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WEI YOU ENTERTAIN A SOLDIER IN YOUR HOME SUNDAY ffi The News WEATHER Cloudy oa the (out sad fair la tho Interior Fridsy aid Satur day j aeasewaat waraver. Best Advertising Medium in North -Carolina rver VOLClX. NO. 81. IGH, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1919. PRICE: FIVE CENTS. ALLIES DEFEAT THE B0LSHEV1K1 ITALIAN THREAT TO WITHDtAW FROM THE PEACE CONFERENCE BKPOKTBDi SUPFKO OVU PlLMf Raleigh Mutt Show Its Old-Time ' Hospitality and Provide Rooms For 113th Artillery Sunday (Br the Aauctat Press.) Paris. Hank 11. Tha Italian eV tloa to tha peace eonfereaea mo inly decided to withdraw f I the con V fererwe anleaa Fiona ta assumed to July eontemporaneoralr with the cooeloiioa of se - - ...ii.il - . i - - ' ' " 7 RELIEVING NEEDS . SOLDIERS WRITING OF THE RAILWAYS MORE LETTERS HOiViE LEG SLATORS Patrol Activity Increases Along Valogda, Railway On The v Divina Front EFFECT OF THAWS ON FIGHTING THIS SPRING ... Worts To Speed. Up Allied ' fleet To Minimize Time of Enemy righting Archangel, Idareh 20. (By The Also fluted Press.) Patrol activity ha In .peascd considerable along the Vologda PiMway and on the Dvina front, On botn sectors the Bolshevikl have been defeated by the American and allied troops. A small ' Bolshevikl raiding party, making its way over the anow, sur- - prised oa allied artillery position in the foreata near the Vologda Baiiwny. After eonsiderabla fighting in the dark ness the raiilcra were Tepulsed, leaving number of dead behind. Following up last. Friday' success on the Drina, when the Americans and Bussians repulsed a raid against the ' Allied line of eommuncation, an Amer ican patrol today encountered a Bol rheviki patrol in a wood. A number of the Bolshevikl were killed and the oth er in the party were made prisoner. 1 As the winter has been unusually Mild In north Busisa it i expected that within a month the thaws will come to make extensive land fighting imprac ticable. The Bolshevik! will have a big advantage wher the rivers open. The Dvina hnd Vga rivers will be nari- - gable . near the fisiiting- front ' before .1'.. the Dvina U tpened further-. north around Arebanpii. This condition vt.iuld permit th.? Bolshevikl gunboats which have spent (he winter at Krans nohrosk n'id Kot'as to reach the vi tinity of teieH iki before jhe allied river flotilla can ateam .asm h ward to meet thcu. " y- ltaee Against Tlase. Efforts are being aiade, however, to . speed op tho snivel of the alliod fleet in the fighting tone in order to confine ' the Bolshevikl Advantage to the shortest time possible. Ia' the meantime, as long as the present cold weather eon ' tinuvs, it is race against time to - move over the smew before trr thaw tomes mfflctent big guns s4 ".ammuni tion to hold the enemy boati in eherk antil the allied vessels ran move south ward. In this work the allied trans port service is performing a stupen dous task la spite, of the shortage of hay and oats which has weakened the horses for the long hauls ever the anow and added greatly to the difficulties of 1 1 ho situation. RICHMOND SLAYER r' COMMITS SUICIDE - Laurence Smith - Kills JSL ...J5. Clopton and Then Turns Weapon On Himself (Br the Associated Press.) BIchmond, Va., March 21. Iatwronce Smith tonight shot and killed H. B. Clopton, who came here from New Kent rounty less than two weeks ago, with a revolver he had bought . with money loaned him by the girl. Hmith then turned the weapon upon himself and fired a bullet into his own brain, dying several hours later at a hospital. The girl died almost instantly. She came here from New Kent county and accepted a position in a local hotel. Jealousy is said to have been the mo tive. Witnesses told the police that when the girl arrived home tonight, while in the art of inserting the key in the lock, the door was suddenly flung open and Smith began' firing at her. Police also were informed that last night Smith called to see Mis Clopton and an argument followed, whereupon Smith declared he would kill himself except he hadn't money enough to buy a gun. Opening her purse, the girl is said to have offered him the loan of two dollars to buy the weapon. BRITISH SOLDIERS TO BE SETTLED IN DOMINIONS London, March 21. (Via Montreal.) An agreement has been reached for toe promotion of aa important scheme of immigration to enable ttritisn soldiers ta settle in the dominions, the Canadian press says it understands. The basis of the plan Is free passage to destination, provided by tits British government, and loans at pre-war rates of interest . to tli dominion government aeting a agent for the British government. The idea is to open up new tracts, build railway and generally finance settlers. legislative effect, according to the understanding, will be given to the scheme, which is independent of the plans of the dominions themselves for their soldiers. . TOURNAMENT FOR WOMEN . AT PLNEHURST TODAY (8swbl to the News mrA Obeerver.) . Pinehorst, Mar. 21,-Over 60 players have entered for the Jsorth and South tournament for Women, which opens her tomorrow. Among those entered are Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd, of Pittsburg, the North and South chain pioa and no less than five former hold era of these being Mis Elaine Bomb thai, of Ravisloot Mrs. Ronald H. Bar low, of Philadelphia ; Mrs. J. K. fries and Miss Louise Elkins, of Pittsburg, and Mrs. M. J. Hcammell, of the Balti more Country Club. Other promineut entries include Mrs. Clarence n. vanderbeck, of Philadel rhia, recently national champion; Mrs. J. W. Turnbull and Miss Eleanor T. Chandler, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Xtyra Helmer Pritebard, of Midlothian, former western champion. TW Cans BeM. Tat deeleioa of tha ltoliaa delecatioa, to reported from Paris, apparently brines to a bead tha bitter eontrevarey setwsa Italy and tha Btw Juav-Sla atato rw tha axpoaltton at land aloar tha Adriatic, forawrljr baioasins to the AtMtra-Hun-ariaa ampin, which both aaUoaaiKtes claim. lUlr'S claims originally Included virta ally tha antira Dalantiaa ceaat, with Tricat and Fiona which latter city ia tha aaoood principal saaiimt af tha aaatora aide of the Adriatic. Recant lepaila have ban that tha Italian repTcaentatlne were BunlfcaUnw a dispeaitioa to aiake in aortaat concawiona rcsardiaa tha land kn( tha Dalmatian coaet. provided that the city and harbor of Flame remained to Italy. Tha Juaro-SlaTa. buna nr. ha, barn Inatotent that thta- port b alloted to them, elaimin ttJ to be eaaentlally Crotlan city and aacaaaair to tha new J ago-Slav .tat. as affording tha only feas ible, suitable am outlet for her commerce. On tha other band thara has been no diepcaition on the part of Italy to yield her point ao far as Ffame was concerned. Her attitude was officially elated by Pre mier Orlando in addressing the Italian chamber of deputies March 1. when ha declared that while Italy remained "faith ful to tha spirit of conciliation which in iplred tha treaty upon which Italy entered the war" that did aot mean that she .could "remain insensible to tha appeal reaching her from the Italian town on the Gulf or Guarnerono ( Flume 1," which was "exposed to tha low of both its nationality and in dependence. "Wa do not think." added! tha premier, "that thia to possible at tha vary moment when it ia wished that tha world may be redeemed from a memory of violence dona to tha rights of people.." "Incises ts" at Flame. There have been 'several ''ineidenta" ait Flume and other points In tha territory claimed by both Italy and Jugs 81s via. since tha signing of the armistice, and tha feud at ana time grew so bitter that Italy astablkhed a blockade and cut og food relief imports for .the interior. Thia matter waa adjusted by tha supreme council In Paris, however .and tha reports af lata have indicated that aa amicable settlement of tha conflicting Italian-Jugoslav claims was nasi ib la, if not probable. Just what has caused tha Italian dele gation ta announce its determination on tha Flume question at this tuna ass aot been daewloped ia tha Paris adverse. It la known, however, that tha aasstioa of territorial adjustment baa been before tha conference of premiers which have bee taking place far tha last day or two. An Associated Press dispatch received last night from Paris regarding a crnferenoa held yeaterdar between President Wilson and Premiers Clcmenceau and Lloyd George stated there waa every raaaoa to believe tha frontier Issues were among tha fora htost obstacles which tha conferees were seeking to remoye from tha path to a rspTil cone lu. ton af tha peace treaty. Fiunto before tha war waa tha chief sea port af tha H mgsriaa kingdom. It baa several harbors and ha position and facili ties made It tha seat of virtually all tha shipping trade of H angary. It bad an Inte-bcllum population of Dearly 40.00S. Bedouins Enter Lower Egypt and Rob Towns; Turkish Flag at Some Places (By tha Aaaoeiated Press.) XandQn,,.J!arch Jl. Thesituation in Kgv-pt is becoming: worse and at the present time is distinctly grave, a L titer dispatch from Cairo says. Gen eral Allenliy, the commander in Pales tine, will reach Cairo Tnesdsy. The large forces of troops already in Egypt are being reinforced. A large number of armed Bedouins have entered. Beheira Province, lower ff.vpt, from the west, and are robbing towns and villages. The situation is not regarded as presenting any mili tary danger. The Turkish flag in reported to be flying in some villages of Bcbeira Province There are ao reports of any casualties having been suffered by ths military, but some prominent native officials and several Egyptian police have been killed. Biota at Cairo and Tanta on March 12 were suppressed by troops and the police. The disorders ia Kgypt have been ascribed to the activities of the nationalist leaders, several . of whom have been deported. IN Interborough- Consolidated Cor poration Goes Under By In voluntary Petition amassaaaaawaaasaaaa New York, March "1. The Interbor ough Consolidated Corporation, which holds a majortiy of the stock of the Interborough Kapid Transit Companv and the New York; Railways Company was thrown into the hands of a receiver late today whea aa involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed by Dave II. Morris the principal creditor," after the company had confessed it could not pay Interest on its bonds. James R. bbef field,, a prominent attorney, was ap pointed temporary receiver by Jii'dge Mayer in Federal eourt. Bis bond was filed at 123,000. The most important traction com pa nies in New York City are now ia finan eial difficulties. Job K. Hedges was ap pointed receiver for the Kew York Railways yesterday and Lindlcy M. Garrison, former Secretary of War, has bees acting as receiver for the Brook lyn Rapid Transit Company for sev eral weeks. Refusal of the board of estimate tit the city to permit aa in crease tnTfarca is blamed for tha trouble by the tracitoa corporations and the ptiblie service commission. Increased eost of operation has mads it impossible, they contend, to meet interest and other CONCERN HANDS 0 FREEIVER obligations as they fall due. 50 Democrats Offer To Hesign If Senator Will and Stand For Re-election WANT A SHOW-DOWN ON LEAGUE NATIONS ISSUE Believed Seed Is Not Eepre- tenting Democracy of State In Opposing President . Jefferson City, Mo., March 21. Fifty Democratic members of the Missouri Legislature today offered to resign if Senator James A. Reed, Democrat, from Missouri, would resign fr&m the United States Senate. The legislators tlion propose to run for re-election, u they suggest Senator Reed should do, to force a popular vote in Missouri on the league of nations. , The:Housr) of Representatives "re cently passed resolutions demnnd fliat Senator Seed resign because of his op position to President Wilson's program, ine cnauenge or tne legislators today came after a series of conferences in thich they decided to throw down the gauntlet to the Senator and at the same time attempt to show that the people of Missouri endorse the President's plan for a league of nations. As an alternative it was suggested tne Democratic JStats committee call a convention of representative Democrats from very county in the State to give indorsement to the President and his aims; to denounce Senator Reed, and to bring about a reorganization of the party in the State if conditons are fonnd to justify it. The result of the conferences was an nounced by Beprcsentattve:.'hancellor of Barton' county, who said the other Representatives who voted for the reso lutions had informed him they stood ready to resign if Senator Reed would do so and submit the issue to the Voters (f their respective districts. NEW PRICKSTEEL Agreed On By Board of Depmt. Commerce and The Steel ""Industry Washington, March 21. Complete schedules of new prices for steel ami iron products agreed npon by represen tatives of the steel industry and the in dustrial board of the the Department of Commerce were announced today af ter members of theiiUoajjLJiad con ferred with Att4rjiy Gmeral Palmer. The announrcme'nWsf tho new prices following teh' 'conferehCfl Teas" taken aa an indication the board's efforts to reduce and stabilize prices tht'ongh agreement with producers would not meet with opposition from the Depart ment of Justice. Steel ftn, who in joint conference with the board framed the new sched ule said it was understood the question of price sgreenients was to b laid before the attorney general by the board. Chairman Peck of the board, however, after the visit to Mr. Pnlmer s office, said tho board had "merely paid a so- ciaj-ca!l onthe new attorney general. "The new "prices, which generally rep resent reductions from ten to fourteen per cent, beeomt effective at once for the year 1919, and represent the first efforts of the industrial board at price stabilisation and reduction to a peace time basis. In approving the sched ules submitted by the steel men, the board, according to a statement issued tonight, adopted a policy to be follow ed in agreements with producers of other basic commodities. This policy. it was said, is to strike a balance that ''while calling sooner or later for some sacrifice or adjustment on the part of all, yet will not subject any of these interests to undue hardships. Judge E. H. Gary of the United States Steel Corporation and chairman of the committer representing the American Iron and Steel Institute, which confer red with the board, in a statement eon taining the announcement of the new prices said the new rates were agreed upon with a view to bringing about a revival and stsbilization of business through prices favorable to the consum ing public and yet yielding a modcrato and reasonable return to investors in the industry. lie expressed the belief the new prices would not disturb wage rates or interfere with wage agree ments. SLEET AND SNOW STORM IN THE NORTHWEST. Denver. March 21. The western sec tion of the country is isolated today as the result of a snow and sleet storm that swept western Colorado and Wyom ing last night All wire communication west of Denver has ceased and trans continental trains are reported to be behind arhedule. "'The slecT floTnr-fsTtrfS't.een accompanied by the heaviest' snowfall of the winter. Another storm is reported to have oe enrred in New Mexico and Arizona. NO HALF-CIVILIAN AND HALF-SOLDIER APPAREL. Washington, March 21. Xaval yco- women hereafter must wear either their regulation uniforms or complete civilian outfits. Aa order made, public today forbids mixing. Some of the hundreds of young women at the navy department officially known as "yeowomen (F),' have been brightening up their plain gsrb with colored silk stockings, a bit AND IRON PRODUCTS of hat trimming and tho like. Raleigh has invited the 113th Field Artillery ta be the guests of ths city Sunday nlfht and Monday, and Raleigh has beea honored by the acceptance. But the hotel accommodations are insufficient to house all tha man, and there are longer adequate camp facilities at Camp Polk. That puts the matter squarely ap ta the housekeepers of Raleigh to make roora. That, they will do this, there la ao donbt whea the aitnatloa la learned. Many it not understand that housing the men for the alght . and furnishing them meals Is a matter of aecesaity for Raleigh. It is aot a matter af a special eoartesy to he shown a few retained friends of relatives, bat a matter testing the general hospitality of the city of Raleigh. The Woman's Club is making an earnest appeal to the womea of the city, and those having available rooms should call the dab or the .Chamber of Commerce. Doa't wait antil someone canvasses yonr neighborhood. Speak for yourself nd then see what $our neighbor will do. The toy are anxions to get to Raleigh. They have said so,-.-What they might say If they got here and found no preparation for their entertainment is another .matter, that Isn't even, to be thonghtof now. PROPOSAL TO BUY CALIFORNIA LAND Jap Project To Acquire Large Tract Now Owned By Americans STATE DEPARTMENT LAYS DOWN THE LAW Attitude of U. S. Toward Such Sales As Might Be Used For Military Purposes (By tha Associated Press.) Washington, March 21. As a result of telegrams from Senator Phclan, of California, giving information of a pro posal by Japnnese Interests to acquire a large tract of land In lower California owned by Americans, tho state depart ment Has. called, us- ,.wnuon( ox. tne owning corporation, the California Mcxlro Land Compnn.v of Los Angeles, to the attitude of the United States government toward such sales of prop erty which slight be used fur military or naval purposes. It was siiid that the deportment today the land in question was reported to comprise nearly a million acres. I he uso to which the prospective purchasers propose to put it is not known here. Documents indicating the attitude of the government to which the department called tho Los Angeles C ompany s at tcntion. included the Lodge resolution in the 62nd Congress and a message b? President Taft. both in the year 1912, and which were lnsplrea ny a projeer Tjy Japanese fishing interests to establish a base, on Mugdalena bny. The Lodgo resolution declares the snles of property by Americans to any nation' which might use the site as a base to threaten the United Stales could not be seen without grave concern by the government of the United 8tutcs. The message of President Taft trans mitted a report by Secretary Knox in response to a Senate resolution and con veved correspondence between the office of the Secretary of 8tate and a New York lawyer who represented a Japa nese syndicate which sought to purchase land at Mngdalena Bny. Famous Physician's Statement On Subject; Doctors Study The Disease . IB the Associated Press.) Albany, N. Y., March 21. Dr. Simon Firmer, director of the Kockerellcr in stitute for Medical Research and a mem her of the State Publie Health Council, in a statement tonight gave his views regarding lethargic encephalitis, the disease which recently has appeared in various parts of the United Mates and Csnada. Dr; Klejiier studied the dis ease abioad. "For the present the disease should be viewed as of unknown causation," he uid. "Its rclutiosv to other diseases, namely, influenza and infantile pa ralysis, is merely conjectural. Norte of the European (Austrian, British or French) observers ascribe the cases oc curring in their respective countries to influenza or other well-known diseases although the resemblance of the patho logical lesions in the nervous system to those occurring in infantile paralysis had led to a discussion of the points of rorrejpondrnce and difference of those two affections. It is not even estab lished that in Kurope encephalitis lethnrgica showed any choronological re lationship to the Influenra epidemie as has been tne rase- in this eonntryr is highly impo.'ant that suspected eases of letiisrgin encephalitis shall be studied, both .clinically and patho logically, with as much cars as possible. Resigns As School Principal. Wadesboro, Mar. 21. Prof. J. II. Mc Iter, the highly efficient principal of th, graded schools here for the past 1. years, I has resigned his position and will not be hero next year. He Is i brnt'icr of the lamented Charles D. Me Iter, and is a most enrnrst and eon scientious educator. 11 is successor bat UNKNOWN CAUSE OF NEW SLEEP ILLNESS not yet beea elected. T CANTONMENTS THAT BE List of Others To Be Bought and The Purchase Money, For Sites LIST OF SITES LEASED AND TO BE ABANDONED Cost of Construction of Each of These; Including Camps Greene, Polk and Others By tha Associated Press.) Washington, March 1. Decision of the War Department to proceed with the purchase of the sites cf fifteen army camps and -thirteen ballot a and flying fields over th country was announced today try AetijisT Secretary Ctowelt. Lest than lS,0OOrQW) will bo involved, Mr. Crowcll said, hnd it will not bo neces sary to await action by Congress as ths department now has the necessary funds. With these purchases completed, the army will have thirty training ramps, including the original sixteen canton ments ' constructed for the training of the national army, and nineteen aviation centers, most of which will be in 'the Southeastern tSates, Texas and Call fprnia. Tho few fields to be retained in the North will be regarded as sum Dior flying centers only. " 42 To Be Abandoned. Twenty-seven ramps and fifteen avia tion fields will be abandoned. Orders airwidy have gone out for the abandon ment of twenty of the camps, including nearly all of the national guard train nig centers set up .ifter the rnite. States declared war on Germany. Con struction work on the 27 camps, ac cording to War Department figures, represents a ' :ost of approximate? UOJKiOJHJO,' of which H"l,W0,tW0 was spnt on the four embarkation canton ments Mils, New York ami Mernt New Jersey, and Stuart and Hill New port News. $280,000.00, Spent la Constriction. Approximately fJi,0O0,0o0 has been spent ill construction work on the fif teen cantonments to be bought aud the fifteen now owned and it was largely because tf -the sum involved the depart ment decided to go abend with the pur chase. . Most of the thirty camps arc being used as demobilization centers but no definite plans for their employ ment after the war army is dislmndcd have been evolved, tl was explained the whole problem of the future use of the ramps depended upon the na tion's military policy and no conclusion as to that could lie reached until the peace conference at Paris had rendered its decision as to world disarmament -Announcement already has been made that only two flying field actually would he used in training army avintors in peace time and others purchased or now owned would become storage plants for material on hand or under Contract Location pf the flying centers-4o be retained shows a plan to have three general training renters, one in the far West, one in the Southwestern part of the country and one ia the Southeast with the different fields Jg enrh section close enough together .so elementary and udvunccd training wilt be provided within a reasonable area. Total exnen ditures on the nineteen flying .and tin I loon fields to be retained ' represent about .'io,nKi,noo. Resides the fields to be liought for military purposes, one other .Chapman Field, Fla., also will lie 'purchased f" business reasons" and subsequently sold. The same procedure will bn fol lowed In tha case of Camp Sevier, ftouth Carolina which was used as a national guard training center.' Mr. CVewell said it was cheaper for the government to bny this field st the option price of .'97rH0 sad rell it again than to pay the damage Claims made 'against the government as the result of the build iug of the camp. Secretary Crowell said tho depart ment had contemplated retaining Ha zelhurst Field, on Long Island, but that the land wou'd cost-entirely too much money. The option' price on the field was placed at (1,550,000, or nearly twice the eost of the site of any of the thir teen aviation eenters to be. purchased, The government has .spent 5r'M8,S9a on I RETAINED (CosUaaed oa Pegs Three) War Department Pays Over 100 Million On Account of ' Transportation MAY HAVE ENOUGH READY CASH FROM NOW ON r Where To Get Funds To Meet Current Cash Requirements of The Administration (By tha Associated Press.) Washington, Mar. 21. The urgent need of the ruilroad administration for ready cash with which to meet ihe cur rent obligations wss partially met to day through payment of 11X1,000000 by the war department on account of transportation of troops and war sup- ttlics. The payment, it was announced at tne war department, -eovers bIMa already approved and anticipates bills which ordinarily would fall due within the next three months. War department accountants have computed the amount the amount now due from the depart ment to be 65,000,000, while the rail road administration estimates it at S0,000,0OO. Acting Secretary Crowell in announc ing the payment said the sum bad been made available by the shifting of funds of funds heretofore appropriated for the war' department but unexpended, Ordinarily, ' railroad administration officials expluined, the war department would have uiuds payments direct to the railroads rendering service but the gregato payment direct to the railroad administration was arranged to aid the administration, in its present financial situation. The payments also would have been spread over the next three three months in the ordinary course "6f business and consequently this amount must be subtracted from ruilroad re ports for this1 period. The money will be distributed by the railroad adminis tration to meet the eurrent rasa (re quirements of treasurers of individual roads. .... -I Boms of Payments. The payment together with the 150,- OOOJXH) advanced by the war finance corporation, a payment of $10,000,000 recently by the Navy Department on aacouat U transportation and various loan to be repaid by railroads within the-next, few weeks, ths railroad ad ministration sxpects to have suflieieat funds to meet its eurrent cash require ment. Trade acceptances are to be used in financing equipment purchases and cer tificates of indebtedness are to- be given to railroads for amounts due from the railroad administration on last year's accounts. Detailed plans for the issuance of these certificates of indebt ness which wUl be used as collateral for loans to individual railroads by the war unnnco eortWation, are to be an nounced soon. ' Maj. Foster, Former Cour Martial Officer. Criticizes Trials of "Objectors" SAYS WAR DEPMT. AIDED ..'W. W. AND ANARCHISTS Alleges Pacific , Organization . Cleverly Organised in War Department Kansas City, March 21. Perfection of a pacifist orgiiuiJitiou in such a clever manner that it has reached tha loun dutions of the most active department of the government the War Depart ment," was rharged in an address here today by Major Dirk H. r osier, me nine of a courtmartinl at Camp Funston, that tried l-'I-J alleged conscientious objectors, He accused Secretary of war Itaker wit "intentionally or unintentionally aiding and assisting tlm I. V. W., Internationa Socialists mid Humanitarians in thei program of blocking constructs i of th army bv extending and peryertiog th acts of Congress for( tho protection, com fort and solace of these obstructionists, "In giving you this story of eonscien tious objectors, I wart to sssiiro you have no persona! reason for doing so,' Major Foster declared iu his address which he read. "I am an American citiien and ex officer of the l'niud States Army, aud as such feel that every American is en titled to know conditions which sur rounded the induction into the army of the true conscientious objectors and the false conscientious objectors, which in eluded industrial Workers of the World International Socialists, anarchists, and slackers. Says Baker "Gave Aid." "I propose to show thesp-elements of unrest have perfected sn organization iu such clever manner that -they have reached the foundations of the most ac five department of the government the War Department. Here the sprakcr brought his rluirgc that the Secretary of War had "given aid to the objectors and then read psr n graphs from what he declared were ofii rial or dree providing all those bavin "personal scruples against war" should be construed as "conscientious ' objec tors. "Let me impress on you what these secret orders mean, Major Foster con tinued. It meant that, everv soldie in the United States army could have at any time gone to his commanding otli eer and upon stating be was opposed EX-ARMY OFFICER ATTACKS BAKER (Continued oa Pegs Two) Since Fighting Ceased Home' Bound Mag Has Increased Enormously WOMEN WRITE OVERMAN ABOUT SUFFRAGE VOTE Plant Trees Arbor Day in Mem ory of Soldiers; Sec. Hous ton's Letter On Subject News and Observer Bureau. 40 District Nstlonal Bank BUf. Br I. H. WINTERS. (By Special teased Wire Washington, ' March 21. Since ths beys "over there" have stopped fighting they have taken to letter writing. The home bound mail from I ranee has increased enormously since the signing of the armistice, and tke parcel post has become a souvenir service. The vol ume of souvenirs may lie measured by the ton, consisting of shell cases, parts of rifles and revolvers, Dayonets, uni- ; form buttons, small fragments of de- molished airplanes and endless bits ssd fragments of things. A faptvred Oer- man helmet is the most prized token. Four pr five hundred thousand of these have come through the mail sines thev war began, and the shipping require ments of the postal service were re laxed so that a largo number have come through unwrapped with only a Shipping tag for the address. The mail from the American forees in France is dispatched from two ports, bordeaux and Brest. During the month of November the armistice having beea signed oa the 11th 17.ol3.400 letters were dispatched from Bordeaux; besides 2,816" sacks ot papers; 6,419 sacks of customs packages snd SfijOSO pieces of registered mail, the whole Volume amounting to 887 ( tons. Bichard X. Bird, who was detailed bv the postoflire department to take charge of the offices at Bordeaux and Brest, lis recently returned from France and feu report of the work over titer it full tf ' interest. Outgoing Mali. Mail leaving this country addressed tho Expeditionary Forces la France, passes out' of the jurisdistioil of the postoflice department into that of ths army whsn.it liiaves the port of ds- ' bsrkatMm st Krv Xoxk. ,Tha army tnWJ. . lects the soldiers mail through" ep- , proximately 150 srmy oostofScew scat tered throughout Franee tnaklni ths letters tra in packages by states, and delivers it to -the officials Of the post- office department at Bordeau? and Brest. Before being dispatched to tne tniiea Mates all mail is sorted at Bordeam or Brest and made up for direct dispatch to cities snd railway mail routes ia this country. I . Letters for the State of Ohio, for la- , stance, are mado up in packages for 74 railwsy routes and 193 cities or town in that Htnte, and go direct to tkeos points without being rchandlcd at K York. ' ' " " " - In this manner the mail is handled aad.aurtcd.jjl. franco for every State in the Union. The pouhesor sacks when received in New York "art sent '. . , . direct to the railway posiul cars and dispatched on fast mail trains to thl routes or cities for which they art labelled. Location of Soldiers. The soldiers being located with sub stantial perinniiwicy since the signing of the armistice there is no delay in ths distribution of .mail on the other aids -by the army except where it is improp- erly addressed or the uuit to which it is addressed is one selected to return to tho United States. In the latter ease the mail is held on this side. Whenever any mail from the army post offices is delayed reaching Brest or Bordoam, the . date of its receipt at those terminals noted by "back stamp" on the delayed letters, "i t , The site of the Bordeaux terminal pnkmce is on ths river close eo tho depots. The building is 2.50 feet long and 2-S feet wide and is well ventilated and lighted. It was built by the V, 8. Army engineers from plans submitted by Mr. Bird. Hubert Martin, private secretary to rVnntnr Overman, stated today that tho junior North Carolina rjenator had re ceived approximately liHl letters from scattering portions of the United States congratulating him for his unyielding , opposition to woman suffrage. The bulk. -of criticism of his vote against the sub mission of the Husan U. Anthony fed- ' oral amendment came from North Curo lina women. Typical of the communications ex- . pressing commendation for his attitude is the following letter from the Cin rinnati and Hamilton County Associa tion Opposed to Woman Suffrage, of . Cincinnati, Ohio: "The majority of the women of Ilttin iiton county do nut desire the'iote fore-, . ed upon them, as they have proven by a house to hnuso canvass. Our asso ciation wjshes you to know that your ac tion iu the Henato has met with tho approval of the women of this section and we trust that you will continue to vote in the same manner until it Is clearly proven that the majority of womeif want tire ballot." , . ( . , Arbor Day. 'Sucli an observance of Arbor Day' will secure a widespread printing of trees dedicated to those whose lives have been sacrificed in the great strug gle to preserve American rights sad the eiviliration of the world, is advocated r.y.tho-.ejfretary of Agriculture, David F. Houston, a native of Monroe, N. C. iri a letter just sent to Governor T, W. , . Bickett. , Sec. Houston's Letts. The Secretary letter follows: ''The observance of Arbor Day began soon after the Civil War. A distin guished rititen of Nebraska, who later ' became Secretary of Agriculture was the prime mover In securing Its recog nition within his State, where it first (CoatlaaeoVa Pag Three). t
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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