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o n l v s o O TODAY O o o o r c o o o V v ' ii 1 HViiAJiJ' ' n: . . o (. o v VOLUMiiXVill. CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1918. A - w&. - - RIB ONE 1 - - , . ' 1 1 1 BUM fca - - , - ,S " - - :! i Hjfir"'":--- 1 i I- PflES!DEIIT WORKS o:ithev;ayacross ' ' ' ( .' ', . . Spent Most of the First Day of His Trip In His Office on . , the Ship and Spent Several " Hours at It ! KEEPS IN TOUCH . ; - WITH THINGS AT HOME Mine Sweepers Are Running , Before the Bow of the Ship The Weather Is Cold But ;;,The Seaisahn.';- .... (Br Tk I rim 1 - On -Board United Bute Ship George .- wasnington,-Dy wireless to Associated Press, Dec 6. President Wilson spent : ' most of the first day of his trip on this ship working In his office, part of -bis suite. After.-acknowledging from the bridge the greetings that were given v him as the ships pot to sea he turned to piles of letters and telegrams await ing him, and spent several hours work ing with stenographers.' . In the afternoon, on the advice of bis physician, Rear Admiral Cary T. " Grayson he lay down and rested for some time because of a slight cold that .- was affecting bis voice. , Later the President received calls - ... from officials on board. Including the , Italian and French ambassadors.' , ' Following this he . took a walk on deck together with Mrs. Wilson. V The President's pary dined quietly in the evening being served by a wait- er who cllmed to have attended Em peror William and the Empress in the same ship on a trial trip of the George Washington.'- - - ; '-Vm- The report that the President's suite , .:, bad been fitted up in luxurious manner, are untruak .',rr-:r . . - In dining halls the music was fur- nlshed-by ship's band and quartet of i' Bailors. ,; vf .'-V'. '.'- '' President is keeping in touch 'with bis business by wireless. ' Escorting destroyers with the bat 2tleshlp Pennsylvania,' leading the ..Vol " umn, are keeping In close touch with the steamship carrying the -President' , Mine sweepers- are running - before the.-pew ojCfhe ship,; Xbey JrreJoaded. with teel billets, to' Insure theii1 deep , draft. i,'0';.tv. ''" iv-.y..l.v '.J ... The weather is cold and misty, but thevseajs calm.' . ' " ' '" :.r- In the evenjnu Mrs., Wilson released from the Goo. Waphlnptori carrier pig-. ' eons bearing notes of thanks to Ad- 1. miral Gleaves for the success -'of tte arrangements made for the departure Representatlvps of the Associated ' Press, the' United Press and the In, - ternatlonal News- Service, are accom panying President Wilson and bis v pirty to Enrone," abonrd the' Un'ted v States Ship, -; Geo. .Washington. Af - rangements were'made In advance b ; v permit the . correspondents.- to fend brief Individual messages from the - ship bv wireless, the first dispatch be- ln released for simultaneous pt'bl' icflHon at 11:39, a, m.,ueastern time .-today. -'J'-'foz-Jii 't'tis'i'l ALL RBQinSITIONS OF v 4 - y COAL HAYS' BEEN CANCELLED -Industrial Plants to Wcfc. Out J Own '", Plan of Obtaining FueL ". J,: (Br Ttf AatMlM riffcl - i 7 Washington Dec. .C.-All, requisitions .of fuel administration' for, shipment, of ".; bituminous coal to industrial plunts have been cancelled,', The admlnistra- tion today, announced that its policy in the future will be to leave to the pjrnts f thetaselves tbe-work of obtaining ruei, which It is believed can be accomplish ed without difficulty. i l; ' T the Members of New fiUesd Be- formed Cburefa. - v" ." The Hqly commnhion will be idm'nls. ' - tered Sunday December 8 at 11 o clock. i. The Sunday , School at 10 o'elock. ..Ser vices piepirxtory to Communion will " be held Saturday afternoon at S o'clock. " v At this-time a meeting ot tbe Consls--tory will be held.' It is the lsst meet v hr of the yeaf and, -each member Is ' urg 10 ue present.. ' The new Individual Communion ser , 'vlce will be used Sunday., Officers eleo- 'ted will be ordained and installed. s 1 W, C. LYERLT, Pastor Slore Than BDlloa Out from Navy ' ' Estimates. . . ' (By Tin A rtatej !! ' ' AVaKhingtoh: Deo. 6. More than billion' dollars has been cut from the navy's estimates of expenditure for - the coming fiscal .. year. - Secretary Daniels disclosed today that the estt- ; mates sent to. Congress Mpnday '.were based on a. war program, and that the reduction process already had eli minated more than a fifth of the 2, 600,000,000 total Is continuing. 'Disapproves the Cummlngs Resolii- (Br Th AMMiat4 Pl !!, -. .. Washington, Dec. 6. By unanimous i vote, the senate foreign relations com mltteft todajtifdisapproved the resolu . tion of SmiOor' Cummlngs, of Iowa, . nroponlng to send a Senate committee to i'aris ior tne peace conrerence.' Women Can'.laie for rar"ament, Iyondon,' ' Wednesday. tcc. 4. Amontf the candidate for parliament nominated yesterday, weer 14 women, T'x'V ineln-'e CI "!' ': " i P- TUB TEIW. NE AND TUX "FLO." The Trlbnoe 'office, whl&i up to this week bad luckUy escaped being bit by th "flu" baa bee struck a ttacgerinf blow by tbis dread monster. Wbetber or not it is a knock-out blow, only tin can tell. . We bare tore men out with It, and tbis takes ball our mechanical force. Our readers can easily Imagine what tbar mean. Tboee that are eon- flned wltb it are VI costs. Boy a Crooks, Homer Snyder and Everett Rimer. The Tribune can make bo promises. We telephoned to Salisbury and Charlotte for help, but if we do not get it we do not see bow it Is possible to appear every day until some of our force re turns. ' golf you do not get your paper any day you wiU know the reason why. We hope our advertiser will be con siderate and not change their ads, unless" It la absolutely necessary until we can see daylight ahead. Since the above was In type, through the appreciated courtesy of Mr. Q. Ed. Kestler, of the Observer, we have se cured the valuable services for part of the time of Mr. Karlla Bnnaley. THE CASUALTX LIST. . mr r iwium .) Washington. Dec, B. The following casualties are reported by the com manding general of the. American ex peditionary forces.:' v - ' ;. . SECTION NO. ONE. . Killed in action 283?. - t Dled of wounds 23Y.V ''.'? ' Died of accident and other causes IB.' Died of airplane accident 12. -v., Died of disease 353. ' Wounded severely 234. Wounded (degree undetermined) 288. '.;,. ' - ..... : Wounded slightly 308. -Total 1.TO7. Following North Carollnalans are are-named: : """:''!"'. -r '-:- '. '' Killed in action: Corp. Leonard N. Moore, Rurbam, N. C. : Private Frank Mitchell. Route 1. Kittrell, N. C; Private Archie ' R. Pearos, ; RFD . 2, Toungsville, N. Ci Private Robert -E. Robblns, RFD 1, Sharpsburg,-N. C; Private Gerfleld, Lowrye, RFD 1, Pem broke, N. O.; Private Marion C Whlte ner. Hickory, N. C " .Died of wounds:. Private John R. Ingram, RFD 1; Garysburg, N.Ci.; Private Edmund Langley, Asheville, N. C. '. - V ..:-.n Died from Airplane ttcldent : Lt. Sidney . W. White. BltBabetb City. N. Died of disease XL" Frederick C. Manning, Raleigh, N. C ; Private Bar ney 0. Mc,JSa3Hf)lfd,Ni5C.t.Prlvatf( Morris- E.' Smith, ' CharlottA . N., O. ; Private" Samuel W. Wright,-Route 2, Jacksonville, ' N. C f , Private Luther Bumpas, RFD 4, Roseboro, N." C. ; Pri vate Samuel Henlghan, RFD 28,-Matthews, N. G: Private John W.' Leaser, Landls, N. 0. 5 Private Lacy.,H," Mc Callum, RFD 1, Mazton, N. TX Wounded severely; Sgt,' Jesse G. Dy- ens, Kings Mountain, H.- ;c:r uorp. Charley F. Wallace, RFD 4," Washing ton, Ni C: Mechanic JUles E. Turby fill. Elk Park, N. 0.; Private James R Pope,-Currie. N. C. Private Roy Gay. RFD 8, 'Zebulon, N. C.; Private How ard H. Hopkins, Jamesvllle, N. C; Private Isaac McKlnnon, RFD i l,j Raynham, N: C. Private James. B. O'Brien, RFD 1, Tlmberlake, N. C. ; Private Sandy : G. Porter, BSD . Charlotte, N. C. J Private Robert H. Salsbury, Hassell. N. C. ; Private Car: los Stroup, Lowell, N. C Wounded - (degree - uadeterminea) : Lt. Laurence C. Blanchard, no emer gency a address. ; Corp. Joe Antwine, Jacksonville, N. C; ' Private James Carrol Lucas, Ayden, N. C: Private Henrv Morgan. RFD 4, Hickory, w. C; Private Samuel Rongbfin, RFD 6, . i . . Vi T 1 ..... . ,. l- :t RECTION NO. TWO. i Killed In action lsa'fe:: Died of wounds 1X:i -i , ' Died of accident and other causes 6. Died pf:.dlBeas8l8.vt ;:ri i-:, -Wounded severely lid. ' Wounded (degree r undetermined) Wounded slightly 814. m . y ; Missing in action 414.':?; Tiitlim'-;'...;n.,5'i';;:!!s't:: Following Carolinians are named t Killed in action : -Com. Cardon O. Perry, Council, N. O. ; Corp. James R. Watkins. Manson. N. v.: rivaie u- l am Z. Edwards, cucoa, n. v.; rn- vate Jack W. MonUgue, Elm City. N. C; Private Ous Norton, RFD 4, Max- ton, N.C.? Private Luther Poplin, Mt. aiiMd. N O. : Private Nathaniel K Thornton, RFD ,1 Bentonville, N. O.; Private Konerr u. wau, 'iTumy. a. C: Private Major Williams, Seven Hnrtnen N. C. Died of wounds : lit. Juage m. Aus tin. UnlonvlUe. N. C.! Sgt Eugene T, Lasslter. Henderson, N. C.5 Private Columbus Dee Tew, . Cllntonr-N. C; Died of accident and other causes: Private Frederick Lea Finlson. Ram- senr, n. u '.. v.- - .- - Wounded severely: Bgt:' Bonen w, Edney, Tryon,- N. C; Sgt Edward B. Elliott RFD .: Shelby, N. C; Corp. Andrew PI, Parrlsh. McCuUers. N. C. Private John "A. Carson, Rocky Mount N. C: Private Paul W. - Wrightseii, Rnrllnffton.- N C ' Sllsrhtlv wounded: private Karj Grimes. RFD 8, Mount Olive, N. .C- Private Hardy O. Bryaon, Brasstown, , Missing in action i Egt. Esor McEn tlre, RFD 8, Gllkey, N. C. ; Private Ross J. Tount, Newton, N. a; Private James H. Hellen. RFD 1. Chleord, t'N. C.;Private ?.!. :( K. STAT..3, F I D 7, Concord, N. C.5 Private Robert Wi liamson. Lawndale. N. C. ; Private Hen rv 8 Reynolds, RFD 1, Yadklnvllle.iN. C; Private Roscoe O. Greene, Mount Holly, N..C. . Frrmi W'-t Cards. '. Give encraved vlHaing cards for Chrli 'mas prpnt nnthlpg can be more srr .-.te-1. 1 Trill!: Will 0 rl , - r l-i f 1 If et i I Iftr BT TT V -wa a. --w-v . . - w a, a. . . . t ' ' t "' '" " " " I "" ' 1 a i i a, i im im " ' " n .1 ., , , ANJSJJAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Stery f IWw Eaeay AgcsOa Have Been Caagbs. Daogereaa Germans la- terned. Etc, is Redted. i y w iniami final Washington, Dee. 5. The story of now enemy a genu have been caught disloyalty suppressed, draft Blacken apprehended, dangerous Germans In terned, explosions and other sabotage prevented, and enemy secrets ferretted out for use against their armies abroad waa given to the public today in At torney General T. W. Gregory's annual report Through a great corps of De partment or justice civil officers, secret agents, and citisen volunteers, this big job of policing has been accomplished, said the Attorney General, wltb aTnlni aum disturbance to the normal life of communities, and with constant effort to avoid encroaching on freedom of speech, action and political criticism. The Attorney General disclosed that only 8,000 enemy aliens have been ar rested on presidential warrants and ex amined with a view to Internment and that "a considerable number" of these have been placed in Internment canine administered by the army. The balance were parolled. Most enemies Interned were German men, and there were com paratively few German women or Autro-Hungarlans. About 480,000 Ger mans nave been registered in the na tion-wide censis 200,000 men. and 220, 000 women, - - v TJp to last July L Department of Jus tice Investigators had rounded up 23.- 439 young men who sough to escape fthe draft, and had caused their Induc tion into the service. More than 220, 000 eases ef men who for eome reason or other had failed to file question naires or to appear for physical exami nation were Investigated. ' Looking forward to peace conditions. the Attorney Genera makes a number of recommendations for reform of judi cial 'processes Although he referred to the difficulty of pushing anti-trust prosecutions during the war since the government itself has been in the busi ness of suppressing competition, .he made no suggestions for new anti-trust legislation which Congress is expected to undertake soon. 8CHLOBIG-STRATF0RD. Miss Minnie Stratford Married Here Last Night to Mr. John Sehlobig, of Florida.' , The following announcement was sent out here today: - Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Raimcr '.-. . of Concord , announce the marriage of : Miss Minnie Etta Stratford " of Wilmington . " Yl '. - - ; Mr John Sehlobig; -, - of Seblng, Florida , Wednesday, December the fourth -Nineteen hundred an eighteen ; V. Concord, North Carolina The ceremony.' was performed at Forest Hill Parsonage, by Rev. R. M. Taylor, at six-thirty last evening, and Immediately afterward Mr. and Mrs. Sehlobig left for Florida, the home of the groom where they will make their home, : The groom is ; a' prosperous business man and is now In the employ of the United States government in Florida.; Mrs. Sehlobig was reared in Concord, but has been making her home ill Wilmington for several years. As Miss Stratford, here she was .very popular- among a number of friends wbo will be Interested to learn of her marriage.' . jH:.:- CANDY. PRICES WONT DROP WH Stay at Present Altitude at Least S:.hX Xear, It la Said." Chicago,' Dec 5. Prices of candy, which have soared during the war, will not be reduced for ar least a year, ac cording to officers of the Western Con fectionery Salesmen's Association, who are holding their fourth annual session here today. . N. L. Towie, vice presi dent of the organization. In addressing the members, said the. -high cost of BUgar i and other Ingredients used In making candy, together wltb the high wages of labor .Indicated .that ItV wil be a year, at least before the price of sweets can be reduced to a pre-war basis. , . N HAUNTED MAN CONFESSES Says Visions of Victim's Agony Make -, v Him leu of Murder. : Scranton, Pa Dec. 3.Confesslng that be bad murdered a man in Pitts burgh -early In 1 September. Andrew Nowsblelskl gave himself opto the Car; hjinrtnlA nnllno lnnt itliphr. ha anln he knew his Victim only as Martin, wnuel walking together along , the Allengheny River near the Baltimore & Ohio Rail road station be hacked his companion with a raior. Since then, he declared, he has been continually haunted by visions of $he man's agony.- After the murder be came to his brother's borne near here. At The Theaters. ' 1 Gladys Hulette In "Pots and Pahs Peggie,'' a Ave .reel Gold Rooster play, la the program today at tne New Pas time Theater. They also present a Nestor Comedy, entitled - "A Bum Bomb.' i.r.-"Vv..-v At the New Piedmont today Is being shown "the Naulahka", by ' Rudyard Kipling, in which Antonio Moreno and Doraldina take the leading roles. It is a five-reel feature play., "The Kaiser Himself" is also on the program- Entire Turkish Fleet Now in Hands of .. . v .- Allies. -.;. London, Dec The entire Turkish fleet Is now In the hands of the allies, the admiralty . announced today. ' The warships after surrendering were in terned in the Golden Horn at Constnw tlnople. - The former German cruiser Goeben was among the surrendered vessels..'; - . ,, . ;';-;. v ro drown your sorrow in the flow- l "t1 snuotimes merely results in ; i f i f -i.'.'e. ' ''-' AGREE Oil THE FATE OF Views of the London Confer ence Regarding Him Are Though to Coincide With Those of Mr, Wilson. V THE PRESIDENT IS FULLY ADVISED All Guilty of Breaches of la ternational Law to Be Dealt With by, tie. Associated Governments. y : London. Dec. 6. Substance of : the discussion In London early this week between representatives of Great Bri tain, France and Italy with regard to the coming peace conference, - were cabled to the American ' government. and lt is believed the messages reach ed President Wllsop before be sailed for Europe ' yesterday, thus putting him in possession of full information regarding the conference. ' Reuters Limited says there is reason to believe the President's advisers are of the opinion that, the views of the conference regarding former Emperor William , are likely to . coincide with those of the President himself. Re sponsible opinion, says the newa agency. holds the ex-emperof-and other persons guilty of breaches of international law during the progress .of the war, should be dealt wltb. by a tribunal of the as sociated governments Including repre sentatives of those countries whic suf fered most. '. :'y ' ARRANGING FOR WILSON' TO MEET THE POPE An Interview to Which. Great Import . anee is Attached. iBj Vh Amctaui Plan) Paris, Dec. 6. It is stated in Vati can circles tbat-Mouslgnor Cerretti, the papal under secretary of state, will await the "arrival of -President Wilson In London to arrange with him for his visit to the Pope, according to the Rome' correspondent of the Echo !e Paris. ' As far as can be seen, no ob stacle Is offered t the interview be tween President Wilson and Pope Ben edict to which great political import ance is attached. . BAVARIA OPPOSED TO SEPARATION FROM GERMANY So Says Premier Eisner in an Address to Soldier's and Worhtnea'a Council. IBy ', Aaaoelate JPnw.) ' ' -Amsterdam via London, Dec. 5. Ad dressing the Soldiers' and Workmen's council, .Premier Eisner today declared the Bavarian government was opposed to any idea of separation from Ger many, as a whole, the security of which be regarded as obtainable only by the creation -of a Federal state. Virginia Methodists' for "Rights for Women." ... . v Cffarlottesville, Va., Dec, 4. The Virginia Methodist (conference, today adopted a resolution. , appraising the statesmanship of Woodrow Wilson as "the . inspiration of God's spirit and the most available asset of Christian ity." voted 169 to M, for the extension of laity rights to. the women of the church, answering In the affirmative the question on the-subject submitted by the general conference, and went on record as opposing the substitution in the creed of the words "the church of Christ" In this article of the Chris tian faith. Fourth' Transport to Bring Soldiers Arrives. ? B Tk. l.iaMlata Pmbsi ;,New York,' Dee. 6. The British transport Orea, with- 1,922 American troops aboard .arrived here today from Liverpool. She is the fourth trans port to bring returning soldiers. Revi M. H. Vestal, the new pastor of Enworth Methodist church here, has ar. rived in the city from Waxhaw, and Is stopping temporarily at the St. tJlouq Hotel, owtiig to th fact that Rev. A. Raper. the1 former paster, naa not been able to vacate the parsonage on account of sickness. Mr. Vestal's family will not arrive for several days yet , The Highland Park mills have been granted a building permit for ,- the erection of new mills tenenment houses at Highland Park No. 8, In North Charlotte. The total cost of the new houses will be $10,000, each dwelling to cost S2.000. Charles W. Johnson, is Dfesldent of the Highland Park chain of mills, vw'.u;'; -v. ' J :vy "Aunt Lou" Alexander, a colored WO' man of Concord, has received a mes sage from Adjutant General Harris, or the War Denartment Informing her that her son. Private Shirley Alexander, was severely wounded while in. action on November 11 , . , , ' , 'T'V---' " " . 'V-,"-';'i 'v: Mn Robert Horton died this morn ing at his home at the Brown mill,' bis death being the result jpf Spanish in fluenza. He -was about 25 years of age and leaves his wife and several chil dren,. ', : ; ; :i''i--'. '-,C'i"-':i ('' : ', Elaborate preparations - are belnt made in England for the George Eliot centenary celebration next year. Rev; T.' W. "Smith will preach, at Bala Hill church next Sunday after noon at 3 o'clock. , CARTER GLASS APPOINTED SECRETARY OF THE TBEAStRY Win Begin the Duties af the Office De- eamber 16th. Washington, Dec. 8. Representative warier uuiss, of Virginia- was noml nated today by President Wilson to be secretary of the Treasury of the Uni ted states. . . " The1 nomination, which had been prepared by President Wilson be fore bla departure Tuesday night, was sent in from the White House upon word from Mr. Glass that be would accept the post Mr. Glass resignation aa a member of the house within the last few days, after 18 years of serv ice, will cause a social election to be held in his district to cbotse a suc cessor. ' No . changes in the Dollcv of: the treasury are to be expected at present, if at all. Mr. Glass said today. His relations with Secretary McAdoo have been very close, and he is familiar with the Treasury affairs. - Mr. Glass will go into office on De cember 10 tinder an agreement with Secretary McAdoo whose resignation waa accepted by the President to take effect upon the appointment and quali fication of bis successor. . Before assuming his duties, Mr. Glass will go to his home in Lynchburg, to adjust affairs to which he said he can not give as much attention as he did when a member of the House. WHINE FROM CROWN PRINCE. "My Father and I Are Down and Out "Isn't That Enough f He Said. - (By The Aamolatea rrail London, Dec. 5. "You English clam or to. get father and me away from Holland. We are down and out and my father is a broken -man. Isn't that enough punishment?" the former crown prince said in an interview on the island of Wierlugen, where he is interned with a correspondent of the Daily Mirror. Frederick William added he always favored an agreement between Ger many and Great Britain and wanted them to work together. A numlier of his best friends were in England, and he only wished he could live there as a private citizen. ul - quarreled with my father in regard to Great Britain," he continued. I told him the British would be against us. He never believed this. and would not take into account that possibility.", v UNNECESSARY TO DEMAND RETURN OF HELGOLAND British Naval Authorities Have So De cided. Will Yield Nothing of Naval Suprwiaey'-..-i- 1i,::-':ji ., (By The Aaaeelatca Pim ) London, Dec.. 5. The British naval authorities have decided lt will be unnecessary to demand the return of Helgoland to Great Britain from Ger many, Winston Spencer Churchill, minister of munitions announced in speech at Dundee tonight. Mr. Churchill said the government had decided upon -the nationalization of the railways, y "We enter the peace conference,' said Mr. Churchill, during the course of his address "with the absolute de termination that no limitation shall be imposed on our right to maintain our naval defense. We do not intend. no matter what arguments and appeals are addressed to us, to lend ourselves in any way. to any fettering restric tions which will prevent the British navy from malntaiinng Its well tried and well deserved supremacy." ' ; THE COTTON MARKET. 4 Realizing Followed by Nervous and Irregular' Fluctuations. 15 to S9 Points Higher. - vi o (Br Th Associate Irani New York. Dec. 6. The realizing which had developed on early advance of yesterday and caused the late re actions was followed by rather nerv ous and irregular fluctuations on the cotton market during todays eariy trarllnar: Owning was steady at un changed prices to an advance of 15 points with near months relatively firm There was conslderaDie scauereu rei- lln and little Southern selling, out offerings were. well taken during the early trading and prices worked some 15 to 30 points mgner snoriiy aiier the call ' . Cotton futures opened Bteaay: nee- ember 27.10, January 26.00; March 24.90; May, 24.15; Jury, za-in. TERRORIST REVOLUTION : PREDICTED FOR. BERLIN Win Break Out Friday Evening. Un- der Leadership of Dr.vLlebkneeht. ; By The iMeinc P") Paris. Dec. 6. (Havas). A terro rist revolution under the leadership of Doctor Llebknecht the radical social ist will break out in Berlin Friday evening, according to advices received by Ziuricb correspondents of the Jour nal. Llebknecht the reports say, has 10,000 men well armed, '- 1 ' .- : The population of Berlin, according to reports, is at the mercy of gangs of marauders, and there appears to be no authority there.' Suppress Food Riots In Cologne With Anna ,.!- H1JH IHtIV v.. I By Tfca Awodatca Jnm) : rAmnhasen. Dec 6. Machine guns were used In suppressing food riots, in Cologne on Tuesday, according to. re- nnrta received here, several stores m different parts of the city were plund ered. There were a numner or casuai Haa in tha ranks of the demonstrants, t After Dlunderlng the stores a. -great m-mM mthered at the goods depoU but the "welfare committee" of the city de dded to suppress the disturbances with out mercy. The mob retreated when machine guns were brought into piny. Other casualties- occurred in the coll. diets botween the mobs and . police THE "SANTEB" CiPTXRED. Taken Alive NIHiU-PtvwI U lie Rev. Mr. IC Hrbwehn's Big CaUle The "Banter" has been captured at last, captured alive. - Thia news waa given the reported tbia morning by the chief of police, who stated that the varmint would be probably killed. For several nights past this animal has been making depredationa on all Uie dogs of Concord with which it came in contact and all efforts to kill it- proved unavailing. Hunting parties were on the lookout for several nights, but it was too cunning to be taken In this manner. Last night the police force went on the hunt The chief of police before night bad sent out a warning that all persons with, pistols and guns wbo. were caught shooting, would be promptly arrested. Aa a consequence, about a doaen arrests were made last night The . "santer" made bis usual ap pearance last night and be was Anally trailed to bis lair under tba home of Rev. W. C. Schwehn, who lives on the street leading off of South. Union by the residence of Mr. i. Ed. Cline. It proved to be a big collie dog be longing to Mr. Schwehn. The dog had killed a litter of ber puppies, . and gone on a regular dog-killing expe dition. She was caught and chained, and will be disposed of today. Another "santer" which possibly was an imitator of the original one, was also disposed of last night It came from the .Brown Mill neighborhood, and had been terrorizing that vicinity and the western part of the city. Now since these "varmints" are out of the way.the City of Concord will doubt less get back to its regular routine, and turn Its attention to combatting the Influenza situation, which has been much worse for the past, sev eral days. ;. TODAY'S EVENTS Paris has prepard a cordial welcome for King Albert of the Belgians on the occasion of his visit to the French capital today. Former Justice Charles E. Hughes and Mrs. Hughes today will celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of their mar riage. Asa result of theWovember elections In New Jersey, nqarly two-scores muni cipalities of that States will banish their saloons today. Vice President Marshall is scheduled as the chief speaker at the Iowa State conference of the League to Enforce Peace, at Des Moines today. . The annual meeting of the Massa chusetts State Conference of Charities will open at Springfield today and con tinue in 'session nntll Saturday.." The oft-postponed trial of. Jeremiah A; O'Lwtryr alleged lnn Fein agitator, i a eain 'docketed to begin In the Fed eral court in . New York city today. ' " , A conference of the South carouan State branch of the League to Enforce Peace is to be held at Columbia today with James Wi Gerard as tne principal speaker. ,' . .- ' A "minimum' wage .; for country school teachers will be advocated by the Provincial Association of Protes tant Teachers of Quebec, meeting In an nual convention today-In Montreal. Charles M Schwab, head of the Emer gency Fleet Corporation, is scheduled an the chief srjeaker tonight at the an nual meeting and dinner or tne Bos ton Chamber of Commerce ; A thrift conference, the purpose of which will, be to urge upon the people of the United States to continue the poicy of thrift which was inaugurated by patriotism and necessity during the war, will be tne cmej ieaiure oi ik, twelfth annual convention of the As sociation of Life Insurance Presidents, In New York city today.. ; v The future of nationally advertised products, and the best methods of ad vertising-tnem,, win De consiuereu i the annual dinner of the Association of National Advertisers in New York city tonight. The chief speakers will to Turbev. and Rev. Charles a. iwiion, be Abranit. Elkus, former ambassador head of the national service section of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Whm, Wilson Will Be Received. Paris, Dec 5.-r-The chief feature of the entertainment program that is be ing arranged for the coming visit of Pi-ocirionr Wilson will be a public recep tion given In his honor ty tne city oi Paris. The reception will take place ip the magnificent Hotel de Vllle, which hna nl ii red so consolcons . a part In French tlstory. The present structure ws erected In 1876, being modelled after the original building, which wss burned by the-'Communists in .1871. Throughout the revolutions the- Hotel de Vllle was the usual rallying piace vi the democratic as opposed to the court nortv It was here that the revolution ary tribunal sat in iw, -Reign, of Terror ended with the at tempted suicide and arrest of Robesp- plerre, who subsequently was gumui lned. Here also in August. 1830 Lauls Philippe appeared on the. balcony and in irnn view of the populace below em braced Lafayette, and from the step f the hnlldlni on February 24, 1848 Ijoul Banc proclaimed the institution of the republic. Leaders to Attend Labor Conference. snviw York;: Dec. 6. War labor pro blems and reconstruction will' be the general topic of a two-day conference ..hinh la tii be owned here tomorrow under the auspices or tne Acaaemv n Political Science. . The sessions will oe held at - Columbia University ana ine Hotel Astor. The discussions will be oarticinated in by some so national louder of onranlzed labor and govern hient management of abof problems, Among tne speaaerH u w dcvloj v t .w wnann .'' f las ' Mary .;. Van Kleeck, director of the women in iae Industry bureau of the Lnbor Depart ment former Congressman Kent and representatives of the uaiirona ump ping Labor boards, of the Emergency Construction Wage Commission, the War Labor Policies Board and " ts. jopebcehtof::., OEIIT0BEDISCi:.:,"0 Discharge of .About .100,000 ? of the NavyV War Tirr.: Personnel Announced -To-, day by Secretary Daniels.' TO BE RELEASED "' SOON AS POSSIBLE. Private Yachts, Motor ' Boats Taken Over for the 'ar Have Already Been Turned Back To Owners. ; i ? 7 ' ; Or Assistant aVaaavt . V - Washington, Dec. ft. The discharge of 20 per cent of the Navy's war Uma personnel, about 100,000 men, has been authorised. Secretary Daniels said to day the. men would be t released as quickly as possible, with due regard to convenience of service. Private yachts,.' motor ' boats and other craft taken over by the Nary' for war are already being turned back to the owners. Mr. Daniels said that by February. 700 craft will have been stricken from the navy list The release of enlisted men Is au thorised not because the navy is over. manned, but to permit the return to civil pursuits of youths who Joined ' for the war, and who do not intend to follow the aea. .."-:' ' ' ' I...,,.:'... THE ANNUAL REPORT OF SECRETARY BAKES ' No Permanent Orranlratlen at tba Army Yet Events ef the War Re- ' elted. - '-.- --: - v' TOaahlnirtnn TIm. A TllA AnAatlnn .. of permanent organisation of the army has been deferred - for consideration after the close of the peace confer ence. Secretary Baker, in his annual report made public tonight says this course is determined upon since "the cannot be prudently assessed until that ' conference shall have determined the future international relations of the world." - .. . -.' ' Mr. Baker announces that he will lay before Congress a plan of wot ganiaatian tor the regular army, which shall continue aa the- nucleus of any future military establishment" The Secretary also indicates- ma in- tentlon to presa for" perpetuatlon' by law at rn arrnna tenerai nmu otkma. iza tion built up during the war. An adeauate account of the acti vities of the department for the !year now ending can be written,' Mr. Bak er says, "only in the long reaches of historical inquiry when there will be. time and oooortunlty to examine in detail not merely statistical exhibits which - tell In numbers of men, naa guns what America did, but also, to appraise the contributions of patriotic seal and service wucn come irvui field and factory, from clvUlan .ana , soldier alike and which represent , in their aggregate the life of the nation concentrated upon a single yunmj. in hia brief recital or me events n tha war. Mr. Raker selects the bat tle of the Meuse as "from tne view point of military strategy, America's greatest contribution ti the successful outcome of war,' since by that attack of thW'America narmeat the Sedan-Maslerea railway, the main ar tery of the German supply system, was cut - The enWro avallaDia atrenn ot - the American army In France, & uivis inim. vera in Una in the second week of October, 4ia says, making yard by yard progress against desperate en emy resistance which finally was worn out "and on November 1. the Ameri can troops broke through.HTne object of the drive the strategic conoeyuun of .which included the British drive at the northern end or we railway syqstem and the French advance in the center, waa accomplished on No vember 7, when the Americans enter ed the outskirts of Sedan to be Joined there the next day by the irrencn. In sketching the Duiuung up oi ui war army, Mr. Baker selects a few striking figures aa Illustration or. wnai each step meant and what baa been .uAmnH.liA . I In BID SIT LUC ariutn- tlce was signed, he declare more tcna 25 per cent of the etnlre mall pop:a tion of the country between the as tt of 16 and 81 waa in tne muiuiry ice, the army having reached a to. tal of 8,604,000 men, more than 2.C V 000 of whom were In Europe, as com pared with a atrength of iu,tis March 1017 a, week before war was declared. . ': ,"'": To Illustrate the speed of tins ex- tbe British army in France has pansion, the report cites the fact t ed its high mark in the summ-r 1017, three years after tne or of the war, and that figure wns " ly more than 2,000,000 men." It IB months ror tne umieu c u, reach the same ..strength t. ( Mr. Baker points out tnat aurn years of battle, British tnanpov been heavily caned upon v casualties,' while for many i Bow of ; American troo s to augment the force buio i To some extent this was o by the far greater tranr Acuities of the American p Recapitulating the t i casualties, 2:S6,18 mm t m nounced. Mr. Baker r 1 due to battle alone v that bnif of the v pro. mi N 7 f n I f t. 1 : 1 ' 'iron- Vt the night. ; ; It's Ml rlRht ti I t i. f-n't t. veil enough alone, r i'i-'n praver F i .it i 2
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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