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.':.'-.a:..v.:. . . . ....... .... WEATHER Marth and South Caro- una -ri -- snow or rai and day eomewhat warmerr OL. XXIV, NQ 1 Secretary oaKer i cub ooniirwi- tee cf Preparations Made by War Department A "SUBSTANTIAL" SIZE ARMY NOW IN FRANCE Six Times as Many Men in the Field as in Spanish-Amer ican War Plenty of Equipment r-nngton, JEH. 1U. oeureuuy ja. r today replied to crlUciema of htaj n nt trio txrni in a Unt presented to the Senate JltUtary committee. -. . Conceding delays and . srrQti ot ua-rment in so vast 6j undertaking, lecretary Baker epItlmotlzeS els re t!v is tnese words: "No amy of similar size in the his tory of the world has ever been rais ed equipped or trained so quickly. Kg such provision has ever been cade for the conduct, health and gen eral well being of an army." America now has in France an army cf "substantial" size ready for active service, Secretary Baker today told tie Senate War Investigating commit fpe. Officers and men, he explained, have kdti trained sDecially for modem warlare, maepeuQeni. imes ul wuiwiv nicRticn and supply are in process ot construction, and great .programs have been formuiateci ior iae prouui:- t on of new instruments of war. Arms Qf the most modern 'and ef fective kind, the Secretary eareu, have been provided ror every sojcubi: iu France and are available for every An annr of nearly a mfllionr and " a half men is now in - the field or m training at home and. abroad, he as sorted. The subsistence of. the army. b continued, has been above critl dsm. while its initial clothing supply, f?mrorarilv inadeauate. is now sub- ?trntiallv comDlete. "I state the foregoing conditions of the War Department's problem, and some of the results attained for two purposes," he said, "in the first- place the American people are entitled to kEovr of the" splendid., .effectiveness v.lth which they have been able' to or Ranize the man-power and the mate rial power of the nation;' and second, our armv in France and our allies are entitled to have the benefit , resulting in the depression of the morale of their enemies which must come when the Germans realize that the American democracy has neither blundered nor hesitated. "No army of similar size in the his tory of the world has ever been rais ed, eauinped or trained so quickly .'o such provision has ever been made fcr the comfort, health and general veil-being of an army The Secretary pave the committee sj outline of the work of the depart ment "and its various bureaus "On the first day of April, 1917, the P-eg-ilar Armv," he said, "comprised 5.701 officers and 121,797 enlisted "in: mo National Guard, in Federal ffrvrp. aimroximatelv 3.733 officers it... 1.'. on is er men: ana .-utj is serve 4,000 enlisted men. There were also at that time approximately -o officers in the reserve, but as these were on inactive duty, they caii- -ot properlv be considered in estimat ing the strength of the army of the United States at that time. On the Slsl day of December, 1917, the Re?- viar Army consisted of 10,250 officers? ?:.a 47r,,ft00 enlisted men; the National Guard of 16.031 officers and 400,900 r'; the Xaticnal Army of 480,000 er.; and the reserve of 84,575 oiheers and 72.750 enlisted men. In other ords, in nine months the increase r?S been frnm Q r9i nffir-orcj in 100 officers; from 202,510 to 1,423 cr.i, men. . "During the War with Spain, the ar fy of the United States at its max imum strength aggregated 272,000 and officers. The army now- in the field and in training is, therefore, roughly six times as great as the max imum number under arms in the Spanish-American war. ''The total number already in the "i-litai"V Rfin-ipo ic nro and .51 half r -. tim - - xa u 1.1. v. u . . is one cy this nation. " ' "The death rates in forces in the mted States. from mid-September ro l"p end of December, averaged 7.H. r:T "lousand, and is sltehtly . less than would have been the death rate cf of the same age at home," the cretarv p-nui t icqc .Tooth Seer thusand was 20.14 or "nearly ;ee times as great," he continued. fn death rate In tfce army during -ear 1916' ust before the . war, death per 1'000' Leaving out the Ullcnr due to measles1 -and its cora In ih ?s' ox,r rate- among all troops ne 'united States since September ILlIO HF; MEN Oiffiil iCTOiilUSE Wilson's Unexpect ed Support Turns Tide To ward the Suffragists OPPONENTS PUTTING . UP A HARD FIGHT Rerwblicani Caucus Indorses Suffrage Adding Further Strength to the Cause Washington Jan. lOOne of the long and hard fought goals of ths woman suffrage cause seemed to be in, sight today when the House to up debate on the constitutional am endment, Backed by the approval of Presi aent WHson, Buiiragists were sure thd Susan ,B. Anthony araendmeht woxud poll more than the necessary two-thirds when the House began voting; at .5 o'clock this-afternoon. So certain were the stiff ragists of success in the Hon that they al ready have turned their attention to the Senate where the amendment waits on the calendar, but without; such favorable. , prospects. But they are hopeful, however, that with the President's - endorsement and they would be. ready for submission! the States and years' of effort would be come reality. Today's debate furn ished a spectacular scene. The House was in a happy mood and heard the arguments wit applause and - laughter. , Women packed the galleries. It was a field 4ay tor the suffragists and buoyant of the ex pctlon p-votashrd. shrdL shr pectation of victory, they made tie 3 RESOURCES CLIMB Washington, Jan. 10. Resources of national banks have risen to a new high level of $18,553,000,000. Compilations of 7,576 banks as ot November 20, 1917, show an increase in resources since September 11 of $2,009,000,000, and an increase since November 17, 1916, of $3,033,000,000. The comptroller called attention "to the fact that the total resources wei.o a half billion dollars greater than ths aggregate resources of all State bank acd trust companies and private banks, as reported last June. Cavalry Clash With Yaquis Douglas, Ariz., Jan. 10. A detach ment of American cavalry sent into fiear Valley, 25 miles west of No gales, yesterday, to observe trails, clashed with a band of Yaqui In dians, capturing ten, one of whom died at Nogales of wounds, accord ing to a telegram today from the commandant at Nogales. MEASLES SUBSIDING EMM PERS Weekly Health Report for the National Army arid Na tional Guard Washington, Jan. 10. :Measles ep idemic are subsiding in both Nation al Guard and National Army divi sions, but. pneumonia persists, ac cording to the detailed health report for the Week ending January 4, made public today by the army medical corps. The tables show 109 1 deaths ' during the week in the Nat- j ional Guard, 80 due to pneumonia and 167 in the National Army, .110 due to pneumonia. The death to tals for the previous week were 108 for the National. Guard and 98 for the National Army. Admissions for pneumonia were highest at Camp Wheeler, (Macon) 31st division and there was an in creased number of cases - at Camp Beauregard (Alexandria) 39th di vision. A" sharp outbreak of meningitis occurred- at Camp Beauregard with 27 new cases as against seven the preceeding week, and several deaths. Elsewhere - in the National Guard meningitis is, rapidly declining. Camp'Pike (Little Rock), ; 87th di vision and Camp - Lee, continue to show high rates for pneumonia. The greatef.t aamTer. of deaths during the week . at -,; any . divisional camp was at? Camp? Pike, with; 49 of ETC which' 44 , were pneumonia. , WILMINCN; N(H CARQUN TEUTON OflESlW iC : Jjl"!" l" y , Whole Mountain Front Buried Under Three to Five Feet of Snow turk's peace offer eCefused Trotzky Says All Must Come in "General Conference Ao - live Artillerying on West ern Front Snow has come to the aid of the Italians and the Austro-Gennan of fensive) apparently has. reaohe a halt if not an end. The whole moun tain front where the enemy had been making slight but steady gains, is buried under from 3 to 5 feet of Impossible and hamperfng Austro drerman BUpply lines seriously snow jiaaking infantry operations. Heavy; snow falls in the Alps are re ported to have blocked the heavy eomananlcation system in the Then thio and Garnis, leaving them only two lines across the Venetian plains to JLh& Piave whch would be of no helpivto: the snowbound troops be tween 'Lake Garda and the Piave. The enemy troops on the Eastern bank q fthe Piave are not troubled so greatly by the snow, hut previous efforts to cross the river in" force have-iailed. - The- bombardment on the North ern, front has slacked with the com ing of the long expected snow and only patrol engagements-' . have oc cufed; It is indicated that, the en emy will be unable to , begin opera tions-in an effort to ? complete his conquest of Venetis while his sup ply lines are snow. bodff". c"i: ,,. ing guns; have een active -near t "Scarpe in the ArtSi area,' northeast of -Ypres and northeast Of Verdun. The Germans have f ailed thus far to take counter measures against - the successful French sortie In the Woevre. British merchantmen lost . dur&ig the last week equal the losses of tha previous week, when AS of mere than 1,600 tons and three of less that ton nage were sunk by submarines or mines. The French report the loss of one merchantman as compared with nine . the; previous week. Peace emissiaries of Russia and the Central Powers are meeting at Brest-Litovsk. It is reported, that the first discussion revolved around the selection of a meeting place which has not yet been decided up on. It is added, however, that a set tlement probably will be reached. The Russian government has refus ed Turkoy's offer of a separate peace and has informed that country that she must participate in the general conference. President Wilsohfs message has1, been endorsed? .'yitfiout reservatiolij by tne Bntisn labor party and -Bn tish public men, from the Labor, Socialist and . Liberal ' partiest At tention is . now directed to Germany and Russia to see what effect the message will . have on the people of those countries. It is felt in Lon don that tne German government TDSfy be compelled ltd answer the! President s address because of the continued differences . between the militarists and non-militarists in Ger many. i'rom .tsoisneviKi sources comes the report of the defeat of General -Kaledines and General Dutoff, the Cossack leaders wlio have been re sisting the Bolsheviki in the Don re gion and elsewhere in South Central Russia. The latter general is reported inLcordina; to today's advices, the Bo- flight, vith revolutionary soldiers and the Red Guard in pursuit, while General Kaledines is said to be in retreat. Attention is called for the need of workers in the Red Cross rooms. The work rooms are open each day from 10 o'clock in the Kiornlng until 6 o clock m the evening. . Tuesday and Fridays continue to be the "big days" in attendance, but, . there is work for all who will come day of the week. every ATTEMPTED TO BURN A STAUNTON HOTEL Staunton,v Vtyf Jan lj6. atn tempt early today "fire the Augusta Hotel, in- the hpart of the business district, was frustrated by guests' who ejqtSgished flames in oil-soaked straw which had been placed in bureau drawers - "in a room. 'v The police are searching for a man who registered at the hotel shortly after midnight as Allie Brown, of Beckly, W. Va. After Brown was assigned to' a room, ; he left , the hotel and later-, Asmoke . was 4 discovered issuing fromjt.'- The -damage was slight.; FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE I V POLAND j The free" Poland which the Germans are : trying to how all the seacoast is kept in German hands. PEACE AGREEMENT Diplomatic and Economic ; Re lations Are Ordered Re sumed at Qnce -. . " : r,..:f ( BULGARIAN PREMIER i MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT Swiss Newspaper Publishes News of Cessation of War; Between Russia and Bul garia, as Reported Bulgaria and Russia have conclud ed a separate peace, according to cir-4- cumstantial advices by way of Swit zerland. If a separate adjustment be twesn these nations has been reach ed, it seems "probable tbat it was De cause Bulgaria found no difficulty in subscribing to the Bolsnevrsi formula of no annexations and no indemni ties so far as Russia was concernea. Bulgaria has desired no Russian terri tory, seeking her acquisitions from Rumania and Serbia. It was for Ser bia's assistance, however, that Rus sia prepared for .war; under, the old cgime, her mobilization after Austria had threatened-Serbia heing made the occasion for Germany's declaration or war. Turkey likewise has been seeking a separate peace with Russia, but ac- sneviKi nave aecimeu iu enieruim uie Ottoman proposal, requesting the Turks to participate in the general peace conference between the-Centra; Powers and Russia. Announced in Parliament Berne, Switz., Jan. 10. A separary peace agreement has b'en signed by Russia and Bulgaria, The Bund re- . ports. " A. Bulgarian correspondent or tne Bund says Premier Radoslavoff read the following dispatch from Brest-Ln-ovsk in parliament: "War vbetween Russia and Bul garia ceases. Diplomatic and econo mic relations between Russia and' Bul garia are resumed. Russia recognizee Bulgaria's . right to nominate a dele gate to an international Danube com mission. The first peaee is thus con cluded with the consent of Bulgaria's allies." ;The Bund says Bulgaria has ap pointed a minister to Petrograd and a consul general to be stationed at Odes sa, and has ordered the resumption 01 navigation to Odessa, t Brazilians to the Front. Rio Janeiro, Jan. 10.--Brazilian na val aviators, who will form the firsi Brazilian contribution to the fighting forces -of the Allies,: have departed for England. ' J .'; v ' " ' 5 JANUARY 1 Q, 1 9 1 8 create Nottce POWDER PLANT EXPL08ION 4 Patterson, Okla., 4S miles east 4 of . McAlester, OUa was blown up at 12:80 o'clock today, accord-4 lng.to a message received over fc a railroad .wire.. It was reported "l that there had been loss of life. 4 The operator of the Missouri, ' t Kansas and Texas Railroad at Patterson, wired that the town had been wiped out. He feared the loss of life would be great, he said. 4 4 " TO REPUDIATE DEBT A Decree is Soon to Be Pub lished Cancelling National Debt London, Jan. 10. The Bolshevik government ' intends to publish a de cree within a few days cancellig the Russian National debt, telegraphs the correspondent at, Petrograd of The- Manchester Guardian, The correspondent understands the decree ..will . contain ithese provi sions. First All loans and , treasury bonds "held"," ' by foreign subjects abroad or in Russia are repudiated. Second Loans and treasury bonds held' by Russian subjects - possessing more than 10,000 rushes in capital are repudiated. Third Loans and treasury bonds held by .Russian subjects possession CE,pital in loan scrip or deposits not exceeding 1,000 rubles . are to re ceive five per cent, interest on the nominal value of the loan and those possessing 10,000 rubles are to receive 3 per cent. Fourth Workmen and -7 peasants holding 100 rubles "worth of loans o? ponas may geu-tueir uuiumgs m lu I the State at 75 per cent, of its no minal value! Those holding 600 rubles worth may sell it at '70 per cent, of its nominal value. ANOTHER COLD WAVE IS HEADED THIS WAY i Washington, Jan. 10. Another cold wave is expected to sweep the South ern part of thp errantry this Veek. In the Northern sections low tem peratures will continue for some time. The Weather Bureau 'today gave warning of a disturbance now over the extreme' Southwest moving eastware. It will be followed by a two-day. per iod of severely cold weather over tnat district, extend, through the West Gulr States Thursday night and ."Friday, cover the;East ,Gulf State Friday ana Saturdayand reach the South Atlan tic States Saturday and Sunday. . BOLSHEVIK N1NS SCHOOLCHILDREN E -"BUSIED ARMY OFTHRIFT Work of Organization Starts in High School Tomorrow Morning COUNTY COMMITTEE MET THIS MORNING Plans Formulated for Launch ing BigDrive for Thrift Throughout; City and County, A long session of the New Hanover War Savings Committee was held this morning in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce at which the campaign to be waged in this county for tne disposal of $704,814 worth of War Savings Certificates were thorougrny discussed, and the first tentative plans formulated for the launching of the huge undertaking. K5haiman Jos. W. Little presided, and-stated very frankly to the mem bers of the committee present that he was in, "no sense a volunteer for the worjC' which the committee is called upoxtvto do, for fully realizing the mag nitudes of the task he would not hare had fijLhey nerve to volunteer. But hav- infcbeejtSdrafted for the work here he urged the' united-and whole-heapted co operation orthe members of the com- xnittee also drafted for service, ana this, was .enthusiastically pledged. The first work of organization for the" "sale of the certificates will be done through the schools, the work ov organization to begin tomorrow morn ihg.. Chairman Little will spend tne .day- tmorrow in th& High .School build ing, going: fron room to S?Som and pr- ganfsing the' pupils, in each into so ; cietieaUrf.iorkrs"i ,VOn"?s' Mondays and the city will be similarly organised The Natioiujt! Special f Aid Society, (Which has a remarkably efffcient Or ganization of . Block Messengers in: tne City' has very-' kindly offered the use of its already experienced corps' of workers to the committee to aid in this new effort, and the offer has been gladly accepted. On Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 O'clock there will be a joint meeting -f the Block Messengers and the pres idents and . secretaries of each of the school soefceties held in the High School. At that meeting the entrre city will be mapped out in detail, with a definite territory assigned for the work of each of the societies, and the children will be given instructions vor going right to work in the campaign for thrift. enlisted in the "Army of Thrift." For distinguished service a series of com missions will be given, the ranks of Lieutenants, Captains, Majors, Colon els, Generals of Thrift being conferred unon those who make certain recoro of sales.' A system of weekly reports will be worked out,1, and all aid and as sistance possible given to the children in this work which they will be called upon to do. Pending the perfection of this pro posed organization of the children or the white schools next week no effort at further organization will be at tempted. But upon the completion of this, and the setting to work of thTs army of soldiers, plans will be maSe for the colored schools, the coun'e schools, and thn the rown people, dollars worth of the War Ravings Csr doHars worth of the WarSavings Cer tificates are alloted to New Hanpver. . e ft nA ' . an average or w ior every man, wo- mail auu uiiiu iu lue euuie cuuut.v. n the campaign is a success, as the leao-j pts are now confident that it will b J this county on January 1923 will have a capital avail ab e m ready CBzh of nearly a mrfhoT, dollars beside th- , enormous good that would flow from; rthe inculcation of the habit of savn-r among the people generally: Mr. Har rison,- wno sroK nere during .rtit-t o'eonio cn the fare of t- i f . J? JC?Z rgely for useless things. Tb- habit ' savins small amounts must be sr.l 1? of stituted for that of spending if we arc to shorten the length of the war. Big Italian Steamer Lost. New York. Jan. 10. The big Italian steamship Milazzo, 11,477 tons gross register, was sunk during tbs early part of December by a German sub marine while the ship was in Mediter ranean waters, according to word re ceived in shipping circles here today. It is understood no lives were lost. NINE MEN OF SHIP ARE STILL MISSING Washington, Jan. 10. Nine men of the American steamer Harry Ldcken bach, torpedoed and sunk on January ft rr-n 3t-iH. infF.ener. the Navy Depart ment announced yesterday, based on report from Vice Admiral Sims. The report states that - 22 members' of the crew have been rescuedv - . , IB Read Dispatch Business Specials 1 - ,'i f PRICE FIVE CENTS. p ANOTHER A1TEW to nDnAracm Concerted Movement, for Ger man Sabotage and Anti-' V War Propagarids ABOUT 30 LEADERS i? HAVE BEEN ARRESTED Plot Has Been -Broken Jpt :Pe f clare Government fficialsill i Who Decline to Give De- ' tails of Discoveries ...'Iii i.- Washington, Jan. 10.-Througlf :tej j"v; tercepted communications and evi h i j, denpa fmmH nn tL aciorft or more of,arl rested aliens, government ageniai -haye jS '4- discovered a cnoCertea movement in s re-organize German sabotage and antj1 -t;' war propaganda in this country; The movement 7was broKen up anc ! fined to sporadic cases carried . oai lartrafv hv - nro-GermAn svmroatnlaierrf without guidance jfrom a centtalrhead quarters. . 1 - t51 This was' disclosed todaf by ifeor ernment officials, who declined; ffio)prii ever,-to give-all -the details surround 4ng a" series 01 measures recenxiy. iax. en to prevent the rebuilding or- a ljn flel enemy. spy; system, It is knowjitthat about 50 Germans anda few Scandavians have beenjai rested on suspicion of complicity'v: n the new plot.. The Germans have been interned andithe Scandavians sent onij of the country. Some AmericansUar under suspicion and are being;- closely j f , ; watched.' rs - S.M:s'-t&!?7ry t'4 ' The evldiei gatheit un indicated; that a rew: leaders, whose' j ?,-.. identity', has w not been disposed butl f , who are oeiievea to De neutral aup v. fj. bo-nA irL Hio oyfrotno West- -trt ff A-KiaTnTk'1;! S' I WU-VA AV Vmr. V-MV ...v-w, ? f ' .' I M i co-operau.au. tuiiuug uiein. - ,v. Sabotage was -to .be xonducted, sys- tematicallyt'ahd propaganda, for. peace or dissemination of nessimlstic.war rer ports was to. be, stimulated" uhdedi rection of a recognized head.. There were indications also that- the head quarters was to gather bits of informa tion from all parts of the country and forward it to eGrmany through north European neutrals by code com- if , f munications carried by members of 'l snip crews or otner means. - - 1? r Hundreds of self-appointed spies are now believed to be at- work jinXthet United States, but officials ! disclaim that they worry much about .them. Fires and explosions which have Oc curred recently are said to be the' work of individual cranks, probably?; without direction of a master organize ; j fttion.- - U-:-1- Officials explained today that It was" inexpedient to make public all facts -connected with recentrdiscoveries, in-; asmuch as there still is Amger- of a reorganization of the spy system which was in, operation when the United States entered the war. ; V- Mothers' Meeting ...'.;'""... The monthly meeting of the Moth-,. ers' Club of Winter Park will be held ' -at the school house Friday af terhoou " " at 3 o'clock. . Mr. Odis B. Hinnant'of -the Y. M. C. A. will" talk to the mothi ers. Not only the members but ; all ' mothers in the community are urged''; to attend. ' 1- ; FOUR YEAR TERMS ' vMC FOR STATE OFHCERS I Columbia, S. C Jan. l. RepreseV mi n.wi, .xay.ann 'nA-.r jitroduced into the lower branch,- ci thp goutn Carolina Qernl AsseiSliV;-. a bm providin? tor a four ver.r term '. for n gtate cfficor,; and ma-fntae ' Governor ineligibIe for re-election. ,f - Gifts to Schools. . Whitinsville. Mass.. J?n. 10;- A be-'. " ,A ' V J. ' ! J"-.Whitin. filed for probate hereATu-;; i?gse Ift,tts' Jton Institute,; ,Va ' and. other institutions receive . ksser bequests Unfilled, Orc-.-c Increase. . New York, Jan. 10. The xjxTJad- 6r-;-XA dcrs cn the bocks of the- Unite4 V ' States Steel Corporation cn Dembe- C'; 31 amounted to 9.381,718 :tcnsn'in- ;;i crease of 484,612 tonr, compared ;'wit!i ?;:; ; the orders on November SO, acetdingw v i to the monthly report jssued tcdly1':"1.: 4 A 4. rj, A & A A A , . SWEDEN A GO-BETWEEN . ' Petrograd, Wedsdaj, J2K9.- German delegations in Pet- 4 rograd are reported by The Even-4 ; ing Post to have got ih to to ich with the' Swedish legation.i nere'? . and to nave expressed the, desire that Sweden act. as a go-between 4 with Great Britain, France and - j Italy. ' , . .- - :V' ' --3 H J.1 1 .AH S U v- i . .continued on Page tight); " 7 HS , (if . ' .- I .
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