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1 ( mm AMERICAN INVITED - TO JOIN AiEKICAN RED :GR0 WEATHER FORECAST Skill and warmer tonight and Satarday VOL; IB. NO. 293. DQHRG Itails of the President's Trip to London Are ffi CROSS ROLL CALL HINDENBURG IS With".North Carolina lagging behind in th Red Cross-Christmas Roll Call it behooves us to make desperate ef fort to bring our own local territory into line of high percentage. The re port that come in from the state at ' large are Hot encouraging for a full membership by any means and the or ganisation is feeling considerable dis appointment over the returns so far. In Rowan we are doing propor tionately well. The workers are re porting progres sand new forces are getting to work each day, so that we may expect quite a nice report . for Saturday and Monday provided we do that which we give promise of do ing, and the results come up to the promises of the moment. "? The Spencer shop menare going to take a turn tomorrow and the shop committees will give the day to the Roll Call "vansass. These shop men always do WelL Anything they under take goes with est and energy and ithe- result of their Saturday's efforts will.no doubt send Ike Roll CaH for . ward very materially. Chief Mechanic iMdBride held a conference with the committees on Thursday and the de cision, was made to give Saturday to the canvass. The men in the big rail way shops may join any 'chapter they choose and be enrolled where best' sited to them. N The Christmas Red Cross Roll Call passed the thousand mark yesterday vd the total number of tiw mem" ., bar so date, b ICIkEtmj .effort Js being 'made to enroll 5,000 new mem bers by Monday night and with only a few of the branches heard from there 14 v4v.ery reason to believe that the y 6- will be pass&l by the time the call has closed. East Spencer reported 31 new members yesterday and they are1 still working. The Spencer shops are preparing to answer the roll call big and strong. The cityvnas not been covered as yet and with all the pros pects in eight it is predicted that an avalanche of new members will be rotting hi on the closing days of the calU The. west .-ward is going good and the committee tt this ward is ex pecting to enroll over 1,000 new mem bers. The other wards are beginning to show splenMkl ' results wtth the teritory a yet only partially cov- The following is the report to date: West Ward: . Miss Sadie Klutts, Capt 460 Southward: .. Mi. W- A. Goodman, Capt 201 East Ward: Mrs. Smith Eoushee, Capt 153 1 - North Ward: , n ino ""S&Irs. Pritchard Carlton, Capt 108 Total to date Total from ranches to date .922 .336 Grand total to date 1,258 tU - - 4ph.ll Roll Oil workers will be active tomorrow The canvass will continue with renewed, energies and in addi tion . ! to the ealwassing committee there will, be booths located at im portant places for the taking of ans wer to the Roil CalL Answer Here with . big II and hearty good will before Saturday night. The cam paign continues through Monday, but ft ought to be pretty well closed up tnen . . . rwM.Ae .t rrMrv hm him worker! 4p the field. The negro chapter of the lid cross nas none uw ";s ftperiod of Red Cross war activi M&land will answer well , this call. Several team are oat ca": vaas and their report will help to swell the general result very mserij. kn. 1. T: Bailey; of Wjoodleaf , w3s here today in the interest of the Red Cross oft CalL Mrs. Bailey is the vice-chairman of her chapter, aftd U the acting chairman, and has named Miss Helen Bailey. to head the Roll. Call eowmitteok Th' shopV wmunittee" of the Red Croaa Roll Call canvas of the Spencer shop Is made p as foHows: .Machinists W. E. Shuping. - . Eectrkiaaa M. It Mask boitertnakera Wm. Wda. , Painters A. C Iddings. ,1 Clerks C. L. Burton. Blacksmitns--w. r. uauow. : Kwt Umtml Workers G. L. Wal- lace. .::. - ? -" , :'; ' '' . - Te - Ketchie ana S. C. Colored MenJaiiHa Clement and J, U CadlweU. . . ; , Mr. J S. Stttrad. of Cooleemee, was here todsy and -"went home loaded down with Red Cross Roll Call litera ture nd blanks. The Cooleemee branch is actively connected with -the Salisbury chapter and will add a good many new names during the Boll Call. n W I The Field Marshal Advises -Oer- man Government That He Pro poses to Establish New Line. THIS TAKEN TO MEAN A NEW REVOLUTION IS ON Correspondent to Newspaper Says Berlin Government is Power 4 less to Resist. Paris, Dee. 20. Field Marshal Hin denburg has telegraphed the Berlin government of his intention to estab lish a new line six miles behind the neutral zone line wihich was fixed by the Tecent armistice, according to a dispatch from Zurich. The dispatch says that the government has asked for an explanation but has not yet received a reply. It is also announced that two regiments of the active army will be sent to Prankfort-on-the-Main at an early date. The correspondent quoted points out that Major General Scheucn, the former Prussian -war minister, Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General iLequid (probably Lieutenant General Lecuis former governor of Metx) who is in command of the active troops in Berlin, are behind a counter revolu tionary movement.- The correspondent says that the existing government is incepable of preventing a realization of wi scheme. People Need Organised .; London, ec. "20.-tA: '"Peoples Need" has been organised In Berlin, says a Central Newt dispatch from Copenhagen. The committee thus named includes Prince Maximilian, the' former premier of the imperial government, Hugo. Haas, the inde pendent socialist, Count von Bern storff, the former ambassador to the United States, and Matthias Ezreberg, the leader of the Centralist. 4w S S PAN-GERMANS AND THEIR COMPLETE UNDOING Berlin Paper Comments on Suicidal Sortie Against British Grand Fleet iBy German Navy. ' ' Amsterdam, , Dec. 80. The attempt of officers of the German high seas fleet to make a suicidal sortie against the British grand fleet before the arm istice was signed is characterized by the Berlin Vorwaerts , as "the last devilish crime against the German .people that sealed the doom of the pan-iGermans." Refusal of the ssilors tn frr nut nrf Aoh. la Mrardad Ss the I first step toward the German revolu tion. This mutiny to described by tne Vorwaerts as "an act of self-defense by 80,000 men against the villainous pan-Cenman plan. "To understand the position," con tinues the newspaper, "it ia necessary to go back to the feverish propaganda by the pen-Germans at the end of Oc tober for a so-called national fight of despair. Ty save their necks they conceived the idea of baiting the peo ple into a forlorn hopes whk$ could only end in complete extermination. The death of the doomed 80 000 did not concern these maniacs of whose reckonings human blood never count-, ed; Their notion of military honor was that the whole people should suffer themselves to be butchered rather then undergo the shame of defeat. "With heir minda steeped in the worship of might they had no inkling of the revolutionary currents among th men. Thev still imagined that iron discipline was paramount Their fiendish plan, was to send out the ships to be sacrificed to the last ship. The news spread like wfldfiflre. " 'At the last stage of the war-are w. all tA h killed?' thev asked. "The officers harangued, cajoled, In vain. Three times the order was given. It was a difficult posif on for men with no backing but their Reeling of solidarity. A thousand were im prisoned , at , Wilhelmahtayen. The choice between freedom and imprison- mmt warn not difficult. It WSS revolu tion. It was the irony of fate that the naiuGtrmans. with what was to be their last desperate blow, should themselves have started the conflagra tion. It was this last, devilish crime against the German peopla tnai seal ed their doom," . , '. ,r Greeks Accuse Bulgara of Starving Prisoners. ' ; T - ' Saonlca, Deo. 17 The Bulgarians continued to mistreat Greeks and Ser bians who were taken to Bulgaria dur ing the- war, according to inf romation reaching the' semi-official Athena new agency. ! They ' compelled the Greeks and Serbs to pay their fares on trains,- although they took all their money from them before putting them on, the reports said. It declared also that trainloada of Greeks werexleft standing days without food. . ( , - o IV Jf f J I BEHIND REVOLUTION H1EK1DER RELIEF URGED FOR FAMISHED EUROPE i President Wilson Insists the Need Is Imperative and Will Help Stem the Tide of Disconent in the Trail or Bolshevik! Movement. Paris,bec. 20. Plans for extending relief to famished Europe which ; President Wilson regards irds as a most I imanediatey pressing question needing settlement are rapidly maturing In every way to .secure full co-operation by the allies.' . The President some time a to indi cated in a speech that something be done promptly to liberate the neutra! regions suffering Severely from the war. He has now supplemented this by making this known to the allien, that he regards the relief measures as of extreme importance both for the stricken population and as a means of holding back the waves of discontent and resentment sweeping in the traii of the Bolsheviki movement. wss Well Known Citizen of Concord Who Married Rowan Lady Died Saddeady at Home of His Brother on Thurs day ""wai Late. f & Special U th Post) Concoa.., uai. stf. Moss U Brown died suddenly at the home of his brother, George W. iBrown Thursday afternoon about 5 o'clock, death com ing without a word of warning. Mr. Brown and his brother were having some nogs killed and hewas over in 'ral was 69 years of age and leaves two brothers and a wife and several chil dren. The funeral services are not arranged, and will not be until the youngest son in camp is .heard from. Mr. Brown wan well known in Salia- . MOSEBROHAD AT CONCORD HOME bury. He married Miss Fannie Smith, , sister of the laje Fletcher F. Smith, j He was a prominent citizen of Corfu cord all his life, having been born on , the place where his death occurred ! yesterdav. He was prominent in busi-'The ness and head of the livery firm of M. L. Brown Brothers, long an estab lished institution of Concord. W S S PADRE'S NOVEL CAMP NOTICE FILLED TEWS" Clergyman Invited Tommies to Meet! Him, and They Did. London, Dec. 19. The war has taught a lesson to the clergyman as i well as to the layman and prists and parsons who donned khaki and went "over there" to tend their flock have learned how to influence men. One padre, for instance, found it was no use exhorting them to "come and pary"; so instead, he stuck a not ire outside his door saying: "Come in and risk meeting the padre," and they came. Padres frequently were seen wan dering around the camps with a Bible in one hand and a box ox cigarettes in the other, f&r they learned that Tommy in his extremity asked, not for prayers, but for a smoke and com panionship. Armed with the neces arv "amoka" it herama miv to civa Tnmmv the ri?ht kind at pom nan ion- shin. Hundreds of men who, before the war, had no good work to speak for clergymen are now enthusiastic in their praise of the padres, whom they realize to be men like themselves men with a sense of humor, of pa triotism and of courage. When they all get back home the bond between clergymen and laymen will be strentghened by the memory of ten padre who so often succeeded in getting his men on the right track. . W S S-r- ,a Charleton Baleatiae Home. Among the University boys at home to spend Christmas holidays, is Charienton Balentine. , , W S S- AlessrV Claude Ramsay- and Ralph Johnatou re home from the Uni versity to spend the holidays. , i . ' W O if Vf. n,..!. rmnuHl rrYmA ' thia morning from Randolph-Macon acad - emy for tne holidays. w a Chief of Polic J. M. Steele is out after several weeks confinement to his borne with a esse of influenza. . i W S 8 The Public Service Company today unloaded a new one-man 'Street car n hmnHmi nn ita linM helameu Sal isbury and . Spencer. It is patterned after the one-man can now in service on th Salisbury lines, OF T)lE ASSOCIATED PRESS SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, DEC. BEAD RUSSIAN SITUATION CAUSING COMMENT ALLIES MAY TAKE A NEW ADVENTURE (By-Associated Press.) London, Dec. 20. rThe, London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian suggests that President Wilson's sudden der.prminflr.imi t.n PiSmp tn Eno-lnnd was dllfi to a j . . Av . n'i.' i. uesire iu cunsun me onusn Russian situation, before the ence. . The correspondent points to the presence in London of formerPremier Kerensky and Paul Milukoff, former Rus sian foreign minister and leader of the constitutional democrats. He also called attention to the statement made on Wed nesday by Viscount Milner, secretary for war on the sit uation which he said was t"eviflently Jntended for prepar ing the public mind for the events that are to come." . "Rumors of an advance policy against Russia are grow ing daily," the correspondent-declares," and feeling is not only in labor but in commercial circles have been very in tent over the "next adventure" in Russia. The impetus of the allied movement is thought to come from both London and Parisjnd the; share which America is to take in any big attempt to overcome the Bolshevikis and re-establish Russia, if such is undertaken, will be a large share. ... , i , " j - Washington, Dec. 20. An appeal fof protection against the Bolsheviks has been received by the State Department today from the Lettish government to the American le gation at Stockholm. The Letts represent that the Geiv man troons left to maintain order by the terms of the arm- are leaving the country viks. Plans Tor the Peaee Convention Are Not Progressing As Rspldly As American Delegates Would Like. . , Paris, Dec. lWDefinite plans for the neace conference are.net shapingj as rapidly as some of the Amerisans commissioners xpected. Meanwhile President Wilson Is taking advantage of opportunity to assess public opin ion n Francs, and incidentally in Great Britain. His advisers say that he is entirely satisfied that thesa peo ples are largely in accord with the principles he hai announced as nec essary to durable peace. The members of the American mission are employing their time be fore the peace delates from the vari ous countries actually assembled, in a serious informal conference, which eventtaally will include -a representa tive of wh of ths entente belliger ents. Neutral states will not come in to these discussions. , The feelinir among all the entente conferees is that the making of peace should be their first tack, so that they miv determine upon the broad out- lines of a league of nations which, lat er, representatives , of neutral coun tries will assist in completing. While the American commission ers sre holding tkese informal ex changes, which are designed to clear Sp divergencies of opinion, tha Presi ent is constantly giving th closest attention to immediate problems. He Is receiving reports from the United States, from "American diplomatic r ?ncies throughout ' the world and from tho- group of investigators brought hero for the purpose of study ing the many special problems which will arise. These Investigators are continuing their studies with the ad vantage now being on the ground and in Intimato contact with original sources of information. ' , , - . ' The President may change the pro gram of his movements white await me the ODeninz of the conference. It. ! was not BUBDOSed until todsv that 'he wnld visit England before next var. uut he has received argent in- vUations to "me soon. W S , Lodge Talks On His Motion. (By the Associated Press) Washington, Dec 20-Senator Lodge of Maaaachusetf In an address to the Senate today advocated post- sonement of the formation or a i Jeaoge of nations until after the peace conference. - He said the question j should be considered separately. PEACE W IE GENEH BIDOLE NOT MAKING FAST! ' ON RED CROSS 20, 1918L i l i: guveniiiieuu reguruxug me preliminary peace confer- to the mercy of the Bolshe- American Officer Says Ho Does Not Know What American Army Would Have Done In Europe Without Had Cross. ". London Dec. 20. General John Biddle, commander Of the American rmy in Great Britain, speaking j cently of the Christmas Roll Call re- Call of the American Red Cross, said that everyone was taking it for granted now that the 'Red Cross could provide any kind of aid in the shortest pos sible time. In a message to the war council he paid the following tribute to the organisation: "I really do not know what the American army would have done in England without the American Red Cross. Everywhere the Red Cross is giving the eest that can be given or esked for. Our men are being cared for as well as they can be and are helped by the Red Cross in every wsy. The large hospitals in . London at Paimton and Salisbury and the one at Mossley Hill, Liverpool, are some of the Isrgest gifts.. At all our camps throughout theBritish Isles it has given us many things which we either could not get from the government, or could not get without much delsy. "This work has been so well done that nowadays every one applies first to tve Red Cross whenever they want anything very ' particularly or very quickly. , It seems to me that every Vims I leave London to go anywhere I see something new that the Red Cross baa been doing. In the Otranto disaster the first thing we did was to go to the Red Cross for materials and supplies of various kinds, and when we sent a boat to look after survivors on the bleak islsnd.of Islay many pro visions for the expedition came from the Red Ctoss. When we sent a Urge number of men to northern Russia a short time ago, the Red Cross sent I d?n't know now many hundred- tons of supplies. - ,j "We in the army all feel n gratitude to the Red Cross which it is hard for me to express in words. Without the Red Cross it would be impossible to Kava riven the eamna the comforts. conveniences end happiness they have received m Enrlsnd. You have our hearty thanks fpr all you've one, are doing, and intend doing as lomr as there is ah American soldier in Eng-Und.-.- . ,-7. . v Miss Annel Bostisn is ssit;ng the clerks in the Salisbury postoffice dur ing the rush incident to Christmas, nd IBerni Kesler Is helping the regu lar carrier force dispose of packages. tfft T!B7 ONE EDITION iTvpS)lL I 2 CENTS 9 '' 1559 ' ' v - ' Being E Long Awaited Report of the De partment o Justice Oiveb to Publio by Order of President, FACTS DO NOT JUSTIFY ANY CRIMINAL LAW SUITS If $61,000,000 Cost is Reasonable Matter ShOiild Be Dropped, Otherwise Gov. Reimbursed. Washington,' ,. Dec. 20.- The long awaited report of the department of justice on the government's great Hog island Ship building project was made public at the White .House today on wirelea abstractions from President Wilson and says a searching Investi gation disclosed no criminal liabilities but recommends that a board of arbi tration determine what part if any of the more than $00,000,000,000 which the plant cost was in excess of reason able necessity and should be demanded of the contractors by the government In brief the lnvesigators reports That the facts do not Justify crim inal process and no fraud of profits a been established. That the probable cost of the plant will be about ,161,000,000 (including $6,000,000 for additions by order of the emergency fleet corporation) com pared with an original estimate of $21,000,000 and a revised estimate of $27.000,000,, That no.cleal explntkm'Of this discrepancy has been forthcoming. Ths t prior to February l last a condition existed at Hog Island which "spciflcally St least would impress any one es an 'organized riot, tangled That ths contractor or agents of the American International Corporation in substance had taken the position that since this was a war Job the cost was of minor importance.' ' That the question of reasonableness of expenditures should be-referred to a board of arbitration provided for in the contract, proceedings to be closed if the board finds - the expenditures ressonably necessary or otherwise payments of. excess to be demanded by the governmen g , EXECUTED FOR A Napoleon Spencer, Winston-Salem Negro Electrocuted at State Peni tentiary - This Morning Protested Innocence to the Very Last. - (By Associated Press.) Raleigh, Dec' 20. iNapoleon Speii car, a 17-year-old negro, of Winston Salem, was put to death in the state penitentiary .here this morning for the killing of Mrs. Harvey Hester, a white woman, March 1. Spencer died protesting his Innocence to the very fast. He was tried in Surry county and his case went to the Supreme court. Governor Bickett refused to Interfere with the courts and his execution fol lowed. . ; ' , , iMrs. Hester and h husband were killed at their home near Winston-Salem last Spring and Spencer waa ar rested onsrged with ths double kill ing. The evidence against him Was circumstantial but so conclusive and well connected that little doubt of his oruilt was felt. ' . . a w s S - fSneclal to the Post.) Hickory. Oec. 20-Mre. Matt W. Ransom .the widow if the late United States Senator, Matt W. Ransom, died at her apartment at the Hotel Huffry last night at 11:20 o'clock, death being due to pneumonia. - Mrs. Ransom was 88 years of age and is survived by.flvi sons and one dsneiter. Ths remain will be taken to Verona, Southavton - county, . for burial in the old home plot, where the distinguished husband and other menr ber of the family are buried. , .- Mrs. Ransom had made her home here for several years. She had a summer Itome at Blowing iRock where she spent much of her time. She was well anow to the older people of the state, for her distina-ubned husband, who was long United States senstor and minister to Mexico, wss one of the most honored and valuable citi zens North- Carolina ever had THE HOG ISLAND PROB MADE PUBLIC DOUBLE MURDER MRS. RANSOM DEAD FROM PNEUMONIA r- - PRICE TWO CENTS Worked KM PRESIDENT WILSON i TO VISIT L0T4D0N Plans Are Now , Being Worked Out to Take Care of His Speo- - la! Visit to England. WILL TAKE CHRISTMAS DINNER WITH SOLDIERS After That He Will Leave im- mediately fo; the English Cap- ' ital tor Conference. . ' (By the Associated Press) Faris, 1 Dec. 20. The details of President Wilson's trip to England are bains- worked out bv the Kraal- dent. Colonel House, Captain.PerdieQ, the high commission of the United States and members of the American ; official stiff to the peace conference. ine rresident wiu sun lor London 7 immediately after he has takan ., Christmas dinner with the soldiers in the field, as previously planned. He1 will return to Paris directly after th vlait to England and will be back in trance by January 4th, two days pV1 or to the first meeting of the neace conference on the 6th. I WILSON TO VISIT ' ' ENGLAND'S :) KLVfi Olflciat Announcement Has Been1' , MmAm Tka k Im.M Will Vi.U 1 - miv ...-VI1, . ... J M. x J tvonaoa. Mil 1 probably be the guest of the kin ? - 1 at Buckingham . palace ; during ,: his , , visit to England. This official n nouncemetpt was made tonight. i , - f London, Dee.' .-Thert Is vadiM gudaed confusion in American cen- ' , tera here as the result of the change ' in Presideht Wilson's nUns resrardin.? his coming to London, and the most ' 1 uuwujr ' 1 inunnni in auiuunr , waiting an official notice of the Presi- - dent's early coming, which was not to be had up to noon today, y , " if . ; , With nothing - more definite ' than ., the British official announcement of last night to work upon,' the navll v 'representatiives are making endeavors to reach Amercan naval . headquar- - ten in Jaris to learn what they tan -concerning the President's trip. In the abssnce of such notification, , it is recalled that the President is re- , ported to have ceased to- eonslder . himself an official guest 'of France':'.!; when the official reception ceremonies , ' " ended. -; ' ' , . It was suggested in 'American cen- . . ters todsy that the iPresident might come to England in a French or Brit- ' , ish vessel, although there is 'nothing ' available at the Britiah admiralty to . show that such plans are contain-.1 plated. ( All of the American battleship -that ware in European waters have t ssiled for home, but there are plenty of 'American destroyers for the escort v ' of any vessels bearing, the President. , ' The reception of the President, in '."K London will not be, participated in by " ' the American army to any extent, ac- , cording to indications. ' . - f - President to Visit Pershing Christmas ; v Paris, Dec. 19.tPreaident Wilson's t present Christmss plans contemplate 1 ' his departure from 'Paris on Christ- J mas eve for Chaumont, t American A. headquarters, on General Pershing's special train. On Christmas morning he will go by automobile to a nearby ; r , . rest camp and dine-with the troops . returning to (Paris the aame might. American. Ambasador Shanp, as '. , dean of the diplomatic corps, has ar ranged to present all the ambassa- i t dors and ministers accredited to the s, French government, to President Wil son on Friday at the Marat palace. , - -w s s - : : INTERNATIONAL AIR MEETING. : Britiah Air Board Drafts Articles fo . a Cenveatioa Which Will Be Sua v mltted to the Allies. - t - 1 . (By the Associated Press) . London. Dec. 20. The British air board had drafted articles for an in-- . temational air convention which will be aubmitted to the allies, it is an- -' nounced by Lord Weir, secretatry of state lor air forces. Ths draft ia ac companied with . suggestions that an international air conference be Co a- . vened. ; . , , . W 8 S ' ' : ; ! CINNINCS OF COTTON Number of Bales Cinned ia the South '- Prior to the ISth of December. -. (By the Associated Press) Waihinvtnn -Dao 9.UZnktctn tin ned prior to December 13th was 10,- . 25Z.402 - running bales, meiua.n? 1SQY7i imind halea. 12.733 bal!S of American Esryptian and 33500 of E? Island cotton. Ths ginninirs by state sJiowe iSo North Carolina 715.P43 islos s-1 South Carolina 1,3:3,:. 7 balos. ,
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