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ROANOFE RAPTDS HERAT D. ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. AMERICA'S MES pine IICGGHUL 10 M S 11 RUSSIAN PEOPLE WILL FIGHT WITH ALLIES FOR LIBERTY, FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS OF WORLD, UDEH HB UlE m ML CONTINUE Hi Sue I For i Mu ittr Terchwv ka'S H:Hm RiifMnM to America's Mwita t Russia. Ditrd By Special Ambassador Root, of AmiritH Cmmisii. F.roTd. via London "Th Rus sian people consider war Inevitable and wtU coMiiiue it. The Ku.-Uu have o mieniistU' wisim. We 1 th.t yea have iiono. W shall fUM to- j jrther te see ur liberty. treeeUm and haprtaes for all the world. I m happy u u that 1 d B e any moral tele or factor hfn Amer-,' ic and Russia to divide u. W two people. Russia Ashling tyranny, and j America standing as the oldest (IfmwraiT. hand tu hand, will show! the way of happimw o nations great j and small." I These ringing word. expressing th attitude of th Kuian government ! toward American and the American' luiswion headed by Klihu Root, were voiced by M Tereschtenko. minister of foreign affair. responding for the council of ministers to Mr. Hoot' ad dress of sympathy and good will on th part of the American government. The American ambassador, I'avidt Francis, presented the Root mission to j the ministers in the Miirlnsky palace, explaining that the members of the mission had come to Russia to dis cover how America can best ro-oper-ate with Its ally in forwarding the! fight agninst the common enemy. TV. presentation was very formal, only a few Russian official and the mem-: born of the American embassy at tending. Mr. Kerensky. the youthful minister of war. just back from the front, wore the khaki blouse of a com mon soldier. The ministers listened with rapt attention to Mr. Root's address. Mr. Tereschtenko rose from a sick bed to attend the presentation and responded without notes, expressing great joy In welcoming the commis sion frem 'America, lie said that I!us sla's revolution was based on the won derful words tittered by America In lTTfi. lie read part of the Ie. iara'lon of Independence and exclaimed: "Kus sia holds with the Vnited States that a'l men are created free and equal!" Mr. Teresc hfenkn said Russia faces two problems, the necessity of creat ing a strong democratic force within its boundaries n-id the fighting of an external foe. Then he di!arod for war and expressed unbounded confi dence In the power of Russia to meet the situation. Mr. Root said' j "Mr President and members of the council of ministers: The mission for which I have the honor to speak Is charged by the government and peo ple of the Vnited S'ates of America with a message to the government and people of Russia. The mission comes from a democratic republic. Its mem bers are commissioned end Instructed by a president who hold" his high office as chief executive of more than one hundred mill on free people by virtue of popular election. , Freedom Above Wealth.- "For one hundred and forty years our peonle have been -tnigtr!'ng with the hard problems of self government. With many shortcomings, many mis take, many Imperfections, we still have maintained order and respect for law. Individual freeditn and natSonal Independence. Vnder the security of our own laws, we have grown In strength and prosperity. But we value err freedom more than wealth. We love liberty and we cherish above all onr possessions the Ideals for which our fathers fouglvt and suffered and sacrificed that America might be fre. "We believe In ihe competence of the power of democracy and In our; heart of hearts abides faith In the' coming of a better world In which the humble ard oppressed of all lands may be lifted up bv fashion. "The news of Russia's new-found freedom brought to America univer sal ewtifrfactlrvn and Joy. From all the land sympathy and hope went out to the new slater In the circle of democ racies. And the mission Is sent to ei- U-Boat Sink Frelnhter. New York. News of the destruction of the big French freight steamshlD Mississippi by a German submarine, I with a loss of one of the merchant men's crew was bought here by of ficer of a HHtlh freight vessl that arrived from a French port. Tha Mississippi, of (.667 tons gross, Iras torpedoed and sunk about 145 miles out from the port of Brest, France, on June 2 according to the British' ship, which rescued forty even officers and seamen from open boats. A news dispatch received by wire less In New York last November from Berlin alluded to reports declared to have been published In French news paper to the effect that the Missis sippi had sighted and fired upon a German submarine without scoring a hit In the English channel on Novem ber 8. The Berlin dispatch said the TJ-boat neither before nor after the at tack attempted to molest the liner, and the Incident was cited by Ger many aa "furnishing contradiction to the affirmation of the entente govern ments that the armaments of mer eutOMtt ar for defensive purpose." DELIVERED MM ROOT presss that feer-lug. "Tie Amer aa democ-aey wcjj te the ieokvr.i v of Kiss-ia a g-e-ui.g of yinp:ay. tneoAdiip brvthoi tuic4. Go4s"4. Itstaut Aaienca !nUe of the spevt-U cvcdi'K.as vrf sioa life whioh muM t'orta to tha govercmetit :.d Us &.oi a a:a tat to create As we tutv dwei iped our insrjtutkws to scrv th neesls of our Er:oul vli4tti.ttr Lfe, o w assarae that ycu w.U d vekp yor insntuiKms to ser tha neets o Ruewiaa character ud lif "As we kxk tons the te. we d; tinsuisil !K) prty. no class. We ea STVj.t Kjsia as a whoie. as on niisa'y, striving, ptrin d. mo rai f . We k:io the selfi out r4, &1 klttdlxesa. n mnj mni. u set.t-e. iou ate and nol le idealism ot the Kui i Uiractrr. "We Uiv fi:sh ia oa ail We pray tir OoU s bii'.-.;ii! uimu you ail. W Urf.eva yoa w.il sol your p:o!',enis. that o will maaitaia your l.tw r, an4 that our two great nati-i-. will aiirih s;de by s;J ia tr.unirhant prgres of democracy until the oil order everywhere has juissed aav aui the WvrlJ is free. One Fearfj! Danger. "X'ne f.ajful danger thi-tens t! tiberty of tk'ih tuiums The armed forces of a Bnlitar auto- ra. y at the t.:W of Rus.a a.id the aii es T. s ttiutLi'h of 0rman arms w.il ni.'ji the deu;h of liberty in l!u- i Nj eccniv is at the gates or America, but Vnierua has come m realtre that the trtumpb Herman arms means the i-Mih of lihery in the world, that who love literty and would k-e ,t mut hul.t f.vr It. and ful.f for it new when the free democracies of t'-e world may be stt'ivng lu union, an I tot delay until they may be bea ei down searaiely In succession. "See. America sends another m-s-saK to Russia that we are going to tifiht, and have already betun to light, for your freedom equally wi"h our own. and we a.-k you to fght for our freedom equally with yours. We would make your cause ours and our ta'i-e yours, and with a common purpo.-o and mutual helpfulness of a ti'iu al liance make sure of victory over our common foe. "You will recognize your own senti ments and purpose In the worlds of President Wilson to the American Congress, when on Ihe second of Apr'!, last, he addressed a de. laiation of war against tJertiany. He said: "'We are accepting this challetue of hostile purpose because we know that lu 8u h a government (the Herman government) following such methods, we can never have a friend; and that in the presence of It organiied power, always lying In wail to aicompl.-h we know not what purpose, there iau be no assured security for the d. nio, rat'o governments of the world. We are now about to accept the gauge of bat tle with this natural foe to bbertv. and shalL if necessary, s;'tid tlm whole force of the nation to check and nullify Its pretensions and its power. "Sa'e For Democracy." " The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be plant ed upon the tested foundations of pli tical liberty We have no selfish crnl to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion We s-ek no In. '.. 'unities for ourselves, no materia! compensa tion for the sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one of the ham pious of theerights o' mankind. We shall he satisfied when those ru-hta have been made as soeure as the faith and the freedom of nations can make thta." "And you will see the feeling toward Russia with which America has en tered the great war lu another c lause of the same address. President Wil son further declared: i " 'Does not every American feel tlmt ; assurance has been added to our hope for the future peace of the world by ' tiie wonderful and heartening things that have been happening within the , last few weeks In Russia? Russia was known by those who knew her best to ' have been always n fact democrat la at heart in all the vital habits of her-, thought. In all the Intimate relations- '. ships of her people that spoke their , natural Instinct, their habitual atti tude toward life. j " 'The autocracy that crowned th , summit of her political structure, long as it had stood and terrible as was the reality of its power, was not In fact Russian in origin, character or pur- ! pose, and now It has been shaken off and the sreat generous Russian people have been added. In all their native majesty and might, to the forces that are fighting for freedom In the world, for justice and for peace. Here is a fit partner for a league of honor." j Partnership of Honor. "That partnership of honor In tha great struggle for human freedom, the oldest and greatest of democracies now seeks in fraternal union with tha youngest. . Practical and specific meth ods and the possibilities of our allies' co-operation, the members of the mis sion would be glad to discuss with tha mombers of the government of Hua sia." i Will Stimulate Business. Washington. Every mean of stim ulating business should be used now, says President Wilson in a letter to E. P. V. Rltter, of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' exchange of New York city, Just made public. Mr. Hitter wrote the President concerning the advisability of holding commercial conventions during the war. Food Legislation to Front Washington. Food control legisla tion now has the right of way in Con gress. North Carolina Makes Big Gain. Washington. North Carolina be tween April 1 and June 10 made larger gain in enlistments for the na tional guard than any other southern state. The gain was 1,497 men, mak ing the state's total June 10, 4.67S offi cers and men. On April 1, the total was 2,681. Three Statea to Report. Washington. Registration totaling S.986,790 nnder the selective draft law had been reported from forty-five states and the District of Columbia. HERALD'S REVIEW of NORTH CAROLINA A Record Of Important Events At The Capitol And Throughout The State, Reported For Herald Readers GOVERNOR FINDS il i n" HAS SURVEY OF CONVICTS MADE AND ON RESULTS FOUND FREES ELEVEN. DISPATCHES FEGM MB Doirjs end Happening That Mark the Fvojrest tf North Carolina P . Cth-ti Around tna Stat Clp'UI. K-lleigl. Oovernor flukett amv-hed the par don'i g precedent when, following de tailed survey of cvnvkts in the state prison, he pa'doiud eleven Bien. tea of them nerving varying terms for murder and one of ihm at life term er The pardons were granted on his own initiative, wiihout petition or argument of attorney. Governor Hick ett simply carried out a conviction he has felt deeply slme his administra tion txgan. that the panlonlnj power should vt be exercised solely for the men in prison who have money, friends or inriuence without to urge their way to freedom. ' SiMn after 1 came into oft li e." ei plaiiiid Governor Hickett. '"1 con vinced that there were men and wom en in the state prison who ought not to be there; that their relatives and friends, if they had any. had complete ly forgotten them, and, being without money and without influence, they were kept In prison simply because no human being had any interest in their release. As a result of this convic tion, some weeks a.;o I directed the prison authorities to make a complete survey of the prison, showing th fol lowing facts in regard to each and every prisoner, towit: The crime for which he was committed, the term of his sentence, the time he has served, his behavior while a prisoner, his age and his physical condition. A partial report has been made and upon that reiort 1 am today granting pardons absolute or condiiional. I am ahs lutely convinced that the further con finement of these men is not required for their own gocd nor for the protec tion of the public." Omitting the sentence of the life termer a uncertain, the ten others pardoned 1 1 been sentenced to an ag gregate of 224 years. Sven of the eleven were negroes and four were white men. Of the lot. Prince Jernt gan of Hertford county la prohably the most unique figure. Prince was con victed of minder In 1S97 and sentenc ed to thirty years. !Io has 1.191 days to credit for good behavior and his age Is uncertain, being variously estimat ed at from f.O to SO years. The super visor stated to Governor Mlckett that he would trust him anywhere. Commission Hat Knotty Problem. The state bulbling commission, which has In hand the supervision of the expenditure of the three million dollars the next five year for perma nent improvements at tlia various state Institution, is moving slow in Its work trying to make sure it is right before definite and fixed plans for any of the more important build ing operations are launched. The commission now recessed i casting about In search of the bestgeneral plan upon which to proceed. There Is an especially knotty prob lem as to the budding for the state school for the blind. In which ia in volved the erection of a complete new system of buildings. Indication are that the outcome of the investiga tion will bring about the adoption of a system that will provide the central kitchen and dining room system. Numbers of the plans that have been submitted for buildings by the trustees of varlou institutions, includ ing the University of North Carolina, State Normal, East Carolina Training school, have been submitted to the state department of insurance for se curity an to' fire protection and gen eral safety appliances. New Corporations Chartered, manufacture and sale of machinery. Th Lewis Motor company, of Salis bury, was chartered with 150.000 cap ital authorized and $3,500 subscrib ed for a general automobile agency and garage business by S. P. Lewis, P. 8. Carlton and others. Another charter Is for the Charlotte Truck and Tractor company, of Char lotte, . capital 150.000 authorized and $3,000 subscribed by John B. Ross, G. E. Dennis and B. A. Hawkins for hand ling trucks, tractors and automobiles. Th Lenoir Hosiery Mills, incorpor ated, of Lenoir, received a charter with $50000 capital authorized and )6.000 subscribed by F. D. Moore, J. Claude Moore and Joe C. Moore, for hqittlng and general textile busineea. Some Rules For Shipper. At the request of the American Railway association the corporation commission Issues an appeal to North Carolina shippers to be as careful a possible to load all cars consigned to them to as near their full capacity as possible to load all cars consigned to unloading cars so that they may be In as nearly constant freight moving service as possible during these times of great freight congestion with equip ment ot the railroads far overtaxed. The commission declare it ie the ""patriotic duly" of shipper. m nsnnnu IV ranuu Oeeleint f Cawnln. Report t Mtw. Jan S McK mmo. a4 o tha IIosm mnaonstration work in the state, ind the tt Ft "" serration ()mm.ua icltoat tiu ia aiany ecthns of the state thr has beB a fpuianHus development vt oit:mur,ny canning. Ta Biovwnent is especially well organised at U'ii aiingum. in Garten county, at Asht u ; id KalViga. The uistame at Wilnilngroa prota Ky sbvws bet ta psihilitie of th a m.Meraeet la th it ity canning ri s hive te a organised among chcirca cieMe and h!ph rxl rirls f r the punw-e of saving th np!u of per IshiNw vegetables and fru; s from th garden of the ciiy and trwck farm of New Hanover ctntnty Members of th boy acout and other boys of work v g age have bet tuthil led tu assist in th garde work and the hrveting of the vegetable on th farms, which, in tnstiv instance, are pun hased ta the He'd and harvested by th boy and takes by them to the various ran dinar clubs in the city. Thes canning clan afe taking eontract from hoas,-. wiVM of th city to fiil thfir emiy Jars wt'h vegetables and fru Is. They are also using thousands of cans which w ill be sold oa th general market later. The movement as carried out la Wilmington nerve several purposes; thousand of d dlar worth of ve taMs and fmlts which would other wise be lost to the consumer is being savc-d; the woncn of the churches and the high school girls are rendering aa Invaluatde patr.otic service and ino. dently ar earning money for religious and charitable cauws; and thousands of fruit Jars whic h would have remain ed on pantry shelves ar being uttl-l-.ecl in the saving f food etuffs tha volume of whlc h will have some effect In easing up th general food itua tlon. In Mini place community canning outfit have been established for the benefit of housewives who desire to can their urp'us vegetable but have not the facilities at home for o do ing. Uoth plan serve a very useful purpose, and the movement will no doubt spread rapidly until the house- wive of prai'thcaUy every city and town in the tte will be able either to put up their own lurplu fnift and reasoivahl cost by eome canning rlub. Interested in Forming Market. j Considerable Interest is being mani fested throughout the state In the movement started by the North Caro lina Food Conservation Commission, looking toward the ewtaMl.ihment of adequate and fair nurkets for staple food and feed products, according to reports reaching the office of the com mission. Many of the leading business men of the state. In addition to the farmers themselves, are beclnning to realize that fair markets are a necessary ba sis for any prosperity that is bul't upon the production of crop other than cotton and tobacco. In a nnmbet of cities the chambers of commerce or boards of trade have already begun working upon this problems of mar kets, while In other places business men are Interesting themselves Indi vidually. "No line of business offer better op portunities for good profits today. In my opinion, than does the hand'lng of corn, small grain and other farm pro ducts." declared John Paul Lucas, executive secretary of the North Ctiro. Una Food Conservation Commission. "Our business men must realize, how ever, that fair prices are the first es sential of such market as are need ed, and that any market which bids for permanent success must offer fair prices. Suitable warehouses and equipment for handling and storing products are other essentials." Orders to Arrest Slackers. Governor T. W. Bickett ordered sheriffs of the various counties of the state to arrest every' person whose duty It was to register under the selec tive draft plan and who failed to do It Men thus arrested will be released up on their own recognizance, If they promptly register. Governor's Order. The War Department order the ar rest of every man whose duty It was to register and failed to do it. Please make a searching investigation In every precinct In your county, and If j a single man failed to register accord ing to law, report the same to the nearest United States Attorney or Marshal, and the deliquent will be ar rested at once. North Carolina regis tered more men than the government estimated it would, according to our population. This fine fact makes It all the more Important to require all de linquents to be registered. When ninety-nine men voluntarily do their duty. It Is the essence ot justice to the ntnety-nlne to compel the hun dredth man to do his. The quota from North Carolina will be based on the original estimate of the government, and not on our actual registration. Therefore every additional man regis tered reduces the propotrion ot the whole that will be first selected for service. T. W. BICKETT, Governor. Young Pleased With Visit. Commissioner of Insurance James R. Young says he was gratified with the results of his visit to Charlotte In th interest of safer school houses, finding the school committee especial ly willing to no-operate In every way possible. The committee, he says, not only agreed readily to adopt th double tower outside stairway system for all new school buildings to 'be erected, but also determined to remod el all the present buildings to make them conform to this recognised "safety first" system of lira a cap. FAVOR DRAFTING PHYSICIANS ALSO WEED FOR MORE MEDICAL MEN IN THE ARMY IS VERY IMPERATIVE. . a DCCTCRS KOI VCLIi:JlEtBi!i& Mdital Sctia Stat Committee National Dcftns Send Resolu tive t National Board. Greensboru. Rerttguiting th Im perative need of nor saedical aiea for the army and la view of th fact that d Ktors are holding back ami aot vol uuteeriug aa they should, tha North Carolina Stat Committee oa Nation al Intense, medical section, la -siou in Greensboro, passed a resoJa tiou recommending that th plan ot j selective draft in order to secur a ie- ; iuat medical service tor th army be adopted in Congrea. This tors ward tep oa th part of th North Carolina Committee was taken for two reasons: first, because it would ! give an adequate medical service to th army. and. second, it would re- ' liev individual physic ians ot the re- j sponsibility ot a decision. j Th members of the Slat Committee who met lu sen ion were Pis. J. W. i Long and Chas. Banner, ot Greens boro; Kobt. L. GihlHin and I. W. Fal- ; on. of Charlotte; II. F. Long, ot State- i vllle; M. 11 Fletcher atid J. M. Lynch. ', of Ashc ville; D. T. Taylo. of Wash- ; tr.gton; Chas. O il. Laughlnghouse, ot Greenville; B. II. Hay, of Oxford; H. i V Iloyster and W. 8. Rankin, of Ra!- j elgh, and M. II. Biggs, of Rutherford- ! Ion. i The action of the committee at this ooint was not influenced altogether from the fact that North Carolina's list ot me lual volunteer la far be low her quota, but from the fact that the whole country I falling tar short of what la expected of her or is needed In the way of medical care for her soldier. Out of the ino.000 doctor in the Vnited States, only about 2.100 have accepted service. The number In North Carollua to apply, not to ac cept service, is about 500 out of about 1.700 or 1.SO0 doctors. Right Honor ilile. Arthur J. Balfour, on his recent visit to America, said that the great est war service this country could render was the sending of medical men Immediately to France. He fur ther urged that America avoid the mistake made by Kngland ot failing to provide medical care for her soldiers at the front. The resolutions passed by the com mittee are as follows: Whereas, the Just(. wisdom, and effectiveness ot the selective draft have been recognized by Congress In raising a strong army from our civial Ion, and Whereas, the advantages ot the se lective draft apply with equal force to securing adequate medical service tor the army; therefore, be it Resolved. That we, the North Caro lina Stale Committee on National De fense. Medical Section, recommend to the General Medical Board of the Council ot National Defense that the said board use Its influence with Con gress In having the principles of the selective draft adopted for securing an -adequate medical service tor the army. Lawyer to Meet In AshevdM. Wilmington Thomas W. Dlrvis an nounced here the program, for the an nual convention of the state bar asso ciation at the Battery Park Hotel Asheville. July 3-4. The address ot welcome will b Tuesday night, July 3, by A. Hall Johnson, of Asheville; response by Matt H. Allen, Goldsboro, followed by president's address, Hon. A. L. Brook ot Greensboro. Wednesday morning, July 4. address by Hon. R. N. Sims, Raleigh. Wednesday night, address by Sen tor Thomas W. Wahvh. of Montana, Thursday morning, address by Hoa Charles A. Townes, of New York. Nin Guard Camps For N. C. Washington, D. C Senator Over man on a visit to the war department In regard to the establishment of can tonments and national guard sites In orlu Carolina, ascertained that three cantonments will be established In General Wood's division and there will be nine national guard camps estab lished In the eastern states. The sen ator hope that either one of the can tonments or one of the national guard ramps will be established In North Carolina. Each of these camp will hare about io.OOO men. Girl Meet Terrible Death. Troy. The four-year-old daughter ot Mr. and Mr. Barna Allen, of this place, was caught on a shaft at the Troy Knitting Mills. The clothing on the child was wound around the shaft, which was running at the rate ot 300 revolutions per minute, the shaft be ing about eighteen Inches from the floor. Before the operator could stop the machine the child was almost dead and died a short .time later. The force of the child being battered against the floor caused th shafting U be palled loo from th lost. PARI OF W 15 ON VERGE OF REVOLT SITUATION IN CATALONIA I) PLEDGES RESTORATION OF BEL CROWING MORE SESIOLS BILi M TO PLAC SHE HAS EVERY DA. Mm THREATS ESK Acuta Problem Fr New Ministry Owe Factioa Dmds Ptact at Any Fric, Mow a Solutca M.jtit C Fund By N Premier. Parta. Soae light is eow throw a th present sitaatiou ia Spain, whkh has bs?B the ciu.f of misgiv ings recently, by a pe Ul icvrres p. in dent of The Petit Tansies who has tea viking au lavestifiatioa ther. II wire tiie following tuaimary of th situation which au.de th o-i!ioa of th Ut cabinet untenable and pre sent aa acute prohb-ui for th new Ministry: Flrwt of all th situation ia '' hma U distric t of about I i'"' scpi-ir mile la the northeast of Mam. wi'h a population of nearly ;.neot, whose rapital i Barwloiiak U critical. The Inhabitants ar arou-ed against th Spanish government and are acitattng tudsteutly for complete iiiU. j-tMictinice. Oue faction openly declares in a liar celuna newspaper that it will obey no law not passed by the Catalouian for Catalonian, and demands independ ence at any price. Aside from tut Vocal situation, th i correspondent finds that th economic ta' ot affair in general demands peedy ai 'jou by th cabinet. Strikes ar imminent, especially lu Asturlaa tan Important district a northwestern Spain on th Bay of H scayl. Strikes are under diseussloa by all railroad employe and moat ot the Industrial workers. The supply ot coal is so scanty that It is almost Impossible to operate th trains. Stagnation of the exoort trade, owing to the submarine wurfar. is resulting in stowing Irritation. Finally, there U the external sl'uation, which everywhere Is rei-ognlzed as grave for Spain, and which, th correspondert says. Is made Infinitely more trouble om by German espionage German Intimidation and th Germunophllo press, which has wounded and antago nized Spanish prld. Notwithstanding these difficulties, th correspondent wires. Spain be lieves confidently the new premier will b able to find a solution. MISSION FROM BELGIUM IS NOW IN WASHINGTON Com te Epres Gratitud for What Amorica Has Don Washington. tlelgium's d'plumatlc mission came to Washington to ei pres.1 Its gratitude for all that the Vni ted State has done in the past to re lieve the suffering of Its reople and to discuss with American officials the reparation that la to be demanded of Germany for her Violated faith at the beginning of the wsr. and Internation al crimes which have followed It. The repreentativs of King Albert, who lias clung tenaciously for nearly three year to the last free fringe of Ms country, were received with all the courteeios and probably with deep er emotions than the official missions of the greater nations who preceded them. Secretary Lansing, Counsellor Polk and Assistant Secretary Phillip of the state department greeted them, at the stetion, after which, escorted by two companies of cavalry, they motor ed to the homeof Ixrt Anderson, form er minister to Belgium, which is to be their headquarter. Pron Ludorlc Monrheur, chief of the political bureau of the Belgian foreign office and for eight years mtn ister to this country. Is the head of the mhvsion. It ia understood he ex pects to confine til efforts In th Vnited States largely to the ultimate peace question rather than to Imme d ate war needs. In the latter fc ni find his wishes already met, for the Tnlted States shortly after its en trance Into the war, took over the en tire cost of the relief In . Belgium. Each month the treasury department advances 17.500.000 for this purpose. EXORBITANT PRICE WILL NOT BE PAID Washington. Suggestion that th country' eteel mills will hold for a price of $95 per ton for steel that goes Into the great fleet of merchant vessel to be built by the government, drew from Chairman Penman of the ship ping board the statement that a price that high would not be paid. "I shall sign no contracts at that figure," said Mr. Denman. "The price ia absurd wen the navy is getting eteel at $30 a ton less." CHINESE PRESIDENT IS MERE FIGUREHEAD Peking Gen. Ctiang Hsun now i dictator. President LI Yuan Hung be ing little more than a figurehead Th Insurgent are calling a convention at Tien Tsln for the purpose of forming provisional government headed by th dictator as president. Gen. Chang Hsune motives are boscure but It Is believed he is attempting to obtain from th Manchn dynasty an agree ment for sestoration of the empire. SECRETARY LANSING SPEAKS AT PRINCETON Princeton, N. J. America has count ed the cost in entering the war and ready to pay the. price, no matter how great the sacrifice to secure tho world triumph ' of democracy over absolutism and the crushing of Prus sian despotism. Secretary of state Lansing stated at the 170th com mencement of Princeton University at which 29 men were graduated. Th honoray degree of doctor ot laws wai wnfsrred upon Mr. Lansing. FHESIDENT GREETS BELGIAN'S HISS1 WON. PRESENTEO HI WL HOUSE Bare Mewcheur Brtoe Letter Frem ua Albert Wwich Express Grati- tua t Amrtc. canwef Eater. tain Visiter ia Washington. Waihinutoa. la greeting Belgium' war iuissHn. l'reiaeBi WUsoa ex press d ABM-rica'a "ol'-m set erattaa tioa that ou the inevitable day ot vic tory llelyiutu fhali be restored te the piac hc has so rig h ly tna among the if rrspes tiug sttd roapected aa tions of the earth." The coBiiuissiunei spent their trst day in Washington iwyil.g official t alls. Secretary Lanstug accMonwrneJ them to the Whit Hems, where IVar cui Mniic heur, head ot the mission, handed to President Wilsoa a persou al letter from King Albert and ei-pre-st d In a hort address Belgium gratitude (or America's aid. '.-Mice the first days of the greatest tragedy which has ever befallea aa inuiaty." said the baroa. "Belgium Baa contracted an I in mens debt ut grati tude to the generous Auiericaa na tion." In a magnificent outburst ot sym pathy tor tiie little country which ht chosen to dehty a powerful and piti less enemy rather than to tarnish it honor or forswear Its plighted word, the Initiative of American citizen gave to the unfortunate victim of German cruelty lu Belgium th most splendid evidence of generosity. Tut the thivalrous sentiment which animaate the people of the Tnl ted State a went further than this when President Wilson, giving an admirable example of disinterested power, ut tered the words well fitted to make ua tremble with hope and to cause ua to fix our eyes confidently upon the starry banner whic h has become more than ever the symbol of strength placed at the service ot the highest and most pure principles. "Yes. Belgium will again take hr place among the nationa. The enemy brought us massacre and devastation, but there still remains tu the Belgian ! people their soil made fertile by the toll of their ancestors; there still re mains to Belgium an Industrious po Ulation ot unconquerable energy. "Issuing upon the young, strong and generous hand which the Ameri can people holds out to her. Belgium once she Is delivered from th oppres sion of the enemy, will arise and throwing aside the odious weight of foreign occupation, courageously and proudly resume the path of progres in the light of the sun of liberty." ADMINISTRATION FOOD BILL ENCOUNTERS OPPOSITION. Group of Senators May Maks Early Adooption Impossible, Washington. Opening of debate In both branches of Congress on the sec- ; oud administration food bill, for gov ! ernmental control of foodstuffs and other necessaries, disclosed! determln ! ed opposition, particularly by a group i of senators, which threstens to pre j vent Its enactment by uly 1. as ur- gently requested by President Wilson. Passage of the bill by the House within a week ia confidently expected by administration leaders. Rut advo cates as well aa opponents In the Sen ate say debate will be protracted there for several weeks, and unless the President adopts some extraordinary steps to hasten action, the law hardly ran be enacted in time to set up the food administration before harvesting begins. Administration supporters privately expressed fear of a Senate filibuster. In the Initial discussion ot the bill, administration spokesmen urged that mobilization of America's food power In the war demanded radical steps and resting of new and wide powera In the President. GERMAN CASUALTIES FOR MAY ARE REPORTED London. The German casualties as reported In the German official cas ualty lists in the month of May fol low: Killed and died of wounds or sicknee. 22,000; prisoner and miss ing, 26.562; wounded. 62.394. Total. 110,956. These casualties added to those previously reported gave the fol lowing. Killed and died of wounds or sickness, 1.068.127; prisoner and mislng. 557.419; wounded, 2.731,223; total, 4.356.760. . AMENDMENT TO BANK ACT SENT TO WHITE HOUSE Washington. Amendments to the federal reserve act designed to strengthen (he financial system of the country by Ihe concentration of gold reserve In federal reserve banks and to open wide the doors of the teederal reserve system to the state banks and trust companies, were sent to the president for his signature. The Sen ate finally accepted a conference re port previously approved by the House. . ORGANIZING FOOD CONSERVATION ARMY Washington. Preliminary work of or ganizing the country's housewrivea Into a great food conservation army waa '"lew if iiciucii. v,. fllMITRT. 1 O task of enrolling them as actual mem bers of the food administration' i undertaken at the direction of Pres. dent Wilson without awaiting the ac tion of Congree on the administra tion food bill. Actual registration of the women wW not begin until July 1.
Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.)
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