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TAW POUR YADKIN VALLEY HERALD, SALISBURY, N. C. DEC. 17, 1918. fADIdli VALLEY HERALD Owned and published twic we k ky 1M Port fublwbtnf Cmpny J. F. HURLEY. Idhon, fW? C D. ROSE, Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES. :Ont iwt j' Six Months rr Entered u second-class matter at ' in pogiouice at caJisDury, uu- der Act of Congress of March 3, 1878. TELEPHONE 266. TUESDAY, DEC 17, 1918. RIPPLING RHYMES. By Walt Mason. KULTUR AND CLUTURE. TWis an end-to' Kultur. the kind thaW spelled with "K";-and ail thte other rubbish they've carted it away: it lies with broken secpters and last year's cast qff crowns, with wornout robes of emme and princely hamleme-1 downs. We've seen what it accompi- isnes m Drmgmg up ine it-ut .t a kindly peasant and made of him a ! brute. It rave us Wilhelm's bombast ir place oi scniuer s screou, aispmceu the true religion and gave a cordid creed. It brought a mighty empire to ruin and decay, and so the dump got Kultur, the kind that's spelled with "KV And. now the Teuts will sample, from countries of the free, the soul uplifting: Culture, the kind that's spell ed with "C"; and when they have ab sorbed it, and got it in their souls, they wouldn't touch the "K" kind with tongs of ten foot poles. Our culture will convince them, convince them soon or late, that love of man is greater than f rightfulness or hate; 'that Justice takes us further than panoply of might, that wrong can never cenqer ior long irucn ana rigni. The culture of our churches, the cul- tus of our schools, will bring the light .of reason tq blood-besotted fools, will bung to alatsh people the truth that mated the freethe culture that light me, the kmd, that a spelled with " " Henry Ford missed & good bet when ha named -iiis paper the "National Wwkly." If he ha4 dubbed it the Flivver" no mignu gei somownere wili.i it. -w s s- yuiing loo aai uvt niumn no .Amoficajn people thaye. sved TTo.pOO tong,. of sugar over tbi npmal. con- sumption. Which is a very fine ming n we aon t go anu .ceiuurmo by sating t all up this winter. Hindenburg proved at last to be of some real use in th world-herdir.g those "unbeaten" German soldiers back into Germany where they belong. ' Hindy was always at his best in a vic- x tonoua retreat, anyway l W dis Isnt it odd. when you 'think o. " that the. man who raised and spent . more money than any other man in the history of Anvsrica didn't get enough out of it to ipay living ex pense? . . wss - As Dr. Garfield retired from the fuel administration, let him have the credit of having done a hard and thankless j&b pretty well. He may have en a bit slow in learning the i0t a standard of war to peace recon job but he learned it. The price of ! struction affecting women in industry, r coal was kept down, and production j The report, now being forwarded t was stimulated to such a degree that J employers and state officials, has this now there is coal enough everywhere to say upon the subject of Wvmen'3 , for everybody. wages: ' roi ' ' "The most important question nris- : . PRAISE FROM BERLIN. ing inow is the comparative wage paid A representative of the Berlin far-j to women and men. The princi ple of eigm ministry returning 'from an in-1 equal pay for equal work was affirmed ouuy into, conditions attending the repeatedly by agencies of the federal American occupation of German ter- government during the war as a means ritoy report8: of preventing the lowering of indw- "Tho Judgment of all Germans such j trial standards. The principle should a shopkeepers, hotel keepers and the j be carried further. Wages should be - men on the streets is that the behav-! based upon occupation and not upon ior of th Americans is blameless. sex." t Everything is following its normal j Some of the oUher provisions of the counev and the American columns are ; standard are: Eight-hour day; one day paying the greatest regard to civilian ; of rest in seven: nrohibitbn of nisrht- i . t a x nt XT 1 1 sireeu crainc.; ma decrees nave oeen issued that could in any way alarm the population." ; This makes interesting reading, be cause it in so different from the re. i ports that came from every country, fron Berlin to Russia, occupied by a uerman army during this wht-. American are naturally pleased by it, in so far as they can be nleaaed bv anything from that quarter. We are hardly ready. evn in such a matter, to paraphrase the old saying . una agree in&t "rraiBe irom ocrim praise indeed There is no question quw aeBcrving inese uerman com- pliments; but we have learned to fear the Germans most when they praise j - -W S S- SOMETHING. TO READ Our wounded, sick and convalescent soldiers are arriving in this country in great numbers asd are placed in the various army hospital until they shall have progressed far enough to ward recovery to be sent to their homes. ' , There t tedious period in any ill- ness, wnm long nours are to De tilled i . i . - . . ..... . ... ' in and ttia patient has little strength 1 M - . . ., . . .; bt say Bcuviiy vo wan Dram away. "jReiti me something I" bags the armless lad who. cannot hold a book. ."Gve-me something to read!'' de r ntaads the.- legless, soldier as the '.; ' dreary process of, healing goes on. be ' fore h ea be fitted, with artificial -. limbsand get once mere about the businee of life. - . ., , . ' : . Tn't you read aloud for a while t" ' pleads the blind, boy. try big to iarget i fop a little that to him reeding and all ' - the joyous pleasures of the eye are forever darkened.' .f , - "More books than ever!" calls the American Library Association. "Every -ur onoKs. v couia use a muuon: What is wanted most rood, liva, the-most evcruatmg pains. I puiwhas mcxlem' ficton, that will hold the at- ed bottle ef FeWy Kidney Pills. Was t pitt ion imuss and cheer. " : Irelievsd after the first few doses ana Why should not everybody. bay one (continued their use until completely i good book and send it t the cured, eoneider Foley Kidaey Pills -fi library or book-receiving sta'the best kidnay remedy in the world. -j te .-nl to the army hospitabit Ne recareenee, of my, treuble.?--Sa!d not every one make this a pert everywheret ' ; HERALD SUBSCRIBERS, RENEW NOW. Subscribers to the Herald for the year 1919 promptly. subscribers have their paper jary, 1919, many expiring the lhe time is very short on these subscriptions and we urge that there be a prompt renewal. This will save the paper being stopped and save time and annoyance. Once the paper gets stopped it may take some days to get it started again, and subscribers will be wise to be safe and renew in ample time. If you cannot come to Salisbury to the office ana pay in person, as so many do, then mail in the $1.50 for the year. I of his Christmas shopping? i Tho American public, anticipating i the irayest ChrisUnas it has ever ; known, should not forget how entirely lit is indebted for that gayety to those , ibova who must snend their Christmas tin hospital beds, and who from those i reds are asking wistfully for "some-i I th,n to rea1' w g g ! I w,fAT AUfnirr THE FLU IN ' SALISBURY? jd lic f influen8a in the city amJ i j C(,unty ? , T(je uppermost thought with the! , . , . thilt ni,.mi anA ,h ij, ' -, ' ,. . ,' tK iLui, first consideration is always the health j and well being of the people of the community. On Thursday two doctors and a druggist volunteered the suggestion to the Post that it is timo to take ; some very strong handed measures to : curtail. the mischief done by this dis ease and to stop it before it gets far worio than it is today. The iPost has no disposition to find fault or to suggest too strong meth ods, but it is certainly time that the ; situaton be taken at its face value ;ind treated the best that the combined j wisdom of the community can sug-! gest. 1 That the flu is growing worse all itri'i ; ..;ki n ,.,111 realize, that it must and snould he mt tQ ()o may be the divi(lin(r pt,int but the tinie has conlJ when S01T1C. thi more th:ui ,watch mml hf! ,we en-jTho B,rict quai.antine hurts bu sinew, n( dovlht, but it is a case of life and death, not of dollara and cents. The flu has coat much already and we j 6;10uld bo ready and willing to make sacrifices that it may be controlled. The doctors have not learned its crooked ways. Science has not die- covered the remedies, and the helples s .-nkl). mnof A nil nnoaihlo tft nrnhf! against an epidemic that nas aireany . Ci,st more human lives than the war tcogt America. jjsve no suggestion as to what tQ Dut it ia clearly up to the health board to look the rjue-tion squarely in the face, acknowledge th fart and do that wh'ch seems best re gardless of the result, the cost. Human life is at stake and nothing should be left undone wihich will turn the tide, save life and control this scourge. We are not near so bad off as some of our close neighbors, but we will be if we sit complacently by nnd per mit" the conditions to go from bad to worse. , w S s EQUAL PAY. Uncle Sam wants his niece? paid tho same wages as his nephews for ihe same work. This doctrine is part of the recommendation of the department of labor. The department ihas worked . work; allowance of three-quarters of an hour for meals; establishment of methods of negotiation between em ployers and groups of employees in de termining wages and working condi tions; clean and sanitary working con ditions seats properly adjusted to the wnrlcr safptv rfpvirea. fire-drills: nro- jtection against dust, fumes, excessive coW and heat, rest ncriods. rest and : lunch rooms; and protection of women turning lifting Viauvv wpie-hts T- - - - ry . -i- These are all matters of sufh ele mentary and obvious common sense that the wonder is that they need, at this late date, to be made matters of moment in restoring tho country to a peace basjs. The fact that the depart ment of labor takes official couniaance of them, in. however. Droof that thev would not be attended to otherwise. i Sine mrivate emnlovers have been so lax in the past, it is quite time that Uncle Sam tools a hand in the protec- tion of his workers, These other provisions are neces- sary, but the very foundation of the safe-guarding of women in industry the provision for equal pay for equa, work . -W S S- Want Battlenhip Named Porto Rico. San Juan. P. R., Dec. 14. One hun dred and fifty thousand school chil dren want the United States to name a battleship "Porto Rlcrf." A pettiion setting forth this fsct has been sent to President Wilson and Congress. W S S The best possible throw of the dice is to throw them into the sewer. liOW HE ENDED KIDNEY TROU BLE. "I had a severe kidney trouble and for three weeks could pot get out of doom and scarcely out of bed." writes vi, E. Brewer, Yiltage Snrirurs. AU. are asked, urged to renew The great majority of our paid to some date in Janu- very first day of the year. MOSES WAS SLOW. Lieut. Col. John H. Finley, who was with the British army in Palestine as head of a Ailed Cross misssion, went from Egypt to the Holy Land ovoi thd same route Moses followed. The trip took Moses forty years, but Lieut, Finley made it hi two hours and thirty-five minutes. Which goes to show that you make more history traveling on fott, but you make more -peed in an airplane. No better fate could befall Pales tine than it remain in the hands of Allenby and his forces until it can be given a proper measure of seif-go'-crnment, thinks Lieut. Finley. He is undoubtedly right, for the history of Allenby's campaign is one in whieh the brilliant soldier and the Christian gentleman shine with equal luster. WELCOME HOME! Ily CHA'RIUiS B. DRISCOLL (Written for the United Press.) Ycu have done the job up brown, And your littlo old lome town Is waiting with its arms flung open wide, nil the town and all therein We will give you with a grin, Our boys, be heroism glorified! There's a corner in our heart Set forevermore apart For tihs boys who faced the Hun at Belleau Woad, Who like old Gibraltar's rock, 'Gainst the fo'es terrific shock, Before the gales Paris noWy stood ! Welcome home, crusaders bold! Tell the story, never old, How you turned the tide of battle Over There; And altho we cannot tell How our hearts within us swell, You may guess it by the way we stand and stare 1 w s S NEGRO SOLDIER KILLS A STREET CAR CONDUCTOR. Captured By An Unarmed Military Policeman After Fruitless Suarcii By Military and Civil Posses. Anniston, Ala., Dec. 15. Sergt. Ed ward Cardwell, a negvo attached to the 105th depot brigade, charged with killing a street car conductor am: wounding the motormap here tonight, was captured tonight by an unarmcr1 military policeman after the mili tary guards and civil posses had searched for him for hours. He was taken to tho stockade at Camp Me rle! lun, where he will be held until the folinu here subsides. Cardwell was ejected from the ntreet car by thjk conductor after he wb:, said to have refused to remain in ho .wotion of the car reserved for ne jro passengers. Ho opened fire, kill ing the conductor with his seconq shot and later wounded the motorman when the latter sought to capture him. W S S CHRISTMAS GUTS FOR SOLDIERS. Bnrara-Philathea Committee to Visit tho Merchants to Solicit Grift for Men at Aelea Hospital. Mr. W. C. Andrews, of the Yadkin Hotel, local committeemen in the campnign to solicit contributions of (rifts for the wounded and sick soldi ers at Azelca hospital near Asheville, ,will visit the merchants tomorrow so liciting gifts for the boys. Any article from a pocket handkerchief up will be thankfully received. Not onhy will the ! merchants bo asked to contribute to this Christmas fund but anv who de Ero to do so. Candy, cigarettes, .men's furnishings, anything suitable for a man will be accepted. The Baraca and Philatheas of the 1 state have undertaken to remember these boys next week and ail over North Carolina contributions will be sought. Any one not being called up on and desiring to give to this cause ; can send their gifts to Mr. Andrews , at the Yadkin hotel or notify him and I a call will be made for the same. ! w S S ! Norway Wantu in League of Natoins j Christiana. Dec. 14. Norwegian leaders in science, politics and butti ness have formed a society for the purpose of enrolling Norway in a league of natiojis built upon a demo ' cratic base, Prof. F. Nansen, the for 1 mer Arctic explorer and scientist, has been elected president of the so ciety. In his introductory address, ; Professor Nansen said: , CUT THIS OUT ITS WORTH i MONEY. : DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this i Flip, enclose with 5c and mail it to Fo I ley & Co., 2So5 Sheffield Vve.. Chic-;Rp-o, 111., writing your name and ad : dress clearly. You will receive in re- turn a trial package containing Fo ley's Honey und Tar Compound, for coughs, colds and croup; Foley Kidney : Pills foe pain ia sides and back : rheumatism, backache, kidney and bladder ailments; and Foley Cathartic .Tablets, a wholesome and thoroughly cleansing cathartic, for constipation, ; biliousnses. headache and sluggish bowls. Sow everywhere. ; ! " 'Hi . 1 . , ! If you have anv of the Mowing 1 second-hand mcahinery for sale, in good rendition, address P. O. Box 112. Greensboro, N. C giving price and particulars: Boiler 70 or 80 H. P. and engine 60 or. 60 H. P. Planes corresponding to Newman trimmer; fan ..giva sise.; dust pipe; shafting; pullyes and belting. - ' ' 12-172. (MK Fl AM nn ; 1ltk.Vll I VI IV 1 Ik. I IV ut CONCORD PEOPLE Well Dressed Appearing; Young; Couple Arrested Here Wanted There by Officers. PLIED THEIR CROOKEDNESS AT SEVERAL PLACES Should They Arrange Bonds Here They Will Be Held Further for the Cabarrus Officers. Further operation of the alleged check flashers, a voting man and wo man arrested in Salisbury Thursday and given a hearing in the county court yesterday morning, oame to light yesterday afternoon, when it .-as learned positively that the couple hud operated in Concord. Concord par .ies camehere late yesterday after .loon and positively identified the ouple. In that city the wompn purchasud n inner tube at the Cabarrus Motor ('ompany for $5.75 and tendered a check on the First National Bank or Gastonia for $35.00, receiving the tube and $20.25 in change. The checV was signed "Mrs. J. B. Shelby' Com nuication with the Gastonia ban i.iought the news that no such woman was known to officials of the bank thero and no funds were on deposit in that name. The man is identifided as one pur rhasing a suit of clothes from the "Arhite-Morison-Flowe Company at Concord for $32.00 and tendering a heck on a Gastonia Bank for $V.0i), receiving the difference in change. A n w suit of clothes in tho man's si.it ana was identified by members of the ot'eord clothing- house as the one r.old to him and also a neck tie whicii was triven with the purcahse. 'Hu man had evidently made effort to con ceal where the clothes were purchased as the cloth label on the inside of the oat had bean cut out and a label of tho Wallace clothing store sewed in ifs place. It is not known whoro tit's ''st laltel came from but there aio rigns that it was cut from the u-.m 'to man wore and which might have tn pi' "huscd at tho Wallace storo in Charlotte, where the man says he lives. Warrants have been issued tor the woman and also tho man, charging H em with passintr worthless checks r'tt the Concord firms and these a"e iw in the hands of Salisbury off i 'ors. Should they arrange the $100 Vnnds which have been required of hem in the Salisbury case they will held for the Cabarurs authorities. Tho man evidently has a wife in Charlotte, as he said he did, and also -everal children. He wrote a letter t- ''is wife from iail yesterday and as ail 'etters from the prison are r?ad be fore mailing this was done in this 'nae, although he did not suspect this 'o be done. He directed his wife to ccnte here and claim the suit esse .ontaining woman's apparsl and also n!Ynninsr hor what to say as to wher he left Charlottte. The woman stat "d in court yesterday that she had not 'r?n in Concord but it hai been es tablished that she spent several day there, leaving Thursday afternoon and coining to Salisbury. Here the woman gave her name as McCulberson. As stated yesterday, it was at the Rouzer garage here that she endoav ored' to purcahso an inner tube ann tendered a check above the cost of the tube in payment tuit suspcion was iraused and the check was not accept rd. In tho meantime the officers wise to the matter and cn the inform .t'on coming from Concord previously thH parties had been onerating there the couple was taken in charge anJ held for investigation. The couple are well attired and pus up a splendid appearance. The nian talked rather independently on the -tswl and denied all chages and all vi 'ence produced x'jainst him, as also nid the woman. The woman is well c'ressed and is neat appearing and ."oc.d looking. It is believed by the eff:cera that they have been playing their game in other cities. . w s s Kirk-Trout man. 1 Mr. Walter H. Kirk of this city and Miss Ethel Troutman of Granite Quarry were united in matrimony at t:30 Wednesday evening by Rev. J. E. Abernethy at the First Methodist parsonage. W S S The manufacture of tiny but per fect diamonds by the action of a di rectd electric current on melted car bide is claimed by a French. KEPT HER AWAKE TbTrri!le Pains ia Back and Sides. Caxdui Gare Relief. Marksville, La. AUs. Alice Johnson, of this place, writes; "For one year I suffered with ap awful misery in my back and side& My left side was hurting me all the time. The misery was something awful I could not do anything, not even sleep at night It kept me awake most of the night ... I took different medicines, but nothing did me any good or relieved me until I took Cardui . . . I was not able to do any of my work lor one. year and I got worse all the time, was confined to my bed off and on. 1 got so bad with my back that when I stooped down I was not able to straiglites up again . . . t decided I would try Cardui ... Hj time 1 had taken the entire bottle I was feeling pretty good and could straighten up asd my pains were nearly all gone. 1 shall always praise Cardui I con tinued taking It until I was strong and welL" If you. suffer from pains due to female complaints, Cardui may be just what you seed. Thousands of women who once sutlered in this way now praise Cardui for their present good health. Give U atrial. FARMERS' UNION WANTS WOMEN TO HAVE VOTE. Adopt Resolutions Asking Represen tatives at Washington to Support Suffrage Nitrate of Soda at Cost. . Wilson, Dec. 12. The State Farm ers' Union, in annual session here, today adopted a resolution to ex tend suffrage to women was carried by a rising vote, and the resolution is in substance as follows: "That whereas the women of North Carolina have contributed no little in the support of their government during tho war and have held posi tions of trust and responsibility, thereby demonstrating their capac ; ity to vote intelligently, that our representatives in the house and sen ate be requested to vote for the amendment that will be presented for their consideration, also that the : members of the general assembly be usked to do the same thing." i The resolution recites that wo men have been recognized by the i President and government, being .placed in responsible public posi j tions, and in this Way their merit and ! judgment has been recognized. ! The convention hearing that the initiate of sodu, which has been I shipped to the ports of the south i would probably be sold at auction I the convention wired Senator Sim- mons to hf.ve it sold to the farmers I at cost. An I'.nswer was received from Frank Hampton, secretary to ; tlto senator, stating that the senator ; dt'oply appreciated this notice re garding the nitrate of soda nnd that the secretary of war had given his ! promuo t!.at the Eodu would be soid to the farmers at cost. Dr. Alexander and other Members of theunion ex pressed Hiair r.ppreciation of Sena ' tor Sinimona and Mr. Hampton in tho matter. j w S S Who ('omen Hero? I am more powerful than the com biner! armies of the world. 1 I h.ive destroyed more man than ' all the wars of the world. ! I rm mure deadly than bullet j, and I have wrecked more homes than the mightiest of sfce grns. 1 steul in Rowtii conntv a! ne. over SIM. 00 e;""1.! year. I' spa:"e ii on.-!, and 1 find my vic tims am-n" tit? rich and poor alike, the voiiTC jnd olil. the strain.' :tnd weak; niAiv.s aH r.rph.-ni know iu. I loom up to S'-?h ) )!;rtions that 1 rj,t my r-hrd.w .er every field of labor from the turning of the grind stone to the moving of every railroad train. i I ni issa re thousand" unon thou sands of v.a re earners in a yea,r. 1 lurk in un?ecn plarc.-, and do nnst cf my work silently. You are warned i against mo, but you heed not. ! I ain relentless. I sm everywhere; i in the home, cn the streets, in the factory, on railroad trains, and on it'nc sea. ! I bring sickness, degradation and d3ath, and yet few seek to avoid me. j I destroy, crush, maim, take all and give nothing. I am your worst enemv. r AM TUBBRnULOSIS! J Rowan County Health Dept. j The American Red Cross is going to set aside $2,500 to b? used in the 1 fight against tuberculosis. ; Answer the Christmas Roll Call iwith your dollar and help free your j brother man from tiie ravages of the i "great white plague." ; w S S-J ; Mil; AT INSPECTION IN MOSAIC TIMES The 3istem of sanitary moat inspec ! tior. instituted by the United Stat?s j government in all slaughter establish ; ments end packing houses doinjf in terstate business, is one of the most i widely approved of the irovermnent's 'health regulatona. says the Wilming ton Mai. Probably few recall that meat inspection goes back as far as .u- i t t r: I . . . I Lilt' ua) a ui .uuf. it ie liiiw vuver, dul 'reference to the Bible will reveal the i fact that possibly the Mosaic inspec tion surpasses modern inspection in I thoroughness and scientific particu lars. The Rev. Dr. Mendelsohn, a scholarly Wilmingtonian, has written an interesting treaties on this subject, and concerning it thi sis copied from tho Recorder, the Royal Arcanum or fan published at Mount Morris. 111.: I "The prototype of the Modern ' Meat Inspector is the title of a mott , interesting and learned article by ; Rabbi S. Mendelsohn. I). D., of Wil .mington, N. C, which anpeared in a appeared in a recent issue of the ! Open Court. I "Brother Mendelsohn has served tAe society and the cause of fraternal ism in general faithfully and well as 'supreme chaplin, supreme represent ative iind as a grand ruler of that I jurisdiction. "The article refrerred to conclusive ly demonstrated that in the import ant and sanitary matter of meat in spection, as in so many others, very ! little real progress has been made i since the adoption of the Mosaic laws, I 1 ;n tV, naui o t .. r-t til. nl . I iimrl I lull ill wilt i m atatv 1.11 v." " " is about to make it can not do better t'r-n to !?o back to these first prin ciples of henHh and happiness as well. urotner Men ieisonn is unuest,ion ably one of the leading rabbinical i scholars, and he illumtnuates any suo Jject"he touches with his thorough i and painstaking research and clear ,and forceful style." W S K CHILE AND PERU REPLY. Answer in Friendly Tone the Plea of United State for Amicable Ad justment of Controversy. (By the Associated Press) Washington, Dec. 13. Chile and Peru have replied in friendly tones to the identic note of the United stales I urging upon them a supreme import ance of adjusting amicably their con troversy over the provinces of Rama and Arica and tendering the akl of , the United States alone or in conjunc tion with other American states. ; Peru is understood to hflve indicated a wish, that the good offices of the ! United States might be employed to. bring about a settlement i while the Chilean government is said to have contented itself with expressions of appreciation of the spirit of the offer. i , , L .. w s s- , I Good will rules the new world as fear governed the old world. Through shariaz food America helps make the whole worid kin. WILL TAKE BILLIONS ' TO PAY THE BILLS Allies Estimate Large Claims Against Germany Much of Which Will Be exacted to Pay the Toll of Her Mur derous Attack on Civilization. iLondon, Dec. 13. (Correspondence of Associated Press.) One London banker estimates that Germany will have to pay to the allies for repara tion and restitution about $7,500,000, 000. Calculated on a 5 per cent basis, with a 1 per cent sinking fund, this would mean an annual charge on the German revenue of $450,000,000. He says there can be no question of Ger many's ability to meet this demand. It is impossible, he says, discussing the subject in a newspaper article, to arrive at any approximate figure as to damages and rabberies in the in vaded territory. -"For Belgium," the article continues, "I would put the amount of indemnity at $1,400,000,000 of which sum levies on Belgian towns account for something like $500,000, 000. I know another estimate for Bel gium which is as high as $2,000,000, 000, and a Belgian of some authority estimates the amount at $800,000,000." With regard to France he says one cannot reckon the loss suffered, "but considered that the war has been waged for the most part on French territory, and in the center of her industrial area, we may put the figure at $2,000,000,000." Italy's damage is computed at $150,000,000,000. The same amount is set as Rumania's bill, including the loss of quantities of foodstuffs and damage to oil wells and otoer prop erty, lie thinks that $50,000,000 would cover Serbia's loss, and a liko sum probably would reimburse Eng land for damages caused by air raids and bombardments. Shipping losses are then discussed. "I estimate," he says, "the los of ships in figures of tonnago at nino million, and. taking the average value of $200 a ton this would figure out at $100,000,000. Adding the total value of cargoes at, say, $900,000,000, we have th total of $2,700,000,000 for Great Britain alone. The shipping losses of the allies I- estimate at $500, 000,000. "I hnve Vard an estimate which placys the total of the bill agairwt Germany at $10,000,000,000 which, liko my own calculation, is of course to some extent necesasrily hypothet ical. But I would put the figure my self at $7,500,000,000, which does not, of course, include any part of the cost of the war." Regarding Germany's finances, he calls attention to the last pre war budget presented to the reichst tg, which showed a revenue of $875,000, 000. The estimate for the army was ?;:92,500,000, and for the navy $107, 500.000 total $400,000,000. "Eliminating the expenditure for armaments," the article goes on, "this would allow Germany to pay approxi mately the interest and sinking fund on the $7,500 000,000 compensation, leaving the balence of revenue, what ever it might be, to meet the cost of conducting the empire and paying t'.ie , interest on her loans, which amounted early in the present year to $27,000, 000,000, a sum which has, of course, been substantially increased since." In order to meet the allies' bill of damages, the writer says, "it may be that Germany 'would have to sus pend payment of interest on her own war loans I don't say she would re pudiate this obligation." W S S Reichstag Meeting Convoked, j (Bv the Associated Press) Amsterdam, Iec, 14. Konstantinc Kohrenback, president of the reich stag, has convoked a meeting of that assembly, "reserving further indica tion of the time and place of ths meeting," according to a report from Berin. j S S M J ' Newberry Credentials Presented. ! Washington. Dec. 14. Presenta tion to the Senate today of formal election .of Truman H. Newberry, of Michigen, Republican senatorial can didate who defeated Henry Ford, Democrat, resulted ir. a controversy culminated in the withdrawal of the credentials for the present. SEND MISSION TO POLAND. 'Allied Countries Will Send Special t Delegation There to Investigate Re I ports of Atrocities. I (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. ll.-Araericand ! allied countries have agreed to send a special civilian cemmission to Poland to investigate rsports of atrocities I committed in that country. ! It is announced at the State Dep:trt ; ment today that this step was decided ' upon at the instigation of the French government and had been approved by the Pol irf'A representatives in the vari ous countries. TO TURN OVER SHIPS Vessels With an Aggregate Carrying Capacity of 800,000 Tons to Be Placed at Disposal Shipping Board. (By Associated Press.) Wa-ihineton, Dec. 13. (Ships with an aggregato carrying, capacity of 800,000 tons have been designated to be turned over by the army quarter master department to the shipping board for return to trade routes, Muj. Gen. Goethals today informed Senator Smite of the senate interstate com merce commission. W S S- If the sentiment of North Carolina Methodism may be taken as a guide, the next general conference, already holding the door slightly ajar to wom en, will throw it wide open. The North Carolina conference gave cn almost unanimous expression of its Confidence in the cause of woman in the church. Out of 1S9 votes there were but nine in opposition to making "lay members eligible in all confer ences on all hoards and lay offices, without regard to sex." Charlotte Observer. OLDS Head r are best treated ateroalb'- . 'pgr BCKtyfovaT fCrVrRICEa-SOcSOIUO MR. OVERMAN : IS COMMENDED North Carolina Senator is Finding , 11 is Leadership in Inquiry Into Gcr 1 man Propaganda Is Being Generally Approved. (Theo. Tiller in Greenboro News) Washington, Dec. 11. Senator Ov erman's leadership in the cenduct of the senate inquiry into German pro paganda methods in this country has met with distinct approval and ap preciation of officials of the depart ment of justice, which is yet to reveal fully the records it, has collected re garding German activities. It was learned here today that the attorney general has written a lettter to the North Carolina senator ex pressing approval of the results so far-obtained by the senate committee. Senator Overman, who is chairman of the investigating committee, is devot ing practically' all his timo to this w.ork. and Attorney General Gregory commends him for the thoroughness of the senate probe. Another official of the department of justice informes the correspondent of tho Greensboro Daily News that i the inquiry is by no means s" its end and further startling discTsurea are to be made by the department. Now that the war is over, the depart ment of justice is privileged to co operate fully with the senate commit tee and to bare records which were confidential in time of war. "The department," said this official, "is greatly gratified over the work of Senator Overman and the senate com mittee. The inquiry is not at an en 1. Wo have not shown our full hnn.; and startling disclosuers are yet in prospect." Complete Espotmre of Methods. Information both from the depart ment of justice and Senator Overmn-t is that the record now being written by the senate investigators will be a complete exposure of Geiman propa ganda methods before an 1 during the vnr. The investigation originally concerned the collateral allegation that German-American firowery in terests had sought to control newppa p?rs in the United Sta.es nnd hfs i fnanced the acquisition of a Washing ton newspappr. The senate inquiry today has no limitations and will cov er the entire subject of Germany's marvelous despicable system of es pionage and propaganda. "The sonata intends to complete this record of history." sai l Senator Overman tonight. "We w.uit the his torian of this war to know how Ger many perfected its espionage and pro paganda system under the very nose of the American people and whatever our findings shall be concerning in dividuals the principal thing ia to show up the German methods. I had hoped that the inquiry misrht end next, week, but additional evidence is com intr in and it-probably will be prolong ed." . I Senator Overman said the commit tee is receiving German propaganda proofs not only from official sources but from volunteers who write in and offer to add a link to the chain of evidence against the Hun Spv and tip ster. All these volunteer offers which have promise, of fruit will be inves tigated. ! File Cases Filled With Evidence. A. Bruce Biehski. chief of the in vestigation bureau of the department of justice, has file cases aftr file rases filled with documents covering the activities "of the pro-German and the Hun propagandists in the Unite! States. Ixtng before the United States entered tho war these records were accumulating and the insidious trail of the alien has been followed uo to the very hour of peace and is still under surveillance. The report of the Overman commit tee will be one of the most illuminat ing nnd far-reaching documents ever turned out. by cither branch of Con gress. It will contain material for the scenario writer, the plavwright. the author of detective stories, and above all ebe, it will embody thinirs which tho average American citizen should know about the methods of thi, world's master spies and prouagand ists. If the senate committee lives up to Senator Overman's promise that it "will write a record for history,-' the inquiry will be vastly more important than any congressional inquiry which has been given front page space with in generations. W S S JUDGE TBITCHARD MAY BE CALLED TO PARIS World's Court league Asks If He Would Be Available Should He Be Noeded. Asheville, Dec. 12. The world's court league has asked Judge J. C. Pritchard, of this city .whether he will be available to go to Paris durin? the session of the peace conference if the league should desire him as one of its representative. Judge Pritchard h's the matter under consideraton. TO) judge has taken a prominent part ra all war activities during the war. tour ing several states for the several bond campavrins. He is chairman of the Asheville Red Cross chapters and has two son.i in the service. Capt. Arthur Pritchard of the medical reserve corps, and Lieut. McKinley IVitchard, military police, 30th division. PENETRATING SALVE Guaranteed to relieve influenza, cold, cough, pneumonia or money refunded. Send $1,00 to Dr. Strong West brook, 310 E. 10th Street, Char lotte, N. C, &nd you will get your medicine by return mail. TO THE PUBLIC We have install ed a corn cob crasher and- will be E leased to have jour business, udvig Milling Co. 8-U. UNCLE