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Observer T WEATHER Shower Wednesday, cooler aad. central portions; Thursday probably fair. SECTION Paget 1-8 i- .VOL OX. NO. 106. RALEIGH, N. G, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1919. PRICE: FIVE CENTS. WILSON HAY REMAIN FOR TREATY TO BE SIGNED AND BRIG Announcement in Paris Papers That His Reutrn Date Was L Fixed For 28th Instant (:-.. y Not Authoritative FORMAL INVITATION TO THE GERMANS TO ATTEND PEACE CONGRESS ISSUED Detail Being Worked Out for rWork To Be Done When Some 200 Germans Xepre- tentative! Are Expected April 25th; Progress Now is Such That President Wilson ' May Bemain for Opening of 1 ; Congress at Versailles and, . Unless Enemy Delegates De lay Action, Be turn Home With Treaty of Peace Sign ed; Other Peace Congress Developments " . , B tlM Anoclated Preu.t Paris, April 15. A formal invitation wa sent by 'jb Council of four today io the German government, to tend rep . resentative to Versailles for the meet ing of the peaee congress on April 25. i'o reply hat been received up to to. ight, but it is expected that the der ma a delegation will reach Versailles bout April Si. The complete German peace mission probably will number about two hun- May Bring Treaty With Him. Now that the Germans have been tailed to VraiI1es on April 23, the in dications are that the proceedings may wore with such dispatch that President .. Wilson can remain for the signing of the treaty and thus be able to take back the completed document. This was the view of the President's intimates today when their attention was called to the reports in French .i V : - .1 ... wJ u 4.jt for April 28. It was declared that no suck Intention had been formed, and that the progress on the main questions sow gave promise that the President would not only attend the opening of the eongress at Versailles, but would re main long enough to see its work car ried through, though 'prolonged delay by the enemy delegates would of course prevent such 'action'."7 What la To Be Done. , .Precise details of what is to be done n the arrival of the German I'llegates is being worked out. Preliminary to their arrival a plenary session of the peace conference is to be held at the foreign office for determination of the final course to be. pursued by the allies Iwfore entering into relations with' the German plenipotentiaries. Where the '. treaty and eovenant will both be pre sented has not yet been decided, but it is probable that the treaty portion of the document wilt not be made public until after its delivery to the Germans. Procedure With the Eeaessy. . The procedure with the enemy pleni potentiaries is also receiving attention. One plan under consideration is ror inc eonneil of four to hold the first meet ing with the Germans and deliver their document. This would not be a public session, and its main purpose would be to arrange effective disposal of the busi ness without prolonged discussion. Alternative Plan. An alternative plan is for the entire & . i VI -at el.. pAssa Cnm f armrtnm piroiurrsiiip v . le proceed to Versailles for a formal session, at which the treaty-would be delivered. President Wilson, Colonel House, the members of the council and officers ef th protocol are working out these details. , Premier Clemeneeao on Sunday and N President Wilson lent night gave out statements showing the progress realized ad Toieing their first official assurance that the end was in sight. It is noted that the Clemencean and Wilson statements were very generally lacking in specific details. Lark Specific Details. Aad there Is every reason to believe .hie mm iiDirmrni .nreii iui m n. Prime Minister, Mr. Lloyd George, is expected to give out tomorrow will be of the same general character. Premier Lloyd George also has made it known to those close to him that he will resist heckling concerning spe tine Beta: Is of the negotiations, tieing . Satisfied ihst parliamentary confidence wilt not be withhold at the - moment the Germans are about to arrive for 7 the consummation of the peace nettle , meat. '; s ': ... BtLGIlK REPRESENTED ' ON ECONOMIC COUNCIL. Paris, April 13. (By the Associated Press.) The supreme economic eoun til has decided that Belgium- may be represented thereon in view of the many nuestioa affecting the country. ' The council has received the report m the'direetor-genersl of relief meas ures effected by the United States, showing hit 388,000 tons of supplies to the value of 4111,290,000 have been die Ir. .utfd. The council ordered measures le la -res M supplies and'shipping during the current months. The serious deficiency in coal in Italy today led the economic council to ap point a committee te devise means for tn immediate inrresse of the supply., Official Statement. The official statement on the work of "the eonneil eaysi The supreme economic eonneil held . ' ' .'.'. (Centtnaeel a Page Two.) IT BACK WITH HIM I MILLION WOMEN IN U.S. DEMAND PUNISHMENT FOR ' " OUTRAGES "BT GERMANS Paris, April 13. Premier Clemen ceau today received from Mrs. Charles H. Farnam, of New York, the representative of the committee for the protection of women under international law, a resolution signed by 6,000,000 American' women .relat ing to crimes against women com mitted by the Germans and - their allies during the war. The resolution denounces the Germsn attacks on hu manity through womankind as "in famous and sinister." Superabundant proof exists, the,, resolution says, of the crimes which the armies of the Central Powers per petrated against women in all the countries they invaded. Demand is made that all officers, soldiers and civilians belonging to the armies of the Central Powers who perpetrated any crime against women or girls in any allied countries should be punished if possible, especially in patent and notorious eases. The al lied nations are asked to take mea sures to deal adequately with the situation and also to take steps to prevent such deeds in the future.' But Will Necessarily Bow To the Inevitable and Sign the Peace Compact THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION SUMMARIZED Secretary Baker Tells of Plans For Bapid Repatriation of Vv S. Soldiers Abroad ' (Br the Associated Trtmt.) X sharp forward stride toward an early peace has been taken. The council of four 'In Paris has for mally Invited Germany to send delegate to Versailles April 25, there te hear th verdict of the Entente Allies and associated pow er and th sentence they have Im posed upon her for having set the world aflame. The general opinion in" Paris seems to be that Germany may en deavor to haggle over the Jiasd term and try to secure a dimlnuta tlon in their severity, but within a relatively abort time the delegates will how to the inevitable and sign th compact.. Advices from London re to the effect that the terma of the peace treaty wilt not be made public antil they have been de livered to the Germans. The expectation in the French capltat" is that President Wilson will remain I Franc nntil the peace treaty is signed and bring back th completed document to th United State. - - The Adriatic sltaation aa it af terms and try to aecare dlminu the chief point auder consideration by th eonneil of fonr. Arthur J. Balfour, the British Foreign Min ister, is acting aa alternate ea th council for David Lloyd George, who la on a visit to England. - Pending th conclusion of th peace agreement, Germany la to be permitted by the Allied govern ments to pnrchsae surplus stock of their raw materials. This has been decided on by the economic council. The decision will permit Germany to commence msnnfactnrlng aad ' begin . the accumulation ' of the money that la to -be required of her to aettl the financial claim ef the Allies. Th reparation commission le investigating the financial situa tion of Aistria-Hmgary, Bulgaria and Turkey and their ability te pay war claims. Troublous time continue In Ba- " vsrla. The commnnlste in Munich " again bold th neper hand, accord ing to reports. There has been far- ther heavy ightlng In th etreets" ef the city. Reinforce loyal troops of the Uoffmsn government need artillery against the eemmanlit "stronghold, but are declared to have, '.been defeated. Many person are reported to have- been killed or - wounded. ,. . . Th atrlke la Danilg which had been In progress for several slays ha ended. Th atria of the bank clerk la Berlin, however, I in full awing and th derka In Mannheim aad Ckemnlts have joined la a sim ilar movement. Considerable fighting ba taken plac on th Rassisn fronts. Th Bolshevik! have suffered severe de feat en the Archangel nnd Mur mansk coast sector at th haads of the Allies, hat la th couth th Rnmanlana hav been compelled by the Bolshevikl to retreat over a wide front late Bessarabia. Pet- . lura,' leader of th Ukrainian peas ant army, alio ha been forced te cede ground to the Bolshevikl. -', Secretary of War Baker, who has arrived In Psrla, la a statement (Ceatlnaed Pag Two.) HUN DELEGATES MAY TRY TO HAGGLE EM STATE'S PHYSICIANS Calls Figures of Their War Ser vice More Eloquent Than Words of Any Orator. DR. THOMPSON EXTOLS PRESIDENT WILSON First Day of Convention - Medical Society Notable in Many Way of By JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE, Stall .Representative. fr Piuehurst, April 15. More eloquent than the: words of any orator are the figures showing that from the ranks of twenty-two hundred physiciana in North Carolina, seventeen hundred and fifteen volunteered for military service and four hundred and sixteen actually donned the uniform, declared Governor Thos. W. Bickett, himself the son of a country doctor, in addressing the North Carolina Medical Society here tonight. Opened with an address outlining in brosd perspective the place of the phy sician by Dr. Cyrua Thompson, retiring1 president of the society, and closed with an eloquent nad tender tribute to the work of the doctor in war kud in peace by the State's chief executive, th first day's session of the sixty-sixth annual convention of the association was a notable one. Governor Gets Ovation. Cfovernor , Bickett was heard by as many people as could get into ..tne spa- cious convention hall and was given a ! great ovation. Referring to Dr. Thomp- j son's address earlier in the day, which ! elicited high praise from the doctors, j the Governor declared that he "hod.! lesrned to love Dr. Thomnson almost : IntTenhah his conscience would permit him to love nay Republican." He was greatly applauded when he .....Uostored that he was going to Charlotte to review "that immortal company of immortals that smn-shed the Hindcnburg line." Reviewing the health legislation of the last two sessions of the General Assembly Governor Bickett said the steps taken towards crushing out vice were due not only to ttie wisdom of the North Carolina doctors but alno to their moral stamina. Service and benign self-forgetfulness wer designated aa the distinguishing marks of the medical profession, which th Governor said appealed to him at bting more nearly divin in its pur pose than any other he knew. Following the Governor, addresses were made tonignt on the government's plans for the rehabilitation of tuber culosis and disabled soldiers, by Capt. North of the United 8tates army and Prof. T. B. Kidner, special adviser to the Federal board for volitional education. Dr. Thompson Eulogise Wilson. Enthusiastic'' praise of Woodrow Wil son liv1 Dr. Thompson in his annual ad dress to the society this morning was vigorously applauded by the physicians, who stood up and cheered for several minutes. Dr. Thompson was given an ovation when he wns introduced by Dr. I B. Mclira.ror, chairman of the com mittee on arrangements and acting sec retary of the society. "Although I may not vote with the majority of you in the next election," said Dr. Thompson, "I want to say thst the President of the United States has a visioa of national right living that no other .head of a nation has ever had and I bid him God .speed in his efforts for the formation of a le.fgue of nations." Interspersed with wit and spiced with humor the address of the Onslow county stat.etman-physician made a pro found impression upon the physicians nnd it was unanimously voted to re quest the papers of the State to pub lish it and that President Wilson be furnished with a copy.. The art of living was the theme of Dr. Thompson, who explained that the physician should first be a man and his first consideration should be for the public health. In the spirit that the members of the society at their last ses sion subjected themselves to their coun try's need, he called upon them to act in peace, declaring that the problems (Contlnaed oa Page Three) Will Visit Army Headquarters; Cables Greetings To Person nel of Atlantic Fleet -Wash in gton, April r 15. Secretary Daniels sent hi,s greetings" and con gratulations to the personnel ef the At lantic fleet now at New York in a mes sage today to Acting .Secretary Roose velt. ,The message from the Secretary, who i now ia France, said :, "Present my greetings and congratu lations to entir personnel of th fleet oa th occasion of its reception in New York. I regret that absence from horn denies me the privilege of visiting the fleet and expressing the pride of our own country in their splendid service and th appreciation on this side of th Atlsntie of th efficiency nnd achievement- of our navy. Too much honor cannot be done to those who served so conspicuously, abroad and to those who held the larger fleet in readiness for any call." Dispatches to the Navy Department today said Secretary Daniels and hi party would visit Geaeral Pershing's headquarters next Monday 'and would review th second division under Major General John A. Lejeune, United States Marine corps, and visit Zeebrarg on th way to England, DANIELS TO VISIT : GENERAL PERSHING i i No Attempt To Begin Proposed Flight Across The Atlan tic Yesterday c MAY LOSE ADVANTAGE OF FULL MOON BY DELAYS Hawker and Baynham, Coifls-Trj Settle Which Shai Carry First Mail (Br the Associate! rna.) . Limerick, April 15. Heavy squalls of wind, rain and hail this evening damp ened the expectations of the people of j Limerick that Major Wood would ar rive here in his airplane from East Church to prepare, for an attempt to cross the Atlantic. . , Unless tne weather conditiona improve soon Wood will lose the advantage of the full moon. The prospect tonight is that the-unsettled weather conditions will continue for some time. Petrol is here awaiting Wood, but it will' not ho sent out to the aviation field from which he is expected to start until he arrives. ; y Hawker and Rayaham. 8t. John, N. t, April 13. While Hawker, today chafed at the elements rhich have held up his hop with two seater for five euccessive days, Capt. Raynhami hastily assembled Martin- syde went up for a trial flight and upon -its return was pronounced ready for th long trip. Captain Baynham, ap fsrently convinced that despite hia late arrival here he would start on even lorms with Hawker, discussed With the latter today the question of which should carry the first official Atlantic "ial mail, which was turned over to Hawker several days ago when it ap-1 j peared certain that he would first at-1 ; iempt the flight. I " Tirtuajly agreed that ia tn , j eveBl 01 aimuuaneou tan in two : aviators would toss a coin to determine ! which should carry the mail. After a conference wan Lieutenant tion in the next regular session or Lawrence Clemen W, R. A. who i Congress. submitted westher chart indicating the f The tentative draft of the bill pro weather would not be propitious for fly-' ride for a Federal Home Loan Board ing for several days, the birdmea ,di-; ef five members, of which the Secretary verted their rivalry temporarily to a ' of the Treasury is one and fnr ar to billiard table. ) ho appointed by the President of th The drizzling rain of thl morning turned during , the afternoon to a i ! - i a wining nuw. iaii, wnirn coniinuea tonight. It wa after the anow fall started that Capt. Baynham' plan was taken up for it trial flight by Captain Baynham' navigator. The weather chart, compiled from report from both shores and from vessels at sea, indicated that ia addi tion to the local snowstorm there wer areas of low atmospheric pressmr both sides and a belt of cross wind in be tween. Although both fliers are ready for aliased oa Pag Two.) Alabama Senator's Address Before 7th Annual Meeting of U. S. Association WHAT STATE AND FEDERAL -OPERATION WILL DO Aggregate of $575,000,000 Can Be Made Available Dur ing the Next Three Tears " (Br the Awtatod Prw ) Mineral Wells, Tex., April 15. Ap proximately one thousand delegates had arrived today to attend th annual con vention of the United States Good Road Association, practically every Btate be ins' represented. Senator Bankhrad. of Alabama, as president of the asrociatioe,! fArtriiAi Brough, of Arkansas, presided. ' Scnstor BanlaeTd-. Addrw-. Mineral Wells, Texas, April 15. Ad- dressing the seventh annual meeting ef the United State Good Roads Associa tion here, Senator Bankhrad, of Ala bama, retiring chairman ef the Senate postoffiee committee, urged further ia-' provement of American, roads, extra i sion of the Bankhead National Highway from El Paso, Texss, to tbe Pacific coast so as to form a trans-continental highway and the education of highway engineer by th colleges in order to provide capable construction men. ""There can be no- mistake as to the sentiment for improved roads," said Senator Bankhead. 'It corneas from every class of our citizenship, th busi aess and professional aran as well as the farmers. They will make no com plaint that it costs money. They arc willing to suums the expense, bat they are going to demand that it be wisely and economically expended. Senator Bankhead told the conven - tion that when th war demonstrated conclusively the Inadequacy of railroad transportation, th use of th motor truck and au.'omobil wa retorted te la order to meet the transportation need of the war and showed tbe absolute ne cessity for better rosd aad JVcreasd appropriations, . . "Federal appropriations," be aaid, "if matched by the State and counties will make the amount available for road building end mslnteaseee during the (Coatlaaed en Page Two? - Special Rare today at Pinehurst for th Stat Medical Assoeiatiom Conven tion. (Adr.) , BANKHEAD SPEAKS TO GOOD ROADS MEN iiW - TO DEFER THE HOME LOAfJBAHKS BILL SPEAKS INNEV YORK B. & L Association League Will Not Ask Legislation of Ex tra Session of Congress NORTH CAROLINA NEWS FROM NATIONAL CAPITAL ToTos-fPestmastershipi, Band for Fayetteville, Weddings and "Judge" YateS Webb To-Be (By S. R. WINTERS.) ' Washington, April 15. The legislative committee of .the United States League of Building and Loan Associations, has decided that the proposed legislation for a system of Inderal Home Loan Banks will not be submitted to the extra ses sion of Congress, if one is called. The decision , is the result of a two days' conference held in the Department of Labor building, Washington, D. C. On the adjournment of the conference this afternoon, K. V. Haymaker, the expert on building and loan association matter who ha been working with the Infor mation and Education Service of the Department of Labor, announced that the legislative committee believed it prudent to submit the , proposed bill for flie creation of the Federal-home loan bank system to the sonual conven tion of the building and loan associa tion wM'h is to be held in Detroit, Mich., in July. - E. L. Keller, of Chsrlotte, N. C, pres ident of the United States League of Building and Loan Associations, who presided Over the conference today, said there was full agreement on the fun damental features of the tentative draft of the proposed bill, hut members of the legislative committee hesitated to ; commit the league to certain details in ,k. Kill without ihmitinv them to the utional convention. for discussion and pproval. As this latter action eaanot be bad in time to get action in an extra aesaioa Congress, the building and loan 'interests hav abandoned hope on such j Farr action and will be prepared to : make their campaign for this leglsla- t United Btate with the consent of the Scant. Under the direction of this beard regional banks will be established aad the membership ia these will be restricted to building and loaa associa tion. No bank may be established with less than a paid-in capital of 100,000. Whenever ten or more build ing associations, located ia given dis trict, wjth aggregate assets of not less than $5,000,000, shall associate them selves together and comply with the re quirements of the law, they may organ ise a district federal home loan bank. Tar Heel Developments. Th civil service commisison has au thorized the holding of an examination for th selection of a postmsster at Roanoke Rapids. Halifax county, on May 21. The civil service test will be held at Rocky Mount. The office pays 11,500 a year. Oa the same date an examination will be held for the elec tion of a postmsster for Rosemary, Halifax county. The War Department today nntifled the office of Senator Simmons that the request of Fayetterille for a mili tary bead for the first week in May would be complied with. Fayetteville is to celebrate the return of th soldiers of Cumberland ' county and likewise revel ia glee tecause of the comple tion of Camp Bragg. The War Deport ment is also furnishing to Chsrlotte for the celebration tomorrow when the 120th infantry is reviewed aa addition al bead. - . - Frank Hampton has been extended an invitation to be n guest of the city of Charlotte tomorrow oa the occasion of the celebration of the 120th infantry. Mr. Hampton and Hubert Martin, pri rate aecretary to Senator Overman, aided Cameron Morrison and Editor Wad R. Harris of th Charlotte Ob server ia prevailing upon th War De partment to send th regiment to the Qneea City. Mr. Hampton will not be abl to attead the ceremonies. The tele- CURSED THE AMERICAN j FLAG, WAS KNOCKED DOWN Man In Hall Where Chamber- lain Made .Address Insulted 1 Old Glory New York, April 15. A sensational incident marked th close of an ad- Amm 1 1m1, filtat-. RHBtA- ftA-ff . Sphinx Club at th Waldorf-Astoria to night. Hia peroration was a poem, "The American .Flag ".. A .thcOjegpn, Sen. , ntor - recited th closing lines,, en of the diners in the fear of th grand ballroom half res from -hi teat and shouted: fc-r-- t. ti : . I. .v. i i m 1 1 - rC , , " Diner from everal other table tarted toward ,th man who had dc M . t. - 4 - ... L- 1 . n ,r:..L i, i . , . i . ecatly returned from trance, will ell, vice-president of the Texas and!. " ' . .,-,,. j .-m ru, . i in command or the returned soul j Oklahoma Oil Company, was th first ', to reach him. Swinging with hi right arm. Nr. njitrkell landed a clcaa blow ea th chin ofth disturber snd knocked him down. Several friends seated with the man attempted te iatcrfer aad there wa a lively scrimmage, in which Mr. Mitch ell himself wa struck in th face. Th disturber was rushed out a, aid door tie for any serious damage was don. I Howver. Edmund I). Gibbs. former Scarborough, treasurer, who immediate' ty . began - aa investigation, declared they had been nnabl to determine th suaa's ideatity but that they would not reet nntil they ti doa a. SECRETARY GLASk Urges Widespread Distribution of the Victory Loan Bonds SUREST ANTIDOTE TO ' TO BOLSHEVISM, HE SAYS Address To Four Thousand Lib erty Loan Campaigners in Gotham Reserve District (By the Awxlatx! Prau.) New York, April 15. Widespread dis tribution of the fifth and final Liberty Loan the 14,500,000,000 ''Victory" Loan aa an antidote to Bolshevism was urged, by Carter Glass, Secretary of the Treasury7, in an address here tonight be fore 4,000 loan campaigners of the New York Federal Reserve district. "You want to give it widespread dis- trtlmtinn " liA "hapaittA in mv Hl lief the surest way to shoot down Bol- shevism is to let the people of this j country have a material interest in the '; government. You want to do it in order I to inculcate the lesson of saving and of j thrift." j An additional reason for absorption of th loan by the people rather than by banks, Secretary Glass said, was that the greater the amount of the loan the . banks were called upon to finance the more would their ability be impaired A- . ,1.. .1 ,1 . na ..r.Unl i iu mo ur ui ivi ii'ni , "We should not hesitate a moment," he declared. "We should go forward at once. Just aayiur American hoys illus trated the hetoism and Valor of .this na tion upon the battlefield so American business men and business women should illustrate the patriotism of peace ia a different way, and will do it. It's a Thanksgiving Loan, Too. "W call this a Victory Losn," he continued, "and it is that But I think it might as well have been called a thanks giving loan. I am appealing to my fel low countrymen to give tnanxs to unn that the war was, through the valor and ( spirit of our American nation, kept 3,000 miles awsy." Secretary Glsss then took up the fre quently heard statement that it would b impossible to float another loan. "They said that it wa impossible for this country to organire an army that would be a deciding or even helpful fac tor in the European struggle," he said. (Ceatlnaed ea Page Sixteen) ioiWers Invitation of Committee For mally Accepted Yesterday by Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt Winston-Rilem, April 15. A message mlem, wss received here this afternoon from Columbia announcing tlint the 105th En TO VISIT TWIN CITY gineers would arrive in Winston-Salem i the 119th regiment here tomorrow and next Tuesday afternoon for a reception all other soldiers in uniform being in and parade on Wednesdny. The invlta- yited besides the IJOth. Prryeding thl tion for the soldiers to come to the dinner an address of welcome oa be Twin City was formally extended by half of the State will be delivered by the- delegation which went from this ' Governor T. W. Bjr keft Sfid en behlf city to Columbia lsst night. The com mittee soon after its arrival was intro duced to Col. Don Scotf, who directed the delegation to Camp Jackson, where the visitors were met by Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt, who directed the engineers while in France and who returned with them, arriving in Charleston Sunday morning. V mum i j iuii, nut , iiiiiiHiniii, - .uJ i..:...-i;. ,. u-; cents nee of the invitation from nm - ..... .... u. u . pany th unit with his staff and regi mental hand. lie also announced that a detachment would come to this city next Sunday to assist the local com mittee in arranging details for the pa rade. Only three companies have arrived at Camp Jackson. The remainder are ex pected to arrive at Charleston Friday. It is announced that the 105th En gineers hsve voted for discharge as early as possible but hsve agreed to com to thi city s a unit before being mustered out of service. It will be known In a few davs iust how manr of the soldiers may be ex-! pecfed. The general committee met this afternoon and discussed plsns for en-1 trrtaining the visitors which are fI. peeted to number 1,200 or more. It is! i i . . ' , ,, i, planned to serve a big luncheon at 'Piedmont Tark. Vhe grounds will li , ni in order for a big parade an peaking. , At the meeting of the central Mm - mitte this afternoon Col. " . A. Blair wa appointed master of ceremonies for the dsy. Governor Bickett will be In- vited to attend and make an address. ' General headquarters will be opened to- i . . m.I tMn.ralijini will hm mnilA I f0r making the occssion the greatest . ... . o..i.'. l: ihuiiu. t- r 1 ip " ......... holiday event in Wineton-Salem's his. tory. Maj. Robert M. Hanes, who be icrs in the parade. Ho will attend the cele bration in Cha'.loHe tomorrow. NEW ZEALANDER SOLDIERS- E.N ROUTE HOME. Newport News, V., April 15. Six hurldrrd new Zealander arrived this afternoon on the transport Paparoa seventeen days out from Glasgow. Th Anxacs, til of whom have. seen at least two years service on the other tide re commanded by Major Tracy, winner ef the military cross. The Paparot put in her for fuel and store. The New Zealander ar deeply inter ested ia the proposed trans-Atlantie flight and eagerly (canned all Associated Press report toakht t tat lahjaat. QUEEN CITY AYAITS ARRIVAL OF 120TH Expecting Tens of Thousands of Visitors From All Parts of State For Parade FEASTING AND DANCING FOR RETURNED HEROES Three Thousand ' Theatre" And " Soda Water Tickets To Be Distributed : (Special to the News and Observer.) Chadotto, April 15. With all pre parabiont complete for what if expect ed to be the greatest celebration ever held here, Charlotte tonight is waiting impatiently for tomorrow when she will join with tens of thousands of visitor from air parts of North Carolina in honoring the 120th regiment of thl " aory amnion, tbe regiment which really broke i the, Hindenburg linl anii pfletratea tbe fthest In that den , ,, , ...... of lhft Hm" ,nd wnlSh "' keeping on the fields of Franc thss any other regiment in the American trmyt , .' ,., ."T' ColoneI mnrr Minor, of Durham, the man who led the 120th into the fight against the Huns on that fateful Sen. t 1 nn ;i, .... . " irmurr iv, vim ieaa Dis men in th pa rado here from the Southera passenger till inn in lh. - r, " . . , ii,iCmn nana on ooutn Tryon street, where he will be succeed ed by Colonel Don Bcott, who will lead them to a large field in th southern end of the city for impressive cere monies in connection with'the decorat ing of three heroes with distinguished service crosses by General fiamson L Faison,' who commanded th brigade of which the J20th was a part.- Faison and Minor Arrive. General Faison and Colonel Minor ar. rived in Charlotte last night, the for. jner going to tne borne of hia brother, Dr. I. W. Faison, and the Utter to th Selwyn Hotel. Governor Bickett i ex pected to arrive late tonight and Sena tors Overman and Simmons are expect ed tomorrow morning. Colonel Scott and Colonel llctts, the latter command er of th 118th regiment, will come with the troops tomorrow morning. Char lotto has declared that tomorrow shall be a legal holiday here. The city and county offices will close all day and th merchants will close for a part ef the day. The soldier will arrive on thre trains, the last contingent being about 10 o'clock. Immediately after being fed at the Southern passenger atatioa by the Red Cross canteen servies they will begin their two and on-half mil march through the city. After th cere monies in connection with th decora tion of the threlf soldiers the regiment will marrh to the First Presbyterian rhurch lawn where they will be fed at a 'basket dinner," served by Mecklen burg women and women representing tbe home stations of the companies com posing the regiment. Arrangements have been made to feed 5,000 soldiers on the lawn at the ehurch. nil Mecklenburg soldiers, jaemberi of . L. . l ,w t. ! . t. . . of Charlotte by Jmsyor Frank R. Me. Nineh. Vpon the conclusion of th dinner th soldiers will be dismissed and will be at liberty until midnight. However, they will be expected to report back at the church lawn at 8:30 p. m. for sup per. ' Th Social Feature. The social feature include a ball . . . . game between the university of North i?, ,. , ,. . ' .. Carolina and Davidson College ea ! Wearn field, dnnee at the eity auditor i ium and clubs, and a street dsne on i South Church street. The latter dane will be open to both soldiers and civil ians and is expected to attract a large crowd. The 4th regiment band from Cnmp Jackson and the Oasis Temple Shrine hand will furnish musie at the street dance, the 120th regiment band will furnish the music at th auditor ium. Three thousand theatre and soda wa ter tickets will be distributed among the men. The idea bf the committee in charge is to pun thing so that th oldiers will not have to pay for a hil the city, Five hundred autos will assemble in front "t the First Presbyterian church tomorrow afternodn at 2 o clock to tak. hf so lier ?the ball game or for n ride, the soldiers having the option of . .:a... a;.. "? "'"" -! ' .i. missing both proffers and spending th .i i Arrangement hve been made fol j relative of the soldier to meet them i t Yariou, p1nfP j th, ,iry tomorrow nfiennon and 'telegrams have been re- cjved here from-hundreds asking thst it tie arranged so they can meet their soldier relatives or friends at a speci fied time. BIG LEAGUE TEAMS IN G0LDSB0R0 TODAY (Special to the News and Observer.) , Goldsboro, April 15. The New York' Americans and Brooklyn Nationals will stage their exhibition game here tomor row nfter.-oon. There was diseussioa.of a plan to have the gam transferred t Charlotte on account of th parade thereof the 120th regiment, but it final, ly wa decided to hav the game here. The gam wa scheduled for this eity some time- tgo and Goldsboro fans art anticipating great satisfaction in wit nessing a big league eontest here to morrow. ' v 1 . , ' ' State Shoot and United North and South Tournament. Pinehurst, April 21-25. 11,500 ndded money nnd trophies. t
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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