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LEY M. GARRISON
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LEAVES THE CABINET
VtLSOII IS A
SECRETilBY OF WAR
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Mr. CiTuon Reu'cn Zttm Hia
ContmcnUl 'Arfiay lWWi ,
Not Metlmf Approval
BRECKENRIDCE ALSO QUITS
The Auutant Secretary Resign
Because of Loyalty to Chief.
Handle Preparedne.
(By tha Associated Pres.)
W.hington, Feb. ll.-Kecr-tary rr
mtom ha fcaigned from the tbrut be
tuUM President Wilson declined to la
Lift without compromise upon' tha adoption-
of the continental srniy plan by
Congress.
The resignation was tendered and ac
cepted, yetserday, and with. Mr..liamon
(be iwlsttnt 'trcuUr; of war, Henry
C. BreckenrMge, alsa left tho service of
the government.
f Today the President finds himself
wiWnallv ln charge ol the adrolnlitra-
tWs plan for strengthening of therth? chrhrtian Kndeavor work of the city.
army and working out a dennite m.U-j ny M jnn
Tleident has not elected thejy f the Christian Kndeavor society.
micoeesoT to tr. arrHion and it is re-j The "Kvil Spirit" all through the play is
gaaded aa possible that even. aft. V, the, working, afainst the Christian Endeavor
new head of the war departmnt isjo nj t, theme is to compel this
named that President Wllwn, who , hasi
made a vareful study of the rroblem,
. .. . . . Kndeavor is the hope- of the world,
will continue to handle the prepared- r
acts plan to a great extent n'njself.
Assistant Kem-Ury BreckcnridgVwho
shared the view of Secretary OaMton,
resigned because of loyahy to hirf chief.
Bia mignatJon also was a.fcpted.
f Major tJewftal ScoUchiel of the taflj an effort to produce aonethlng worth
of thawaty,J auloniatkaH became, sec- j tIuJ rt 1b believed tbat thej -have
rrtary of war ad Interim.. iaow j0ne so.
tn. 1 !J H- V.A .. . ... . ... .
xnere'i; puniuerwitr 9 un- ,
over too proieewccrwr fu,eol a ''follows -Dr.' Lot rngheart,
narrtooB. - .- r -: " " ' ' ' ! L CVKurgursdnj Mrs.' Lotlngtieart, Mlaf
The Ulk of those prominently men- i:dith Hin; ylrtx Prejudice, Miss Ullla'i
tioned for, th place Include Reprewnta-1 Albertaon; Mrs, Curiosity, Miss Blanch
tive,flierly, of Kentucky, chairman of
the Houe f jjrf Ifieatiofts sub eommittee;
Secretary Laqeof-tne interior o-part
s. 1
other men ana wilt not mc.ke me
liohitment bffor weighing their qual
;oatioiis carefully.
I The President has made up his mind
to- appoint a Democrat.
. Former Governor Walsh, of Massa-
mcntt Assistant Secretary Koosevcit, 9tj tion to theae about 2a yonng ladle and!
the navy, department. It is expected m,.B uke tte ,)f. California, Call
that' the Preside'nt will appoint a sue- fornuv Jr., Hawaii, Honolulu, a sailor,
censor to Secretary Garrison immediate- ier, the quiet hour, the tenth le
' " igron, and all of the continents and
-It is understood that he wants a ntanicomne, f Kirope, into which Chris
already familiar with the general de-jim Endeavor has forced her way.
tails of the military condition of the The door of the ,.,1Hrch wi not
country o that the plans for national J opened until 7.30, this evening, in order
defewae might be carried forward with-) for those taking part in the play to have
oat delay. J a dress rehearsal. The hour for the re-
jThe, President will not .appoint ahcnrsal la and all of the characters
southern roan to succeed Mr. Garrison, , exported to be present at that time,
it was said in well informed chvlea to-! .Th meeting held Thursday night at
day. jtbe RoforHM'd church Was featured by the
While Secretary Lane is being oi-'Bddress of Miss Lola Long, of. GretJia
ctuwed as the likely choice it la under-jbor0, who told about the Chicago con
stood that thfc President has under con-, vent$01L u wag one of lhe . td.
sideration theftiamea of two or three fdire-M which as ever Wn delivered to
chusfttsj Secretary Houston, 'former ym have their rally tomorrow after
Oovemot Harmon, of Ohio, and form t BOOD at X10 o'clock in the Friends'
Mayor, Baker, of Cleveland, were added . (.Lurch, at which time they will hear' Puinnpd to have the dances in the m rn-to-the
eiamrs being discussfj. . .iufks from Mrs. Svlvrster Newlin, Mra.t,Jn8 whe" mny oi the oW KnK,ih nd
. in - is unaersiooa mat at "icasi one,
. same is being considered whu'h has not
been mentioned publicly.; The binet ;
.net:tod with the first vacant chair,
since Mr. Bryan's mignatlon." -
"The departure of Jlr. Harrison was
discussed thoroughly. Report that there
might J) other .resignations were . met
with general denials.
, j
Out ef Politics. I
Kew
York, Feb. 1 1-Fonner S.crc
' !
taryiof tar Garrison announced here
today Oth'at" he intended to ; retire "ab-
aoluttly from politics and from pub-
Hoi said that he would not ua-1
liic.life. '
cyis his resignation from any polithxl
Tipgle. . - ; ,
VMr! ?arrion intimated howev,
: that "he might do 'aoinethin In C the
( matter of grving support (n "factor "pi the
" continental afmy on which his iresigna
f tion hinged.' ' . ' ' ., .
' ilt. (itrriwn was asked by interyiew
. eri if he Intended to follow the exam
ple of 'Mr. Bryan and publicly ' oppose
:'; aiy'of Mr. Wilson's policies.
'"Absolutely not, lie. jeplied..4Mi
No Renvtt.- Saw Gen. Yanne
Raleigh, - Febt; 11, Adjutant Oneral
Lawrence W Young today declared inat
he did not believe that any officer con-
necte d with the national guard .t the
ttQte would receive with regret the news
of the resignation of Secretary or War
Harrlaon.
"Th-attlttidfl of S-crtttary Oarrlwn
nhxe iMumlng tlm duthi ot bit office
Ka bt-en cptirely. uniympathitlo ,aud
without juftic to the national guara
i -
Young deflated In a prepared
i?VU policy in hia deahngs
(eneral
ftaUm'n:
with th mllitk hai had tlm effect of
tearing down rather than bunding up
that orjanizttUn."
In conclusion the itatemt'nt said:
"The gutrl will rent secure In the
lioj e that Scretary (iarrlaon'it turetMr
will be a nran who will idniin4tr the
affair of Ills office with sympathy and
understanding."
THE PLAY TONIGHT
WILL FEATURE WEEK
OF ENDEAVORERS
Tonight will probably be the most
interesting of the week of the Chris
tian ITndeavor week celebration. The
play, "Mrs. Church's Baby," will be
given at the. Friends church by' the lo
cal Endiavorcrs. There wHl be no ad
mitaion cHarge and everybody la Invited
to ora,c A free-will offering will be
! taken' however,' which will go towards
mt. Licwis Aicrariana -ibs irsinru
the local talent and dinct the play,
besidef.tlking the, leading role of "Mis
.0rWan Endeavor." For many days
all of the nart'u'iuaut hava worked hard
characters of the pUy will be pre-
Harmon; Mrs. Church, Mrs. u A.
PwUht; A Mother. Miss Trevn Ward;
the Evil Spirit, R. C. Boyd. In addi-
ap-,tt,P local - union. Other addresses were1
delivered by R. E. Crawford and E. T.
Barker, of Greensboro, and R. C. Boyd,
the president who were heard with a
great deal of pleasure,
j The Junior Endeavorers of the city
PM'ler, and Mrs. L W. McFarktnd.
, .
isSISTAHT SECRETARY OF WAR A
C0LLGE1IATeW JUDGE DALT0N
, . ,
AsMsUnt S.re.tary of, War Brecken-.
ridgeor, who at least held th title and
i the place until : yesterday, when he ' re-
Biftueu vuiiijaiijr wuii his ciiiw, (?ecre-
ttr of t?an""n. "d Judge Carter
Tl. t Tli T J J
'"'M' mni: "rvara h- ,
icge mate na, taw club brothers. Judge
Dalton had a long conversation with Mr' j the Britifh ,iner ; Appgn)( which wa,
Breckenndgc only a short time ago onibrought into Hampton Roads by aVier-
occaBion ,of one of the Polnt
,.,, , cpua,. a ne
i one, or the firmest and strongest behev- j
rr m prepareaness t ever neara iaiK,
said Mr. Dslton 6) the assistant secre
Ury.,4';rM; In 1 Oflft Mr.; Ditfton was president ' of
the Story Law club, of Harvard, and Mr.
Braekenrldge' was secretaryvsMr Breck,
enridge. was a practicing lawyer of Lex
ington, Ky,' before he accepted his Of
ficial position.' ; . ' .
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fi-ii Meeting 'Postponed.
.piistiflirEndeavor sociefy"oTITie
Methodist Protestant church -will not
meet tonight on account of the play at
he Friends church. '
EIGHTY-TWO CADETS
DISMISSED FROM THE .
NAVAL ACADEMY
(Hy the Aswxlatcd PreM.; ,
".Waxhington, Feb.'U. Srcretiry Iai
hi hat approved the reeomraendatkHi
of tli acadftnio board of the naval
aeadrmy in dfemitilng H nuidhipmei
for fillure in their tudi. - ;t
Their name may l made ipultlitf
iBter. Three are of the fir4 vlaaa," 19
of tb aieond data, 20 ef the third and
id of the fourth. Kecrelury ) Daniel
ia!d tliat although tlie iwvy e-ded
more offk-eri only thoae who loukt meet
the high standing and qualify by the
examinations could be retained.
The aecretary eipreciwd regret that
H students had Ixen found "uaaatisfae
tory" in ueh a degree as doe not jus-
1 1 if y the hope of tlelr graduation ami
:1taiuinir as officers in the ntyV
Mr. Daniel ald thnt he did not
think that any midshipman -should bi
miHjvu u 10 xiauuair unirn. ur ruuiu i
! niake 2'j per wnt, the stanoard aver-
:aue in his studies, and fr thai Ums rea,-f
mm he rcfu-d to lower the pasemg'j
n k-
"We want more oflh-ers, .ut not at
the ixpcnse of the hij;h stanJard which
has long been maiiitain.-d," he said. f
TWO GOOD GAMES OF
BASKETBALL PROMISED
FOR SATURDAY NIGHT
Another doiible-tarrelled (ianve of
lasket ball scheduled for here tomor
row night when the 4xiys and girla .of
Ixxington come over to play the lioya
and girls of the High Point high school.
The game will be played in ihe .rffiory
and will begin at 7..T) o'clock.
The local team have been consider
ably improved shira the double delect
last Saturday night at the hand af the
two teams from the Jamestown school,
and they will go into tomorrow night's
-. . - l ...t 4.1. i..
j l i . . . . .. ld, broaoised their loyal support to the
one and a possibility, of both of thei I , . x . . . .
events. ' The boys are iu the best condi
tion they have been this taon, and
if they put y anything like the game
they did law week they will win. This
will
he. the second game for the girls,!
A , .vi .
mmestown nu taotte, who kave oven
them in practice this week fj the ar
title of basket ball they will put up
against Lexington, will be, far superior j
to theur former nort.
. The games lait Saturday, night drew,.
a large crowd, a ltd i is exacted that
tomorrow night will see the .blgtt
crowd of the season on the local floor,
High Point is . becoming really enthu
siastic over basket ball, and now since
both the boy and the girls have good
teams the people will show their ap
preciation by turning out in large num
bers. HIGH POINT SCHOOL
TO HOLD A MAY DAY
FETE AND PAGEANT
ive
l he High Point schools ui!) La
May Day fete and historical uagant on
the first of May, and are row buy mak-
ing1 plans and preparations lor the event.
jThe day will be an educational day and
;gla occasion for the ebol children:
! t will be distinctlv a school children's
event and thev alone will be the attrac
tion. The exercises and program is being ar-
ranged to a large measure by the teach-.;
ers who have had part in the May Day
fete and pageant of the Normal. It is
P,e anc8 ' given
The chil
dren of the more than 40 departments of
the three schools will march through the ':
principal streets of the city and vll or -
tray historical events from Columbus'
i disroverv nf America to W'i!onV Pt aci
n-ednes. Plea.
( -
BELIEVED APPAM DECISION
IS IN FAVOR OF GERMANY
(By the As9tK?ieted Press.) (
Washington. ;!). 1 1. insiwMtinn u:
man prise crew, has been decided upon
j the Unitel States and will be an-
nnuniwi iatr i
. .'Although there is no official confirma
tion, the Indications are that the khip
will be permitted to remain in American
waters ai a prize of the German in
definitely under the terms of the Prus-sian-American
treaty,' i
, .. i; j ,; s . ,
, N6 Recordera Court Today.
There aa no session of the Recorder's
court ..th jnornlng, but more than a
day's wvir is scheduled for ' Saturday"
two well known. w.kite DJtili,.wU bt
trhsl On charges of keeping whisly fot
sale. ' ,' ' .
THE FATHERS-SOBS
BANOUE
SUCCESS
v u J it i 'n 'm' K" lnll, and its reading was'
true Hundred and Twelre Boyjom, o th, mMy Btprti,IK futures o !
Scoots, Fathers and Friendi,
a...Mkli i .. m:.u
IT WAS A
GREAT AFFAIR '
TU L tw .u n I
1M Object Was to Uet the Uoyi
tad Their Fathers to Closer
Touch With Each Other.
One hundred and twelve fathers and ;
on gathered around the banquet board '
for four hour last night and by thin in
trjj)lnilig came to a belter understand
ing ami mutual agreement that each
M(Uii Ksr morr time and though to the ; J
WPUre of tne other.
tn thr occasion of the most uniUe
thlna of its kind ever jiiven in lfijrh
plBt-the "Father Sons", banquet in
celebration of the first .birthday of the
fjia Point Hoy tcowts and the aixth
AnVmary of the beginning of the Boy
Scouts of America. The banquet was th
rliiftaf nf the week's celebration which
.l ti: u n . .... t - :u .
tne. Hivn Point scuts In common with :
arrvlng. It was held at the South Main
street school auditorium.
sk.i-JW- nl ..tn,....., W Xf
Ma it, and the recommendation of the
eity eoundl, decided to give a ban(iiet
(0 their fathers and a few invited and
! interested friends. Thev wanted to make
it big, Joyoua, and democratic affair
and they did more than they even hop
ed. ;TVe hoys told their fathers right
u (n tmnttinr that Oi wanted to
i.-.. rt wtimr .A Kw.-,. iww
Ui. k A f-tLpr.!1""' ,Vf " r'Tntation of camp
, i . . . , , .
what tka aeowt work had taught Ihem;
the fathers in tarn amazed and aurpri
boy i la the seoat work and declared that
then wanted to become better friends
to weir own sons, , ,
The lather and riems, tjbi grown
ria, 40 numerically strong, were' seated
t
about n
.!...' tLl .U.J TVm atiuJ
music and took their seats "if, three
small tables placed inside 'the larger
table. Led by Scout Jim Lyon, the 1
benoue t was opened with their yell and
t i r J..II -J k. !.. .
cation. Some special music by the or
chestra was then given.
' Prof. W. M. Marr, scoutmaster, acted J
... . . . .
aa toastuaster and graciously, too did
be perform his assigned duties. Prof.
Marr in his opening remarks, spoke of
ho nniiiinnuta nf ttia niviiirai and saiH
.... 1 . . ,
mat it gave mm peculiar pleasure io i
preside over such a banquet and on such
an auspicious occasion. The toastmaster
briefly told of the work of the Scouts in
I High Point, of what the boys were try
j ing to do and something of their objects.
' He mentioned also the city, council re
.1 , , . . , . .
- j eenily formed as an advisory board to
i., i . . ... . . .
t iXhe Scouts, and with a hearty wel
r come for all introduced Scont Sheltonj
-1 Woodson, who made the address of wel
come on, the part of the boys.
"1 am quite pleased to speak on behalf
of the Scouts of High Point and extend a
hearty welcome to our fathers here thi
evenine," said he. There were many rea
sons why such a banquet as this shou
be a notable one, and the young scM
told of them. "The fathers often forget
they were once .boys," continued he, fand
1
give
Vith apt illustration and
fine choice
1 of words yoimg Woodson acquitted him
self in an extraordinarily nne manner. 1
Rev. L. W. MeFarland responded to'
this banquet will remind them of that'"r'r l,,e "" "w l a" "
fact. He wanted the father to know ! maU T, rA that the Scouts give a. The President's reference to the tariff
that the boys wanted to look' up to them ! eH for hv m,,tnp" a,,d thtn 0'"' to: hoard and the merchant marine were
and at the same time the sons wanted i;1"' '"M' ' holh ":,;nted with tumultous appose at a,
the father to give them 'some notice. ,u'alt,,-v "r,n' "ft,'r wl,ioh tl" ,M,n,luet- d nm r dosing the organization's annual
the welcoming address,' on behalf of thc;vywi i
I fathers. ' He was glad to be at such a I
' meeting and assured the boys that here- J
I ftCT th fath r8 wou,d have a c,earer I
(conception of their duty and would by;
t . . . 1 t 1. '
this banquet become closer menus m
the highest sense.
An address of welcome to the city
council was .made by Scout Carlton Kirk-an mnty ii March, 101"), of Lucinda
man, who, asked this advisory body tOii a Woman of his own color. Cooper.
give the Scouts tne Denem oi xneir oesi , (ilgpiayed no agitatmn as he entered the
judgment and assured the men that the ; d(.ath chamber and watedf himself in thi
aco'its were glad that the dty council j electric chair, and was remarkably ealin
was organized and was present at the j diiTingr the ordeal. Tyo abdications of
banquet. v Former Schoolmaster S. j eloctrieitv were given, the firt render-
Davis responded for the council and haa
a tellina speech, showing "the relation
ship in the early years. He declared that
he first became an enthusiastic support
er of the Boy Scouts because Tie saw the
effect it was having on hia boy and ne
realized that it must be liaving a like
effect on the boyhood ol High Point ad
from the depths of his' heart to be and
to do good", said Mr. Davis. . "
, bW"e have a poet among ub," .said
Toaslmaater Manv MH I a real genius
nd lie will bo a great man in his line of
jMik." Willi these highly commendatory
' ui.u .la Al... A A -A . . . . I l 1 .
wmB me iuavnipiier pren4'nva i imrii
MeAnnlly, 12 year old, who read a
Mein written for the "Fathera Hous"
banquit. It was 1 eta red by all to be
the night.
And there was aonuttbing to eat at the
banquet last night, an! although pre
ceded by niuch talk, Ita iniprtace was
not thereby minimised. The three course
were erved by the Camp Fire Olrls.
Twelve in number, thee girls, under
the leadership of ML. Vera Idol, served
Hi persons in an orderly and syte ';
; matio manner w ithout any break what
I soever. The first eourne eonniitted of
j chicken, Iwiled ham, chicken aalad n
lettuce, celery, pickle and rll, which)
elegantly pieparel and enjoyed to I
tlie fullest extent.
Following the fli,t eourw came tlirw
i ,ri t .
sooke on "What It Mean to Be ai
" kii ii...,i. ii.-n.,. .ntn",n ua wii goijX oit ror several
Could the Father Helo." and Scout Ar-
thur Kirkman, Jr., called uxn the fath-
era to help in the mntest for the Vic- (
trola.
The outstanding feature of the whle
night, the real big interesting thing of
the affair, were the exhibit ions of scout
work given by the patrols. It was a
competitive exhibition and ihe winner
' . .
I waa to reccrve a $2.30 prize from the
city council. W. D. Brooks, O. D. Bar-
ar srwaB .
"J Ptr. Ire
without matches, carried off the money.
Five patrol competed, the Wolf not en
tiring the contest.
The patrols gave the xlibitioii as
follows;
Bob White patrol, led by Hugh Ham
ilton, marched in repeated the scout
law and oath, formed in a triangle nui
i the scout jell and sang Ami
eria.
fe
isnd first aid drill work
Rattlesnake patrol, led
by
Woodson, gave an exhibition of rst aid
drill work and signalling. On of the
feature, of this patrol was skbning thetion b jj tBd oa the , SMrAbilltt
snake.
W'hippoorw ill patrol led Iawrence
Cannon gave a camp sceue from the
time the boys entered irtil they left,
and eookW. O, tmusjngln -
cldents was
a visit of. an
iKnv.uv:
country boy
Kaglcs patrol, hd bv.Sani Davis, Jr.,'
!" i....wn yi im-i "will
anrl tlin namn Sitaiasa ukaro a a
is n v-spsaiu ,rs 7 11" I r llir T
. .
muna u-itn..iit inat.liA. K.r i.ia! ..m t
... . .
flicks, ine nre vas made alter three!
' iiiuii., .in a me uei bibi-iicv vi met
i r ...
""). inm vBur pi lie winner. .
Stajf natroi. Id bv IJewev Dodamead.,
gave an exhiltion of first aid drill;
i work
signally and games whieh afforded
much amuwinent. .
Toastmayl(r Marr called upon Super- Washington, Feb. II President Vil-.
intendent Haynes-for a speech. Mr. son told th chamber of commerce of
Haynes tkid that "the Boy Scout move-j the- United Stat-s last night that Amer-.
mcnt in this city is he work of oiei,a needed a real scientific tariff board
.nan, ml that man has aone deeper t ml he thought it was aornit to get It:
into iflif hearts of a
i
High Point than t
'
great runny boys' in
their fathers have
very gone. iTotessor Hayms then pro -
jpe'Ad a toast to the toastmaster, th
: siutmater and the Weal schoolmaster.
i 'HI
h the giving of this toast the ban -
qucters broke out m sjwntaneous ap -
plauRc. signifying the high esteem
which IVof. Marr si held by the boys id the Cnited States with the present
and by their fathers. ;war.' Oi the )roBMHt for keeping the
The mothers were near th" banquet, , country at eace, he said that while no
but were not there. Many of them had immediate intci national crisis faced the
gathd-td at the school auditorium amTnaticn "we nre merely holding trouble
i..-.. . .. A . .1 1- .1.. U rri. 1
ers oaue, acn oilier -goon mgnt, and
I the fii stj annual banquet of the High
Point llfiy Scouts was at an enZ
"
KEGRO ELECTROCUTED
AT STATE'S PRISON
( By the Associated Press.
...... .
, Kaleigh, Feb. II. Jamca t mipcr, a
negro, was electrocuted in the penitcn-
tiarv here todav for the murder in Row-
i j, the victim unocifscions find the sec
ond producing death. . t, y4 ,,. -.1
i; Z Against Liquor Ad wUsements.
, Waehington.Feb. rlljrrJul jie j Samuel
D. Weakly 'Tieaded a delegation from etra wcie, taken olT the burning vessel
the house postal committee ' to', recom- and ' .were, hrought sshoi-e by tho crew-,
mend jthepassage of the A.b'rcrombie I of the Sabr i;jht wast i . guard station.
bill-baTTing-an
tisemcnts from the mails ' in3 states .. The Bossert was loaded with lutn
where they bavo laws against liquor ad-' ber and bound from Ceorgetown, S. C.
vertisemeivtSi ''' '":' -'" ,, ' ; ' . ! for-Xew York.-
;" ,
Et"' German Hav
Pottponed Offensive, But Vioi
lent Strugglt U Raging.
ARTILLERY KEEPING IUSY
.
big Guns Are Heard in
Tontin-
uous Roar Along I)
early
All of the Fron
(By the Associated Press.)
The western war fro.A. hi still the
cmtral field of militui 7 interest. Iat
est report show no in of a lessening
in miensny oi iae violent mrudgia
which has beo
"'" the Belgiin Iwrder. while fur-
ther
south alenjrthe border there are
J a
furi),er sigpa of
awakening of activity'
on tne part of both the Cer mans and
th French.
in ueigmny accoraing to oincial re
ports, tbeieAavo been notable artillery
battU-s in Xrogreaa during the last 10
day near Ypres, but the opinion ap
t-.n, . . .. . . .
parentlyprevails among military ob-
-rvers
hat the termans Imve decided.
to pospone their offensive for more fav
orably weath'er. They are reported to
be busily engaged in 'strengthening
thir line.
Russia the artillery play on the
iga-Dvinsk front is notably heavy in
haracter, but the Infantry force do
j not appear to have been active.
In Volhynia, the Russians report a
forward movement and the capture of
I a; hill between- the fortresscr of Rovno
ltoni.iut Ijiftlr , latoaf itlilu. n.
ports claim that Remperor Nicholas'
troops have been held to thnr old posi-
frontier despite their desperate at
temptfc to advaJice. ,
Belgian officials announce that there
is no foundation for the reeent 'report
J ,,,o Vlgkn government.
itelgtan govt
fn
entente uartcit the visit of tho
j French premier to Italy i' expected to
.. .
a closer military cooperation
; in tha Balkuns by the alljc. The be-'
. ... i.
' . .
"let IS
.
held that Italv will shrtlr
nd
troops to Salonika, according to'
i London newspaper comment.
rltt-ILItrt 1 AOOAliO
TARDINESS OF AMERICAN
BUSINESS INTERESTS .
(lint it needid a real merchant marine.
juid tf:at it was, absolutely necessary
'on:ft Uginiimg should be made at oneo
U get that, too; and that had it not
' been for the effectiveness of the federal
, u m rve law as a business preparedness
'im asure there was no telling what com-
in!'uiercial disaster would have overwhelm-
I . i m
' ,,Ventinn. His reference to his west-
( k demonstration.
, t ttlmin thl. tardinesa
ui American Ijusines iiicu in the past
to broaden their commercial vision be-,
iyoml the boundaries of this country.
Tluvar, hf aid, had "thrust America'
, in tli" economic loadership of the world,"
'Oi s)ite this. There were many iustru
n ntdities. Imwever which America need-'
n! :-:-i ly. he ril. One of them related '
l( '
SCHOONER BURNED
AT SEA THIS MORNING;
CREW BROUGHT ASHORE
(Py the Associated Press.)' ' -New
Vork. Feb. ll.-Tlie four-masted'
j fcchocnt'.r, " JobnBosaert, was. virtually .
'ftv4 Hyu ;siile out at son, near
Na iiisiuk, N. Jijlriy" today and Cap- ;,
tft it rteAfcl v and '.over sevni of thj pf fi-: