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RALEIGH, N. C WEDNESDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 21, 1917
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MUMS WELCOME
HEARING I RALEIGH
Pelivers Address Before Meet
, ing of State Literary and
Historical Association
INTRODUCED
BY THE GOVERNOR
Jit The Close of The Session
Association Extends Him
Vote of Thanks For Lecture
and Regrets That His Pa
triotism Had Been Ques
tioned ; CoL 8. 8. McClure, former publisher
f tht McClure's Magazine, whose pa
triotism tu recently brought into
question by action of the University
of North Carolina in banning hi ad
dress from tho lecture erics, received
clean bill from the North Carolina
literary and Historical Association last
night, when at the conclusion of his
address before the body he was tendered
resolution of thanks for the lecture
pad regrets that hi loyalty to the na
tion had been questioned. Colonel Mc
Clure was introduced by Governor T.
fW. Biekett, and his address of one
liour and a half left his audience' in
formed anew of the justice of England's
position in the war, and dazed by the
Recital of German atrocities in Belgium
and France.
; The address followed the program of
the opening session of the North Caro
lina Literary and Historical Association,
)i resided ever by Msj. H. A. London,
of Plttsboro, president. Dr. D. H. Hill,
chairman of the BtaU Couneil of De
fense, presented a paper on "Historical
parallel"; Dr. Paul B. Bar ringer, presi
dent of V. P. I., and a native North
Carolinian, ipoke on "The Influence of
Adverse Condition Upon the Early His
tory of North Carolina,' and Secretary
H. D. W. Connor, of the association, sa
fe ouaeed Olive Tilf ord Dargan, of Al
anond, N. C, the winner of the Pat
terson Memorial Cop. Mrs.' Dargan is
the Ant womaa to wis the Cup since
its sstabliahmeat and the first person
since John Charles McNeill to win it
en a book af poems. This was a col
lection of sonnets pohUshed nnder the
title of "Th Cye.ls's Kim." ... ,-.-w
: The musical program last night, in the
3Iredita - College auditorium, was
famished by Mrs. E. M. Hall, in a solo
Tho musical program last night was
accompanied by Mies Day, and by Prof.
.Brawlcy, of Peace Institute, in a piano
isolo. -
Governor Prisint CoL McClure.
1 Govsrnor Biekett presented Col.' Mc
' Clare to the audience with the declara
tion that eonrteey and candor de
manded a statement from him con
cerning the circumstances of CoL Me
dlars' address.
"Home day ago," said Governor
' Biekett, "there appeared in the press
of the Btate a notice that Col. & & Mc
Clure, at one time editor of MeClure's
Msgs vine, and subsequently editor of
ths Nttw York Evening Mail, would de
liver aa address at the University of
North Carolina ea The Chance of
" Peace.' I
' "Upon seeing this notice, Mr. Jaa. IL
Fob earn before Dr. D. H. Hill, chair
man of the North Carolina Council of
National Defense, Mr. B. D. W. Con
or, secretary of the board of trustees
of tho University of North Carolina,
CoL J. Bryan Grimes, secretary of State,
, aad myself and laid before us certain
facto which justiled the conclusion on
bar part that a speech made by. Colonel
McClnre oa "Tho Chance of Peace"
wtiuld not be in harmony with the spirit
of the Btate and the nation in this war.
"These facts, together with our opin
ion in regard to them, were laid before
tho authorities of the University, and
thereupon the engagement' of Colonel
MrOlure was cancelled.
"Upon seeing a notice of this In tho
paper Colonel McClure earn to the
city of Baleigh at once aad asked for
a hearing. There was a hearing in tho
.office of the Governor and in the pres
ence of C load McClnre Mr. Pou reiter
ated tho statements theretofore made
by him. Colonel McClure did not chal
lenge the accuracy of any statement of
fact made by Mr. Poo, but I am grati
fied to say that he explained these facts
aa such a way as to convince na all
.that hs has been making aa intensely
patriotic speech oa his lecture tour aad
has contributed to the literature of tho
war a most notable book, which com
pletely vindicates ths course of Eng
laad aad acquits her of any reapoaai
lilty for bringng oa the war. We are
therefore glad to have Colonel McClure
in oar midst, and it gives me very great
pleasure to present him to this repre
sentative audience."
j Has Foil Sympathy. ' '
' Colonel McClaro h&d tho sympathy
f his hearers from the beginning. He
spoke ia the at most simplicity without
dramatics or pretense at eloquence
ven with the horrors of Belgium vio
lated, France laid waste, prisoners mur
dered, civilians burned alive aad women
ravished, he Aid net lose tho simple
aarrative that tripped.
f Once, whea he bad talked thirty min
utes, as bo had agreed to do, be stopped,
aid gav those who wasted to leave aa
opportunity to do so- Instead of whole
salo departure, bo met a rouad of ap
plause aad continued bis remark for
aa hoar longer,
j Ths flrst part of bis address was de
' voted to that long series of peace -mah-iag
treaties ia watch England, prior to
. tao opening of tho war, bad practically
owed ap the peace of Europe. Be ax
' plaiaed carefully the growth of the al
liance between England, rraaee aad
to-!, lit kiawUn tiit (Wm.av
'bad ( the standing of all the nations
ol Europe toward her, aad the German
(CemUnaed ma Pago Nina)
PATTERSON CUP WINNER.
Mrs. OUve Tilford Dsrgsn's work
"Tho Cycle's Rim" baa attracted wide
and favorable notice from the critics
of the ceaatry. aad recently It was
swarded the New York Soathera So
ciety's prise of ISM, ss the beat
literary work published by a South
erner during the past year. Ia con.
net ton with thin award, the New
York Times Book Review published
the following biographical Informa
tion relative to Mrs. Dargan:
Mm. Olive Tilford Dargan waa
bora in Crsysoa County, Kentucky,
the dsnghter of EUshs Francis aad
Rebecca Tilford. She went to the
public schools of the district, la
which her father and mother were
contlnaoasly teachers, until she wss
1 years old. The, with her parcels,
aha moved to the town of Doniphan,
Ma, where she remained for foar
years. At ths ago of 14 she becsme
s teacher la the backwoods of
Arkansas. Whea ahe was 18 years
old her mother died, aad with her
father, who waa aa Invalid, ahe re
turned, to Kentucky. She sooa sfter
obtained a Pea body scholarship,
which took her to the University of
Nashville, Tena. Two years later
she wss graduated from that Inatita
tlan, aasT went back to teaching la
Hlsaoari and alao la Texas. She
spent the year 184 at Radcliffe Col
lege, Cambridge, Mass, In the stedy
of English aad philosophy. After
leaving college shs taught nt the
Acadia Seminary at Wolfville, Nova
Scotia, aad later worked as a steno
grapher In Bestoa until her marriage
to Pegram Dargan, of South Caro
lina, whom she had met as a atudeat
St Harvard while ahe waa at Hat
ch ft a. The literary work which wen
for her the prise offered by the New
York Southern Society is n volume
of son acta. The Cycle's Kim." which
la published by Charles Scribner's
Sean. Her other publications are
"Sesnlrasnuf aad Other Plays," "Lords
sad Lovers, aad Other Dreams,"
"The Mortal Coda," aad "The Path
r lamer sad Other Verses." She haa
ale heea a free, neat eontribator to
tho asagssiaes. Her home is at
Alavaad, N. C
FRENCH CABINET
TO CONDUCT WAR
E ZEAL
Conquest That Justice May
Prevail Keynote of Ministe
rial Declaration
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE BY
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
Declaration Says All Civilized
Nations Are Engaged id
Same Battle Against The
Modern Development of An
cient Barbarity; For Solid
arity Among The Allies
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Nov. 20. The Chamber of
Deputies this eveaing gave a vote of
confidence to M. Clemencesu, the new
Premier, 418 to 63.
The Premier read to the Chamber of
Deputies today the ministerial declara
tion which had been decided upon by
the new cabinet. In the Senate the
document was read by Louis Nail, ths
Minister of Justice. The declaration
was as follows:
"We have accepted places in the gov
ernment in order to conduct the war
with redoubled effort for the better ap
plication of all our energies. Ws com
(Continued oa Psge Six.)
HURL RED PEPPER IN
SUPERINTENDENTS FACE
Bandits Then Hold Up Clerks
and Escape in Automobile
With Nearly $10,000
Clsrelaad, Ohio, Nov. 10. Hurling
red pepper into tho eye of the factory
superintendent guarding the pay roll,
three armed bandits this evening held
up two pay elerk at the Vaa Dora Iroa
Work Company, aad escaped ia aa au
tomobile with between $9,000 aad
10,000.
County Detective Baccy, of Ashtabula
county, tonight notified the Cleveland
police department, that two men -were
seen aad recognized speeding through
Ashtabula county eastward. Authorities
aleng the route tho bandit ear is sup
posed to have taken were notified to be
oa tho lookout for tho men.
DISCUSSED MATTER OPW , - -
. - - EXPORTS TO NORWAY
Washington, Now. tO. Dr. rredtjof
Nausea, bead of the Norwegian eco
nomic mission to the United States,
called at the Whit House today and
wss understood to have discussed with
President Wilson condition la Norway
aad ths matter of export to that eoua
try from America." "" -
IV TH
MO
AMERICAN
BRITISH
WAR
CONFER
Initial Meeting, To Discuss
Plans For Coordinating Ef
forts To Win War
ITALIANS TENACIOUSLY
HOLDING BACK ENEMY
Four Times Attacks Against
Monte Tomha Have Been
Repulsed By The Italians.
Haig Delivers Series of At
tacks Against Germans in
Region Near St Quentin
(By the Associated Press.)
The American mission headed by
CoL Edward M. House, which recently
arrived ia England for the purpose
of discussing and co-ordinating ef
forts to win the war, has hsd It ini
tial meeting with the British war coun
cil and its right-hand men.
Details of-ths conference naturally,
have been kept secret, but announce
ment I made that little formality at
tended it and that satisfactory prog
ress marked The difcusiiohi. The fir
reaching scope of the conference i
indicated by the attendance upon the
meeting of joint representatives of
the army, navy, the food controllers,
shipping boards, the treasuries and the
war trade boards.
David Lloyd George, the British
Premier, opened the session with aa
addreas and the conference lasted aa
hour and a half, during which freq
uent recourse wss had to a mass of
statistics and oflicial documents. CoL
(Continued on Page Tea.)
SERIOUS RIOTING IN
BERLIN LAST SUNDAY
Military and Police Called
Upon To Oppose Socialist
Demonstrations '
(Br the Associated Press.)
London, Nov. 80. Serious rioting
took place ia Berlin bat Bundsy, ac
cording to dispatches received by the
Wireless Press and the Exchange Tele
gram Company from Amsterdam.
The mesas re to the Exchange Tele
gram Company says that ths fighting
between the mob and the police was
very fierce and that there wa a heavy
casualty list as the police used tneir
fire arms.
The Wireless Press ssys ths military
and police were called upon to oppose
the progress of ths independent social
ist demonstrations. In the riotous
scenes which followed the police were
forced to fire with their rifles aad re
volvers dnd the organizers of tho meet
ing responded with lire arms and knives.
The German press, ths dispatches ssy,
hare been forbidden to publish details
of the affray. No newspspers havo ar
rived ia Amsterdam from Berlin.
FIVE SURVIVORS OF
THE ROCHESTER IN PORT
Seven Other Men in Boat Died
Before Landing In
Ireland
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Nov. 20. The missing boat
from the American steamship Rochester,
which was lent to tho bottom by a Ger
man submarine, November 2, haa just
landed at a port la Ireland, the British
admiralty announced today. The boat
contained fivs men, the only survivors
from the original boat's erew of twelve.
The admiralty announcement says
the Rochester wa torpedoed without
warning by a German submarine, being
truck abreast the number S hatch and
that the explosion destroyed a boat,
demolished the wireless room aad dis
abled, tho main engine.
Tho second assistant engineer wss
killed, and the ship went down in five
minutes.
Tho boat which has just reached Ire
land originally contained twelve men.
It was commanded by the first officer.
Two men died of exposure and one be
came ineiae aad jumped overboard.
Just before they reached the coast four
others died. The hands and feet of
the four other were badly swollen and
Immediate medical treatment was necessary.
TO ROUND-UP I. W. WJS
IN KANSAS OIL FIELDS
,
Federal Agents Made More
Than S0rArrests in Butler
County Yesterday
(By the Associated Press)
Kansas City, Mo, Nov. 20. A round
up of T. W. W.n ia ths oil fields of
Kansas is to be made Immediately Fred
Boekersoa, district attorney for Kansas,
announced late today. - More than fifty
alleged L W. W.'s wero arrested ia the
Butler county oil fields today it was
aaaoubeed."
The arrest today wero mads by state
aad Federal agents.'
The purpose of tho raids is to rid ths
oil field of undesirables. Federal, of
ficer say, and each man arrested will
bo examined as to whether (ho has
registered for army service.
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PUT A LAUGH IN
SAMMY'S
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lSr' ri.'H :..., ''s, I
- A laugh provoker with every box.
That's what hundreds of Culifornia girls put into their Christmas gift pack
ares sent to the Bammies at the front line in 1'rauue.
The boxes contained smokes, eandirs,
the personal touch of the donor. Each box also carries a smile surprise.
This girl's package had a powder puff with the legend, Iun't let the French
maids see vou with a shinv nose."
"Keen the bovs smiling and inking." was the California girls' idea, "aad
youll keep them fit a the world's finest
Russia Ready To
Make Separate Peace
(By the Associated Press)
London, Nov. 20. A Copenhagen dispatch to the Ex
change Telegraph Company says: "The National Tidende's
Berlin correspondent learns indirectly that the new Russian
government has officially declared it has left the ranks of
the belligerents and is ready to conclude a separate peace."
Stockholm, Nov. 20. The Afton Tidningen claims to
have learned through diplomatic channels that Russia will
shortly withdraw from official participation in the war.
LABOR REAFFIRMS
LOYALTY WITHOUT
DISSENTING VOTE
Will Stand Behind National
Administration Till Peace
Comes
SILENCE MAINTAINED
BY PACIFIST ELEMENT
Approve Course of Gompers in
Calling Conference of Na
tional and International Of
ficers in Washington March
12; Pacifists Unaware Reso
lution Was To Come Up
(By The Associated Press.)
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 20. Without s
dissenting vote, the American Feder
ation of Labor today reaffirmed its un
swerving loyalty to the country and a
determination to stand behind the na
tional administration until peace comes.
The pacifist element, which yesterday
mustered a small minority against Pres
ident Oomperr1 attitude in support of
tho war, was silent. , f
Ths resolution containing the deelara
tioa waa reported favorably by the reso
lutions committee. The course pursued
by President Gompers in calling a con
ference of the national and ' interna
tional officers of the? Federation at
Washington oa March 12 was approved
and all hi subsequent actions and
those of tho executive council with ref -art
I cs to "th war wer concurred 1b.
The pacifists declared that they were
unaware that ths resolution, waa to come
ap today. . They made no move for a
reconsideration, however, and it was
pointed out that while their fight yes
terday was based on a vote of confi
dence in President Gompers today's res
olution called for S declaration : on Ji
(Coatiaaed aa Pago Tea.)
EVERY
aiRISTCIAS BOX
preserved fruits and articles bearing
soldiers."
MILL'S DENIAL
OF REQUISITION
Governor Cornwall Makes Pub
lic Letter To Massachusetts
Executive
CONSIDERED REFLECTION
UPON WEST VIRGINIA
Had Previously Written Per
sonal letter Guaranteeing
No Harm To Johnson; Re
port of Representative Who
Visited State To Investigate
Situation For Gov. McCall
(By The Associated Press.)
Charleston, Nov. 20. Characterizing
the refusal of Governor McCall of Mass
schufcetts to honor his requisition for
the return to West Virginia for trial
of John Johnson, a negro charged with
attacking a white girl in this eity, 0
constituting a reflection upon, the Btate
of West Virginia and showing s de
plorable lack of knowledge of the Btate
and its people, Ooveraor Cornwell late
todsy made public a letter which he had
written to the Massachusetts executive.
Previous to receiving Governor M,eCalTs
letter declining to honor the requisition
Governor Cornwell had written to the
Massachusetts Governor a personal let
ter guaranteeing that no haara should
come to Johnson and declarrng "there
is absolutely no danger of Johnson's
(Can tinned ea Page nWroa.)
. Meet Next Ia BalUsaoco.
!. S (By Ths Associated Press.) .
; Washington, Nov. 80. Baltimore waa
srketed today as tho 1918 'eonvealiiha
eity of the Southern Commercial Con
gress by the executive officers ia session
here & Davie Warfleld wa mad
chairman of the general Baltimore som
mittee to arrange for the mooting, which
will be held front December I to 12.
SHARPLY
MAYOR SAYS
TAKE CARE
He Finds Out Where Cap. Ashe dm
Buy Wood But Doesn't Say Wheth- c:
er City Will Buy Any Or Not J
ru A PTFD III SWti
a ins
It is sufsrested by Mayor Johnson that the third chapter la
the book of wood troubles be devoted to the fact that Ca.pt.
S. A. Ashe has been informed where he can purchase all the,
wood he needs.
"Well, will the city buy any of that wood, Mr. Mayor?" the
reporter asked, somewhat with a feeling" of awe. -V; r
"The city will take care of the wood situation," thundered
the official head of the city. ., 1JW. '
"Well, will you indicate WHEN?" he was asked.
"1 will not ; that ia all 1 care to say." " -"V
The Mayor did repeat one of his former counter questions:
"Why don't the wood fellows buy up the wood instead of ask
ing the city to do it?"
The answer to this question, as it has repeatedly been made,
is that the mass of citizens LOOK TO ITS GOVERNMENT FOR
PROTECTION in case of an impending calamity, and not to
private business. 4
ABOUT CAPTAIN ASHE. ""'!
It seems, according to information from the. Mayor and one
of the coal and wood firms, that Captain Ashe was called early
yesterday morning: and notified that he could buy all the wood
he wanted just outside the city limits. Therefore, that state
ment of the Mayor's once and for all SETTLES THE QUES
TION of the city's inability to get wood. ;
Captain Ashe's inquiry about wood day before yesterday
was made to Messrs. Johnson & Johnson. ,t;
SOME MORE ABOUT THE TEAMS. ; '
Johnson & Johnson have offered to let the city have their
teams at a lower rental than is customarily charged in the city;
Powell & Ppwell, Mr. R. II Merritt said yesterday, cannot
agree to rent the city any teams on account of the fact that they
do not know howmuch they will need the teams they have. .
Not only does the Mayor know where plento of wood can
be secured, but it is stated with authority that almost any
amount of wood can be bought within two to four miles of the
city at 11.00 per cord on the stump, and possibly cheaper. '
Another source of supply, itia also stated, is from any
number of acres of timbered land ff which the wood can be
had f ortlearinr the greuBd.Here tlteaborifoblemwould
be greater than in the-ethor Instance. '--'
A PICTURE OF THE WOOD, MATfBE!
Since "the city will take care of the wood situation," The
News and Observer entertains much hope of being able to
publish, in the very near future, a picture of several hundred
cords of emergency wood, safely piled on municipal ground,
wisely held for some bitter cold spell and then by an exercise
of judgment and authority that might reasonably be expected
of city officialdom, distributed as circumstances warrant among
a citizenship that deserves protection.
STOP SUPPLY SHIPMENTS
TO RUSSIA FOR PRESENT
American Government to Hold
Shipments Until Informed As
To Who Will Receive Them
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. 20. No shipments
of "supplies will be permitted to go from
the United States to Russia until the
situation in thnt country clears. The
American government, before allowing
ths erport of goods slresdy on the
docks, wants to bnow into whose bands
they will fall oa their arrival.
The cessation of shipments is tem
porary only if a stable government is
formed which the Vnited States can
rreognir. If the Bolshevik! gain con
trol and pursue their program calling
for a peace with Germany, the embargo
will be permanent. A protracted eivil
war a!o would work to keep the em
bargo tight, aa the United States then
would fear that supplies might go to ths
Bolsheviki faction.
The provisional Bumiaa government
wss given credits amounting in all to
$rL.V00.00i. of which $191,000,000 al
ready has beca advanced.
Vueh of this money ha been spent
for siurlie ow awaiting shipment, and
the Bosnians hnvo been gi vessels
for its transport. Shipments will be
held np by denial of bunker eoal to
the ships.
Thomas T. Jones, vice-chairman of
the war trade board, called at the
White House today and eonf erred with
Tresidrnt Wilsoa. No statement ws
forthcoming. bu believed, ths
Bussiaa situation was discussed.
Conditions In Bussia still are nn
W . w The fitata TVnartment to
day had ao additional dispatches from
Ambssradot rraaeta at roxrograa, out
nnoffeial messages coming from
w-.n. vm that General Ksledines.
hetmsa of ths Don Cossacks, who held
the master hand in Kusana tnrongo
dom nation of tho country's eoal aad
h..l annnlv la tha DoB CoSSSck TO-
roa, was an arching with an army oa
Varonea, ZUO miles soma ei ntoseow.
arriving st tho Swedish
fnntier treat Bosnia also reported that
soMieiv were paraaing me rerrograa
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streets, bearing Daaner ushhui
v.'- of all Buss is
aad declaring that tha Bolsheviki re-
rime was more tyraaaieai " "
Nicholas. . -:
rii. .w Afflalal disnateb reaching
tho State Departareat today from Bus
sia aaaoaaeea tnai onn r. mn
bead of the Amerieaa railway commis
sion to Bussia, bad left Petrograd for
Yledivoatoek la eonneetloB with bi
work of rehabilitating tho Bussiaa rail
way system.
CITY WILL
(OITUATIOII
a a-a v aaa ' Z-ltttiJ)
CONCESSIONS MADE BY )
ROADS-BROTHERHOODS
Gives Assurance of No Trans
portation Tie-Up To Hamper. 4
War Program . Jjfj
(By the Associated Press.) 4
Washington, Nov. 20. Concessions,
made by both the railroads aad the
heads of the four brotherhood as a
result of tha present wsgs issue is
taken by officials aa complete sssnrane
that America's warfare against Germany"
will go forward to tha end unhamper
ed by the possibilities of transporta
tion tie ups over wage difficulties.
The offer of the roads to place their
interests in ths hands of ths President
for such decision as hs may deem ass
sssary and of the brotherhoods to me
diate any question af wages. It was
pointed oat today nt the office of tho
board of lfsdlstton and Conciliation,
have not been limited as to time. They
will be effective until peace is won.
Officials believe that such unqualified
adhesion to ths principle of eettliag
disputes through discussion eliminates
whatever ehaace there might be of $
traffic strike du to misunderstandings
and tha coming negotiation eom mean
ing Thursday at the White House when
President Wilson will confer with the
brotherhood representative is looked
upon as likely to make this still mors
esrtala. - -
Affiliated organization which will
meet in Baltimore at tha same tima a
the Southern Commercial Congress in
clude the House ef Southern Governors,
National Association of Commissioner
of Agriculture, Amerieaa iaeociatioa
og Agricultural Organize tioa aad ths
Womaa's Auxiliary of ths Soathsra
Commercial Congress. It also is :
planned to bold a Soathera States ss-.
position ia eonjunetioa with- ths meet-,
ing to exhibit Southern raw material :
and manufactured products.
Managing Director Clarence J. Owens
announced that the theme of tho Baltl
more Congress will bo "World Com
merce After tho World War." J
"In addition to tho eity, State aad'
Federal' officials who will participate,' ,
as said, "iavitatioas aro being extended.
to tho paa-Ameriesa Union, to tho la-:
ternational Iastitut of Agriculture, te,
the legation aad embassies accredited:
to our govsrnmest, and to tho officials,
holding the portfolio of finance aad '
commerce ia the cabinets of tho eons
triea, allied with ths Uaited State ia -the
war." .; --
MUNICIPAL FRANCHISE 1
- F0R-BRJTISII- TTOMEN j
London, Nov. 20s The House of Com.,
on today aaanimeusiy decided to ex
t.rl (k, mnairinal franchise to woman
oa the asms term as they bow bar
the parliamcatary franchise.
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