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KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. 0. BIO WAR SESSION 18 EXPECTED BV ALL CONGRESSMEN TO BE LENOTHY ONE. BIG CALENDAR OF BUSINESS Appropriation Estimate Art RecelV' d. Members Say American People Everywhere Favor Vigorous Prose- cutlon of the War. Washington Congress reassemble Monday for its second war session. Most of the senate and house mem bers had arrived and arrangements were complete for the first meeting of what promlsos to he another epochal session. Increased determination of the American people for rigorous pros ecution of the war was the message universally brought by the returning members. Brief and routine opening session were held by both senate and house. Immediately after convening and ap pointing committees formally to notify 1'resldent Wilson and each other that the second session of the sixty-fifth congress In In readiness, adjournment waB taken out of respect to members who died during the recess, Senator Hustlng of Wisconsin, who was acci dentally shot, and Representative Martin, of Illinois. Another feature of the opening day was receipt of appropriation estimates, aggregating many billions of dollars, for war and general governmental purposes for the next fiscal year. Before the holiday recess, which Speaker Clark and others favor aban doning, disposition fthe national pro hibition question Is to be pressed. Revenue legislation will not be tak en up Immediately, but a deficiency appropriation bill before the holidays to care for unexpected war expendi tures is probable. The senate demo crats' steering committee and house ways and' committee may meet this week to discuss tentative legislative programs, but no party caucuses or conferences for that purpose are planned. MEN FROM EVERY 8TATE IN THE UNION NOW WITHIN WAR ZONE. IDENTITY IS NOT DISCLOSED WHERE GREATEST VICTORY WAS WON Smashing Forward on a 32-Mlle Front In an Unexpected Quarter General Half Surprised the Foe and Won Britain'! Biggest Victory of the War. Ouchainl ardiihW All Those Who 8alled From United States Arrived Safely and Some Are Already In Training French Popu latlon Give Welcome. With the American Army In France. national guardsmen from every state In the Union have arrived in France. It Is permitted to be an nounced. They are among the troops now training, or lately arrived. While It is not permitted to dis close the identity of units It may be said that all those which sailed from the United States have arrived safe ly and that some already are In train ing within sound of the guns on the battle front. MRS. De SAULLES ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGE BY JURY Required Less Than To Hours Gets Custody of Son. Mlneola, N. Y. It required but one hour and forty-three minutes for jury in supreme court here to reach verdict of not guilty in the trial of Mrs. Blanca de Saulles for the murder of her divorced husband, John L. De- Saulles, former Yale football star and clubman, at his home near Westbury, Long Island, the night of August 3. In the verdict no reference what ever was made to Insanity. It was-a plea of temporary loss of accountabil ity which formed the basis of the defendant's case. Mrs. de Saulles, who had mantalned an air of extreme Belf possesslon throughout the two weeks of the trial, received the verdict smil ingly. She shook han.a with each of the jurors as they left the box and to each gave a nod of appreciation. As Mrs. de Saulles left the court room, a newspaper photographer touched off a flashlight. The shock of ; the explosion coupled, with the young woman's hclgtened nervous ten sion, caused her to stagger, but she was prevented from falling by Dr. J Sherman Wight, her physician. She was taken Into a nearby room, where she soon recovered. Mrs. de Saulles' acqulttnl automati cally establishes her as the only legal custodian of her son, John L. de Saulles, Jr.,accorcling to her attorneys. They are showing a spirit In keep ing with the purpose to make the merlcan expeditionary force a ho mogeneous American army in whim each division, whether regular, na tional guard, or national army, cannot be distinguished In efficiency from the others. The former state troops are billeted over a wide area and are pronounced excellent soldiers. The guardsmen have been arriving in the American lone for many weeks. They are scattered somewhat, but as far as possible the units from the same state have been kept close to gether. They found the regular army had made good preparations for them, and while many are billeted In houses in French towns, others have been quartered in low wooden barracks specially erected. The troops from the various states have been recognised by the French population and have been welcomed enthusiastically. Many of the units wore the French red, white and blue cockade pinned to their campaign hats. After a sufficient time to rest from the journey, the troops hare been set to work training for actual service at the front. In all quarters they are declared to be most enthu siastic and their soldierly qualities have drawn high praise from the French Instructors. For the Information of the rela tives and families of the men, every one who sailed from the United States has arrived safely in France. FRANCE MHK7 Uhont INTER ALLIED WAR , f-0 NORTH STATENEWS CONFERENCE HELD ITS SESSION IN PARIS THURSDAY MORNING, Brief Not. Covering H.pp,nlp,-,. Thl. Stats. That Are of !.. All the People. FIRST r gas defense M ,, Dpenea at lamp Sevier. More than 6.ouo,ono nn.n.H I bacco were sold on the Winston-Salem u,. uui.ui nuremmr it an or. M. CLEUCEAII PRESIDING!"!-" The first contingent of uKru t,,m I to be quartered at Camp (ireem. ar Delegate. Los. No Tim. G.ttlnj Down 1 ..J?" abou B " uu.1 and about twenty officer, ot the num. to Work, Subdividing Into Commit- race arrived from Camp Uartkt" tee.. Many American. Were Pres- : Westfteld, Mass. The battle line (1) extended from the River Sen r no to Run ftnemin The entire German line from Bnpuutne Cambral road (2) to the Cunnl du nuru in; was captured. Noyelles (4) was one of the advanced position. DISCUSS PROSECUTION OF WAR AMERICAN, BRITISH, FRENCH AND ITALIAN MISSIONS ARE AL READY PRESENT. Questions for Unified Action Will Oc cupy Attention The Situation In Russia House and Lloyd-George Among Those Present STRATEGIC POINTS GAINED BRITI8H AND FRENCH TROOPS HAVE REINFORCED ITALIAN LINES ALONG PIAVE. Italian. Have Held on to All Positions Since Drive Ended and in Some Places Have Pushed Enemy Back Supplies Arrive. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 H 1 1 1 Hf General Who Smashed the Hindenburg Line ; WILL ENTER RACE FOR SENATOR HARDWICK'S SEAT. Atlanta, Oa. Chairman William J. Harris, of the federal trade commis sion, will resign at an early date for the purpose of opposing Senator Hardwlck, of Georgia, for re-election, according to a statement made public here by Mr. Harris. BEGIN CURTAILMENT OF NON-ESSENTIAL INDUSTRIES. Washington. The government', first move toward curtailing non-essential Industrie, during the war was made when the fuel administration sent to coal producer, a preferred list of con sumers to serve when filling orders. The list establishes preferential ship ment for government orders, railway fuel, household requirements, public utilities, steel plants, coke ovens and munitions plant.. Lieut. Gen. Sir Julian Byng, com mander of the British Third army In France, who has smashed a great gap tnrougn tne Hindenburg line between Ht. Quentln and the Scarpe. The representatives of the chief na tion, at war with the Teutonic allies are assembling In Paris for the inter allied conference at which are to be discussed momentous questions for more unified action on the prosecution of the war. The American, British and Italian missions already have reached the French capital. They are led respec tively by Col. E. M. House, David-Lloyd George, the British prime minister, and Vlttorlo Orlando, the Italian premier. In addition to determining a basis 'for stronger joint action against the enemy countries, the conferees doubt leas also will discuss at length the anomalous situation in Russia, where the Bolshevikl factions are In control and where German staff officer, are reported to be acting as military ad visers to the Lenlne government. Pos sibly a most pertinent point in the discussion will be the future attitude of the allied countries toward Russia whether the situation as it now stands does not place the Bolshevikl government and It. follower, in the category of allies of the central powers. Inside Russia the unsettled condi tions of affairs daily seems to be grow ing 'more serious. All communications now has been severed between north and south Russia, even the foreign embassies in Petrograd being unable to get In touch with Odessa and other points to the south. Unofficial advices are to the effect that the Russian northern army is in dires traits. RUSSIAN 8ECOND ARMY AL80 WANTS ARMISTICE WOULD TURN FACILITIES OVER TO GOVERNMENT Mob Burna Negro at Stake. Nashville, Tenn. A dispatch from Dyersburg, Tenn., say. that Ligon Scott, a negro who 1. alleged to have criminally assaulted a white woman In Dyer county, November 22, was burned at stake on the public square there shortly after noon. The negro was arrested in Jackson, Tenn., late Saturday and was being brought to Dyersburg In an automobile by the sheriff and his deputies when a mob met the officers and relieved them of their prisoner and proceeded to Dyers bar. Detroit, Mich. Approximately : 160 automobile manufacturers at a meet ing of the National Automobile Cham ber of Commerce here .today pledged their support to the government and expressed their readiness to turn fa cilities over to the government as rapiuiy as required, in the mean time, It was decided, the manufac turers will keep their organizations Intact to conserve the greatest pos sible strength. GOVERNMENT PREPARES TO AID IN ADJUSTING LABOR SUPPLY Washington. Preparations for greater governmental aid in adjusting labor supply to war needs were put undor way by the council of national defense with the appointment of L. C. Marshall, dean of the school of com merce and administration of the Uni versity of Chicago, as chief of a newly created section on Industrial service. The section will undertake prelim!, nary Investigation of the increasing number of lafor problems. Appeals to Soldiers Not to 8upport Kerensky Petrograd, Saturday. A congress ot the second army, with one dissenting vote, has adopted a resolution approv ing all the measures promulgated, by the council of national commissioners. including the decree for an immediate armistice and peace and favoring the government of the workmen's and sol diers' delegates. The resolution appeals to all sol diers not to support Premier Keren sky and the provisional government general, "against the people." The moat striking passage" in the resolu tion follows: On our past we are taking all measures for the removal of counter revolutionary elements from the com manding personnel of the army, for the Immediate democratization of the army and In particular for the trans fer of the higher authority In the army to elective bodies." . GYPSIES AND BOOTBLACKS REGARDED A8 IDLERS Apparently the peril of the Italian troops guarding the Plave line and the hill country In northern Italy against the Teutonic allies Is at an end. Large numbers of British and French reinforcements, infantry and artillery, at last have arrived upon tne scene, after days of anxious wait Ing, In which the Italians have borne the brunt of terrific (tenting on both fronts solely on their own shoulders and kept back the enemy from a fur ther Invasion of the Venetian plain. Although faced everywhere by su perior numbers of men and gun pow er, the Italians have valiantly de- renaed every foot of ground In the hills and along the Plave, and In the former region in recent days actually nave taken the offensive against the invaders and pushed them back from strategic points of vantage they had gained under terrific sacrifices In lives. For eight days the allied reinforce ments marched to the rescue, bring ing along with them large numbers of guns and huge supply trains. All the troops are declared to be In fine fettle and eager to test their strength against the enemy. Just where the British and French forces will be thrown into the frav has not been made known, but doubt less large numbers of them will be used to strengthen the Italian front on the north from Lake Oarda east ward to the Plave, where the Austro Germans have been making their strongest efforts to pierce the Italian line. At last accounts General Byng's uriusn troops before Cambral were holding In their entirety the Bourlon positions west of Cambral. ent. Paris. The Inter allied conference, which haa been called for the purpose of discussing closer unity in the pros ecution of the war and co-ordination of resources, opened in the ministry of foreign affairs shortly after 10 o'clock Thursday morning, with IS na tions represented. The French pre mier, M. Clemenceau, presided and welcomed the delegates. The Italian representatives were the first to reach the conference hall. They were followed by the envoys ot Japan. The American war mission, augmented by Ambassador Sharp, Gen eral Pershing and Vice Admiral Sims conferred at their hotel headquarters before going to the foreign office, which they reached promptly at ten o'clock. The British delegates came right on the heels of the Americans. There were large crowds outside the hotel where the Americans and Brit ish are quartered anad also In front of the foreign ministry, but there was The Rocky Mount tobacco market has passed the eighteen million pounds mark and all sales records for Hm-ky ; mount nave again been broken. The ; total sales to date for the season have ; been 18,350.000 pounds at a price aver age of 129.33 per hundred. j The strict quarantine at Camp S. : vler, established about a week ano, has already resulted In a marked im I provement of disease conditions In the division, according to a statement of Lleut.-Col. A. M. Whaley, divlsltnal surgeon. Notwithstanding the fact that Dr. Frank Slier has been appointed pres'Jl. Ing elder of the Winston-Salem dis trict of the Methodist church, Ufa. Slier will remain as dean of Greens boro College for Women until the end of the present scholastic year. The quarantine of Camp Sevier Lieut. Col. A. M. Whaley. divisional surgeon, states, already haa resulieii no cheering nor demonstration of any , ,n a marked Improvement of dlseaso kind. conitflcna in the camp. The number Meetings of the supreme war coun- j f c"e" of "f"'8" developing daily ell in which onlv France. Great Brit- " """"" wnl" aln. the United State, and Italy are I Whe" the 1ntlne wa. Instituted lied conference. This war council Is a permanent body and will deal only 1th questions relating to mlliltary operations on the western front, , six days ago. "Chatham rabbits are fat, hut thi-y are scarcer than usual," said Mr. A. c. Ray, a Plttsboro lawyer and member of the House of Representatives from Chatham, who is in rtAietirh .n... DIFFICULT FOR REGISTERED i court. "The Ch.th.m . MEN TO GET COMMISSIONS j Ray added, "has acquired a reputation almost equal to that of the Smitlinnld Washington. So-called "slacker commissions," by which men of draft age seek to escape service in the ranks and get officers' places in non- combatant branches of the army, have ham. Announcement has just been mails of the forty-five young women who passed the examination of the North struck a snag in two general policies .Car""a f.tate Board for Nnr"ea h"ll iionvTiiiD iiuvuuiuer zu-zz. The highest average In the examlnailoi laid down by Secretary Baker. These are. first, that no men of draft age be commissioned unless It is shown clearly that they are better fitted for the special work of which they are called than any civilian be yond the draft age whose services can be secured; second, that no func tion of the army that can Tie carried on effctently with civilians shall be placed on a military tooting by com missioning the men needed to. super vise the work. from the liability of service at the front WHERE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT PtereuoChenr I LIB 1 0Toanti BcthujU .Vv, Art-lctetiBaV'y iSrW L(itMsnoy fiapsuiA Fewurmissj various staff departments of the army that have to do with the supply lines, transportation, construction and a hundred other non-combatant func tions of the service 1. a difficult one. There have been numerous cases of young men of draft age who have ob tained commissions In those services and therefore are exempt from the operations of the selective service law under which the fighting troops are being mobilized. It is the desire of Secretary Baker, apparently, to keep this element of the commissioned per sonnel of the army at minimum, in Justice to the great body of drafted men una to prevent any suggestion that men of draft age have found she! ter In the commissioned grades of the non-combatant branches of the service JACK TAR LOSES LIFE TO SAVE HI SCOMRADES Washington. Osmond Kellv Irnrrnm of Pratt City. Ala., the gunners' mate lost overboard when a German sub marine attacked the American rio. stroyer Cassln In the war zone on Oc- uioer io, deliberately sacrificed his own lire to reduce the risk to messmates. his Map showing the Cambria district in relption to tli -ncrnl bottle line- Baltimore. The status of Gypsies and bootblacks was established as idlers and they will come under the provisions ot the Maryland compul sory work law. Following a confer ence between Police Marshal Carter and George A. Mahqne, state director of the work bureau, a number ot Gyp sies were rounded up. They dec'ared they had work and stated that some weeks they earned (S00 at hers deal ers and coppersmiths. . i FRENCH BtSlOW HONOR ON AMERICAN SOLDIERS With the American Army In France. The French war cross has been con ferred on the fifteen American officers and men who were cited with their company by the French general com mandlng the sector in which th American, were stationed on the night of November M - The men were dec orated today and were Ipformed that they may keep the medals in their possession, but must not wear them until Congress gives Its authnrlnHnn - HEAVY SHELL STRUCK AMMUNITNON WAGON With the American Army In France The killing of two American sol. dlers and the wounding of Ave others several dayB ago, was due to German shell which hit a laoded am munition wagon. Some of the men were on the wagon and others were nearby, when the shell, which was a chance shot, struck. Some of the wounded are in a serious condition and all of them are In hospitals SOLDIERS ARE USING SHORTER OVERCOATS With the American 1m. in n -The uniform of the American soldier is undergoing a furtw . arge number of troops have turned in their long overcoats to receive in ex nJir f the ame matef'". but th perpetual mud It wa. found the long coats soon hm. . hsavy They flopped about , of the .oldlers, hindering the re. movement of the wearers. , was made by Miss Ethel Brownslmr I ger of Fletcher, her average hr-liis 94 1-3. In a letter received by Senator Overman from Secretary of War lin ker, the secretary say. German pris oners held at Hot Springs, N. C , and about whom there has been so mudi aid recently, are under the Jurisdic tion of the department of labor ami that the war department has no juris diction or official knowledge concern ing them. The newspapers of North Carolina are solidly back of Col. F. H. Fries, director of the North Carolina war savings committee. This note was ex. pressed In no uncertain terms at the meeting of editors held In Winston Salem at the call of Colonel Fries for the purpose of preparing to wairn a campaign for war saving. certlMYatm. There were present editors of wnlnj and afternoon dallies, weeklies, smil weeklies and monthly publications. The thirty-fourth annual convention of the North Carolina Teachers' as sembly, after a three days' session n Charlotte wa. concluded with a mam moth patriotic celebration at the city auditorium, when Hon. Thomas W. Blckett, governor, was the prlnriial speaker. Fully 1,000 delegates from over the state, and a number of nou ble educators from out of the stati', bad heen In attendance. Following are the officers elected for the year 1917-18: President, N. W. Wal'kor. of Chapel Hill; vice-president, S. B. Underwood, of Greenville; secretary. E. E. Sams, of Raleigh. Members ap pointed to UU vacancies on the execu tive committee are: Superintendent A. 8. Webb, Miss Mary Arrington aui Superintendent R. H. Latham. Among the deaths recently reported by General Pershing was the follow ing: Private Clinton J. Hardwlck, engineers, November 26, cerebro spi nal meningitis, emergency address, D. W. Monroe, Chadbourne, N. C. The ninety-second session of ths North Carolina Conference of th Methodist Protestant Church In si's- slon at Mebana adjourned to meet in Concord November 10, 1918. Te new 1400.000 ciaarette factory at Reidsvllle will be ready March 1, 1918. Robeson farmers have rone "over the top" this year. A change (that seems almost impossible ha. cims about ampng the people of the rliral districts since last spring. ManyVar "ers grew tobacco and received Un heard of prices for their crop and they all grew cotton, which means that th-ty have all got money. There are hu dreds of farmers In the county wh never had a dollar la a .bank before who now have good sited bank ac counts. Dr. N. M. Ferebee.T.nS. surgeon. Ot Oxford, died last week.
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