PRESIDENT SPEAKS FROM GRAK^~
FATHER'S PULPIT IT CARLISLE
Carlisle, Monday. — Rev. Ed~
ward Booth, pastor of the Congrega
tional Church here, after the open
ing devotional services Sunday morn
ing introduced to the congregation
President Woodrow Wilton, stating
that jt was President Wilsin's nia
ternai grandfather who hud huilt
the church and who h':d occupied
the pulpit where he then stood for u
number of years to only a few
years p»«t.
President Wilson, in addressing
the congregation, said in part;
"The feelings excited in me today
ara really too intimate and too
d-oei to permit of public expression.
"Memories that have come to me
o£ the mother who w;:s horn here
Washington, Dee. 30. — It was
aunounced today that President Wil*
sou would return to the United
States shortly before March 3rd,
1919.
fbengh'Iavor
FREE® iiEAS
Paris, Dec. 30.—In addressing
the French Chamber of Deputies
night Premier Clcnienceau de
clared himself to be in favor of the
Xrtedom of tr.« seag as interpreted
Cy Great Britain, stating that his
stand on this issue was approved hy
President Wilson.
Premier Ctewenceau announced
•■hat he favored the "Balance of
Power or league of Nations Plan,
or some such alliance which would
tend towards the lasting peace of
the worl*i
After the conclusion of the Prime
[ are very affecting, yet, perhaps it
i is appropriate that in this place of
j worship I should accknowledge my
indebtedness to her and her remark
utile father.
"It is from quiet places like this
all over the world thajt forces ape
uccumlated, that presently will
gaiu strength and go lorth and or
crpower any attempt to accomplish
evil, even on a small or great scale.
"It is like the rivulet that gathers
into the ri\er antf' tli© river that
flows to the sea. So there comes
out of communities like thesa
streams that fertilize the conscience
of men, and it is the conscience of
the world which we now mean to
place upon the throne which others
Jtave tried- lo usurp.
Ministers speech, he wag given a
vote of confidence by the mem
bers of the Chamber of Deputies.
Before finishing his address, |
Premier C'emeuceau denied the |
report that the Allied nations bad |
deoiiie<i to defer their action rela- j
tive to a League of Nations until j
after peace liad been arranged, stat- j
itiS th«t in all probability a con- j
ference would be held in the near 1
future and seme deiinite under* |
standing and agreement or al- j
liance formulated.
MESOPOTAMIA ARM*
ll.VKVESTS Hl'GE CROP]
Aleppo, Dec. 30.—Behind the
lines in Mesopotamia, the British
army has cultivated 700,000 acres
this year and harvested 475,000
tons or grain. Irrigation pumps
driven by steam or oil have been
u-cd on the banKjj cf the Tigris
Machinery from India and Australia
aided tte work.
COUK MoMMKM 1!IA)\V\
I'T 14 V sl\V FKINERS
Ccrk, Ireland, Dec. 30. — The
monument esected to the honor and
memory of the soldiers who fought |
in the South African war was blown
ud yesterday Dy Sinn Feiners, as a
demonstration against the mill
tary government.
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ENGINEER HIE MESSENGER LOSES
LIFE BT BREAKING HOUGH ICE
Atlin, Dec. 28.—(Special to the
I)ail7 Alaskan)—J. E. FoX, an <oltl
timer iu this cam^, who was known
io all in the vicinity as "jack"
Fox, wag drowned about seven
utiles from the Engineer mine, at
a, spot not f»r from Golden Gate
on Thursday, December 19.
Mi Fox left here °n the Sat
uril.y previous with mall lor the
Kuj; neer Mine, and he wag to have
brough b:ici certain Important
U« omenta which were at the mine
Viouging to the late Capt. James
Alexander, who lost his life in
ill? trincesa Sophi« disaster.
A the time progressed, and jack
did not return to this city fears1
were entertained that he had met
w„th a mishap, aud so when he
•<)d not appear on Tuesday, Dec.
i\, Constable Soarl.tt, of the R°y
a" Northwest Mounted police, left
nere for the mine *.n that date • i
t'pon arrivug at the Engi
neer Mine, Constable Scarleet learn
ed that Fox had started on his re
turn to Atlin on Tuesday, the
nineteenth.
As the time progressed aud Jack
Ccrstabl© Scarlett immediately start
ed out in search of the missing man,
and his track, were followed along
the trail to p point which showed
that he had removed his snow
sho<s and had taken to the lake,
FIRES ON FLAG
IS SHOT QUICK
Copenhagen, Monday. — a Ger
man officer firejl upon an Allied
automobile bearing an American flag
which was passing through. Posen.
The Poles immediately attacked)
and defeated the G-ermans who
were with »he Hun officer, and in
the battle 138 persons were killed,
including a number of women and
children. j
ELEBUGi
HAS CONTROL
Berlin, Monday. — Etert, Scheu
ermann, Lwiaberg and a majority
or «he Socialists are now in charge
of the revolutionary government.
Haste, Barth and Dlttman having
retired from the cabin#*.
FLU HAS TAKEN
SEATTLE MAN
Seattle, Dec, 30. — J. Emery
Hughes, customg supervisor, died
of Influenza, at his home in this
city yesterday.
HELIUM CREATES
ORDER OF THE YSER
Parl.a Dec, 30.—King Albert of
Belgium intends to create a new or*
der, to b« known ag th© Order of
tho Yser. Marshal Foch will do
'bo first man to be decorated with
the insignia of the new oi-der.
PRESIDENT RETURNS
TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE
London, Dec. 30.—-President Wil*
Bon arrived in this city this eve
ning from his trip to Manchester.
traveling over the smooth ice. [
The searching party found that
4ft had traveled but a short distance
when he broke through the ice, the
place being only about 20 feet fiom
the shore.
No trace could be founds of the
bodv, but the unfortunate man's
jack was found on the ice which
indicated that he had slipped it off
and had shoved it onto firm ice,
and then had made an effort to
dra^ himself out of the terrbily
cold water.
The weather at the time that Fox
broke through w-ag intensely cold,
Bad as it is known that his heart'
wa« in Dad shape, it is believed
that the shock of the cold water
wag the cause of him failing to
reach shore.
The documents, for which Fox
had gone to> the Engineer Mine to
aet, were found in his pack.
The deceased was a native °f No
va Scotia, pjid came to the Atlin
district in 1903 Or 1904. He was
ni^hly esteemed by all who knew
him, and he w-as a member of the
Masonic ord<er.
As soon &s the lce is stronger
au effort will be mad© to recover
'he body, it being thought thgt it
cannot be far from the p!ace where
the ice broke, and as the water is
not very deep at that point, it is
believed that it w ill be found.
Paris, Dec. 30. — Minister of
Foreign Affairs Pichon announced
iu t.ho chamber of deputies yester
day afternoon that the French, peace
terni3 include a ieague of nations,
tbe iuten'ention in Russia, no an- j
nexptions through government re
serve, and 'he rigth to fix the Al
sace Lorraine frontier so as to guard
against future attacks.
go/eIme
fflfflMFLO
Boston, Monday.—Governor Sam
uel \V. McCaii of Massachusetts,
Governor Henry W. Keyes of New
Hampshire, and Governor Carl
MillUcen of Main© are all reported
to he Buffering from severe at*
tacts of influenza.
AGHtM
BEEN REACHED
London, Monday.—Lloydt George
aunouced today "there is complete
agreement between Great Britain
and the United States on all peace
problems.''
MRS. BKAMWELL BOOTH
BOUSES ENGLISH GIRLS
London, Dec. 30.—Charges of Mrs
Bramwell Booth that girlB em
ployed in. munitions factories and
other war time work pmoke and
drink too much hay© aroused, inr
dignation and protests from work
ers and. leaders. A woman, super
visor, who has I been with munition
girls from 1915 to 1918, declares:
"I never fcave seen one cf them
Intoxicated. I respect them all. The
charge of excessive smoking ami
drinking is absurd. Off duty I
believe it is a good thing for the
.girlg to gmoko if they want to.'' ^ ^
OEMH TAKES
PROMINENT MEN
oeattle, Dec. 30. — Two pioneers
of Sfiattle both of whom were lead
ing lumbermen, died Saturday night
at tneir respective homes In this
city.
William Walker, of the Puget
Sound Jlill company, and J
S. Brace, of the Brace & Hergert
Mill company. These two men were
ea«]y pioneers and have both built
up a business In the luimbering in
dustry hlc ranks among: the fore
most of the world'.
Captain W. S. Seavy, a Veteran
of the Civil War also passed a. way
3«turday at bla home. For many
years he has been the Seattle man
age'- of the Thlel Detective agency.
All of the abOTe mentioned men
were of advanced years.
NUMNAH
SOON OE READ!
Newport Newe, — The 33,000
ton battleships mow under construc
tion here will outclass any war"
sbiD afloat, according to an an
nouncement made recetly .iby au"
ihorities. The vessel which
authorized' under the 1916, shipbuild
ing program, will » be launched in
a few weeks.
The torpedo i /boat destroyer
Gamble which will nl)e Dlaoed
service soon will be one of the fast"
es» vessels of its kind. A eoeed of
thirty knots an hour will wbe at
tained by her, it is believed.
CASUALTIES OF INDIAN
ARMY TOTAL 101,495
London. — The British Indian ar
my suffered during the war a to
tal of 101,459 casualties, includ
ing 33,051 killed.
Altogether, 953,374 soldiers were
sent overseas. The majority of the
casualties occurred in Mesopotamia.
HOTEL MEX ACT
Paris, Dec. 30.—A eyndicato of
French hotel men announce it will
not receive natives of enemy coun
tries or customers for a period of
ten years...
BOLSHEVISTS
Hid BIG SUM
Warsaw, Tec. 30. — Misa Trotaky,
the daughter of the Bolshevikl
leader audi J Lpwow, a noted Bol*
sheviki agitator, were both arrest
ed by the secret police. Immediate
ly after their arrest th« apartments
which have oeeu occupied by these
two were searched and the polcle
found six million marks secreted la
various hand bags, grips, trunks,
etc., which were oroved to Delong to
the two persons und>er arrest.
is? Im io
iEHIOH
Paris, Monday. — Secretary of
Foreign Affairs Pichon in an ad
dress which he made here explain
ed that in time, intervention la
Russia migh( become necessary in
order to cru&h out Bolshevism.
blundered" ey
STARTING WAR
Geneva, D«c. 30. — The Grand
Duchess Anastasie of Macklenburg
and Schwedlin, mother of the form
er crown princess and counsin of
the late Russian emperor, told the
Associated Preps Germany t blunder"
ed in engineering the war and
should admit the wrong to the
world.
Replying to a question regarding
the former akiser, fihe answered
she did not want to strike a man
when he wag dona.
i;i x. <;. TRAINING CAMPS
SOON TO BE ABANDONED
Washington, D. C. — Sixteen tent
canpa which have N'been in service
aB national guard) training camps
will be abandoned as soon as prac
tlcalg, declared General March to*
day.
Two of the camps, General March
said, are boeing considered ag oer
nianent training places.
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