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NEKT NS PETER A> MORTENSON HOLDS A BRIEF CONFERENCE WITH PREMIER CLEMENCEAIV AND WITH COL: HOUSE. ^ > ’ )' HE ALSO ATIENDS CH1CH In Evening In Preparation for 1 Strenuous Week After Brief Call ■ on President Poincare. _ - - > Paris,—President Wilson spent his first Sunday In Paris by going twice to 1 church, laying a wreath on the tomb jf LaFayette and having a brief con Terence with Premier riemenceau anrt-r tnother witii Col. F. M. House. *In the evening he rested in preparation for the coqiibg strenuous w< ek of prelim inary conferences. During the aft«*rnoon the President made a stiort call on President and Madame Poincare at the palace of the Klysee. In the morning, the President, ac companied by Mrs. Wilson and Ad miral (Irayson and by secret service men, went to the American Presbyte . rian churcii m the Kue He iterri. His coming wa* known to only a few of the America^ colony who had guessed that tin* iVeMideni, being a <onsistent chun hgoer would choose a church of his own denomination. ‘ v The President visited the tomb of f >aFayette in the Picpus cemetery, in the southeastern section of Paris, while returning home after the morn Ing church service. No ceremony had been arranged at the cemetery and the President was accompanied only by Brigadier General Harts, a secret service operative, and a French officer assigned to him as a personal aide. The President, removing.his hat. en tered the tomb carrying • large floral wreath. As the President placed the wreath on the tomb, he bowed his head and stood silent before the resting place of the famous Frenchman who helped America in her fight for liberty. He made no speech whatsoever He then returned to ih** Murat residence. ARMISTICE TO GERMANY IS EXTENDED TO JANUARY 17 Copenhagen ’1 he German armis tlce has been extended until live o'clock on the niornliig of January 17, according to a dispatch from Treves The messages state that the follow ing conditions have been added on the armistice agreement of November II: “The supreme command of the al lies reserve (he right should it con alder this advisable and in order to obtain guarantees, td occupy the neutralzone on the right hank of the Rhine north of the Cologne bridge head and as far as the Hutch frontier. Notice of this occupation will be given six days previously." MEAT Ml GREETED ^JAWES AUSTIN WILDERS LANDING WAS A ’REMARKABLE * SFECtXcLE WITH NOTABLE NAVAL PAGEANT. WAR SHIPS ROARED SALUTES Patar A. Morten ton, the new ««* perlntendent of.Chicago school* BENEFITS TO FIUHBE USES Mr. Wilson Was Last to Come Ashore, - His-Face 'Wreathed in the Now eWorld Famoue Smile. • —y—r-J Bre^.—President Wilson landfed in Granee amid a demonstration of popu lar-enthusiasm and national sympathy such asjrareiy, ff ever, has been ac corded thd head ISTa^foreign govern ment visiting France. The phesklent left Brest at 4 o'clock for Paris where the heart of France will acclaim him the nation's guest. The guest landing of the president has not only 'a remarkable spectacle, with* a notable naval pageant for its background, but it also marked the 'first entry of an American president into personal contact with Rurope and[ its affairs. J Vast crowds watched the {trip ashore and the fleets of .warships roared a salute as the last stage of the journey was accomplished. . On the harbor boat going ashore | London.—Premier Lloyd George, the president waa seen • standing on A>^akingJatRrt«JoLiialdthe Knglish’ the upper deck with Jules J. Jusser- and, French ambasssdor to the United SUteg. * V , ' • ^ As the host touched the pier the iFrench snd American guards of honor presented arms and the strains of the Star Spangled Banner mingled with the cheers of the LLOYD GEORQE SAYS THAT ACT CREATING CONSCRIPTION 18 NOW OBSOLETE LAWj* * Decision by Pending Peace Conference Will Leave Mark Upon World, Not to Be Erased. military service* act was passed in order to meet a great emergency. When that emergency wta passed the need was passed and thLact would lapse. He added there was no Inten tion to renew It. Whether Great Britain would require conscription In the future la any ahapo or form, Mr. Lloyd George said, depended not upon the opiaioa which he now expressed but upon the peace terms which were made. Continuing, the prime mlnla* tor said. "What drove us to conscription was the existence of conscript armies on the continent that loerttably rushed the world Into war. They could not Mrs. Wilson came np the plank with General Pershing, ried a large bouquet and as she the American army nurses they ed her an American flag which she The president was the last to ihore. amid great apptamss. He hla silk hat la his hand: his Care hate, great military machines there wreathed with smiles and he Bowed hla without tempting the men qt the head arkaowledgments to those about and ®^heii^^trj^tho4^uak with tliuau I to (he masses of people on A# Hp* 4 marhiucx The Germans always felt there was nothing to resist their per fect military machine. * * Mr Lloyd George declared that the deciMioii which will he taken In the next few months In the peace enufhf* | heaetifullv decorated pavilion. Here the first formal welcome were given *fTe<ildent Wilson as the guest of the ing walls and terraces of the <*fty. Ste phen Pichpn, the Frenc h foreign min liter and George l^evgnea. minister of marine, joined the president sa he stop ped ashore and conducted' him to a James Austin Wilders, chiel sea scout of the Boy Scouts of America*''' FOBPUBLIGOWNEDWmS MUST TAKE 'FULL ADVANTAGE OF AFTER-THE-WAR TRADE OPPORTUNITIES- Our Merchandise Export*Trade in Last Fiscal Year Waa $6,928^85.641; Imports of $2,946,059,403. ^ - Washington.—Expansion of the bu reau of foreign and domestic com merce to enable It to give effective aid to American manufacturers and merchants in taking full advantage of after-the-war world trade opportu nities la the ctilef recommendation of Secretary Red field In hla.-annaal re port. ; J ' The secretary also reiterates hit ap proval of the proposed development of a government-owned intracoastal wa terway to link np the lakes to the eopat and down the Atlnntlc see hoard. mr trade and the can play, the report em- especially the need for ad- cncc wm« going to leave a mart upon the world The age* to coflut h’e said, would be aide to reap the fruits of It. The balance of trade In favor of the United States for the fiscal year 1918 was $3,992,231,238; the total of the merrhand te export trade was $6.929.296.$41 and of import trade 92.945,969.403. ** Measured qy the economic needs ot lhe country Wnd by the grave re sponsibilities of •poet-war lion.** the report says, "the | should be expanded substantially in branch of service.** anil liEREsnn b RAILROAD REPRI 92 PER CENT OF MILEAGE OF j"’.' 'i- • . • ’ • e THE.COUNTRY PROTEST. E8ENTATIVE8 CF ^DISCHARGING OF SOLDIERS AT CAMP JACKSON GOING FOR- WARD RAPIDLY. DEMOBJLIMTION IS CEBTJUN COL BOOKER NEW COMIM Time Given Under Present Act Con- Sevier Soon to be Abandoned as Camp, sidered Ample in Which"to Work Out Plan Just to All. But Base Hospital : to be Main tained for Some Time. GOVERNMENT SHOuLd CONTROL ROADS FIVE YEAR PERiOD. WMNhiiigton.—Tontinuanre of emim-nt control of railroads for five yesrs. ot until Jsnuary I. 1924, .LV-nch nation. Washington —All latfons affecting raw with the dissolution of the recommended by Ihrector McAdoo In a tributlon committee of the war RIXING OF COTTON PRICE BY CONGRESS NO LONGER FEARED i ’ i government regu cotton ended DOCTOR PAES, PRESIDENT OF PORTUGAL, SHOT AND KILLED London -Dr. flldorlo Paos. presi dent of Portugal, was shot and killed by an assassin shortly before midnight * Saturday while he was in a railway station at Lisbon waiting for a tram - to Porto Rico. Advices from Lisbon reporting the assassination say that he was struck by three bullets. Presi dent Pars died within a few minutes after he was shot. The president's/ assailant, named Jeetne. was killed by the crowd Dr Siilorio Pans was formally pro claimed president of Portugal on last June 9. He headed a revolt in Portu gal in I>eceml)cr, 1917. letter to the rhairmaa of the aenlte and house Interstate commerce com mittees. This would permit a fair trial of government operation, said Mr. Mc Adoo. and eliminate the unsettled Cpadltion under which the railroads mt^st be operated daring the next year or two if their status is aot changed materially by legislation. This- ronem m ends lion -4e not made in support of any theories concerning the best ultimste policy of running the railroads. Mr. McAdoo explained. FRENCH OFFER US THEIR EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. Irlee hoard. ** * While there was no announcement either by Chairman Charles J. Brand; of the committee, or by Chairman Ba ruch. of the waf' industries board, an to the con side rations which M. to the decision to abolish the commlttid,' It was understood that officials no longer regarded R ns necessary to control dletrihntlon now , that woikl markets Washington.—Andre Tardieu. high fonimiHHion of Franoe-American af- INFLUENZAjGERMS ARE EATEN AND BREATHED WITHOyT HARM Boston.—Experiments undertaken by the navy department at the navy public health servlr* hospital on Cal lups island to ascertain the cause and SURRENDERED SHIPS NEVER AGAIN TO FLY GERMAN FLAG London.—Archibald 8. Hard, the na val writer, in The Daily Telegraph IF-’* erged that suffldeat says with reference to the idea said priailoas to make this po»*tbi* to be held by seme Germans that the made by Congress, snrrendered German .warshipe woeld The general board believes that be returned to Germany after pence un^er the present world conditions was signed, that It points, ef course, and the conditions likely to obtain to a complete misappreheasion of the to the fntnre. ’ Admiral Badger said, '-The United-8tales navy should stead ily continue to Increase "Navies must be the principal sup- iport of a league of nations, and the United Btates. from Its wealth, influ ence and power, will he called upon to contribute a large share of the la- terqatioaal police force to render such a league oEectlve.** ; f . sr - I UNABLE TO FORMULATE FLAN ■ FOR FIGHTING INFLUENZA Philadelphia.—Railroad—LafiKutlves Camp Jackson.-A total of 5,072 en- representing 125 roads and a£ per cent Itoted men and 1,098 officers flischarg. of the mileage of the country gave out recently, or a total of officers and men a formal statement ih‘wl\ich they de*^ dJ 8C ^ arge ^ of 6,1 . $ clared that Director General McAdoo’s ' - Yesterday 30 first and second lieu- suggestion that the government retain tenants left Camp Jackson for F on ^control of the railroads until January, Sill, Okla., where they will take les- 1924, "would simply lead to delay and sons in the school of fire there. These confusion, J demoralization of the or- lieutenants will remain in the regular ganization of the roads both on their army. . -I' corporate and operating sidA* and de- ja expected that the Forty-eighth fer indefinitely a satisfactory settle- infantry will arrive-here the first of ment” of the railroad problem. n ext week from Camp Sevier. The executives, the statement said. Brig.-Gen. D. H. Currie, who was to have reached the conclusion that ij ave 8Uct;fc eded Brig Gen. H. \L-Dan- "there is sufficient time under the f on j ag wmimandlng officer at Camp term^of 1 the present act to fully con-’ jtfekson, has been transferred to Fort sider the railroad situation in all its , gm Okla.. where he will be comman- aspects and r arrive at a plan that 0 f artillery schqpl of fire, would be Jusf to the country." * p w. -Booker, senior instructor The statement was given out by in the field artillery replacement de- Thomas DeWitt Cuyler. of the asso* poL will beV&fcycommunding officer of ciation of railway executives. Th* the camp, temporarily at least statement follows! GeneraF Ikuiford will leave < oluni "The standing committee of the as- bU this week tojp to Wnnhingtu.n sociation of railway executives have where he will be oae of the assistants considered the letter of the director Gie chi**f of flWd artillnry. general to the chairman of the Inter- A systematic "stick to state commerce committees of the campaign has been OfJIBflflfc^^ senate and house, and liave reached the camp under the dij^tioo o the Conclusion that there la anfflclant Capl. Milton M. IB» time under the terms of the present surance officer. J***. _ act to fully consider the railroad eltn- Jutont and <»ne officer -from net or atloh In nil Its aspects and jo.arrive ganlantiosi throughout the camp ave at fc plan that would be just to tbe bera instructed by the Insurance off. country ae represented by Its shippers c * r officers giv*- h man and the public at large and on the before he leaves th»* tervu#* a memor other hand to tbe security holders nod :nf >rTn ‘ 4n,,n 1 ¥ ‘ nrT> shareholders and employes of the rail- HR—toR eontjnnn^e cf war risk , insurance Tbe men are also given n talk oo (he advisability of bolding to* their government insurance policies after separation from the service There is no greater asset than war risk polities and Is a privilege and benefit that Is given only to the man that has served In the military or naval forces of tbs United States. The First Regiment Rand, which made aurh an enviable reputation at Camp Jackson. It soon to be disbanded on account eg a number of Its mem roads. l tf mm (NATION TO MAKE OUR NAVY SECOND TO NO OTHER Washington —Neither the snd of hostilities nor proposals for a league of nations has altered the policy of the general board of the navy la re gard to making the American navy second to none In the world Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger, rhairmah of the executive committee of the board, told the house naval affairs roquUllM (hat th. navy .boold b. *»»'»« koa< mual to that of aay olh.r aatlon by < h * r *'* I'*’ 1 * "•* °e ^ la camp and th<me who-remain norable slit of the best > of tbs allias. "for It In car these shlpe will nernr fly (he German easign " Mr. Hard says that the only M to distributs the among tbt Allies In accord ance wtt^ ths losses which they have suffered. Mr. Hard suggests that man* submarines be broken up I the parts used lor other purposes. AMERICAN SHIPS CARRIED 46 ^ PER CENT OF TROOPS ACROSS New Yor£—With the navy depart ment's consent, the office of Admiral Gle&ves. commander of the eraiser and will be sorry to pari with these band boys and their music. ' Prof A. Resiat. head of tbe French which have been taught in p under the auspices of the Y M C. A., will commence a class In Span ish fbr beginners. In his office In the Y‘ M, C. A. auditorium. He requests all soldiers who are Interested In Span ish to be on band. Profeasor Bexiat understands Span ish ns well as he understands French C j m n UawImm vsv^p tipqg ■ Demobilization Is going on at n rap id rate at Temp Sevier. Men are being discharged from fbo ■t the rate of several hundred day,, and arrangements are under wny for tbe transfer of men who are not discharged here, to other camps, eithee for dinrharge or for further mil- ChicagOA- 1 -Unable to formulate ' a definite plan for fighting Influenza be- , cause of divergent views, the Ameri- ' can Public Health Aseoclation. before Through recent discharges, the 156th it adjourned, gave out coptes of all brigade has been reduced to spread of influenta have had merely transport force, made public h*ures < thff medical and scientific data pre- 3.9$6 men or less*, exclusive of ^faira, has cabled Secretary Baker ! nf *xsttve resnlts. according to a r# showing exactly the proportionate i dm-inV the fmjr day discussion development battalions, which atill fromParisofferingtojjJjcethe e<ia-1 Jw>rt ol|t Due hundred, volun^ share of tKiopi conveeyd to ^ eX pi an ation’that different epL R”*»h^r about 4.600 men. These are es of who been nnder observe In American vessels. Of the entire rt4n , liP4lH «*-mnue<trpatmHnts GERMAN PAPERS PLEADING THAT THEY WERE DECEIVED Berlin.- Di -ptMies reporting the arrival of President Wilson in ParP are displayed prominently Uy the Her lin new papers. The President's^ »H teranees an* being scanned carefully Newspapers which formerly went foremost in* attacking the President's policies now plead that they were de ceived. cationai resources ami facilities the Franch governnient at the dispos al of the American soldiers in the army of occnpation and t hone who will be delayed in returning home through the natural difficulties df transporta tion. v Special opportunities would be riven American college students with the army, and opportunity to learn French would be afforded all Ameri- k can soldiers. Secretary Baker has not ft Mon for several weeks hare had la-1 army of 2.079.880 men laken over, the influenza germs^plared in their nos- statistics show, = 46^4* per cent were trPs snd throats and have eaten them carried in American ships, 48^ per with their ford and some have he^rceht in British, and the balance in inoculated with serums.- but no cases French and Italian vessels. •*f 'he disease have developed thus] j n ac t H al numbers of men trans- fa r. dentics required sefiHrqH^treatments. r *Pidly being sent home, however. u»^ • "The' various communities for '^ r recent instructions, which we^are working will know that All dndications are that the-camp we have at hinc^the best available is soon to be abandoned, but the base information science has yet diacover- hos^wtal will probably*, be continued ed concerning the disease.” said I>r. here for .some time; ‘ A number of Charles J. Hastings, retiring pre si- incapacitated American soldiers are j ported, 912.082 were carried in Amer- dent. "We cannot expect to draw UP f*P®GtodTo be sent her# soon to spend SOLDIERS O RETAIN THEIR OVERCOATS AND UNIFORMS) Washington. Soerotary Hakor in forno'i! ('liairmth Dent, of tin* house military comintitec.-that th<* war do partmont liad dorirjod disotiargod sul diors mav |)»*r;nanonfly rotanr tlio .uui fonii and dsorooat thoy wonr- when j3XU*iorod out Mr I>ont proparod a bill einhndving tho authority. iVo- Virnisi tin* a ■partmonl. had plann** ) to have tin* clothing rofurnod U> gov ernnr*nt three months aft* r a soldiers discharge replied to the offer. INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC IS BY NO MEANS AT AN END InrreaRPfJ appeitp and more vigor-; ic» n naval tranaports and 40.499 in Oils health have been the only no- other American ships; 1,006,987 were ticeable results of the_ experiment, ac cording to the physicians. The tests will be continued. ■ _ TWO ENLISTED MEN KILLED; 'TWO OTHERS ARE INJURED Washington—Warning td the coun- Norfolk.—Two enlisted men were carried in British bottoms and 68,246 in British leased Italian ships; and 52,000 by French and Italian ships. " GERMAN OFFICIALS-W/>rNT^T. TO PREPARE FOR NEXT WAfc a different program for combatting Jn- their period of convalescence prior to fluenza epidemics .when we see sjo discharge." Only one has so' far ar- wide a divergence of opinion Amonfc rived. He Is Corporal Bert Mash, of Othello, North Carolina, who lost his Wt leg at the second battle of the Marne. medical authorities shown here. as has jtl been j''' I SWEAR ALLEGIANCE TO .. THE GERMAN REPUBLIC W. O. W. to Meet In Rock Hill, r . Laurens—C. A. Power, past head con- Stockholm. — A Stockholm report sul commander of South Carolina, now says the preseneb of cavalry lifeguard a member" of the Sovereign Camp, regiments under General I/equist sta- ol the World, has been ad- tioned at Potsdam had caused anxiety niande/ , [ razier ’ aovereiRn c < ),n ' , . niander. that the regular meeting of m Berlin until, these troops enters the head camp farlhia state will be CONSTRUCTION- WORK TENT CAMPS' IS ABANDONED W^i'hiMe‘"ii \!!(lnnn. *nt <T nil const- "ri i'>n work*'mi progress t>r pr » jertoP mt •<; > < .411 o<i "f'mt lamps," wa - o?d^roii l»\' Mi** w.» r 'h i* rrmont.■ Th** chrnp*» aflfl'c’od by the ‘new abandonment order* an* •Wfif'-lcr Ca • 1 1 ancoi k. Ga : Wad worth S C ; c; f- • fJreeni* N C r Mi*^ ! * Jm ' \I ^»'M-Msn Ala.: f.og ip. T*-x . Bowie T-xas Reaure gard. La.; C. dv. . N.M r ; Don^han Okla Cal., and K«*amey, Ca/. , _ , , , in ♦ i um j . i Washington.—DecU-ton of airplane tr>- that th, influenza epidemic ts by "•‘“"‘lx Wiled and two ensign.. In- mHnufMlurert -ft Germany to turn no means ended and that all ^ t *“- “ hydro-airplane. , |heir |an , 8 t0 makin(? furnlturt has precautions against the disease should known - as 18-16,^speeded-Tread first wa to a protest from officilas bt the be taken, was issued by Surgeon Gen Mnto the Willoughby . club, near- the I German' governraejiVaccOrding to ad- oral Blue, of the public health service. Seventh street station on WtHonghby vices reaching ^Washington through Reports received by the service spit, about 12 miles fro»v>ihe city. ' official channels. The‘ j)oint was sakl the city and took oath to support the at the ^tattyTTimef the third Tuet- & recrudescence of the disease The. machine was completely wrecked to. have been,ntade* that in order to present government until the notional <P»y in March, in Rock Hill. coun-; ami the roof %nd .veranda of the cjub- bo ready for tSe next. war Germany assepihly convened. General Lequist; This statement is important from house, torn away .The escape of^iheniust replkc^ tha airplanes which It is' also swearingaliegi&uce to the re* the fact That It Hhd been'decided not iThcr -men in the machine is cohsid required to-turh'pyer to the assbeiat-! public. J^er*Smiation is thereby much to hoW the regular meeting while the ered little short of mijealtilpus. ;|jed nations under.the armistice terms. | improved, gnd apprehension allayed. war was going on, but now peace ne- ..... -—v K°tiations are beginQing COUNT CZERNIN’S Lf TtER TO GREAT FfRfe DESTROYS BIG HIS EMPEROR MADE PUBLIC * POWER PLANT AT NEWPORT try to another.* Our main reliance must sjiil be precautions by indivi duals. . : ~ PRESIDENT MAY SPEAK TO SOLDIERS ON GERMAN SOIL Paris —The address which President Wilson will make to the Amer -an BRITISH ARMY HAS MANY HORSES TO DISPOSE QF \ fenpa.-i-Count Czernin, former Austro-Hungarian f foreign minister, troops is expected to be nrie of the gave, the correspond put an oppbrtu- rnosf important delivered during, bis nity to read a copy of the letter which tay V Kurope. and ts being looked, he sent tq Kmp^rof Uharles in lJH$ t •forward to hj Kuropeanz. ^ in which the min -r 4l.*< ihat halfmflHon dolllara. . r I cent, an increase due to heavy fight The President, it is announced, will I the u of \* was growing f be : burning plant illuminaied i Ing and night bombing. As many vts t de-nutated districts Fran* ware. Count (*zernin told the «>m- Haiauton Roads Uhesaneake Bay and.! horaea as possible are to bo told in ami, 1th,,art the prwwnt pta* awj Mror that he did not tbink another ,s„ * ' Newport News. Va —Fire which | London,—The. Brithib army is abotfT orighiated from an unknown C&use to begin wtih the dispersal of three- de^troyed 4he big power pfant at the | quarters of a million horses. The loss naval operating base on HamptoiHof horses v in 1915 was 14^ per cent; R^ds. entailing a loss estimated at in 1916, 14 per cent;, in 1918, 27 per for many nil drpmd’nK h** I —~~ wSSSSSj 1 . ■ITlI Itl Fr.-mrtnt "onnl wl«hr«. thn trip m»v taka klni I wn» aacaa—ry-tkat panca ia^otinUo— porta that'4k« antira kaaa into former German territory. 1 ^ I Kngtand 1 7 Tbe rnmr-hxt in ono jjjfri^bi Wm ron laud, vblcb the people do not want h mules being unpopular. * -- Brotherhood BolM'feq Opened. — Columbia.-—The Lutheran Brother- hcod building hard an auspicious open- ^ng- .The spacious audiiorium was crowded to the doors and the exerdset were enjoyed. The brotherhood has expended over .$7,690 tV' prepare M eowifortahle communltv’hodse for the especial benefit of soldiers, sailors and tdflAr relative* T$ie aorommodaliona ** Home are evrlupivel? for theif- T* 1 ^ ^purpose of tke' ^Ln** fc T b ‘“* 4 hr *** C *■ JJJifl® chairman of tbe Inc^J axne>