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FROM ENGLISHMAN
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Retaining wwn against
Von Mackensen.
QUIET IS BROKEN ONLY
BY BRITISH ACTIVITIES.
t A D
Concentrated across Ljne
From Bastel Teutons Con
template an Offensive.
( p.r Asflciatcd Press.)
upaw lighting is stiii in progress
holding their own, tor tne
J.i.-.....n'c nrmips'. Rlspwhfiro
t iii, Uf'iii Oi military upeitinuus
jhore have ueen iew auiuuco uiim-
portance.
of the Franco-Bel-
brok.-n ivvnily only by the British
ac: iv
norih ol tne somme, wnicn
have ;vsu!;od m
advances for them
Indxaiion- aiv not lacking, however,
the present comparatively pa-
dure lor..; in this connection, the ex
treme southern sector of the line is
being closely watched.
The Frencn here occupy a consia-
arable sect on ot Aisace, tne ngnuns
line tcuchinc the Swiss border be
twpen Bel fori and Easel. Concentra
tion ot masses in utuiuaii uuu;.,.-
lv "been reported in Swiss newspapers j
and a beliei' is said to exist m bwib .
ivhTid i b a x the Germans contem-
piaie an offensive with the object oi
freeing Alsace of the invaders. to
The Swiss federal council early tms
i i : -
ViV-K, wr.ne expressing uuujiucuus
thai none oi the powers contempiat
ed a violation of Swiss neutrality, '
ordered the mobilization of aditional
troops as a measure of precaution.
Both Cormary and France assurer
Switzerland recently that they would
roit:nue to respect ,er neutrality.
Xo further -sews of the where
about s oi the German sea raiae;
ivhicii has been- sinking, entente, ship
ping in tht Soutl-ail8saw$een
received but the arrival at Cape Verde
lands of the British steamer. Yar
cwdale with eight of the ships dis
posed ot bv the raider said to num
ber some 40- persons, is reported in!
ciiieial advices received at Rio Jan-
eiio.
Heavy Bombarding.
Berlin, Jar.. 19 (Via Sayville). The
Rusrians made attacks yesterday on
German positions along the Northern
Rumanian front, north of the Such-
itza valley. According to today's of
feial announcement these attacks
failed wiih heavy losses.
The town of Ocna on the railroad
line which virtually parallels a con-dderabk-
section of the front along
die .Moldavian southwest frontier,
(Continued on Page Three.)
Does Your Favorite Hold
Position On
By Paying Your Subscription
Now You Can Boost Your
Favorite and 'Also Save
Money Largest Vote Yes
tovJ y r j. D nm I
terday Was Cast Bv lvliss i
Loren7f - -
v -v- & .
TODAY'S LEADERS. M
'' ifary Lorenzo . , .115,265
" J'lin- Ronfrow 115,015
; Krhel firimslpy .. '. . . .114,860
:;' "lanriu. Ruriej, 114,785
:; 5Jui' Skipper 114,533
;; JirpinU Cockrell 113,921 -H-
;: -vIrf!- J. E. Holton .. ..113,067
THE PRIZES.
$6
Overland Autmpbile.
Ford Automobile.
Carolina Beach Lot.
S100 in Gold.
$75 Victrola.
0. K. Mystic Range.
' Sellers Kitchen Cabinet.
$25 Wrist Watch.
Two $60 Diamond Rings.
vr
Only a fnv
of the candidates took
ine votins: vpstprdav. but
'ho:
fan
wno did vote cast enough to
neral shake-up in position,
you will find, by referring
1 V Loaders," that ther.e are
( v names on the Honor
"n! in,..
! Of.
Sf.Vpr.,
Holl.
Mrs.
has b;
for Hi
Hoi! ,.,
W. Griffin, of Evergreen,
!1!rap at the head of the list
first limp einro thr TTnnor
is i)"cn published, and her
in -'ids will no doubt be glad
"':i she has made the jump
'town-in the list" to "First
"Mil V
M-ih',' of Miss Mary Lorenzo, , of
nam. on win be Elad to see heT
Jliss rn tlle Honor Rollonce more.
" lj0,'enzo has not- been doing
HBILUUIl UUIII LIIU
WITH SEITOBS TO
GISUIUPiE
Questionable Political Status
ComingTnto Power Causes
President, to Act.
HE LAYS PARTICULAR A
STRESS ON R. R. RT.I.
Program Outlined In Opening
Address to Congress Is
GoneQver By President
For Two Hours Today.
(By Associated I ress.)
Washington, Jan. 19. in ap effort
to clear the legislatiye calendar of ad
miriistration measures before the next
House, with questionable political
status, coming into power, President
Wilson conferred at the capitol today
with the Senate steering committee.
For two hours he wentover the
program he outlined in 'his opening
address to Congress last December,
1' "ng particular siress upon the
-ailroad measures. Hp said thnt ho
program before March 4 if possible.
in addition to revenue legislation
the resident also urgeu action on a
corrupt practices bill, the Webb bill
permit domestic corporations to
maintain collective foreign selling
agencies, water power rind mineral
land leasing measures and the Porte
Rican, citizenship bill.
Although there ws no suggestion
of an extra session iii case the ' Pres
ident's program cannot be ..fcpmpleted
by Mrcli 4, Senator Kern declared
that the thought in the minds of all
tras thr.t it v. :uld be mucti less .dif
ficult to, enact the measures" to wiiich
ine acm iir.m. r&riy. uyjjoeri eom.-
mrtted &V this -s-
renJ. Congrsr..'
CIG ARETTE PRICE IS
RAISED, 1 TO 3 CENTS.
(By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. ... 19. Increased
prices for cigarettes were announced
here today by the United States
Cigar Stores Company and the Tobac
co Products Corporation. Advances
by the United States, to become ef
fective next Monday, range from 1 to
3 cents a box of a dozen cigarettes.
The higher cost of labor, tobacco and
wrapping material is given as the rea
son. The increases by the Tobacco
Products Corporation, effective at
once, scale from 25 cents to $1 for
each thousand cigarettes.
Honor Roll?
much voting for the last few days,
and in order to- let her friends as
well as her opponents know that she
was still in the race to win, she cast
enough votes to put her in second
place, with only a few less than the
iOQriOT. 0 4ffal vntp hv miss
Lorenzo was 43,400 votes, the largest
vote cast by any one candidate yes
terday. Fair Bluff is represented today by
Miss Pauline Renfrow, while Miss
Ethel Grrimsley represents Freeman.
Others appearing on the Honor Roll
today are: Miss Blanche Surles, of
Proctorville,- Miss Gussie Skipper, of
Town Creek; Miss Virginia Cockrell,
of Winter Park; and Mrs. J. E. Hol
ton, of Wilmington.
Is your favorite contestant in tlje
honor position this evening in the list
of contestants? Is she keeping pace
with her competitors . in the friendly
race for the best of the number of
magnificent prizes? If not, why not?
Possibly one yearly
HURRY LE
r"BSiw "V; . yesLuruay, ie&aium6 thine- ahniit linlntm or trikpej nnrlor-
given this week would turn the tide tion for and devotion to his wife andiV1"1 aoout unions or strmes ana or
f i,0r fa vftf Tt ma hp that inst. a'- i dered them to smash the strike. Smash
XAA - x w " i
little support and encouragement
from you would make her the winner
of the Overland Automobile, or one
of the other ; valuable, prizes. Have
you stopped to think.about it? If not,
do so now. Send in your subscrip
tion with full instructions tb give
the votes to your favorite and this
will be handled in the same way as
though she turned it in herself. Then
by giving your subscription now- you j
will save money, as the paper win De
increased to titteen cents a weeK al
ter February 12th. By paying a year
ly subscription in advance you will
not ctaly boost your favorite candi;
date hundreds of votes, but will save
$2.60.
Very little work has been done by
some of the candidates the last few
.days, and the end is rapidly drawing
near: Make up your mma tnat you
axe going to be among the fortunate
winners, and work the next eight
days to attain that end. Surely, you
cannot afford to ;lose by a few votes
better to win by a million than lose
by a hundred. : . -
' (Continued on Page-Seven.)
mm
UNNEUTRAL MARK
Minister Vopicka is Free To
day of Bad Conduct
Allegation. "
(By Associated Press.) ,
.-.Washington, Jan. 19. Germany has
withdrawn her charges of unneutral
conduct against Minister Vopicka," ac
credited to Rumania, Serbia and Bul
garia, it was announced today at the"
State Department. An explanation of
the full facts" ip the charged of un
neutral conduct was made to Ger-
numy, wmch proved satis f ?. etor y.v t
v It 19 probable that Minister Yo-
picka, now in Berlin, will be granted
leave of absence, which he requested
many months ago and to which he- is i
entitled, in order to avoid any embar
assment in the sending him on to his
post at he Rumanian capital at
Jasey, just after gaining considerable
military information in his trip
through the Central Empires.
The
removal" of Minister ' Vopicka which has !?,n considered by a great
tnr.ht.rost Pvnkinprf hvimaiiy .peopie in tne United States as
from, Buchare
Germany to have had nothing to do
with the previous charges of unneu-!i;o.UiU ""r.,. V. 2? I
tral conduct, but to have been occa- j criticised by Philip Schaeffer, of ,hi
cinnori Viv th inskton f tv.o minJcago, President of the Machinists
tary authorities that all neutral diplo
mats be withdrawn. This is in ae
cord with International law, as the
diplomat is accredited to the govern
ment and not to the locality. All
other neutrals have left except the
Persian minister, who ;s to go short
ly. Who will care for American inter
ests in the occupied part of Rumania
and for the allied legations and in
terests entrusted to Minister Vopicka
by the allied diplomatists has not
been decided. There is no American
consulate nearby and it is probable
that a special agent with consular
rank will be dispatched shortly by
the department.
SPiELL SIDE OE
CASE ADMITTED
Testimony Which State At
tempted to Exclude Yester
day Is Allowed.
(By Associated Press;)
San Angelo, Texas, Jan. 19. Judge
-l TJ T..T31c nKnoiili'niv in no trial
tt UiJT a n 'vT o-Ih with tho
of Harry J. Spanell, charged with the.
killing of his wife, and Lieutenant-,
Colonel M. C. Butler, at Alpine, last
r , " j . . ' . . T ' ....
cnhsprintintii,.....-.. a; aoic
LI111U. I
This testimony was elicited byhe " "" Ui V"c 'Y1"
defense during cross-examination of1- "e was a lieutenant I had
Mrs. J W. Dlwnum, who, with her k?own him m school. I saw him turn
Sand, running the hotel now, aih s back on m when three of the sol
AipW formerly owned by SpanelL ! eized me and began to club me.
Judge DuBoise overruled objections iTh taught me where the power lay
by the Stfte. but on the request of, in,fQhe Swis!tsystm;
State counsel that they be permitted! f folfks thi e Ss
to 'look up authorities, withdrew hisT"7sem treats everybody alike. Well,
ruling until today. - " ijf oe?n t- Th Pf.PIe ? the
Practically all the forenoon was j Jest of every situation get the best of
spent in argument over the question ! thai- " you havp influence enough
anti it was not until a short time be-! you can easily be exempted. You go
fore the noon recess that'J. W. Dow-:to the commandant and tell him you
num, the last witness, yesterday was are going to 'leave the country.' Then
again called to the stand. The State '7pu disappear for a little while. Or
announced that it would except to 7ou et a medical certificate. But
the court's ruling. F yu are apoor man,, you don't get
. .- . :off. You serve. ,
in A 1TIMCDC TM 1Q1 A "The best paid positions in Switzer-
J iVlliNrLr0 11M I7IO lanfi tofjav. ta the men who have
KILLED IN WEST VA.
(By Associated Press.)
! Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 19. EarIployers , don.';want in responsible po
I Henry, , chief, of the Department of sitions employes who. have to trot off
I Mines. today announced that 374 mi-', to muster every so often. 1 want to
n'ers had been killed in the nainei of
:ne state aunng ixo
.916. v . ' -
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UNION HEAD HITS
"SWISS" SYSTEM
Naturalized American Citizen,
5 Trained Under "System"
y Criticises Severely.
DECLARES SWISS ARMY
IS NOT DEMOCRATIC,
w-t -tt
Makes
Pro-
4 xo
found Impression on Com
mittee Says Plan is a
Very Loose One.
By Gerge H. Manning.)
Washington, D. C, 'Jan. 19. The
Swiss system" of military training,
model for this country to pattern its
Union, in his testimony before the Sen
ate Military Affairs Committee today.
Schaefer, now a naturalized Amer
ican citizen, was born in Switzerland,
and trained under the Swiss system.
He appeared before the committee un
der the auspices of the American
Union Against; Militarism, and charged
the Swiss syfetem is. no real defense
to Switzerland, and that in its opera
tion it is undemocratic and subject to
military abuse.
"I am an American citizen now, but
when I was in Switzerland I took the
training," Schaefer told the committee.
"I was just a private, but I was a
good one. I have a silver plate given
me for marksmanship and star for
judging distance. When I say the
Swiss system is detested by the work
ing men, and especially the trade
unions in Switzerland, I know what I
am talking about.
"No military system is democratic.
The Swiss is no exception to that rule.
It is said that anyone can rise to be
an officer. So he can if he has the
price. But he can't otherwise. He
can't join the .cavalry unless he has
means enough to buy and take care of
a horse. The cavalry is composed, of
men of the middle class . entirely.
"I am a machinist by" trade. Before
I came to, this country I worked in the
Arbenz Automobile works near Zu
rich. The machinists organized and
struck for higher wages. Mr. Arbenz
B ntn, , thp aJLa iTlffiT1t -
v " companies
sfnt. , fu ' c?mPam.es
of the Eighty-fourth regiment an in-
euumry uoys wuu uiuai Know any-
: a. ii Ji j t i a xi i.ii
! permanent , eterpptions, . either through
! influence Or disability, from the inter-
IruptioAspf !r ". military training. Em
- put iri the record, Mrrehairman; these
advertisements from a single issue of
n it i t iTflnw -rnflmmin
III I lal I I II I I I lit II II I II U j
-a 1 nAPITAI
EXPORT FROM NI
PORT ON INCREASE
i Domestic and Foreign Jumps
Over a Billion In 1916 Over
Previous Year. .
' (By Associated Press.)
New York, Jan. 19. Exports, do
mestic and foreign, from the port for
1915; were $2,794,295,892; and for
1915, $1,789,398,375, according tb a
foreign commerce statement issued
at the custom house today.
Total merchandise imports for the
year., are given -as $1,253,232,936, as
compared --with- -$995;6S9,644 for 1915,
Total -merchandise' imports for De
cember, 1916, amounted to. $102,935, -
533, as compared with $94,197,777 for
the same period in 1915. Total ex
ports, domestic arW foreign, for De-
i rember are e-iven a? $228 17541 p! Maunews rroviue Ior W exeuip
'S!S5!I' fSi f iQ?oTa8il283K"itton of $300 worth" of farm supplies
1915.
FIREO ON FIFTY
TIMES, ESCAPES
British Steamer Puts to Port
With Dozen Holes in Side
Caused by "Sub" Shots.
- (By Associated Press.)
Portland, Me., Jan. 19. Officers of
the British steamer Palm Branch ! Senator Jones had been quoted in the
which arrived here yesterday from j Raleigh morning paper as having de
Cardiff via New York reported today j ciared that he (Representative Love)
that a submarine fired fifty shots at;h trior! to An inrHrprtiv what Vip had
the vessel while in the English chan
nel early in November.
Ten or twelve shots took effect they
said, one passing entirely through the coniuct had been in entire accord with
ship above the water line. The steam-: what he had said all along that he
er escaped by .suddenly changing her,wouia" do v
course. boy was struck and slightly! The f0iiowing bills passed final read
injured, tings
The Palm Branch returned to Car-! tax for Rowan; ominbus justice
diff for repairs and the officers said of the peace bill. regulate licenses of
iuy learueu mat me suuuianue wwr.MtihulTnfira nrfft raisp thP standard:
was captured or sunk.
FINAL DECISION ON
CUBAN ELECTION MADE.
(By Associated Press.)
Havana, Jan. . 19. The Supreme
Court last night in the last of a series
of appeals . from the decisions of the
Central Election Board in" the Novem
ber presidential contest placed Cam
aqguey province in the Liberal list.
The Liberals now have Havana and
Camaquguey provinces and the Con-
sprvativps havp Pinar Fp1 Rio and
MantanMo while t"0.olp-Hrno mil at hAColutlo'ns as follows:
held in Santa Clara, and Oriente prov-j
jnces
The final 'result hinges on Santa'
Clara province as neither side can win I
withoutit even adding Oriente to
those they now control. The re-elections
are to be held in six precincts
of Santa Clara and while returns gave
the Liberals a majority in the province,
the Conservative's are confident of
overcoming, their lead.
The situation apparently is just
where it was on November 2, the day
after election:
this Swiss newspaper calling for 'sober
and responsible men,' and so forth who
are, as the phrase goes, 'military free.'
You can get a better job today in'Zu -
rich if you have a broken arch In your
foot than you can if you are sound and
have to take training. I don't call that
a .jrery democratic system.'
r Schaefer's testimony made a pro
found impression on the rcommittee.
PENALTY
E
IN THE SENATE
All Bills to Ab9lish Such Pun
ishment Except In Assault
Cases.
YET MORE SCHOOL
BOARD LEGISLATION. ?
!
: Am
Five Bills Presented Today
a i iii i
rvujuunisin i lunor or i.ee.
Big Tribute to Admiral
Dewey.
. (Special to The Dispatch.)
Raleign, N. C, Jan. 19. Senator
Allen's bill abolishing capital punish -
ment, except in criminal assault
cases, where more than one witness!
testifies against the defendant, .was
the chief legislative measure offered
today.
Five bills providing for the elec
. o
tion of county superintendents
1 1 1 1 j t n
school boards were introduced, four
coming from Republican counties.
The Republicans are unwilling to
compromise on the Statewide bill of
fered by Page, nor do they agree on
the election of county boards alone.
They insist upon the entire change in
their own counties.
Both Houses worked short hours to
day and adjourned in honor 'of Gen
eral Lee.
The House passed resolutions eulo
gizing Admiral Dewey . and asking
the North Carolina delegation in Con
gress to attend his funeral Saturday
as representing: the State.
House Thursday..
The House was opened at 11 o'clock
with prayer by Rev. S. M. Smith.-bt1
Norfolk,'a. A large number ofvbilla
came from committee-wthjanavor-
able reports that sent them to the
table:" New billa were Introduced as
'follows
Matthews, of Bertie Validate cer
tain papers in Bertie county.
m w j. n 1-k J j i.L .
A. A Will LCVA.CArl'AI-'.&J..
Ward Repeal a 1913 act relative
to peddlers' license in Sampson.
Kiser Provide for the election of
the county bpard of . education in
Stokes county by vote ofhe people. .
Dalton Repeal act authorizing High
Point to use negotiable bonds for wa
ter and other improvements; amend
the RevisaJ relative to the age of con
sent; amend act of 1895 as to age of
moral responsibility.
Beasley and Price Increase the
number of. members of the Union coun
ty board of education and provide for
their election by thepeople.
Beasley Amend the constitution so
as to exempt from taxation notes and
mortgages incurred in purchase of
homes.
Representative Love arose to a "per
sonal privilege" on the ground that
promised his people at home that he
would not do. He declared that he
,ha(1 ma(1fi no promise and that his
reguiate punucauou ui -"
ments in Henderson county; incorpor-
ate Pleasant Hill Baptist church, Ma -
Con county; substitute for bill author -
izing the payment of witnesses by
check. Representative- Clark's bill as
A Jl i A.. X li.. vMnU
to usury promms tu v
mav so to the person whose loss is
protected by the mortgage, .was taken
up and the preamble strioken out as
superfluous, and the amended bill
passed.
The House adjourned to 10 o'clock
Friday morning.
Senate Thursday.
The Senate was convened with pray
er, by Rev. M. A. Barber, of Christ
episcopal cnuriiu
New bills anq res
Tucker Amend Revisal 2081, 1905,
as to marriage ceremonies.
Jones Amend Chapter 92, Public
Laws of 1915 relative to the pay of
railroad employes
Cranmer Provide that the Govern
(Continued on Page Two.)
MANY GOTHAM THEFTS
CAUSED BY PROSPERITY.
New York, Jan. 19. The large
number of daring robberies that have
occurred in this city recently is said
by Police Commissioner Woods to be
i the natural result of war time pros
Ipejity "which has brought so much
. money and so many pleasure seek-
. ers to New York
Confidence was expressed, however,;
that the great majority of criminals
recently driven from the city are
afraid to: come back and , those oper
ating here now soon will be rpunded
- up.
Rt
(Two Hundred and Thirty-
beven or bt. Iheodores
Men Land at Pernambuco
DECLARE TEN SHIPS
TAKEN IN ONE DAY,
Lloyds Announces Sinking of
Two More Ships Today,
British and Norwegian Ves
sels Raider Has Disap
peared. TWO MORE SUNK.
i .
t. (By Associated Press.)
London, Jan. 19. Lloyds re-
Prts the sinking o
i" steamship, Dagmar,
of the Danish
and the be-
: tf lief that th- Norwegian steam-
j ship, Bergenhaus, has also been
j sent to the bottom.' 4?
" v 1
The Bergenhaus, 3,306 tons
4 gross, was last reported at Gibral-
4 tar on December 21, on her way
Baltimore
4
Washington, Jan. 19. Nine Ameri
cans were among the crjew of the Brit
i xbu suxy, . iaeuuuie,' ittAcu ujf mo
and-fGerman raider, and landed with other
I '
ish ship, St. Theodore,-taken by the
survivors at Pernambuco on the Jap
anese ship, Hudson Maru. Consul
Stewart today reported they were safe
and so far as reported no other Am
ericans were on the ships.
The State Department today made
public the cables from; Consul dated,
January 18, and received this morn
ing: "Hudson Maru brought '237 of, St.
Theodore crew. List shows, Ameri
cans: Ben Stevens, Royal Gregory,
Frank Magee, David Johnson Johnson,
E. Judy, all colored, and Freid 'Smith,
Harry Picot, Guy Vandore,' Minieh
Shows, Charlie Jones. No Americans
bh other vessels named. All nine are
here' safe.
"Survivors state that . Yarrowdale,
Georgic, Mount v. Temple. Voltaire,
Snowdonr - RengClClns:-. George, one
English schooner and one 1 Norwegian
were captured to December 12, when
prize crew and 440 were placed on
Yarrowdale and not heard from since."
Another dispatch from Mr. Stewart,
dated January 16, and received here
January 17, says:
Crews of St. Theodore, . Dramatist,
Radnorshire, Minieh, Netnerby Hall,
Mantes and Asnieres arrived today.
Several Americans. Reported no lives
lost."
Raider Disappears.
Rio Janeiro, Jan. 19. Except for
the acounts brought to Pernambuco by
survivors of vessels, which had been
sunk, no authentic information has
been received here regarding the uni
dentified German raider which has
been .roving the South Atlantic for
more than a month. - Since she parted
company with the Hudson Maru a
week ago the raider has dropped out
of sight and so far as can be ascertain
ed is still at large. Great anxiety is
felt for the safety of various vessels
in waters which are regarded as in
the danger zone and various reports of
additional sinkings are current,, but
there is no indication that these stor
ies have any substantial basis.
Search for Raider.
New York, Jail. 19. Notwithstand
ing the known activity of British war
ships, eleven of which are hurrying
from many directions into South At
lantic waters in search of the German
commerce destroyer which sank the
Voltaire, Georgic and other Entente .
vessels, increased apprehension was
felt in marine circles today owing to
undenied credence which, the shipping
night reports that the black raider, be-.
e Moewe, Is not
i"?" p-unassi st ed '
!opf"n trrpnortR this fugitive
I t1SmJii ArSt
and has furnished guns to at least two
her. captive ships, the Sti Theodore
i , ,K ' ,j-v v. i
and the Yarrowdale, British, , which in
turn became preying rovers." T& yar
rowdale, British, is reported to have
arrived at, the Cape Verde Islands with
the crews of eight of the ships which
were sunk. Her early departure on a
raiding mission would cause no sur
prise among shippers.
Reports as yet unconfirmed place the
present whereabouts of the Moewe a
considerable distance north of the If e-land-to-Brazil
sea lanes, where, havoc
was accomplished. . ... ,
Meanwhile the Entente war vessels,
aside from hunting down an active raid
ing squadron, are keeping., close watch'
on several merchant vessels suspected
of supplyingthe Moewe and her al
lies withstood and of assisting them
in other ways.
2ND CAVALRY TROOPS
TO ESCORT PRESIDENT.
(By Associated Pre.)
Washington, Janv 19. President
Wilson has decidedto MBe he Sec
ond Cavalry troops at Fort My", Va.,
as his personal escort at the inaugu-1
ral ceremonies. - The Announcement
today ends a competition r Nation,
wide between volunteer military or
ganizations and ' National Guard .
troops, ' which had been striving for
the honor. ' ,
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