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THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT." THE UNION COUNTY PAPER-EV YBODY NEEDS IT." Journal THE'MON PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS VOL.23. No 97. MONROE. N. O, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1918. $1.50 PER YEAR CASH. ROE HENDERSON SNYDER SECURE CONTROL OF THE ROLLER MILLS Big Expansion of Business is Planned and Capital Stock is Increased from $8,000 to $ 25,000 J. E. Hender- Hon Continues as Fresklcn;. The largest business transaction of the year occurred Saturday when Messrs. F. O. Henderson and D. B Snyder, principal stockholders in the Henderson-Snyder Co., the Snyder- Huntley Co., and the Henderson Ga rage, secured control of the Hender son Roller Mills. All of the stock, with the exception of the holdings of Messrs. J. E. Henderson and W. A. Henderson, is now owned by these gentlemen. Mr. J. E. Henderson will continue as President, V. A. Henderson as Secretary and Treasurer, while Mr, D. B. Snyder goes in as vlce-Presi dent. Mr. Fred Huntley has been elected Sales Manager. The Sny der-Huntley Company has been ab sorbed by the Henderson Roller Mills, but the business will be con tinued as a jobbing department for the mill. The capital stock of the mill has been increased from $8,000 to 125,' 000. The new stock was bought by Messrs. F. O. Henderson, W. A. Hen derson, J. E. Henderson and D. B. Snyder. The new capital will be used in increasing the output of the mill in addition to making added im provements. Extensive improvements will be made by the new management. A grits mill will be Installed lmmedt ately, and a package grits will be placed on the market. Besides in creasing the town's yearly business output, the package grits will be a continual source of advertisement to Monroe, as it will be attractively la beled, giving the address of the mill. A feed mill will also be installed, and a capacity of a car load a day is plan ned. The machinery will likewise be Improved. Mr. A. A. Scales, who has been con nected with the Snyder-Huntley Co., will travel for the mill. Mr. L. H Medlin, in addition to his work for the Henderson-Snyder Co., will represent the mill throughout his territory. The Henderson Roller Mill was e tabllshed in 1902 as a community af fair to stimulate the growth of wheat. The stock was subscribed by many lo cal citizens, and the individual hold ings, outside of that owned by Messrs. J. E. and w. A. Henderson, ran from 1100 to 11200. Since its establish' ment the mill has been paying an an nual dividend of 10 per cent GROWTH OF HENDERSON-SNY DER COMPANY. The firm of Henderson-Snyder Co., which today ranks as one of the larg est In Monroe, had its beginning in 1902, when Messrs. F. G. Henderson and D. B. Snyder started their whole sale business in the old bakery build ing which stood in the rear of the Fitzgerald building. It was a modest start. After the Arm had increased its business and sought new quarters in the room now occupied by Kezlah's barber shop, their original home was made into a livery stable. Later it was torn down. From this location they moved their rapidly growing business to the building they now occupy. At first they used only one of the rooms in the present building, but later rented the entire building The Fred Huntley Co., wholesale dealers in flour and feed, was taken over by this company in 1911, and the name changed to the Snyder Huntley Co., with Mr. Fred Huntley as manager. In 1914 the Henderson-Oarage was bought out by Messrs. Snyder and Henderson. Today Mr. F. G. Hender son has charge of this business, while Mr. D. B. Snyder is general manager of the wholesale business. STRANGER HAD PUT HIS ALL IN THE HOWIE MINE VENTURE The Unusual Actions of a Man Who Chose the Howie Mine Property as the Spot to Take a Drink. Mr. Tom P. Broom, who lives In the Howie mine section, recently had an experience that he was unable to understand. Some time ago, while hanging around the mine, he espied a little drawed-up man, short of stat ure, with a stubby beard, wandering around the section. Keeping his eye , on him throughout the day, he saw him pull a can of sardines out of his pocket, which was the only evidence of food the man had partaken during the day. Although viewing every thing with questioning eyes, the man asked no questions. The actions of the little man, who carried a suspicious-looking grip, ex b cited the interest of those around the mine, but no one plied him with questions in an effort to learn his mission. However, as the day. was fast drawing to a close, he accosted Mr. Broom to know where was the mine. "Right in front of you." was the response. "How far is It to the nearest town of any siseT" was the next question put to Mr. Broom. He was informed that Monroe was about ten miles, and that the only means of getting here was by buggy. After a few minutes of silence the stranger asked Mr. Broom if he would take, him to Monroe, and the amount of his charges. The Union county man agreed to bring him to town for $2, and after first loading the suspicious looking grip, the lit tle man climbed into the buggy. They started out, but had gone only a short distance when the man asked Mr. Broom to stop. Opening the grip, he extricated a pistol, which he pointed at Mr. Broom's head, say ing. 'To you know where the mine property line Is?" "Yes sir, was the prompt reply of the driver. "Then drive me there quick if you value your life!" As life is sweet, Mr. Broom lost no time in driving to the property line. Stopping his horse when the spot was reached, he Informed his com panion that he was now on the spot that marked the beginning of the Howie mine property. For a time the man sat in the buggy as if ab sorbed in thought. Still Mr. Broom could not understand. Seising the grip, he stepped to the ground. With a wild stare, as he stood on the prop erty line, the man began exhorting "Eighteen years ago I was well-to- do," he commenced. "I had money, position, prestige. My daughter was In college. Eighteen thousand dol lars I put in this mine. All gone all gone now. Position lost, uir daughter forced to leave co'lene. I took to drink; now I am almost pen niless. Dcn, down to th dr?gs of life I've dropped, all on account of that .ld min V Here the man stopped long enough to take out a quart of whiskey from his grip. He took a big drink, and leveling the gun at Mr. Broom s head, commanded him to drink from the bottle. With a pistol pointed at one's bead, one will do almost any thing: so Mr. Broom drank. Before getting back into the bug gy the stranger again drank heavily from the bottle. Still fingering the gun. he commanded Mr. Broom to drive to Monroe after he had once more placed the grip Into the buggy and climbed alonside the drive:. Vhe drive to Monroe was marked with si lence. The stranger dropped ilia head to his breast, not muttering a word until the outskirts of town was reached, when he raised his head long enough to request Mr. Broom not to take him into the heart of Monroe, but stop at some place i short distance from the business sec tlon. The pistol was put back Into the grip, and when Mr. Broom stopped at Hlnson's stables, there was no ele ment of the tragic about his compan ion other than his continual blank stare. They got out of the buggy, but Instead of paying Mr. Broom and leaving the stable, the man wander ed to one side, and maintaing a Na poleonic attitude, stood there without hardly showing any signs or lire. Fearlna- the roan was trying to beat him out of his promised two dollars, Mr. Broom tapped him on the shoulder to attract his attention, "Haven't you forgotten something?" he asked. "Hugh!" ejaculated the man, looking up for the first time. "My fare the two dollars you prom ised me," reminded Mr. Broom. "Oh, yes," muttered the man who had lost his all in mine speculation, as he reached into his pocket. Pulling out a $5 bill, he handed it to Mr. Broom, and then resumed his former atti tude. Pitying the poor fellow's condition, Mr. Broom refused to take advant age of the evident desire of the man for him to keep the 15 spot, but went for change. Returning in a short while, he poked three (1 bills at the man. who refused to grasp them, out continued gazing at the ground. Here's your change," Mr. Broom said. Oh. yes." responded the man, as if he had suddenly come to me. "You keep it; you look like you need it " The climax is missing in this sto ry, but Mr. Broom was evidently taken-back at the man giving him J 5 because he "looked like he needed It,,' since the old man had previously stated that he had loot all in the mine, and that he was penniless. The stran ger has not been seen since. A Way to Help End the War. Mr it. A. Morrow, chairman Union county war savings committee, gives nut the rni nwinr statement: "What better way is there to use your money than to lend it to your counry at Interest. Today America o(Tfr It neonle a solendid ODDortunl- ty to help the nation, help the sol diers, to neip memseives ana neip lessen the suffering of bleeding Eu rope. "Each man, woman and child In America should turn every dollar In to War Ravines Stamns. It is a good investment, and at the same time the biggest hearted thing you can ao ror humanity. Tin vnn hellpvn In the brother hood of man? Do you want to see suffering and blooa-snea come to an end? Do you want to hasten the splendid day when all the people will stand shoulder to shoulder equal, happy, peaceful and free? If you do lend vour money to the greatest gov ernment In the world your nation. Help America to bring nnai ana iasi lng peace to the world. "Save your money and buy War Savinr st urn mi One hundred dol lars worth at a time wsts you now $82.40. Five dollars worm coats you $4.12. "On ' January 1st. 192?. these Stamps will be redeemed by the strongest government on earth." Cold Wave Is Broken. Waahinrtnn Jan. 12. With Uni formly higher temperatures reported from all parts or the country, me wanthpr hnreau tonliht announced that the cold wave that has gripped alt KtAtei east of the Rock? moun tains for several days now is broken. Temperatures far below the season ivpnM still Dreva.ll. but a gradual return to normal conditions is fore cast. Reports tonight Indicated a rise of from ten to twenty degrees In affected states except tnose tying the Atlantic coast. When fame comes to the average man It roosts upon his monument. SUCH WEATHER THIS SLCTIO.V HAS NEVER BEFORE SUFFERED No Serious Damage Resulted, But the Wind, Rain ami Lightning Cut Up Srandously. , Little property damage resulted from the severe storm which struck this section Friday night, but never has the populace experienced such freakish weather. In the early part of the night a warm breeze passed through, alarming many with the thought or fire. Then the wind blew with such force as to rock houses, break window glasses, and tear down fences. When thunder and lightning set in many people were alarmed by the continuous ringing of their tele phones, and the play of the lightning on electric wires mystified everybody. The lightning as it would strike the power wires would be conducted for a short distance through the driving sheets of rain, which caused It at places to appear as if sheets of flame were gently floating in the air. Fences and sheds were damaged the most by the entenslty of the wind Two gables on Mr. W. L. Earnhardt's barn, just a short distance from the south Monroe school were blown down, and a large tree was uprooted on the Lancaster road near Carmel. It fell across telephone lines, tempo rarily stopping telephonic communi cations. Telegraph wires leading out or Monroe were also blown down. Early risers report that much glass was to be seen on Main street Satur day morning, and the window lights in some residences were destroyed Mr. R. B. Redwlne's wind mill was blown down, entailing a considerable loss. Saturday afternoon the weather department sent out warnings of im pending zero weather. Everybody at once set about making preparations, out zero weatner railed to ma terialize. Efforts to get Rock Rest government figures on the tempera' ture failed on account of telephone lines being down, but It is said the temperature went no lower than 6 degrees above. THE STORM AT OTHER PLACES The Associated Press gave the fol lowing account of the storm, which was general all over the country Twelve persons are believed to have lost their lives, a score or more were Injured and extensive damage to property is reported as a result or tornadoes In Alabama and Georgia and a blizzard sweeping eastward across the southern states. Seven per sons were repotted to have been kill ed and 25 injured in Co warts, Ala., in a windstorm, which, according to meager advices, virtually wrecked that town late Friday. One man is reported to have been killed and much damage to property done by a tornado which struck Camp Wheeler and the state fair grounds near Ma' con, Ga. All the wires to Camp wheeler were down and the only Information available at a late hour Friday night of the damage there was word brought by a messenger to Macon. Wire communication with the storm- swept section of Alabama also was cut off and verification of loss of life could not be secured. Four persons lost their lives In Texas and many thousands of dollars' damage was done to truck gardens and orchards. Record low temperatures and the heaviest snowfall in years marked the disturbance west of the Missis sippi river where the blizzard was at its height Friday. At Mission, Texas, in the Rio Grande valley, snow fell for the first time in 40 years and in north Texas the snowfall measured six inches with temperatures ranging from eight degrees below zero to a few degrees above in the eastern part of the state. Oklahoma City reported the heav lest fall of snow In 15 years and the lowest temperature In eight years. Eight Inches of snow fell at Little Rock, Ark., and at Memphis, Tenn., the blizzard reached such proportions as to cause street car service to be suspended on a number of lines and dismissal of schools, and brought street traffic virtually to a standstill. The storm, leaving near-zero tem peratures In Its wake in the central southern states, was expected to sweep across the South Atlantic states to the coast today. Telephone and elegraph companies reported miles of wires torn down by the storm, railroad schedules were generally disarranged with trains ar riving hours late and In some sec tions much suffering was reported as a result of fuel shortages. MAN CHARGED WITH TURN I NO OUT HIS HORSE TO FREEZE Owner Requested the Police to Shoot It After His Original Plan Was Thwarted by Neighbors. Asheville, Jan. 11. A case under the cruelty to animals law was pre cipitated by the arrest of Claud Dod son, a drayman living on Clayton street, who is charged with turning a horse out to freeze to death. It is charged that Dodson drove the horse, which was old and 111, out of the stable and locked the door during the recent cold snap, when the thermometer was registering near sero, and that the horse remained out for over two hours before neigh bors discovered It and notified the police. Dodson was warned to give the horse shelter at once. He after wards called the police and wanted it shot. The police refused to shoot the animal and forced the drayman to feed and shelter It. Further action In the case yester day resulted In the arrest of the dray man. He will be given a hearing on the charge of cruelty to animals, this being the only statute under which he can ba tried. SIX PREACHERS AT WINGATE AND STILL MORE ARE WANTED But Don't Think Wingate I a Bad Community The Storm Played Havoc Mr. Perery Certainly Was Frightened. Correspondence of The Journal. Wingate. Jan. 15. We had a very severe wind storm in this section last Friday night. The rain began about 8 o'clock, but the worst was not reached until about eleven o'clock. Much damage was done to the tim ber, and many houses and shelters were damaged. We have not heard of any dwellings being blown down, but some porches were torn from the houses, chimneys were blown down. glass broken in the windows, and pos sibly other things damaged we have not heard of. The greatest damage we have heard of was Mr. Rufus Wil lams' barn. It was unroofed, the sheds torn up. and the body of the barn badly wrecked. His corn crib was completely demolished. This comes as a very heavy loss as the barn had not been built very long. It was an old barn remodled. but it had a new roof on it and the sheds were new. Mr. Lee Smith had a wood shed turned over and his smoke house was badly damaged. A negro on Mr. J. C. Mclntyre's place had a dog blown away. Mr. Wiley Hefner had a chimney blown down, and I believe that Mr. J. B. Bass also had one torn down at the same time It was a scary time. Many of our cit izens decided that they were not ready for the Judgment. We have heard of some who got out of bed, put on their clothing, got their lan terns and were ready for any emer gency. Some left home and called on their neighbors at that late hour Well, such ought to make people think. There is coming a time some of these days when people are going to leave their houses and call upon their neighbors, and even leave their homes and try to conceal themselves In dens and caves, but it will be too late then. There will be no hiding place. Please read revelations the sixth chapter. Mr. T..J. Perry had a very trying experience during the storm last Friday night. He had a galvanized metal roof about ten feet square that he had used to cover a potato hill with. It was out In a field some distance from his house. The wind picked it up and threw it against the end of his house with much force. fit sounded like the house was being rDlown down su?e enough. Boyce Griffin's baby is very sick at this time. He lives at Badin but his relatives are In this section. We have not heard from it in the past day or two. We hope it Is better by this time. Mr. Tom Williams of the Rock Rest community has a new boy at his house. Good for him. Boys make men, and since this war is going to thin out our boys we are going to need many more to fill their places. Rev. Jeter Hammonds bought the Joplln house the other day. He is going to repair it, but will not move here for the present. Possibly he will come later on. A few more preach ers ought to move here anyway. We do not have but six or seven here now. A few more would not hurt the place If they are good ones. Mr. S. A. Williams was eighty on last Friday. He Is one of our oldest citizens, but is as vigorous as a young man. May many more good years come to him. Rev. R. M. Halgler has moved back to his home near the station. He has been away from It for about a year. Dr. Lovlll occupied his house while he was living on the Melg's place, but after Dr. Lovlll went to the training camp at Oglethorpe, Mr. Haigler moved back. The drill is on the land ready to put down a deep well for the new Stewart Home for Girls. Land has already been broken for the building, and Just as soon as the weather mod erates a little, the building will be put up. Two school boys slipped off from Prof. Carroll yesterday and, as we suppose, went to Charlotte to enlist in the army. They were Floyd Sta ton and Carl Parker. Kemp Helms is getting along very well with his wounded arm and hand. He had a pretty close call, sure. Mr. Charlie Brown spent two days In Hamlet last week. He went to bring his son, John Frank, home. He had been staying with his grand mother for several weeks. We had services at Meadow Branch last Saturday and Sunday, but It was too cold for public meetings. We Just did not like to miss. Fernando Riggers of Charlotte spent Saturday night and Sunday In Wingate. He visited Mr. J. D. Blg- gers. Miss Mattie Jones, who holds a po sition in the office of the Southern Power Company at Charlotte, spent Saturday night and Sunday with home folks. We had another severe rain storm last night. The creeks and branches are very full this morning. It a good thing that it has begun to rain for us as many streams were nearly dry before this came. We have had snow, but it did not do much toward getting the waters up again. There wll be a temeprance spean- Ing at Marshville next Monday even ing. One of the foremost speakers In the South is going to be there Everybody Is Invited. Wingate peo ple can go down on the evening train and come back on train No. 11 at night. This Is a rare chance, so take advantage of it. The speaker Is Hon. John C. Wooley, LL. D. Don't miss the treat. It is time we are getting awake to the situation in North Carolina. Come and hear him discuss this vital subject intelligently. Mrs. James Connell, Rev. R. M. Haigler and Uncle Marsh Stewart have had colds this week. "Clenal-pine." Crowder Limits Pay of Draft Boards. Washington, Jan. 12. Extravagant expense bills filed by many members of local boards for their services in classifying registrants has led Pro vost Marshal General Crowder to ac cept the recommendation' of board members and others connected with the administration of the selective draft to place the salary feature of the classification system on a cost ba sis. In a telegram sent today to all state governors, General Crowder promulgates new regulations, approv ed by President Wilson, under which the boards hereafter will receive an aggregate of 30 cents remuneration for each man finally classified, exclu sive of compensation for clerks or ex aming physicians who are not mem bers of the board. Under the old rules the boards were allowed a maximum of $150 a month for each member, exclusive of clerical help. MARSHALL HAMILTON, TAKEN SUDDENLY ILL, DIED TUESDAY Was Bom and Reared Within a Mile of Birthplace Marshville Furni ture Co. Buys Out Its Competitor. Correspondence of The Journal. Marshville, Jan. 14. The funeral of Mr. Marshal Hamilton, who died Tuesday, Jan. 8, was conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at Un ion Grove Baptist church. Rev. A. Marsh officiated, assisted by Rev. J. W. Little and Rev. E. C. Snyder, the last named of Wingate. Mr. Hamilton was in his 63rd year and was born within half a mile of his home where he died, having pass ed his entire life in the neighborhood. He was a quiet, industrious man and will be missed by his many friends and neighbors as well as rel atives. He had been in bad health for two years, but was taken sudden ly ill Monday. The deceased is sur vived by his wife, Mrs. Lou Carra- way Hamilton, and three children, viz.: Messrs. Cleveland, Ray and Miss Lela Hamilton, the eldest son having preceded his father to the grave three years ago. Mr. Hamilton was one of nine chil dren, all of whom lived to maturity, and is survived by seven brothers and siBters, as follows: Mrs. A. C. Davis of Olive Branch, Mrs. Win. Llles of Wingate, Mr. Jim Hamilton of Ba kers, Messrs. Joe and S. E. Hamilton and Mesdames Mittie Dees and M. L. Sinclair of Marshville. Mr. C. L. Howie and family moved here from Mineral Springs last Fri day and are occupying the Marshall Moore place. The many friends of Mrs. Howie gladly welcome her back to her old home again. Mrs. B. E. Deweese and children of Polkton arrived Friday to spend sev eral days with relatives here. Mr. Walter Sinclair of New York left Saturday after several weeks vis It to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L Sinclair. Prof. eBemer Harrell left Saturday for Shelby where he will resume his duties in the graded school at that place. The Marshville Furniture Co. has bought out the Carolina Furniture Co., and have moved the goods to their store in the hotel building. Mr. Spofford Bailey left last weeX for Mt. Pleasant where he will enter the military Institute at that place. Mr. Cllngman Staten of Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., visited relatives here last week. The many friends of Mrs. J. T. Williams will be glad to now that she Is getting along nicely after an opera tlon in Charlotte last Tuesday. Mr. Jim McBrlde of Camp Jack son came in last week to visit his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Grove McBrlde. Jim's many frineds are delighted to have him home once again. Miss Etta Williams of Wingate spent Saturday night and Sunday with her sister, Mrs. F. C. Broada way. The topic of conversation around here at present is the speed of the wind Friday and Saturday nights. Al though no damage has been reported, nearly everyone was up and guessing as to the outcome. Several have reported outbuildings completely and partly demolished, chimneys blown down and bnrns mov ed, but no loss of life, we are glad to say. War Must (io On Until President's Term are Accepted. New York, Jan. 12. Secretary of State Robert Lansing, speaking here tonight at the annual dinner of the New York State Bar association, de clared that until the war alms out lined by President Wilson are accept ed by the Prussian government, the war must go on. "We are in this war as a republic to the very end," he declared em phatically and brought the diners to their feet cheering. . Mr. Lansing's address was regard ed by his hearers as a reply to the comments in German papers upon President Wilson s address to Con gress. He declared the aims we seek must be achieved and will be. ' "I bring you a message of good cheer from the national capital," he said. In v ashington there is cheer fulness and confidence." Speaking of optimism as an asset. he said it has been "our source of wealth In every task the nation ever undertook," and should be the coun try's guiding spirit in the war. RUSSIANS CONTINUE PEACE PARLEYS WITH GERMANS Yielding to Teutonic Insistence, the Bolshevik Withdrawn Demand for IUmoal of Seat of Negotiations. Yielding to German Insistence Rus sia has withdrawn her demand for the transfer of the negotiations with the central powers to Stockholm and is proceeding with separate peace dis cussions at Brest-Litovsk. The Russian compliance on this point was on the ground that the quadruple alliance would thereby be deprived of "a pretext for breaking off peace negotiations on technical grounds," according to Leon Trot.ti ky, the Bolsheviki spokesman. The Russians did not wish io leave any possibility in the fight for peace un utilUel, he said. Trotzky reitciated fiat peace was a cardinal principle with the Bolshe viki and declared tl.ey would contin ue to press for It, despite the refusal of the entente powers to join In the negotiations. While noting that the central powers had altMrawn their "no annexations and uo indemnities" declaration of December 25 as a ba sis for peace because tiie entente powers had not agreed to participate in the parley, the Rusr.lans, Trotz ky added, adhered to the principles of a democratic peace as they had already set them fort':. After the Russian position had been thus voiced, the conferees ap parently got down quickly to busi ness. They left the question of sep arate representation for the Ukraine in the conference for decision at a plenary session after the delegates of the central powers had taike-1 it ver among themselves. They then ar ranged for the German, Austro-Hun-garian and Russian delegates to got together for private discussions. These three sets of doieit&teit speedily organized themselves into a commit tee for the discussion of political and territorial questions and went into session fo rthls purpose. UNITED STATES EXPERIENCES COLDEST WEATHER SINCE 1899 Zero Temperature Registered as Far South m Birmingham, and the Wave Extended to Coast. Washington, Jan. 12. The coldest weather experienced in the United States since 1899 tonight extended from .the. Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic coast and from the lakes to the gulf. Zero temperatures were registered almost as far south as Bir mingham, Ala., while in North Da ko to the thermometer went to 22 de grees below sero and it was only 12 degress higher in many parts of the middle west. The cold wave was accompanied by a high wind in many sections, while In the west there was heavy snow which blocked railroad traffic in sev eral states on both sides of the Mis sissippi river. Inability of the rail roads to deliver shipments of coal urgently needed in many sections was expected to greatly Increase the suf fering caused by the storm. The snowstorm was expected to pass tonight, the weather bureau re ported, and with its abatement, it was expected that railroad traffic would soon be resumed. Wire service was so demoralized by the storm, however, that full operation of some roads may be delayed several days. New York and New England to night had not felt the full severity of the cold wave, reports to the weather bureau showed, but tempera tures there were falling rapidly and much colder weather was forecast for tomorrow. In the south, the cold ex tended far into Florida and the cold along the gulf coast was severe, the thermometer registering 18 below freezing at New Orleans. The minimum temperatures re ported today at Chicago was 12 be low zero with colder weather expect ed tonight. It was 20 degrees below at Fort Wayne, 16 below at St. Lou Is and even eight below at Memphis. At Birmingham it was two above. Business Men of Germany Warned That Kaiser Must Go. Washington, Jan. 13. American business men are asked In a referen dum submitted today to the cham ber of commeice of the United States to pass upon a proposed warning to German industrial leaders that they cannot hope to resume friendly com mercial relations with the United States after the war unless the Ger man government has become a re sponsible instrument of the people. It is proponed that the Germans be told that the United States, in com mon with other nations, supplied raw materials wltn which Cermany made ready to start the world war, and that the lesson has been learned. Newspapers and business men of neu tral countries will be relied upon to carry the message. Pick and Shovels Break Up Chicago Tie-Up. Chicago. Jan. 13. Picks and shovels, wielded by hundreds of thousands of volunteer workers, and tens of thousands of municipal and railway employe, today succeeded In breaking the absolute traffic tie-up In Chicago and the middle west which had been caused by the Intense bllz--ard Friday and Saturday. Tonight railroads entering Chicago operated the rst outgoing trains since yesterday afternoon. From many cities cam reports that volun teer workers fcad so opened streets and roads that lines of delivery traffic were able to penetrate the storm swept district, thereby ameliorating ronrfw-s -"Mr threatened fuel and fooJ tlioiiagca. v
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