rKIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1019.
inc. tw3 imu uaatRvi
TOM SKEYHILLTO:
SPEAK HERE TONIGHT
Will Deliver Address In City
Auditorium Beginning at
8r15 O'clock :
, Wild bsytorM efcarges, savage hand to
hand figlits, fierce charges through bar
bed wir entsnglements, over battle
fields packed with shell craters, sad
sprayed with Baarhine gun fir, will all
be included in Hignsller Tom Waybill's
sddrerf in th Auditorium st tight fif
teen toniglit.
Tbil young Australian know what tc
U talking atwut. He ha been through
the real things and be ryaV ' first
hand. Hia story ia a real thriller, and
he knows how to tell it. ru-V men at
Theodore Kmiaetelt and ford NorWiffe,
and u.-h papers a Hie I-ondon Times,
The New York Tttobe, Timee and Trib
une, and tlie Liicrary IMgest, euli'i!ie
him aa a silver-tongued master of elo
quence, and ara pu of great prora
iae. All who have been fnrf.vwte enough
to hear him speak in Raleigh, say thai
he early Inn niiht up to his reputa
tion, lie haa thrilled the memler of
the joint assembly, of the Rotary Club,
and the atudeula'of the Ktae Agri--Hl-tiral
Heh-vtl; and of t' e Meredith Col
lege, and it is -. U..11 tlt he i g'miji
to thfill Ui nudi; ! liinislit.
TheI.itenrr Dtp-st bin referred -to
thia yra.iK ..i-"ii ui a " V Km; 't of
the Holy Gr5.1," and M.e builmifl ng
lii newp;iH-ra cad him "Tiie Voting
Elisabeths."
11 is life story re1 like a chapter
from the Arsluari f-.igM. At eighteen
he wss a student in hit native land,
Australia. At ''eii he was in the
trenches doing his bit. At twenty lie
sprang into fittie overnight, aa the 1
dier jioet. liis terse written in the line
caught the popular fancy in Great Uril
ttin, ami when his look nf war verx
wua published, it found a ready market.
At twenty. ha a twite severely wound
ed. The fust time with four ouilvta
uliu h found their billets in hi left:, and
whilst taking part in a deeni!e trench
iMjht, he rrieivrd live bivi'iiit wound,
tin hi return In the front, he was blmd
ed by a burst of a high explosive shell.
At turuty-twii, sloue blind, he wa
liuiled 11 the greatest orator the. war had
produced, end a the most elouueut sol
dier, living. After a wondi rfully sue-cet-sful
toiir of final P.nlain and Aus
tralia he rame to Antem-a, and had hi
sight restored by Dr. Kiley Moore, of
Washington, II. I'. He tken volunteered
to return to the trenches, and on being
rejected as unfit, set out on a leeture
tour of America... Ilia success, again,
was immediate and phenomenal His
Hiitjwd met'titig in the Metropolitan
t'pera lIoiifH in New York bust beptem
Iver, wli.-n he tai;.'d irver twentv-five
mitlioita of dollar in aa many minutea
for the war, was featured by the Trib
une aa the greatest demonstration in
the hiitory of the any war meeting in.
..,... ll 1,.. I.Vnn l.a nhit.
.T IWll'"i.Ti "I ii.ii . .. v .....
f irra with aueh men aa Theodore R'
re'.i. William, Tloward 'T:;ft, Governor
Whitnuiii, Serre'ery PanieU, F.i-Ambaa-.idnr
t.eranl, I.'l:!iu Hoot, and many
other fatnona red" blooded Amt rienn.
Ho hns apttkc'tt in nlmoit all the big
Anienean cities, and now he ia louring
thrnuch North Carolina.
Hit addreaa will include peraonal e
perieneea, hnmorou atoriea, reviewa of
of the part played by the women in the
war. and a rental of bia own poems.
It ia a wonderful oportunify for the
public to hear a gallant twice wounded
gifted eoldier, a aoldior who often lay
in a ahell ernter on No Man'a I-nml, and
wrote ef fariea a eoldier who waa blind
for nearly tno year a aoldicr who has
raised over thirty million of dolnrs
for war fund, and a eoldier who will
interest, amuse and enUelitcn.
The address commence nt eight fif
teen. No charire will 1-e madii.vut a col
lection will be tnluta p-Tomorrnw
night the admission will I twertty-flve
centa. -1 res Agent.
GERMAN AND POLISH
; EMISSARIES CONFER
Fari. Jan. t'otiference have
been in, progre during the, lost few
oaya at lironihcrg, derninu I olsnn, le
lueen Oermau and I oli.tU f nr.f '.irieiu
According to a telegram received by the
Polish national committee here, the
Herman rejected all term of agree
ment containing 14 point, proposed on
lie tin if of the Pule by Albert korfauty,
a meniN'r of Hie supreme TwopU's'.roiin
cit of (ierman Foland and formerly
deputy in the German Heichstsg.
TRAINS DOG TO GUARD 1
HIS AUTO FROM THIEVES
John Collier Solves Problem t?f
Preventing: Larceny of His
Runabout
J.din Collier, snpcrintemlent of the
Municipal Building, liat ' enlvrd the
problem' of preventing the larceny f
automobiles. He doci not need the
protection of police or of a Yale lock.
A little wateh dog with mature ef,
foj teVWr and bull blood, i the guar
diaa of John'a runabout. No matter
where or how long the ear atanda, the
lone Bceupan u be trusted to keep
of all meddler. Not even a relative
or dear friend ran get Into the ear
while the little dog- doe gutl d"y
Ita name i have Kent."
In eiplaining the eagerness of the
dg to keep people away from the ear,
Collier atated that 'the pet thinks the
car wa' purchased ...for the sole purpose
of riding it. "Have Rent learned to
ride in the car when only four week
old. It ha never been taken from the
garage without the dog. The animal,
eiplained it owner, it gentle except
when it ia in the auto. Then, it be
comes very vicious, ao vicious, In laet,
that the owner i forced to chain the
Jug to .prevent injury to friend who
msy happen to get near the machine.
Any one who doubt this story, should
rv to get into the Collier auto while
the dog it on guard. -
the Strong Withstand The Winter Cold
Better Than The Weak.
Old people who are feeble and younger
cople who arc weak, will be strength
ened and enabled to go tliroui;li the cold
weather 'by taking CKOVKH TASTK-
.KSS chill Tonic, wMi h. is simply IKON'
and -QI'ININB suspended in ayrup. 80
leasant even children like it. ou enn
sonn teel its M rengtnening, invigorating
Effect. Trice tiitc. Ailv.
live to Russia adopted by the react
'ongres, an id:
"I think it ia a very wise decision
Mid hope it will hvt atisfuetory re-
lta in restoring peace in uuaaia ami
lilacing thai unrortiinaie rniiniry again
nto comity with tho great ractora 01
the civilization of tlie world.
Developments in Peace Con
ference Circles: Recep
tion To Wilson
(Continued from Page One.)
minister, on January iimi. it is miner
d though no official ndmigxirni has
teen made, me j'.riu inan lor I tie
atiini of a league ef lint ion i ei
seutiallv ideuticnl with that which
Aniorimn rsperta formulated nfter close
study of every promising avaitwlilo plan
iii'iong Iwo-sioro which were presented,
while yesterday a official statement
was silent on the quest Kin nt tlie re
demotion . of .. Ru.'sia'a .iurriga debt,
thero is some reason to believe that,
through oflieial, but powerful sources,
nnrra nee have jieen conveyed that the
Itnlshevwta will recede from their threat
to repudiiite this debt in cousidoriitlnn
f relief through entente Rid, of des
ii r.'ite ei'iiiiiiniifi condilions in Russia
It ia believed assurance on thia point
ndiieed r ranee to snnctinn the plan
which avert the spectre of flnflncial
losa to French holders of Russian ae-
ciintie.
A strong point of the position assum
ed by the mipreme eounell in tlvRu
sinn proposition is that in event of ita
rejection by the Bolshevists publia
opinion may be expected to support any
measurea lu'coasnrjr to restore order.
while other Russian governments nee
esaarily must comply with the offer 111
the price of entente support.
OPPOSITION TO DELIVERY OP
GERMAN FLEET TO ALLIES.
Amsterdam, Jan. S3. Tho acceptance
by the (Ierman armistice .commission of
the demand by the allies for tho deliv
ery of the Ucrman merchant fleet is
causing both indignation and anxiety
ia Hamburg and Bremen. A meeting
of protest waa held at Hamburg Mon
day, according to the Berlin Vosaiaclie
leitung. All the trade interest and
representatives of the sailors took part
in tho meeting, which was very largely
attended.
The meeting sdonted a resolution
against the action which lias been taken
the resolution declared the interests
represented expected that the govern
ment would not ratify the agreement
and that it would make preparations
for the renpeuing of the discussion ot
the question by the joint commission of
(ieruinii experts gild representatives of
the entente.
The ahlp owa.rr of Bremen have like
nine protested to the government at
Berlin against, the. mensure. ;..
"Wise Decision," Said (iomper.
Pans, Jan. Snniuil (jumpers
presideht of the American ..ederatin:
r labor, who wasttold upon his ar
rival here last night of measure rel'
Genuine
The value of Bayer-Tablets
of. Aspirin needs no proof.
But you do need the Bayer
Cross on a tablet to prove
you are getting1 genuine
Bayer-Tablets of Aspirin.
TW tHktaBtW "AflpfHn,
gutVtUvlsMr tMkt th attW
MtMamir lirrtlMM'!
rlcrktd with tha OycrCrcri
forYour Additions! Protection
t"' ' ! .
SHOE PERMi
W. H. Kelicy, a lumber talesman, of
Omaha, bmad Neoho St kt ta Uuph
and durable that one P-ur of tties
served on a second pair of uppers
after the first pair of uppers had worn
out inlen month of hard walking.
And he says, "Those tame sole will
stand another ten months of constant
daily wear.
I his unusual service even for
Neolin Soles but Mr. Kelley't experi
ence should indicate to you a method
of cutting down those rising shoe bills
you have to meet. Nmply make sure
the new shoes vou bur are Neoltn-
oled and have worn shoes repaired
with these soles which are scientiinjrilly
made to he comfortable, waterproof
and exceedingly lone-wearing. They
are made by The Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, who
also make Viuipfoot Heels, guaran
teed to outwear any other heels.
neolin Soles
WE ARE ALL LOADED
UP liOW WITH MEAT
Packer Swift Says So, Al
though Some Will Be Sur
prised To Know It
INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMITTEE INQUIRY
He I For Continued Federal
Control. As It Would Keep
Up Price, He Declare! .
WORKING ON THE
-lEACl'E OF NATIONS
Taris, Jnn.TX (I!.The Assoeiareil
ress.)- Maying disposed of the Kussiaa
uestinn for t lit moment, the supreme
rouiieil of th peaee eongress turned
lav to the principal objeet of its work,
the establishment of a eLngut of Na-
ons. This question promises to eoin
inml virtually the umliviiled attention
f the delegntes until their action re
garding Kussin shows results one way
another. As the Kuasiiia delegate
re not exported at l'rinees Islands until
elirunry l-i, this me(ins that nearly the
hole attention of the Congress will l
timed to the Ingue of Niitinns until
'resilient Wilson's departure for
Ameriea.
Out nf the Tluss'mn negotiation! it
s hoped some unanimous agreement will
e resetted .that "ill linng representa-
ves of that eomitry into further ses
sions nt I'nris. Jtelegates of all the as-
leiatecl gnvernnienta have eipressed the
opinion that a seeuro peaee ean hardly
eonsidered to have 1'i'cii muilo while
Kussia remnins on tire.
It is regarded as quite aignifii'ant in
ireles siirriiuiiding the reset .(Congress
that it should lie annottneed, that the
first plan for a Leiigue of N'ution to
ia eonslrlererl eome from Premier
Invil (leorgs of Grout Ttritnin. This is
qui to in ennsonnui't with what has been
known in a verv smnll eirele close to
bet Ameriean dvlegntrs, that I'resident
Wilson' plans tn have K 11 ropes o ideas
onie before the eongress in advanee of
11s own. Ameriean otltciais explain Air.
Wilson's purpose is not only out of def
erence to Kuropran nations which have
sacrificed so much in the war or out of
deference to views of Kuropenn states
men, but there la a technics! sdvsntage
n reserving American plans until all
others have bees fnllv discussed, when
they mny be brought forward, probntily
tn form a bride by which disnffree-
ments that may have developed may be
dispelled.
Wilson 1 I.eagut Pisa.
Mr. Wilson has told his enlelagues
that he has no personal pride of au
thorship in the plan for the league, and
is quitu ready to place himself In a pe
sttion of supporting some other ns
tinn's plan rather than proposing one of
his own, if h feels thntr prnredura will
best serve the common purpose. If dii-
cussiou goes on according to this plan,
it appears likely both .the British and
French plnns will he discussed before
the I'resident brings out his Awn, which
is now entirely completed and ready for
presentation at any time.
Air. Wilson will go ahead with his an
nounced purpose of devoting all hi en
ergies to the reducing of various views
on the League, of Natiojn to a basis of
agreement whlls awaiting resulls from
the effort to compose the differences ht.
tween Russian factions.. He intnda tn
adhere to his determination to hold all
other, plans -secondary, including his
visit to n russets antT his trip to the
ImttlcAelda and devastated region. -
It i now definitely settled that S
largt number of American troop will
go tn America with President WiUon
on tht liner Usorgt Washington.- Mr,
Wilson has personally given orders that
every availahlcJkit of space on the liner
be given to troops and that the per
sonnel of his party be reduced to the
minimum!
(Br Uw AMoctatM Fra.) .
Washington, Jan. S3. Louis F.
Bwift, president of Swift k Co, told
the House Interstate Commerce Com
mitet today 'he food admiaistratioa
in stabilising tht live stock maxiethad
tcrontpliaiied "wonderful thing, both
for the producer and the consumer"
and that its control was needed now as
much as ever.
"This is a critical lime and everybody
Is loaded up with meat, ' said Mr. Swift.
"We have not made many shipments.
The only possible wsy to have made
shipments abroad as we did was through
food administration control. .
Wants Prices Kept High.
The witness declared a decline of one
cent a poind ia the pork market weAild
mean a loss of -ViKJ,0iiO to his firm
on the great amount of meat it had
prepared for the world. He eipressed
a belief that with government control
continued prices woiiId.be.' .4igh . for.
some mouths, but then probably would
decline.
The bill before tho committee to H
cense packing plants and permit the
government to take over adjuncts such
as stockyards, market newspapers and
refrigerator ear, wa opposed by Mr,
Swift a class legislation, 'mid eertuin to-
he hurtful to the general publie br
crippling the Industry. '"Government
supervision,' through full access to the
packers' bonk was advocated by him aa
a "less dangerous method of prosed
urs, :
Tht "Trlmsry Deaire.'
The prijnary desire of 8wift ft Co.,
was declared-to be efficient service
the stock yard and readiness was ei-
presscd t osell the firms interests in
various yards if present standards of
operation could be maintained.
Hegarding the federal trade commis
sion's Allegation that packer owucrsliip
of refrigerator ears prevents the small
packers from competing with the big
firms, Mr. Swift suggested that instead
of taking Hit esrs awsy from the big
firms, the government or railroads
dhould biiijd 5,0(10 ears and let the small
packers uso them. .
Denial of Charges of Collusion.
Charges of follu'iji' by tht federal
trails commission were denied hv Mr.
Swift. He wild that there were eases
in which his firm had co-operated with
other packer in the joint ownership of
general facilities where such facilities
did not esist or were imperfect, and that
the co-operation in en way extended
to the control of prices of shipments.
Mr. Swift aaM there was 25.0O0 stock
holders in bwift & Co., and that his
family did not own a majority of the
stock. The witness snld his salary was
$.10,000 a year, and Hint his four broth
crs, :11 practical meat packers, drew
from 125,000 to f.l.1,000 each.
Alleged Competition.
Keen competition between the five
lug packers was declared to exist and
Mr. Bwift said this apparently was a
Hood time for new firms to enter tht
business.
Tht only other witness of the day
was Levy Meyer, counsel for Armour tV
flo,, who told th eomniittet why he
thought tht pending bill unconstitir
lional. Mr. Mayer's testimosy devel
oned an attack on the Federal Trade
Commission's method of Investigating
ths parking industry. He said none of
the-pteking firm were allowed to pre
sent testimony or question witnesses.
Not Through YtU
Mr. Bwift will resume tht stsnd to
morrow.
To"curt Habitual Constipation
Take "LAX-FOS WITH FEl'SIN" for
two or three weeks. A Liquid Tonic
Ijintiv. Pleasant to Take. 50c. It
Regulates. Adv.
Office Supplies
. . for the New Year
JAS. E. THIEftl
. BellThone 135 1 I-
US Fsyrtterlllt Strf - i ', j RALEIGH, N. C.
fOINTS IN CECIL'S
FLAN OF LEAGUE.
London, Jan. 2X Lord Robert Cecil,
wliu announced st J'aria that he had
submitted to the peace congress s
draft of the Lcanuo of Nations, be
lieves the world , ha not yet reached
a stage at which an absolutely rigid
system for the preservation of In
ternational peace ran be set up, ac
cording to a Renter's dispatch from
tht French capital. In discussing
his idea of the form the longus
should take, liord Robert says he
thinks an .international tribunal with
absolutely binding powers is not prac
tical at present.
"Tho . ernntlon . of nsn rigid Inter
national machinery by which a coun
cil, by exerting influence towards
coucilatlon, mny work, will Jbe the
main strength ot fliture peace
makers," he said. "Such, a body
must, however, posses at lenst suf
ficient Interiutioiiiil guaranteed power
tu be able to prevent surpnee ueelara
tNinsjif war snd to compel disputant to
a'ceept'delny during which forces of civl
Itratinnrmsv hsvt tlmt to try to avert
a calamity.''
Lord K chert said Is favored ' the
establishment, of a permanent inter
rational council of the Jcague which
tmld sit at a plare agreed npon
Above this, he said, there should !
a superior council, consisting of pre-
nstrs or Important member of vsr
lons national governments which
right meet regularly and during tht
next few Tears vert frennently.
New states formed nut of th
wreck of the Austro-Hungarian mftn
an'hr, Lc.rd Robert said, could V
admitted to the league without diffi
rulty a soon as settled governments
were established.
CHINA TO SEQUESTRATE
ALL EMENY PROPERTY
1 rrking, Chins, Jan. SU. (By tht Aa
lociated Press.) fhs Chinese govern
me'nt has decided tn sequestrate all ci.e
it.v property in China eft; February 1
The law calling for th repatriation of
encrtty ritireni will become effective
March I. The only exceptions will b
doctors, invalids and all persons over
sixty yesrsef age.
RAILWAY EARNINGS
LAST THREE YEARS
. ' (Contlnaed from Pegs One.) -
wsv earnings situation last year wers
that freight and passenger rates were
increased to yield about flHHJ.ow.tw
annually, r 130,000,000 in the six
months while wage advances added
stvlli.OO.OOO to operating expenses.
These sre the latest estimates of rail
mad sdminiatration sccountants but
are not eonsidcred final. Wages psr
ticularly may prove to amount to mors
than is now believed.
The -railroad administration scconnt
ants now report that in 191 tht 1
715,000,000 pay-roll of the 1 year pre
vions was increased ?i ier cent an
that consequently 'i,34fi,(Ki0,iHK) rras
naid out to employes.
The wage level at the end nf 1018
was' a little more . than 5 per cent
liik-hor than at ths beginning of th
rear, when tht government , assumed
control. i .
ProtMcts for Improvement.
.Prospects for .. Improvement .ots.Tu
earnings pnblieatien this year depend
mainly on whether business during th
readjustment period continue active,
ami gives a large . volume,',' of freigli
truffir to tht railroads.,' Indication
tViiiut to a reduction of traffic an
consequently to reduced earning,
cording to the railroad administration
These facts bear only an indirect re.
lation to tht government t deficit esti
mated at 1 96,000,000. Jhis represents
the difference between the ant income
rteivs4 by the railroad and ths aa
gregst ralculsted at a little less than
WH),(H)fl,rK0, which tho government
guarantees th rosds for the year.
Neither does this tskt into considers
tlon tht expenditures nf about tfiAi
WKj.OiH) last year for capital purposes
tn mskt permanent improvements sn
buy ears and locomotives.
GENERAL RESPONSIBLE
FOB MASSACRES ARRESTED
Farts. Jan. 3. tleneral pvyamil Mai
moud Fsilis, whs . said to1 hsvt bees
rrsponsiblt for msssscrts ol Orteks an
Armenians has bees arrested, accord'
ing to a report received her from Cos
sttntinople.
Eo
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Hudson-Belk Company
Begins This Morning
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WE ARE OFFERING BARGAINS NEVER HEARD OF.
By all means you should attend this big bargain feast, as it means
a great saving to you. Shoes at one-half price and less. '
BELOW WE MENTION JUST A FEW OF THE BARGAINS WE ARE
OFFERING. COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF.
$,.00 Vslues One big lot of Ladies' Boots, ia Brown
Kid, Black Kid, and OunmeTal. All these J 0
have eloth tops to match. - Sole Price.... "0
6.00 Values Ladies Grey and Brown Kid Boots,
eloth tops to match. Sale JJ
a.50 Values ladies' Brown Kid Boots, JQ
French heel. Sale Friee.i Plli7
1 '
(8.00 Values ladies' Brown Calf Shoes, QO
military heel. Sale Fries.. tfnlwO
7.00 Vslnes-Iadies' Brown Cslf fihoes, J QO
military and low heel. Clean-up Price... VvO
(iliJO Values Ladies' Field Mouse Boots. "7P
Clean up Price V I O
Just a few pairs of ladies' Orey Buck Q 0
Boots, walking heel. Sals Fries ....... . pJU
' ' - ' t -7J0
Values Ladies' Brown Walking J AO
.Boots, whito Wd tops. Sale I'rice. V"0
One big lot Ladies' Patent and Oun metal Button
Shoes. Hold ss high a 0.00: These are real .bar
gains. Bale r rice.... J 1.98, $2.1, C.48, $2.98, $3.19
Two big counters of Indies' and Children's Shoe
st one-half price. These are mostly odd pairs, but
a big lot from which to t(1jJQ to AO
bclect from, All priced from vl"P " P)0
Men' Press fhoes, priced. $1J8, $2.48, $2.8, IS.48 tp Infants' rshoes, priced. . .25c, 65c, 83c, 98c, $1.48 ep
Sale bep-ins this morning- and continues through next week. Be sure
to attend this bi? money-saving event. .
17 Store Sells More Shoe For Leas 17
HUDSON-BELK CO.
MARTIN AND WILMINGTON STREETS
HIED IH FALL
FROM
BUGGY
Rev. Dwight A. Petty, Young
Minister- Hurt in
Runaway
YOUNG MAN SENT ON TO
COURT FOR STEALING AUTO
Mri. Louise Christian Dead;
Interesting Medical Papers
. To Be Sead
By JAMES A. ROBINSON.
Durham, Jan. 23. Bee. Dwight A.
Fetty, a young minister who has been
transferred 'to this circuit ia the Dur
ham district, and has four ehurches to
serve, wss the victim of a eery psinful
accident yesterday, afternoon on South
strret. He had purchased an ew horse
and was preparing to start out" on his
rirruit duties, when psssing along
Houth street, the shafts of the buggy,
from sonio cause, suddenly dropped,
causing the horse to run "away. Mr.
Petty fell eut of ths front f the hu
gv. He Sustained a very severe gash
on the forebesd, and one across his
lips. Medical attention was speedily
given him. Hs also sustained quite
a shock to his nerves. r;.
The Recorder s eonrt this morning re-
vealed a esse of grest depravity among
some of ths tender youths of ths Lake'
wood section. Lakeood Pickett, a boy
about 13 years old, wss up on ehsrge
of trespass. The story behind the
ehsrge unfolded the fact that Lock-
wood had not been going to the Laken
wood school sines Christmas. He hsd
been ordered to stsy off the school
premise. Yesterday he secured a smalt1
bottle of whiskey snd visited the school
grounds. There he gsve the whiskey
to Bennie Walker, and Benuie imbibed
too freely snd was found in the woods
by Constable George u. King in aa is
toxicated condition. Bennie is not mors
than 12 or Xi yessr old. IIW was also
ur on the charge of intoxication. Be'
corder Graham heard the evidence snd
is continuing the esse to another time
in order to consult the parents snd
relatives of ths boys involved i nthe
sffair.
Carlton Took the Csr.
Arthnr Carlton, a yonng white man,
was arrested' yesterday by hergeant W,
A. Ferry and Special Officer Callie
Stephenson, 'on the ehsrge of stealing
8. A. Johnson's car aad driving it to
Kaleigh Tuesday sight.' Hs confessed
to the act, and said hs carried down
some Durham girls whose names were
not revealed In the Beeordrr's court
this morning hs plead guilty, Judge
Orsham found probable cause and
bound him over to the Wiperiof court
under bond of 12(H). Mr. Johnson got
his ear back without damage save the
extra tire snd one rim, snd aa overcoat
he hail left in the ear.
A Small Tire.
An alarm of tire this morning i t 1:2.
called ths department to ths Alston
avenue cross, in East Durham, near the
Vara mill, where a box car loaded with
-""' i mi rlre, Nt tntirh damage
wa dons. It it thought ths fir origi
.....I'll iruiH a spsrk from a poasiag sn-
gins during the night.
Desth of Mr. W. J. Christian.
A mother in Israel has fallen. Mrs.
Louise Chrstiaa, ths beloved-nife of
wili .na Jasper Christian, president of
ti e Merchants Bank, nf this rity, died
' ; moriie nt S. o'clock at her home
915 North Mangunt street, and this sn-
imurii'eitient carries sorrow to a wide
circle of friends. Mrs. Christisn was
71 vir of see, snd hsd been in feeble
health for quits a while. It is said the
('iiiiitnicuiioiis of old age was ths imme
dime enime.of her death. P he wss s
splendid type of womanhood, and had
1-een a resident of Durham practically
til ot her married life which extended
ever a long span of years. Phe wa a
member of ths North Durban Baptist
Church, and was a faithful server of
her Master ia doing good works.
Hhe i survived by her husliamt, four
sons, two daughters and a large circle of
familv connections. Hersons are C. K.
liristian, of Danville, Vs.; J. A. Chris
tian, of Mobile, Ala.; T. B. Christian,
of Jacksonville, Fla.; daughters, Mrs.
J. O. Wynne, and Miss Lois Christisn,
of Durham.
Death of Barks Ben sett.
Mr." Bii"rls B. Bennett, on Club
Boulevsrd, died Wednesday afternoon
at 1:15 o'clock, after a short illness.
The funeral took place Thursday after
noon at ths lioms at 4 o clock, and was
conducted by Woodmen of the World.
Surviving Mr. Bennett1 are his wife
and kevea-months-old daughter, Chris
tine: his father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. J.-T, Bennett j two sisters, Clara
and Mable, both of Durham; three
brothers, Paul C. Bennett, of the lUth
Field Artiller somewhere in Franco;
Tom T. Bennett. . 63 Lynch street,
Brooklyn, N. Y.; and John W. Bennett,
of Durham.
Tws Papers to Bs Read.
At th meeting of the Durham-Orange
County Medieal Society, to be held in
ths office of Board of Health, triday
evening, January 24th, nt 8 o'clock, Dr.
Robert L. Felts will read a paper on
"Home Observations of tho Bceent In
fuessa Epidemic." Dr. Foy Boberson
will pretest a paper on ''Empyema as a
Complication of Influenza. It' i ei
pected that there will b a large gather
ing of the physician to heat wao
papers by these two eminent physicians.
Class Visits Health Board.
Mias Fannie P. Bivins biology class
In ths Durham high school, nineteen in
number, visited ths laboratory of the
Durham health board, in .the court
house, yesterday afternoon, and made
an interesting study in that depart
meat. Miss Barbara Drum, was ex
ceedingly courteous and gave ths class
a very instructivs discourse, with
demonstration!!, o.f ths science of chem
istry. It was a most interesting after
noon to ths class.
1 Gny Wlr Pest Falls.
Around four o'clock yesterday after'
noon, a guy wire pole of the traction
company, on Mangum street, in front
of J. D. Edwards A Hon, suddenly snap
ped off, at the ground, and fell across
sn auto delivery truck of the Ed
wards' snd did about 10 or 15 damage
to the machine, jabbing a hole through
the top and smashing some mirror parts,
No ons hspprned to be rear, or in the
truck, consequently no one was hurt.
A street csr hsd just passed, snd it is
supposed that the coming 'of- the car
had given a swinging motion to tht
wire, which caused the pole to vibrate,
snd having been in the ground so long
the bottom was rottsn, and the old shed
having been taken down, which had
given it support, esused the accident.
Jndgs Throws Libel Bait
Against Editor Out of Court
Saa Fraucisco, C'sl., Jan. !. Dis
missal of the criminal libel suitTrouglit
against Fre znt Older, cd'tor of the
bun Francisco Call, by Johu O'Uura, an
attorney, one the ground that Older
had defamed him in a published recital
of the editors personal experiences, was
ordered here today by a police judge,
Storm Off Virginia Capes.
Washington, Jan. 23. A storm oil
the Virginia capes moving rapidly
nortn-nortliesstward snd increasing in
intensity, was reported by the weather
bartsm tanigl t. Worm warning are
displayed on the coast at and north of
Cape Hattera."'
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iar na neen run J l .(.km) mile; six
good. tire. Address Box 134, Durham
N. C. 1-24-st
WESTEKN KCD CEDAR SHINGLES
guaranteed to last 40 years, VM per
-M. I. e. b. Apex. Sample furnished
upon request. 'References: Merchant
k Fvrmrrs Bank, Apex. L. h. Olive',
Apex, Nsrth Carolina. 2-.'10t
FOR KENT TWO OK THREE IN
' furnished rooms, 3 blocks from Cap
itol, S blocks from Vnion Btation
Address R-502," ear News and Ob
server. Olt
HALF MILLION DEATHS
DUE TO THE BLOCKADE
Berlin. Wednesday, Jan. 22. (By the
A. P.) It is snnouueed officially by the
German government thst a further in
vestigation of mortality 'due to thu
bloekado" from the autumn of 1918 un
til the end of 1018, shows that ths fig
ures were much higher than were at
first supposed. More than 500,000
deaths, it is laid were caused by mal
nutrition or undernutrition. Only
civilian are included in the list which,
says the announcement, ''if it errs at
all, it is by givinc too low figures."
Debt of Anstro-Hangsry.
(By th Anflociatfd rM
London, Jan. 2,1. Tlie total debt nf
Austria-Hungary last October was 84,-
01)0,000,000 crowns, according to a die
patch from Vienna. Austria s debt was
4:1,000,000,000 crowns. A commission
appointed to Investigate the question
of German-Austria s share of those lia
bilities, find that its proportion as
suming that tlie other states of ths for
mer empire pay their share, amounts
to 25,000,000,000 crowns. " '
PORTUGUESE WARSHIPS
. BOMBARDING OPORTO.
London, Jan. 23. (Portngan.) A
wireless dispatch, received from Madrid
says reports from frontier towns sre to
the effect that Portuguese war vessels
sre bombarding Oporto, which is still
in ths control of the Monarchists. Ths
dispatch sdds that rumors persist that
former King Manuel is about to land in
Portugal.
Says He Wakes Up
Hungry Every Day
And Ready for Work
This Sumter Farmer Feels Like
a Young Man Again And
Can Do More Work Now
Than Ever Before Since Tak
eThe New Tonic, Dreco.
"Every morning now I wake-tip as
hungry as a- bear and when I get mv
breakfast I am ready for a hard day's
work, and the beauty is that the work
does not tire me down as it used to. I
have more strength and energy and that
"tay there power", are the words of
Mr: W. T. Edens, the well known farmer
who lives on route three, from Sumter..
s. c.
"I used to suffer rom rheumatism
of the joints mighty bad and it almost
had mo down st one timet. The pains .
were very bad, too, I tell yon. I was
full of pain all over it seemed like.
Every joiat hurt me and my muscles
were sore ns t I t il. My kiilneya wers
aching bad and J think that is what '
brought on n'it of my suffering. .Then
my stomach got out of fix and seemed..
like I eouldn t eat what Isrsnted with
out it going back on me. I would swell
up with gas and a lump would rise in
my throat. Sometimes it felt like I had
a heavy weight on my stomach.
"But it, js all different now since-1
have taken the new root and herb medi
cine called Dreco which I believe nearly
everybody around in my ncgihhorlinpil
is taking. It sure has done mo good
and I feel like 1 am doing anybody a
favor to tell them about it. I sure do
advise people suffering like I did .to
get Dreco and take it according to di
rections, for it will bring happiness Ifito
their lives,"
For a sluggish liver, weak kidneys,
disordered stomach, -constipation, head--aches,
rheumatism and catarrh of .the
head or stomach there seem t'i be noth
ing better than Dreco, tho new medicius
which is doing so much good in this sec
tion. Nearly everyone who tiikcs it,
praises it. That is the best thing i)ist
can bo said about any medicine,' .
Dreco is sold by all druggists and is
highly recommended in Raleigh by F.
W. fsrker Drug Co., Zobulon Drug Co.,
Wendell Drug Co., Pope's Pharmacy St.
Clayton; N, C. A. V Bauenni at Apex,
X. C, Powers Drug Co. at Wake Forest.
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