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PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. 0. JANUARY 9, 1919
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IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS JFTHE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place In The South
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Domestic
The first international , athletic con
test in America since 1914 may even
tuate in the next few months as the
result of a formal invitation which has
been extended to the Swedish Athletic
Association, to send a team . to ,. this
country to compete in the coming in
door games.
Plans for removal of the two hun
dred seriously wounded soldiers who
were aboard the stranded transport.
Northern Pacific, were disrupted when
a driving northeast snowstorm set in.
The lights of the rescue fleet were ob
scured as the storm developed, and
the powerful Fire Island light, visi
ble under normal conditions for ten
miles, could not be seen from the shore
a mile away.
Remarkable as it may seem, despite
the blinding storm at Fire Island, ev
ery one of the wounded soldiers were
removed from, the transport, Northern
Pacific, without injury. Not a life
was lost, and therew as no untoward
event except the capsizing of a life
boat. Rear Admiral Rodman, who com
manded the American fleet in the
North sea during the war, declares
that the German navy is not needed,
being of a different type to that of
any of the allies. Therefore, he says
It would be a waste of money to pay
to maintain them, and advises that ev
ery one of them be sent to the bottom
of the sea to keep McGinty company.
With delegates present from eleven
states the Southern Forestry Associ
ation held a two-day session at Jack
sonville, Fla. H. S. Graves, chief for
ester of the United States forestry de
partment, presided.
The Michigan legislature has rati
fied the prohibition amendment. This
is the sixteenth state to act favorably
on the amendment.
The cost of warships is 50 per cent
higher. The ten battleships and six
battle cruisers authorized in 1916, it
Is estimated, will cost nearly $150,000,
000 more than at first thought.
Plans for the routing of inland
freight intended for export, including
food for the American army and for
starving people in Europe by way of
Atlantic and gulf ports, were discuss
ed recently in New York by army and
navy officers, representatives of the
federal railroad and food administra
tion and other government bodies and
trans-Atlantic steamship companies.
"When these plans are adopted, which
will be shortly, they will place practi
cally an embargo on export freight for
New York, Philadelphia and Boston,
and will mean much for Southern
ports.
Annie "Ward Tiffany, famous dramat
ic actress, died at her home in Syra
cuse, N. Y., after years of suffering,
Her last appearance was in 1907. She
planned her own funeral, selecting the
pallbearers.
Increase in the lending power of
federal land banks and the grant of
authority for them to write fire insur
ance on farm property are advocated
by the farm loan board in its annual
report submitted to congress.
The entire state of Florida went in
the bone dry column at midnight, De
cember 31.
The homes of Justice Robert Von
Moschzisker, of the state supreme
court; Judge Frank L. Gorman, of the
municipal court, and Acting Superin
tendent of Police Mills, located in
widely separated sections of Philadel
phia, P. A., were damaged by bombs.
In each instance shrapnel bombs were
used and the force of the explosions
was so great that all the occupants of,
the houses were hurled from beds.
No one was seriously injured.
A petition to restrain city clerks
from destroying ballots cast in the sen
atorial election in Michigan last No
vember has been filed in federal court
in Grand Rapids, Mich., in behalf of
Henry Ford, who, according to the of
ficial canvass of the vote, was de
feated for the election by Commander
Truman N. Newberry, republican. The
petition is filled, it was stated, because
Mr. Ford intends to ask the senate to
order a recount-of the votes.
European
President Wilson has named Her
bert C. Hoover director general of an
international organization for the re
lief of liberated countries, both neu
tral and enemy. Norman Davis, spe
cial commissioner of finance in Eu
rope, will act as Mr. Hoover's assists
ant.
The political situation in Venezuela
is reported to be considerably per
turbed. The cause is not yet made
public. Several prominent people, of
ficialp and civilians, have been deport
ed, it is said.
It U evident from Paris dispatches
that opponents of Premier Clemenceau
are determined to obstruct in every
possible way the voting of the budget
of ten billion five hundred million
francs for the first three months of
1919 unless the government states its
peace teims either through Premier
Clemence? u or M. Pichon.
Earldom will be conferred on Field
-Marshal Hsi? and Vice Admiral Beatty
in recognition of their services during
the war. THs is the statement ema
nating from Th London Daily Mail.
In the English elections Lloyd
George made a sweeping victory. He
was endorsed from one end of the
kingdom to the other. Before the war
his policies were unpopular, but his
success after Lord Kitchener lost his
life ias been an eye-opener to the Brit
ish it Is another evidence of the
;td of the Um.
"The peace conference, which, In
all likelihood will open January 13,
will," says the Paris Petit Journal,
"decide upon the terms to be impos
ed upon the vanquished peoples."
The secretaries of the peace con
ference will be Paul Dutasta, French
ambassador to Switzerland, and Phil
ippe Berthelot, of the French foreign
office.
In capturing Perm, in the Ural
mountains, General Gaida at the head
of Czecho-Slovak and Siberian forces,
has virtually destroyed the Bolshevik
third army, from which he took 31.000
prisoners.
Troops of General Semenoff, the
anti-Bolshevik leader in the Chita dis
trict, Siberian Russia, have occupied
Verkhini Udinsk, on the Siberian rail
way, east of Lake Baikal.
Two hundred thousand Russian sol
diers have been released by the Ger
mans. They are in a destitute condi
tion, and show the result of exposure
from cold.
A Polish army of thirty thousand
men is marching on Berlin, according
to reports sent out from Copenhagen.
The fifth German division has been
ordered out to meet the Poles.
The Polish army marching into Ger
many, says a dispatch from Geneva,
is well armed and supported by artil
lery and cavalry. The Germans are
re-arming demobilized soldiers and
fighting is expected, although some
of the demobilized soldiers are refus
ing to serve.
It is reported that the German rail
ways are disorganized.
Three thousand members of the
newly organized German Christian
People's party, which succeeds the for
mer Centrists, marched to the minis
try of religion and education and ve
hemently protested against the admin
istration of Adolf Hoffman, Independ
ent Socialist, who, they contend, can
not even speak the German language,
and is trying to drive religious instruc
tion out of parochial schools.
It is understood that King George
and Queen Mary assured President
Wilson that the Prince of "Wales will
visit the United States during his com
ing trip through the British domin
ions. All German civil employees in uni
form and all German soldiers within
the American area of occupation must
salute American officers.
German submarines which have
been surrendered are being divided
among the allies.
Two .hundred and seventy sailors
were drowned as the result of the loss
of the British steam yacht Iolaire oft
Stornoway, Scotlan. The yacht had
three hundred sailors on board. The
vessel struck on dangerous rocks near
Stornoway harbor and only about thir
ty of them were saved. Many of these
were terribly injured in their efforts
to reach the shore.
Washington
From the frontier of France to Rome
the journey of President Wilson was
like a triumphal process.
Senator Johnson of California Is
waging a hot fight in the senate to
withdraw American troops from Rus
sia. He says he wants the truth told
about the Russian situation.
President. Wilson's special train was
met at Turin by the prefect of the
province, the mayor, the general com
manding the troops there and other
authorities.
The presidential party caught its
first glimpse of the snow-capped peaks
of the western Alps at breakfast time,
while the train was crawling slowly
through the mountain passes.
Relief work being carried on in
northern France by the commission
for relief in Belgium and the pitiable
condition of the one and a half mil
lion inhabitants of that section who
escaped the German invasion are de
scribed in a cablegram received at the
headquarters of the commission in
Washington from Herbert C. Hoover
at Paris.
The government's loss in operating
the railroads In 1918 is calculated by
by the railroad administration officials
at less than one hundred and fifty mil
lion dollars. This represents the dif
ference between the aggregate amount
the government will be compelld to
pay railroad companis as rental for
the use of their properties the so
called guaranteed return and the net
Income which the government will re
ceive from the railroads.
Deportation of most of the 3,000 or
4,000 enemy aliens now interned in
the United States will be recom
mended to congress shortly by the de
partment of justice. Special legisla
tion will be required for the deporta
tions, and it was learned the depart
ment of justice wlil ask also for author
ity to prevent the reentry of these
men into this country later.
With the completion of the proposed
new three-year building program, ad
ding ten dreadnaughts, six battle
cruisers, ten scout cruisers and 130
smaller craft to the fleet, America
still will rank second in naval strength
to Great Britain, said Secretary Dan
iels, who appeared before the com
mittee to make his final recommenda
tion for the 1920 navil bill which the
committee is considering.
Two thousand French soldiers have
entered Budapest, the Hungarian cap
ital. This is where Field Marshal von
Mackensen is interned.
Arrival at Trieste of the first steam
er carrying food supplies for the Ser
bians, and the sending of a special
mission to Warsaw to organize food
relief in Poland, and another to Vi
enna to investigate food conditions
there, have been announced in a ca
blegram received at the food admin
istration from Herbert C. Hoover, who
is in Paris. Conditions in Vienna and
in Roumania are said to be desper
ate. Industrial life In the Invaded regions
of France has been almost completely
paralyzed. Railroads have been ren
dered almost hopeless of reconstruc
tion for many months, the coal mines
have been destroyed and there is
scarcely a single factory that can be
operated without a very large portion
of new equipment.
Unless a league of nations or oth
er tribunal that will make certain the
limitation of international armament
Is established, the United States must
build the greatest navy in the worlds
Secretary Daniel told te house naval
committee.
DESPERATE FIGHT
WITH BOLSHEVIKS
AMERICAN TROOPS ENGAGE , IN
SEVERAL BATTLES WITH
THE BOLSHEVIK).
SNOW TWO TO FOUR FEET DEEP
Hot Artillery Fire Forces the Ameri
cans to Withdraw temporarily from
Villages Occupied by Them.
With the American Army on the
Dwina. American troops fighting des
perately nea Kadish, have driven
back bolshevik troops which made an
advance there. The bolshevists "alio
launched attacks on the Onega sector
and bombarded the allied front. The
Americans came into battle along the
Petrograd road and in the frozen
ewamps that border it. The battle
was fought in snow from two to four
feet in depth.
American forces captured Kadish
after a display of gallantry that evoked
the admiration of the allied comman
ders. Special care has been taken of
the American wounded and the body
of an American officer was taken back
100 miles by sledge and then shipped
to Archangel for burial. There were
some casualties, but they were small
in comparison to those inflicted upon
the enemy.
On Tuesday, the bolshevists opened
a terrific fire from three and six-Inch
guns and launched a counter-attack
against the buildings held by the Am
ericans in Kadish. So hot was the ar
tillery fire that the Americans were
withdrawn temporarily from the vil
lage. The line, however, was not
taken back very far and the new po
sitions were firmly held. The enemy
did not occupy Kadish because the
barrage fire from the Americans guns
made the place untenable. Shells
falling on the frozen ground spread
their zones of destruction twice as
far as they would under normal con
ditions. Later, under the protection
of artillery fire, American detach
ments again swept forward and reoc
cupied the town. The men engaged in
the advance were from infantry and
trench mortar units.
REVISED STATISTICS SHOW
INCREASE OF DEATHS
Washington. The influenza epi
demic which swept the country during
the latter part of last year caused
111,683 deaths in the 46 largest
cities and increased the combined
death rate for those communities in
1918 to 19.6 per thousand, according
to statistics made public by the cen
sus bureau. Total figures for the
country were not available.
Baltimore with 26.8 per thousand
and Nashville with 26.4 had the
highest rates of the registration cities,
while St. Paul with 13.9 and Minneap
olis and Grand Rapids with 14 each
had the lowest.
PROTESTANTS RECEIVED BY
' PRESIDENT IN CHURCH
Rome After his visit to the Vatican
President Wilson returned to the
American embassy, whence he drove,
with Mrs. Wilson, to the American
Protestant Episcopal church. He was
accompanied by Thomas Nelson Page,
the American ambassador; Brigadier
General Wm. W. Harts, U. S. A and
Count Bruschi-Falgari, gentleman-in
waiting to King Victor Emmanuel,
and Countess Bruschi-Falgari, lady-in-waiting
to Queen Helena.
In the vestry he received represen
tatives of evangelical churches in
Italy. They were introduced by Dr.
Dexter G. Whittinghill, superintend
ent of the American Baptist mission;
Rev. Walter Lowerie, rector of St.
Paul's American church, and Francis
B. Keene, the American consul gen
eral. Other bodies represented were
the Waldensian church, the English
(Baptist missions, the Italian-American
Methodist churches, the Wesleyan
missions, the Presbyterian church and
the British Bible Society
ROOSEVELT WILL NOT BE
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
Washington. It is understood here
that Col. Theodore Rosevelt is about
to announce that he will not be a can
didate for the presidency in 1920. His
health is poor, and the rigors of a
campaign might make it worse.. If Mr.
Roosevelt gets out of the way it is be
lieved that Senators Lodge, Knox,
Watson, Harding and Sherman wlil
enter the race. That is one way of
explaining the bitter attacks on the
president in ,the senate.
MEXICAN REFUGEES SEND
DELEGATES TO CONFERENCE
El Paso. Six hundred refugees of
all political factions formed an organ
ization here and decided to send dele
gates to Paris during the peace con
gress there with a view to obtaining
a permanent peace in Mexico and the
repatriation of all political exiles in
the United States and Europe. Dele
gations wil also be sent to President
Carranza, Francisco Villa, and other
leaders in the interest of this move
ment. MAXWELL BLAKE OF TANGIER
IS SUMMONED BY PRESIDENT
Tangier. Maxwell Blake, the Amer
ican representative at Tangier, whose
knowledge of Moroccan affairs is pro
found and who has always held aloof
from all local intrigues and jealousies,
has been summoned by President Wil
son to Parjs, undoubtedly to be con
sulted on the Morocco questoin.
Blake's presence in Paris is a matter
of sincere. congratulations for all who
wish the Moroccan question treated
wltti Justice. "
COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT
DIES AT HOME III OYSTER W
HIS HEALTH FOR THE PAST TEAR HID BEEN FAILING HWIZLY
Ex-President Had Not Been Well for Many Months and Suffer
ed Affliction New Year's Eve Which Was Pronounced as
Being Sciatica, Later Diagnosed as Inflammatory Rheuma
tism Which Was the Immediate Cause of His Sudden Pass
ing Away.
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Oyster Bay, N. Y. Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt died in his sleep early Mon
day morning at his home on Sagamore
Hill in this village. Death is believed
to have been due to rheumatism which
affected his heart.
The colonel aufferd a severe attack
of rheumatism and sciatica on New
Tear's day but none belieVed'hls ill
ness would likely prove fatal. The
former President sat up most of Sun
day and retired at 11 p. m. About
four a. m., Mrs. Roosevelt, who was
tte only other member of the family
at Oyster Bay, went to her husband's
room and found that he had died dur-
t"X the night.
Mrs. Roosevelt telephoned to Colo
nel Emlin Roosevelt, cousin of the for
mer President, and he came to the
Roosevelt home immediately. Tele
grams were dispatched to the Colo
nel's children, who were in other parts
of the country. Two of the colonel's
sons. Major Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,
and Captain Kermit Rosevelt, are in
service abroad.
Captain Archie Roosevelt and his
wife left New York Sunday night for
Boston, where the captains' wife's fa
ther is ill. Mrs. Ethel Derby and her
two children are in Aiken, S. C.
Telegrams of condolence and sym
pathy began to pour in from all parts
of the country as soon as the news of
Colonel Roosevelt's death became
known.
The former President came to .his
home on Sagamore Hill from the
Roosevelt hospital on Christmas day,
but a week later was stricken with a
severe attack of rheumatism and sci
atica, from which he had been suf
fering for some time. The rheumatism
affected his right hand and it be
came much swollen. He remained in
his room and efforts were made to
check the trouble. Saturday the colo
nel's secretary. Miss Josephine Striek
er, called to see him but the Colonel
was asleep in his room. Miss Strieker
said no one had any idea that death
was so near at hand.
Flags were placed at half mast in
Oyster Bay Monday.
Son's Death Broke Him Down.
One of the things that is believed
to have contributed more than any
other to the Colonel's breakdown was
the death last fall -of his son, Lieu
tenant Quentin Roosevelt, the aviator,
in action in France. Colonel Roose
velt bore the sorrow of his deathwith
a fortitude that was in keeping with
his spirit in public life. He suffered
most poignant griefs in silence and
tried to forget them by plunging hard
er than ever into his work.
Near the End Is Still in Harness.
New York. On the day before
Christmas when Colonel Roosevelt left
the hospital here to spend the holiday
in Oyster Bay, Miss Strickler, in
.speaking of his condition, saMd he was
in slight pain at intervals but appar
ently was far from being seriouslly ill.
On the Sunday previous to'-his depar
ture for his home he had dictated arti
cles for the Kansas City Star and oth
er publications. from 11 a. m. until 2
p. m. He ate wall and slept like a
eb.114
News of the death of the former
President was received here by Miss
Josephine Strieker, the Colonel's sec
retary, in a telephone message from
Mrs. Roosevelt.
Miss Strieker said that the colonel
had suffered an attack of inflammatory
rheumatism on New Year's day and
had since been more or less confined
to his room. ' "
The attack of rheumatism settled
mainly in Colonel Roosevelt's right
hand and Mrs. Roosevelt sent at once
for a nurse in the village of Oyster
Bay. His condition did not at first
seem to be alarming and the turn for
the worse is believed not to have come
until Sunday night.
In announcing Colonel Roosevelt's
death, 'Miss-Strieker said:
"Mrs. Roosevelt called me , on the
telephone shortly before 7 o'clock, say
ing that the Colonel had died early in
the morning. She did not give me any
particulars and I am leaving at one
for Oyster Bay.
"The attack must have been very
sudden. On New Year's day infiam
matory rheumatism developed in Colo
nel Roosevelt's right hand which be
l came very much swollen. Mrs. Roose
velt sent for a nurse in the village
and the Colonel was made as comfort
able as possible. It did not occur to
me at that time that he was serious
ly ill." "
Miss Strieker went to Oyster Bay
Saturday to pay the Colonel a visit.
She said.
"At that time the Colonel was sleep
ing in his room and I did not see him
and there was nothing in the circum
stances of his illness at that time to
indicate to me that death was near.
Mrs. Roosevelt called me this morn
ing and told me of the Colonel's death
I could hardly believe it.
"Mrs. Roosevelt gave me no particu
lars of his death."
It is understood that only Mrs.
Roosevelt and the nurse were with
him at the time of his death. The oth
er members of the family are in other
parts of the country or abroad.
A telephone message received later
from Oyster Bay said that Colonel
Roosevelt had died at 4 a. m.
Been Unwell Past Year.
New York. Colonel Roosevelt's
last illness may be said to date from
last February. On February 5 it was
announced he had been removed from
his home in Oyster Bay to the Roose
velt hospital in this city, following
an operation on one of his ears. Soon
after his arrival at the hospital he un
derwent two more operations for the
removal of diseased tissues in his in
fected ear and it was admitted- at
the time he was seriously ill. -
Officials Honor the Dead. :
Washington. Flags were half mast
at the White House, the capitol and
all public buildings Monday upon the
announcement of the death of Colonel
Roosevelt. And in respect to the
memory of the former President and
commander-in-chief, Secretary Daniels
and General March ordered flags at
half mast on every ship and shore
station of the navy and at every army
post and camp at bom and abroad.
PERIL III EUROPE
SITUATION ASSUMES APPEAR.
ANCE OF DECLARATION OF
WAR ON THE WORLD.1
QUESTION ONE OF 14 POINTS
Direct and Arresting ' Effect Is Being
Had Upon the Larger Phases of
World Reconstruction.
- London. As one surveys the map,
-he truth becomes more and more ob
vious that the various sectors in Eu
rope which present entirely . chaotic
conditions are increasing in numbers
instead of decreasing. Just at present
Poland looms large. Vilna, .Lemburg
and Warsaw rivet attention one day
and Reval and Riga the next.
The fact is, the bolshevists, having
decided to enlarge their sphere of
control, have declared war upon the
world at large. This doubtful situa
tion arises from the fact that bol
shevism is a state of mind rather than
a state of territory also from the fur
ther fact that there are hundreds of
thousands of men in Russia who must
either join the bolshevist forces or
starve or freeze.
The main question now is whether
bolshevist aggression will stop at the
old German eastern frontier. How
far bolshevist thought already has
penetrated eastern Germany it is im
possible to say. Where and when will
the allies and America have to meet
the bolshevist advanced forces? Po
land is one of President Wilson's 14
points. What shall the allies and
America do about it
It can be readily perceived that
such a situation has a direct and ar
resting effect upon such large ques
tions as those of demobilization, food
finance, reconstruction and many
others.
MUST GUARANTEE INTERESTS
OF GREAT WORKING CLASSES
Milan. President Wilson voiced
again his views that the working peo
ple of the world demanded from the
coming peace conference not merely
treaties of peace but guarantees of the
justice and the future of the peace to
be made. He declared his belief that
the social structure of the world rested
upon the great working classes and
reiterated his conviction that the
peace must be made with the senti
ment of these classes constantly kept
in view.
The President made these declara
tions in his speech at the reception
given him by the municipality, his
principal speech of the day.
ROOSEVELT BURIED WITHOUT
POMP, CEREMONY, OR FLOWERS
Oyster Bay, N. Y. Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt, 26th President of the
United States, who died at his home
on Sagamore Hill was laid to rest
without pomp or ceremony in Young's
Memorial cemetery in this village. He
was buried on a knoll overlooking
Long Island sound, a plot he and
Mrs. Roosevelt selected soon after he
left the White House.
In the words of the clergyman who
conducted the funeral service, "Amer
ica's most typical American, known in
every corner of the earth, will go to
his grave as a quiet, democratic,
Christian country gentleman, beloved
by his neighbors."
After prayers at the Roosevelt
home, at which only members of the
family were present, the funeral serv
ice were held at 12:45 o'clock in Christ
Episcopal church, the little old frame
structure where for years the Colonel
and his family worshipped.
At the request of Mrs. Roosevelt, no
flowers were sent. The altar was
decorated only with laurel placed on
it for the Christmas season. Also m
conformance with Mrs. Roosevelt's
wishes, there was no music and no
eulogy, but only the simple service of
the . Episcopal church, conducted by
tho pastor, Rev. George E. Talmage.
SPREAD OF BOLSHEVISM
IN NEW YORK ALARMING
New York. Department of justice
agents in New York who have been
watching German suspects in this city
have been assigned to the work of
frustrating the activities of five groups
of holsheviki which have established
headquarters here. The spread of
bolshevism ws admitted to have be
come "alarming."
More than 50,000 persons here are
said to he active or passive followers
of the holsheviki movement.
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
APPROVE REQUEST OF WILSON
Washington. By a vote described
as "very close," the house appropria
tions committee approved the request
of President Wilson that Congress
appropriate $100,000,000 for relief work
in Europe, outside of Germany. '
Opposition to the President's pro
posal was not on party lines, Demo
crats as well as Republicans voicing
disapproval. No announcement of the
vote was made, but it was understood
that it was 7 to 6.
MORE TRANSPORTS ARRIVING
WITH SOLDIERS FRO MFRANCE
Newport News, Va. Bringing 1,236
sick or wounded soldiers, including
136 marines, the army transport Pas
tores reached here. Eleven hundred
of these men, who represent practical
ly every state as well as a majority
of the organizations that prticipated
in the fighting in France, were sent
to the debarkation hospital at Camp
Stuart for a few days' rest before b
1 05 distributed over tfce seuatrr.-
B3L5HEVI5I
REAL
PARLIAMENT HEARS
PRESIDENT SPEAK
JOINT RECEPTION IS GIVEN THE
PRESIDENT BY THE ITALIAN
PARLIAMENT AT ROME.
GEN. DIAZ AND WILSON MEET
Weather Warmer and More Balmy
Than That Experienced by Party
In France or England.
Rome. In parliament house a joint
reception was given President Wilson
by the members of the senate and the
chamber of deputies. The function
was an impressive one. The large
and distinguished .gathering gave the
President an ovation.
During his speech the- President
constantly was interrupted by out
bursts of applause and when he ended
he was accorded an ovation which
lasted until he passed, through the exit
of the building. Outside the throngs
in the street took up the demonstra
tion which continued until the doors
of the Quirinal closed behind Mr.
Wilson.
The weather was warmer and more
balmy than the presidential party had
experienced in France and England
and there was a feeling of relief on
their part. The President met with
really the first touch of sustained sun
shine he had seen since coming to
Europe, and he made the remark dur
ing the day that the weather remind
ed him of that at home.
During the day King Victor Em
manuel presented General Diaz to
President-Wilson, who complimented
the Italian commander-in-chief on the
magnificent achievements of his army.
The President expressed regret that
he would be unable to visit the Italian
battlefront owing to lack of time and
the necessity of returning to Paris as
soon as possible for the work of the
peace conference.
AMERICAN MILITARY LAWS
ARE DECLARED OBSOLETE !
New York. Administration of mili
tary justice in the United States will
be one of the subjects considered at
the annual meeting of the American
Bar Association. The executive com
mittee of the association, at a meet
ing here, decided it is a subject which
requires consideration and "probably
some reformation."
In making the announcement, Presi
dent George T. Page, of Peoria, UL,
gave out a statement In which he de
clared that the war has demonstrated
"that our military laws and our sys
tem of administering military justice
are unworthy of the name of law or
justice." The United States, he said,
still is following rules copied from
England in 1774, but which were j
abandoned long ago by Great Britain 1
and which were better suited "to the i
armies of feudal times than to the citi
zen armies of a modern republic."
HOOVER, DIRECTOR GENERAL
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF WOR
Paris. President Wilson has ap
pointed Herbert C. Hoover director
general of international organization
for the relief of liberated countries,
both neutral and enemy. Norman Da
vis, formerly on the staff of Oscar T.
Crosby, special commissioner of
finance for the United Staes in Eu
rope, will act as Mr. Hoover's assist
ant. This was announced by the Ameri
can peace commission in a statement
which says that the designation of
Mr. Hoover to take charge of the
relief work is in conformity with the
request of the allied governments that
the United States, take a predominat
ing part in the organization and di
rection of relief measures. The state
ment says:
"Upon President Wilson's arrival
the result of the investigations of the
United States and allied government
officials into the food situation of the
liberated countries, neutral and en
emy were laid before him.
NEARLY ALL -FORTY-FIRST
DIVISION ORDERED HOME
Washington. Practically the entire
forty-first division was included in a
list of units announced by the war
department as assigned for early con
voy from France.
The forty-first division was the first
to be stationed at Camp Greene. This
division was there several months in
the fall of 1917 and was transferred
overseas from here a short while be
fore Christmas. Charlotte literally
fell in love" with the Western boys.
200 SICK AND WOUNDED YET
ABOARD STRANDED LINER
Fire Island, N. Y. Except for 200
wounded men, every one a veteran of
European battlefields and more than
half of them helpless on their cots, all
of the 2,500 soldiers were passengers
on the stranded army transport North
ern Pacific were safe,; . ashore or
aboard naval vesaels at the close of
the second day of one of the most re
markable marine rescues in the his
tory of the Atlantic coast .
SOME CAROLINIANS WHO HAVE .
BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON
Washington. A list of American sol
diers reported to have arrived in
France, after, having been released
from the prison camp at Rastatt, Ger
many, was announced by the war de
partment The list includes the toh
lowing enlisted men:
Paul Denton, Hickory, N. C.
Thurston McSwaln, R. F. D., Black
burg, S. C.
R. H.-Holcotnbe, Coulder, N. C.
Le T, Rath, R. 7, D., OUn, N.'O .
GIVES inillGTOII
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YARD ITS LIBERTY
SUPERINTENDENT McKOWN 13
ADVISED THAT HE MAY PRO ;
CEED ON OWN PROGRAM.
HUNDREDS OF MEN EMPLOYED
Workers Have Record of Fattest Time
Ever Made Anywhere in South by
Ship Builder.
Wilmington. CapL George W. Mc
Kown, superintendent of the Wil
mington Wooden Shipbuilding Com
pany, announced that the shipping
board has advised him that his yard
was now free to proceed with Its own
program. He will immediately re
sume operations on a large scale for
the construction of numbers of large
chooners and seagoing barges. The
shipping board advised months ago
that the plant would be taken over, but
never took it over, though -the action
held in abeyance the company's ' own
plans for enlarged shipbuilding. Sev
eral hundred men will be employed.
The yard turned out one fine schooner
in five months, the fastest time ever
made in the Southern States.
Winston Boy Given Decorations.
Winston-Salem. Sergeant Charles
Lewis, a Winston-Salem boy, at home
from France, brought back with him
about all the honors in the way of
decorations and medals that France
had to bestow. He was with the Uni
ted States marines at the Marne, Cha
teau Thierry and Verdun. He was se
verely wounded. He went to France
in June, 1917, with General Pershing.
Revenue Collections Increase. ,
Statesville. During December Col
lector Watts, of this district,' collect
ed $3,544,462.76 internal revenue taxes
as follows: . '
Tobacco ?2,946,642.9S
Income 465.223.06
Capital stock . ........... . 87.080.53
Estate . 13.520.97
Manufacturers 11,260.20
Admissions and dues.... :. 7,221.04
Documentary stamps'....' 4.430-70
Insurance policies .."... ( .3.870.63.
Fines and penalties......" .2.597.80
Public utilities 4. ' -1,848.45
Liquor licenses 530.79
Oleomargarine licenses .. 125.25
Emergency .............. ' 96.62
Narcotic 14 04
This is an increase vover December,
1917, oi $85,021.46, or 33 4-5 per cent.
Buy Car Holstein Cattle..
West Raleigh. J. A. Arey, - of the
dairy farming office, Is In receipt of
a letter from N. Buckner, of the Ashe
ville board of trade, advisin that
farmers in the vicinity of Weaver
ville requests the extension service to
buy a carload, of Holstein cattle for
them for use in connection with the
Democrat cheese factory. This ship
ment, together with 10 others, which
are wanted by farmers in Transyl
vania county, will make a . total of
about 160 head of Holstein cattle that
have gone into this section since the
exhibit of pure bred cattle was made
on Pack Square in Asheville last July.
At that time there was considerable
opposition to bringing In these dairy
cows but some of the people who were
most opposed to the scheme are now
enthusiastic supporters. The Hoi
steins are growing in favor as , the
cheese factory development spreads..
Bids for $135,000 School Bonds.
Charlotte Bids for unsold $135,000
of original authorized bond Issue of
$200,000 for development of the Char
lotte public school system will . be
opened January 17 at the- city hall at
3 o'clock, according to announcement
from the office of .Mfeyor McNincb, a
resolution to thte effect having been
passed by the city conrmissioners. The
Charlotte school board and the 'public
has displayed interest lately in the
plans of the city commissioners. tO bU
this part of the fbond issue, the pro
ceeds of which wul be used to pay "part
of the cost of erecting a" new high
school building. '; . ...
Bryan to Speak to Suffragette.
Raleigh . A conference of the North
Carolina Suffrage Association will be
held in Raleigh January 10, at noon in
the Raleigh Woman's Club. This
meeting will be. followed at night by
an address by Hon. William Jennings
Bryan. Announcement of the meeting
was made by Mrs. John S. Cunning
ham, president of the organization.
The suffragists will gather here from
all parts of the state upon the heels
of the opening of the general assem
bly to draw up the lines for "the leg
islative program of the assembly. .
Proposed Antl-Malarla Campaign.
Durham. When ': the Durham
county commission era, meet Monday
they will consider the .advisability of
spending $14,000 to eradicate 'malaria
iovthis. country'.1 in'-a-' report of ' his
anti-malarial suWeyjIeui'WKwdfall,
of the United States public health ser
vice reserve, has estimate the cost
for an anti-malarial campaign at this
figure. Commissioners' are said tf
favor the plans. The report is to be
submitted to the board by the city and
county board of health with favorable
recommendation. . - .
Want Alumnus for Pres'dent,
Charlotte. That "an' alumnus of
North Carolina should be chosen to
succeed Dr. Edward Kdder Graham as
president of the university was the
concensus of opinion of : alumni of
the institution at a well attended call
ed meeting, of University Alumni As
sociation of Mecklenburg County.
Lengthy consideration was given to
conditions at the university which
have arisen as the result of demob
ilization of the student army training
corps, with the loss of a large number
of its 1911 students.
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