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nrn "Mews M$ps WEATHER Fair Saturday, uarmer late .rtor; Sunday fair, warmer. Gentle northeast to rait winds. A7AIC-I 1.- M ar !"' 4.ra Wr ipn 4 astastnf stall eir. i VOL. OX NO. 109. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 1919. PRICE: FIVE CETJT: Mil WILSON WILL BRING TREATY - WITH HIM UPON RETURNING v HOME LATTER PART OF MAY Polish-German Question Finally - Disposed of By Council of j Four Leaves Only Ital ian Problem PARIS EXPECTS EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS NOT LATER THAN 'JUNE Germans Are Expected To Give Little, Opposition To Peace Terms As They 'Are Anxious ' For Return To Peace Condi' tions; Strike 'Continues in Berlin and in Bavaria Situa tion Ts Acute; Helgoland Is - To. Be Dismantled But Forti fication On Kiel Canal Will Be Allowed To Remain in Existence . ITALIAN QUESTION TODAY. Parin, April 18. By the AociUd Pres.) The Polib-iGenna bonnd ry qucstioa wat finally disposed of 1 the council of four tti moriinj. No announcement wa ifcade of the Jni.inna HiVH- liut it is DndeTttOod ' that J)ant'ig would be international ized," while the Folcs wi!i Bate a eorriftor running from that city to their frontier to give tbrmaecese to the tea. 1 Only routine -rorkf in connection with the coming of tie German dele gntea waa taken up in' the after noon, the most important remain ing question, to be acttled i that of the, Jugosla and talinn'daima in the Adriatic. ThiHiaWer will come up tomorrow. Baron Sidney Sonninno, Italian Foreign Minister, will "t forth the Italian cae, it is expected. It waa said tonight that the council of four intends o settle tola qoes d.n st 'Amnrraw'i ieision. ' ; , I1 t AsMttmtoi Pm I "With lavid. Llqjid' George, 'British Trinie Minister, again in hi scat after liia Yisit to London. where he defended "Hi "actions at' the peace conference before' the Houae of " Commons, thH council of four jesterday renewed Its hearing of the claims of the Italians "to the important Adriatis seaport of I'iume and also had under discussion the questipn of the PolUb claims to Dan . tit on the Baltic. The council met at the "White House," the resideace in Paris of President .Wilson. The opinion, prevails ia Paris"' that, with the Italian demands now the re ' maining obstacle t full agreement. .the situation is iuel.thit President Wilson will .be able to Sail homeward ' in mid-May with a signed copy of the peace treaty for submission to Con- cross, which in some quarters In Pari it is believed will be-called m extra session not later than June 1. . Little Opposition Frost' Hans. Little opposition to the 'peace terms Is expected from' the Germans, accord ing to- the latest reports ic circulation in Paris, as -they are declared to be anxious for a return to peace conditions it the earliest moment possible. It. is ""' ssscTrte'd that there is to be no German text of the treaty Mie document .to be issued only in the French and English " languages. Although a general strike has-been , f roclnimed la Bremen and the asser " tion hs been made that it has eea impossible to unload foodstuffs, taken there on an American steamshin,' a tiermsa wireless communication, asserts that the unloading of the vessel is as sured. .Employes of department stores ind specialty shops in Berlin .'have . joined the back employes' strike. In Bavaria the situation still remains . scute, but few details are available. Vienna there also. hat been disturb iticcs. The- Bolsheviki attempted to Morm tho parliament building but were defeated. ' Will Urave Fortiicatlons.' ' Brig. Gen. Richardson has arrived on r.u ice-breaker at Archangel to take command of the American forces fight ing in that region. A messag from tleneral -Pershing read by Genera Kiihardsoa to the American troops jailed upon tnem -to maintain the ' morale that was expected f Americans. Helgoland, Germany's great buttress if defense of the Elbe and Wevr rivers , is to be dismantled, but not deatroved. , It has been decided also that the 'fortifications along the Kiel Canat will ,o permitted to remain in existence. EXTRA SESSION PLANNED BY WILSON, SAYS REPORT 'i I Br lh AamMcd Pnw.1 1 - Paris, April IS. Jt was stated in well informeoVqufirtes tonight that the sit , ualion of' the peare negotiations was SJCh that President Wilson probably itodld be able to tail homeward May '.'i ) and possibly a little earlier by May 13. The belief was ej pressed that the ,' . President would call aa extra session of Congress to convene between. May 15 lad June'l. ' . - Present Indications are that the peace ' reaty wilt "be1 signed before the Presi lent'l departure Information reaching : he delegates tends to show that the . 3ermani are tot planning to take np ' 'ime and delay the signing of the treaty L t they desire a settlement of the peace :erms at the earliest possible moment. -. i , IRISH QUESTION WILL BE V ' -. PRESENTED TO COL. HOUSE (By the Anselst Pma.) . . Paris, April . 18. Former Governor Edward Fr Innf -of Illinpis; Prank P. CeaMaaet p Paga Serea Cvclonic A reas Prevent Hirmen 8t. Johns, X. F., April IS. Cyclonic, rreat between New Foundland and Ire land whk-h are ' preventing Harry, G. Hawker and Captain'l'rederick P. Bayn bam, rival aviators, from starting their trans-Atlantie aerial race for thi 50, 000 prixe offered by the London Daily Mail, will not move out of t lie course chartrjl by the fliers for at least tjro days, according to a statement tonight by Lieut. L J. Clements, Boyal Air force, meteorologist. . : Snow falling this mornin to a depth of several inches was turned late today into sluh by judden rainstorms. In addition,- reports of weather conditions ia'snid-Atlautie received here today by wireless art! inauspicious for nu I'url.v start, joutt-nant Clements said. Captain Caynham, the Britisher, who lua tieen able- to assemble his Martin syde biplane in the period his Austra lian competitor hat boea, heldjip by in, clement; conditions announced today he mould "hop-off'' only when wind and weather offered even chances." Hawker who has been growing restive with nothing to do but put "finishing" touches to a irachine already found ready to take the air, it so eager to, get the jump oa hit rival that it was said at bis camp tonight he waa ready to rvsn take longer weather channel than last' week. . Both aviators are so confident of making the crossing, once they get started, that they have cabled to Lon don taking s i'me. of the wagers laid against them tke.e at high odds. NAVAL SEAPLANES GIVEN ' ROUTINE TEST IN FLYING , New York, April 18. The naval, sea plane F. C.-2, which, refused to take the air yesterday "because of experi mental conditions," received today "a routine test in flight," according to a formal announcement here tonight by naval officers in charge of the depart ment's plans for a trana-Atlantle flight next month: Failure of the plane to rise yesterday, was said to have "proved aothing against -the machine." , , ' The F. C.-3, another trans-Atlantic competitor, probably will take a trial flight Monday, the officers said. The N. C.-4 "it in the stato of boing tt tembled and it ia indefinite at to just ALLIES DECIDE Wl E Will Recognize De Facto Gov ernment of Non-Bolshevik Russia in Treaty (By tb Associate Prsn.) Washjngton,April k- tlreat interest has beea- aroused ia official and diplo matic circles here it was learned today, by private advices from London stating that Great Britain,' France, Italy and the Unite States propose to recognize the Omsk government as the tie facto government of nonBoIshcv'ik Russia as soon at the peace treaty it signed and the details iacident to it ' have been concluded. ' This propose solution of the Russian problem is said in these private advices to have beea Intimated -by Premier Lloyd George in discussions of the situation with British and Russian lead ers in London. 8oroe officials- here after reading the adytcestuggested that portions of the address' of the British premier ia the House of Commons this wek could be taken at -indicating that the associated powers had agreed to recognire the Omsk government. President Wilson, it war learned au thoritatively today,' hah information that an appearamo of Bolshevik strength is new being made through the concentration of the armed forcel at single points it the aaerilre of the rest of Russia. The President also .has been informed it was said that Bol shevism rapidly h losing ground among the peasant class and even in some of the cities and that with the receipt of the food supplies wbteh. the associated governments have decided to firmab the movement will quickly collapse. ' ' The Paris conferees have been' kept advised of the situation in Siberia wher the Omsk government generally has'lecn successful despite" ical trou bles la the eas'-rn portion, ofljcials. said. The LoLdoa advices ar said to point out that' the stsbilitr of all 'ectlons af oa-Eurnieaa Russia under the, control of Boa-Bo!shvists had led 'to the de cisioa to reeogBiie the Omsk govern--lent ss de fad o. " ' Plenty af Money. Distinct im -rove meat in the financial situation ia Liberia ia indicated in a etbl .'gram received by the Russian em bassy here from ministry of foreign sffaiis at Omsk. The cablegram, made public -today as-ertt that while the ready money in the State credit Insti tutions last July 1 amounted taonly 213, ,,nui roubles, at present the - ready taoner in these institutions amounts to a' billion and a half roubles, - Payments of taxes aad eurtoma are said to have beea increased more than twelve times since the Omsk government etSw) into existence. ' . j, . 'WirtMWt gnpt to jTiaeHurst April Zi-ZS. Biatcst puraea. best trouhies v.-r.' Horse racing April 13, Leoaard RUSSIAN ATT jTcfta, Piaehunt, K ft AdT ' j rrom starting -when she will be in condition for a trial flight." ' The N. C--1, damaged in fe gale, was said to be "in the tame state of pre paredness, as th . N. Ci-4."1 A safety zono was established today around the mif-al. air station at Kock. away, where" the tests are being eon ducted. This was done,, officers explain ed Vto protect tin" activitiot from inter fereneie tnd also to- maintain adequatt Control of operations." . . The first official announcement Issued here of -the progress made at the sta tion added: i- " "It is not the intention of the au thorities to' convey the impression that! any .secret is-being withheld . Af. the proper time the Navy Department will , make full announcement as to tho plans . and details for flights. The twenty-f6ur ' hour notice of the start from Rookaiyay it guaranteed. NO NEWS" FROM AVIATORS " WHO 8TARTED YESTERDAY London, Saturday, .pril 19.-1:53 a.' m. Thero ia ttill no newt from either Major Wood or Pilot Parker who left East Church yesterday afternoon for j Limerick Island on the first leg of the: former's proposed trip by airplane ! across ine Atlantic., mere an un confirmed report' that a wireless dis patch was received from Wood- air plane when it was over Liverpool. This would indicate that h Was somewhat out of his route as he had intended to. fly orer Wales and Holyhead. ; Two airplanes were seen St '4:30 yes terday afternoon, traveling at a great height over the Island' 5f Anglesey in the Irish Sea ff the Welsh roast but llaj. Wood could not have made such a great distance in such a abort time after hit ascent at East Church. It it the general belief that he hat descended at some remote point and because of the day beinp Good Friday and small local telegraph offices - being closed, he has been unable to communicate With this city. Ten Thousand Troops , Aboard. Brett, Trance, April IS. TW tufted States transport Leviathan sailed today with 10,000 American troops oa board. William G. Sharp, former ambassador to France, waa a passenger. No Connections Could Be Made Through Boston and Others Did Little Business LITTLE CHANGE iN TELEPHONE STRIKE n.. r. i i io ; .. .' United States Employment Service. teSnfS.: Aprnm-Thestnkeofti, in ucconhn th an arrange Iri h?ch h n.0rSl'!ie Cf 'i0"1 work-! ment made 41 week' the War aud Labur t ee in New rl?V "'"departments. Mr. hone rented today vice in ew England since Thursday .t v , i - - v n morning showed little change todav J "ft U. uwng one million Although substitute operators worked1 W dT" n,-,lei,,0:"a"u "". atth. switchboard. In some of th. su-!'qUal "UkBbeV? " ?" ,hl',r U' burbarf and rural exchange, and in a I 0V'r8f a,t h i,a haT " "u,,'l,"-v few of tho smaller eitics, they were able 1 "m ""' Auwnean soldier to do no more than care for a few local ' ?.broa,1; 1""-'' Jh,v "i' "T"1 emergency call,. No connection, eould! ,0,B f U 8? ;Plo-et- berucc be mad. through the exchange in Bot-1 '?f J ( x, Z "a ,U" ton and the toll line, were tivi up "TV v "t P"?. Picket, were on the alert about all!j'ndljj f.'T Mf' t ,f the exchanges. In a few eases persons! ork at MarM-Ul.-i hired to replay .triker. were roughly i ai ,, '" handled by i'.rike sympathizers when The'CBr.d of tlie "ol'lier, to ar they left the buildings but no serious rlv' "il"'e'lhc bewtine operative disturbances were reported. - r-ne' administrative ortices of th; Much interest centered in the efforts U' H r:i"I'hj.vment Service in Washing. xZ Mayor Petort to briug about a set- ! ton 'ay- T,lp.v' na(l br(,lt fillt!J "t tlement of the strike. The nature, of while on shipboard by a detachment of the message given to the Mayor by ' "le 120th Infantry, consisting of 5Hs) Postmaster General Burleson in Wash-1 North Curnlinians, which arrived at lngton today which Mr. Petert eharac- Newport News on the Martha Washing terized as offerings hope of an agree-'ton. All the men in the detachment uirni wii, not oe puhlicly kuown until i, a j-. .... r .c iiiu.ut iias aunmiiiea it to represen tatives of the strikers tomorrowT- uov. touhdge bad received no reply tonight to his suggestion, telegraphed w uuiu-mii rouay, inai ilia state take over the telephone lines "for the duration of the disability of the United States government to furnish telephone service to the New England Statis." ALL OF THE THIRTIETH NOW HAS RETURNED , I, : their State ill go after dVachargc. Ciitrlfslon, rX C, April'lS. With the! Thia tystm eaabje&jlte amli'e.aad arrival of.the ZeeJundia hir tmlnv ihiThts ro-nncWirreTnrMii-ies .not OJily to entire Thirtieth l)ivraion has been re-! tllnH tn ihim rpi.. ... vvuiiiij. - 411C UlVISlOn eonprrtes ts)a' aatioaal gua,rd units of ' the Ctrolinas and Tennc'ssee and did I valiant, lervite, itseinfarrtry and engi- neer, units gtiningthe repuUtion of! being the first to break the Hinden- burg Una aid the entire divuioa being ttted hi Brthsh aad Assericmsi erders for gallantry in the performance of duty :' PART Or 10STH ENGINEERS . ALREADY DISCHARGED. Charlotte, April !. Half of the Charlotte boys, members of the 105th engineers,- returned . to Charlotte to niKht. tad reported that the task of dis charging -the membert of the first bat talion was completed early this after noon at Camp Jackson. ,j- "'' First E i parts from Seltns.' g Selnm, Ala, April I-Jhe first ship- mcnt of exjHirt cotton since the ormit- ana made-from this city today. being a i'oo-bale conaigumeat to Liver - pool, England, - JConunamled 105th Engineers in France ALCOHOL IH BEER " ' , i ! BREWERS SHIPPED ' -.-- . ! -p? . ' , ' -V ' ... . , ,,: r w. ,J ,. . 1:.: . V -'' . I .! ' " ' ' v V ' " r CoL Joseph Hyde Pratt, of Chanel Hill, who has just returned to America with .. - hit regtmeat of Tar Heel soldiers. " . OVERSEAS BRANGH IE Government Establishes Em ployment Service at Differ- ent French Ports News and OtMrvr Bnreaa, AM Dfatrirt National Bank I! Id. Br 8. B. WINTERS. i (Br Special Lul Wirt.) j Wuahingt6n, April 18. Completion of -the organization of tho United States 1 Employment Service in France and ' on the transports for getting iu touch ', with all soldiers who need a-ssistanco iil finding employment was announced to day by the Department of Iubnr after receipt of a cable from Harold Htone, director .of operations of the Fedcnul Employment riervice, who has charge, of its overseas work. Mr. Stone's head quarteri are in Paris. All returning troops are now being asked by their commanding officer us to whether or not they need employ- i litnt. fliA Ar1ifffra clitio notnt nf thn nllcd out the employment qiietn- naires furnished by the U. S. Employ ment Service whether .tr not they re quired assistance in Gilding new cm- r.loyment. The cards were immediately forwarded to tho Federal directors of the V, S. Employment Service for tho States in which the men live. I'pon receipt tho Federal diiectors in turn-will send the cards to the local (oleml, hinployiurut. Benito oUjlc or hnronu4 In, r.lrntHff f.llipr in' flu' towns or cities to which the men jTrom bctfia finding a job in advance , of a", : .... 1 1..., . .. am- .l' H1U aiutsi vuv llf UCJ)f uui n; pwi- dier who now thinks that lie dots r.ot need assistance but may later. . r . Saya Opium In Tobacco. A woman residing in Gibson, Scotland county, has written Senator Simhuoiis cesjplaiaingef ta ailcRcd atiuse ef inhaceo nanufacturcrs .selling cigars and tobt,eo containing opium. Tire j. ' f. (Contlnaed oa Page. Two.) AVIATORS "BOMBARD" FLORIDA METROPOLIS j' Jacksonville, Fla.,i'April IS. A circus j composed of more than a doxen army ' oil planes from various aviation fields bombarded Jaclsonvillo with IJlierty Loan literature this afternoon and gave some thrilling exhibitions by swooping I close down over the . buildings of the city. A giant Le Pere, the only one in esistonfvrramc up from Carlstrom field 1 yesterday and led the ariutori ia these ih " : TO -HELP SOLD French General Savs Forces Must B3 Kept Upon Rtiin; To Insure Safety , f -i u ( t. '"""," oi the Daily Mail in Pans sends an in - "?T7'"J haJ. ' ,h Mar';nl " vvhicl, the Marshal is .quoted as dwlar-. mg un our peace must m a peace or victois anil not of vanquished. we must star on ino itajne. aiar - shut Foch said. "Pray impress that on your countrymen. Jl is our onlv safety ,. 1 , ' , ... .-nd their only safety. we must uouoio - lock the door. "Remember, those, seventy ailHoa-! Germans will alwayi be a menace to ns. They are an envious and war-like peo-; pie. Their characteristics are not! changed. Fifty yeare hence they will ; be whnt they are today. Do not trust the appearance of the- moment," Rhine Must Ba Boandary. Marshal Foch then discussed with the correspondeht the possibilities f - otlier war. Asserting, that what sav.d the allies . t the beginping of th.prWnt it,...;. l, ..k.l .... h.- .iH. Russia w.olild be in the next war, :.:r,7,: .t r. :. ... ":: ; .x'0 t taken m th. caM of nw ua nr 4k'ith tho fiermnns? The Marshal then argued that only on the Rhine itself would a it be possible to arrest the Germans in the event of an - other attack. He talked lonar and earn- i-stly about the in i . l some ueople would object that it would take too many troop, to hold the river- . ."Hut it will not take so many as it would to hold a political frontier, fr:",fa 0B-"lf Pr cent the the Hhino may bo crossed only at cer- ma,ln1'a alcoholic content for con tain points, wherens a new political ""catiB beverages of any kindk frontier to France can be broken any "y 'cfuarajf to sell stamps, the bu here." he said. ' nfei'entially held , that beer con- No Mlatak t Time. -'"The next time, remember, the, Ger- mans will make no mistake," said Mar- shal Foch. "They w ill break through into .Northern Franco ami seize the ehnnncl ports ns n base of operations a'gaint England They failed fhejast timo because they did not believe" rg- land would come in and when they fonnd she was coining in it was too late io change their plan. "Vou think the Germans will have no arms -for another attack! Ho! ho! llow ilq you know? - Jty thiriime you fotmd out they Im'd got them it would be too Inte. . M'ADOO PREDICTS SUCCESS ' ' TrtLvLCT0RY L0AN Wiishingtott, April IS.- Success of 'tlie(" Victory Liberty-liatTvaji Vredicted Iy LLuMr-eseiiM!, i of- .the'Tressriry Mc- Adoq In a statement ai.ule public here Board of Coaciliatioa and Arbitration, tonight by th Treasury Itephrtment. I which is investigating the trouble st "The iAnifvfonn people, he declared, the request of Governor Coolidge, do- nill respondto the loai.', ith the ssnunied that the strike was a part of a degree of iitrio. lut ahich tHey main- s !' (is (MI ll 4. . SI III J 'ill g I1 1 t H -J lit, lend a stiuicicnf amount to the a-orvrn- ment toenable it to ilis harg ''tho most sWred del t '.lint auv natia ever ineorrad.' Allocation of Shins ' vYaahiaa-toR.' Anril iSAluVatioa of ships announced today by (Via shipping i week. Revolutionists, Mr. Muste said, I tedder, of.the .uffrage movement bowrd included threeKvesls assigned "ere" rapidly being manufactured in j which includes Mrs. W. 8. Jennings, to Swiss relief, the Sarxie and the Lawrence, principally because of tl. wife of the former Governor of Florida, Hchcnctftdy, "7,500 tons oich, which wilf stand ttkea hf the police and the at'- claim that a poll of tha House of Bep load April 25 at - Philadelphia for. Ge- j titudf of repression shown by the city resentalhc assures passage of the reao Roa, and the Wnbnwt, 6,775 tons, which . government. , ' r 1' ' lution by a safe margin. will load April'21t Baltimore for the " . . J " ' ' '. same port, - - ' Chleato Merrhant Killed By Aato. Officer Foaad Dead la Qaartere. , . . New York, April ISVHarlow Kilea j' .' g,, Antonin, Wi, April J8. Lieut, Controversy Ia 8ttkd. Higinbotham, a former partner In thd Cql. Clyde J. MeConkey Inspector it Cirtcinr uti, t)., April lit A settle- j firm of Marshc. I Field Co., of Chicago, j Camp Trs'is73aAotra41Tread la hit ment of ' the controversy between eity I died tonight la the embarkation hot-1 quartri today with a bullet hole fireiumt and eity officials was effected tpitnl at the Grand Central Palace where ; through nit head. Hit pistol was found lute t iday whvn the firemen voted he htd' beea takii earlier la the day, beside the body. Col. MeConkey wa iiunii'iimu: ly to nrtept . the terms of , after having beea run dowa 'y an unmarried and'hla home w at Br Mnyor Jthu Galrin under which the j automobile at Msdisoa avenue and j vator, Minn.- ne was .12 years old aM men will ba roihttatadt I Forty-fiith atreet, S waa 84 yean old. I bad tec a Kirice ia Francs. - ' Government . Refused To Ac cept Payment of Taxes But Money Deposited . COURTS TO DETERMINE ! CLAIM MAQE BY THEM t - IN. Y. Manufacturers-Hold They j. Can Make Product With Not I More Than 2 3-4 Percent i (Br tho Asaorlatcd Prm.) New York, April 18. Bresers of the T New York district took action today in-1 tended to speed court determination of! their claim that beer of S 3-4 per ?en44 alcoholic content mar Y nmdtiNtJ with. 1 out violating the food conservation! reg- nlations, when two of their number be - gan distribution of a brew of the strength specified in tiarrels bearing labels describing it as a non - intdxieat - ipg beverage. wi . i . ..... io segs, sent out wiinout revsnue staqips,' which the eollecYor'tii'd re'fiised, carried tags announcing that . sums equivalent to the coat of the stamps hnd been deposited ia banks to await the claim of the government. Attorneys for the brewers, who advised their action, declare! that nthor n..i,f.,t1,M,." i. New Tork and elsenhere throughout the country, also would begin distribution. MaanCaetared ta December. The beer shipped here from the Hoff - mean and Gambriaus breweries had been manufactured since December i. whea by Presidential proclamation use Tif. If6! frm m erow? of grains for brewing was. prohibited ttUt,k'nd, .of, I"''0" - The eommiyid to be modified early this year by per-1 unt! b1BdLfro1"?i ,he v? ?" Plu'4 m1io to make non-intoxuVati,,,,, or ' lt dJTk hl,.e tl a9 - t .Martha Washinirton. at the tame dock. ment eltssified as eoataining le. than ene-half of oaa p.f cent alcoholie eon- jpnf t.'-.. .j .a,.; ,.i'i tion would precipitate a mov by th. Foetal .nthnHtiJ. i.tA . .tL ,y. Federal authorities intended to stop the rare of unstamped beer, thus bringing into the criminal courts the manufac turers contention, already raised it civil suits, that the two and three-fourths per eent brew, being without tho scope of the food conservation and prohibl tioa statutes forbidding produetioa of intoxicants, could be manafactared and sold, aow and ia the future, under either I th. -Mm. usui:.: ' "iitus' compliance with the is. i rf,.. -... 'r.r'I Z:: .Zr?: " Ellka Root Attorwer. The nuffaua btoweriM notified the Internal Bcrtnue edllectqr early thit week of their intention to rwun dls- t ) i hilt in. aC 4k. A .... J.... s the ttaadard during the 1 .. n of AmW, pwitloi ! i th. wa,f aader tha foodegulaUons. Whel ,ppliol " ,tllml)1 i m th, w-m inter.tin of towdrrisg payment to the 1 4v :.: m " . . . ; , Ar. . " ;r "T ' """T"' " V, r.VLi-... . - aisoi . "-' lismbnnus concerns to deliver foods , ..;.v . . - " ' f-''i-"" ore- raVX ir .1 T D'"-- accomplished, la.. XJt ' '".V ' wl,t if Mkrei ,0 reord '" " M,n'T. attached to theiany delmrkation point, it taking only ' thirty-four minutes f0r tha entire de wkrivctov ' auvs- ,., tachment to debark, and Ave minutea " BBElkMhVTrVrrnva ! a,f,erw"ri1 the flrrt tr1n Pulli ot for Z - (B-th. fi i.m pi , Washington " April 18-iT" the ah sepe, pf Inteal Revenue Commis.inni . u r,ii. -.. v ;;,.H3:hr rr,a.t,"h' wou,,1 Bot Pr,l,ft whnt dis. i ;"7:r"t!7 .7" ."""" per " " w 1 ' urr T ""'"" . 1 n. o'r ion of the. bu- reau so far has been to refuse to an- J." "" '".", r revenue stamps to ," s-r inu,uu twenty qivisions. 'rol,oe .-content, nnre regulations taming S 3-4 per cent alcohol was in - toxicatmg, but Commissioner Roper has ruled specifically on this point since !l,e question was raised several weeks "T ue nrewers. Hefore deciding finally he has awaited'a'a opinion by Attorney General P.lmer. ' This opin - 'on has not yet been prepared by the attorney general. The revenue collector at New York probably would hav. to take-the initia- tive in. any action against the brewers in this case, it wss said tonight bv bu - reau facia t. No ofncial rrt been received here on the -latest nhsse of the situation. '"' STRIKERS DENY BEING . - ,N bolsheisTng Poatow, Mass., April l.-SReprcsopta. tiias of the Uaieace Textile strikers who-appeared' tods' bcfiW th Nfai. Hoishevist movement or was due to any - - -" ' " wa. i vf 1HU IS " living wage."-Speakers esti- ' "a'cd that 15,'."i workers were still out '-rence. A. J. Mutte; a memlr asd frmcr chairman of thp strike ..wuunittce, Mid that sixty-threo per "rent of the adult male employes now ' aa strike were raid less than 23 ner ZEELANDIACOMES WITH MORE TROOPS Four Companies of 105th En gineers .On Ship Arriving lesieroav NAVY YARD BAND JOINS IN DEAFENING WELCOME Debarkation. Made in Record' Timef Men Off Promptly For Camp Jackson . ;.t (Special to th Newt ana Observer.) "Charleston, ti. C April -18. The transport Zccinnilia arrived off , the Charleston lightship shortly after 8 o'clock this morning and proceeded into lhe hrhor escorted by the 'lightship 1 AIia,he, with high naval officers and ; ; ll,e lJ'rt party aboard aad with a ""llane circling overhead; Weather ; tc?""ltlon Bere cxcellent and the plane ' cioas io mo iransport several iinps. ' " .. limes. Along- the Charleston waterfront there went many to cheer the transport as .it headed up the . Cooper river to ' the port terminal whera -Ilia men wr debarked. The harbor craft filled the. air with blasts from their whistles and I ""' X '"0 fjty did likewise. At : - navyjard the sound of wblstlet ! " 0lm1o"t, Wt- , , t , The Boelandia sjas warped lntor lh ! ",("k w,!h , .while preparations i "f M l"K Tai" ,0 dUrS t.h ,oid,fr". ; 'hf.v 'ered, tang aud yelled aerott ths i M(,de' tu" to1.th . .j!d W.ork."t mA ,hoM j sociated organizations were on tht ...-fwharf and the boyt were given eandy. .TK w ' !nl othM ' thing, without charge. This was much appreciated by the re turning heroes. 4 '..rT. .Men la High Spirits. " r , At the boat docked the band played' "Homo Sweet Home," and for a tnp ment there was silence. Then, at the full import of the tune came to tht soldiers, deafening cheers broke loose from every Jock and overtett caps were w,Tra no.wrowB witit reckless dUresi iKard. If thit tune aroused enthusiasm it waa as nothing compared with tha ardor ' of the soldiers whea the com mandant's band quickly changed to "Dixie.". ... , - Tha applause Vat deafening and many aa ey. moist at the eld familiar tune of tht South welcomed bom. again, ta their sativs shares sons from every section oi the United Stares. . Then the' vein changed; the band struck up "The Old Gray Mare"' and i " the boys joined in th tune with anin 10B-.. Hu"' ". th " A Here- WBi U,ewie iuttg ,u ,nd j, m j . " . .. wu auuou as inwmj-jira nunurvti threats taat? nit r. 1 wimp rfacasqu wnere me men win no ' deloused" and then distributed ta i ""mr "Clire,t tnelr hm town tot " UtpVL , ,,k . ' I". Part of IMU Eaglaeert, aa Board, Aboard th, vessel we?, four com. nanies of tha ll5th .n.nn..,. f,. , v.rtK r.n. t-.:.li: men liavlnk all done service with tha :th at the breaking of the Hindenburg line. There were also several detach- ments from the has hospital, ia every section of France. Most of these were ' ! officers. Every State in the Union waa i represented among the troop, and mora ine arst negro troops to land here debarked from. the transport, there b ing something over 800 of them. .The colored Bed Cross and Y. M. C. A. had their workers obI hand and tha same trentment was accorded the col , ored defenders of tike flag as the whiten. , Thes men were' from the service of supply aad with very few exceptions i "' lre gold service ttripet, the sign eignteen montns oversea, service, Lieut. I-eon A. Gray of Tallahassee, f r l,- w" on 'he Zeelandia and it the officer of the .TDth division to re- turn. He expressed himself at delight- '"' l being, once more sgain n horns territory. While oversea, he! wav at- . ,"'',',,' ,n I" H2nd field artillery; 1 The companies of the 105th engin neert aboard the vessel seemed very happy to return home. They are a strapping . lot of men and appear fully capable nf the heroic deeds attributed to them.-. ine-onn laroumans mauc nuite a hit wilt,, th wnlf a .a w-nrlfa.a Wafr mA - everything possible -wafMone for; them. Manv remarks were' heard as to tha port terminal,' jaliere the (tebnrkstion took place, one j .North Cuollaa officer , saying that compared to tlie ilacf where ' th,y embarked the-terminal as a il-,. ' ' ' . "; '" ..... .rlllTr. ...... " , rLOnlUA StllAlt VU I td ' . ; pQfl EQUAL SUFFRAGE BILL Tallahassee, Fla., April IS. The Sea ate of the Florida Legislature in session ; ' Tallahassee today vote. I ia voraoiy oa . t resolution suomming mr question i of vcomtn suITrage v voters at ma aexi ! general election. 1-