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JlECHitTHAM KEC0EB ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, 3878. . PITTSBORO, CHATHAM; COUNTY, N. O..- NOVEMBER 28, 1918 VOL. XL NO. 17. 4 GREftT CONFERENCE CLOSES SESSION vTING BUSY, INTERESTING, AND FULL OF PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE. ATTENDANCE IS ENTHUSIASTIC vjC;i Good Accomplished and Marked Harmony Prevailed in the Body Throughout all Discussions. The opening day of the Western i North Carolina Methodist conference . Trion Street Church, Charlotte, r-ored to be a busy and interesting vz9 with the reports of the 11 presid es elders, reports that showed grati f:ng progress in the work of the Yrar; the election of a secretary and the conference committees; and the p-vsentation to W. L. Sherrill of a t Id headed cane in recognition - of $ 2". years of service as conference retary. Added to this was the rais er of $1,300 for Payne College, Au t :sta. Ga., the presentation of the ser- -e flag with 99 stars. Th- second day of the Methodist :nereiu e had been set apart as Cent-nary clay, and it proved to be from - ? standpoint of attendance, sustain ed interest, plans set on foot, and the -uhusiastie assumption of a trerhen us ta?!c for itself, the greatest day r the history of the Western North irolina conference. After a full an.3 ;nk discussion of the world's present : red. at the close of the great .war, :.r.J the unparalleled opportunities for r.ieh needed service in world redenip- n combined with the ability of the . arch to give, the conference by :::ianimoa3 vote amid handclapping idgefi itself to the task of raising $".,750,000 for this great centenary --.terprise. ... v . Presentation of Service Flag. The conference just before adjourn-?.-.?nt entered into the exercises of iirfurling: a service flag which carried . stars that, represented the sons of p-eachers of the conference who were -listed in the service of the army and navy. The exercises consisted of, a presentation speech by Albert .Sher rill, a speech of acceptance by - the secretary of the conference, singing) of the national hymn hy the con ference, and prayer by Bishop Kiigo, ho has a son in the service. "The four gold . stars . represent hose who made the supreme saeri f.ee. They died for liberty and their ss-crwl dust rests in the soil of bleed ing Belgium or beneath the beautiful I illiej of France, vi Appointments. The list of appointments of preach ers for the ensuing year as read by R'shop Darlington before adjourn ment of the Western North Carolina conference follows: Charlotte District. H. K. Boyer, Presiding Elder. Anson ville A. R. Bell. Charlotte-Belmont Park A. L. Ay cock . Brevard Street L. T. Cord ell. Calvary A. R. Sirrratt. Chadwick R. L. Forbis. Dilworth L. B. Abernethy. Hawthorne Lane T. F. Marr, W. L: Nicholson, supernumerary Seversville B. F. Hargett. Spencer Memorial C. M. Campbell. Trinity. J. W. Moore. Tryon Street Z. E. Barnhardt. Hickory Grove K. H. Kennington. Lilesville W. S. Cherry. Marshville Seymour Taylor. Matthews J. E. McSwain. Monroe-Central H. H. Jordan. North Monroe J. R. Warren, sup- p'-r. North Monroe J. R. Warren, sup ply. . . Morven S. T. Barber. Pineville W. F. Elriatt. Polkton L. H. Griffith. Prospect M. A. Osborne. Thrift B. F. Fincher.: TTnionville T. J. Huggins. Wadesboro C. S. Kirkpatrick. "Waihaw E. Myers. Vveddington E. P. Stabler. Missionary to Japan S. A. Stewart. Missionary to Japan. N. S. Ogburn. Dean Candler School of Theology P. T. Durham. Assistant Editor N. C. Christian Ad vocate W. L. Sherrill. Principal Southern Industrial . Insti ite J. A. Baldwin. Conference Evangelist G. W. Fink. Secretary of Education H. H. Jor dan. Salisbury District. J. C. Rowe, Presiding Elder. Albemarle-Central R. S. Howie, C. M. Gentry, superumerary. First Street W. F. Stanfard. Albemarle Circuit H. F. Starr, sup ply. , - t, ... Badin J. E. B. Houser. Bethel and LovesR. F. Huneycutt. China Grove W. S. Hales. Concord-Central Z. Paris. Epworth-Center M: H: Vesta. Kerr Street J. W.' Strider. Forest Hill R. M. Taylor. To Arrange Memorial. Chapel Hill. Committees from the faculty and trustees of the University f North Carolina have been appoint ed to arrange a memorial service in honor of the late President Graham. It is also -contemplated the the .Uni versity will issue during the year a memorial .volume containing a bio graphical sketch of President Graham, together with the memorial addresses and messages received by the univer ity and members of his family at his dftath and tributes and editorial com bat appearing in the press. Westford-Harmcny A. P. Brantley v-oncora Circuit P. L. Shore. Cottonville and Oakboro J. C. Brown, supply. Gold Hill E. M. Avett. Kannapolis Station G. W. Vick. Kannapolis Circuit J. S. Gibbs. - Mt. Pleasant B. Wilson. New-London S. E. Richardson. Norwood-Randall J. A. Bowles. Salem Circuit E Y. Yates. Salisbury-First Church J. E. Aber nethy. Park Avenue A. S. Raper. South Main P. W. Tucker. Salisbury Circuit R. C. Kirk. Spencer-Central E. E. Williamson, G..A. B. Holderby, Jr.. preacher. East. Spencer-North Main R. K. Brady. Woodleaf E. J. Poe. Agent Superannuate Fund J. P. Rodgers. StatesvMle District. W. A. Newell. Presiding Elder. Alexander J. J. Edwards. Ctaw4a J. T. Ratledge. Cool Springs R. A. Swaringen. Davidson-Huntersville M. B. Woos ley. Dudley Shoals B. C. Reavis. Granite Falls H. G. Allen. Hickory-First Church W. O. Goode. Hickory Circuit J. A. Peeler. Iredell D. C. Thompson, supply. Lenoir Station-R. D. Sherrill. Lenoir Circuit Elmer Simpson. Maiden D. F. Carver. Mooresville Station L. A. Falls, J. W. Jones, Jr., preacher. Mooresville Circuit E. N. Crowder. Mt Zion W. B. Davis. Newton R. M. Hoyle. North Lenoir Circuit J. H. Price. Olin R. L. Halton. Rhodhiss John H. Green. South Lenoir-Whitnel D. A. Lewis, supply. Statesvilie-Broad Street L. D. Thompson. Race Street J. W. Williams.- Statesville Cirt-.uit D. H. Rhinehart. Stony Point A. G. Loftin. Troutman J. C. Keever. President Davenport College J. B. Craven. Professor Davenport College E. J.' Harbison. ; Conference Missionary Secretary R. M. Courtney. Chaplain U. S. Army O. L. Simp son. Chaplain IT. S. Army W. A. Jen kins. Army Y. M. C. A. Work T. A. Groce. Army Y. M. C. A. Work G. M. Go forth. Shelby District. John F. Kirk. Presiding Elder. Belmont J. "E. Thompson. Belwood D. W. Brown. L. E. Stacy and.H. G. Stamey. supernumerary. . Bessemer H. C. Byrum. Cherryville J. F. Moser. Crouse D. P. Waters. Dallas R. A. Taylor. Gastonia-East End A. Burgess. Eighth Street W. T. Albright. -Franklin Avenue C. L. McCain. Main Street A. L. Stanford. - Kings Mountain E. L. Kirk, " Lincolnton Station D. H. Litaker. Lincoln Circuit O. C. Fortenberry. Lowe3ville J. A. Sharpe. Fred A. Price, Jr., preacher. Mayworth J. W. Kennedy. McAdenville S. M. Needham. Mt. Holly C. M. Short. Polkville C. R. Canipe. Rock Spring W. B. Shinn. Shelby-Central C. A. Wood. Shelbv Circuit N. C. Williams. South Fork T. A. Plyler. '. Stanley L. L. Smith. Marion District. Parker Holmes, Presiding Elder. Bakersville A. L. Lucas. ' Bald Creek J. B. Mitchell. Broad River D. S. Richardson. Burnsville J. P. Hornbuckle. Cliffside A. J. Burrus. Connelly Springs M. B. Clegg. Enola To be supplied. Forest City W. L. Dawson. Henrietta-Caroleen W. R. Shelton. Marion Station W. L. Hutchins. Marion Circuit M. G. Ervin. Marion Mills J. B. Folger. McDowell J. A. Fry. Mioaville W. J. Hackney. Mill Spring R. L. Shelton. Morganton Statoin C. M. Pickens: Morganton Circuit R. F. Mock. Old Fort N. M.- Modlin. Rutherfordton-f-T. C. Jordan. Spruce Pine J. P. Morris. Spindale J. B. Carpenter. Table Rock J. B. Tabor. Thermal TMtyM. W. Heckard. Professor in Rutherford College J. . "Walker. Student Trinity College T. F. Hig- Sins- Student Weaver College S. P. Mauldin. " Army Y. M. C. A. Work E. O Smithdeal. Winston District. Frank Siler. Presiding Elder. Advance J. H. Prendall. Cooleemee N. R. Richardson. Davidson P. L. Terrell. Davie D. C. Ballard. Denton P. H. Brittain. Farmington J. W. Vestal. Forsyth H. H. Mitchell, supply. Hanas-Clemmons M. W. Mann. Ker ners v ill e T . J. Ogbprn. Lewisville A. S. Abernethy. - Lexington Station J. "P. Hipps. Lexington Circuit P. E. Parker. Linwood. W. R- Jenkins, Mocksville E. O. Cole. New Hope J. B. Fitzferald. Thomasville - Station R. G. Tuttle, J C. Richardson, supernumerary. Thomasville Circuit C. P. Goode, supply. , ' Walkertown J. C. Harmon. West Davie W. J.S. Walker, sup- ply. Winston-Burkhead J. S. Hiatt. Subscriptions at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill. The students and fac ulty of the University of North Caro lina subscribed a total of $3,700 in the war work drive just ended. Com pany C in the giving with $894,. for $7 per man, followed by Co. B with $780, averaging $5.40 per men; Co, A with $609 .averaging $4.75 per men; Co. D with $564 " averaging $3.75 per man. Non. S. A. T. C. students subscribed $296, averaging $3 per man. The Co eds gave $154. Chapel Hill, not in cluding the students, oversubscribed Its quota of $900 by 33 per cent; Centenary G. T. Rowo. -Grace W. M. Robbins. ; Liberty C. O. Kennerlr " Salem A. C. Swafford. SouthsideC. C. Williams. . West End R. H. Daugherty. Student Trinity College j. II. Lan ning. :i - Student Trinity College J W. Fitz gerald. - Greensboro District. J. H. Barnhardt, Presiding Elder. Asheboro Era Erwln. Coleridge J. T. Stover. Deep River F. W. Cook. Greensboro-Cententary A. W. Plv ler. , Spring Garden Street R. R. Welch. Walnut Street and Carraway" Me morial A. C. Gibbs. West Market Street E. L. Bain. J. P. Lanning, .supernumerary; John A. Lesh, junior preacher. Greensboro Circuit J. M. Woosley. West Greenboro T. J. Rogers. - Gibsonville A. P. Ratledge. High Point, West End W. A. Bar ber, supply.- Main Street H. H. Robbins. Wesley Memorial W. A. Lambeth. Pleasant Garden C. F. Sherrill. Ramseur and Franklinviile W. M. Smith. Randleman J. A. J. Farrington. Randolph Circuit T. B. Johnson. Reidsville, Main Street H. C. Sprinkle. Ruffin W. C. Jones. Uwharrie Circuit J.' M. Varner. Wentworth Circuit F. L. Town send. President Greensboro College for Women S. B. Turrentine. Treasurer for Greensboro , College for Women W. M. Curtis. Editor North Carolina Christian Advocate H. M. Blair. State Sunday School Secretary J. W. Long. Army War Work N. K. Creel. North Wilkesboro District. T. F. Wagg. Presiding Elder Avery J. L. Smith. Boone H'. L. Powell. -Creston W. B. Thompson. Elkland O. D.-Stacev, supply. Elk Park T. S. Coble. - Hilton R. F. Wellons, supply. Jefferson T. J. Houck. Laurel Springs D. A. Clarke. North Wilkesboro W. R. Ware. , :North Wilkes Mission S. L. Owen, supply. Sparta J. C. Cornet. .- WTatauga W. I. Hughes. West Jefferson and -Warrenville W. L. Scott. Wilkesboro W. G. Wilson. Wilkes J. M. Rarber. Professor and Chaplain In Appa lachian Training School J. M. Dow num. Missionary to Japan W. A. Wilson. Principal Jefferson School W. L. Scott. . Mount Airy District. W. F. Womble, Presiding Elder. ' Ararat G. W. Clay. Danbury J. J. Eads. . Dobson O. P. Routh. Draper C. R. Allison. Elkir W. E, Abernethy. Jonesville J. H. Robertson. Leaksville G. A. Stamper. Madison-Stoneville J. E. Gay. Mt. Airy, Central G. D. Herman. - Mt Airy Circuit T. P. Jimison. Pilot Mountain J. W.. Combs. Rural Hall J. C. Mock. Spray J. F. Armstrong. Stokesdale G. W. Williams. Summerfield Albert Sherrill: Walnut Cove T. V. Crouse. Yadkinville W. M. Boring. Asheville District. W. H. Willis. Presiding Elder. Asheville-Bethel J. O. Ervin. Central F. K. McLarty. Chestnut Street C. C. Brinckman. Haywood Street O. P. Ader. West Asheville E. M. Fox. . "Asheville Circuit J. O. Banks, sup ply. Biltmore and Mt. Pleasant G. R. Proffitt. Black Mountain T. L. Teague. Brevard W. E. Poovey. Fairview W. R. "Harris. Flat Rock and Fletcher D. Atkins. Hendersonville M. F. Moores. Henderson Circuit C. A. Johnson. Hot Springs-Marshall J. J. Gray. ILeicester C. M. Carpenter. Mars Hill J. M. Green. 'Mills Rivei- C. F. Goode. Rosamon W. A. Thomas. . Spring Creek To be supplied. Sulphur Springs J. C. Post ell, J. F. Starnes, Jr., preacher. Swannanoa J. O. W. Holloway. Saluda J.' M. Folger. Walnut-An tioch E. H. Jones. WeaverviHe Station D. J. Jones. Weaverville Circuit J. W. Bennett Missionary to Cuba R. J. Parker. Conference Evangelist James M. Green. Waynesville District. J. H. West, Presiding Elder. Andrews M. T. Smathers. ' Bethel Fred O. Dryman. - BrysonrWhittier L. P. Eagle. Canton J. H. Bradley. Clyde R. E. Hunt. Franklin Station L. E. Hayes. Franklin Circuit j. C. Umberger. Fines Creek E. D. Ballard. Glenville T. L. Noble, supply. Haywood A. L. Latham: Hayesville C. E. Stedman. -Highlands R. P. Fikes. . Judson M. N. Hilderbrand. Jonathan John Cline. Macon J. E. Womack. Murphy Station J. W. Ingle. Murphy Circuit A. A. Godfry. Ranger To be supplied. Robbinsville Wm. J. Baker, supply. Sylva J. A. Cook. Tuckaseege R. L. Foster. Waynesville W. B. West, J. F. Stillwell, Jr., preacher. Waynesville Circuit D. V. Howell. Webster-Cullowhee J. W. Camp-, bell. - - Camp Polk's End in Sight. Raleigh. The end of Camp Polk ap pears to be in sight. With the grad ual discharge of the latest recruits, the movement toward demobilization there got a forward impetus with or ders lor examination of the men pre paratory to discharge; and the news now comes from Washington that Sec retary Baker has determined to con solidate the tank, school with an in fantry cantonment. Immediately upon the signing of the armistice orders came to Camp Polk, off icers for cessa tion of all -save necessary activities. IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS" GIVEN THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH 1 1 . - - What Is Taking Place In Tho Soutlw ; land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs Domestic v , -- To replenish his : private fortunes, Secretary of the Treasury. McAdoo has resigned, and his resignation will be come effective just as soon as' Presi dent Wilson can find a successor. Revelations of alleged crookedness in the prosecution of many cases, civil and criminal, in San Francisco courts, including a charge that attempts were made to . manufacture - evidence against Mrs. Rena Herman Mooney, were contained in a report made public in San Francisco. In the investigation of the Mooney case, the investigators allege . that more than four hundred thousand dol lars was the sum paid out in graft. In fact, it is alleged that more than this amount passed hands in one in stance. Reductions aggregating five hundred mlilion dollars in the yield from the new war revenue bill were made by the senate finance committee in re vsiing the measure downward to the six billion dollar total for 1919 propos ed by Secretary McAdoo. - ; ' The drastic features of federal pro hibition enforcement laws which dry eladers will insist upon congress en. acting in case the federal prohibition amendment is ratified by the States were outlined to a meeting of Anti Saloon League superintendents at Co lumbus, Ohio. American expedition forces abroad had less than fifiy men blinded as a result of the war, according to Dr. J. E. Hendrickson who has returned to his home in Newport News, Va., from Washington, where he conferred with the surgeon general of the army rel ative to the disposition and care of blinded soldiers. More than one hundred thousand persons have applied since the armis tice was signed for permission to go abroad, it is stated by New York City customs officials. The United States destroyers Dal gren and Goldsborough were launched at Newport News, Va., at the plant of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company. Washington When the Americans entered Long wy they found in a hospital there two American aviators, Vernon Remington and Arthur C. Dineen, who were cap tured in October. The aviators were brought down inside the German lines during the week of October 22. Fourteen million dollars' worth of opium purchased by the Chinese gov ernment from foriegn opium merchants at Shanghai is to be destroyed, ac cording to a cablegram from Pekin to the Chinese legation. . Loss of 145 American passenger and merchant vessels of 354,449 tons and 775 lives through acts of the enemy during the period from the beginning of the world war to the cessation of hostilities, November 11, is shown by figures made public by the department of labor's bureau of navigation. Nineteen vessels and "67 lives were lost through use of torpedoes,' mines and gunfire prior to the entrance of the United States 4nto . the war. When hostilities were suspended, American aviators had destroyed -661 more German planes and 35 more Ger man balloons than the Americans had lost. The total number of enemy planes destroyed by the Americans was 926 and the total number of bal loons 73. . On November 11, the day of the signing of the armistice, there were actually engaged on the front 7t40 American planes, 744 pilots, 437 ob servers and 23 Aerial gunners. Between September 12 and Novem ber 11 the air forces operating with the first American army alone dropped twenty tons of high explosives on the German lines and supply depots and rail heads behind the German lines. The second session of the Sixty fifth or "war" congress, which began last December 3, ended at 5 p. m;, November 21, under-a resolution which had been adopted earlier in the day by the senate, and by the house. . Restrictions on the exportation of raw cotton to Great Britain, France, Italy, Belgium and Japan were removed by the war trades board and the com mittee on cotton distribution. The or der becomes effective December 2. Men now at camps to be abandoned will be either sent home in the near future or transferred to the canton ments which are to become perma nent. When allied troops march under the Arch of Triumph at the close of the war allied sovereigns and chief mag istrates will be present. It is under stood the kings of England, Italy, Bel gium and Serbia, Prince Alexander of Greece President Wilson, a Japanese royal prince, representing the mikado and official representatives of China, Portugal, Roumania. and the South American republics will be present. Well into Belgium and across the German frontier on the south, Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman's army gath ered itself for another jump into evac uated territory. " Two' hundred and sixty-fixe Amerh can' planes and 38. ballons were de stroyed by the Huns. The third and final session of the sixty-fifth congress will begin in eleven day. ; from its adjournment. Aside-from the personnel of the American delegation and the prepara tions for President Wilson's journey to France, interest centers in what na tions are to participate In the deliber ations. The entente powers and the United States have borne the brunt of the war and their representatives will outline a plan of procedure for the con ference. - - ' Each nation admitted to participa tion in. the peace conference will be re garded as a unit. The number of its commissioners or delegates will not matter? nor is it expected that deci sions will be recorded on the basis of. majority votes of these units.'"' Each nation will be free " to- adhere to any declaration of principles -proposed to the conference or to withhold its as sent. - ' Removal of all remaining t ' restric tions on non-war construction by the war industries board is announced by Chairman Bamch. All building opera tions of whatever character may now be proceeded without permits either from the board or the state councils of defense. .. . European Earl Curzon, speaking in London to speaking to the delegates of the inter allied petroleum conference, declared that the allied cause had been "floated to victory on a wave of oil." Up to October 31, 1,580,000 German soldiers were killed and the fate of 250,000 was not known. . Four mil lion soldiers had been, wounded, some several times. There are 490,000 Ger man prisoners in allied countries. ", -1 Fire in the east central portion of Brussels resulting from explosions at the Midi- station, lasted eight hours, and all the buildings in the,, streets nearest the station are in ruins. In any question of provisioning Ger many the British government will be obliged to take into account the con ditions under which British prisoners in Germany are being released,' unless the "cruel treatment which such pris oners are receiving is discontinued, the German government has been warned by Great Britain. The Ukrainian government has been overturned and Kiev has been captured by troops from Astrakhan. The Ukra inian national assembly has fled and a provisional government has been es tablished by the captors of the city, commanded by General ,Denikine, for mer Russian chief of staff, .now leader of the anti-Bolshevist forces. "We would have demanded the oc cupation of Paris and London. We would have dictated peace at Buck ingham palace and annexed the entire continent from the Ural mountains to the bay of Eiscay." This is what the late Albert Baliin. general director of the . Hamburg-American - Steamship' company, in discussing the' armistice terms, says Germany "would have done in case she were victorious. - The town, of Posen and a great part of the province of Posen in. Prussia are in Polish hands. The Poles in the soldiers and workmen's -organizations have seized the reins, of power and are -forming a legion. - The German fleet, surrender to the British Ileet consisted of nine battle ships, five battle cruisers, seven light cruisers and fifty destroyers. The sur rendered German fleet wis taken to the Scapa Flow; in the -middle of the Orkney Islands, off the northeast coast of Scotland. ' "The commander-in-chief . of the grand fleet has reported that he met the first and main installment of the German high seas fleet which is -surrendering for internment." This ' is the announcement ntade, by the Brit ish admiralty. The. allied governments have decided to send an official protest to the Dutch government against the violation of Holland's neutrality as a result' of her permitting German troops to cross the province of Limburg in their retreat from Belgium. - . - British casualties during the war, including all theaters of activities, to taled 3,049,991. The total British losses in killed on all fronts during the war was 658, 665. Of these 37,836 we-e officers. In order to end the discussion as to whether William Hohenzollern has really abdicated as German emperor, it is stated that the German de facto government will publish his decree of abdication. Rumors that William Hohenzollern tyi q v nossiblv return to Germany are supported by' the Berlin Local Anzei- ger's hint that e . would not re reius ed entry'to Germany. This statement has created considerable stir in London.- N Alsace-Lorraine day was celebrated in5 Paris, Sunday, November 17. The day was celebrated not by victorious troops inarching through the city, but by countless processions of civilians on parade before ten thousand troops scattered along the route.. It is esti mated that two hundred thousand peo ple marched in the procession. A detachment of American soldiers ahd American Red Cross women work ers participated in the celebration of Alsace-Lorraine day and received ova tipns from the French soldiers and th-e population generally. ' ...The Dutch government says the mi nority is threatening to seize power, but declares its determination to main tain authority and order. Extremists in Holland demand the. abdication of Queen -Wilhelmina. Jonk-, heef Kolyn,. former Dutch minister, has been recalled from -England to Holland, ostensibly to form a new cabinet. WILSON'S PRESENCE IS INDISPENSABLE LEADING LONDON NEWSPAPER SAYS PRESIDENT HAS DONE INCALCULABLE SERVICE. ALL INTERNATIONAL fOFALiSTS Discussion Preceding Conference by Allied Repreesntatives Are of Most Vital Importance. . London. The times prints a long leading editorial headed "President Wilson's Visit to Europe." After re ferring to political discussions now go ing on in America, the article con tinues: "These debates are on the domestic affairs of the American people. To us, the President is the head not of a party but otf the people. Even if there is bias here to one or the other of the Amercian parties and there is not it would not affect our attitude on the President of the American re public. Wilson has done incalculable service for the" allied cause in the war and his name is one to conjure with in Europe. "We are all idealists now in. inter national affairs and look ' to him. to help , us -realize these ideals torecon struct out of this welter ac better and fairer world. ' to ' ' ' , : "We hope - party controversy , will not frevent him from coming to Eu rope, for even more important than the actual conference are the discus sions by the . allied representatives which must "precede it. To these Wilson's presence is not only desira ble but indispensable." LEMBURG AND ITS ENVIRONS CAPTURED BY POLISH TROOPS Copenhagen. Polish troops cap tured Lemberg, the capital of Galicia, and its environs, according to the Pol ish Telegraph bureau at Cracow. . There Jiad been heavy fighting in and about Lemberg since early in November when v Ukrainian troops entered Galicia and captured the city by surprise. . HOWLS OF EXECRATION GREET SWAGGERING GERMAN EX-HEIR Amsterdam. When the former Ger man crown prince arrived at the Zuy der Zee 'fishing town of Enkhuysen, he received a different welcome than he encountered elsewhere in Holland. As he descended from the railway car with a swaggering gait and wear ing" a fur coat, howls of execration arose from the thousands gathered outside the 'station gate. RICHMOND IS TO BE ONE - OF AIR MAIL TERMINALS Richmond, Va. Richmond has been selected as one of the terminals for the air mail route to be established south from Washington, according to the announcement made this evening by Assistant Postmaster General Otto Praeger. 500 FORMER OFFICERS OF RUSSIAN ARMY MURDERED Stockholm. The bolsheviki have been guilty of .terrible excesses in Petrograd in the last few days, accord ing to a dispatch from Abo, Finland, to The Aftonbladt. Five hundred for mer Russian ariny officers are report ed to have been murdered.' AMERICAN ARMY IS MARKING TIME ON SOIL OF GERMANY American Army of Occupation. The front line" of the American army of occupation rested along the Luxem-berg-German border on the Saur river and thence along the Moselle river to the region" east of Remich. The, Am erican army will mark time until fur ther orders. ' At least three or four days are expected to pass before the next move is made toward the German border. PRESIDENT TALKS TO FLIERS WHO ARE FAR AWAY IN AIR Wasiiington. Through a radio tele phone, installed on the south portico of the White House, Presdent Wil son directed the maneuvers of half a dozen army airplanes flying over the Potomac river several miles away. The telephone as used was adjusted for three to five or six miles. It is similar to the instruments used by American aviators in France, the se cret of which was disclosed after th armistice was signed. DEATH OF LAST SURVIVING . CHILD OF GEN. R. E. LEE Richmond, Va. Miss Mary Ousti Lee, sole -.surviving child of Gen. Robt. E. Lee, died after a brief illness at Virginia Hot. Springs. No announce ment has been made as to the funeral, but the body is expected to be placed beside that ..of her father in the vault of the Lee mausoleum. Since the death of her brother, Capt. Robt. E. Lee. Miss. Lee has been the sole sur viving child of the great Confederals, chieftain.- : M'ADOITTO RETIRE TO PRIVATE LIFE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION TO PRESIDENT WILSON. OFFICE IS TOO. POORLY PAID Rumors Rife of Political Ambition May, in Part, Explain Action of President's Son-in-Law. 'Washington William Gibbs Mc Adoo, secretary of the treasury, di rector general of railroads, and often discussed as one of the presidential possibilities of 1920, has resigned his office to return to private business. President Wilson has accepted .his resignation. Mr. McAdoo will give up the treas ury portfolio as soon as a successor has been selected. He wished to lay down his work 'as director general of railroads by January 1, but will re main if the president has not then chosen a successor. . Upon the new secretary of the" treasury, whoever he may be, will de volve the task of financing the nation through the transition period-of war to peace, which probably will include at least two more Liberty loansfand possibly also. a further revision of the system of war taxation." $ Letters between President Wilson and Mr. McAdoo, made public wtih the announcement of the resignation, give Mr. McAdoo's reasons for leav ing "the cabinet solely as a necessity for replenishing his personal fortune and express the president's deep re gret at losing his son-in-law from his official family. TOTAL OF 59 SUBMARINES HAVE BEEN SURRENDERED London. Twenty more German sub marines were surrendered to Admiral Tyrwhitt, of Harwich. This makes a,, total of 59 submarines thus far hand ed over. There would have been" 21 . surrendered but one sank during the night. The correspondent of the wireless service with the British naval forces says that just before noon a cruiser came into 'sight, followed by the Ger- ' man submarines and a German trans port. The transfer took place in the. harbor on acocunt of the heavy sea running. The majority of the subma rines were large and nearly all were fited with wireless equipment. ' When the Germans arrived it was noticeable that the revolutionary ele ment was decidedly present. .Some of the officers had removed the Prus sian eagles from their caps and re placed them with a sort of red badge that recognizes the authority of the sailors' and soldiers' council. - The men took very little notice of any thing their officers said to them. One 6houted: "No officer no kaiser." $500,000,000 REDUCTION IN NEW WAR REVENUE MEASURE Washington. Reductions aggregat ing $500,000,000 in the yield from the (new war revenue bill were made by the senate finance committee in re vising the measure downward to the six billion dollar total ferl919 pro posed by Secretary McAdoo. The decrease was confined principally to' the tobacco, luxury, semi-luxury and other special and excise schedules. Among the more important decis ions were elimination of the luxury schedule proposed in the house bill, levying 20 per cent on costly articles of clothing and other merchandise and estimated to raise $184,795,000; elimination of the house tax of two cents a gallon on gasoline; estimated to yeild $40,000,000; reduction from 10 to five per cent, or about $200,000,000 in revenue, In rates of many articles classed as semi-luxuries, and .a re duction of about one-half in the house rates on tobacco, a cut of about. $54, 000 in revenue. EX-KAISER ENTERED HOLLAND SIMPLY AS PRIVATE CITIZEN Paris. The Dutch. legation publish ed a note containing a declaration by the president of .The Netherland to the chamber of deputies, saying that the former German emperor- 'entered Dutch territory after his abdication as a private personage. The note says the kind of refuge granted to him is sim ilar to that given all foreign refugees and that the government could not make any. exception on account of his former position. POSTAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY CONTESTS GOVERNMENT ACTION New York. The Postal Telegraph Cable Company will contest in court the government seizure of its proper ties and proposed consolidation of its land lines with those of the Western Union Telegraph ""Company, Clarence H. McKay, president, announced. He declared taking over the cables by the government was "contrary to the letter as well -as the spirit of thm law" 2 ' i I