warn Hi 1
SEEKS HKIK
OH BAIII OF NO ANNIXATWM OR
INDEMNITIES FOU *?TH1H
GOVERNMENT.
- ? T
NOTE HAS REACHES EMBASSIES
I
rropirr' For Immeriats Opening of
Pooeo Negotiations lo Mode ty U?e?
Trotsky to all The Bolllaoront
Natl one.
Petrograd. Thursday?The note ol
Loon Trottky, tho Bolahevlki minis
ter, to tho allied embaaelea conveying
tho announcement ot tho propoaal tor
?a armlstldP has reached the embas
sies The text follows:
"I herewith have the honor to in
form you, Mr. Ambaaeador, that the
?11-Ruaslan congreaa of aoldiers' and j
workmen's delegate, organised on Oc- ,
tober 26 a new government In the
form of a conacll of national commls
alonera. The head of thla government (
U Vladimir Hich Lentne. The dlreo- I
tion of the foreign policy haa been en
trusted to me 4n the capacity of na
tional commiaaloner for foreign afTalra.
"Drawing attention u> the text of
the ofTer of an armlatlce and a demo
cratic peace on the baala of no an
nexations or lndemnltlea and the self
determination of nationa, approved by .
the all-Ruaalan congreaa ot eoldlera'
workmen's delegataa, I have the
honor to beg you to regard the above
document aa a formal offer of an Im
mediate armlatlce on all fronta and
the Immediate opening of peace nego
tiation*?an offer with which the
authoritative government of the Rua
aian republic haa addressed itself sim
ultaneously to all the belligerent peo
pies and their governments.
"Accept my aasurance. Mr. Ambaa
aador of the profound respect of the
soldiers' and workmen's government
for the people of France, which can
not help aiming at peace as well aa
all the rest of the nations exhausted
and made bloodless by this unexam
pled slaughter.
"L. TRoTZKY.
"National Commissioner for Foreign
Affairs."
AMERICAN TROOP8 ARE
ARRIVING IN FRANCE
Movement Keepa Pace With Expecta
tlona of War Department.
Washington?Arrival of American
troopa In France has kept pace with
the expectation of the war depart
ment. Secretary Baker said In the tat
?iB&ment he haa ever authorised In
connection with the progress being
made In Increasing General Persh
ing's forces.
Mr. Baker declined, however, to
atate the number of troops forwarded
or to Indicate whether he anticipated
delay from this ttme. Movement of
thee aforce. he aaid, depended on two
elements, the training and equipment
of he men and the availability ot ships.
"Aa fast as they are ready, ships
and men will be combined." the secre
tary aaid. "As many American troops
?re now over seaa aa we expected In
the beginning to have over seaa at this
time." s"
Mr. Baker Indicated that an official
atatement of the number ot American
troopa in France waa not to be ex- |
ported at any time during the war. He ;
cauaed an Inquiry to ?e made ot the
military censor. Major General Mc
Intyre, however, which may result In
more liberal regulations aa to publica
tion of the designations of regiments,
brigades or companlee which are en
gaged in action on the front from time
to ttme.
If there Is no sound military reason
for suppressing that Information. Mr.
Baker aaid. he dealred to give it out.
The aecretary'a attention waa call- |
ed to the faot that the British official |
statements have recently named at '
least by geographical deaignatlon the 1
troopa used In varloua offensives. Ap- i
parently a new policy In this regard
haa been adopted in London and the
war department may do likewlae.
CAPP8 RELIEVED FROM
DUTY WITH SHIPPING BOARD
Washington?Rear Admiral Wash
ington L.'Capps. general manager of
the shipping board's emergency fleet
corporation, was relieved from duty
In that position by President Wilson
at his own request because of 111 health
and with expressions of deepest regret
by the chief executive. His successor
has not been named, but Chairman
Hurley, of The board, was known to
favor appointment of a man trained
in the same service
LOOKS UPON MOVEMENT
AS AN UNFRIENDLY ACT
Washington.?Officials of this gov
ernment regard the Bolshevik! move
Brat for an armistice between Russia
and ber enemies and ths opening of
pence negotiations as an act that
wo?M place Russia almost in the lint
of nnfrlendly nations.
Press dispatches telling of the pesce
movement were confirmed by a cable
gram from Ambassador Francis re
calved at the state department.
'I ? "? mi
VILLA COLUMN MOVING
ON CHIHUAHUA CITY
Presidio, Texaa.?Villa's troops have
drivea the advance guard of the Mexi
can federal force la the vicinity of
Onchiik) Parado bark toward Chihua
hua Cky. according to information re
received ham.
VHIa waa in command of his col
umn .which Included half of hia en
tire (are*, the remainder being left
at San,Juan del Rio and OJlnaag. ac
cording to the information received
LORD READING
i .
A new photograph of Lord Reading,
lord chiof Justice of England, who haa
taken charge of tho financial negotia
tion for hla government betweer. the
United States and England. ,
DISCUSS WITH WAR COUNCIL
BRITISH PREMIER URGES THAT
AMERICAN TROOPS BE SENT
. AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
Ruaala'a Collapse and Italy'* Reverses
Make It Neceaaary That Troopa Ba
Sant Ovaraaaa Quickly?Alllea De
pend an America for Food.
London.?Premier Lloyd Qeorge
told the Anglo-American war cooncll,
in aeaaion for the flrat time, that the
collapse of Russia and the revereea to
Italy, "made it eveq more imperative
than before that the United States
send as many, troops as possible
across the Atlantic aa early aa pos
sible."
"I am anzloua to know how aoon
the Drat million men can be expected
In Prance."
The premier explained that Brltlab
shipping now waa wholly employed In
war work, partly for the allies, partly
on the British account, adding: "As
suming that the submarine situations
geta no worse, the easing of the posi
tions to the allies depends entirely
upon the dates on which the Ameri
can program for the launching of the
six million tona of shipping promised
for ltlg comes Into practice effect.
I bar* no doubt that with the largest
Induatrlal population and an excep
tional national gift of organization the
accomplishment of America In the
?alter of shipbuilding" "will aiionlsh
everybody."
Dealing with the airplane situation,
the premier said:
"Command of the air In the battle
line la almost eesentlal as command
of the sea. The people of the United
9tates possess to an unusual degre9
qualities of enterprise and daring
neceaaary to the creation of success
ful airmen. The American climate
also lends Itself to the development of
the air aerrlce. because It Is clearer
and more equable than the climate of
the British Isles. This'Is of special
?alue because the training of pilots,
the creation of flying units, and the
building of air-domes are as essential
to the creation of an air service as the
building of airplanes themselves."
Referring to food the -premier said
that the allies were becoming Incraaa
ingly dependent upon what the North
American continent could produce and
economic pressure to bear on the cen
sured the mission that the moat dras
tic restrictions were about to ba lm
poaed upon the people of the British j
Isles, partly In order to assist the al
lias, partly In order to leave more
room for the carriage of men and mu
nitions to the battle fronts. The pre
mler said he regarded the tightening
of the blockade aa of next Importance.
"Close cooperation between the
United States and the powers of west
ers Europe can bring still greater
economic preasure to bear on the cen
tral powers during the war," he aald.
The premier then thanked the mis
sion for the great services rendered
by the United States navy.
ANOTHER ISSUE OP "
TREASURY CERTIFICATES
Washington ? In anticipation of
huge returns next June from Income
taxes under the war revenue law. Sec
retary McAdoo announced an Issue or
tour per cent treasury certificates of
Indebtedness of Indefinite amounts due
June 26. lilt; the Anal day (or pay
ment of Income taxea. This waa the
flrat action taken by the secretary to
prepare the law for the great volume
of receipts under the war revenue act.
WAR WORK FUND WENT
FAR ABOVE GOAL SET
New Yprk.?The National War Work
council of the Young Men's Christian
Aaaoclatlon announced hart that tha
grand total of the nation-wide war
fond campaign la t4D.20t.411. Thla
exceeds by nearly 116.000,(100 the ttS
*00,006 goal set at the beginning of
' the campaign on November 11. Preal
dent Wllaon On being Informed that
the fund was greatly over subscribed,
telegraphed congratulations to Dr. Jno.
R. Mott genera laecretary of council.
LABOR FEDERATION LOYAL
WITHOUT DISSENTING VOICE
Buffalo. S. Y.?Without a dissenting
rote, the American Federation of La
bor reaffirmed Its unswerving loyalty
to the country and a determination to
stand behladthe national administra
tion until peace comes The paclflat
element, which muatered a small mi
nority against President Oompers' at
titude In support of the war waa silent.
The resolution containing the declara
tion waa reported favorably by Ik* ree
0< at tons committee
HW MISSION
III FRENCH MIL
UNITED STATU COMMISSION
ARRIVES IN PARIS FROM
(NOLAN Dl
STATEMENT BT COL HOUSE
Which Was Mads la London With
Request That It Ba Withheld U*;
Ml Party Reach Parte la Made PuS
114 by Officials
Parte.?Col. E. M. House and the
members of the American mission
which ha heads, arrived In Paris from
England.
London.?Prior to the departure of
the American mlsslop tor Paris, Col. i
E. M. House authorised the following
statement to the British officials,
press and public, which he asked
should not be published until atfsr
the mission reached France:
'1 hare been impressed by th*(
wonderful machinery you have cre
ated here at the heart of your empire
to control your part of the war. Yoa
have given the world an example of
the efficiency of democracy which
will be of lasting value.
"We also are creating In Washing
ton a vast new machinery of govern-1
ment to bring our resources to bear.!
and we shall profit by what we have
seen here. We all realize that no hu
man organization Is perfect, and I
am aure you will not be content with
yours any more than we will be con
tent with ours until the tools that we
are making have accomplished the
great work for which they are being ,
forged.
"It is Inspiring to feel that our
two organisations will work closely t
and frankly together in the cauae of,
liberty. We appreciate beyond meas
ure the kindly reception your officials,
your press and your citizens have giv
en 4s. and we will take back to Amer- I
lea a delightful sense of your warm (
hospitality. Our visit has been mem- ,
orable and I hope profitable to the i
cauae In which we both are enlisted." |
RAISING ARMY IS FIRST
DUTY SAYS SECRETARY BAKER
Man-Pjower Exerted In Field Will Win
the War.
Washington ? Man-power exerted
on the field of France wlU bring vie
tory in this war. Provost Marshal
General Crowder declared In a state
men of the alms, accomplishments
tem addressed to members of the local
board and made public. After review
ing present conditions and necessities,
General Crowder predicted that the se
lective system would become a perma
nent part of America's governmental
system for war.
Every precaution possible has been
taken with the new draft regulations.
General Crowder said, to conserve eco
nomic interests but the paramount
duty of the country is to r|dse an ef
fective flghtng force.
"We are committed to this war." the
general continued, "and we ought to
ght It In the most effective fashion
possible to us. The necessity of rais
ing an army 1s paramount. The de
crease in the labor supply must be
adjusted in some way other than can
be adjusted there is no question.
"The problem Is not to maintain the
labor supply of agriculture and every
Industry Intact. It is to make with
drawal of men In the most sclentiBc
manner possible. I think we h?ve
done that, and what Is offered here Is
the basis for a nice balance between
[two necessities.
"There are those who My that we
must win this war In the economic
field, with the Inference that the rais
ing of an army In a aide Untie. I aay
to you that with any greater Inroad*
into the fleid of recruiting of out army
we shsil be sending inferior men to
the field ;that If thia nation Is not
competent to make the slight adjust
ments necessary to compensate for
this scientific selection, then It is not
competent to enter this war.
"Cerainly no man can urge in this
day of trial and sacrifice that this na
tion should deliberately neglect to
make Itself effective In the field of mil
itary operation on the plea that our
I greatest contribution to the cause of
humanity Is In attaining an economc
supremacy To do so would be to
relegate the United States to the role
of sutler for the fighting nations.
| "We shall, of course. Increase our
| production. We shall become more
and more eSeltive as a nation, and we
| shall supply our own armies and do
'all that ran be expected of ua to sup
\ ply the armies of our alllea.
I "Rut we ahall not. under the guise
confine our participation In this con
flict to the baking of bread and the
; sharpening of the swords of other
^ men"
GREECE It PREPARING TO
TAKE HER P'.RT IN WAR
Washington?Greece la rapidly pre
paring to take her part In the war. A
cablegram received here ?.-om Athena
via Swhterland says many new divi
sions of Greek troops swiftly formed,
have taken their places at the front.
GERMAN PROPAGANDA
CARRIED ON OPENLY
Washington.?Ambassador Pranclel
at Petrograd has reported that tar
tan propagandist* are now carrying
on almost openly their actvltiee to
keep alfiars unsettled In the Russian
capital. The ambassador's message,
dated November M. said all Ameri
cans in Petrograd and Moscow were
safe and those at Moecow had decided
to remain. Eighteen Americans had
left Petrograd on a special taata (or
the Swedish frontier.
PRINCESS JOLANDA OF ITALY
? <
Prlnceae Jolanda I* the eldeat
daughter of the king and queen of
Italy, and Ilka them aha hae endeared
heraalf to the Italian people during
the war.
AMERICANS IN RUSSIA SAFE
AMBAS8ADOR FRANCES AND CON
SUL GENERAL SUMMERS
MAKE A REPORT.
Recommended That All Unattached
Woman and Men Accompanied by
Children Leave?About 200 Ameri
cana In Petrograd.
Washington.?Messages from Am
bassador Francis, at Petrograd, and
Consul General Summera. at Moscow,
received at the state department, aald
all Americana In the two principal
Russian cities were aate. Conditions
In both places were repreadnted as
quieter, but still chaotic.
Ambassador Francis reported that
he hAd obtained tr?arP"rt?"r>" rrnm
Petrograd to Harbin over the trans
Siberian railroad for Americans who
wished to depart from the capital.
He had recommended that all unat
tached women and children leave. Of
ficials have estimated that there were
about 200 Americana In Petrograd,
' No suggeetlon waa made of moving
the Americans from Moscow, although
the fighting In that city appeared to
have been more general and sanguin
ary than that In Petrograd. During
the fiercest of the street battling,
many Americana were gathered in
the Hotel Metropole.
Ambassador Francis' dispatch salt]
the Petrograd city duma had not rec
ognlxed the Lenine-Trotxky faction
and that many of the government de
partments were closed while others
were operating under subordinate of
ficials. A few Bolshevlkl newspapers
were appearing at intervals with fre
quent changes of names and banks
were open part of the time. Dis
patches from the state department
were beginning to reach Mr. Francis,
the first one being dated November 9
and containing the Amerlcan-Japan
ese agreement regarding China.
Conditions In Moscow. Consul Gen
eral Summers' dispatch under date of
November IT, said, had somewhat
Improved after a week of fighting.
The maximalists had taken over the
government. x
OVERWHELMING INDORSEMENT
GIVEN SAMUEL GOMPERS
| Buffalo, N. T.?Union labor pot Its
?tamp of approval on the attitude of
Samuel Gompers, president of tbe
American Federation of Labor, In
working hand In hand with President
Wilson and placing the needs of the
nation above all otiter considerations
In questions Involving the working
men's part iij a vigorous prosecution
of the war against Germany.
The teat of strength cam* upon a
report from the committee on resolu
tlona. The committee reported favor
ably a resolution Indorsing the "pa
trlotlc work of the Alliance for Labor
and Democracy which Mr Gompers
took an active part In organising as an
offset to the' People's council, a pa
clflst organization.
CHIEF OF MEOICAL
STAFF AT MACON DEAO
j
I Macon. Ga.?Major Richard Well,
chief of the medjcal staff at Camp
Wheeler base hospital, "died1 from
pneumonia, it waa announced. Major
Well came here from New York at the
opening of the base hospital at Camp
Wheeler. He was taken seriously 111
eight days ago, pneumonia developing
Mrs Well, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Isador Strauss, of New York, who
were lost In the Titanic disaster, hur
ried to the bedside of her husband.
APPOINTED MEMBER
OF AIRCRAFT BOARD
I _____
Washington.?Appointment of R. F.
Howe, of New York, a director of the
International ^Harvester Co.. as one of
the civilian members of the aircraft
board which will be in charge of the
development of the air service In this
country, waa announced after a con
1 ference of the aircraft production
board with President Wilson. How
ard ?- OOffin. chairman of the present
present production board, also will
, head the new hoard.
WISH PENETRATE
IDEM LINE
SMASH THROUGH AIRMAN FRONT
FOR.DEPTH OF OVKR FIV*
MILKS.
ALONG THIRTY-MILE FRONT
'?
Success Om of Greatest Achieved an
W??tern Front During Progress of
War,?Capture 8,000 Prlaontrs and
Many Guns.
London.?Andrew Bonar Law a? '
nounoed In the bouae of commons that I
eight thousand prisoners. Including
one hundred and eighty offcera hare
been taken by the Britlah la their
present operations. At one point the
British penetrated Ave miles behind
the German lines and several villages
In addition to those already announc
ed, have been taken.
Germans Are on Last Line.
British Army Headquarters In
on their laat line o( defense at one
point ot the British attack.
dearly a. score of guns is reported
t? have been captured.
The British are pushing on towaard
Cantalng. three miles southwest of!
Cambral. Northwest of Marcoing, the
high ground known as Premy Chap
pelle has been fought over, and the
Germans have been forced to with
draw.
The advance of the British army
against the Germans was continuing.
The towns of Maanieres, Marcolng,
Rlbecourt, Havarincoort, Gralncourt
anad Plesquleres all were behind the
British advancing line and the cav
alry, which is co-operating with the
tanks and rendering valuable ser
vice, was drawing in toward the Bour
lon wood, west of Cambral.
Paris.?The French troops attack
ed In the region to the north of Cra- !
onne and Berry-au-Bac on a front of
about two-thirds of a mile and pene
trated the German positions to an
average depth of about 400 yards, cap
turing strong defenses and taking 176
Germans prisoner, according to the
French official communication Issued
this evening.
UNNATURALIZED GERMANS ?
LEAVING BARRED ZONE
Compelled to Vacate Under Preel
dent'a Proclamation.
Washington.?Thousands of unnat
uralized Germans were forced to
ee?e-*em-their iromei HBtr ISctsf
piers, warehouses, railway terminals
and other establishments declared
barred sones by President Wilson's
alien enemy proclamation. For many
the new regulations meant not only
the actnal moving of the place of resi
dence. but the loss bf jobs In the for
bidden areas as well.
To those without work. Including
many with dependents, the federal
employment agencies were open and
officials were emphatic In explanation
that the help of these agenclea in
finding new employment for the alien
enemies would not be withheld. Thli
waa only one evidence of the govern
ment's anxiety to treat law-abiding
Germans with courtesy and consider
ation, while applying drastic rules to
detect the few with harmful Intent.
Mayors of eastern seaport cities to
day were asked for the cooperation
of their polfce departments In the
registration of alien enemies under
the President's proclamation, and a
few early replies to the department ot
Justice Indicated that the police would
willingly undertake the task of enroll- {
Ing thousands of German adult males
and soliciting data on their occupa
tions and habits tor future references. j
Along the Atlantic coast, where
danger from alien plotters Is consid
ered greatest, the registration enter
. prise will be undertaken flrst, and will
be followed later by registration in
the Interior.
John Lord O'Brian, special assist
ant to Attorney General Gregory, In
alien proclamation, expects to com
plete regulations for the registration
late this week, and to put them into
effect next week.
BOL8HEVIKI ISSUES
WARNING TO WEALTHY
Petrograd.?The Bolshevist have Is
sued a warning to the "wealthy classes
and their servitors" who are accused
of Inciting striken In state and mu
nlclpal services. The warning ears:
"You are playing with lire. You will
be Drat to suffer from famine that Is
threatening the country and tie army
You will be deprived of the right of
receiving products. All your stores
will be requisitioned and your proper
ty confiscated."
THREE OFFICERS. AND
EIGHTEEN MEN LOST
Waahlngton.?Lieutenant Command
er Walter E. Reno, the commanding
officer, his two Junior officers. Lieut.
Charles r Wedderbnrn and Rnslgn
Harry O. Skinner, Jr., and 18 enlisted
men were lost la the linking of the
American torpedo boat destroyer
Chauncey In a collision In the war
zone Monday morning, November IS.'
the navy department waa advised by
Vice Admiral 81ms. ?
WAR DECLARATION
ON GERMANY'S ALLIES
Washington.?Whether the United
States ahall declare war against Ger
many's allies promises to be a subject
of much dlscusalon at the next ses
sion of Congress, Senator Hitchcock,
ranking member of the foreign rela
tions committee, said upon his return
to Waahlngton. In his opinion, the
question presents many complications
and la ons of extreme delicacy as well
aa Importance ta Immediate and fnture
developments of the war.
lists ammffl
fwlSEM
Provost Marshal Gives Rules Re
garding Liability for Mili
tary Duty.
Waahlngton, Nor. IS. ? The fivt
classes Into which 9,000.000 men reft*
tered for military duty?art those who
are registered hereafter?are defined
and the order la which they will be
called for service were officially an
nounced In the provost marshal gen
eral's questionnaire which every regla
tefed man must fill out and file. The
order shows some change from the
tentative draft published some time
ago.
Contrary to some published reports.
It does not exempt married men as ?
class, but it does place married men
?vltto dependent wives and chlldreo far
down on the list of llables. In fact
the questionnaire indicates that only
men of the first cluss will be called to
the colors, except In the gravest emer
gency. The five official classifications
of registrants follow:
CLASS I.
(A)?Single men without dependent reta
il vee
(B)?Married njan. with or without chil
dren. or father of mothsrless children,
who has habitually failed to support hi*
family.
(O?Married man dependent on wife for
support. J
(D)? Married man. with or without chil
dren. or father of motherless children;
man not usefully engaged family sup
ported by Income Independent of hla la
bor.
(FT>?Unskilled farm laborer.
(F)?Unskilled Industrial leborer. *
Registrant by or In respect of whom no
deferred claaslfic&lon Is claimed or
made.
Reirtstrant who falls to submit queetlons
nalre and In respect of whom no deferred
classification Is claimed or made.
All registrants not Included In any other
division In this sche*--'?
CLASS II.
(A)?Married man with children or fath
er of motherless children, where such
wife or children or such mothsrless chil
dren are not mainly dependent upon his
labor for support for the reason that
there are other reasonably certain sources
of adequate support {excluding earnings
or possible earnings fn>e. the labor of the
wife) available, and that the removal of
the registrant will not deprive such de
pendents of support.
(B)?Married men% without children,
whose wife, although the registrant Is en
gaged In a useful occupation. Is not
mainly dependent upon his labor for sup
port. for the reason that the wife Is
skilled In some special class of work
which she Is phvsfcally abls to perform
and In which she ?s employed or In which
there Is sn Immediate opening for her
under conditions thst will enable her to
support herse'f decently and without Suf
fering or hardablp.
CO?Necessary skilled farm laborer In
necessary agricultural enterprise.
(DV-Necessarv skilled Industrial laborer
In necessary Industrial enterprise.
CLASS III.
(A>?Man with dependent children flint
Me own tut tim?i d wh*ea he stands In
relation of parent).
(B>?Man with dependent helpleee broth
ers or staters.
' (I?-CountT or municipal ofttcer.
(E>?Highly trained fireman or police
man. at least three year* in service of
municipality.
(F)?Necessary custom house clerk.
(0)?Neceaary employee of On! ted
States In transmission of the mails
(H)?Neceeeary artificer or workman In
Cnlted States armory or arsenal.
(1)?Necessary employ* In service of
United States.
(J>?Necessary assistant, associate or
hired manager of neceeaory agricultural
enterprise.
(K)?Neceeeary highly specialised tech
nical or mechanical expert of necessary
Industrial enterprise.
0L>? Necessary assistant or associate
manager of necessary Industrial enter
prig*.
CLASS IV.
(A)?Man whose wife or children are
mainly dependent on hie labor for ear
port.
(B)?Mariner actually employed on eea
service or cltlsen or merchant In the Unit
ed States
(O?Neceeeary eo'e managing, con
trolling or directing head of neceeeary
agricultural enterprise.
fP)?Neceeeary sole managing, con
trolling or directing head of necessary
Industrial enterprise
? CLASS~V.
(A)?Officers?legislative, executive Of
Judicial of the United States or of Stat*,
territory or District of Columbia.
(B)?Regular or duly ordained minister
of religion
(O?Student whn on May IS. WIT. wal
preparing for ministry In recognised
school
fT??Persons In military or naval serv
ice of United States.
I (B>?Allen enemy.
I (jr)?Resident alien (not an enemy) who
claims exemption.
(O)?Person totally and permanently
physically or mentally unfit for military
service
fH)? Person morally unfit to be a soldier
of th* United States
| (j)_Licensed rHot actually amploysd In
i the pursuit of his vocation.
j Member of w?ll-recogn1?*d religious
sect or organisation, organised and exist
ing on May 19. 1?17. whose then existing
creed or principles forbid Its members to
participate In war In any form and who**
r*11*tons conviction* ar* against war or
participation therein.
The questions on th* subject of <le
I penrientft are framed to meet every
possible drcwnatance and to draw ont
eyery bit of Information that might he
of v*lue to the hoard* In Axing the
claa* to which a man la to he rjslgned.
' Seven day* are allowed registrant!
! nfter receipt of the queat'onnalre to
All It ont and return It to the local
board.
Endless Supply.
"I gnppoae only I limited amount of
tbla stock la being offered?the old
wheea#."- "n?t
"No. we're offering an unlimited
?mount of It." aiald the promoter
; truthfully, "We'll eoatlnue to print
It ?a long aa we have any sale for ty
The Sort.
"She made a beautiful alght stand
ing there, gracefully beckoning him to
come to her."
"No doubt; a regular motloa pic
ture."
Belongs to a Club.
Little Ada?Oh. mamma, I do wish
( belonged to a club.
Fond Mamma?Do you, dear; whyt
little Ada?Because pa la so Jolly
when he cornea hone from It and you
let Mm go to bed without taking off
Ma boot*.?Pearson's Weekly.
Extending Um.
' "What oa earth I* the cook cuttlag
up the veal In that odd way fort"
"8b I She'* camouflaging It aa It
will look like chicken aalad to the
dtaaer gu**t?."
N.C. FARMERSUKION
CONVENTION ENDED
OH. H. Q. ALEXANDER It AOAIN
RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT
OF UNION.
J
POE IS MTHHUL DELEGATE
?tats Union Adopt! Resolution Thanh.
Ing Government for Action to
Secure Nltrsts of Soda.
Winston Balem?Dr. H Q. Alezan
'?r agaia elected president of the
North Carolina Farmara' union at the
session In this city with only ona die.'
?anting rote. His actios In prepay
Ing patriotic reaoluUona and resolu*
tlona for tha union to purchase $10..
000 In Liberty bonda indicate a change
from hla accredited attitude of opp?.
alt Ion to war and raalatlng the draft.
Dr. Clarence Poo, adltor of The Pro.
gresslve I"armer, Raleigh, who wa?
eonatdered an opponent to hla reelec
tion. waa not re-elected aa a member
of the executive committee, but waa
made a delegate to the national anion.
The other offlcera were re-elected.
National Praaldent C. S Barrett
waa prevent and addreaaed tM ualon.
The Farmers' union convention ad
poumed after paaaltig a revolution of
thanks for the atepa taken by the Con.
greaa Of the United Statea aathortalng
the Praaldent to uae $10,000,000 In tha
purchaae of nitrate of aoda to be Im
ported for the uae of the farmara and
to be furniahed to them at coat. The
executive committee waa authorize*
to appoint a committee to go to Wash
Ington to confer with the agrleulturaN
department concerning tha beat math
od of dietrlbating thla aoda. National
Praaldent C. 8. Barrett haa conaented
to accompany the committee. Tha
text of tha reeolation la aa folNowa:
"Whereas. the Naah County Firm
era' union did, at their meeting I*
August. atrongly petition the Congrese
of the United Statea to enact a law
enabling the agricultural department
to Import nitrate of aoda for diatrt
bntlon to farmara at coat and.
"Whereaa. this petition waa follow
ed np with much palnataklng com.
apondence with both Congreea and
the agricultural department, and.
"Whereaa. Congreaa did on or aboat
the 10th of Auguat. 1*17. enact a law
authorizing the Prealdent of the Unit
ed Statea to uae 110.000.000 of the
national fundi to purchase aoda;
"Therefore, wa. the North Carolina
Farmara' union, do raaolva that we
tender oar elacere thanka to tho na
regard and to the Naah county union
aa well for Its Intelltgeat effort?.
"Second, That a memorial be east
to tha agricultural department at
Washington urging that ao atone b*
left unturned to tha end that ahlpa bo
provided for the landiag of this aoda
In oar country before next spring.
Committee to Washington.
"Third. That It la the aenae of tht?
body that a committee be appointed
to go to Waahlngton, If the necessity
arlaea. to confer with the agricultural
department aa to the beat manner of
.tarrying oat plan of dlstrlbutloo of
this soda, the chief labor of which haa
been delegated to Mr. M. R. Wilkin
son. now of Washington. D. C.. bat
formerly of Atlanta. Oe.
"Fourth. That a committee be ap
pointed also try this body' to help
work oat a plan of aaatsting the fed
eral government la the distribution of
this material within oar own state."
The Insurance committee Introduc
ed a resolution, which was adopted,
recommending the Farmara' Mutual
Fire Insurance company as the moetf
suited to the farmers.
Five Dead In School Fir*.
AahevlUe?Fire known dead. wlUt
a poaaibillty that the numb# will b?
Increaaed to eight, la Uie toll claimed
by flamea which deatroy?d the Catho
lic Hill achool for colored children. 2?
mlnutea after the children bad bee*
pot through Ore drill. Three of the
bodlea have been Identified, and two
more at tlia morgue cannot be Identi
fied aa yet, but flya more children artf
mlaalng. and la la practically certala
that the bodlea are thoae of two of th?
mlaalng children.
The dead and injured are aa fol
io wa:
Identified dead: Henry Thompaoa.
Klale Thompaon. Mary Jamiaon.
Mlaalng and believed dead: Addio
Logan. Daley Dobblna. Hatel Harrla.
Inez Oavla. Hannah 8aolton. Two
unidentified bodlea are in the' morguo
and will account for two of the mla%
hr. ?? ,1. x. '
The teactiera. It la eta ted. tried to
make the children form for lire drill
but the little negroea. netted, refua
ed to obey order*. One teacher lock
ed the door, but the fhlldren broke
It down and eacaped.
The firemen have not been able to
aearch the rulna thoroughly aa yet.
and It la feared that all ftve of the
mlaalng children are dead, which will
bring the death' Hat to eight, hi addi
tion to the Hat of dead, there are
aeven children In the hoapltala auffer
ing from lnjurtee, one of whom. Helen
Davie, may die.
The Are la believed to have origi
nated in the furnace room.
In Juatlce to the Aahevllle fire 4e
pertinent, it la atated that the fire
bad burned It mlnutee . before the
alarm waa turned IB.
The Are waa dlacovarod about to
mlnutee before noon, and aeelun to
have made conalderable headway be
fore the alarm waa turned In. The
I achool was altaated on a high hill,
making acreaa by the lira trutka dif
ficult but the department waa quickly
on the Job, battling agalnat what
from the llret, waa a hopeleaa taak.
Two firemen were allghtlr Injured
In the tattle agalnat the flamea.
Reporta ware currant tonight tkat
the fire waa '.affaed by an ov?rhealM
furnace. The loea oa the building la
placed at 11,000. /