KtMJLVt I U UlVt SALISBURY THE BEST YOU HAVE M 1919
VOL. 9. NO. 21.
COLONEL
1AVIG
MO. ROOSEVELT
I
Distinguished Former President !
Man of Science and Letters
Found Dead in Bed Today.
NATION SHOCKED SUDDEN
PASSING AWAY COLONEL
Flags at Half Mast in Washing
ton and Nation Honors the
Dead Man.
(By Associated Press.)
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Jan. 6. Colpnel j
Theodore Roosevelt died in his sleep
early today at his home on Sagamore !
u;ii t .,;n ; ki;,. !
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to have been due to rheumatism which i
affected his heart,
The colonel suffered
tack of rheumatism and sciatica on .
New Year's day but none believed
a severe at-
EX-PRESIDE
D ED EARLY TODAY
his illness was likely to prove fatal. I i 1 l" 01 lneM! caseB constay
The former President sat up most of , 5'n ,i:wVf , . f. . ,
the time Sunday, retiring at 11 o'clock .. . P made the declara
last night. About 4 o'clock this morn- ' fneie? a T'M1
i?! ofmtUhTdPay:ty' PnnClPal
went to her husband's room and found
that he had died during the night.
Mrs. Roosevelt telephoned to Ool.
Emlin Roosevelt, a cousin of the for
mer President, and he came to the
Roosevelt home immediately. Tele
grams were dispatched to the colonel s I by one of his physician who stated
children who were in other parts of i that he found Mr. Roosevelt appar
the country. ently in good condition and spirits.
'Two of the colonel's sons, Maj. He said the colonel laughed and joked
Theodore iRaosevelt, Jr., and Capt. ; with him and said he expected to soon
Kermit Roosevelt, are in service ; resume his wood chopping expeditions
abroad. Capt. , Archie Roosevelt and , on his Sagamore Hill estate,
wife left New York last night for!
Boston, where the captain's wife's ! President Wilson Notified
.father is ill. Mrs. Ethel Derby and w .
twtf children are in Aiken. S. C. ! . ashrngton, Jan. 6.-The death
Details of the funeral have not,0'0?.1- Theodore IBoosevelt stirred
been arranged but announcement of andt shook the capital. Universal re
these is expected later today. " th P?8!? of 8 Hat -8fure
Telegrams of condolence and sym- ln the nation s life was evidenced on
pathy Began to pour in from all parts ' hand- Profound sorrow was
of the country as soon as the news of how" bv manv w.h knew the former
Col. Roosevelt's death became known, j fsint personally and, his political
The former President went to his ' frlenQl1 and antagonists joined in ex
home in Sagamore Hill from the i Passions of admiration i for the man.
Roosevelt hospital Christmas day but Men n a" .aIksr f lfe we.re eaer
a week later was stricken with a se- j for the details. Telephones in news
vere attack of rheumatism and sci- paper offic-. were kept busy with
atica from which he suffered for calls from high off ic.als of the gov
some time. The rheumatism affected eminent, foreign diplomats and mem
his right hand and it became swollen j be of congress as the news spread,
and he remained in his room and an . t0n
effort was made to check the trouble. Merest was apparent Workmen on
Last Saturday the colonel's secre-! new building going up n the , buw
tary, Miss Josephine Strieker, called j J Bfi' .fuf'L'1 WOrk t0
!n hiitJl Roosevelt's
in his room. Miss otricker said to- , - , . , . D j nr;i
day that no one had any idea the end deat;i " ie w.rt Si
was so near at hand. I ns 80on as the news reached WashmK-
iAll flags were placed at half mast ! l0n-
at Oyster Bay today.
Funeral at Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Jan. 6. The
date of Colonel Roosevelt's funeral
has not been set but it will be held ; of congress adjourned today as a
here and at the request of Mrs. Roose- rairk of respect after adapting reso
velt will be private. Two services will ! lutions of regret on the death of Col.
be held, one at Sagamore Hill and the j Roosevelt, and providing for appoint
other at Christ church where tie I ment of committees to attend the
RooseVelt's have for years attended. ; funeral.
Rev. Dr. George Talmage. the pastor,! Funeral Wednesday at 12:45
is expected to officiate. Colonel IKoose- Oyster Bay, N. Y., Jan. 6. The
velt will be buried at Young's Memo- j our of the funeral of Col. Theodore
rial cemetery, Oyster Bay, in a plot j Roosevelt was officially announced
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ViWrtV after he left the White House, i
Death Aided by Grief
New York, Jan. 6. One of the
things believed to have contributed
more than any other to Col. Roose
velt's .breakdown was the death last
fall of his son, Lieut. Quentin Roose
velt, aviator, in,, action in France.
Proud of his heroic son's achievements
, Col. Roosevelt bore up under the sor
f row of his death with a fortitude in
keeping with his spirit in public life.
Friends said while the father "could
not carry his heart on his sleeve" he
suffered the most poignant grief in
silence and tried to forget them by
still going harder than ever in his
work .
Washington Flags at Half Mast ,
Washington. Jan. 6. Fla?s were at
half mast over the White House, the
capitol and all public buildings today
upon the announcement of the death
of Col. Theodore Roosevelt. And in
respect to the memory of the former
commander-in-cnier secretary uanieis j
end General March ordered flags at
half mast on every ship, shore station
of the navy and at every army post at
home, and abroad.
Talked and Joked Last Night
New York, Jan. 6. The immediate
cause of CoL Roosevelt's death was
jmhnonary emolism or lodgment, in
the lung of a clot of blood from a
broken vein, it is stated.
Forty-eight hours before hie death
the former President had been visited
YADKIN VALLEY HffiALD
$1.50 A YEAR AM) WORTH IT.
it
PASSED AWAY AT
IF
DfApr nnuMiircn
I LnUL ULIT nilULU
: President Wilson at Milan Voiced
Again His View Concerning !
Peace the World Longs For. j
. ;
SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF I
W00 ON WORKING CLASS j
Reception Accorded American
Executive a Most Enthusiastic
- One at Milan and Stops.
(By Associated Press.)
Milan, Sunday, Jan. 5. President'
Wilson voiced again today his view I
that the working people of the world I
demanded from the coming peace con-1
"nce no mtnw treaties or peace
uar,antees f tl justice of peace
future of the peace to be made.
The President declared his belief
that the social structure of the whole
world rested upon the great working '
ft"" nfl lteratel1 h'8 co j
th? leac Til1 be made w,t.h ?e
can executive was a most enthusiastic
one, both here and at Geneva, where
he made a brief stop on his way from
Rome to this city.
Congress Adjourns as Mark of
Respect
Washington, Jan. 6. Both houses
Roth Fathrs-in-Law Dead
Boston. Mass.. Jan. 6. Thomas St.
John Lookwood, father-in-law of Capt.
Archie Roosevelt, died here Saturday
night, but the fact did not become
FPnerall known Until this morning
when the home was , communicated
within connection with the deathof
Col Roosevelt.
Mr. Lockwood's daughter, Mrs.
Archie Koosevelt, arrived here from
New York this forenoon. Capt. Roose
velt was accompanying her when a
message overtook him on the train
which he left at the next station for
the purpose of going Immediately to
Oyster Bay.
Called to the White House in 1901
after President McKinley had been
-'sihted. Col. Roosevelt, 42 years
of age, became the youngest President
the united States has ever had. Three
years later he was elected as Presi-
dent by the largest popular vote a
resweni n receiveu.
Of Dutch ancestry, horn in New
York City on October 27, 1868,' in a
hoqse in Cast Twentieth street, the
baby Theodore was a weakling. He
was one of. four children who came
to Theodore and Martha Bullock
Roosevelt The mother was of South
ern stock and the father of Northern,
a situation which during the early
years of Theodore, Junior's boyhood
was not allowed to interfere with the
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GUARANTEES
SALISBURY.
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I SEVERAL LATE PICTURES
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MAKING A SPEECH
These pictures show
some of Col. Roose
velt's various moods.
The large picture in
the centre is his lat
est posed photograph
and was taken last
year. It i one of the
best pictures of him.
WILSON
DESIRES AN
EQUITABLE PLAN
In Settlement Between Italians and
Jugo-Slavs and Between- Italians
and Greeks League of Nations En
dorsed. (By Associated Press.)
Paris, Sunday, Jan. 5. "It is not
difficult to divine," says the Temps in
an editorial, "that President Wilson
desires an equitable arrangement be
tween the Italians and Jugo-Slavs
and between the Italians and Greeks,
but even when he has mentioned the
burning word, 'Balkans, he has never
departed from his cordial and cour
teous reserve.
"Our comment, therefore, should
observe the same discretion that he
has shown in his remarks," says the
newspaper.
The editor then supports President
Wilson's thesis that a new system of
equibilum is inconceivable except by
the creation of a league of nations by
saying:
"We are thus brought to a subject
most dear to us. A league of nations
can be founded only on close perma
nent union of victorious peoples."
EVENLY IN AUSTRIA
(By the Associated Press)
Berne, Switzerland, Jan. 6. Baron
Haupt, the new Austrian minister
here, told the Associated Press today
that sentiment in Austria was about
evenly divided between a desire to
join Germany or remain c4l indepen
dent republic
Ke said there was a possibility-that
a majority would favor the latter, in
which case a Danube federation is
possible, with -arrangements for eco
nomic relations and laws such are are
generally enacted in confederate
states.
MINI
DIED
Call for Bank Statements
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 6. The comp
troller of the currency today issued a
call for the condition of all national
banka at the close of business .Decem
ber SL . .V
' : .' : . . . .
NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY. JAN. 7, 1919.
RE K00SEV
IS HUE DURING EARLY
his oyster bay home this morning
W - Am
lifriVaffViito
VOTE SPEDOITER
Henry Ford in Petition Laid Before
Senate Charges Fraud In Michigan
Election and Asks for a Recount of
Ballots.
(By Associated Press.)
! Washington, Jan. 6. In a petition
j received today by Vice-President
I Marshal and laid before the Senate,
Henry Ford, Democratic candidate in
I Michigan, for JJnited States Senator,
who was defeated on the face of the
returns by Truman H. Newberry, Re
publican, gave formal notice of a con
test for the seat and asked for a
recount of the ballots.
Excessive use of money in New
berry's campaign, intimidation of vot
ers, improper rejection of of ballots,
"flagrant violations" of the Michigan
election laws and many other charges
are by the Ford petition.
GRAND DUCHESS TO LEAVE.
Marie Adalaide of Luxenburg Will
Ouit the Palace Owing to Political
Situation.
(By the Associated Press)
Paris, Jan. 6. (Havas Agency) ?
Grand Duchess Marie Adalaide of
Luxenberg. the Matin says it learns
from a reliable source, has decided to
leave Luxenberg owing to the political
situation there.
The situation, it is added, has be
come unfavorable for the Grand
Duchess.
WILSON'S REQUEST APPROVED.
House Appropriation Committee Re
ports Favorablv on Proposition for
One hundred Million Dollars For
Relief.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 6. President
Wilson's request that congress pro
vide $100,00000- for relief work in
Europe outside of Germany was ap
proved today by the House appropria
tions committee. Chairman Sherley
announced that he .would report the
bill tomorrow and seek its early pass
age. "A short life and a merry one!" is
the motto of the bolsevist. since he
realised that whenever conditions are
such that he must earn his own liv
ing, his fun is all - overBoston
Transcript.
Cigar or food cigarette ash makes
an excellent polish for silverware,
REGISTERED WRONG
OF COLONEL
ON
his
er,
the
Polish Troops Occupy the Railway
Station at Vhroschink and Threaten
Rentschen May Prove Serious for
Berlin.
(By the Associated Press)
Berlin, Sunday, Jan 5. Polish
troops have occupied the railway sta
tion at Vhroschnik, four miles from
Bentschen, and have sent an ultima
tum to the German commander in the
latter place demanding that he sur
render. The demand has been refused and
Germany will defend Bentschen at til
cost, according to the Tageblatt.
(Dentschen is a town near the bor
der between the provinces of Posen
and Brandenburg and is about 43
miles southwest of Posen.)
The capture of Bentschen by the
"oles would be most serious for Ber
lin and all northern Germany.
CITY SCHOOLS OPEN.
Book Studiea Resumed After Close of
Several Weeks Number of Chil
dren Yet Remain Out.
The city public schools, Ellis street,
N. Main street, West Ward, Innes
street, and the negro schools, resumed
work this morning after a close down
of several weeks, starting with a ces
sation on acount of influenza and re
maining closed over the holidays.
There was a large attendance at the
opening today, but quite a number of
children in whose homes there are
cases of influenza are still held out
and will be until the sufferers of flu
in their homes recover. It is believed
now that the schools will complete the
term unhindered. However, whenever
a case of influenza appears in a home
from which a child is attending School
it is required that children from this
home quit school until the disease dis
appears from such home.
The schools have been hard hit by
the flu since opening up in Septem
ber, being forced to close twice and
there has only been two brief inter
vals of school period.
There is rejoicing over "American's
good finish in the air." But arent
we still very much "up in the air?"
New York Evening Sun.
The Germans still hop to v retain j
their colonies. Their optimistic stu
pidity seems unquenchable. Detroit
Free Press.
HUN COMMANDER
WONT SURRENDER
$1.50 A YEAR AND WORTH IT.
ST?
4
ROOSEVELT
HIS ARRIVAL
FROM BRAZIL
The picture on the
right was taken on
arrival from Bra
zil., It was there he
caught a tropical fev
which was partly
cause of his re
cent illness.
SPARIACUS GROUP
IN BERLIN ACTIVE
Senze Wolff Bureau, Semi-official
News Agency Also Occupy Other
Big Newspaper Offices.
(By Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Jan. 6. A coup took
place in Berlin yesterday, it is be
lieved here on the basis of advices
from Berlin today. There has been in
timations that an overturn of some
sort in the German capital was ex
pected Saturday. A telegram from
Berlin today states that the office of
the Wolff Bureau, the eemi-official
news, agency, was entered Saturday
evening, but does not state by whom
the seizure was made.
Spartacuai Group Active
Amsterdam, Jan. 6. The Spartacus
group 'Sunday evening made another
attempt to seize the reins of power
in Berlin and occupied the office of
the Wolff Bureau, the semi-offjcial
news agency. The last telegram re
ceived here from the Wolff Bureau an
nounced that its office had been seized.
Private advices say the Spartacus
group occupy offices of half a dozen
big newspapers, including the Soci
alist Vorwaerts.
One Hundred and Fifty Divisions
Have Already Demobilised and De
mobilisation of Other Unit Pro
ceeding.
(By Associated Press.)
Basel. Switzerland. Jan. 6. (Hav
a)s Arency.) The former German
armv has ceased to exist, says the
Nord Deuscha Allegemeine Zeitung of
Berlin as 150 divisions already have
been demobilized. The demobilization
of other units, the newspaper says, are
proceeding rapidly.
Dont make the mistake of trying
to correct the mistakes of a friend.
Enemy aliens who conspired to
make a farce of our neutrality ei
later to help the enemy can't com
plain much if they are deported, and
permanently debarred from return
ing. A pure atmosphere ia invaluable
to any republic Brooklyn Eagle.
FORMER
GERMAN
ARMY VAN SHED
PRICE TWO CENTS.
T DEAD
M0RNI1G
Machinists Disousi the Matter
and Believe the Best Interest of
City Jurtifle No Change.
ALD. HENDERUTE SATS
CHANGE WOULD HELP
City Administration ia Matter of
Deep Significance and Divided
Opinion Prevails.
The discussion so far on what
would help and be best for Salisbury
which brought out much discussion
(on a change of city government, a
change from the present aldermanic
form to a city commission form, has
left the people puzzled to know what
is best. The argument for and
against has shown that Salisbury la
very sharply divided in opinion, so
much so that it would be hard to get
sufficient sentiment back of a chance
to make it effective and beneficial in
case it were made, for whatever may
be said of a change it must be admit
ted that little benefit would or could
come if the people were not ready and
Prepared to give a whoehearted sup
port to the new form. . - -,
-A voice against a commission form,
against a change, is that which follows
from the machinists. The followmc
note came today signed by a commit
tee speaking for the lodge which is
represented, and the report as coming,
short the subscribing committeemen,
is herewith given:
Salisbury, N. C, Jan 6th, 1919.
To the Eidor of Salisbury Post:
Dear Sir: At a reular meeting of
Piedmont Lodge No. 136 I. A. of M.
held January 8rd, 1910, the question
of changing the present form of city
government in Salisbury from aider
manic to the commission form was
brought up and although it is not cus
tomary for our lodge to take an active
part in questions of a political nature,
yet we feel that as citizens of Salis
bury who have her interest at heart
that we would be negligent of our
duty if we failed to give some public
expression of how we feel in this most
important matter.
cussion it was- unanimously decided
that Piedmont Lodge No. 136, Inter
national Association of Machinists go
on record as opposed to any change In
our present form of city government
in Salisbury, believing that the time
is not ripe or that conditions do not
warrant the same.
We believe that we state the true
facts when we state that we are s.M
isfied hat at least 95 per cent of all
the men employed on the Southern
Railway who reside in 'Salisbury are
nf fliA si aim a nntvttiti "
we. nv wynivii - i ' '
Alderman Hinderlite Favors a
Change.
Mr. C M. Hinderlite, a member of
the board of aldermen from the North
ward is in favor of a change and here
is what he submits:
"After serving as city councllfan for
the most part of two years and riving
I the some time and thought to the ex
isting conditions must coniess t are
in hearty accord for a change of Uy
government. Do not think the tims is
at hand but has long been past to es
tablish a commission form of govern
ment whereby the city would receive -
some sort of proper attention. We
have a revenue of between eighty
five and ninety thousand dollars per
annUmn, not including the revenue ;
from the water plant, and the over
head of the city is approximately se- J
veteen thousand per annuam not In
eluding schools, firemen and police
men. And tinder present administra
tion I cannot See where any reduction
in these figures could be made. I
rant that Mr. Clement's statement
should be true if costing nine thous
and dollars per annum for the em
ployment of three commissioners to
tiva their entire time,, we would yet
have eight thousand dollars to fill in
local places not mentioning what
could be saved by the proper manage
ment. I am satisfied should the city
put on some paid form of government
not only would it prove one hundred
per cent good, but would greatly im
prove the existing conditions which Is
very much needed for the future dev
elopment ef Salisbury." '
JnVik PSill trnika nMmwfcnt hi m
tertaininr a president and then noth
ing terrible happened Washington
Post , . r
We can set the world's cloclts ro
by the sure time kept by The V'g' h
on the Rhinev Atlanta Lor : . t i.
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