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THE CHATHAM RECORD THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion - . $1.00 One Square, two insertions - $1.50 One Square, one month - - $2.50 H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made. VOL. XL. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. 0.. DECEMBER 26, 1917 NO. 21. BRIEF NEWS NOTES WHAT HAS OCCURRED DURING WEEK THROUGHOUT COUN TRY AND ABROAD EVENTS OFJMPORTANCE Gathered From All Parts Of The Globe And Told In Short Paragraphs Domestic. Boston dispatch says Axel Jans gen a sailor, was sentenced to four months in JaiI br Judge Morton in federal court on the charge of failing to obey orders and endangering a trans-Atlantic liner by going to sleep in the submarine zone, while sup posed to be on watch. The judge an nounced that in future cases of this kind he would impose the maximum penalty of one year. The home of John D. Rockefeller at Forest Hill, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, took fire aL midnight recently. The fire spread with such rapidity Through the four-story building that the police said they believed it to have been of incendiary origin. It was impossible to save any of the furnishings and many valuable paint ings, bronzes and tapestries were, de stroyed. The Southern Textile Exposition of cotton mill machinery exhibits from seventeen states, at Greenville, S. C, dosed with a total attendance of 40,000. The next Southern Textile Exposi tion will be held at Greenville, S. C. in the fall of 1919, and the Northern exposition will be held at Boston, Mass., next year. Officers of the Southern Textile Ex position will be elected at the semi annual meeting to be held at Wrights ville Beach, N. C, next June. A 3-hour battle with riot guns and revolvers, in Bridgeport, Conn., be tween police and frequenters of a ne gro club, resulted in the wounding of 1 policeman. 2 white citizens and three negroes. Two will probably die. In accordance with a federal decree pronouncing the organization of a com bination in restraint of trade, disso lution of the News Print Manufactur ers' association was voted at a meet ing of the association's directors in New York City. Because Frederick J. Heuser, a Yonkers, X. Y., confectioner, sold cakes decorated with the German col ors, candies designed as iron crosses and Prussian helmets, and icings rep resenting things Teutonic, federal au thorities decided he was spreading German propaganda. He was arrested and interned on Ellis Island as an enemy alien. The military correspondent of The London Times, in a general review of the military situation, estimates that there are now about 150 German di visions on the western front and 79 on the eastern front, but that appar ently all men between 19 and 35 years of age are being with drawn for the latter point for service in the west. The writer concurs in the opinion that the Germans probably will try to set tle matters in the west before Rus sia recovers and America is ready, hoping to deliver a decisive blow this winter or in the spring. Washington. Officials of the Philippine Island government have issued a warning to ship owners to beware of German -aiders suspected to be near Singa pore, one of the strait settlements. Two "lightless nights" a week nave been ordered by the fuel administra tion. Sunday night, December 16, is the first, and thereafter Sunday and Thursday of every week will see the city White Ways and advertising signs darkened, only necessary street lights used, and only such lights as the law requires in offices and stores not open for business. Delays and deficiencies in supplying the war army with ordnance were de 'ailed and explained by Major Gen eral Crozier, chief of ordnance, to the senate military committee at the be ginning of the general inquiry planned by congress into the conduct of the ar. The general admitted that there 'S a shortage of ordnance at home, A sugar ration of three pounds for each person a month, a porkless day and one wheatless and meatless meal a day will be recommended to house holders in a new kitchen card socn to m Put out by the food administra tion. Observance of wheatless and meatless meals will be asked in addi 'ion to the wheatless and meatless jays Ued for now. First steps to place soldiers of Ger man or Austro-Hungarian birth or ex 'raction at duty apart from the actual fighting forces appears in army orders. Orders show the transfer of nearly one hundred enlisted men of the regular or national army to duty to the disci plinary barracks guard at Fort Leav enworth, Kans. The Cuban house of representatives passed a resolution declaring that a state of war exists between Auftria KWgary and the republic of Cuba, A number of American railway en- STTl haVe been killed y German -."U bombs in a town somewhere be Jiud the British front. A German bomb wW? a Street in a town through men American troops were passing. do , bomb shattered the win offlrer, avhUSe in which tbere were but y showerS them with glass. Lldierf?8 n T American Nation-wide prohibition won in the house, and only the adjustment of a slight difference in resolution between the house and senate now stands in the way of submitting to state legisla tion an amendment to the federal con stitution forbidding the manufacture, sale or importation of intoxicating li quors for beverage purposes in the United States or its territories. The president's approval to the nation-wide prohibition measure which has passed both the house and the senate is not necessary, and the state legislatures may act as they please after the signatures of the vice presi dent and Speaker Clark have been at tached to the fcolution. A dispatch from Ottawa, Can., ays the union government and conscrip tion won a decisive victory at the polls. Virtually complete returns from the eastern provinces and results not cnuite so complete from west of the Great Lake indicate that, apart from the soldiers' vote to be counted in Jan uary, the government will have a ma jority in excess of 40. Immediate legislation to bring the crews of transports, mine layers and other aimy vessels into the military service is urgently recommended by Quartermaster General Sharne in his annual report, just made public. Seventeen enlisted men of the Unit ed States engineer corps are reported missing in action by General Per shing in a dispatch to the war department. European. Germany will shortly transmit peace terms to the allies through neutrals and under pledge of secrecy, accord ing to word from Berlin. Reports de clare Germany will assert her "politi cal disinterestedness" as to Belgium, but will not mention Alsace-Lorraine. One British and five neutral mer chantmen, a British destroyer and four mine sweepers have been sunk in the North sea by German naval forces. The losses were the result of an attack on a convoy bound from Scotland to Norway, Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the admiralty, annoAiced. The total tonngae of the lost mer chantmen is 8,000. Two neutral merchant vessels and a trawler were sunk off the Tyne on December 12 by German desti-oyers, Thomas J. McNamara, financial sec retary to the English admiralty, an nounced in the house of commons. The German raid in the North sea duplicates the successful enterprise of last October, carried out by two j German raiders which attacked a con- ! voy in the North sea They sank nine neutral merchantmen and two of the escorting British destroyers. Five Norwegian, three Swedish and one Danish vessel were sunk without warning. Three other merchantmen escaped. Announcement is made that Russia and Germany have agreed upon the ! terms of an armistice, and Leon Trotz ky, Bolsheviki minister, declares that peace negotiations will be begun im mediately after the armistice has been signed. Home and industries in New York were confronted with the most serious coal shortage in the city's history be cause of inability to get supplies j across the river on barges from New j Jersey tidewater points where thou- ; sands of tons are ice-bound. A slight increase in the losses of British merchantmen by submarine of mine in the tAast week is noted in the i admiralty statement. Fourteen ves sels of more than sixteen hundred tons were sunk, as well as seven un- I der that tonnage. A London dispatch quotes a Vienna official statement as saying the Aus trian battleship Wien was sunk De cember 9. Most of the crew were saved. The waters in which the ves sel was sunk were not named. The latest order of the fuel admin istration recites that it is counted upon not only to effect a substantial saving of coal, but to "provide start ling visual evidence that the United States is engaged in the conduct of greatest of world wars." The British line northwest of Jeru salem, midway between that city and Jaffa, has been advanced, contingents of Ghurkas carrying positions as far as the mouth of the Midieh. Fifty Turks were killed and ten taken pris oners. Premier Lloyd-George announces that General Allenby, the British com mander in Palestine, entered the Holy City on foot. General Allenby was well received by the population, killed and others wounded. In the case of professional men, Internal Revenue Commissioner Ro per says, anent the operation of the excess profits laws against them, that the cost of a small amount of equip ment will be considered merely a pro fessional adjunct and not "invested capital." The torpedoing of two Austrian bat tleships in the harbor of Trieste, at the head of the Adriatic sea, by Italian torpedo craft on the night of Decem ber 9 is reported in a message received here by Comander C. Pflster of ths Italian navy. The German raiders which attacked the British convoy in the North sea succeeded in evading the British watchers on the return as well as the outward trip. Hoarding foodstuffs, the food admin istration says, is not only selfish, but contributes to high prices and defeats the purposes of the food administra tion. Spanish Premier Alhucemas an nounces that the Spanish government will prepare an energetic protest to Germany regarding the bombardment of the Spanish steamer Claudio by a German submarine. Eight sailorg were LLOYD GEORGE SETS FORTH WAR AIMS TEUTONS MUST RESTORE ALL TERRITORY TAKEN AND PAY FOR GREAT HAVOC. GERMAN PEACE PROPOSALS Reorted That Teutonic Allies Would Offer for Peace and Had Requested Russia to Sound former Allies for Peace. In the midst of the peace pourpar lars that are in progress between the representative of the Teutonic allies and the bolsheviki government in Russia, the war aims of Great Brit ain and doubtless of all her allies have been concretely set forth in the house of commons by David Lloyd George, the British prime minister. The complete restoration of terri tory now in the hands of the enemy and compensation for the havoc they have wrought is the price that will be damended for the laying down of arms and the bringing about of peace. Great Britain did not seek territo rial aggrandizement for herself or for any of her allies when she entered the war, Mr. Lloyd George said but entered into the hositilities merely for the sake of her honor. As to Ger many's colonies, all of which are now in the hands of the entente, Mr. Lloyd George said, their disposition must be determined at the peace congress. Jerusalem, however, the premier de clared, would never be restored to the Turks. The statement of the prime minis ter came almost simultaneously with a report that the Teutonic allies in tended to make peace proposals to the entent and that Russia had been requested to take similar steps and was endeavoring to sound her fromer allies in arms as to their requirements for a cessation of hostilities. PASSENGER TRAINS CRASH; 38 KILLED; MANY INJURED Sheperdsville, Ky. Thirty-eight known dead and 40 tc 50 persons in jured, some of them seriously, was the toll taken when Louisville & Nash ville passenger train No. 7, from Cin cinnati to New Orleans, crashed into the rear of a Bardstown, Louisville & Springfield accommodation train 500 yards south of the station here. The accommodation train had just left the station after making a stop, when the faster train which makes no stop here came in sight moving at a high rate of speed. Efforts to bring it to a halt were futile and the heavy locomotive with the heavy weight of a steel train behind it crashed into the rear of the accommodation with a terrific impact. The two wooden passenger cars and baggage cars mak ing up the smaller train were splin tered. Virtually every person aboard the accommodation train, both crew and passengers were either killed or bad ly injured. None of the passengers aboard the fast train were killed, thoug ha number were injured. The locomotive was demolished and the heavy steel coaches making up the train were thrown from the track. Non of the passengers aboard the fast train were killed and none of them received more than minor inju ries. Another locomotive and train crew was sent from Louisville and after detaching one baggage car the New Orleans train went on as soon as the right of way was declared. Jesse Weatherford, telegraph opera tor at the station here, said that after the accommodation train left the sta tion he had thrown his block to show the track clear and left the office to help handle baggage. When he got outside, he said, he saw the fast train approaching, ran back to the office, pulled his block to show red. seized a lantern and rushed to the platform to flag it. He reached the side of the track just as the hevay locomotive thundered by. PROPERTY OF AMERICANS IN GERMANY TAKEN OVER Berlin. The property of Americans in Germany has been placed under the trusteeship of the German govern ment. There is no intention, how ever, to confiscate property or to infringe on the personal rights of the property holders. French Sink Two U-Boats. Athens. French destroyers have sunk two enemy submarines in the Gulf of Taranto. BABST PREDICTS PLENTY OF SUGAR DURING NEW YEAR Washington. A plentiful supply of sugar for the American people during the coming year was predicted by Earl D. Babst, president of the Amer ican Sugar Refining Company, testify ing before the senate investigating commiittee. He opposed placing a limit on domestic consumption, con tending that any such plan would re sult in a larger surplus than could be shipped abroad. , HOW U. S. NAVY HAS PREPAREO FOR WAR SECRETARY DANIELS SAYS NAVY NOW HAS MORE THAN 1,000 SHIPS. TWO YEARS AGO HAD ONLY 300 Contracts Have Been Let for Hun dreds of Others Including Dread naughts, Cruisers and Destroyers and Auxiliaries Explain Operatii Washington. A recital by Secretary Daniels of how the navy prepared for war by adding several hundred ships to the fleet and letting contracts for hundreds of others, including dread naughts, battle cruisers, destroyers and auxiliaries, and explanation of the op eration of the navy supply department by Rear Admiral McGowan, paymaster general, marked the opening of the in quiry by a house sub-committee into the navy's war activities. Representative Britten, of Illinois, asked Secretary Daniels whether the department had received any com plaints from Vice Admiral Sims, com manding American naval forces in the war zone. The secretary said the question was improper and that "mess gossip" should not be banded about, but he added that Admiral Sims had been given everything possible that the navy could give. Later when Admiral McGowan was called to the stand he submitted an order issued by him some months ago directing that Admiral Sims requests for supplies be acted upon on the same day they were received. "We have 424 ships in course of con struction." Secretary Daniels told the committee. "That does not include submarine-chasers, of which we are building 350 and does not include the small craft. The chasers will be in service by early spring." Included in th$ 424 ships, he said, were battle cruisers, battleships, scout cruisers, destroyers, fuel ships, gunboats, hos pital ships, ammunition hips, sea going tug, mine-sweepers and sub marines. The navy at the beginning of its participation in the war, the witness continued, had at its disposal the money needed for most of the expan sion immediately required and in pressing cases where funds were lack ing over-obligations were incurred. Within the last few days the navy has had to ask for $86,000,000 in addition to the regular estimates amounting to $1,039,000,000 for the next fiscal year, now before the house naval commit tee. Secretary Daniels said the navy now had more than one thousand ships in commission as against 300 two years ago and an enlisted person nel of 280,000 officers and men com pared with 64.680 men and 4,375 officers when America declared war. "Has the navy measured up?" he asked. "It is my firm belief at th close of the investigation your an swer will be, 'It has. and the country has every reason to repose confidence in the navy.' " AUSTRO-GERMA NFORCE ATTACK ITALIAN LINE Reinforcemenls in Large Numbers are $ .Brought .Up. The Austro-Germans have renewed in great strength their effort to pierce the Italian line and debouch upon the plains of Venetia in the region of Bas sano. In fierce fighting around Monte Azolofce, in which the enemy again suffered severe losses and several times were repulsd, reinforcements in large numbers were brought up nad the Italians were compelled to give ground. The fighting lasted through out Tuesday and according to the German war office, more than 2,000 Italians were made prisoner. Likewise along the southern reaches of the Piave river, the invaders and the Italians are engaged in heavy fighting. A crossing of the Old Piave on pontoon bridges was successfully j carried out by one enemy detachment, but later the Italians shoved back the Teutons to the water's edge. The fighting on the other fronts still remains below normal, although the artillery duels on various sectors con tinue intense. The artillery activity between the French and Germans in Champagne and in the mountainous regions near the Swiss border is in creasing in volume, probably forecast ing .infantry attacks at an early date. Again the losses to British shipping through mines or submarines show a decrease. According to the weekly statement of the British admiralty 17 merchart.men were sent to the bot tom last week as compared with 21 the previous week. SLIGHT DECREASE IN SHIPPING LOSSES SHOWN London. Fourteen British mer chantmen of more than 1,600 tons and three under that tonnage were sunk' by mine or submarine during the past week, according to the admiral ty statement. One fishing vessel also was sunk. The shipping losses ay mine or submarine in the past week are slightly under those of the pre vious week, when 14 vessels of more than 1,600 tons and seven under, tha; tonnage were destroyed U.S. SUBMARINE F-1 RAMMED IN FOG NINETEEN LIVES ARE LOST WHEN UNDERSEA BOAT GOES DOWN. NO DETAILS ARE GIVEN OUT Rammed and Sunk in Home Waters by Another Submersible, F-3, in Fog. Those Lost Were Mostly From Far Western States. Washington. Nineteen lives were lost when the American submarine F-1 was rammed and sunk by sub marine F-3 in home waters during a fog;. The F-3 was undamaged and pick ed up five survivor of her victim. Secretary Daniels announced the dis aster in a brief statement which gave no further details. Lieut. A. E. Montgomery, com manding officer of the F-1 was among the five saved. His mother, Mrs. Ju lia Montgomery Pratt, lives at Fort H. G. Wright, N. Y. ' Other survivors include: J. M. Schmissauter, machinist; fa ther, Charles C. Schmissauter, Hill City, Tenn. Henry L. Brown, gunner's mate; father. H. P. Brown, Macon, Ga. The list of those lost announced by the navy department shows men to be from far western states, with the exception of two who are from Ohio and Pennsylvania. CONGRESS SHUTS DOWN FOR HOLIDAY RECESS Senate Takes Final Action for Sub mission of Prohibition Amendment. Washington. Congress closed down for a holiday vacation, leaving be hind a series of investigations to pro ceed during the recess. Both houses adjourned until Thursday, January 3, when war legislation is to take the forefront of the calendar. In the la9t day's business, the sen ate took final action toward submis sion to the states of a national prohi bition amendment to the constitution, ordered two investigations into rail road legislation and the merchant shipbuilding and arranged for dis posal of the coal and oil land leasing bill on January 7. The house passed the resolution to remove doubt as to application of the new excess profits taxes to congressmen, ,and arranged for renewal of the battle for woman suffrage on January 10. Efforts to rush through legislation authorizing the treasury to buy $100. 000,000 of farm loan bonds before ad journment failed. The senate passed the bill, but it was held up in the house to be considered when Congress reassembles. During the recess, a half-dozen investigations into war activity will be in progress. Heading the list is the ralroad inquiry. Other investigations in addition to those of railroad problems and the shipbuilding situation, deal with army and navy war operations, the sugar and fuel shortages and the al leged disloyal St. Paul speech of Sen ator LaFollette. Some of the congressional commit tees will work during the holidays on the enormous appropriation bills and other legislation. HALF-MILLION DOLLAR BLAZE AT BALTIMORE Baltimore. Fire whicn broke out in the five-story clothing establishment of Morris Brothers & Co., in the heart of the whole sale business district, resulted in a loss estimated at close to $500,000. Several large whole sale establishments suffered heavy loss by water and were threatened by flames. SOLDIERS ESCAPE FROM BURNING BUILDING Columbus, Ohio. Fire broke out in the Knights of Columbus hall, State and Sixth streets, in which 400 soldiers were quartered. All tne sol diers, it is believed, escaped. DISTINCTION OF RANK SOLELY FOR DISCIPLINE Washington. In response to a sen ate resolution asking whether there are war department rules and regula tions to prevent social intercourse be tween officers and men of the army. Secretary Baker wrote Vice President Marshall that distinctions of rank in the army imply no social dstinction and are solely in the interest of mili tary discipline. Frequently in a coun try Ike this, the advantage oi educa tio and culture is in favor or soldier. ARMY CAMP CONDITIONS REPORTED BY GOKGAS Washington. Insufficient clothing, overcrowding and bad sanitary condi tions are held largely responsible for djsease epidemic at Camo Sevier, So. Carolina; Camp Bowie, Texas; Camp Funston, Kansas and Camp Doniphan. Oklahoma, by Surgeon General G gas in reports to Secretary Baker made public on the result of his per sonal inspection of the camps. With the exception of Funston, none of the amps base hospitals are completed. ASHEVILLE'S CITY WOOD YARD Children With Tow Sacks May Get I Dime's Worth Situation Is Much Relieved. I Asheville. Asheville's municipal woodyard hau proved a blessing to the city during the present cold snap, as j coal has been decidedly scarce, and many of the poorer people have had to depend entirely on the woodyard for fuel. For the past week according to a statement made by a coal man, the coal yards have been leading a hand-to-mouth, or rather, a car-to-wagon ex- j istence. I While no actual coal famine has ex isted as yet, many of the yards have seen the sun go down without a pound of coal on hand for the morrow. The Capacity of the municipal wood yard has been doubled, and it is the busiest place in Asheville at the pres ent time. The city takes all offers of j wood, paying $4.00 a cord, and in addi tion, is cutting a lot more on various j municipal tracts. This wood is cut j into stove lengths, and the actual cost of handling is added, bringing the price of wood to $5.50 per cord. Children with tow sacks can get a dime's worth of wood at this rate, and a wagon load goes at the same rate. One notable incident of the cold snap was when a chauffeur, driving a high powered car, drove up and carried off several sacks, with orders that a wag I on load should follow as soon as possi ble. N. C. Millers to Get Wheat. Raleigh. Henry A. Page, federal food administrator for North Carolina, has received assurances that North Carolina millers are not to be perma nently cut off from their grain re quirements to operate their mills on account of the over estimation of the North Carolina crop that seemed to indicate that this state had wheat enough to supply its home require ments. The readjustment will permit the North Carolina licensed millers to have their pro rata share of wheat as it is apportioned throughout the coun try, but none will be permitted to store any large quantities of wheat. The price of wheat an flour in this state is to be controlled under the special government contro by the Newport News and Wilmington prices plus the freight to interior Carolina points, the government absolutely con trolling the distribution points scales of prices. Low Water Hurts Mills. Asheville Low water in the French j Broad river has caused some curtail ! ment of industrial activity at Ashe- ville, the Asheville Cotton Mills being compelled to shut down virtually all : their departments for lack of electric power. The Carolina Wood Products Company is also affected and other industries are curtailed in their work - by reason of the laci of power. Sanatorium Dormitory Burns. Raleigh. Brooks Hall, one of the principal dormitories of the state san atorium, has been reported to the state department of insurance as de stroyed by fire. Dr. McBrayer, head of the institution, was obliged to re a turn 30 patients to their homes. The fire loss was $3,500, partially insured. Negro Church Destroyed by Fire. Salisbury. Moores Chapel, a negro Methodist church near Livingstone Collge and one of the largest church buildings in the city, was entirely de stroyed by fire. Origin of the fire is unknown. The church was compara tively new and with the furnishings was valued at fifteen thousand. NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. To date 7,000 cotton samples have been graded for Robeson farmers by T. W. Trogdon, local government grader. Two thousand samples have been graded for Bladen farmers at the local office. This year's record is much better - than that of last season when only 4,500 samples were sent in by Robeson ginners. 1 According to Information received, out of the school at Wilmington, 11 j applied for service and successfully passed the required examination and will be called into the merchant ma rine at an early date. The Warsaw tobacco market, after a very successful season, has closed. Sales were unusually heavy at both warehouses and prices continued good up to the last. Dr. B. W. Kilgore, director of State Extension Service, is calling attention to the necessity of saving seed for planting next spring. He has written the county agents urging upon them the advisability of making lists of the different kinds of seed In such a way that this information can be secured later. The badly decomposed body of a man was found ashore on Masonboro sound, near Wilmington. It is believ ed that it was one of the four fisher men who went out in a boat several weeks ago and have not been seen alive since. This is the second body of a man to be found, in that section recently, both believed to have been members of the unfortunate flshi"g crew. The Kinston fair association is more than $13,000 to the good after paying its way the past three years, accord to the secretary's annual report, mad oublic. PROHIBITION WINS IN HOUSE 28210128 GREAT DEMONSTRATION GREET. ED ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE HOUSE VOTE. WEBB WAS LEADER IN FIGHT Resolution Adopted Is Identical With That Passed Last August Except That It Gives Seven Years Instead of Six to Ratify. Washington Nation-wide prohibi tion won in the house and only the ad justment of slight difference in reso lutions .between the house and senate now stands in the way of submitting to state legislatures an amendment to the federal constitution forbidding the manufacture, sale or importation of in toxicating liquor for beverage pur poses in the United States or its terri tories. The vote in the house, taken after a day of debate before crowded gal leries, was 282 to 128, with the parties dividing almost evenly. The margin for prohibition was eight votes more than the two-thirds vote. Both wets and drys had been pre dicting victory all day, and It was not until the last few names had been called that the anti-prohibition forces conceded their defeat. When Speaker Clark announced the result, the victors were joined by the galleries in such a demonstration as is rarely permitted in the house. Former Secretary Bry an, an interested spectator nearly all day, appeared on the floor and joined In receiving congratulations with Rep resentative Webb, of North Carolina, who had led he fight. The resolution adopted by the house fs Identical with that passed by the senate last August, except that it gives the states seven years instead of six In which to ratify the amendment. The Presidents' approval is not re quired and the state legislatures may act as soon as they please after Vice President Marshall and Sneaker Clark have signed the resolution. Following is the resolution as adopt ed: "Resolved, by the senate and house of representatives that the following amendment to the constitution be, and hereby is, proposed to the states, to become valid as a pait of the con stitution when ratified by the legisla tures of the several states as pro vided by the constitution: "Article Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this artIHe tha manufactur, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the im portation thereof into, or the expor ation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the juris diction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. "Section 2. The Congress and the several states shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by ap propriate legislation. "Section 3. This article shall be in operative unless it shall have been rat ified as an amendment to the con stitution by the legislatures of the several states, as provided in the con stitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the states by the Congress." GOETHALS MAY RETURN TO DUTY WITH ARMY. Has Been Offered Post of Quartermas ter General. Washington. In explanation of the new war council he has created. Sec retary Baker said it was not in any way a result of congressional inquiry into operations of the war department, nor was it related in any way to the inter-allied war conference at Paris. The secretary was not inclined to discuss in detail the purposes of the new council, but he sid it was to deal with larger problems of war preparations and did not infringe on the functions of the general staff. Questions of supply and equipment rather than military operations prob ably will be within the jurisdiction of the new body. The council is composed of the sec retary, the assistant secretary, the chief of staff, the provost marshal gen eral, the quartermaster general and the chiefs of artillery and ordnance. Major General Goethals has been of fered the post of quartermaster gen eral to succeed Major General Sharpe, and it is understood that Brigadier General John D. Barrett has been se lected to succeed Major General Weav er as chief of artillery. So far as is known, no successor has been chosen for Major General Crozier, chief of ordnance, who was recently nominated for another term. HERBERT HOOVER WON'T CAN THE COMING YEAR Washington. Offcials of the Vir ginia Canners' exchange, sutrmonod to explain certain papers found in their files by investigatdrs for the federal trade commission In the .ou e of the inquiry into charges food speculation made by the food admin istration, agreed to withdraw all 'et ters and papers which might be con strued as suggestions for priee-fixAiA;?, and to refrain in the future from all activities tending to such an effect.