51.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
PAIVE RIVER LINE DRAFT IN OPERATION
AUSYRO-GERMANS mighty
VANCE HAS NOW BEEN
CHECKED.
AO.
president Wilson writes
forewor oto regulations
for second call. '
CONFERENCE BEGINS TUESDAY
Order Of Service Atlantic Conference Which
Convenes At Grace M. L Church
Tuesday, Nov. 20, 1917.
GAOORNA RELIEVED WILSON APPEALS
ITIALIA N GOUliD; FOR CO-OPERATION
HEAVY SHELLING IN PROGRESS MAY BE MADE IN FEBRUARY
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Mailana Art Entrenched on Wnt Bank
of River, Which It Prom One-Half
to Ona Milt Wide Reports Favor-
aw. .-
Italian Headquarters In Northern
Italy. The Italians are holding the
Auslro-German advance on the Flare
Una. Report from the front were fa
vorable. Heavy shelling la in progress all
alone the new front
The Italians are eutrenched back of
Ota west bank of the Piave rlrer and
the Austro-Qerman force now la tak
ing the place of the advanced guard
n the east bank. The strip of water
between the opposing lines la about
ball a mile, widening at some points
to fnille.
j ,t An observer just back from a tour
along the line told the correspondent
that the cannonade had become con
tinuous. The Austriaut are using 6
tnch guns, not yet having brought up
many of their heaviest pieces. The
enemy Is turning his fire against the
high campanula bell towers of small
villages fringing the western bank to
prevent the Italian artillery from us
ing them as observation posts. The
Italian artillery reply Is spirited from
a considerable number of guns that
they aucceeded In bringing back from
the old front. ,
The battle front has two main sec
tors. The,, lower extends from Feltre
to the sea and the upper from Feltre
westward. .. .
LLOYD GEORGE'S FAITH IN
FINAL OUTCOME 18 FIRM
"Single Front, Single Army, Single
Nation, Is Program Requisite
for Vletory."
Paris. "A single front, a single
army, a tingle nation that la ttie pro
gram requisite for future victory."
Mfil Premier Palnleve St a luncheon
la honor of David Lloyd Oeorge, the
British prime minister, who has just
returned from the Italian war tone.
and Blgnor Barenlnl, Italian minister
of education, "If after 40 months of
war, after all the lessons the war was
taught us, the allies were not capable
thWi mum IntAraalffin.l wnlnn.
ithen In spite of their sacrifices they
would not be worthy of victory."
Vin discussing me manner 01 aooom
llshment of this fusion, to which the
allies hay long aspired, M. Palnleve
m' .IH.niui realised
unity of effort by brutal discipline,
one of the peoples among tnem nav-
in. muiiinid the others and rendered
iiham serviceable. But wa are free
peoples. We do not adroit of subjec
tion to other peoples in time of war.
Ifrhii Indenendenca Is at the same
iilme a source of strength and weak
ness, of strength because ot tneir ca
baclty 'for resistance which la mt
Known to subject peoples, and weak-
heat because It renders more oimcun
so-ordlnatlon of military, operations,
ro reconcile this independence with
:he need tor -unity of direction which
Is required to achieve an efficacious
mIIm win hii the work of the
Eiter-allled war committee or of the
unsrlor war council just created by
it alliee." "
Premier Lloyd George, alluding to
centralised direction ot the allied
fforte, taid: ,
"Unfortunately we did not hare
L. tn consult the United States or
tustla before creating this council,
no Italian disaster necessitated ac
n without delay to repair it
i-BuL In order to assure tne co ro
ut .iirraa. of this great experiment.
hih I hallne Is essential to the vlc-
nrv of onr cause. It will be necessary
hat all our great allies be repre-
nted In the. deliberation: i , am
rsuaded that we shall obtain ' the
sent ot 'these two great countries,,
their co-operation." . J 7 ''7
SIAN FACTIONS REPORTED
IN BLOODY ENCOUNTBR
-iiwkholm. A Moody ehobunter hat
Iksn place near Oatcnlna between
ldleni from the front heaaea py rro
ler Kerensky and Bolshevik! forces
on petrograd, according to advices
hinh have reached Ira Nelson Morris,
ha American minister, from reliable
purees. : '.: 7 ''' :- - ' '
tin Finland the travelers are report
as saying the situation Is detpey
to. Anarchy Is on the Increase ana
ts of violence and. even murder.
Regulations and Questions Forwarded
to Local Boards Must bs Cemplste
j Inventory of Qualifications of Each
1 Reglstrsnt
Washington. President Wilson for
mally put the new machinery for the
carrying the selective draft bill Into
operation with the publication of the
foreword he has written to the regula
tons under which the second call will 1
be made. The regulations themselves
and ho queetlonalrea which more than
(.000,000 registrants will be required
to fill out are being forwarded to local
hoards, but have not yot been made
public
War Department officials estimate
that the whole process can be com
pleted within 60 days. This means
that no second call will be made upon
the draft forces before the middle of
next February, aa the period of classi
fication will not begin until Decembei
15th.
The president describes ths new
plan of dividing all registered men not
already mobilized Into five classes,
subject to military servloe by clause,
as being intended to produce "a more
perfect organisation of our man
power." ...
''The selective principle must be
acarried to Its logical conclusion," the
President said, and he added that
there must be made a complete Inven
tory of the qualifications of each
registrant in order to determine "the
place in the military. Industrial oi
agricultural ranks of the nation in
which bis experience and training can
best be made to serve the common
good."
The inquiry projected in the quea
tinnalre will go deep Into the qualifi
cation of each of nearly 10.000,000 men.
Tbe success of the plan and Its comple
tion within the estimated time rests
absolutely upon the whole-hearted sup
port given by the people especially by
Ihe doctors and lawyers of each com
munity. REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA
ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE
TUE8DAY
A PERMANENT INTER-ALLIED PRESIDENT IS OPPOSED TO
MILITARY COMMITTEE HAS PEACE UNTIL GERMANY IS
BEEN APPOINTED. BEATEN.
GENERAL DIAZ SUCCEEDS HIM, WE 1ST STAND TOGETHER
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Conference trip by Motor Cars to Kings Mountain Battle Ground
Conference Examinations.
Lecture by Bishop Hughes.
WEDNESDAY
Conference Communion.
Organization. ,
Adjournment.
Statistical 8ession.
Home and Foreign Missions by Rev. Geo. B. Dean, D.D.
THURSDAY
Devotional Services.
Business 8ession.
Adjournment.
Conference trip by Motor Cars to Kings Mountain Battle Ground
Temperance by Rev. Clarence True Wilson, D.O.
FRIDAY
Devotional Services.
Business Session.
Adjournment.
Committee Meetings.
Psntecostal Service conducted by P:. K. W Stanton. D.D.
8ATURDAY
Devotlonsl Services.
Business 8e salon.
Adjournment
Committee Meetings.
Pentecostal Service conducted by Rev. F. W. Stanton, D-D.
"Sunday Schools," by Rev. Matthew J. Trenery, D.D.
SUNDAY
Sunday 8chool.
Sermon by Bishop Hughes.
Ordination 8ervice.
Devotlonsl Services.
Business 8esslon.
Love-Feast and General Praise Service conducted by Rev. C. W.
Matney.
The public has a cordial Invitation to attend these services, and a special
invitation is extended to the ministers of the different denominations, the dif
ferent subjects given will be discussed by some of the strongest men In
Methodism.
B. A. CU LP, Pastor,
Grace Methodist Church.
Rated as one of the Ablest Men in the Appea to Workingmen for Corpora
Italian Army Allies Mrouscu to
Necessity of Closest Union in Nam
ing Committee.
tion In Conduct of War Victory
Cannot be Won Unless All Factions
Are United.
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Italian Army Headquarters The
i conference of British. French and Ital
, Ian representatives has resulted In ths
! creation of a permanent Inter -allied
j military commlttoe. New lcailtiishlp
j for the Italian army has been provided,
j General Cadorna, who has been in
I supreme command of the Italian army
i since the beginning of the war, has
i been glvnn a place on the new com
I mittee.
I General Diaz has been appointed
first in command with General Badog
I lio second and Ueseral Grandlno third,
i General Koch, chief of staff of the
j French war ministry, and General Wll
Buffalo, N. Y. President Wilson, la
a forceful address here before the
Auiurlutn Kitderutiun of Labor, ap
pealed to tbo workinameu of tne Uni
ted States for co-operation in the con
luct of the war. made It emphatically
clear that be opposes peace unil this
war attains! Germany Is won.
The president declared that his
heart was with the "feeling of the
pacifists, but that my mind bas a con
tempt for them."
"I want peace, but I know bow to
get it end they do not." he declarod
Col.- K. M. House, head of the
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son, sub-rhief of the British general j American delegation to tbo allied war
staff, will aerve on the Interallied com
mittee with General Cadorna.
Among military officers the decision
of the allies to create a permanent
military committee has caused great
satisfaction. It is accepted as evident
that the allies have awakened to the
necessity for the closest union of the
whole length of the western front for
the epolitlcal and military conduct ot
the war.
conference, tbe president said, had
: been sent to take part in a conference
; as to how the war was to be won, and
he knows, as I know, that that is the
way no got peaco If you want it for
, more than a few minutes
' Tbe 450 delegat-js to the conven
tion and the several thousand persona
admitted to tbo hall to hear the presl
dent speak, arose and applauded this
I declaration with a tremendous burst of
General Diaz is rated as one of the cheers. Another demonstration ot ap-
ablest Italian military leaders. For proval came when be said:
! years he was connected with the gen-1 "We must stand together, niKbt and
eral staff. He took part In the Libyan day, until this Job is finished."
I war, serving as a colonel and was For Foreign Consumption.
wounded so severely that he asked to , Tbe president, while devoting his
I be wrapped In a flag, feeling that death address to problems for the people of
OLn NORTH STATE NEWS
Troops Loyal to Kerensky Art March
ing to Capital.
London. The Bolshevikl revolution
In Petrograd it reported to be ap
approachlng collapse. Regiments loyal
to Premier Kerensky are marching on
the capital .and fighting It under way
In the city, according to rdportt reach
ing here from Petrograd. An organisation-
which hat adopted the name
of All-Russian committee tor saving
the country and the revolution an
nounced that the defeat ot the Bolshe
vik! movement was a matter only of
days or hours.
The. town ot Ttarkoe-Selo, 16 miles
south of Petrograd, where former Em
peror Nicholas lived much ot the time,
Is said to have been captured by loyal
forces, after which the rebels retired
to Petrograd In disorderly mobs.
Paris. A wireless ' dispatch from
Haparanda In Sweden, near the Fin
nish border, says -that Premier Keren
sky has 300,000 men supporting him.
The wireless message, which escap
ed the censorship of the Bolshevikl by
being sent from Haparanda, says Pre
mier Kerensky left Petrograd Tues
day tor general headquarters, being
concealed In the bottom of aa auto
mobile ambulance. It It understood
hs was accompanied by General Alex
left, former commander-in-chief, and
by Foreign Minister Terestchenko.
Premier Kerensky now hat 300,000
men devoted to him," the dispatch con
tinues. "It It believed h It going to
Moscow to reestablish hit government
there and march on Petrograd. This
possibly may -be unnecessary aa the
latest newt from Petrograd says a bat
tit It going on In the streets and that
the Cossacks hare Joined the minimal-.
lata and are mastering the .maximal
ists." ,7. 7 : ,, 7 ' ' ; -
Brief Notes Covering Hsppenlngs In
This States That Ars of Interest to
All the People.
Walking calmly into the death room
J. A. Terry, 68 years old, convlrted.on
me cnarge ot naving Killed jona it. three very valuable horses. Other
Biuan,. a prominent uuiuora county property loss Included 300 bushels of
farmer, in the fall of 1916, was put to I wheat, oats, and about 100 bushels of
tbe United States, laid emphasis upon
the brooded phases of the world con
flict in u way that seemed to Indi
cate that tale uucech was possibly- In
tended as a message to ths people of
Germany, of Austria and of Russia, as
well as of the United State. He de
clared his belief that were it not tor
COUNCIL MAY SEEK ARMISTICE the Pan-Germans, the spirit of freedom
-i would find "as fine a welcome In the
Armistice of Three Months is Maxl- j hearts of Germans as It can und in any
mallst Leadere's Proposal. I other heart.
Potrnirrni) "Wa nlnn tn ntTar an . "Po.r.H llA ni,l "Xltnt h ll.ftti
fine milch cows, an ox, ten hogs and i Inimediat0 armllrtlc0 , three months, ! with concentrated forces against free
Sergeant Hallyburton has served In
the regular army for eiftht years, and
was in the first regiment of men that
went to European boIL
W. E. Bowman, a large planter in
southeast Guilford, suffered a serious
loss from fire yesterday when his barn
burned down. He lost quite a large
amount ot livestock, including three
was at hand.
General Badogllo is a northerner. In
the war ho has been in command of '
a brigade of Berscglleri, whose heroic
deeds have done much to decrease the
gravity of the disaster.
RU8SIAN WORKMEN'S-SOLDIERS'
death by electrocution
penitentiary at Raleigh.
at the state
TO STANDARIZE BREAD 7
AND BRING DOWN PRICES
"Washington. Definite steps lo'stan-J
dardlse bread and lower Its price were
taken when President Wilson issued
a proclamation placing all bakeries
under government license Lecember 10
and subjecting them to food admlnis
tratlon Tules prescribing ingredients
and weights of loaves. Prices will not
be fixed, but with the itandardlzalon
ft ii expected that natural competition
and simplification of, distribution .will
fare pfowxt nsicea.-7'-77
it-
"'A .
A. D. Bridges, aged 64, a prosperous
armer of Jacob's Fork township, Ca
tawba, ended hit life by slashing his
throat with a razor. Several days
before he came to Hickory and settle 1
all his accounts, It it said, showing
that he had been contemplating the
act for several days.
Persistent reports reaching Abbe
ville from the Hot Springs German in
ternment camp are to the effect that
there Is trouble in the camp between
the officers and the men interned
there, the officers resenting alleged
attempts of the men to claim equality
because, of their mutual imprisonment.
Asheville's municipal woodyard
opened tor business with a fair sup
ply of wood on hand and more' In
sight the first tale being made and
the first load delivered to a sanitarium
on French Broad avenue. Ashevllle
will tell wood at $5 and 36.60 per
cord, which la about 32.60 less than
the dealers of the city are getting for
the same product now.
The woman's committee for the Lib
erty loan campaign tn North Carolina
raised a total of (4,967,460 of the sec
ond issue of the bonds as reported up
to Saturday from 67 counties, accord
Ing to an announcement made by Mrs.
R. H. Latham, executive secretary
from the state headquarters at - the
home of Mrs. R. J. Reynolds, state
chairman. ;
The proposed merger of the three
great bodies of the Lutheran church
was approved In a resolution adopted
at Salisbury by delegates ot the Uni
ted synod of the South. The convention
of the southern delegates was attend
ed by four commissioners each from
the other two general synods, both of
which .already have approved the
movement... . 1';..7-.7. ...iY"! ,7,
.- George B. Hallyburton, Alexander
county,' received, a telegram announc
ing the fact that his ton. Sergeant
Kdward M. Hallyburton, was , among'
the twenty men killed, wounded and
captured by the Germans In -France..
corn. A large amount of hay and
other feed was also lost. ,
At the annual convention of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
during which elected representatives
from all nations and not the diplo
mats, are to settle the questions of
peace," said Nikolai Lenlne. the Max
.Imallst leader, in a speech before the
workmen's and soldiers' congress,
"We offer these terms," M. Lenlne
added, "but we tare willing to consld.
peoples, if it is to be used by free
people."
Speaking, probably ot Austria, Mr.
Wilson referred to the Intimations of
anxiety for peace that had come,
"from one of the central powers' 'and
declared that It meant "that be peo
ple ot that central power knew Loot
at Winston-Salem, the following offl-! er any proposals for peace, no matter " the war ends as It stands, they will
cert were re-elected tor the ensuing' from which side. We offer a Just : n effect themselves be vassals of Oar-
year: Recording secretary, Mies Jen
nie Coltrane, of Concord; rglstrar,
Mrs. J. L. Chambers,, of Charlotte;
chaplain, Mrs. Mary McElwee of Con
cord. A committee composed of Mrs.
E. B. Jones and Mrs. John Gilmer was
appointed to have charge of the con
ference printing.
Lexington suffered one of the worst
fires in Its history shortly after mid
night Thursday morning, when the big
finishing department and storerooms
ot the Peacock Furniture Company's
factory went up in a blaze. The man
agement stated that the loss Is ap
proximately 360,000, with an insurance
of only $26,000. The factory itself was
the smallest part ot the loss, for J30,
000 of manufactured goods was on .
hand In storage, besides a large
amount of valuable stock lumber, in
cluding a quantity of walnut and other
very valuable materials. . j
The Erlanger mill village steps to
tbe front with a gardening record that
beats the United States according to
all available satisfies for the year 1917,
Under the. supervision of Miss Llna
Clement a United States department
ot agriculture expert this village en-
tered the mill garden contest conduct j
ed under the eye of Dr. P, P. Clax-!
ton, of the United States bureau ol ;
education, The records hare been
counted up at Eranger and the net re
suits was a saving of eight thousand
dollars In garden truck used on the i
table.
: Buncombo county's first school for
the teaching of adult illiterates, and
the first line trench in the battle Jusl
opened by tho county against adull
illiteracy, Is now lu operation tn Ivy
townsblp, and Is meeting with thr
greatest success, ' accordng to MIsf
Laura M. .Jones, director of the cam
paign, who IB 4 back In Ashevllle aft
er a tour of the county. Miss Jonos
who specializes in correcting adult
Illiteracy, has been engaged by th
county to oversee this work, and has
actively taken up her new task.
peace, but will not accept unjust many, notwithstanding that they
terms." j do not wish in their pride and proper
The congress of soldiers' and work- spirit of nationality to be absorbed and
men's delegates appealed to the Rus i dominated."
elan army to stand firm and to protect ; Of Russia, he said that he was
the recvlution against Imperialistic amazed that some groups in that
attempts until the new government country could suppose that "any re
had obtained a democratic peace. j form plans in the interest of the peo
The proclamation further declares P'e can live in the presence of a Ger
that the soldiers' snd workmens con
gress will propose an armistice to
come Into force at once on all fronts."
The congress of the soldiers' and
workmen'! delegates In Its proclama-
many powerful enough to undermine
or overthrow them by Intrigue or
force."
"Fatuous as the dreamers ot Rus
sia." were those persons in this ooun-
tion announces that It has taken over try, he declared emphatically)" woo sup-
governmental authority and says:
"We appeal to the soldiers In the
trenches to be vigilant and Arm. The
congress expects the revolutionary
army will . protect the revolution
against all Imperialist attempts until
the new government has obtained a
democratic peace which it will pro
pose directly to all tbe peoples.
"The new government will take
adequate measures to assure to the
army, all necessaries and by energetic
requisitions from the upper classes It
will also ameliorate the economic sit
uation of soldiers' families.
"The power of the soldiers' and
pose that "the tree Industry and en
terprise of the world can contlnne If
the pan-German plan Is achieved and'
the German power fastened upon the
world. .
Germany 8tarted War.
Tbe President directly asserted that
Germany had started the war and
said he would leave confirmation of
this statement to the verdict of his
tory. He referred to Germany's
growth to a "place In the sun" and
asked why she was not satisfied when
she gained that position, In answer,
he described the German govern
ment's methods of controlling the
workmen's delegates will assure the : competition of Its industries and as
free return ot all private, state and sorted that "all the while there was
ecclesiastical lands to the pasants' , Wag behind its thought In Its dreamt
committees. It will guarantee
to all nationalities inhabiting Rus
sia the right of their tons to organise
their own future." :
CAMPAIGN 18 STARTED TO .
' MAKE METROPOLIS
DRY"
- New York. A campaign to make
New York City "dry" through women's
votes Is under way. Opponents ot the
liquor traffic announced few days ago
that at New Year's eve watch services
In New York ehcrches, women quali
fied as voters by the ratification of
the state suffrage amendment in last
Tuesday's election will sign petitions
calling, for a referenedum on, local
option text April
for the future, a political : control
which would enable it in the long
run to dominate the labor and the
industry of the world.
Mr. Wilson cited in this connection
the Berlln-to-Bagdad railway which-ho
said, "was constructed to run the
threat of force down the flank of the
Industrial undertakings of half a doz
en other countries, so that when Ger
man competition came in It would
not be resisted too far because
there was always the possibility of
getting German armies Into the heart
of that country quicker than any oth
er armies could get there." v
- Bummlhg up, he said that Germany
Is determined that (he political i
of the world shall belrpg to her.-'