The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1919-01-30

card giving the present location, state
of health and military unit of the
writer. Gen. March announced the or
der and said special postcards were
being supplied for the purpose.
| New York.-Senator James Hamtl-
ton Lewis of Illinois, speaking before
the Lawyers Club in support of the
proposal for a league of nations, de-
clared the American government in
the peace settlement could not aban
don single one of President Wilson's
fourteen principles without laying it.
self open to the charge of perfidy.
| WaShingtOn.-Reti of the al
lied forces holding advanced positions
in the Archangel sector before attacks
by superior forces of Bolsheviki is re-
ported in an official dispatch. The
points attacked by the enemy lay gen.
orally about 100 miles from Archangel.
Gen. March said the inter allied com
mander there had adequate troops to
reinforce the advanced elements and
to handle the situation.
Washington.-Savings of more than
| fifteen billions of dollars in the con-
templated war expenditures of the war
and navy departments were reported
to congress in a bill framed by the
house appropriations committee. The
measure provides for the return to the
treasury of $7,179 ,156,944 in cash and
for the cancellation of authority for
the departments to obligate the gov
ernment for 1921 ,029 ,294 additional.
Washington.-An extra session of
congress next spring now seems GER
tain, in view Of both Democratic and
Republican leaders. Managers of both
parties said they did not believe it
would be possible to pass all pressing
legislation before the expiration Of this
congress on March A. Most leaders be-
| lieve the new session will begin in May.
Norfolk, Va.-The completion of all
mine sweeping south of Cape Henry
was announced on the arrival here OF
the mine sweeper Avocet. All danger
from floating mines in the vicinity OF
Hatteras has been removed, it was
said. The entire Atlantic seaboard has
been secured thoroughly by the sweep
ers, officers declared.
Washington. Ogden Armour sug-
gested a monopoly, under government
supervision, of the entire meat indus
try OF the country as best for producer
and consumer.
Testifying before the senate agricul-
ture committee, he declared by this
plan, millions of dollars could be saved
which would help increase the profits
of producers of live stock and at the
same time cut down the cost of meat.
| Memphis.-Miss Eva Harvell, nurse
at the General Hospital, was killed and
eleven other persons were injured as
result of automobile accidents, in
which pedestrians were struck CT run
down by automobilists, who were drlv-
ing at an excessive rate OF speed.
Three drivers were arrested and the
| police are in search of others.
| Paris-President Wilson is consider
ing the advisability of reporting direct
to the American people on the work OF
the peace conference. Mr.. Wilson has
| in contemplation a tour of the United
States Immediately after adjournment
of congress- He will visit all sections
of the U. S. including the Pacific coast.
Dallas, Texas.-Col. Christopher c.
Slaughter, pioneer cattleman, Indian
fighter, banker and philanthropist,
died here. He had been in poor health
since sustaining bad fall nine years
ago while visiting in Waukesha, Wis.
He was the first white child born in
Texas after it became republic.
Paris.-The United States must aid
France in the commercial war which
that country faces with Germany, Ed
ward Hurley, chairman of the United
States shipping board, declared at the
Franco-American dinner here. He said
that the end of the war could not be
considered to have been reached until
France is entirely rehabilitated COM
mercially.
Hampton, Va.-Gen. Joseph Sewell
Smith, former governor of the Nation
al Soldiers Home here, and who en-
listed in the federal army as a private
at the outbreak of the Civil War and
rose to the rank of brigadier general
before the close of the conflict, died
here after an illness of several months.
He was SO years old and was a native
of Bath, Me.
Memphis.-W illiam Elwood Woollen,
As years of age, was found dead In his
home Sunday morning. The body was
discovered in the kitchen, lying on
| q t Asphyxiation is thought the cause