j
THE EVENING
GRAM
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 26, 1917.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
VOL. X, NO. 179.
Today's
Weather U $ js
Forecast
TELE
GROWING FORCE
OPPOSITION
10 Wi&W
Workmen and Soldiers Are
Hourly Growing In Dis
satisfaction, Say Sev
eral Reports.
BOLSHEVIKI TROOPS
REFUSE TO ATTACK
Bolsheviki Leaders Appear
Conscious of the Utter
Failure of Their Plan and
They Are Referred to as
"German Heirlings."
London, Mec. iff!. Thi-r'(- have been
occasional .. nsoitioiis 'iii IVtrtir'ad dis
patches, that the. iiifluei.ee and power i'f
'the Bolsheviki was .waiiin but never
with such uiiiimihitv as in speejnl I i
pate hos dated friiiri 1 hf Iv'ussian rajnt al
Sunday ami printed today.' Nearly a!
made the point in one forth itfauothei
that defect ion t roin Workmen and Sol
. (Iters oraniz.itions is gnnvyig constant
ly. -Among cans. alleged are general
lack of authority the increase in drunk
enness, the . ri luetaiiee of tin- po,n! a
r ion to work and the scarcity of food
stuffs.' The main desire of the soldiers
is said to ln for peace. '
The correspond, ; t cites instances of
Bolsheviki troops n fusing to inarch do
dining to attack tin' l'kraininis ;nT
permitting the Cossacks to disarm then:
without resistance. . Piht injj,. .it i
-aid. is the last tli.rg they nre willing
i.r it.', at to do. A , host-L.'- 'spirit ':
i epoi ' cd to Mil r'v i vo : among the . Hi'
sailors and. the Hed.Cuurd and the fori:,
cr are :nnt n n til r; m s eiio'in.'h to cue
'.' ii it '.ho .1 ';k r;iiii)a n-':.i ii'l -I In; lied lu.r .1
-15 '- 'ai'xt ty -un'raiii
I l;er;'f'o"i , t hat war
,..i . i l.nbiv will
di i I ;.K I . j'Ol 1
against the 1'kra'.
not -mutei iulizc
.any si rii:s sctio.. ,
'i .,iMieV:ki lead, 'I s; ' Hie . Pet i ,-'i
, (.rrrsp'ii.deat ot' t he-Mot in o g post ,.' .
. t,. l,n l,ei niiior conscious i t
hopeless failure w-iilc tlii' corrc
cut of the Mailv News, writes:
SpHll'l
Tin-re
is a trenicnihms ami growing oppos
lion to the Bolsheviki among all classe
Men who formerly supported them ai-
tnrninir airainst -'them and
Heirl'inns' is a 'eotninoii
minciation. There is much -talk of meet
ing .the present reign of terror and
bomb-throwing -is freely suggested as
the only method of everting pressure
.1.tt,l.-KoWw'viki :riiiit-ijiut..-iiu'iclj:
idle tal kas those who say it are those
who already have thrown bombs.-'; .
NORMAN WINSTEAD
IS SLIGHTLY .HURT
Norma n Winstoad. son t Mr, mh I
Mrs. -P. I.. Wiiisteani. of this citv, was
hint Monday afternoon., when was
struck bv an automobile driven .y
Cliff Kilen. -The young boy was H.iing
a hicvele on Washington Mn
r ti
tim. ithi'ii he waS hit hv the ma
.'on
Sufi Cling a severe blow on the head, ile
was immediately rusln d to Park iew
Hospital for medical attention. Pp'Mi
examination it was found that the in
jury on the head was nut serious, and
barring unseen developments he will he
all right in a few days.' --:.--.-.
TELLING THE FRENCH
WHAT U. S. IS DQl'S'i
Paris, Mec. 2(i.--Mr. Herbert Adam
(.iilibons has begun an extensive program
of lectures in important cities on "What
the I'nited States is doing ill tin" War."
for the committee on the effort siL
France and her allies, of which Stephen
I'iuchon, minister of f oi eigu jifTairs, i
cliairmau. LAST HOPE OF
Boston Broker is Denied a
New Trial and Must Die
January 15 For the Mur
der of His Wile. '
Concord, X. II.. I'ee. The snpiem,
court today refus-.l a new trial to K'd
eiiek LTTiiiaU", .fornwr -itostou looker,
awaiting execution on January. 1", foi
the murder of his wife, Mrs.Tlorence A.
Small at thir home near Lake Oisipes.
.September 2. 1!'H-
The farmer with ag ood wood lot fan
serve hU country and his pocketriook as
well this winter hy cuttin? ami selling
wood, as he can next summer by grow
ing foodstuffs.
SMALL IS GONE
BORDEH RAID BY
u
Trooos Are (iuardinir All
Outlets to the Van Home
.., t .
Canyon lo Get Bandits.
CARRIED OFF BOOTY
American Troops Are Seek
ing to Take Band of Ban
dits Wno Crossed Border,
Killing Two and Taking
$7,000 In Booty.
. 1 i
Maria. Texas. Dee. 20. American
troops today wen-, guarding all outlets
to Van llorae I'anvon where , lull Mci
ican bandits on "h list mas morning
crossed the American -bonier, raided
the post oflii-e, ami general store. on
tin' Itrite ran eli :t miles southeast of
hero, killed .Michael Welch, a " veteran
stage. dri en and. his two Mexican pas
sengcrs, wounded Sam .Veil I', foi-.'iii.'in
of t lie flriglit. r:i neli a nd carried away
booty estimated .to be worth $7,'MHI.
. A f f ' I' the bandits had passed over
the ritu Koe k u hicli rises abr uptly in or,
thaii l.uiMI feet above t lie Kiie (.irail.li;
the soldiers, ulio wore in close unrsuit
fired manv . rounds at tliem and are
reported to . have killed and wounded
nanv of the Mexicans, The sliootiiK'
omiiclh'd the bandits to abandon the
horses on whic h thev carried away the
loot.
ALL BUT FAMILIES
ARE TO REPORT
Washington, M. ' '. le, . ui;. All
lealeis in and holders ...of foodstuffs
n V!i iniities substantially greater than
ruviiiy supplies should report in. th'!
Xlxtr hue ! geney. I 'ood Stirvev
'nilcd ;:':i(ch to' be :' niade';n
hti-To'w, .e.ii' tho '-gh they 'do
'iia rl'es .1 . H 1:1 m l , t' 'hief.' of t In
id' the
of to
lo' : f.
Bureau
d':-. 'Markets', of . t luv I'nited States Me
pa rt (neli t of ' Agriciiit ure, who was t he
ig inventory in charge,
':,ve ha e attempted to -semi selieii
b s from : Washington, to f aeli of the
un l.ei.ls nf thousands ; of firms and in
liv iiluals- wlio handle, the food mim.1v
the Count 'V, but (diAiui-l it has
n plivs!e-ii!y . iuni, v- ile reach
them all,'" aid M .' ' Itraml.
'ATI dealers, inauu t act 01 ei s, and
a 1 1 hoiiseieeu bavin!!- :m food in their
o sioii, and all other concerns, slice
hetiU and instil lit ions having nior.
thai. .fl'oO worth 1.1'- food ' on hand,
slioidd arrange lo repo'it their holdings
f Meeeiuber .'it, whether sclodules
live been deliv ered to h'ein or not. In
ase they do not teeeive schedules bv
.taTmarrrtlrsrtriTnW-w-tt
lie Bureau of Maakefs, I nited States
1 )c p:i i t nient of Agricult lire. .. at 'Wash
ington', or should ;all at or. v'.iit te
one of the many brnm h offices of the
nnaii throughout the coiiutiv. Tin
:i,ite and locations of these braih be
au be Secured fliMli auv coll c e r .1 t il a t
:i leeeived a ;ipv of the si he. Pile.
"This survev ct our available fool
h.K.s is of tlo greatest signifieai'.e".
ice it will furnbh the basis tor tl:
Imping by the tio.ernment of import
in; 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 and policies, vital lo t lie conn
v .swelfaro. 1 1 -ii only with accurati
dies before us that we' can pun t'n
fignes in regard to existing food sup-
r.-erv at ion. utili.at ion, " and orodiK'
n. nf our food supply in such a ..i.v'.
is to meet satdV the ex 1 1 aon I marv
wa:' eoiomions vvnu wnien vvc nine 10
it end. -
I believ o- t bat , t lie purpose of t lo
invfv is geiieianv uniiei sioon auo ion.
raitieally all invn-a and hobi.'is of
eo.! will cneeiiuu-. coopeiaie , , 11 . . o
0 I l.e llllHt.
I trust that it -.' ill not be necessary
o bring prosocu! ion ini ler She act pro
hiing for the su:'.cy in-order to toice
t.!i" making ot reports.
N OTHER VICTIM
PITTSBURG WRECK
l'lttsbi.ig. I'a.. Mec. L'li. Mis. Ade
laii
lo Hongiovanni, who was injured b
tl
stieet car accident at Smith Jin
tunnell last Monday die. I in a ho.-pita'
I:.
av bringing th total dead to tm-iitv.
. Hongiovanni, the wife if a lead
ng re-taurant owner stated after slo
was taken to tin- hospital that she ha. I.
1st diamonds valued at SIii.immi in the
V 1 ec k.
STOCK MARKET
New York. Mee. L'li. Fractional
hanges attended the early operations
0:1 th.- stock exchange today but the list
developed .1 heavier trend before the
end of the tirst hour. I'nited Stat.-s
Steel reacted I 1 - points with 1 to s
"point Tero-sioiis in other e.pi Ipment s.
Metal and Shippings yielding large
fra.t'ons. American tob:no lost 1 'i-4.
Baldwin Locomotives s naieh. (ieneril
Llcctrict 1 1 - and the Motor rdivision
also rccedodjnodoratelv Kails-wt-re firm
er at the out set but fell hack with he
leaders as trading became more etive
Liberty fours repeated their reeent min
imum of Sm.(" tut the 3 1-C were steady
v LAiunu univui i
SENATE MM
ALL BESOPPLIEO
Aroused By Reports of
Shortage of Winter Cloth
ing in Cantonments Senate
rnjrgcs Departments to Act
Quickly.
' Washington,- Mec. L'll. Aioused by.re
ports (f Hliort.ige of inter clothing in
national -army camps the Senate mili
tary ' affairs committee loday in resinn
ing investigations into army conditions
adopted a resolution reipiesting the Sec
retary otHrtTir to immediately ascertain
conditions, by wire, .siipjdy deflicicn(
troops and suspend dej.art nient routine
if necessary b' jiu rchasi-'S from sotiTees
near the camps.
WHAT THE BOYS IN
FRANCE ARE DOING
By J. W. PEGLEE
., With the .American Kxpeditioiiary
Army; France, Nov.. ij - (By Mail)..-'
If you're coining to France yoii M better
bring along a few Bibles, deck, of
cards, note -boles and spectacle cases.
It) e.xperiinent ing ' to lind a bullet r.'r
sting lunly-a rntor, dlu ordnance folks
found, that these articles-have ..'-stopped
bullets galore in past and present. years.
The enemy shoe k-t roops are furnished
i steel body shield made ifi leaves', like
the hide of a n , a rmad i I lo. Sometimes
this metal ships' Irnh-ts and sometime!!
it just says "how do you do" as the
bullet goes whizzing st ra ight on througn
to caiise.thc Boche an acute pain in his
t nniinv. . '
Bibles have saved lots of lives. A
(ierinan bull.t usually pulls up short and
gets religion ai I milt midway through
Revelations. -
Three aces have been known to de
eat a sieable shell fragineiit Where the
nldier was a man of speculative mind.
..And spectacle cases are very useful
in delleetiug i icrochct. tuille.ts. '
It iS likely that by the time Our whole
Army takes the field -the' ordnance de
mit men tw ill ha v e adopted some kind
ot armor. It. may be metal and it. may
be cloth but it is believed that som-'
shield i possible which can irevttit
many wounds caused by spent bulle's
or .shell fragments.
STEAMER BELIEVE
S
The American Steamship
Tusco r a Thou g h t to Ha ve
Been Lost With All On
Board Near Cape Bret
ton. - - -
Nriv . Viii'k, Mee, L'li - -The American
tenmship Tnieoia formerly-a lake ves
ej. and re.piisit ioned by the shipping
loar.l for Atlantic Serv ice, with . ! r
ntire ci.w of men is believed to
have In n lost at sea somewhere north
f ('ape Brottoif island according 'fo
iilviees receivi'.p rn ship. ing clircles
todav 1 rom .Nov a Scotia.
SWIPE AUTOMOBILE
FOR JOY RIDING
Mr, A. S. I.yon, siiperinteiieilnt of the
municipal water plant, had bis atitomo-
ile appropriated for sev eral hours Sat
inlay night by-negroes, who endea v ore.d
to use the machine J or joy riding. I!
seems that Mr. I.yon and his family -at
tended a local amusement attraction and
eft the machine in front of the theatre.
A negro who followed them got into the
ar and headed for the colored section
f the citv. Hen' a party of members
ot his race was formed ami thev pro
ceded to go joy riding. They did noi
rogress far as the automobile became
stuck in the mud and refused to become
unstuck. Tlii' members of the jubilant
raveling party lead to remove the ma
hine from its muiidy habitation, so
thev proceeded to temporarily swipe an
other machine from in front of the pie.t-
fliee and take it to the scene so as to
nil Mr Lyon 's ear from the mud. While
the pulling process was m operation.
Mr. Lvon 's machine vrashe.l into a tele
hone pole,- bending t he bumper and
ende: jin-1 jloiny other slight damage.
The would be joy ri.lfrs returned the
utter machine to its place in front ot
the pnstollii e. but Mr. Lyon's machine
was found in the ph-inity of where it
lingered in the mud. o arrests in the
affair have been made as tar as l-
known.
FORMER SUPREME
COMMANDER DEAD
Henderson. K Mec. -Jl'i. W. Y.
Blaekwell, a decade ago supreme chan
ellor of the Knights of Pythians and
since reeognized as an authority in the
order, is dead at his home here, having
sufferer .aJtroke of paralysis. He was
65 rears old.
LOST
WW
GREEKS URGED TO
.S.
Y
Note Received at State De
partment Today From-
The Greek Government
Makes Point Plain.
TO REWARD SERVICE
Not Only Will The Govern
men Suspend the Penalties
For One ojf Their Subjects
'.Joining Foreign Army,
But They Will Reward
Service.
: -Washington,.' Pe-.-. "0.-I.i recce'.' vv a lit
h t .-fit i.ens in the I'nited Spates to en
list in .the American army. Not only
will she suspend, punishments which or
ilinarily ('ollovv I'iil sjiiieiit of .'ie-'K-with
a. foreign power but she will
nv.aid theni fin', supporting. American
nrms. .This i,s the substance of a 'lote
t'l iiiii; : .'the ( i reek government . delivered
toi-;:V at the State M.-part men! .
Police Find Past Christmas
a Record Breaker, and
Not a Single Arrest. Whis
key Very Scarce.
A If Tieor.ls have been, smashed for so
briety during ( ,'lirist mas. in this city, ac
cording (o, a declaration of, the police
today vvho explain that not only was
there not a single arrest for intnxicat ion
but there was not' a man observed, tin
ier the influence oi' whisky during the
cnliio Christinas' season. bile condi
tions have not been bad in manv vein's.
not since t he departure (if the open sa
loons in fact, it' has 'never been the case
lieretoforo that , there witsui-'l some
drunkenness lit ('hristmas and some c it
izeus, both 'vhite and colored who . shar
ed tjie idea that a good Christmas meant
a good big drunk'.- Not a single nrre-d
over Christmas eve or Christmas day foi
intoxication, or practically speaking foi
any other cause, is an unusual record
and a new one so far as this city is con
erne. I, In. the eyes of the court in the
past Christ inns .offenders have been "let
down light" both because of the season
H lid. of the magnitude, of the court., but
tlwis vca . t tiere is niC su'eh session; . . -Incidentally
it is believed thai tin
bone drv lavv an.l t 11 rigid enforcement
of reeulat ions preventing whisky beine
brought into this city have done niio-i
to curtail the siipidy and account s ill no
uncertain terms fiir the lack of drunken
jiess heie. Milling i'hristmas morning
there lall-.'d at the police station one o.l
the older and more respected darkies ,e
the citv who declared to the police tha:
this was the first Chrismas du fifty six
years that there hadn't been a drop on
"his man Tor piece '" the appeal ev i
tlentlv being framed with a covetous nji
petite towards some of the hundred odd
.pin its stored in the vault in the muni, i
pal building and as taken from offenders
and a vv a it ing' orders from the courts.
Nor was this old negroe-'s predicament
an e'o ept ion, according to all .i epo' b
and there was a genera! .lea 1 1 h ov er the
city and .men who have heretofore been
able to buy when it vvas . about or abv
elari'd thev hud friends that knew whe.e
they could get it, were heard to lein.uri
Monday and Tuesday t hat it was not tc.
be had, and prices didn't liguie in tl.i
least. Of eoure with this condition
there was a dearth of eggnog, for with
no "nog" the hens were n-.t any t-..
acconiioo. biting and..i-obl storage eg,
at ."o c uts and a total absence of' com,
try ogL'- was tlu- condition of that mar
ket and a pound of sugar for the regu
bar customer, didn't make a. fellow f.-
like he would like to use bis week's al
low an. e for a night's eggnog.
CHARLOTTE GIRL
WLNS LIBERTY BOND
'harlot tc. Pec. L'i. The prize of a
.-.n Liberty Bond i.ffereil by Mr. .1, B.
Iv-j.y, State Mel chants Represent at i v
under the lfed Administration, for the
best article "rm Pood conservation has
been awarded to Miss Kthel Ahem'thy
of this city Sevor,al s.oie papers v."r
siibmijtcd and the judging was .lone by
officials of the Pood Administration .-,t
Hab-igh.-
The exeelleto-e of the papers submit
ted in the contest showed a grahfv
ill;; degree of knowledge of the fool
problem in its world-wide aspect and
of the problem of the Pnited States in
meeting the situation.
If you can't raise a pig, save pne,
Tou can do so by eating less pork.
1
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A SINGLE
DRUNK FOUND
LETTER THREATENS
GOV. OF CALIFORNIA
Demands Fifty Thousand
Dollars or Else The Fury
of Nine Bombs Planted in
The Executive Mansion
and States Building.
.Sacra merito, Mec. iTIi. III a letter de
c la ring;, nine bombs had been placed in
I he exeeut ivt' mansion en pit ot building,
police station agd residences of "tvyo
head officers 'of the state" hits' boon re
ceived bv- (lovernor Stevens and turned
over (" the 'police, it. became known to
day. The letter dema ndeit-t hat ."iOjMlii
be placed, in u i rock pile presumably
near Oakland, I'al., Mec. ..'11, at ::
o 'cloi- k . , - . .
ARCTIC EXPLORER
Stefannson, the English Ex
plo er , T L. hi :. hi to 1 1 ? v e
Been Lost, Reports Today
at Fort Yukon.
. Ottawa,. Mec. '. Viljalmur Stefan
nsoii, the arctic explorer,!, last heard
from in a 'letter received in March l;H!
has. arrived with: his party at c'ort
Yukon, according to word received to
day by -the -Navy Mi partniciit...
"Stefannson, head of the Canadian arc
t ic. expedition has; been in the far norf.h
since I'.ll.'t.and lately there has been
some anxi'dv ais to his sal e! v.
AMERICAN AIRMEN
GET COMMISSIONS
Wrisiiiugton, I). (!.. Mee. 2(1 Victor
Ko.ua! Ivtifbery, William Thaw aiid tvveiv
tv-tvvo other Americans who have been
living with the Lntavette esendnlhi.
ha;e been cominisKioiied in the aviation
res.rvt1 (it the American arrnv on recom
inendation of (ietieral Pershing, the ad
jutant general niinoiiuceil Saturilav.
Lufberv, Thaw, and John P. Ilulfer
were given coiiniiissions as majors, com
missions as captains were issued to
Charles J. Hiddle, Phelps Collins, Ken
neth P. Littauer, Walter Lovell, Mavi.I
McK. Paterson, Uobert Soiibiran, Hub
ert L. Rockwell and Kenneth Marr.
Miidley L. Hill was commissioned as
eaj.tain for .service as instructor, and
t he following were commissioned first
lieutenants: '"
Paul V. Bael, AVi'lliiim H. Haviland,
Charles M. Jones, (iranville A. Pollock,
Leland L. Koiinds, Joseph (';.' Stehlin,
(leorge L, Tiinnnre, Jr., l-rnnk V. Vels,
Charles II, 1'o'nal, Jr., and Henry S.
Jones. ' . .
MAN THOUGHT TO
BE DEAD IS SAFE
Itobersonville, X. ('., lec. L'i. 'Mr.
William S. Smith and family, formerly
of Spring Creen, Martin county, but
now residing near Ayden, Pitt County,
have had a very gratifying experience.
'Some two years since their son.
Cliarlos-SSoiit h, lan avvav from home. Be
tug desirous of going to sea, he arranged
lor a voyage to Alexandria, Kgypt up
on a c;att!e ship. l jiniL Ins return t i
f his. conn t ry, he .pi it fhe cattle ship wi!i
out being signed off and entered the
service iif the gov em ment . And upo.i
her next vovago, cattle ship was lost
:in. it was reported that young Smith
was hrst too. But this was a mi-take
due to the !':e t t hat . alt hough Smith had
left the cattle ship, his name wasstil!
kept as that, of a member of .the-crew
Th:s vo.ing man is home on a visit,
and spent two days this week timon
Kobei sonv ille friends.
TOBACCO NEEDED
BY THE BRITISH
Lord Rhondda, of the Food
Control Department, Says
British Must Have Tobac
co. Loudon. Mec. II. iliy Mail.i--Tobae, o
is a necessity not a bixniV, declares
Lord Pbond.la, tin' food controller in a
staleno-nt published here. "We must
have tobacco, be savs. "I le liev-1 hat
its loss would ho a national ruisfoitun -.
It moans much, both to the manual be
bo: crs and to him who works his brain.
Men would eat a great d. al more if they
did not have tobacco. 1 hold, that the
deprivation of it would work great dis
comfort. Some system of rationing to
bacco, however, is forecast by the1 news
papris.
5 E 1
MAY BE FIRST
MOVE CONTROL
John Skelton Williams is Be
ing Discuscd By Officials
as Federal Adrainis-
trator.
McADOO IS MENTIONED
Officials Generally Believe
That This is a Forerunner
of Plan ol Government
Operation of Railroads as
a War Measure.
Washington, Mec; L'li. John Skelton
Williams, comptroller of the currency,
was being discussed lodav in olhcial cir
cl.es as the most probable selection for
Federal railroad administrator should
President -Wilson' decide to appoint one.
In th.' f event that Comptroller Williams
is. not selected t hose apparent ly best in
formed on the situation believe the
work would be underf alien by Secretary
McAdoo, who, however, would not re
liu.plisli his place as Secretary of; Treas
ury hut would surround'. himself with n
cabinet of railroad men. These 'develop
incuts all pointed to an evident decision
by President, Wilson to. soon begin fed
eral administration, of railroads, al
though there w as.. no official announce
ment. .
SECRET SERV ICE
CHIEF HAS RESIGNED
.New oik, Mec L'li. William J
Plynn announced Saturday that he had
resigned as chief of the United States
secret, service. "
Mr. l-'lynn said he had , offered his
resignation Ins). November, but had been
asked Id reconsider it.V' Ppon advice of
hiB physician, however, and at the ur
gent reipicst fjf his family, he had defi
nitely decided- to retire, he said- lie
will leave oflice December :U--
J here havn been pwmstont rports thitt
Mayor-elect John 1. Ilylan had request
ed I hief Hvrin to become police com
missioner of New 'iork on January 1,
as successor Arthur Woods. Mr Flyim
would neither deny nor affirm that he
would become, tin; head of New York's
police force under Mr. Dylan, lie said,
however, that the police comniiMsioner
ship ot New V ork had not been in Iim
mind at the time of his resignation was
filed.
( hief l-lviiii lias been with the secr't
service -0 vears.
FIRST CALL IS
.New Draft Questionnaires
Are to Be Scanned For
Men For Bricklayers
Squad For General Persh
ing Immediately.
Washington, M. '., iMcc. L'b. -The
new diaft machinery vvas iuv ol .d f -the
first time when Provost Marshal
hciicral Crovvder made public todav in
structions t.o all governors calling -foi
the uiobiliatii.'n of ' l.iloi) brick lavers
"'''de. I for C.oieial Pershing at once.
Local boards are called upon to
amine iiui stionuaii'es . novv being le
tiirned and report, as rapidlv as possible
as to the number of brick layers ot
draft age available for service. Only
white brick layers will be taken (other,
by draft or voluntary imlm tio.i hi to
military service through local hoards".
They will be fo., wed bv the. iv iation
I corps . taK'dlv Pit-Id, San An
tonio, Texas. The purpose ot.vvnch
they are hr-de used in Prance is not
disclosed. TloVrder is the fir-t ap
plication of theVjiecial occupation il
classif icatirni jrnvrv.ins of t,h new
draft regilations. 'Vncral CroAiJ.-'s
letter to tin- governors indicates t!?t
similar calls for skiibvl men jn other
trades are to be expected.
COTTON MARKET
New York. Mec l'i!. The b':i!'i'( in
'he cott.ui market doling the early
trading was the strength of the to ar
months. It deemed seemed that ill-'
January issues had been issued and
there 'was flurry of covering w!ib li
sent the price up to o'l.oi; or :il points
above Monday's closing level and into
new high ground for the season. Otli-r
mouths were influenced by the firrincFs
in tliis respect vitii March selling lit
L'9.47 and May at L'l.17 or '21 points
net higher.
New York, Dec. 26. Cotton futures
opened steady. January,- Stt.SO to 30;
.March, 'J9.44; May, 29.03; July, 28.72;
October, 27.4f.
FOR BRICKLAYERS
ARMISTICE-WITH r
RUSSIA IS: HOT
GIVEN REGARD
Germans Move Troops On
Front and to Other Fronts
Despite Terms Of
Agreement.,
ARTILLERY; ACTIVE IN
REGION ABOUT MEUSE
The Russian Advices Telling
Of Withdrawal of Troops
Says They Are Being Mov
ed to Roumanian Front in
Effort to Force Armistice
Thete.
While their guns bombed th' western
front the . (.orinnns . are, taking troops
from the eastern front for UsC elsewhere
despihj tlie provision of the Ilusso-Ger-man
armistice prohibiting such action.
Hie artillery activity in France has been
moderate over most of the front and
most violent on the right ban-It of tha
Meuse northeast of Verdun, the scene
of the (ionium attack nearly two'years
ago. .
(crman infantry lias not been active
and it is probable that Field Marshal
on Ilindenbiirg is awaiting for mora
reinforcements before making his her
alded attack.
linssiaii advices tell of the German"
withdrawal on the cast, adds, "that
some of the. troops ure beintf taken to
tne Kouiuainan Iront. Koumania is Dot
taking part in the peace negotiations
and the IK mine winch lies south of
Moldavia and Bessarabia is oppostd to
the IJolsheviki.
South ot Jiivmeourt in tha Rheiiin
Sector of Lhainnaine the French hsiiitt
earned out a raid into the German Tines
and brought back prisoners. On tho
BntiHh portion of the front there have '
been raids in addition to the artillery
lucls hut no large operations are indi
cated.
Leon Trotsky, the Russian foreicn
minister has protested against the Ger
man transfer-ones' of troops from the
eastern front but also has ordered Rus
sian factories to ston the niartufflctiirn
ot munitions. Tie did not indicate wheth-
r his government would take another
step against German violation of the
armistice.
1 eace negotiations at Brest Litovsk
iippnrently are makiiiir little iirocress.
. r, , -0
lh (icrinaiis have delayed their answer
to the Holsheviki terms and it is report-
1 that the conference will be transfer.
red to Stockholm shortly. In the mean
time the majority party want the con- .
stitiient assembly to meet on January 2.
TRAVELING MEN
ARE PATRIOTIC
A iinioue and effective form of war
serv ice is . being rendered in a quiet -way
by ' patriotic traveling salesmen,
who have-gone beyond the Food Ad
ministration's reipies that thev ie
their patronage to the hotels and res
tiinrants that are cooperating ill the
food conservation program.
According to a well known and wili
ly . traveled -yrrlTo?inan the jolly drum-
laers are grimly and determinedly not
onlv boycotting hotels and restaurants
that are disregarding food economics,
and substitutions but are passing the .
word along, ontii'liteuiiii' the entire
tiav.
iyg iiiil.Lic. This concerted action
i
vvas started only recently but already
a few eating places are beginning to
fee 1 t he pinch.
30 ARRESTED ON
DYNAMITING CHARGE
S.oramento, Cal., Mec. 26. Thirty
iiien were under arrest here Saturday
suspected by the police of being im
plicated in the explosion Monday night
at the ex .'e mansion- here. Tho ar
rest s folldTv V the discovery of what
Chief of I , .li. e Mrt Outran said he be
lieved was a plot to dynamite the elec
tric power house of the Pacific Gas and
Kb . trie company here Saturday night.
Chief (.'on ran said William Hood, one
of the prisoners, was alleged to have re
marked that dynamiting of the gov
ernors mansion was only the begininjj
of a series of explosions in Sacramento,
The mansion was partly destroyed bat
neither Governor YYillianC I. Stephens
nor any member of the household wss
injured.
Hood was arrested with G. F.F.Voet
ter, Policemen who trailed them in an
automobile said they were carrying a
box containing dynamite, concealed un
der cakes of soap.
The'fVenty-eight other men were f
rested in a raid on the local tieadqu
ters of the Industrial Workers of t
I World.