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HIGH POINT, fl. C SATURDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 7, 1918.
FIVE CENT J.
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T HD DAY AT SEA
PRESDE TBETTER
Cold Has Yielded to Treatment
. and tils Voice b Stronger .
Promenades Deck and Takes' -
Quantity of EercUe
- . Joins Conversation.
AND GOES TO SEE FUNNY
MAN IN MOVIE COMEDY
No Formal Conferences Held on
i Board the George Washington
4 Thus Far Allies Mast Gen .
erally Understand Plans
) -Sailors Yarn,
X
- : On Board the United States, Ship"
v George Washington. Friday, Doc. :
10 p, m.) (By Wiroless to the
Associated Press.) President Wil- j
son's . thlriL day 'at soa found lilm j
n much improved in health. His ccltf
is yielding to treatment taij his
. Toice is rested and much stronger.!
: Having cleared the work which ha ;
accumulated at his desk the ' presi
dent enjoyed a day of recreation and
exercise. His ship ran into somewhat
I better weather this morning after a
-..eight of very heavy , weather:.. -This
'afterndon he promenaded along the
J decks and joined a party at the-rail
; ' watching the Pennsylvania, the Cag
. ' ship of ' Admiral Mayo's squadron,
' rise inff ial with the heavy sea.
Mr. Wilson engaged in, conversa
tion on timely topics, snappy storied
,V and experiences with those on board. J
- ne pany-tnciuaea onicers or tne
lower grades whose stories of expe
riences in the submarine tone' were
Intensely interesting.
When it was learned that a film
starring a famous comedian was to
'be Shown during the evening on
board ship the President announced
that he intended to be present, evi
dently anticipating ' the ' entertain
ment with pleasure. . . 1 .. , '
While Mr.' Wilson was on decft he
earnestly coh Versed with Jules Jus
scrand, the French ambassador ' to
the United States and Count di Cel
led, the Italian - ambassador at
Washington; and held a short con
versation with Secretary Lansing an8
Henry White, . colleagues , of the
.President on the peace conference.
No formal conferences have been
held so far snd it seems apparent
that the plans for the allied nations
have been well laid out.
'( . -. Jlarnch and DuvtNon to Go. -'
" Washington, Dec. 7. (By - Asso-
vciated Press.) Bernard !T;Baruch,
chairman of : the War ': Industries
bo'ardand Henry P. Davison, chair
man of the Bed CrosB war council,
' have been asked by the President to
hold themselves in readiness to re
spond to a call for their services 'With
" ' the peace delegation in Europe.
' " Mr, Baruch's advice on problems
of distribution of raw materials may
be wasted and It is' assumed that
- Mr Davidson's experience Is depend
7 ed uponto aid la dealing with ques
tions" of feeding and caring tor the
, .destitute European peoples. ;
.MR. LAMBETH TO PREACH
TWO SERMONS TOMORROW
New Pastor of Wesley 1 Memorial
Church to Start Ministry Toinor ,
..'"'' . row Family Arrives Monday. '
' '" Rev..W.-"A Lambeth. the new
-pastor of Wesley Memorial Metho
V ' . 5 dist Episcopal - church, has about
- ! ' completed moving Ills family into
the parsonage on Washington street
and will occupy the pulpit at hlsjiew
. ' 'charge at both morning and everi-
tig services tomorrow. lr.' Lam-
' beth, who was ' assigned ; to High
Point from Salisbury, is onexif the
, ' most brilliant ministers of the West-
era North Carolina conference and
: bis inaugural sermons in this pity
'will.doubUess .be heard by splendid
Congregations.
Mr. Lambeth and children! will
come to the. city Monday to occupy
the parsonage, the ladles of the
churrch having practically ; cem
pleted the task of, putting the min
ister's house in order. ,
GERMAN CABINET DISCUSSES
, POSSIBILITY OK OCCUPATION
v tondon, Dec. 7. (By Associated
Press. )--Aa extraordinary meeting
of the. German, cabinet was sum
moned at Berlin on Thursday to dis
cuss the posHibllities of the allies oc
cupying Berlin, owing to Germany's
alleged inability to carry out the
nrmintice, necordinf? to nn' Amster -
jMin c.fpatcu to XU9 uxpresa,
DUTCH WISH TQ INTERN
ROTH HOHENZOLLERNS
f taudon, Dec. Tr (By Asso-.
dated Press.) If the allies in
sist cpon the delivery of the
' former German emperor and,,
crown prince to an fntcrnation-
' ol court of Justice Holland will
yield bat will urrt urge the al
ljles to content themselves with
Holland Interning them for life
ln one of the Dntch colonies,
according to an Amsterdam dis
patch to the Express. , t
Holland, It is understood,
Will suRRewt that Herr llohcn-
' zollern and his son be placed on -an
Island either in the West In-
'dles or the East "ndies, where
they will be guarded by the
Dutch fleet.
It In also anticipated that
Holland will be asked compen- '
nation for violating her neu
trality by permitting German '
troops to pass through the .
province of Llruburg in their re-'
tl rem iit from' Belgium.
MEN RAnDLY ARE
LEAV
: More Than 200,000 Men Muster
ed Cut of Service ih This Coun
try During Present Week
. Composition of Occupation
Atmy Officially ' Seated.
THREE SHIPS WOUNDED
MEN ARE COMING HOME
National - Guard and National
' Army Divisions to Be Return
ed Home in the Next Four
Months Expect Speed-
ing Up of Discharging.
" Washington, Dec . 7, (By Asso
ciated Press.) Five additional' di
visions have been definitely assigned
to the American army of occupation
vow advancing into German, General
March announced today They are
'the second and seventh, ", regulars;
23th i( Pennsylvania ) and 33rd (Illi
nois)! national guards, and the 79th,
(northern Pennsylvania, V Maryland,
and District of Columbia), national
army divisions. , .
. The official composition ' of the
American army of occupation, ' the
third American army, as reported by
General Pershing follows:' .
First, second, third, -fourth,, fifth,
and ' seventh regulars; 28th and
32nd ; (Michigan ' and Wisccpsi) ,
33rd and "12nd (Rainbow) national
guards; 79th and 89th (Kansas,
Missouri, Si)uth Dakota, Nebraska,
Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona)
national army divisions. '
Major General Joseph T. Dickmnn
commands the entire force.".' i,
The personnel assigned by Gen
eral Pershing for early return was
given .by General March as 6, 255 oti
fleers and' 125,515 men.- t AdditlonTtl
units' of the 92nd and 87th divisions
with some coast artillery regiments
and engineers are included. s
', General March announced that at
home . during the ast ? week more
than 5 200,000 men iad been v re
leased; The total number of officers
released ip to yesterday was .7,658.
The discharge system is being rapid
ly speeded up( as the official in
charge become more-, accustomed to
its operation. ' "V - ' " ,
' jThe'announcemont was . made of
the sailing from France of the trans
ports Susquehanna, Santa Anni and
pev Kalb with sick. wounded.- and
casuals. The Santa Anna and th&
De Kalb' sailed on December 2 and
may be expected to arrive' in New
York about December 17
. Since the stay of the American
army of occupation abroad is inded
nfte General March said that it would
be necessary to ask Cos gr ess for new
enlistment legislation. - In the pres
ent Jaw( thtere is no provision made
for such a force as will be needed al
itor the expiration of enlistments four
months after peace is signed. - ,
. So far as transportation is concern
ed, the hiet of staff said, it will be
easy to bring , home all the national
guard and national army divisions
within the next four months. The
camn to which each large unit will bej
sent lor demobilization will be an
nounced Just-as soon as General
; Pershing cables that the units have
sailed for home. V '
- - It. C. Aldridge la confined to his
' home on SoijthMain 'stree with. In-
'ijiueuxa,
IIGISOII
Eactly, One-Third of the Illicti
Booze Making Plants Found in
United States Last Year Dis
covered in the Old North
State, Roper Says.
VIRGINIA SENATOR PUTS
FAYETTEVILLE IN MOUNTS
Martin Rips and Snorts ? About
Purchase of Land There for
Artillery Range Eastern
Carolina Getting Some
' Hopes'Realized. '
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(By I ARREIt K. ANDERSON.)
' Washihgton, D. C, Dec. 7. Not
'withstanding the efforts of the in
ternal v revenurf agonLs, Collecloi
Watts'and other lessur lightsmoon
hblnjng aud "uoukey rum" making
nover. before in the history of tkj
in North (Carolina is flourishing tn
intt: 'according to a statement is
med todiiy by Commissioner of In
Usrnal Revenue Roper. There, wer1
on tici during the i lasfyear 2,238 il
licit Noze making stl!ls in tin
t'nl'cd rtditi of which 746 or exact
ly Justine-third vijore in the good
old North State. J v . ;
"Ninety-flve per cent, of the illid.
distilleries discovered by the federa
-IeuthS' were 'found in Alabama
Florida, North and South Carolim l
and Virginia. Besides illiciK diSt: 1 1
rios as noted above 1,849 stiltf
were destroyed inXJeorgia ahd Norti'
Carolina. I
'During' the past year moonshin
ers have been unusually active, ac
cording tor Mr. Roper, the i Piedmont
section of North Carolina being un
usually active. Efforts to arouse
and strengthen public sentiment
against this rorm of law breaking,
Mr. Roper "contends, have met with
gratifying success. .
."One of, the most serious impedi
ments encountered . is the tolerant
attitude of certain district Judge?
against this class of offenders," de
claret the commissioner. "Their ap
parent unwillingness to impose ade
quate penalties, even in Jlagran
cases where the. evidence submitted
is indisputable, tends to nullify the
bureau efforts to enforce the law.
Fortunately the number .of Jurisdic
tions where such conditions exist If
decreasing as public .sentiment
grows stronger.' " ; '
Advocates Salary Raise.
One of the interesting recommeD
dations in the commissioner's report
Is tha itha salaries of collectors b
Increased to not - exceeding $6,000
a year. These Salaries are now Uni
ted by law to tr.BOO a.year.
, 0s course Mr. Ropejr is not ex
pected to know this but there are
one of - two colectors in - the south
who are not even worth $4,000 a
year. .What Is urgently needed h
morenoney for the-men who do the
work'not the collector, who may or
may not be a ."Jack leg" lawyer and
whodepends upon (the subordinates
to do the real work for which he
gets credit. This tfoes not refer to
Col. A. P. Watts, 'who Is conceded
h all tft he the ttblest collector in
" ; t-1 ...
tha south.. '
Senator Thomas Staples . Martin,
of Albemarle county, Yirglnla, who
recently read, an ultimatum to the1
administration on cutting down war
expenses discussed In the senate late
yestreday afternoon the 'purchase of
land for the artillery training camp
at Fayettevllle. . Senator Borah said
he anderstood $2,MO,000 was being
spent for this land although Senate
Martin's appropriations 'committee
had struck Out the item and the war
department; was evidently buying it
with some general fund of' the de
partment. With great indignation the Vir
ginia senator said he could hardly
credit such a report and that if there
was' any way to stop the appropri
ation he Intended to do so.
.'I cannot conceive." said Senator
Martin "of a jeason now for putting
12.000.000 into tne purchase of
mountainous lands In North Caro
Una on which to train artillery for
this government. I hope i the war
department has not done it. I most
seriously protest against It and it
thfirft is inv way to stop it, if It ha9
T,nt rnnft so far that it" cannot be
fctnnUd -1 will endeavor to stop H
now." '.' v , .
la Avtftnnt that th Vh'Cf nlft Sell-
l " "
ator.Is either
not well acqunited
An'.. -. . . . .
with the
landscape of North Caro-
' If tr tat fnnnil n tvn1in-
t v : 1 fntiHnniwl nn. nac il 1 ' ..' :
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IB
Over There
ir
"I wonder if she
HOUSE AND ROOM QUARANTINE
,: ORDERED IN CITY TO COMBAT
FLUttLID is left well off
Following a consultation with the
.hyslclan of the city lasU-evenlng
he municipal offMals decided to
esort to a' rigid house and rom
luarantlne toeupnress the spread of
Jpanlsli influeilw rather than to at
mpt to curtail the movement of
citizens to gain the desired ' end. A
luarantinue law was passed making
t a misdemeanor fofau outsijler to
?llc.xa uuuo ,., UWU( u.n a ,
ase oi me a.sease or tor a, raemuer
f the house hold to enter the room
a which the) patient Is confined un-
ss that person stays, strictly on the
remises. - In addition a proY,lama
lon will,be issued Monday by Mayor
Stanton calling upon the citizens to
forego needless gatherings and re
questing the full cooperation of the
eonlo in seeine to it that non es!
.entlul meetings are not held. There
a no Intention, to limit the necessary
novements or meetings of people.
Every case, of influenza found in
ho city is to be reported dally to the
;uart1ne' officer, in this case Chief
McGhee, of the police force, who may
e readied over telephone II4 Such
ire the details of the latest arrange
ment to bring about a halt to the
spread oKinfluenza in the city, the
partial closing order of things hav
ng proved a farce both here and
3lsewhere -j
One of the many' doctors present
stated that thonature of tho cuses he
was treating, a large number, was
Just as serious as that encountered
when the epidemic was at Its helghth.
Others, forming a great majority, one
of them being Mayor Stanton him
self, asserted that the latest cases ot
influenza they had treated had been
much mildcr. Throughout the meet
ing the feeling prevailed that little
if- any good could be gained by clos
ing schools and placeB of.. : business. '
At the outset ot the meeting ' it
appeared as .though the schools were
to constitute the point ot debate, ar
gument or decision. One physician
stated that he did not believe the at
tendance at present was over 25 per
cent of normal -because of influenza
in the home of the children or be
cause of fear on the part of their par
ents that they wou!L contract it. He
'thought it niiiniftstly unfair to the
miaiy children .thus kept out of schoo)
for the institutions of learning to
I Viuin in tiwrntln V nuf tlnrr thorn fnv.
.1 : '"
; ther
behind their clasps. ' The
schools, As a result of
; 1 .
it was!
' .nnfnrtlr.il urn nftf lrinirtnr' tha ltv
"Ta jfalr ret u In for the lnouev Invp.stril
is looking at the same old
about $3,500 per month. This, phy
teachers go home and to inform
them that school was off until the last
of January at least. M they secured
other jobs and did not return, ' ailj
right.: . .;
Mayor Stanton and various attor
neys present assorted that the teach
ers are employed by the year and
jthat even ir u?e Wl'3 a. disposition
Clofe f001,8' !ie tcherB wouM
i have to be wild frr thri full term
The objection ot the doctor tQ CQntin.
uing the schools was forthwith with
drawn when he learned that the
money could not be kept unspent. '
,It was generally agreed that .the
thought of closing the many,manu
facturlng plants could not be con
sidered, as to do this would cut down
the earnings of the workers and add
materially to the hardships Imposed
by Influenza. There was no disposi
tion to pick on thexhurches for clos
ing, since It was agreed that people
would get together whether or no. If
th8 schools close, floctors and council"
men asserted, the children' would get
together on. the streets or in their
homes; if factories were closed the
idle operatives would gathdr In
stores; if sipum-ware closed ithoy
would gather somewhere else in
fact a. "shot gun" quarantine was
recommended us tho best available
remedy and this would necessitate n
marked enlargement of tho police
force'and the acquisition of tuough
guns to outfit u number of detach
ments of the state rallltla. ,
City Manager Murphy asserted
that if it was so desirtid "a quarantine
ordinance, could be drawn and pass
ed by the eouncjl which would in
flict a penalty of $50 as allowed
Dy;tne state laws upon any per-l
son or Tpersons violating its provls-
Ions. ,Such an ordinance, if it fitted
in with existing ;- lawB ' elsowhere,
would make it incumbent upon phy
sician and patient, or a member 'otjvard, wbo asked to be heard
tne latter s nousenom, mat tne ais
ease be reported within 24 hours.
I i Here arose another difficulty, lu
J (act the evening might be Classed as I
jone wherein difficulties were resur-H,
rected.'t's the well man that scat j
ters the - flu" doctors and jaymcn '
alike staled. It seems hat a' person'1
who keops on going after his or her ;
temperature has soared above the
i 1 Art nirtflr la thd il Jcttmntn- nf ' Mm
Ihi-1 h
i .?.' ' ,
rthe npron who U frfrld-pii down
j Ilore the discussion" revolved back1
I to the points pointed out repeatedly)
I - . tdmi iniiil nn nniro 4 1 .
By Morris
?
moon tonight?
Secret Communication 'of Bern.
storff to German Foreign Of
ftce is Shown Senate Quiz 1
1 Committee. Today.- ?
Washington,-Dec. ,7. (By Asso
ciated press.) Shipwreck of v Ger
man propaganda in 4 meriea by. Ber
nard Deiiburg was ' attributed vby
Count von BeniRtorff in his explana
tion to the German foreign office to
the Impossibility, of koeping secret
the -fact that an American newspa?
per is subsidized and to the sinking
of the Liitania. ' ' ' ; .
The former ambassador's expla
nation was laid before the seuate
committee investigating brewers
and German propaganda today along
with other secret documents from
lite flies of the department of jus
tice by aV Bruco Bielaski, chief of
the bureau of investigation.
In a letter to the foreign office in
1915 Bernstorff said that the sub
sidy of papers always ended . with
him. being hehl responsible for all
r.rtlck in such papers. For that
reason he said ha had succeeded !u
getting free with f:ll relations with
the "Fair Tiny" of Marcus and
Braun and that he aluo would like
'.0 tie free from J n l atneriana
which, ho said,
WswmM
MSIjGEH
has shown itself of!""'"'"' recommendations for re
little value., , , 1
The' letter .spoke of an unfavor
able cxnorlence 'with tiic "Timcs-
Mair and 'said that only lliu future ! lrinB thi - war, ince- the govern
could bhow "whotlr'w-e ill hnvP,"t itHftlf lMen ,n ,"nes
better luck with Mr. - Huntington 'ot iifippressir.g compctltlop, he mado
Wrieht and Mr. T. E Low." "no suggestioifs for new anti-trust
Telegrams begarf V reath the
committee today from men whose.
j names appeared, on the . important
llst of names" among the German1
p'apers ' produced . yesterday.
NVrt
Tuesday has been set for hearicg'
iw Aifrp.1 nnshnoti hart nf tt.n-J
BRITISH ARMY ENTERS THE ,
- GERMAN CITY OF COliOGXK
. " j '
, 'AniHterdam,-.:' lw 7. (By '
Associated Trcsx.) UritlsTi v
'
.
?
troops enteitnl Colofjwe-' at -1 -o'clock
Friduy ' afternoon.
-h. I ' Jb ' ..,. , ' ,-r ',., V "'.;':'..''V
TuAh Won't li.havci '
Amtterdam. Dvc, 7. (By Asko-
ircssj-iursisn rorces mas-
. rixrol' 1 li And Armnlniiu urhon t lutv v.
" '
UVHUUUlfl). I.1IB ...WW lit III . J3un.ll, Vlli
and Ardahun, la t.i CoucuHias,
W d!n CtO Ji$BO U.i:Tj'JvPd. J i"r-
1 wnr-rta nf Tlfrlln
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MEMS'
Report of Attorney . Gencr&l
Grepory Discloses Work cf &e
department of Justice, Dur- '
u. v ' j. cf War and Out-'
. lines Accomplishments. ;
A. LURtl OF i i,l N AGENTS.
IN NATION 13 DESCRIBED
Gregory's Annual Repot t to tEe
.Congress of United States is" ?
Story of Triumph of Law ! :
Over the Individual De- :
..sires of People. .. ',';
Washington, 'Dec. 7VThe rtofy ?
of how enemy agents ' have ? bein
caughtr disloyalty suppressed, draft '
slackers apprehended, dangerous
Germans interned. explofions, and
other sabotage' "prevented; and eue-.
my secrets ferretted out for us
against their armies abroad, was g!i;V
en ,to the public today in' Attorney .
General T. W. Gregory's annual re
port, Through a great corps ot de
partment of Justice , civil Officers,",
secret agents, and citizen volunteers',
this "uig Job of policing, hfts been 'ac-.
compllshed. said' the attorney' .g'-":
eral, with a -minimum disturbance to '
the normal life of communitles,;and-; .
with constant effort to': avoids en-, :
croaching on freedom of speech, ac
tips and political" criticism. '.y . ' ' y.r
Referring to enforcement. of '; the ,
espionage act," Mr, Gregory safd;' .1
"This department throughout, the
war '.has proceeded updnhe general' . !
principle that the constitutional
right of free speech, free assembly, ?
and petition "exist in war time as in
peace'tjme, and- that the rigUt I ot
discussion of j governmental., policy J
ahd the right'of political J agtUtlon
are the most fundamental rights. in ,
a' democracy." :K('ty..
At the, same time; the - attorney
general explained,. he department
bd tried 0 deaif severely wjth prop- f
aganda having for a deliberate pur- -pose
the disintegration Of- th'e'coun' '
try's war strength. , - , .
"One o the distinct achievements .
of the American people, he said,
"has been the maintenance of bfV :
dcr, tbe comparative failnre of ene
my activities' and,"; speaking' brvadt-.
ly, the general self-control and self-;
,reralnt exhibited throughout' the v
country in critical situations;1' .
The attorney-general ; 41scloseA ).
thai, only 6,000 enemy aliens have
boon arrested on presidential wan
rants and examined with a- view. to ;
;lnterumnt and . that " considers- i ,;
blev number" of these .v have ' been'
placed in internment camps .admin
istered by the army.- The balance"
were parolled: Most, enemies .' in "
terned were? German ' men, snd v
there were comparatively tew Gar
man women or Austro-Hungarlaus. ;
About 480,000 Germans, have been
rt-P-ixtprpfl in the' nation-wide cenvis
260,000 men and ,320,o6o, wo-;'
men.
Up to last July 1. department oi
Justice investigators had rounded, UP '
23,439 young men who sought, to
escape the draft, and had caused
their inductions into the service..
More than 220,000 cases iof men who
for some reason or other had (ailed
to file, questionnaires or to appear
for physical examination were, ln-
vestigated. .' AJ , .
Looking forward to peace; condi-
lionsi theattorney-general makm a,
form of judicial t processes, ai-
! though he referred to the difficulty
iof pushing iintl-trust , prosecutions
legislation which , Congress is
ex-
Peciea 10 ssumsu
i .War activtles claimed the prlncl-,
P portions pf the report, snd t-
ter referring to the growth of", the
department's Becret servico to six1
times Itff size in H16, and the effi
cient organization . ot. we; American
volunteers, Mr. .Cyegory said;
"It is safe to say that never la
its history has this country been so '
thoroughly. polked as at the present '
tlm9. ; '. ' ' ,
I I "VhPii it , " becomes ' posslblo..
through the lape.of .time. to. (!Im-
' close fully the activities of 'the. , va
rious scret 8-rvlce, thlr woik
'stand out ouo ot the m.itiut ,
aV,,bv.11pu ftf ,hfl -ar
Htnls of an Amerl'-wn
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