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THE REVIEW, HIGH
POINT, NOBTH CAROLINA
nunr nninrn OUT
amit rniuno uui
II Tl COUNTRIES
ENGLAND AND ITALY BENEFIT
BY STANDARDIZATION AND
CONTROL OF PROFITS.
GOODS ARE ALL OF LEATHER
Agricultural Department Estimates
Show Range of War Emergency
Work Vast Amount of Food Sent
by America to Allies.
(From the Committee on Public Informa
tion.) Washington. There has already
been a drop in the prices charged by
retailers for footwear in England in
view of the government's action in
placing on the market standardized
shoes made at controlled rates of
profit, according to a report to the
United States department of com-
At a recent exhibition of "wartime"
boots 39 samples were shown, ranging
from heavy boots for carters and la
borers to shoes for ordinary street use,
and 'children's shoes. Prices range
from $2.06 to $6.38 a pair. The
shoes are made entirely of leather and
the retailer's price is stamped on the
sole.
Italian shoe factories are manufac
turing standardized shoes, using leath
er furnished by the government, which
cantrols the system of sales to the
public.
In England the manufacture or
standard cloth for men's suits has
made rapid progress, 24 patterns being
Included in the first goods shown. As
now planned, provision is made for
750,000 to 1,000,000 suits ready for de
livery from June to August. The pro
ject may later Include production of
certain classes of cloth for woman's
wear.
Of the total of nearly $20,000,000
asked for war emergency activities uy
j i- rt arr1rnlture it IS
tne uepariiucui - -
p,i to use $8,000,000 for the pur
chase and sale of seed to farmers for
cash at cost; $6,100,000 for tne uevei
nmnt nf the co-onerative agricultural
extension work in co-operation with
the state agricultural colleges ; &i,y,
655 for combating animal diseases,
stimulating the production of live
stock, and encouraging the conserva
tion and utilization of meat, poultry,
dairy and other animal products;
$911,300 for the prevention, control,
and eradication of insects and plant
diseases, and the conservation anu
utilization of plant produces; $2,368,
958 for extending and enlarging the
market news service of the bureau of
markets, preventing waste of food in
storage, in transit or held for sale, giv
ing advice concerning the market
movement or distribution of perish
able products, making inspections and
certifications regarding the condition
of perishable agricultural products,
and gathering information in connec
tion with the demand for and the pro
duction, supply, distribution and utili
zation of food; and $1,080,980 for
dealing with the farm-labor problem,
enlarging the informational work of
the department, printing and distribut
ing emergency leaflets, posters and
other publications, and extending the
work of the bureau of chemistry,' the
bureau of entomology, and the bureau
of biological survey.
Statistics compiled by the food ad
ministration show that the grand total
of all food experted to the four allies
the United Kingdom, France, Italy
and Russia from July 1, 1914, to
January 1, 1918, would furnish com
plete yearly rations for 57,100,933
adult persons, with a surplus of pro
tein capable of supplying this portion
of the diet for 22,194,570 additional
men.
Since the beginning of the war the
United States has averaged to supply
the allies with food enough each year
to support 16,314,552 persons, and
with an excess of both protein and
sufficient for several mimous
Of the 3,082,949 persons called un-
der the selective service act, -o,.
mnioi t- i tin par for
or o.lo per utuiL, m - -
examination, according to a srateiui
issued by the provost marshal general.
This number, however, included men
who had previously enlisted or ueeu
commissioned and had failed to notify
their boards, some who had died, and
many who were transferred to other
boards but by mistake had been car
ried on the books of their locai Doarus
estimated at 100,000.
Many of the remaining 150,000 were
- i 1 tYic
aliens, a numoer oi wum --
country to enlist in their own armies.
The statement estimates tne numow
4-1 a n
of real "slackers" at not more
50,000, or an average of less than ten
for each local board.
Translations of editorial comment in
the German press,1 made public by the
committee on public information, in
clude the following from the Berliner
Tageblatt :
"The terms of the ultimatum to tus
sia will please even the most unre
lenting advocates of violence. It would
ha interestins to hear Hertling, who
accepted Wilson's second principle that
people are not to be bartered aoout
from sovereign to sovereign, explain
just what differences exist between
the political methods of the past and
those of today. It may be conceded
that today the German reichstag is in
formed of coming changes, but not un
til the matter has been settled with
out it. We all hope this policy will
i : nnH nrnenpri tv. but VVC
cannot conceal our anxiety at the birth
oi txiese uew isiaica.
Soldiers, sailors, or their benefi
ciaries under the soldiers' and sailors'
insurance law need not employ attor
neys or claim agents to collect the in
surance, according to the treasury de
partment. Circulars have lately been
sent out by claim agents and attorneys
offering to assist persons entitled to
the benefits of this insurance in col
lecting their claims.
The procedure for the presentation
and collection of insurance claims is
simple. Blanks may be secured from
the bureau of war-risk insurance at
Washington. The name of the person
in service who was killed or injured,
and the relationship which he bore to
the person making the claim, should
be given.
GERMANS GROSS
THE SOME RIVER
TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER WROUGHT
AMONG TEUTON INFANTRY
BY MACHINE GUNS.
FRENCH CAPITAL B01MO
Main Body of British Falling Back
Deliberately and Without Confusion
French Are Optimistic.
, o rrMirlfi attack
whn was decorated in the presence of a huge ciou a
after being badly wounded.
7 ItnllflTIS IIIUVIUK o.
under cover of a neavy d anad.an forces,
3 sergt. iuaj. . "r K.v0rv in action
Garden, JNew xor., ivi
London. "Fresh hostile attacks de
veloped have great strength on the
whole battle front," says Field Mar
shal Hiag's report from headquarter?,
"and they have continued throughout
the day.
"South of Peronne the enemy suc
ceeded, after heavy ngimng, in cross
ing the Somme at certain points.
These are being dealt with.
(IB
Germany's war leaders are using the
submarine to prevent fulfillment of
America's agreements to feed and re
lieve European neutrals, according to
a statement by the war trade board.
It says:
"A mass of cumulative evidence and
indications in the possession of the
war trade board shows that Germany
is t u ploy ing the submarine menace to
prevent neighbor neutrais receiviug
any food or favors at the hands of the
United States and its associates in
the war, and to coerce these neutrals
through starvation and political and
economic dependence upon Germany,
quite as much as to strike at the com
munications of its opponents Ger
many's ostensible aim in proclaiming
the ruthless submarine campaign.
, "Further indications tend to show
that the submarines are being used
along similar dog-in-the-manger lines,
to destroy neutral shipping without re
gard to its employment."
sis REVIEW Of
THE PAST WEEK
Germans Open Great Attack on
the British Front North of
St. Quentin.
MAY BE THE SPRING DRIVE
Allied Commanders Confident Their
Lines Cannot Be Broken Seriously
Teutonic Penetration of
Russia Continues Ship
ping Question Most
Serious Dutch
Vessels Are
Seized.
By E. W. PICKARD.
We are at the decisive moment of
the war and one of the greatest mo
ments in German history," telegraphed
the kaiser to the Rhenish provincial
council, and thereupon, Thursday
morning, his forces began a tremen
dous bombardment of a wide stretch
of the British front north of St. Quen
tin. This was followed by attacks by
large masses of infantry which were
hurled against the British front in
desperate efforts to break through.
The assaults were extremely costly
to the enemy and up to the time of
writing had been of little avail, for
though at some points the Britisn ad
vanced lines had been penetrated,
Field Marshal Haig reported that on
no part of the long front of attack
had the Germans attained their objec
tive. Apparently Von Hindenburg was try
ing to drive in a wedge on each side
rvf th Cimbrai salient, and at the same
Persons who send mail to members .j hig troops made vicious assaults
of the expeditionary forces are par- on tne Frencn northeast of Verdun
ticularly requested, in a statement is- and near eims, though these were con
sued by the post office department, to sidered as diversions rather than parts
use ink only in writing the addresses. f j attack. The lines held
Every piece of mail matter should also bv tne Americans in the Lorraine and
bear the name and address or tne Toul sectors had not been assailed.
conrJpr. ti "Rritish wprfi in no way sur
Heavy paper, canvas, or cloth should prise(j by the attack of Thursday, and
be used for wrapping packages. When their commanders met it with supreme
canvas or cloth is used the address confiuence. In every possible way, they
should be written on a shipping tag, were prepared to meet the assault, of
with the name and address of the whiCh they had had -ample warning,
sender on the reverse side. Whether this smash was really the
Given names should be written in 0l)enng Gf the threatened great spring
ica Is still unrepresented and there
is reason to believe that it will decide
to take the offensive without waiting
for the Germans to strike, as was inti
mated in these columns some weeks
ago. It is believed that the council has
at its disposal an immense army made
up of reserves of the various allied
forces, and some wise observers think
the first great attack will be made in
Italy, though there will be enough do
ing in France and Belgium to keep the
Germans busy and uncertain. Intense
activity by both the Germans and
French in the Verdun region, and cer
tain movements in the American sec
tion toward Metz indicate coming op
erations of magnitude on those parts
of the line. The French made some re
markably swift and successful raids,
destroying enemy blockhouses and
shelters that had taken three years to
construct.
On the Toul front the Americans,
were subjected to continuous shelling
and the enemy also sent over airplanes
that dropped large rubber balls filled
with liquified mustard gas a nev
form of attack. The American artil
lery maintained its record for accurate
ri,.iinr thp pnerav from several
IX r". U J. V m--w v
strong positions and at times attacKing
thP Hermans heavily with gas sneus
Secretary Baker in the course or ms
visit to General Pershing's forces was
under fire in the front line trenches,
and one big shell exploded close to his
automobile, but he escaped injury.
On Tuesday General Pershing ap
proved the awarding of the first of the
new- American military crosses for
bravery, the recipients being Lieut.
John O. Green and Sergts. William
Norton and Patrick Walsh. All of
them previously had been decorated
with the French war cross.
j i.v,
pire's good faith. Trotzky warneu nx
world that Germany and Japan had
agreed to divide Russia between them,
but Trotzky's opinions are no longer
entitled to very serious consideration.
. S3 .
Earlv Thursday morning two Brii-
4-T,. vronh tipstrovers en-
mri jiiiii nice .
Berlin (via London). Paris has
been bombarded by German long-dip.
tance guns, according to the German
official communication.
The statements add that the British
in their retirement are burning French
town and villages and that between
th' Somme and the Oise the Germans
are still going forward.
Enormous quantities of booty havo
gaged a force of German destroyers taken by the Germans, according
to the statement which follows:
"Between the Somme and the Oise
our corps are fighting their way for
ward Chauny has been taken.
"Our booty in war material is enor
mous. The British, in their retire
ment, are burning French towns and
villages.
"We have bombarded the Tortress
of Paris with long-distance guns.
"A gigantic struggle is taking place
for Bapaume. A battle is in progress
on the Transloy-Combes-Maurepas
line.
"The Somme has been crossed at
many points in our attack between
Peronne and Ham."
The withdrawal of the British forces
along the battle front in France wa?
long ago planned in the event of the
Germans attacking in great force. This
announcement comes from the British
front through the Associated Press
correspondent, who describes the op
eration of the British army as a mas
i,r -oritbrirawal. made possible by
nvnvi (1 p ma terials for the production of ,. . .
trnnns in the front
1 v . gailtlllL Duuv-tt """r"
munitions. The shipbuilding question whQ checked the advance of the
IN lilt IIlll&L UlCOJJUlS - o
fp rmnkeroue. and when the fight was
mrpr four pneniv vessels had been sunk.
One British destroyer was damaged,
ht thP allied casualties were siignt.
The same dav Ostend was heavily
i uxr British monitors and
IjyjLH ol i utvj ---- "
Helgoland was attacked by airplanes.
Eloquent argument having failed to
bring the Teutonic rulers to their
senses or the Teutonic peoples to a
rpnlization of the truth, and encour
agement and sympathy having met
with no resnonse from the Russians,
t .1 wiicnn eppms to have de-
Hded that action, quick and forcible,
is the only thing that will bring the
war to a close. He cheered up tne
country immensely by calling into con
ference the heads of the various war
hoards, who had been named as advis
ers to the chairman of the war indus
tries board in establishing co-ordina
tion. He impressed upon these men
airain the need of harmonizing their
work in order to hurry up shipouna-
t nntiu;nc cirtrl
irrr inWOflSP KlllIIIIIIlLl lilOllllCJ
7 1 1 - "
full, instead of initials. The title ot
the addressee and the full name of the
unit or organization to which he is as
drive of the kaiser or not was uncer
tain, but Americas military experts
dnnhted it. If it were, said they, it
signed should be added, it being suffi- wag the most hopeful sign of the war
cient in the way of further address to
use the words "American Expedition
ary Forces."
so far, for its defeat was certain. And
such a defeat, they felt, would bring
much closer the ultimate triumph of
the cause of the allies.
fats
more
The
Over
coupons
$41,000 in 5-cent Smileage
has come in trom tne uig
Intense aerial activity characterized
total exports- of wheat and to headquarters at .the commis- the operations all along the west t :ront
- ..-! - a i.! i i -i o - it'ao r ' nprp vvnrM iiiiint-! wu:
. . 1 iVaa iMinntno ft I 1 4-. ; rr noTYin QPT1V1 HS 111 I ltloL YV tv". j.
to tne sion ou uimuB " , Ho.c ln whlVh thft flllies generally had
lies, Russia getting but a very umi. Washington, rnese couyuu, v - th. British and
per cent of the whole, were equiva- admiSSions to theatrical events at tne " rn,d, on
Unt to about 384,000,000 bushels, or an caraps. Soldiers from the smaller towns French avmtors made mds o
V 0 LMV
voraire of about 110,000,000 bushels a
vonr Of this total amount the United
Kingdom got 145,348,000 bushels of
wheat and 8.512,000 barrels of wheat
flnnr- France got 79,798,000 bushels
f wheat and 5,462,000 barrels of
wheat flour; Italy 87,136,000 bushels of
Tvheat and 1.895,000 barrels of wheat
flnnr. Russia received only 130,000
bushels of wheat and 25,000 barrels of
wheat flour.
The toal exports of pork products
wprP nearlv 2.000,000,000 pounds, a
yearly average of about 570,000,000
pounds. The total sugar exports were
over 2,269,000,000 pounds, a yearly
average of about 648,000,000. Of corn
there was exported 23,332,000 bushels ;
oats, 207,981,000; rye, 3.407,000.
Reports based on figures from the
department of agricultural show that
January 1, 1918, the number of meat
animals in the United States was
greater by more than 6.000,000 head
than it was January 1, 1917. The num
ber of inspections for slaughter indi
cate a decrease in consumption.
The summary shows the total num
ber of cattle in the United States Jan
uary 1, 1918, was 66,830,000, an in
crease of 1,247,000 head over the same
day the year before. Hogs increased
3.781.000 head, or 5.7 per cent. The
Increase in sheep was 1,284,000 head.
. j ..i,,:- vvc ot.iv hpransf. of towns and military
receiveu men jwv,.. --j I . , ,.- Tvrrv,o,
the prompt response of these places
i nlQian fill
vvnen smneage uwns wexe -
sale, and in many cases
them up.
have used
especially was hard hit by the British.
The American flyers also were very
busy and won praise by their skill and
daring.
friiQc-n rl aval nnm pn ts 1 pnrl hackinff to
- .mco uww, - -
An investigation ior me yuiyc statement of one War correspond
improving methods for prevention and
control of communicable diseases, es
pecially near army camps, is being
made by the United States puDiic
health service. The work will relate
largely to the standardization ana
preparation of serums.
The first serum to be stuaiea win
be that used in cerebro-spinal menin
gitis, which has lately been prevalent
in camps.
Although bakers who use less than
three barrels of flour and meal a
month are not required to secure food
administration licenses, a recent rule
gives them the right to come under
license.
The new submarine fighters which
are being built at the Ford plant will
be known as "Eagles" and will con
stitute the Eagle class of boats.
The sale of British and Irish wool to
persons other than those authorized by
the government has been forbidden.
ent that land fighting in France is tem
porarily in abeyance and that the allies
expect to win the war there in the air,
having already undoubted supremacy,
in that element. He asserts that if
the Germans make their great drive it
must be made blindly, and the allies
will promptly send their immense
navies of the air across and destroy
the Hun's lines of communications, de
pots and factories and his entire or
ganization of supplies and re-enforcements.
If this is the plan, there is the
greater need fdr the United States to
speed up its lagging production of bat
tleplanes. The Providence Journal,
heretofore remarkably well informed,
asserts that in this respect the Ameri
can aircraft program for 1918 is an ab
solute failure.
While the kaiser delayed his big at
tack on the west front, the world has
waited in considerable suspense to
know what the plan of the allies
may be. This rests with the supreme
council at Versailles ln which Amer-
In Russia, despite the acceptance of
the peace treaty by the bolshevik!, the
German armies have been steadily
pressing forward, occupying town after
town in the south, moving up toward
Moscow and also approaching so close
to Petrograd that the seizure of the
capital city was said to be a matter of
days or hours. All the allied diplomats
left Petrograd, most of them retiring
to Vologda, 350 miles east. American
Ambassador Francis from there issued
an address to the Russian people,
warning them that ,if they submitted
to the peace imposed by the central
powers Russia eventually would De
come a German province, and pledging
the support of the American govern
ment to any government in Russia that
would resist fhe German penetration.
Mr. Francis acted without specific in
structions from Washington, but his
utterances received the full approval
of the administration.
The bolshevik government has been
pdlv movinsr to Moscow. Trotzky
is there and says he will act as minis
ter of war if there is to be more fight
ing. The new volunteer army is being
organized rapidly, with renewed dis
cipline, and the press and people, al
ready somewhat disillusioned, cry out
against the predatory rttthlessness of
the Germans. The Transcaucaslan as
sembly at Tiflis refused to ratify the
peace treaty and demanded immediate
war on Germany. The attitude of all
the allies toward the bolshevik soviet
is becoming more sympathetic, but the
hope of effective resistance is1 rather
faint.
The hand of the conqueror falls
more and more heavily on Roumania,
which is now required to give up to the
central powers not only all of her own
war munitions, but also those left in
Roumania by the allies. If she yields
to this demand the representatives of
the allies will leave Jassy.
eminent is somewhat disturbed by the
uncertain labor situation. It intends to
adopt a definite labor policy, as did
England, but this t has not yet been
formulated.
jsa
The matter of ships also came to
the front again in England, and in re
sponse to public demand Sir Erid
Geddes, first lord of the admiralty,
gave out figures on the results of the
submarine warfare. Total losses to
the allies and neutral nations since the
beginning of the war, he said, were 6,
000,000 tons, and he admitted the
monthly losses are 120,000 tons greater
than the new ships built. To correct
this, Sir John Jellicoe is to devote him
self to combating the submarine, Lord
Pirrie has been made governor general
of merchant ship building and all avail
able men in the country will be put to
building ships. Premier Lloyd-George
said that by special effort the deficien
cy could be made good in British ship
yards alone.
A great help in solving this transport
problem is the seizure of about a mil
lion tons of "Dutch shipping by the
United States and England. This was
accomplished on Wednesday after the
Netherlands government had refused to
put into effect its voluntary agreement
to restore its merchant marine to nor
mal activity. Most of the vessels
taken will be used in carrying food
from America to Europe, and President
Wilson says Holland will receive am
ple supplies of foodstuffs, in accord
ance with the original pact. Germany,
of course, has warned the Dutch that
their ships now will be sunk, but it
never has shown much regard for the
rights of neutral ships outside the pro
scribed zone.
Germans, while artillery, machine gun
and rifle fire worked appalling slaugh
ter among the masses of German in
fantry as they were sent forward, tins
enabling the main body oi tne w:um.
t3 fall baCK Qeiioerateij' "
confusion.
This army, it is declared, has peen
conserved,rand up to the present very
few counter-attacks nave oemi n--against
the Germans. Where the Brit
ish have stormed the Germans ncv.y
acquired positions they have cunu
them back. But each mile of advance
makes the bringing up of supplies to
ii. nrmon artiUprv and infantrj
tilt? VJTCJX J-LICXA -
more and more, difficult, and unques
tionably the British strategy, as mur
onstrated since the beginning oi i
great attack, is, to let the enemy, so
far as he may. wear himself out
against a powerful defense.
Both British and French force?,
where their lines meet south of
Quentin, are watchin events with op
timistic eyes.
Paris. The -German "monster cn
non" which has been bombarding
Paris has been located in the fore
of St. Gobain, west of Laon. and
actly 122 kilometers (approximate.
76 miles) from Paris city hall.
gun bombarded Paris during the w
er part of Sunday.
The day was ushered in by louu
plosions from the 10-inch shells.
immediately the alarm to take c
was sounded. This occurred at
... . .nnC HOUn'1'
o'clock ana many
shelter, but greater numbers m1
appeared in the streets on uu
to the churches, which were .
as well filled as usual. The
who sell palm leaves on l au
days, did their usual business.
The supreme war council of the al
lies at Versailles issued a statement
denouncing Germany's political crimes
against Russia and Roumania and re
fusing to recognize the peace treaties
with them. "We are fighting, and mean
to continue fighting, in order to finish
once for all with this policy of plun
der,", said the council. In reply Chan
cellor von Hertling asserted Germany
had no intention of robbing or dishon
oring Russia and accused the allies of
hypocrisy, untruthfulness and brutality.
There was no material change in the
situation in the far East, but the oppo
sition to Japan's plan to occupy Vladi
vostok seemed to increase because of
the persistent distrust of the island em-
After being assailed in vain by the
Republicans, the administration bill to
establish a war finance corporation
was passed by the house Thursday
with only two opposing votes. On the
same day the president signed the bill
which brings the railroads under gov
ernment operation and control until 21
months after the end of the war.
Agricultural interests were relieved
of anxiety by an order of the war de
partment permitting men engaged in
planting or cultivating crops to con
tinue their work until finished, al
though their draft numbers are
reached. This does not apply to dairy
workers.
Wisconsin, smarting under the impu
tations of disloyalty caused by La Fol
lette and his doings and sayings, un
dertook to redeem herself in the sena
torial primaries, and succeeded in a
measure. Joseph E. Davies, backed by
the national administration, easily won
the Democratic nomination, but Con
gressman Lenroot had a hard task de
feating James Thompson, the La Fol-
lette candidate, for the Republican
choice. The Socialist vote, unexpect
edly heavy, was cast for Victor Berger,
who is under indictment for violating
the espionage act.
LIBERTY LOAN PROBLEMS ,
ARE UP TO C0N
le!?;
war
the
ma-
en-
Washington. Liberty loan
tion and the controversy over
ohinerv reorganization are
grossing topics Deioie v.
Announcement by Secretai? -
. thf,
of the size ana terms ui ,
of new war bonds to be foho
house consideration oi tu oft.
passage is desired within u i;
nightr intervening before the
ertv loan campaign. The rig-
war organization will open m
r"
FORCED BY OWN PEOPLE R,V
r- rr r i y
TO Mi
offeti
c-t
Washington The German v
says the war department s ,
communique proves (
militarists have been forced
tempt a gigantic feat oi
While the great au- ; -te
niltli
nd it
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auic co mane ucaunj
- . . cDV.
veloplng movement nas u
the communication says, ailu. .nn3
be premature to express opi 5
the tactical phases with a con
uation inevitably changing