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J IMt NEWS AND OBSERVER SUNDAY MUWHlKCFEBRUAy J131S. FOffl PRO! PREMIER I! He Replies Vigorously From a ., . Well Fortified Position To ' Critical Deputy vmTiiuS ' INTERESTING WAR FACTS French Retired J"rom frontier . 76r Diplomatic Reasons; Joffre Ordered It . Pari, Feb. l.i-a July .'SO, 114, the " ,; preach gorerEmrot ordered its' troops ' to retire eight or In I -oBicters from ' the frontier, hiving heard Ike German ' troop were moving toward it, H'-ne Yiviani, former premier, declarc.l.in the -.Juiali:. oijJt"puli?Ji J?t,.l,'8,h.!i..!?,J.kl . Man of . disclosures concerning Hie origin of the wr which never liefore bate been made public M. Viviiui was ( 'premier Tinea flu- war broke out. i It was n !) V he wid. Ibol I the goviraaient uf whlrn 1 was the i rhinf 'divided last French troo - , should r-iire eigbt or tea kilometers from the frontier. (On the am,te I - requeued- Kai:f Cambou'" (.'rcnek Am . lassalor in London I by wire to inform - 8ir unl l.rey'o' tin- meimire taken. ' ' "r.Bsbnrt,' I sa d. 'will resii!lint if Franco is Arm, it is- not she h no i taking measure o? asjre'f'.iih. Al thengh .Germany ha mc4 her.'troops spoil her tot t te line -the government of th Trench P.uij' ' e ialeud to uVfuon- Tamo reniiaiweaeea of the momen- tons days of Ike last of July, 1P14, .paused the depot kt t. arise and elieer the former premier, - - Mi Vitiaai aouliuued,: War far RigM J 'jartle.; I "Could we risk a i--r' r,m war npoa i ' th ViSsc weliajr-r W de- - aired to prwlai il f the world i that-if-yauite.. a.r-.-, lfllm, . , j, J J ftffQbe ' Would On ail for j..ti-0 artel I not tale )hi-.ii':.- t'" eqtiivoea- tion. . The witbdiatrat' vasetrried out with .it ,aitng -a.ujf :&fS, airal or military. "Had we met -with a-observation from General Jolfro 4 tho offect tha measure might endanger th fato of the eoaatry, we should not bavo hesi tated, bnt". would bavo lent the watch on the frontier. No objeetioa eame t roni the General." "l Viviani'S speech' was in reply to questions by Ieputy Vwaad - age? raid, who sharply eritltiaed the aban donment of the tea kilometer sone. Ho claimed that'll was a technical mistake " becsnse the mineral -valley -of Briey was within, raiige of -the French funs and had it beta bombarded Inten sively for three' or four days tho Oer. . maa iron ore deposits and factories would bavo beea destroyed and Oer maay placed ia aa inferior positioa tegardiug minerals. This, the deputy thought, would have brought about sa end of the war in nix months. Deputy Engerand added that the abandonment of the French sourees of minerals and iron without a tight cre ated a' situation whir h caused the first : battle of tho Marne to become a - pyrrhia . victory instead of tho abso lute defeat of tho enemy. Former Premier Viviani replied that tho abandonment of the Briey valley " ia the oveat of war bad beea decided , ' 'upon by -tho general staff in January, lUli. A withdrawal to a depth of 5 kilometres was first considered, said .31. Viviaai, who then read a telegram from (ieneral Joffre, dated July 30, .reading as follows: - . Tor diplomatic reans it is india peasable that ao- ineident. occur at the 'frontier. Xo unit and no patrol shall ... advaace east, of tho line fixed." Qaotea Mlabtcr of War. , M. Viviaai thea read a message' from Adolpk E. Messimy. the Minister of " 'War at that time, aa follows: Ia order to assure English eollabo 1 1 ration. It ia iadispeahl that French " troops do not eras tho g aral liao de ' 'tided upon, ualess .a regular attack is " . laad' ipw tbeni : - ' Oa- August , ('racial Joljre, learn . ' itig that aetf ireea violations of the ' -,. Freaeh 'fiontier had been committed, ".teltgiaphed' to Haair Yiviaai ai fjl- ;v4-LIr.-J'iaialtr.. tTofeo7' - . TUo jiaterdictioa against . crossing tho line indicated ia lifted, but for na Mional reaI of 'diplomat!' and moral order, it is indispensable to leave to - ' ths Germans the entire .responsibility for hostilities. Consequently our. troops will merely hold The encmv baek and throw him npoa too frontier without pursuing him bevond." Thea War Waa Dclared! M. Viviaai, amid tease silence, eoa- tinned; . "Thea.HAr was declared. Tho Presi dest of tho fepublie wrote a letter to ' ' King George hich was publisii4-H-ti press at that time, but thrcply o the ...... Jung is still unpublished.. It reads: "i admire the limitation which Fnare willingly imposed upon herself ,' . asd whirh so vitally concerns her niili ... 'v tary defense.'" .. . . i Tha former '4rCT,'cr was nborlng nader great emotion ud h.s voice was at bigb pitch ss bo toarWdi'd: , ' ' ; , Frswf She frsferred rear. . "It la rmatial that the world Jinow ' that ia order to assure th pearo of 1ho world wewero. making such a sob- . lime sacrifice ia uncorerlng ear f ren- tier la order to affirm oof right. Do "J0 tiling that great aad noble America ' ". would havo remained indifferent to VcV , a striking drmoastratioa of our, fWd failb aad that it had ao iaflaoaco Upos her aaal ilccuioal . !Tpo the rejjons!bities fr the war - iiatwiaus may' UiteuoSk but France by her .withdrawal tea sikuretreo aasy from her frontier baa girea the w.orld iprool ot he.r rsrast desire for peace.' . BIG NAVY PLAN IS . " : FAVORED BY STAR : (Coot;asd Frota Fsgo Os reductioa of aiTal power. We are now ' OS th last stretch ef Wilding tbo-threo- y ea r . program" ' of " na AI ;ioastviictioB ,;.ii;h was aulfterire.! tfcreo years ago. bt.l aul hmid sgau.at any aa tloa, bot so long a (his repul.Ilsnrc.Jj .1 n-irv ws mnt hnre one. for enr own of the world that wtU bo powerful, strong sad msdera.' fiaUnt aad. Secretary Agreed. "The President aal'rJocreUry Uau icls are agreed in this matter, aad working together. Why should not Congress work with tbemf It is the idles? of assertion that tho friends of it adranate navr are bunting trouble an equally idle that thry h.'ive lu umu and intend war with Great Britain and Japan, - If they were uaablo to give a season for their policy they might be at a disadvantage under the impugn n ent of their motives. But they have a Teason. -and-five.-jt, Tboy-cite. the neet-ahily : lorafegiiarding our long coast lines, the coming necessity for safeguarding an American merchane marine, and tlto dangers of -that may grow out of the new shnif le of tho na tions, and particularly the- maritime uatiuns. "Tho people will stand for sea power entirely sufficient to servo tho national purposes, to make safe tho widespread national interests, and to make certain that we shall lose nothing in prestige at such a timo as the presents when we have just emerged from war with so much to the national credit on the wa ter." ' For SmithBeld end Lesdsburg. Repre5ten1ativo Edwsrd.W. I'ou to 1ny ' 'afiiieafe'd Mt Ota" 'the;wminrHe)--ea publiO buildings aad grounds jn tie bnlf of the bills bo haa introduced in Congress for public buildings nt fmith ficld and ' Louisburg. The committee promised to incorporate the item "for the acquisition of a site and erection .of a post office building nt Smithfield at a cost not exceeding alToWO. , The" bill for appropriating funds for the inr; eliuse or a site at. Louiburg was like wise incorporated-in the .rejiort of the committee. Will Visit Raleigh Tonight. fcxHsretary of Hie Navy aud Mrs. flan icls ht Wasliington fonight for Golds-bore.'-where Hecretary Daniels will visit his mother. From Uoldsboro, Hecretary mmA Un. llanlvU will an to Kaleieh fdteasi..iariB present at the meeting of Billy Sunday on Monday: the Beerotary having la duced -4hadiallngutshe4. evangelist to viit Raleigh. Billy Sunday and W retsrr Daniels are very iatimats friends, and the" Wocretgrr always re ceives ths first visit, ths preacher ia his rounds to the offices - of tnemtoors ei the cabinet. ' .vrf,amW...prj43ola Hers,.,.B.wti P.-D. Gold, Jr., a busine'sj man of N'ew York City, was in Washington this afternoon on his wsy to Wilson, N. C, to visit his father. Mr. Gold will spend two days ltt"Wllso, and spend th re mainder of. next week in. Raleigh and Greensboro. He is a Wilson boy who went to New York in 1912 and is mak ing good in the business world. Ha once lived in aRlelgh. Frank Hampton Comlnk. Frank Hampton, secretary to Sena tor rJimmons. left Washington this af ternoon for Raleigh, where bo vill spend several days mingling with the Legisla ture. Mr. Hamilton-generally spends several weeks nt the State Capital dur ing the sessions of ths General Assem bly. Ho will probably return to Wash ington Wednesday night. Going to Booth Dakota. Mr. aad Mrs. Thomas A. Wadden will leave Waahlngtoa tomorrow for Madi son. South Dakota, where they will make their permanent borne. Mrs. Wad dca before marriage was Mies Anale i'ou, ths oldest dsughter of Represen tative and Mrs. Edwafd W. I'ou, of Smithfield. They will make the trip y way ol Chicago, wnere tney win ao some shopping. Mr. Wadden is con nected with a bankiug institution in the for Northwest. They were msrried last July. The Favetteville Chamber of Com merce has presented o tWator Sim mons the possibility of Little River, Bear Manchester, N. C, being polluted from tho sewerage emanating from Camp Bragg, owing to a temporary sus penses of tho original sanitary plans for Camp Bragg. Ths Senior Senator has presented the subject to ths Sur geon General of the Army, with the hopes that tho original plans may be executed at aa early date. Main Features of The Disposal of Turkey in Asia and Hun Colonies (Continued From Page One) by (he committee having it In charge ao that a report may be made of President Wilson departure. ""The secretariat TiisT ("irangd ThTBamO of this body to "the commission on tho society of nations,' in deference te tho wishes of a number of delenitna who r- garottl tnw wo vn? ttif word 'ten me" a idicaUag.AB..aUiajira defensive purposes. WILL' RAIRK NO OBJECTION TO PRESENCE OF BERNBTORFF Paris, Feb. 1. The Americas dele gates to the peace conference, it Is un derstood, will raise no objection to the appointment of Count Voa Bernstorff, former German Ambassador ia Wash ington, ss one of 1h German delegates to ths peace conference, although not attempting to influence or apeak for the Entente delegation.. It is declared it is beyond the power nf one government to Say it does not denize the presence of any person, tho other party to the treaty mating process may, select ss s repre uake-K: - .1 - " awsatvi it7 Peace Committee at Work. Paris, FeV. 1. The-nsrlous commit tees appointed by the peace coafet- eneo-grr about to begia work ia eara est. Ob today's schedule wss a mooting of the labor committee of tha confer ence at tho ministry! of labor, while oa Monday tho committee on ports, water ways aad railroads will assembls at the ministry of public Werke end the com mittee ea reparations at tho miaiatry of finance. .. ......-' ' Ths society of nations commission is almost aloae of ths subsiadiary bodies earned by tho conference la not baviag seat ont a summons for a meeting Wr Gordon licwart, the British At torncy" General, who 'will teach Path today, has beea mru-led With the task i r snpporting.the demand for briuaia the, former Empirr Willism to public iriai ana. iho f Uliholding the Brit ish .views before the reparation rom mtttees .--v-- Onea ReVolt la German Army. Berlin, Friday, Jan. 31. By tli As sociated Fress.; Aa onler issned by CoL Rein hard t, Prussian miniatev'of star, has aroused open revolts oa- tht part of soldieis' eonneils ia ths (tsrmsn srmles. The council of the Ninth army has declared that it will 'not obey ths order and bat been informed that th gove nmcnt will lad mans t eaforc SITUATION NEAR are-i"- - innilllinrl nin AKbnAlllitL DAU There Are 4,500 Americans in : The Fighting Against : The Bplsheviki - VT aiil4Um, febi ie-Tbw-itutHi ia tha Archanerl dlatriet Is regarded by Kailitary oflieera ia Nortbara Buania M aitremely critical. . Advicea to the War Department to day made bo reference to an appeal for reinforcements, but it was said Here mat inurauch u thia wan t matter (or d-' termiaation by tho aupremo war cob eil at Pari, a more complete report had been aent to thnt body, poaaibly with a requeat for additional atipporC Beporta that the Bolshevik! forces were using gaa shells was tnkea hers by aomo offi cers to meaa that this equipment has boen supplied through (Jeroiao sourees, notwithstanding tbc terms of tho arm istice, and if this was established as a fact it was intimated that draitio sc-ttonapirmt'--tkoGeriaB. would-be takea by Marshal Foch. Arailable figures obtained . bjrWar Department officials show the British fores ia the region of the north is ap proximately '6)00; Americans, 4,500 j French, 1,500; loyal Kuasians under British ofticers, 100; and 1,000 other soldier sof one of the smaller allied countries. The exact disposition of these forces is hot known officially here, no report on this haying been made in some weeks. Army, oflicials said that t lie body of, troops now retreating be fore well-armed aud reinforced Bol shevik! was small, being - little more than an, advanced post. Reports of a forty mile retircmentowever, led es ports to believe that a larger body was expressed the opinion a weok ago that t t nni I ne numurr oi iroops in me Buvanco south from Archangel was sufficiently large and strong tp keep tho situation in hand. ;" " . "" . I'se of gai and high, explosives by ths. Bolsheviki was looked upon by many army men as tho most disquieting fea ture of t.he military reports as they affected Americans. ... Tarasevo, from vfIiIeTi' 'the A ttitrrtcnn'r had-boen forced to retire, is a small town about 110 miles directly south of Archangel. It does nit appear on War Department !S4MV...ajWiCT'-.-----'.----'-----.'--" Major Casualties of American Troops On Front Total 56,592 (Continued from Page On.) largely composed of troops. - . - North Carolina la Other Southern States. New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, Mary land and IMttriet flf Columbia troops; Twenty-ninth division : Infantry regi mental . Number. I , c i i- 11S lit 4K SS t 10 111 IS T2 161 2 414 115 ISS 49 SO I ?16 114 164 IS U I .207 Machine Gaa Battallaiu. 115 4 1 t 11 lit ........ T 11 T 0 2t Hi U S IS St Artillery BfuMat. lit ........ 1 - 1 t S I lit t S ' S J IU 1 1 I 0 Trwwh alerter Bttrj. . , 104 104 Totals EnfhMws. S97 22 It fiii II RAINBOW DIVISION. FartyHwcnnd DivMlan I Rainbow). CampoVd of troop ountryi from virtually all parte ef the i - 27 7- Nuatber. 1 1KJ 12 14 11 J 2 so 19 Mi lv is 17 11 US 1S Ul 14S 4S5 HI 420 4S7 411 MaeUa Can. 11 I S SI IS 1 U 10 s Artillery. 14 4 to 1 Ul 117 14 1 Treach starter. s a gnsteeers.. ... .7 lS IS ?7H' ' 440 t 4'. ., 47 S3 t.SSO KIMenth BfvUwn.Vlraratt.''' finis and Paantylvanla troops i ' Infantry. Wrt Vh fl t U7 I 201 S4 414 s sty s it s s s II 4 0 41 ... . M ' 't .' " 1 1 II "M -Wlt- . i i 41 . 4 2 M SS SO 7S 112 Nuwber. 117 ..... SH ..... SIS tit Ill ..... 114 Ill ..... Ill 14 sis. ..... te Total 'A ins S7 14 20S stukia Can. 11 S I 110 I I 0 Artillery. IIS 12 t , I II 8 9 . trowk Martac 1 Kattswem. -14 IS 14 S Slf ISS U. S. LABOR DELEGATES REFUSE TO FRATERNIZE WITH GERMAN SOCIALISTS Pariti Feb . l(By"..tUa i Associaisl Presi.) Tho American Fodoratioa of labor delcgatioa, eale4 by Hamnei Gompors deciiled tonight to support the Belgian Socialists and Trade Unionists who refuse to meet tho ' Germans at sitherHhe socialist or trado nnion eon greases - which will conveys slmultan Wttj!y"at Berne next week. More Troops Fross Overseaa. Soaport News, Va., Feb., 1. The battleship New Jersey arrived this sf tcrnooa from Brest With more ths l,0lK troop. Ths meattro members of the lOfith sanitary train, .Stth and tNls trero sqiiadrous, ' first and Second fnilwsr ordnsnro repair shop and 11th battalion, "th engineers. Many of them ill bo seat to Camp Meade, 'Mary, tan d,' for drmobl tfra t iem. Tva men, on from Pennsylvania and the otbet from Iowa ditd. oa the trip armsa. ' - Tb Kew Joirey was. aevorsl day overdue as ths rosult of . putting into t-tho-AaooM sa siasnat it engine tsattUa., CHIEF TO RESIGN Thomas Jfl. : Ellington Dead; Bull City Experiencing An . other Sugar Famine v -i Dy JAMES A ,QMX$02LJ. Durham, Jan. 31. Thomas M. Elling ton , of 610 Oakwood avenue, died sud denly this 'morning at - o'clqck from somothing like" acuts iatVgestion, or paralysis of tht heart. H clerked for Victor Knplon, and was apparently ia good health np to all o'clock yesterday evening when bo quit work and went borne. He did complain of. having a paia ia his breast. He had bad the in fluenxa a month ago, but bad recover ed from that. Mr. Ellington had beea a resident of Durham for at least thirty-five years, andTrarwctt bnnwa toj every Inhnld tnat of the county. For many years ho was employed in the Southern Railwaydepot-- borers waa . inspector .. of weights and measures for th eonnry for a vthile, and clerked in different stores for about thirteen years.- He was highly esteemed and his sudden death is a sbock to this eommtrntty. Mr. Ellington was twice married. . His first wife was Miss Rosa Vesson. By this union he has one daughter, Mrs. Jake Riiynor, of Louisiana. His seeond wife was' .Miss. Ann , Parrish msrried In 100 who survives him with five children, from 13 to one year of ago. The funeral will take place from the home tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Ren C. C. Smith, of th Edgemont Baptist church. Chief Pendergrast to Reatga. It became known today that Chief Pendergrasr., or 'fin oil tna taffre i . . i . i for JWelv years, and bccuplertf . -. . position since tho data of Cspt. J. F. Freeland several years ago, wiJJ ten der his Test gnation to take-effee the first of March. H hss made a spies- did -officer, and. reodjered.cflicieat serv ice, and his reason for resigning is his desire ta engage in other business for himself. A number of nsmes of offi cers now oa ths force have been men- ttend "T''eoineetion"with- tbe---prrnW tioa. to chief. Tbo Police and Fire Commission is silent ns to what action will be taken or' who they favor for the position. . . . . - . . . First Vbrfl ef Nrro Bishop. Bishop B.. Delaney, of Ralclrfi, recently-elected to - preside .over- the colored churches in the Episcopal Dio cese of North Carolina, will visit St. Titus eburch, on Pine street, next Pun day and conduct the morning services, at 11 o'clock There will also bo a cel ebration of the Holv Commnnion. This . is the firt visit .Bishop .Dejaney V. made to this church since his call to the Bishopric. He will return later in the spring and confirm a , ealass at St. Titus. . .j ' '"' . Sagar'Falalae In Durham. Durham is experiencing another su gar lamias. Most of tho dealers ar entirely out. ' Ope or two have a small supply oa hand, and they are selling it in small quantities, and handling it like gold dust. ! It is thought that the situation will be relieved in three or four days. It is explained that this condition of . affairs in Durham was brought about by a ehange of .orders whea tho restrictions were removed from all sons rulings.- Up to January 20th, Durham jobbers were, compelled to get their sugar supplies from New. Orleans. Aftor tbe-removal-y-of the rulings our jobber placed their orders with - northern gugarfkmXherush of orders to these firms has eaused a de lay, and. hence Durham' was among the number to be thut' delayed. Several cars of sugar ar oa the$ way to Dur ham, and it is expected that within a few dsys ths shortage will be lifted. Greene-Bailer.- Last night at 8:30 o'clock a quiet but pretty wedding took place at; the homo of Rev. J. Boa Elder, pastor of the West Durham Baptist ' ehurcb, whea Mr. John B. Greene, formerly of East Durham, but aoW.of Philadelphia, aad Misa Madge Bailey, of West Durham, were united ia matrimony. - Quite a number of friends and relatives were present to wish them joy oa the occa sion. ' - ' Tbo bride wore a gray coat suit with accessories, aad a bouquet of carnations and sweet pease Mr. aad Mrs. Green will spend a few days with friends and relatives in East and West Durham, and will leave Sat urday for Philadelphia, where bo ha a positioa af foreman in the ship yard.' AGRICULTURAL BILL- COMPLETED LAST NIGHT Houae Held 12 -Hour Session and Measure Will Be Passed Today Washington, Jsa 31. After remala Ing ia continuous session mora thea twelve hours, the House late tonight ecmpleted work oa the annual agrienl turnl appropriatioa bill, bat a form.! vote wss delayed until tomorrow by a demand of Representative Stafford oi Wisconsin, .Bepub'icsn, for a real'ng of tha atgrossed measure. Complaint of the paretico by which salaries may b tsised by department heads was voiced during debate tonight by aa amendment by Representative Mciavngh. lin of Michigaa,.. Republican, te pre vent any salary Increases to employes receiving the $40 a year iaerease au thorised in tha legislative bill if givea through other legislatioa, waa defeated 58 to 3. Republicans supported the Rcpreseatatlve Lever of South Caro lina, in charge f tbo maAi re, oppos ed the amendment saying it "would re tard research work" by giving seien tlfio me a ao incentive for Bow diseov. eriis beneficial te sgrieultur. . Mr. Lever asserted that Congress ..bad granted tho control of thaaalarlea paid under-lump "sum appropriation to . de partment heads and -that tongret was to blaai if abuse had resulted. ', Rig Price Paid For Tobsrce. .Imsvillf, Ky, Jan, 3UPrieire- ords- for Burtey tobacco " ia quantity were lopped today, tobacco mea assert, nhea a bogsbead sold for ISO a hundred potlnds 0t the Louisville, market. Th tobacco tame front th crop of a tingle farmer.:;:"': "''''t;J,''''--" Yale Defeats PeaasyKaala.;:'' New Haven,. Cos., Jaa. St. Tale defeated Pennsylvania, m to 52, ia an lnfcr-eol!cgut league basketball game t-'g- - . ' MERCHANTS HEAR . 0. MAX GARDNER Business Men of Pitt, Martin, wiison and Beaufort Get To gether at Greenville (Sptciat te Tha Km and nkrwr l' GreeBville. Jaa. 3L--Lieut Goverisae O. Max Gardner hero tonight addressed a get-together meeting of a large num ber of leading merchant of the coun ties of Pitt, Martin, Wilson and Beau fort, tbo purpose of which waa to dis cuss tho business outlook and plans for business 'growth and development of the scctioni- represented. The Governor, who is immensely non- nlar throughout thia section, was given the warmest kind of a receptloa and be pleased all with his splendid address which breathed the spirit of rroerese nnd for a forward stride by his native etate. --. During his address i Mr. Garden r sald i "The knocker and pessimist msy hv that North Carolina is a backward State?; but tiiMT-- wlannr,- a -tirge nntrue. - Ws North Carolinians ore a peculiar people, conservative, unpre tentious, rural, the very last to join the union when it was formed, the very last to leave it when it was Wine bio ken up. We cannot deny that vie have logged . behind in many spheres of progress and usefulness, but 1 am proud nnd happy to be able to say that we are headed for the future and that the Renaissance of industry, education nnd agriculture as rpitomized in tills wonderful and marvelous section or country during the past decade, has opened the purses end expanded the heart and minds of our people to a degree unequalled and unexcelled, until everywhere in our beloved State there and. universaL amf.itioa ' tbere "Ties "a guarantee of the" State's uninterrupted progress to greater things than She has everryei:achieyed.-Thiris-t he: happy side, the bright side, but the end Is not- ?ttt for look where-we -will -wo see work cut out for us to do, work re quiring .eaierpmo, . anduraorevface.. sight and courage. Ignorance nnd su perstition are firmly entrenched, and 6 ttly"'-teTrlar"br fore t he -eorteen tmted power of light and knowledge. fcNorth Carolina eaa never t mart safe for democracy until, in the, words of the matchless Aycock, 'there sliall be opportunity for every child to be and to make of bimself everything that God has pot into him.' The six months' school term is the incarnation of Ay cock's dream and the fruition of his generous soul. There' is yet so much to be done, nnd as we slowly ascend the tedious heights which losd to the final up land, w caich a viiion of .what. North Carolina ia yvt to be. Looking over, the hjll-top of that toilsome e!lihn, sfrugijHng for the up building or our deatJIothet State, we behold on every hill side, aad.' ia every valley, 4y sea shore and mountain brook, linked, like a necklace of precious gems, rarms and factories,, cottages and hamlcta, town and viliaaea, suny fields of -to'tt on rich fields of tobacco aad golden fields of grain, blossoming : with the smile or beauty sad of plenty and covering the Old North State with the benedietioa of the Great Jehovah," ' FEEBLE-MINDED NOW ' IN STATE HOSPITAL 43 . Inmates ot Caswell Train ing School v Transferred; stjklia EpruiU inCrowdj Forty-three inmates of the Caswell Training School, near Kinston, includ ing Lydia Spruill' and the doten fire bugs credited with burning two dormi tories, are now quartered ia the State Hospital. They were transferred to the Raleigh institution Thursday. Tho inmates, M boys and 17 girls, seem well pleased ia their new homo which will be only temporary. Tho feeble-minded children are being kept at the 8tate Hospital until new dormi tories eaa be constructed at th Cas well Training 8ebool. - The crowd ef children were brought here in charge of Dr. C. B.. McNairy, superintendent of the training school; bat they will bo ia tharge of Dr. Al bert Anderson while in bin institution. OWNERS' VIEW OF u As Presented By Head of The Association of Owners of R. R. Securities Washington, Jan. 31. P. Davies War field, president of the National Asso ciation of Owners of Railroad Securi ties, gave the Senate Interstnto Com merce today the aeeurity holders' view of ths railroad problem. He urged that the road be-returned to priva'e opcratioa aa early an practicable with legislatioa insuring a fixed return oa property investments, saying "the re sults of federal control and operation thus far obtained cannot give comfort to advocate of government, ownership." - Mr. Warfield proposed a comprehen sive p'sa for admiaistering railroads nnder government supervision. Involv ing profit sharing among employes; creation pf a federal corporation to as sist ia financing railroads and to super. rooting of traffic; arbitration, of labor disputes; control of future security is sues by the. Interstate Commerce Crna mission and retentioa of State commis sions. He opposed the plan for creating a department of railroads with a cabi. act ; officer at its need. "'Mr.'"' WarfJeM ' declared railroad so. euri:y boldetf, in the pt had n ben prnjierlT proteetedowiug toJevebp ment of a hostile sate of mini, result ing in too little consideration of legis lative. Iwdirs or, the Interstate Com- mene Commission. "Wo urge,- said Mr. Warfield, t hat leginlatinn be euacted nearly, in the twenty-one months allowed by the fed eral (oatrol art" to ' prepare for their wtuav-s.BnaJkllMath.,Dt continued SdH-sllcd ttniheatio . nnd diveraioa" of I traflie taken the railroads further awsyj from normal SlWi for meeting ths bdsinesa retquiremeata of Te-eonstroe. i tiow. They ar fast logins' their indi- j . . '. . -' They Shot -a Gaston Dsputy - Sheriff Almost To Pieces -For Seizing Liquor . ' - " Gasttnja, Jan 3t-Sheriff IrW. Car. redi and a fosse" of twenty-tive' or aiori officers nnd . men are searching the King's Mountain bsttla ground nnd other sections of West Gaston ia and southern Cleveland counties for Jack Bridges and Randolph Stephens, two desperate white men, one of w'.om last night shot nnd perhaps ftUlly injured Deputy Sheriff Cole. - The shooting occurred ubout eleven o'clock lsst night when Deputy . Col with tho sheriff and two other deputies confiscated Bridges' automobile and ten gallons of liquor, and then surrounded a house where the two men had taken refugo.-- -----. ....... As Deputy Cole reached the Tear of the house on of tho men tired two loads f ram a double-barrelled shot gUV in Iris face. His loft eye was shot out and bis right eye may be ruined also. His nose was browen nnd one sido of his face waa shot almost into shreds. As soon ss the other members of the party got Colo to a hospital they or ganized a posse and left in mnrhther in search of the men about midnight. No word has ' come from them, since cnrly this morning, when they were close in behind, them near the Ring's Mountain battlefield. Bridges has served a term fot shoot ing a man and both men have unsa vory reputations. They had just re turned, to Castonia from South Moun tain when the shooting occurred. No word has come from the posse which j-e-!xsfsif Tn Wi nAirt Dnuurxd ni.ri.ic iu BOARD SALARY QUERY Informs General Assembly of Action of Board of Education and" The-Larv-For It - la compliance, with. the General . Ag; sembly's request for information on alleged discriminations against the woraenmefn'ber of the State Board -of Ejsrarincrs aad Institute Conductors, Dr. E. C. Brooks, Superintendent of Publio Instruction, yesterday - trans mitted to tho legislature a letter quot ing proceedings of the executive com mittee of the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly and the State Board of E4ti catioa ia respect to th salaries- Dr. Brooks makes it piaia that the taw prescribes that tha salaries of those ofbeiails be fixed by th State Board of Education npoa recommendation of the executive 'committee of the North Card linn. Teachers Ajsem'uiy. Dr. Brpoks further quotes the proceedings of the executive committee of the Teachers' Assembly in which recommendation was sdopted fixing the salaries of the mea on ths board at 12,300. and tht women nt' $2,000. One woman wss a member of that committee. Thereafter, accord ing to the quoted minutes of the State Board of Educatioa this reeommenda tioa wat unanimously adopted. MODERN HOME FOR ICE CREAM COMPANY Purchase of a Hew home-to be equip ped with one of tbo most complete and largest ice cream plants in iht South, is the snnouneement mads yesterday by WhIteTcXMah eity. The hew plant is to be located in th building recently erected by the Home Laundry at the intersection of Davie and Galea streets oa the old city lot. . In enlarging the plant, ths company will .install new and modern equip ment costing about (40,000. It will dis card the old equipment In th present plant whtch will be transferred to an other eify as a branch of ths Raleigh company. . The new plant will be ths bsUthat money can purcha. and sanitation wHl be th Outstanding feature. It will.be termed a daylight plant with an abund ance of window to allow sunshine aad fresh air. It will have the capacity of making 3,000 gallons of ics Cream daily. XM sow home of the compaay will be ready for business April 1 wha It will be thrown open to the pnblle for a three-day inspection. Th White lee Cream Company be gan business feimiM M shed oa Sooth efeKstrnjyetoeet, saanufaatnjing ic cream with ths old atyU tub frorer. Ia 1914 the company moved to Sou h Wilmington street where equipment was ins tailed to produce (00 gallons daily. The new plant will employ eighteen to twenty men, half .of which will be traia.d in their respective lines.' I. C. 8A3SER, RESIGNS . Mr. E. C. Basses baa resigned as sn perintendent of motive power of the Southern Railway aad will go to Wash ington, D. C, where be will engage ia private business. Mr. Basse r is aa old Raleigh boy. He bas been ia the rail raod bnslnesa for the past ti years, aad bis promotions bsvo beea rapid. He is highly esteemed -by his associates and emloyes throughout the Southern Railway system. Mr. Bssser ia a soa of Mrs. H. If. Sasser of thia eity. -r VM; F. EVANS - Attawswr at La stAXJUCa, K. c - 501-502 Ctizens Bank Bldf. "r Read Article "WHAT MEDICAL . ! rt n r r o tit vn ..... - ia Tooay a lasa. ; PAGtlS. . W Uaie3 i aasfsm TRAPS MAWKV Put On 'VMM ssBaaaaaaaan The Left Shoe First They all said it Dough boy, Poilu, and Tommy and clinging to that bit of trench superstition, they believed it brought good luck for. the day and longer life in the shell ed racked stretch about them. t But in these fairer, happier days, when peace whirls the wheels of motordom again, we say, . nrst." And, of course, the right- shoe, is the Goodrich "Shoe; because ft means - good luck day and night, . and longer life in your , j tires. ' But there's no superstition . about if, only the big, huaky body, and the wide, thick BLACK SAFETY TR CAD, Goodrich builds into tires that. " " Round out the depend ability and durability of Goodrich Service Value. Buy Goodrich Tires! from a Dealer 'BEST IN THE LONG RUN' it;. -ihl "II 11 Ml m Jk- ' t fSa "JBra., ' j " The City of? j f 11 GOODRlGHfr 1 1 '-: yV
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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