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VOL. XXIII, NO. 354.
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNb AY MORNING, DECEMBER ,30,
.;PRICE:FJVE , CENTS,
UNITED STATES IS
EXPECTED TO
STJ
N RAILROAD GAfult
iMOSTOE'GDUWTRAGERMiflllSIiSPFO
SElfiESTWTill BEINfi I TBilTOfi S Wii
f .- V .. i l I '. K-S(i'
Belief Prevails that Roads Will; The Temperatures Last Night
Never Return to Private I Rahgeli From About Zero
Ownership ; ; to 40 Below
McABOO'S FINANCING
PLAN IS LAID OUr
Director General McAcloo Or
ders Immediate Pooling of
All Equipment
PROMPT ACTION TO
RELIEVE CONGESTION
Atlantic Coast Line and Sea
board Will Be Operated as
Double Track Line Assist
ants Named
(T.y United Press)
Wahincton, Dec. 29. The immadi
ate riinn ot al1 railroad equipment
ra? tonisht ordered by Director-General
cf R u i roads McAdoo.
in iL.'.r.al notification to a".i
i l i : , . . ,7 K .i oil i
ten: '.-hall be operated as one na
tional s-y.--.teni of transportation."
At t!;e rae time he announced his
firs: appointment to his temporary ad-mHii-strativc
stafi. Walter D. Hires.
New York, was appointed .assistant
pro-tempore to the Director-General.
ALYed H- Smith, of New York, w;
anpointed assistant pro-tempore to
the Director-General in charge of
transportation in the trunk lino east
o Chicago, and north of the Ohio and
the Potomac rivers. Immediate steps
to pool dock-,-, car floats, lighters "and
other facilities for distributing traf
fic in New York harbor, including
nrketing facilities now controlled by
individual rai. :ds." also was order
ed The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion was requested to make an iuves
tisation "cf conditions existing on al!
tnmk line railroads in Eastern terri
tories." '
Presidents of the Pennsylvania,
Erie. Baltimore and Ohio, Lackavap
ni. Xc-w Jersey Central and Lehigh
Vclley rail-oids likewise were in
structed to make an immediate study
of terminal facilities on the New Jer
stv va:er front at the port of Tew
York.
A repor recommending necessary
readjustri-ents of passenger and
freight schedules to relieve conges
tion at the e terminals was ordered
"as quickly as possible."
MoAdoo's order directed establish
ment of through routes where neces
sary. Railroads were directed to ig
nore shippers' desires as to routes
1
T GQRITROLLEDiPFAGE PROPOSAL
NOT YET RECEIO
Provide for a Government
Corporation Similar to Ship
ping Board Politics is the
Only Danger Ahead
TRAIN AND TROLLEY r
SERVICE HAMPERED
Traffic Tied Up in Many Sec
tions Fuel Shortage Acute
and Much Suffering is
, Expected
Inducted! f or Tampering With
V ital Apparatus of Ameri
can Torpedoes
GOVSSrtASK
FOR DEATH PENALTY
An Effort to Regaih UiHoIillS
f lroops
(By United Prebs.i
Washington, Pec. 29. The rjnited!
IN NEW ENCUIND
I
Heney Brings to Light Start
ling Methods Used on Independents
Russian Proposition Will Not
Be Favorably Received By
the Allies
(By United Press.)
Washington, Dec. 29. Russia
will
(By United Press)
Boston. Dec. 29. It took just two
dav of sham auesti6nine: and -ro find n imPssible to place officially
days ot snarp questioning ana tom bofore thQ Un?ted stateg any oeace
examination by Francis J. Hene', 'proposals.
counsel in the Federal Trade Com-' The State Department said tonight
mission's hearing on the packing in-!1 could not accePt such formally, and
. . . , . . . A ... , jthat while Ambassador Francis might
dustry situation here, to establish forward therilt for the Department's
the fact that Swift and Company con- information" they could not be Oc
troi almost every slaughtering and cepted as coming from a recognized j pent that they
tr ni,nt -M-m- T?o-ior,i government. ' mands of the brotherhoods for
o ana aiso me niae marKet. for Russia, or for Germany if she
Armed with broad puvvu to in-'seeks to put her terms before tho, Ec
vestigate all conditions of the meat ' tente, would be the neutrals caring
- (By United Preas.i
New York, Dec. 29 With tempera-
States goverumen. .s m the railroad !th A(nrnnrt!lf,Vo os ko a r....!
J.th-es.TabV Teader, adm nS J - ( "S?
i part of the country was tonight in
ticn officiais. . - - j the gripof the most severe -weather
The scc.or.tl day o: Qirec tor-Gen oral J of .the: year. In New York and other
McAdoo'3 administration of the roads ; cities in the East the coal shortage,
hay convinced these executives, hei3'sacute; There was suffering among
Pl.,ns to create an organization, the; J
imauuiitj. uuiisiiuuLiuii ui wuicn v'ii'kept warm
prevent the roads ever returnmg to1 At Atlanta, Ga., a drop from 20
private ownership. . I above zero to 10 or five above "by
This conviction dominated railroad', Monday was the forecast today. Tho
wiiu vviifji vQkJiujiui via vivo v wti. y i rrn l - ei f 11 3 tirATt
German-American Employed
in Torpedo Manufacturing
Plant First Arrest as Trai
tor Since War Started
is critical.' A ssiirsrftv
ucActii , 6iBuLiu made by the Chamber of Commerce partment
wresting, war freight from congested i shows that there ig nQt than 1,- pany, in
n'lT : ',000 tons of coal in the city not' So
(By United Press)
New York, Dec. 29. Chargedv w'-th 4
having tampered with vital apparatus
the bearings of torpedoes intended
tor American warships Paul Hennig,
a naturalized German, is in jail here
tonight J.he first victim in the coun
try to be held on a formalindictitien
of treason since the United States en
tered the war.
To Lieutenant O'Shea, Annapolis
graduate, goes the credit for having
discovered . the plot that might have
resulted in destruction of American
warships by their own torpedoes. Heu-
ng was foreman of the gyroscope ue-
of the Bliss Torpedo Corn
Brooklyn. -
TEUTONS; CAPTURED
WEAR JERUSALEM W
German Troops Sent -From J
Russian Front to Strqngttifezi
' the Wealring Morale of
. " the-Turk; T:
(By United Press) " .
Washington, Dec. 29..ermdl5Vi
visions, fresh from the. Russian 'and T" .
Rumanian fronts are in -'lunteyp:;;;'-'-v. '
erating with the Sultan's .forces -i
an effort to wrest the: Holy ? Land
from the British and restore the -'fast i V
failing Moslem morale, accordinel to ' v:'::
official reports received in Washing, V" . ;
Under the direct command of :Gen..' v t, j
eral Falkenhayn, of the German .eri-i$;tfe j
eral Staff, four TwrWish- ' MriairmaM&--l
nr. a a v - - ' ,. i.LS;''1ii-v-:-,;Tv-'?'
ingenious was the traitor's Avork
L--! nrftiiio-h tn loot mrar Mnnilotr - lllp Is allfiffH trt hsva fnrriisrl nn tlint
eventual government ownership is; Th -.otlH- GfQ rtf tr, ,r niJv under mirrnnnir. oYnTIli,tln
o. ; bupyiy us suuri in. many sections.' i'vi'- "vij-"i.i.u5 ucaim6s ucn
Train and trolley service waside-!cate machinery which guides the tor-
t ..j.-. ,,t... ' '.moralized. All trains were hon
, ; er i nn interview with th-' Up" late- 111 Northern New York trains J nce, obtained against him. He mu--ater
m an interview with th . una-, difficulty keenine ud steam ow. tilated, other pieces of the machinery,
od Press, one of the highest railroad naa aimcuity Keeping up steam, ow ; Unes - were scratched on deli-
?,tfl 4 ua ,5,i!ing to the intense cold. rine unes, were scratcnea on aeii-
industry, the Commission Here;."- 7rZrZZ' o ia.. Lr"' . In Detroit with the temnerature ' cate workings .that would cause a tor-
brought out startling facts regarding1 many is trying to have Russia present vate operation again. This authority i near zero, fuel officials were consid-spare some German shin HoW
combination methods, all tending to the Brest-Litovsk proposals to the Al : expressed the railroad execucivea'.; ermS closing the schools and church-' e Hennic has been carrvMn'oTi hi!
pq rvxxrin or m o onnrro ra nr nra i I - . . o
force the smail retail dealer and in.Jani the United States in the hope
, . . . tlmt they will '''catch on.
dependent rendering and slaughter-. However, there exists here no spir
ing companies either to sell ou; or it of acceptance. The United States
lease to the controlling element. jP-ld tne iUH'es have set their terms as
It was shown that stores and plants ! elimination of the German autocrat
throughoiit New England camouGag-jC power to inflict militarism on an
ed under various names are airectiy unoffending world. And, big though
the task may be, all the nations are
"Masr6tcaTTy on -until that "goal iia3
been achieved."
While a formal presentation of Ger
here in the near future, Heney an-n-iany's terms to the Entente would
nounced and there was promise of .undoubtedly have to have "comsidera
under the control of the Swift in
terests,
' The session of the investigation
which closed today will be resumed
startling revelation in his carefully
worded statement: "We have only
scratched the surface."
Heney spoke with calm conviction
and throughout the hearing ne caus
tion", officials here said tonight -igahi
that this would not mean "favorable
consideration."
The State Department declared pos
itively today that thus far it has not
i? i i
views as iohows: t - aIZ X work is not known; but he has been
That McAdoo-s financing plan-; Jhe temperature dropped to one under surveinance 'for -the t tvro
through a government corporation to; below zero m New York early to-jweeks yesterday the indictment
puy ana sen ponas win constitute a j "'&ui aiif a uay oi near zeru weaiu- chargjng treason was returned against
structure which can never be untangl-; er. A - minimum of. five below was him and oday it became public when
ed so as to permit resumption of pri ! forecast. I Hennig was arraigned
vate railroad operation. j Reports gathered by the United The penalty is death, $10,000 fine, or
i nat
wanted
dot Proven-
operates the systems with politicians; far South -as Texas. - Hennig was naturalized in 1916, two
an eventuality the executives ex-; Temperatures as reported from years after the outbreak of the Euro
Pect. ! various cities follow: ipean waT. Authorities believe he
That in payingHhe employes higher, Tupper Lake, N. Y.f-40 below. .'took this step as part of his plan to
wages the government will face a de-j utica, N. Y., 22 below. ! avoid internment and' work as an
ficit at the end of the fiscal year. j st. Paul. 28 below. lament of Germany in event of Ainer-
ffnvprnmpnr ownPT-snm 1.. , Truss miiciw 1 iiht rnp. nciin ijikks i n n j .. i i
1 i , . r : ' j if. , j'?ai a iwyi isuumvjii.. . ucun
by the stockholders and wiilje romtbAfla
OTSamrouS unless Mc AHoa rTJeWerTUOloratroana stretches' a3 sdemand the extreme nenaltv" V fl ne
man . division hate'-Afceeii :tbrbwn VV-. ;
against General Allenby's' expedition-
ary forces along th line s from Jatf'U": .
through Jerusalem, -to the JordaiH i
That the general ; break N down
Turkish morale was- causing; the -TeU' '
ton war lords . considerable concern rjA
has been known . for some time r by : 1 ' 5 :. j
Entente military officials Iti.was l-?;;
not believed probable that Geniiany v, )
yuuiu uuusiuer . snaing leuion SOI- ," : . ; . :
dJers in large numbers into ; Mesopo ' ' - i
tamia or Palestine, however.' '.'
General Allenhy's report today how-.-- r j
ever, brought confirmation of the! r i "v - ,
suspicions. ;
Developments in , the "past.-- tewVlA j
days , along the Jerusalem jront ' has . '
shown the insincerity of Vienna 'dis-'yK I
patches stating that the .Central :V6vr:WiM: -l
ers would make no attempt . to , re-f-: . . i
take Jerusalem. "-' 'ij$J(i$l;. )
"On Dec. 26, 27 and I General? 4
Aiieby's report reads, '.'The enemy :: V i
cu a. uuiuucr ui ueterminea ai-; -
ighbdrhood ": of Bir: Nebala tlttxdl'f'C i
Turkish - di vision is 15,000 men, inK-
That the railroad chiefs feel some-j
what humiliated by McAddb's plan for
sweeping control. I
The United Press informant who'
(Continued on Page Six).
(Continued on Page Six).
ed astonishment bv his knowledge of had terms either Russian or German.
facts of which even the witnesses except the cabled Swedish press ver- nade no effort to conceal his chagrin;
at the purposes of the government, j
said: ;
"The roads will never be unscram-j
bled again after the war. Not a sin-,
gJe- person with any comprehension'
of the true situation expects that the
government will turn back the lines to j
their former management. Govern-
most of them meat dealers and ren-.sins of the Russian
dering. company officials were ignor-! ne effect of the Brest-Litovsk con
ant. Most of these facts will not!ference already manifest is the m
cheer the big packing interests. jternal dissension in Germany. The
Witnesses told of mysterious jPan-Germanists are clamoring against
threats, subtle intimations thati""- "u u,""uus- "u iuuwumit,
freight delays would result from fciT ot5er gFUp3 '
, t session has caused a deeper consider
ation of a general peace than any
thing to date.
their refusal to listen to "reason j
and of pools to control the trade and
squeeze out the "little fellows."
It was shown that time after time
against
the combination, only to be over
whelmed or bought, out in the end.
Dealers, in an effort to escape the
influence of the controlling company,
often changed to other markets,
which 'in nearly every case turned
out to be a change only, in so far
s location was concerned.
1 I J WfMll1
u ' .,, a ' independent plants fought
between carriers which might inter
fere with expeditious movements of
freight were ordered abrogated.
The on; or follows:
"All officers, agents and employes
fci ?-,rh transportation systems may
con; i rue in th performance of their
teeu '.-!! f'i'.fies. reporting to the same
o(lico!r- ; . heretofore and on the 3arce
tTirr o1' employment.
"Any oPcer. agent or employe de
siring to retire from his employment
shall evo the usual and reasonable
notice to the proper officer to the end
teat there may be no. interruption or
'Dipairrnerir of the transportation
sorvicn I'pfniired for the successful
conducr o: the war and the needs of
fne3.1 commerce.
"All t ranj-i-crtation systems shall be
operated .- a national system of
tan? rrii i a tion and the common rnd
ior.r.i nf eri..-, being in all instances
iteld p:!'uiv.ount to any actual or sup
Posed r-'.:-()orate advantage. - !
All terminals, ports, locomotives.
Air Fighting Reported.
(By United Press)
London, Dec. 29. Intense air fight
ins was reported by Field Marshal
Haig tonight. A hundred bombs were
dropped yesterday on an airdrome
near Lille. In general air fighting 13
hostile , machines were driven down
and two others forc-d to alight out. of
control.
ATLftNTA
lib
FA
A BAD SITUATION
Coal Yards Will Stay Open
Today to FtirnisK Fuel to
Needy
OVER A TiUSID
SOLDIERS DEAD
RUSSIAN DELEGATE
DEN OUNCES PEACE
, OFFER OF TEUTON
ment ownership is not a disaster. Ui " ,
will only be a disaster if politicians! T
are put in the stead of practical raii-! Declares that Brest-Litovsk n - . j-irt.. innpiriiMi
Turstoce. want Conference .Revealed Bol- DJ I T RH Uuf MAN
ment ownership. They think only of; SheVlKl 1 reachery llflLLlUlI BMUIlinil
dividends. Under the present arrange-
ment their securities are practically ARMEl) UPRISING i
guateed. What s the difference toj AQAmST BOLSHEVIKI
rpt- r f 4-Y s to i 1 rnn A Vt aqo Viovq tr I von . 1 t '
SHOT B NEGRO
careful thought to compensation for j Social Revolutionists Threaten
their lines was indicated by this offi-i -rl. i t a : A : After FUiner SliaVttlv 'Wnurirl
lO' ioKc up rtfias -vyaiiiL ;--
Trotsky.Lenine Govern- ed, Mrs. Bullard Drove InT
ment An Appeal is Issued! truder From Home
cial discussing the probable baais ror i
taking over the lines by the govern-!
ment. The $10,000,000,000 worth ofj
bonds issued by American railways is f-
the least the railroads would accept,
and, he pointed out, not all of the
equal amount of stocks could rightly
b. called ''water."
There is good reason for believing
. (By United Press)
Stockholm, Dec. 20. Denouncing th
(By United Press)
Atlanta. Ga.. Dec. 29. With
the
Deaths in United? States Army
Since September 14 Num
ber 1,391
tier;;
ftTP vif-
herc-toTo-f
to
ins
(By United Press.)
. Washington, Dec. 29. one thou
sand, three hundred and ninety-one
ro to i,e fully utilized to car- to 10 above oy ' njnuj American troops in this country died
s t;rpose, without regard to fiyeJy Monday the coldest weatnei
0f the year Atlanta wa3 faced tonigbt, between September 21 and December
ign ition of routes by ship- with a serious coal shortage. 14, out of an average total strength
: disregarded when speed J a survev of the situation made to- during that period .of 916,722.
r-.-v of transportation serv- 'day shoe.d there was barely enough This was at the rate of 6 per chou
i 'i -: be promoted. 'coal in the yards to last over Mon- sand soldiers per year as against a
c-reements between en r- day. - ' rate -of 17.45 during 118&8 in the
nrr be permitted to inter i A committee" has oeen appointed to Spanish-American war, 6.56 in 1899;
rr.pcditious movements confer, with railroad officials to devise ( 4.83 in 1900; 4.68 in 1901 and 2.80
routes which have not means of' bringing coal into Atlant- t in 1916. -'ieen
Pithlisherl because pnd unloadine it tomorrow. While the rate for the thre?
ruling or other causes are At a meeting of the Chamber omonths period ran higher than the
-blished and used whenever Commerce tonight Secretary Walter, neace time figures cited, tne increase
'xpefhij.. efRCjency of traffic will Cooper declared there ' are as . many j is attributed . to. . the fact of a , larger
f,-v-; -ri :;t r d in such through-rout- need of 'coaL men together from remote sections
no; ;f-o thereof shall be by the, All coal yards will remain open to- mnducive to measles, and when
irnfr or yh;T.r,ofc hntiT ohii hi mnrrnw tn hss.'ndtfi emereencv orders. , , j Z rrT l if o c? rlQQ 'hofan fill:
TJ '" !ho Director by wire. Such Orders will: be limited to tWOrca-e jn many camps, im:amonIa is
i ( --'"Hn : rutjuuic ui laics tnu uaiicio iix cov, vaovi tnTl DrOUgilt Oil,
(Special to the Dispatch)
Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 29. Mrs. N. P.
Brest Litovsk "peace conferences" as I Bullard, wife of the Seaboard freight
Bolsheviki treachery by which the agent, was shot and slightly woundeii
that the brotherhoods placed the-.t Germans, ostensibly accepting the tonight in her We3t Raleigh, home oyi
They were repulsed with heavy ;
losses. Later we launched a determv
fned counter-attack on the Turkish
right flanks two divisions, our troops
advancing to a depth of two and half ;
miles over a nine mile front. San
guinary losses were inmcted upon ' t
the enemy." : :.
Capture of a large number of Cer.
man prisoners was also reported in , "
Allenhy's dispatch. These were iden;U
tified as belonging to the 701st Ger j;;:
man regiment and are , believed to
have recently arrived from the Rtfs- ;
sian front. '-AAi
Today's dispatches rrom Romellif:I
dicflta- that the Tontnno om
1 " -" '.x.ut.wup lUlltlUU -
ing their tropp movement toward S:
i Macedonia. British successes in Tur. " v
key , are , reported to be having a de-' ;
cidedly unpleasant , effect on Bulgari-1
t- Tl tnprolo V '. i '.'i'-'i
I The temnorarv nnxnfliMnn. nt- tkritie.M-i.&i
activity m Palestine and Mesopotam- K' j
ia because of heavy , rains has giyen '
General Falkenhayn ample opportun-" -
lty to re-organize the scattered Tiirk. n iV -
ish columns, and to rehlbilitate" the
depleted Turkish ranks with Teuton
troops. . . r i'r
To what extent the new Turk'di-j
A'isions will'-be -able to check r Allen
hy's advance is problematical,., fcut v
milftary critics here are ; confident
that a tct back will only be bt 4 it t
temporary nature." ; ; : - ;
'!
Russian terms, would apply their own, an unknown negro who forced an en-
ownership views before President Wil
son at last Thursday's conference
TTrVi o,n fhov ran oisofl thir wa?PS n n-
peals., The President was inforniedj the. Russian negotiators, returnea nere umCU.
of the railroads . rejection of the de- from the conferences today. He She returned the fire after being
mands and is understood to have prom- brougllt word also of a concerted wounded and thinks she marked hei
Mcon Hard Hit. ":.'-'.;: '.C
(By United Press) - - i';K" i --:
Macon, Ga., Dec. 29.-i-Macon people '-;
ff,-a at aiai-.ciri nno nt I trance and fired uDon her when he 2re experiencing the coldest weather
. ... -.. ... u a o fthe year. The thermometer was 20 V - .
isod the brotherhood leaders a settle
ment of their wage problems soon-.
According to the railroad execu
tives, McAdoo's financing "plan is to
form a government corporation, mod
eled along the lines of the shipping,
board, to deal in railroad securities.
above at 11 o'clock. The city is prac- .-'
tic.ally withoutxwood and coal. Nearlr;
ali the churches in the city have call'"-.
ed off the night services " tomorrow ' X
Officers hope to trail him through tx"feUl"eci:use n )ae?ia reamer ,ana-:r;.
.. ..- - . ia!so to save fuol. There, is a great - :. '
the snow, though blizrardy weather LOQi nf cnfrar,r -t-.
uc ,nuuiu icws, i.Ujlui u.nv,s , Dlows irestt tracks over and maKeB.thc citv
The Russicn delegate dispatched tei-'the Path dlfficult
mowmptit aeainst the Bolsheviki now. visitor worse than he did her.
forming by his own party, the Social!
Revolutionaries, Stitslavski d eclared I
rrofinr, it nnin'tftd mit l ograms to supporters in Russia, Urg.
uuv-" " J ' r j;t l 1, , .
would be furnished with government j " ouuc ute m iu
capital. It would buy railroad bonds the- lling o f a So-
,r,Qt o.o ,ir- cialist conference at Stockholm to dis-
Te National Guard shows .the
sm': r,i e ,( be observed, but any he would issue permits allowing v" .j-igj.st mortality rate. With 753
f'i --'-li whiles or rates or orders as deliveries on Sun-lay.. He is willing deatl. . out of a strength of 327,480.
y rc-te - be found to conflict for the dealers to use the : citysani- . annual rate; per thousand stands
tkr . 'if nur'30ses of said proclama- tary carts or any. other city vehicles The National Army follows
" t.i ( 'rr ':if Arifo nwint nm of ia-v onTfc riT Q Tl V RRT'Vlftt 111 lxIKLA.'1
ls Ol:Ioi- sJiall he. hroiifflit immf.itc o. fa -nr. Xno hf ffftllVGrV but SUODlV
with 4S4 deaths out of strength of
i 'annual rate per
-ri r:r7TK-w V.i thousanl of 5.1. The regular army
n.i wl. iaua 1111,11 iiiK ucucniOT.r i.i.- . oot ooo mV!nn. an 'armimi TarP-TlPr
T-x .. 4, A- a ! -fc-AMnr- Knt ennntv uiaaius. ':"
ncto,. V- trMrh. 144 deaths out of jswynw men,
1 . i , . 11.. ...aaj innr 'nr a rate .01 z.s. .:
Gpnoi-i .r . , 'iic general pooling, cury Qroppeu tu mo f-;-"" wuh - .rrnwfne sunnlies of . warm
'ii a f'.nr nn cmnhao h thaf nil rMonir' fnnatotA.nr.IfnnrR ies ami lutiu-, ....
"i 3' r ii-ir 41 i i
- T . A ' . . . . .
lermin-i rnr-ifc, . kiln kniMin wmtM hsk-.clothing a dc " ruejn the deatn rate
- - "iLlil 1U LtJC 1 llll.l. Hit 111 ! XYtL. til n 3 UUU11V t -r--' r.
could not be marketed to the public,
and would later sell them like Liberty
bonds when such financing would not
interfere with war finances."
Leaders in both Houses are ' claim
ing certainty of government owner-
ship after the war-and have already I Th ,s ial Revolutionary party
- 1
til 3.L 61111. 1 rrtrVic: fmm tlio r5nif'l rpnnrH tho
Railroad facilities, . experts aRree.-Bolsh3vikl.-nomchomlng the trick of
are now from 25 to 30 per cent, uen- j calling their" own preliminary parlia
cient compared with the necessary de-i'pojjg with ana0uncement Of
cuss general peace. - - ..
Evidences multiplied today r that
great forces are growing in.'ltussia
against the Bolsheviki and that , the
Trotzky-Lenine regime have now been
brought to the dire necessity of trick
ery to deceive the people.
threatening ahV armed uprising. Dis-
mands and with the value of the roads
estimated at $15,000,000,000, some idea
a coalition" with the Social Revolu
tionaries and the members of the
The young woman heard the ne
gro breaking into her house and in
vestigated when the intruder came in.
Her injury in the. left arm will not dis
able her even for a day.
Commissioner Graham, Of the De
partment of Agriculture, today re
fused the petition of the National Hog
Cholera Preventive Commissioner
restore the - licnese taken from Coi
pany two weeks ago. Major Graham
declared the concoction affected pre
vent cholera and recent t tests showed
it - utterly impotent
The remedy people put up a hard
fight, but Major Graham was obsurate
declaring label was deceptive and mis
representative of remedy's virtues.
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of the amount of money needed ta Radicals here denounced this
bring the. systems up to the require- j "ccalitioi- as clique." They said "coai-mc-nts
may be obtained. itiori revoiutiohariea - were not exist-
Public money, and lots of it, must jcnt how .and, "that the object of the
bo uzol, Congressmen say and Just i whole, scheme was to detract ' atten
r. ;;:iportant is its re(turn to tho pub- j ti0n from ' the Constituent Assembly
lie treasury. - - the meeting of-which hasso far been
"It would seem almost impo3sibl. prevented by theBolsheviki.".; 3
to get a fair return ot, this money .alt-..; The great pan-Russian railway un
er it was once sunk in , the railroads, ion, hitherto neutral,' is now announc-
if the systems were returned to pri- ed as thoroughly anti-Bolshevfki.t
vate hands after the war," said Rep- -Even -Maxim Gorky.- who. very, re-
adYoca"
J0 pera "a a t; keep.the fires fg and.a nlmbii "ot the iA"' yAC ' ; J.
7conrr)Wner Hlnes' -aPPOifltedrne day nd night and fnvlte th pubt such time-as .c tonaiues nme n , the'.goa6r ;; .v....t v-,$. (Continued on page threeJ football squad., r ;.v . r iHP'X,
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COMICS AGAIN MISSING. . :
Owing to the failure of the Ai ft. v
4'lahtic Coast Line to itaake' dellv- -";: -
ery, The Wilmington IDispatch' j '
again todav without comic ( sup-
plements. The comics were .:'ship- ' i -
ped from Boston, Mass.; on " De-T'y "r X
U cember 15th, , vias Merchanta & '.'"'.- '
Miners Line, to be turned ovej 4 :
to the A. C. L. at Norfolk. A We
-frwere notified by the A. C. L. early ;
.in the week of the receipt bf thejfr p ,:;'-;-
way :bill, but the; comics had not'l,'
arrived up to yesterday after?-I-V
4 noon.v Similar trouble was, .-ex- ' ..
perienced during the month ' nf f
November -when the comics were 4 ' c
GIVE UP HOPE OF II fT1 l22K?!5-SJ?, '1
FINDING AVIATOR; Printing in;-the hope- that Ihe . :
: ' - i service. ;:would -'..pelmprored'bttt1
, , (By United rress.) ' ' - ' our first yveeks experience has: -v
Pensacola, Fla., Dec. 29. Naval an- shown'np'imprpvement:'-We'h6p:4-.V-.:-thorities
here have given .up hope of they will arrive - some time.; That" ;
finding' Aviator M..' F. Crowe and- his is all . we can j promise, but . we 4 ;
machine, lost In the clouds Wednes-'V want to assure' our 'i subscribers ifr V
3aj ' . T w ' - that'(it:isthroutii6 tat'pfottr8.:'i''.';
Crowe was a-resident of iParkers-lthat-they fail c to receive their v