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NDIT-ATTaGK22
UPON. AMERICAN
TROOPS PLANNED
Secretary Baker Issues State
. ment Giving News of Pro
posed Raid
PURPOSE OF BANDITS
TO INFLUENCE ELECTION
Evidence That Present Bandit
Activities Are Financed By
Funds From American Side
of The Line, Though No
American lias Been Impli
cated 1 Br lit. ioau4 rrta i
Washington, Oct. JS-Secretary Bakar
iasaed a formal atatement tonight ssy
lag that definite Informstlon had been
received by tha War Depsrtment that
aaadlt attack apon American troopa la
Mexico or aa AaMricaa border town had
cca arranged t take place betweea
a aw aad elect loa day. to create sentl
teat afalaat the Administration's Mexi
caa policy. It added that Ceaerala Faa
atoa aad Poaaalaf were ia readiaeaa for
each aa attack.
The statement follows!
The War Department haa received
definite laforaiatlon confirmed froai
ether aoarcea that enemies of the Ad
ministration's policy towarde Mexico la
ceanectiou with Villa or other baadlU
la Mexico, hare arraaged a apectacaUr
attack to bo made either apoa some part
f the America forcea or apoa aono
American ceanmanlty oa the border bo
tween bow aad the date of tho election,
for tha porpoee of taralac tha tide of
sentiment sgninst the policy which tho
Administration haa adapted for the pro
toctioa of tho border. It la eigulflesat
la thla conaectloa that, both the State
and War DepartmeaU were advised
that the baadlt forcea operating at tho
proaeat time la Mexico are being paid
la elhrer eota.
Fall pattealara have booa traaa
- aaltaed tr Ce. Faaaaoa aad Gsaasal
Porahlaf. All Aaieileaa forcea are.
therefore, ferewaraed aad la readiaeaa
foe each aa atUck."
No additional informatioa eould be
obtained from Mr. Baker who, before
tha statement m made puhlie, left for
Mnrtinsburg, W. Va., to deliver a cam
paign speech. .
Secretary Lansing tonight anthomed
the statement that Secretary Baker had
o intention to intimate that American
citizens were involved in the bandit
attack plot. The Secretary of State
aid it had been ca'lod'fo hid attention
that an effort would be made to eon
atruc the War Department atatement
aa a political play, and aa an assault
upon the dministrations political op
ponents. He denounced auch a eon
atruction aa absolutely false, declaring
that politiea waa not given a thought
in connection with the matter and that
it waa inconceivable that any American
would ally himself with Mexican to at
tack his own countrymen. Mr. Lansing
aaw the statement before it waa issued,
aad discussed it with Secretary Baker.
Ha explained that both he and Mr.
Baker believed in addition to warning
tha military commanders it waa wise
to give tho information received pub
licity because it might have the effect
of causing tho plot to be abandoned.
From Maay Sonreee.
From other sources it waa learned
that information concerning a plot had
beea received through agenta of the
Department of Justice, Bute Department
representatives on the border and also
through. noma other cbannela which has
aot been disclosed. It ia understood
that ao military reports from the bor
der have mentioned the subject. The
' atatement bears out this, indicating that
General Pershing and Funatoa received
their first warning through advieee aent
tonight by the War Department.
It is stated on reliable authority alee
that aoaa of the evidence at hand
involves Americana and that Mexican
iateresta ia the United States are be
lieved to bo directly responsible for the
conspiracy with bandits across the
border.
Maklag Ia veetlgatloa. ,
The Department of Justice ia pressing
its investigation. As yet, it Is stated,
there is aot sufficient evidence available
against any individual to warrant his
arrest Attorney .General Gregory in
dicated tonight that aneh informatioa aa
haa bora laid before him waa vague aad
in conclusive.
While administratioa officials general
ly d xr Used to discuss Secretary Baker's
warning, It waa admitted that the in
formation received doea not give any
"- clear indication of either tho tiro or
. place of the proposed attack. Mr.
Baker, it waa auggeeted, probably acted
oa the theory that publication of the
fart that tho American military eom-
anaaders aad beta warnea migm serve
to prevent it nltogetner. -
The -War Secretary ia known to have
received the information on which he
based hia- atatement today oa his re
turn from a campaign' trip that has kept
him out of the eity several day. He
conferred during the day with Secre
tary Lansing aad other State Depart
mcat officials and Attorney General
Gregory, and held a lenr eonfereaee
with General Scott and other of fleers
of the War Department.
Par some dava vane Intimalioaa that
aa attack of soma sort along the br-
. der . might bo In prospect have bora
today they have been ao indennitc, it I
Caatlaaed aa rage Eight)
SYNOD
REPORTS
SHOW RiE WORK
The Body Will Adjourn Today
To Meet Next Year in
Fayetteville
WORK OF EDUCATION
Committee of Seven Appointed
To Supervise The Church's
Institutions and To Raise
Support Fund of $1,357,000.
Increase in All Depart
ments - ISpactAt-ts Tha Nwl ftod ttamil )
Balisbury, Oct. 26 The Synod of
North Carolina waa opened with devo
tional exereise this morning by Bev.
Bobert King. It wa stated that the
total contributions of Pynod, its pres
byteries and congregations, to the home
mission work amounted to over 100,000.
Glowing tributes were paid to the work
of Dr. W. D. Moss, pastor of the
(mapel 11 ill church. His church is
erowded every Sunday with professors
and students of the University and hit
influence over the latter ia wonderful.
This church i "largely supported by
voluntary contributions, and churches
and individual were urged to send
pledges to Hon. A. M. Scales, Greens
boro, treasurer.
The board of regent of the orphans
home at Barium Springs report 225
children eared for, of whom 26 joined
the church thi year. The value of the
property is (135,000 and the support
tuml this year amounts to L'84t:)(. The
eliJdrcn do good work on the farm, in
the mechanical department, and in the
printing office. "The Fathorlesa Ones"
haa a subscription list of 3,500.
The report of school and colleges
elicited much interest and discussion.
It waa adopted with enthusiasm, and
provided for an executive committee of
(Coatiaaed oa Page Eight)'
BICKETT HAS BIG
CROWD AT LUMBERTON
(SpaclAl U The Km ftn4 OInw V
Lumberton, Qct. 26. Hon. T. W. Bick
ett, Democratic candidate for governor,
filled hia appointment here tonight in
the courthouse. He waa introduced by
Hon. Stephen Mclntyre. The court
house was full to capacity, many hav
ing to stand during the speech. Mr.
Bickett is a great favorite in Robeson,
a was shown in the primary, when he
was given 1.100 more votes than his op
ponent, and the different sections of
the county were well represented. Mr.
Birkett's speech was well received and
while the county was already over
whelmingly Democratic, Democracy h.is
been greatly strengthened. Indication!
now point to the greateHt Democratic
majority in its history.
CARRAMZA TROOPS
IOT FALLING BACK
BEFORE THE BANDITS
Mexican Commissioners De
clare Trevino Controls Chi
huahua Situation
(Br OH Imrlim rna I
Atlantie City. N. J., Oct. 26. Reports
that Villa waa driving back Mexiran de
facto government troop ia Chihuahua
were denied in a statement Issued by
the Mexican commissioners here. Ex
planation also was made of the absence
from Mexico at this time of the wive?
of Generals Carranxa and Obregon.
"Telegram from Gen. Trevino state
that he has 8 000 troops in and around
Chihuahua with which to meet a Villist
foree of something more than 1,000,'
said the statement. "General Trevino''
family hasVft Chihuahua and gone t
Juarex because of the plan of Genera'
Trevino to take the field. First Chief
Carraaza is in the eity of Mexico, witl
all of his cabinet and all will probahlj
move to QueYetarO within a short time
Qneretaro is the capital of Mexico !j
decree made eight months ago. The
constitutional convention will be heir1
in Queretaro. November 20.
"Mrs. Obregon la "en her way to her
mother in-Loa Angeles. Mrs. Carrsnr
who went to Baa Antonio to make pur
chases, will return to Mexico City in r
few days with -CblJuaa BarangiuT
General Carranza'a, chief of staff, whr
waa recently in New York and is now
on hia way to San Antonio. -
ing la Queretaro a the pnswible pria
oner of General Ohregoa is known tr
he nntme. 8o is the story of General
Oroaa'a death." . '
rTho ehief subject discussed today was
a -demand by General Carraaza ' com
missioners that' Mexicans under indict
ment in- their own country who have
found refnge ia the United State be
returned to Mexico for trial.
The Ameriraa commissioner also
presented a list of those who had com
.nitted similar crime in Texas and other
bojr dcr States."
7
George Grossrhith Tumi
TronT LlitiIaIurig""Td"
Serving His Country
1771
GEOG GROSSMTIi
I'rwm makiuK audienora laugh to serv
ing his country in the naval reserve is
the step taken by George Orossmith. the
famous English comedian, who has also
delighted Americans on various occa
sions. Picture shows him in the uniform
of a lieutenant leaving his home to join
his depot. He ia forty-two years old.
RUMANIANS BLEW
E
Petrograd Asserts Von Macken
sen Has Slowed Up in His
Drive Northward
FIGHTING NEAR VERDUN
Germans Deliver Four Counter
' Attacks Against The Newly
Won French Positions at
Verdun But Without Suc
cess; French Capture Two
Villages
R tbm AMoclsud Pros)
London, Oct. 26. Except for the an
nouncement that the Rumanians lie
fore their retreat from Tchernavoda
uit'w up the big bridgo spanning the
i .-,,. r'M-..r, thi ri't v placing an ob
atxla in the way of the advance of
..u.r almn trout Dohrudja into
DM Kumania, little fresh knowledge of
the real situation in that sector of the
war has been vouchsafed by any of the
war chancellories.
I'etrograd asserts the force of the vio
lent blows which field Marshal Von
Mackensen had been delivering in his
rapid drive northward in Dohrudja have
slackened somewhat, although Berlin
says the Teutonic allies still are mak
ing progress against the Rumanian
and Russians.
Along the Transylvania front the
T""inninns and Autro-iermans are
still engaged in hard fighting. Berlin
... urn mat in thf Trotus valley, south
f t'.intiix, and on the roads to Sinaya
and Campulung, the central powers have
iiirt with further successes. On the
other hand, Bucharest asserts that the
Austro Germans have been driven from
the entire western frontier of Mol
davia, northern Rumania, suffering
heavy casualties and that in the Usui
IBj the AModaud Pun I
HYAMrORlLSON
ByldaRLTarbell
Does any American today ae
bieger, or more dispassionately or
mora clearly than President Wil
son T I believe that Progressive
anil see wis;
If they dont it
is a reflection
on their intal
lijrence. Pretidant
Wilson has
proved his fit
ness to load
tha prorres
- area eivilin
. tion. True, ha
has not . yet
had tint to
convert tha
mn wh6 cries
for hia pound
of flesh, ' nor
alter tha views
of hint who fail to see that
bloody war ia but tha primitive
expression of savaga weakness
promoted by tha ignoble destra of
conqoe t or revnga Bat h hr
forred reapert for aeatrality, aad
he haa haadled hia cclicaU Met
icaa inheritance with tact and
wiaaoaa. . ..-,'
fi I I -V
J'
ata.':ivaA-.::SdW
UP DANUBE BRIDE
i
SUPPORT OF UN
Republicans and Progressives
Continue To Come in As
Election Draws Near
PROMINENT NEBRASKA
( PROGRESSIVE IN LINE
Declares President Wilson Has
Largely Carried Out -The
Progressive Platform; Oth
ers From Every Section of
The Country Announce Sup
port of Democratic Ticket
N'va aas Obwrvw lints,
44 Dtetrirt NsUsmI Bask ValMlac.
By B.Tt. C. BRYANT. '
tSpadtl Ummri Win.)
Washington, Oct. 29. More converts
from the Republican and Progressive
parties, as the campaign draws to its
climax, are being added to the multl
tude ho already have declared then
ardent eupport of President Wilson,
said the Democratic committee today.
Judge Arthur . Wray, of York, Ne
braska, who organized the Progressive
party in that State and acted aa chair
man of its two Htate conventions, be
sides being a delegate to the recent
National Convention in Chicago, at
which he served as a member of the
Resolutions Committee, haa come out
for Wilson in an interview which he
declared waa inspired by hearing the
President's speech at Omaha
"From a Progressive standpoint,"
said Judge Wray, "the passage of the
Eight-Hour law ia right in line with
our 1016 platform. President Wilson
has largely carried out the Progressive
platform, not only as to the eight-hour
day, but also ss to the planks on child
labor, taking the tariff out of politics,
and other matters.
"His appointment of Braadris to the
Supremo Bench and Rublee to the Fed
eral Trade Commission is a strong tes
timonial to tha progTeeaiveaes ef hia
administration. I never had awn Presi
dent Wilson till ho spoke at Omaha, I
am now more favorably impressed with
him thaa ever. A large number of our
leading Progressives ia Nebraska are
for him, and there ia good reason why
they should be.
"I have a high regard for Judge
Hughes as a man, but he appear to
(Ceatlaaea an Page Six.)
BRIGADE HIKE AND
SHAM BATTLE BY
TAR HEEL SOLDIERS
Very Few Men Fell Out and
Everybody Enjoyed The
Maneuvers
By A. L. FLETCHER.
El Paao, Texaa, Oct. 26. The brigade
hike today covered about fifteen mile
and waa completed between 7 o'clock
this morning aad 3 this afternoon. Near
Dona, Anna, New Mexico, the brigade
engage. in a spirited sham battle with
aa imaginary enemy. Colonel Rodman,
commanding the advance guard, opened
the engagement aad waa supported ia
fine style and withoat a single hitch
by the First and Third regiments.
Very few men fell out and everybody
enjoyed the maneuvera
The Heeond Regiment band furnished
the music for the Daughters of the Con
federacy at a celebration in fcl Paso
last night. They headed a parade of
the priueipal streets that attracted much
attention. The band marched at the
head of a column of veterans in gray,
each veteran escorted by two ladies.
Ueneral Young was notified that the
North Carolina rifle team taking part
ia the national rille matches at Jack
sonville had climbed into A class, a
jumping from twentieth place last year
to tenth place. He ia much gratified
at the showing made. The team ex
pects to reach Kl Paao Monday.
Major Baxter K. Hunter, Charlotte
medical corps, who has bee a serving oa
Uff of the Tenth Division, haa beea
relieved from duty and will resume his
tuties with the Heeond North Carolina
Regiment tomorrow. All of the militia
oflieers on the Tenth Division staff i
n,t MajoM. Glenn Brown, Greensboro,
were relieved from fcity by special
order brought the Southern depart
ment. ,
Mrs. Doa E. Scott visited her husband.
Captain Kcott, adjntaat Third Regiment,
today and waa guest of tha regiment for
several hours. She greatly eajoyed her
visit to camp.
FIRST TWO VOTES-
ON 50-50 BASIS
JSLJ
Chattanaoga, Tena, Oct. 26. What
' probably-.were the first two votes cast
! :.a tho coming Presidential election
were deposited with the postmaster here
;oday by B. J. 'Sutherland aad E. JL.
1 'uty, two Virginia student attending
km rinritT of Phaltnnooe. Under a
Virginia law tha postmaster will l!or-
I rard the votes to the registrar of clee-1
Hon in the heme precincts of the sts
leata, to be opened November 7-. One
:f the studeata said he voted for Wil-soB-
aad the other said hia ballot was
east fur Hughe
in
EMTnLED
TO PEOPLE'S 0. K.,
State Executive in Hickory
Speech Gives Record of
Democracy
BIG REFORMS GIVEN
BY WILSON REGIME
More For The Benefit of The
People, Governor Asserted,
Than in Any Other Period
of Nation's History; Calls
Marion Butler High Priest
ofG. O. P, in North Carolina
(Stwdtl to Th Nm and Wamw. )
Hiekory, Oct. 28. Governor Locks
Craig in a speech before a large audi
ence here tonight lauded the adminis
tration of President Wilson, declaring
it is entitled to the endorsement of
all men who love justice- and believe
in opportunity.
He enumerated the numerous laws
the "Democratic Congress "hail passed
for the benefit of the people, asserting
that never before in any similar period
of the nation's history hsd so much gen
uine reform been enaetod for the benefit
of all classes as during ths Wilson ad
m in 1st ratios.
"The issue has been Joined," said
Governor Craig, "betweea justice and
injustice; between progress and re
action; between a government by con
stituted authority in the interest of all
the people, and government by an In
visible power in the interest of a few
people."
He said that during the four years
under President Wilson "more genuine
reform had been enacted for the benefit
of all classes than in any other period
of our history; that the American peo
ple must soon pass judgement upon
Woodrow Wilson; that In the clear
light of all the facta of things don
and of things left undone his admin
istration wa entitled to the endorse
ment of all men who loved juatice and
believed in opportunity.
"Never waa purification," said he,
"mora needed, Tha money changer
had polluted ths temple. Tha tavern
men t was aot for tha protection of tha
weak and for the we. If art 0f all, bnt
tha instrument of organised treed.
Monopoly Waa Beaaaclary.
"The vast earning of labor tha
enormous wealth from natural re
sources, aad the energy and innius of
the American people had beea gathered
ia by the privileged few. Monopoly was
the beneficienry of the law. The pro
ducers had the crumbs' from the rich
man' table. The master financier eon-
(Caatlaaed aa Page fear.)
SAYS
GOV
CRAIG
NEWLY MADE GRAVE
SUGGESTS LYNCHING
Suspected That Richmond Hines, Who Strangely Disappeared
From Wayne Jail Sunday Night, Met Summary Fate Was
Mistaken For Will Hines, Accused of Attempted Criminal
Assault, Theory
New and Observer Bureau,
Chamber of Commerce Rooms.
By BYBON FORD.
Goldsboro, Oct. 2fi. A mound re
sembling a new-made grave, coupled
with the vague grape via rumor cir
culated lata tonight lead some to be
lieve that Richmond Hines, the negro
whoso strange disappearance from jail
Sunday night haa baftled officers, wa
lynched by a mob mistaking him for
WiVsi Hines, th little negro accused
of criminal aaaault upon a Oreen coun
ty girl Sunday afternoon.
The reported presence of a grave ia a
eotton patch a short distance from
Goldsboro reached the ears of the police
department this afternoon. later some
body told somebody that some other
person had aaid that Richmond nines
would never be found for the very
simple reason that he wa dead and
bnried. Thi ia th vaguest of rumor
but it haa aroused th police to action.
fcarly tomorrow Coroner fctanly will
investigate the supposed grave.
The grave ia aaid to be ia a twenty
aero cottoa field. Th correspondent
was nnalile to flad it ia tha dark to
night But th report is that it was
viewed by maay aegroes today. None,
however, were eooragooa enough to dig
into it aad find ita eoateat.
Willie Hines was breaght to Golds
boro from Greens county ftanday, short
ly before dark, after ha had attempted
criminal asaaalt upon a five year old
girU
About aa hour later Sheriff Edwards
placed hiia in an antomohile aad fled
to Raleigh. By 10 o'clock that Bight
Goldsboro was flooded with Creese coun
ty folks who wanted the negro's Ufa.
Eem after repeated dec la rations that
ha had beea taken to th State Prison,
tha visitor eontiaued to cluster about
tha street aad to express th belief
that the aegro waa thea ia tha jail. At
t atVloek all aeemed quiet. Oa deputy
aheriff remained to guard tha plae aad
tha New aad Observer eorreepoadsat
went to bed.
It is hardly probable that anything
antoward hJhppeaod. befar that time.
CANT STAY OUT -NEXT
BIG WAR
HUGHES ALLIANCE IS
HELP TO DEMOCRATS
Republican Ashed For Contri
bution Sends To Mr. McCor
ntcAv Democratic Leader
IBpaltThlaaa4 0tiaanar )
New York, -Oct. 26. The Hughe al
liance is proving of freat assistance to
ths Democratic National Committee,
both-morally and materially. For ex
ample. 8. W. Traylor, president of the
Traylor Engineering and Manufacturing
Company, of Allentown, Pa, and New
York City, after "receiving :"" request
from the alliance for a campaign con
tribution, mailed a cheek for S100 to
Vance C. McCormlek, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee. Air
Traylor seat with the check a copy of
hia reply to the Hughes alliance solici
tation, which reads in part as follows-.
"I have never before had reason to
feel as I do with reference to the
Presidential election. I am a,Republi
can and. expect to remain one; at the
earns time I feet that I would' be doing
a great injustice if I should allow my
self, under the present strained eondi
tions of the whole world, to support any
candidate against Mr. Wilson.
'In mv judgment it would tie a
calamity to ehange our administration
which haa proven itself, beyond a ques
tion of doubt, to be equal to the great
emeraeaeie that now demand most care
ful and unbiased deliberation. I think
Mr. Wilson haa proven himself to tie
thoroughly progressive; he has been the
President of all Americans; he has act
ed fairly with all governments; the laws
that he has passed during nis adminis
tration will prove of great value to a
very great majority of the people er the
United Btates.
"It i said by the opponents of Mr,
Wilson that we are held in contempt
in foreign countries; I have been in a
number of foreign countries in ths paat
two years aad I have not found such a
condition to exist. I found instead that
every eountry that I visited look npon
the present administration aa being
highly honorable and fair. I believe
that they all know that Mr. Wilaoa
will apheld tha dignity aad tha right
of this overamB ir u occasion
arises."
rire la Tahaeca WareJioaae.
(BT Bw AaaartMa Trtm.
Richmond. Va- Oct. 2. Fir in a
r.fc.An ,f tha American Tobacco
Company her tonight destroyed 3.0O0
hogshead of tobacco, vainea at bjju,-
000. rive fireman were overcome by
mnk, and were taken to hospital.
Only slight damage waa done to the
building, as nrewaus aepi ins names
from spreading. Th origin of the fir
ia unknown.
Prisoner in jail aay that at about two
o clock Monday morning some one cam
Into the jail and asked for Hinea Rich
mond Hines awakened and accompanied
that person away.
Richmond Hine waa being held for
trial pending recovery of a policeman
now In bed from a wound inflicted by
Hinea when he assaulted th officer while
under arrest.
It is believed that it ia because the
prisoner possessed th eaane surname ss
that of th Greene eenaty negro, the mob
might have miatakaa him for th latter.
BROTHERHOODS URGE
SUPPORT OF WILSON
New York, Oct, 26. Chief of th four
railroad brotherhood have seat a per
sonal appeal in the form of a eirenlar
letter to their members throughout th
country urging them to vote for the
re election of President Wilson, it was
announced here today by G. H. Biaea.
vice president of the Brotherhood ef
Railroad Trainmen. Th appeal, it wa
said, waa based not only on ths ground
that President Wilaoa had obtained
legislation favorable to labor generally
but that ha had beea responsible also
for legislation beneficial to tha masses
of th people.
air. Biaea, ia making th saaonnee-
meat, declared this waa th first time
in the history of the brotherhoods ther
had departed from their "traditioaal
policy of keeping eat of politiea."
ENVELOPING MOVEMENT
BY CARRANZA TROOPS
(ft; t t Trmm I
Chihuahua City, Mexico, Oct. CS via
El Paao Junction, Oct: M. Aa envelop
ing movement by Car mam troopa ia
now wider v ay with Baata Yaahel as the
objective, it waa aaaouaeed by Gen. B.
Treviaa today.
Thi movement haa for ita object the
surrouading of ths Villa force ia th
vicinity of Baata Y Babel, 15 mile aoata
weat of her.
Oeaeral Treviaa dealed a nhertaga af
ammunition at tha Chihuahua guriaoa.
Business of Neutrality Is Oref.
Declares President Wilson at
Cincinnati t
POSITION OF NEUTRAL
BECOMES INTOLERABLE
Nobody Can Hereafter Be Neu
tral As Respects The Dis.;
turbance of The World For
An Object Which WorldV
Opinion Cannot Sanction,?
Declares President
B Um AaaacUla Praai.)
Ciaclaaatl. Ohio, Oct. !. Taklag aaC
vaatage of a atreaBoae visit to Claris
aatl to disease the relation ef tte Tat
ted States to the Earapeaa war, PraariV
eat Wllsoa todsy declared that "thla
I, the last, war that lavolves tha world
that the t ailed States caa keen eat af.
He gave aa has reason his Belief that'
"the basic cm af aestrnllty m 0701" aad.
that "war new has each a scale that th
Basltioa of aeatral eooaer at- later ao:
remea latolerable." Ha added that tha
aaUoaals af the world mast get togwther
aad aay "aobedy caa hereafter aa aea
tral aa res sects the dlstarbaac af tha
world's peace far aa abject which tha
After deny lag th ReBabUeaa claim
that the haeiaeas prosperity af tha Dal
ted 8Ute daring the last twa years haa
beea dae to trade created hy tha war.
tha Presideat ridiculed predkUaaa that
after th war Earope will everwhaisa
this astioa hy lu ecoaamie strength sad
"damp" la the I sited States goads awr
heiag stored aa for that Barpasa,- Ha
asserted that experts af everything that
gasa to supply aradaa make only aa
per cent af the total af American aoaa.
"W aught not to turn ta thee paeC
pl ia fear, but in sympathy," aaid th
Preaideat, H added:
Caa Take Cars af Oaraslvea.
"We have moan of defense, and wa
have means of aggreaaion.. Our means
of defense are that w have taken pains
to have all the instrumentalities to find
out exactly what is going oa aad to ba
ready to act immediately wa flad that
it is aeeeswary to defead ourselves."
The President was bnay from th tixsa
he arrived here, shortly before noon, un
til he left for Shadow Lawn at 10 .
o'clock tonight, delivered four speeches,
participated in an official reception aad
took a ride through th streets aai
park of Cincinnati at tha hand of g
short automobile parade.
Crowd which packed tha streets for
blocks, filled windows. In building
along street through which he moved,,
and erowded the halla ia which he poke,,
cheered the President almost contin
uously, uring his rid about th eity h
remained standing ia his automobile
waving his hat to the crowds. Bomb -bursting
in the air high above tha city"
added to the din.
Following his arrival and automobile)
ride to a hotel," the President partiet .
pated in aa official welcome exteadee
him at the Chamber of Commerce, by
Mayor Geo. 1'uchta, then rode to lunch,
given by tha Women's City Club, and
later made aa automobile tour of th
eity aad reviewed thousands of sehooli
ehildrea carrying American flags. Haw
smiled whea he paused the "Hughe
High School." Toaight he attended
dinner given him by the City Club-
aad delivered aa address later under ita
auspices. All arrangements were mad.
by non partisan committee.
Mrs. Wilaoa ae-omnaaied the Precis
dent aad before the day was over kn
arm were heaped with bouquet of flow
ers riven by committees aad arheeel
ehildrea.
Need Far Catty.
Ia his afternoon speech, the Preeides
nrjred the need for unity among th
people of the I'nited Btates to meet
problems resulting from the war. H
gave his moral for the present aad fa
ture as "let us see to it. that Amsric.
aa a whole, and every America that
constitutes America aa one of th free '
tiois. ia shot through with that spin
of human sympathy which I th only
spirit of true enterprises."
The l aited States; Mr. Wilaoa aaid.
has had an idustrial revival during th
last two veer which it has aever aa
before. He declared that the United.
State will lend not only its moral la
fluenee but ita phyaieal influence If
other aation will join with her to ae
that ao nation or group of nations take .
advantage ef another aation or grenp
of aation. He discussed the liases a ;
the. preseat war, saving:
"Nothing in particular, started it, btxSJ ;
everything in general." '
In hi Chamber of Commerce speech.
Proudest Wilson said ia parti
Zest ef EBert.
The great stream of th energy ef?
thi country flowed very, early lnt
Ohio, th bum mixture ef bloods aad,
domiaatioa of anergic that save eaar
aoterired the eountry from one aide t
the other, first began to manifest them
selves apoa an imperial aral in thi
part ef the world.
Therefore, whea ever I com t Ohio,
I foal aa if soma ef the seat of the hia
tory that la behiad aa iacvilably go,
tat any thought. That Best eoaaists ba
taia:.I dont think maa cam ear
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