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V , "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT." THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVER YBOD NEEDS IT. The Monroe journal PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS VOL 23. No. 190. MONROE, N.O,FRDAY, JANUARY 25, 1918. $1.50 PER YEAR CASH. INCREASED ACTIVITY APPARENT NOW ON THE WESTERN FRONT Weather Is Less Rigorous, and Trying Out Procetw of a Marked Charac ter Is Reported. With the reported amelioration in the political unrest In Austria-Hun gary and a continuation of silence aa regards the internal situation in Ger many, the notable feature in the world war is the apparent resumption and on a somewhat larger scale of the military operations on the western front in France and Belgium. Although for the moment these op erations, viewed from the cold facts as announced by the various war of flees, do not transcend In Importance the unusual small operations by raid lng and reconnoiterlng parties which have been in progress since the se vere weather began, reading between the lines of the communication it is not difficult to see that the ruaneuv era now in progress on various sec tors are in the nature of trying-out processes of a marked character, From the North sea to the Swiss forntier the lessening in the rigors of winter has permitted the belligerents again to send forth their men in en terprises which seemingly forecast the intention shortly to resume fight lng activity more extensively. BIO GUNS ROARING For weeks the big guns along the entire battle front have been roaring in extensive duels on numerous sec tors, but the infantry has lain Idle owing to the deep snows and later J-.ie morasses which formed as remit of the thaw. On their extreme right In northern Belgium the Germans have carried out an "unimportant raid" and gain ed a footing In French advanced trenches east of NIeuport, while along nearly all of the front in Flanders the artilleries have increased the vol ume of their fire. To the south, around Lens, Arras ad St. Quentin, the fighting, al though by comparatively small forces, daily Is growing In strength, while eastward along the Chemln-Des- Danes, past Verdun and thence to the Swiss border the French and Ger mans are continually engaged on va rious sectors in artilery fighting and in infantry activities considerably In artillery activities considerably above the normal, as compared with the early days of the war. ON FRONT IN ITALY On the front In Italy the change In the high command evidently has not resulted as yet In any betterment of the stragetlc positions of the Anstro German armies From the- Aslago plateau etstward to the Piave' river and thence southward to the Adriatic sea the Italians again have been vlc torlus in numerous minor operations raiding enemy positions and bringing back prisoners, machine guns and Austro-German elements which were endeavoring to launch attacks. ' The greater portion of the striking workmen In Austria are said to have reurned to work, but the situation both In Austria and Hungary is de clared still to be acute owing to the desire of the people for peace. In Germany some trepidation is being evinced by newspapers of pan- Ger man leanings over the situation In Austria. NEWSPAPER SUPPRESSED. The socialist newspaper, Vorwaerts of Berlin, has again been suppressed, this time for announcing the solidar ity of th German proletriat with Austrian labor in the peace struggle British labor in conference again has upheld the war aims set forth by President Wilson and Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain an re asserted that if Germany will not ac cept them British labor "must fight on." Two British steamers were sunk recently In the Mediterranean sea with the loss of 718 lives, according to announcement to the house of commons. Last week the number of British merchantmen sunk by mines or submarines waa the same as that of the previous week eight vessels as compared with 21 tue week of January 9, and a similar number the week of January 2. FINAL PEACE TERMS OFFERED TO THE RUSSIANS BY GERMANY Failure to Agree Means Further En croachments on Their Territory the v Teutons Threaten. After weeks of vaccilation the Ger mans at last have made their demands at the peace conference at Frest-Llt-ovsk and the Russia have declined to accede to them. v Notwithstanding the fact that the imperial German chancellor In his many-times postponed speech to the t main committe of the relchstag an ' nounces that he still holds the hope that an early and satisfactory conclu sion of the Brest-Lltovsk conference will be reached, the terms of the Ger mans as enunciated by General Hoff mann, one of their chief delegates to the peace conference, so far from an Insuperable barrier for the bolshevlki government, which has expressed a determination to carry out a policy of no annexations and no Indemnities. Conrland in its entirlty and all of . Russia's Baltic provinces are to be re tained by Germany, according to Gen eral Hoffman in what is termed as Germany's last proposal to the Rus sians, and the added threat was given that If the Russians failed to acqui esce In the demands, further Inroads Into their territory would follow and the Important port of Reval, sear the month of the gulf of Finland, woold be occupied. V1W RUSSIAN TOOKnVL tm taaaftHeal rualeex BttM f e . ... vMl -.4 CM ' lineated on a man before the aston Ished Russian delegates the new Rus sian frontier as the Germans intend to run it from the shores of the gulf of Finland eastward to the Moon sound islands and then to the west of Minsk and thence to Brest-Lltovsk leaving within German boundaries some of Russia's choicest territory. Amaxed at the audacity of the Ger man program, the Russian delegates asked for time to consider the de mand. This was grudgingly given, together with the announcement that It was the last postponement that could be expected. The latest advices are to the effect that the Russians have unanimously rejected the Ger man terms. THERE MILL BE AMERICAN FRONT IN FRANCE SHORTLY The Impreseslon That the Day Is Not Distant Gains Strength War De partment Program Developing. Washington, Jan 23.While declin ing to comment directly upon the statement attributed to President Wilson, that ther-j will be twice as many American soldiers abroad next June as had been originally planned, Secreary Baker said today: "The program of the department has been constantly developing one and many difficulties and limitations nave been removed or overcome, i cannot discuss numbers of men In France or anticipated to be In France at any particular time, but we have made substantial progress. When General Pershing sent his first battalions Into the trenches with veteran French troops, formal an nouncement of the fact was made here, coupled with the explanation that these units were rounding out their training course. A similar an nouncement, either directly from General Pershing or from the depart ment, Is expected when American troops finally take over whatever see- tor of the battle line it is that they are destined to fight in. Recent press dispatches from Gen eral Pershing's headquarters have shown that a considerable part of his force, at any rate, was now regarded as fully trained. The war department has had little to say on this subject. There have been no hints dropped as to when the American front would be established, but the impression Is gaining here that the day is not far distant. Stone Criticises Republicans. Washington. Jan. 21. Smoulder ing fires of partisan feeling were set ablate in the senate today by Senator Stone, veteran democrat, with a long prepared speech accusing republicans of playing politics In their criticisms of the government s conduct of the war and calling Theodore Roosevelt "the most seditious man of conse quence in America." There has been plenty of advance notice of the speech, which adminis tration leaders sought vainly to in duce the Missouri senator to abandon or postpone. The senate galleries were crowded, and republican spokes men were waiting with replies. There were many sharp Interruptions dur ing the two hours Senator Stone was speaking and when he closed Sena tors Penrose, Lodge, New and others on the republican side answered with vigorous defense of their rights to make proper criticism of Inefficiencies and with counter-charges of partisan ship. Senators Lewis, Klrby and other democrats Joined the fray, which last ed until the session ended tonight with adjournment until Thursday. It was suggested in the lobbies that the two-day recess was arranged in the hope that both sides would cool off and permit the controversy to be dropped. Many senators who did not take the floor today were busy with notes, however, and doubt is gener ally expressed that another outbreak can be prevented. Senator Johnson, of California, was particularly busy with his pencil when' Senator Stone attacked Colonel Roosevelt. News Notes. Two hundred and twenty members of the crew of the British monitor Ragland lost their lives when the ves sel was sunk In conflict with Turkish ships. America will have more ship ton nage In eighteen months than all oth er nations combined, said Charles M. Schwab, steel magnate, at an address dlelivered last night in New York. Gen. Tasker Bliss, chief of staff, who will represent the U. S. army at the supreme allied council, arrived In Paris Thursday. Austria is faithful to her allies and will fight to the end, Is the declara tion of Count Ciernln, the Austro Hungarian foreign minister. Freight Embargo Declared by East ern Railroads. Washington, Jan. 23. An unoffi cial embargo on all freight except fuel; food and munitions practically was in effect tonight east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomao rivers as a result of Director-General McAdoo's authorised em bargo today on three eastern trunk lines. Although the restriction was applied formally only to the Penn sylvania and the Baltimore t Ohio east of Pittsburg and the Philadelphia needing, otner railroads accepted little freight today, particularly if It was destined for eastward movement This situation probably will con tinue' for several days until milder weather permits railroads to move the- great quantity of general freight acmiare faring the Mat two rostt t ttataf Meram CHAMBERLAIN MAKES 3-HOUR REPLY TO THE PRESIDENT Oregon Senator Claimed Mr. Wilson Grossly Maligned Him, but Dis claimed Any Personal Rancor. Washington, Jan. 24. In a three- hour speech to the senate today. Sen ator Chamberlain, chairman of the military committee, replied to Presl dent Wilson's statement that he had distorted the facj In charging that me government had broken down in its war preparations. He declared the President has grossly maligned him, and not only defended but em phatically reiterated his asertions made in a recent speech in New York. He said the President did not know the truth, and that he did. ine senator disclaimed any per sonal rancor against either the Presi dent or Secretary Baker, saying his only motives were patriotic, to rouse tne country and to speed up the war by wiping out inefficiency. In support of his position he cited numerous In cidents of alleged Inefficiency in con nection with army ordnance, clothing supplies and sanitation brought out during the military committee's war inquiry. Senators and many representatives crowded the floor, and the galleries were packed as Senator Chamberlain spoke. He began quietly, declaring It was with a feeling of sadness that he found It necessary to rise to a qbeS- j tlon of personal privilege to defenM his veracity and Integrity, heretofore unasalled. but as he launched into the speech, he grew emphatic and at times vehement. When the Oregon senator conclud ed, Senator Klrby, a member of the military committee, replied on behalf of the administration, flatly contra diet in the charlman's assertion that facts brought out in the investigation proved the war department Ineffl clent. Then the Senate adjourned until Monday to cut off further dis cussion. NEW YORK'S MAYOR HAS FIRED HIS OWN APPOINTEE Metropolitan Police Commissioner Leaves Office After Having Served Just 23 Days. New York, Jan. 23. An upheaval In the New York police department, the most sensational in years, was caused by Mayor John F. Hylaa to day when he demanded the resigna tion as police commissioner of Fred erick H. Bugher, whom he appointed to the office on Jan. 1. Mr. Bugher promptly compiled with the demand and established a record for brevity of service as police commissioner. Mayor Hylan established another precedent when he appointed a uni formed man as acting commissioner, selecting for the post Lieut. Richard E. Enright The law which, provides for a civilian head for the police de partment, was complied with by giv ing Enright a leave of absence. Enright, for many years head of the police lieutenant's benevolent as sociation, has had a pltcuresque ca reer on the force. He is 46 years old ond was appointed a patrolman In 1898. He reached the rank of lieu tenant nine years later, but never got beyond that grade. He is a bachelor, lives in .Brooklyn, and is reported to be affiliated with Tammany Hail. The ostensible reason for the re moval of Bugher was his failure to suspend members of the motorcycle squad on charge of levying tribute on motors accused violating traffic regu lations. Bugher declared, however, that he was about to place these men on trial and that the real reason for his dismissal was his refusal to sub mit to dictation by the mayor In the matter of appointments and his de termination to keep politics out of the department. NATION-WIDE ATTEMPT TO STOP ILLICIT BLOCKADING Campaign Directed Mainly at South, Where So Many of the Army Can tonments Are Stationed. Washington, Jan.- 24. An appeal to governors and members of Con gress to support a nation-wide cam paign against Illicit liquor distilleries was prepared today by Internal Reve nue Commissioner Roper, whose re ports show "moonshine" traffic in creasing rapidly. The campaign will be directed mainly against southern dry states, where the location of most of the military camps has added a special reason for the clean-up move ment. Commissioner Roper will ask gov ernors to furnish state agents to c operate with government inspectors in putting illegal stills out of busi ness and to prosecute the campaign actively during the next two months, ordinarily the busiest period of the year for moonshiners. The appeal probably will be Issued In a few days. In line with the movement to im prove liquor and vice conditions about military camps, new restricted sone regulations have been prepared by the war department and the de partment of Justice, and will be an nounced soon. They have been drawn in an effort to make it more djflcult for persons who buy liquor and give it to soldiers, to escape penalties of the law. More severe penalties also may be Imposed on soldiers . who drink liquor. A sensible girl has misgivings about a man who Is addicted to the free and unlimited coinage of com pliments. errs aid Bava. ttngK. Biy War-tavtagt MR. GRIFFIN URGES TNION CITIZENS TO SAVE FOOD. We are Not Observing Wheatless and Meatless Days as Every True Amer- ran Should. Union county people are not ob serving wheat less and meatless days as they should, according to County Food Administrator Lee Griffin. Al though the Food Administration has no authority to enforce the observ ance of a wheatless Wednesday, a meatless Tuesday, and a porkless Sat urday. Mr. Griffin believes that it is the duty of every true and loyal American to help his country to this extent It does not cause any suffer ing, or any Inconveneience, for the housewives to substitute other dishes for meat and wheat on these days, and It Is the urgent reauest of Mr. Griffin that a more rigid observance of the days be made in this county. J Already the meat consumption of this country has been reduced 25 per cent by the meatless days, and the reduction would still be more If people generally complied to the Food Administration order. The wheatless days are of still more Importance lo cally. Already there Is a dire short age of wheat flour, and wheatless Wednesday's would lesses the de mand considerably. The merchants are generally com plying with Mr. Griffin's recent order relative to the amount and price of sugar and flour allowed to each con sumer. There is no tendency to vio late the spirit of the order either. A few, however, violate the order un Intentionally, though Mr. Griffin has not yet realized the necessity of se curing Secret Service men here to conduct investigations. At any time should he think conditions warranted such action the County Food Admin istrator can secure the services of trained investigators from the State and National Food Administration, and It Is Mr. Griffin's intention to se cure them should violations of his or ders be reported. Relative to the observation of the wheatless and meatless days, Mr. Griffin gave out the following: "Toe intensified food conservation program that has been planned by the Food Administration as a result of tb desperate cries of need from the other side calls for the observ ance of two wheatless days in the week. Monday and Wednesday, and one wheatless meal every day: one meatless day, which shall be Tues day and. two porkless days, which shaU'be Tuesday and Saturday, In each week. "On the two wheatless days and at one meal every day all consumers of foods, private homes, hotels and rest aurants, etc., are requested to use no wheat bread, biscuits, crackers, pastry, macaroni, or breakfast food containing wheat and to use wheat flour in no form except in such small amounts that may be needed for thickening soups or gravies or for a binder in corn bread and other cereal breadui- ' "On meatless Tuesday no meat should be used except fish, poultry and game. On porkless Saturday mutton and lamb should be used in preference to beef. 'Porkless' means without pork, bacon, hami and lard or other pork products. "If the United States meets the food demands of Its associates In the war and provides for the starving neutrals of Europe anything like the amount which our shipping will be able to take to them our own peo ple must save at least one-third of their normal consumption of wheat from now until the next harvest. The same thing is true of pork and ap proximately true of beef" Mr. Smith Contracts For as Many Stamps as Law Allows. (From the Marshvllle Home.) Rural Carrier C. M. Griffin Is do ing some excellent work selling war saving stamps. During the 40 or 50 days since these stamps were placed on sale, Carrier Griffin has sold them to the amount of $1,000. Mr. G. W. Smith, Sr., Is the biggest purchaser so far. He has bought and paid for 1700 or 1800 worth and has bar gained for the full amount allowed to any one purchaser, $1,000. Mr. Smith Is a whole-souled fellow who always goes his full strength In a proposition that he "sits down upon" as being the right thing, and his zeal and enthusiasm in the purchase of war stamps has lent encouragement not only to purchasers but to those In whose hands the sale of these gov ernment obligations has been placed. Mr. Smith is making his purchases largely through patriotic Impulses. Mrs. Blair Was Victim of Pleasant Surprise. (From the Marshvllle Home.) Miss Flora Bunting, who has been the guest of Mrs. M. P. Blair for the past few weeks, left Saturday for her home In Bloxom, Va. Just before leav ing Miss Bunting banded Mrs. Blair a note with the request not to read It until she had gone. When Mrs. Blair heard the train "pull out" she Imme diately unfolded the note which con veyed the Intelligence that for the past week Miss Bunting had not been her guest, but that instead Mrs. W. W. Littleton had been with Mrs. Blair. Miss Bunting was married In Charlotte Sunday, January 13th, to Mr. Littleton and had kept the secret from her friends. Mr. Littleton's home Is also in Bloxom and he and Miss Bunting had been engaged for some time. He Is now in training at Camp Greene. - Tot eant spend yonr money and save . U toe! Bay " war-fiaviags Soldier Killed at Spartanburg. Spartanburg, S. C, Jan. 23. Pri vate Floyd Dickey, company A. 108th Infantry, was killed; Private Stoville. company P, of the same regiment, was shot in the hip, and Private Beard, of company A. escaped with out injury when the three men last night attempted to escape from the regimental guard house at Camp Wadsworth. Private Laid and Private McCarthy were the guards in charge of the prisoners at the time of the tragedy. The three prisoners asked to be carried across the company street and wnen the guards complied with the request one prisoner seized a guard's gun and the other two ran. Another guard came up, capturing the prison er who had attempted to seize the gun and the two guards then fired at the fleeing prisoners. Dickey died in the base hospital this morning. Military authorities at Camp Wadsworth have begun a rigid examination. CHARLOTTE SCHOOLS CI-OSED TO PREVENT SPREAD OF MININGITIS Pool Rooms. Churches. Bowline Allies and Other Places of Public Nature!!"!;'? action Closed By Order of Mayor. Camp and city are co-ordinating efforts towards preventing any possi ble spread of spinal meningitis, says last night's Charlotte News. A conference between the author! ties of each was held in the mayor's office at 2 p. m., there being present Mayor McNinch, commlssiones Wearn and Moore; Dr. C. C. Hudson, city health officer; Major B. W. Brown, of the United States public health of flee, whose jurisdiction Is in the "hve mile zone;" Major Gates and Colonel Eastman, representing Camp Greene. Mayor McNich presided at the con ference. Discussion was full and free, each member of the conference being des perately in earnest to- at once take such action as will prevent any fur ther spread or the disease. Mayor McNich stated to the con ference his opinion as to the gravity of the situation and what steps he proposed to take, asking the health officers and representatives from Camp Greene to express their opin ions as to the measures he proposed Drs. Hudson and Brown and Ma jor Gates and Colonel Eastman, as wen as Commissioners Wearn .tnd Moore strongly approved the action proposed. . PUBLIC PLACES TO CLOSE This action, herein given, will be officially promulgated this afternoon in a proclamation by the mayor, which will announce the closing of the following places In Charlotte for a period of two weeks Until Fed ruary 7th: "All schools, both public and pri vate; public libraries, moving picture houses and theatres, churches, church reading rooms. Sunday schools. lodges, dance halls and public dances, the Y. M. C. A., theX W. C. A., bll- lard rooms and pool rooms, bowling alleys and shooting galleries, and all public gatherings, of whatever kind." EFFECTIVE AT 2 P. M. The order, as stated above, became effective at 2 o'clock and will be In effect, unless lifted by decision be tween now and that time, until 7 o'clock on Thursday morning, Febru ary 7. Immediately after the adjourn ment or the conference at the city hall at 2 o'clock Commissioner of Public Safety R. H. Moore dispatch ed officers of the police force to mov ing picture houses, theaters, pool rooms, and the other places affected and Instructed them to be closed at once. SITUATION GRAVE Mayor McNinch said today regard ing the steps taken: "I realize the far- reaching effect I have taken and did not reach a decision in the matter un til all the elements entering into it had been given careful consideration. "We have before us a grave situa tion to deal with and I am convinced that heroic treatment is demanded, and will result In ridding the com munity of this dread disease. I re gret that It Is necessary to adopt any measure that will bring financial loss to any citizen, but consider that the health and safety of the community should outweigh all other considera tions. "I appeal to all citizens of the city to co-operate heartily and to conform to both the, spirit and the letter of the law." CAMP TO CO-OPERATE The order also states that the au thorities at Camp Greene will co-operate with the city in the measures adopted to the extent of allowing sol diers to come to the city only on offi cial business and that those coming for such a purpose must have a pass stating that they came for that pur pose. No new cases of spinal meningitis had been diagnosed up to noon today, though three new cases were discov-J ered yesterday and last night. The new cases are Chas. Foreman, of M on treat, rooming at the T. M. C. A.; the S-months' old child of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Carr, of 612- East Ninth street; Bessie Hovls, 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hovls, on South Caldwell street; Frances Martin, 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Martin, Jr., of East avenue; James G. Graham, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Graham, on North Caldwell street, and Mrs. Checvers, on Cecil street . The physicians say that M las Hovls Is not afflicted with the same type of spinal menlgttli as t the others, that the type ah his not contagiosa. The ethers 'are ontaglea. AU of the a filet 4 are reported teday as 4c MAKSHV1LLE MAN BOUGHT COTTON AT TWENTY CENTS Should Mr. J. E. Thomas Win His Suit He SUumIs to Profit $600 on Future Cotton Delivery Contract Paying 20 cents a pound for cotton in June, 1917. to be delivered in the fall may have appeared a little risky on that date, but should J. E. Thomas of Marshvllle win his suit against C. A. Niven he stands profit about $600 on such transaction. On that date he contracted to pay the defendant 20 cents a pound for ten bales of cot ton to be delivered prior to Decem ber, 1917, but accordng to his com plaint, which was filed recently with Clerk of Court R. W. Lemmond. the defendant has not lived up to his agreement. The defendant has not yet filed his answer, and the reason for apparent failure to deliver the cotton is unknown. Should the court grant Mr. Thomas relief, his cotton today would be worth 32 cents a pound. Figarlng 500 pounds to the bale, ten bales would net him approximately $600. me United Cash Store is a party The defendant is a tenent on one of its farms and has de livered several bales of cotton In payment of rent and supplies to this firm, according to the complaint The plaintiff, in his complaint, al lges that on June 4, 1917, the defend ant, C. A. Niven, entered Into a con tract with the plaintiff, by the terms of which said defendant sold and agreed to deliver to the plaintiff ten bales of good white cotton as gath ered and to be of the first gathering not later than December 1, 1917, the cotton to average 500 pounds in weight per bale, which said cotton was then growing on the plantation of the defendant in Marshvllle town ship, adjoining the lands of J. E. Thomas, James Marsh, M. C. Holmes and others, and for said cotton the plaintiff agreed to pay 20 cents per pound when delivered. The complaint states further:"That the defendant is a tenent of the de fendant United Cash Store company, is to pay it one half of the crops raised on said plantation and is also Indebted to said corporation for ad vances made as landlord In the sum of about $500. "That the defendant has already gathered and delivered to the defend ant landlord three or four bales of cotton and agg. has a matured crop of twenty se lanre bales of cotton which is worth more than enough to pay off said bill for supplies which is now due the defendant corpora tion. "That, after paying the defendant corporation its rents and bill for sup plies the defendant C. A. Niven will have something like eight or ten bales of cotton left, which he refuses to de liver to the plaintiff under said con tract. "That the defendant has declared his intention not to comply with his contract with the plaintiff, and Is rap Idly gathering his cotton crop and disposing of same, and is removing, secretly and disposing of his crop with Intent. Judge Webb granted the plain tiff's plea for a receiver pending the hearing of the case, and Mr. Fred Ashcraft was appointed. The case may be heard at the next term of Union county civil court. It is ex pected to arouse a great deal of in terest, as many others are said to have made similar contracts. Children Discovered Stolen Goods, (From the Marshvllle Home. While same children were playing In Mr. S. E. Hamilton's pasture Sat urday they discovered a man's shirt partly covered with leaves. The chil dren's curiosity was aroused and they began to make investigation. When the leaves were removed they came into possession of almost enough goods to open up a gents' furnishing store. Four suits of clothes, two pair of shoes, overalls, collars, ties, etc., were found. They proved to be a part of the goods stolen from the store of McBride ft Hallman on Christmas night. Seventy-Nine Miners Probably Perish ed. Halifax, N. S., Jan. 23. Seventy- nine men are believed to have perish ed In an explosion early tonight In the Allan shaft of the Acadia Coal com pany's colliers at Stellarton, N. S. Eleven men at work on a higher level at the time of the explosion made their way out safely, but the others were on the lower level and were entombed. Eight bodies have- been recovered by rescue workers who risked their lives In desperate efforts to save their comrades. A war saver is a life saver! Buy War-Savings Stamps! lng as well as could be expected and their recovery anticipated. The commissioners and camp au thorities are confident that in the ac tion today they are acting within the wishes of the public; this being based on the number of assurances received this morning from prominent citizens who, learning of the contemplated order, hastened to assure the com missioners that the plan was a wise one. Superintendent Harding of the - public schools was of the same opln- ion. In addition to much inexpert opinion Dr. Hudson, city health offi cer and Major Brown, of the United States public v health office, favored the measure, aa did the camp rep re-, sentatlves,- and .the eoaenrrent opin ion Indicated that the proclamation.' t-- -.) i ., aarae iron ocisg a im vrecauuon. weald have the anerlt of nubile aa- 91 aval.
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