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Today's Weather Forecast THE . EVENING GHAM VOL. X, NO. 181. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 28, 1917. PRICE: FIVE CENTS TE1 ft AL L TRAFFIC AND FACILITIE FRAIL BE I! Haul .Freight By Shortest Route Regardless of Bill ing or Routing. McADOO TO SEND OUT FIRST ORDER TODAY AH Present Officers and Em ployees of Railroads Are To Be Held in Service. Some of the Effects of Government Control. Washington, Dec. L. Order -No. I, to lip issued shuttle liv Director (ten. of Railroads MeAdoo v, ill ruvide for tin pooling of all trallii- ami facilities,, vho common use of terminals, t'nehs and . cMiipmenf, the i ,t 'ling r.f freight by f l.." shortest route, 'regardless if lulling, or routing, and 1 lie . eti ntion of ;:11 'ns- ou o'lieors and employes or rone-' '.'in', i fl'ert. of this ( -der v;M t. give . n lumber of r;:i''.nds teno'inn! faeili t '.! which tbev t! ; )...t now !i:i-j-4ii Id.: !i ; -. The Ha.' im. -t ami ';. j.r -;I j -;IjV will oiitei- Nr i' Viik ! l fit the . I (M.imvlvania .vf :;. i.' ; I.ends of .the liu,- ratlr.i 1 1' bvoHi'er hoods i r,!;fe re. I V, ith ('resident Wilson for an hoar ami a half late est inlay discussing in def::l .the.'i'H'' the em peeves will hiy under go vet mm r.t ,p . cra'ion. A. B. (iarre'smi ot the (.'in ductors, said after w ards that wage', in i xi as s were not mentioned, I..: Mr.:G;trre.tsoii added that ike brother, hoods weri- lirliiiid the gi.ir::nnieet op oration Man and the I ' 1 1 s i ' -1 1 1 . had '.aawn it for two wo -;d;. Soon al ter Amerii an railroads go' un der gn eminent operation at noon today Director- General, Mi-Adoo will; issue his I' rst (iflii-ial order wiping nut coin- etitive conditions . and providing for complete pooling of tri'iie, ciiuipmeiit, torr.:nn!s and trackage facilities and !(- the retention of present olheers and employes. " ' . T he immediate, result wii1 l.r a rerout ing of J rnfl;c over shortest 1 1 i t icgnrl 1 sk of the company whiili shipment- originate, , and. the cnmnin.i use of (it Diinals to effect maximum clllciciicy, W'.hriuf antiijpat iug .mlers under' tin now plan otlieials lcik forward to ma l"rial iinprovenieni in tlr pie-e it tntm i uii('i tion w it hin i few 'xr. 'u. . M-rt'ily movement of fre:-'t will fV t'rst aim of tlo- lir 'e! k ei.erah Hot proldems whose j-olntion innst press elos. on the heels (if aetnal i ra nsport !it ion.' are the cipiilalde l eimln i soment of loads for the n-c of Ihei- ir.iperty )i: tl.e basis ot pre-war .earnings inrreasi e wn';( i: for railroad ' etnplo'. es. li'ianeiir. of iiPeessary ;nipro I'meiif s, i.nildin' (! additional 1 in or lac ili'ies. Before most of these piestions ean In cettled, siieeial legislation will be npeps Hary and tourT this l'residi-nf Wilsoe is preparintr a message to I"' delivered to ("nniyioss soon nf' r it eonvnes tin l.o'i.lay reress next Thnrsd-iy. ! .-y is !:i I if tii already has boon tlr.ifted. The leixislation, h mvi -piy ai. ' ptoli I miis :'epoiiilent on it, ran awai the dr ft1" ..i al "in of Ccnso-ss hile Hiiertni JfcAdoo must get into net ion today with powen-nlrrady eoliferre.l on him by rrpti'lent Wilson. First he will eonfe;' ivith the railroads' war hoard of pies out whose serviees and adviee he said v:ou M be retain'd under the new ad ministration. He then will organize a corps of assistants and advisors largely of experts of the Interstate f'ommene ( ,'oniinission, in whose buildintr he wil1 maintain headquarters for railroad su jiervisiou. Jfr. MeAdoo said yesterday lie had given almost no thought to the person nel of his staff, ami was not prepared to outline the details of bis administra lion. He is determined, however, to oriii d snipi-Mis; arty i-iir ian orgnnin tim; r any iiRi'i' s n!r id-- ilexelcpi'l n-tiich can-lend eflicieetv to the ae.v order. .Uthoiigh the r.i : fo.i ! w ar boaid tfter Itcviijj in exwnt session nil day isu-i no statement i-omuiei ting eel gover:'-l-i. nt ol'eration- .n'.'vay exeeut! es inli -caterl privately they were well ileasel optimism v.n rrlle -t( .i in the uei s ur, riso in raihoad -seeoril ies on stork exehnne".. Hundreds of telegrams of eor.srratulation lioured in uiion Mr. MeAdoo. A dubious note fame from the Capitol where several Republican memhers of Congress expresseil fear that the task was tco bg for the government to han dle efficient! under war conditions, and TERMINALS. TRACKS PRESIDENT WORKS 10 EQUIPMENT TO i COMMON USE ROADS S Is Sixty One Today But Pressure of Work Makes Deviation From the Rou tine Impossible. , Washington, .. loc. 2s. Coincident with tin- taking over of the railroads, I'residcnt .Wilson is in. lay' celebrating his ('.1st birthday.. 'o special ccn-mini v is j i; I at tin' White House ,us, the .whr''thne.rhsh of work makes impossible any deviation in the IVesidelit 's: dailv rout inc. . .-' " - ' BEGIN GRINDING OF FIRST "WAR FLOUR' .. Minneapolis, Minn., . He.'. Local mills Wednesday began grinding "war flour" under the new government ivg Illation designed .to save (i,0f i'mmii biisliels of wheat the present t-rop yirr. I'nder these regulations, v. 'mh pi-ovide for the use of 74 ier eei.t o.' Hi" v heat . instead'', of but. oer fenf. two grades of flour. Will be . e lite in at.; I aTTI the . output u ill be listed, as win fiiiiii'. of first .ml steond gra.h .Members of the food ad minist ra t in!; milling division said that bei ause . ot the bir-ge supply' of. flour now on tie market it -would be some time- before war flour - reached the eoiisuuier. , COMPLETE REPORT AUSTRALIAN VOTE The Balloting; Was Hca and the Australian Sol diers Ballot Was Very Much Against Idea. Ottawa, Ontario, fee. L."v--A Mel bourne Australia dispatch to the Ot ttiwa, ageney of Ufnti r.V l.iniiteij gi iug the latest ligures on tlu recent conseri.t ion referendum sl,ow.s that !i,iinn vot cs Here cast for the proposal and ' ,il7J,iioil rgaiusl it. The Australian soldier vote, hows lU.iiho for nnd :!L';iinM against con-. M-ripi ion. -. -. tt le rs ,.1-it ii-i retary McA.b The labor ' iiieratinu wa- d t lie appoint moat of Sec in' :is dire, tor general, iifstiou it 1 1 -. t ' - g.t era nioii' ilis.ussiMl with I'rcsi.b iit Wilson ' tluring the day by le ads of (lie four. i'aiH n-v brut hei hoods, who imh wed :heir ple.lgii 'of loyalty to guvcinim'iil id minist ra i ion. t'lii-yspeiit a limit an aonr .-nd a half with the I 'resident , and t is understood they 'received assurances Ihat ' most railway employes would nut oe liable to the next or own the seeond Iraft call by being placed in the second draft classilii-atiou. . Mr. MeAdoo last night made his first nilil it- utterance sine,, his appointment .n a sintement saying that at least on il he has time to mature his plans and toli. ies, railroad operation ' ' w ill be eon .in-t. ,1 through existing railroad organi 'at ions. ' ' : ..." '.'This new lask-is of great difficulty " :inl .il r. Alc.Viloo. " It cnuuot lie done in moment and it -cannot be done at all niless the people of the I'nited States is well as the ollicers and employes of 'he railroads, give to the railroad diiee tor their intelligent and patriotic sup port. I earnestly seek the .'ooperntion tnd assisttince of every good citien-in his great work. ''The operation of the railroads as a ; linrouuhlv unified system is of funda mental importance to the success of the war. Without it we cannot get the of fective use of oiir resources. The su preme test in this war will proba'de come in the year l'.'lv Victory will de jicnd upon our speed and efficiency. Vc an get neith'-r speed nor etlicicncy un 'ess the railroads are eipialto the de mands of the situation. . "I can only say at the moment that the problem wil Un- taken hold of vigo" .iiisly andliat plans ami policies w ill be announced from time to time as rapidly as it is possible to mature them. Mean wdiilo, the business will be conducted through exesYmg railroad organizations with all the support ami power of tb" government asserted in behalf of mon1 efficient anil satisfactory operation. "The director general of railroads. J upon invitation of the lrrtrTstate Cnin I meree Commission has accepted offices in the Interstate Commerce building. The commission bas also placed at the disposal of the director the whole work and facilities of the commission." N BIRTHDAY LED PEACE lAiORKERS IN TEW RECESS The French Make It JMain That They Will Not Accept Bolsheviki . Program. NEW NOTE TO ALLIES Report Has it That Bolshe viki Has Reached an Arm istice With General Kale dines and That a Neutral Zone Has Been Establish ed. I'etrogradDee. N. :The ; delegatob 't.e Central pi wers to the peace e )a- f .;( nee at jl.cst Litovsli have agreed t.) a ten' da'v lecess in t he peace neg i- rialions whie'n will be resumed .lanua'v '.!). :it a plae i not yet determined.. 1,1 in trotsky the- I'olshevijii foreign "ininis: r- is rcpifitcl to. lie drafting a 'ii;w 'te tu the entente allies :, eiulias;ii. s .'ain asking ihein to participate in I.e 1 ( ace coiifei.H'e. Tr'otskv js also 1 it be preparing a lew message 'to !e copies o! 1 1 . v (irld. '1'h Russian 1 ijati-S . tr) , t -e 1'eace cinifereiice" v .il et 'ii n t o I 'et r.igri'id tomorrow' or . .Sate r :iy, An arin'stiee is reported to ha. e (ii reached between the Bolsheviki f iiccs nnd t'i ti i'iops of (ine'ral lv:le i' "lies at 'IJos't v with a neutral Zulu 1 tweeii the opposing lines. oA n uieuf iiti.t'dt liuioni hroh rouih.r ! FliANCE WILL NOT ACCEPT I'aris, . Thursday, Dee. 27. France w ill not accept a 'peace, based on. eon. ditions before the war. Foreign Minis; ter I'inchlion declared in replying iii the Chamber of Ieputios today to the p.-;.ce tenns f the Central powers out lined to Russia, lie assorted that (ler. limns was endeavoring to involve France in its negotiations witVit he Bo'-heviki but that the war would go on whether or not Russia made a sep arate j eace. The foreign minister said ( erman v w ris seeking to protect t he lugotialions with tre Russians rees tabiislrng 'innmerculn relat ioies- in ; he meant inie believ iug in this way that the r.ols)icili might be checkmated later. ' . ' - ' " BRITISH ANSWER TO THE EOLSHEVIKI London, I ee.. " Aehicvcmeiit ol the purpose for which the allies are lighting is cssent ial to the future free dom and-pence of mankind ' said Pre mier Lloyd (ieorg.' iii a letter wdilcli he sent today to the labor Congress. Tie' Premier's statement is regarded as the British reply to the (lernian peace offer. seize banks Military Acts Upon Order of Finance , Commissioner and All Banks in The City Are Taken Over. I'ttrograd, Pec 1. -Sobiiers ac'ing ui'iler the orders of Finance Couimi sioner Melishinsky today surro ruled nod seized all private banks in I'.-o grand inrbiding tin' liranch of the Na tional Citv Pank of New York. The manager Ii. R. S'evens w: d( tained for a-short time s arrest e. .,n. COTTON MARKET New York, Pec. 2. Cotton recovered a good part of yesterday's reaction hf the opening today. Liverpool was bet t r than due and houses with English connections were buvers here whitr there was also a little trade buying of March and May. The opening was 9 to l'f points higher in consequence lint de mand was supplied around the initial figures by Southern and local selling with the tone rather unsettled. New York Pee. 23. Cotton futures opened barely steady. January, .10.60; March, 2MT, May, 29.57; July, 29.12; October, 27.90. . BO H K HAS THREE S U ES KILLED BTTEIITONS A Corporal and -Two Privat es Are Killed By Germans On Christmas Eve. IN THE TRENCHES Three Deaths Were The Re sult of Two Attacks One Of Which Was Made at Niffht By an Aviator, Oth er In Trench Shelling. With the American1, An in v -in France, Thursday, Pec. 'JT.. . Hv the Associate.! Prc-si. A corporal of Ani'Ticaii " en gineers was killed' and one private wounded Christmas Kve-when a shell dropped near a party "'of American en gineers working, in trenches on the Freiirlr front. Tnv engineers had. been working for weeks with -veleran ' French engineers for the purpose of instruction TWO KILLED BY AN AVIATOR Vii h t he AnU'rican AriiuXin France, Tim r si lay, 1 'it. By the Xssoci.'it ed l'i cs. During a recent moonliglit night (ierman aviators dropped bomlisNicnr a certain town and two American privates w ho W( re in a cainii in a wood were Ksill- eil. The (iermnn airmen (lew low anil dropped their bomlis accurately APPOINTMENTS ON A. C. L. ANNOUNCED -Mr. K. L. honvielle lias been appoint ed terminal trainmaster at -Florence, South Carolina, the appointment to be effective the first oft the year. - Mr. Foa vielle . succeeds Mr. 1. (', King. This nnnoiiiiceinoiit was inade' from the ofli". of fieiieral Superintendent . W. II. New ell, of the Atlantic Coast Line this iihut iug. . ;. Mr. If. IVTnrl: is also appointed ter minal trainmaster at Wilmington, sue ceeding Mr. I'onvielle, who held this po, sition at Wilmington for some' time. This ;ippointment is also efTect.iye Jan iiarv : ' MISS EVELYN ORRELL WEDS MR. L. C. HALL Ncus has been received heie'of the marriage of Miss F.velvn Hlanehe Orrell to Mr. Leigliton Caldwell Hall, on .M on lay, necember 2 1 . at Favetteville. Mis Orrdl is a (laughter of Mr. and' Mrs. I'aviil S. Orrell, w Ijo formerly resided in this city. The young couple will make their hoine ;,t il'U Person street, at the Cumberland county capital after '.lanj nary lust. Miss Orrell is well known in Hocky .Mount nnd is a charming and att ra. t ive young lady. She lias many friends here who will receive the news of the wedding; wit h 'interest and will wish both a happy future. J. PLUVIUS DID ALL KINDS OF THINGS Last night Jupiter Pluvius did all kinds of things. First there vvas ;i slight fall of sleet about 7 o'clock. This was ijuickly follved by a sprinkling o.' snow .-111,1 then, if ' cuiumenced raining. Others also stafV that ilurinir the earle hours of the night the moon 'appeari I for a few m i ii u 1 is. The dri.le contiii tied until after midnight, and then th. rain, sleet and snow all froze. J'edcst i ians this morning found the tieets and sidewalks covered with a thin coating of ice. inakiii.' walkiiur c-. ee.lingly risky andjt was with consid ralde difliciilty that many carried them elves gracefully. The tempcrat are be an tirrise, however, ami the ice raid. I ly melted. The sun threatened to cone out from behind the clouds several times during i he day, but up to the present writing it was still cloudy with pros pects tor more rail' or snow. Weather prophets pr-'dict,-lUiat we were to have a hard wintvr this season, and so far much bad been the case. PRESIDENT WILSON SIXTY ONE TODAY Washington, p.-c. 2V This is Pvesi lent Wilson's sixty-first birthday. !! plnnmd to spend it ipiietly a nTTTii pursuance of l,is work as leader of the world's greatest nation at war On'v a few birthdays back found him immers ed in the duties nt' n eoli.-g,. profestor and director of af fairs at Princeton uni versitv. - The weiring cvpcrieitres he nas gone through since as guide of Amel'ua s estinies in the greatest war in history have bft him practically untou-hed in appearance. His health is much better tod'iy than it ejer has been. His com plexion is ruddy, his eye clear, his step firm. As he left the White Hon-? for s drive with Mrs. Wilson, he looked ev ery inch a atalwart American er.uen in the prime of life- RAILWAY BOARD OF DIRECTORS NAMED Five Railroad Executives Are Designated By Sec retary MeAdoo For Work Ahead. BEGINS NEW EPOCH The Secretary of the Treas ury and His Assistants Have Single Task of Mak ing: one Road Out of ' Vast Mileage of Nation Washington, Pec. k!s. As the first practical ntcp in the government oper ation of railroads which began at noon toilav Pirector (teueral Mi: Adoo il rat te I the railroad's waji-board into the gov ernment service to win k Out. plans of nniiied operation and submit them to him for approval. I he following live railroad executives each a leader in the business of trans portal vim w ill work out the plans (or welding "2511,000 miles of railroads into one great continental system lor WjU ning the war: Fairfax Harrison, president. Southern... .: . alius "Kruttscnitt, . chairman of the ol the board of the Southern Pacilic Samuel bca, president ot the Pennsyl vania. Hale Hidden, president ol the l!urling- N(oii. ." ", - ':.".' ' Alloward Klliott, of .the Now . Hav n. dXnder 1 'resident, Wl'l-sori' 's decision t hirr i-al fy7n t "tp gn n lest " by i u ,i 1 1 y as the (ipinjiig of a new epoch in govern un lit "'opiouitio.n and control ol pu utilities passi'd by without any formal cei en,on,y "X- TESTIFY TODAY When the Senate Committee Investigating Sugar Short age Meets Today Mr. Hoover Has (lone to New York. Washington, Dec, "x.Whcii the Sen ate committee in vest iga t ing the sugar shortage finally' called for Food Admin istrator Hoover today, to give his view of conditions, a letter from Chief Coun sel l.indlev, of the food administration. was presented saving Mr. Hoover "had learned through, the public press'' he was to testify today but had bei'n called to New i ork. As Mr. Hoover did not appear .today I he committee resumed investigation of the coal situation with V. H. Culver' of the Federal Trade Commission' emit in- u:ng on tlie staiol. ' NATIONAL COAL SHORTAGE A FACT Ni w York, Dee. 2s. A national coal shortage, due to the wiidng out of the 'erve supply and the increased coii- uim.fion. is an actual fact" and must be faced' by the small consumer with tl.e practice of the "utmost c( n- vntion," according to a report of New York State Fuel dnisei'vA- tior Committee filed Wednodav vi-l Ii ,lberl H. W'iggin, State Fuel Adniiii s'rator. The committt'e to assure the ,(-eds of the small consumer in New Y rk State, has iii vised a plan for the Fsir'but inn of coal on the "card Rs- t("e basis, and. recommends its idoplion as a conservation measure. DEFE R REDJD ELAYED Men From First Draft Not Yet Taken Will Be Given Until February 15th Says Provost Marshall. Vi'aslii igton, I)ec L'v Provost .'.fr s'i;iil licneral Crowder has notified the State governors that there will.be lie reore formarcae: for deferred per il -ntagi s of pre-ei't fpiota of national n'uv men befor F.bniarv 1". All men Hive beeii called Iii' whose order nu'n lers are so low that hev are Hot .te :J!y i,i camp vi'il gi t the benefit of i' new elassif icat-itui. , of'.ards have bei ii ' instructed however, to font!rnn at nding men to make up deficiencies in the ouota causedbv rejection of mi r a. ready in the -gi-rviop until they hav? enough men finally placed in the firg' ciass. Tliey were notified also to er t ect very shortly ealln for men skill :d ia special n er of wort. HOOVER DID NOT FORMAL CALLS OF SENATE CONTINUES IPEACE APPEARS AS WORK ON SUPPL1ESIDWLY HOPE OF THE Witnesses Just Back From France Today Testify as To Condition Equip ment and Supplies. OTHERS ON THE STAND A Number of Commanders From Cantonment Camps Are Placed on the Stand To Testify as to the Equip men t of Each. ashingtiiu, I)ec. S. More first liftnd ml in uiat ion regarding eipiipment, ord nance,, clothing and other supplies of (fciieral Pershing's forces and also at national many cantonments was receiv ed today by the (senate military com mitteo from Major Generals William Wright and Kdwin ht. John (ireble, com maiidcrs at ( amp llonaiihan, Oklahoma and Howie, Texas respectively. The of ficers who recently returned from a vis it to the Irench battlefront were ex amined in executive session bv the com. mittee which recently heard similar con lidi'iitial testimony from Major General 0 Kvan, commander at ( amp Wads- worth, S. C; AND THE KAISER HAD A NARROW ESCAPE Geneva, Ilec. Die fiermnii em- .cror, returning with his staff from the . erdun front, had a narrow i'scij'e during the rcjirisnl raid of a british air squadron on Mannheim ( hristnias eve. iceordiug to a dispatch' from Hnsel. Only- about an hour .earlier the empe ror's train left the ' station, .vhicli was partly destroyed bv several bonibg A section of the tracks was torn up. lifting communications north. In fact, the emperor 'a train was the last to leave Mannheim, and no trains irrived at Hasel yesterday from that 'it v. Two bombs tell .on the palace rtot om the susjieiiBion bridge " ac.roi.s the Neskar river, both Htructures be ing badly damaged. An ammunitioi facrorv in the northern suburb was blown u. Few iersons were killel Here, however, as the employes were having a holiduv.- A considerablo niiei b-r of persons wen? killed or injured within the town,, and several were blown into the Hhine. Field Marshall Haig Sub mits List of Those Deserv ing Mention For Bravery and Includes Many Amer icans. London, Dec. lIHjField Marshal Haig has Kiibmit te - da list, of mmes- of per sons sei ing on the western front as de serving special mention. The list which was published ioday in the London (!a: zette contains the names of many Ameri cans attached to the American army nursing corps. SHIPPING LOSSES SHOW DECREASE : or.di.n, Dec. 2S. The losses to Brit ish shilling show a material de.--.ase for the past week. According o the .t'i reiraltx report W'edncsdayAl 1 British merchantmen of 1,000 tons orver were in ak (hiring this period by min or sub marine, jis well as one merchantman n-uler that tonnage, and one figting (' :SI'l. (1'cr the week ending Peccmber 19, 17 Initish riicrchantmen wer esunk; II of th'm of more than l.fi'Mt tons, fn tin juevious week the losses were 12,, 14 of them more than 1 ,n' tons.) STOCK MARKET New York, Dee. Few noteworthy changes .wrre reconled at the opening of today's Btock market, but demands for rails were soon resumed nt average gains of 1 to 2 points in the first half hour for graingers, coolers. New York Central and some of the Pacific, Chicago" arid Alton featured the low priced rails at an advance of 5 1-2 points. Equip ments and Coppers also rose 1 to 2 points with a few vpeeialties such as Oils an'l Sugars. I'nited States Bteel. increased its early fractional cain to a pefnt and -related stocks were firm to strong. Lib erty Bonds were steady. SPECIAL MENTION AMERICAN BRAVERY BOLSHEVIKI !1J Bulgaria, However,' Seems To Have Kicked Out of Harness on Matter of Holding Territory. KING FERDINAND HAS A DIFFERENT , VIEW French Break Up a Surprise Attack of the Germans Northwest of Verdun While the Austro German Have NoT; Followed Up Viclory in South. .:... . '.tfc German terms for a general peace and tho suggestion that the entente join the Husso (lerman peace conference have . brought no Humiliate responce, Ameri can, Hntish and French leaden are i lent, probably awaiting a direct mes sage, from the peace makers at Brest Litovsk. The attitude of the American government has not changer and it is fdt in AVasliington that the present, (lerman promises of no Annexation and no indemnities are lnwn'cere'. Al alleged view of the German peace terma in high British circles sayg that Germany desires a general peace and does not want a separate' peace with Russia. British newspaper opinion is divided. A A recess in the peace negotiations has been taken and tho conference will bo resumed January 4th at a place not yet determined. Leon Trotsky, tho Bolsheviki foreign minister is Bind to be preparing a new appeal to tho entente allies to join tho conference'. It is indicntcd in Russian dispatches received in London that tho Bolsheviki place most of their hopes in retaining power in the consummation of a peace which will meet the wishes of of tho Russian population, thug weaken ing the Cossack and Ukrainian opposi tion. King Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, an American dispatch says, holds different views on annexation from those ex pressed by Count (Vtcrnin who appar ently is the German mouthjiie'ce. A Vien na newspaper quoted the king as saying Bulgaria would hold what she had won winch seemingly is at variance with the generalization of non-forcible an nexation uttered by Count Czcrnin. Gor man and Austrian newspaper generally recite Czernin's statement warmly. , Repulsed in their attempt to break- the French lines northwest of Verdun, (he Germans have ceased their efforts, while the artillery on both sides keeps up ii lively fire. In the Argonne yes terday the t rench checked a German surprise attack nnd French, artillery broke up enemy concentration of troops northeast of Verdun. Gn the British front the artillery en gagement continues at various fronts. On the Italian northern front the Aus tro Gennans have not followed up their success of early in the' week west of Hronta, and which they had hard fight ing to maintain. Knemy artillery on the Asiago plateau is intense, probably in contemplation of other attempts. . , INLAND STEEL CO. HAS ArMPLOSl A Number of Persons Ara Believed to Have Been Kill ed in an Explosion at In dian Harbor Today. Chicago, Dec. 2s. A number of per sons are reported to have been killed in an explosion of a blast . furnaee iu tre jdant of the Inland Steel Co., at Indiana Harbor Indfina itoday. The plant caught fire and is threatened wit hdest ruction. VAUDEVILLE SHOW AT MASONIC TONIGHT Will's Musical Comedy Company will give performances at the Masonic Oj.cra I'oire tonight and tomorrow aftern'.'cu and night. This company has been h.'re drrir.g the week, but the trunks and othr paraphernalia necessary to tlm stagieg of the show were lost in tran si nnd it was uot until today that they auived. This promises to be a g od mus'ial comedy sho-v and one that will p!iae theatre-goers are' those who like ) Ojiirar price vaudeville. A good c!e rus, funny comedians, and pretty scen ery will add much to the perforr.iau es to be offi reri. A pleasing show is i t prospect and it is expected tra t'i. -company wil'.l be greeted by large r. , i!:.nrcs tonight and toniorrt w ' ' aid liiilt. ,i
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