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Subscription "Boo I Rt Are Open to All V , ;. ADVERTISERS 0r 5pc TRUTH, PROSPERITY ND DEMOCRACY Washington, Beaufort County, N. C, Thu.-day, Stpt. 25, 31919 I ice of conoo SOUTHERH GIS DISTRESS AMONG THE POOR CLASSES OF SALONIKI FIFTY THOUSAND COAST TOUR ENDS AT LOS ANGELES nrrn ic Tnn mi I T Occu i j iuu FCE ASKS THE GOVERNOR ESTIMATE OF PRODUCTION THIRTY PER CENT OF THAT OF ENTIRE COUNTRY. 18 BOTH ROOSEVELT, AND LODGE QUOTED AS ENDORSING IDEA OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS. 0 TAKE SOME ACTION TO PRESIDENT'S PLEA FOR EARLY RATIFICATION OF TREATY IS HEARTILY APPROVED. REMEDY THE SITUATION. I i IN GRAIN HEAR LUVtf J.V FEBS TO SOUTH CAROM VALUED AT $3,000,000,000! Too Have ABreed Cotton Must Thi. Year Give Place In l! :v Al,5"S-( 1 piy a Much Higher Price Than Is QZertd in This State. ri"t-r exvutive Raleigh. f5 tf exvutive oX North Caro- of the North Association, Got. T. vile" ked to remedy the a &: ute Drought about Kui Vt. Clarence Poe, editor of J fr: iTe Farmer term, "the U'".r l,,r Ft-"" offered our U O-irvl.aA cotton growers" for u - wa made to Governor f... ry Pr. Toe who declared: "I - i. J Jl a,lt tne Price cf - ?v.ould be. but I do know : .s inexcusable that North Car zrstT9 aou!d be getting $10 ... 5 ttaa growers. Just across jvizijiry line in South Carolina." ! It'.'.tT 10 iae roTeniur iuuo ui U z-zf actions our North Caro JLrrer are complaining vigor , ct:: the low prices they are be r Vrvti fr cotton feed. J; c.-:rjt to the shamefully low S?ze and Value to the Three Crop of Corn, Wheat and Oats. - I 7 - J r Baltimore. The toul grain crop of the southern aUtes for the present year, according to statistics compiled ! by The Manufacturers Record, will show a gain of about 32S.000.000 bush- i ela over the crop of last year, while 1 iu me rest ot the country there will be a decline based on the September 1 estimates, of about 357.000.000 bush els. The south has thus, by the enor-. xnous increase in Its grain crops, s-v-i ed the nation from a disastrously. AiiA-n: the foorcr clashes of Salonika and the rest of the Halkan towns tyihus found easy victims. These people, short crop, s our i-botocmph shows, neplitrent ns to personal rleanlinpus-, tumble to get even changes of clothing due to great tex- The total grain crops of the aouth ; tn' Kbortae xvrr prnctically at the mercy of the disrns. thia year will aggregate about 1.645. EFFICIENCY OF ARBITRATION 'Would be Death Warrant of Children of Country" Said the President, Should the League Fail. . I fil 'TV A San Diego, Calif. An extract from a magazine article written in 1914 by Theodore Roosevelt was read by President Wilson in an address here as an argument in favor of the league of nations. , IS INTRODUCED BY A Mrs. Cowles Tells the Audience That "Political Partisans" Are Out of Place in This. Discussion. jv4 trrrd oar North Carolina eot I -r. lt me call your attea- :j fct that the cotton oil ii ti Abasia after a conference i it rprestatiTes of the far p l o- arred to pay $75 per j fi daring the month ol pi : a;I? the South Carolina '-..Z rc.ts after a similar con W days 3go. agTeed to pay : r r: ia csr load lou. or $57 per fn lajras. aad South Carolina rt' rro!st:cg mat even inese i. ;r Iht too lew. --a t ol 'irst Goveetior. tiir -r there has been a -inmost c w dely scattered de- cf Go yzoT Caswell for hla :. It is I Vtable that at last :i Wa tezz . CoL William Cas- t tl Kin.V.e. Txa the only de- tdai.; c! the ga enor who bears i r:i tace. h-t written Chief riirk t!:it a kVsman of hla. .-!! Sizifj. cf Keacky, wrote a a t- eirs sro tsat he had found ::n.: of GoTerzor Caswell at Phil t.ri an! lii a copy made. The i: r.u! tVnnj:!on of this state I ? a cp il rnsttr and will pro- a rr.T if It proves authentic. J nu r CajmU was the flrrt gov kr rf it, tat under our republl I !..-r. i f iraTernient. and was six i ; d rcTrnor at the-annual r c- by tie lr:slature which waa j t:V4 z?.ir the ConsUtutlon at 000.000 bushels, while the rest of the country will liave an output of about! .331.000.000 bushels. :In other words, the south this year will produce more 1 than 30 per cent of the entire grain! crop of the Unl'.td States. The value , of the south'a grain crop this year, j o&aia on bepiember nrst prices, would amount to nearly $3,000,000,000, or an Increase oX $335,000,000 over the value of the grain crops of the south of 1913. The value of the corn, wheat and cat crops of the south this year will asgregate, based oa September first OVER THE LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE ttiorrrxoTEs of lntkrestto CAROLXMWS. other school building for the colored residents. . Luraberton. Robeson superior court for the trial of civil cases adjourned. Ten divorces were granted during the term, which wan perhaps the largest number ever granted at one term ol Robeson court. I Speaking to a cheering crowd which filled the great San Diego stadium, the President also quoted from Sena tor Lodge, one of the most bitter op ponents of the treaty in its present form, and declared that in framing the league covenant, the Versailles conference and followed the advice of these and other republican statesmen. "I am glad to align myself with such Before becoming deputy state regis- j utterances," said Mr. ' Wilson, while t trar of vita statistics, Dr. ; Register was for twenty-five years a practicing physician at Jamestown, Guilford county. He represented 'that county in the legislature of 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911 and 1913, and was active in the passage cf several health measures. the crowd cheered. "Here in concrete form is the fulfillment of the plan they advocated." The address was interrupted many Los Angeles. President Wilson completed his week of speechmaking on the Pacific coast with a monster mass meeting here at which thous- ! and? shrieked approval of his plea for early ratification of the peace treaty. , y . Welcomed to the city by a crowd which densely packed the downtown section, the President was cheered tu multously everywhere he appeared during the day. Along the line of a j 10-mile parade he rode in a di of ap- J plause and later at a public dinner i cheers greeted his declarations that ! the treaty should and would be;ac-. cepted. It When he entered the auditorium j for his night speech he -was- cheered j Sanford. The Peoples bank open- Conformity "in Electric Control. Emphasizing the importance of con- Anex. Following an illness of 10 ed Its doors for business. The man- weeks. Rev. J. II. Holleman, one of forming strictly with state and local jrement was well pleased with the ! the oldest and most widely- known j regulations governing the installation way money came in from tobacco I Haptist ministers in North, Carolina, 'of electric service wires and other figures of Dricea on the firm mhnnt ' . " Uiea nere. ,t;liuiyuicuh 0u.lc U.77sooonoo Th. nn. oepositors. He had served one church 44 years. N. E. Cannady has returned from wheat TbiS make threC bankS fr SanfrL ' Greensboro. were he spent a strenu- probablv half a billion dollars to three I Tlaleigh. As a special featur? cf ous week in getting that city in line quarters of a blllioa dollars the total' Ltxlnon Lexington is well repre- the state livestock meeting at Golds- for a "standard status" of electric ad valoe of the aouth's cotton crop j seated in the colleges of the state this boro. December 9 to 12. the animal in- vancement. Inspector Cannady has 1 Jar, a large number of young men ' dustry workers of the agricultural eat-1 several cities in the state to visit with I and women leaving for Trinity, SL 1 tension service are now planning to j the purpose of securing conformity juary a, saiem. North Carolina Col- promote a series of big . barbecues ! -with state and local laws. lege for Women and elsewhere. A each day at noon during the time' of number of young women went to G. j the convention. which local officials estimated at more than 50,000. Emphasizing the arbitration feature of the covenant,. the President said an example of the efficiency of discus sion was rhown in labor controver sies. He asserted that' whenever eith er side to such a controversy refused to discuss its case the presumption was that it was on the wrong side. It would b6 the "death warrant" of the children of the cpuntry, declared the President should the league fail. times by applause-from the crowd, V "nutef crod STEEL WORKERS REFUSE TO LONGER PUT OFF STRIKE. K tlonal committee made public a letter I ' ,, . L Z , . 7 , : w , v ' it haa drafted and sent to President! mea wlH enUr col,e- !i i T I hi! Tl Wilson -giving eleven reason, why Itj rh.rtftlf. w e . ' f X" 'v S"or CT h7 -r,- , f- v.-, ,. , Charlotte. Meeting for .the first lie Clark Graham against hex hus- cou.v. nt comply w!t tu rejtiest to j . . . -. ,, - - ; . . . ... . . . . . iy,m , tine of the fall season, 'directors of i band, MaJ. W. A. Graham, stale corn postpone the steel workers ftrUe... v . , - ' . the resignation of Mrs. J. A. Durham : while they are separated. as treasurer and named Miss Kate Asheville. When an automoblla l B:srd Cajes Pltn. " i members of the state board ji- n and institute conductors f r-a. li an agreement whereby tf roust'fs In which that menv .". t m entire charge of the - t. rk In fhat rroiiD. with A. T. - 1 .sc after cr.!. nve cenntie hi R.Mfh and being in charge headquarters here. !Iss r- rrrott gets 21 northeastern -: I. P. Giles 23 extreme west-rc-s:. Dr. HIghsmlth will have T rf 15 counties, east central. y.r Johnson 18 west central called orf September 22. The letter also recites the history of the move- . , . ... , Stratton to that office workers and expresses faith In the President s desire to bring about a . -.Ilk , Vk T th n t ti lfrIt the road aild ran OTer aa ew-; Furniture comapny, plant at Llnccln e regret inat .or tne nrst time i ha5kmMt on the Asheville-Cantoa ' ton and within the next 60 days will ycur cal on organized labor " , h!jc!iwy Arthur May. of this city, wsia I beS!i. . saiiiuractnrlBs: chairs at this instantly killed and M. L. Lowe was I plant They have, already bought the necessary chair machinery. Lenoir. M. L. Cornwell and . L. Stone, two local furniture manufac turers, have bought the old Lincoln meet with favorable response. the f . ..mm mt9Am fe 1 . 1 . if WAIf n At mnM . . . . . . , . : ser.usiy injured. than deliy. evea at the cost of loss of membership in our organizations, we ' J would urge the same to the fullest of; Gastoaia.-At an enthusiastic meet- Wh. Grocer, Oroanize" ,mr hilirr notw'thstandinr the men McS of citizens of Gastonla It was do- w le'e '? 0rnJ V , r ar flrmlr se for m Imm'dtat! 1 " -heant once with tho The North Carolina Wholesale Gro are firmly se. tor an irameaiaie cers Association, to have its home of- strike. But delay aere means ue, w - ; r -. I m . aft aF (a a sot less man n yjw. NEW POLICY INAUGURATED FOR WATER TRANSPORTATION Corporation Commission Leaves. The Corporation Commission, with Attorney General Manning as counsel, have gone to Washington City to par-, H oi the ticlpat- the hearing beXore-the lu- . , ,u)00 w, : Washington. A new rate making policy for the protection of water transportation was urged before he house interstate and foreign com merce ; committee hy ex-unairmao estimated by the police at 6,0.00. The hall was jammed and outside were ; thousands waiting since early morn- j ing for the doors to open. j At the auditorium meeting Mr. Wil son was introduced by' Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowies, national ; president of the General Federation of Women's clubs,' who told the crowd that the league must and will become the bul war of a war weary world for all time. The '.'political partisan," she as- serted, had no place in a discussion of the peace treaty. ( GENERAL PALMER RECOMMENDS AN ARMISTICE OF SIX MONTHS. MUJWt"; ""'--'- 'Texs. and harbors committee, tei-tvn Commerce Commission,- yht Small asked that the Esch bilf . resiKLZ lo proposea increasea nuiKiit rates between points in Official Clas sification territory and points in North Carolina and generally throughout the South. ' Mr. be surrender of all hope.1 NO PROFITEERING IN COTTON Wilmington. Work will e near future on a hand COO office building which will be oc Cces at Goldsboro," Was chartered by the secretary of state. Among a nuin- . . . aA at- Doruiii i run pnir.Fi hprp we near luiure oa a oanasome r s s w - :' of State Historians. L R Ur,xi. collector of war rec ' ?r it- North Carolina Historical r z. has Just returned from -;rrtat conference of state hls ia Washington, where he rep H th- North Carolina Historical F - f .cz. This conference was one -i tr nr. James Sullivan. sUte "as rf New York to consider F -d methods for preserving war - :a the various states of the sttte T. H. Holmes, Gbldsboro; F. E. Hashageov' Wilmington, and J. T. a. n TfTlla a m f n nnrnnrofAn W-ah'azton. Director PhUIip S.,' enpied on completion by Alexander Ken-edr of the bureau of foreign Sprunt A Sons. Inc.. one of the larse?t The.association is a non-stock cor--J I rfnm.-tw rn-nmerce writes Sena- cotton exporting corporations in the poralion and in its application for a and domestic commerce, writes &ena caarter sets forth as its object "to fos- toreimmonstlthedoe.notthinka orld. , Hocky Mount-Approximated ,40 lowship sociabUity and good will Jrv- U 30 cents at Shelby He was : Colons of wh:t lightning whiskey, among the wholesale grocers of North ronivir tn . letter from Rush Stroup j otherwise known as monkey mm. with Carolina, to eliminate or minimize ' total valuation, recording to prevail- b.sines, methods contrary to good 1 tzs prices, or aooui i,buv mu uis "laia, . vi"- - I .... . i I - i ' i . v. ; n n MUcneii touring car were scixea wnc-n ru v wui-rca emn-. Some New Corporations, f Charters Werefiled with ' the Secre tary of state'for the following corpor ations in North Carolina: Barnes-Harrell Co., of Tarboro, wholesale and retail mercantile busi ness, with $100,000 authorized capital -nd' $30,000 subscribed. TheMncorpor atorsv are J. T. Barnes, W. N. Harrell and W.T). Adams, all of Wilson.- Albemarle Co&l and Ice Company, of Albemarle, with $50,000 authorized capital and $2,100 subscribed. The in corporators are T. M.'HIxfcii Clarence Heath and J. E. Ewin, alK of Albe marle. , x amended so that railroad lines com peting with water lines may not de stroy water traffic. This should be supplemented, he said,, by legislation permitting cities and . towns along -streams to erect terminals. RETAIL PRICES FOR FOOD INCREASED DURING AUGUST FOOD PRICES FALLING ACCORDING TO REPORTS. police officers arrested L. J. Bridges, Washington. Reports to the depart ment of ustke frojm 12 states indi cate there has been a decline of 10 taj 15 per cent In food prices time the fair-price committees began tholr work. From four states have come reports on wholesale prices Indicating a de cline of 2 to 5 per cenL Virtually no reductions In clothing prices have a railroad man and O. D. Murray .a short Course for Salesmen. local plumber. j A short course for fertilizer sales- men and sales managers .of North Caatonia. Frank I. Carpenter, one Carolina. na Vireinia will be held at since the ! of the mosl PPu,ar and b9t known Stat CoDegei beginning September men in liasion county, aiea juuusui; rning throgh October 3rd. at his home in Dallas. j Tne school will. be under the direc- "tlon of C B. .Williams. Dean of Agri- Kinston. Damage estimated at cujlTjre . I atlt AAA rVnm Vl a Death Sentence Commuted. Commutation from death sentence to 30 years Imprisonment was granted by Governor Bickett in the case of Will Davis, negro, who was scheduled to die in the electric chair on the charge of killing Charles White, elec trician for the Southern Utilities company, at Winton-Salem during the race- riot there some months ago. A number of good men, including police and officials of city and county und one of the prosecuting attorneys express doub of guilt nd recom mended executive clemency. Washington. Retail prices of food Increased one per cent in August, as compared with July, .and reached the highest point in the nation's history despite the government's campaign tc reduce the cost of living. The increase probably aires d" ?; parent in the consumer was when the department of , labor's bu reau of labor statistics made public its monthly-report. - " ; : The foodstuffs increasing in price 'were eggs, rice, potatoes, milk, pork j Freeport, Pa. An absolute indus trial armistice for six months ,was urged by Attorney General Palmer here to permit the solution ol econom ic problems arising out of the changes wrought by ..war ---. !'r . Such a period 'of -freedom :"f flErr nwr- rest, he declared, would result soon In -increased production which would bring about an era of "easier living and better times" for all. On the other hand, the attorney general warned, selfish demands by anjv one class cannot, stimulate 'the national prosperity or permanently benefit even those obtaining such demands., by : force. J. r-' ' CORPUS CHRISTI LOSSES ' MORE THAN $20,000,000. Corpus Christi, Texas.-rfiUer re porf received from, devastated storm .rea of which Corpus Christi is,' the' tester, 'swell' the death roll of last Sunday's hurr!cane and confirm esti-mateu-rthat the property damage will , exceed $20,000,000.' Little progress was made In the rprnverv of bodies floatine on the bay. 'chops, butter cheese, -coffee, sugar, d ite that tbere wa8no let up .in ary Deans ana Dreaa. i-rzces uetimuu i tlj.s wcrjc ,for sirlomand round Steak, riD ana chuck i oasts, onion's, acon. flour, cab bage and canned peas, corn, beans and I LABOR AGITATOR IS SHOWN tomatoes. THE WAY OUT OF SAVANNAH. destruction by fire of a ! owned by M. A. and A. pack house Cor-.mijtlon Named. rr.r.r Bickett has named the -'rh of the state reconstruc- "- f ' .-r.:sion as provided for. to the industrial, commercial. "n r. sociological and military tr.d r(juirements of the state ;- -I by the world war and the i'tp-rni cf the sUte to peace " nrnlslon Is to make all need - t rations and take action to '"n;rments for fullest develop- f'.: ?r 1 rr..rti with nthpr state iral authorities. '"aiter at VashlnQton. -ft Ogling, postmaster at Raleigh; lacd Cooke, postmaster at "lrK and J. J. Farriss. High it postmaster are in Washington, ''j will appear "before the '. nal committee now lnvestir r K?ul conditions, with partlcu- f T- 'ri ... n , . i i .- n.V!i1 w r- .: was announced here. thrf postmasters constitute a :- . t r.w,nt the costinaa- ft ti .. a Dn";e1 oa reUU food prices; brothers, in Lenoir coimty. ere said to have been from cities end counties well distributed through out the country. L. Moore. worked out. covering during the five days, practically every phase of the relations of commercial fertilizers to the farmer, his soils end crops. TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX DEAD HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED Corpus ChrlstL Tex a .The death toll In Corpus Christi and vicinity as a result of the hurricane, and tidal wave, stood at 256. according to re norts from burial squads. The gener ally accepted estimated was that the final figures would reach 500. The official figures of casualties are. Corpus Christi. 64; White Point. 95; Recolta and Portland. 80; Port Arkansas. 5; Odem and Sinton, 11; Arkansas Pass. 2; Rockport. S. STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAY CLERKS VOTE ON STRIKE Louisville. Ky. Two hundred thou sand railway and atamship men. mem bers of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerxs. freight hands, express and station mployees. have been ordered to take a strike vote It was announced here by J. J- Forrster of Cincinnati, president f the Broth erhood, to enforce demands made to W.imingion. - iue vamp u ore News." the official newspaper for the soldiers of the great field artillery A Study in 6oft Pork. . training camp at Fayetteville, will Le The Animal Industry Division will published hereafter in Wilmington. shortly begin a new series of experi- ments to determine the effect of pea Durham. Plans for the establish- nuts in softening the bodies of hogs, tnent of a large hosiery plant In this Mr. Dan T. Gray has Just cloeed a co city under the direction of the Gol- operative arrangement with Ihe bu den Belt Manufacturing company, a reau of animal Industry at Washing part of the American Tcbacco com- ton for some Joint work of this kind, panr, were off iciallr announced. ( The object of the experiments will be " along the same line aa previous ex- Fayetteville.-Charles F. Hackbarth . peridental work at this sUcion. name William Salisbury and John C. Davis. Iy. to determine exactly how rapidly -v. i tth mhhorr nt the nostof. peanuts make the bodies of animals flees of Wagram and Rowland, wers soft and exactly how rapidly these discharged by United States Commis- bodies can be made firm after once sioner W. S. Cook for lack of evidence, being made soft as a result of .atlng ' the peanuts. I Asheville. Preparations are going! -forward for the annual meeting here Gives Up Health Work. ' this month of the southeastern section rjr. j, r. Gordon, for the past six f the National Electric Light asso- yearg chief of the bureau of vital sta clatlon. The members of this associa- unties, has tendered his resignation tlon with their wives will gather here to gtate Board of Health and sur on September 17. 'renders a state Job for a stock farm ' ! near Richmond. The bureau that he Rocky MounL In special session leaves will be co-ordinated with the the board of aldermen accepted res- bureau of epidemiology and both will olutioa under which an election .will b in charge of Dr. F. M. Register, be called to determine whether tne who recently succeeaea w. a. Grape Experiments Beneficial. The state experiment farm in Pen der county, where experiments in grape culture, especially the propaga tion of extra fine varieties of the scuppanong, have been in progress for several years, has been affording that section of the state special demon strations of the fine results of these tests. People from throughout that Eiiction : of the state interested in grape culture having visited the farm and iit-rassod wltn xpeits there the problems of grape cult are every day this week.' RECOMMENDS DECREASE IN Savannah J. C. Sullivan, former NATION'S WHEAT ACREAGE member of the Macon fire department was taken into custody here by Po- Washington. A reduction in the hice Chief .Woods and will be placed 'acreage to be sown to winter heatjon board a train for Macon. Chief this fall of approximately 15 per cent Woods said that he apprehended tha from last year's acreage was recom- ex-fireman upon direct orders of, mended by the. department of agri J Mayor Stewart. ; culture. This reduction, which would Sullivan, it was stated, had expect-. mean a total of about 42 000.000 acres UQ ca2i a meeting, of . firemen for the this year, was recommended, it was purpose of explaining the advantages said, on the basis of prospective con- 0 unionism. j dittions of world supply and demand Mavor Stewart in a statement der as judged by specialists of the depart- r,arftd that "there will be no unions ment who were sent abroad to report ,n Savanuah police or fire depart on the crop status of European conn- ments anj any man Joining a union 'tries. I wilt W hi 1nh immediatelv " STOCK OF RAW COTTON SMALL TREATY SHOULD BE RATIFIED IN HANDS ENGLISH SPINNERS AS IT READS WITHOUT DELAY. - a. - aa M a a I k I M I V" 1 to prosecute without delay tt 1 Orders have gone forward to every city will Issue bonds not exceeding Crouch as state epidemiologlsL ter ttrtsted to them. Udge la the country. It was salt. $30,000 to be ssed la previdLng an- "Nice Once Meant "Foolish." Words that have undergone a re markable change of meaning with the passage -of the centuries are "pretty" and "nice." Both these words meant originally almost exactly the reverse of their present definitions. Pretty" comes from the old French word proud or "prud." In old Saxon the werd became "prut" magnificent, splendid, vain. Insolent. From . this came "prlt" or "pritte, meaning al most tine same; till at length it came to slgalfy handsome, bold or fine; finally; after many gradations, reach ing Its present usual sense as a per sonal adjective of girlish and effemi nate significance. jNlcewwhIch comes from a French source at first meant foolish, absurd, ridiculous; then la course of time it came to signify wanton, 'j-bimsdcal, fantastic; then delicate and subtle, till finally It was used to denote any specially pleasant quality. - - i Washington-Present stocks of raw Watertown, N. Y. "The treaty cotton In the hands of British spin- should be ratified without delay and ners are very small, probably no mill Without change," declared Secretary having a supply for more than two or f State Robert Lansing here in the three -weeks ahead, according to a re- first public utterance made by Iiim port from the American agricultural since the statement of Wm. G. Bul- trade commissioner at London on t"he ltt before the - senate foreign rela- cotton situation in United Kingdom, tions committee, in which it was al- LaToor conditions and the high pneei leged that the secretary of state on of cotton, tog-ether with the uncertain- May 19, in Paris, said that if the ty of excuange, have made the spin- American people knefr what was in ners cautious. the treaty thev would dpfat it DRIVE IS ON TO OKUANUt ALL FRANCE PROPOSFR Tft un,r EMPLOYco in WtW YUKI CI IT PEACE ARMV j - ........ w VUU acw -...v. .v i t-ans. a peace time nrmtr i a ikT -r. n'.t t.. I ' w employes ui-ivw iu iuciuuiu 350 00 men and reduction of th to policemen and firemen into one union of mmtary service from th fa to oe Known as me central union, j to one are. recommended io the mili- anuiaieu wim ixici icau r euna i tary committee of the senate in a rw lion OI uaoor, was wen unuer way i port by Paul Doumer Work was being directed toward ob-1 Under his plan 200,000 men would:- raimng a age increase id mi c i be ; called; to the colors annually by lucrca&cu w wx iiYxxi iiu j ui6ui- conscription and 150,000 others re- zmfc v.T7 employes wno nave not yei j cmited through volnnUry enlistment. omed any union, increases 01 as This system would make the French: much as 65 per cent are disenssed. anny on a war footing total 4,000,000. H'.
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