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THE REVIEW. HIGH POINT. NORTH CAROLINA
IMPORTANT NEWS
W 35 M i-
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAVS GIVEN
THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place In The South
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Washington.
Preparations for greater govern
mental aid in adjusting labor supply
to war needs have, been put under
hv the council of national de-
" v
fense.
President Wilson will not act has
tily in condemning the new regime
in control of affairs in Russia.
National Guardsmen from every
state in the Union are now in France,
It is announced by the war depart
ment.
The French are enthusiastic in rec
ognition of the troops that have arriv- recaptured from the British by the Ger
ed on their soil from the United States, mans. The British, however, claim to
The war department announces for
the information of relatives and fami
lies of National Guardsmen sailing for
France that every one who sailed from
the United States has arrived safely
in France.
So-called "slacker" commissions, by
which men of draft age are seeking to
escape service in the ranks and gej of-
fleers places in non-combatant branch-
es of the army, have struck a snag in
two general policies laid down by Sec-
retarv Baker. These are, first, thalt
no man of draft age can be commis
sioned unless it is shown clearly that
they are better fitted for the special
work than for army service; second,
that no function of the army that can
be carried on efficiently with civilians
shall be placed on a military footing
by commissioning the men needed to
supervise the work.
Every police official in the country
will become part of the great machine
organized for building the national
army under war department plans an
nounced by Provost Marshal Crowder.
Postal authorities will plan an active
part in helping to sarry out the new
regulations of the war department, and
the provost marshal general believes
that with the aid of the police and
postal authorities the local exemption
boards will be greatly assisted in reg
istering men and geting them to the
training camps.
General Pershing reports five deaths
among the troops of the United States
operating in France.
Secretary of War Baker is on a tour
of inspection of the army training
camps, that will take him to Jackson
ville, Fla.
A Toronto dispatch announces that
Canada has oversubscribed its $300,-
000,000 Victory loan by almost six and
.a half million dollars,
The week just closed has been very
favorable to he allied arms, accord
ing to the war department's official
communioue issued, reviewing mili
tary operations for the week.
The American steamship Actaeon
was torpedoed, a dispatch from Cor
unna, Spain, reports. Twenty-one sur
vivors have arrived at Port Camarinas.
Three boats and the remainder of the
crew are missing.
Fifty-eight men, including 26 Ameri
can citizens and five naturalized Amer
icans, composed the crew of the Amer
ican steamer Actaeon, reported sunk
off the European coast.
Government operation of railroads
for the relief of the eastern traffic sit
uation, during the war loomed up as
aa increasing possibility in the minds
Domestic.
The latest issue of treasury certifi
cates of indebtedness, due next June
25, and receivable in payment of in
V$sne and excess profit taxes, was
closed when the issue had reached
about $690,000,000, which is more than
any previous issue.
.A verdict has been reached in the
rcourtmartial of the sixty-three negroes
of the twenty-fourth infantry, charged
with murder, mutiny and rioting, as a
result of the uprising at Houston, Au
gust 23 last. The verdict will be re
viewed before being made public, it is
announced.
Neither the high cost of turkey nor
the food conservation campaign had
.-any visible effect upon the observance
eOf Thanksgiving Day in New York.
A circle Of anarchists have been en
gaged in sending out fake reports in
-the United States anent the food sup-
dIv. The effort was directed to un
dermining the work of the food ad
ministration. The circle is being
broken up.
The last of the escaped men from
Fort McPherson, Ga., has been cap
tured. He was Carl Sabel, and he
-was apprehended in New York Gity.
Congressman Adamson has recalled
hi? resignation until his successor is
elected. Adamson represents the
fourth Georgia district.
Five bandits attacked the bookkeeper
of the Toledo-Huebner Breweries com
pany in Toledo, Ohio, and escaped
in an automobile with $37,000. The
bookkeeper was on his way to deposit
the money in the bank.
Members of the court in the Houston
negro riot have been given a complete
transcript of the proceedings of the
trial which began November 1. They
will meet in the post chapel to decide
their findings.
Twelve indictments cnarging murder
in the first degree were returned by
the grand jury in New York as the re
sult of confessions of Ralph Daniello
relative to the existence of a so-call
ed "murder syndicate," controlling
gambling and graft in the Italian colo
nies of Greater New York.
A ten-inch bomb with an unlighted
fuse was found on the window ledge
at the Detroit police station.
A bureau of complaints where re
ports of overcharging by food retailers
can be made by the public, will be es
tablished in New York City.
Branded on her breast and back,
apparently with acid, and dazed as if
from drugs, Mrs. Ida Browning, 24,
of Somonauk, 111,, was found semi
conscious in the Union station at Chi
cago at night .
European.
The Germans in a violent offensive
over the entire front where the Brit
ish made their notable gains have
pushed back General Byngs troops at
several points, especially severe was
the attack between the Bourlon wood
and Mouvres, where the British line,
under its impetus was driven back to
the vicinity of the Bapaune-Cambrai
road north of Graincourt a distance
of about two miles.
The village of Lavacquerie has been
have recaptured this village, however.
On the Italian front the fierce en
gagements by infantry, in which the
men often came into hand to hand en
counters, have turned into duels with
the big guns in the hilly region north
of the Venetian plain and along the
middle and lower Piave river.
In Palestine on the line extending
f rom the northeast of Jerusalem to the
sea the Turkish forces facing the
troops under General Allenby are
showing considerable activity, but as
yet have made no maneuver in the na
ture of a general attack.
The president of the German food
regulation bureau told the Prussian
lower house that there need be no anx
iety about the German food supply;
there is plenty, he says, and there
will continue to be plenty.
Bread and potatoes form the basis
of the food supply of Germany, but
this was true before the war, say the
German authorities.
The German chancellor announces
that he is ready to enter into negotia
tions with Russia just as soon as the
Russian government sends representa
tives having full powers to Berlin.
The strongest impetus to a renewal
of the heated discussions of the rival
schools on the war policy of the al
lies was provoked from a most unex
pected quarter by the publication of
a long letter from the Marquis of
Lansdowne, strongly pleading for a re
vision of the allies' war aims and an
atempt to secure peace before "the
prolongation of the war leads to the
ruin of the civilized world." The let
ter is especially significant because of
the opening of the inter-allied confer
ence at Paris.
Lord Lansdown contends that an im
mense stimulus would be given to the
peace party in Germany if it were un
derstood, first, that the annihilation of
Germany as a great power is not de
sired; second, that we do not seek to
Impose upon the German people a
form of government against their
hoice; third, that, except as a legiti
mate war measure, we do not desire
o deny to Germany her place amass
the great commercial countries-;
fourth, that we are prepared after th
war, in concert with the other powers,
to examine the international problems
connected with the freedom of the
seas; fifth, that we are prepared to en
ter into an international pact under
which ample opportunities will be af
forded for the settlement of interna
tional disputes by peaceful mwans."
The war credit of fifteen billion
marks asked for by Chancellor von
Hertling passed its first readings in
the reichstag after brief remarks by
Deputies Scheidemann and Haazs. In
the debate following the chancellor's
speech, Herr Trimborn, on behalfc of
the Centrum, condemned both a peace
of aggression and a peace of renunci
ation.
The Austro-Hungarian government
has sent an official reply accepting the
Russian government's wireless pro
posal to enter into negotiations for an
armistice and a general peace treaty;.
The feeling on the bourse, says an
Amsterdam dispatch, that the Russo
German negotiations portend a short
ening of the war has caused a rush of
buying orders, although there are-
warnings that a peace with Russaa
does not mean peace in Europe.
The end of the East African cam
paign is predicted by a correspondent
at Nadara.
A secret treaty between Great Brit
ain, France, Russia and Italy has beea
given out by the Bolsheviki govern- I
ment. Great Britain, France and Rue- ,
sia, according to the text, agreed to
Italy annexing the Trentino, the south j
Tyrol, Istria, Dalmatia, certain islands
in the Grecian archipelago and terri
tory in Asia Minor and Africa
The British drive on Cambrai will
be followed up relentlessly along the
western front in the opinion of officers
familiar with what is in prospect in
France.
According to authoritative announce
ment this winter will see no halt in
operations along the western front and
the French and British armies will
prosecute mid-winter campaigns.
Representatives of the chief nations
at war with Germany are assembling
in Paris for the inter-allied conference
at which are to be discussed moment
ous questions for more unified action
in the prosecution Of the war. -
1 Scene at a divisional headquarters of the British during one of the big battles on the west front. 2 Mem
bers of an American college girls' trench candle brigade making candles of rolled paper boiled In paraffin. 3
Geh. Herbert C. O. Plumer, appointed commander of the British forces sent to aid the Italians.
NEWS
REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
Interallied War Conference
Paris Opens With Russia
the Big Topic.
in
LENINE DEALS WITH B0CHES
Germans Accept Bolsheviki Proposal
of Armistice Signs of Collapse of
Radical "Government" Ital
ian Crisis Considered Over
Supreme War Coun
cil for United States.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
The great interallied war conference
opened in Paris on Thursday and the
world is justified in expecting momen
tous results from it, though they may
not be immediately evident.
Aside from the question of unified
control of the war, one of the most
important matters considered by the
conference, of course, was the Russian
situation. This was rapidly moving
to a climax, for during the week the
representatives of the bolsheviki gov
ernment crossed over to the German
side and made their proposition of an
armistice on all fronts of the belliger
ent countries. Since this plan coin
cides with Germany's desires and
doubtless was inspired by her, the
German authorities accepted the sug
gestion and set December 2 for a con
ference on the subject. Meanwhile
members of the German general staff
were in Petrograd advising Lenine and
Trotzky.
The conference in Paris took uncfer
consideration the issuance of a "rea
soned statement for the guidance and
warning of the Russians as to the
serious results that are likely to fol
low If a separate peace Is concluded,"
to qoote the conservative language of
Lord Bobert Cecil. This means noth
ing less than that the Petrograd rad
icals, aaxf Russia If they are able to
impose their wffl on the country,- will
be recogaized as enemies of the allied
nations. The ambassadors of the al
lies and ef the fTntted States were
said to be waiting; for tire meeting of
the Russfan constituent assembly,
elections fr whieft: were held last
wee tftougfr the " results were not
known at the time writing.
Ptbpe in Southeastern Russia.
There are growing indications that,
when the f rotl and spume of the pres
ent bolsheviki revolution in Russia
have ttlbwn away, the original revolu
tionists' of last Marchv men like Mil
youkoff, who have braiais and experi
ence as- well aa idiealisy will come to
the surface again' and: regain a control
that may save1 their distracted coun
try from the talons- of the Prussian
eagle..
The beginning;: oil the end for Lenine
was reported to fearee eome on Friday,.,
when, according to dispatches from-,
Petrograd; his- ea&imet was succeeded!
by a coalition tainistry of advanced
Socialists and other factions, with taa
Bolsheviki? in the naiaority.
Despite the- fact that the second and;
fifth armies last week gave their adt
herenee to the Bolsheviki "governr
ment," Lenine and Trotzky have
shown, no slightest evidence- off
their ability to rule Russia,, ami
whether or hot they be knowingly
agents of Germany, their actions, are
all for the benefit of the cental pow
ers. If the armistice they ask for
were followed by the. kir.di of peace
they advocate, Russia would: lie open
to Germany as a ripe fields for merci
less exploitation and the Germans
would gain infinitely more than they
possibly would lose in western Eu
rope. The hopefulness in the situation lies
far away from Petrograd. A great or
ganization known as the Southeastern
union has been formed, embracing the
Don territory, most of Little Russia,
the lower Volga region and Turkestan.
This is the great grain-growing part of
Russia, the territory that feeds the
rest, and steps are being taken to add
to the union the corn-producing. part
of Siberia. In all this territory, rough
ly speaking, General Kaledines, het
man of the Cossacks, is in control, and
he. In turn, is controlled by leaders
who have not yielded to the dictation
of Lenine and his bolsheviklsts. More
over, the immense gold reserve of the
Russian empire, which was removed
from Petrograd to the Kremlin in 1913,
has been taken still further into the
interior and Is out of the reach of the
maximalists. Whether Kaledines and
the Cossacks will chose to sufJport the
social democrats or will aid in a res
toration of the monarchy is not clear.
But sane friends ot order, democracy
and freedom feel that anything would
be better than the reign of anarchy
and civil war that threatens Russia
now.
The soldiers who remain at the
front are wailing bitterly because of
the shortage of food, and there is a
fine prospect of hundreds of thousands
of these fighting men turning back in
to their country half-starved and
ready to pillage and ravage it without
restraint.
Italy's Danger Lessened.
The heroic Italian troops having
demonstrated their ability to hold back
about four times as many Teutons
along the Piave front, the fears of a
more extended Invasion of Italy and
of the capture of Venice are lessening.
During the week great numbers of re
enforcements arrived from the British
and French armies on the west front,
many of them having marched eight
days through the mountains. They
brought with them ample artillery and
supplies. Italian reserves in great
masses, young, well-equipped and full
of spirit, also moved north to relieve
those who have been combating the
invaders, and in some places the Ital
ians took the offensive. The fighting,
especially between the Piave and the
Brenta, continued fierce and unabated
throughout the week, and the losses
on both sides were heavy, but the Aus-tro-Germans
made no further gains.
Down toward the- Adriatic they made
repeated attempts to cross the river
and the flooded land in pontoons, but
were completely routed; by the- Italian
artillery. As the week closed the situ
ation in Italy was still serie-usy brat im
proving each day.
Gen. F. B. Maurice-,, entef dfrertor
of military operations- in the British
war office, was especially wefE
ffieil with the week's developments: in
Ratrjr. From the fact that Germany
hw not brought up- vast re-enforae-meas
to follow up the1 initial sueeese
wi$ft a decisive blow, he eonclbdfed!
that Germany was unable- to send!
them. It is now time,-, tie declare
to say definitely thatT the crisis fni
Italy Unas passed, this- being due ea
tllselyr to the efforts oft the- ItaUani
army.. "AngIo-French troops are oaw
available in sufficient: quantities- to:
satisfy us that the situation.' is- se
cure" toe concluded.
Hard Fighting Asround Cambrai;.
The-war has seen no. in ore desperate
fighting: than has foUowed on. the heels .
efr (Jftemeral Byng's sensational tteust
toward Cambrai. Erown, Prince Rup
jpneGhti seemed determined; not to. let
I: that efty fall into the hands, oft the
: Bnifci&av or at leas to ma tie-it a costly,
i prize, and his ccmstantlfc re-enforced;
j troops' were senta againstr the British.
uu omuivu wuuuj ugtiiu aim upiu uuu
ini tfee village of Fontaine, which
changed hands several times.. ByogfS;
men held on tenaciously aati. usuall
( had! the best o$ It in tjie hand-to-hand!
ftg&ting as we.f; as labile-artillery coot
i fca&Sy and the tanks continued to ptey
: tifeeir part. These monsters ofi&ea
steered the way for the iafantry aijjd
iflsc at least one instance when, tfcsy
were themselves hdfli uqr by sufenisor
forces, thea British airman, flying diar
tngly low,, routed tile estemy wifch,, ma
chine gun, fire and pscwitted the- tanks
to go on Altogefcheu. it has beea the
most spectacular b&fttte of the waor, and
it has oost the Ctesnaans a gteaA many
of theUr best men.
General Byo last week seemed to
be eirfeavoringxte break thjrogh to the
nortih of CasHraL a movement that
probably woxfei compel the enemy te
f ajB back on a wide front. Cambrai tt
salf seems doomed to destruction.
General Pershing last week sent
over his second casualty list. It gave
the names of two privates who were
killed in the trenches by German ar
tillery fire and of five severely
wounded. 1
U. S. Supreme War Council.
While urgently advising upon our
allies more unified action in the prose
cution of the war, the administration
is not overlooking the need for similar
co-ordinated effort at home. On Tues
day a great step toward centralized
control of all the country's resources
was taken in the appointment of a su
perior war council through which all
the war activities of the government
will be enabled to work togetherr This
council is made up of the members of
the council of national defense Secre
taries Baker, Daniels, Lane, Houston,
Redfield and Wilson Secretary Mc
Adoo, Chairman Hurley of the ship
ping board. Food Administrator Hoov
er, Fuel Administrator Garfield and
Chairman VVil lard of the war indus
tries board. Director Gifford of the
council of national defense will sit
with this superior council, and Presi
dent Wilson will meet with It when
ever he thinks it advisable.
The government is making a deter
mined effort to settle the troubles of
the railways and its own problems in
the matter of transportation, and just
now the plan of a railroad pool for all
lines east of Chicago' is being tried, out.
If this is not successful, it is predict
ed, the government may take over the
operation of all American railways.
President Wilson proclaimed a new
embargo on the importation of many
articles that are essentials of muni
tions of war, without the express per
mission of the government. This will
operate to conserve American tonnage
for war purposes and to facilitate the
importation of raw materials and oth
er supplies necessary in the manufac
ture of munitions. This assumption
of control over imports, provided for
In the embargo act, gives the govern
ment a powerful weapon for the eco
nomic war on Germany and can be
directed also against neutral traders
suspectecf of supplying the central
powers wiffc America good.
President Wilson n Monday ap
proved a recommeftd'ation ef Mr,
Hoover reducing the alcoholic content
of beer to 3 per cent and- reducing the
amour1 of gra4a used' by brewers to
about 70 per cei3t of the-volume hither
to consumed. Prohibition; of all' Brew
ing, the administration beiieves, would
divert tipplers from- the comparatively
harmless beer to the consumption of
whisky, brandy- anciF gin; of which there
Is in the country enough to- list seve
eral years.
No V$ar on1 Aastria Yet
Vigorous enforcement of the- orders
restricting enemy aliens- made things'
rather lively last week for erinan
residents, especially of tfie large cities-.
But the hope that the1 administration
would make easier the- checking: of es
pionage by having, congress- dfeolare
war on Austrian went glimmering.. For
reasons which could not? be made pub
lic, President Wilson and! his cabinet
agreed that no declaration) again&t the
dnal monarchy sifould: be- made unless
it commits some furtherr especially
hostile acts. Thepesidentr pointed out
the fact that the -enemy alien law oould
be amended to include the sub jeeta of
countries allied? with i Germany, was
done in the trading. w4thi the enemy
act, and Attorney General Gregory, at
once began tlx preparation of snch an
amendment.
Vatican Replies too Criti&ss.
Unusually bold criticism off the
course of the Vaticanu by a number of
papers, and assertions that the pop
had been fostering tfie cause of Aus
tria, had been far from, nextral amti
should be oalled oni to make his posfc
tion clear, brought itorth indagnant de
nial fromi Cardinal- Gasparri, papal
secretary of state. Said hi:. "To, say
that his holiness, favors,, or has fa
vored, can will faor' aui' unjust, un
ChristlRjn4 and anendursftk? peace is.
not on- false hut also, absurdk Any
propaganda for-such a peace, alleged
to be conducted! at tit- Vaticanfe it
spiraitton, especially lot certain, natiocisv
is the product of pure maliciousness
Hte asserted; that the disruptive
propaganda that began to affect the
morale of the Italia army could not
be laid at the doors of the Vatican,
and that "the shoulders on which
rests the responsibility for the re
verses are well-known, a responsibility
which certainly does not touch Cath
olics, the clergy and least of all the
august person of the sovereign pon
tiff." His eminence made no reference to
the Sinn Fein rebellion In Ireland.
One of the first matters taken up by
the interallied conference in Paris was
the need of speedy diplomatic action
in regard to Switzerland, where Ger
man intrigue is imperiling the neu
trality of the country and gaining eco
nomical domination through control of
the Swiss railways. The Swiss federal
council is becoming anxious over Ger
man military movements on the froa
tier.
45NURSESPASS EXAMINATION'
Announcement Made of Nurse d
ing
North- Carolina state
Board for Nurses.
Raleigh. Announcement has i
been made of the forty-five youn
women who passed the examinah"
of the North Carolina State Boa?d
Nurses held in Asheville Novemb
The highest average in the exa
Inations was made by Miss Eth i
Brownsburger of Fletcher, her avo
age being 94 1-3. Miss Maimmt
Bell, of Wilson, was second with a
average of 94 1-3. Nurses succea,
fully passing the board follow
Misses Virginia Addison, ' wiliin
Covington, Annie Crook. Carrie Law
ing, Marie Langston, and Ephraim
Beaman, of Charlotte.
Misses Isabel Joenie, Rachael Mar
tin, Marjorie Pierce and Ada Robert
son, of Wilmington.
Misses Roela Bevan and Annia
Dooly, of Greensboro.
Misses Vera Cunningham, Pauiine
Oliver and Kathleen Griffin, of Dur.
ham.
Misses Harriel Broom, Anna Case
Minnie Klrkpatrick, Nannie Hieein
Chatham, of Asheville.
Misses Bvelyne Parsons and Bonnie
Pendland, of Morganton.
Misses Vienna Hill and Mamie Bell
of Wilson.
Misses Jessie Cooper, Eva Mayo and
Grace Arendell, of Rocky Mount.
Miss Eva Jordan, of High Point.
Miss Nannie Baxton, Ledia Jones
and Pearl Britt, of Kinston.
Miss Elizabeth Elkins, of New
Haven.
Miss Marie Hendren, of Concord.
Miss Erroll Henderson, of Gastonia.
Miss Alice Buckner, of Ruther
fordton. Miss May Elke, of Conway, S. C.
Misses Louise Melton and Helen
Kenworthy, of Washington, D. C.
Miss Carrie Allen, of Rock Hill
S. C.
Editors Pledge Support.
Winston-Salem. The newspapers ot
North Carolina are solidly back ot
Col. F. H. Fries., director of the North
Carolina war savings committee. This
note was expressed in no uncertain
terms at the meeting of editors held
in this city at the call of Colonel Fries
for the purpose of preparing to wage
a campaign for war savings certifi
cates. There were present editors of
morning and afternoon dailies, week-
lies, semi-weetcnes ana montmy pun
lications. The sentiment at trie papers of the
state was expressed! by Sa-stford Mar
tin, president of the North Carolina
Press Association, wfoo officially an
nounced that "there fff not a stacker
newspaper in ' North Carolina,''' Mr.
Martin's address was received! with
much enthusiasm.
Writes About Interned &rmam
Salfsbtrry. In a letter received' By
Senator Overman from Secretary
War Faker, the secretary says G&-
urn' prisoners held at Hot Springy
IT.- C, and1 about whom there has hees
so aroefr said recently, are under m
jurfsdlctfoxf of the department of
bor and? that the war department m
my jaristffctroTi or official knowledge
concerningr them.
Thw secretary denies the current
stbry that private German prisoners
are being pafid $30 a month or any
thing- Hie that amount, and says that
what fs Being expended on them and
siso the smaTT amounts being pati
oommissAnred trrfsoners is to be paid
suoR at tfie conclusion of the war by
Hw nrisonersr" crwn erovernment. Thlfr
rule- of frrtemattorral law is being un
served1 TtF atf present belligerents;
sarvs- the- sBenretaTT. including Ger
Wtrswrry MM for Cherryvllle.
nru ..uin a uniiotinTi has been
made for a charter for a hosiery ram
ar- CherryviMeL The authorized can
it, taa actn hut the company
may- begin bmsrness when $10,000 b
been snflscrifced:, and of this w
amount has already been taken w
Messrs. A. Bl Cook, of Gastonia, -Kendridfc,.
N. B. Kendrick and
Mauoey, of Cherryville.
g4ejr til enterprise will be flC
ton-, Hosiery Company. Macmnew
hvMt xwv nmmntftrs thai
""u ... . : nl
60 is 90 ays they win De m -
NORTH CAROLINA 8RlEPS
farmers have gon
the top' tnis year.
- (mnnaciihle H33 i
tfu-t" this vear. A cuaus"
seems. KXJUUBL . rUiu
about among the people ol - g
districts since last spring.
the farmers grew tobacco sno
ed unheard or prices
they all grow cotton, wMcn
wt tv, v.ovo nil erot money.
Lare hundreds of farmers in the
. tn a Du t.
who never naa a bm
fore who now have gwu
accounts. htlt tA
"Chatham rabbits are fat d J
are scarcer than usual," saw
Ray, a Pittsboro lawyei - ana
Of the House of Represe ntati
Phatham. WHO i ..uit" v
lnat eaual to that of the
ham. that n
Frank Siler has been m
ing elder or mo " " " hurcb. w'
trict of the Methodist char .
flnr will remain as aeu Mm
' .- nrAmon UDW "
boro College ior ear.
of the present scholastic V