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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
PRESIDENT GREETS
MEN OF AMERICAS
THE LEADING FlNANClERS OF
Fl REPUBLICS GATHER FOR
FINANCIAL CONFERENCE.
BARRETT WELCOMES VISITORS
Secretary Glass, President General
OF the Conference Occupying the
Chair at Opening Session.

Washington.-Marked by the pres
ence OF the leading flnancers and bus
ness men Of the twenty-one republics
of the western hemisphere the second
Pan-American Financial Conference
opened here for the consideration of
international problems arising from
the return Of peace.
President Wilson sent message of
greeting, declaring that 'an.Ameri.
ca sought no selfish purpose in assist
ing world reconstruction and would
regard 1t as a privilege to fulfill the
obligations imposed by the great adj
vantages enjoyed by the people OF
these republics. Secretary Lansing
brought out the same idea in address
Ing the delegates, when he said the
Americas accepted the burdens thrust
upon the new world by the war.
Welcoming the visitors to the build.
ing OF the Pan.American Union, John
Barrett, director.general, spoke of the
unions moral influence in preserving
peace and building up commerce.
Secretary Glass, president general
OF the conference. occupied the chair
at the opening session.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
To Educate Soldiers and Sailors.

With the announcement of a $4,000.
coo appropriation for educational ser.
vice to former soldiers, sailors and
marines the Y. NJ. C. A. educationa.
service launches Its largest enter.
prise since the war. This plan pro-
vides $4,000 free scholarships for ex-
service men, and also provides recon
struction lecture courses and occups.
tional guidance and employment ser
vice. A fourth feature of the plan is
the Americanization work, which will
be conducted in industrial communl-
ties where the foreign population Is
conferred, About 1000 OF these are
available for North Carolina, G. g.
Huntington, state secretary, an.
nounces.
Not less than 10000 scholarships
will be offered In correspondence
courses.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23

A list Of fifteen admirals, headed
by Admiral William S. Sims, was sub.
mitted to Secretary Daniels by Sen.
ator Hale Of Maine, chairman of the
senate naval subcommittee on inves-
tigation of navy decoration awards,
with the request that the officers be
summoned to appear before the com.
mittee.
The coal strike settlement commits
sion has begun actual work of consid.
ering and adjudicating claims Of btu.
minous miners for advanced wages
and shorter working hours, the oper.
ators having agreed to abide by the
decision OF the commission whatever
1t may be.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
Meeting, State Bar Association.

Asheville was chosen as the next
meeting place of the North Carolina
Bar association at meeting of the
executive committee of the associa-
ton held here, and June 29 to July /,
named as the date of the next annual
meeting. The mountain metropolis
was chosen without contest, as the
bid that Wrightsville Beach intended
to enter for the meeting could not be
presented because of the lack of no.
tel facilities there since the Seashore
Hotel was burned last summer.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
Washington

The partial lifting of the blockad,
against Soviet Russia is described il
a dispatch "as an exchange of goods
on the basis Of reciprocity between the
Russian people and allied and neutral
countries The decision, it is stated
provides taht facilities will be afford
ed the Russian cooperative organi
cation to import clothing, medicines,
agricultural machinery and other nee.
essaries, in exchange for grain, flax
and other goods of which Russia has
a surplus.
Definite plans for furnishing Poland
with war materials and food to aid in
checking the westward spread of boil
shevism are being considered by the
United States and by allied govern
ments, Secretary Baker said before
the house ways and means committee,
supplementing the declaration of Gen.
Tasker H. Bliss thatsPoland was 1.-The
only bulwark against bolshevism."
Establishment of a separate state.
under the protectorate of the United
States, for the segregation of the ma.
tons negro population, was advocated
before the house judiciary committee
by representatives of the negro race
Establishment by the United States
Grain Corporation of $150,000,O0O in
credits would feed Europe until the
next harvest without imposing any
burden on. taxpayers. That is what
Herbert Hoover told the house ways
and means committee. Early payment
of the loans made could be counted
upon, Hoover said.
Decision to withdraw the American
troops from Siberia upon the compile.
tion Of the repatriation of the Czecho-
Slovak forces next mouth has been
reached by the American government.
In one Of the broadcast constructions
yet placed on provisions in the act for
enforcement Of constitutional prohibi.
ton, Prohibition Commissioner Kre-
mer has ruled that fruit juices and
elders come within the dry ban il
they contain more than one-half of
one per cent alcohol.
Private charities in the United I
States are sending five to six million I
dollars worth Of food abroad month.
", 1t has developed, and within I
fortnight three million American fam. 4
lies with relatives in central and east. '
srn Europe will be able to buy food s
traits" from American banks. '
Y The American force in Siberia mum.
'ers 5000 men, and went there last e
thinner. Its presence has been the :
ubject Of numerous spirited debates n
4 the senate. a
With the departure Of the Ameri-
ans from Russia, japan will be left Il
lone to assist the loyal Russians in Il
heir efforts to stem the eastward s,
arch Of the Bolsheviki The rapid le
rogress made BY the Soviet forces has
aen source Of apprehension in Ja- m
"a and the cabinet at Toxic has been r,
it to considerable means to combat 1
bat japanese officials generally re- a
I'D as 1 serious menace v,
HI n # .
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
MANY FlUE AND PNEUMONIA
DEATHS OCCUR IN CHICAGO.

Chicago.-Twelve deaths were caus-
ed in Chicago by influenza and 1909
new cases were reported to the city
health commissioner. Pneumonia
numbered 152 with "a deaths.
Comparison Of the figures with those
OF the 1918 epidemic show that the
disease is spreading more rapidly than
It did year ago.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
PROHIBITION AMENDMENT IS
TO BE GIVEN ANOTHER TEST

Washington Validity Of the federal
prohibition constitutional amendment
Is to be determined by the supreme
court, which granted the state OF
Rhode Island permission to institute
original proceedings to test II and en-.
Join the enforcement in that state.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
IMPORTANT NEWS
I. THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS or This
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYs 0IvIN
lHE NEWS OF THE SOUTH
what 10 Taking Place In The seuth.
land VIII Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Domestic

The most sensational robbery In tn,
history Of Girard, Ala, opposite Co
lumbus, Ga was pulled off in true
western style. Four masked and arm
ed highwaymen entered the Phoenix
Girard bank, held up the president, as
sistant cashier and other officials al
the point of pistols and proceeded tC
loot the institution, making their get
away with currency aggregating about
thirty thousand dollars. Officers OF
Columbus, Ca, Phoenix City and Gil
rard are on the lookout for the rob
bers.
Harry New was found guilty of sec
ond degree murder in Los Angeles for
the murder of his fancee, Freda Les,
ser, in Topango canyon, near that
place, on the night of last July 4.
Enforcement of nationwide prohbi.
ton, which becomes the law of the
land, begins at 1901 a. m. on Jan.
uary II, it was announced at New
York City at the office of Col Daniel
l.. Porter, of the United States in.
ternal revenue service.
A call for one of the greatest inter-
national conferences of commercial
and financial figures ever assembled,
in all effort to find remedy for the
financial and commercial chaos in
which the world has been left by the
war has been issued in New York
following a meeting of a coterie OF
nationally known financiers.
Atlanta, Ca, stands twelfth in ma
tional bank clearings for the year
1919 with total of 1920, 1887. This
is the announcement in the annual
compilation of figures published in
Bradstreets Journal.
Stories of terrible cruelty, unre.
dressed murders and devastation of
properties were given the senate sub
committee investigating the Mexican
situation by men in close touch with
conditions in Mexico. The subcom.
inittee is holding sessions in San An.
tonic, Texas.
A six-year job faces the federal pro-
hibition agents in making the United
States dry At the end of that Pc
riod the revenue bureau figures that
the United States will be as dry as
desert.
The senate subcommittee now in
San Antonio, Texas has received ,
report that large shipment of am.
munition for the Carranza government
has been received at Manzanillo, Mex. Z
leo. 1t seems to have been shipped :
on a japanese vessel. =
Leading members of the New York ?
Bar association, the trustees of the +
New York City Club and the trustees I
OF the Citizens Union united in voic.
ing condemnation of the action of !.
The state assembly in suspending its :.
live Socialist members. :,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
Governor Issues a Pardon.

Governor Beckett has granted a con
ditional pardon to Balm Davenport, o.
Caldwell county, sentenced in August
1911, to 20 years for criminal assault
On May Is, 1918, the state board Of
parole asked him to parole the pris
oner, the governor said, but at that
time he did not think Davenport's
record justified the action. He rs
now of the opinion that the prison.
er's record justines pardoning him.
The Rev. r. l.. Isbell, of Caldwell
county, was among those asking
clemency.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
1000 AMERICAN DEsERTERs
SAID TO REMAIN IN FRANCE

Paris.-0ne thousand deserters from
the American army still remain in and
around Paris, according to official an.
nouncement. Many of the deserters
are without domiciles and are expert.
encing such embarrassment, that, &C.
cording TO the French police, they have
resorted to misdemeanors such as pet.
ty thieying and larcenies to procure
the means Of subsistence. The situa
tion 10 such that the French authori,
ties are planning q general raid.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
AFTER THiRTY-sIx HOURS IS
BULLET REMOVED FROM HEART

0maha.-A surgeon at st. Joseph's
hospital here took the heart out Of
Steve Vakich, an Austrian who had
shot himself. removed the bullet from
the heart, replaced the organ and
sewed up the incision. Zakich is now
practically out of danger
The operation was performed when
the bullet had been In Zakich's heart
nearly thirty-six hours.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
Many Divorce Cases.

Raleigh.-January 81 has been .des
ignated as divorce day" In Wake Su
perior Court. On that day es people,
dissatisfied with their better halves
will lay their suits for divorce before
juries.
The thirty-three divorces now on the
calendar represent the largest mum
Der Of actions of this nature at a sir
gle term of Wake Superior Court. II
is also understood that II Is the lar
gest number Of divorce cases aver
calendared at any one term Of court
IN North Cafoiina
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
Shaw Delegates have Returned

The Shaw delegates from Shaw Uni.
versity to the Student Volunteer Con.
vention held at Des Moines, Iowa,
have just returned. They report that
the convention was the greatest in the
history of the movement. 1t gave to
5000 students, representing 10000 col
leges and 40 nations, a new vision OF
the world and ite needs.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
DATE FOR JEWISH PALESTINE
WEEK SET FOR FEBRUARY t.8

=. New York.-Over 5000 Jewish or
CARNATIONS throughout the United
States will observe Palestine Week"
February IS, the week of the coming
OF Spring in the Holy Land. when
drive will be held, whose purposes are
neither to enroll members nor to raise
funds. but merely to inform the pub
lie of everything known regarding Pal
estine.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
HOLLAND is REMINDED OF
HER INTERNATIONAL DUTY

Paris.-Holland is told in the allied
note demanding the extradition OF for
mer Emperor William that she will
not fulfill her intentional duty"
II she refuses to associate herself
with the entente powers in chastising
crime committed by Germans during
the war.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
AUSTRIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN
SUFFERING MUCH FOR FOOD

Paris. = Representatives of the
American mission for the relief OF
children have just finished an exami.
nation OF school children in Vienna
and found, according to dispatch re.
ceived by the Austrian delegation hero
that 81 per cent of them are suffering
from lack OF food.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
state Industrial Exposition

A State industrial exposition at RAJ
eigh in the near future was endorse,
yesterday by the industrial depar,
ment Of the Raleigh Chamber Of Com
merce and the proposition will be sub
mitted to the directors for their con
sideration.
The industrial exposition idea wal
introduced by Secretary Beaman Il
did not take much argument to con
vince the departmental members thai
the proposed event Is not an imposes
bility, but rather something that caz
easily be staged In this city.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
Medical Examination June IA.

A conference of the Board Of Medi
cal Examiners Of the State OF North
Carolina was held here at the office OF
the secretary, DR.. Hubert A. Register.
June IA, 1920. was selected as the
date for the next regular examination
to be held In Raleigh, as provided BY
the law. Governor T. W. Beckett and
Attorney General ]. S. Manning, who
have been of material assistance t.
the board in their work for the pas,
five years. were guests of the mem
bers for luncheon at the Marlborough
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
VOLUNTEER NURSES FIGHTING
TO CHECK SPREAD OF FLU

Chicago.-Chicago's health depart
ment was swamped with appeals for
nurses to combat the spread OF In.
iiuenza and pneumonia, Of which more
than 1000 cases have been reported
in the last 4S hours with so deaths.
Health department officials declared
the city needed at least 10000 nurses
to handle the situation.
Six hundred nurses operating from
eight dispensaries, began a survey OF
the city to aid in relief measures.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
PAUL DESCHANEL is ELECTED
TO PRESIDENCY OF FRANCE

Versailles Paul Deschanel was
elected president OF the French repub-
lie by 734 votes OF the $50 members Of
the national assembly voting. His
majority was the largest since the
election Of Louis Adolphe Theirs, tho
first president after the fall Of the EN-.
pire, who was chosen unanimously.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
Leaf Tobacco Sales.

Leaf tobacco sales in 1856 ware
houses on 46 markets in 20 counties
OF North Carolina in December to.
tailed 36,3O4,s13 pounds, against S..
373,67S in December. 1918. according
to the monthly report Of the Co-opera.
tive Crop Reporting Service. The
average price for the seasons sales
was s51.63 per hundred. Tobacco
he's been the primary crop to make
North Carolina rank fourth in the
value Of all crops among the states
OF the nation"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
Preachers Against panclna.

Charlottesville Charlotte Ministe.
rial Association at a meeting endors.
ed the action Of the committee OF the
association on public dance halls and
continued the committee, adding 70 It
Rev. 2. E. Barnhardt, OF Tryon Street
Methodist church, and Rev. John F.
Crigler, OF the Lutheran church.
The association voted to have I'M.
ion Bible convention hero February
1872 under the leadership OF DR..
Clarence Dixon, formerly of the Lon.
don Tabernacle, and one OF the tore.
most pulpiteers In the world.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
GENERAL WOOD WRITES LETTER
SETTING OUT HIS POSITION

New York-A budget system for
government finances was advocated
by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, candidate
for the Republican nomination for
president in a letter read at the an,
nual dinner of the Queens chamber of
commerce. He also urged "a square
deal for labor and for capital; no
autocracy for either" adding that they
should pull together"
THE slogan OF today Is law and or.
der and no class legislation" he said
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
HaW River Bridae Closed

Tourists arriving in Raleigh report
that the bridge over Haw river al
Moncure is closed following condem
nation proceedings. Traffic over the
National Highway now is by the way
OF Apex, Holly Springs and Jonesborc
where the road unites with the regu
lar highway. Tourists are warned tc
turn off the National Highway at Apex
and proceed through Holly Springs
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
ARMY TRANSPORT PoWHATAN
IN NO IMMEDIATE DANGER

New York.-The army transport
Powhatan, in distress about 700 miles
east OF New York, reported by wire.
less to the army transport offices here
that although she was leaking and her
boiler room flooded, she was in mo
immediate danger" The 500 passen.
gers were "calm and comfortable the
message said When the sea be.
comes smoother, The passengers will
be transferred to the White Star
liner Cedric, which is standing by.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
Radical Revision Of Rules.

A radical revision OF the rules and
regulations governing the certifcation
OF teachers in the state is under con.
sideration by DR., E. c. Brooks, state
superintendent of education, and will
be discussed at meeting OF represen.
tatives OF universities and colleges to
be held here. DR.. Brooks has letter
to the heads Of the leading education.
al institutions in the state outlining
the plan and asking them to send
representatives to the meeting.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
THOUSAND CASES OF FLU
SAID TO BE IN HAVANA.

Havana.-Many cases Of influenza
have been reported in this city. but
no authoritative statistics are avail.
able. A newspaper report states that
1000 cases have been found here, but
this has not been corroborated.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23

Raleigh.-Rev. Francis NJ. Osborne.
Tor many years rector OF two Episco
pal churches and recently director OF
a s25O,OOO endowment campaign for
st. Mary's school in Raleigh, has been
appointed to the chair OF theology at
the University Of the South, Sawanee,
Tenn.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
To Show at Madison Square.

Members Of the North Carolina
Poultry Clubs will have an exhibit at
the International Poultry Show to be
held at Madison Square Garden. New
York City, January 10 to "a. The ex-
hibit will be in charge Of Mr.. Allen
G. Oliver, state poultry club agent OF
the North Carolina Extension Ser
vice, and will be financed by the De-
psrtment Of Agriculture. Mr.. Oliver
states that no bird will be exhibited
except those owned and raised by
Bona.fde club members in 1919.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
Warren Declines denomination
State Basketball Games

A partial schedule Of games for the
State College basketball tkam. an.
with six exhibitions Of the popular in
door sport staged on the Raleigh au
ditorium court. An exchange OF games
with every college in the State is 8
feature.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
Employment Service Rushed.

Out Of total of 1879 registrations
for the week. the United States EN-.
ployment Service in North Carolina
reported an aggregate Of 11s place
ments. Twenty-four orders, compr4s-
ing calls for about $50 men were re.
ceived by the service.
Asheville led the batch with At reg.
istrations, 43 placements. Raleigh
came next with 81 registrations, ~
referred and 80 placements, Whining.
ton had "a registrations and 20 place.
usntz.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23

Washington. - Especially. - Lieut..
Col. E. c. Register, army medical
corps, died at Tarnapel, Poland, Jan.
uary 3, according to advices to the
war department. He went to Poland
in 1919 with the American Polish re.
lief commission to fight typhus fever
In that country Colonel Register was
a native of Rose Hill, N. C.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
AMsRIcAN RED CROSS WILL
LEAVE SIBERIA VERY SOON

Observation-Disclosures providing for
withdrawal OF American Red Cross
personnel from Siberia at the time
American troops start homeward have
beer cabled it was announced to head.
quarters at Vladivostok of the com.
mission headed Dy Lieut.. Col. Rudolph
B. Teusler, of Virginia.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
cLEMENcEAU'S TITLE MAY BE
Savior OF HIS COUNTRY

Paris A number OF the senator's
and deputies are circulating among the
members OF parliament resolution
to confer upon Premier Clemencean
the title Of Savior of the Country"
1t is proposed to pass an enabling act
to make this title Official.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23

Hickory Frederick Fisk of Oil
City, Pa, has ? clear title to the Wa.
tauga and Yadkin River railroad &C.
cording to the United States circuit
court OF appeals. which handed down
an opinion at Richmond confirming
the sale OF this property.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23

Charlottesville Charlotte postoffice
receipts .or TIC y5aI 1915 announced
to total Of 1899, 1867, according T.
the figures compiled In the office of J.
II. Wellington, postmaster, when the
fourth quarterly report was completed
the daily average receipts having been
more than $1,000, counting Sundays
and holidays.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23

Washington, IS. ciaD-Thomas D.
Warren, OF New Bern. has declined
another nomination for district at
torney, and E. F. Adylett, of Elizabeth
City. has been agreed upon by Sen
ators Simons and Overman for the
place.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23

New Bern. Announcement is made
TO the effect that the board of alder.
mon will be asked to call an election
at which time New Bern people will
vote on bond issue of 100000 to be
used In erecting three new school
buildings here.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23
STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL
SELECTS HIS ASSISTANTS

New York.-State Attorney General
Newton announced that he had select.
ed John Bl Stanchneld and Martin W.
Littleton to act as special counsel to
the judiciary committee at the trial
OF the five suspended Socialist assem-.
blymen.
The attorney general denied report
that Ludwig c. A. X. Martens, $50.
Wet ambassador" would appear as
witness at Albany or before the legis.
lative investigating committee.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-23

Notwithstanding its appeal
on the assertion that because Of the
increased cost Of doing business It Is
losing money at the rate of $4,000 a
year, the Winston-Salem Gas company
has appealed to the North Carolina
Corporation Commission for permits
sion to increase its rates for gas from
$1.5O net per 1000 feet, to $3.50 net
per 1000.