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Jfwwsiisi Observer ' . WE'THcR . Fair, continued cold Monday,' with fresh northwest wladi; Tuesday fair, aot quit as cold Best Advertising ZXedium in. .North Carolina VOL QX. NO. 41. RALEIGH, N. G, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1919. PRICE: FIVE CENTS .-iJX.;.;;... - 1 V . ' - -.- : ""'4v w.m,- -t-,--,, y- liWiiiiiiiiMaaaMun r. . ""u"l"lL'"l""fc"' l" 'j,' '. 11"-'""'" ' 'I-11 !- i i .1 - ,,.,,. ' , - , J 4aY WAR COUNCIL ADVISABLE SCREWS More Severe Conditions For Renewal of Armistice- Be cause of Attitude In Ful-..... filling Obligations 14TH ARTICLE REACHED BY LEAGUE COMMISSION Trench .. Delegate Says They .Expect To Conclude Prelim--nary"""- DtsnrMTOffarhis Week; Larnaude Expresses His Views on Working of , League of Nations And Com pliments President Wilson s Patience " and Agreeable . Ukrainian Soviets .Announce Willingness To Confer; De ' r velopments in Peace Confer ence Circles. ' Paris, Feb 9. (Havo)v Tlio .Su preme war council is reported to have wdjiJJL-i i'cstcrilaj' meet?,, ipg that it was necessary to fmpose more severe eonditionR upon Germany fur the renewal of the armistice be cause of Germany's attitude Toward tlie fulfillment of Iter obligation!. Decis ions ire also said to have been reached fur tht condition of Herman demobili sation arid of t he productioit of "plant formerly engaged in producing war ma- tenuis. It is expected that the means Tor securing the exeflrtimi of the con ditions laid down will be reached at '. . . Monday's session . of the council. Ukrainian Soviet Agrees.' The Ukrainian Soviet government has announced that it is willing to accept ilio invitation of "the allies to the pro posed Marmora conference of Russian factions, according to theSTemps, but , 'it considers the date fixed (Feb. 15) too near at hand. The government sJso 1 exjiwsses preference for holding the cohferenco at Paris instead of on the Princes glands. 'h-tEACn! Of NATIONS PROGRESS" -COMMISSIONS WORK - (Br tha Aaaoelatad frmt.) . Paris, Fob. 8. ffthe most important .'part of the preliminary work of estab lishing a society of nations has been i-uncluded," said Professor Ferdinand lmaudc, Dean of the Law Faculty of the University of Taris, and, with Uon Hourgcois, a French delegate on the commlHsion on a society of nations, in discussing the work of the commission today. preferred Versailles, but added that this nrrlele," lie ennfinuBd,"Bdwr ipcct to concludo the preliminary discus Kions early next week. The articles which lave been adopted deal with the desire of the society to prevent future wars. What remaius to be investigated concerns international transportation, mm'e":6Tnrrt we expect the delegates to agree prompt- ly." , Work Will Go On. Asked if tlio departure of President Wilson, Premier Lloyd George and Premier Orlando would nffect the con tinuance of the commission' work, Prof. Larnaude replied 'no, the work ill go on, Col. House 'will represent America on the commission, Lord K"i -t Ocil will appear for -0 rent Britain and Prof. V'hilloga will take 4he place of Premier Orlnndo of Italy." ..fradicaUni U?,War Germ. I-nter in the eonversatior. lie said : mediatelr eradicating the germ of war." This will have to be done gradually. Jy idea is tha- when disputes arise between two nation they would be re ferred to an executive assembly to be formed by tlio delegates from, all nations which are members' af the society of nations Thi assembly would, after investigation, decide-which of the kations was right and iater aational forces would, if created, be Titofd t the disposition ef the want? v in the right. . should auch a step be necwiaary. In aom- cases, tne executive assembly might not net beyond giTing " a decision and would allow the lia 1 pntants to aettle matters between them ' selves by force, if o. inclined." Complrmcat President Wilson. Prof. Larnaude alluded t the ."calm, -- perfectly natural nd agreeable man ner,M In which President Wilaon has presided over the discussions of the rommissino. ; . "Had wo at times been iyipaitient, U said, "I am sure the digniflt;d atti' tude of the Ameriraa President would nave uvea auincirm iw iuiv . ( - Beferrit.g to the probable capital of tht sodety of nations, he said that he preferred Versailles, but adds that this wai merely his personal choice for the - reason that Versailles is 10 close to the ,g.reta telegraphio postal, railroad and diplomatic center of Paris. . . WILSON GETS-DIPLOMA IN AN OLIVB BOX Paris, Feb. 9-the delegation from th University of Athens which called upon President Wilson last night and delivered diploma bestowing upon him the honorary. dogTee of Doctor of Iw was he4del by ' Professor. An , dreadis, of the faculty of the Univer sity aa4..C;aMher' 't'lto-fimtkn - Asaileaiy of Pxiliticnl jRfienee. , v - "May it be allowed us members of the profession from "whose ranks yon wer Collet! to your hlgn office, said Pro- (Coatiaaed Page FINDS IT w i TO TIGHTEN ON GERMANY RUSSIAN ANTI-BOLSHEVISTS GOVERNMENT FIRM IN NOT ATTENDING ANY CONFERENCE .r.r--WITB THE TROTZKY ELEMENT Paris, Batarda. FA. I. (Br th AfM ciaud Prw.i Th. iitl-B.MM.iaU rnattnU f KaMia ay. aparaitljr In ta darlinin t. sarticipat. In th PriiKM k Uad con ferine. Nirh.laa Tachaikmkr, Rrealiiant of the proviaional nav.raamtt at lorthcrn Kuaaia, told th. Aaaociated Proas today that h. and his sav.ram.at had d tided a.t ta a ad an la Nil arard with th. poaltion taken hy la. Rauiaa coawtt Ir. la ParU, bad.d my Frists tola E. I lab . Oiulaa OaaOTNMStearlT tain., Kolrnaa ana Ma nmanii, rn .ratrd hia nfaaal ta participate la th. coalman aarinct , "PrwWtat Wilson nfoacd ta aemtiaU with Gwiaany antU th. Eap.rar was d nMd a, h. did not trout hiaa. W. fwl th. aaaahwt Nik.lai Unini, Loan Trot iky and (ha .th.r Wadini itabhniaU." Provisional" Measure Passes irst fieading,s:ass-- - Final Reading Today MAIN FEATURES OF THE PENDING INSTRUMENT Char acter of - th - Provisiona. From Which Assembly Is To - Derive Its Powers Weimar? trday, Fob, 8. (By The Associated Press.) The German na tional assembly has passed the first reading of the provisional constitution by aerlftiiirtlioii. The second and third readings are sot for Monday, to which the session was adjourned. The main portion of the assembly's time today was dovoted to a speech by Hugo Preuss, the secretary of the interior, who had been engaged in drafting the eonstitu tioa. The miniitereiplaiaetLthe thai-J acter 01 tne provisions 01 in instru ment from which the assembly is to derive it powers as a law-making body. ""The provisional constitution empowers the assembly to adopt .a permanent con stitution and to enact "stich national laws as are urgently necessary.'' It providqpvfor the choosing of a national president by a majority vote and for the creation of a ''committee of state' whiJi shall oeepy the position of a quasi second chamber. The provisional constitution makes no attempt to anticipate or limit the Future uunumuiiuii vi i jiumni, uu i muL GERIVIANASSEIVIBLY IN SENATE TODAY permanent constitution, excepting as toTa assured. The conference report ap- one vital detail. This is a provision that the territory of the. German states shall not he altered without their con sent. This is obviously the govern ment's method of meeting the oppo- sitTogrv6teolTy'rnFarner,-ri'porll that a division of Prussia was con templated. PREMIER LLOYD-GEORGE - IX LONDON WRESTLING WITH LABOR DISPUTES (Br th Aaaorlafed Prnw.) London, Feb. 9. Premier Lloyd George,, who returned from Paris .last night, was engaged early, this morning In disi'ussiiig thc labor troubles in -the United Kingdom with the cabinet min isters and board -of trade officials. Many meetings of railway workers were in rogress during the day for the dis- national standpoint Immediately open thr return of Ar thur Henderson from the continent a joint meeting will be held of the labor party and trades union parliamentary committee and other interested bodies to djsrtiss the. entire situation. ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL SERVICES IN LONDON Londuar..J'lk..,S.ic:Auxrp(cjcnUtive gathering of Americans and Knglish tilled Westminster Abbey this afternoon to pay tribute to the lata Theodore Roosevelt in a memorial sen-ice which for tli? first time in history displaced even song in the Abbey. Ambassador and Mrs. Davis, the staff of the American Embassy, Robert P. Skinner, the Consul Genaral and his staff, Vice Admiral Sims, many naval and army officer and the representa tives of American societies were present. Prince Artbu of Connaught represented King George and Earl Howe represented Dowager Uueen Alexandra, to whom he is Lord Chamberlainv Baron Beresford, viow Bry?(r, tan carton, Arthur N. Chamberlain, Lord South nark and many other notables were in the audience. After the choir had chanted "1 am the Resurrection," the thirtieth ..nd nine tieth Psalm were chanted, while In the course of the opening service the choir sang the Anthem, "I Heard a Voice From Heaven." The sermon wi deliv ered by Arch Deacon Carnegie, who said that the tribute shown SeTe "AtTiie Shrine of the A'nglo-Saxon Race," prov ed the IiigTT place thar Theodore Roose velt' del din. tue hearts -of th British people. " ' . " ' GERMAN ASSEMBLY "V : ; ELEMENTS ALL AGREE A Bastli Fet. 9, The German majority socialists, the1 Gtmian" democrat and the centrists in the national assembly have reached a complete. understanding on tire question of participation1 in the new ' e nt according to tWt -: ' ; . ljjci. .. PRESIDENT WOMAN. SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION Woman in the limelight of publicity as bead of the national organization which expects tlio Senate to' reverse its position - on the Federal Suffrage Amendment, expected to be again taken up today. . . . Both Sides Express Confidence ;;;AfldJf fRear For: : the Decision CONFERENCE REPORT ON REVENUE BILL TO FOLLOW Many -Other- Measures ' of Im portance Will Give Congress A Very Busy Week - Washington j -F-eba- 0. A vote tomorrow liy the Senate on the woman suffrage resolution and by the House on the naval expansion in will mark the beginning o ta clear up the session day. Advocates resolution f suffrage cot. . rush of Congress i tive Blato before veek's from Tues- nts of the House on of a woman .1 amendment are hlmprons of. the nc of aecaring i majority, while ight (till were nwdy fo-T measure up - -tbe-neccssar; opposition 1 confident tha vote. A qui tents larked one t with littla -de- bate is expo pterest in. what is regarded - action on the resolution at i, so keen that gallery admi " be limited by card". Revenue Measarc. Second only in interest to the woman s'iffrage question is the sir billMin dol lar war revenue Mil, upon which final legislative aHTou'ttiiirweelf Is' Tegardcd proved last night by the House, will be presented Itt'-'thc" "Senate; after the -vote on the suffrage resolution. ...ilany other important bills also are approaching their final stage. Confer- fnce rewnts en -the oil, MtIaaJ. gax leasing bill, the water power develop ment measure and legislation to vali date informal war contracts are those which leaders expect to have disposed of this week. Speeding Up Program. While these and the appropriation measures are fp be rushed, many other bills will be1 left for the next Congress, which leaders now believe will lie called in extra session in the early summer. The speeding up" pmKTant now .do. termined upon this session contemplate early daily convening hours and many night -aesstoas. . H.u leader a hop l complete all appropriation bills by leu- tnYyiwthe'Sewnt- WheafPrbre. Legislution to maintain the govern ment' guaranteed wheat price is to be pressed in the House, while in the Sen ate peace discussions probably will con tinue, especially if an agreement Is reached at Paris on a Society of Nations. The many investigations of Congress will continue this , week and at least three new hearing -will be started. On Tuesday the Senate Judiciary sub-eomnrittee- wilt-tirgin- invest igattonef Bolshevik, I. ,W. W. and other radical propaganda. The Senate mines com mittee plans ' to begin inquiry next Wednesday into the potash situation, and late this week the House Interstate rmomittee, upon concluding it head ings oa the meat industry, plans to tak up railroad problems. SNOW INTENDED FOR WESTERN CAROLINA T COMES TO RALEIGH Temperature Fell a Little Too Much, and : City Was . Gi ren Nice White Blanket ' , Mistake-will, happen, even in the weather department. Raleigh Wat snowed on yesterday, and - the snon wasn't intended for Raleigh at all. The weather bureau had figured that the snow would cover only the western part of the State. The tern peratnrr at Kalelgti was just a little'above f reeling. It went under just a Iiltte, and about 1:00 p. m. along cam a wet snow. Since the temperature went down at little later in the day, the snow became drier,, and, stuck . to. the . street and sidewalk a little, though not enough t stoji traffic. The cspitol ground showed pu -e white with the dark SUit houiie and grey-.ky..--;-.. :,r . . - This is the first real mow Raleigk ha encountered this year, and eics It may lie gene by the time this is read, even thtngh the weathe -burcan MORE VOTES FROM SOUTH EXPECTED Why Woman Suffrage Advo cates Hope for Success in the Senate Today ' MOVEMENTS OF TAR HEELS AT WASHINGTON Sec'ty Daniels Malls Accept . anco of Invitation To Address Legislature Thursday Washington, Feb. 9. Oa of the rea sons advanced by .b advocate of the. federal woman suffrage amendment for believing that the amendment will be passed when it is called up tomorrow knU-)MU4iet'a cently produced evident of suffrage sentiment in the South,, vhich has hitherto been considered opposed to the enfranchisement of its women. Recently there ha been demonstrated in interesting reversal of sentiment 0 the suffrage question, in one southern state, Texas. In August, 1916, the state 1OT7, the state- IpgisUture "TeMtd -to submit an amendment to the state eon. stitution enfranchising women. In March, 1917, ffie primary suffrage bill died la committee. In March, 1918, the primary miffrage bill passed by large majority in both house. In July, 1918, the women voted in the primary lec tions for the first time. With only seventeen days in which to register, sp pVorrmatrV 3S6,-000' 'women registered. In September, 1918, the ta,to Demo era tie convention endorsed woman suff rago by . both state a-d . ... national methods. In January, 1919, the liglala- ture unanimously voted to submit aq. amendment to the state coajtltution en franchising women and also memorial ized the- United State Senate tt favor of the federal woman suffrage amend ment. Other evidence of southern mffrage sentiment is pointed to in Arkansas, where the state legislature unanimously voted in favor of a resolution falling UHin the Senate to pas the federal woman suffrage amendment. Okla homa, where a state Suffrage amend ment was. adopted in November by what had been considered prohibitory majority of the highest, number of those voting in the election, Louisiana, where the suffrage ant idraent sub mitted; in November carried 4.U bat fwo parishes. North Carolina and Florida, where primary suffrage bill ar aaid to ba certain of passage by the present legisUtture. - Movementa af Tar Heels. Hon. Joscphus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, tonight mailed hia accept ance to the invitation committees oj the Senate and House of the North Carolina General Assembly to address a joint session of the law-making body at noon Thursday, February 13. He will leave Washington next . Wednesday night, spending the day in Raleigh. " While the ubjeei of his address liai not been disclosed, Secretory Daniels is expected to explore into subjects touching progressive ideas "that would promote the welfare of the State. Al though engrossed - in the dutie qf building the "Big Navy" Secretary lan ids--ever eognitant- ef the tendea eies of progressive thought that will ul timately place North Carolina in the front rank of commonwealths. Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Mrs. Newton D. Baker, Mrs. Howard Sutherland, Miss Nannie Randolph Heth, Mrs. Gib son Fahnestock, Mrs. Walter E. Hut ton, Mrs. Paul Joachim, Mrs. Goorgia Lnwton Morgan, Mrs. .Oscar Roome, Mrs. Jennie Monroe, Mrs. S. A. Wayne, Miss Alice Theobold and Mrs. Br -Sr Tnrnirr wi 11 hn pat rn n esse a fnr- Valentine ball to be given by Stone wall Jackson Chapter, V. P. C Thurs dnty Tebrnary T3, t the. Ne Wiltard. ' M. R. Dunnnran, formerly city editor IfOwOaitsoriso'ifl Journal, tqii IK WasHtngton trntny-mr bis way to camp XS roeeive his dis charge. He has leen stationed in army service at Philadelphia for the several months past.' "Mike" Punnsgan, as be is fondly known-by hundreds of Caro lina students, will re-enter the newspa per game upon .his return to the Twin City. When at the State University he followed the fortunes of the University magazine, the Tar Heel" and Ysckety Yack, student publiaafions. He did anytltrag'frbm" collecting thumb-worn bills for college publications. ''Mike" is well equipped for newspaper work, and hi re-entry into the profession is ouly following th bent ef his talents. Control of Cation Acreage. "If the national government could aot control the cotton acreage, it is hardly likely that an association of business men ran do o," is a statement attributed R. R, Rice, of,Varner, Ark, in a Washington newspaper., Ms. Rie had reference to the New Orleans meet ing which? contemplated a reduction of 12.000,000 acre of cotton acreage.. "It appears that most persons have thr "idea 'that "it fiTfhe" tttg- eottoa planter who produa the great bulk of the eottoa in the United States," con tinued Mr. Rice. . "Thl is erroneous. (Continued oa Page Two.) EDITOR JOE KING ' - QF DURHAM. DEAD (Sparlal to the Nwa sad Ohwror.) . "Durham, Feb. 9. Joseph H. King, tha well kabwn editor and until recent ly half owner of The Morning Herald in this city, died this morning at hi home in tbi city following an illness with pneumonia, aged SO, year. .. Mr. King win one of the founder of Th nerald and until he disposed of his lateresfa some months ago edited the paper. Hq was man of vcrsatil tab ents. He usually "wrote' his editorial on a Mergenthalcr typesetting machine, without using pen, pencil or typewriter. ffe'H'ai mr mMMu i bilitTi ""' CHAIRMAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE COMMITTEE . s i . . " , - ' 1 1 wmmmmm Being merely one of the man mem bers of the Senate, Andrieus A. Jone should not cut so large figure iq the suffrage- amendment atruggle-,-but lie's chairman of the Senato Woman Bur- the Susan B. Anthony amendment in the Senate. Jones is a Now Mexican, lawyer and stock raiser, horn in Ten nessee and educated In Indiana. Judge W. R. Allen Considers It Expedient For Senators To Vote For It jrlUCH PRESSURE TO StUUlit lid r-ASSAUt Lieut. Gov. 0. Max Gardner Asks Simmons and Overman To Vote For Amendment Many prominent citizens including Associate Justice W. B. Allen, of llie State - StSpreme Court, "Speaker Dennla O, Brummitt, of the House of Repre- lentntivrs and Lieut. Gov. 0. Max Gardner have in - the last few day wired or written Senators Simmons and Overman asking them to support th woman suffrage resolution in the Sen ate, it was learned yesterday. Judge Allen wrote both Senators, it was learned, that whilo ho is now and always his been opposed to woman suffrage, ho believed it-was expedient for..the.Norlh..CarQlin9jnator ,to vote for the resolution submitting the amendment to the States. ' Cardaer Favor It. Governor Gardner wired Senator Overman urging support o" the resolu tion. Speaker Brummitt sent tele- mJnJalfe suff ragists from all parts of North Caro lina continued yesterday to rain tele grams on Senators Simmons aid Over man in the hope of inducing them to reconsider their determination to vote against equal suffrage. "'Majority of Senators Also. A petition bearing the name of 26 members of the. North Carolina Str.te Senate asking Senator Overman to sup port the suffrage resnluticn was sent ta Wiistitngtdii last night. Miss Lillian Thompson, representing the Equal Suff rage League, of North Carolina, carried the "petition In person and' will present lL,10 4hc' injot; fonrtor from North Carolina. tJua nturnuig, feunngjfle namesof (i Stale L.na- tors represented one day's work by the women, and there were several mem ber whom they were not able to reach, owing to their having gone home for the week-end. However, i2fl name eon stitutes a majority in the Senate which is composed of 50 members. Didn't Canvass House. No effort was made to canvass the House of Representatives carefully on account "tf "The ttmitc-time Tiro women conducting tlu v aviss have no doubt that they would have secured a majority of the Rer.'esentatives also, if they had had t'uia U sea th.m. . The. Senate being a smaller body was selected for intensive work because it was easier to see a majority of the member. SNOWSTORM CAME FROM NORTHEASTERN TEXAS;' . INCREASED TENDENCY Washington, Feb. 9.The Northeast er o Ycssss. (Jistu rlienoe. cist urdiiy morning has moved to the North Caro lina coast- witha considerable in creased intensity, attended .by light, rains and snows in the Southern State, but without strong wind of conse quence, the weather bureau announced tonight. It wa followed by clearing weather, 'rapidly rising pressure and a decided full iu temperature throughout the South generally, except in Florida. Cold wave 'warnings have been issued for Southern Ab-bama, Southwestern Georgia and extremo Northwest Fldrida. Snow at Charlotte. " Charlotte, : Feb;. 9. Snow fell thick ai(d fast here voit of the day and at 8 o'clock tonight had reached depth of more ths.v four Inches, as recorded by the wcatbor bureau station,, though a great dual of it had melted, duo to the fact that the ground ires wet, It wa Wf'' iiati nt Ilia annua tan. PREMIER CLEHENCEAU TALKS TO AS FRIEND TO FRIEND BOLSHEVISM IK a Refugees Arriving At Warsaw . Of All Nationalities Tell About It - TURN TOWARD NIHILISM OR MAYBE IMPERIALISM Knowing Bolshevism Has Fail, ed Trotzky Would Become - Czar, They Say Associated Press.) That Bolshevism, is in its critical stage, either turning to imperialism, with perhaps Leon Trotzky Minister of War and Marine, a the new emperor or (lipping back to the idea of nihilism with a sort of orderly disorder, i the impression given by many refu gees of all nationalities who have ar rived -lierii.'.: from ''HaSiia. Tha enm spondent has talkod to "a number of these people as to what might happen in Russia if there ii iiQ outside. Inter ference. One of them was a Bolshevist soldier who deserted while his contin gent was engaged in raiding the toun try west of Minsk. "Our chief characteristic," he said, ''is thnt wo are tired tired of fooling, tired of killing, tired of fighting ami tired oT wandering from pillar to post. There is no doubt that Ix-on Trotzky is at tempting to obtain order and to whip the troops into shape. He- is known to be terribly ambitious, and possibly he is dreaming of becoming Czur, knowiug that Bolshevism has failed." Conditions at Petrograd. Re cnt rumors that the Soviet gov ernment troops havo evacuated Pero gi ad are unconfirmed. There was a gen- c al belief in Petrograd during January -That the allies were about to occupy the city. It was even tnted that thoTji tcnto power had issued proclamation 'o that effect and many persons claimed to be able to cite quotations from the uomument. Bolshevist chiefs have been so alarmed that a train load of supplies was recently turned back while on th road from Moscow to Petrograd in th belief that the allies were in the loiter city. Throws Awsy Hia Red Tie. Trotzky is reported to have changed from hia flashy clothes and red neckties to a uniform. He is said to he riding here and there on the train formerly .at the disposal of the Emperor and to b using tire former imrMTiil iituuioUil. .. The deaths nt Berlin of Dr. Lieb- knecht and Rose Luxemburg, the tier man Spartacaa leader, apparently made a deep impression and Bolshevist chief tains. Trotzky ordered public mourn ing at Petrograd and street rar traffic i-iras-jlDCpedJiuw to close tue tneaircs, me saira, wuo seemed to do as they please in retro grad, are reported to have declared they were going to 'dunce and enjoy tticui selves as usuul. . Attack Scheldmann. Great demonstrations were held le foro the Winter Palnee nml the red flag was everywhere at half-mast? Ther were violent speeches in whirh Philipp Si'beidmann, a member of the Kbert cabinetJnJktbjiMj)) Iter !yatt ached His effigy, made of cotton wool, as solemnly hanged and burned. The "Nardvvai JJwm'U or "Tcoplt' House-' wa rechristined "The House of Rosa on LWlikuwiid... demonstration nt Moscow it being said that it was for "the -oppressed, nations." Among thojc who participated were a few Chinese coolies and some I in lira lese. One speaker said: "We Bolshev ists are the legendnrytitans who will break from our shoulders all the chains t ? the world." Reports have been received that exe eutions are being hurried so that jail on may hav a holiday during celebra; tlnn-grthrrw- bring aw -a-vernge of - feow - l six to eight person put to death each day at Petrograd and- Moscow. Ta Heel Prisoner Released - Washington-, Feb. Information re garding Americans who were prisoners of war in Germnny, made public to day by the War Deinrtment, included the announcement that Corporal Klutz B. Clippard, of Maiden, N. C, had been released and had arrived in Kng land. Men reported to have been released and to have arrived in France In cluded: Grunt Reese,. JJirconn, N. C; John Cartwricht, R. F. D. 1, Weeksville, wiLL Investigate " CAUSE OF THE WRECK Greenville, 8. C, Feb. 9. The State Railroad Commission, today conducted investigation to determine cause and re sponsibility of the wreck of the Pied mont and Northern railroad at Chirk Sprihtf Saturday morning "when trailer car leaped from ninety foot trestle killing four' pawi.g r and injuring twenty other. No statement, given ont !y member of commission following nvestigation when employee of rail road nd ether w.tneaae testified. - it ia expected .finding of commission be announced from Columbia in a few days. 1 '"' . . Condition nf Mrs. J. F. Mann ef Monagban M;ll, , reported critical.' C. T. Thomoa, general ninnager P. k N. expected here tomorrow to personally Inoatiyaia Lrcumstancct of. th. Wreck., AMERICANS Sounds Warning of Ability and Probable Purpose of Germany To Renew flostilities With RussianJelp ABLE TO LOOK DEEPER miO ENEMY'S PURPOSE French Tiger Recites Facts Showing; Industrial , Advaa-K tages Today Over France. . the One Not Having Been Seriously Crippled While the Other is Temporarily Wreck, ed; Gives Expression .. To Wilson's "Words of Solace" ' And Tells How League i ' gether "To Make a BeiteY World, of Simple Justice To Mahkind" ,, 'w- ' , (Br th Aasoeiated Fnaa.l Paris, Feb. 9. While I have said that the war has been won, it would per haps be more aaurate to aoy that there is a ''lull in -the atom' aaid 'Gieorgea Clemenceau, the French Premier In th course of an interrnrwwTtfc"th Aao : elated Press today. -At least," he add- ed, "it is as well to face squarely all the possibilities." - , , Although Germany had bees beaten mTHlarily and had been largely disarm ed, there still remained, th Premier pointed out, "a chaotie but fruitful Russia from whirh great help may be drnwnby the Teutoni.' Thfro would be danger, he thought, of a "re-opeaisg -of the military debate, if it were not for the assurance lrcsident Wibxm had voiced recently that whenever France or any other free people was menaced the whole world would be ready to via -dicate its liberty." In the society of nations, said tha Premier, each nation must bo willing ( ranannaa aa. UwdiUonal - aloof new sad bo willing to employ the national strength outside Its own country both ' in war and in peace. Premier Clemenceau warmly praised the help the American trooj had given in winning the war for democracy and expressed disbelief that there wa a man in the American army of oceupa- , tioh who regretted that he had "fought oa the side of freedom" because he had found more creature comforts ia Ccr many than in France. " Lived Her ia His Yoath. ! lived in the United State In my young and urinative days," aaid Prw mler Clemenceau in beginning.- Pr harrthereforer 1 may W indnlged- 4o say a few words to our allies on th other side of the Atlantic. Not by way of advice -or propagaada but frankly, . as friend to friend. "The friumlship between our pee- -pies which has sulwisted for eeatury ' a Jttalfiaa.j.eritaatiiui.ihJuBtil.. The like of it has never existed for th same length of time. between any other ' two peoples. This cordiality, cemented by our contact during the war, must endure in closer measure hereafter. Ta this end our minds must mojl. . Depth of French Cratltade. , "Th entrance of America iuto tha great war was full of drams tie later est. The application of nntioaV-wide conscription v ithout the slightest di tlirtriare. the nniverml MlfwUnial . supplr u with food and all our re quirements, the unity of purpose, and ttwr-i)aT3itr' people of so vnrying and complex a tlwrwtevy-'ehteaged wne m alairatio TfHd1 gMttm4 msw fafftwtit n a wa- Imt ourst'lves eaw .knttw. "And the wavv the American soldiers fought! Nothing, could have been finer. Inspired by the holiest ideal, I may say transfigured, they entered' upoV their task with all the determination, all the fervor, all the spiritual pur pose of the old time crusaders. They did work! France might have died. She would not have surrendered. But - do - not - mistake me I,da.ut. mea 4 minimize the imimrtance.ef the Ameri-. can military aid. nor of the American; Red Crops, nor the Salvation Army, nor of the helpful ageucief. There aevcr has been in alt th world'? history M perfect a co ordination of the holy par- pose of the righteous minded inhabit? ants of the earth. And nonr the war is won. Th world is made safe feV democracy, for life, liberty and the pursuit of luppi- uess, as Jefferson said in the American declaration of independence; , Aad th future is .before us. What .has it in. storf , Fala On It Face, "l ani told tw.t sonte. of these 'gallaat Amcriran . soldier who lived in trenches, slept in dugouts and burrowed . in the mud in devastated and war tors France. When they crossed the Rhine ,f and in an uadevastuted land found ! dean beds and baths, rather regret that . they fsM on the side of freedom and would rather have fought on th aid . t. .. - i . . ' "I do not believ it. I am aura ther iao American 'soldier who doe not recognize that France, the battle ield f he war, could not give-him tha comforts that Germany un devastated, was abla to. I do tot and will not be lieve fo meanly of a single -on ef tha brilliant warriors who came from the -State to our aid in tha great strung! for elvtutbtiou against aarap-ry. It is incscdibles ' It' 1r 'tha tragedy sf tho ar that devastated Franca sould not CowtlnaHon Pat TwQ
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Feb. 10, 1919, edition 1
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