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THE GASTON! A GAZETTE PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. VOL. XL. NO. 18. GASTOXIA, X. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 10, 1519. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. BETTERMENT HAD SPECIAL PROGRAM CROWN PRINCE DISCLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR WAR UNDESIRABLE ALIENS ARE DEPORTED TO RUSSIA GASTON MILLS TO CURTAIL PRHDUCTION "Had Address on Illiteracy by State Agent Miss Darnard Told Stories Talk by a "Bug" Man Business Transacted. (Reported for Tin' Gazette, i The regular meeting of tin1 Woman's rW'tcrinent Association was held in the auditorium of the city schools Friday af ternoon, Mrs. I. '. Warren jrsi I i iij? f'rof. Abemethy led in prayer. The minutes wore read ami approved. Three new inemltors were reported by the membership coimnittee. Mrs. Quickel, chairman of the educational coimnittee, announced that a parent-teacher meeting would be held Friday, Feb. 1M, to which fn public was conlially invited. The lyceuin coiiiniittee reported that th next lyccum attraction, the Navy Girls, would appear Thursday evening, Feb. I.'?, one of the ve.y best at t nu t ions f tlie series. The library committer repotted that thvy bad sent two boxes containing about 275 books, to the military hospital at Newport News, Va ; .."u was appropriate d to the educational committee. T h e sum of $"u was also ordered sent to I'rof. due. S. Wray in the army Y. M. '. A. in France, to be used by liim at his discre tion in helping any of our buys in the army there. All the dishes, cutllory , kitchen utensils, etc., owned by the local F. D. '. chapter were donated to the home eoonoin ies com mittee, in order that lunches may be serv nI at the city school. This presentation was very happily made on behalf of the F. 1). C. chapter by Mrs. S. A. Kindley. The meeting was then turned over to Minn Nell Pickens, chairman of the home economics committee. Miss Elizabeth Kelly, State commissioner of illiteracy, was introduced. Miss Kelly has n very charming presence and personality and made a deep impression by her address on illiteracy in North Carolina, and the influences necessary to the proper round ing of the nature ami character of chil dren to produce the perfect triangle of physical, mental and spiritual devclop menL Miss Maude Darnard. the story teller, followed Miss Kelly, and by her story-telling greatly delighted her audi ence. Misi l)arnard iimpiest ionnbly "has the, gift." Mr. M. A. Thomas, "the bug man." as then introduced. Mr. Thomas is connected with the State Department of Agriculture, ami made a very practical Mii really useful talk on household ami ijarden pests. He told about the bugs, vermin and insects that infest the house .ml work injury in yards ami gardens. ;nd gave instructions as to bow to exter minate them. Mr. Thomas offered bis services to any and all who desired in formation as to getting rid of these peat. This aid will be furnished free to :iny persons who will communicate with him at Raleigh. After an unusually interesting meeting .vljonrnincnt was taken until the time of the next regular meeting in March. Dallas Dots. -'"orrespomlence of The Gazette. D ALLAH. Feb. In. A most enjoyable, interesting and profitable visit was made to Todd 'a Bakery 1n Gaston in last Fri day by the domestic science ( lass of Dal hw, accompanied by their teacher. Miss "Marion Thompson. Miss Muriel Bulwin kte, high school teacher, ami Mrs. .loe t'rribble. The class, numbering about .'!. were taken in automobiles by Messrs. Pn ett Hoffman, Pasour, .I. L. and L. D. dribble ami Rev. W. S. Ilamiter. The jwocoss of bread, pie ami cake making, explained by Mr. Todd as the flour was followed from the sack until placed in the oven, is worth any one's time to see. The old method of guess work is entirely done away with ami standard weight and measures used. All ingredients are strictly in keeping with the pure food law. The class is much indebted to Mr. Todd for catering to the whims of a good cook in leing allowed to taste of the de licious pound cake which he generously -nerved. Papers will be written on what wm seen at the bakery and the best one will be published in The Gazette at an early date. Mrs. F. I'. Hall, of Belmont, chairman of the Charlotte District, was here Fri day in the interest of the Blue Triangle Investment Campaign. The menilwrs of the school faculty, and Misses C'orinne and Artelee l'uett were scured as helpers in this drive that is now on and will con tinue until the 17th. No definite quota was assigned Dallas, but it is hoped a generous sum will be given this import ant work, the facts anil aims of which were clearly stated in Friday's Gazette. Mr. Sxnkin in England. TAts. W. T. Rjinkiu received a cifyie gram Saturday from Mr. Rankin advising her of his arrival in England. He expects to go at once to France. Sixty-five members of the National Woman's Party were arrested by military and civil officers in Washington last night after they had burned President Wilson in effigy in front of the White ' House as a protest against the threaten ed defeat of the equal suffrage resolution which comes up in the Senate today. 'Copyright 101!' by International News Service. ) YVI ItENCEN. HOLLAND, Feb.. In. In a remarkable interview Frederick William, the late Crown Prince of tier many in exile here, today disclaimed all the responsibility for himself or the Kai scr for the war, declaring that the seeds of the conflict were sown when the Enten te cordiale was established between Kng laml, France and Russia. He declared he wanted to make peace two mouths aftc; the war started, when high tieramn otli ccrs blundered, but was overruled. He said Germany would have won if the Fni ted States had not entered the war. He insisted that Germany cannot pay for the war, suggesting that the League of Na tions make Russia, the richest country in the world in natural resources, pay for the war by its development by the League of Nations, lie does not object to a tier mail tcpul.lic :i 1 1 1 lie don't want a crown lie desires to go to America to live it' tl Entente dou 't execute him. T LOCAL ITEMS Di. I' rank liohiuson. of Lowell, was in the city on business Saturday. Mr. liryan Smith has purchase,! yv. T. G. Beamguard 's interest in the shoe business of the Howell Armstrong Co. Private Luther Todd, of Camp .lack son. is spending a week's furlough with friends hoio. Messrs. H. I!.. .1. S. and If. F. Kid dle, of the Bethel setcion. were in the i i'y on business Saturday. Mr. II. B. Parsley, of Cloer. route one, was a business isitor in theiit.v Sat nrdny. - Col. and Mis. C. It. Armstrong 'e turned home Saturday night from a stay of several weeks at Florida resorts. Mi. P. L. I'lyle:. who has a position with the b'ailway Admin ist a it ion at lamp (ireene, Charlotte, is spending a few days w it h liomet oiks here. Col. V. A. Kent, commanding i.lii.ct of Camp (ireene. and Mrs. Kent were vis iters in the city for a short while Satin da.. Mi. I'. L. Fiiday. of Dallas, h:is-u-cepted a pc sition with the Piedmont Tel ephone iV. Telegraph Co. as clerk in the ace. unit ing depa rtinent . -The annual meeting of Ihe stock holders and directors of the Piedmont Telephone & Telegraph Co. will be held at the general offices here Wednesday morning. -Rev. Dr. .1. 11. Hendeilite, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, preached Sunday afternoon in the Presbyterian church at Clierryville for Rev. V. .1. Roach, the pastor. News this morning from Mr. W. P.. Kiddle, who has been seriously ill at his home at Howling Green for some days, is to the effect that his condition is some what improved. -Sergeant Leonard Niell. who has been on a furlough for the past two weeks, has returned to Camp Wadsworth, where he will continue under treatment at the base hospital. Senator A. G. Mangum introduced a bill in the State Senate last Wednesday providing for an additional appropria tion of liillHMi for building purposes and iflJ.oOll per year for two years for main teuanee for the North Carolina Orthopae dic Hospital to be built here. - Dr. L. N. Cilenn returned Fi ntyv from Rochester, Minn., where he spent a bout three weeks at the Mayo Hospital. He reports Mr. D. M. Jones, who was op erated on January "Joth for the removal of one of his kidneys, as getting .along nicely. Mr. Jones, he thinks, will Ik- able to return home within the next ten days or two weeks. It was 10 below zero at Rochester when Dr. (ilenn left there. WITH GASTON'S SOLDIERS Private Frank Rawlings arrWed in the city last Friday from Camp I-ee. Va., where he had on Thnrday received his final discharge from the military syyvi.-e. Private Rawlings landed in this country some three weeks ago, having Im'Cii de tached from his company. Company D. lOoth Engineers, and sent back to the States to recover from illness. The degree of dot-tor of law was con ferred on President Wilson Sunday at Paris by the University of Athens. A delegation headed by a member of the faculty of the university waited on the president and conferred the degree. North Carolina Republicans will hold their State Convention in Greensboro the . 1 1 . I ' t O-A Jt ,L . V loin, ai oaiigfury oaiuruay uie ftcpuuyj Means of Rowan county held a county convention One hundred Republicans volunteered to go to the 8tate Convention and sIl were appointed delegate. 0 (By International News Service.) NKW YORK, Feb. 10 A special train from Seattle ami Spokane bearing alien agitators for immediate deportation to Russia, Norway, Sweden ami Finland is expected to arrive this afternoon. These aliens will be deported from the local station1 with several additions to the ranks from New York. The men from the Pacific coast included Bolsheviki, I. W. W. leaders and ring leaders of the Seattle strike disturbances. The train was strongly guarded through the entire trip ami special precaution was taken a gainst an attempted rescue. It circled a round Helena and Butte, where I. V. W. leaders bad prepared a rescue denu. li st rat ion. Most of the party have been under surveillance lv c-nvei nineiit agents for a y ea i . -Mr. II. M. Vim Sicca ami little sou. Bobbie, are spending tlfe week with friends in Atlanta and Moultrie. On. Mr. F. M. Franciim, the real estate loan, sold List week to Dr. Henry F. Olenii. a acre farm southeast of the city near the New Hope road. GAVE TURKEY DINNER AT M00REPLACE. on West Ilia Moore entertain At their home, Mooicplacc Franklin avenue. Misses Mar and Annie Welch delightfully cd a number of their fiieuds Saturday at a li o'clock Tui k t dinner. The table was spread with hoe mats and lighted with shaded candles, the place cards being hand painted jompiils. The centerpiece was of fruit and jompiils. nurses were cairied out in the color scheme, this be ing yellow. Those present were Misses Elizabeth Wolt.. Kliabeth Garrison, Maude Caldwell, Fiances Robinson, Eliz abeth Ragan. Jennie Craig Watson and Rachel Hendeilite. LIBRARY NOTES. Report of the Castnnia Public Library for the month of December. I!HS: Books. Number of books. Dee., lls ft Adde.l f adult L'l'i. juv enile "ill Total number .lull. I. I'.lpl Circulation. Number adult books circulated . Number juvenile Looks circulated Total boohs in c i ii-ii I;, I i"ii J.tlP I ss, .-,.-,s . I ",. J i Borrowers. Number new borrowers regislered during Januaty "S Total number of borrowers .... 1 tb.'. FRIDAY'S CASUALTY LISTS CONTAINED 1,044 NAMES. (By I nt. ! national News Service.1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. The f.d lowing niiny casualties are reported by the coliiiiiaiidinu gcuc al of the Ameiican e.xpedit i.niaiy forces: SHOT I ON ON K. Wounded severely. 1 -P!, among whom the following North Oaioliuaians are listed: Corporal Ollie Pee Dee. and Private LOR. OASTONIA. SECTION Killed in action, 2o Benjamin Oarris, KINO D. TAY TWO. ; died f wounds, cause, ; in action. 17 ; die. lied of accident of disease, 4!: or othe missing lo; total. 111. The following North ( a i ol iua ians arc listed in section two: Died of disease: Lieutenant Cllici C. Olive. Greensboro. Wounded, degree undetermined, pr.-vi omsIv reported killed in action: Privat. West E. Williams, Acracoke. Returned to duty, previously missing in action: Sergeant reported Carl A. Jackson. Salisbury. SECTION' TURK F. Wounded, degree undetermined. los; wounded slightly. 7fi; total, :ts t. The following North Carolinians listed in section three: Wounded, degree undetermined: vates Tillmnn T. Page, Lillington, a re Pri and Guy G. Reid, Rutherfordton. Wounded slightly: Corporal Joseph S. Wooten. Princeton : Privates Oscar Evans. Hillslxpro. and Dixon Walsh. Pur lear. SECTION" FOI R. Wounded, degree undetermined. 172: wounded slightly, 2:14 : totall. 40)i. The following N'orth Carol inn ians are listed in section four: Wounded, degree undetermined: Cor poral Luther Rook. High Point: and Private Harvey O. Farley. Vein Moun tain. Wounded slightly: Sergeant Gurley Fields, Evergreen; Corporal Gillwrt II. .Toyner, Magnolia; Privates Clarence L. Whitehurst, Stokes, Joseph Herring, Tar boro, Alton M. Jennette. Middleton, Claud 1. Jordan, Lumber Bridge, and Marvin Autry, Stedman. Mr. D. W. Meacham, of Lowell, was a Gastonia visitor Saturday. Mrs. S. A. Wilkins, of Dallas, was in the city shopping Saturday. This year win aee the greatest peace in history concluded. Keep up vitlr the progress of the peace conference by read ing The Gaiette three times a week. Most of Seventy-Odd Textile Plants in County Begin Curtailment This Week Believed Conditions Will Soon Im prove Several Thousand Operatives Affected. s Beginning with this week flic cotton mills of Oastonia and Gaston county will go (ii a schedule of four days and three nights per week. I'nder this schedule, w hich w ill remain in npei ntion until mar ket conditions improve, the mills will be closed Thursday night, Friday, Friday night and Saturday. It is the hope of the manufacturers that tl nnditions which render this curtailment necessary may soon change. At present the finish ing mills in New Finland and the Fast, which use the jiroduct of the Southern mills almost in its entirety, are running on a considerably curtailed schedule. It is sta'ed that a few mills in the county will no! go on this schedule this week as they have suine contracts on their hands that must be filled i inn o I i -a'ely to prevent cancellations. As soon as these contracts arc completed these mills will go mi the same schedule ob served by the others. There aie nearly Ml textile mills in Gas ton county and this enrtn i I men t will a f feet several thousands of emplo vees. Those who are in close touch with mar ket conditions 'hi not seem to think that the present slack conditions will continue long. Landers Chapel News. I hi i csooii.lei f The O.-izette. I.AVDKRS OIIAPIX. I'eb. s. M,ss An. by Kiser entertained a number of her friends with a sinking last Saturday night. Mis- Sallie Workman Mpent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Annie Mae A lev under. Mis. Zona Carpenter is spending this week with honiet'olks near Bessemer City. Mi. Hiram Kiser and daughter. Gallic, spent Sunday at Mr. ,1. F. Carpenter's. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Alexander spent Wednesday night with Mr. and Mrs. Spa rgo ( a i pentci . We are glad to say so many of the boys .-tie coming home from the camps to stay. Mr. Andetsoii lx iser arrived homo Friday eve.ii Ml en I i t uia I 's ami Mrs. I.couaul s.,n! l,o week Kings Mountain. and Mis. Duncan It. .yd. of Gas spent Sunday at Mi. 1.. A. Par "LITTLE WOMEN" A CHARMING PICTURE. Famous Story Is Picturized With Great Success. A finely pi minced si ie.'n version of 'Little Women." the famous story writ ten by Louisa M. Alcntt fifty years ago. and which has scored an unexampled lit erary success the worhl oxer, will lie shown at the Gastoiiian Thta'ie today. Filmed at Miss Ab ott's ho in Concord. Mass., where she wrote her immortal novel, the photoplay is one of i xeep; iniiul human and historic interest. County Convention. Chairman K. L. lluuser, of the bVpub li.-an County Executive '.miniittoe, has called a county convention to meet in the court house at I p. in. on Friday, Feb rnary Mth, to elect delegates to attend the State convention to he held in Oi.-cns horn on Satunlay. Fehniaiy 1.1th. Better Service Campaign. Beginning today the Aiuei i.an Bailway Express Company, composed of all the express companies in the I nited States will institute a Better Sen ice Cam paign" to last through the week. An en deavoi will be made t.. educate the pub lie to the need of preparing their ship nls in such a way that they will not In come damaged or lost in transit, and ex press officials and employes will be urged to make special efforts to give better ser vice in every way. Mr. '. Lee Oowan, farm demonstra tion agent, and Miss Nell Pickens, home demonstration agent, are in Raleigh at tending an important conference of de monstration workers from all parts of the State which logins tomorrow and will be in session for three days. Mender on the Mend. "I understood you to say the other day that your wife was ill, but I sup pose she is better. I saw her this morning sitting by the window sew ing," said one man to another. "Quite rig-lit:" replied the other. "As you observed today she Is on the mend I" Evolution. Said the almost-phllosopher : "The fellow whose pap used to drive 25 fiiles to see a ballon ascension will eartlessly call his kids oat of the street while they're watching an air plane." Subscribe to The Gazette. FOB SALE: Second-hand Five-passenger Ford ear, in good condition. F. M. Francum. 14e3 ERIDAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS (By International News Service) PARIS. Feb. 7. - Practically half of the draft of the proposed society of na lions was approved by the special peace conference commission, it was officially announced thi afternoon. I 'A KIS. Feb. 7. The P. dish national nun in it tec today announced that theCe iho Slovaks have broken their recent a greement with the Poles ami arc invad ing Oalicia from the South. Premier I'ndcrcwski has telegraphed an appeal for the immediate dispatch of the Polish army to -avc Poland fioin a great calam it. At Weimar the Kb. rt government is irepaiin for a coiupiest of Hamburg similar to tin- campaign against the Spar ' t;i cans cide.l t expect. Hicineii. The cabinet has de I'litrol the ports because of the ai rival of food ships from the Spartacans at Hamburg are us frantically organizing for Four civilians and one sailor d and 1 L'Wvoiinded. A clash be- d I I'.utente. I repoi ted j defense. I were kill. tween io-. ll I I government troops and Sparta i'l at Hamburg today. ans I PA IMS. Cel.. ! lam today that 7. It is considered cer the Russian Bolsheviki eventually be reprewent yov eminent Hill cd at the peace conference. It is believ ed ai langeinents w ill be made at the Marmora conference whereby Bolshevik .'Old other Itiissiuil factious can send rep resentatives to Paris to accept the jdan for tlic tetoi fit ion of rel treson t 'I t i ve lmv- eminent for the whole Russian empire. It i ii in b ' i slo.n I the Americans ave op posed to complete oi . upnt ion. (iciinaiiy is taking tie attitude that the Berlin government is strong enoii;,li In control its own people. President Wilson is urg ing that I'nited States forces in Europe he reduced to a minimum without forth er delay. The aggressive attitude toward the Entente in Ccrtnimy since the defeat of the Spai tncniis was discussed at n meeting of the supreme inteiallied war council today. The Germans will be ask ed to explain the meaning of the advance of Ccrtunii troops against Poland and the interference with the movement of sup plies tinv.ii. I Poland through Danzig, as s'ipiilated in the armistice. The council is discussing several developments held tn constilne a new provocative attitude on t he pa it ot I ici ma ii v . SEATTLE, Feb. 7. No move vv a s made today towaid the sett lenient of the general strike in Seattle and Tacoma. There was no ripple of violence any where. Thousands of persons are marooned in their suburban homes and other thous ands are down town unable to reach home Industry is utteily paialy.cl. Mayor Hansen is urging citizens to "operate your business, open your stores, publish your newspapers and 1 will see you have ample protection." grimly stating that a thousand soldiers bad arrived from Camp Lewis at the order of the govern ment and he s;ivs a thousand special po lice have I'een armed with machine guns mounted on automobile trucks. Only one now sp.'lpci has been published since yes tcnlav nooning. Street cars, elevators, and jitneys have stopped. icstauraiit and stores arc closed. The situation in Tacoma is practically the same A TI.AN'TA. feet high, four the return trip I liewo colli l line ping. They h in. r i i it o ;iu, , Feb. 7. Flying J.uen huge ( ii 1 1 is a i i planes on from New Yoik to San I westward without stop- It Columbia issed Allan': t 7 ti.i- at !: wash I Nippon, iv sh 'P have been willnliawu I rum a at iv too no I to service and will be Used to Europe, aiiiiounc. tins afternoon. d tin shipping liiiar.l P. MilS. Feb. 7. Se.ietarv Pausing today formally .-. n" I that the I 11 i ! ed States welcomes and recognies the union of Jugoslavs and Serbia into greater Serbia. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. -The Senate this afternoon refused to consider a res elation favoring the withdrawal of Am eiicans from Russia. MRS. ROBINSON ENTERTAINED S. AND 0. CLUB. Mrs. S. A. Robinson entertained the S. and O. Club Friday afternoon at her home on South York street at a business meeting. The club decided to give Tt.W to the Y. Y. C. A. campaign which logins this week. This club has leen unusually active in Red Cross work during the past vear and a committee consisting of Mrs. E. V. Gilliam, Mrs. L. Y. W'et.cll and Mrs. R. M. .lohnston was appointed to plan further work along this line. The officers of the club are: Presi dent, Mrs. S. A. Hobinson ; vice-president, Mrs. I. V. Garland ; secretary, Mrs. W. V. Michael; treasurer, Mrs. V. H. Ad ams. Mr. William K. Wilson, ticket agent for the Monongahela Valley Traction Co., at Clarksburg, W. Va., is spending a few days here on business and visiting rela tives. He i the guest today of Mr. E. Lee Wilson and family. Mr. Wilson is a son of the late Samuel Wilson, who wag for many years a prominent eitizen of ths county. ' ' SATURDAY'S TELEGRAPHIC tS ( Hy International News Service.) WASHINGTON. Feb. K. Married per sons or heads of families must pay a tax of thirty dollars on a fuenty-five hundred dollar income under the revenue bill aa, agreed to in conference. The same class on five thousand dollar income must pay one hundred and eighty dollars. The ratio increases to .to.O.tO tax on a fdoo.iiim income and trebles the present ra'. . WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. Americans nis ne; in action on the battlefields of France are lieing reduced one to two him. lied daily ami it is expected that when the final reports are in the number of missing will be nominal, declared General March this afternoon. Last week the number of missing was ten thousand; this week it is less than eight thousand. SEATTLE, Feb. S. Seattle liegan to awake to industrial activity after eight o'clock this morning following the an nouncement by Mayor Hansen that every business house would be protected. A few restaurants, barber shops and the municipal street car lines resumed busi ness. The big car system is still idle. A thousand extra police are ready to quell any disturbances hut the town is quiet. The city government is firm in its de inand that the strikers return to work be fore they begin negotiations for decisions on the demands of the workmen. WASHINGTON, Feb. S. That the department of justice is investigating cnai ires of graft, waste and extravaganco running into millions, some reports say as high as eight millions, in the con st in. lion of the government nitrate plant at Mussel Shoals, Alabama, wan revealed today. The probe was started September isth. Officials refused to stated whether criminal charges will be brought. These facts are known. The appropriation for the plant was thirty five million: its cost to date has exceeded six'y five millions. War Department of li.ials iii charge of the work admit waste and extravagance, and there may have been petty graft. This was all due to high pressure of the war rush to meet the big emergency. It is not believed criminality involving any large sums will be revealed, although the total in the cane may reach a considerable sum. It is said that a number of cases of payroll padding, ami larceny of material on ft small scale have been found. The actual construction of the plant was done by the Air Nitrates Company, of New York, a corporation formed for this purpose. . PARIS, Feb. H. Several clauses in the constitution of the League of Nations have been remitted for clarification, it is ofticially announced. The committee re sinned its sessions this morning to speed up the work. The big five representatives will hear the Belgians Tuesday. WASHINGTON. Feb. S. - As a re sult of war activities the twelve reserve batiks of the country had 3 net earning of seventy two and 110 per cent on their capital during the year .just closed, says the annual report of the Federal Reserve Hoard. Their large earnings were due largely to the issue of currency to meet war demands and discount rates had to be maintained to support government financing. Rates will be lowered after ti e next loan. R)ME. Feb. v An American mili taiy mission from Paris is here to study the n Is of foodstuff for the Italian armies and the liberated populations. LONDON, Feb. V The Railway strike has been settled, it is officially an nounced today. The subways are expect ed to resume operations as soon as possi ble. LONDON. Feb. H. Sermons will U preached all over England and Wales to morrow on the need of a League of Na tions. Petitions will be circulated in six teen thousand churches for signers of n League of Nations union, which is back ing President Wilson and others for the creation of the League. Over twelve thousand churches are already represent ed in the union. PARIS. Feb. V The transKrt George Washington has arrived at Brest ami is being loaded with fuel and sup plies. She will take on a full coraple nient of troops and await President Wil son 's desire to return to America. It is expected the President will leave not later than February loth. A general strike in Tacoma. Wash., was called off, ending at S o'clock this morning. It is stated that the strikers had no public sympathy iu their demands. Premier Lloyd George returned Satur day night to London form Paris, where be hag been for the past several weeks at tending the peaee conference. - ' Joe King, one of the founders of The -Durham Herald and for 30 years its edi torial writer, died at his home in Durham yesterday from pneumonia, aged 56. King was known as one of the most bril liant paragrapbers in the South, f
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