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v '. -' " ? t ' - - -' -:' -1 ' ' -. r, ; ' "'.'" - -v ,' . .. t- if - ' v , " - '." . . ' " - - - - ...v-.-'W;,:;.- COUMTTIT HKP EVERY THURSDAY AT MORGANTON, 'THE BEST TOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA' SUBSCRIPTION ONLY $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE priiLis fesa- - - 1 , - ni( :-iiOLINA TROOPS to UO TO FRANCE NO ,it.rK Will Constitute The jiui'ir.ter Train Fad Aug. 14. Plans for ,u t national guard troops befn perfected by the .-..-lit with the erganiza- r ion which will include States and the lis ufiihia. Hum which the national to be assembled aiv V. Min-rvivania, Wisconsin. iiiio. Georgia, Alabama til- A il"'!' I Vol!:. 10 " liiiiiwi Indiana, Minnesota, 4 iau.l Moiith Carolina, California, uii ;, N ii .ri'iia. North Carolina, iS ias, Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Col , t)itl,.u, and the others from t-..i lew orafl the ij-tin t i.f Columbia. hrt.til iiirn n roriuaiMHi i . - iiiv.vm?-' i the war department's ururiiir-iit, under the headinp .-.i.r 'Cc hr ii ii.'u in- organizations ot tht ,,al nurd have been elected tr-oft- the I'-'nd division: QOTu 4hf I'l.il.HVim-- numerical designa tici.- ha-, e been assigned: " (Iviv.n headquarters troop, to con -i:f ' the scond seperate troop Loi iMaiia cavalry. fi i i- .iWision machine ?un battal- ioii liumbri- 149, to be composed ot third battalion, fourth Pennsyl a infantry. fhr iiifantry brigades to be num- i b-i. the 3rd infantry bi'igade, to com t rh 150th machine gun battalion, i.u-t ! of companies E, F and G n.i Wisconsin infantry; the 16oth i i i-i.ti;. tti'.'ih New Vork infantry) i I lntlth infantry (fourth Ohio in i national guard. Lhr 4th infantry brigade to com- the 151st machine gun batalior, .-n i -n l f I" paint s ti, ana r, seconu aeor- infantry); ICith infantry (fourth hama infantrs7); and the lGSth in -. ' -. s i i' c laid xovva mianirj). i'hr artillery brigade, to be num t-f-.t b.th. comprises: lhr- I4i'th field artillery (first Illi hf-ld artillery) ; the 150th field ar try (ni st Indiana field artillery; ; 151st tild artillery, first Minne la held artillery) ; to be composed ol third and fourth companies, Mary- d cr.a;t artillery corps. It- engineer regiment of the di -1 z ; 5 1 -i -m rtl- mi- uii v, ni oe nuRioerea inm. int r battiion will be found from the : seperate battiion, engineers, jith Carolina; and the second battal- fi "vviil t,e iorrned u-z the first sepa e battalion, engineers, California. 'lhc divisional field battiion, sie troops, vv ill be organized from tin -souri national guards. The head trteis train and military nonce wrl organized from the coast artiller Virginia. THE EXGINEttl AIN WILL BE ORGANIZE! THE NORTH CAROLINA the ammunition train will 4 oranired from the Kansas troonf-. I tht- uppiy train from the Texas sps- 'Ihey will be known respec- l-ly as the 11, th field battalion, sier- troops; the 117th headquarters n, and fiiilitary police; the 117th iiiiPf-r train; the 117th ammunition rn and rhe 117th supply train. the -anitarv train, to be known ti-.r. n,L -n i "f nitu sanicarv train win De JnpriSfd of the first, second, third; t fu.iit'h ambulance corps, being pectiveiy the first ambulance com- iies of Michigan, New Jersey, Ten iee and Oklahoma; the first- second th rd and fourth field hospital com r h it;ies fifing respectively the first field pital companies of Nebraska, Col do, Oregon and the District of Col- bia." Hurdhng the Law Tne Shipping Board was created by law of Congress. It is the Presi Tit 3 uutv tfi ovir-ritia l5Jw .'ViiVi ngress enacts. By law, not more En three members of the Shipping ferd shall belong to any one politi- party. Vet Messrs. Hurley, Stev f, and Donal.J admit themselves to rmoerats; Mr. Colby supported on last rali; and Mr. Brent is Louisiana, where he passes for publican. Ve thu spp fnnr mprn- whom the Presirifnt would havp Ithe Siiinriinc R. v.in-;. r. party the Wilson partv. The also provides that there shall be tribution of the Board's membe jl throughout the country in order f cure geographical renresentation -vie-r?. nald and Colby both -4WJ .xew i ork city.- The Presi r.l who appoints four members of 5 personal party to a board where 5 :ty representation is limited by law three, and who takes two members one city, when the law declares rhe membership shall be distrib I geographically this i th Pi 1who opposes any attempt by Con 5s to mquire what he and his sub Jiates are doing with the peoples .ons. neral Crowder's recent nm, jts make it perfectly certain that fPope is not the only BenpdiVt wV,n tavcr of stopping this thing right - AS A SHIPPING POINT Clinton, August 12. Besides ship ping more than 125 carloads of roast- ng ears to northern points during the past few weeks, the farmers of Samp son County have sold several thou- and bushels of hard corn left over rom last years' crop. Clinton is rec ognized as the leading shipping point for roasting ears in, the country, the farmers of this community "receiving more than $100,000 for roasting ears hipped this season. Practically ev- ry acre of land upon which these casting ears were grown is now pro- ucing a second crop of corn, cotton, beans or peas. Local merchants have been paying 2,00 and $2.10 a bushel for hard corn during the past few weeks. Most of this com is shipped to Wilmington. Sapson county is thoroughly alive to the present food and feed situation. and is growing this year the largest acreage of food and feed crops in its history. It will have a very consider able surplus of many of these crops for exports to the cities and those counties of the State which may not ise to the occasion to the same ex- ent that she has; meanwhile, the bampson county farmers are finding that in the present situation the lines of patriotism and profit are parallel. No well balanced agricultural lead er v ill advocate the abandonment of commercial fertilizers but all are agreed that the fertilizers used in this State can be very largely decreased through the use of legumes and lime, while better soil conditions and better crops will result. State Agronomist as. L. Burgess estimates that this saving in commercial lertihzer could easily be 33 percent or more. Ex pensive Nitrogen will be the princi pal element saved, the nitrogen stor ed by the letrumes taking its place. n clay soils, the addition of lime and humus will make unnecessary the ap plication of any potash as this type of soil contains potash which is made available by the bacterial activity re sulting from the addition of humus and limestone to the soil. i BITTER FIGHT CERTAIN IF PRESIDENT WILSON DEMANDS EOND ISSUE The House Is Strong Against More Bonds or Increasing Present Reve nue Bill Indications Are That the Congress Will Remain in Continu ous Session Until it Expires by Limitation in 1919. Washington, Aug. 12. Senators and ?on'.ressmen are awaiting the re nin to Washington tomorrow of Jlajority Leader Claude Kitchin with no re rhan customary interest because of the recent visit to the capitol by kcretary McAdoo to ask for con gressional authority to make a sec ond bond issue. There is strong sentiment in the house against issu ing more bonds or increasing taxes over the present revenue bill and if the administration insists upon an other bond issue it means a bitter fight in Congress and also that there will be no adjournment of Congress before March 4, 1919, when the regu lar session, which meets in December of 1918, automatically comes to an end. With another bond issue or addi tional taxes in any form before Con gress there can hardly be any ad journment before the regular session meets this December. This session is a long one, and will certainly run into the 1918 session, which meets in De cember next. There is a very decided feeling around the capitol that there should not be another bond issue at this time, nor should.. there be levied more taxes than the pending revenue bill provides, but if President Wilson believes there should be more money raised at this time and requests Con gress to do so there is' little doubt that his wish will be granted. But in do ing so Congress will take its own good time and therefore prolong the session and possibly extend.it into the regular session. House Democrats are positive that Mr. Kitchin will have something to sav about Senator Simmons' state ment yesterday on the revenue bill Kitchin has verv strone: views as to the senate bill and will fight the meas ure to a finish. At the present time the house is with Kitchin and the sen ate bill cannot be put through. Ar ministration pressure, however, may be brought to bear on the house in sufficient force to cause the majority of the lower branch of Congress to change its mind and vote for the sen ate bill. That is if the administra tion prefers the senate measure to the one prepared by the house. With- possibly two exceptions the North Carolina members will vote with Kitchen. The views of all of them are not known, but at least half a dozen of them have expressed tneir'intention of voting for the house measure. Charles W. Gold and C. C. Taylor, of Greensboro, who have been attending an-insurance meeting at Grand Rapids Mich., are in Washington looking into the proposed legislation to insure sail ors and soldiers during: the war. It is understood practically all of the insur- CLINTON IN THE LEAD A COMMENDATION AND' ELSE Judge M. H. Justice, J. F. Spainhour, and R. L. Hoffman, officers and jurors, deserve the thanks of the sober citi zenship of the town and county for their effective work in the last week's court. The benefits of their work will be felt for years. The same firmness in and spirit in another court or two will practically put the blind tigers out of business in this section. Some may say the court was too severe. It cannot be too severe in dealing with the local situation as long as it keeps in the bounds of its prescribed author ity. There are two considerations in dealing with a law violator, the good of the public and the good of the crim inal himself. Judge Justice had in mind the protection of the public, at the same time he did that which was best for the violator. A bootlegger as a rule never reforms so long as he continues with his old associates and frequents his old haunts. It is really hardly expected of him from the standpoint of environment. So the best thing for him is to be removed from the scene and surroundings of his crime. The road sentence gives him this "deliverence." Then again the road sentence makes him realize that the law is supreme, and the pen alty is severe, this teaches him to re spect the law. If it even is only from the standpoint of fear. Again a road sentence means "work." The larger part of the tribe of the bootleggers are idlers. The lesson of honest labor they get will be beneficial to them the rest of their lives. In this way their capabilities to work are conserved. This is a day of "conservation." Some object to the road sentence, saying it does not "cure." Well it "cures" dur ing the time of sentence, and it's bet ter to stop for a short time than to never quit at all. Another question is asked, "Aren't you sorry for the families?" "Yes, whose heart would not be touched by the scenes of the station last Friday when these men were to entrain?" Mothers' hearts breaking, wives weeping and children crying. Talk of suffering, they are the ones that suffer. They have been suffering for years, perhaps. They are innocent. They have tried as best they could to reform their loved ones. Many have been the prayers they've prayed, many the tears they've shed. They're not to blame, God knows they' are not. Let . no one dishonor them. But with sympathy true and deep help them bear this burden of humiliation. If for no other reason than the suffer ing and sorrow brought upon the in nocent, I would be forever the enemy of intoxicating liquors. The most ef fective way in prohibition territory to stop this suffering of the innocent is a good strong road sentence for the criminal and many instances are on record of the great benefit that has come to the man himself. Ordinarily the man who signs a petition for the pardon of such a man is doing the man an injustice. Until the criminal real izes the greatness of his crime, he should not be set free, and when he does realize the greatness of his crime he is willing then to suffer the pen alty. Doubtless before many weeks pe titions will be circulated asking par dons or commutations for these per sons. If we let our sympathies run away with our judgement, these per sons will again be at their same trade with less respect for the law than ever and will bring our section into great er disrepute, and all the work of the court will be to do it over, and it vgiU take years to do it. C. A. Caldwell, A. C. Swofford. Morganton, N. C, Aug. 13, 1917. TWENTY THOUSAND BY END OF WEEK, NEW YORK CLAIMS New York, Aug. 13. With more ex emption boards examining candidates today and prospects for. an increase each day, it is estimated by officials in charge of the selective draft that New York will have enrolled 20,000 men in the new national army by the end of the week. The general impres sion at headquarters of the 189 ex emption boards is that all will not be enrolled before August 25. Roscue Conkling, deputy attorney general, in charge of the draft, esti mated today that the total number of men enrolled to date was about 5,000 Revised figures show 22,386 examin ed, physically qualified 14.140, and 4, 362 qualified and indicating no exemp tion claims. CHINA DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY London, Aug. 14. Reuter's Limit ed has been officially informed that China has declared war upon Ger many and Austria-Hungary, the de claration dating from 10 o'clock this morning. ance companies are against the legis lation outlined by the secretary of the treasury, but they do not object to a reasonable insurance. The Greens boro men will see Senators Simmons and Overman before they return home and outline their views on this particu lar subject. . MORGANTON, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1917 FOOD BILL WONT FORCE DOWN PRICES OF FOOD Measure is Not a Price Fixing Bill as Many Have Been Led to Believe Washington, Aug. 10. Those who have believed food prices will drop after the food bill which President Wilson signed today, became a law, will be disappointed. A great num ber of men and women think the food bill is a price fixing bill. Thoy have been led to believe by the speeches of members of the senate and house that the food bill is a bill, now almost a law, to reduce the cost of living. It is in reality an attempt to reduce waste, and thereby bring about a sit uation where the prices of food will seek the proper level. Along with the food bill is the law creating a food sur vey, which provides for the depart ment of agriculture to stimulate pro duction. Also there is the food stuff embargo, which may have more effect on the food situation here than any thing contained in the food bill. The President has stopped the shipment of foodstuffs abroad except wrhere it is definitely known none of it can get to Germany. Food experts say that enough food has been shipped from there to Germany to feed all the sol diers in the kaiser's armies. The food bill sets up over-night a great system, the like of which this country has never seen. It first de clares that it shall be a crime, pun ishable by severest measures, for any man to destroy and waste foodstuffs. The food purveyor, who buys acres upon acres of growing plants, only to let them remain unharvested and thus affect the market, will be in the same class with the thief who breaks into a house and robs the refrigerator. The fellow who starts to buy all the eggs in' the country that he may charge a big price for them all winter long, will find himself a criminal. It allows the President to become the leading green grocer of the land. Under the food bill he can be the center point for the distribution of such essentials as wheat, flour, meueans and potatoes. Wherever he sees hoards of these and other necessities he may take them at a fair price. If it should be neces sary to can them or pack them, he may take over the canneries and the packing houses. Wherever there are storage ware houses, cold storage plants or main centers, of foodstuff distribution there also will be government agents watch ing the operation of such centers. A federal license will be required to do business. No one who speculates in food will have a chance to get a fed eral license. One of the features of the food bill is the minimum price of $2 a bushel set upon wheat. People have asked why no maximum price is placed up on bread as well as a maximum price on wheat. The food experts declare that in order to stimualte wheat pro duction in such times as these a mun- imum price absolutely must be made. In Europe the food administrators are said to have placed a maximum price on bread. Later on, farmers ' found they could make more money with their wheat by feeding it to hogs and cattle and there was no wheat for there was a bread famine. One of the first things the food administration under Mr. Hoover will do is to take up the wheat question. Mr. Hoover will also look into the milk situation. He will endeavor to stop the slaughter of young cows and baby calves. For years law-makers have endeavored to stop the slaughtering of calves with out success. Under the drastic and autocratic wartime food dictatorship this may-be brought about over-night GEN. WOOD WILL RECOMMEND SITE WILMINGTON OFFERS Wilmington, Aug. 7.-Bef ore leav ing here this morning for Fayette ville, - General Leonard Wood stated that he would recommend Wilmington and the site offered as particularly adapted for a training camp for in f ahtry, this recommendation to go to the war department, while he would "recommend to General Gorgas, of the health service, that a convalescent camp also be established here where soldiers brought home from Europe could recover amid splendid healthfu surroundings. He also stated that if a range of two by eight miles could be furnished . he would recommend that artillery be sent here to train and.stated that the location was quite suitable for an aviation camp. The convalescent camp, however, seems assured, the general being favorably impressed with what seems to be ide al health conditions existing in the county. It should be remembered that Con gress will have the last say and that there is increasing desire for Protec tion that shall be fair to all interests Troy Times. More to Contend With China has declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary. And there are about five hundred and fifteen mollion of them. DR. ALEXANDER STATES HIS POSITION Last Thursday's Greensboro News printed the following from Dr. Alex ander, correcting some reports about his speech at Salisbury a few days ago, which, reads: ditor of The Daily News: During the past week I was in the j eastern part of the state filling ap-! pointments in farmers' meetings. Saturday my attention - was ; called to criticism in the Greensboro News based upon a report of jny address in Rowan county a week ago. I have not seen the report but gather from the criticism that the person sending out the report charged me with advising the conscripted men of our state to resist the draft. I have not given any such advice but have been careful to say that I would not advise any one to resist the draft, because it is the law, right or wrong, just or unjust. For ten years I have been a justice of the peace and am therefore sworn to ob serve the law and uphold the peace. The Statesville Lankmark, as quot ed in the Charlotte Observer, which I have seen since returning home late Saturday night, approximates my po sition on this draft law, that I op posed the measure if it was meant to send Americans to foreign soil to fight; that it should apply only in case we were attacked and that only volunteers should be sent abroad." I would modify that statement to this extent: that we should not have gone into this, war; that only an invasion of our shores would justify us in go ing to war and in that case we would not need to resort to conscription; that the patriotism of American manhood would rally to the defense of our homes. But right or wrong, we are now in war and conscription has been forced upon us; and while we believe it is morally wrong and unconstitutional to draft our boys to fight in a foreign country, yet until the law is amended by Congress or nullified by a decision of the Supreme court, we should all obey it. . In support of our position on this draft law, we need only to call atten tion to the fact that a considerable minority in both houses of Congress opposed it, and many of the .best lawyers in the country declare it is unconstitutional. And while the war boosters are trying to deceive them selves into believing that "the hearts of the people are in this war," our ob servation, covering a large portion of the state, is most convincing that nine-tenths of the rural people are emphatically opposed to this draft law for a foreign war. The Charlotte Observer says they have several letters criticising my Salisbury address as reported. I, too, have received several letters of ap proval. Here is one from a well known business man in the Observer's own town, Charlotte: "Dear Sir: write this to say to you in reference to your speech at Salisbury Saturday, that I admire you for what you stated in reference to the conscription of men to send them to a foreign coun try. A man who will , speak the truth as you have done is worthy of trust, The spirit of God must be working in you. May you continue to speak the truth, and eventually thtf truth will make the people free. With kindest regards, etc." This letter was not prompted by personal friendship, as. I am not acquainted with its author Here is another letter from another section of the state. It is one of strong approval. I quote this extract from it as it is too long to use in full: am now 50 years old and have voted the Democratic ticket since I was old enough, and have always been in har mony with the party until the admin istration's foreign policy was forced upon the people regardless of their wishes, and under the present order of things I do honestly think con ditions are enough to provoke an open revolt. I do not believe there is one man out of 25 in my county that is in sympathy with our President, regard less of party affiliations, There are a half dozen other letters similar in character and from differ ent sections of the state. All of these letters are evidently written by in telligent, thinking men. I mention these letters only, in rebuttal of the statement of the Charlotte Observer that they had several letters of criti cism of my address as reported. Why; is it that not an official voice is heard in favor of peace? Where. is there a newspaper that is conducting a peace propaganda ? If half as much was being done to find an equitable basis of peace as is being done to pro mote war, the chances are the war would stop within 90 days. Will not some newspaper start a campaign at once to demand that Congress state at -once what we are fighting for what our peace demands are, on what terms we are willing to make peace And then demand that all other belli geent nations do the same at once Will not some member of Congress introduce a bill at once to that effect? We have started at a terrific peace to bankrupt our nation, and probably to sacrifice millions of the very pick of our young manhood. It is hardly LARGEST EVER PLANTED Raleigh, Aug. 12. Notwithstand ing the unusually high prices of the seed of clovers, vetch and small grain the planting of the largest acreage of winter cover" crops ever planted in North Carolina is being freely pre dicted for the coming fall. The farmers of the state are coming to a realization of the importance, of conserving the fertility of the soil and of the value of green manures, and the present high "prices of fertilizers and farm products are responsible for the prospective increased acreage of egumes and other cover crops.' This increase is being urged by the De partment of Agriculture, the Agricul tural Extension Service, State . Food Conservation Commission and by all forces working for a better system of farming and increased crop . pro duction in the State. All winter legumes used for cover crops' or for hay require lime, the quality depending upon the condition of the soil and also upon the Crop planted. It is practically useless to plant the winter legumes upon soil that has not been limed. For the past, two or three years the farmers o State have been able to secure L..ie through the Department of Agricul ture at a much lower rate than from the commercial lime companies. The Department this year however has not beeen able to renew its contract on the old basis and has recently leas ed a deposit of 226 acres near Bridge port, Tenn. A crushing plant with the capicity of 100 tons per day is to be established there immediately and the limestone will be available to North Carolina farmers at the cost of production. It is estimated that there are 150,000,000 tons of limestone in the deposit at Bridgeport analyzing from 80 to more than 95 per cent calcium carbonate. Aside from its absolute necessity for most legues, lime is recognized as beneficial to practically all types of soil in this State, its addition making more available the potash and other fertilizing ingredients in the soil and promoting bacterial activity. It also has a perceptible influence on the me chanical condition of the soil, tending to make more porous and friable the stiff er clay soils and to compact the looser sandy soils. Vance McCormick who has been put in charge of enforcement of the ex port restriction law has never had any experience in foreign trade, but he did . make a pretty good Democratic campaign manager and that is an im portant qualification under an admin istration that claims to disapprove of the-mingling of partiotism and part isan politics. four months since the declaration of war and yet we are already leaded down with as big a debt as Germany has contracted during three years of actual war. But Germany has repu diated the fraudulent gold standard and has issued two billions of legal tender paper currency, while the other nations at war, including our own, are selling interest bearing treasury notes bonds, which are paid for in "bank credit" for the government to check against. In our country these bonds are bought largely by the big money kings who own all our munition plants and other large manufactur ing enterprises and our railroads. The money trust will own the world when the war is over. One other thought, and this is in behalf of the people and for the peace and welfare of our state and nation. The people are sorely tried. War and conscription have both been forced upon them at one full swoop. Their sons are being snatched away from the paternal home, a great many of them never io return, not even in a box. Mother's hearts are almost break ing now; what will it be when reports begin coming back from France of thousands being killed. Fathers are spending sleepless nights and days full of trouble. This writer has two boys already on the alter ready for sacrifice and two others likely , to be called if this madness is long con- tinue'd. They. are worth no more than millions of other boys, but I would not give one of them for all the bil lions that the bondholders and muni tion manufacturers are making out of this world war. Here is an appeal to our national and state officials. Don't try to run over the people "rough shod." They are now like wounded animals at bay. Give them time to; kinder get used to the tragedy that has befallen them They are just as loyal citizens as the officers who are executing the con scription laws. They see the whole situation from a different viewpoint. They are taxpayers and voters and they have always been law-abiding citizens. And those men who talk war but do not go to it have no moral right to censure others who are being mad to go against their wills. In conclusion, I would appeal again to some editor or member of Congress to start some movement at once for peace. Let's quit talking war -arid talk peace. He that preacheth up war i3 the devil's chaplain. One peace is better than 10 victories. Vv. H. Q. ALEXANDER. MaVews Aug. , '17. NO. 2 BALLON MAN KILLED AT CHERRYVILLE Lincoln Times. During the celebration at Cherry ville last Friday Mr. Bugbee, the rider of the balloon of the Crew Ballooning Co., of Greensboro was instantly Idl ed by coming in contact with a live wire of the Southern Power Co., at a spot near the Presbyterian church. -The flight was made from the Sea- board station and was successful un-1 til, when within twenty-five feet fromf the ground on its downward journey, the parachute doubled over the live wire and the body of Mr. Bugbee was burned into a "crisp. The deceased leaves a wife and several children. j MANY SOLDIERS ARE CATHOLICS! K of C To Take Care of About 22,000, Catholics At Camp Greene . - ' t.-. Of the 35,000 to 40,000 soldiersr from New England soon to be in Camp Greene 20,000 to 22,000 are m-mbers of the Roman Catholic ch and the Knights of Columbus over the country have already raised $1,000,000 and expect to increase this to $5,000,000 for the purpose of sup plying chaplains and for recreation work among tne soldiers. At Camp Greene arrangements have been made whereby the big;, tent of the Y. M. C. A., which is. to spend $75,000 annually at . the local camp, will be used each Sunday morning for mass for Catholic soldiers. In New-England a large proportion of the population, especially in the cities, is Catholic and "it. is largely, from the cities that' the soldiers ar coming, so that vast plans are now under way for the Charlotte camp as well as those scattered over the coun try. .... . At. Camp' Greene the Knights of Co- umbus wiil build a large-and per manent structure as s recreation ana club building for the Catholic soldiers where they may read, writer-rest, talk n and amuse themselves. This work will be in charge of specialized men' where the spiritual welfare of the soldiers will be in charge of priests of the church. Today in 'Chicago the national m'eet ing the the Knights of Coulmbus is in session and the camp question is. to be definitely settled there, and then it will be known how many men. will be assigned to each camp. It is ex pected that in addition to the Cath olic chaplains in the army, 15 or 16 will be detailed by the Knights of Co- umbus for work here, together with an adequate number of men for the other work in the camp. New England's population is now made 0 up of a- large proportion of Catholic citizens, some native-born and many coming from Catholic coun tries or their ancestors coming from such .countries. In Massachusetts it is. estimated that of the total church membership, about 70 per cent, are Catholic. ' . The local committee has been over the camp site and is now waiting for instructions from the national meet ing in Chicago and from the govern ment committee in charge of sociolo gical work and spiritual welfare of the soldiers in the numerous camps and cantonements now being estab lished .in the country, . Between Charlotte and Spartan burg" there are not . less than 35,000 soldiers of the Roman Catholic faith. DEMOCRACY IN GERMANY IS NOW LOSING GROUND Widely Thought That Michaelia' Se lection of Cabinet -Colleagues Indi cates' His Distinct ..Rejection of the Principle f Parliamentarism. - Copenhagen, Aug. 12.-The democ ratic movenjent in Germany which re- formers c were sure was getting such " splendid start in the recent reich- stag crisis tnow.,seems to be slipping backwards. The ... liberal and - radical newspapers in Germany generally in terpret the selection by Dr. Michaelis, the. chancellor, of his colleagues as a distinct rejection of the principle of parliamentarism of parliamentary in fluence upon administration. The socialist organ, Vorwaerts, an nounces that the cabinet members, . Spahn, Krause, and Mueller, enter the government as-" individuals not, as party representatives. Therefore the .' party assumes no responsibility there for, but retains completely a free hand toward the government. Herr Mueller particularly has long had no . active connection . with the socialist party and has a purely administrative non-political post. - The Vorwaerts declares that the present government must be the last of its kind and must be supplanted; by a government of the people. Dr. Michaelis is also getting further, away from the reichstag peace resolution even as he interprets it as the days pass. The phrase in his speech Sat urday on the necessity of "a powerful peace" was printed in black face type.' Reports .to -the Associated Press from Germany say that Dr. Michaelis now , has been hailed by the advocates of 5-a -greater Germany as a new. Bis-: marck. " . V-
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