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The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1918-05-30
W.. M. S.

Mesdames Holland and Moss were
hostesses for the Woman's Missionary
Society Monday afternoon. A large
number of the members of the society,
the "Bess Combs girls and part of
the Juniors We're present.
Several splendid papers ana readings
were given by Mrs. Gillian. Miss Wv
ian Skipper, Kathleen Nealis ana Dor
othy Franklin.
It ism often the society is honored
by distinguished guest from the
Land of the Rising Sun but we had
that pleasure Monday afternoon. in
monstrator, who was born and reared
in Japan. She has lived in Arkansas
few years and attended The State Uni
versity. Her father is a Methodist
minister from the Georgia Conference
and has been a missionary to Japan
for twenty years.
Japan is the key to missionary ad-
vance in the Orient. She is the most
awak ened, most advanced, self confident
nation Of the East Her government is
the best organized best equipped and
most efficient With a trained army and
powerful navy, she takes front rank
as military power.
The Society has never been weighed
in balance and found wanting" and
s2l so. was quickly given toward the
fund for car for Miss Callahan in or
der that she may be able the more eff
ficiently to carry on her work as coun-
ty demonstration in all parts of the
county during the present canning sea
son when the canning and conservation
of food takes first rank as patriotic
duty
After the program social hour fol
lowed and refreshing punch was served
AT late hour We bade our hostesses
goodbye and thanked them for pleas
ant afternoon.
Regular business meeting next Mon
day at the church at 3 o clock
Secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
GREEKS ASK WILSON | ID PROTECT THEIR GENERAL FREEDOM
Do Not Want the Turk to Have Any Ruling Power in the Ottoman
 Empire
Rx Assaciated Pres.

Philadelphia, December 21. President Wilson and the allied leaders have been appealed to by representatives of 100000 Greeks in this country to insist at the peace conference upon the freedom of Greeks every where.
 This action was taken by 1900 dele gates representing all sections of this country, who attended a meeting sn this city of the Greek Orthordox com munity. In cablegram sent to Pres ident Wilson at Paris. he is asked to give support to the Greek demands that no Turkish government be al- lowed in the future to rule the Greek or any other subject races in the Ot- toman empire; that all Greek terri tories be redeemed from the Bulgarian yoke; that no Greek territory be in- cluded in the contemplated Albanian states as the Greeks and other Chris tians and many Musselmans with Greck national conSc1OuSneSS, south of the River Yenouses, under no circum- stances would accept such an arrange ment; that complete restoration, repa- ration and rehabilitation be provided for all Greeks deported by Turkish, Bulgarian and other governments; that districts normally Greek in pop ulation be united with their mother country"
 Copies of the message were cabled to MI C1emencpalf Tlnvd and Prime Minister venizelos 1t was also sent to Premier Orlando of Italy before his meeting with President Will son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
MARCH SAYS GOAL
 HAS BEEN REACHED
 IN DEMOb|LZAT|0N
An Average of Thirty Thou sand a Day Has Been Accomplished, Exclud-
 ing Sunday
By Associated Press

Washington, December 21. Demohilization of the home military forces at the rate of 30,000 a day, a goal set less than a month ago by the war department, has been reached, if not exceeded.
 General March, chief of staff,- an- nounced today that demobilization at the home camps during the seven day period ending December IA was at an average of 27.o00 day. although no men were discharged from most of the camps on Sunday.
 Total demobilization on December 14 had reached 29.903 officers and 1SS,563 men, The chief of staff said more than 9OO.000 men have been assigned for early demobilization, including 21000 divisional troops, 43,000 engineers and 16,0o0 men of the military aeronautics division.
 General March made public a report from General Pershing under date of December 15 saying at that time total of 3120 American officers and men taken prisoner by the enemy had been released and that only a few Ameri- cans in isolated camps remained pris- oner.
 Red Cross workers and allied and neutral agents. the report said, are now searching for the few still held prisoner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
White and Taussig Are
 Dismissed From Army

Washington, December 2f.--Dis- missaI from the army of Maj. Gustav (. TaussiE and Capt. Frank s. White for negligence In connec- tion with unduly severe discipIinary measures against army conscicntI- ous 0bjectOrs in detention sec tion at Camp Funston, Kas., was announced today by Secretary Baker.
 Major Taussig was in charge of the section. He was convicted of having permitted undue severity before the prisoners had been for maIiy convicted of any offenxe.
 Captain White, as judge advocate, was charged with having made ont superficial investigation of ttS case when 1t was brought to b. attention.
 Secretary Baker said several reNe lar army officers were implicntsD and the cases of these will be ta0 en up in the regular routine of tx. departments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
STEEL CONF PAN|ES FORM A
 GREAT CORPORATION
Line-Up of New Enterprise Will Consist of All Con- panies Except United
 States Steel
By Associated Press

New York, December 21. 1 Organization of the North American Steel Products cor poration, a combination of the larger independent steel com panies, to advance their for eign mutual trade interests, was formally announced here today T!le new exporting or- ganizatiou will represent the following companies with a combined annual ingot capaci- |ity of 12,000,000 tons.
 Bethlehem Steel, Brier Mill Steel, Lackawanna Steel, Lukens Steel; Mid- vale Steel and Ordnance, Republic Iron Steel. Whitaker Glessner company and Youngstown Sheet and Tube company
 E. A. S. Clarke, president of the Lacka- wanna Steel company, will be president of the corporation, having resigned his present position. effective January 1. In a statement telling of the purpose of the organization, MT Clarke said to. day.
 Tt is expected that other producing interests will join the North American company later on and that eventually it will represent in export trade substan- tially all important steel producing com paIres of the county--outside of the United States Steel corporation.
 The company expects to incorporate immediately and to begin active business on January ?, next. In addition to it's principal office in New York city, the location of which has not yet been de- cided. 1t will have branches throughout the world, wherever the introduction and sale of American iron and steel pro- ducts make it desirable.
 The launching of this company, the first to avail itself under the Webb bill, of the right of steel producers to com bine, and cooperate in export trade, marks the beginning of a broad con structive work, which will benefit not only those directly interested. but the whole country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
GRAND JURY KEEPS ! UP ITS SENSATIONAL
 SHEFFIELD PROBE
Seven Additional Men Are Lodged in Prison Satur- day, Charged With
 Murder

Tusculnbia, December 21. Especial. Fourteen well known men of Tuscumhia and Sheffield are in jail, and war
 rants are out for many others,
 as a result of the report of the Colbert county grand jury, which late this week returned the large number of indict- ments iii connection with the lynching of two negroes here in November.
 As the warrants are served and the parties arrested, they are being taken to other points in the state and lodged in jail for the two-fold purpose of pI eventing disorder and preventing the men from communicating with each Iother.
 Those taken into custody include Os- car Johnson, who has been serving as chief deputy to Sheriff J. E. Keeton; IS. T. Campbell. Tuscumba, deputy sheriff; Joe Fuller, John B. Gibson, Tom Ferguson. Ellis Nichols and Green Nichols of Sheffield.
 Seven others were arrested and lodged in jail late today, all of them charged with frst-degree murder They were Bob Freeman Ralph Owen, Charles Bas- den, Stephen Slim Bennett Stone and Frank Harmon, all of Sheffield. and D. C Keith, local detective for the South ern Railway company.
 Two indictments in connection with the lynchings were returned at pre- vious session of the grand jury, fol- lowed by the arrests of Frank billiard and Jeff Jenkins of Sheffield. both of whom are now in jail awaiting trial. on charges of having taken part in the lynchings,
 A special session of the circuit court of Colbert county will be called by Judge Charles P. Almon in order that speedy trials may be made of the cases.
 It is understood that the grand jury returned indictments charging murder, public drunkenness and other offenses against number of well known men, including several county officials.
 It Is probable the grand jury will hold further sessions upon the return of Solicitor Joseph R. Tate, who has gone to Montgomery to confer with state officials.
 The sensational report of the grand jury was expected, but nevertheless 1t created a sensation here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
HIGH PRICES OF MILK AND STAPLE r OOD
 KILL ING CHILDREN
New York Aroused Over Conditions on East Side, Where Situation Is
 Investigated
Hx Associated Pre..

New York, December 21. Aroused by reports that, with Christmas approaching. East Side children are ''fainting in schoolrooms and dying at home'' because their parents cannot pay the prevailing high prices for milk and staple foods, representative citizens today organized a committee !" to feed them first and investi- gate afterwards.''
 A plea that something be done for her pupils. who were slowly starving to death" was made recently by teacher to Joseph s. Markus, banker, who now heads the relief organization. MT. Markus himself visited schools, hos spitals and tenements and today issued statement dealing with conditions on tho east side.
 ( One settlement, he said, has the names of 15o babies who, recovering from mfll- enxa, now face death from pneumonia because their parents cannot buy milk needed to restore them to health Every hospital in the district. he continued, knows hundreds more underfed children, many of whom are physically unable to continue their studies.
 < Of his visit to one school he said: Tn one room there were p children. A ragnan would not have paid five cents for all the clothing they wore Many had no undergarments, and those who did could hardly call them by that tname Many were without shoes and others had heelless and soleless ones.
 we learned most of them came there without any breakfast. Some kind people were giving the teacher a little money every week. and with that she purchased some milk and cereals, preparing gruei over . small stove in the room. She said with the high cost of inf.k now she was not able to buy much, and that sevsro1 Of the children had tainted right there Tn the class room. Others were too weak to leave home and died there. Halnutritton was the cause starvat tion.r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
GERMANY RECALLS
 MEXICAN MINISTER
 FOR SECOND TIME
Von Eckhardt Was Diplomat Who Figured in Zimmer- mann Disclosures Early
 Last Year
Fly Associated Pres.

l, Mexico City, December 21.
 Heinrich von Eckhardt, the German minister to Mexico since 1915, and the diplomat who figured in the Zimmer- mann disclosures early in 1917, when the German government made a futile attempt to line Mexico ID against the United States, has been recalled by the present German government.
 This was learned officially this evening when the an nouncement was made that Minister Won Eckhardt had notified the Mexican govern mcnt of his recall.
 ] The diplomat expects to make his farewell calls within a few days and to leave for Germany by the way of the United States.
 The notice of his recall was sent to Won Eckhardt through Ygnacio Bo- nillas the Mexican ambassador at Washington, more than five weeks ago, but apparently the German minis tn,. tx sxI structions of the new German govern ment About 10 days ago. additional orders were sent to Von Eckhardt.
 AFFAIRS LEFT WITH MAGNUS
 The diplomatic affairs of Germany in Mexico will be left in the hands of pr. Von Magnus. councillor of the Ger man legation, who, it is stated, has been given positive instructions by his government. to cease anti-American propaganda in Mexico
 Minister Von Eckhardt has been credited with being the director of violent anti-American propaganda which has been carried out in Mexico by rro-German and German-owned papers which at various times pub lished false stories with the evident intent of embroiling Mexico and the United States in war.
 It was to Won Eckhardt that Dr. AL fred Zimmerman, then German foreign secretary. sent message dated Janu- ary 19 1917. drought Count von Bernstorff. former ambassador of Germany at Washington. proposing an alliance with Mexico and Japan 10 make war on the United States if the latter country did not remain neutral Japan, through Mexican mediation. &C., cording to the Berlin instructions was to be urged to abandon her allies and join in the attack on the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
What the Weather Man
 Promises Christmas w eek

Washington. December 21.-'rhe following weather predictions for the week, beginning Monday, were issued by the weather bureau to- dnys
 South Atlantic and enst gulf states, Fair Monday, rain about Tuesdnys temperntures above nor nal. Generally fair second half of the week. with nearly normal tcni- peratures.
 West gulf statess Rain Monday and probably also on Tuesday In Arkansas and Louisinna, otherwise generally fair weather during the week, warmer Monday, tempera- ture slightly below normal Tuesday night and Wednesday. and nearly normal thereafter.
 Ohio valley and Tennessees Rain probably Monday night or Tuesday. followed by generally fair weather the second halt of the week. Near ly normal temperaturea, except ssmewhat above normal during the rasR period.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
Americans Occupy the
 Gibraltar of the Rhine

CObienx. Friday, December 20. The fortress of Ehrenbreitstein, sometimes called the Gibraltar of the Rhine. on the opposite bank of the river from Coblenx, was Oc- cupied by American troops today. The commander of the American force h Col. Robert Boyers, a West Point graduate of 1903.
 The fortress. which is situated on . rocky promontory 400 feet above the river and occupies more than 100 acres, will accommodate thou sands of men. It will he used for the present as the regimentnl head quarters of the First pioneer in- fsntry and two battalions of pi- Oneers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
What Will Mississippi
 Do With Her Lynchers ?

New York, December 2l.--De- mand to know what steps the Mis- sissippi authorities will take In re- gard to the lynching of four ne- gr0es reported to have taken place at Shubuta, in that stnte. last Fri- day, was contained in a telegram addressed to Govrenor BilbO today by the National Association for the Advancement of ColOred People. The telegram points out that since the. United states entered the war 1O3 lynchinEs have occurred, and that 26 of these have taken plnc~ since Preaident Wilson made an ap- peal against lynehinE on July 21, last.
 ~Last month Governor Henderson of Alabama directed the attorney general to take charge of m fnvex- tigation of the Sheffield lynchinGs, as result of which indictments were found.~ the raessage declared. AWhat is Mississipprs answer to the chnilenxe of the Americas con- scienee which, In common with the 'resid~nt. considerm lynehlnE m unIustlfiahle bsPbarity f'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22

mankind. the best induction into edu- I cation was to feel the pulses of hu- manity which had beaten from age to 1 age through the universities of men | who had penetrated to the secrets of l the human spirit.
 WAR OF CULTURE And I agree with the intima ton which has been conveyed today that l the terrible war through which we have just passed has not been only a war between nations, but that it has been also a war between sys- tems of culture-the one system the aggressive system, using science without conscience, stripping learn i ing of it's moral restraints and using every faculty of the human mind to do wrong to the whole race, the other system reminiscent of the high tra- dition of men: reminiscent of all their struggles some of them obscure, but others closely revealed, to history, of men of indomitable spirit everywhere struggling towards the right and seeking above all things else to be free
 The triumph of freedom in this war means that that spirit shall now dominate the world. There is grea wave of moral force moving through the world, and every man who op- poses himself to that wave will go down in disgrace.
 The task of those who are gath cred here. or will presently be gath cred here, to make the settlements of this peace is greatly simplified by the fact that they are masters of no one: they are the servants of mankind. And if we do not heed the mandates of mankind we shall make ourselves the most conspicuous and deserved failure in the history of the world
 My conception of the league of ma tions is just this-that it shall oper- ate as the organized moral force of men throughout the world and that whenever or wherever wrong and az gression are planned or contemplated this searching light of conscience will be turned upon them and men every where will ask. What are the pur- poses that you hold in your heart against the fortunes of the world?'
 EXPOSE HELPS
 Just a little exposure will settle most questions. If the central powers had dared to discuss the purposes of this war for a single fortnight it never would have happened And if, as should be- they were forced to dis cuss it for year the war would have been inconcefvab1e
 "So I feel that this war is. as has been said more than once today, inti- mately related with the university spirit. The university spirit Is intol- erant of all the things that put the human mind under restraint. It is in tolerant of everything that seeks to retard the advancement of ideals, tho acceptance of the truth. the purifca- tion of life. And every university man can ally himself with the forces of the present time with the feeling that now at last the spirit of truth. the
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
Verdict Says Death by
 Hands of Unknown Persons

shubuta. Miss. December 21. That the four negroes, accused of the murder of Dr. E. l.. Johnston. their employer, who were lynched near here E-tday nixht, came to their death at the hands of un- known persons. was the verdict Of the coroner's jury here today. The negroes. Major and Andrew Clark. brothers. nnd Mag and Alma House, sisters, all are under 20 years of age. They were hanged from the girders of the Chickashay river bridge, two miles from Shu- huta, after they had been taken from the Shubuta taiI. ThrOuEh- out Friday night the bodies swung from the steel span, being left un- touched until the coroner arrived today.
 pr. Johnston was shot Decem- her 10. while milking . COW In the barnyard near his plantation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22


 Senate and Chamber of Deputies, the diplomatic corps. members of the gov ernment and the highest civil and mil itary authorities were present.
 Great crowds cheered the President when he arrived accompanied by Mrs Wilson, Ambassador sharp and M. Jus serand, French ambassador to the United States
 Alfred Croiset, dean of the faculty of letters. welcomed President Wilson in a short address.
 In presenting to President Wilson the insignia and diploma of doctor in the name of the University of Paris, Vice
 Rector Lucien Poincare said:
 History will recount how, taking in spiration from the American people ana your own thoughts, you reached ont glorious day the decision which is one of the greatest events recorded in the 1 war, and in your own words. placed the | blood and all the power of America at kthe service of the principles which have given her life
 t"History will also tell how you have sought to have the imperishabe suprem- acY of right by means of an association of peoples which should liberate the ! world.
 M. Poincare paid honor to American university professors for the unfailins i sympathy they have shown for France and also to the American students who in such great numbers came to fight be- side their French student comrades. s'Many, alas," M. Poincare continued, will not return to their beloved coun- try, for they have fallen in France, where, we trust, they felt they were .l~ r xrn lift to the youth of the two republics an immortal example of fraternal union Glory to these American students. "Glory to the eminent professors of their universities.
 And glory to you. MT. President, the first American among them all.
 WILSON'S ACCEPTANCE Wilson, in acknowledging the honor bestowed upon him today { by the University of Paris in the form of a doctors degree, said:
 1T feel very keenly the distinguished honor which has been conferred upon me by the great University of Paris. and it is very delightful to me also to have the honor of being inducted into the great company of scholars whose life and fame have made the history of the University of Paris thing ad mirable among men of cultivation in all parts of the world.
 By what you have said, sir. of the theory of education which has been followed in France and which I have tried to promote in the United States, I am tempted to venture upon favor ite theme have always believed that the chief object of education was to awaken the spirit, and that inasmuch as a literature whenever it has touched it's great and higher notes was an expression of the spirit of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
MONEY CARRIED FOR
 ALABAMA PROJECTS

Washington, December 31.-(spe- cial.)-The rivers and harbors bilI reported to the House this after noon carries s2oO.000 for the War rior river. and sso5yoO0 for mainte- nance and Improvement of Mobile bay and harbor.
 Moneys already appropriated will be used h completing projects, i'm cluainx the Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
Reign of Terror Spreads
 Over City of Cleveland

Cleveland. O., December Fl. While scores of police and Ameri- can Protective league operatives. armed with rifles. toured the cssy tonight in automobiles in an ef fort to check the wave of highway robberies and other crimes sweep ing Cleveland. two bandits entered the saloon of the United states Dis- tributinx company, held up II men $50 and escaped after shooting the Bartender and another man who att tempted to attack them.
 The two men were seriously wounded. hut will recover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
Police Back to Work

Toronto. December sl.-The strike of the municipal police force to enforce recognition of their union was called off late today as the result of an agreement reached at a conference of the police commissioner and representatives of the men, All the questions at issue will be arbitrated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
Investigate Jewish Question

Stockholm. December 2l.--(Havas.)--A commission of British officers. according to the Polish bureau of information. has arrived at Leniberg. It will investigate the matter of German participation in the action of Ukraine against Poland, ant also the Jewish question
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
Overdue Vessel Arrives

Norfolk. Va. December 2l.-The motor schooner Risor, nine days overdue from New York. arrived here today. The yes sel was driven to sea in the storm dur ing the early part of the week. but sustained no damage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
Wilson Receiues The Degree Of Doctor m
 UniUersity of Paris
Eloquent Tribute Is Paid By Vice Rector of the Institution to Presidents Ability As Profes- sor Before Entering Upon His
 Political Career

Paris December 21( (Havas) )-In the great amphitheaer of the University of Paris he Sorbonne President Wilson this afternoon received the degree of Doctor Honors Causa conferred upon him in recognition of his urst and historian This is the first time in the history of the university that an honorary degree has been bestowed