'CL. 0 KlUn, tl C, Thursday. Feb. 7, 101U CIIRMAN: WORKERS ARC IN UVSt I i '. 5 K K) AND THREATS continue Germany's workers are still in a restless Hio6l, nii'l although the strike movement appear to be on tho Vane, largely through the adoption of drastic measures y"tfcTrVVorities't there are threats of futThe. -demonstt tinns and'a continuation of spor adic disorders. Merlin and its environ remain the center of disturbance. The city I under military control, which find a particular demon stration in a number of the fao torie where strike are in pro gress These have been militar ized, according to current dis- 1 -..it-.l.na an.l I I tit tl'i l'li l-tt U'!l I 111 'll -V' - - rejort for work by Monday Inorning or undergo military dis cipline. The most serious disturbance apiear to h ive occurred in Her lin on Thursday, when crowds (jot out of hand, ''overturned streetcar., interfered with work erswhoMiad kept to their cm ploj ment and frequently Collided with the ixfliee. In one case when a panic broke out after a shot had been fired the w.!ice nre declare I lo have (hurled withdrawn sapors, '-'M striker and many onlookers being wound ed. At Spandau, an important Muburh, there were similar tlis order and a mob ik reported to luvc attacked soldier guards. A nationwide demons' ration i threatened over tin? arrest of Deputy William Ditlman, on.- of the independent socialist ! t iers, for attempting to rddres a street crowd. Th,Von,.pleien"ss of the military control of !. riio '1 indicated b.V the reported re fusal at Chancellor von Reitling to order the release of Deputy Diltman when asked to do m, giving as a reason that h at powerless to interfere, n the captive vsa entirely in military hand. T h e semi oflicial sUt ii.ei.t sent from llcrliuon Fiiiay night d lares that Friday's disturb ancc were of a minor" ii.it u re. j tbnt men were returning t woi k and that prevailing t.p.rio I vvirt that the strike I. id pied tle high water maik. Tie Krupp riant st Kshen wa in fod wilig, it wa asserted, while work was again profiling in the ship yard at Hamburg and !an.ig and wa to hae been lesiine I ut Kiel on Saturday. Meanwhile ron.Uiies coi.tigu ou to tlermany are thrcHit tied with labor troubles. . Holland in preparing lcoje with a g- 'u i .'. strike ti be called in Amstfi dam on Monday and a cloud f ditli cultie with the iinlust ial ce ment appenr to be hanu'is-g over Switzerland. DwveiojxMnents in cennectin 11 Hrest hitovsk pe.n e ne Si are it tnaiiy nil. i t it lintr.iini- ll.tf t ' r (!,- I iiw . s . H t. w0 detelinin . .. . v . i, ...... mined to keep 5 BL'UHtor out of IV- tension having been re lel'Cte to Hresl it Warsaw. . re repat ri--.lnn d oj llie Uiumui met with a HoUheviki le iisieiii WT.i if C.iptuie of the authoiity c inda. A ii-volu netil is leportcd I no hv the vict Uhevie forces and tu rtinish militia are reported 1 i J to Ikj engaged in a battle near guard I aid to have, gained over that section of Finland. Rein forcemeuts eent by tho tVtro grad governmont have Arrived at K'borg. 1 jOn the battle fronts in I' mm Military activity for tins most Part ba been conlined to raids by French, British and (icrmau 'patrols. Ou the sector of the 1'rench front occupied by Amei i i an troop intermittent artillery tiring ha been in progress. A distance of only 0() yard seo iatotho American and (Jeiman Irenches at some points. Daily jSWS, WASHINGTON EDITOR UNflAiiKS Vonqi'VU.T There i something new in Washington a former president of the United State come to the nation' capital to organize a sav- .... i . . , . . . . .i. . . age political nuacK on me. man in the White House. Our gov eminent ha existed a hundred and forty -oho year and this thins ha never happened before in all that time. The man elected by the people, chosen by them to attend to their fiff-tirs, including the manage ment of the war, is savagely and viciously attacked in public news pacr. by Theodore Roosevelt, hi predecessor In the White House. (Jrave accusation are inr.de against tho President. He is accuse ! of incomieteney, of ' treasr n lo'th mis-racy," of send in;,' many ooftins but no gun or cannon to our soldier abroad. Following these viciou person al attack which have encouraged Germany and prolonged German resistance, the former United State President, Mr. Roosevelt, come to asiungion. consults with member of hi party, or Ionizes openly and defiantly a political rebellion and a political light against the President and hi cabinet, against the govern ment of the United State. An attack i.i made a a prelim ary step in the senate, instigated by men of great wealth resent ing law that make them pay pait of the war' expense, und resenting especially, legislation that takes from them control and exploitation of the nation' rail- mads. M r. Koo.st'U'lt'cotnes to Wash ington a the sHikematt 'of high finance, ami act a the agent of tie1 very lien, organizing a (Mimi cal tight lo give to the rorpoia tiui.s control of the Uuited States government at the next emigres-! s-ocal election. I The sjM'ctacle of a former pre-1 i lent visiting the capital to or ganize war against the govern n.ei.t when the nation i at war with Germany i semcthirg new, and most original of Theodore J ( vcit' many original idea. What would be sail and done if Iisi-evelt were in the White loiisp co idu. tiug thi war and a oner president, a Democrat, hou'el come to Washington 'fol lowing up a campaign of new- ajs'r slander and organize an Pmi w ar against tliegoverninent. A Democrat, acting against a Republican in ;vwer a Rtswe- volt now acts against t!ie I'resi- I. -ut of the United State would promptly ji.led ami, a a statesman from Texan cmphatl- ally put it, "the newpaior of the country would burn hi shirt 1 1 Stiue ,ve.u ago Abraham !iiv Coin in the White House wa car- rjn;g on a war against relellion under conditions often dirnnr amg. Wh it would have been said had li predecessor, lliichanin, first signed hi in tin; to slanderou at l.w as against Lincoln, and then com.' lo w aMili.gluii to tight Un coin in c-mgressf Would not the mob have hang him as a trait.ii ? M r. Koosevelt aparently lackn fi i. ndi to (:ive him good advice and useful warning. We n.'vjse hpji to return t;i his place and wait until the people cud him to Washington h will wait Home time. In dealing with Wood row Wil S'in, he tl.'. . I -t wili one that lat kg the bluster and liiaggidiK io of San .luan or Kettle Hill, but one tht ha the character and cour age of Andrew Jackson, one that with suitablo provocation, would dap Theodore Roosevelt into a federal prison quickly and calmly a Roose. .'.would cut the throat of a bull in, e calf. If you must begin your taoi- piiljir. for 1920 so early, Mr, Kooseveit, begin it at Oyster Hay, or ' i Uierjiont Morgan's oflice, or that of your cororation friend, hlihu Root. Tho (teople have sent Wood row Wilson, hot you, to Washington to attend to the people's affairs And don't uiittaku yoursvlf for TOWARD W. HALLYIiURTON LOCAT I D; STILL ALIVE IN CL'RMAN PRISON CAMP. Washington, Feb. 15. Six of tho 12 American soldier. report ed missing afto" the Herman trench raid ou November 3 have been located by the Red Cross in a prison camp at Tuchcl, West Prussia, (leneral Pershing re ported to the war department to night. They were captured in the first assault launched by the Germans on an American sector. One of tho prisoners is Sergt, F.d w a r d W , H a 1 1 y b u r ton , 1 jS to n y Point, N. C. The dispaU.hescon tinned press report of tho death of Private RoyO. Oarver, of Decatur, III., in an airplane accident, and re K)ited also that Private John A. (Joodrum. infantry, of Melvan, Texas, had been severely wound ed in action on January 21, Pri vate John L. Dray, infantry, of Drum, Ky., was reported slightly wounded in action on January ."(), and Corporal Roy K. Doughty, infantry, of Shaw, Miss., on Feb ruary 'l. Among deaths from natural cause announced were: Private (Jeorgo H.. 'Jones, stev edore, nephritis, 211 Kighteenth street, Newport News, Va. Civilian Abraham Clauson, transport workers battalion, pneumonia. R. V. )., No. 2, Row land, N. C. the American (lublic. Try to take your heroic self and your well advertised Jour son less xe tiously. Ho grateful that those sons are sent to France with an army con trolled by Wood row Wilson, a DeiiKM-rat They don't have to t Ign a round robin hoggin; to bn brought home. That's what you signed aftr you hul been in the army a few irdnutej under a Republican ad ministration. You had yo Jr turn in the White House nore thun neven years. What did you do for the masses of tho (eople during that jriod? To what achievements can you (Hiintthat may be compared w ith the federal reserve act that lots made ini)ssible such panics a your own of UK)?? What did you do for the farmer, U bis compared with the rural credit act of the WiUon admin istration, or the cotton futures act, or tho grain grade and ware house bills? Whit did you do to proP ct vic tim of child labor oppression, to promote the eight-hour day for abor, a living wage for ad cm- ilpyes, the adoption of safety ap liarces The rioi alien that own your parly wcud not have Ut you touch those thing and you never shueJ any iiu liuatiou to touch them. when your highly suK?rior service ended with tho nation In a great financial panic, what did you (l i? You sent for a private .idivldu.il, .1. Pierismt Morgan, and said to hioi: "Use the peo nlo money; do what you think best with it." If you had been in the White House in Ihi war, you probably would have sent for the same man or hi successor, saying Here are the (toopio' railroads do a you like with them." That isn't Wood row Wilson's method. He say to llm rich man: "I'll take a fair part of your increased income and use tt to def:nd the country that pro tect you and your wealth." Ho anys to railroad miatuanagOiufciit "The people will take charge of your railroads and substitute public management for private exploitation." Such a mau a Wood row Wil son, the trusts, the private ex ploiters, profiteers hold in hor ror. For that reason they have selected s their distinguished aide tho former presTuent of the United States. Wliilo the coun try U at war, while the man sent to the White House by tho people I oppressed by the load of re sensibility, that former prssi- CONDITIONS Tf.KRtliU: IN OCCtl'lI.O PARTS OF I RANCi:. Ottoway.Onl., v.-b. a l.n dun dispatch tc the Ottowny agency of Renter's Limited says it has received from u trustwor thy Belgian citi?."n, v. ho has just reached Lend on from the German military zone at Valenciennes, an account of terrible conditions ex isting in tho occupied districts of France, from which virtually no news ever reached Hngland. For obvious reason it could not be stated how thi mun escaped. He still bore traces of a heavy blowjon the jaw and showed Ren ter's representative a handful of natural teeth which Ind been knocked out by the butt end of a German guard rifle. He said: 'The German have organized a slavery army in the zone of not thorn Fram e. When I left St. Amand a few weeks ago con ditions wore unbearable. All the men between the ages of 17 and 0 had been taken away. Un married women under 10 arc obliged to work in the field while girl from 12 to 11 must collect acorn and nettle. "Kvory whrn you meet (hi! laiis wonting unlcr aruu-il guards. Kvery on wear a brassard showing the town he comes from. Some wear bras sard around the leg bhowing they tried to escape. I saw an old man with a large cross painted! on hi back. I knew what that signified. 1 f you refuse to work you are fined; if you refuse to pay the fine you are imprisoned; if you refuse a second time you are scut to Germany from where one! seldom comes back alive. "Hi-sides civilian prisoners the Germans have great number of war prisoner behind the lines, working under terrible condi tion. 1 he l.ngiisii ure esjH'cial ly badly treated. (A11 want food, but the sulTerings of the Russian owing to lack ol food aro awful. twa while I was endeavoring to give a starving Russian a little of my own small supply of food that the guard knocked out my leeth." SO COLD ENCINLS f'KEEZK TO TRACK IN NEW YORK Washington, Feb. 2 Rail ways U-day received instruction. from the mil road administration to t-ke every advautage of the usual Sunday industrial shut lown and the forced u(vtsiin Monday under tho fuel o'omy order, to move coal to the hig onsuming centers in order to accumulate sma'i reserves ag.ilnst js.sibJe emergencies If: the irtili.i.id silu.itn.il improve um a result of the two days' le lief from new shlpm-nt-., and coai gei i mantel in oigi.r quantities, the Monday closing order probably will be revoked. Railroad administration ui:i cir! t'Kluy had under considera tion tho imposition of other em- b.w gis.' llun those now in ctloct o.'Vicially on three easU-rn trunk lines, as iubsi;tuto measure for the fuel economy order. Little hope was gathered from today's weather. In northern New York state it was ho cold t'nt engine stopping to take wa ter froze to the track and it took live other locomotives lf pull them loose. In west Virginia tho overflowing of stream hamp ered the liauling of empty car lo the mines itnd the withdrawal ofhwd. Tie? Ohio river, altho not risirg, wa throat tng on account of the ice flow, and ex tension of thi condition to ether rivers in the middle west was tho greatest fear of g. vernmcnt railroad oflicial. Tho delivery of cos! today wa reported at about the same Jow average of the past week. dent comes to Washington to or Kinize and lead a o!ilical light, personal, bitter, vindictive, and slanderous, against tho rotnman dor in chief of tho srmy and navy, in time of war. Something now in American history, Mr. Roosevelt. If you think this is the way lo lay e strong foundation fur n third teim a president of the United States, you are sadly mistaken. Some aged ineoi oratiou lawyer or some'juiiior financial potentate ha misled you. Arthur Bris bane in Washington Times. Till; WHOLE AMKRICAN Kt.CTOrt M f'RANCL 13 RFSOUNDING WITH U0O.,I OF MIGHTY GUNS With the American Army Hi France, Feb. 2 -(ll.v the As-oci ated Press.) The whole Ameri can sector is resounding with the boom of guns. Airmen became exceedingly nctive along the Am erican front oti Saturday. Fn emy snipers wounded two Amer icans slightly eaily this morning. A shift of the wind today cleared away .the mist which has hindered aerial operations and o'.ner activities for several days. A iiu m hereof battles in the air were fought by patrolling planes early this afternoon. In one in stance the French aviator de feated an attempt of German flier to cross b' hind the Ameri can trenches. The atliilery and sniper also have become increasingly active, Americti 7.Vs are h iriHssing traf fic, behind the enemy trenches. The Germans are confining their fire largely to the American t rent lies. Throughout Friday night ma chine guns ra'tled ceaselessly from German Hiiions With the American Army in France, Feb 2. The American troop now are occupying a sec tor of the fxjrraine front in France. Thi announcement i H.Tmitted by the military censor. The correspondent perma nently accredited to the Ameri can army have hcen tnlormeij that I hey may proceed to vir tually any sint within the zone of fir', except the tienches, with out escort and without sivcial permission. Arrangement wits made today wherehy ne". r aH. r men may proceed to any brigade h"ath;uarters a few k'lometer behind the tienches after first ieii ting ihcir presence within the zone to tho headquarter of the division of whii h the brigade i a part. Unless there Is some occurrence which make it inad visable in the opinion of the bri gade commander f r correspond ents to movo nearer the front. they may walk from hi head quarters to regimental hea Iqtur- t.T behind the lint . Since all road immediately behind the front ax within easy German gun rai.ge and under German observation, i.ot more than two corresKindenl may imno forward together. They must wear ga mask in alert o sitiou and helmet. Newspaper iiieij most obtain eci.il permis sion lo visit the tret.fhcs una must ho accompanied by an es corting oOner. The fact that American troops were in the trenches in Ijrraine was rccaiod by the German war oflice three months ago. At tln.t lime, according to sn official German announcement, the Am erican wore on tin front at the Rhine Marne canal, which inter sects the battle lino near the German border, duo enst of Nan cy. This announcement was made in the official reiwrt from Merlin of th first German raid on the American xsmons, in which three Americans were killed, five wounded and twelve captured. Tho eastern end of Ihe battle line In France und Helgium runs through French and German Inr raine. French lyirraine, in which is the American sector, is includ ed in the departments of Meuse, the capital of which I Verdun; Mcurthc F.t Moselle, whose capi tal IsN'ariCJ. and Yosges, with the capital at Lpinal. The length of the front In French Irrslne is Mwut 150 miles. Thi section of the battle line extends into the Meuse from the MsrnonearSt. Menehould, and runs eastward to tho north of Verdun, south to St Mihiol and east to the German border. There it tarns to the southeast, and almost parallel. tho border to tho vicinity of IxMntry. Ho low Leintry it cut across a lec tion of French soil, past Hadon viller and Senoues and to tho cast of St. Die, and ngaincrosaoa tha Gsrmsn border at a point ir is isn.if.vnnms will nr: last IlLATLLS:! M"NI)AY Washington,! V!i, RViiiro'is today math good progress in the hauling f coal and bulb i aiiiond aid fuel ndministralioii ollicial were oneonrngod in tlie h ope that t imoiTow would be the l ist heat less Monday. Reports of milder weather over most of the country and tho movein oil tif a greater volume of coal t.. lay provided tiie basis for belief tint the order re quiring suspension of industrial activity on future Monday to save coal would be rescinded after a conference Tuesday between Fuel Administrator Garfield and Director General McAdoo. The railroads today ignored the Sunday holiday in an effort to clear the rail lines to the coul mines, many of w hich have been idle for a week on account of ina bility to get empty cars, or to have loaded t ars hauled away. Production this week is expected to be considerably greater than last. Danger of Hoods still looms huge, however. SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE IN HENNES- SEK PlUKDE?. Morganloii, Feb 2. Solicitor R. L Hutlman announced today that the preliminary hearing of Garfield and Aaron Pitts, charged with the murder of Dr. F. A. Henr.essee, would b held at I0:1!0 Monday morning iu the court- house in Morgautoii before W. F. Halliburton, a justice of the peace. Solicitor Huffman declined to make any statement a to what evidence he had been able to ob tain from the many witnesses who were called before him since the tragedy, but it wa stated by p.ope on the street that sensa tional evidence would he given by at least three eyew ilnessi s lo litis bloodcurdling tragedy, and the solicitor thi4 evening placed hi subjMH-na in the hands of Sheriff Johnson for a number of witnesses w ho w ill doubtless be (idled lo testify for the Uto at the preliminary hearing Monday morning. The next term of llurk Siior ior court will convene March II with Judge IL It. (Mine, of Hick ory, presiding, .Judge I; 1 i u 0 triid Ihe noted Mean case at Concord, it will be recalled. PAPER SUITS POPULAR AMONG CFRMANY SMEN. Amsterdam, Feb. ;!.--PaiHr tiousi'is are now being worn by a large proportion of thi male population id Germany. While suits for men are being sold which cont on pra th ally r.o fa br" far rxceed the supply. Collar are now selling in I tt lin for nearly 7' t ent each, and siio.i laee of paper yarn are IS cent a pair. leather i becoming almost un tamable. lt.ot with wooden sole are worn even by the better class, and 'ullv Q percent of Ihe soldier at .he front are wearing wooden soled ImhiU. The "stan dard" shoe I hat are sold contain only It) per cent leather. Iu many cases tlie upier are made out of old ship's jails, tent awn irg. and Impregnated bur'ap. Paper for ordinary piirstses has become so scarce that some pro vincial newspaper are using low grade colored pasrs. west of Colmar. The remainder of tho line to Ihe Sw is boundary is in Germany. Since the battle of Verdun the io ha been no fightirg of great imjortance along Ibis front. For tlie most part it runs thru high and broken country.. Since tho present tattle line wa es tablished early in the war there has been comparatively little ac tivity on Ilia front to tho east of the Voi d in sector, ihe naturo of tho country making large opera tions impracticable. London, Feb. 4. "Early last night, a party of our troopj raid ed the enemy's trenches oat of Hargicourt," says today's oflicial announcement. ' The hostile ar tillery was active during the night in the neighborhood of Lens and northeast ofCavrollo." N';!i;i(; oi l i AC!, in i.i crr-.r ii; '1 ho war is to be prosccnt , vigorously hy I ho entente allii ' and the United States until peace, based ou Hit! principle o freedom, justice nnd respect foi. International law is obtained, I Th's'i ihe decision of the su preme war council of tho coiin- tries in arms against the Teuton . ic allies. The high sounding phrases in the recent speeches of the linpo- ! rial German chancellor and the Austro Hungarian foreign minis ter wore entirely thrown intotho. disci rd'by the council at it ses sion at Versailles, and it was de cided that the war would be vig orously prosecuted until that lime comes when there is justifi cation for the hope thatn peace may ho lealixetl in accord with the policies laid down by Presi dent Wilson and David Lloyd Gtorge.'the'.nritish premier. The Germans, apparently in earnest, 'began a "strafing" of ihe American sector Jr, Lorraine Saturday. Li'.c in the afternoon they let letdown a barrage on the Amer ican line on n front of several kilometers, the heaviest In many days, but at last accounts, Gen eral Pershing's men we-ro ans wering them, shut for shot. The casualties among tho Americans were shght when Pio report wu sent, and their mark inanship had been so effective that several German dugout had been mad.t nnteiinl.l.i Under the strong repressive measure of the military author ities in Germany ihe general strike continue. ta diminish in importance, ami According, to semi official advice from Ihrlln the trouble i expected to cease. Already, probably Rpurred'oy" lha threats of tho military nu t utrities of drastic action against them, many workmen through out the empire, and especially in thepronueecf Hraudeuburg, in which Herlir. i situated, again have returned to their duties, and even the rcca!dt.r- n ft" ny iuf itt.l Litrrlnf ' . 1 to start to work wit loss of time. Notwithstanding tho shipyard work i burg in large numbi I to their duties, tho hM V., are tt the effect Ihst tho dissatis faction wa so great that they s. - . a again were, Vo nave ooon cailea out Saturday. Tho lack of In- formstioi from German sources, however, leave impossible of verification whether theo un-u gain threw dowu their tools. CONTINUED PROSECUTION OF WAR 13 ALUES.DEClSION Ijndon, Feb. i. The snpreme war council, which mot nt Ver sailles, finds no approximation I ' tho Gvi uiAti thiiuceiior's and tV Auslro Hungarian foreign mlal ter's Heeche to the terms of tt entente allies and has decided l continue tho vigorous prosecn' tlon. of the war until peace 0' ' be obtatiued "basod ou tho prk f clples of freedom, justice and t -1 miuu L f.ir Intii mil i.innl Ian I This official announcement v made here tonight. A suiama of tho oftl cla! report of the V, ' satlles war council says: v "The councu was una'oie to rr 111 von Herlling's and Coint reitent utterance any i( &!. proximauoa io me xaoaev&w ecu- f ditions laid dowu by tha sliieVj governments. Under tho cir ! 1 . . . . I c.urasianco. uio council ueciu?, that tho only task beforo tliem i : recti ve "iosecetion or tno v- ' until tr5 iroU'VKtf7Z' produced; Change of temper ! the enemy govornmont., j;o-. Ing tho hope of tho Cun.-lusi v a peace bbsed ou iho pi 1. c freedom, justice nnd r ; interuatk-Cil law. "Tho cuuucil ar-ivcJ at .. L. .... plote unanimity of policy on t -measures for the p;. ( ; ; the war," Washington, I Vb,4. r ; ' idential pw!ar.;at!on j v oil indu.-try urder"l; miclstratiiin is expc-.Hod i sued today. iv

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