Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-28

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American exports in October 1919,
were valued AZ $685. 100000, an in.
crease Of $35,O00OO0 over those in
September and OF $l30,OO0,OOO over
those in October a year ago
The secretary OF war announces
that in view Of the fact that the mum.
Der Of men prescribed for the Amer.
lean forces in France and Germany
for the infantry and engineer corps
those countries will be discontinued.
President Wilson placed the gov.
eminent again in control of the ma
tons food supply by transferring the
authority of food administrator to At.
torney General Palmer Revival OF
the wartime functions of Administra.
tor Hoover resulted directly from
government efforts to avert n famine
In sugar but the powers delegated
to the head of the department OF jus.
tice will be- also 10 help put down the
eyermountng cost of living For the
! present the attorney general will not
put into operation all Of the machin.
cry permitted under the executive or.
i der.
Avenues Of speculation leading
many ways were opened up when OF.
fcials and diplomats turned over in
their minds the possible results at
home and abroad that are to follow
] termination of the special session Of
congress without senate ratification
of the treaty.
President Wilson has considered the
possibility Of negotiating a new peace
treaty in the event of the rejection
by the senate of the present treaty.
but ii now develops that he virtually
has rejected that alternative as I'M.
practicable
Il is stated by those in position TO
know that the thoughts OF the peace
treaty's friends in the senate conferred
on accomplishing some compromise
for a ratification in the session begin
nlng December and to THAI end steps
are understood TO have been taken by
them to ascertain from President VIII
son what reservations the other great
powers would accept
The Mexican embassy has received
information that General Angeles. one
Of Villas righthand lioutenants, has
been captured Angeles had recently
prepared a plan OF campaign for villa,
the object of which was to cut of
Mexico City from the north and 10
make it possible to formulate a plan
OF invading the City of Mexico itself
Another effort to bring industrial
peace to the United States Is to be
made by conference OF former fed
era and state officials business men
and economists, the personnel OF
which has already been announced by
President Wilson
Lack of adequate training Of pilots
was responsible for some fatalities in
the recent transcontinental derby.
Lieut. Beyin W. MAYNARD, the win
ner. told house subcommittee. Of
ficers OF high rank whose experience
had been confined to desk work en-
tered the race because there were
no superior officers to pass on their
ability Junior officers were tested
to determine their fitness 10 COM
pete
Whisky and beer made their last
stand in the supreme court OF the
United States Despairing OF any
hope that President Wilson would lit
the ban in me to enable them TO
dispose Of their stocks before constl-
tutional prohibition settles down upon
the land. the liquor interests OF the
country are concentrating all their
efforts toward obtaining even a brief
hiatus
Settlement of the controversy over
disposition of the German liner I'M
perator was indicated by shipping
board officials, who intimated the ship
would be rendered Immediately TO
Great Britain.
DenyIal persistent rumors to tire
feet that the federal reserve banks
have contemplated he recall OF loana
made on cotton or the futile issu'
ance of loans W. p. G. Harding gov.
enor Of the federal eserye board, in
letter to Senator Smith OF South
Carolina. states the only change made
in the postio nof the bangs regard
ing cotton cans is a tendency to strict
er examination into grade Of cotton
shown by the receipts pledged as col.
lateral
Ludwig C. A. X NJ rtens, self.styled
ambassador OF the Russian Soviet
government t. the United States gov.
ernment," has offered to provide trans.
portation from the United States to
Russia for all Russian citizens who
desire to leave the United States or
whose presence in the Uated States
is undesirable, This offer made in
a letter written by Martens to Sec
rotary Of STATE Lalsns.
Compliance by the leople with pro
visions of the prohibition enforce
ment act during the first two weeks
of its life is reported by Commits
sioner Roper of tn, bureau Of internal
revenue.
Mexico has been warned by the !
American government that any fur.
Their molestation of William 0. Jen-
kins. the American consular agent at
Puebla, who recently was kidnapped |
by bandits, would seriously affect the
relations between the United States
and Mexico, for which the government
of Mexico must assume the full ye-
sponsibility.
While the Supreme court was hear
ing arguments on the validity of the
wartime prohibition act, word went |