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AT LEAGUE MEETINCT
SAlOAYiRIIIIIG!
President Wilson Will Act As
Chairman of League of Na
tions. Commission
FORMER ATTyTgENERAL
GREGORY IIT PARIS
With Lord CecO.knd Others
They Are Working On Mon
roe Doctrine feature
Paris, Wednesday, Mar h20(Bj
Th Associated Fms.)Predenf Wil
son will act n chairman at thaKmeeting
f the league, of nations commission
hi-b willb held jit tea7 o'clock Sat
urday morning- vfoyC. all proposed
nmenament and cluinge will be eon
"eldered and, the plan put Into definit
form. Thi lr K- h t ;... r
: t - uv . m.wcv.ub, vi
tke commission iine the covenant was
uuicu ii any ueiore Air. wuson leu
for Antrim and it will consider pro
poanlt submitted at the bearing of sea
trait tomorrow and also any other ug-
iobi which have taken definite form.
Lord Robert Cecil and Thomas W.
Gregory, former United States Attor
aey General, are here and are among
those whe have sought to draft a pro
Turn relative to the Monroe Doctrine In
ueh form that it will meet the approval
of legal experts.
- , Genera, Alleaby Leaves Palestine,
Taris, March 20,-Gen. E. H. H. Al
lenby, who commanded the British
forces ia the conquest of Palestine, will
leave for Egypt tonight after having
reported to the supreme council . that
the. situation, ia Palestine was quiet. '
N Coal Agreement TeU
1 J L IM ft .. i
iauu, Aurcu au. Apparently me
coal commission baa been unable to
reach aa agreement from the stats
men t nude in the House of Commons
today by Andrew Boaar Law. The
government spokesman said that three
repordts bad. been received from the
, commission and that a statement would
, be made later ia the House respecting
the outcome., ;
AUSTRIAN EX-EMPEROR
MAT RESIDE IX SWITZERLAND
Geneva, March 20. The Swiss gov
. ernment has received ft formal demand
', front-Kstnerar Char lea ef Austria-re
bursting pcrmisMton for him to live in
witaerland. . As teh allies, through Ar
thur J. Balfour, British foreign secre
tary, when sounded on the subject re-
ccuuj, maaa OB oujccuon ly iucu ri-si-.
denee the request probably will le
' granted. The matter is now in the
' bands of the political department.
Reports received hero from Neu
rhatel, 25 miles west of Berne, say the
former Empress Zita, wife of Charles,
haa arrived there ineogniio, ana is liv
ing ia a private home.
SOCIAL REVOLUTIONISTS
AGAINST BOLSHEVISTS.
Wathfngton, 'llarein'tGTls
received at the state department from
Cweden ssid - social - ("revolutionitts in
Petrograd and Moscow had been active
in demonstrations against the Bolshevik
and that rioting in the streets had oc
curred. A Bolshevik commissioner who
attempted to address one meeting of
social revolutionists was mobbed.
According to these advices all roads
leading into Petrograd were closed to
passenger trafiie en March 15.
LEAGUE NEEDED TO KEEP
THESE THREE 8TRAIGHT.
New York, Mar. 20. A League of Na
; tions is necessary ''if only to preserve
peace ia the -Balkans" in the opinion of
Captain Cbnrles B. Gibson, a Bed Cross
ffircr whe arrived here today on the
British steamship Vestris. He asserted
maiatenance of a strong allied force
wsa essential to guard against renewed
war between the Balkan nations.
Rerurnins; from Bulgaria, where he
ettablithed a Bed Cross, relief station,
Cantaia Gibson said:
"Bulgaria Toves the allies while they
are feediug her people;' Serbia is a
waiting a chance 'to attack Bulgaria
and Greece is claiming everything in
eight." .
BIG COTTON COUNTY
MEETING THE ISSUE
Senator Jos. A. Brown Talks to
Edgecombe Growers; .Will
Reduce Acreage 1-3
Tarboro, March CO. A big "cotton
meeting was held at Tsrlioro today.
Senator J-A. Brown of Columbus eoun
ir spoke ia the court 'house to more
than 1 Of Edgecombe's best farmers.
His address was to the point and' he
anrrd the farmers to eo-operato and
v i v.. 1.1 ek.:.
reauce ine acreage stu iivm iwh -ton
for thirty eenls.
The eottoa farmers "of the county
, aiw aronteel aa never before. The cot
ton questioa and the acreage will be
vrWri more than thirty per cent.
" CIRL KILLED .7IFE TO
SECURE HUBBY'S LOVE.
Seattle, Wash, March 20. Miss Buth
Gsrrison, 18, who, according .to; the
- police, confessed she eaused the death
f Mrs. Dudley M. Ptorrs; Tuesday, by
poitoaing the food Mrs. Starrs' ate as
' her luncheon guest, was charged with
Bi order In the first degree today.
" Miss Garrison in her confession 'said
ale tu a rival for the affections of
Storrs. Storrs, an automobile mechanic,
was ctpected te arrive here today rrom
Okanogan, where lit wns notified of
the death of his wife.. The police do
elared he will be held for investigation
wheats rrivn.
gCSt
LATEST OPINION! OP tONBOM
MuWKPAPfcRS ABOUT l.EA(.l'
OP NATIONS' COMKOVtRST.
Unooa. March M.-(Bri?f.t Wlreles
Service.) The learae of aatioiia eentro
ry to the United stats aa besrin- upon
th Enalba attitude i tae aubjwst of the
iollowlna oommtnt In tke Loadon Tme
TTia EnglUh. without dhtinetfcm ef
party, retard better andentending with
Amerioam aa thm eroOtt ? victory. It k
unfortunate for the Ideal thaf eo many ef
u an both aide of the A If an tie have at
heart that party feeling aboald be run
ainc a fcleh just Bow7 la America and
that we, who are work hit with FreeMent
Wileoa in Parks ihooM furniih the Btiehe
with which the Kepubikana are beiabarins
the Democrat. i
'We have Bo Wkh to take aidea In thee
aerty eoatrovereie and have been at tome
pains te avoid eve the tuapicion. of doini
ao. Our aoi wkh I to work with the
Amerkaa people ia what we believe te be
at much their idaalt aad interest at our
vWlatilng that With wheat ihonld we
work but the Preaieent ef the United
-SuteeT That he k ako leader ef the
Demoeratie party k a awre aeetdent to
Ottr mind and if the President had bora
a Republican era tbould have been at
exactly the tame saint te understand hie
aoint ef vkw and work with him.'
Mediator aad Interpreter.
The Tiroee sointt out there were at
the opening of the conference two gen
eral viewa about the kind of 'ujaee.. that
the world ought to have the French view
and the American view and eddai
"No view of eettlement were eo closely
identified Iwth this eountry at those two
were with I'rane and America. The thief
instrument of the American view waa the
league of nation. This ideal it in ene
form or another almost ae old aa inter
national law and nearly every country in
the world ha at on time or another ton.
tribute! to it, but H application to the
'BNblemt ef thi war cam front Ameriea
in the first instance.
There it therefore no question at the
eonferenct of , our imposing a aoiiry gi
our own. What w have don to seek
to reconcile to far at possible the French
and American views.
"Our policy at Paris htt ben that ef '
mediator and Interpreter."
Leagues Effect e Mean Doctrine.
The Liverpool Post says t
"Lord Robert Ceclt placet to Monroe
doctrine In It true light with regard to
the league of nations. He say in effect
that to fir from the league being the death
blow to the capital article ef American
political faith It ia the application of that
artlcule on a univertsl scale.
" According to the draft of the covenant,
the pert lev to the league undertake to
respect aad preserve ae against external
agtression the territorial Integrity and
existing political independence of every
member ef the league. The meet absolute
supporter of Moaroeknt could surely desire
no more than that.
"The Independence of both America
It guaranteed by aa overwhelming major
ity of the poewrs, great and small. The
league of nation will five America her
rightful place ia the van of the fores
of civilisation that henceforth are to snap
the larger purpose of our rata."
T
Quotation From Statement of
. French Ambassador; ,
To Spain - '
(Ry the Aatoelited Fret.)
Washington. March 20. In an address
published in the final edition of the
record of the last Congress, Represen
tative Alvan T. Fuller, of Massachusetts,
... n-,
! lannn i
L th. lt.te
Kior me state-
doscrihes an interview w
ney, French Ambassador
attribute to the Ambassador the state-.
incut thnt Japan was not sincerely pro
i..l.K,f.iT. .LTr.-T
, but intended to support Germany
iL Japiincse iiussion JearneA how
i e-heartcd v America was aoina- into
ally,
.lunliL
I whole-heartedly America was going into
1 the war.
I Mr. Fuller's remarks, printed under
scrtn the record speeches not actually
delivered on the floor, concerned pri
marily nbuscs of the franking privih-go.
Turning fromthstf subject he told at
length of a visit to Europe shortly
after the armistice was signed.
Mv "TTiwneToes-tlie- water was tn-
eventful," he wfote. "I found smong t
my fellow passengers a most delightful
person, who was no other than M. De- j
lanney, the French, Ambassador to
Japan. I took occasion to ask the Am- j
bassa'd'Or" tf as a result of his obscr- (
vation, the Jnpanesc were sincerely pr,o- j
ally. To this inquiry the Ambassador
reolied very definitely. No. sir. nnd in-,
quired, 'Who in the world thought they
were sincerely pro-allyf "
"Ambassador Delanney stated to me
that the Japanese intended to support
Germany but after their commission
visited here and saw how whole-heartedly
we were going into the war they
were afraid to do so.' Ambassador De
lanney stated 4Kit he sailed from Japan
to Vancouver and when the party ar
rived an dlearned the news that Aus-
(Continued on Page Two)
TO PUT IT OVER
Says Victory Loan's Success
Must Largely Depend On fa-
... triotism of People -
(Br tft Associated Press.,
Minneapolis, Minn., March 20. Ap
pealing confidently to the patriotism of
the American people to make a success
of the coming Victory Liberty Loan,
i a . i m . .i J - a -
orcroiHrv ui me -1 rraaury uihsb in iwu
speeches In the Twin Cities today de
clared the loan could not bj floated on
a strictly commercial basis. ,
The peoplo have ample resources, he
declared, from the $11,000,090,000 trade
balance of the three last years, high war
wages and the thrift engendered by the
war and its savings campaigns.
"We are not going to approach the
last Liberty Loan in a strictly commer
cial spirit," said Mr. Glass tonight at
the elose of the two day Better Business
Convention of the Northwest.
M Alittle thought will tench the wisest
among ths financiers of the country it
is impossible to float, purely for invest
ment purposes a loan of five or six bil
lion dollars. We have got to appeal to
the patriotism of the American people
and it would not bt done in vain." ,
Secretary Glass and Secretary of Com
merce Red field met several Liberty Loan
selling organizations today, showing the
new details of the coming loan. - .
SUSPICION CAST OM
SINCERITY OF JAPS
GLASS TELLS HOW
r ,:-c.iip mniiin.f
7ji
Sec. of War Directs Investiga
tion Into Trouble at Method
' and To Rectify It
SOLDIER LABORERS
V COWIPUINED OF ABUSE
-.1,:, . ....
Statement Containino; Eri
deuce Taken at For.
mer Inquiry
v (By 8. R. WINTERS)
Washington, Mar, 20. Secretary of
War Baker has directed the command
ing general of the southern department
to send immediately to Method, Wake
county, a competent officer to make an
Investigation and allay impending trou
ble between whlto officers and negro
soldiers stationed near Balcigh, em
ployed In handling lumber. A distin
guished Raleigh citizen requested Sena
tor F. M. Simmons to present to the
War Department what he regarded as
critically strained relations between
j the commander officers at Method nod
I the negro soldie s because of dpcoa
j tent as to working conditions.
1 The Raleigh citizen stated in his let
I ter to Senator Simmons that momentary
danger of an outbreak between officers
and soldiers was then anticipated. He
added that while officers were appre
! hensive,of trouble and regarded the sit-
uation as very .critical. , ''It would be
lamentable for any conflict to occur and
T, therefore, strongly urge that the
Secretary of War should, quietly send a
discreet officer here to examine into
conditions with I ho view Of preventing
possible trouble," writes,, the Baleigh
citizen. The response from Secretary
Baker was immediate and by telegram
yesterday he authorized the Command
ing General of the Southeastern Depart
ment to send a.n officer to Method for
the purpose' of appeasing strained re
lations. , Developments unfolded here today
disclosed the fact that the discontent
has been brewing among the colored
troops at Method for some time. More
over, the War Department had i re
violisly authorized an investigation,
and as a result two officers have been
discharged from the service.
Treatment Uasatlsfaettvy.
The investigation according to a let
ter to Senator Simmons from Major
General Henry Jervey, "shows that the
i-onditioiis and treatment of Jha mem'
ber? of tlwiator litrliow wtaH(itd fct
Method during tho month of Octolier,
Xovember and a part of December were
not satisfactory, and that as a result
was a great deal of disantisfaction
amongst the colored troops of that com
mand during this period, :
''The evidence taken in t IiQ investi
gation shows that the conditions com
plained of dnring the month'of (Vto- i
Xovmlf. nd P"T-.of December
1,ave bec corrected during the last ,
month.. anr that at tho nrescnt
, . ... , " . !
; inu uiuuiub, nur tiitt V m l"U I'ltrwH.,
'' i o complaint in regard to
, trp.tmcllt meivea from their offi-l
ter"' ,n.'lt " u'ssai'siaeuon or n .on
tont exists from other causes, with the
exception that nil men questioned dur-iuji-
.tlia-itivwttigation -ttd -Utey tl
sired to be discharged from the ser
vice at the rattiest practicable date.
This desire of the men to be separated
from the service, tho department ap
preciates ' nnd dexircs to comply with
their wishes as soon ns their services
can lie spared; and instructions have
been issued for them to be discharged
'" the service not Inter than March
31, 1919.
Two Officers Dismissed la December.
"Captain David E. Ftanman and Lieut.
Claude B. Russell, the two officers who
were abusive to their men under their
command in the vicinity of Method dur-
ing the above mentioned months, ani
were responsible for the conditions and
the dissatisfaction which resulted in the
discontent amongst tho colored troops
stntioned nt Method, were discharged
from the service in December, 1918..
Consequently, the department has no
further jurisdiction over these officers
ns regards further investigation of them
or for t uking punitive measures against
them for tho treatment of their enlisted
men as brought to light by this In
vestigation. However, a copy of the
report of the inspector who made the
investigation will be appended to their
records on file In the War Department.
"In connection with any civilian
complaints that might have been made
relative to the misconduct of colored
troops at Method, permit me. to quote
herewith a letter written by he principal
of Mount Vernon School located near
thnt town;
"I wish to commend the exeellent
conduct of the officers and troops lo
cated at Camp Method. The barracks
of these troops are located Just above
our school bnildint4ind the men pass
each' day going to and from their work.
During the three weeks that I have been
teaching this school, no complaint has
come to me eonserning the soldiers. It
givet me pleasurs to express to you
; the appreciation of the teachers, patrons
and pupils of oif school for the courtesy
and kindness shown ns by the o Hirers
of the camp and the good conduct of
the entire camp.' , ' "
Situation More Threatening Now.
According to the presentation of some
citizens of Kaleigh, . the officers at
Method fear bodily harm tho situation
being so strained. It seems that the
trouble has been of a quiet nature but
nevertheless dangeroue in its threaten'
ing attitude.
1'IX PRICES OF PIG IRON
AND FINISHED MATERIALS.
Washington, March 20. The joint
conference of representatives ef the
steel industry and the industrial board
of the department of eomnieree late
tenjght virtually reached an agreement
on 'at price schedule for pig iron and
finished materials such as billets, slabs
form the basis for schedule for semi
finished materials such as biulets, slabs
and sheet bars to be worked out later.
WHAT MORGAf. DOESNT
KNOW ABOUT THIS
ISNT WORTH TELLING
J.PltRPOKTtAOPciAK
Great financier who has been largely
financing England says withdrawal by
British government of certain par
chases in sterling exchange ia New
York yesterday was "to suspend pur
chases of eichange in order to perr-.it
business to resume its normal course.
Sudden Withdrawal By British
of Purchases On N. Y. Mar
ket and Its Effect '
(Br the AasoeUtro Preee.)
New York, March SO.-Sudden with
drawal by the British government to
day of its pnreliaees in this market of
sterling exchange under an arrangement
which had leen in force over three
years, . provoked a violent decline in
rates on London and caused further
nervousness and uasettlemest of rates
to other of the entesut allien. . The
measure was desiged -to stabilize) the
market during tho war.
The decision of the British treasury
took the form of a brief statement from
3. P. Morgan k Co., fiscal ngeats, who
announced they had been instructed to
'suspend purchases of exchange for
government account." "
Mr. Morgan snprlemrnted this with
the comment that l-aioa th4
rtioa of the Brititn gtrfctumcnt was ii
line with that of other foreign govern
ments, its primary purpose being "to
permit business to resume its normal
course." i
or maintained at 4.767-10 since Jan
uary of 111! 6, but today's news forced
cables dowa to 4.71 and demand bills to
, 60-day bills dropping to 4.682. This
vras lower by 3 to 4 cents than those
quoteestcrdny nnd caused a flod of
offcrinKi, creating a "free market be-
(.ff.r;nT,. . . market" r.
" a
teen New York and London for the
't time in almost forty months.
su
but held .well ahove the recent decline
and the rate moved against Italy aad
J)c&ujasJJieJalt
ing only a nominnl transaction.
The resumption of a ''free market"
in sterling caused ranch speculation en
the effect it would have on American
export trade, the fall ia price being
unfavorable to British importers it was
regarded by some ns probable that the
amount of commodities shipped to. tkit
country would decline.
OF
50,000 Americans Have Taken
Advantage of Government
Plan of Relief-
BECOME INDEPENDENT
BY VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Rehabilitation of Wounded Un
der Auspices of Bed Cross
Big Saccess
New York, March 20. Approximately
30,000 American soldiers . disabled ia
the world war have taken advantage ef
the government program for vocational
training, according to an estimate made
by Major A. G. Crane, attached to the
division of phyakaL reconstmetioa in
the Surgeoa ienral' office), at the
continuation here today of the inter
national conference on rehabilitation ef
the disabled being held tinder the
auspice of the Bed Cross.
At the present time, he said, S3K1
patient are receiving treatment ia oc
cupational , therapy in 49 hospitals
staffed by nearly 3,000 vocational aids.
Occupations taught, he added, anmbered
250.- Of 200,000 wounded and diseased
soldiers, he said, approximately 1W.400
sre now in this country..
Dlffcreat Vocation Provide!. '
Major Crane said 248 rehabilitated
men htd been placed ia industry.
Analysis is 'of the first 1,213 eases, be
explained, showed 372 men bad heet
trained in industry and trade, 274 ia
commercial work, 257 ia profeeaioaal
studies, 24S in agriculture, 43 ia Ameri
canization activities aad th other 23 la
unclassified ocenpations.
Captain W. W. Smith, site attached
to the Surgeoa General's office, another
speaker, said 35 hospital aewnpapera,
each with a circulation of 10,000 to
50,000, ire . being published. The
wonnded are trained in all branches if
newspaper work aad printing, he said,
and the newspapers did much t keep
the men contented ia the hospital.
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VIOLENT DECLINE
LIDO
TAKING
AE
DISABLED SOLDIER
IRIlllSEIS
TIED TO STAY HERE
It's a Life-Time Job To Be Mar
ried In N. C. For Better
- or Worse
CENSUS MAN HAS
REPORT NEARLY DONE
Only 31 ia 100,000 Eicap The
Het sifter The Parion Sayi
"I Pronounce You"
By 8. R. WINTERS. J
Washington, March SO. Excluding
South Carolina, which State repealed all
laws granting divorce in 1878, the State
ef North Carolina has the lowest di
vorce rate of any State In, the Union,
with. 31 marriage annulments per 100,
000 population. Tlje marital happiness
in tho Tar Heel Bute offers a pleasing
contrast when compared with the per
centage of the entire nation one mar
riage in every nine ending by divorce.
The State of Nevada hat the highest
percentage of divorce uses, where wed
lock ia held ia slight retard and 607
persona are divorced to every 100,000
population. ' t
The number of marriages in propor
tion to the population has increased
siaeo 1890. but the divorce rate has
increased much more rapidly," aayi
Samuel L. Rogers, the Tar Heel cen
sus director, who will soon issue a re
port oa marriage aad divorce. The re
turns for 1916 show 1,050 marriage! and
113 divorces' per . 100,000 population.
The report was compiled under the
supervision of William C. Hunt, chief
statistician for population of the Bureau
of Census. ,
Ratio ef Divorces. ..
'According to the returns, which cov
ered V885 counties out of a total of
S.980 ao data being available for the
95 missing counties the number ef di
vorces granted ia 1916 was 112,036, or
112 per 100,900 of population, as against
84 ia 1906, 73 in 1900 and S3 ia 1890. I
Excluding South Carolina, in which1
State all laws permitting divorce were
repealed ia 1878, the lowest three di
vorce rates in 1916 are thown for the
District of Columbia, North Carolina
and New Tork 13, 31 aad 33 per 100,
000 population, respectively; while the
highest three rates are those for Ne
vadn, Montana and Oregon 607, 323
and S55, respectively. Tht divorce rates
were higher la 1916 than in 1906 for
all the States exeept eight Maine, West
.WiilaujUsjtI, tfetvltaaviifci fciclt fher
were ao divorces in eithfr year), Als-l"
bams, Mississippi. North (Dakota. South
Dakota and Colorado and tho District
ef Columbia. Ia 13.1 per cent of the
eases the divorce wns granted to the
hnshand aad ia 6S.f per eent to the
wife.
Hoastoa Write Abeat Cotton.
Replying to a protest from C. D. Or
rell of Balcigh, chairmsa of the North
Caroliaa Cotton Association, claiming
that the present eottoa futures act
provided ony five designated spot msr
kets ia determining differences in
gradce jjf cottonetretarjf jif.jLgricul
turn David F. Houston in a letter today
to Senator Simmons explained the lan
guage ar the act. "With reference to
tv-4teUiMie4li-4le
kets4t has beea Quite difficult to as
certain the correct diffwences for some
of the lower grsdr owing to the lim
ited demand and the scarcity of sales
caused by the abnormal conditions that
have existed for some time past," says
Secretary Houston.
"Recently, however, the differences
lev these lower grade have beea ma
terially widened ia many of the mar
ket aad aow more nearly represent the
actual values of each cotton. Within
the last two day th disparity between
the quotatioas for spots and fntnres
has beta materially reduced. This de
partment is keeping in elose touch with
th situatioa ia th various markets
aad aader the powers granted it by
the recent amendments to the cotton
future act expects to be able to exer
cise a more thorough control over the
situation than it has in the past so
that members of the cotton trade may
1 have greater assuettnee of tTie accuracy
of the quotationv
Secretary Houston stales that evi
dently Mr. Orrell has not Carefully ex
amined the language of the eottoa fu
tures act aad for his .benefit, in the
letter to Senator Simmons, quotes the
psssage immediately affording the light
ea the subject:
' "Th said differences shall be deter
mined by the average actual commer
cial differences ia value in the (pot mar
ket of not leu than five place desig
nated for th purpose from time to
time I y the Secretary ef Agriculture, as
such value were established by th
sale of spot eottoa, in such designated
five or mere market."
Th Balcigh citisea had complained
if the limited number of designsted
t pot markets, adding those markets
most nearly representing actual differ
ence ia th South shonld he need.
Tarhectt la Waahlngtaa.
E. O. Speacer, of Swan Quarter, Hyde
county, la visiting his son, J. 8. Spencer,
of this eity. Hia son is connected with
the office of Representative John U.
Small, of the First Congressional Dis
trict of North Carolina.
Representative John H. Small, of the
First Congressional District of North
Carolina, left by boat this afternoon
for hia home la Washington; N. C. He
will return, however, oa March 27 to
sttead a meeting of the North Carolina
Society of which he is President, and
ea which occasion Oeaeral 8. T. Ansell
.will ntak a speech.
The Missionary Society of the Congre
gstioaal Church of Soutbera Pines has
memorialised Senator Simmon and
Overmnv to ns their Influence to se
cure the ratification of the League of
Nation plaa The letter tent th North
Carolina Senator read si follow.
Tho Missioasry Society of the Cpngre
gational Church of Southern Pines, N.
C in it meeting Sunday afternoon,
March IS, after considering th possible
(Ceatiaaed oa Pag Two)
WAR CRITIC OF
BRITISH IN U. S.
GEEMT.B.
If 0neal Maurice, just arrived In
America, (slks as freely as he did when
British chief of stnff and the allied
armies faced a crisis, he may tell us
some interesting things about the eon
duet of tho war. General Maurice was
disciplined by his government whon he
charged that conditions at the front
were being misrepresented tj the people
at horo. Then he became military
critic for British and Canadian papers
and kept right on telling things.
Forty or More of Them Meet in
Annual Convention in
Greensboro
(Special to the Newt and Observer.)
Greensboro, March 20. The annual
convention of the North Carolina dl
viaioa of the Southern Metal Trade At-
aociatloa waa held here today. The
meetings were ia the hall of the Cham'
ber of Commeree. Forty or more rep
reaentatives or various eoneerna en
gaged in manufacturing metal products
from . Charlotte, Raleigh, jeldsbero.
Asheville, Winstnn-Salem, and ether
points were in attendance. . .
The office of commissioner of Fubiit
Safety etmf to- bonhvrwort desirable
thjt fout places to 16 filled at the
approaching mnnicjpel election. Seven
candidates are already announced for
this place and other are expected.
Those in the race at this time are the
present eommisnioner, J. H, Phipps, and
new men, B. II. Bouldin, J. N. Leak,
W. B. Sellers, J. W. Donovan, John W.
Crawford, and John S. Michaux. So
far Marvin M. Boyles, at present eity
engineer, is the only candidate to suc
ceed Commissioner ef Public Works
Foushee, who will not run again. For
mer Mayor T. J. Murphy, recently sity
manager at H igh ri t, has t h row n h is
hat in the race for mayor, against E.
J. Stafford, the present occupant of
this position. Judge C. A. Jones, of
H. Collins, a lending justic of the
peace.
A district council meeting of Method
ist churches in the Qreensboro district,
was held with Centensry church hero
today. Bishop I'. V. W. Darlington
waa expected to be in attendance, hut
was called to Nashville, Ten a., on im
portant business connected with the
Centenary of missions and eould not
attend. About seventy churches in the
district were represented as well va
rious laymen organization. Luncheon
was served to the visitors in the dining
room of the church and this was fol
lowed by aa afternoon session. The
meeting was for the purpose of organ
izing for the Centenary misslontry
campaign.
PARADR OF SOLDIERS WILL ,
CLOSE N. Y. COTTON EXCHANGE.
New York, Mar. 20. The board of
managers of the New York Cotton Ex
change today voted to clote the ex
change on March 2.1, the dny of the pa
rade here of the 27th division.
U. S. Business Men Greatly In
terested Says Argentine
Embassy Attache .
(Br -tin Associated Press.)
Wathington, Mar. 20. American bull
can business men are greatly Interested
in the establishment and maintenance
of executive commercial relations with
South America, Hugo Wilson, commer
cial attache of the Argentine Emhaiiy,
said today upon his return from a trip
through the United Ststes and Canada.
Mr. Wilson visited 29 cities In the two
countries and - both the Atlantic and
Pacific, coasts.
''I found everybody keenly alive to
the. necessity of securing a fair i liars of
the world' business," said Mr. Wilson,
and quite rilling to adapt themselves
to the requirements of the different
market. Th great incognita - is, of
course, the matter of freights, both by
railroad and by the sea. No 'one ap
pears to know exactly what polky th
government is likely to pursue in this
rotpect, and a apart from tho cost of
manufacturing th good those two
items sre of the greatest importance in
establishing the cost of commodities
which have to face competition In the
world markets, grest interest is shown
all over the country as to the ultimate
j aolutioa of these intricatt problems.'1
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METAL TRADERS
HOLD SESSIONS
COMMERCE WITH
SOUTH AMERICA
! LOOK FOR COX'S 113
I ARTILLERY SUNDAY
Only Probable 'Contingency Is
Whether The Train Can
Bring 'Em Here Then- -,
THE BOYS AND COLONEL
DELIGHTED AT PROSPECT
They're Not Coming in Pullman
Sleepers and Will Need Beda
Sogday Night, Mind You
UNITS TO FOLLOW WILL 4
LAND i AT CHARLESTON.
Washington, Match 20. (By the
Associated Tress.) All ' transports
bringing home units of the Thirtieth
(Old Hickory) Division will go to
Charleston, 8, C, unless they carry
also sick and wounded soldiers, for
whom there are facilities at the
South Carolina port,
- (Staff Correspondence.)
Norfolk, Va., March 20,-rOflleer, and
men of the 113th Field Artillery were
thoroughly delighted today whan a tele
phone message from the Balcigh Cham
ber of Commerce brought the glad tid-
Irgs that Baleigh would welcome the
regiment Sunday evening. Accordingly
Cl. Albert Cog stressed the point of
Raleigh's preparation in discussing the
time of leaving with Brigadier General
Ferguson and it was thought tonight
that the 113th would get to Baleigh Bun-
dny afternoon and remain over through
Monday.
This is contingent only upon the con
ditions obtaining Sunday with regard
to trains. It will be practically impos
sible for the regiment to travel to
Raleigh in tourist sleepers and there
fore It Is necessary for Raleigh ti en
tertain the oflieers and men Sunday
night. There is a possibility that tralnt
can not be obtained Sunday, but all
plans are bow being made to leave here""
then.
No Cootlea to the Share. '
Delnusing over, the big percent of
the officers and a large quota of men
ciossed over and tonight are celebrat
ing their return to American shores,
vititihg the play house of Norfolk.
Every train . until late tonight wrought
in mora North Carolinians w extend
Rveetlngj Jo the. heroes ef St. Minis,
Mens, Argonne and Woevre. ' '
To Write Artillery ' Hlatery.
, Colonel Cox was . considerably sur
prised today to learn that one North
Carolina paper had him slated to writ
a history of the 113th lor publication
in it columns. Colonel Cot doe not
intend to become a chronicler upon
return to civilise life, which ho hopes
will be within the next fortnight.
However, to Sergeant Major Kenneth J.
N. Dlxen, formerly on the News and
Observer, and Sergeant Major Marvla
M. Capps of Jacksonville has been en
trusted the job of collecting informs
tionfee abistory-ef the-113tb Cohmer-
Cox will art in an advisory capacity
with the committees.
Onlv Tea Died ef Fin.
Pridgen doclared the health of the
113th from the time is left Samp Se
vier until its returnrto America had
been remarkable. Only ten' deaths in
the regiment are recorded against an
epidemic of influenza which struck the
regiment while in the Ie Mans for
warding area. During the same date
there have beea only three ease of
venercsl diseases in the outfit. . ,
Cos Diet Shi' Csptaln.
Tonight Colonel Cox entertained at
dinner aboard the V. S. Santa Teraw
complimentary to Captain Barthola
mew who commanded the chip that
brought the 113th . home. He had si V
guests General and Mrs. Ferguson,
Major and Mrs. Pridgen, Major aad 1
Mrs. Hsynes, Captain and Mrs. West-
felt ana regimental musicians.
DemablllsatMa.
Further interviews today indicated
that the regiment might go to Camp
Jackson for demobilization as origin.
ally planned. Thi 1 not certain, how-
4Vr. it will cither tie iei or jactson
More Troop Arrive.
New York, March 20. The ateamei
Guiscppe Verdi arrived tonight with
11 troops, and will dock tomorrow.
On board were transportation compan
ies 60, 107, 115, and 137; two casual
companies of marines and nin othei
casual companies of marine and nin
other casual companies composed of
me from Virginia, Pennsylvania", Mis
souri and Washington.
RAILWAY CLERKS I'RGED
. "- TO -RETURN TO WORK.
Waahiiiof no. Mnrek Q-I. J.. farM.
ter, chief of the Brotherhood of Bail
way Clerks, returned tonight to At
lanta after conferences with Director
General Hines and other Railroad Ad- -ministration
officials, prepared, it wa
understood, to urg 000 striking elerka
of- the Nashville, Chattanooga nd 8t.
Louis, Railroad to go back to work. Th .
grievance of the men then Would be
submitted to th Railroad Administra- .
ton's board of adjustment, and a de
cision rendered by this board and by
the Director General.
MORE UNITS ASSIGNED
TOR EARLY CONVOY HOME.
Washington, Mar. 20. The following
army organizations were ancouneed to
dajetft assigned to early convoy home
from France; bsse hospitals Nos. 62, '
302, 49, 76 and 12; evacuation hospital
No. 3.1; hospital train No. 39; field hos
pital No. 41; convalescent camp No. 7,
and Bakery company No. 330.
Announcement that the 33rd field
artillery," had sailed on the battleship
Connecticut, due at Newport News,
March 24, was corrected today to read
"Kina aeia artillery origan oeaaquar
tcrs." : , .