Men Quit Proir;ressjve Leadershif, 1 ' ": T--i i. is-. - A jki? jr, fT TneJor L'ouglus-Kobinson, nepnew uf Theodore itoosrvell, has resigned his pluce as chairman "of the Progres sive State Committee of New York, and Fmnrls V. Bird, ihib of Charles Simmer lilrd. of MasmM-hUFetta, th milllonalr" whV ran um candidate for governor of Ills State, has stepped out from the position of chairman of the New Tor County ComtuHie. Mr. Hobfnson had held his piace for two years. Mr. Bird has gone to Boston to be publisher of the "Ad vertiser" and the "Record," two news papers owned bjr big father. 1 IV li l -a li NOT MUCH DOING IFJ GENERiOSSEMBLY Senator McRae Introduces Bill To Establish Home For Fallen Women MR. PAGE GETS BUSY Representative From Moore Not Favorably impressed With State Furnishing Con victs To Build, Railroads Taking Stock in Payment For Their Labor ft took tha House exactly thirty minute yesterday to decide tha question ' of th abolishment ef tha boxes placed nettr the Speaker's desk for the receptacle of bills but having got this seemingly Important mutter out " of the way buslnasa rushed off - witn a vim and ' when adjournment was taken some two hours afterwards a good many hills had been stsrted on their Journey toward becoming Incor po rated Into the law or the Stats. Kcprenrntattve Page Bax. Itepresentatlve Pag Introduced flv separate bills the aim of which la to 1 prevent the hiring out of convict to railroad In State, taking as pay for their ervtoea, stock . in said road upon which It la claimed tha Stat will' ever realize. Two of tha -bills ta" trodueed by Mr. Page takes away the) charter of fhe MaianiirskvsM Railway and that, hlghaonndlng corworatlOH fcnown as the South Atlantic Transcon tinental . Railroad. The other three roads will have to pay for tha Lservlces of the convict In cash If Mr. rPage's bill geU through.' at the rat) " of on dollar, per day. Mr. Page does -not . believe In tha junketing trips heretofore mad by lerlshulv icommktee to Morganeon.f ; Goldshoro and other points where -tha State Institutions are located and In troduced a resolution to abolish theee trip. Mr. Hutchinson of Mecklenburg does not tee the necessity of kissing the Bible when taking th oath In court where one It liable to klaa a microbe, and for that reason . has a bill before the House abolishing this time-worn custom. State Purchasing Agent. Another bill Introduced yesterday was by Mr. Loughlnghouse to create Stat purchasing agent It tit, under (tood that thl official would buy all th supplies for ths penitentiary, asylums, hospitals. and anything els needed, by the State. This HI ate pur chasing- agent was a dream mt farms -Governor Glenn and hs reoommesded som to th legislature while k wag Governef but that body did not take kindly to the suggestion, deeming It beat to let each Institution buy Its omi Supplies. Htrntp For Fa Don Wosnen. Senator John A. McKae of Mecklen burg launched the first bill of the General Assembly yesterday looking toward the care of the fallen women of the State. Senator Mr.Kae's bill. . would establish a North Carolina Home of Refuge by the appropriation of f 25,000 now and thr annual appro priation thereafter of 15,00 for moin tenanc. While there have been other meas ure proposed from various parts of the State looking toward this same end. this particular hill had lu origin In a sermon preached Just about 1 months ago In the Second I'reaby- tcrlan church of Charlotte by Dr. A. A McOheechy. immediately after the sermon In which the preacher dee.lt wl.th the problem of the falen woman, the leading members of the church met and determined to launch a movement lia lux us Its aim no lees an Cbjert than the optabltshmenl of a Stale reformatory or refuge home for the women of the State alio have I een outlawed by tile rigorous rules of society. The movement was taken up by the ministers of Charlotte, by the press of that city nd other cities, ''Governor Craig sent a telegram of commenda tion to the movemeut. Dr. Clarence ' I'oe. president of the Conference for Social Service, also commended It, Board of Managers, Th bill as presented .by Sonator Mcltae yesterday call for the ap pointment of a hoard of manager, one of them being a physician of aC east ten years practice, three of them being women and the remaining mem bers men. This board shall bo appointed by inw-tineTiiiF -frfrn-Trf"iiillist gnf -be for not leas than two years and not more than four. To this home should he sent women who are habitual drunkards, or com mon prostitutes, who are not Insane and .w ho have no ohyalcal.. cation, and they shodld not .be sent for any definite term. The Judg-w of the superior court, the recorder's courts, snd the police courts of cities and all courts above the magistrate's court shsil have poser to commit a woman to this home (in the other band, the woman who has fallen nsd who without the In tervention of Isw wishes to reform. hu H h-v 'i opportunity to enter this borne. Thv requirement Is that aha put In writing ftcjifeashain vof offenses which before a court .of: Justice woiiljtv result In: commttmiU to the I tint na tion. The ides of the Institution besides moral reformation Is to teach then women, or such of them as are will in;. -salts We trade and -one -from which they may reasonably expect a livelihood During the time of their term In lb institution they will . be paid wagrf.'reasonable, sums over atld ttice the cost of their maintenance. SENATES Pres.dent Pro Tern O.- Max Gardner called the Senate to order at 11 o'clock. Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Potter, of therEpworth church, Raleigh. The Committee on counties, cities and towns reported favorably the fol lowing bills: No. 14, filling vacancy on board of commissioners Pasquotank county. No. 1. Increasing powers of corns' mlsaloner of Hok county. No. II. authorising city of Raleigh to Issue bonds. ' No. 2.0. relating to tax on dogs. In Duplin "county. No. I. rattfjing certain bonds ot Wtmrton-Salem. No. 1 1, placing commissioners of (CeaUnaed as. Fags flraj !
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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