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OA8TOXIA, IT. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOOX, DECEMBER 7, 117.
92AO A YEAR Uf ADVAXCX
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EXPLOSION ANDFIREGLAIMMORETH
SCOriiL SCENE OF OKE
; C4lldMl between Frencb Transport
' LteA With Monitions and a Bel'
glan Relief &hip In Halifax Har
bor Yesterday Kills ,000 or More
Sets City, Afire and Causes Prop
; terty Damage . Running Into tbe
Millions Number of Wounded
-Is Very Large Also Every Avail
: Able Building Being Used as Hos
pital. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, Noon.
-A report from the American
Naval Commander today esti-
mates the dead at Halifax at 5,-
OOO as a result of the collision
between the French munition
ship Monthlanc and the Belgian
relief ship Ioma. The Mont
- blane carried 8,000 tons of mm-
munition and a deck load of
benzine. The explosion was
seen and heard for SSt miles at
sea, the commander reported.
HALIFAX, N. S.. Dec. 7. With
the toll of dead steadily mounting,
it was believed early this morning
that more than 2,000 persons per
ished in the explosion and fire which
followed the collision yesterday
morning in Halifax harbor between
a munitions-laden French ship and
another vessel, the Ioma, loaded
with supplies for he Belgian relief
commission.
The disaster, which has plunged
the Dominion into mourning, prob
ably will rank as the most fearful
that ever occurred on the American
continent. Residents of Halifax and
thousands of volunteer relief work
ers who have come into the city have
been almost dazed at the extent or
the horror.
Temporary morgues have been es
tablished in many buildings to which
.a steady procession of vehicles of all
kinds have been carrying for hours
the bodies of men, women and chll
. '.dren, Most of them were so char
red thatthey were unrecognizable.
Thousands. of persons seeking trace
of relatives and friends have passed
by the long, silent rows; attempting,
by the flickering light of lamps and
'lanterns, to Identify the ones they
sought
V Virtually every building in the city
Vhich could be converted into a
hpspital Is filled with wounded,
many 'of them so desperately injur
- ed "that there is no hope of their re-
" -covery. Scores already have died in
these temporary hospitals. An ever
increasing number is being taken
from .the completely devastated
Richmond district to the .relief sta
tion, .
. The ' city, was in darkness tonight
-except for "the flames from the Dres
.still burning in the wrecked build-
- j. lngs in the north end. Kerosene
jamps .inrnisnea ue illumination Dy
means of which surgeons and doc
-tors tolled, heroically throughout the
night caring for the' injured.
Soldiers, sailors and police pa
trolled the Btreets tonight, and upon
them fell the major portion of . the
; , "burden of searching among the ruins
for the dead and wounded. The Ca
rnadlans were assisted In this work
by sailors from an American .war
dship in the harbor.
! The name-swept area covers ap
proximately two and one-half square
- miles. It begins at what is' known
as the North street bridge extending
;northto Pier 8 on the Richmond
. waterfront anil "back to a point run-
ning parallel with uottlngen street.
: Nothing has been left standing in
. this section of the city. Only a pile
: of smouldering ruins marks the
spot where the great building of the
.American Sugar Reninlng Co. stood.
- The dry docks and all the buildings
- which surrounded it were destroyed.
. The Richmond school, which housed
.. hundreds of children, was demolish
7 ed and It is reported only three es-
: 'caped,, .
Canadian officers who have seen
long service in France characterize
the catastrophe as "the most fearful
which has befallen any elty in the
world." - . ; r
; H ' Chief of Police Hsnrahan late last
: night estimated the number of kill-
red at 2,000 and other city officials
r expressed the belief that it would
exceed that number.
' - -; . ; '
RELIEF TRAINS
TO HALIFAX
' A&T International News Service.)
VAKCEBC0 MAINE, DecC 7- A
.'Massachussettes special relief train
bearing. eleven surgeons,.ten nurses
- and twenty Red Cross workers ar
rived at the Canadian border i this
morning. It will reach Halifax this
.-afternoon: . - '.- ; - ;
An advertlsemesit "In "The Oasette
reaches , more people . for, the cost
-than you can reach la any other pos--sfble
way.-' ' IUtes on application. - -v
1115,000 LIVES
ii in
OF THE GREATEST DISASTERS IN HISTORY
THE MAKING OF
A SOLDIER OF
THE SEAS
By DAVID M. CHURCH.
(The International News Service)
A Marine Corps Cantonment, Dec
3. Stretching up the side of a hill
are parallel lines of squat buildings,
all built of clean new boards and as
like as peas In a pod. Running up
from the railroad station near the
river are hundreds of rutty roads
with busy, efficient looking gray mo
tor trucks running back and forth.
8quads of khaki coated men with
rifles flung over their shoulders are
marching out to drill. Somewhere
off the right rifles and machine guns
are cracking.
It Is still very early in the morn
ing. The shadows are still long to
the westward, but the Marine Corps
cantonment here Is teeming with
life. Where this 'cantonment is,
how many marines are training here,
when they will go abroad, one Is not
permitted to say. Indeed, It Is very
difficult to find some of these things
even when not for publication."
This cantonment is typical of sev
eral others throughout the country.
It Is located just outside a very small
town, suddenly grown to a military
metropolis. Work was begun on the
cantonment only four months ago;
today it Is a marvel of completeness
and 'efficiency.
The train coming down was filled
with officers who had been home on
week-end furloughs. As they left
the station, many of them carrying
heavy suit cases, they were forced to
salute many times on meeting broth
er officers. Commissioned officers
were met by their orderlies. The
Commandant a big man puffing a
large black cigar was met by a
motor cycle rider. The commandant
climbed Into a large two seated side
car and was whisked off over the
rough road to his headquarters.
All the bridges coming down were
heavily guarded. The railroad Is
the only line of communication out
of the cantonment and nothing can
be allowed to Interfere with the
free transportation of supplies. The
first thing connected with the camp
one comes upon is the "boiler room."
Two great boilers with hot fires be
neath them He In a deep hojlow near
the railroad tracks. They are guard- j
ed by sentries who march back and
forth with rifles slung over their
shoulders. Power is almost as im
portant a consideration as lines of
communication.
The long low buildings on the hill
now are deserted. They are tne
bunk houses. The companies quar
tered in them were up and at break
fast at 5 o'clock. Each building Is
roofed with tar paper and has two
stovepipes stuck through., the top
From the outside kitchens, bath
houses and bunk houses all look
alike. They were all, built on the
same pians. vvnicn snoum be kitcn
ens and which bath houses was ae
cided afterward.
Outside the kitchen there are wall
ed-ln fireplaces with great pans or
some black, pitch-like stu2 cooking
on top. They are the garbage in
cinerators foul-smelling, but very
necessary.
' The bunk houses are not equipped
with "bunks," but with Individual
Iron cots painted black. Each build
ing Is large enough to house a com
pany. Non-commissioned officers
sleep with the men, each group of
eight marines being in charge of a
corporal.
Usually the men are in bed bv 9
o'clock, although the lights are not
turned off until 10:30. Early rising
ana nara aays or work out of doors
do not make for late hours. The
men seem to have benefited greatly
from their life In camp. The hospi
tals are empty. All the men are
tanned and hardened. Democracy's
soldiers are a healthy lot.
To get Into the camp it is neces
sary first to go to an office In the
little town and present credentials.
Then a pass Is issued and one has the
freedom of the camp. At - every
bridge an devery crossroads is
stationed an inquisitive individual
who wishes to see the pass. It Is
necessary to show the cardboard even
when wishing to leave the camp.
- Down below the cantonment a few
miles Is a National Army canton
ment. Trains loaded with drafted
men pull past the station almost
hourly. The marines look upon
them not unkindly, but with the air
of professionals toward amateurs.
The drafted men are wildly enthusi
astic. All are tagged and each has
a tin cup. . The tin cup Is usually
nsed as a noiss-maklnr dm-fen tti
sides of their trains always are
chalked up with slogans such as
"We're off to Berlin" or "Now for a
lock of the Kaiser's whiskers.4'
Draft trains do not tnn ; fi ah
Usually there la some man who
hangs faf out of a, window with a
letter In his hand. The marine on
the station 'Platform- - rnnwt
that means. - i - .
"Shoot it! M he yells. ! V
And the other ton th fotto.
Mm, Usually the ifittur f ,aa.-
CAROLINA DAY
A SPECIAL PR06RAI ARRANGED
Thrift, Oonserratlon. Patriotism
Motto of Splendid Program Ar
ranged for Friday, December 14th
Local City Schools Will Observe
Day in Patriotic Manner - Event
This Year Has a Special .Slgnlfl.
cance.
Next Friday, December 14th, will
be observed as North Carolina Day
in the five city schools of Castonla
as it will in all of the public schools
of the State. For a number of years
past the public schools have, at the
request of the State Superintendent
of Public Instruction, observed North
Carolina Day but the observation of
it has, in many places, been in little
more than a healf-hearted way. Ex
lstlng conditions today, however, are
such that (North Carolina Day of
1917 will be made a great patriotic
occasion.
State Supt. Joyner and his assis
tants have outlined a splendid pro
gram for this year. Through It run's
the patriotic strain in fact patrio
tism is its chief element this year,
as would naturally be expected. The
title page of the printed program
carries in colors the State flag and
Old Glory, with the motto "Thrift,
Conservation, Patriotism Make,
Save, Serve."
Supt. Wray of the city schools
Btates that the program will occupy
about two hours and will be given
probably in sections, the high school
pupils observing it at one hour and
the intermediate puipls at another.
This program Includes the follow
ing numbers:
Song, "The Star-Spangled Ban
ner.
"The Meaning of the Flag," by
President Wilson.
Song, "America."
An invocation by Beatrice Barry.
"Lest We Forget," by Supt. J. Y,
Joyner.
Liberty and Her 'Allies, tableaux
given by girls representing each of
the Allied Nations.
Poem, "Your Flag and My Flag,
by W. D. Nesbit.
Responsive reading, "Why We
Are at War," by R. D. W. Connor.
Song, "The Old North State".
Reading, "Thrift Month," an ap
peal by Governor Bickett.
Reading, "Conservation and
Thrift for a Larger Service to the
State, the Nation afld Humanity,'
by State Food Administrator 'Henry
A. Page.
Poem, "The Red, White and
Blue,"' by David T. Shaw.
Reading, "What (North Carolina
Is Doing," by D. H. Hill, chairman
State Council of Defense.
"Why We Are Fighting Ger
many," by (Franklin K. Lane, Secre
tary of the Interior.
Poem, "Old Glory Forever," by
Frank L. Slanton.
Reading, "Our Country Accepts
the Challenge," by Josephus Daniels,
Secretary of the Navy.
Song, "Battle Hymn of the Repub
lic," by Julia Ward Howe.
Benediction.
Personals and Locals.
i
Her many friends will be delight
ed to know that Mrs. Frost Torrence
has returned to her home from, the
City Hospital, where she was a pa
tient for four weeks, following an op
epation. They will be glad to know
that she is recovering nicely.
J ' . In renewing his subscription to
The Gazette Mr. John E. Ferguson,
of Stamford, Texas, a native of Gas
ton county, says: "Everything looks
gloomy here now. Crops were a
complete failure this year in this
neighborhood and very short all over
West Texas. If It doesn't rain soon
it will be too late to make wheat
next year."
Rev. E. B. Stabler, pastor of
West End Methodist church', and
family were the subjects Tuesday
night of a most generous "pound
ing" at the hands of the West End
congregation. A large quantity of
good things to eat was placed in the
parsonage larder, for which Pastor
LU1 jr
Stabler Is very grateful to his par-
isnoners.
Mrs. D. W. Padgett returned
Monday from a trip to Spartanburg
and Greenville, S. C. At the former
place she visited her son, Mr. T. R.
Padgett, and family and at Green
ville she visited another son, Mr.
Ralph Padgett, who has been confin
ed to the hospital at Camp Sevier for
several weeks as the result of being
Injured in a football game.
AUTO BANDITS GET $10,000.
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 6. Five auto
bandits held up the Stockmen's bank
here today, escaping with $10H)0.
f . -
' Want ads bring results. Have
yon tried Van? If - boc. bow's the
time.. One cent a word each inser
tion, cash with order.
ed to a girl. The marine makes
straight for the post box with it-
Training to ha a fighter in Amer
ica's armies is not easy work. But
the newly enlisted marines are tak
ing to It with keen interest. As
much of what they are doing ' and
how they are doing It as the censor
will permit will be told la this
series of stories.
RH
FAKIRS IHFEST THE CITY
THE! POSE AS WORKERS FOR CRAHIJJ
Recently an Army of Grafters, Pos
ing as Authorised Agents for the
Red Cross, the Y. ML C. A.,
Wounded Soldiers and Other Ap
pealing Ceases, Have Robbed
Many Gastoalans Cannot Solicit
. Without Permit from Associated
Charities Public Should Co-Operate
With Officers to Rid City of
Tnese rests.
Gastonia has recently been Infest
ed with a small army of petty grat
ers. They have been working In the
guise of solicitors for the Red
Cross, the Y. M. C. A., the Belgian
sufferers, the soldiers, army hosplt
als and various other things. Just
a few days ago, so The Gatette is
reliably Informed, a man posing as a
representative of the National Red
Cross, solicited funds and secured
quite a good deal of money In the
residence sections of the town. A
day or two later two children, claim
ing to be authorized to collect funds
for the wounded soldiers In France,
canvassed the town, selling chewing
gum apd other articles as they went,
All of these solicitors are fakirs
pure and simple and should be dealt
with severely by the law. They are
always slick enough to stay away
from the business section of the
city. They work in the residence
sections and around the mills in the
suburbs. At this time they have no
trouble to concoct a story that will
appeal to the average person. As a
result they reap a harvest of coins,
not a dollar of which ever goes to
the thing they claim to be represent
ing.
Gastonians should always remem
ber that there Is a city ordinance
which does not permit anyone, elth
er a resident of the city or an out
slder, to solicit funds for any charit
able purpose whatever without first
obtaining a permit from the 'Board
of Associated Charities of the city.
Mr. J. P. Reld is chairman of this
association and Mr. H. B. Moore Is
secretary. The permits are only is
sued for one day. In order to secure
one of these permits the person wisn
lng to solicit .funds here must show
the officers of the association that
the cause he represents is a genuine
and a worthy one. As a matter of
fact very few of these permits are
issued at all.
Whenever any person presents
himself or herself at your door so
liciting assistance of any kind, you
should demand to see a written per
mit signed by the officers of the As
sociated Charities. If such a permit
is produced examine the date and
see if It is for the current day. If
the person has not a permit or is
using an old permit, it is the duty
of the person solicited to report the
matter at once to the officers. Un
less the citizens of the town co-operate
with the officers In this matter it
will be Impossible to eliminate this
evil. As previously stated these fa
kirs keep away from the business
section of the city and hence it Is
very difficult for the police depart
ment to get track of them.
It is probably true that, in the
course of a few months, as much
money is given to these undeserving
solicitors by Gastonians as Is asked
for by the local charities, which are
deserving.
Urgently Ntsdsd.
A doctor sat in a front seat in a
theater the other night In the breath
less silence, as the third act neared its
climax, there was a commotion near
the door, and then a grave voice said :
Is Doctor Blank In the audience 7"
Doctor Blank rose calmly. He passed
down the aisle with the serious, self
contained air of one on whom the life
of a fellow-creature depends. A young
man awaited him at the door.
Well?" said the doctor. "Well, sir,
what Is ltr
"Doctor," said the young man, as he
drew a large wallet from his breast
pocket, Tm Cash and Payup's new
collector. Would It be convenient for
ou to settle that small account this
evening?"
The Social Conscience.
The most Important discovery of
the present age is not the discovery
of the telephone, or of wireless teleg
raphy, or of the antitoxins of dis
ease, but the discovery of the social
conscience. Never before In the his
tory of the world have people been so
touched by social sympathies, so
moved by social passion, so eager for
social amelioration. Wage-earners' and
capitalists, philosophers and plain peo
ple, wise and ignorant,, are equally
concerned for this application of social
duty. , When some philosophical his
torian recalls the character of the pres
ent age It may well be that he shall
describe It as the -age of the social
question. Rev. Francis G. Peabody,
D.D. . : ,
V Why She Got Mad. ; -Jess-r-8he
got mad' and asked him
what he meant by kissing her?
Bess Not exactly She asked hint
and he said he didn't mean anything
and then she get mad Judge,
Subscribe to The Gazette.
A M LL Of
FO
SCHOOLS
EABIISTS Ull GREAT FORWARD KOYE
To Launch Campaign for Securing
in floor Years $1,000,000 for
Schools in This State To Employ
Only Baptist Teachers in Future
Governor Bickett Addresses
Convention To Retire Ministers
at 08 on Allowance . Goes to
Greensboro Next Year.
Durham, Dec. 6. Governor Blck
ett gripped his great audience this
afternoon with an address before
the Baptist State Convention In
which he Impressed deeply upon tne
delegates the supreme necessity for.
and the everlasting righteousness of,
the present war, .
With great enthusiasm, . the con
ventlon commltteed itself today to
the movement or launching a cam
paign to raise a million dollars with
in the next four years, beginning
January 1, for the Baptist educa
tional institutions of the State. This
is considered the longest step for
ward the denomination has taken in
many years.
The next convention will be held
In Greensboro a year hence.
Rev. J. A. Snow, of Newton,
sprang a sensation on the brethren
by Introducing a resolution that .the
denominational schools employ Bap
tist teachers only In the future, ex
cept in cases af extreme emergencies.
After a warm discussion, the reso
lution was finally passed with a
qualifying amendment: This does
not apply to teacsers already employ
ed or to neogiatlons now pending.
Christian education occupied the
center of the stage at the morning
session. The report of the board of
education shows that there are now
In the Baptist high schools of - the
state 1,301 boys and 1,258 girls.
In three colleges, Wake Forest,
Meredith and Chowan, there are 632
men and 550 women. The total en
dowment for these three schools Is
$647,581.37-. The total property val
ue is $1,138,006.
Ministerial relief plans in accord
ance with the general plan of the
Southern Baptist convention 'was
adopted by the state convention. This
provides for the retirement of Bap
tist ministers at the age of 68 with an
annuity for the minister or his fam
ily. Several million dollars will be
raised, and each state will be allott
ed a certain sum in proportion to Its
Baptist strength.
A thrilling story of the Y. M. C. A.
work among the boys of Camp
Greene was told by director T. R.
Thornburn, religious work director
for the army association. The talk
made a very deep impression on the
convention.
New Hope News Notes.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
NEW HOPE. Dec. 6. Mr. and
Mrs. L. K. Ratchford and children
and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Falres and
little girls, Lucy and Hattie lee,
went to Concord Saturday to visit
Miss Floreid Falres.
Mr. Ernest Phillips, of Charlotte,
and Master Lee Phillips, of Mount
Holly, -spent Thanksgiving day with
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Wilkinson.
Misses Alexander and Gibson, the
New Hope teachers, went to Char
lotte Wednesday before Thanksgiv
ing. Mrs. Strlngfellow Is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. B. Mc
Lean.
Rev. J. H. Henderlite, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, Gas
tonia, preached at MdLean's chapel
Sunday afternoon. Rev. G. A. Spar
row, of Union, preached at New
Hope Sunday afternoon.
Messrs. W. L. and Gilreath Davis
spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. L.
B. Davis.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET.
(Bv International News Service.)
NEW YORK. Dec. 7. The cotton
market opened this morning with
January contracts selling at 28.40;
May 27.88.
NO WORD RECEIVED
FROM C. S. CONSULATE.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. It Is
feared that the American consulate
was destroyed In Halifax. Nothing
has been heard from Consul General
Watts since the explosion. Consul
Freeman has been ordered to go
there from Sidney to investigate.
Town and County.
Christmas is coming.'
Do your Christmas shopping
early.
Pine wood Is being quoted
on
the streets at $5 per cord.
Buy your Christmas goods from
home merchants.
-r-Have yon bought your Red
Cross Seals?
Wanted: Some sugar and salt
for Christmas, by Gastonia house
wives. . .
Mrs. Forest Allen, of Cberry
vllle, is spending a few days at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Stroup, at ftanlo.
Mrs. Lloyd Bynum, of Green
ville, S. C, Is spending the week
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Saunders. She will leave for - her
home tomorrow. . ' - ? .
A party composed or Mrs. J. H.
Henderlite, Mrs. W. Y. Warren. Miss
Mary Ramsey Miss Bessie Wstklns
and Miss Lillian Ferguson motored
to Charlotte Wednesday.
100 AVATORS FLY
TO ITALIAN FRONT
(By International News Serrtee.) '
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 Ons hun
dred British aviators have arrived at :
the Italian front The . men. flew
from the Western front, crossing ;
at Pleve. This sets a new record la .
aerial achievement. j ; :-"J
OPPOSITION TO
GOVT. CONTROL
(By International wsws Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. T Opposi
tion to the government taking over
the railroads was manifested today
in many quarters. Railroad mana
gers and the anions are standing to
gether In opposition to the move. The;
managers claim that it la i unneces
sary. The unions' opposition la .
based on the ground that military
control would deprive them of a
voice as to the working conditions.
The hardest Legislative fight In years
Is expected. -V. -
GASTONIANS AT .
SHRINE MEETING
Gastonia was well represented at
the Shrine meeting in Charlotte yes
terday. . Among 'those? who went
from here were the following: Mr.
and Mrs. Chas Ford, Dr. and Mrs. D. '
A. Garrison, Mr. and Mrs. R. I). .
Bablngton, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Da- :
vis, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Todd, v
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Jennings. Mr.,
and Mrs. O. H. Marvin, Mr. and Mrs.
A. B. O'Neil. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Bablngton, Miss Flowe Robinson and
J. Sidney Winget, Messrs. W, T. :
warren, J. h. Henderlite, J. L. Ad
ams, R. C, Adams, J. R. Craig. J. O.
White. J. 11. Separk. G. E. Marvin.
A. F. Michael, D. R. LaFar, J. W.
Carroll. A, K. Winget. Ben Gulon.
J. D. B. McLean, Henry Rankin, W.
T. Rankin, Grady Rankin. C. I. Lor-
tln, . H. Brlson, A. G. Myers, W, B.
Morris, T. R. McArver, T. 8. Trott,
W. J. Roach, J. Holland Morrow. J. "
T. Sadler. .: v-.-
Gaston county had eight candt-
dates for the 8hrlna. namely! .Leo
Brlson, William Taylor, Ed C. Ad-,
ami, L. F. Groves. 'H. Schneider, J. .
P. Hoffman, and "L. D.'Gribble, of
Dallas, and P. P. Murphy, of LowelL
GERMANS INCREASE THEIR PHU5
(Bv International News Service.) -LONDON,
Dec. 7. South of lens
the Germans have increased their
artillery fire to great violence,- the
war office announced at noon. Only
raids have taken place In the Cam- '
bral sector, - -,?,.
KEREXSKY IN HIDLVG '
WORKS FOR RUSSIA.
(By International News Service)
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 7. From hia
secret biding place in Russia Ker
ensky is trying to rally the loyal
forces and overthrow the iBoIshevlkL ,
according to a dispatch from Hapar
anda. Kerensky has written stir-
ring letters calling tWe Bolshevik 1
traitors for trying to make a separ
ate peace. -
TEN DAYS ARMISTICE -
ON THE EASTERN FRONT. '
(By International News Service.)
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 7. The arm
istice on the Eastern front went In-'
to effect today, according to a Ber
lin dispatch. It is assumed that the
cessation of fighting extends to the .
Roumanian front. The armistice Is -to
last for 10 days. In the mean
time the Russian-German-Austrian
commission will continue its sittings
at Best Litevsk.
WAR RESOLUTION
INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE.
(By International News Service.)'
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Senator '
Stone introduced a resolution de
claring a state of war with Austria
at noon today and asked for consld- '
eratlon Immediately after routtae
buslness Is completed. - ,
ATLANTA POI4CEMAN v y , -KILLED
BY NEGRO.
(By International News Service.)
ATLANTA, Dec 7. -Policeman'
H. T. Adams was killed and Police
man F. T. 'Roberts probably fatally
wounded in a desperate battle with
C T. Thomas, a negro druggist on
Peachtree street. Thomas waa ,alsn 1
fatally wounded. The negro opened
fire when the officers tried to arrest '
him. .'. -
"CADETS" WILL CONTROL
i CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY, t
"(By International News Service.)
PETROGRAD, Dec 7. The ' Ca
dets, a Russian political party, has
been victorious in the general elec
tions over the BoIsherlkL the news
paper Delio Nedrioda announced to--day.
. This newspaper rare warnirr
that the Cadets would probably con
trol the Constitutional Assembly t
that the Bolshevik! leaders r -
prepare to "taker the eonsequ- : j
of their action while in power." -