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RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1919.
VOL.CIX. NO. 3.
PRICE: HVE CENTS
i
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
SEEMS REASONABLY SURE
High British Authority Says
People of Great Britain
Expect Wilson Plan To
Be Carried Out -
SECRETARY BALFOUR HAS
PROCEEDED TO CANNES
He' and LToyd Oeorf e Will Be
Back in -Paris On Presi
dent' Bet urn From Italy;
NEe'al Work of The Confer
ence of AJics.WiH Thea Be
jpin; Informal Conference!
(Will First Be Held Pending
AmvaLbf jJelegatea Repre
senting- Other "Countries
XO .ACCURATE LIST YET OP
BRITISH PEACE DELEGATE.
regarding nriusn eiefae "
pear eofcrrne ana fficlals who
wo Id advise them, which hava ap
peared la some newspapers as beiag
f b stfficUl aar ftare- anaathnr
lied aad laacearauj Tha prime
mlnla'er aad the Imperial war cabi
net, the Araoetated Frew learaa, have
aot yet 'decided oa the cempeaitlea
of tn peace delgeation. I'atil thia
It nettled and the delegate hare met
aa announcement aa to the officiate
who will advise them can be made.
The pahluhcd list of officiate la la
aecarate aad omlta the aamea of
aome men te whom the war cabinet
has entma.ed the study aad preaara
tloa of some of the moat Important
qaeatleaa for the consideration of
the p:aee' conference.
' (Br To AocttH Press.)
Paris, Jan. 2. The Wow is now held
in American oflicinl quarters that the at
Uludo of (he British leaders show such
co-ordimstion with the American view-
point as will facilitate a nimual agree,
meat before the peace congress. After
t hod one of the recent) conferences and
the public demon st rations attending
1 I'reaiik-nt Wilson's visit to Iiondon one
nl tho foremost British statesmen sum--
tird uf. the situation' bjy saytug: :
'I would not think of haying the
' pence congress eloso until it had estab
lished a leu fiic of nations as outlined
be President Wilson, as thf British na
tion his clearly shown that It expects
that to be done."
British Foreign Secretary Balfour af
ter hi conference here, has proceeded
to Can ties, where he will remain until
1h middle of next week. He nnd Pre
mier Lloyd 0 -ortm will be In Paris oa
president Wilson's return from Italy..
Keel Work Begins Next Week.
-It i then that the real work of
ni Inter-allied conference will begin! ITiif
will it be by any formal meeting
around the table at the outset, as eom-
parnttvey few delegates will he in Paris
at that .ime. But the informal confer
ences will be progressively important
from then on. as tha, informal eoa
foreaccs will merge into the peace con
gress without any exact delimitation of
dates. - - -
To Plan Society of Nations. :
Ti 1 understood a special mmittce
will be designated to formulate a plnu
- for a society of nations on which the
French member will probably be 'ton
Bourgeois and the English member Lord
. Robert Cecil. -
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
DEBATED IN SENATE
Washington, Jan. 2. Republican rrit
if of President Wilron and his peace
terms were attacked in the Senate today
by Senator Lewis of Illinois, the IVmo
f ratio whip. Replying to recent ad
dresses of Menator Uxlgo of Masanrhu
setta aad (Senator Knox of Pennsylva
nia, Senator Lewis charged that "cer
tain leadera on the Republic) side
had eonspired for political purposes to
duwredit the President in the eyes of
European negotiators and to defeat his
plans. I i
The Illinois Senator was unable to
conclude his speech today, bat will fin-
t In lomorrow.
Thomas and Cammlaa Todav.
: Benaior Thdtaaa of Colorado, Iemo-
rrat, and Senator Cummins of Iowa,
, Bepublirifh, also expect to discuss peace
. and relaxed questions tomorrow.
"Nothrns- het haa atrenwted but Is
condemned," declared , ptnator liewis,
1 referring to President Wilson j aoth
Ing he has spoken or accomplished has
been praised or indorsed,?.
As to Jspaa and China. '
During debate precipitated hf 'Hena
tor Lewis' speech Senator Borah refer
red to statements of a leading Japa
nese statesman declaring that Japan
would not enter any eague which did
not place the people of that country on
' an equal basis, with those of other
roun tries. Senator Borah said the X'ni-
ted States could hardly agree o inch a
proposition while Chairman Hitchcock
. of the. Renate Foreign Relation Com
mittee declared thia was a domestic aad
not an international question and would
- not come within the scope of the league
' f nations.
Benaior Borah said he believed China
would take the same attitude as Jnpan
on the eltfienrhin question and that i
it did aa ''oriental league"; might, re
nit, bringing about "circumstances
more calculated to brings war than to
prevent it.
.New Secret Service Official. "
Washington. Jan. fc W. K. Allen
has been -..designated acting chief of
the Department of Justice burean of
investigation to succeed A. Bruce Bie-
laski, who resigned to 'enter private
business in New York, Mr. Allen has
assistant chief ef the bureau.
'. Vee
HOW
PRESIDENT WILSON
. I DUE IN ROME TODAY
Crowed Franco-Italian Fron
tier Yesterday, Spent Day
of Rot on Train.
On Board President Wilson's .
Special Train,' Jan. 2. (By
The Associated Press.) The
Franco-Italian frontier was
crossed at-Modane at 10:30
o'clock this morning by Presi
dent Wilson's special train. The
Presidential party was met at
the frontier by American Am
bassador Page, Count Macchi
de Cellere, Italian Ambassador
to the United States, and the
Prince' ofUdine, who 'will ac-
-fcompany the party to Rome.
The Presidential party
caught its first glimpse of the
snow-caDDed peaks of the
while the-train was crawling
slowljpthrough the mountain
passes.r "
President Wilson rested to-
dax.from the continuous round
of activities of his English visit
and is looking forward with
great pleasure 'to his visit to
Rome.
Ff omthe frontier to Rome
the journey of President Wil
son was like a triumphal pro
cession. Mountaineers and' vil-
agers swarmed from the hills
and valleys to the railroad over
. u..v.j i . ,
-t;.V. tVin Pnxnrlont ol Ira n
",v , T I I 1
passed to pay homage to
America.
, At Turin.
Turin, Jan. 2. (By The As
sociated Press.) President
Wilson's special train arrived
here this afternoon. The Presi
dent was met at the Ration by
the Prefect of the Province, the
Mayor, the General command
ing the troops here and other
authorities, f
Although the reception Df
the American executivewas
unofficial the station was dec
orated with the Italian and
American colors, while every
where in'the city the Stars and
Stripes were flown beside the
Italian flag.
The Presidents train left a
short time later amid the en
thusiastic cheers of a crowd
which had gathered to greet
the nation's guest.
Mis Wilson With Father.
Paris. Jan. 2. Miss Maga-
ret Wilson accqmpanied the
rresident to Italy.
Charges Republican Senators
With ConsDinmjMo Dis
credit The President
(By -The Associated Proas )
Washington, Jan. 2. cVnalor Lewis,
of lllinms, speaking tolay-4n the
Senate, charged Republican leaders with
conspiring for political purposes, to dis
credit President Wilson ahroad, to
thwart his purposes by giving European
negotiations tho impression the (Senate
opposes his plans and' by deceiving the
American public Their object, he de
eiared, is "to prevent the President
from accomplishing anything. ;
The speech waa in replr to recent ut
tt-rances of Kenstors Lodge and Knox
both Republicans, criticizing certain of
the President's fourteen principles of
peace and urging consideration of a
1 ague of nations, freedom of the seas
and other question be deferred until
after the peace conference.
The concurring assaults by certain
leaders of the Republican side upon
everything thnt President Wilson has
rttempted in- Europe, said Senator
Lrwis, "discloses, as I charge, a con
spiracy'to discredit him and to defeat
any design be enters Upon by giving the
r.uropean negotiators to nndrrstand that
the Henate is opposed to-the President
that it objects to his measures and that
it is speaking with - the power to re
vise, reverse, and repudiate him."
rVnstor Lewis said the Senate had
nothing whatever to do with what the
President is now doing in presentin
the protocol for peace and the adjust
ment of the disposition of the armies.
"I inform the European negotiator!
and the world," he said, "that thereMs
no law of America, by constitution
Utatute or custom, by which (he Presi
dent is under any obligation to submit
what be is now doing; to the Senate o
to any other branch of the legislative
or executive body.
I inform the negotiators as.I do all
those interested, that the present under
(Centtaaed oa Pagw Tws
SENATOR
LEVIS
REPLIES TO LODGE
VIEWS OF WILSON
MID CLEMENCEAU
No Incompatible Difference
Betw'derri Says Lon
, JfC' Times
cr
.VjSE'S RECENT '
olT TO' THE PREMIER
S Marked Differences Be-
,een Great Entente Powers
aad The U. S."
London, Jan. 2. Comparing the
speech, of Fremier Clemenreau before
the French Chamber of Deputies and
President Wilson s speech at Manches
ter, the) imee argues there is no
fundamental discrepancy between the
aims or tne two men. ine, newspaper
.says: .
"All M. Clemen'ceaa' says of the dif
ference -contract we msy call it be
tween the positions of France and
America is simple truth. France pees
and feels whaj a German invasion means
and .demands absolute security against
at rrvnrTPnf Af th nintrPF nre wo nnr- l
yet endures.
"Mr. Wilson is equally determined to
deliver her from those evils. Where M.
Clemenceau appears most markedly to
differ from Mr. Wilson is in his cpn
fession. of a certain skepticism ns to
the adequacy of any means except one
to recure the just claims or rtiince,
"There is no incompatibility between
Mr. Wilson's ideal and the more prosaic ,igyi ,,1 1nat ,iP(.trieally driven ma
immediate object which M. t;""u chinery will give future American bat
sets before France. One is a necessary ' , , ,
stage to the attainment of the other.
A supremely important fact Is both ad-
mittcdly desire the same immediate
steps and both-albeit one with , ronll-
denco and the other with hesitation
look forward to the same ultimate goal.
It is a promising feature of the atti
. -
w 01 lw" 'i"11'"
affeeli to entertain extravagant Hopes. '
The newspaier regards fresureni v u-
son's -suggestion as to inn nmciunrrjr
or subsequent readjustments the most
valuable and important of his recent
utiernnees. and contends that only by
seme such methods as those advocated
iv Mr. Wilson and by continuous con
fidences ean 'the hureiens or uie pan-
nership between America ana turopc
n aiscnargru mm wi .it. i
. . " ' m J
rtonaer wnimsti " i
Paris. Jan.'2. "The principal object
which Colonel House haa in view in
going to see President wusoa ruw rllorulm jncrrnse in the cost of build-vor'n-morninir
was to tell lutn the re- i Fkir rt 4itmimt T.iflnr
.isua-TBfc-aPoiiferenc'e he had (had the
evening liefore with Premier ;t It-men-
ceaur" said n member of the American
Iieace delegation to a rewrcscniauvo " nppropr'sation bill. He estimated that
tho Petit Journal, according to ntrn0 hulls, .and machinery i.f the ten
articlo in that newspaper mis morning,
fThe conference, eonimaca me
Amerrran,"was on the question of tho
various outstanding problems and also
on the subject of the Premiers speech
in the Chamber of deputies m wmcniit wag jICy that he end of hostili-
he related' a conversation he hod had I
Wltn rresiueni nmwn. . . i
'Colonel House thoroughly went into
as a wholo and in detail atl the prob-lghip
lemi which the statesmen will be called
upon to solve. Colonel House also told
President Wilson anout tne interview
he had bad with Mr. A. J. Balfour,
the liritislr foreign secri-tnry, a fewl
moments after leaving Premier Clemen-
ccau. Tho v Colonel said he had dis-
cussed the organization o'f the peace
conference wjth jho British delegate,
Tlie uewsjiaper quoieu inn smrricnn nf,y fl l.iti.t.Kiii met,, an increase m i
nti adding that Secretary Bulfour and I npr ,,Bi over tho estimated cost.
(otitticl House found themselves in
ngrcemcnt on the subject diseussiil
(lirvsnmnbly covering thnt touched jokj three-year proffram. ror the ten
upon in Colonel House's talk with -battleship ftnd ai- battle rruiaert pro
Premier Clemenceau) and that their .Vidrd f ir in this program, I imiigiiic
opinion, "'" well as thnt of nil the ii, inerenso will nmount to nearly
American, repreerta;ive' t identical $lf,n (rf'a.O'fl. This aiplies to the hulls
and that Kngbnd and the Vnitrd Htntes an, 'machinery ulone. I would' not veh
a're in ngrement, ' . turo to any how much the Increase will
- In a word, we American delegates
are convinced, as a result of these con -
versatioos, that - nothing in rremier
CJemenceiu's ..attitudn can justify an
apprehension W nny marked differcnecs
between the great powers of the En -
tente and the United ritnleo and we
tielifY that the divergencies now exist -
ing will be easily smoothed over."
F
Draft Prospective Law of Fed
eral Supervision of Stock
Promotion Prospectuses
.Washington, Jan. 2. Federal "Blue
Sky" legislation drafted by the Capital
Issues Committee and awaiting approval
of Heeretary Glass before being Sub
mitted to Congress,- is based on a plan
of government . supcriviion of stock
promotion prospectuses to lnsuro aeru
racy ami cuihiich'ui--b ui iiiw,r muie -
mcnts, rather than on any attempt to
guarantee absolutely ogitirist fraud.
Administration of this system would be
left to soma treasury agency working
through tho Federal Kt-serve Board's
machinery. " '
Although the Capital Issues Commit -
tee draft of legislation which' aa dis
rioted today for the first time, provides
that tho work be NdnnV actually under
tho name of the Pe-feral Beservc Board,
it was anul that this may bo chapped,
owing to tho reliKtiinco of tli board
- .-L. ...k ,,..!.,. -,1.1.1. I,
....v...n ........,..,, lr ,t -,.,
might weaken .its position ln ccnc-al I
banking affairs.
Tho proposed ivsioni would a-Tccl o-
ly stock itwiiet and then duly whentlier
were interstate transactions,
EDERAL BLUE
SKY
LEGISLATION
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND
""AID SECRETARY DANIELS.
Washington, Jaa. J. Sec rets rv
Daniels, Before .the Hoase Naval
Committee again today to dlarBas
the new , appropriation bill, was
shows aa article la the London
Graphic eriticiaiag sa rricdly"
hie recent statewtent that the I'aited
States shoald have a navy second to
none an leas the peace conference
limited armaments. The Loodoa
paper Breed that President Wilson
Inatrart the Secretary ta restrain hia
lanawsge.
They don't nBderstsnd," said Mr.
Daniels. lie amilicgly refased to
com meat farther.
STICKS TO HIS TEXT
piititrp Flectrieillv DrivPn
cj chine IAIII n,.
Wa W, VJIIIUJ Mill VUl
class Other Nations
ADMIRAL TAYLOR TELLS
COMMITTEE ABOUT COST
priation Bill He Talks of In-
creased Cost of Building
(Br The Anorlstrd Prm.) ,
Washington, Jan. 2. Secretary Dan
iels, who preceded Admiral Taylor be-
fore the House Naval Committee to-
"uips anu liatue cruisers a snpenor-
ity over the big fighting craft of the
thcr navies of th world. Mr. Daniels
i(.wrci t ,,, ,,, le M . d
' '"" ' new puper-cireaHnaiigTit
New Mexico, the first battleship in the
.. . .. .......
worm to De cquiniwa with the electric
,lriv.
Mr iiflni,4, ta-u aU rn,,ital ships
hereafter completed for the navy, in
eluding the ten siiper-dreadnaughts and
six battle cruisers in the three-year pro
gram authorized in lBlfl, would have
electrically driven machinery. Tests of
the New Mexico, he declared, have dem
,,(,;, ,,at gl.h cn(rjnes can be op
pra(e,i n,nre economically than any oth-
era and mat a snip driven ny tnem can
run at, top .perils f t fuel
lasts.
d,lrsi T.vlor R.fnr. rnwimlMe.
Wir fu,(lituI1B navl, i,roRht nbout an
rhicf of the bureau of construction and
,ni,i Itousn Naval Commit.
0(! t0liy, in discussing th naval
battleships, and six battle cruisers au
thorixed in 1916, would Cost nearly
w ooo.OOO more than estimntcdnn
inejeasa of almost 5 per cent.
Admiral Tavlor said he did not think
wouj result in any speedy redue-
lon ln costs.
Thn baltlejhin Minsissinnl (a new
delivered last year), was built on
rnn tract fr 7.115JXMi " tho Admirnl
I i, .ijiut Jne' company which built it
tt ttrge,sun ef money and wlien
I on (he Tittle ships California and
Teiuiehe were anked for, ho eontractuf
aubmitted a bid under .tho estimated
,. f (l7(him),iiii(i. The government then
oV(.i,u,l to build them in Its own navy
yards and the cost will amount to- prob-
1 tu mme increase will apiily prob
I Diy to capital ships authorized in the
k. for :ilp armor and armument, but
win make Inquiries and let the commit
I iP. know."
I Admiral Tavlor said the cost of con
structiiig merchant ships has increased
1 from 75 to I'-'OO a inn whilei the cost of
battleships ,hus increuscd less than 50
1 per cent.
The original estimate for the Imttle
ships, Colorado, Maryland, Waslungto
end West Virginia, on which -Construe
tion has been started," Admiral Taylo
said, "was 11 JKrO.fKX). It is doubtful i:
thev ean be completed for less than f 1j,
bso'dou."'-
"If there has been an Increase or
150,fHKl,tM)0 over the estimated cost o
the 1916 three-year program,' what will
the increase be in the three-year pro
gram just recommended by. Secretary
Daniels!" asked. Keprew nlnliv Hutler,
of Pennsylvania. "The eoxt ir, esti
mated at fiO'llOn.OflO but the estimates
for fha individual ships are not mue
larger than for those made iii the V)li
program
Admiral Taylor replied that there
may be large reductions in the cost o
construction ' liefore the program ii
started, The 11 l' prognipt will out 1
completed until 19'il, he said, and the
new program cannot Jieiut- into full
wing liefore the present one is out o
1 .t b-hv
r0Iltracta tar all ships authorized I
,h loiii nrnirram have been let excel
for two hutllesliips, twelve torpedo boa
destroyers, nine submarines and five
I auxiliary vessels, the witness said. All
the vessels authorized in 1916, the bat
1 Ue cruiiiers will lie completed last
The Antigone Docks Today.
"Newport News, Va., Jan. 2. The army
transport Antigone, which was gchcil
uled to dock today and discharge 3,fHK)
soldiers returned from rrancej, Was de
I...-..I A!nr 4 ii ii'.ivv fnc? tHnl- irrmtllv
"" " ". ' "
lauditappi-l shipping in tui vicinity.
Tho vessel rem bed port but will nut
dock iinfil tomorrow Tiirniug., She hn
aboard S30 sick nnd wounded" ewiual
eempnny '3 hhJ uiiits from u'.'iid co.nt
artillery regiment and the 76th divisuia,
SECRETARY
M
I
But TrooDshio Is in No Dan
ger, According To Cap
- tain Connelly
NURSES AND 234 OF THE
SOLDIERS TAKEN ASHORE
Work of Many Craft To Aid
Will Be Resumed at Day
break This Morning .
New York, Jan. 2. Battling today
against an angry sea ( which capMtcd
three of their boats, const guards from
many statioes aided by crews from
htar'.y thwenty naval craft, bad by
nigh'full taken safely to shore IT navy
nurses and 234 of the 2,4V homeward
bound soldiers on the transport North
ern Pacific, hard aground for two days
on a sand bar near' Fire Island light.
When nian" barrels of oil spread on
the waves had failed to make the water
surrounding the vessel measurably
eolmer, !lh rescue work was halted
orthern Pacific are most of the sick
nd wounded. Naval officers-deemed it
too hazardous to attempt to remove the
stretcher eases.
Vessel la No Danger.
The vessel I in no danger, according
o a wireless messag from her -captain,
uptain Connelly, received tonight by
e Associated Press.
'Northern ' Pacific resting easily;
cathor conditions favoring," read
apt. Connelly s message. "Pisem-
arked 2:i7 army passengers, some of
these ambulant wounded, and also lp
navy nurses, using life guard boats and
breeches buoy. Have requested services
f more lifeboats for tomorrow. Ship
in no danger. Expect to disembark
many more troops tomorrow, htalv.ige
perators will make attempt to Boat
hip high (ids tomorrow.
Another message received tonight by
Vice-Admiral Gleavea in HolwkeiTstat-
crt-the Northern Pacific hafll enough
. , ."1 i ..'J' ' 1.-1 L : :
toais oian classes 10 mini pniH-ngers n
tho sea calms down, which the message
predicted would hnppen tomorrow.
Renew Relief Work Toaay.
At daV-break, however, it is planned
to renew (he work of rescue in ea.rnesj,.
jife saving crew from Hondy Hook and
tockwnf are planning t leave at mid
night in their piuver boats to be oa
hand at dawn. With the aid of the
iqundron of cruisers, destroyers and
naval tugs if is planned to transfer the
wounded to tho hospital ship tSolaee aad
take them direct to Hoboken
Continuous rain, fog and heavy
pound by the wave have failed to lower
the spirits of those aboard the- trans
port, which is now listing hard to port
The ship's band played lively ar while
the work of rescue was heing earned
on. A one soldier expressed it. "it
take more than a few 'sad sea wave to
shake the nerve of theso who saw the
real show over in France.
Debarkation was begin shortly after
noon, when an attempt earlier in the
duv to drag the Northern Pacific from
her bed of sand had failed. Uuxing the
debarkation process a launch from the
cruiser Columbia wa dashed to pieces
at'uinsl tha stern of the transport, and
tho surf boat, usett to transier mew 10
tho shore, wa twice capsized, but all
nkosril were saved.
When tha order came for the nrst
men lo go over the side, a cheer broke
out oer the whole nip.
Tho men at" -first received orders to
iireimre to take to the bonts with thei
.... . .
packs liut this v.as rounicrmwiwu m
they wre told to leave everything but
th rlnlhea thev wore.
The -l.iS men of the r.iguin l reni n
Mortar li:-ttr ry were the first to go-eyer
the side. They were followed by the
ri I th A'.'.i -Aircraft BntFrry; commanded
Tiv Xt.iior Fi'ilev and other units,
After the surf boat used to rerry inc
men nshe.ro had twice been capixed by
t!in high waves, it use' was abandoned
for the breeches buoy, in whico soi
diers were landed two nt a time
As soon as they wero landed, the
troop were tnken in a small loat to
Bay Shore, where tho naval station haa
(Coallnaed on Page Two.)
Says He - Knows . Enough To
Cause Revolt Against
The Dynasty
; Muricli, Jan, 2. Ilavss. In the
courso of a question raised in the pro
vincial council regarding anti-revolutionary
agitation, Kur- Eisner, Ba
varian premier, , referring to attempts
(o influence tpin.oii in favor of Trow
Prince Iiupprerht, an id it tauUI be a
grievous mistake to compel him to pub
lish the proof of Vie guilt of the
dynast v, Wause ihey wcu'ul tie of such
a nature a to es-jtc. an outbreak of
wrath among the people tni imperil
the lirjA., f ,',lJikJOWnhr of - the
dynasty. .
The Premier nniio.incCii tho esisb-
lishment of a national miiri of jus
tice, , composed of twelve . Atentbera,
which would -invtstleit- ntwi revo'.H-
tio.nury plots. , ,
FALLING BALCONY KILLS
TWENTY-FIVE r:OPLE.
" Waaw,.VkuKOiifcy; .'a.-.-l.-vay Mi
Asiteid J're-.s.t l)n 'he 'rit
ccl.-' r -'i n f .!',iid,'rj:h- it-rival of Ig -
uneo Jnv .lli'ierewcki in Wrw ;o -
uight, it liriiouy of a house collapsed
and twentj-fiv crsoa were killed, ;
hern Pacific
IL AGROUND
BAVARIAN PREWilER
THREATENS PRINCE
BUT ONE WAY LEADSPICTUR
- OUT OF DISASTER WITHDRA
.
German Paper Says Cease
Whining and Comply With
Demands of Allies
PLACE COUNTRY WHERE
IT WILL FORBID. ANARCHY
Fulfill Conditions Demanded
and Then Food and Other
Help Can Be Expected
Iiondon, Jan. 2. (British wireless
service.) The Vossische Zeitung, of
Berlin, pointing out that it is useless
for the Germans to complain . of the
"harsh" tones of the armistice and to
plead for food from their former ene
mies until they establish a stable gov
ernment in Berlin, says:
"All that sort of thing is only ealcu
lated to confuse the real issues and to
misa the only wav that leads out of dis
aster,,- It is a, matter that concerns all
the allies, notiFranre alone, and the al
lies know very well what they ought to
know. They. have decided to help (er-
of order In Germany. - The allies de
msnd visible guarantees that Germany
hall not fnll out hf the despotism into
another and they demand that the inter
nsl condition of Germany shall be
placed in a position which shall forbid
anarchy.
The Rentedy rotated Oat.
"The fulfillment of these demands
does not depend on the number of con
flicting official and, least of all, on the
artnisUr. commission.' It i the affair
of a united and determined . govern
ment." . "
The reniedv, according to the news
papers, is to hurry forward the as
sembling of the national convention
Germany must look to Uer own fate.
the newspaper says' in conclusion.
is no use making appeals. There is
still time for the German people to win
bark all that they have lost in the war
and what thcV cannot do without
Unity, the respect of the world and thei
daily bread. Mtnt'the last moment has
come, and energetic action is demand
ed."
NEGRO BROUGHT TO STATE
PRISON FOR SAFE K&EPING
Charged With Criminal Assault
On Cumberland County
Woman
iPpscial to Tks News and OWmt.l
Fafettevilln, Jan. 2. George Avery,
the voung negro under arrest charge
with criminal assault on Mrs. William
Raynor, of this county, was tonight
sent to . the Htate Prison, at Raleigh
for aafe keeping bv Sheriff .N.
McGeachy. IVputy Sheriff A. J. Pat
carried the negro t Raleigh by anto
mobile, leaving hero after dark.
Sheriff MrGcaehy in announcing this
action on his part late tonight said the
step was taken precaution by th
law-abiding people of rayetteville an
Cumberland coonty. - lie had show-
fine spirit, especially in view of th
hienoos nature of the crime. The
sheriff was not disposed to take any
chances. .
The accused man, of whose guilt
there is ao doubt, was quietly remove
from the county jail here and escort
away in the car without the knowledge.
of anyone but official of the la
Tho negro' victim is a respeetnhl
white woman of sixty-two. years. Aver
wa laborer at Camp Bragg. He has
been identified by hi vutilu.
COLLEGE PRESIDENT
CHANGES HIS BASE
Dr. Egglestor Leaves Virginia
Polytechnic , and Goes To
Hampden-Sydney
Blai ksburg, Va., Jan. S. Dr. J. I).
Eggleston, president of Virginia Poly
technic Institute, announced today that
he would accept the call to the presi
dency of Hampden-Tidney College ex
tended to him on IWcmber 19 by the
board of trustees of that institution.'
Dr. Eggleston is an alumnus ofHamp-dcn-Snlney
: and return to his alma
mnt r at the beginning of a nenf era
in it existence; the institution having
recently come ander full control of the'
Presbyterian Church in Virginia. He
has beea president of P. B I. since
191.1. No announcement was made as
to when he will sever hi present eon
section, '. ,.. .."
COLD WAVE WARNING
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Washington, Jan. 2.--Cold wave
warnings have been Issued for , North
and South Carolina, South and Crntral
portions of Georgia, north and central
portions of Florida; peninsula.
Washington, Jan. 2. Storm warnigs
are displayed on the Atlantic coast
from Boston to Caje Hatteras. ,
Indications are that a distort un.-c
now developing off the Ninth Atlantic
coast will niove norlheasteward and in
crease in intensity, the weather bureau
reported tonight. .
Chicago, Jaa. 2.-rThe coldest weather
of the winter thns far spread over the
western part""M the country today,
bringing oBosiial cold to parts of Cali
fornia, and the Southwest. There wa
not much snow, but traffic, was delayed
J ia many places. .
No PlBeharwt GolL - '
- v tBy le Asmcsbi-b ffcss
J' Pineliurst,' N. C, Jan. 2. Final of
i'.!ic annua' mid-winter gold tournjainent
Is- hedulcd for today, were postponed on
account of rain, . ;
E FILM IS
WN FROM
STATE FOR REVISION
Grossly Exaggerates Child La
bor Conditions in South,
Is Charne
URGING PROMOTION FOR
GEN. SAMSON L. FAISON
Senator Overman afid Con
gressman Weaver Go To
P. 0. Department in Behalf
of Postmaster Owen Cad
ger; Southport Merchants'
Association Against Tai
' News and Observer Bureau, j
4fi District National Bunk Bldg .
By 8. It. WINTERS ' ,
, , (By Hpecinl Leared Wire.
Washington, Tee. 2'. A motion jiie-'
ure film entitled, '-'the PiTwer and the!
ditious in the ftmth, wasiexhibitcd fori .
its last time perhaps in Winston-Salenxl
today. The manager of the World Film.'.
Corporation Tf Washington' recalled the:
picture to headquarters hero subject to'
revision, thus abruptly ending it'
tour through -North. Carolina.
Telegrams came from Charlotte to-;
day to .(Senator le K. Overman and! -Representative
Edwin Yati-g Webb pro'
testing the exhibition of the film as '
grossly rxnggrratin chi)d4alor as em
ployed in flic textile industry. The
telegrams were :gnd by Winston D.-
Adams ns secretary of th American
Cotton Manufacturers Association, and:
the complaint lodge') the indictment
that the scene deputed five and six-yenr-old
children fainting in cotton
mills. The telegram reads:
.'World Film Corporation, etmeltzer,
Manager, Washington, is distributing;
motion picture.' throughout State en
titled, "-The Power and the Glory,"
which grossly misrepresented textile in-'
ilustry in Houth by picturing children
five and six years old fainting in cot
ton mill and otherwise portraying dis- "
torted conditions. Have v?ired protest f
ing against farther showing of pictur' i
until corrcetions arc maile a ealcJS V
lated to work great Injury. Picturo
! mills up South in most objeclionablo
ight. Will yon not communicate with
this concern and assist u in seeing
that this picture J withdrawn. Film ia
showing tomorrow in Winston-Salem."
Hubert Martin, secretary to Senator
Overman, personally appealed to tha
manager... of the World Film Corpora
tion that the film lie recalled. Repre
sentativo Webb made a limilar appeal.!
The manager hns promised Mr. Martin
that he will exhibit the picture in Wash-i
Ington Saturday for hia benefit as a.
representative of Senator Overman. nj
stated that he would like' to see the pic
ture and that in pending the film overs
the country ho had no intention of re-;
fleeting upon the teitile Industry ln the:
South. - -
So the manager and secretary to Ben
ator Overman will act as censor of the;
so-termed objw-tioiiablo scene, and(
their verdiist will determine the char-i
acer of its revision. Representative i
Webb wired. Mr. Ailryns that the film'
company-bad agree to withdraw the.
picture for revisions -' '
In Behalf of tica. Falson.
Senator tlverman ami Representativrlt
Webb saw Secretary of War Newton!
Baker toiliiy for the purpose of havingj
G nerul Hanimin U Faison, of Falcon,,
Duplin rontty, promoted to Major Geri-i
irul in the I'nited State army.- Th;
North Carolina general rendered con-(
1 ii-iuiiis service in the attack that'
crushed 'the Hindenburg line, .and hss
otherwise displayed fine leadership in
battle, His siiierior ollicer bear . test i
mony in a signed statement that hast
(Continued on Pag Three.)
Michigan Adopt Prohibition.
Lansing, Mich., Jan. 2.The Miehl-J
gan legislature today ratified the fed-
eral prohibition ninljmlimmt.. Both
'SP3iapT!rd31ift resolution withouti
4'vifilte,
HANGS IN BALANCE
Bolshevik Agents - Reported at
Work Throughout The
Province
Warsaw, Tuesday, Dec. .11. (By tha
Associated Press.) Tllo fate of th
province ef -Viliin, ia Litlwiania, i
trembling in tho bulance. Bolsheviki
apents are-spreading their propaganda,
throughout the province, the northeast
ern part of which ii under Soviet rule.
Bunds of robbers and tramps, advance
guards of the Bolshevik), regular t-oop
and refugees are coming into Vilna, ,
The Germans npitarently are making
no effort to sretore order in the city,
A Polish' connuiUce called upon Col
onel Wernerfein: cwiimati'li of tho Gor-t
man troops, nnd requested linns for ,
poles and other o that tlrey mintit
defend the city against the Bolshcviki,
Colonel Werner replied,' . ''Berlin h h
given u orders to the contrary. W
won't be a moukey "lo draw tlie chest-,
nuts out of the f. re for the English, I
am sorry for your wives, daughters an t i
children but this country must be de
stroyed." The Poles have organised the youi
i.mcij uf Ue jJo.fe.n: f tha city,
FATE OF VILNA NOV
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