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NO RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM CAN BE OUTLINED
-JUSTT PRESENT, THE PRESIDENT TELLS CONGRESS
PRESIDENT DISCUSSES MANY OF
THE VITAL ISSUES BEFORE THE
NATION ON RECONSTRUCTION
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"Now My Duty is to Play Full
Part in Making Food What the
Amesican Soldiers Gave
Their Life's Blood to Ob
tain" He Tell Congress.
DISCUSSES FUTURE FATE
OF NATION'S RAILROADS
Tells Congress He Stands Ready
to Release Railroads Just as
Soon as Plan of Readjust
ment Can, Be Worked
Out Is Applauded.
Washington. Dec. 2. (By Asso
elated Press.) In an address to
Congress in Joint session today
President Wilson formally announc
ed his Intention to go to Paris for
the peace conference, saying thai
all governments have accepted the
principles enunciated by him fo;
peace and it is his paramount dut
to be present.
The President said he will be in
t close touch by cable and wireless
Sand that Congress will know all ht
does on the other side.
Referring to his announcemeni
that the British and French gov
ernments had removed all cable re
strictions upon the transmission of
' news of the conference to America
the President said that he had tak
en over the American cable systems
on expert advice bo as to make uni
; fled systems available.
Much of the address was devoted
i to railroad problems, for which the
President said he had no solution to
offer. He recommended carefu
study, by Congress, saying that i
would be a disservice to the coun
try and to the railroads to permit
a return .to old conditions under pri
Tate managemen without modifica
tlon.
The President declared he stood
ready to release the railroads from
government control whenever a sat
- Isfactory plan of readjustment could
be worked out.
' The President said that he hoped
to see a formal declaration of peace
- by treaty "by the time spring has
come."
No definite program of reconstruc
tion can be outlined) now, he said,
but js soon as the armistice was
signed government control of busi
ness and industry was released as
far a was poss):. He expressed
lli'j hope that Congress would not
t.i.;t to confer.'Iu? upon the war
trade board the rights of fixing ex
port priorities to insure the ship
ment of food to the starving people
abroad.
As to taxes, the Pserident en
, dorsed the plans for levying fC.OOO,
000,000 in 1919 and lor notifying
the public In advance that the 1920
levy will bo 4,060,O00,O0O.
The new three-year naval build
ing prgoram was endorsed because,
the President said it would be un-
wise to attempt to adjust the Amer
: lean program to a future world pol
icy as yet undetermined.
Paying tribute to the people's
conduct in the war he poke par
icularly of the work of women and
again appealed for woman uuffraige
by federal amendment.
He declared that he had no "pri
- vate though or purpose" in going to
Europe, hut he regarded it aa his
? highest duty: "It is now my duty to
5 play my full part In making good
what they (the American soldiers)
- . offered their life's blood to ob
i Jain."
' . Democratic representatives arose
and applauded when the President
..' announced his Intention of going in
person to the peace conference. The.
Republican side was silent and so
; were many senators on both sides
of the chamber.
Y ' The , President . concluded after
- speaking for 42 minutes and left
the, chamber amid applause limited
H ihv yyiwriv;;pmv iniermp
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tions of the address for questions
which had' been threatened by Re
publicans In the house did not materialize.
Norway Real Sore
At the Bolshevist
Element of Russia
London,' Dec. 2. (By Associated
Press.) Bolshevists have entered
J the Norwegian legation at Petrograd
and have removed documents be
longing to Switzerland, whose Inter
ests are under the protection of
Norway, according to a Copenhagen
lispatch to the Mail. The Norw
;ian minister has protested in vain
tad the newspapers of that country
tre demanding that Norway break
elations with the soviet govern
ment! Popular County Official Died
Suddenly From Acute Indi
gestion at 5 O'vlock Fu
neral Tuesday.
W. H. Rankin, register of deeds
i Guilford county, died this morn
fng at 5 o'clock at his home on
North Elm street, Greensboro. Death
came suddenly, resulting from an
attack of acute indigesion.
The deceased was one of the best
known and most popular residents
A the county. He was 77 years" of
ige and was a veteran of the war
between he states, he having been
captain of Company M of the 21st
regiment during that memorable
conflict. For the past eight years
'ie had been the able and efficient
rgister of deeds of the county and
was elected on Novembr 5 by one of
the largest majorities ever given
him.
Captain Rankin was a .splendid
gentleman of the old school. He
was as much a part of Guilford
:ounty as the oeurthouse, seemingly,
ind the genial veteran who had lost
l leg in the Civil war, was without
i doubt one of the most popular of
county officials.
Funeral services over the re
mains, it was stated at Greensboro
this afternoon, will be conducted
from the home of the deceased to
morrow, Tuesday, afternoon, at 3
o'clock, interment to follow in
Greene Hill cemetery. Surviving
the veteran is a widow and an adopt
ed daughter, Mrs. G. C, Goodman,
also of Greensboro. Captain Ran
kin was originally from the Brown
Summit section of the county.
The county offices will be closed
ou of respect to him tomorrow.
Burleson Cans Two
Because They Saw
Fh toBuck Plan
New York, Dec. 2. (By Associ
ated Press.) Postmaster General
Burleson has dismissed from the
government's service Edward Rey
nolds, vice president and genera
manager of the Postal Telegraph and
Cable company, and A. B. Richards,
general superintendent of the com
pany's Pacific coast division, for al
leged insubordination against the
government's plan to amalgamate
the Postal with the Western Union
Telegraph company.
Nicholas, King of
Montenegro, Is Put
Out By His People
London, Dec. 2. (By Associated
Press.) King Nicholas, of Monte
negro, has been deposed by the
SkupshU, the Montegrln national as
sembly, according to a message re
ceived here from Prague today.
The dispatch was sent . from
Prague by the Czecho-SIovak press
bureau by way of Copenhagen. It
says that the Sknpshtlna voted the
deposition on Friday, last, and de
clarde for a union of Montenegro
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REGISTRAR RANKIN
EARLY TODAY
TOM WARREN WILL
GET MARSHA
One of Few Remaining Slices of
Federal Pie, Going to Demo
cratic niairman, That is If
A He Wants It.
(By PARKER R, ANDERSON.)
Washington, Dec. 2. There are
times when rumors go for something
and again they count for naught. If
rumors around the capital today can
be depended upon Thomas D. War
ren, of New Bern, chairman of the
state executive committee, can have
the marshalship of eastern North
Carolnia if he wants the job.
There Is a question as to whether
Mr. Warren wants the place. If it
canbe arranged so that Colonel Tom
can move the Job to his homo tofvn
he will In all probability consider
the job in a favorable light and
there should be n odifllculty in ar
ranging this.
Should Senator Simmons decide
to name Mr. Warren he would fol
low the line of leaat resistance.
Good honest non-thinking Demo
crats could not deny the right of the !
senior senator to give his stat chair-1
man a slice Of federal pie before' it I
is all gone.
George. Bellamy, of Brunswick,
Will Allen, of Louisburg, and a
number of others are candidates,
but until Colonel Tom makes up his
mind as t owhether he wants the
place, they will not be given serious
consideration.
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Eulogy of Departed Member, W.
P. Ragan, is Delivered Before
Large Audience by J. J. Far
ms Dr. Clark Speaks.
The annual memorial services of
the High Point lodge of Elks' over
departed members was held yester-
day at the South main street school
auuiiuriuui. me umy cm vtnu iius
departed from this earthly realm
during the past year is the late W.
P. Ragan and so the memorial serv
ices resolved into a memorial of the
deceased mayor of High Point.
The Elks marched from the home
on Broad street to the auditorium
where a large crowd had assembled
to hear the addresses and witness
the creemouy. The meeting was
called to order by Exalted Ruler
Millls, after which the eulogy of the
departed member was delivered by
J. J. Farriss. who spoke in glowing
terms of his virtues and capabilities.
Following the eulogy Rev. J. A.
Clark spoke on "The Brotherhood
of Man." It was a masterly effort.
Appropriate music was furnished at
intervals throughout the ceremonies
by the orchestra, this portion of the
program being under the direction
of Miss Clara Boyd.
CAPTAIN BLUE RAISED
TO RANK REAR ADMIRAL
Secretary Daniels Semis Nomination
of Captain of Texas to the
Senate Today.
Washington, Dec. 2. Captain
Victor Blue, now commanding the
super dreadnaught Texas, has been
selected for detail as chief of the bu
reau of navigation with the rank of
rear admiral. He was chief of the
bureau for four years, ending in Au
gust, 1916, when he was assigned to
sea duty. .
Secretary Daniels announced to
day the sending of Captain Blue's
nomination to the senate and also
of Rear Admiral David Taylor for
another tour of duty as chief of con
struction of the navy.
JAPAN'S POPULATION
- INCREASED BY 800,000
Toklo,. Dec. 2. Japan's popula
tion is increasing at the rate of
800,000 a year according to official
statistics. Until a few years ago the
rate of Increase was a little over half
a million yearly.
' The population o nNovember 31,
,1917 was estimated at 57,998,373.
( This did not Include Korea, Formosa
-Ssghallenr
ELKS ANNUA
MEMORIAL SERVIC
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OF II
Mrs. Frank Gurley, Secretary of
Association of Charity, Makes j
Appeal for Warm Bedcloth
ing for Influenza Victims. !
Mrs. Frank Gurley, Becretary oil
the Associated 'charities, reminds!
the citizens that while, most of them I
have plenly to 'eat and plenty io
wear and enough coal to ket,. them
coml'ortable during the long winter i
months to come, all of the iuhabi-!
I tants of High Point are not so for
tunate, and in many cases those who Brut contest over the seat now held : and reconstruction promised to oc- ism and secure the return of Em
were ab!e to provide for themselves j b' Congressman Zeb Weaver, ofjeupy fully the time of the third und peror William ha sbeen .dovered
before the influenza broke out hnvthe tenth congressional district, is i last session oi the sixty-fifth Con-jin Berlin, according to a dispatch
Been rendered almost destitute in'one r the most interesting subjects i
combating the disease.
Mrs. Gurley ppacially stresses the
need of warm, thick bedclothing
among those who have been suffer
ing with inftuenxa. Many families
having three or four small children,
have not enough bedclothing to keep
them warm. One case is cited where
the mother of the family died of
fluenza, leaving five children, the-
oldest being a girl -13 years old the
others ull small children. The fa-
ther of the family works to provide
subsistence for his family and thek'
girl does all the house-keeping and
nurses the small children besides, it
is said that none pf these children
have enough bedclothing at night to
keep the mwarm.
Mrs. Gurley requests that anyone
having a blanket or a quilt that theyj
do not need, communicate with her.
She suggests that there are numer
old blankets stored away In attics
and closets that some unfortunate
person would be glad to have and
asks that such blankets and quilts
be hunted up and turned over to her
to be given to soni person whol
really needs them.
jUw RequirinJJ the Railed, to
Give State Officers of New Jer
sey Passes Has Been Abro
gated by Administration.
Trenton, N. J., Dec. 2. The fed
eral railroad administration has de
cided that the state law requiring
'railroads in New Jersey to furnish
NO MORE PASSES TO
BE GIVEN OFFICERS
passes to certain officeholders is ofjfere(?s are boiling hot over their
no effect while Uncle San. is one.-!1'0"' u was atrongly initimated last
ating the railroads. Thus, after Jan-!
'
uary
1. iai!t, certain New Jersey cit-;
izens will either pay fare, walk, stayt0 )teen the present
at home or board in Trenton.
The governor, state senators,1,
members of the house of assembly, ,
Judges of the higher courts, certain!
state officers other than the execu-j
tives have been entitled to these!
passes, as well as most of the legis-j
lative employes.
Each year t he legislature either j
added to or made an effort to en-
large the list.
The passes, it is said, were used
throughout the year by many hold
ers and were especially doslrable to
the South Jersey resident who spent
his summers at the shore. Many of
the officials now commute to Tren
ton on their passes.
CONTROVERSIES OVER
LOCATION OF GRAVE
London, Dec. 2. Newspapers
here have been cngade in a contro
versy as t othe location of the jbur
lal place of Sir Walter Raleigh in
connection with the celebration of
tho 300tho anniversary of his birth.
Biographers of Raleigh supposed j
that, after his execution, the body
was buried In the chancel of , St,
Margarets. The Times, however,
suggests that his body was placed
there for a short time only and that
Raleigh really was buried at Bed-
dltgton in Currey, where tho wi-
dow desired that he should rest.: Ra-j London, Dec. 2. A Royal Atr
lelgh's head was ' embalmed; and Force club Is shortly to be estab
cherished by his widow in a "red ( Hshed and Lord Cowdray has glyen
leathern bagge" t othe day, of her $500,00 to endow It. He hopes that
death. The head was afterward in -
1 terred In the churctt at -West Hors -
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One of Interesting Subjects of
Conversation Around Capitol
- This Morning Concerned
Fostibility of Republicans
Putting Britt in Office.
IF BRITT HAS ANY CASE !
HE WILL GET THE SEAT,
Such Parker R. Anderson Gathers
After Hearing Conversation
Which Has Flowed Freely
As Members of Congress
Gather in Washington.
(By PAKKRK R. ANDERSON.)
Washington, Dec. 2. The Weaver-
jof conversation around the capitolju continue until it ends by liaiit.i-j
tli s morning as 'congressmen from I Lion on March :i ' t
tli s morning as congressmen from 1
mi acuiiriin ui me nuit's arrive 10
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hear the President deliver what is i
expected to he he most interesting
document he lias ever presented to
the Joint session of the senate and
house.
Republicans freely predict
and
"y De,n0(''ra,ft fe:ir they are cor-f
red, that the next house, which is"
Uenub,k'an ,,y a majority, will
seat former Congressman James
Jefferson Britt over Zeb Weaver.
the Democratic incumbent. Thev
figure that as the Republicans will
be in control and as the contest
must be decided by the Congress
which' begins after March 4, the
Democratic congressman will have
little chance of holding his seat un
less he can put up a bemb-proof
case.
Judging from past history in such
cases one is forced to believe that
Weaver will have little chance of
retaining his seat with the house
solidly Republican and every com
mittee composed of . a Republican.
majoriy. If Uritt really has any
case at all he is almost certain to be
seated.
Then, too, the Republicans argue
that Britt was elected two years ago
but was counted out by the Demo
crats at the polls and then Weaver
counted in in the contest which
Britt waged at that time. It's dif
ferent now, th eRepublicans ar-
gue, and on. Republicans from thej he bill box without (1
western part of the state, said he (floor. It was refern.
had some good money he is offering '
at 10 to 1 that Britt will be seated.
Some time during the day Majority
Leader Claude Kitchin is expected
to make a statement regarding the
amendment to tho revenue bill abol
ishing the zone system for newspa
pers and magazines. This amend
ment was put in by the senate fl-
! nance committee and the house con-!
: night that Democratic congressmen
' , . , .i
are prepared to holdup the passage
of thia measure indefinitely in order
objectionable
iaw jn effect.
BUM .K.AXO HEAD OF
TOKIO COUNCIL
DEAD
Tokio, Dec. 2.- Boei Nakano.
president of the city council of To
kio, who with Baron Shibtisawa
headed a Japanese mission to the
United States in 190!) is dead. He
was for a long time president of the
Tokio diamine o fcomnierce ami a
leading figure in the J apanese bus
iness world. The mission witli
iwhich he. went t otbe United States
nine vt'ars ueo was received in many
American cities and proved an im -
portant step in promoting business
relations between Japan and the
United States.
MISSOURI MULE DID
GOOD WORK IN WAR
London, Dec. 2. Tho Missouri
mule more than made good In the
British army during the war. Large
numbers of them were used for mov
ing the field artillery. The mule
shared in the big British advances
on the western front this fall and
proved his grit and worth for many
days by keeping the guns right. up
with the rapidly advancing artil-j
lery.
, ' , Royal Air Force,
, it wlllbe housed in a building which1
; will be worthy ofjthe service and
J memorial jifUta. work 'n, the wnr.
BUSY TIME AHEAD
DF THE CONGRESS
Third and Final Session Will End
Only by Limitation on March
3, 1919 Right of Way
Given Wilton for Address
on Opening Day.
MOST MEMBERS OF TWO
BRAINCHES ARE PRESENT
I Important LcgLlative Business is
to Be Transacted During the
Winter Se:sion Business b
Very Much Congested at
the Present.
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Washington,
dated 'less. )
Dec. 2. (By Assn-f.
Problems of peace J
gress, which opened today at noon j
Lion on March 3
After a 10-d
y holiday following
tle
long second war session, most
of the members of both the senuie
and the house weie on hand to start
the work of the winter.
The legislative program had been j officers corps to carry on a pro-eni-held
in abeyance to await the ad- Pror agitation, begrnnlng Immedl-
dress c.f President Wilson an hour
after the opening. The principal
measures concerning the extraordi
nary congestion of bsuiness include
many annual appropriation meas
ures, revenue legislation', investiga
tions and miscellaneous bills. '
The usual formalities of the. own
ing of a new session wcra hurried
through with because of the fact
that President Wilson, about to sail
for Europe, desired to deliver hisw:i nad Panned to sieae members"
address on the first Instead of the
second day of the session.
WANT OFFICE PIT IX
CHARGE OF MARHHAliL
Washington. Dec. 2. (By Asso-the plan were brought 'to Berlin -by
date Press. WJW-ittint resolution, in-i.t wo members of the suite, ot. ilio. U
troduced today by Representative! mer emporor, who recently went jto
Rodenburg, of Illinois, Republican, I the German capital for the ostdnsl
proposes that Congress declare Pres- ble purpose of taking tho wife' of
ident Wilson's trip to "Europe cdn-the former emperor to Amor'engen,
stitutionally an inability to dispense j Holland.
tho power and duty of I he office of j
President" aud that so Iohr oh he is!
away, from the country the vicej
president will act as president. j
The resolution was dropped into I
clary committee.
Senatc Wants
Washington, Dec.
Know.
. (By
ASBO-
ciated Press.) Senaior Cummins, j
of Iowa, Republican, introduced to-;
day a resolution proposing that a j
senate committee of four Democrats ;
land four Republicans be sent to,
France for the peace conference
toi
ac-jkeep the senate informed on ques
j Hons arising there.
Senator Kello;rg. of Minnesota,.
Republican, declared that he would j
oppose the resolution and hoped it i
would be sent to the foreign affairs
committee and there he killed.
FATHER OF PROMINENT
HIGH POINT WOMAN DEAD
John Folk, Father of Mrs. Grace
Kcpharl, Died This Moi-niiiR at
118 Elm Street.
John
oik, age 7ii, died this morn
ing at 0:30 at the bom eof his
daughter, Mrs. Grace Kephavt. He
suffered from no i'lness, lull 'iieily
passed away from the naluril in
firmities of old ag". Mr. Folk ha i
been a 'retired railroad conductor!
i
i for n1ore tl,B 15 rs-
lie was a I
orgdiii-1
-iitiiins iiwl twl inrr t lw Oriler of it, ill-I
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road conductors and the Pennsylva
nia Railroad relief fund. He was.
;ilso, a menfber of the (J. A. It.
A short funeral service will b"
held at the resident. 118 Rim btreet
tomorrow morning at 1 1 o'clock, af
ter which the remains will be taken
on train No. 3fi to Columbia, Pa ,
for burial.
Mr.
Mary
Martin Dead.
Kiln Martin.
Mrs,
wife- of
W. F. Martin,
died last night
one weok with
07 Orimos street,
after t.n i linens of
pneumonia.. She
...rti.rwt Ittr 4W liliuttnilf 1 V P t
OUI f TVU UJ Si Hl'MliU
Martin, father. A. L. Whitt, of Win
ston-Salem; two brother, W. L.
Whitt and E. E. Whitt; three sisters
Mrs.- Sarah Ball. Mrs. T. A. Haney
and Miss Cora Pltt3, of High Point,
N. C.
aj Funeral arrangements have not
been Completed,
UEARTH PLOT TO
EMPEROR
Certain Officers of German Army
Had Underway Plot to Restore -Imperialism
and Emperor in
Germany Mackensen One :
? of the Leaders.
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SECRET SERVICE MAN IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR FIND
Overheard Telephone Conversa
tion That Through Plan to
Pieces Munitions Makers
Furnished Fund to Be Used
in Putting Bill on Job.
London, Dec. i. --(By Associated
Press.) A piot to restore imperial
from Amsterdam to the Express.
According to the dispatch", which
... a J'
, was filed at Amsterdam on, Friday,
the chief men behind the plot were
Field Marshal von Mackensen, Gen
eral von Born an dGeneral Count
jsixt von Arnim. It-Is said they in
jstructed members of the Prussian
ately after the demobilization of tho
troops was completed. Large sums
; of money are said - to have been
placed at the disposal of the leaders
by munition manufacturers. .
The plot collapsed, owing to the
fact that a secret service agent over
heard a telephone conversation
Many arrests have been mail in Ber
lin and other cities, while the gov
ernment has long lists of suspects
of the present government.
No direct evldene eof William Ho
henzollern's connection with the
plot has been found, It Is said, but
it Is believed that the outlines of
Why Tli-) Were ( jinneil.
Puvm, Dec, 2. (By Associated
Press.) Discussing the situation in
Germany brought about by the for-
RESTOI
-cus.sioii on the ; mer emperor's net of renunciation,
(I to tho judi- j the Nulional Zeitung. of Basel, ac
! cording to a dispatch to L'lnfonua-
j 'ion, says:
; "The impression is made that tho
Alohenzollerns were dismissed only
because they failed to conquer and
not because they violated all laws of
Uimanity."
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LAFOLLETTE CASE '
OFFIIMLY EHDS
Senate Coat of Whitewash Giv
en in Case G; Owing Out of
Charge of Disloyalty
Report Filed Today.
Wushingtou. Doc. 2. (By Asso
ciated Press.) - A formal report re
commending the dismissal of the
; proceedings on a charge of disloyalty
! against Senator LaFollette, of Wis
icotiHin, bonmso of a speech before
'tle Non-Partisan league ut St. Paul,
Minn., on 'ep'emhcr 2t. 1917. was
preKPnt'jd to thi' senate loduyJiy
Senator Dillingham, of Vermont,; He
mblican. acting for a majority of
! the
senate privileges and. elections
committee. Thu; ommitteo found v
nothing to justify final action by tha
senate.
No attempt was made In tho ma
jority report recently udoptcd by a
committee vote of nine to two to
analyse, the charges or the vldencn ,
in the. c;ise. Neither, wus a request
made for the adoption. of, u report
'Chairman omcrene, who with Sena
Uor Walsh, of Montana, both Demo-
;crutR, opposed ilia majority action, y
j plans
ioon to file ns a. minority re
noif. This s exnectoU to, .iMiletaiiy
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' Im portation . L'imU.
Tuseon, i Ariz., Dec. 2.judB(
William Morrow, ot'&un Frnnoiso,
sustained the demurrer aod'quasbvd
the Indictments in 1 the lllsbee d
portation cages I na dclofop framcil
this morning In United 8tsli (II
trld court' hTo, " "
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