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VOL 8
Elkin, N. C, Thursday, Nov. 0, 1019
No. 3(
.t
HACK AIIOUND TUP,
WOULD IS NFXT
From Tlio Kansas (lily Star.
, Now that the rare across the
United States has been tompli t
ed, the attention of aviation au
thorities in thin country is being
centered on the air race around
the globe which is planned for
res t Miniiner under the auspice:;
of the Aero Club of America and
the Aerial League of America.
jMaj. Charles J. (Hidden, execu
tive secretary of the commis-sion
to organize the rice. Alan II.
I law ley, president of I lie Aeio
Chili oi -America, and Gtn.i.no
deie l,oui:i I). Pcaiii.iont ai" now
visiting various citie-; :Jon;r the
routes in an cifoi I to . tiniulate
intere t in the world race. Thov
will visit the Hawaiian I land..,
Japan, Singapore, Calcutta and
other proposed stops.
The Aero Club of America al
ready has raised one million dol
lars to be divided among those
finishing lir.-.t in the race. Sti
niu'alion of the air industry by
the ollcring of large prizes has
long beui oho of the most impor
tant works of thee air organiza
tions. Prizes of $100,001) were
ollcrcd in the rate across the
continent. Other prizes await
ing a winner now are one ol
if.jo,o;;o ollcrcd by Thomas II.
Incefortlie first flight across
the Paciiic and one of is'Ja.OOO by
liaymoiid Oitcig for a non-stop
(light fiom Paris to New York.
W orld's Gieatel Feat.
Commodore I'cniimont p-cent-ly
declared the propo.-.ed rate a
the most stupendous ever con
templated, rivaling in world im
portance the opening ol the Pan
ama Canal and the lights actus:
the Atlantic Ocean.
"Tin' aviators and p."v enger.
who will participate in this
world derby are the forerunners
of the million.-, who in years to
come will tr.ivtl by regular aer
ial Iran poilat inn lines,' 1'iniimn
dne I'eauniont said. "Throii;'h
the ticmciidoiis stiides forward
of a-'i onatilic s there are wonder
fill po sibilitiis lor the employ
r.ient JM). -.ilfililie ; for the em
ployment of ingenuity, geniu
and . kill. I'u-ine-, oppoi luui
ties aie otit ic I as great a; tho e
opened by the i ailio.nl. aittonio
mile and telegraph in-hi tli."."
I lour living 'I In h Air.
Tln thou and bailed of llotn
sailing through the air may ap
pear now a mere ilicani, but Ma
jor (Hidden says it is a k. iliili
ty .V'.:; a probability- within
five years.
"There are six million aulo
inobiles in tin Fluted State
imiv," Major Ghdd n .-aid in a
Chicago ad In- lecentiv. "1
pi edict that tle-ie v. it! lie sixtv
thou and Miny tin ieibles, of a
tvpe co ling U'tweeli ?10.0UO
i.nd SJ l.tioii. in the air within
the next live cais. Delivery ot
Hour and other ii.eicliandie bv
air lollies mniii will ' made."
1.1 KIT. MWNAIMI HAS A
itmmi) congi'fgation
P.deij-h, Nov. 2. Li. ut. Del
in M.i. n.nd, Nmth Carolina';
"tUiiur pai tn." and liist to fm-
i h in the dan continental ail
lace, toni'dit neaiht to the
bii'i'e I t (iii;;reeatioii that evel
packed a l'alei.h thiiiih, when
he w copied the pulpit of tin
Papti t label u ti le.
It was a iion-l!is:ht tlay for tin
air-man. who r. sii.ppinjr m
Kalei-'ii wline on his way to
Clinton, wheie he will j'ive chi
bit ion lltejit s in his native coun
tv. Hut he was nresM-d into
icrvice for talks at two Sunday
:chtHls in addition to the sei
mon. Follow injr the sermon, the
cnnj:i'eration in i ted that th
pilot should tell of his evper
iences in the Iran coiitinenta
race, mn! he ronentetl.
Tomorrow Lieutenant May
n.u d w ill fly to Wake Forest col
lerr, 17 miles north of l'aleirh
where he will 1m honor jruest at
a reception planned in his honor
Oovernor Pickett. Col. AUx-it 1,
Cox. jind Dr. W. L. Poteat, presi
dent of the collcjre, w ill partici
pate in tho welcome. Lieuten
ant Maynard is expected to do
some exhibition fly in jr. nftet
which lie will attend the annua
roricty day events at Wake For
est and make arrangements for
, reentering collejre soon.
pplgian pautv sails
AITIiK 2!) DAYS IIKKK
Old Point Comfort, Va., Oct.
ol. The transport Ceor-re
Washington .steamed away from
Hamilton Roads at o'clock
today bearin"- Kin;' Albert of
the J '.cleans, (uecn Elizabeth,
Prince Leopold and their suite,
homeward bound after 121) days
in the United States.
The Kims at the Norfolk navy
yard boomed a national salute
4 the bare;c'; which carried the
royal party to the ship cast oil'
roll) the pier, alter tle K I hjt and
pleen had in peeled the navy
aid.
Aboard the (leorjre W'ashiii!'-
on, boatswain's whistles piped
them over the side and the .shins
md played the Prabancomie,
hile Captain lleCauley .stood
it .salute at the Kanwav and
the ship's crew manned the rails.
Kinjr Albert stood on the
u id-,re of the transport with his
wife and son beside him, jra.inj,'
horeward as the Iijr vessel
teamed slowly down the bay,
scorled by battleships and de
troyers and with the royal
tandard of l!elj,rinm Ihitterinjr
from the masthead.
The kinjr and his party, acc
ompanied by Secretary Lans-
injr, of the state department, and
Assistant Seci'itarv Preckin-
ide Ixnur. wlio has been with
the party throughout its tour ol
the I'nited States, and by Secre
tary Paniels, of the n.ivy depart
ment, arrived at Portress Mon
roe on a special train from
Washington. There and later at
'oitsinouth the kin;r was warm-
y jrreeleil ly stale ami local ol-
fu i ds ami the crowd-; w hich
Mlhercd to receive him.
Poaidin;r the destroyer Stock
ton and e coi ted by navy diriei-
oies ami sea oi.uies me
i ... i . i ... .i
party
yard.
i-sed to the Norfolk
where (Juet ii Llizabelh eave the
iirnal that sent the waters of
lliz abetli liver Hooding into the
two eivat new drydocks for the
lii st time. An in .peit ion of the
lid follow i-il, the kin;: di-pl.iy-
injr j'reat inteie t in all he saw
md reeciviier a continuou; ova
tion from the naval iMi onnel
md the citizens includim: t lions
md ; of m -hool i hildi en, eat hercd
o n reive him.
Cabinet officials and the army
aid navy of lit i is aliened to ac-
ompany the myal pally duriiu;
its ;tay in the Pnitel States,
went with the kin;r to the
lit'OH t' W a hini'ton. Kini in the
o.id tead l!a;r tire sei and tlank
l by the battleship Delaware.
i !'nci a; c coil. I., ine he
K'.ud.d the :lop. however, the
Kin:: sent a lareweil me- are In
'leid'-nl W i! en and the p - pli
of the I'nited Slates.
PP.Cl LAIS MOVK
TO 1 UP. COM. HOLDS
Loui i !e. Ky..(Vt. "L Fn
ei ill ti iiv'lion . 1 1 oill the frill I a
epaitn iit of the aimv Mmi
troop of the famous First divi
it ii. ci'',;h: i iv a provision
d I .i'l.'l.oii, were in thiee train
ally lxav hi route to coal fields
f We t Virginia, where the)
will patrol ib IiiiIhsI minin:r li
litis :hoiild a strike of foal
liner; yo into elfiTl Saturday.
Col. W. S. 1 1. irrcU. romniau
er of the Sixteenth infantry, i
romman.linst I no lauanon.
whit It it is said, will detrain ut
lluntinsrton, W. Va.. and sr ittei
to various town ..
Trucks are iKanjr rallied, lo
u e, if necessary, in tiati-poit
in:r nun ami machine jruns
!j!iick!y fiTim one place to an
other, Ccncral Sunimera'l said.
Another section of troops, in
cliidin,r altuit lot) ofliccrs ain
men, entrainetl ju t In fore T a
in., makin-r the entire unit Vhmi
stmnir.
Other Soldier Heady
t lucaeo. Oct. ..I. I oal nunc
op rators in the Chicairo di1 trirt
today apparently held out little
hope that the day would In injr
development;! that miyht delay
the puttinjr into t (Tecl ut mid
nij:ht tonight of the penera1
strike of bituminous rnal miners
Olficers of the central depart
ment of the Failed States anny
and the illinois militia force
went ahead with preparation
for the possible use nf the so
diers in connection with the
I walk out.
TAKES HER
I i 'II 1
. , 7. Ill- ' ;' ' v'.a.-' .,, , ' i
fiM . iA i - - - ; '
U ,-''- "--'tv;w -H: '
. - . ' - ' - - ' ' . ' '.
A View of two tif Hie iilrpliilii'H icvneil I.) K.'Vlilolir J. C ox, u Wenllh.v oil
fit the iiliini' (nt renter) nr.- Mr. ninl Mrn. Ci uml ilirlr mm. Hcjimmr. Jr. Mrn.
flew from IIoiihIoii to lllnliluliil tm the lliicl.ion, where tlio liel wtm to enter
COAL MIXKIJS SIT NKW
i:i:cokd in last w i:i:k.
Washington, Nov. 1. The
;vo!ojrical survey, .suplement
injr a .statement issued last nij-ht
by Secretary Lane, said tonight
(ft coal production for the week
ibirn-r October 2.1 va.-. PLUS.-
000 tons, probably a record, and
that miners, with few excep
tion, worked loyally lo help (ill
the country's coal bins before
tart injr a strike.
Nohody professed to know how
on the strike mieht run, but
flicials closet in touch with
lans for meetin-; it, (i-ruretl its
lira t ion at "0 tlays at the out
ide. They estimated the cotin-
tl had coal eiioiljdi to la I that
ti jr.
There were no formal state
ments from lalHir leaders. Offi-
ials generally si enie inclined
to let matters stand as they wi re
over Suinl IV.
Teleerani ; w ere i (reived at
he tl -part ment of ju-lice from
iiK-nv .tale,, comment bur the
tin,! tl pie j'ovt i iinient. (!ov-
inoi A. II. Pobeits, of Ten-
le
", P It jrraphed :
re!itie.,-ee will .-land . o'.idly
with you in all join c I forts lo
maintain order and piotect life.
ibcrly and prt peily."
I lo.n Dtliver Ooveuior Shonp
of (4i!iraiIo. lelc!'!;. idled :
"Pif.jde of Coloiado heartily
ippiove ot action taken by
'le.ideiit Wllam i.iul Attorney
leiieial Palmer. National (lualtl
of Colorado ah cad v mobilized
i'or pit lection of life and IiIm i-
tv."
The lejral depal tmefil of the
tate of Texas, thioiij-h Altoi-
uev (leiieial C. M. Ctirelon. of-
ere-l to ail Hie federal art n
ii". i:i "any way peiisatted by
au"
Commendation for Attorney
leneral Palmer's ;tand a;:.an4
"aiiaithv and hexi-m" was
'xpie .sisl in a re olulinii adopt-
d bv the chain! rr of (niniaeice
of Mclrphis, Ttliil. Other tele-
1'iams were said to Im in a simi-
ar tu nd, but were not eiven out
Htaii e they contained jome
-ontidi nli d infoi mat ion.
PL.U F CAYALItYMFN AT
OKDKKS OF (I F.N. N(M)D
Chic.ijTo, Nov. "J. Tin War tie
paiimrni iimiiv piareti at l he
di po al of Maj. (icn. Ieonard
V'tHnl. commaiiiler of lo' central
depailuient of the army, the II
cavalry at Fort Sam lion ton
for li e, if necessary, in Colora
do in toiineclion with the strike
of soft coal miner. In the uU-
ence of any developments indi-
ratin;r trouble in the Colorado
mine field;, no orders looking to
ally movement of the rcjriment
w ere i . lied.
I ederal troops aireatlv are in
We. I Virginia ami Tennessee fm
emergency use and Cenera
Wood was ready to tli-patch fur
Iher regular army men to any
dangerous points ujMin requests
from civil authorities for feder
al aid.
State troops to the numlt r o
l.ooo or more had mobilized or
ordered to mobilize in Colorado
and Alabama, and other coa
producing states, the aulhoi itii
holdinjr their forces ready for
protection of mines an I mine
properties.
SON TO SCHOOL IN AN
LIMIT. MAYXAKD (iFPST
AT .IF.MPPD-FP P,AN(iFi:T
Pal. i-h. Nov. L Lieut. Pel
vi ii W. Maynard and Seifreant
Cline. his mechaiiician, "Trixey"
the dotf and third niember of the
ilyin-r parly, were baiitpietetl at
llu' YailKiiou;i tonijrht by Kal
ei;:h and W ake Foiv.-.t men.
The Mas Hai ti p.tity blew un
expeetetlly into pjdei-h at "JO
this alU'iiioon after ;dout foi'
and a half hours (if ll. in;r flow
Miueola held. Tho pronch"i
pilot talked f Mineola as tho'ilj;li
it was a l.indiii". out on the Ober
lin or Cary ro.ul. Yet he drove
this di'tance of olio miles at a
late of t '.ceetlinjf 100 miles an,
leai:- ami in iii; .-peeili tonight
sai'l he "just mo .eyed alonjr."
The ban.t!'.'l V.is a jti:iipetl-t:p
affair whit Ii P.-.leieh j'.ive two
tl iv i ahead of st h duN-d time.
The peopl kin w the preacher
wa; in the air but not until the
nl (t int nil. The Tier loped over
to V a; hin"toii from Mineola,
stopH d an hour and a hall and
pitched out to Palei-h. The L'7 I
railroad mile-, weie dipped olT in
t'o hours and to minutes..
The llyim: pi ea- lier sailed
over Wake Forest, tliopped down
to the bote etop ; ;nd openin;r hi ;
oil hot e po ver I.iU ity nrntor,
-an-r an tinheavcnlv sonj? In the
HM'iile of Hi" Cti!!e"o town, lie
ircl.'d the hill a lew minutes.
very near I he 5'i ounil. then
turned hi; machine to the skies.
n a Iwiiikliinr it had Inell lo t,
md he came to Ua!ei':h. Lieut.
I airy Huiimt, fai-r for the
tale fair, wtnt out to meet him
md biou'dtt him to a land n;r.
Sunday Dr. Hubert Poteat
..kr. th' ai i!or to the ci ilee
town wleie theywi'l pick nut a
andiie: lor Monday. On I hat
lay P.'pti tdoin will suspend,
tti'i sptv ial 1 1 ain i to the town.
si:u up C,oeiiior liakctt aiitl
Col. All h i t Co for speit ht s and
eli'.eil.an their lim t tli tin
j'l.i hitl stu.lenl all the after
noon. Lieutenant Man."id will
l!y over to the coot-ee and re
main thei e until In jriHvs to Clin-
ii, where he i-t flier extlaor-
tlin av iliinmr the lair week.
At the li.n,ut t the ll inj
t leiie l.uke.l fin ile a ileal ol Ills
trip at ro s the continent. I "red
tlent Poteat, tf the roUeec, wa
amoiiji the jpcakers. Four nre.jt
airmen, Ma naitl. Cline. Pun t-r.
and Tin ner, were piet iit at the
dinner. "Trixev," the tlo;r. m uh
Hi" filth in the party.
SIHIKi: OF PULMLUS
ON NASIlYILLi: PAPFKS
N a hville, Tciin., Nov. L-
.x;i nviiie new papers ioii.iv are
rontinuin:: pulilication f their
regular editions despite the
walkout Thursday inj-ht am
1'riday of the majority of I he
employes m their coiiimv in;
room-;.
I he i-siie are icilucel in
size, but suificient Men remain
at woik to set up the moie im
pnrtanl new;;.
Since all the printers involve
weie Itcinjr paid ?l.'Ji per tlay
more than their contracts call
for and walked out Inrau e an
additional one dollar per tlay w a-
liot -rranted. tlx ir action is dis
avowed by the head of the loea
union and the international or
;:anization has ordered them lo
return to woik pending adjust
ment.
AIRPLANE
mini of I loiislmi, Ti'X. Slilli.lih;: III from
Vx mid Seymour, ulonu with Pilot I'.loi It
w hool.
pkpsium; fayoks fokck
of yolfntfpu soldilks
Washinfrton, Nov. 1. - A vol
unteer force of ofliccrs and men
who served in the -.neat war, so
organized as to preserve war
time designations of units, was
piopo. eil to the military com
mittee of Congress today Ly
(iein-nral Pcrsliiii" as the basis
of a permanent reserve to be
maintained in future by univer
. ; I . crvice.
Fntil universal lraiiiin;r jrot
under way, he toltl the commit
tee, divisions ami smaller units
now disbanded could be brought
jack into existence on paper,
villi enough volunteers from
their former personnel to make
up the skeleton of a continuiii"
reserve system.
Liter, he continued, men
emer;;in;r -from universal train
in r camp.; could be a signed In
tin se reserve units in their home
ocaiitie '. He ; ueet sletl that
he nu n thus assi;;uei bo a cin
i!. d for drill or maiiouvers "once
'I tv. till) in;; lie' pel ioi the
e In I I for po - il th m rvit e"
tier tiaiiiiiur tlit i!;:h they could
not be actuallv called into at i ix t
ei viee I'Mt pt in time of war.
The ) eiieial said the ploblen
f litlier in thi; pl.ai with an
ontiiaiaiice of the national
'uaiil as Mich, was a tiiilieii!!
ne. He su;r;:e te that I he j'ov
i. seniors of state; mi;:ht It"
i i n aulhoi ity to c.,!l Hi u-
five in'o sci vu e in !oe..I cm
i "iieies, bul pi elerred . that
tit ii training anil oi rani.alioti
Of Ce.;iii! il.- leili r;.l.
(e in i; 1 Pi r h:nr al tkf lar
hi pi " fel eliee fof ;. my j,,
motion; le,- m !e lii.n i Ihei ih.n.
eliionlv, and ifcoiii'iiended a
limit h i for promotion. In
that way, he s ud. math "d mo
lin.hct" tolll l In' t iimiiiated mi I
eXl t iii'.r llietiu:. lilies iKtwerii
t.i:!' ..nd line l nrnvi tl. The
pit i ol piomt'tioll : !em In
chai .s lei i i d a "ab. Ui d."
He- it!.1 ; iilu.il!y com-
p.ettd hi. tatenieiit l-fore Hit
comiuiltec; lodav, but he a-kel
lime lo con ider some of Ihc
tjlle tlolH Mlbinitled by im in-
Imm s nod plohahly will appeal
i.r.iiil next week.
Mi ADOols Y:FnTLT) TO
SOON FNTF.U TUP UACF
a .luns:lon, Ocl. ..o. it is
expifted here that Win. am
(Im.'i., Mi Atlixt. wid soon thi'ow
his hat into the iohtical lin;:
md become an active candidate
for the Democratic nomination
lor rre itlent. there w is an
authcrtie ivpoit at tli capilol
ttx ay lo Ihis elbrt, allhoiii;!i u-
Inidy is to Ik tpiol tl on the sul
ject.
Con crvative bu ine s inter-
et, it is rcpoittsl, are willinir to
iijport the McAtloti I mom and
the former jecictaiy of the
treasury in also popular with
railroad oik men, other lalmi
in classes anil the farmers.
Mr. McA'lon is holdinjr back
because of the Wil-oll thil
term, talk but the pro;rrcss on
the peace treaty indicate.1 that
the President mav soon Ik? deli-
ni'ely out of consideration
Then, it is reported here, the
McAdoo hat will $ro into th
rinfr and the round up of dele
rates in North Carolina and t th
er Democratic states will begin
FATAL SIIOOTLN(J IN
AllTOMOPILl CONTPST
PI Pa',o, Tow, Nov. 2. Maj.
M. Seanland, U. S. A., and
veil others, includin;- four
women, weie arrested tonight at
,as Ci uce:
M., chai'jved wilh
the murder of John T. Ilutchin '.,
if Alanioj'oiilo, who wa.; fatal-
shot today w hile tlriviiijr an
lUuiiiioMie in a cross-count rv
oral rase.
The can e of the ; hool has.
not l. en a cm aim , . : : n e ,
i ijoi' S ai'.l.iiid. th.' j.'-i,.
id "d I 'i t tl .Lie i.. on, ol A Ipine ,
fi x , .Mi l li;ti i (!. (), I .! i ri I.
Chalk" Altmali Mi. s, Pills
Fell-
p. I ,
Me-
near
st oi
II It, Ml'. Over: tie. I. Ml .
lolbrttok and M ,-.'.. . M
'in i . on, of I il 'a, o.
The .lioo;iii;r occurred
.a.nail,. N. M., If, miles, w
il Paso, durinjr an PI I'a.-o to
'hot nix race.
lluUhins was shot in the back
t biulet pent traline; 1 1 1 r jiutomo-
ile se..t, and ltalin'r near the
tase of his spine. His motor
ar was said lo have been travel
ing I") miles an hour at the time
Oliver Lee, llulchin.-.' niechaii-
ici.in, said he heard six shots
lirod.
Lee piloted the car with it ;
wounded driver to Lanaik.
I heie Lee borrowt d a rille ami
returned to the sci ne of the
liiKilin;,' with Winchester Cool
y and District Jiitljie W. P.
W'c.-.ve. where thev took int.) cu -
otly the eijrht persons lieitl at
-is Cruet' . The four men ami
four vvoiin n were occupants of
m automobile.
llulchins. was chaull'eiir for
leiieral John .1. IVishin;: when
leneral IYr.diin;r coiniiiandid
ihc American punitive expedi
tion into Mexico, lie had won
ntiitO'i tnis automobile races in
il Pa o and Ju..rc: Mc.
NPA1I-I KillT ()( (T PS OYFIJ
ilSAPPKAPANCP OP P.OO.P
Danville, Va., Nov. L The
timely intervention of Comnion-
.u-.dlli's Attorney John W. Car
ter (hi. moinill;: preveatetl a
i -I it (la II belwiell W. T. Me. I-
ion, ne of the .' tale piohibitn n
m pt ctoi s, iin.l Pt ubeii Fraziei ,
in automobile tbiver, -in the
tut 1 1 htm e. Mr. Carter pie-
u tiled the delivery of any blow .
aid no wailanN h id l-eii! i . u. tl
his afteintH ii. The tiouble h id
Is In jniimii;: a ear ao wh n
lie in;: hi II. . .Miilj'.n t, a l e-
i line a;,'t it, with ." lit Hon. laid
I Fraii i 's liiui e on atnlei.d
ai I .till, seiiii'f a fllilra-e ct-
a oio'T P5 paits of li-pit-r wliith
lev carried aw a v. No v. .at. mi
.:,; ever i t:n! for Fi.,ir v.!.
I'rcnirntiy rallies oiiu.is on
roati . and from time to tinn he
i is t ked for the delivery of the
-uite.e e and ii . t ontenl s.
No iccoid ol the hi'Ut r Iteine;
tinned iii ha; U'tn nude. Ya
i,. r . ;..i s. but he has l eii olleit d
the ei' ply liitca t in a tl.una'-i tl
t'liditioii v-huh lie has tlediutd
to accept. HieUoii state that
Shue, nl to'.k the !uitc;ee and
Shueail thiim that Slultt n had
hai'-e of it, the state ofl ct r
vin;r to.1. tv that he was unable
to ;u it. iint for the mi pl.iet im nl
if the wi t I'ood ;.
Tliii moimiur Fi'a7ier" a ks
Sla Hon for ii settlement ami was
to! I bv the officer that he knew
nethiiur alxuit the alfair. Mr.
Cat lei ovei heaiil the autonm-
! driver till the ptohibilion
ofdeer "You avo an old roUter."
The iiij'iiemnt conlinuetl fiom
the automobile to the rouit
hoi.M' where the two nit n finally
.inn' ttieether for a few seconds.
PLK.MANS MFST FAY FOIJ
SINKINC HAITLK IT. KIT
Palis, Nov. L (P.V Associat
ed Pie-.)-Demand will e made
of Cerniany that all violation of
the .'iimislice shall be made
irootl. Thi ha i U-en tie idetl up
on by the supicme council which
has completed the protocol to
the (lei man treaty.
The protocol provides that
iicrmany shall surrciiiier crui
sers and destroyers to replace
tho e nink at Soapa Flow, and
also surrender float injr drydock1
lighters, cranes, tujrs ami other
naval equipment epi.d in value
to that of the first class battle
ships destroyed, which (Icmiany
cannot replace.
IIOLLWPC NOW SAYS III t
WAS WHY SUSPICIOUS.'
.
Pei lin, Friday, Oct. 31. (P,y
the Associated Pre:;:;.) Dr. von
Pefhinann-llollwefr, German
chancellor for the great part of
tho war, underwent a grilling: in
terrogation before the national
assembly sub-committee, which
i;s endeavoring to determine
what possibilities for peace had
presented themselves during the
war.
Commissioner Sinsheimer
M't'.-lioneil the former chancel
so insistently upon matters
!t lail.-d at the morning .session
lli.d von Pethmann-llolhvej
' ''u t -savage, although
'! a long time he had adopted
oi apologelic attitude.
Con-.idei'able time was devoted
to the part played by Ambassa
dor Gerard, von Pcthmann-Holl-weg
reu-;ttetlly asserted that
Germany was suspicious of
President Wilson's .sincerity in
(luring peace because he (Pres
ident Wilson) dit! not connde in
Civaiil and the latter had to go
to the incident for information.
The ex-chapcellor said ' Ambass
ador Gerard's observations in
Germany generally coincided
with his ow ii.
Direct answers were frequent
ly evaded by von Pethmann-llollmaiin-llollweg,
who said he
could not remember whether he
gave Gerard the German peace
terms., although they hail often
.'poken of peace ami he had told
Gerard things he said in the
leichstag.
The questions of the examiner
here In-came so insistent that
von Pi thnianii-Ilollwcg In-idled
anil a ked lime to study the arc
hives, which until a week ago he
ha.l not seen for two yens. He
aid he told Gerard that Pelgium
iiiii4 not Im used as a military
I'.i e ft r another attack on Ger
many an. I di. cusset(wilh the
ambassador various mih'ary and
economical "o,t-war Illations.
Tlit I'm inei chancellor reiter
alid th.d Germany tli. trusted
tl. tm IteratiM he was known to
be iM iUuy and that lie (the cx
ch.mcelioi ) had toltl Gerard he
wa skeptical of the pi cedent's
aitiu.de. Di. von Fcthnunn
llollwtg then tlescrilied repeat
ed t iioits he hail made to have
the chief censor check Pan-German
new-papers in their attacks
on Ike I 'nil tl States, but assert
ed tli.t pet .pie'.-, will for the D
lu it w.iilaie via . tii stioug ami
whether the press was quieted
or not the people retained their
pi tjli.lices.
T never saw a rosy future,"
l. t laiel on Pet hmann-I loll weg
i.iit when lhe submarine war
iMS'iinH' ilieil.dll.' I riiiisi.l. i .si
it lay duty to as, ume a confident
attitude toward the people, the
amy and the leich -tag. I
fming hopeful."
jfd(;i:s-vysmi:s.(;iaham
SHALL (i!T $11". MONTHLY
laleieh Nov. 1. Judge Guion
this afieiiiiKni made n ruling in
the alimony and abandonment
suit cji.se against Major W, A.
Giih,im, commissioner of agri
culture, by his wife, Mi, Salli
CI.ii k Graham, to the clfect that
Mis. Graham's allowance, pend
ing ii jury trial of the rase, shall
U ?L!" h r month inMcad of the
?1".0 that Mrs. Graham demand
ed. The Judge held that in view
of the official salary of the com
missioner and the ((.imaged con
dition of his fann, the ahmony
modified to $12. er month
would Im; enough, lieing half of
his salary of '..f.OO.
In parsing on the case Jinlge
Guion gave lengthy hearing to
counsel on Itoth titles in addition
to coiisid-i ing the complaint, an
swer, and the several amend
ments thereto, as cadi Fide has
made charges, entered denials
and the like. Finally a jury is
to pass on the question of whe
ther Major Graham was locked
out of the house by Mrs. Graham
as lie charges, or whether he
"abandoned" Mis. Graham, a-
she set out in her comp! til I i W