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J f J J, . V - - J "T TfTTTHirTS WITT A'OKTC CAROLINA'S LARGEST CITY tV. a. CBNIUe) Leads All North Carolina Dailies in Home Circulation n II 'A II A L N JL JLL N FORTY-SECOND YEAR WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, THURSDAY, NOV; 2. 1922 WEATHER: Probably showers Sixteen "'get Today LAST EDITION rtru, ' t-A8i wren Or TB ASSOCIATED FMM TWIN CITY iwever, laey nave oieno- bphic Transcript of Mrs. Hall's Answers To Press LAIMS A CONTRADICTION Hall Declares She Sntercd Her tome On Night of Murder At 2:10 in., With Her Brother, While Two Witnesses Say It Was 3:30 And She Was Alone feomerville, N. J., Nov. 2 The pre. rtlon that presentation of evidence tho Hall-Mills murder case would Igln Saturday wag freely made to- ly in official clr.cles. lit was learned that Sheriff Conic- had been notified to be prepared call the Somerset county grand try togottier in a hurry. No no es, however, yet have been sent Irora. Tho opinion prevailed here 'that io etate would try to seek an in- ctment Monday. : New Brunswick, N. J.( Nov. 2 Of- ijMs conducting the lnrujiiry into e murder on September' 14 of the Lv, Edward Wheeler Hall, and his olr sinser, Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt ills, declined to comment this ornlng on the Interview given yes rday by Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall twenty newspaper men. Steno- aaic transcripts of the Interview ere in the hands of both' special eputy Attorney General Wilbur A. ott and his chief investigator, De- ctive James F. Mason. The detective said, however that ;vo witnesses had stated that Mrs. all entered her home at 2:10 a. m., the morning after the murdors, istead'of 3:30 a. m., as shotold the ewspaper men. He said also that liieae two witnesses said she was lone, Mr. Hall said her brother, illie Stevens, was with her. Eftorjs were continued to Identify, lie man deecrioed by., Mrs. Jane Mbson, pig-woman, as thefuxderer. i is pointed out that ltttlewould accomplished in going before the rand .1urv at this time with Mrs. Hbson's alleged eye1 witness account ocause It is specifically stated that ho woman she saw on the old Fhil- ps Farm did not commit the mur- ers. Mills Says Story Wrong. Xcw Brunswick, N. J.. Nov. 2 .ooklng up from work in .a coal bin the basement of the school house here ho is Janitor,' James Mills. whose wife Eleanor was murdered with tho Rev. Edward W. Hall on September 14, today took issue with Isomo of tho statements made yester- iay by the clergyman s widow In an interview. He differed with Mrs. Hall chiefly in regard to the times He saw her the day after the mur- Jers. "I never heard any gossip about my wife and Dr. Hall." Mills also isaid, "If. I had. I would not .have tnod tot it for a single minute.. 1 m man enough not to have kept that job at the church If I thought mere was anything ' wrong between ;tlie .minister and mv wife." wins-said he had never heard of his wife having- trouble with any body and said he .knew or no ene mies mat Dr. Hall might have had 'aid yesterday that she was at the church at 1 o'clock'. "I know it could i not have been earlier, than 8:30," said Mills be cause my children- had -already g$ne "ie then commented on tho fact that "both my wife and .Dr. Hall were missing. Jokingly I said, 'Maybe tht-y have eloped.' " ''No," Mrs. Hall answered, "orob. ably someone is sick." . I hud an idea that Dr. Hall and my wife had been together, but I do not think ' 'there was anything wrong. 1 don't know why I ever sug gested an elopement." Commenting' c-rt 'Mrs. Hall's state ment that Rh wna not vindinttvn nnd punisnea for the -murders. Mills said: i "I am not vindictive either, bit I want to see the. murderer punished. .1 believe it was a woman's deed. All these theories about black mail and robbery and things are rot. It was jealousy and. I think her throat was cut in spite because of her beautiful suiging.Mto, ., WOMEN N C, CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE MEETING Haleigh, Ncrv. 2 The annual meeting of the. Women's Missionary Convention of the North Carolina , t-hristlan Conference, will convene at ! the First Christian church of Ra legh tonight and will continue thru t'Fnday, with morning and afternoon sessions. Officers of the convention are Mrs. w. ii. Carroll, .of Burlington, presi dent; Mrs. J. D. Advent, of Durham, vice-president; Mrs. Wash Seltars, of Burlington, treasurer, and Mrs. J. W Patton, Elon College, secretary, principal speakers at the opening sofelon tonight will be Miss Olive Williams, missionary of the confer ence to Porto Rico, and Dr. W. A. Harper, president of Elon College. Dr. J. O. Atkinson, mission secre tary, will speak at the 'Friday after noon session. At the morning ses sion there will be reports of oilicers and other business. TIGERS WILL NATION'S CHIEF T COMMENT EXECUTIVE 57 i INTERVIEW YEAIISDLDTn Messages Carrying Birthday - Greetings Received, Some HProni Foreign Rulers SPENT THE DAY QUIETLY Two Tears Ago Today Mr. Harding Was Elected President; His Health Is Said To Bo Better Now Than For Some Months Past, Ho Taking More Time Outdoors Washington,, Nov. 2 President Harding today celebrated, the fifty- seventh anniversary of his birth al most as quljftly and simply -as the average American citizen observes a birthday. There were, no indications at the. White House of anything more than just, an ordinarj"flay in the life of the chief executive. The President's plans callod for his appearance at hda office at the regular time, the usual forenoon round of conferences, tho tustomary noon-day period devoted to meeting visitors, luncheon, and then perhaps a few hours of golf. , Bceause Mrs. Harding still is confined to hor bed, altho' recovering from her recent Ill ness, there will not even be a birth day dinfier party, .but tho President will spend the evening with her. The fact that today was his birth-' day, was not. forgotten by the close friends of the 'executive or by the nation and the world at large. All day long the beginning wasreally yesterday messages arrived bring ing birthday greetings, many of them from rulers of other countries. Close acquaintances of Mr. Hifrd lng remarked today on the recent Improvement in his physical condi tion. A month ago the strain of two years for It was Just two years ago that Mr. Harding was elected to the presidency had become noticeable. A. summer of continuous work with out a vacation, the troubled Indus trial situation, and finally Mrs. Hard Ing'fL illness, had increased the strajfc ''.. Heeding the advice of his physi cians, the President for a month has been taking things easier, has de voted more time to rest and has spent more time on the golf links. The result, according to associates of the President, is that President Harding is in better physical cotdi- tioh on his fifty-seventh birthday ' than he has beeifc for months and is looking forward with zest to tack ling the problems that await him. Raymond Wijson Admits He Enticed Girl to Go With Him; Her Condition Serious Muskogen, Mich., Nov. 2-vRay-moiid E. Wilson, of Grand Rapids, arrested last night on a chorge of kidnapping Rosalie Shanty, pleaded guilty to a charge of abduction when arraigned in circuit court here at noon-today.-; W" Muskogen, Mich., Nov. 2 Whllo 11-year-old Rosalie Shanty lay near death in a house at Dublin, Mich., KIDNAPPER HAS MADE CONFESSION There was.Dlentv. of srossio ahnnt I today, Raymond K. Wilson, a Orand members of the choir, tho," he add- Rapids man, was being held at the ?d. ............ ., ... . county jail'here under heavy guard , Mills said ttjijt he mpt Mrs. Hall a tho man who kidnapped tho child " the church at 8:30 o'clock on the! last Suaday, drove with her to the morning of September IB. Mrs. Hall Jack Pine swamps of Manistee county ana mere aoamionea ner, Wilson confessed, the sheriff re ported, that he took the child for a ride. , . Word from Dublin this morning was that Rosalie; widely known hero as the "swimming girl" thru her expert exhibitions at a local beach last gummer, might not recover. She still was in a semi-conscious . state and suffering from a high fever as a rise of exposure in the forests, where she was fpund by a farmer, her clothing torn to shreds and her body scratched and bruised by the underbrush. ' In his statement to the authorities, Wilson was auoted as saying he en ticed the child into his automobile that she did not care to see any vone i as she was leaving a church here Sunday, drove her about the city for a time, then started for ijuonn. Near that toWE, the reported state ment said, th.irl became alarmed and asked to be let out of the car. Wilson said ho left her near a farm house and then returned to Orand Rapids. The prisoner said he was under the impression that, the young girl had returned home alter aiiow inr her to aliEht from the car. , Wilson is 41 years-of age and has been married' twice, omcera saia ho hnd a nolice record here and had irved a term in lail at Jackson. Dr. Karl Fairbanks, or turner, who has attended Rosalie at Dublin leaned a statement declaring the girl's mind may be permanently af fected as a resuii oi nei r,c, ences. He predicted she wtuld re cover physically, however. "I never will go anywhere again unlesfi papa and mama are with me." the child is quoted as having said. ' ' CASE IS SETTLED ' London. Nov. 2 (By The Associ ated Press) The case of the Amer ican consulate at New Caetlo has been settled in principle, it is un derstood in diplomatic circles here, but the opinion is expressed that the United States will desire an apology in connection with ' the charges of discrimination against British ship pers by the American consulate of-ticala. Turks Buried Ten Greek Priests Alive; Girls Jumph Wells Washington, Not. J The Greek Metropolitan and ten priests, captured by the Turks at Vlvaly, vera buried alive because they refused to embrace Islam Ism, according to a cablegram re-, reived at Athens by the Greek le gation. Word also has been re ceived in Athens, the message said, that all Grveiks who re mained In Alvaly and on the Is lands of Moschonlssla have been killed and that wells in tlv vicin ity "are filled with the bodies of young girlst" who drowned them selves to escape the Turks. Christians in Smyrna between the ages of 18 and 60, th0 lega tion was Informed, have been de ported and forced to hard labor, hundreds dying from hunger and fatigue. i. L LOST HEAVILY IN CITY ELECTIONS In London Party Lost 149 Seats And In Outside Bor oughs It Also Lost Heavily IS TAKEN AS CRITERION However, Party Intensifies Its Cam paign Tin Hope of Making Better Show ing In The General Kloc tions Nov.-15; 6ig Vote Polled Regardless oP Heavy Rain London, Nov. 2 (By The Asso ciated Press) Stunned by the heavy down fall of their candidates In the elections thruout England yesterday, thoBaborJtes Intensified their polit ical campaign today with the hope of making a better showing in the general election for parliament No vember 16. . in yesterday's balloting the Imbor ites lost 149 seats which they had previously held in London and about 160 seats which they had occupied In eighty boroughs outside the cap ital, for the moid part" in such large cities as Manchester, Liverpool, Bir mingham, DerbyT Notingham, Ply mouth, Southampton and ports- mouth. Altho nominally considered purely municipal issues the local contests such as those held yesterday, are generally regarded and sometimes are an index to existing political foetlng. TMs time the , races were watched with intense curiosity as a possible forecast of labor's chances in the coming general election. While it undoubtedly would bo rash to assume that Labor 4s doomed to the same fate at the parliament ary polls as it received yesterday, nevertheless the outcome of the local elections has certainly made Labor's prospects for parliament very dis couraging. London was intensely hostile to Labor, The general feeling- in the capital was. manifested by the way tfi voters flocked to the polls de spite .the raw "wind and furious rains. Ordinarily the voters in Lon don stay Indoors for the most art on such a day. vyr The partisan Interest far and against labor is little stronger today man. us auenuan iocusseu on the wrangle between the Lloyd George Liberals- and -the-Conservatives. The political writers really do not seem to know what is going on behind the Kceaes.' . The general tendency, how ever, is toward the belief that tho Lloyd George threat, of reprisals will not be carried out and tlmt his trou ble with -the Conservatives will some how be smoothed over. Some observers profess to see a renewal of harmony. between Lloyd George and his former colleagues. The illness .of Lloyd George at tracts much attention. His cold and throat trOQblo'is said by some really to pe asymptom of rundown health, due tq fatigue. That he. is tired was olnlous to those who saw him during his recent visit to Scotland. They Had. on Hand Oct. 1, 1,. 457,439,314 Lbs., Compared With 1,547,439,722 Oct. 1921 Washington, Nov. 2 Leaf tobacco held by manufacturers and dealers October 1 totalled 1,457,439,314 pounds, compared with 1.616.396.137 pounds on July 1 this year and , 047,439,72 pounds on October 1, last year, the census bureau announced today. Chewlrig, smokihg, awiiff and it port typee amounted to 993,38, 177 pounds, compared with 1,135,48-1,421 a year ago. Cigar types totalled 3S2.685.962 pounds, compared with 338.201,814 a year ago, and imported types to talled 81,455,175 pounds, compared with 72,753,497 a year ago. "Know Your City Talk 'If umber 30 LIGHTS Only !" W eomplfit arw trm ( tttreet lighting wmii Installed. lite belac ( a moat modem tjp U every way. The elty'i "White Way" ef tea DlorlM in resardrd eae of the moot nt lufv to it In cities et like file la the entire eoontrjr. TOBACCOJJEALERS' STOCKS ARE LOWER THOMAS DEWITT I IB GUYLER FOUND Death of President of R. R. Ex ecutives', Association Due To Apoplexy, Doctor Says HE WAS 68 YEARS OLD Had Long Been Imminent In Rail road Affairs And During - fteccnt Strlko He Took Derided Stand Against Demand of the Strik ers On Seniority Question , Philadelphia, Nov. 2 Thomas Do Witt Cuyler, of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and chairman of tho Railroad Executives Association, was found dead today in the- private car of President Rea, of the Penn sylvania, at tho Broad Street Station. The private car arrived at Broad Street station' early today and was placed on a side track. According to instructions, a porter called Mr. Cuyler at 8 a, m. Ho received no responsft 1 and becoming alarmed summoned an attendant and a phy sician. The doctor pronounced Mi". Cuyler dead.- iDeath was duo to ap oplexy.. He had been dead a little more than an hour, according to the opinion of the physician. H was in Rochester, N, Y yesterday and ap parently In good health. Mr. Cuyler was a lawyer, but most of his time1 was taken up with rail road and financial affairs.' He came prominently before the country In the recent railroad' shop strike by virtue of his position as chairman of the railway executives and took a firm stand against some of the de mantis of the strikers, especially that relating to seniority. Mr. Cuyler was born'lo, Philadel phia 68 years ago and was th son of the late Theodore Cuyler, at one time general counsel of the Pennsyl vania Railroad. He was graduated from Yalo University in 1874 and was admitted to th bar in Philadel phia in 1878. He made corporation law a specialty and was counsel for many large financial and. railroad corporations, He was engaged in many of the most implicated and Important railroad re-organisations of the last twenty-five years. , DEAD IN NIS CAR IN PAST MONTH Winston - Salem tSketches Pen Etchings of Men of Affairs of Twln-Clty by Harry Palmer, Well Known New York World Artist, from Ihotoa by Matthews ' - - Mt - Comparatively few ' citizens, wi.,.o.. h.., us hi watch this cltv erow from a villane 1 .lcn inis. city grow irom a vmase4 Jt ti"0J,?.0' ,"L. of fifty thousand and more.. That. however, ha. been the nrivlleire nf Dr. Henry A. Brown, pastor emefl tus of the ten or a dozen Bantist churches of Winston-Salem. Thru His daily walk during the past all these years, , eince 1877, Dr." forty-five years spent in Wlnoton Browa has had a great part in the Halem has won for him te name advancement of (he community, j "Beat Loved Man In Winatofi-Salcm, While to him is credited to no small and he has contributed' no little degree the building of the Baptist to the characteristiy of this city denomination in this city from a which has made it known far. and mere handful to thousandsrvand also the development of the i'ilot Moun tain Baptist Association, hry has, at ,all times, co-operated TTrtie devel EASE II U.S.PUBLIC DEBT Two Hundred and Sixty-Five Million Dollars Added, Ac cording to Treasury Report. NOW STANDS $23,OW,QOO,000 Issuance of New Securities In Excess Of Hertcmntibns Sgld. To Ho He sponsible For B!g increase; Or dinary Hecelpts of Govern , ' ment Show An Increase Washington, Nov. 9 An in erea'so of more than $283,000, 000 In the public debt during October I ahouu by figures made public .today by dm ireas ury. . , On October. 81 the gins public debt Blood at 123,077, 000,000 as compared with $22,. 812,000,000 on September 80 and 23.450,000,fK0 on October SI, J92I. Iwuance of government necurlties iu execs of reilciup. Hons during tho month, iwrtlc ularly the half billion, dollar bond issue, treasury ofllclals ex plained, was responsible for tho liuM-case but Mas not regarded as Interfering with tho orderly reduction of the imtlimul debt which is effected quurterly. Ordinarily receipts of the gov ernment during October amount ed to $1101, 000,000 as com pared with $238,000,000 in. Oc tober last year, while the total expenditures chargeable against ordinary reoolptis for tho month wero $40(1,000.000 MS KliUt $:i3,000,000 in October a year , ago. , . . Public debt receipts for tlio mouth totalled $007,000,000 as Himparcd attains $HI .000,000 (luting the same month of hint year, while public debt eH-ndl-tures nggreguted $702,000,000 against $548,000,000 lu October, -1021. ' Customs receipts during Octo ber Increased as compared with a year ago whllo internal rov enue collucUous declined. ot.opment of the religious life of the tn Uy generally, and has aiwaya. been fbbnd at the front in tho promotion ,. ., u-hieh mlcht tend to- ! wardVomunity progress. For for- ! yr h ctiv,i"t H1,? tt I Opment of his denomination, retlr- ing after seeing the number Increase from about forty to five tnousano. wide as one of a "church-going people, of a people with high ideals and attainments; (CONTINUED ON I'AOB FOUR) ITALY'S NEW CHIEF Benllo MiiNMilliii. MUSSOLINI IS MAKING IT PLAIN 10'SINCHARCE New Italian Premier Han Taken Hold of A (Tail a In Uusiness Like Manner THIS PLEASING COUNTRY Hlft IiistruclloiiH To Ambnsnndoin, IK-(il Oilleetit nml tlie Press Slums He Is Not To .Let Country Suffer At Homo Or Abroad By Tho Kulklm-NN Of Tho onu-inlrt Home, Nov. 2 (By The Annuel atoll Press) Tho authority, the en ergy and the earnestness with which Mussolini has taken hold of Italian affalra.' both Internal and external, has created iv deep impression In Home. . His imperative instructions o Count Worm to remain at his post in Paris until he had reached a d cldon in- fho cnsen of atniiiuwailors who offerpd to resign and his clrou lar to tho prefect ''exacting" their utmost endim vol's and colliibonitlim wern regarded as a strong linlloatton of tho method tho new goveinnieiH li Kolng to uso In dealing with the liufllneos at home anil abroad. In like manner a hint as to manner of run- iiiiigaiio goveinmont Mussolini will pursus was Riven by his messago VCHierUliy Id Hie in-no nr..,. ihmi'ii. ... which he mild he Intended to safe guard the liberty of the press on (nnditl'im that the press proves worthy of liberty. Postponement of the opening of the ohumber of ilcputlre. from No vember 7 to November 16 him caused some ujsnppoinimeiti, ina emm. ,(.... -.,vlna in urtn U'hat llfr.JIUl'.l lull nnn .iiaiu'"- v-' - sort of a welcome the parliament wntilil give th.o fiiscistl leader, MusHOllnl Is repottou to iiesire a llltlo. moro lime to prepare mo speech outlining his program ann in consult leaders of tho varloim groups and parties in the chamber, It i thought posslblu that tha collabora tion that' Mussolini desires may be found in the pnishrtt' parliamentary llnB-u), .llo has said ho hi deter mined to dliwolve parliament should the chamber vote iigninst him. The strengthening ot uie me on foreign exchange markets following the change In government at Hom has favorably Impressed every one In iliiuncial. circles. During u sper-i-n ai uie eitminn meeting yeaterdny, Mussolini said the Internal situation was rapidly be coming normal. Not Only Made Gains In Con gress But Also Won Havana's Municipal Election k Havana, Cuba, Nv, 2(Hy tho Associated Press) Tho Liberal pnr- ty seemed to bo on top in Cuban politics toduy-as a result ot their: victories In thn partial elections held thruout the islands,, yesterday. Incomplete and unofficial returns Indicated they had elected candi dates as governors f six Cuban provinces and had wnntth race for muvor of Havana, the second most Important administrative post on. the Inland. Moreover, tho Liberals in rreaecd their numbers In tho lower house of congress so largely that the administration may lose Its majority, In flavana election' duy passed quietly, and, there are no reports from the provinces to indicate any disturbances. The successful candlato for mayor of Havana is Jose Maria de La Cuenta, a Liberal congressman, HIKE BACKUS I.V SPILL Chlcngo. Nov. tr-Alfredo Spels senk. the Belgian stx-duy bike race star, was taken to a hospital early itnri.'.v Miifferlnir from a nonslble frac ture of the skull sustained when he went down In a ' spill" which marked the furious riding caused by Willie Cemurn, of St. Louis, and Davo Lands, of New York, trylhg to regain a lost lap and ogain breast the lead ers In tho six-day race here. Ton bikes were smashed in the falls. , LIBERALS WON IN CUBAN ELECTION FUNDS. HAMPTOII BECK IIE11, M BE K CMII OF HUCIQIHHDI NATfQNAL GUARD I ' ' ' . ' Messages of Condolence Re ceived From Four Corners Of The Earth Today ONE FROM ITALY'S KING Funeral Will He Held In Old Fork Church, Whleh He Has Attended Hlneo Boyhood, And BtHly Ho" s Taken To Washington To Vih BurhHl By Nlilo Heeoml Wife Richmond. Va Nov. .Messages expt-esKlnc the unlver orrow flt thru the drath yestTCTlay of Thomas Nlson rigo. were pouring lnlo tho noted Virginian's boyhood homo from tho four corners of (he earth today, Many of the mesa were from prominent Yuen In tho diplo matic services of tint" only this coun try.- but practically every foreign country also. Among those worn a niveau ii from King Victor ICmman uU uf Italy. A message of condolence to the relatives of the decuwsed was to cwiviul lust night, In which ho paid tribute, to the virtues of the, disting uished Virginian. From abroad camn rsblegrams representing piactloftlly ovory cam tul in iSmoiie, while from almost ev ery city, town una. minuet in Amer- l- fW. r ennreeslona of 1mrrW. U was an nValunehe of tributes, to ths March, 1921, when he resigned b nobln i lini actw, . tho , oulstandlng ' caum of buslnena reasons, achievement and the bj-llliant .. , lh Captain tiompllKhmnnts whlidi were the flora-1 liiant eharactortsilea "f Mr, 1'age's Bock commanded Company T, IJOlh varied and sucofsstul career. infant ey, 30th division. Thla coin- As those tiibiiu were pouring in 1tiy Wtts?a pHrt of the .i-oglment' rfhrbvted'ur'oaktln , by Col. B, W, Minor,' formerly homo -of a long Hue of distinguished ; of Ihirham, r. Ills record overseas is Virginians, awiililng thn hour of ltl0nn 0f which, any American oftlcer loniuvitl to me niiumi wi'i"!"' liurlul, I'll ner ill Tomorrow. The funeral will lake p'ore. tomor row morning i i i '" ""'iilh lh. .nlnndld record mado Iw Fork eluuvh, where Air. rage, was,; ; chrlsleneil and where It attended Captain . Hck In France. He was church snrvlces as a lad. After tho loved by every man under hi com impl funeral ssrvli'o in the llttlo raftn(li , His eomptmy was In the cnuruii, ine iMiuy w.ie -,i ,m AmIiIiuiiI, and forwarana to wasmng ton. The burial will mv at four o'clock tomorrow afternoon, Mr, Push's (iiial resting pluco will be b sldo that of his second wife, who tiled last your. Dignitaries of the Httite and nation will lake part tn the final tribute nt tho grave. I,-,,,,.. nil liilhllfl hlllllllllBN in Virginia wero at half mast today In honor of tho ueail - statesman-. " - state's first expression of tno ovoi wheimlng sorrow occasioned by the Ions of a noble non, Heath Very fimlilen. Mr. Pg died suddenly at 1:20 o'clock' yesterday afternoon wltllu WHlktiiir . with his sister-in-law. Mrs, ItnHewell i'lige, In 1hn garden of the ancestral Nome, ile was supervising the setlliu of shrubbery in Ihp gar den and hint stopped where several workmen were engaged. He stools to pick up a spaile that' lay upon tho ground and collapsed, Medical aid was handily summoned and u nurse responded, hut llfn was extinct when she arrived. Mr. Page's dealh was dun to acute cardiac dila tion. - ''"''. Uelutlves said Mr. Pago appsareo "... , ' ..," ,.., has iiiit.i.Me -- .-- ---- - h , -n aleadllv Immovlnii in health. lie camn to Virginia about a tannin cxnie to Virginia about a rannth ago and begun ilia reuovouon mo old home, to spend tti remalnd of. hls-llf among Ihu scenes of his chirdhood. Hluco that tlmn ho has been buHiiy engaged, dividing his time between preparation of his hank on his experienced' as a diplo mat, ami th work about th pluco. Although ho served as American ambiuvm'lor at Itmno six years, Mr. Page us 'bent linown for his lit erary work, which had madn a name for ft 1 fix at home, and abroad before President Wilson at the beginning of his administration united him to enter the diplomatic service. II" was .appointed nmbNusartor . to Italy In June 1013, and served in that rapacity until August 1(111). Ho wtt( bom aVu 23, 1853, in Hanover County. A a vonth M r. Page at tented 'Washington and Le University. In 11874 th degree of bachelor of laws I whs conferred upon him by tho uni versity of Virginia. Hubsequently Ihp honorary degree of doctor of laws was conferred on him by Wash ington and Lee, Tulane University and William and Mary College, and the degree of doctor of literature by Yale, Harvard and Washington and Lee. Mr, Pago was twloo married In 1888 to Miss Anne rloddon Bruce, who died in 1888, and in 1HD3 to Mil, Klorenon Lathrop Field, widow of Henry Field, of Chicago, whose death occurred last year. Mr. Pago was author of a number of books on Hou thorn life, umong them "'Marse-Chan,Two Little Confederates," and Cordon Keith." In 112 ho produced 'Uuly and tho World Wsr," and two years later Wrote In Italian a "life of Thomas Jefferson." ' . i Until recently Mr. Page had heen making his home . in ashington, but he closed hla house there, ,4a- cently and move, to Illchmjond t do-Wiin. reiauvea. Mr.' Page's service as ambassador to Italy covered u critical period In American-European relations and moro than one of the important dlplomatlo notes passing between the Uriltefl States and tho Allied governments went through his hands. . GIANTS BIX PITCHER Bloomlngton. Ills., Nov. 2 Guy Morrison, premier twirlor of tho Threo-P League, has been sold to the New York Giants, according to an announcement today by President Ooelzer, of the Fans Association. The purl-has price wag not announced. Succeeds Captain Ben Gray, Who Tendered His Resigna tion Some Time Ago ADJ. GEN. METTS IN CITY Newt'ommander Is One of Forsyth' War Heroes, Being" Captain of Co. V, HtOtlt Infantry, In Ttw Attack On Tho Illndeitburg Mne; Ho Orgnnlied lreieiil Conivany Captain Hampton 8. Bock was to-'.,', day enmmlssloned captain by Adju- . taut Ueneral J. Van U. Metts, of linlelgh, and was placed In com mand of Company 0-, 130th Infantry, the local National tlua'rd organisa tion, He succeeds Capt. Hen 8. Gray, who resinned soma time ago. Th adjutant, general while In tha city today stated that he felt very fo'rtunate In being able to scour Captain Beck to command the Win-ston-Sulein company, -Hla former military experience, particularly dur ing the world war, admirably fits him for the work for whlcly he has been commissioned.. . Captain Berk was the oiganlr.nr of the local ' company and served ns I'lnuniBimt-v tram- uiy s.- to should be Justly proud. Due to IiIh unlet, unassuming manner, the pub lic has never been fully gcquatntad (hick of the fight when tho memor able attack was madi on the Uln denburg dofutivrs near the close of the war, Adjulunt Cleneral Mods today an nounced ths resignation of Captain (Jiny, which haa been In his hands j for Btiniu days. Ho statod that Lieut. 'aul m, led.wel, who was torn poiarlly In comiiiuiul, it ml who hail reci'iilly been cnnunlssloned front tho riinka, felt that he was not sultlelaiilly experienced to lake tlm full respotittlbllltles of thifc organisa tion, so Captain Beck was prevailed upon to take the place. On a recent visit to tho city, the adjutant, general wa uucompnnlnd by t'ol, Don B, Heutl, comniandei' of the UOth Infantry roKluier Tho two oilicers at tlutt tlmu helff a con ference with Mayor James (1, Hanoi and a number of HURtiieM meit'of tho city relative to the future of tho or Miiiilz'iilen. Tho adjutunt general stated that he had. understood that tho buHlnnwi men of tho city and community were taking but llttlo in erest In tho company, so ho decided, ' v'1"1 l" city and talk the mattur over.. However, hn says ho h its found thut 'tho cummunlty at lurgn lo In terested In keeping tho organixatiun here so "that the young men of tho ' city and county may have an oppor tunity to secure military training und out-door exorcise that can be secured In no other way. It was after tho :ontrenc referred to that tho nd- Jiitunt, general decided to commission I upturn Buck to succeed captain dray, who had previously resigned; thn company then being without oummlsoioned captain. - Jt was horUy after his return from the world war that Captain Ileck organized the local company at , tha request of Adjutant General Metla, . it was one of tho first com panies formed in tho state, follow ing tho close of the war. . Tho present - lisotn infantry, on which the local company la a part, perpetuate tho oM lX0th.lnlani.ry of world war fame? This orgaiilxn- tlun wna formerly the old Third Nu tloiial Guard regiment of North Carolina Infantry, which with tho 119th infantry, or old second rrgl metft, formed tho UOth brigade of tho 30th division. This brigade, composed mostly of North Carolina, boys, was in tho thick of tho fight when tha attack was mado on tho Hiiidenl.urg line, - Adjutant General Metis atates that ' ho found on his recent visit to Wln-ston-Halum thai tha people feel that the local military, company is an as set to tho city and community. Tho leading business men, he says, have pledged their support to , Captain Peck in maintaining and strengthen ing the company and keeping It Up " t,o the standard set for such organ izations. The adjutant general left Winston Salem this afternoon for Charlotte, where there is much sentiment foe the organization tit a second com pany of the National Guard. Char lotte now has a live Infantry com pany and if another "no Is formed it will be either a conat artillery, engineer or field artillery company. There aro now (thirty-four units of the National Guard in tho state, rep resenting thirty counties. Tha strength Is about 2,400 enlisted men and officer's. - North Carolina Is one of eight states operating under the Fourth Corps area, with headquarter at Fort" McPherson, Ua. The other state are South" Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louis iana and Tennessee. In an emer gency tha National Ouard and regu lar army in- this corpa would unite,' forming One division of the regular army and two of the National Guard,
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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