Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-09-25
Domestic

Five thousand well-to-do British
women determined to obtain ,Ameri
can husbands soon will arrive in the
United States, according to warn
ing issued to bachelors by Mrs. S
c. Seymour of Camden, N j., who
has just returned from Europe, where
she was employed by the military au
thorities to supervise the transporta
tion of the war brides of American
soldiers in different parts of Europe
Recovery of ninety-eight additional
bodies along the north shore of Nue.
ces bay brought the known dead as
a result of the gulf storm to nearly
four hundred and caused fears that
the total death roll might reach dou-
BILE that number. The message is from
Corpus Christi.
That the Spanish steamer Valhane-
ra, carrying three hundred passengers
and crew of one hundred and fifty,
went down in the hurricane that swept
Key West, Fla, ten days ago, appear
ed to have been made certain by the
statement of Ensign L. B. Roberts,
commanding officer of the United
States sub-chaser 2O3, who stated that
he plainly saw the nameplate of that
steamer on the vessel found in forty
feet of water near Key West.
An extract from a magazine article
written in 1914 by Theodore Roose-
welt was read by President Wilson
in an address at San Diego, Cal, in
favor of the league of nations. Il am
glad to align myself with such utter
ances. Here in concrete form is the
fulfillment of the plan they advocat-
ed" said the president
The president in San Diego, CAL,
spoke from a glass-enclosed platform,
and his words carried out to the dis
tant rim of the stadium by means Of
an electrical device. Only part Of
those present could hear him, how
ever, and before he finished there
were many empty seats.
Notification that President Wilson
had selected them to act as repre-
sentatives Of the public in the labor
conference he has decided upon to
meet in Washington, October 6, next,
are in the hands of twenty-five men
residing in all parts of the country.
The notification was sent out en-
bodying an expression of the presi-
dents sincere hope" that the recipi-
emit might find it possible to under
take this very important service"
Besides the representatives of the pub
lie, twenty-five representatives of or.
ganized labor and organized labor en-
ployers are to participate in the con-
ference.
A new worlds altitude record is be-
lieved to have been made at Mineola,
N. Y, when Rolan Rohlfs, test pilot
for the Curtiss Airplane company,
scared 34,610 feet above sea level.
Roosevelt field, his starting point, is
ITO feet above sea level. Rholfs &C.
tually climbed $4,000 feet, according
to the Paragraph. His altimeter reg
istered 34,400 feet.
The total grain crops of the South
ern states for the present year will
show a gain of about three hundred
and ztwenty-six million bushels over
the crops Of last year, while in the
rest of the country there will be a
decrease of about three hundred and
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A thorough survey of the demolished
section of Corpus Christi by newspaper
correspondents showed block after
block of the beach residential section
without vestige of the former beau
tiful homes.
Reports to the department of JUS
tice from twelve states indicate that
there has been decline of Toto Is per
cent in food prices since the time
the fair price committee began their
work.
Clothing is still high, and the fair
price committee, operating out Of
washington, are hot on the trail Of
the clothing "privateers," both whole
sale and retail.
The engine of a northbound freight
train on the Louisville and Nashville
railroad blew up at Hygeia,. Tenn, kill
ing the fireman, injuring the engineer
and setting fire to the station and
train.
Rapid growth of the death list re-
sulting from the hurricane and tidal
wave that swept Corpus Christi and
nearby points caused the belief to
prevail among the relief workers and
Texas officials that the total dead
would approximate five hundred per-
sons.
Reaching it's climax in scene in
the house chamber at Washington that
drew added dignity from the simplicity
Of the setting the nations welcome
to General Pershing came to an end
when the thanks of congress and of
the American people were extended
to him and the army he commanded.
There were no military bands or
ranks Of soldiery, and but one flag,
that draped on the wall back Of the
sneakers chair, was displayed. The
only other touch Of color was the
uniforms Of the high officers Of the
a,.r,v aud navy gathered to see q