MTIOIUl GUARDS NOW 11 FRANCE MEN FROM EVERY STATE IN THE tJNIOM NOW WITHIN WAR ZONE. IDENTITY IS NOT DISCLOSED All Thoee Who Sailed From Unit* States Arrlvtd Safely and Soma Are Alraady In Training?Franoll Popu ' ? atlon Give Wal?ome. With the American Army In Franca.' ?-National guardsmen from every ^.?<%?e te_- U?4'_'0teon taws arrtved in France, it" is * permitted' fo be aa nounced-. They are amoeg the troops now training, or lately arrived. While it is not permitted to dis close the identity of units It may be said that aD those which sailed from the United States have arrived safe ly and that soma already are In train las within sound of the guns on the battle front. ftey are stowing a spirit In peep ing with tie purpose to make (he American expeditionary force a ho mogeneous American army in which ' eadb division, whether regular, na tional guard, or national army, cannot be distinguished in efficiency from the others. The former state troops are MUeted 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 hoopes in French towns, others have been quartered.in low wooden barracks specially erected., ' * i 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. Attar a sufficient time to rest from the journey, the troops have been set to work training tor actual service at the front. In all quarters they are declared to be moat enthu siastlc and their soldierly qualities have drawn high prMse from the ? French instructors. a For the information of the rela-i tires and families ot the men, every 1 one who sailed from the United I States has arrived safely In France. ! ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SOUND NOTE OF WARNING Against Too . Hasty Condemnation of tha Bolshavlkl. Washington.?Realisation of the great dancer of causing a reaction In Russia favorable to the central pow era by later,*entlhn in the political affairs of the new democracy has canaedeadmlnlstration officials here to sound a note of warning against hasty condemnation of the Bolsheviki. Back of what is described as a .tol erant policy in dealing with Russia apparently not only Is a purpose to demonstrate faith In tha ultimate stabilisation of the democracy, but a faint hope that the extremist fac tion, which Is for the moment in control of the seat of government at Patrograd, will refrain from violat ing Russia's treaty pledges to the -en tente allies tnd make a separate peace. So long as Uere Is a possi bility that these overtures will fall because of the apparently Irreconcil able difference between the Bolshe vlkl peace scheme founded on "no annexations and no Indemnities" and the German demands for compensa tion and "adequate safeguards for the future," it Is regarded as bad policy to exert any pressure from tha outside at this stage. An additional reason for maintain ing an attitude of watchfulness and reserve In Washington Is found in the fact that to meet Just such a situa tion aa Is developing in Russia .is one of the purpoaee of the Interallied con ference assembled In Parla. WOULD TURN FACILITIES OVER TO GOVERNMENT Detroit, Mich.?Approximately 1(0 automobile manufacturers at a meet ing of the National Automobile Cham bar of Commerce here today pledged their support to the government and expressed their readiness to tarn fa cilities over to the government as .Hl(3dly as required. In the mesn; time. It waa decided, the manufae tarers will keep their organisations intact to conserve the greatest pos sible strength. GOVERNMENT PREPARES TO AID IN ADJUSTING LABOR SUPPLY Waahington. ? Preparations for greater governmental lU In adjusting labor supply to war needs were put ?ader way by the council of national dsfenae with the appointment of L. C. Marshall, dean of the school of com tnerce and administration of the tTnl varsity of Chicago, as chief of a newly created section on Industrial sorvlce. Tha section will undertake prelimi nary Investigation of the Increasing ' number of lafor problems It will have four main objects: To determine present and probable future demand, for labor In war In dustries. ' To determine in contraction wl't the priorities committee of the war industries board the relative priorities the labor demand. * arrange for the supplyng of the ' through the deportment of other governments! or clvl V'and e the heeds for dilution '* the introduction el ^ fy. and to racom INTER -ALLIED MS BOARD BEGINS WORK ' CONFERENCE HELD ITS PIRST 8EMION IN PARIS THURSDAY MORNING. K * \-A * ?* # ' M. CLEMENCEAU PRESIDING I ~T*? * ? Delegate* Lom No Tim* Getting Down to Work, Subdividing into Commlt t*?a.?Many Americans Were Pro? ant. Pari*.?The inter allied conference, ? whU-h hat Me oalltd for the purpose r.9t discussing closer unity in the proa ecution of the war and coordination of resources, opdned in the ministry of foreign affairs shortly after 10 o'clock Thursday morning, with lit na tions represented. The French pre i mler, M. Clemence&u, presided and j welcomed the delegatee. The Italian representatives were the I first to reach the conference hall. They were, followed by the envoys of Japan. The American war mission, augmented by Ambassador Sharp, Gen e^l 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 delegatea 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 (root of the foreign ministry, T>ut Were waa no cheering new demonstration of any kind. " Meetings of the supreme war coun cil la which only Prance, Great Brit ain, the United States and Italy are represented, will follow the interal lied conference. This war council la a permanent body and will deal only 'with questions relating to mlllitary operations on the western front,,which now includes Italy. Col. House and Gen. Tasker H. Bliss will represent the United States at the drat meeting of this council. ' IHHtHUftHW IIHUM :; General Who Smashed ;; the Hindenburg Line J; n 11111 > I III i nt Lieut. Gen. Kir Julliin s WEIGHTY MATTERS ARE AHEAD CONGRESSMEN EXPECT SECOND SESSION TO RIVAL FIRST IN IMPORTANCE. Member* Returning to Waehlnfltan For Another War Seeelon, Decem ber 3?Ma/ Not Adjourn Before Campaign Tim*. Washington.?Member* of Congre**a ire beginning to return to Washington or the opening of the second session >f the war December 3. Most of them txpect the new session to rival the ast In Important action, and few hlnk It ?lll end before the general ?ongressional campaigns next fall, i Appropriation* for the war prom se to require much time and there * much as well as unfinished war eglslation to be dealt with. Preal lent Wilson's opening message soon kfter Congress reconvene* Will de termine. In great measure, the pro tram of new legislation. Many do mestic matters, including prohibition ind wonun suffrage, are promised at tention. 'Future relations between this nation and Germany's allies may he determined early in the (essloa. President's opening address to deal ?ritti the qaeatior of whether war ?hall be declared againat Austria, rurkey and Bulgaria. Sentiment In tavor of such action Is general among members now here. Work on the appropriation bllla for the next fiscal year already haa be pin by tlfc House appropriations com mittee, jrhich will have a constant itream of the supply bills to go through the congressional machinery Appropriation estimate* are being aa tembled at the treasury department tor submission. More bond Issues probably will be authorised but actnal consideration of new or amended war tax legisla tion Is not anticipated until after the ? session Is well under way. ? i WHERE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT ^I y^Knaui c' evtite I Z. Mhi> kIiowIiik the ('muurtu itntrlct la reintlon to the general burtl* lis*. * BOMB EXPLOSION W POLICE STATION KILLS TEN Milwaukee. Wla.?Ten person* were killed and several Injured when ? bomb, iMlfttd to destroy the Italian evangelical church. In the heart of the third ward, an Italian settlement, ex ploded In central police station. where It had been carried for examination Seren detectlTes. two policemen snd on* woman were killed. The bom'i was found In the basement of the chnrdr AMERICAN STEAMER TORPEDOED IN MEDITERRANEAN Washington.?1The American steam er Schuylkll has been torpedoed and sunk id the Mediterranean. The navy department was advised that 40 men nf her crew had beet landed at a Mediterranean port There was no naval armed guard aboard. Whether there was loss of life was not known tiere. but It was assumed that the *0 men rescued comprised the Sohuyl kill's toll complement. . " *'? -h#1-,' t? ? tfci - - . % ALLIED WtR MISSION 'ASSEMBLES III PUIS AMERICAN, BRITISH, FRENCH AND ITALIAN. MISSIONS ARK AL READY PRESENT. DISCOSS PROSECUTION OF W Questions for Unified Action Will Oc oupy Attention?Th* Situation In Russia?Houaa and Lloyd-George Among Those Present. The representatives ot the chief na tions at war with the Teutoaic allies are aaaembllns la Paris* tor the Inter allied conference at which are to be discussed momentous questions (or more unified action on the prosecution of the war. ' The American, British and Italian missions already have reached' the rrench capital. They are led respec tively by Col. B. M House, David-Lloyd George, the British prime mlnlater, - and VUtorio Orlando, the Italian pre mier. In addition to determining a basis for stronger Joint action against the enemy countries, the conferees doubt less also will dlscuas at lepgth the anomalous situation In Russia, where the Bolaherikl factions are In control and where German staff officers are reported to be acting aa military ad visers to the Lenlne government. Pos sibly a most pertldent point In the discussion will be the future attitude of t*?? allied countries toward Rusata ?whether the situation as It liow stands aoes njt place the Bolshevlkl government and It* followers in the category of allies ol the central power*. . t Inside Russia the unsettled condi tions of affairs dally seems u> be grow ing more serious. All communications now ha* been severed between north and sooth Russia, even the foreign embassies In Petrograd being unable to got In touch with Odessa dnd other points to the south. Unofficial advice* are to the effect that the Russian northern army 1* in dire* traits. DIFFICULT FOR REGISTERED MEN TO GET COMMISSION* Problem to Head Off Young Man Try ing to Avoid Taking Place* In Ranka. Washington. ? So-called "slacker commissions." by which men of draft age aeek to eecape service In the ranks and set officer*' places in non combatant branches of the army, have struck a sn&tf in two general policies laid down by Secretary Baker. Theae are, first, (hat no men of draft age be commiesloned onlesa it i* 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 funo tlon of the army that can -->e can-led on effciently with civilians shall be placed on a military footing by com missioning the men needed to super vise the work. The problem of commissions in thei various staff departments of the army that have to dp with the supply lines, transportation, construction snd a hundred other non-combatant func tions of the service Is a difficult one. There have been numerous eases of young men of draft age who have ob tained commissions In those services and therefore are exemgt from the operations of the setectlve service law under which the fighting troops are being mobilised. It ia the deaire 6f 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 and to prevent any suggestion j that men of draft age have found rfhel- ' ter in the commissioned grades of the non-combatant branches of tlje service from the liability of service- at the front HUNGER-STRIKERS ARE. RELEASED FROM JAIL Washington. ? Twenty-two hunger striking militants of the woman's par ty were turned out of the district of Columbia Jail with the explanation that their aentences of from 16 days to sev en months had been commuted to ex pire at once. No official atatement a* to the cauee waa to be had, but the women were jubilant in the belief that they had rftacceeded In demonstrating that the Jail was aot big enough for both them and their keepera. GYPSIES AND BOOTBLACKS REGARDED AS IDLERS Baltimore.?The status of Gypsies and bootblacks waa established as Idlers and they will come under the provisions of the Maryland comnul sory work law. Following a confer ence between Police Marshal Oarter and George A. Mshone. state director ' of the. work bureau, a number of Gyp aiea were rounded up. Th-y declared , they had work and ItateA that aome weeka they earned *S00 aa horse deal- I ers and coppersmiths. BOLSHEVIKI IS REPORTED " TO BE ALLY OF KAISCR * Washington.?Official confirmation j of the news from London that Cer- , man staff officers are In Petrograd acting as military advisers of the L>e- , nine faction probably will be- followed protnptly by action of the part of |h? United State* and the allla* deftni'JMy to place the BoUhevlkl regime In the llit of Oermany's allies. It the aer mans are there all doubt aa to the i?im pose Of the BoUheviki la moved MCLURE STIRS STtftltNTS HI* Address at N. C. University to, Powerful Indictment of Germany'* War Metho^a. * . 2? I ('hapel Hit! Before an aadleae* of i student* and townspeople that more than taxed the capacity of Garrard ball. S. 8. McClure made the moat ' ' powerful indictment of Oarman math oda of waging war that tiaa ever been given hare. Ha ahowed conclualveJy | , that Germany and Germany alone waa raaponalble for the preaaat war; that . England, Under Lord Orey'i leadership had done all that any nation could do tb keep the peace of Europe and that | America could not do otherwlaa than throw la her 4bt with England and France In helping to make the world aafe tor democracy. Perfect attention nu given to Mr. McClure for an hour-and a half, de- ' spite the fact that large number* were forced to aland la the back of the room and tn the gallery When he had cloaed the applauae waa tu multuoua and. aa the atudenta gath | ered outside the .building, college cheers war* given for the speaker "If we ha4 stayed out of thla war. this would hare been the saddest of all Thankaglvlngs in our blatory," aald Mr. McClure. "Now that we have gone In, thla ahould be the gladded Thanksgiving In our history." Continuing, he aald K once seemed so hopeless that we really would act. the war waa ao terrible a thing; it to a terrible thing for our boy* to gc over there, bqt It .would be more tar rible not to go. v ' Editor* Pledge Support. Winston-Salem ?The newspapers of North Carolina ar* solidly back of Cel. P. H. Fries, director of the North Carolina war savings committee. Thla note waa expressed in do uncertain 'erms at the meeting of editors held 'n thla city at the call of Colonel Erie* : (or the purpose of preparing to wage . ? campaign for war savings certlfl 1 -atea. There were present editors of morning and afternoon dallle*. week lies, i*ml-wceklles and monthly pab 'Icatlons. The aentlment of tae papers of the itate was expreaaed by Santford Mar- , tin. president at the North Carolina Prees Aaaoclatlon. who officially an nounced that "there la not a slacker aewspaper In North Carolina." Mr. ; Martin'* addreaa was received with much enthusiasm Colonel fries announced that be had called the meeting for the par pose of getting the suggestions, sup port and co-cperatioa of the newspa pers of the state, and, whHe the at tendance was not so very large, the enthuslaim and spirit waa such that Colonel Prise expressed his great ap- 1 i prerlatlon of the evidence of loyalty | to the cause. Write* About Interned Germane. Sallabury ? In a tetter received" by Senator Overman Crom Secretary of' War Baker, the aecratary aaya Gar naq prisoners held at Hot Spring*. ? N. C.. and about whom there haa been ao much aaid recently, are under the Jurisdiction of the department of la- , bor and that the war department fca* no Jurladiction or official knowledge concerning them. I The aecretary denlea the current story that private German prtaonera are being paid MO a month or any thing like that amount, and aaya that what la being expended on them and < alao the amall amounts being paid l commissioned prtaonera Is tp be paid i back at the conclualon of the war by | the prlaoners' own goyarnmeitt. This i rule of International law I* "being ob- , served by all preaent belligerents. | aaya tbe. secretary. Including Oar- , many. I ? 1 Hoalary Mill for Charryvllle. I Cherryrllle ?Application has been , made foi?a charter for a hosiery mill ? for Cherryrllle. The authorised cap- i Ital stock la 1)00,0*0 bpt the company , may begin boalneaa when $10,600 haa ( been subscribed, and of this the full | amount haa already been taken by | Messrs A. B Cook, of Gaatonla. J. W. ( Kendrick. N. B Kendrlck and M L, , Maiiney. of Cherryrllle. The name , given the enterpriae will be the Gaa- , ton -Hosiery Company. Machinery haa ^ hoped by the promotera that within ( ' <10 to to daya they will be In opera- . tlon. , # NORTH CAROLINA >RIC*?. Robeaon farmers have gone "over ! the top" fhia year. A- change that | seems almost Imposalble has . coma : - about among the people of the rural ? districts since last spring. Many of ( the farmera grew tobacco and recelv- , ed unheard of prlcea for their crop and , they all grow cotton, which mean* j that thay have all got money. Thera ', are hundreda of farmera In the county j ( who never had a dollar in a bank ha- 1 , fore who now have good alsed bank | accounts "Chatham rabbit* are fat, but they are scarcer than uaual." said Mr. A. C. Ray. a Plttaboro lawyer and member of the House of Representatives from j Chatham, who Is In Raleigh attend . Ing court "The Chatham rabbit." Mr . Ray added, "haa acquired a reputation atoat equal to that of the Smlthfleld j tfotwlthatanding the fact that Dr 1 Frank Slier has been appointed preaM- 1 Ing elder of the Wlnaton-Salem dl* trlct of the Methodist church. Mrs. '' Slier will remain aa dqan of Oreena boro College for Women nntil the end of the present tcholaatlc year. Monroe haa made more progress In the last year than In any two years previous. When Secretary of Agri culture H As ton was thera aom* time J ago. he remarked that Monroe had j '? made more prograsf in th* last there j1 years than any other town in the 'j Onlted State* the aame slse. The Rocky Mount tobacco marke' i haa paaaed _ the elgt^een .million ,' pounds mark and *11 *%Je? iVord* ! ? for Rocky Mount have again been ' broken. The total sale* to dat* for ' < tha^ aeason have been lS.Mn100 |< pounds at a price average at $2*.t3 " par hnnlred. 11 . ? . gIfebenge hi KINGS Mill BISHOP HUGHES READ* APPOINT MENTS OP PASTORS' POM THI COMING YEAR. MEET NEXT IT ASHEVILLE ? ? ' i Blue Rldga-Atlantic Methodist Con fsrsncs Hoars Strong Addressee * at King* Mountain. Klaga Mountain?At the doling mm Ion of the Blue Rldge-Atlaatlc Methodlat Conference, Blahop Hughes road the appointments- for the coming ? year as follows: Ashevllle district?J. U A. Bumgar nor. auporlntendent, AaberUlo; F. W. Stanton. AahevlUo; C. T. J. 8. Qreen. Bakeravllls; T H. Blarney Boone; Ray P. Jones, Canton; W .C Matney. Canton; C. T. W. H. Plesa, Clyde; T 1. Freeman, Creston; W. A. Patton. Pulbertson; W. T. Clark. Rtawah; Otis Praley, HayesvlUe; J. H Fine, Uiealnf, W. * Oraybeal, Leicester; A. B. Dennis. Montxuma; K. L Haga. Plagah; D. L. Earn hart, Pond Moon tain; Sal Tin Sexton. Sylva. O. N. Sloan; Unafca, O. W William. Coast district?W. 8. Mooe, suparin tendent. Chandlora; C. C. Wall/ord. Elizabeth City; M Warden. Him lot; W. L Carter, Harklna Island; to be supplied. Hftteras Ho be supplied. Marshall burg; to be supplied. More head City;- D. W. Hayae, Moerhead CUy; W. Q. A. Graham, Ocracoke; W. F. Hitler Parmels; P. A. L. Clarke, Pembroke; W. L Moor*. lPnebluff; 0. 8. Deland. Blnners; A. B. Pry. Rowland; D. P. Lowery, Troy; C. L. Hawklna, Waahlngtoa; John Chaaoy. Whaleyvllle; J. M. Smith. M. O. Fletcher, preeldent, Washington Col lege; J. M. Gambrlll. In school at Athena. Ten a.; J. L Dennis, leld agent conference clahnanta; perma nent fund; J. M. Plower, conference evangel tat. 8tatesyllle district? W. J. Pllnt. "su perintendent. Ararat; B. N. Bumgar ner. Caaar; aupplled by W. Footer. Oastonla; 8. W. Johnson. Harmony; J. M. Wall. Hickory; 8. A. Earnhart. Kannapolls; T E. Pierce. King* Mountain: B. A. Culp, Mlsenholmer; C. M. White. Newton; M. A. Matheson. Old Port; J. H. Gillespie. Thurmond; T. W. Bryant, supply SlatearOle; Austin Wilson. Tray Hilt; D. J White., supply. Zlon; P. C. West. Bessemer CUy; J. M. Heath. Wlnaton-Salem; to be supplld The place of meeting of the nest ??alon waa called tor aad Dr. Stan ion preeented a cordial Invitation from the First Church at Aahetrilla. which waa accepted by acclamation. Dr. Parmer addreaeed the confer ?nee |n the inter*t of the boards at home aad foreign missions. Following thia the conference went Into executive session to conaldar tome matters of parely church iater est. during which all except mem bers of the body were erased I' : ? I ttt: War Subject Carolina Day. , Raleigh - 'The stale ?ipartmeot of education la sending Into every pub tlc school dUtricl In U>* state and to private schools aa wall, the official pro gram* the department haa prepared Tor the observance of North Carolina Jay on December 4. The program con templatea that the people of thai ichool c i mmunities shall be asseaiblad For thU obaerrance and the slogan of he programs la coavertstlon. patriot ism aad serrlce. as Dr. 1. T. Joynar ?late superintendent, expresses It. 'Malta, sare and senre." The virions features of the program Impress the ranees of the war, the needs of th? government and the means of service that are at band for all the .people. Id its conception the program la declared to be moat opportune and H la bellev ?d that the county superintendents and the teachers all over the atata wilt itlllie It to their fullest- extent aa a patriotic duty they owe the^r counties, the achoola and the school communi M.' , Conditions at Savior Improve. Camp Sevier. 8. C.?the quarantine >f the camp. Lieut. Col. A. M. Whaley. llvialonal ?urgeon. states, already has nulled In a marked Improvement of llseaae conditions In th? camp. The lumbar of cases of measles develop ng dally has fallen botnr half what 1 waa whan the quarantine was In itituted aix days ago. The number if pneumonia cases have decrease! ind deathe from this cans* have been rary few for the last few days. On* , trw rase of msningltls developed dur n? tha week. 9 Christmas Tree for Soldiers. Southoort.?'The Red Cross chapter if South port baa undertaken tha mat er of providing a Christmas tree for he soldiers at For* Caswell aad also to provide a Christmas packs** for ivery man In the service there. Owinr' 0 the fact that there are about 1,000 nan to ba provided for the chapter will tak other chaptara in tha atata to as- j list In thla matter. The cities f-om vhirh the soldiers coma will eapeclal y aaked to contribute. R*r. 1. Nr Jynum is chairman of tha comniHta* J n charge. W Killed In Auto Accident. Shelby.?-Joe Short, a farmer living ?ear SMIby on Avery McMurry's San ation was killed when the automobile n which he was riding piungud down 1 40 foot embankment at the Weaver tridge of the Shelby-Sharon road, rom McCoy, ownar of tho ear. a nan who runs a local tlr? vulcanising ilant. waa driving When he rounded ha curve he saw he was about to If at a farmer, James Champion, wl