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ROANOKE EAPID5 HERALD. EOANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. !-' IMPORTANT HEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OP THII AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAY GIVEN THE NEWSTHE SOOTH Wt la Taking Pace l TM Sw. U W'll FM I B".f Piragr The department of agncul'ur m ua that "Save Food'' in Biust ow be disregarded as to iurL ip ciaily beef. anJ het product. Faced by lb largest wbeat crop oa record and with, many uitlt rL-4 m ro spoas ta the uuiutiu lor meat pro duction lor tne army aow maturing, the American people must rvalue th-t M such necessity for conservation of such footle auy louger exist. I. Anna Sh. honorary president Of the National Ami'H'm emau t Suffrage Association, died at her heme IB Movlaa. I'. near I'h.iajel phi, at the age of 71 rr. ,bj w chairman of tbe woman emu snittew ot the council of tut" mil ue ham and recently ma a-anird the distinguished service medal tor rr Work during tb war. She was taken Ul la Spr ngficld. 111., about mout i ago while uu a lecture tour. j Seated under a canopy o! sun witUj the mercury in the thermometer thrt- j lug with 120 degree. . '0 fisht Una j aw Jack Dcmpsey defeat Jess YU-1 Urtt for tbe Deadweight taie m the monster t-dium built by Tex Kick-' nrd in Toledo, Ohio. Ordera have jiwt been placed by Ihe army quartermaster co.ps for 105,0.H yardc i) miies of si'W rib - boa. out of whie'u will be made the lenrice atripes that mea who served a the war against Ceruiany are ea Utled to wear. I'ol. Jumes Simons, on of the best known men of South Carolina, died i , . o"tmg to ad -;ad Administration, Comptroller of ! i;f ' J- w- J0,,- Mehane; J. M. Pen la Charleston at the age cf eighty j , 'rom. W,nMW' Tn Pole claim the Currency Williams had "unload- i " Wilkesboro; O. A. Fricke. Sulla year. He was for many years vice ' Lv 'verywhere broken the ,d" on the government a hopelesslv mirv; T. W. Webb. Tarboro; K. P. president general of the Society of i . " , " p1'nca that the Um insolvent railroad op-ratlng from u. Bcthune. lluna Level; J, Brown, the Cincinnati, wae president of th ! agart fa " h ' Mn to usta. Ga. to Mad s .n. Via., the brotV j F.yetteville; H. H. Comellson. Spen News and Courier compatiy. chairman i " ,sa Raau- er of the Comptroller of the Currency, eT- Jufin lne, M.tyivk; B. A. Willi of two bnal school boards and a law- A monument to the American sol- Langborn William, being one tu the ' Ior Oastonla; L. H. Davis. Oxford, yer of wide reputation. who Perished in Franca will be receivers of the defunct raiiwuvs. I rveturnc: to Duty. Privates Lee Plan for a systematic campaign . ' . , , r 4,1 '" r near the "As director of finance of the Tnit-I Weaver. Durham; W.J. Georne. ta the cotton belt for organizing coun-1 '"" 4,4 ltmio ia the Pic pus ctia- ed Stste. Railroad Aduinistnttion.- ! North Harlome; G. W. Hoffner. Sal li lies o( the elates for handling the an-1 n m ,,ir"- said Mr Cooper. "Mr. Williams sat i bury. flual crop wire launched at New Or leans at the second meeting of the conference of dirt-tors of the Ameri cas Cotton Association. J. C. Wannamaker of Columbia, S.i C presnltnt of the American Cot Ion Association, says that four hun dred million dollars will be needed for forming the planned corporation to properly dispose of one-fourth cf the crop. A survey of the meat price situa tion by the department of agriculture reveals that the excessive retail prices 1 now existing are not Justified by the wholesale (imitations. Explosion of the big navy dirigible C-8. at Camp Hulobird. near Balti more. Md., shook the countryside and eastern llaltimore I ike an earthquake and Jeopardized the lives ot two hun dred persons, who had gathered to see the monster flyer. Accord.ng to , th. , commander, the explosion was due to rapid expansion from heat. Several persons were blown twenty or thirty feet by the force of the explosion, and houses a mile away were shaken and windows broken. Tbe air was filled with gas fumes. Exports from the Vnited States dur ing the month of May were valued at St0S.3T9,599, the department of com merce announces, and on the basis of estimates covering June exports, ex ports for the fiscal year ending June 30 have amounted to $6.S06.uuv.OOO, by far the largest total in the history of the American foreign trade. Engineer Clifford of the New York Central's Westerner Express, tried, ac cording to his dying statement, to avert the rear-end collision with train No. 41, which caused tne death ot twelve persons, the serious injury of nineteen others and slight cuts and bruises to as many more, at Dunkirk. N. Y. The airbrakes failed to work, the engineer declared. Wirshinjrton Urgent representations have been made to the Mexican government for tbe punishment of those responsible for the murder of John W. Corrall, an American citizen, the maltreatment of his wife and the attempted murder of his son at their ranch near Colo nto, 27 miles north of Tampico, tbe -state department has announced. In structions have been sent to both the American embassy at Mexico City and tbe American consulate at Tampico to urge Immediate capture and pun ishment of the perpetrators of the outrage and protection tor other cili tens of the t'nited Status in the dis trict Tbe Russian Soviet government has been warned by the I'nited States in a message sent through the American legation at Stockholm that reprisals agalnet American citizens In Russia would arouse intense sentiment in the United Slates against Soviet beads. American casuall'ee during the 47 day Meuse-Argonne offensive aggre gated 120,000 n.en, or 10 per cent ot tea total of 1,200,000 engaged, accord ing to a "statistical summary of the war with Germany" prepared by Cul. Leonard P. Ayres, chief of the statisti cal branch of tbe general staff, and published by the war department Eighteen American soldiers were killed, one officer and seven men se verely wounded and seventeen slight ly wounded In an engagement with anti-Kohi hak forces near Romanovka, on June 25. Major General Graves has Informed tbe war department that the engagement followed an attack oy the Bolshevists on railroad guards. The naval appropriation bill passed the senate virtually as reported by the aenat committee. It carries approx imately 1044,000,000, an increase ot than 144,000,000 over tbe houss total. Tbe measure now goes to eon- Careace J Five lu.lge w-J! b chosen by the Bnu. American. French. Italian, and Jjaa,-e goveramenis. and it ta expected they 0J constitute ite roan that wiU try the former German em peror ) London. It is expected that j Edward IXnlaa White, chief Justice of the Supreme court, will represent the I'ai'ed Stale. WhUe depart meat ot Justice oflicials are studying mean if stopping the maaaiact.r and aale of low alcoholic beer, disp-tehe reaching Wa hiug toe. through otaVil channel tell of w profcibiuoa enforcement law ta the Mexican etat i. Sonom. ander j which any one eealia" ia inik-ti-c ! Uuuoe ia u be auinma-.ly executed, 1 rraaciava Villa ordered a! I Amert- ! can hanged whea aptured. foUommg I the crvmg of the Amem-aa expedi- ihw, accord mg to m..a!d R tv t. a I Batisk merchant vt aor,heru Meiwo, who ka reached the border. Villa either kil! si or took prisoner ! the entire garrioa of 40 home ga.ird at the ton of Saa Audtv ha he 1 enteivd that loan. a. canting to ad nt iHit from LI l'av. Tex. Atuocg the killed j ih.e mayor of 1 the vuy. i'la i said ti 1 p, i-.tter as urst Ameru in that he lia thrvaten.-d to k:!l h. br tt.er. Hi.il Villa. b trieiii!hip for the nuft K an. Federal mpe', isn-a of the pat king, 1 Ui-trihutioa of meat prod Ul. ai deilartl by the department of acruuliure to be the only solution lor the present situation in mhica 1 meat pn. f to the consumer are so hiKli that be is denying himself, and in hu h prices for livestock, especial ly beef and lam lis, are so low that tbe producer is hosing money. A L.ma.JVru. dispatch says that two reimem of tbe military and a force of police rushed the palace and took prisoner I'resident Tarda Thtie, forces then proclaimeii August'o H. I.egtila president of the reuublic Onlv a few shot were exchanged and there 1 acre no casualtiea. Ei'mnesn The Tollsl forces hare starter" a counter offer si ve along the whole Ca li.ian.V.Oh.-.;... . . . .. : . The American army of occupation .eii.niiaiiy ceiu ed to exist when the nioval of the units slill in the Rhihe land began. It is expected that with in a comparatively short lime there will remain on Me Rhine only one eg nient, with auxiliary troops, total approximately S.o.to men. The allies, it is reported, have re ceived assurances that the Dutch government i- the last resort will not refuse to surrender th former tier- man emperor for trial. The surPiwe of the week eliding July 5 was the news that the former Herman emperot would be tried in London. After a great meeting at Forli, It aly, in which a vast crowd protested against the high coat of living, the people, exceed by inflammatory serene-, .uacaen. sacked and d strayed many shot which refused tc sell romm.xlities a, lower prices. Soon uie .ury ot tne moo ma.U no diMmc- IL? A1' l"e Pin.l e """i-" ciuiiio-icu, ami ine mobs controlled the tutne city. The mob took possession of lorries and transported all kind of goods and food supplies from the p llaged shop to the cjamber of labor. On tht walls of this chamber tl.ey wrote: "These goods are at the disposal of the people." Great state trials in England, of which there have ben none for many years have been held in Westminster hall, but it is not believed that Wil liam Hoheniollern will be given thut honor. The former Cerman crown prince, Frederick William, escaped from ths Island of Wieringen. The flight of the former German crown prince bad been expected, as it was reported that preparations were under way for bis hasty departure on the signing of the treaty of peacX Several vessels were lying off tbe island. The allied governments have repre sented to the government of Holland the necessity of taking steps to pre vent the departure of tbe former Ger man emperor from Holland. Two French civilians were killed and five American soldiers and sail ors were injured severely, and more than one hundred wounded in riots in Brest. France. Two of the Ameri can soldiers are expected to die. Ths ln casualties occurred as a result of ex change of shots between American military and naval police and French saiiors. Peuce with Germany became aa actuality at Versailles June 28, 1919. As far aa the ceremony itself was concerned it lacked lmpresaiveness. Earthquake shocks in Tuscany. Italy, caused the deaths of 127 persons and . injurie to several thousands. The, ccmer in uie seismic movement ap parently was Vicchlo. a town of eleven thousand inhabitants, fifteen mile to tbe northeast of Florence. ihe r rench-American convention was signed on behalf of the two gov ernments, according to the newspa pers. It Is said that tbe covenant In cludes several articles, and specifies that violations of the peace treaty by Germany vill give France the right to request Ame'ican and British assist ance. With tbe departure of President WU son from Europe, Secretury' Lansing becomes head of the American peac. delegation which will carry on nego tiation cn the Austrian and other treaties under consideration. This arrangen.. it will be temporary, for Lansing will return to tbe United States about tbe middle of July, Frank Polk, assistant secretary, will replacs blm. The sojourn of Presidtnt Wilson In Europe came to an end when he start ed homeward immediately following tbe signing of tbe peace treaty. arrangements to his departure bad Ail " r HERALD'S REYEY of NORTH CAROLINA A Record Of Important Events At The Capitol And ThroughoutThe State, Reported For Herald Readers rn cn nuuo il nn WILLIAfiiS IF IRUEH VACE H. COOPER. WASHINGTON BANKER, SAVS WILLIAMS CIRCULATED SLANDERS. sra i oEfonci wm ormtr Wilm.njtin Binker Teatiflea tat Rjilroad Property Acctu.rea Cy Comptroller pure Junk. R.ile gS washingtoa (S?ec;sl fhrging hat John Skeltoa V U.am. comD- rol. er of fie currency. w "uaf.iir inn untruthful." and that hxd "c r ulated a lot of libelous and slandir us c.rculjM reflating upon rysoU tid brother. Thoma E. anj V. It Kper. cf Wilmington. N. W.t.le II Cooper, president of Iwo Wasaitig loa banks and a former Tar Heel banker, ha renewed his fight against the conflrraitioa of the Comptroller f the Curremy. in testing befow 'he Senate banking and currency cotn nitt. He told Ihe Senate committee oa hanking and currency that as d. rector of NnjnjA nf tv,. t. .... ti.n - " ' n"" " ""- quietly by and by his art ratified and j approved a contract where'.- the ernjuent sgreed to pay the Georgia J'ul Florda Rtilrond the net sum of 5ssni'tt for the rvttal of said rail road Te former Tt H-e! hrnker assort- ed that the road wsji hopelessly In sol-j nou'icement made to Welfare Cora-vent- mure Junk on the hands of the 1 misioner R. F. Beasl y. She has been Bo'-ornme-it jnd that the property I ' 4a ltl' ll,a," Insurance department ?-nd been in the hands of the receivers ' ,or everal months in the fire and ac f rs iyesrs He stated that the rail-' cid,nl prevention division. way had been cperitd st a loss of from 1100.000 to $5('0.C00 tor thi past five years. Ritchie Sreklrg Interview. Texas A. 11 Ritchie, founder snd or fanner of the Loyal Order of Klaus- met (Ku Klux Klan), that came In fir s.athing denunciation bv Governor nuw... 1. . .... . t0 the new.p.per, recently c led un Governor Dicketf. office In nn effort eain . Persona. Interview with the povernor. "before taking action." as he stid. leiving the inference that a stilt for libel or damages was Impend ing. Richie wss told by Private Secre tary Santford Martin that the gover nor was out of the city but would prob ably be ghd to give him a bearing upon his return. Delayed Auto Tsgs. Telegrams snd fetephone calls by the wholesale to the office of the Sec retary of S'te In reference to non appearance of new snto license pistes led to the Issuance of a statement sng gesting that officers of the law use discretion In making arrests. There are several reasons for the ap-ptrent delay. In the first place, there were a large number of eler- nth-hotir sppllcants. swamping the r roe that has been sending out over 1 )ti of mental examinations f,r aJ 6.00O automobile licenses a day from ' mission on July 10 have been extend the State House. That is why the statement from the Secretary's office says: It would be well f-r officers of the j law to use a sound discretion and when satisfied that license has been applied for it. might be proper to be somewhat Indulgent to those not hav ing new numbers during the first week Child Labor Law On. . The North Carolina Child Labor Commission, created by the 1919 Leg statute, came Into be!ng, officially ven It was annoiirced that Mr. E. F. "rtrr. a native of this state will be he executive officer. Resigns Government Job. A O. Smith has resigned his posl-; tlon with the United States depart- . , ... . . . I ment of agriculture to take effect I . September 1. Mr. Smith has been in the. government employ for more Jian ten year as an agriculturist. His special departments have been farm management and agricultural economics. For about a year and a ' ialf he was at the head of the coun- y agents In Illinois and for the past jlght years and a half he has been under he direction of the overnment Shareholders Must Pay. Tax levied by the state corpora Mon commission on shares of stock !n foreign corporations, held by resl lents of this state, must be paid, in 'he opinion of Judge W. P. Stacey, Tbo dissolved a temporary restrain S order In a test case against the heriff to prevent his collecting taxes evied on shares of stock Inghi At antic Coast Line. Briefly, the contention of the stock- ders of the uUlanttc Coast Line Is 'Aat thei rstock already had been i4 throng- tbe company. 1 Maratea te IkrvaMer. The Co-Operat.sg Croi F.eportmg A.x iHt:on :, in thi ra.inaer remind ii thresner that there k a state law ng there to hie threshing li ana' to uu We a rep.irt oa tlie reshed thi year Thi l.iease m:iy be secured from the reg.ster cf Xii of tlie aeeeral ci-i!Et es ;t;iout inl. lie will a!.: furu sh blanttt ncn mh'ch to mike nal ren-irts. T3e;r rerrt should b eai in to k m a o. a at the threah itg son is nv, r I'on't deity. A r port : I t be sent it t' tvie reg sfer if e.ch county ia w hfch ti e t'treshet . ovrat rg s mg the rec.ird of gram thr. shed th 're.a. P!..ae iuf.wm other op.-r.tt in thti t'lev m-i-t miko rp !'t r.-curdt of their t.tre.- h.ac. T ie "acre asViei' f r :n lve blank rep irt mm f ie nirn r of mrcs from h:ih the grain f it threshing is harvested, and should t inilude that for hay. or uuhartestcd i fltld. I Nart Carolina Casualties. Washington. (Special) The fol lowing casualties from North Carolina ar. reported by the commanding gea enl of the American exieditioBary forces : Kill i In Action Prlrates W. F. King. Trotville; C. H. Edwaids, Mt Airy. Died of Disease. Prttate R. O C. Davis, Asheville. S.'verely Wounded Corporal T. F. Moose. Dallas: T. Q. Penland. M.m- treat' CI 4 U'vl" tlnrhnm Pri. . . . Director of Child Work. Mrs. Clarence, A. Johnson took np th work as director of the child wel fare division of the slate board of charities July 1. according to an- Mrs. Johr.jon Is to spend two months In New York making a special study of special welfare work In the school of social work there and then will take up her duties in North Carolina in the interest of the children of the state. MJ. Langitsn Cannot Accept It Is annoiirced that Major J. I). Langston. of Goldshoro. finds It Im possible to grt release from his datles in the Judge advocate's division of Provost Marshal Crowder's division nf the war department In order that h may accept appointment at the hands of the state tax commission as su? visor ln the third district, tit the re valuation of property for taxation un der the act of the recent legislature. For this reason Mijor Langston noti fled the state tux commission that he cannot acrept the appointment as su pervisor snd Lhe committee announ"cs the appointment of Chnrles W. John 1111, of Burgaw, Pender county, In his stead. Vscanclea for Tar Heels. Washington The war department announced that the following North Carolina vacinr'es existed In appoint ments to the military academy, and Ihut the regulations providing for sat isfactory eillicatlinnt certificates In ed to August 1: Senator Overman, one vacancy; sec ond and fifth congressional districts. one vacancy each: e-ght, ninth and tenth congressional districts, two va cancies each. Display World War Plans. The flag collection In the North Car olina Hall of History Is one of the most interesting and Important of It? many features, comprising the flags of all the wars, from the Revolution to the present time. The display of the flags borne by North Carolina troops in the World War Is splendid, and these are gruted by raiments in cases in the Eastern Hall. ) Federal Labor Bureaus Closed. South Carolina Is without girern ment sld ln nnd,r' f"r the re,ur) ed soldier and war worker as well a .... , ... . . " many civilians, ordprs abollrhhg th' T-ni,prt gU(e, emni0Vmeiit servlci throughout the stnte having been re re,Ted by Jnnn L 1mr fBlPra, d r,,tor cf aV)r for Homh car--linn 0TA(.n were from John B. Dens m,r8, ,vnltd States director. vf ,)d thl,t dllB t0 tha faiiur9 0f eress ,0 appropriate necessary fund the entire service tlnued. would be diseon Wilson May Visit R-lelcn. President Wilson may vls't Raleigh aftr he swings around the country nn his campaign for the league of na tions. Should he come here. It w'll be In soceptanre of a very urgent invitatipn extended by the North Carolina Gen eral Assembly In the form of a reso lution. At the time the Legislature was In session, It had been announced from Washington that the President would make a speaking tour of the United State ai soon ai "it's all ever over there." i JOSIEDY HILLS 10 i j E A UMGUt PLAN INAUGURATED FOR GOVERNMENT OF GREAT CHAIN OF MILLS. tvery New Idtx, Or Flan Will Ce, Through Regular Qovemmtntil Oanneli Frem House, U. Durham. Only twj among the nearly 4.ee employees of the Durham Hosiery Mill voted ia tte atgat've ia the balloting that has taken place during the past week on the question of industrial democracy, democratical ly offered the hos.ery worker by J. S. Carr. Jr.. hosiery king of the world. Thi fact became knowa afier all ballots had beea taken. In the 19 mills making np the chain ot ths big company. It was announced immediately af terwards that the work of organisa tion under the new plaa will start next week, when meeting of repre sentatives elected by the employee will be held. There will be one rep resentative for evi-ry 35 employees. It was simultaneously learned that the meetings have been held over un til next week, on account of a week's vacation being afforded every em ployee of the 10 mill. The vacation. It U stated, is not due to a lack of orders, but instead Is an idea of the president of the company, who be lieves that every man. woman, boy and girl employed should be given at least one week out of the bt weeks in a year to rest. Under the new plan to be inaugurat ed, the mills will be operated on a democratic government plan. There will be A confess. The house of rep resentatlves WTll be made up of repre sentatives from the employees. The senate Is to he composed of represen tatives from the superintendents, fore men and managers of departments. Executive rfflrers will form the cabi net and Mr. Cirr will be the president. Every new !d-a or plan Inaugurated in the operation of the mills will go through the regular governmental channels. The only department lack ing to make It conform to the govern ment of the Un'ted States will be the absence of a Judicial body. Housing Corporation Project Fayettevllle. The formation of houslrg corporation to relieve the scarcity of house's in Fayettevllle was considered at a meeting of the mem bers council of the chamber of com merce. A committee from the coun cil was directed to Inyest'jate the subject ln order to determine whether ths situation warrants the organisa tion. Secretary H. V. D. King urged the necessity for some such move tc bring the supply of bouses for rental purposes la Fayettevllle nearer the demand. Much Psw Paw S;fied. Chsrlotte. Sheriff N. W. Wallace confiscated a carload and a balf ot Paw Paw which was found stored In the warehouse of the American Brok erare and Warehouse Company. Tl.e patent medicine will be left there un til next week, when it probahly will be ilec'ded In sup?rlor court If it is a medicine or an intoxicating bever,.g. In the event it is found to be an in toxicst'ng beverage, it will be poured Into the sewer, according to Solicitor George W. Wilson. New Evening Paper. Wilson. Wilson Is to have a new afternoon paper. The outfit has been purchased and all arrangements made for Its establishment It will be Is sued about the middle of September or Just as soon as the contractor finishes the building In which it will locate The paper will be a link the chain of newspapers 3. L. Mayo is conduct ing In eastern North Ca'rolina, each publication bearing the same name, vlr: The Washington JCews, The Greenville News, and Tha Wilson News. Art Undecided Question. Durham. A question undee'ded wlih the West Durham Textile Union. new orgmlzatlon recently formed to take In the peonle who work in thr cotton mills, is whether or not em ployes of tobacco factories will be aj lowed to affiliate with the union. which is purely textile In Its alms and objects. Some two hundred an" fifty operatives of West Durham have Joined this new organisation At ths last meeting. Just held, 65 add: tlonal textile workers were added to the mmbrshlp. Vance Sheriff Reilo". Henderson. Several candidates art out for th office of sheriff of Vance county to succeed Sheriff J. E. C Bell, who resigned after having serve' three years. Sheriff Boll gawe j reason for resigning, simply request Ing the commissioners io accept f Immediately. At the recent session of superior court the grand Jury returned a t ni hil! against Sheriff Bell on a chsre nf gambling. He was out of town the time and It was understood, tha ha was In a northern dir. HUH GOVERNMENT SOMEBODY SEEKING SHOW IN LiMELIGHTi PRESIDENT FORE HANDEDNESS DISTORTED INTO EVASION OF THE LAW, SEVEN MEN RMOFNT All Se-Called War legislat s Mas De termiMd Vppm weeks and Months --re Mar Waa Declared. Washif.-toa.- Sevea mea formed a 'vret government of the United State- which workirg "Iwhiad clos ed door, d-ternilned all of the so called war l- f slatioa -weeks and vi a monthi a. fore war was i n lar ed against Geraiasv. Chairm.ta Gra kam id the house committer intetl gating expend, tare, charged aft. r radi- into the rword a d;xet of the a. ..utea of the council of national defense. Thi commlsaJoa. he adled. wis des'gned by law to act purely ia aa advisory capacity to the council, com posed of six cabinet ar aiber. but the president, he asserted, made them the real executives. After Mr Graham had read to the Investigating committer a digest de signed ta ihow that th military draft, food control ard press cenor--hlp T,ad been discussed by the commissn several weeks b-fore the war ws de clared. Representative Ravis. Repub lican, Nebraska. Interrupting, asked If "all this was prior to the president's speech oa armed neutrality, in which he sstd he was not contemplating war." The chairman answered affirm atively . Later In the recital of the d:gest. Mr. Graham said that the censure cf the council and commission, uttered In senate and house, led Mr. Coffin to urge that "a definite channel of con tact be established between th council and congress "In other word -I." commented the chairman, "Congres ought to be educated" RA0IO STATIONS CONTRACTED FOR AERO MAIL PROTECTION? New Tork The postoffic depart ment at Washington has contracted for the erection of three high power radio stations, the first of a chain of wireless communicating centers in va r'ou cities to be ured primarily for tne a.rection or mail earning air plane handicapped by fog. it was an nounced her by Emll J. Simon, man ufacturer of radio apparatus for the war and navy department. Stations will be established at Reile Fonts, Pa., with a third at some point on Long Island or Newark. N. J. Ap propriations for them already are available. Others will be erected at Washington and Chicago as soon as Congress provides funds. Each station will be equipped with steel towers 200 feet high and S00 feet apart and will have a range of ap proximately 400 mil-, to mail air planes. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS READY; 5.000 WORDS LONG. On Board the V. S. S. George Wash ington. The President's message, to be delivered to Congress on Thursday, Is completed. The message will take about 20 minutes to read and con tains about 5,000 words, devoted to the peace treaty and protocols and the work of the peace conference. It is understood that the peace con ference subjects are dealt with on broad general lines without taking up the large questions of the treaty in detail, as this probably will come later when the foreign relations committee of Congress examines the details. The President also will have an oppor tunity to go over these matters with memoers 01 tne committees. In this examination of the terms he will have ! me cooperation ot a number of spe-; cialists, now returning with the nresi dential party, who have dealt with the d tailed branches such as those con cerning reparations, terib-irlal read Justment and economic questions. WANT DIRIGIBLE AS WORKING PATTERN New York Purchase by the t'ni ted States of the R34, the big Ilrltish transAllantlc dirigible balloon, or its sister ship, the R33, as a working model for dirigible development here, was urged by Henry Wnodhouse, chairman of the dirigible committee of the Aero Club of America, In a statement Issued here. Mr. Woodhouse sdded that army and navy aeronau tical experts favored the plan. MINORITY COMMITTEE WANTS PROHIBITION ACT REPEALED Washington. Five members of the house ujdieiary committee, In a mi nority report on the prohibition en forcement bill, made public declared ajmgress should repeal the wartime prohibition act. While this report was being pre pared, Chairman Volstead, of the Ju diciary committee, announced that he had asked for a rule to make the gen eral enforcement bill In order for Im mediate consideration. CAMP SENTRY FIRES AT TIRE ACCIDENTALLY KILLING WOMAN Newport News. Va. Mrs. Edward J .ShsXer was almost Instantly killed when a sentry at Camp Alexander fired on an fcutomobile in which she her two children and her husband were riding, In an attempt to halt the machine. Private Nichols, company I, 12th Infantry, is charged with murder. He saya he ordered the machine to halt when Shafer turned into a side street and -red at tires when he did not halt RA1IF1CATI0N OF ! LEAGUE EXPECTED OPPOSITION TO TRSATY WITH PEACE LEAGUE CLAUSE IS RAPIDLY CRUMBLING. DEBATE KAY GQNSEIME WEEKS Tw Great Element. Business is and Meral Fence Are Supporting. Pr(rm f Administration. nasninkioa a trie rrv-aieent ap-p-oache the White House, the oppo, sition tit the reagu of atHB rrun kies It has hewi apparent here for di. ever !bo Fliha Root Bred iattt the Knos resolutioa. that the republi cans as a party would never eppw the league of natioas. A few personally amhitiou senator of the iloraj and Hiram Joansow tv are oat for applause from the gallery, bat plaia. 1 radical tates nien of the lVroe and Will 11 Haya type. are. like "br'cr fox." saying noth ing Secretary Daniels has Just returned! front a speaking trip in Ohio, Illinois and other state cf the middle wet. He is convinced that the President Ui very strong there. It is believed here that after a spir ited debate of days, or perhaps weeks, the war will be closed by the ratiflra ttoa of the treaty, including the league of cation. Two groat elrrent. the busineea men and the moral force, are sup porting ths pmgr.m of the adminis trates. Senttt ra Knox, Lodge and others of th snti WiUoa group ar 1 looking for a soft landing place, and they can't prov that the plan ot th President will not work. SUPER DIRIGIBLP R J4 NOW RESTS OH ROOSEVELT FIELD. Mlneola. N. Y.-reat Britain'i su rter dlrlglble R 34. th first llghter than alr machine to cross th Atlantic oroan. anchored hers at Roosevelt fly. Ing field, after an serial voyage of 10S hours and 1 minutes which covered! S IM knots or spproxlmately 3.600 land! miles. Passing through denst banks of cloud, with th sun and sea visible only st rar Interval, th R-J.4 was forced to cruise J.o"0 knot to reach Trinity Bay. N. F.. from East Fortune, Scotland, and 1.0S0 knot from therm to Mmeola. THE PRESIDENT IS INVITED TO SPEAK AT ASHEVILLE. Asheville. N. C - Pres'dent Wilson has been Invited to attend th sessiona of the, Southern Labor congress, which meets here August 20. Is th snnounce ment of Secretary W. C. Puckett, of Atlanta. He was also asked to de liver an address during one of the sess'ons of th congress. The letter sent to the President In forms him that the congress propose to deal with legislative, social and economic question that are actively before the people at this time and the labor congress feels the need of his presence and. advice. EARTHQUAKE OF MODERATE INTENSITY IS RECORDED. Washington. An earthquake of moderate intensity, believed to have had Its center In Central or South America, was rcnrdd arly by the seismograph at Georgetown universi ty. The earth tremors first were re corded at 3:11 o'clock and continued until 4 o'clock. The distance of the disturbance was estimated at 2.309 miles from Washington. ALABAMA CONGRESSMAN SUES BIRMINGHAM PAPER. Blrmlnrhm. Ala. Congressman George Huddleeston of the ntnth Ala- bama district, has filed damage suits against the Age-Herald Publish ing Company aggregating $1,300,000, based on cartoon and articles pub lished during the congressional cam paign last year.. PRESIDENT OF PERU HAS BEEN THROWN IN PRISON . Lima, Pro. Augusto B. Lequla baa assumed office as provisional presi dent of Peru and took up his resi dence In the government palace as a result of die successful overthrow of President Pardo. Senor Pardo, all his ministers and a number of high officers of the army and navy are In prison, Pardo being In the' penitentiary here. Virtually no fighting and no casualties marked the overthrow of the government. I. W. W. AGITATION IN MEXICO IS RENEWED. Washington. Agitation bv the In dustrial Workers of the World has been renewed in Mexico, according to official reports received here. While no actual violence has been reeorted it was said there had been threat of serioas trouble. With the forcible deportation, re cently of a number of leader who caused the strikes. Mexican author ities believed they had completely suppressed the I. W. W. agitation. DISCHARGING ARMY MEN AT RATI OF 15,000 A DAY Washington. Army men are now being discharged at an average rate of 15.000 a day, a war department statement said. The grand total of discharges to date was given as 1,811.416. If the rate were continued the army would be down to the na tional defense act strength of Z33,00f men by August II. Enlistments have increased hrp, If since July 1, tbe total beinf new ore ttaa TI.SQ0. - Y. J . sfft
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