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s mid Ohm WEATHER Is. I Best ZiverlLzj TtnTTTT V Kala sanea tlr Ttars- 11 liiLCS 1 WW' VOL OX. NO. 2 RALEIGH, N. G, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1919 PRICE: FIVECC;. TV - - ! PRESIDENT YILSON IS EN ROUTE TO ROUE Will Be Guest of King Victor Emmanuel During Stay In Italian Capital WILL VISIT POPE AND ' - METHODIST COLLEGE At T8 CarltaV- Where The Present Will Be Received By TLe Kunicipality Which Will Confer On Him Title of Citizen of Borne, The Prepa ratioi3 Are Particularly Elaborate (By Th Aeitl Tmm.) Paris, Jan. "1. President Wilson to night is cn route to Home where h will" BeTFeli'forKtng Victor Em manuel. Puring lis stay in the Italian capital he will visit the Pope and also the Methodist college and will continue his conference with tho King, Premier Orlando and Baron Sonnmo, the foreign minister. Important results are ex pected from this visit which will b the last to the allied countries before tlKr beginning of the peace conference. Immediately after breakfast this morn ing The President went with Mrs. Wil son and Boar Admiral Cary T. Grayson, his personal physician to the beautiful HL Cloud eoursc under gray but rain ftntuU anil nlnved srolf for an hour. T here wa'iT'a q uTla mlty 1f t r-wr ainner hi T.ne jiurai " Bess was put before the President. lli only departure, from the injunction of Admiral Grayson to devote the dayto complete relaxation and repose came in the afternoon when he received a New Ycar's call from President and Madame Poinrare and Inter viaitei Col. Edward '-. M. House with whom he had a confer ence. Ccyondthisier had no appoint- - mpnts. The conferences in Rome with the Italinn statesmen will, in a sense, be a continuation.' bflhosr held here when King Vitor Emmanuel visited Paris and the lyesidcnt also talked with Pre mier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino. fho results of President Wil sou's conferences with the British Pre mier, David Lloyd Oenrge, and foreign oiinister which has not yet been fully ilifti-lnsed- nrobablv will have an import ant relation to the continuation of the conferences 4 ith the Italian leaders. The working machinery of the Ameri can commission has been thoroughly or ganized duriukj the President s absence in Enelnnd everything is practically ready to begin business when he returns from Italy. There appears no reason for altering the forecast made four week arc thai President Wilson in tend to be back in Washington before tho closing of the American Congress on March 4, orj that if necessary, he will return to France early in the spring to continue his work. There are, however, some indications mui iu President's hope that his return will not bo necessary may ibe realised. g . Rom Mnklna Great Preparations. Born, Tuesday,. Dec. 31. (By The - Associated Frcss.)4Preparations for the reception etf President Wilson in Borne are beinc curried oit actively, night md " day. The Via National is beflfigged its -' whole lenph from tho railroad station ,,. tn the (J-iirir.al, bunting flyitlg from flagiifcitflit am mounted by gtmea imager, of -'Victory." t At tin ciiP'tal,-where the President will be iec?.ved bfl the municipality vlu'li wit cr.aftr on him tlc-jitio ot "Citisen of Borne,' tile preparation arc partiedlorly elaborate. The paeioiu hulls of the capital arte beingung with .!' priceless tneient tapestries and.jfjP'-or- atej with (lowers and plants. All the shops are allowing the American colors and in their windo'tv arc portraits n' President Wilson. The newspapers to day print euts of President Wilson una1 also portraits of Washington d Lin ' coin. Theso cut ser e as illustrutior.s for long biographical' articles in which President Wilson' role in the war ifc dwelt upon. In the square at the station where the President will arriiro'the flagstaff boar shields with the arms of redeemed Italian towns uponT them, including those of Flume and Hpfctato, Shortly after arriving at the Qnirirnl, OkS residence of the King, President Viison, Mr. Wilson and Mis Margaret Wilson will call on Dowager Queen Margherit. In the evening there will be an off.clil dinner kt the Unirinal with an exchange ft toilsta between the Kn'f nd tb ..Fretirieaf ; IsJer an' illo.ninslfd parchment le atowire; th freedrrn. ijf the f ity. will . b jri-eu ln jrcsianntl whiio tho mu nicipiitity will rrrsett Mrs. Wilson with an aHist'e gold wolf, the emblem of Bonis. . During tho Mremony Prince Colonna will have with him tho mayors ' of Trent, Trieet, Gorikia, Fhime and j Aara, Ou Saturday Presidijnt Wilson will visit tle.Pathenn and will place wreaths on the totnbs of Kiug Victor Emmanual I and King Hubert. He will then at tend a special moting of the Lyceum Academy, ihe oldest nktional acientifie institution, which will Jg'ite him honor ary membership.' The President will kave luni-heon at the American, Em basxy with Ambasador Page, aftor which he will visit Pope Benedict at the Vatican. Mrs. Wilson and Miss Wilson will be received by the' Pope immediately after the President. Saturday evening the President will attend a dinner given by the Dowager Queen Margherita, after which he will attend a reception to representatives of protests nt organizatoins at the , American Church. The same night he ' ConUnned frost Pag OacJ VESSEL.WTH 2.480 ir V Relatives Need Hav For Safety of , The Captv res BREECHES BUUYS RIGGED FOR EMERGENCY Thirteen Destroyers and Naval Tugi Are Standing By To Assist If Necessary New York, Jan. 1. Relatives of men aboard the t'nited States transport Northern Pacific, aground on a aand bar off Fire Island, need have no fear for their safety, according to a wireless aieffsago from Copt. Connelly, ; fom- mandingi received tonight by the As sociated Press. -y- ."Northern Pscifle in no danger," said Captain Connelly's message. ''Relatives of soldiers and crew oeed have bo fear for- their safety.- The- soldiers in.. all probability wilVbe landed tomorrow or whenever winds shift to northward of west." Tie naval authorities " are taking every jirecautTon, however fd'TfiiiWnfhl! lives of the 2,440 soldiers aboard the transport, nearly 1,710 of whom are sick or wounded. A breaches buoy has been rigged from the shore to the ves sel, ready for use at any time if it is deemed best to risk further injury to the stretcher cases by removing them from the craft, while thirteen destroy ers and naval tugs are standing by to lend assistance In emergency; The transport, which struck the aand bar in a heavy fog at 3:30 o'clock this morning, was resting more easily to night and was approaching an Yveor keel although she had listed heavily earlier in tho day, making progress difficult about her slippery desks, over whicn high seas were washing. Khe was a Cbnsiderable I'utancc off iduirausrhcsia went aground but now has been drivon tc within less than 300 yards of the beach. Tho wind was still blowing from the southwest tonight but had somewhat abated, although the sea continued rough and there was a heavy fog on ihore. Mariners predicted, however, that the -wind-would--hift-ia -the- north, west before morning making conditions fnvornble for transferring the troops to a destroyer. If this is done the men will be brought direct to New York. The Oak Island eoast guard crew went alongside in a small boat this af ternoon after two attempts to firea line across the trnasport a bow nad proved unsuccessful. From the line which the coast guards carried with '.hem, the breeches buoy was rigged Unless the danger increases, however, tho buoy will not bo put to use, but should the soldiers be landed on Fire lla'ndr a fleet of small craft will be, utilized to transfer them to Bay Share, whero'the' navar nir station has been 'urned into a huge emergency hospital with medical and food supplies riinhc' from New Yorkby the Bed Crow. A i rr;o number of ambulances are asee.n l'rd thero ready to transfer the sick and wounded from the boat to the hoa pital. When he returned aftem taking the life line aboard, tho captain of the ast guurd crew reported that the f-anaport had listed to such an extent ijhii.t it W!s difficult-for him to keep his footing cn the decks. Notwithstnnd i'iT.this fact, he sa'd, soldiers who were nVo'to be about, lined the ail, ihcer- i'.tt lust'.lv any sittrmpt to aid them. i'nakinj through the fog which to Vlht slirmided the northern Paciflc t.er the lights of destroyers and tugs. vl.ile.on the shore burned grcaj flares. '.irMcd by coast gunrds. These guards ntod watch, prepared to put out in (Contlnned . Psge Twy 3,000 woreoCdTers LAND AT NEWPORT NEWS Overseas Men Given Ovr.tion By Crowds ; All Sorts of War . Trophies in Hvidence (Br Th AMwtti! ) Newport News, Va., Jan. 1. Three thousand-JUorcLpversens soldiers landed '.ns.-ied ieii in two just in time tc landed here in two days, jus tin time to celebrate the New Year. The men to day came on the. transport Prinets Mr. toika, and besides 1,000 wounded, in elude Major General Charles T. Mennher and his staff;, 13 casual oflieers; the 8e' ond and ThiM battalions; 4:ird rlegi ment Coast Artillery, 141st Machine Gnn Company; 39th Division Cadre, and headquarters of (he 30h Brigade, Coast, Artillery. The wounded, as they were taken to 'the Camp Stuart Hospital in long lines of ambulances, and the well men as they marched through the street to Camp Hill, were given a eon tinnoua ovation by the big holiday crowds. All sorts of trophies of war were in evidence. A number of the men even were leading dogs that in' appear ance might have been old eampaignev and. sme of which were picked up on battlefields. The transport Antigone is due tomorrow with another list of about 3,000 troops, which include a Inrgc- num ber of wounded, parts of the 52nd Begi ment, Coast Artillery ; 402nd Casual Company and a number of men from the 76th (New England) Division. These last named will be sent to Camp Da vena. Mass, within, the next few daja. mi np! ARPm uuluilhu. nunu .ar jars LOVETT VOICES HIS 0PP0SITI0NTO U.S. RAIL OWNERSHIP Comcetition in Service and Fa -ilitiss Not Rates Should Be' Preserved, He Says PAYORS EXCLUSIVE FEDERAL CONTROL Against State Begulation; Aside from Industrial Grounds He Expresses Be lief That Government Own ership Would Promote" Po litical Ambitions (Br Th AaaKkrt4 Tnm ) New York, Jan. J.Orpositio to gov rnment ownership of railroads on the ground that, Competition in service and facilities but not in rates should be pre served, was voiced in a statement issued hv Soliert 8. Lovett, when his resigna tion as Director of the Uivision of Capital Exneuditures of the Kailroad Administration became effective tday, After asserting that "there is nothing so essential- teethe financial peace and the commercial industrial "welfare to this country as a definite' governmental railroad policy Mr. Loyett declared that the necessity for exclusive national control, as against State regulation was not too obvious for discussion ana mat "tho only debatable question is whether such control shall be through govern ment ownership or by exclusive rederal swntoUa,,.(rKlef.!Uil ' 1 believe in thorough regulation ry the national government of all eompett tion in serisjce and facilities, with power to rheck it where it amounts to an evil, he said. ''I should permit consolidations subject to government approval where the pnblie benefit would plainly be pro moted, particularly in the absorption of financially weak lines of minor import ance where, by so doing the communities dependent thereon could be better served. But I would steadily preserve competition between the large systems and pursue a policy of widening the competitive, areas between such rg Systems wherever practicable. , Sca Political Meaare., . . In giving his reasons for opposing government ownership, Mr. Lovett. as serted that fcif we carefully analyse the relative merits of efficiency from umn cation and the advantage from rompe tition in service facilities I believe w will find that thelatter will be very much better as a national pulicr." He added that he also objected to govern meat owner 4tip Wauso the opportunity It would offer ''for promoting political ambition would be a p&rpe'tual national scandat and expose the government to serious financial burdens. ' -..Expressing tho fear that "the railroad 'pork barrel' would in time nuke the other pork barrels appear msignifl cant in comparison, Mr. Lovett said: Lvery politician would be almost compelled to exert any political infli enee possessed by him to provide places for his supporters a improvements and facilities or rate adjustment ue sired by them. . Mr. Lovett also declared that there are other objections to government cunership, such as the political power of the employes to organize and eon trol the railroads. ' Consideration of nny solurion of the aioad problem' Involves the fnntta f.wfcil question of whether there shr.ll i- shall not rc competition, . Mr, iovit. Rate Competition t'nwlse, He'Svys. - " "All will agree, I lie!ii-vc that cfttf Tc7 tition In railroad rn'es U tinwlpr and practically impossible. Cnmpetit'on in rates can not exist without relotes, scre. rate and other kindred evils, tilt hake it intelera'r'e. Pot crnpeti tion in servic itd facilitiet always existed until the beginning of federal control and has tecl'.y beea responsible for the great advuGro in tho quality of railroad, service in this country, par ticularly in recltit years. Its climi lion would menn comparative stagna: tion. a - ' , , ' .' ""Much Is said of the mste of raHrond crmperi tion." r Nesrly everything t hus characterir.ed if for tbe Wnefit' the public. . Tndoubedl 1here is - some actual waste, hut he airnort of expense saved by uniticiUoi n no relatively C great item. .MsrvoTer, 1 have no doubt that the rifid economies enforced bjkeen 'supervision cf details under private management is afrninst the lax habits inherent in public management and tho greater freedom and evtravn gance, in method of sp'nding govern ment money would much more than off' set every year any possible snving from the eliminntion of expenses iucident to competition.. . "Whst seems to me also a wrio'U) ol jection to government ownershiiris the Very large financial undertaking that would be involved. On December 31 1910, the outstanding total capitalize tion of all ,th railroads in the I'nitc, 8tate amounted to $Uri,fi),'Ui0,V)l. Of course it would not b necessary for the government to provide the entire, amount , of this outre investment once, if the government should he .wil ling to acquire the ftroP'rty subject to .existing mortgage,- but this would tin doubtedly add enormously to the vnlt oi rne ponus ouisranamg, since Imynn subject to the mortgages, the bonds would in effect be guaranteed by the government. ; Gkbhevlsai I f Grsaa Origin. I liolshevism something peculiarly Russian,' or do it seeds exist ia ail countries! Ia origin, of course, it is Uermaaie. The " dictatorship of th proletarat, or the alaolute control of political ower by the working clases, is simply uerman, Socialnm. The hatred of the "bourgeoisie,' which most regard now as peuliarly Bnssian. i also part of Xtht .Marxian taeorj. I S. LOST ABOUT $150,000,000 irri8 Will Take Six Months More of Increased Freight Rates For Government To Catch Up DOES NOT INCLUDE BIG SUMS LOANED RAILROADS For .The Sailroads The Past Tear Broke All Records For Revenues and Expenses; In creased Wages Responsible Largely Tor Increase in Operating Expenses Washington, D". l.Tlie govern ment' loss in operating the railroads in 1918 is calculated by railroad ad ministration officials at less than 1150,- 000,000. This represents the difference between the aggregate amount the gov ernment will be compelled to pay rail road companies as rental for the. use ot their properties-!the, so-called "guar anteed return and the' net income which the government will receive from the railroads. It will tak ix months more of re-' (eipts from the. Increased freight rate1 to permit the government to recoup it losses, officials believe. If Congress does not approve tho urooosed five- year extension of Federal e.ohtfol.and as a consequence President Wilson car ries out his announced intention of re turning the roads to private7 manage- maLaXan,rtW loss win not he made up. This deficit does notinclude the big sems between 1150,000,000 and $200,. 000,000 which hav been loaned the railroads to help tfiem pay for th extensive program of improvements and purchase of.aew car and locomotives. These loan will be repaid eventually. The government' loss csn not be stated exactly -until tho compensation of each road is finally determined, and until the Interstate! Commerce Commis sion compile . figure on earnings and expenses for November and December, Officials believe, however, that the ag gregate government compensation for all road will be about 150,000,000 and that th let income from railroad pcfution, incited to tnc f-evrrnrsonl will be a little more than fSOO.OOO.OOO. For the ten months up to November 1, the government net income from the railroads, as reported by the interstate commerce commission, .was 1603,000,. 000. Operating revenue for the -entire year, officials calculate - probably amounted to 4,800,1 00,000, mora than ever before in railroad history, tand operating expenses probably ran up to 3,8Q0,9fH),00O, This left a billion dol- lars of net revenue, which was cut down more than 2flO,000,000, by reductions for ordinary taxes, rentals for equip ment not owned by railroad companies, and oilier incidental losses. War Taxes and Corporals Affair. War taxes and expenses tit maintain ing -financial nud other corporate offices including salaries of oflieers not act ually employed in physically operating the railways, must bo paid by the rail road companies out of the t!)50,IXK),000 which the government guaranteed them. Far. the railroads, ll was a year which broke all records of revenues and expenses. Altlimfh receipts were near ly JO per ct gTa'er expenses were even. more. Jt took f.0 per cont of the operating revenues to pay operating tx pense, although only, 70 per cent was taken for this purpose in 1917. .Oper ating expenses, which with estimated figures for the pant two months, amounte-d to :i,800,001J,000, were a bil lion dollars mora than in 1917. In creased wages are estimated variously to have lieen responsible for between fv0,0;O,00 and IfSOO.OOO.OOO of thil billion. -In ihe ten . months ending Novem bcr 1-, for which the Interstato -Commerce Cbmmssion has compiled ..defi nite reports, -receipts from freight, pas senger and other revenue sources were 4,O;i2,0OO,000, or a littlo less than the 4,041,000,000 revetiiier'for tho entire vear oi il'W. in I e ten monms rj, 818,000,000 came from freight and t85,- 000,000 from passenger traflic. Operating- expense for the ten month-amounted to $147,000,000, or about $400,000,000 more than the $: 852,000,000 expenses for the entire year of 1917. Bo-called transportation' ex- (Continued on I'sge Two.) 270 aisifi YACHOIEO Englishmen Were On New Year s Holiday Leave; ves : sel Struck Rock -london, Jan. 1 TwI hundred und seventy sailors were' drowned today as khe result of the loss of tho Iiritish steam yacht loluiro off Btornoway, Beotland. The yacht had threaandred sailors on bonrd. They were on New Year's holiday leave. The vessel struck on the dangerou rocks known a the Beats of Helm," near Ktornowiy "har lor and only abont thirty of them were saved. Many .of these were terribly in jured in their efforts to reach the shore. . All the oflieers and crew of the Iolaire were lost. Tie Iolaire was a vessel of 362 tons. Bh was hui't in 1003 nd before the war belong, d .to the.estal f th lat Sir Donald Carria. ' I I RAIL OPERATION r B0LSHEVM HOLD U. S. CONSUL Tredwell, American consul in Fetro- grad, before the Iiolsheviki came into power, is now a prisoner of the Keus t Tashkent,, one of the Isolated districts in Turkestan, held ty too itolshcviki forces. Me left Petrograd in April", seeking a way out. of Russia by the southeastern route. Tredwell is native of Brooklyn, N. l ., but was in business for a time in Blooinington. Ind. He has been in the consular ser vice ince 1910, serving in Japan, Eng laud nad Tokio, London; Dreden, Bris tol. Leghorn, Turin, Rome fnd Fetro- grad. The state department is work- Ing for hi relese. TO KEEP HAW FIT AND ON ITS TOES To Be Two Great Fleets, One , On Pacific, Other On ; Atlantic - WAR GAMES PLANNED v FOR NEXT SUMMER Secretary of The Navy Daniels Explains Plans To House Naval Committee - Washington Jan. J. To keep - th navy Bt and on its toes," two great fleets, oner based on the Pacific coast and tbe other on tho Atlantic coast, will be established by next summer with war games and joint maneuvers is part of a regular program of training, Secretary Daniels, in explaining his plan to the House naval committee tor day said that after every war there is a tendency for tho navy to retrograde and that tho fleet division has been de termined upon to prevent any slump, The plan, he said, had received the "en thusiastie endorsement" of Admiral Win. 8. Benson, chief of operation who is now in Kurope with the peace dele gation. An admiral , who can,, stay long enough to stir up abmition," will b placed in command of each fleet, Mr, Daniels said, and all officers will lie kept on their ship for two years. In effect, tho Secretary added, there, ' be a -wsr between the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, 'which will so stimulate the keenness that it will make the men feel Ihey are in actual war." Mr. Dauiels did not indicate to th committee how many ship will 1m in each fleet, ft, is assumed, however hii there will be an equal distribution the capital ships, most of which here tofore have been kept on the Atliniif coast. During joint maneuver, th combined fleet will visit each roast so as to give the people on the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards an opportunity to see the full naval force. Mr. Daniel also told the committee that during peace time the submarine haics at Kan Diego, California, Key V.'est, Fla., and New London, Conn r.vii the air defense station at Kan Ditg;1 and Pensaeola, Fla, will be re- trr.reA The principal training stations for . v.w.men in the east will be (:liii, Hampton Bonds and Newport It. I : " ". r-..-- Fi-rr'tary Daniels and Admiral Ben (on '."i to visit the Paci'fle coast next uniri.' to study conditions there wit a . i'J.V!..J.'... reehmmeiidlnf extension of navy vnHi, rhilo otJier ofliciaU will x'j.'.t i-."'.frii ,y?rds for the same pur- j.onc. .. In t'.-t- eMinoction, the Secre tri'y ;. p-.ire.nJed that , Congress wait iietu iff. ji'Xt scsion before providin fun rt. o- tiijt'.onr. to the yards as the pfenen-'. T-t-i"i. can care foe both fleet for tone j, x,". IVr-t'C f 'AVAf, V. M. C. A. AT IJAWITUN ROADS BASE Non'olli, Va.'. 'Jr.',. 1. John D. Rocke- -fcriler. Jr., afomT'iir.'cd by his tlaugh ler, .v ;. A. it v it cM'if;iier, toilay m Mieeted" t ' I ; Jr '. ':. ''. A. today at, the Hjnn.!i.,RA! tir-val huso, dined with ealistel rr.es TC ' ' witnessed th New Vt-ni'V. uay tJ.i.'tic - and musical program, furiug t' afternoon he vUiPri'. ;h- i WRi ! . M. (',. A. in Nor- f:k,- - .M.."V.b-Ur is on a tour of t 'i? r-V.;i-." ft vryj and naval rampaf in r-fi. ft.." i,yu jmng r. si. c, af-r.'-;, J,j Vu i..y "for Richmond to night. M; Ethel MrBride, tf Williamsport Pa., ii( visiting her sister Mrs. C. M. Braddock;, U Boylaa IleighU. v . .. ,v- -v-.r". , ' -. V ..' ' R EUEF DETiUUID If! LlllhUI FRANCE IS HEAVIER Tl Work Must Not Only Include Food and Clothing But Hous ing in Considerable Area . GERMAN INVADERS DEVASTATED COUNTRY Railroads Rendered Almost Hopeless of Reconstruction Tor Many Months and The Coal Mines Have Been De stroyed; Factories Also Ruined By Huns (Br Th AsKKittcd rrM ) Washington, Jan. 1. Relief work be Ing carried on in Northern France by the Cotnmissinu fur Relief in Belgium and the pitiable condition of , tho 000 Inhabitants of that section who es caped tbe German invasion are described in., caljlegram received at the head quarters of Ihe iammiMion here from Herbert C 'Hoover at Paris. Mrr Hoover' message revealed that the work of relief and rehabilitation in France will fall more heavily on the commission than had been expected. The destruction wrought by the German army wa so complete, Mr. Hoover said that the relief work must include nut only food and clothiiig but housing over sSonjsideraM jirea. - - : An calarged nrvanization to handle the situation ia being built up and sup plies kave been obtained from the Quar termaster's Department of the Ameri can army. . Industrial life in the invaded region had been almost completely paralyzed, Mr. Hoover said. Railroads have been rendered almost hopeless of rrronstruc tion for man? months and the coal nines have been destroyed. "The Commission for Belief in Bel giiim," Mr. Hoover's message said, "had hoped to surrender th task of relief of Northern France to tbe Irenrb govern ment immediately upon the Herman re treat. It ba been found impossible, however, for the French government to undertake the food supply of this area for some months to come, and upon the urgent request of that government, the commission bad decided to continue Depend I'poa Ration. "After the four year paral.vsis6f wholesale and retail business with the destrm tien of the principal, tuwna ani shops, these trades have disappeared an tbe people are today dependent upon ration issued directly to them jut a before tho Uerman evacuation. I lit trunsport and trade ran be rehabili tated the present system must go on, for the French distribution is dune by the trades. These arrangements necessitate some reorganization of the relief wor and its entire separation from Belgium 'Twenty members of the Cmumuisioo for Belief ia Belgium who joined the American army as officers have been re leased by tion. Fershijjg to undertake this work. "The population of this area at the moment of ther retreat -w about 1,5ml, (KM), thero being a about ;tifi,(i!)0 refn gees in Blfriuin who aro returning and some 500,(XK refugees In France, all f whom are anxious to return to their native soil. 'Tho destruction of soinc ' tnent principal towns and lilcrnitv hundred of iliagesreii(lcrs, the return of thee refugees a atupendous problem. Kvery effort is being made to restrain then from going back until some systematic provision for shelter can le complete, but tliey cvndc all official urging an the ruuds are a continuous proefsturj of these pitiable bodiea. Thousands o them reach their villages to find every. vest ago of shelter destroyed, and flnall wander into the villuges further hac from the arut battle area, winch are themselves overcrowded to a heart breaking degree. j Volunteers From Navy. ''In-order to remedy this -situation, to soma eitent the commission for rein- in Belgium has olituined the services of one hundred . and fifty volunteers from the American navy, and ia taking over a large amount of sei-.on,t luti'i barrack material from the navy and army. Those barracks are in course of erection adjacent to the destroyed vil lages, under the superintendence of the navy volunteers. , "A large amnulif of boots and shoes and warm clothing has been taken over from the qoarterma.iter's supplies and these are being distributed to the im ple. The French government U en deavoring to "obtain ome cattle from Switzerland and horses from the va-. rious armies, which together' with the meagre supply of agricultural imple ments may enable tho population to get in some -portion of next year's crops in such of these areas i"are got too badly destroyed by battle. .. ' ''The entire industrial life-of the rS-gluii" has been destroyed Jy the ier mniis. Tliro is scarcely a single fac tory that can be operated without a very large porlion of new equipment. The coiil rnmcu are t'ltally. "destroyed .and the nt'vvo.-k of railway in thi region has been rendered almost hope leas of reconstruction for many months. ''The relief is based upon the allow ance of food to the values of about thirty-five 'cents per day to the desti tute, those having any resources or em ployment being required to pay. The whole extent of destitution is not yet known but appears to, be fully sixty per cent of the people." AN ANTICIPATED Jliss May Belle Manning of Balti more, Is .visiting Mrs., C. AI. BraJJwk ia Bo'Ua ilcifhU. . ' ' ''. : - . . nUATIflM Pill ni in 11 UlVLlt IU RANKING OFFICERS OF RETURNED FLEE! Brilliant New Year Reccr'J: Given at The Home cf Sec retary and Mrs. Daniels SEES BETTER WORLD AND LARGER OPPORTUNITIES Thought Expressed ia Secre tary of Navy's New Year's Greetings; Washington Star Editorially Supports Secre tary Daniels' Projran Per Largest Nary Ncw.1 and Observer Bareaa, 4tX Pistrict National ilaok Buildisj. By S. R. W1NTEKS. (By 8pecil Ix-aj-rd Wire.) . Washington, Jan. I. Overshadow rri' in brilliancy end retting aav soci. I event ,nf the New Year Dcy aad riva)- ing any restiv.ty nf the old vear in official Washington, the reception at the himie of the Srcretarr of the Navy and Mr-t iann-U wan the on oVjrctive IHiini oi naval ana military omciaJs to day. The ovation tendered th admirt' and ranking officers of the Amerkan fleet, which reventlr triaaphaatly re turned to Amerirai waters, wa given at the 'hosiptable home of Sccretary and .Mrs. Iauiel o.i Wyotuirg avesue. The ei cat was sameih.cg asore sic- nificant than a mere social, perfunctory gathering. It u symUilie uf the team work and splendid spirit, aerially as-! or the navy and the ranking officers. It is pertinent to refer to the aaaua! report, of the frVeretary f the Javy, notably: ''Teamwork haa Iwi the navy' slo gan fur five years, and it perfect oper at ion has given proof of the wisdom o; the insistence Ua the whole onmn iaatioa working ia bannoay and with i common spirit. Thoroughly ial net with this principle- ia time of peace the navy, daring tho great war, h' given a shining drmoastration of it Tapactty-fur tao UaaasKKk aa ewa'. to victory. . 'Swing bark la tie paat, wo ft J ' apparently there have beea fcn-.e v-1 , a riccretary of tho Navy seemed to 6 a friction and lack of co-opera: loa amun the officers aroaad him. If that spin ever existed ia the Vaitcd 8.atra Nav I" can state with eoandeaee and pn J that there ts now no veotig of it, aa I firmly lielieve, from aay experience not only during the last year but dur ing the five years preceding, will neve KtUM.! ... ... .' , The reception t the datinguistie. naval otliriala hero today, between th hours of 3 and 0 o'clock, was an ap preciative welcome of the retaining offi cers of the "incomparable navy. Th officers of the fleet and their wive in wited to I guests and to assist in th receiving line were: Admiral and Mr. II. T. May, Ken Admiral aad Mwtf Hugh Rodmaa, Kea Admiral T. K Rigers and hi atei Mrs. l-wi Neitsoa; Capt. aad M" Iuis M.'Nulton, Captain and Mrs. .Vk tor Blue, Captain Mootgomery M. Tv lor and his mother, Captnia and Mrs. I H. de Steiguer. Captain and Mrs. Job H. Ilavtun, Captain F L. Beach nd fei sister," Mrs. T. F. rjrhneider; Captai and Mrs. Witlinm V. Cole, Captain an Mr harlea B.. McVay CapUin aa Mr. Barley H- Christy, Captain an Mrs. Frederick B. Bawtl, Captain an Mrj. O. P." Jacksow aad Captain, an Mrs. L. C. Palmer. .Miss Miry Clevra rHmirl, of Gol,! bovo, was among the North Carolinian in the distinguished company. Mr llaglcy, mother of Mrs. lannla, a Mis i-thel and M?a Cora Bagley, -istcd in receivmg the guests. Ha Faith la World. . "I have the faith that the eoora: which saved" the world from militar conquest will enable us to fashion letter world with larger opportunitH for all men and wws of our own an other MtioasVaertarf Secretary the Navy Ihmirls ia hss New Year gree ings. The New -York Amrrieaa sour! liiaiews, as,.ell as other national lea, ers, and here is what tc said: During the pat few year the ligt! and iha,ls have falk-a u;oa all kerne. In this New Year Iay we find cheer i contrasting the j-c- that bow bVtf the world, with the tcafHy of the dari est period whir a usUercd ia the first 1 1 of t. It i- a peace woa by devotio to high iffcaU aa-1 by the valor of frc men. '-. . .... "We he woa the great war. Ti New Year tbraight is:. "'("aa we win the greater peace T "I have the faith that the emnj which arert ttte world - inm aui.tar conquent- will enbU' ts to fashion a be' ter world with largt-r opportunitiea f All men and woutt-a t: our owa aa other nations. "The fruit of ! war jarico an freeilom will I within the reach of a who begin the New Year with tho cor serrated spirit whtrh ji.a.-ked oar ervie during the war." , " . Star riopparts Navy rrofraai. The-leading editor jl ia the Was? ingtun Star supp.trts the1 program ck-cretary IanifU for t!; largest aav ih the world in this fahiea: 'Said Keereta'y Dan-icl to the Hoa; N'avsl Committee:' "'It is my firm conviction that if if conference at Versailie does aot r suit ia a general "v-r?3ient to put a end to, aaval building s the part t all th aatu.n?. then the 1'aited b:.' most bend 'her will and bend her fi gics, must give her ine aad her WKm? to the task of the ervattoa of inco parably the grva!t aaty ia th wor! ' "it i inconceivable that the tv-. tary of the Navy did sot aseaa y.-. ContUacd, om fact TwwJ A
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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