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) A. t mm-: ISSUED WEEKLY.- PRINCIPLES, NO T MEN .v- $L50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE volume xxxxm. ' Aahebore, North Carolina, Thursday, May 9, H18." ' NUMBER 19 MIKE CO SEVMr HEWS ; EVERYBODY BUSY j COMPANY K MAKES SPLENDID ' RECORD A CAMP SEVIER TO BErENLARG--rD; FINAL PUBLIC PARADE OF " 120TH INFANTRY ON SUNDAY: c fr. MEN PHYSICALLY UNFIT FOR OVERSEAS DUTY TO BE LEFT iT; CA-SEVIia!i--yf-: - liV'P--Camp Sevier, Greenvijtei S. C., May J -.'; LDuringthe past week everybody at --f'iCamp' Sevier h&a been' busy and -as vp'i- usual Company Khas been doinif her : V ;":part of thework and carrying off her nare: oi-nonor3.ianemen. ol Uom . v ;; pany K seem in excellent condition, T -s-:,1 and .they are everyone real soldiers. a .They are now fully equipped with sud- 7 " plies for overseas service and are en - thusiasuc over, the prospect of going to France before great while. They , i, are still taking aU Irfnda' of training. - All of them have gaTmasks and have been. having instructions. ; The masks are made to fltrtightvefthe face, .. "v. clamps fit the nose and prevent breath ' '' in" through, nostrils and the mouth is VDlaced over a tube which is about " 1 eighteen inches long and goes into a - 'xhemicat, case -through, which the air . v passes and is purified.. The men are 7,,-" taught to adjust their gas masks In - jsix seoonda. when notified : of a - gas ' attack. The men of - Co. K were taken , into -a gas room last week and given . ' . i some real as experience " with - and without 'their masks. For -some time they; had. been instructed . in grenade practicei Clyde1 FTazier.had a slight 1 accident last week caused by one of the sew men-beinjr too near him and s. hitting him in the back of the head? 1 he was tunned but was soon alright and hack with the Company, - - Van Cranford, who underwent an - operation for appendicitis about two months ago, was, with, the company Saturday looking , to bp. in splendid heAlth. Moss SDOon who had nneu- , monia some time agofis slowly im - nrovinsr but has not been released from the, hospital. The noys nave tne very beet attention. On Sunday after noon while in one of the lieutenant's tents, my attention was called to so many boys passing, in inquiry I found .. (the 120tk infantry had been instructed - t three hundred and fifty pounds of salts were: measured Out OTd. given to the - three thousand men. Each carried hi3 Snesa cup and. had- to take "his dese" in the presence of the physicians at - " jxm ai visional jnnrinary. , r iantry passed in tinaf publicr parade ,'."v before Col, Minor andis staff. r The !-rf. regimental band was the) first to pro ceed to the drill grounds after which 'CoL Jklinor and his .staff who were mounted, came and 'took their posts in ' ' front of the reviewinik stand. The . third battalion followed Which was -.I, lead by Major -WadeFhillips.'of Lex - "v. r inarton.-then the second and first bat- - taliona. makhur in all about three V thousand men. - It was a' -splendid j.-, sicht. The men resnonded to the or - "ers as one man andhowed excel - lent training. After aa were in posi tion the band paraded in front of the PS".' reviewing stand and then lead off the i t."--. different battalions- each marching y - back to their places'JH J20th division. k t, Our . men . are happy and patriotic r -v ttf'the core, when a civilian appears -1 (in the draft age) on regimental street " T' he Is greeted with all krada of encour- aging patnouc wore rz, ', 'v-;.- ?' ' t SA-wAnt Fran Steed's happy dia' . position came near .being ruffled last " weels wl-.en he was assigned'tp com- mand IDS new melt who v. had - been ' J tmnof erred tn Camn Sevier.- Officers ' . mesa hall haa been desed and our of - , ficera are eating at Col K's mess halL V r' Mesa Sergeant Irv Bikrow with Reid " Hannah, Eugene ChishMm and all of -' the cooks do not fail -to look out for ' ! the members of Co. K and . their friflnHn.- 'fieveirar -Randolnh -neonle ' '. have been visiting their relatives and : friends and all of the Doya are oe w lighted to aee any .one from, home. ' Advance parties from he thirtieth dl vision have for somertime - been', on o i : their way to "fresh fiejda and pastures -iieWiM ..iThere is a Strong patriotic ' in a In Anr! aronhd Greenville. One ' - - of the ministers recently, preached a - sermon to the boys of Camp Bevier on the subject of "Keep the Home Fire Burning," using for hia text: "Ihave -. fonirht a irood fisrht. I have finished f havii kptit the faith." " .The ambulance companies ;of (he 105th field hospital at camp .tsevier broke camp one day last .week and passed through the streeta of Green ville leaving for "a three day practice hike. ' Heavy . marcoing couiuiueui. was the order and,, with- ambulancea equipped and wagons loaded with food, the companiea began their forty mile bike. Ihta was tne second long ir tice march for thesaVyen and they rnn.Mn-themselves in'thebest con dition for long marching and ready for the march which wiiuuuce mem row No Man's Land,"; A provisional battalion of aoihe 800 men who are phyically unfit for oyer .. trrvira has been formed and Will rmnin at camp up"n the dTartuw it other troopa lor trance, ine un f.tn have been taken from'Oll the t 'i fli-Hignated for overseas work mi will continue tbeir training aa ; !. It ia very likely tht thy will I t. , n(.( for utility work to be ne ia t r ; ;unt.ion for inroming troops. v no thnn three thousand sturdy H'i;,"rn of the infantry, form- i'y V.iis lir't L' i'i'h Carolina rrgl . , r.,-ir 1 in a ( nal rvi'-w on thn.ir I , ,ouvA I y aftfoon. fcv . - ... v ; v i f trer (''""H LIE ON BATTLE FRONT THE ALLIES ARE " HOLDING THEIR OWN "-' AND GETTING STRONGER ALL THE TIME; SE RIOUS INTERNAL TROUBLE IN AUSTRIA. Then haa been nothing, of any great importance taken place on the western battle-front for. the past few days. There haa been a lull in the fighting, with occasional trench raids and ar tillery duels. The Germans .have been using a different sort of gas in their recent' gas attacks from what they have been-previously using. -It "seems thatthe effect of it is very distracting, but possibly not so deadly as some of the forms previously used. It hris a very peculiar errect, causing the per son -who breathes it to cough, sneeze and vomit until he is overcome. . Ail enemy attacks on the American sectors have been successfully repuls ed, and many Germans killed and cap tured. Reports Btate that the Ameri cana have entered and are . holding long stretches of enemy trenches in the Toul Bector. .The spirit of the American soldier is good. They have received rather nattering commenda- tion from the French ofiieer who train.,Tmuch & Wlth " carrying; on of a ed them and who in speaking of them said that they were anxious to get at the Germans, to do their duty and to end the war as soon as possible. It seem, that German hatred tir,x concentrated on the .American rather than the English soldier. 1 has been their policy in the past to minimize the entrance of the United States into 'Jlthe war; but from all recent indica Jlfions they have begun to regard the matter much more seriously. So se rious and important do they regard it that military authoi-jties say that the enemies! greatest drive will be launch edtbefore the great bulk of the Amer ican fighting force reaches France. They are beginning to realize that the people bf the United States are united and in dead earnest, and that they are Lwilling to and intend to stake every- I tMna- UDon the outcome of this war. Practically everybody is agreed that the next six months will be the period that will include the turning point of the warw If the Allies are as strong at the end of the summer as they are now the dinner that the Kaiser has had prepared in Paris for so long will be served to him in the open air on the Island of St, Helena; or better still on the banks of the river Stix. In either . .... ... peme occasion pi a i.amiiy reumon. If it were left to us to choose the place where the reunion should be staged we would select the latter place and on the bank opposite from the, one that we are now occupying, The present morale of the German people is not so good. It seems that those who are high up in authority have promised tile people that they would reach the channel ports before this drive is ended, and from all pres ent mdications they are not going to be able to make good that promise. The effect of a failure would be very deadly upon the German people, The internal condition of Austria is very critical. It is rumored that there is a movement on foot among the peo ple to dethrone the present emperor. The Austrians as well aathe Germans, are trying to win some decisive vic tory. Of course the main idea is to boost the spinf of the people. From all indications they will in the early future make .a determined drive for Venice. Basing our opinion upon the best information that wa can secure from the Dress we feel that we can safelv say to our people that the Allies arc in better condition now than they have been since the first' days of the big drive on the western fronts They have materially strengthened - their ' lines, regained much of the ground that they bad prriouely lost " and are being strongly xenforced yaU the time. ' ' : J ' nil i ii n ! ' ' ' - All Records Smashed in Ship Con -ri T struction if .. ' -v. All records for rapid construction of a ship were broken Monday when the 5,698 ton steel-collier Tuckahoe was launched at. the yard of the New York Shipbuilding corporation in Camden, .r w rwn.- 1 1 - M i . 1 xm 4l. ine eei 01 wug .wunuer imp was laid on April 8 and only 27 Work ing days were required to prepare the bull lor launching: - The boat was m per cent complete when it slid into the waters of the Delaware and in IS days more it will take its place in the com merce of the world, complete . and ready for a cargo,. , ,. ... Spectators saw these units just as they will go Into cattle, every soldier Keep ing quick step to the tune of the crack regimental band. - , f . - ' This retrlmeot blazed the first mill' tary trails of Camp Sevier last sum mer, ana nas oeen uiuneu m uis nr ness and subjections of military life and by compression and hard .work have developed into' fife: .soldiers ' in every particular. " r- ' Plans are' now tindor, way for the expansion of Camp Sevier to accom modate at least fiftythousand troops by next fall. . Surveys have been made for the enlargement of the camp, r AC' cording to announcement, a major por tion of the Camp Jackson division, commanded by Major Gmeral C. J. Bailey and his staff, will be - trans ferred to Camp Sevier as soon as the camp Is made ready. ; The camp Is bsutifully ituatd and since the macadam road has bm com pletcd one can jro out j Cmp (n about twenty minutps The on" aim of the m"n In to whip Om""-y t" 1 1 in f';.' : I ' tnstancene ner.nopes .tt it.wm!:; e,. ones:and commandieer UNPRETENTIOUS IDEAS IDA INGOLD Woman's War At the end of last - week's writing 1 touched on the thought that, this is humanity's war, and not a mere matching of military strength. I did not follow up this particular thought 1 because it meant the ODeninc of a dif- T 1 1 ' i. T . lereni suujeci wiuch i wisn uuw vu discuss. Writers! in the. periodicals of the day have made it very clear that the old military tactics of the past have been thrown into disuse by the com ing of new resources, new ideals, and new achivements, so that the "whole face of war has been changed." Modern Wisdom ; To use a slang phrase, we are "wise to" many things today- which have more enecuve wwunc -iw mowmvc, nations going to war once thought it necessary to build extensive forts, at great expense, whereas, now we Know that trencnea answer me purpose, m N1 nly riht 101(1 at a smaU . C0Sl- it ia iaterestinir to note in passing that our enemy had failed to gain this up-to-date idea, for Germany as well as Russia is fairly lumpy with forts which are of no use to its armies now, and represent great financial loss. But we are not sorry about this in the least Armies used to walk, covering long distances sometimes to reach the scene of hattle. Manv a battlS has been lost on account of the jaded condition of the troops. But, now, we nave tne newest method of transportation ac tually in use motor cars. Thus an army can be moved without fatigue; their strength reserved for the attack; their feelings exhilarated and ready to encounter anything. Again, it is gratifying to note tnat Germany, headed .for Jaris, walked an army for ten days, met the fresh motor-driven troops of Joffre and lost the battle of the Marne. Joffre was a hero because, he had he insight w see that rested troops wouJAfight befc J JWH LlHU-iCMGU 1IUVUO TVV1 ,n thouSanda o ,autos and motor busses from the streets, he moved his army to the front without fatigue. What would a few thousand motor cars have meant to Germany in that crisis? We do not like to think of what it would have meant to us. Russia has mud roads the worst in the world. Russian soldiers for the most Dart have to walk. You know the history of Russia in this war. But our hearts go out to Kussia, mat emo tional, warm-blooded, leaderless peo jle, whose class differences are cruel, out, yet, whose patriotism is unsui- passed. Weak Preparedness We once thought that a nation's fit ness for war was determined by its armies and military equipment. But not that is all changed. At the begin-nine- of this war Russia had the larg et st anding army tiie world has ever seen a million and a half of men, with a reserve which was even larger. She also had the arm's and equipment for this army. " Russians thought that their army was invincible. Even GeH many feared this colossal "Russian steam roller." - Russia was ready, she thought, for war. We know the result of her stand against Germany. - She has. lost, almost, every ' battle. . Her preparedness crumbled to dust it was Surely military,. Now, it is very evi ent that military., preparations are necessary, but they must be backed ud bv onranization and unity, and the 4 intelligent use, 01 resources ana com - The' resources, the industries, and other peaceful -assets -constitute. at least one-half a country's fitness for war. - Not the least of these being its trained men and women, and the capability of the nation, through these, ' . .... . 1 . . IT , its citizens, lor seu-rcuunrr, ana uni' fled and Durnoseful action.' - .- i think we all have f elf from' the beginning -of this war that it was not altogether -. our soldiers, and our ca oacity for a larre output of munitions ships,' or other , war -equipment i that were sroina' to count for victory. We have felt that every industry, every enterprise, every commodity, and ev ery individual had a part to perform in the hurling of the great weight that ahould crush autocracy, .. , -; The Latent Half ? Just "now the . women over sixteen In Indiana are bc!n, registered for war work. This will do done in every atate in the union. ' It means -that woman, long-neglectcd,1s to be invit ed, even implored to fight m this war. America is. convinced mat she has an undeveloped eouree of strength in her women, ihia decision on the part 01 our government haa been helped by the wonderful example" set by women in me countries associated with Va in the war,- England has more than five million paid women worker. Seven thousand of them are working on mu nitions alone. Ten thousand are. on farm, and another tn thousand are working: in dninea. In France . two hundred thousand wometl are in th munitions factories; and the total of hr-r women workers behind the linea li f-i womrn to one man. It is found nt it tnl.'B thrrs womrn to do on .' '.;' when tlm work is of the 1 1 n.'.:;!.' -st a rrilnr' OF A! MERE WOMAN HASTEN man al job. - .1 A nuuon women in Germany have replaced ". men in the war industries alone,! ;-While nine million are filling positions usually held by men. The United (States has near eight million women workers, but the move ment caused by the war has hardly begunyet. The Women in England and -France Know what a German peace means, and they are doing ea gerly la work which equals that of their brothers and husbands at the front fs The tinte has come when the American woman will have her awak-ening-rer release her- opportunity. Those who need training shall have it if they desire, and those who are al ready trained shall have places to fill wherei'ni they can Serve their country hr"the"1best" way. - Many have been placed! already. : Some eight or ten young! business women r have gone from our own town, and their wages are very satisfactory,, they having re ceived in some cases Known to me, more than- they had asked for. "':t, How She11 Fiht iOurvdear old Uncle Sam is putting on -his telescopic glasses at last, and he is "going to look over that unrec ognized, and therefore unappreciated, half ;,of Jais -citizenship to see if she can help him out in his trouble. I arn thinking that he will find what he is looking for. And that she wont even say,v"f told you so!" but buckle on the armor nd eo to it. To battle? Oh. noi Russia's noble "Battalion of death1? made that experiment and found jout in a' most terrible manner that WOmcn can never go to the front to fight Jwith men. But she can light! And lust because she has been de spised -in her weakness, and Darned in her. attempts to reach out feelers from hes cramped patriotic soul, she can be more deadly in her fight than any army .'of men who ever made an at- taclu.'t;; rt WhaKghe Has Fought om:4oralI m8A?centuries kbas btfeh&ring-her ife away at the in- -remunerative end 01 me; the nome maker being the poorest paid worker in the worl." She has dreamed of the Joy of a career that would strengthen ler confidence and give her a bit of self-reliance, But she has hardly dar ed to dream for, when, in her vain imaginings, she felt herself climb inch bjHtach till she reached her end of the teeter board, and with her weight made it go down down bump! to the ground, she stifled a piping squeal, and ran back to her house-keeping with a renewed sense of duty. And love has kept her there. Her pay comes to her in the knowl edge that .she is doing her duty. Like the soldier that is her business. What about the part of the man with whom she is partner the large part of part nerin everything but the privileges which mean citizenship? Woman stands in exactly the same position - today' in America, that Ire land has found herself in, in England. England holds" out to Ireland in one hand Home Rule, and in 'the other conscription for the army. They are coming to Ireland at once so that the men of Ireland drafted into the army will not feel that they are fighting for something which they cannot have at home Freedom and self-reliance. Will our UnclO Sam ask us, the women, to help him win the war on the one hand, and give us enfranchisement on the other to even up inconsistencies ? Her Great Change " I do not' mind aaying frankly that I am not particularly wild-about vot ing. I am perfectly willing for things to take their course in regard to votes for women.- I, believe when woman is ready to vote' she will be given the ballot By that I do not mean that she has not- been worthy. But we must remember that woman has had, and is having a world of prejudice to overcome in ner bwn makeup as well as in the minds of her companions in lifev And so I am willing to wait; I believe the vote will be on time. On the other hand, if some of us had not gone crazy about it, perhaps it ahould not have been on time. It is always well known that in every great re form, we ewe a great debt to the fanatic. I- have aa idea that I shall like to vote, however, when once I feel the power in my unaccustomed hands. If I do noVlike it that ia not an in dication' that I should not vote. Woman Just plain woman with her weakness, which after all la weak ness only because of lack of use with ' her faltering business sense which is also faltering only because of lack of training will revolutionise this old world- of ours in the near future. She ia going-to "deliver her first big stroke, aa a sex, right now In this war. Some say our men will be changed when the war is over for the better. If that is true, and there is no ground to dispute it, woman will be unrecognizable. The one thing which will not change about woman Is her womanhood. It is too lofty for the deadening influences ' of war to reach, It will come through tn scathed. In fact the whols allied cense is too loftv--to unselfish to admit of a change lor the worse in either man or woman. ' " . -.. . Lnok at v.orr.nn whm a happy- end t f this war 1 "n reached and you MR. TAFT THINKS WAR WILL -LAST THREE YEARS LONGER Former President .Taft saidin Greensboro where he spoke last -Friday night that the people of America might as well face the fact that the war will "last three and perhaps five years longer and that supremacy in man power will be the deciding factor. " 21,014 Is State's Quota In Draft A gross quota of 21,104 men, white anil s1nTsfli IS sked of North Caro- lina in the second draft call for which the adjutant general last Friday, with instructions that entrainment should take place within a five-day period be ginning May 25th. High Point Nurse To Go To France Miss Ruth Wicker fine of the best Imntm irrorhiste nurses of Hi eh Point, left High Point last Thursday for Camp Merritt, N. J., for a snort course of training before leaving for iiVonra ther members- of the hospital unit organized by Major J. W. Long, of Greensboro. f W I. Underwood Dead . T. TTnderwood. editor and owner of the Greensboro Patriot for a number of years died at his home at TWTiarnnrillp eicht miles east ui Greensboro, last Saturday morning, following a long illness. Ralph Connor, Famous Writer, Visits Army vBiups Pnlnti Connor, who wrote the Doctor and other tales of the wilds is making a tour of the army camps of the Mintnr salrinE on natriotic sub jects. He is admirably fitted for this worki and his tour is meeting with much success. . ,.. Tho nnfert writer is in army ine Major Charles W. Gordon, for "Ralph Hnmini" is onlv a Den name, dui h. ia eaA Mninr Gordon is'as fine speaker as Ralph Connor is a writer German Hirelings Talking Peace In England TTmiosnrips nf the Kaiser, in dis' niiae Vm vp reached England with talk. Failine in military vie- tnrv 'intrigue Deace move has been started. The first to appear was Dutch financier. Prices on Binder Twine Fixed The importance of binder twine to the wheat and grain growing; industry is such -that 1 the loodv-adnaniBtrauon through its sisal and jute division has fixed a margin of the profits which dealers will be allowed to charge on binder twine. The manufacturers' price has been fixed at 23 cents per pound and the re tailer will be allowed to-add freight and 2 cents a pound cash or 2 cents a pound on time to the cost pripe. to him. Farmers should1 Dlace their or ders early for their requirements of binder twine on account or tne siow freight movement and other causes which might militate against a free and easy distribution 01 twine. Deserters Taken Back To Camp Last Monday morninjr patrolman W, M. Isley delivered to the officials at Camp Greene, at Charlotte, two de serters, Jean Carter and Carl Parmer. These men were captured April 30, but have been in the Charlotte lock-up since that date. Mr. Isley was awarded the $50 re ward offered for the capture 01 carter. East To Have Airplane Mail Service A bill authorizing the Dostofficc de partment to charge not in excess of 24 cents an ounce or fraction thereof for the transportation of mail by air plane was adopted last Monday by the Senate. The measure went to the House. The Dostoffice department announc ed Monday that the airplane mail ser vice between Washington, Philadelphia and New York would be started May 15 as planned. Two Soldiers In France Pardoned by President Wilson Privates , Forest D. Sebastian and Jeff Cook, soldiers of the American expeditionary forces, who had been condemned to death by a military court-martial in France for sleeping while on sentry duty, were pardon by President Wilson last Saturday. Ten Boys To Be Sent To Fort Ogle. ' thorpe from University Ten students from the training corps of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, have been appointed to the fourth officers' training camp to be held at Fort Oglethorpe from May 16 to August 15. rantain Hall la Mlaalnir Flight Captain James Norman Hail, author and one of the best known avia tors in the American or allied armies, missing, after a thrilling battle ten miles inside Germany opposite the Toul sector. . ,. Proclamation IsBued by the President President Wilson last Tuesday issued a proclamation designating the week beginning May 26 as Red Cross Week, and calling upon the American people to contribute generously to the second S 100,000,000 war fund of the American Red Cross for the alleviation of suf fering among the American troops in France and their dependents at home and among the fighting forces and civ Ulan populations of the allied coun tries. .; ?; -. i- -r'.J will not have far to hunt for the strength and fitnena of America, for this is woman s war. , ., OVERMAN'S LINE OF ARGUMENT TEXT OF HIS APPEAL FOR CUT TING RED TAPE OPPOSES AMENDMENTS TO CO-ORDINATION BILL DESIGNED FOR HU MILIATION OF ADMINISTRA TION (By H. E. C Bryant in Charlotte Ob- server) Senator Lee S. Overman deserves and is receiving great credit for his courageous work in behalf of the bill that bears his name. President Wil son has personally coneratulated him for his splendid efforts. Ihe Overman bill fell like a bomb in the senate. It created a great stir among politicians. Democrats and - Kepublicans who wished to strike a blow at the administration began a fight on it. It gave partisans an op portunity to criticise the President. The thoughtless went far afield in their opposition to the measure and some 01 them have been trying to back pedal for weeks. ihe Overman bill is a proper meas ure. It will help the President to cut the red tape. and win the war. It will save money hundreds of mil lions of dollars to the American people. All the talk of the President mak ing of himself an autocrat, and abus ing power given him, is pure tommy- rot, and most 01 those who indulged in it know it The attempts to exempt the fed eral reserve board and the interstate commerce commission was camou flage. lhere was a Duroose in the senate to humiliate and embarrass the Pres ident. The President realized that and demanded a a showdown. Just before the Smith amendments. to exempt the federal reserve board and the interstate commerce commis- ' sion, were voted upon, Senator Over man made a clear cut statement for the administration. He declared that the adoption of either of the propo sitions would humiliate him. What Mr. Overman said, in view of the strenuous opposition to his bill, and the success with which he has met all comers is worth space in The VDserver: This bill does not civ p. anv nnwer to me::Predentdirectly- to do the things which it has ben charred could be done under it. There is nothing said about the federal re serve board or about the interstate commerce commission. The senator from Georgia says that if he were resident he would not transfer any of the functions of the federal re serve board to any other organiza tion. Neither would any other sena tor upon this floor and neither would the President of the United States. The President has not the least idea of interfering in any way whatever with the federal reserve board. "The President of the United States, even if he has the power un der this bill to interfere with the federal reserve board, could not exer cise that power under his oath of office unless he did so in the interest of the national security and defense, or for the successful prosecution of the war. The senator from Iowa (Mr. Cummins) said if it were nec essary in order to save this country he would be willing for the. President to exercise such power and so would everybody. The President is not go ing to exercise it unless it is abso lutely necessary. Such powers as the bill gives shall be exercised only in aid of the national defense, the suc cessful prosecution and maintenance of the army and navy. A general sweeping clause reads: '"Provided further, that the au thority by this act provided shall be exercised only in matters relating to the conduct of the present war.' "It seems to me. that senators have assumed a holier-than-thou attitude. "I willnot accept the Reed amend ment because it is an express state ment that we are afraid to trust tht power to the President; it is an ex press intimation that we fear he will do what ho one of 96 senators would do. The argument seems to be wa fear the President might do it I will not accept any' such amendment be cause I believe in my heart it hu miliates the President I do not ' charge, however, that that is the in tention of the author of the amend" ment Put yourselves in the Presi dent's place.' Many things have been said that ought not to have been said upon this floor, some cheap talk and criticism, I am glad to aee, has been eliminated from the record.' ' "Some indirect, unjust intimations that the President ought . not 'to bo trusted have' been made. ' "You may mistrust the President as much as you please, but it will be no more than a trifling shock against a great battleship. , v ' "Last night 1' attended one of the greatest meetings that I have ever seen in ..Washington and in the Billy . Sunday tabernacle. Incidentally some, speaker referred to this bill and the ' power given to the President and ex- rressed the hope that it would pass. never saw such an ovation in my' life as was given' there." Whatever, you lay about the President or how evor you play politics and try to throw .dust In the eyes of the people of this country, he has the confidence of the people back homo.", - . -. M. 8. Smyre, one of Newton's lead ing hardware men, waa arreKteii lnt Saturday charged with violating ti.e eppionase act, . . , . . . , -'.-j-" KKc'.;., T iV- - "'V,. '.VV -' ' .
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