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JOUR IN STON- aLEM NAL THE FULL 'LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF ASSOCIATED PRESS THE WEATHER SNOW i n PAGES 1U TODAY PUBLISHED AT GREATEST INDUSTRIAL CITY OF THE CAR O L I N A S . VOL. XIX., NO. 208 JOCPIUL'B CIRCULATION WIN TON-SALEM, N. C TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 22, 1918 BIST ADVIRTIBUfS MEDIUM PRICE FIVE CENTS ASTONISHING AND INJUSTIFIABLE DISTORTION OF THE TRUTH, SAID PRESIDENT OF SENATOR'S SPEECH SECRETARY BAKER IS ONE DF ABLEST President .Replies to Sena tor Chamberlain's Criti cism of War Work and Denounces Many Investi gations of Committees TAKES OFFICIALS FROM THEIR WORK War Department Perform ed Task of Unparalleled Magnitude and Difficulty With Great Promptness and' Efficiency t (Bv Tiie Associated Press Washington, Jan. 21. President Wl' n issuer! a statement tonight characterizing as "astonishing and unjustifiable distortion of the truth" assertions made by Senator Cham berlain at New York Saturday night concerning action and inefficiency on the part of the Government In its war preparation. Th President said he regarded Secretary Baker as one of the ablest public officials he. had ever known and .the country would soon learn wlKther he or his critics understood the business at hand. Investigation conducted at the cap itol, the President, said, had brought ' to the foreground delays and dtsap poihtm.nta and had contributed to them by drawing officials away early from their work. "Nothing helpful or likely to speed or facilitate the war taska has come out of the criticism and Investiga ting," he added. Legislation proposed by the Senate Military Committee for the creation of a War Council and a Minister of Munitions, the President declared, had come after effective measures of reorganization already had been ma turely perfected. When Senator Chamberlain heard of the President's statement, he made one in reply, saying he had spoken extemporaneously at New York and that his criticism were directed at the War Department only and not at other branches of the Government. He declared he would press his leg islation in spite of the President's opposition. Tne statement follows: "When the President's attention was called to the speech made by Senator Chamberlain at a luncheon In New York on Saturday, he ulti mately inquired of Senator Cham berlain whether he had been correct ly reported, and upon ascertaining from the Senator that he had been, the President felt It his duty to make the following; statement: "Senator Chamberlain's statement as to the present Inaction and inef fectiveness of th government is an astounding and absolutely unjusti fiable distortion of the truth. As a matter of fact, the War Department has performed a task of unparalleled magnitude and difficulty with extra ordinary promptness and efficiency. There have been delays and disap pointments and partial miscarriages of plan, all of which have been drawn into the foreground and exaggerated by the investigations which have been in progress Blnce the Congress assembled investigations which drew ottlcials of the department constantly away from their work and officers from their commands and contribut ed a great deal to such delay and confusion as had inevitably arisen. But by comparison with what haj) been accomplished, these things, much as they were regretted, were Insignificant and no mistake has been mune which has been repeated. "Nothing , helpful or likely to speed or facilitate the war tasks of the Government hag come out ot such criticism and investigation. 1 understand that reorganizations by legislation are to be proposed I have not been consulted about them and have learned of them only at "second hand hut their proposal came after effective measures of re organization had been thoughtfully and maturely perfected, and inas much as these measures have been the result of experience they are much more likely than any other to be effective if the CongTess will but remove the few statutory obstacles of rigid departmental organization which stands in their way. .'The legislative proposals I have heard of would involve long addi tional delays and turn our experience into mere lost motion. My associa tion and constant conferences with the Secretary of War have taught me . to regard Tiim as one of the ablest publ.c officials I have even known. I The country will soon learn whether he or his critics understand the busi ness in hand. "To, add, as Senator Chamber lain did, that there is Inefficiency in every department and bureau of the Government is to show such igno rance of such conditions as to make It Impossible to attach am import ance to his statements, i am bound to infer that that statement sprang out of opposition to the Administra tion's whole policy rather than any serious Intention to reform its prac tice. - Senator Chamberlain said: "In my New York speech I had not nrepared the address and spoke twenty minutes extemporaneously without notes. I pointed out that from Bunker Hill to the present time we had had no military organization nr ollcy. The press report of my address was correct. But my nr gumenl was directed to the military establishment and not to other de partments of the Government, al though it was broad enough' to be subicrt to that interpretation. But those hearing it knew I referred merely to the military , establish ment and that the military commit tee had undertaken, through the bills for a War Cabinet and a Director or "VINT! :r. X ' ri OFFICIALS known NTERNRL STRIFE III AUSTRIA NOW NEARING CLIMAX War Weariness, High Cost of Living and Dislocation of Economic Life of Peo ple Hard for Authorities to Handle RESIGNATION OF AUSTRIAN CABINET People of Hungary Also Trying to Find Something Tangible as to Cessation of Hostilities; Minister's Statement The internal strife in Austria, ap parently due chiefly to war-weariness, the high cost of living and the dislo cation of economic life, seems to be of absorbing interest. Although the exact situation resulting from the troubled times is not given in the extremely meager details at hand the dispatches creeping through are incl j cative of a situation' that will require : skillful handling by the amnorfties ! again to bring the dissatisfiec' popu j lace into a state of tractabllity. Newspapers in Vienna were not per j niltted last Sunday. The only publl j cation was a single sheet bulletin ! which told of some of the details of i the nation.wide strike and the devel- ' .,,,., 4 tu .. ..., ..i . Brest-Litovsk. As usual the hand of the German propagandists was to be seen in this off-sheet publication for tne cniei announcement, in it was trom the German social democracy of Aus j.tna. Thja iays stress upon the year's I declaration of the Austro-Hunarlan I foreign minister, Count Czeriuu, that l the central Powers were ready to 1 make an immediate general peace without annexations and without ln- uemmtics. Kvidently, however, this statement failec' to placate the striken in Vienna Hies heavily. Despite a pooling ar who sent a large delegation to wait ramrement nut Into nneratlnn at New Upon the food minister to inform him York it was found difficult to handle of conditions among the working receipts. K the shipping board to classes and to impress upon him that night it was said that tugs and barges their desire for peace overshadowed there would be commandeered if ne and took precedence over all other . cessary to make the work more eft'i demands. dent, but officials were of the opinion Tne crisis in. Austria arising from tnat Pooling would suffice. : the discontent of the people over- Only one big concern at New York the continuance of the war, the scarcl j haB not entered the pool. It was inti- 1 ty of food and a gonoral desire for I n,a,ed ,nat 'l would be forced to do so peace has resulted In the resignation ! Immediately. At Hampton Hoads i of the Austrian cabinet. For weeks there has been bitter op position to the government on the part of the people and during the last few days this has resulted in nation wide strikes and some disturbances. In Hungary also the people are en deavoring to ascertain what are the prospects for a cessation of hostilities and a return to normal. So insistent ' has been their effort in this direction this measure still would have to be that the Hungarian minister has been taken or else non-efsentials would forced to announce in the lower house j have to be denied transportation be of Parliament that the government for the railroad situation is improved adhered to the principle of peaco i to any considerable extent, without annexations or indemnities !The Pennsylvania Railroad, with that even the king shared In this view. ' tn8 approval of A. H. Smith, director The premier however, added that the of ,astf""n railroads, today declined question of Alsace-Lorraine should not 1 accept at its stations any general at the present time enter into the tr''ht ,or shipment. It took only food situation as It was not calculated to an1 1 and made an effort to move lown.wi.h rtgard to te nternal sit- Heports received during the day in uat on In Germany Snd although one Seated that business generally ob declarlng that the oft.-oostponed served the spirit as well as the let speech of the Imperial chancellor to i ter of the closing order, of the Berlin newspapers is quotec' aa j "The results," said Dr. Garfield to the main committee of the Reich- 1 night, "of tho operation of the or stag will be delivered next Thursday, j der as both regards the industrial 1 he debate following the speech of me cnancenor is expected to extend ocr three t uys. Unofficial advices from Copenhag en are to the effect that Leon Trotz. ky the Bolshevik foreign minister, has asserted that although he has depart ed for Petrograd the peace negotia tions at Brest-Litovsk would continue during his absence Trotzky is re ported to have informed the chief German delegate at Brest-Litovsk that his visit to Petrograd was merely for the purpose of reporting to the con gr; ss of workraen'j and soldiers' Ccp uties. .No fighting of great importance is taking place on any of the battle fronts. Sir Edward Carson minister without portfolio In the British war cabinet has resigned. FORTT AITOMOB1XES AST) ! BllTxDIXG BOOT IX NORFOLK ... . . i (By Vh Associated Pta; - Norfolk, Va., Jan. 21. Forty auto mobiles valued at mora than 1100.. 000 and the building at Oranby and ' thAu . . . . , , Tenth streets In which they ,were stored were destroyed tonight by a lire wnnn started when a negro look ed for a gasolene leak with a lighted lamp. The negro was badly burn, ed. lhe burned bulldip was next to a large warenouso full of cotton (Inters I owned by the DuPonts and used in making explosives and across the 1 denounce proprietors of manufactur street from Norfolk's gas works. At,nK plants who have announced that times both were threatened. they will work overtime five days a I week to make up the time lost on CTJINFXE FIRE ON ; AN AMFJUCAN GUNBOAT Peking. Friday, Jan. II. The Am-i erican gunboat Monocary was fired upon by the Chinese fifty mile above Yochow, on the Vang-TseKIang, yes terday. A sailor named O'Brien was killed and two other sailors were wounded. The firing lasted for half an hour. ft Is presumed that the sssallants were .wrwrv f-.--' ACCOMPLISH TWO CHIEF AIMS OF a, - Homes in East Are Receiv ing Larger Quantities of ..... Goal and Bunker Coal is Now Moving Sufficient for Shipping Needs CONGESTIONNOT RELIEVED AS YET Hope for Shut-Down Period in Weeks of Washington's and Lincoln's Birthday s; Food Stores May Remain Open; Conditions Washington, Jan. 21. Two of the chief accomplishments sought by the Government by closing down indus try by cutting oft fuel supplies have been achieved, Fuel Administrator Garfield announced tonight. Homes throughout the east he said are receiving coul in larger quantities tnan nas been reported for weeks i and bunker coal is again moving to seaboard in sufficient volume to sup ply Trans-Atlantic shipping. A third aim a clearing of the rail way congestion "has not been attain ed as yet," largely, Dr. Garfield claims, owing to unusual weather conditions. The first of the ten Monday holi days was observed generally today and business everywhere in the east was ut a standstill. Heports tonight told l of few violations nt rhn order nnrl i said that thousands of establishment were closed even though they had a : technical right to remain open. five days' shut down of manufac turing plants and on Wednesday in- ! UR.try generally will go about its Reports tonight said New York had on hand tonight enough coal to fill the bunkers of fifty vessels and C 0 NG E Hampton Roads had received supplies 8 ' 1BS ",ul"el,1" '"i"1" .urtici.nt fn the mnr. th... inn .hili"1" a titter when the discussion held in port. "We are supplying coal to the piers' said Dr. Garfield. "It is now a ques tion of putting it aboard ship." The heavy movement of coal to ports has taxed tug and barge faeil- ! "Pavy c? was inierienng to some ex tent with K,i n lati n cr In declining to put an embargo on the receipt by railroads of general freight. Director General McAdoo, it was learned today, acted against the advice of the War Conference Board, which adopted a resolution approv ing the suggestion. Officials who sought the embargo as a means of re lief for congestion declared tonight closing and today's general shut-down ? .t. v .v. Koi.i.iiu.ii. - : the klng t0 acc.ept Blr Edward's resig sofar as the weather permitted. Coal is nation . going to homes snd shipping Is being bunkered, it in said railway congest tion will be relieved shortly." If It appeared that the accomplish ments sought had not been fully se cured, Dr. Garfield said he did not wish to cross that bridge until he came to it. There will be ten heat less Mondays, Dr. Garfield said, de spite pressure to have their number reduced. In selecting Monday as the day for general closing, Dr. Oarfipld said that the Fuel Administration took into consideration Washington's Birthday, February 22, which falls on P'riday. Since most plants give a Sat urday half, officials expect a four day industrial shut-down In February. Nearly all plants throughout the country close on Washington', birth- ! day and as most of them work enlv the half day Saturday, officials be- ! heved they would not open up at all ' that day, making a four-day inactive ' ni.in Thj.. . - j. u".' TT ' s?irn;e jjihkuui uinnuay IS1IS on Tuesday plants in many sections of the country will also have a three and one nal day h'lday suspensionpertod ii u 1 1 1 uukiii muiiuai ccuiudiy & io trie ,i-,i- to.h....., Exemptions, it was indicated again today, will not be Increased. A re- quest by certain department stores that they be permitted to remain open on Monday and operate only seven hours for six days a week was re- fused. Dr. Garfield took occasion today to Mondays. That, he said, would be plain evasion of the order. A new ruling regarding the sale of Iooa,n Mondays fas maae tonight. ;in the original order all food stores were directed to close at noon, but last Dlght they were exempted entirely from operation of the regulations. To nlgtit the following telegram was sent to fuel state administrators in respect to these stores: All wholesale and retail stores selling food are urged both by the rCOXTIJCTTED ON PAGE NINE) ROOSEVELT HAS BEEN MENACE ALL DURING WAR Se'nator Stone Declares That He Has Been Obstruction to uccessful Prosecution .- rVar by Attacks on the .jp&roverninent MOST SEDITIONS MAN IN AMERICA He and Republicans Plot ting Adroitly to Take Ov er Government; Many Ro publicans and Other Dem ocrats in Discussion (By The Associated Press.' Washington, Jan. 21. Smoulder fires of partisan feeling were set ablaze in the Senate toc'ay by Senator Stone, veteran democrat, with a long prepared speech accusing KepM'- "Jeans of playing politics in their criticisms of the Government's conduct of the war and calling Theodore Jtoosovclt "the most seditious man of conse quence in America." There had been plenty of advance notice of the speech, which Adminis tration leaders sought vainly to in duce the Missouri Senator to aban. don or postpone. The Senate galL eries were crowded and Republican spokesmen were waiting with replies. There were many sharp interruptions during the two hours Senator Stone was speaking and when be closed Senators Penrose, Lodge, New and oth ers on the Republican sii.'e answered with vigorous statements of their right, to . make proper criticism of inefficiencies and with counter charg es of partisanship. Senators Lewis, Kirby and other Democrats joined in the fray, which lasted until the session ended tonight with adjournment until Thursday. It was suggested In the lobbies (hat a, two-day recess be arranged i.i the hope that both sides would cool off and permit the controversy to lie dropped. Many Senators who die' not take the floor today were busy with notes, however, and doubt is generally expressed that another outbreak can be prevented. Senator Johnson of California was particularly busy with his pencil when Senator Stone attack ed Col. Roosevelt. In spite of the vigorous language used by the debaters much of the time during today's battle the galleries and floors were in laughter. Senator Pen rose s Bailies would set the enamber was taking ltt most severe turns. For several moments Vice-President Mar: shalll threatened to close the galler ies and once he actually ordered it done, but Senator James' point of ord er was mostly among the Sena. ii i themselves prevailed. Senator Stone delivered his attack in characteristically vehement lashiun. He strode the mlcfie Isle shouting, menacing wilh clinched fist of wag ging finger at his political opponents on the other side. Senator Penrose, in his reply con ceded his des4re to oust the 1-mo-rrats from control of the Government declaring a more efficient adminis tration would thus be secured. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts (spoke more seriously. He deplored in. ! d " '" """"" " "J l"E fended Col. ltoosevelt, declared that (CONTINUED ON I'AGE NINK J Sir Edward Carson's Resig nation on Irish Question, Was Uncomprising on Home Rule for Irish (Bv The Asti.ai-: P-;n London, Jan. 21. Sir Edward Car. son minister without oortfolio in the War Cabinet has resigned. This an nouncement was made officially to night. The correspondence published shows that Sir Kdward's resignation was on the Irish question and had nothing to do with the conduct of the war. The resignation of Sir Kdward Car son takes out of the cabinet one of the most uncompromising British statesmen on the question of homo rule for Irelnni.'. For years Sir Kd ward has opposed the setting up of an Irish Parliament and nrlor to the. outbreak of the present war, when the Irish question, was at it height: he even went to the extreme of of- i fering and training the Ulster volun. i t Mm fnr iMvi 1 nrn :i cru inut lha !-(..(. iBn lt tne home rule tor irPiand, whi(.h ..,u. ... . wirTnauiurated ln May 11 Sir Edward was a 7n, : ' B , . pointed attorney general In the new- Iv formed Aaouith Cabinet, hut . " , , . . , 81ne-' In October of the same year lu "n uorlM lo lne ""use oi uom- mon 'r toward asserted ti.at tae -.- - - . - . .... ., . .... .. , i . fr th.t fh i.nnm, v,.rnm, incapable of carrying on the war. In December, 1916, Sir Carson was made first lord of the admiralty in t no cabinet of David Lloyd (! ecu-go. In July, 1917, Sir Ldwai rnl.n- qulshed his post as first lo.d of trie admiruliv .-imi toineH rim v,.r c ,hi..i without portfolio, being" succeeded in the admiralty by Su F.ric Campbell Get.'des. In as much as the official ann niiice. ment of the resignation of Sir'Kdward snys his withdrawal from the cabi net was due to the Irish question, is reasonable to assume that tho criti cal stage which has been reached In the Iri"h convention with slight pros- peci oi even a moained roriu of a substantial agreement being reached, and the statement of Sir Auckland Gedu'es last week that the government had decided not to introduce conscrip tion In Ireland for the present, were the chief causes for Sir Edward Car son's withdrawal . from the government. MINISTER III IR CABINET FSliS IF GERMANY BREAKS WESTERN FRONT NO POWER ON EARTH CAN EVER RESTORE IT, IS STATEMENT OF HON. J. H. POU DIRECTOR MUCH ENCOURAGED OVER . OUTLOOK OF SAVINGS CAMPAIGN KtaH? Director FriCH is greatly rnoourngrH. over the great Interest shown in the nicotine of flu- State Eierativc Committee yesterday morn ing. He expects the War Savings campaign to start off with renewed interest ns a result of the meeting. Many of the county chairmen have not imported and Oils made it im possible to present a full statement of tlie work to the meeting. The organization of tho counties being the first necessary step, great stress was laid on tills part of tDw work. It was the general opinion of those at the meeting that the Stat Director should urge wlthont further de lay (lie completion of every county organization In the State. Director lrlcn reported that liis offices had loen moved and that some charges had been made in the personnel of the working staff, but that there vere still some additions to he made. Heports Iroin State Organizer Gilbert T. Stephenson showed that much interest is beliia shown wbero the people understand tho nature of the campaign. Through iiislstnnee of Col. Fries and other liHtal men, Hon. .las. H. Pou and stale Superintendent Joyner were iiersuuded to remain and deliver iuldr uses In the courthouse at 2 o'clock, uu account of which upiienrs elsewhere. RUSSIA ASSEMBLY NORTH CAROLINA ' IS ABOLISHED BY HAS 521 MILLS ito mini iniraiinrnn nniun inn iiiiiriT IIDUVilNULnDI bniNUII.b1.nLHI j Killed Itself by Opposing! Wishes. of Laboring Mas ses as Represented by Bol shevik Members, Says De cree BOLSHEVIK MAKE NO ANNOUNCEMENT I'ptiograi.', .Ian. 21. After an .all night session the Central Executive Committee early this morning pro mulgated a decree abolishing the' con ffi'uent assembly. "It lias killed itself," ihe committee announced, "by opposing the wishes nf the laboring masses represented iiy the linlshevik members." Nikolai Lenine w.'is the chief speak er before the committee and w;i.s greeted with tumultuous cheering. Ho s;iid: "A conflict between the workmen's and soldiers' government and the con. slituent assembly .lias been growing since the Russian revolution. The February revolution was a political bourgeois revolution in which the con stitutional democrats secured suc cess by overthrowing f zarism.InGc tulier a social revolution occurred and the working musses. Mhrougli the workmen k and soldiers' delegates be came the sovereign authority. "By creating the workmen's and soldiers' delegates brought something new in the revolution. The work men's and sonlieis' delegates an not bound by any rules or trauilions to the old buurgeois society. Their govern, merit bus taken .-ill the power and rights into Its own hands. The con stituent assembly Is the highest ex pression of tne political Ideals of bour geois society, wnirli are no longer nec essary ill a socialist state. i no eim itituent assembly will bo dissolved. It has not met today, and has, u. facii, ceiuied to exist." The lljtihcvlkl have not yet an. nounceu ,'.ny pU.is for a legislative bo( y to loiace the . ji.stitur.ni assem bly. The all Russian congress of Sovi ets is e.-ted to meet tomorrow, tul the iiieeuuF n.ay bo pod.o u to en able inure lelegates to t:,.r l. This body-is looked to .is otl" which 'I1I either declare. Itself a sovereign body or designate the means for creating GERMANY-RUSSIA Points of Difference Be tween Representatives Prevent any Definite Con- - elusions - ; (My .. London. Jan. 21. A long report of tlio proceed m:s of the coiuuusa.on :or the .eg.ilat.on of pol.t.cal and ter- r tonal "luesl a at lreat-l:to sk Frl- ay sent out by Heriln discloses the u t tmi the Central rowers and the 1 .u.i.ans are no nearer agreement :i i.ie ; o nt of ho.v the p ii.il .tons ti i if r : P ed terr tory are to ri crit d ".-.lie for se.f dfteri.uuai.f.n. 1 'i'-.i on concluded with a re for ,ier Minister TroUkv that I Iv. b e Husf ,. is adhered to their pri.pos I t int a re,Vi endiim . should decide 'lie future format. on of these coun- ! r e Trotzky also declared that one-sided Independent treatment of the terri ror.es decupled by the Austrian could not be granted to the t 'kralnlans, but ' he believed en agreement wai possi ble between the Ukrainian and Hus-s-iins Asked bv Dr. von Kulhirriann, the Herman foreign secretary, for a state ment regarding the relations between Petrogrrl and the Caucasus army, Trotzky said that the army was com manded by officers devoted to the Bol- NO NEARER PEACE (CONTINUED ON PAGE XI1TO) Census Has Been Made, by Department of Agricul ture; Number in loach County; Amount of Out put is Not Completed I1EATLESS DAY WAS . QUIET IN RALEIGH (By W. J. Martin) italeigh,. Jan. 21. That there are 521 mills In -North Carolina that grind wheat is the final finding of the Ktate Department of Agriculture In tl.n special census that Commis sioner of Agriculture VV. A. Graham ha been making the past several several weeks with i. view of petting something of an exact line on the amount of whnat that Is annually ground In the State ami the pep cent of it that Is imported from other states and what pi..t is re-shipped into other states in t ,e form ot flour or by-products of the mills. It will be several weeks before the commis sioner has lhe figures as to Ihe 'Hi I -put of the mills anil the Import and export proportions of the output. 1 lie returns as to the number of mills have been procured from county of ficers , nil othei-H and the figures are still somewhat incomplete, most probably. Sink 's county has the most mills reported, 21 in all, but it is thought that practically all of these are pure ly li'i.l plants, not importing wheat or exporting Hour. Cleveland county baa s.xleen mills reported and Ca tawba fifteen. The number reported by counties follows: Alamance, ID; Alexander. 3; Alleghany, 7; Anson, 5; Avery, none.; Keiiiifdrt, , F.lauen, 1; Buncombe, !) ; Hurke, 7: Cabarrus, 6: Caldwell, ; Camden, none; 'arteret.' 1 ; t'aswe.l, 4; Chatham, 7; Cherokee, .'!; Chowan, none; Ciay 4; Cabarrus, none; Craven nine; Cumberland, 2; Currituck, nore; Duviiihoii, 111, Iiavie, H; Duplin, 1; Durham, 1.1; Kdgccomhc, 3; For syth, II; Franklin. - (lusloii, H, Gra ham, 1; Gates, none; Granville, 6, Greene, noiw. Guilford, 11!; Halifax, 1; Harriett, 2; Haywood. 7"; Hender son, 2; Hyde, none; lloke, 1; lie dell, S; ,lai kson, fi; Johnston, 6; Jones', none Lenoir 11; IjCf, t; .Macon, Martin, 1; McDnwc none; Lincoln, 4; Madison. 7; , 3, Meiklen burg, 3; Mitehoil, 3, Montgomery, 7. Nash, li; over, none; Northampton none; j'eriiuiinafia, none; Moore. 8; New llun 1 ; Ons.ow, Person, ti; I'ltt, none; Folk, none; Randolph ti; Richmond. 4; Robeson. 1; Rock ingham. IS; Rowan, ID; Rutherford, Hi; Sampson. 1; Stanly, 7; Surry, 7; Swain, 4; Hcotlund Neck, 3; Tyrrell, 1 Transylvania. I; .Moore, j ; Vance, 1; Wilkes, 3; Warren, 5: Washing ton, 1; W.itaugua, 3; Wayne, Z: Wilkes, I, Wilson, :i; Yadkin, 1 lL yancey, j: T ,0 occasion for the census of the wheal, mills was the' general order on the purl of Ihe Federal aiithorl ,ties some time ago that was about to shut off wliea't mills In this state from receiving western or other out-of-SUite wheat.... on the ground tliat tho ,si...te rew wheat enough for Its ne ls. Tnis order has been moll ified tlio relb-f of tho mi. Is tint re.'i.y n-iuire outside wheat, but I lie tiloft K li'-t a more aei-uraie uue on tho ( lu.oe .mi stry in th. ed. North Carol! .'Utior .M'n.:i v 1 . fur rt I tin, ; I a i e it nuMii.K hk pu. il- rRv fu ' e i. I' -1 stores .. ! shuttii g d . .. tor es The n murmur an . ie i n a true holiday s rit s iV.l..." t o isim v ed Pie li, I Mi tt the big 'faetnr'rg plents, i c d printing bouses, will i; Ibe eni- ployees opportunity to work overtime enough to make up for the time lost In observing the fuel, conservation holidays. This will largely relieve the wage los,os that won d otherwise he entailed through the operation of the order. The student of the State School for the Blind h.n'e adopted resolu tions lamenting the death of John H, Ray, superintendent of the Institu tion, as their "Beloved superinten dent and the best friend of the cause (CONTINUED ON PAGE NINE) UNITED STATES IS TO PLAY BIG PART IN DECIDING Mil Air. Pou Says if Germany Obtains Control of. East ern Hemisphere, this Conn try Will Have to Fight Her Here j MEN'AnITmONTEY NEEDED FOR FIGHT Supt. J. Y. Joyner Says that People at Home Must Sacrfiice in Order that 1 he Boys May do Their Very Best "Tho, destiny of the world will un- doubtedly be decided in the bloodiest battle of the world on the Western front this coming spring," c'eclared Hon. James H. I'ou yesterday after noon in one of tho greatest patriotic addresses ever delivered in Wlnston Salem. Considering the fact that tho an nouncement of the meeting was not mat.'e until yesterday morning, tha crowd was not as large as lt might have been. Two ade'resses were de livered in the . afternoon, the first i one by Mr. I'ou and and the second by State Superintendent of l'ubllc In struction J. Y. Joyner. . Both speak ers were In the city attending the meeting of the executive committee ' of tho Stao War Savings Campaign. The opporunlty to use these two splen did speakers to further the cause ot the campaign in Forsyth county ap pealed strongly to Chairman Oorrell i and he niai.'e use of them. Mr. I'ou was introduced by Hon. H. 1 G. Chatham, who stated that this not I ed North Carolinian was one of the first in the State to forecast the ,i. broiJnient of America In the. great L'uropean struggle and that he was I one of the first to go nut among hla ( fellow countrymen and explain to them the awfulneaa of the war. Mr. hathatu said that Mr. I'ou was one of ' the best. Informed men in the State on matters pertaining to war, which i of course was not news to the people of Ihls city because t'o,- It d the op poitunitv to hear him c'eliver one of his Interesting address last summer. His address yesterday was heard with joist as mucii interest us tne previous one, Mr. I'ou declared that, the war may not end In HI IS but at the close of the year the end ran be seen an! It will be (.'etermlned who will win. He prophesied the bloodiest battle in all history to be fought on the western front in tho early tpring. This, he said, will determine the destiny of the world. Continuing, Mr. i'ou said, "If that Immense battlo line stands at the close of this great battle, Germany is beaten. If the line be broken, no pow er in lhe world can restore lt ant' Ger many will dominate lhe eastern hem isphere." "The United States' soldiers will cer tainly play the roost important part 111 tills great Impending battle, but they ciinnnt'do their best unless the people at home, do their part also." Mr. I'ou decliu-Md the I'nited State has ncarl two million soldiers In training now and that it would take united effort at home if they do what they are expected to Co In the great world war. "The weakest place in the line of battle Is hark home," said Mr. Foil. Many people in this country have been .H'tins as if there were no war. He declared that he was not speaking to those who rid not care whether Am erica wiiii in- not or to those who were not willing to assume pint of the sac. rifice of Hie conflict. There will be a day. of reckoning for such people, said Mr. I'ou, and their names will be handed down through the ages diB gruccil and dishonored. S;iii' Mr. I'ou, "Some penplj - will -ask. 'What Is there that I can do?' to these the only answer Is do your full duty. "Some people say they are go Ini; to do their 'hit.-' This war la not going to be won by 'bits,' but by the .-.upr-nie errr its of the soldiers and every person at home."' It wan made plain that some people did not realize the kind of an erumy this country was fighting. The fact was stated that the German army har; never known defeat since the battle of Waterloo, unless sonic of the battles of the present war might be determ ined as defeats. Mr. Fou declared that Germany was fighting for her very lire In this war, and that the end meant either extinction or world c'omlnlon. The Kaiser knows that the defeat of Ger- ntarn autocracy-means his'-dethron- ment, and for that reason it li now or never with him. "The result of the war depends al most entirely upon the United States s id Mr i'ou,' and if the western i.i.e Is s. uslied this country can ii r ii. v.i e.iougn across to restore it ." t'e spring of 1919 the United I be f::;liting Germany on f Its own tep-ltory. What wa 's o see now, Is the i.s d and fight, the ban .s m the Rhine, ,i.s n e led to accomplish ",.i :i to put enough American aol le s ever there." Sir I'ou in commenting upon the ''"ty of the Ame-tcr.n citizens to the Government .st.itec' that ho war will either be !ost or won under President W son. nml that whether the people Ihink him right or wrong It Is their duty to stand by him. He continued by snylng that the greatest mistake t he Fresldnet ever made was wl en he kepf us out of the struggle loo king, but that this would not be held a gainst him as there has never be .i a stronger peace advocate tnan he. In referring to the ore'er of Fuel Administrator Garfield in closing the (CONTINUED ON PAGE NINE)
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