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Picturetque Warrior Who Seized
Frame Gives Up Military
Control of City.
COUNCIL TO HAVE CHARGE
Commander f- Italian -Troops
Will Arrange Terms cf
Peace. .
FIUME, Dec. 29. (Uy the Asso
ciated Press.) Qabrlelo D'Annunzlo
today surrendered all his powers to
the Fiume Communal council.
General Cavlglia, I commander of
the regular Italian forces, will ar
range the conditions of peace with
a delegation of the council today.
Seizure of the port of Fiume in
September, 1919, by Gabriele d'An
nunzlo'. Italian poet warrior, at the
head of 8,000 volunteer grenadiers
and atditt, was the dramatic climax
to a controversy reaching back to
the treaty cf London, concluded In
the spring of 1915 between Italy
and the alliied powers, under which
Italy entered the war against the
Central powers,,
The treaty unsigned tho part !of
Tyrol south of the Brenner Pass, as
well as Trieste. Gorizla. Istria and a
Ruction of the Dalmatian l.tteral to I
Italv. but gave Flume, the seaport !
of Hungary, to Croatio. When the
war euded; Italian nationalists, in
cluding d'Annunzla, demanded that
Fiume, with its preponderant Italian
population, should be givien to Italy.
an act that would have required the
revision of the treaty of London. The
Italians, however, invoked the prin
ciple of "self-determination" enun
ciated by President Wilson and
pointed to the fact that the popula
tion of Fiume, upon the dissolution
of the Aitstro-Hungarian empire,
had proclaimed through their Na
tional Council, the union of Flume
with Italy,
Croatia,; now a, part, of Jugosla
via, opposed the claim on -the ground
that . Sussakyta ftapqrtant Mm of 1
D1NU
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i wtfs ovrwhetrhlMg)yMJugpSl8, ! In
" Ht 14mHte MrK$?(i. country, and
' m's!djtfnftli. landt8 nieededf,Flume as
' nrefr,ibnlyi ''outlet tp,..tb sea. v.This
"'''ptjsRldn Vtri the (Sppprt of Pre;
-I'l'deiit Wl8,od' w;io w,asubaejuent
eho'uireea'oy a Annusio,att4. nis
' i sym'pafhttei's as "tfte .onlypbstacie
to th' 'realization of f taly'ei aspira-
ttdhsrPresident Vlts6ufg view,, how-
' Pter, was shared by, the British and,!.
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Back by Italian
-Italian delegation to the Parisl peaces
ir'fr'
conference, headed by Premier Or-
lando and Foreign Minister Sonnino
refused to yield Italy's claims. In
April, 1919, the crisis came to a head
when President Wilson threatened
to withdraw from the conference.
He issued a public statement sus
taining the past of London insofar
as It related to Fiume. Kecelpts of
the document in Italy precip!tiat,ec
numerous anti-Wilson outbreaks in
which d'Annunzlo took u leading
part. Meanwhile, Orlando and Son
nlnp quit the Paris conference and
returned to Rome where they were
received with wild acclaim by -the
people, The Italian chamber of dep
uties adopted a vote of conlidwic) in
the Orlando ministry. Later., how
ever, the two statesmen returned to
Paris at the invitation of their col
league? and participated in Ui nego
tiations and the signing of j,he Aun
trlan peace treaty.
Failure to reach a satisfactory so
lution of the Fiume embrogllo, how
ever, waB one of the principal
causes of the downfall of the Orlan
do ministryon June 19, 1919, and
It was succeeded by tho moderate
Nitti cabinet, whoso slection exas
perated the Italian Nationalists and
was the forerunner of tho d'Annun
zlo, coup d'etat the following Sep
tember. V Fiume, at the tlmo of the entry of
the d'Annunzlo forces, was under the
military control of General Plttaluga
of The ,. Italian army. The v general
had led a strong detachment to the
. outskirts of the-city to intercept the
invaders who had armored automo
biles and were armed with machine
guns. D'Annunzlo met him with the
salutation: "I understand you would
fire upon your brethren! (Bearing
his breast.) Fire upon me!" At this.
It was reported, Plttaluga embraced
d'Annunzlo and the soldiers on both
sides set up me cry: "viva r mine:
Vtvn A'AnniinclnM Tha rt'Annnniln
Viva d'Annunzlo!' ; The d'Annunzlo
troops then entered the city. '
The 15 months that have elapsed
since the poet-warrior . Bet ,, himself
up as "a dictator" have been filled
with tragic as well as opera bouffe
events. Clashes between the Ital
ians and Jugo-Slava were frequent.
D'Annunzlo proclaimed the annexa
tion of Fiume to Italy even while
that country, was appealing to , the
allied powers to. wrest the city from
him. Plots, strikes and fires were
numerous and the United States
or ullsers . Olympia and Pittsburgh
were sent to the Adriatic to protect
American Interests.-: The Jugo-Slnr
cut off d'Annuniio's food supply and
Italian warships blockaded Flume
from the seA. 1 ,
. On December 1 d'Annunzlo de-
-i.ired a state of war with Italy and
t' -, f. r.-h wer-Pke activity, in
Members Honor
f Uncle Joe",
Native Tar Heel
" WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Tha
House of representatives hud' ar
ranged to pause today for an hour
or more In its consideration of ap
propriations, taxation and other,
government matters, to pay trib
ute to Its "Grand Old Man,'' Un
cle Joe Cannon, congressman fro a
Illinois.
The establishment by Represen
tative Cannon of a new record' for
length of service in congress was
the :ocCas'on for the celebration,
North. Carolina members were
expected to participate In the oc
casion, as "Uncle Joe" was born
In North Carolina.
ER FALLS
100GII1ESTLE
C. B. Williams Injured in Greens
boro and Taken to High
Point Hospitial.
The condition of C. D. Williams,
who was injured Monday night when
he fell through a tresde in Qreena
boro, hi much improved, according
to a leport today from the High
Point hospital, where the injurec,
.n"i wrk taken last night.
For sometime past Mr. Williams
had been operating an engine on tht
Greensboro yards of tho Southern
railway. The accident occurred on
West liragg street. Mr. Williams i.
said to have detected
something
He stopped
wrong with his engine.
it stid stepped down, falling througt
a trestle to the ground, a distanc
of about 16 feet below.
Mr. Williams was placed on trair.
No. 35 yesterday afternoon and
brought
to the hospital here. Hi
mother lives near the city. Mr. Wl
llams is well known In High Point,
having resided here for quite a while
News of the accident will be leaineJ
with regret by his friends. His In
juries consist mainly of bruises to
his arm, shoulder and right side. I
was stated at the hospital that Mr.
AVfll'ams' was also suffering from
shock. He will recover, (hospital at-
tendaht':said,;y'-A-- . ,
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Initial plans for the Elks big min
strel to be presented at the Orpheum
theater during January, the exact
dates to be determined a little later.
were made at 'a meeting of the tal-
ent with the producer at the Elks
home on. West Broad Btreet last ve-
nlng. But the intltial practice will
be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock at
which time every man who has vol
unteered to take part or who will as
elst in any way toward making the
performance a success is urged to be
present.
The talent committee has com
piled, a list of possible actors, and in
the list appear many who have al
ready promised that they will take
part. Every man whose name ap
pears on this , list regardless of
whether he. has been personally ap
proached, la not only urged but ord
ered to be present for the Initial re
lingfafi1 tnntffhtf 'I
James Stewart, Frank Brown
Thomas J. Gold, Mr. Oebhart. Virgil
Garrett, Clarence Schulthelss, Dan
Smith, Gurney Brlggs, R. L. Garrett.
Bill Charles, W. C. Ferrec. B. W.
Kirkman, Ben Moore, Percy White,
Dave White, Bob Morrow, C. C
Prlncei B. R. Thurmsn, Bill Raper
John Raper, Srnle Welch, W. G.
Shlpman. W. O. Kirkman, C. B. Mat
tocks, W. W. Burgess, A. L. Freeze,
R. M. Tratt, E. C. Shields, Irby
Brown. O. Arthur Kirkman, J. C.
Welch. C. B. Bundy, Walter Chand
ler, Joe Weaver, C. M. Brown, W. K.
Nance, R. H. Sechrest, C. A. Bar
bee. Sib Burton, Ernest Wall, W. B.
Thomas, P. A. Thomas, VlTian Par
ker. Alvin Parker, Stuart GoVdutcn,
Harry Raymond, Oscar Wilson, Jack
Edwards. E. c. cridiebaugh, Tom
Powell, Gary Davis, Bill Davis, an
other Davis of the- same bunch, Tom
Gilliam. Al Caldwell, John S. WeW
born, P. . Penn, Frank Hnnsuckcr,
Baxter Younts, Newton Alleni John
Peacock, Charles Kephart, Jack Tay
lor; W. I' Hargett, Will English r.nd
Arthur Lydn.
In addition to the above Uet, ev
ery member of the Elks bnr.d nd
ii-fhistra, IS expected .j b. rreeu
so that rehearsals may !. started
with a whoop. The attention of the
director tonight williM centered or
the grand opening, mean'n that the
. ,1-,.. 1 n n.t ...
vocalists will come, in for first at
tention with the dancing chorus to
receive' second consideration. There
fore, alt singers and hoofors are uVg
ed to attend.
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ST. PAUL Doci 21. If Tommy
Gibbons can get an engagement with
Dempsoy, fans of St, Paul would back
the Phantom's brother to star Ion-
er than" Brennan did.' They argue
tht Tommy Is clrir enough, to ward
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COMPENSATION ACT
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10 UNION LABOR
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Committee Will Carry Grievance
to Governor-elect Cameron
Morrison for Support.
WANT PROPER PROTECTION
Highway,. Associations in Joint
Session to Consider State
Highway Bill.
(BY MAX A IlEUX KTH V. )
ItALEIGH, Dec. 29. Organized
labor in North Carolina, somewhat
dissatisfied with the proposed work
men . -ompensation act as the legis
lative committee will submit to the
1921 session is expected to carry
their griqvance direct to Q 'voruor
eloct Cameron MorrisSion with the
view of enlisting his support d( a
law the state fed'jrjU'.on of labor
favors.
Although thi commission upK'nt
ed by the special session of tlw 1920
legislature to consider the feasibility
of a workmen's compensation act for
North. Carolina l,i:s not at thU time
completed Its work it 13 Known that
;he progress made ?aes not meet
with the approval of the labor k-ad-rs.
This wue . vidcnt whun the fi'st
meeting wao h jld in Raleifch several
weeks pgo as no representative t
the state federation was m attend
ance. Explanation of the absence
,f a labor man at the meeting is nc
iccountcd for by Major W. F. Moody,
president of the North Carolina lab
orites, who points out that only one
)f the five men named as members
f the commission will sit in the
1921 session.
Then Major Moody- does not be
lieve that the Virginia law which is
being used as a basis for the tenia
live draft of the North Carolina act
s suitable to this ctate's needs nor
us it acceptable to organized laoor
H North1 Carolina.
"Organized labor is very much in
terested in a workmen's compensa
tion act," said Major Moody today;
"hut we , want an act that compear
vier "pHtefcrtori Id, tWlahorJogT map,
"rf. North' ifiaVdHna. In nlanninit to
urM nnn (inn mat wjii nm'ine nrw
(hkf' theft" Jiriase to ' Gpvernor-eletf
.VIdrrlsori' tre lapor i lfi4er hope to
rtture frotr him support of ir.eir
anas as to me provisions or an ecu
that will be Pidically different f'.otn
he one now, i ir:; wroposed l)y tho
l'fels'ative ciivmiksion. i.
Tht the new governor w;il' gjve1
Ji(uif,c(j lavui .n. licai ilift'ia gcnwiw
ty admitted because he has rodogniz-
ia the support given una by fhe'tyb-
irers In the primary as having much
o do with his nomination and for
he further fact that he is desirous
jf giving them a square deal,
Governor Bickett does not believe
hat a return to the old convention
al plan of naming candidates la wise
but he does believe that changes
ihould be made in the law which
would "greatly strengthen It."
"The present primary as it is ad-
ninistered in North Carolina," tho
jovernor says, "is democracy gone
to seed." But since the namination is
quivatent to election I am of the
opinion that the people should have
he, opportunity to ballot upon their
andidates for governor.'' Aside from
he selection of the governor and
congressman and United States sen-
itors he thinks that the "short bal-
ot" should be used. The "short
ballot" would give to the governor
the right to appoint the heads of all
3tate offlctrs as well as members of
tho supreme court bench.
While Governor Bickett is opposed
o the repeal of the present act ho
does favor radical changes in the
tnw an AllflfnaJ htlt Via nrltl i.wwa
' " wh v w v ... v -I, k. w u u mil iii I, I M C
'hat this be done In his brief mes-
laen to the. 1921 Rntinlnn. Tho naur
governor will be left free to make
whatever recommendations ho sees
It and there will not be any conflict
if opinions over this matter.
The legislative committees of the
North Carolina good roads "associa
tion and the citizens highway asso
ciation are holding a joint session
here this week tor the consideration
it the state highway bill to be pre-
lented to the general assembly next
nonth.' s
Final draft of the bill will not be
completed , for Beveral days yet as
the representatives of the two asso
ciations Intend to feel their way so
ts not to jeopardize the passage of
the measure when It is finally sub
mitted to the legislators. It is evi
dent that there Is some difference of
opinion as to the details of the bill
but the members are working har-
montousljr and with the determina
tion of giving and taking as a means
it adopting a program that would be
tor the beit Interest of the state.
Heriot Ciarkson, of Charlotte, is
chairman of the-committees.
Capital City barbers are said to be
contemplating a walkout during tho
week unless additional pay is given
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them over the present scale.
Garment WoikergllValk Out.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 29. About 1.-
900 garmtnt workers employed In 20
tt- 80 of the smaller clothing com
lonles here, went on a strike today
in brders 'from the local business
tgent oi the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers union, who said the chietH
lolnt of Issue on the part of r the
Hanufactnrers was to reduce' wages
o the 1919, level,, amounting to a
ear "Specs"
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PresidrJt-elect Harding sets the pace, if you would be correct hang
our "spcJj-5'' "n.;th middle button of your coat. Seo .above. (Incidental
ly, the picture A'llows ex-President Taft with Harding on the front porch
tt Marion,
If 'Mortroi) Man , Fails to Get I
Judgeship He Will Be Candi
date ior Governor Again.
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t Joan J. Parker ,of Monroe, does
opt eia federal judgeship he wlli
fnter 4h race for governor hi1
According to information received in
High , Point today. Tha anrioilncc
meat is-said to have beeti made by
several leading republicans in Ncu t!
Carolina.
A, few republicans who were de-
ileatef in the last election wilt seok
ippQintments as federal judges In
his state, it is learned here. At tne
present there are no vacancies in
North Carolina and It may be many
months before a federal judge re
signs. However, those looking to
wards the federal bench are of the
opinion that much can happen dui-
ng the next four years.
-ijohn J. Parker, who was republ;-
jah gubernatorial candidate during
the last election, lives In the west
ern district. Those acquainted with
the circumstances declare that Par
ker would have a better chance for
setting on the bench jf he resided li;
the eastern district. It is believed
that the next appointments will be
made In eastern North Carolina.
In the federal district of the
east there are two republicans and
their friends say they are fine tim
ber for the federal bench. They are
Herbert Sewell. of Carthage, who
was repubjlcan candidate for attor
ney general, and T. T. Hicks, of Hen
derson, who ran for the state su
premo court on tho G. O. P. ticket.
In the event that Judge. H. G. Con
ner, of Wilson, sees fit to retire al
the age of 70, it will give Hicks and
Sewell a chanco for tho judgeship,
'.heir friends say.
Would Extend
Epworth League
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 29. Epworth
League leaders from states through
out the Jurisdiction of tho Methodist
Episcopal church, south, met here to
day ahd considered plane for extend
ing the seppe of the organization.
Rev. Ralph E. Horner, of Nash
ville, Tenn., assistant general secre
tary, in an address advocated the ap
pointment of field secretaries to car
ry on the work of the league, who
should be placed In -each state, he
said.
Jail Is No
Place for Man
With Money
STEUBENVILLE, . Oh'.o, Doc.
29. Theft of $28 and a gold
watch frdm Lawrence. Shields, a
piisoner In the county jail, by
three negro fellow , prisoners ; re
leased from their cells by a ','tru3
ty" whs reported today by prho.t
tfflclals. j ' Barhey O'Brien, the
"trusty wno is alleged to,hvo re
leased the rohbers from their; fella,,
liad his name stricken from the
list and was 'arrested on a charge
of taking $22. from other prison
ers on s pretext that he was a
county officer.
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World War Vets Fight for Law ,
and Order in Every City
and Town.
i xo"i a rA'p6i)s; ',in?MCi .
Thousands of lAem'beps of the Atrieri-
can lidgibn are assisting, Jhei police
in eomliwtuifc the crime wave wnicn
has enquired the .larger .cities air
sccoraing 10 rt-
Doits receive'd iu
Legion, nation
headquarter' here: "' f
..in New Yoik. where tlie orey of:
murder is at its worst,, Lon state
headfliiarters nronlntiy offered
uut'C.000 veterans on the stj'eetp to
ajd the police. ' A, "number or Legion
mem tiers have aided lri eliminating
hold-ups in the shopping district by
serving as guards in large retail
stores and wholesale houses.
Five hundred Legionnaires In St.
Louis are assisting the police in
patrolling the city and rounding up
suspicious characters. ' St. Paul Le
gion members have proposed the for
mation of a network of Legion pat
rols, each to be communicable with
others.
The Legion's activity does not im
ply an imputation tVwit the police are
deficient. Legion leaders have point
ed out Legion members realize that
an abnormal situation exists and, in
conformity with the American Le
gion constitution, are preparing to
fight for law and order in every city
and town where the criminal element
has defied the authorities.
Boy Bandit Dies
Brother Gave Up
KANKAKEE, 111., Dec. 29. One
of the two youhtful bandits who held
up tho New Orleans-Chicago fiver
on the Illinois Central railroad near
hero last night, was killed in a bat
tle with police and railroad dotec
tives at Arona Park, four miles eaat
if here, early today. and the other
s:ii rendered. The youths, Joe and
Jocob Scott, ago 24, were said to be
sons of an automobile mechanic at
Grenville, 111., near here.
Cotton Makes
Low Records
NE WYORK. Dec. 29. There was
renewal of yesterday'B selling
movement at the cotton market op
ening today and first prices wtve
ausy at a decline of 20 to 83 poti.ts,
with all months except January mak
ing" new low records. Weak Liver
pool cables and unfavorable British
rnprltots wero the factors on 'he
breaks, which extended to 13.16 for
March and 13.30 for May. Thjre
wa a good deal of covering at this
decline, causing rillloa of 15 to 25
points. ,
Cotton futures opened easy:
January 13.85; March 13.25; July
13.45; October 13.73.
Schooner Afire
Crew Re
' NORFOLK,' Va, Dee. 29. A
radio .message, received. - hete ; this
morning announced Chat the Norweg
ian schooner Korsnaes Is on fire eight
miles off Charleston. South Caro
lina. Twelve members of the crew
wcro taken off durlntr the' night by
v prising stoiimer. Th" const piiard
II IEXCITING SCENES ;
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' Texas Representative Charges
earsay Evidence Introduced
to Committee.
THE KU KLUX MENTIONED
Affidavits Presented from Ne
groes, Alleging Deprived
of Vote.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. Charges
by representatives of the associa
tion for the advancement of colored
people, that negroes are unlawfully
prohibited from voting in southern
' states, lad to some exciting scene to
'day at the hearing before the house
! committee on the congressional re
i apportionment bill.
Seven members of the committee
; took issue with the witnesses and
I one of them, Representative See, of
Texati, said his state was 'tired of
! being insulted on the strength of
hearsay evidence." A spectator made
repeated attempts to get into the dis
cussion and Chairman Selgel finally
told him to be quiet or leave the
room.
Walter V. White, assistant secre
tary of the association, presented to
the committee whst he said were &l
lldavits from 941 negroes in Jack
: onville. Fla., who alleged they were
deprived from the right to vote at
the general election in November. He
also said affidavits from 4,000 lie
groce who stood In 1 nes all day elec
tion day without "a chance to vote,
although qualified, were being pre
pared
On Saturday night preceding the
election. Mr. wntte charged, one
thousand members of the Ku Klux
Klan paraded the streets of Jack
groeB away tj.om tae ,oll- on ,lcl
sonville in an effort to frighten ne-
tion day. He also alleged that a
negro killed In sn election riot" In
Orange county, Fla., was a qualified
voter. The affidavits .were turned
tu mm tnmnment
Plans for: Improvement or Coin
ty Home to Be Discussed
Monday in Greensboro.
J'lanB for improvements about to
be made at the Guilford county hjme
will be submitted Monday whn th.
investigating committee of the board
of county commissioners hold a joint
meeting in Greensboro, it was learn
ed here today.
The committee, which is endeavor
ing to bring about an immediite
change in the present deplorable and
inadequate conditions at the county
home yesterday visited the institu
tion, but deferred action until next
week when the commissioners will
be asked to co-operate.
The visit of the committee yester
day, it was stated, was for the pur
pose of perfecting plans for install
ing a water system and modern sew
erage facilities. It was found that
installation of the system w 11 be
costly and members of the commit
tee said they did not feel it incum
bent, upon themselves to take prop
er action at the moment.
Several improvements looking to
wards the comfort of Inmates of the
almshouse have already been made
since the committees appointed by
Greensboro and High Po'nt churches
started an investigation. It is the
intention of the committee to make
many improvements from time to
time until the institut'on Is what
the people of the county would like
to see it be.
Japs See Danger
In Russ Grant
TOKIO, Dec. 29. Concessions in
Kanchata, granted to Washington D.
Vanderilp by the Russian govern
ment, might prove a serious disad
vantage to the Japanese government,
Viscount Ichada, Japanese foreign
minister told a deputation of the op
position party which visited him to
day.
Viscount Ichada pointed out that
the United States had not recogniz
ed the compact because America bad
not recognized the soviet govern
ment of Russia. The deputation also
questioned the ministers of war and
navy regarding the grant and both
replied that If the report were trne
the situation held a menace to Ja
pan, from the viewpoint of defunsa,
but they declined to expres sany
further opinion until a confirmation
of the reports is received. ,
, ' Open Up Howl. '
NEW HAVEN, Dec. 2Plsns
are on foot to make the Yale-Harvard
annual football game sn oprn
sffalr next year. Trntend of !1o!';r
Ftu'nls to !' v t'irrn t'r' -'i t!-" ';!
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New York City's War Memorial
to Have National Influence
and Meaning.
BUILDING COST $20,000,000
North Carolina Invited tot Erect
Memorial in Corridcr of
States.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Victory
Hall, New York City's "war memorial. 1 A
is now attracting country-wide atten
tion by reason of the fact ttfat its -plans
have been enlarged so that; It J
will have true national influence ana . ;
significance . , " ',1 ;,
In this connection the provision
tor a corridor of. states Stands out
most prominently. ThW "corridor" "
will encircle the great amphitheater
which will have a seating capacity
of ten thousand. In , it tpach ststi .
and territory will hare opportunity
to memorialize itaown War '-service ;
as it may deem most fitting. As the .
full cooperation of all the states and
territories Is essential to tne success e
of this feature of the proposed meir
orial, General Geo. W. Witigate, -
president of the Victory Hall associa- , ,
tion. has sent letters to all the state.
and territorial governors explaining
the project and asking for their per
sonal endorsement of It, , .' ' t ,
General Wingate's letter to Gov-
ernor Bickett reads as follows: t t
"Honorable Thomas W Beckett, (.
'Governor of the State of North
Carolina, , . .v 1 .,
"The Capitol, Raleigh, N.C.,
"Your Excellency: , : i-;,
"As president of the . Victory ? ','
Ball association it is aow niy duty y t
and my very-great pleasure. to coB-;.
vey to you upon the authority of oar
board of directors, a request tor s
your .actiye cooperation la the follow- ,t ,
ing matter. V
"' "Victory Hall,, as you , doubtless,
know, will stand In Pershing Square.
directly opposite the Grand Central
atfiHnn. At the very heart of New a
LYork 'OtyUanAwatfthe toC9f x'"
'stufehdfavs actVIe.w , JL. wu o .
reared 'by- th'Oebpie of lew .Tw fr,
pbpalaf subscription as.a msraoriar
to the War dead of our city and to
the wai Service of the .whoVe flatten, ,
and will be dedicated to the. service
of the American; 'people aa.a.v.whn'.
ti (. (nfbrlrfpd in he the . worlds
greatest War nimorial, In beauty o
design, structural masiiwuy u
breadth of patriotic activities, i . '
'The purpose! and plan. (Of our as- '
Soclation'to malte pf this great.mem
orial an enduring national, Inspira
tion for good cltlienship and true
Americanism. cr-ystalies the thought
which has come to us from promin
ent men and women in every part of
the country, and from the leading
men of the nations who were asso
ciated with us in the great war.
"With a view to fittingly empha
size the national scope of patriotic
service that Victory hall will render
all posterity, our plan includes as
one of its cardinal feautresa cor
ridor of the Btates. Here, fo eaclt
state, the District of Columbia and
to each of our territorial possessions,
will be assigned an alcove or recess ,
n which each may . memorialise Us
In whatever form it
deems most fittingly and whenever
it may see fit to do so, it not being
expected that any state shall Incur
any expense in this beyond whatever
sum of money it may decide to ex-i
pend In its own alcove. It is irt
connection with this corridor of tho
states, and with t he thought of nation-wide
patriotic service behind it,
that your endorsement of the project
ts requested.
"The position taken by the asso
ciation and endorsed very gonerally
bv leaders of American thought, is
that there can be no location so ap-"
propriate as New York City tor such
a memorial. We feel all will agree
that New York City is the metrop
olis of our country, the national
center of our commerce and finance
and the main portal through wnicn
enters, approximately, nlnety-fivo
per cent, of the vast immigration
seeking American cltlsenshlp, Fur
thermore, it was the port of depart
ure and return of the greater part
of the two million an dmore members
of the American Expeditionary Force -
enrolled from all the states of the ,
nation.
"You may recall that bo many
were the states represented In the
troops passing through the city dvr-
Ing the war and after the ormM Ice
that urgent need was felt for a "Halt
of States." which was acjordlnaiy
established and occupied an entire ,
bulld'ns in this city and wa main
tained In part by appropriation toy-,
various state legislatures and with '
tie assistance of state and college
societies. . , '.'''"''"' ' : f "
"The enclosed leaflet shows In. de
tail, Interesting features of - this
memorial. Ineludlng the f'corrldor ot
he States." hall of the Allies and
shrine of America, which must needs
appeal to the nation at targe, tt also
sonatina a list of some of the en
dorsements, revealing the wide Inter
est and approval which this tneinort
tin a arnMund UmAnff UrOllltflt'nt l!! I
and women throughout tf Vv
States, Our leading nwr t
givn-their edltoti.it '
and the leven grr t v
ganlMtions hm i' '
the Idi-a. but f!"
mali Victory I i '
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