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-THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT Tee Monroe Journ al PITRUSHEn TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY U VOL.24. No. 90. MONROE, N. O, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1918. $1.50 PER Y VR CASH. MAJORITY OF U. 8. TROOPS BACK BY MID-SUMMER. regulars Will Remain Longer Eight National Army ami Guard Divisions Near Rhine en. Dick- dim n in Command. " Washington. D. C. December 7th. Eight of the thirteen divisions com prising the American Third Army, now approaching the Rhine, either are National Guard or National Army troops, and there is every reason to believe that they will be on American soil again by mid-summer'. ' General March, chief of staff, an nounced to-day he anticipated no dif ficulty in getting these units home within four months after peace has been established formally by proclam ation. President Wilson, in his recent address to Congress, said the sessions of the conference probably would he concluded by spring and based on this estimate of the time. General March's statement was accepted to mean that these forces would return during the summer. Two National Guard divisions, the Thirty-Second and Forty-Second, and two of the National Army, the Eighty Ninth and Ninetieth, now are in the front line of Major General Dick man's Army of occupation which was within twenty miles of the Rhine last night, acccording to General Persh ing's report. The Twenty-Eighth and Thirty-Third National Guard and the Seventy-Ninth National Army are in the second line, constituting the re serve which is occupying Luxemburg and various railroad centers in France, including Montmedy, Longu yon. Etain and St. Mihiel. The First, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Regulars comprise the remainder of the ad vancing Army, while the Second and Seventh divisions are with the re serve. ALL BACK BY MID-SUMMER. The estimate as to the possibility that all except regular divisions will have been withdrawn from France by inid-summer is based on General March's reply to a question as to steps netfessai-y to obtain an extension of the enlistment period for men in the Army of occupation. "The law about the men who were raised iu the National Army is that they must be discharged four months after the declaration of peace," he (.aid. "That, I think, also was ex tended to Include men who made voluntary enlistments in the regu lar Army. I won't have any diffi culty in bringing hack from France the so-called National Army divisions in four months after the declaration of peace. It is entirely possible that we will have to ask Congress for some modifications of the law to pro vide a longer period for the. units which will remain in Europe." A total of five thousand and three thundred and fifteen men. General March said, have been specifically as signed for early return by General Pershing. Included in the additional units reported to-day are one thou sand, four hundred and twenty-six officers and twenty-nine thousand, three hundred and eighty-one men, the largest organizations mentioned being the field artillery brigades of the Eighth (Regular) and Ninety Second (National, Army negro) di visions and the Three Hundred and Forty-Fifth and Three Hundred and Forty-Sixth Infantry regiments from the Eighty-Seventh (National Army) division. The remainder of the list consists largely of auxiliary division al troops. LARGEST UNIT YET. The Three Hundred and Forty Sixth Infantry is numerically the largest unit yet ordered home, show ing seventy-seven officers and three thousand, one hundred and eighty- two men. Discussing demobilization of the Forces at home, General March said College men other than those iu offi cer's dchools which were being aban doned would receive no preference as to the time of their discharge. The order of demobilization providing (hat combat divisions be disbanded last, he said, has not been altered. "The system Is working at a very much greater speed." General March said.referring to demobilization, "and I have Initiated a system by which I get a dally record as to officers and a weekly record as to enlisted men. The actual number of officers dis charged at the time of the last an nouncement was one hundred and thirteen; the number discharged last week, up to yesterday, was seven thousand, six hundred and fifty-eight. The number of men last week was over two hundred thousand." The historic society of Cincin nati, oldest of the American patriotic organizations, was founded by officers of the continental forces and of the French army and fleet which aided us in gaining our independence at the close of the revolutionary war, 135 years ago. Washington was its first prfsldent-general. Hamilton the sec ' or.d and on its original rolls appear the names of many others who gained fame for their services in the cause of liberty. Its membership, compos ed of the eldest male descendants of these officers, now numbers about 1000- besides which Prseldent Wil son, ex-President Roosevelt and Taft, and several other distinguished Am erican - French citizens are honorary members. An officer of the Japanese navy, after having discovered a process which makes paper waterproof, has invented a collapsible lifeboat made of the material, which can be folded up and weighs but a few pounds. How President Wilson Spent Sunday on hhlp. "President Wilson attended re ligious services this morning with the enlisted men of the American Forces on Board the George Washington," says Sunday's Wireless to the Asso ciated Press . The service is describ ed as follows: "The services were held in the quarters of the men some distance be low decks. The President Joined in the singing and the prayers and in the recital of the services. Later the President took his usual walk on' deck and then rested. He did not work during the day. The George Washington is running through smoother seas and encoun tering warmer weather." U. S. BATTALION IS SENT TO OCCUPY CITY OF COBLENZ Tliis Prenintiire Occupation Is Due to Request of Germans Main Amer ican Army Continues Its Advance In Germany in the Usual Manner. v (By the Associated Press.) American Army of Occupation, De cember 8th. A battalion of the Thir ty-Ninth Infantry left Treves by train today for Cobleuz, a four hours' run. The premature occupation of Coblenz is due to the request of the German authorities, who are apprehensive of the conditions that might prevail there after the withdrawal of the Ger man forces. This is the first time the Ameri cans have utilized railway trains for their advance into the territory from which the Germans have withdrawn. It was not expected that there would be any trouble at Coblenz and the appeal by the burgomaster to send troops was denied until it was supplemented in writing by the retir ing military commanders. fc The main army continues Its ad vance in the usual manner and last night had reached the general line of Geldsdorfau, Mayen, Kloenig and Schwarden. All reports continued to indicate that the Germans were with drawing in an orderly manner and that the Inhabitants of the villages occupied by the Americans were re fraining from any antagonistic acts. American troops have been march ing all day in the general direction of Coblenz. They have been received everywhere with the usual resigned attitude by the people. The women seem to feel their position more keen ly than the men. There are many averted faces as the troops pass. The Americans are working in co operation with the burgomaster of Treves. Inquiry by the Americans reveals there are sufficient food sup plies In the territory occupied, only the quality Is poor. The Treves Lsndes Zeltung devoted a four line Item to the entry of the American troops in its last Issue. General Pershing's communique for vesterday said: "Section A The thlnl American Armv, continuing its advance -Into rrrnr" to-rtiy reached the peneril lino Ru"nerath-Boos-Kempernlch-Ma- ven-Greimersbiirg - Slmmern-Kellen-baeh. "Sert'on T! There Is nothing to report In this section." BRITAIN DAY WAS CELEBRAT ED IX NEW YORK CITY. Messages From King George anil Pre mier Lloyd George Read nt Meet ing In llip-;lroiiic. On Sunday,' December 8th. New York City celebrated Britain Day, at a meeting in the Hippodrome arrang ed as the climax of the celebration messages were read from King George and Premier Lloyd George. The King's message, read by Alton P. Parker, who presided, stated that "the people of the British Empire join with me In thanking you and i hose associated with you for your ef forts in promoting this celebration which will be welcomed as a proof of the true and lasting friendship of the United States. "It will be a particular satisfaction to my navy and army to feel that they have won the esteem of the Nation which has sent so many gallant men to suffer with them the trials of this great war and to share in the glories of final victory," continued the mes sage, "In the name of the British Em pire, I thank the people of the United States of America and I pray that the coming era of peace may find our two Nations always united as they are to-day." A message from Premier Lloyd George read: "I am always delighted with any- work which helps to make our two Nations understand one another bet ter. We shall never forget the prompt and decisive response of the American President and people to the Allied call this spring, and the In valuable part played by the American navy Iu helping to free the sea from the German pests." Messages from Foreign Minister Balfour. Field Marshal Haig. Ad mirals Beatty rnd Jelllcoe, Premier Clemenceau of France and Ambassa dor Jusserand were also read to the audience, which Included navy offi cers of high rank. Besides addresses by Sir Henry Bablngton Smith, act ing British High Commissioner; Mr Parker, Charles E. Hughes, Samuel Gompers, and Doctor George E. v In cent, head of the Rockefeller Founda tlon, the programme included a tab leau protraying the sinking of the British warship Vindictive in the har bor at Zeebrugge. ! PRESIDENT WILSON ISSUES RED CROSS PROCLAMATION .Made Public Sunday The Proclama tion Asks All to Enroll During Christmas Roll Call Week and Help in Work Ahead. Washington. D. C. December 8th. President Wilson, in a proclama tion, made public to-day, calls on ev ery American to Join the American Red Cross Christmas roll-call week December 16th to December 23rd, "and thus send forth to the whole human family the Christmas greet ing for which it works and for which it stands in greatest need. The proc lamation, prepared by the President berore he departed for Europe, fol lows: The White House. "Washington. Nov.Jfi. 1918. "To the American People: One year ago twenty-two million Americans, by enrolling as members of the Red Cross at Christmas time, sent to the men who were fighting our battles overseas a stimulating message of cheer and good-will. They made it clear that our people were of their own free choice united with their Government iu a determination not only to wage war with the instru ments of destruction, but also by every means their power to re pair the ravages of the invader and sustain and renew the spirit of the Army and of the homes which they represented. The friends of . the American Red Cross In Italy, Bel gium and France have told, and will tell again, the story of how the Red Cross workers restored morale in the hospitals, in the camps, and at the cantonments, and we ought to be very proud that we have been per mitted to be of service to those whose sufferings and whose glory are, the heritage of humanity. "Now. by God's Grace, the". Red Cross Christmas message of 19 k8 ,1s to bo a message of peace as well as a message of good-will. But peace does not mean that we can fold our hands. It means further saclflce. Our membership must hold together and be increased for the great tasks to come. We must prove conclusively to an atttentive work that America la permanently aroused to the needs of the new era, our old indifference gone forever. i "The exact nature of the future service of the Red Cross will depend upon the programme of the associa ted Governments, but there Is Imme diate need to-day for every heax&n ing word and for every helpful ser vice. We must not forget that our soldiers and our sailors are still under orders and still have duties to per form of the highest consequence and that the Red Cross Christmas mem bership means a great deal to them. The people of the saddened lands, moreover, returning home to-day where they have no home must have the assurance that the hearts of our people are with them In the dark and doubtful days ahead. Let us, so far as we can, help them back to faith In mercy and in future happiness. "As President of the Red Cross, conscious in this great hour of value of such a message from the American people, I should be glad If every American would Join the Red Cross for 1919, and thus send,forth to the whole human family the Christmas greeting for which It waits and for which It stands In greatest need. (Signed) "WOODROW WILSON." At the Strand Today. D. W. Grif fltli's "The Givat Love." Make this a Red Cross Christmas The happiest, merriest Christmas the world ever knew is almost here. But in the rejoicings of peace and freedom there is one note of serious ness, that America must not forget there is misery and distress and sickness in war-torn Europe. Relief must be given. The work of the Red Cross MUST go on. And to carry on, the Red Cross MUST have the support of your mem bership. ointheRedCros tJ -ellyou need JOE HUDSON, COLORED, ROBBED OF HO BY CONFIDENCE MEN. Waited Too Long to Give the Alarm Swindler Iull Off Same Stunt in Charlotte Where they are Capt ured Chief Christenbury WUI Bring Them Here For Trial. Some, time ago Joe Hudson, a Un ion county negro, was robbed of $140 on the streets of Monroe by a "confidence" man. Joe had sold a bale of cotton and went into the Bank of Union to get his check cashed. In the bank a well dressed negro accos ted him him civilly and inquired if money wasn't rather plentiful. Joe fell for this negro at once and they left the bank together. As they step ped from the building another well dressed negro came from around the corner and stooping, picked some thing from the sidewalk. "Did you see that nigger And that pocket- book?" said the one who had accost ed Joe in the bank. He then propos ed that they should make him divide its contents with him. This the other negro readily agreed to do, but he required that they follow him to the outskirts of town for the division. Arriving at the outskirts of town, he announced that the pocketbook he had found contained $1100 but the initials of the man who had dropped it were on the bills. He said that it would take $140 to get the money changed for other money that did not have identification marks upon it, and that if Joe would let him have the money he would go up town, get It changed, and come back and then divide it equally among the three. Joe at once handed over the money he hnd Just received for his cotton. The two other ncgioes then left to gether. Honrs went by and they did not re turn. Night began to come on before Joe rerlized- that he had been swin dled. He then came to town and re ported the matter to the police, but he hnd waited too long and the well dresned negroes with his money had made their get-away before lie report ed it to the police. Saturday, In Charlotte another ne gro was swindled In the same man ner, but he did not wait so long to report it and the two' negroes who had fleeced him were captured. An account of their capture appeared In the Charlotte papers Sunday and It was at once apparent to Chief Chris tenbury that they were the same ne groes who had robbed Joe Hudson. Securing Hudson he went to Char lotte yesterday where the latter at once Identified them as the negroes who had swindled him. The swind lers were given a hearing in police court in Charlotte yesterday morning and bound over to Superior Court In bond of $300 each. Falling to raise this amount, they were remanded to jail. Chief Christenbury at once had warrants Issued charging them with swindling, and should they succeed In raising the required bond they will at once be arrested and brought here for trial. However, if they cannot wise this bond and remain In the Mecklenburg Jail until court, when they will no doubt get a long sentence on the roads, upon the expiration of his sentence they will be brought here for trial. Messrs. Oscar and James Hill of Monroe township have received hon orable discharges from the army and have returned home from Camp Jack son. is a hart and a dollar Crown Prince Renounces Right to Throne. Crown Prince Frederick William has renounced his right to the Ger man throne. A despatch received in Basel from the semi-official Wolff Bureau quotes the Crown Prince in renouncing the throne as having said: "1 renounce formally and definite ly all rights to the crown of Prussia and the imperial crown, which would have fallen to me by the renunciation of the Emperor-King or for other reasons. "Given by my authority and signed by my hand. Done at Wierlngen, December. 1st. 1918." The Prussian Government has formally withdrawn the privilege heretofore held by the members of the Hohenzollern family of immunity from law. Prince Adalbert, third son of the former German Emperor, has joined the present government, according to a Berlin despatch to the Express. He 's now at Potsdam, it is said. LOST BOY FOUND IX MONROE The Son of a Prominent Kalisbury Family Who Run Away From School Several .Months Ago Loca ted Through the Eiioits of Mr. T. 1 Crowell. In the city of Salisbury today there is a Dcuuutui wouiau, who, alter weeks ut wony anu anxiety concern ing mo w Hereabouts oi ner son, is Happy. Her wandering boy has been returned to her through the eitoris of a Monroe man, .vir. T. L. Crowell. Mure than a mouth ago there ap peared in Monroe a young man about seventeen-years-old. He was a well appearing young fellow of good coun tenance. He applied at the Sikes Company for a position or rather a job. It was here that he met Mr. Crowell. The Sikes Company did not have anything for him to do but Mr. Crowell succeeded in securing him a Job elsewhere. Becoming interested in the boy he enquired as to where he was from. The boy replied that he was from Lynchburg, Virginia, but he had formerly worked at Sal isbury. The Monroe man then named one of his friends in that city and en quired if the boy knew him. He said that he did and at one time was a school-mate of this friend's daugh ter. Later a letter was addressed to the Salisbury, friend asking if he knew a young man Dy the name or- A few hours after this letter was re ceived In Salisbury there came a long distance telephone call wanting a de scription of the boy. This was given and coincided with that of a mem ber of a prominent family of Salis bury who-had run away from school several months ago. The mother of this boy had suffered nervous pros tration from worrying over her son. The Salisbury man instructed Mr Crowell to keep his eye on the lad and see that did not start out on fresh wanderings, stating that his mother would be down on the next train. This Mr. Crowell did and when the six o'clock train came In from Char lotte Friday the boy's mother was a passenger, and a few minutes later held her son in her arms. At sight of his mother the boy relented and the next train for Salisbury carried two happy passengers. SOLDIER CLASH WITH SPAR. TACUS GROUP IX BERLIX Dozen or More Persons Killed liirlud ing Severn! Girls NeNrmer Plant Stormed Probably Fifty Wounded. Saturday's Associated Press from Berlin tells the following story ot the chaos existing in the city: Thn clash between government troops and following of the Spariacua or radical group, resulted in from twelve to sixteen persons beliis killed, according to various reports. The number of wounded is not expected to exceed fifty. Several girls who were passengers on a street car were among those killed. It appears that the audience fro-.n nne of the three meetings of de serters from the army was marching northward in Chaussee Strasse to join thn nnriirmre from a meeting held in a hall further north. The fussiler guards were drawn up at the inter section of Invaliden Strasse and the commander warned the people to dis perse. The marchers were crying: "Forward. The soldiers won't shoot their comrades!" The marchers tried to pierce the lines, whereupon the order to fire was given. Besides the wounded, several were badly hurt, rushing through broken shown win dows seeking cover. a rrnnn of soldiers slormed the editorial rooms of Karl Llebknecht's newspaper and attempted to destroy the plant. Frustrated In their raid on the newspaper office by govern ment orders, the soldiers then at tempted to arrest the members of the executive committee of the soldiers' and workmen's council, the soldiers apparently laboring under the misap prehension that their officer had been ordered by the government to make the arrest." The faculty of law of the univer sity of Atheue has decided to confer the honorary degree of doctor of laws on President Wilson. At the Strand Today. D. W. Grif fith's "The Great Love." CLEMENCEAU WIL, PROBABLY HEAD FRENCH DELEGATION' Marsliral Foch Will Be One of the Premiers Collaborator Censorship of Press Removed in France. (By The Associated Press.) Paris, December 8. Premier Cle menceau may act as president of the French delegation to the peace con ference. It is reported that the pres ence of President Wilson as head of the American delegation has led to this decision on the part of the French Premier. It is said that he may select as his collaborators Cap tain Andre Tardieu, head of the gen eral commission for Franco-American war matters and high commissioner to the United States, Jules Cambon, General Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former Ambassa dor to the United States, Marshal Foch, and the French Ministers of the Navy and Labor, Georges Leygues and M. Colliard, respectively. For jl time the French newspapers were not permitted to forecast the composition of the French delegation but this restriction seems now to have been withdrawn. Recently the names of former Premier Leon Bourgeois and Aristide Brland have been men tioned in connection with the confer ence and some of the paper have taken them under consideration as suitable delegates. MANY PLANTS IN FRANCE ARE COMPLETELY RUINED Workers me More Plentiful Than the Jobs Problem Unlike That of America. (By Edward M. Thierry.) Paris. Read inst ment of labor af ter demobilization looms as the big gest after-the-war question in France. A committee or meniDers ot tne French chamber nt demities has offi cially asked the government what steps towara tauor reconstruction are to be taken. Aimninrmpnt fif a commission to study the question has just been an nounced. Labor readiustment is a subject of greater importance in France than outside of Belgium perhaps be cause so many factories and commer cial enterprises have been destroyed by the war. When the soldiers are demobilized a great -number wlH not be able to re- , turn to the work in which they were engaged before the war. Their work shops have been wiped out. Many others who have been em ployed on war work in munition plants will be thrown out or employ ment. For such concerns will have in Rhut down while thev adaot them selves, many of them slowly, to a bieacc-time line of manufacture. MORE WORKMEN THAN JOBS Another class of men, who have been away at the front four years, will find no place open because they have been replaced by other labor women, in numerous cases. The government faces the problem of having more men on its hands than it has jobs. A quick solution is im perative, according to the view of prominent labor leaders. "Every other country except France has thought about this mat ter," said M. Emmanuel Brousse, a French deputy and a member of the newly appointed labor readjustment commission. v "Britain has been working on the labor question for a olng time. Twenty-five commissions composed of specialists In various lines have pre pared a solution. "Germany had its after-war pro gram definitely mapped out. First the men who in civil life were engag ed in such occupations as technical, commeiical, industrial, financial and transport were to be freed from army service. Other kinds of workmen were to be demobilized successively. "France must not lose a moment In mapping out its labor readjustment plan. Otherwise there will be a social catastrophe." Labor leaders In France point also to the preparations in America for distributing farming land to demo bilized soldiers. But they remark that this method of finding something for the ex-soldier to do Is closed to the French. France has not vast unoccu pied lands as the United States has, except in the northern African colo nies. All of France is cultivated in tensively, leaving none for reclama tion bv demobilized soldiers. And U Is calculated that few will want to leave their own country for tne pur pose of colonization. G. H. Roberts, British minister of labor, recently discussed this subject before an audience of British soldiers nt the Prlti Army and Navy Leaguo club in Par':t. The British minister said tempora ry unemployment difficulties of de mobilized soldiers would be met by a free out-of-work donation covering a neriod of 12 months after discharge. This will be additional to the month's furlough given each man on his dis charge, during which time pay and allowances re to be continued. , The skilled workmen among British ' noldiers. Roberts said, is safeguarded bv the munitions of war act, gtvin him the assurance of reinstatement In emoloyment. Committees, he said, would establish employment agencies in nil rltlpn and everything possible would be done to make labor reset tlement as speedy and smooth as pos sible. At th Strand Today. D. W. Grif fith's "The Great Love."
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