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:-- u '- jf?'-- -' V v A Jf( - , ' - ' 'X s I i 'V WEEKLY . EDITION i OLD SERIESttVOL. LXXXIII-NO. 4,610. . FAYETlrEVILlE, N. C., "WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1919.' ', NEW SEX CvOL. XXXVI NO. 2,434 ' 1 . k .s A VERY SAD TRAGEDY - ARMY AIRSHIP FALLS INTO CAPE FEAR RIVER MACHINE RAISED, BUT NO TRACE OF AVIA- JORS. . News.came to the city Wednesday night tha an air ship was stuck fast.in Cape of Clarendon Bridge. Only a portion of the top of the ma chine was showing above the water, and of course jit, was natural io suppose that the aviators went down ! with the ship ,arid were drowned. About 7 ; o'clock ' that - evening an, airship was seen flying over the city; coming from the north and going in a southeasterly direction after reaching here! It was said to be going at'a rapid rate, v:, i Mr.1 WA. Holmes, who lives near the rjvet, says; that last night he heard a noise as of something -crashingnto a tree, and, aboui five Minutes latTer,he heard cries for help. He ran to the river and just -as he got. there Van airship pianged into the water on .the west side of th0 stream. As the machine struck the water there was an explosion like t thelreport of a pistol, and all was silent. The ship settled down in the water and floated ki bank, where it stuck; but it was impossible-to getat it. ' ' . j.'- TT1 : J iiJ ii. of the tree are broken and pieces of the machine areAang ngtoit;;: -'' " " '"C'-l V ? : J .THEWORKOF RESCUE; : : Col. Maxwell "Murray,. commander of CampjBragg . with a detachment of soldiers, :to raise the machine, and about noon succeeded in recover ing it," but failed fo find the bodies - of the ;aviatbjp,!I,he Straps wnicn neia mem 10 ineir that the men had endeavored . . . seat-oi ine maenme was an cnuateu mauo vvu : MdsnUfication card rading'gergeant W.Yenfe 'Landey Field,-Vaf.i Serial No. 18996, Detachment No:,ll ' ATS.P Pass No. 4lU"-Anoiiioers cap was also found With tnitids H. P. in inkatidearing trade mafk of, Lawton Mercantile Compahy,xLawton Oklahoma., The mkchihe as Cjjrtiss bi-plane No. 3819." : - d: It is said that the river will be dragged for the bodies. Sergeanf Flemming was one etteville about tnree weeKs from (3amp Jackson. .'The'wotk'ot aragln4 Cape Fear riT.er lor the. bodies, pf Lieut. H.: H. Pope and Sergt WviW. Fleming, who fel Info fbe' stream -With Chelr air ships Tuesday night, was begun this "morning abouYo' o'clock. The' drag ging was begun at the point in the river opposite the tree into which tho machine crashed, and; la being con tinued j o I down toward thftHDlaren- don bridge. So far nd. results-, hav-3 been obtained. The stream was swol len the night of the accident, and so tar do trace of the bodies and, as the stream was -swollen that ' night and the current Very swift, the work of recovering may be Yery; Ifflcult However,' the army otneerg having the work In hand say tthey do not ( hitend to give up uhtll every effort has been exhausted, v : , 'Major Norman W. Peek and Lieut. rfamee .W. Cantwell of the AeroASei vice of aeronautics, arrived here last night , from , Camp Jackson, , Colum bia, S.' C, at seven o'clock,- having i come through the country by auto mobile. They left Columbia yester day at. 12; o'clock, noon, Immediately on receipt of a telegram from - Col. Maxwell Murray, telling of the fatal accident. . -. i . ' ; Tha4nother o( y Lieutenant Pop i, having heard of the accident, is ex tremely anxious ,and torn-with sus pense. She today bad her, Catholic Priest In Bedford wire to Father Gal lagher here .for tidings of her son. Upon application at this office - we Were grieved to have to tntopn Fath ,'er Gallagher thatrot-was practl- .cally i, established -that . Lieutenant Pope had been drowned.. 1 : , ,. Wednesday after aising the airship which fell in Cape Fearer ivfr Tuesday night. Colonel Murray . und Captain Smith found It impossible to do any thing towards dragging the stream for the recovery of the bodies, the high stage of water preventing such. How ever, as the waters were receding, it was hoped that dragging could be done today.; - . 1 . Lieutenant L. B. , Miller, , observer, jind LieutenantML S Boggs., pilot, left Fear Kiver, about a mile north across the stream to the east ili- 1U infn n went tb work that morning- seais weie luuac, .iuivm"5 to ave themselv Oir of . the men who.were.irFay- ago - in airsnips going Raleigh Tuesday afternoon, n route for Camp Jackson, thinking that, Lieu tenant . Pope ' and Sergeant Fleming had preceded them, but the latter were, late In leaving Raleighon account bf engine trouble, it is thought, Lieuten ants Miller and Boggs had trouble with their ship and landed at "Dunn Tuesday night. When they started to resume ' their .:. journey Wednesday morning he field on which they land ed was soft and their machine (No. 38188) . was badly wrecked, so they were forced, to remain at Dunn. ';! On learning of the dreadful accident which vhad happened to Lieutenant Pope and Sergeant Fleming, Lieuten ant Miller tbok the afternoon train at Dunn and came on t6 Fayetteville, ar riving here late Wednesday, evening. He was, very much dfitressed over the hsad news. . " ; - vv -. .. .. ' Lieutenant Harley H. Pope, of Bety ford, 'Indiana, and Sergeant Walter W. Fleming, of Providence,xRhode Island, were In th air pquadron which made Fayetteville a landing place In Decem ber.:- Lleuteriant . Pope , was observer and Sergeant Fleming was pilot of, their" machine, No 881ft. They were the last to feaveayettevllle, and gaye some very, fine ' exhibitions of flying before their departure. They took the wrong route leaving here and landed In Greensboro instead of Raleigh, meeting with an accident In the land ing. Lieutenant Miller" say's they were both skilled and experienced, aviators, however, and their terrible accident here could not be attributed to. any fault of their own.- ; " " As recently stated in The Observer, Lieutenant Pjp:, before entering the Army, was a traveller, and went on long journeys in the far North, Along the Mackenzie river. He bad ' been flying about a year, ahd belonged to the well known 176th aero squadron, whose member; are well known 'for thed" 'numerous exhibitions of "stunts"; an! hncy aviation." ' - Sergeant Fleming was an observer in the aviation service. ABOUT CAMP BRAGG AND CANTONMENTS Government Acquisition IM 'For Fay ettevUle Caiip v and Sateen Cantonments Urged ujf ii ai vcjiaiiiucm. l t" ' ;! (By The Associated Press.) .. . y Washington,-""Jan.'" Goverriment acquisition of all sixteen National Ar my. Cantonments sites, with the decis ion for future use or disposition be ing made later, was today' urged by Assistant Secretary of . War Crowell before the House Military Committee. He also advocated purchase of land for establishing three big camps at QpfumbusVGa., West, Point, Ky., -and Fayetteyille, N. Cf for futore training 9f the Army regardless f its peace time stngth.' The total cost 'would exceed. '466,000,000.00. Efforts 'of the committee to obtain. a statement of the. War Department's policy ' also for the peace-time Army from Mr. -Crowell, Brig. Gen. Jervey and Assistant Chief of Staff f6r Major General Snow, chief of Field Artillery, were i unavailing; They answered that the training camps would De neces sary, regardless of future policy, 'and that decision could be made later re garding the cantonments, v . ; ' The (Columbus, Georgia camp plan ned as a training center for Infantry would Ncontaln; 130,000 acres, costing $3,602,000 ' with:. additional expend!- iures '. :ot , $8,106.'00ior . construction work.'. : '. :.;: -'USr V-jf'? if, 'The artillery camps at Fayetteville, pjortn uarounai an? wes rumi, m tucky.- 'Vould . comprise 135,000 acres anil 40 000 acres rosnectrvely. costing 11 ilJ!0OJ)Di all. t2.SOu.0OW Con8truct- $17,000,000 and a West Point f.21,000,- 000.:. .-.V. v'-';;: i'.:'::.'; The three camps would, provide for the training of 10,000 infantrymen and C0,000. artillery men, the number for West Point being, practically -twice as large as the number at Fayette .voile., .Larger training, facilities - at these places, Mr. Crowell said, was planned before, the end of he wa$. but the projects were reduced in size with the signing of the armistice. War Department is Sharply Criticized by Senator Weeks (By'The Associated Press.) VjVashlngton, Jan. 2.The War De partment was sharply criticized in the Senate today by Senator Weeks of Massachusetts, Republican for delays and errors' in compiling casualties among the Expeditionary Forces and for failure to co-operate with the Red Cross In the matter of forwarding let ters from "wounded soldiers to rela tives in this country, Criticism was directed especially at the office .of the Adjutant General of the army, Senator Weeks saying that Major- General' McCain the Adjutant General who retired last summer to command a division and who was sue ceeded by ". Major , General - Harris should have been retained... He could not believe he said' that a change in the office durinK the war was busi nessllke or desirable.. - , senator Weeks declared" theN War Department's information 4s to casu alties often had been wrong." "During the week ended December 14th," he ' Bald, "the . Red Cross re celVed an 'average tit 2 letters a day from parents who had been advised by the War Department that their sons had been killed on a specified date a everyone of these cases the parents wrote they had recent communications from , their sons subsequently to the date given by the' War Department. n KBfims almost miraculous, thatoBO .. - . . , . r ... i manv nri-ors could have occurred in cases ot "this kind.'V ' ' , 1 It also was worth nothing, . Senator Weeks' continued, that in sending, re- norts of casualties to families the De partment simply stated the' individual had been killed or . wounded - without further explanation, and. that so far as he knew the Department, had n6 other information- on-- the subject, UNEXPECTED DEATH : COLOliEROOSEVELT Died at His Saga Home of Pulmonary Embolism Pw$d;Awa Alqae m the Early ffirnig of ' Jloriday V. Last- (By: Tho. Associated Press'.) Key Yorki Jan; 6 Oyster Bv. Col. Theodore Roosevelt died in his sleep early today at-his home on Sagamore H1U lR thft village ) Death Is believed to baye been due to theumatlsm, which affected bis hert. i r s, - The Colonel suffered a severe attack of rboumatism-and sciatica on New Year's day, , but , none, jellevea his ill ness wouitt prove. iaiai. y ine lormer President sat up' mot ol 8unday, and retired at 11 o'clock last night. ' About a. ID. Mrs. niHiieYCIl, wnu wan me only otlier member o the family,, at Oyster ' Bay, weni .to her husband's room and found that he had died dur Ing the niglitJ-V ' ".. Mrs. Roosevelt telephoned to Col. E. Emlin Roosevelt; cousin, of theyformer President, and he ciuie to. the Roose velt' home Immediately." Ti6ram8 were dispatched-' to th (Colonel's chil dren, wh6 were'Ja ibther-parts of the mintrv. ' Two of the -Colonel's sons Major Roosevelt. Sti, and Capt. Ker- mit Roosevelt, are til eervice abroad, Capt; Archie R6oseve.lt and his wife loft Ne w ' York 'lasri&nt for Boston where the Captain wife's father Is 111. Mm. Ethel'. Derby and her two children are In Aiken, 8 C. y,-. Details for' the funeral have' not been rfanged,' but aii annpuncement Is ex pected, ...Teugranisior conaoience uu bafts of ts mum tsday ; p f the hews of Col.- RooseVeU's death be came known. ' i . " The former President came to his hntriA nit- fSatamore Hill from the Roosevelt Hospital on Christmas day, but aweek later was stricken With an Uttackof rheumatism and sciatica from, which he had been suffering for soma time. The rheumatism affected his right' hand,' and-ilt became much awniinnl Ho i-Rtnaiaed d n his room, and efforts ;.vf ere made to check the trou ble; :,Last Saturday thd, Colonel's Sec re'tary,' Miss Josephine Strieker, call A in nA him. but the Colonel was asleep in his room. i . ' Miss Strieker said today no one had any idea that death was near at hand. ,Flags wer placed at half mast at Oyster Bay today. . The Immediate cause - of Colonel Roosevelt's death was pulmonary era bolism or lodgment In the lung of clot from a broker, vein, it was said by one of his physicians. . tiRftth.. ft was said, came to him painlessly as he slept. Fotty-elgt hours before his death the former President nad Deen visit ed by one of his physicians, who stat ed that he thought the Colonel appar ently in good condition and spirits The Colonel, he sild, laughed and jok ed with him and said he expected soon to renew his woqjj. chopping expedi ions on kis Sagamore Hill estate. . - Washington, jn (S.-Flags ' were at half mast at the White House, the Capitol,' and all public buildings to day upon' the J announcement of the deatlj of Colonel. Theodore Roosevelt And in respect to the memory of the tormot President an commander-in oh,let Secretary Daniels and General March ordered flags at half mast on every ship and, shore station of the navy and at every post and camp at home and abroad. v . : New' York, Jan. 6 One of the things that is believed to have contributed more, than any other to the Colonel'i break-down was the death last fall of his don, -Lieutenant Quentln Roosovelti the aviator, m action in France. Proud Of his heroic son's achievements, Col onerRoosevelt bore up under the sor row of his death with a fortitude that was in keeping, with his spirit in pub He life.; Frlendav said that while' the father "did not carry -his heart on his uleevo.j he suffered . most pbignant griefs in silence and tried to forget them by plunging harder than ever in- to hU Wdrkr""""""' r""'" .'. A REVOLTING CRIME NEAR FAYETTEVILLE Negro Charged-with Criminal Assault on: An Aged And "Respected White, Woman- He Jf as Apprehended. 7 A hideous crime was committed Wednesday morning about eight miles from Fayetteville ahd two miles from Camp Bragg, when Mrs. William Ray ner, aged- about 62 1 years and a re spected resident of Seventy-flrst Town ship,-, was criminally . assaulted. A young negro named Geprge Avery, ag ed, about 20 years,' was Identifed by Mrs. Rayner as her assailant. Mrs Raynor was feeding her hogs i in the woods a short distance from her"! home when she was attacked. Sheriff! McGeachy was at once notified in Fayetteville, and went to the Rayner home accompanied by Deputies A. J. I p.. .nd w n Mr fin loomino- A HIO UIIU ' I 1 VI) VV 1 V, Vftk V-.M0 I that a negro by, the name of Junius Thomas was seen that morning on the public road near the scene of the crime, theOfflcers sought and arrest ed him. Thomas declared his inno cence, and said be thought he could lead them to the man who committed the crime. Accordingly he carried the officers to .Camp Bragg and into one of the mess halfe, where Avery was eat ing dinner. Avery was carried be fore Mrs. Rayner, who Identified hira as the man who assaulted her. Thomas said that he and Avery were walking on the road that morning and when they got opposite the Rayner place.:" Avery went into the woods and did not; return 'at once, j So he (Thonj-. as) ' went on.! V'ui -k& i)pfMt'- about" Averyexeept tha be was call ed George and had been working ai Camp Bragg, claiming to have come there from Southern Georgia. ' Both Avery and ' Thomas were brought to Fayetteville' by Sheriff McGeachy, Av ery Tieing held on the chargd of as sault and Thomas as a witness. France Sends A Message of '. Deep Sympathy tO AmeriCa' I ! I , (By The Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 2 The State De partment tdfiay made public, the fol lowing message under date of Janu- ary 1st received from the French gov-1 ernment: "The French government wishes to express its profound sympathy andj gratitude to the' American families I whose sons have met a glorious death ' on French soil during the war. It wishes to share in their mourning. The j graves of the young soldiers of Amer-, lea are as sacred in its eyes as are - those ot their French comrade, and It. will take the necessary measures to provide that they shall be respected ; and attended with a reverent patrl-; otic care." ; The State Journal Jas j; Suspended Pubhcation;I . (By The Associated Press.) , Raleigh tan. 2. The State Journal, a weekly newspaper published here, owned by A. J-JjMeld, now of Philadel phia and leased bVw. Tom Bost, sus pendjad .publication with this week's Is . oending arrangements for anoth er management. ' It is announced at, Mr. Bost's lease has expired and. Col. Field's du ties kept him with the Emergency Fleet ' Corporation in Philadelphia. The paper was founded by Col. Field and R. F. Beasley in. 1913. SOLDIERS .RETURN. HOME. Mrs. E. E.. Fisher ot Beaver Dam has just received a telegram from her son, Private Claude O, Fisher, - who has ' been with the colors In France since July, 1918, that he has arrived safely in . New. :Yorfc . rHis ' many friends- will' be glad to welcome him 6actToTfesTates. . . , FAYETTEVILLE MEN CITED FOR BRAVERY Citations for Acts' of Meritor ious Conduct of jTwo lieu tenants Issued ByComman of 30th Division. Their many friends and the people of, this clty and section have cause to be proud" of the mtytary record made by two Fayetteville young men' of Jhe 119th Infantry, 30th Division, A. B. F They are 1st Lieutenant David B Byrd, Co. F, (Fayetteville Com pany), and 1st Lieutenant Phillip Theodore Fry,' Co. H, (Clinton , Com pany); Lieutenant Fry being trans ferred while First Sergeant from the Fayetteville t6 the Clinton Company, These young soldiers went to the Mexican border , In 1916 with Co. F, returned with their command to North laroiina. irainea ai wmp oevir anu went overseas. The record oi tneir deeds of prowess places them in the list of devoted, fearless patriots. The citation order of the command meritorious conduct described are er of their division follows: American Expeditionary Forces, France, Dec. 1918. GENERAL ORDERS No. 50. The following citations for acts of published to the command: First Lieutenant Daniel B. Byrd, Co. F, 119th Infantry. During the advance in the St Benin ahd Escaufort Area, where the resist ance was go obstinate that our front line was momentarily unable to ad vance,' Lieutenant Byrd's detachment waB cut off and in great danger of an nihilation. By his prompt and .accur;, rate lacing-of utomatfg. rifles,' be ; or his ' detachment Shi made' possi ble their Interrupted return to. its company. During this manoeuvre- he was painfully wounded by a shrapnel but remained with his men until later ordered to the rear fo treatment. His i conduct is deserving of the utmost j jiralse. I First Lieutenant Phillip T. Fry, Co. ! H, 119th Infantry. j This officer displayed exceptional bravery and disregard for danger by leading the remainder of his Company 15 in number, unassisted on either flank, through an enemy barragev capturing the town of Ribeauville on October 18, 1918; successfully repuls- ing the enemy. Upon his arrival there he captured two prisoners and nine i ammunition, and it was not until or- dered byVsuperior authority that he withdrew from the town. WRITE THE BOYS OVERSEAS (By Associated Press.) Paris, Jan. 2. Letters from home neve more needed by American soldiers and sailors than at presenjt, according to a statement issued today by the headquarters of the Y. M. C. A. It is urged that relatives of men in service continue writing to them until their return has ,ieen ..definitely arranged. The statement was mado aft er it had been learned that many soldiers and sailors hart re ceived litters saying now the war is over and the men ''will soon return ito America, there is v no further need to continue writing. Transports Bringing More American Soldiers Across (By The Associated Press.) , Washington, Jan. 8. The transport President Grant, battleships Montana and South Dakota and the the hospital ship Comfort have sailed from France for New York with 284 officers and 7,-. 419 men. EYES EXAMINED GLASSES GROUND. . DR. JULIUS SHAFFER 216 HAY 8TREET ' Fayetteville, N. C THE RIVE MATTER IS IN GOOD SHAPE Fayetteville s Chamber Of Conuncrce Secret lias Secured Specific - Pronases Dredging Will Be Pushei The secretary of the Chamber ot Commerce upon his return 'from Wash ington, where he has been pushing matters of Interest to Fayetteville,, has to report upon the-jlver project par ticularly that specific promises have been made by the chief, of engineers of the U. S. A., to both Senator Simmons -and 'Congressman Small, that with an additional appropriation of twenty-one thousand dollavs and available equip ment the work which Is now practical ly ninety-two per cent, completed can be finished within V short space of time. ' ' There is now available for dredging operations forty thousand dollars, ap propriated by the River and Harbor Act of July 18, 1918, and' with the thir ty thousand dollars estimated by the' chief of engineers for appropriation In the ponding River ahd Harbor billv it wast expected to keep a dredging plant going until such time as further ap propriation should be made at the first, session of the next congress In view of the expense Involved In transferring suitable dredging plant to the upper Cape Fear river from Beaufort, Norh Carolina, or other points in the Wil mington district, the chief engineer is of the opinion that the full amount of the estimate required for the dredg ing involved should be 'available be fore commencing work and he there-, I fore recomniendftd that the, Jtem In th pending bin be increased,: ram. tMrty UoWaBtfofKHonn -Itaottwnd , dollars. .. , - - '.-;;'::q' ;'' '. $-:v ;:-,-' When this matter was brought to Senator Simmons' attention ' several weeks ago, he immediately arranged v a conference with Major-Genera! W. M. Black, chief of engineers, and. his assistant, General Taylor. At this con ference Senator Simmons stated liat if further funds were necessary for the completion of the dredging, that E?me Would-be forthcoming, and upon Mr. King's bringing the same matter to Congressman Small's attention, v he made practically the same statement in a letter to General Black urging tho completion of this work. The chief of engineers has, therefore, asked for' an additional, appropriation of twenty one thousand! dollars, which Mr. Small statc-d personally to Mr. King, W3jM be incorporated in the pending river and harbors bill, increasing the amount to fifty-one thousand dollars and mak ing the full amount available for dredg ing operations ninety-one thousand dollars. Senator Simmons not being j in the city this week, the matter could j not have his personal attention, at this time. j ' The secretary has further to report his investigation of designs for docks and wharves that might . be made available for Fayetteville. The office of the chief of engineers was helpful in placing Mr. King in touch with lo calities and engineers where the desir ed information could -be secured. . Thi3 information has now been taken advan tage of and the secretary reports that we should very shortly have bn hand valuable data from which a' civilian engineer can plan the necessary dock and equipment for the loading and un loading of vessels at this point.' The Fayetteville dock commission have al ready applied to the local board of al dermen for authority to employ a civ ilian engineer for this purpose and it is hoped that this authority will bo ........... given at an early date. ! ; ; . General Increase , - Railroad Freigit J "(By The Associated , Press.) ;. -' Washington, "Jan. '8.--GeneraI , in creases in class and commodity rates in eastern and central trunk line ter ritory and to and from Virginia cities, designed to bring the charges Of on federal controlled railroads up to the level of the increase given federal con trolled, lines last Spring, were approv-, ed today by the Interstate Commerce Commission. , . - . ;V. ,, .' .J '.s V