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VOL. XL. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM CO UNTY. N. C NOVEMBER 21. 1917.
NO. 16.
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
.MP0RTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVSiM OAVS GIVEN
M NEWS W THE SOUTH
Wftt Taking Plac In The Sojrth
land "v !i 3 Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Washington.
Plans for further guarding the coun
ty's war activity were formulated by
;ie department of justice and approv
al by the President an cabinet at
Washington. Accordingly. nemy aliens
trill be required to register.
Plans for tightening restrictions on
aemy aliens have ben under consid
:a.tion (or .some time and has been
u-siened by recent fires and exposions
n Now York .nd other Atlantic cities.
Department of justice officials fram
es the registration system so that the
vherabouM of enemy aliens and allies
may be known and closer supervision
ver them maintained.
Kaglanii. evince. Germany and oth
- countries new at war has already
ulopted the registration system of
iteping trace of enemy aliens.
The 1917 coal shortage is put at
0 090,000 tons in estimates completed
by the fuel administration. Although
.reduction of bituminous and anthra
ite together has jumped 50,000,000
'ons, consumi tion, it is declared, has
nereaseil ar. l ast 100,000,000 tons.
Thirty-on- militants of the woman.-?
.arty were sentenced to serve jail
;erms ranging from six days to six
months in default of fines, for picket
ing the wnite house.
international apprehension has been
Mused by President Carranza's ap
parent determination to drive the long
.;nmolested Manuel Palaez and his lit
:Ie rebel army away from the oil fields
sear Tampico. There was evident In
i'iied legations and embassies here
i feeling that German influences had
?iayed a part in starting this move,
which may prove embarrassing to the
raiser's enemies.
Conversion of more than a million
:ons of American sailing vessels into
-teamships was proposed to the ship
ping board by Taomas A. Edison. The
r.ventor's suggestion will be made the
-abject of a thorough investigation.
Because of the peculiar construction
of sailing ships it would be necessary,
Mr. Edison said, to equip them with
tain screws.
The United States is about to add
-everal hundred thousand tons of
hipping to the stream of steamships
carrying American troops and supplies
'.o the aid of the allies. Negotiations
with the northern European neutral
cations and with Japan for tonnage
nave reached a final stage and the ves
sels obtained either will go directly
into trans-Ati antic routes or will re
;ease American ships for this service.
The European neutrals, it was learned,
Anally have agreed to turn over to the
United States and the allies ships in
xchange for foodstuffs that only
America can supply. Japan will sell
alright ta the United States a iarge
mount of tonnage now in the Pacific
in exchange for steel ship plates the
Japanese are anxious to obtain to com
pete their merchant shipbuilding pro--rram.
.
Warning to candy makers in the far
w est, who have been buying more sug
ar than agreed, has been issued hy
:rIegram by the. federal food adminis-
-ration.
There will be no shortage of toys, da
"Pite the absence of the "Made in Ger
many." Announcement by the depart
ment of commerce said there is an ex
Port surplus.
Some officials recommend that every
il'en enemy registered be required to
Port periodically in order that watch
ra'ght be maintained over their move
ments. Only Germans could be compelled to
register, since Austrian. Turks and
vulgarians are m i classed as enemies
Mder the espionage law. Congress
m'ght extend the restriction to those
nationalities, however.
Governor R. L. Beeckman, of Rhode
wiand, arrived in London on his way
t0 ance, where he will deliver a per
nal message from President Wilson
"j the Amencan troops and. the greet
"SS of the people of the New England
' tes to their sons in the United
tes contingent
domestic.
w. P. Reard, editor, of Abbeville, S.
as found guilty of disloyalty in
;"e 0. S. court at Greenwood, S. C. and
ntenced to one year and one day in
federal prison and pay a fine of $500.
ueo- Herring was found guilty of -io-ng
the espionage act in the U. S.
un at Greenwood, S. C, and sentenc
one year and one day in a fed
' prison and pay a fine of $500.
Oiin!XlCan fedfcral lroPs evacuated
rf' Mexico- and came to the
bd thi Side where thev surrender
y Corlr ams- General Juan Espinost
Ainerir ' COmniander( surrendered to
tain ,tr00ps in command of Cap
He s2i: re Barnes- Jr- commander,
befoi J? fightinS was hand-to-hand
occum, acuation- Villa troops now
tdlled . M, xican town. Many were
A ' Wou'ed and executed.
ork hlTu affectg government
sect ton? CaHed off by the na
tion oT T y f the Ame"can Federa
te NY at a conference
A bomb was picked up cn the ma u
floor of the Auditorium theater in Ch.
f-ago. where the opera "Dinorah" wa
t.-eing sting. It was found by fireman.
after it had caused a panic,
i 2,060 new- saddles are expected daily
at Camp Sevier. S. C. Also, macki
j nuws or s'milar garments are to be is
sued to motor drivers in Beu of the
olive drab overcoats.
The delegates to the thitty-seventi
annual convention of the Aiiu-ricau
Federation of Iabor at Buffalo. N. Y
have issued a plea for a closer farm
co-operation with other industries.
Armed Mexicans fired upon a party
of Americans who wefre hunting on an
island in the Rio Grande near El Paso,
Texas. One of ,the Americans was
shot through both legs.
Highwaymen held up A. D. Farrell.
superintendent of the G. W. Johnson
Limestone company, in Newcastle, Pa.,
while he was on his way from there
to Hillsville, Pa., to pay the company's
employes, and after killing Tony Sack,
a guard, and wounding Farrell, made
At West Orange. N. J., the home of
Thomas Edison was entered by an in
truder through a third-story window,
which he reached by climbing to the
roof of an extension to the house.
The man was frightened away,
away with $17,000.
President Wilson made a personal
and eloquent appeal for the full sup
port of organized labor for the govern
ment in the conduct of the war. Speak
ing before the annual convention of
he American Federation of Labor In
Buffalo, N. Y., he declared the war
could not be won unless all factions
unite in a common cause, sinking their
differences. The president paid warm
tribute to Samuel Gompnrs, president
of the federation, and virtually called
upon the federation to give him united
support- He denounces pacifists and
critics. Hp appealed for co-operation.
Discussing Germany, the president de
clared flatly that Germany had started
the war and that he was willing to
await the verdict of history on that
statement.
European.
The flood gates of Piave., and Sile
or old Piave rivers near Rome. Italy
have been opened by Italian military
engineers and the enemy is faced by
another Yser inundation.
Water was loosed where the Qer
mans succeeded in crossing the Piave
near Grisolera, and the region where
he gained entrance is now under
water.
Inundated territory near Rome, Italy
forms a triangle where the enemy had
been driven back, but still held on un
til the dykes were released over the
low-lying plain.
The chief menace near Grisolera
was that the enemy might reach Ven
ice through the lagoon or bombard
the city from between the rivers, but
this was prevented by opening the
dykes.
Venice is almost empty, the popula
tion having been reduced from 160,000
to 20,000, but despite the proximity of
the enemy at the mouth of the river
the remnant of population is Calm.
Venice may not be defended in
case of an attack in order to spare
the monuments and many other art
treasures there.
The chamber of deputies in Brazil
has adopted the bill for reprisals
against Germans, as amended by the
senate. The government is authorized
to proclaim a state of seige 'wherever
necessary, to cancel contracts for pub
lic works with Germany, to annul any
other contracts prejudicial to the de
fense, to prohibit international com
merce with Germans, to intern enemy
subjects and to revise land concessions
to colonists.
The American artillery fire has been
heavy recently, and there is good rea
son to believe that it has accounted
for a considerable number of the
enemy.
Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, and Sen
ator Hendrick, of Wyoming, arrived at
headquarters on their tour of the mili
tary zone. They took dinner with
General Pershing and his staff, and in
spected some of the troops.
Only one British merchant vessel of
more than 1,600 tons was sunk by
mine or submarine last week, accord
ing to a statement of shipping losses
issued.
Varied reports 1 are still coming
through concerning the situation in
Russia, but out of the maze it has
been impossible to disentangle one
statement that may be considered
trustworthy. One report has Petrograd
in flames and another has 2,000 per
sons killed in the streets of Moscow
during the fighting between the Ker
ensky and Bolshevik i factions.
The junction of the Damascus-Beer-sheba
railway with the line to Jeru
salem, is now in the possession of the
British army in Palestine, it was of
ficially announced. The Turks lost
1,500 men in prisoners and more than
40-0 in dead on Tuesday, besides four
guns and a score of machine guns.
In observation work the Americans
have been acting both as observers and
pilots. This work has been done at
many points, but none over the sector
where American troops are entrenched.
A number of Americans have been
killed or wounded in the recent shell
ing of the American trenches by the
Germans. One shell which dropped
into a trench caused several casual
ties. A dispatch to the Berlingske Tidende
says conditions in Petrograd are ter
rible. Bolsheviki soldiers and sailors
were sweeping the city like robber
bands, and food scarce and prices high.
American army aviators have partici
pated in bombing raids over German
positions and have been doing obser
vation duty at various points of the
battle line.
LISTS 9,000,000
FORJULSERVICE
Provost Marshal Gives Rules Re
garding Liability for Mili
tary Duty.
Washington, Nov. 15. The five
classes Into which 9,000,000 men regis
tered fer military duty and those who
are registered hereafter are defined
and the order in which they wili be
ealled for service were officially an
nounced In the provost marshal gen
eral's questionnaire which every regis
tered man must fill out and file. The
order shows some change from the
tentative draft published some time
n go.
i'oiitrary to some published reports,
it does not exempt married men as a
class, but It does place married men
with dependent wives and children far
down on the list of liables. In fact,
the questionnaire indicates that only
men of the -first class will be called to
the colors, except in the gravest emer
gency. The five oflkial classifications
of registrants follow :
CLASS I.
(A) Single man without dependent rela
tives. B) Married man. with or without chil
dren, or father of motherless children,
who has habitually failed to support his
family.
(Ci Married man dependent on wife for
support.
t)- Married man. with or without chil
dren, or father of motherless children:
man not usefully rnaed family sup
ported by Income independent of his la
bor. fK) Unskilled farm laborer.
(F") Unskilled Industrial laborer.
Registrant by or In respect of whom no
deferred classiilcation Is claimed or
made.
Registrant who falls to submit question?
naire and In respect of whom no deferred
classification is claimed or made.
All registrants not included In any other
division !n this sohet'i
CLASS II.
(A) Married Mian with children or fath
er of motherless children, where such
wife or children or such motherless chil
dren are not mainly dependent upon his
labor for support for the reason that
there are other reasonably certain sources
Of adequate support (excluding earnings
or possible earnings from the labor of the
wife) available, and that the removal of
the registrant will not deprive su?h de
pendents of support.
(BJ Married men. without children,
whose wife, although the registrant is en
SHued in a useful occupation. Is not
mainly dependent upoi."h!s labor for sup-,
port for the reason that the wife Is
skilled Ir some special class of work
which she is physically able to perform
and tn which she is employed or in which
there Is an immediate opening for her
under conditions that will enable her to
support herself decently and without suf
fering or hardship.
(O Necessary skilled farm laborer In
necessary agricultural enterprise.
(D) Necessary skilled industrial laborer
In necessary Industrial enterprise.
CLASS III.
(A) Man with dependent children (not
his own but toward whom he stands in
relation of parent).
(B) Man with dependent helpless broth
ers or sisters.
(D) County or municipal officer.
(E Highly trained fireman or police
man, at least three years In service of
municipality.
( F) Necessary custom house clerk.
(G) Necesary employee of United
States in transmission of the mails.
(H) Necessary artificer or workman in
United States armory or arsenal.
Necessary employe In service of
United States.
(J) Necessiry assistant, associate or
hired manager of necessary agricultural
enterprise.
( K) Necessary highly specialized tech
nical or mechanical expert of necessary
industrial enterprise.
(L) Necessary assistant or associate
manager of necessary Industrial enter
prise. CLASS IV.
(A) -Man whose wife or children are
mainly dependent on his labor for sup
port. (B) Mariner actually employed on sea
service or citizen or merchant In the Unit
ed States.
(-) Nf-cessary sole managing, con
trolling or directing head of necessary
agri'-ultural enterprise.
(T)) Necessary sole managing, con
trolling or directing head of necessary
Industrial enterprise.
CLASS V.
(A) Officers Legislative, executive or
Judicial of the United States or of state,
territory or District of Columbia.
. (B Regular or duly ordained minister
of religion.
(O Student, who on May IS. 1917. was
preparing for ministry In recognized
school.
(T))persons In military or naval serv
ice of Urited States
(TCA!ien enemy.
(TO Resident alien (not an er.emy) who
claims exemption.
?) person totally and permanently
physically or mentally unfit for military
(H) Person morally unfit to be a soldier
of the Cnited States.
(TV-Licensed pilot, actually employed In
the pursuit of his vocation.
Member of well-recognized religious
sect or organization, organized and exist
in" on Mav IS. 1S17. whose then existing
creed or principles forbid its members to
participate In war In any form, and whose
relieious convictions are against war or
participation therein.
The questions on the stobjeet of de
pendents are framed to met every
possible circumstance nnd f draw out
every bit of information that might he
of value to the boards in fixing the
class to which a man is to be assigned.
Seven days are allowed registrants
rifter receipt of the questionnaire to
fill it out and return it to the local
hoard.
Endless Supply.
"1 suppose only a limited amount of
this stock is being offeredthe old
wheeze."
"No. we're offering an unlimited
amount of It," said the promoter
truthfully. "We'll continue to print
it as long as we have any sale for It."
The Sort.
"She made a beautiful siht stand
ing there, gracefully beckoning him to
come to her."
"No doubt ; a rvgular motion pic-
ur."
BAKER ISSUES WAR
REVIEW FOR WEEK
SECRETARY CONTEMPLATES FU-
TURE IN ITALIAN THEATRE
WITH CONFIDENCE.
ENEMY STRENGTH STIFFENING
! Reinforcements Are Arriving Fur
ther Offensive on Western Front In-
dicated by Increased Artillery Fire
American Worthy of Best.
Washington. Hardening of the
Italian defense and the precision with
which British and French reinforce
ments are being delivered in theftal
; ian war theatre leads Secretary Baker
: in his weekly war review to contem
plate the future in that field with
confidence. Hh points out, however,
that the full strength of the Austro
German efforts has not yet been de
j veloped.
Further allied offensives on the
western front. Mr. Baker says. are.
indicated by increased artillery fire
and the nervousness exhibited by the
Germans. The only reference to the
; sector of thi?. front where American
troops occupy first line trenches is
that the men have shown themselves
worthy of the best traditions of the
American army.
"The training 01 our national army
Is now protr. essin; rapidly, ' the
statement says. "At all the camps the
.morale of our new citizen-soldiers is
reported as excellent.
"The men who have been called
upon to defend our country in the
present emergency are taking hold of
the work in a serious, high minded
j spirit, which will produce the best
result.
"The British and French officers
who are to assist in instructing out
j new armie.3 are arriving. They tome
; for the purpose of initiating our men
, into the latest developments of mod-
em warfare, so that from the very
lutset our forces may be trained ac
j -.ording to the most efficient time.
nd life-saving methods.
"In France the training of our
t -:oops is likewise being carefully con
I tinned. In the sector where our
'brces are in the-trenches, they have
i uown themselves worthy of the best
I 'raditions of our armies.
"After the successes gained by the
allies In the west during the preced
, ing week, the relative calm of the
; last seven-day period was to be an
i ricipated.
"It is significant, however, that the
eaction of the enemy has been rela
tively slight, both in the region north
I f the Aisne and in Flanders.
"At this season of the year the
odden. fog-bound fields of Flanders
and the bad weather which prevails
along the entire western front makes
! it difficult to co-ordinate major oper
; ations with precision. Nevertheless.
irtlllery preparation has continued
; in the two chief theaters of activity In
the west, presaging further offensive
engagements.
; "Destructive hostile artillery fire is
noted in the area along the Yser.
centering around Dixmude, and the
shelling by the enemy increased dur
the latter part of the week, betraying
a decided nervousness on the part of
the Germans lest any unexpected of
fensive action develop.
"The news from Italy is more en
couraging. Operations involving the
skillful handling of large masses of
troops and the reorganization of de
fensive positions, entailing superhu
man efforts on the part of officers
and men alike, have been carried out
by the Italian armies with energy
and courage.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESSIONAL
PARTY CAUGHT IN FIRS
British Front in Belgium. Five
members of the party of American
congressmen and private citizens who
spent two days visiting in the Belgian
war zone had a narrow escape from
death or injury this morning when
they were caught in a sudden burst of
1 German machine gun fire while in
! specting the front line, trenches near
: Dixmude.
PERSHING VISITS AMERICAN
SOLDIERS IN TRENCHES
With the American Army in France.
I -General Pershing returned to his
headquarters from a visit to his troops
I n the first line trenches and the sup
'wrt in the roar. Artillery firing on
loth sides was normal while he was
'here and no shells fell near him
"atrolling continues active and con
act with the enemy's patrols has been
established several times, shots he-
i
I ing exchanged. The Germans have
ent over more gas shells.
EVERY BUSINESS WILL
BE GIVEN HEARING
Washington. Arbitrary elimination
of industries regarded as non-essential
to save coal and rail transportation
will be undertaken by the govern
ment only after every business threat
ened has been given a full hearing
This was made clear by Robert 8.
Lovett and Fuel Administrator Gar
field in statements replying to the
recommendation of the railroad war
board that coal and transportation be
ienied to more than 500 commodities
U-BOATS MAY APPEAR
OFE AMERICAN COAST
PREDICTIONS MADE BY SPEAKER
AT NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND
ENGINEERS MEETING.
OEUTCKUND'S TRIP IS CITED
Speakers Believe That Submarine It
self Will Be Best Defense Against
German Undersea Boats Other Ex
amples. New York. Predictions that enemy
submarines will soon make their ap
pearance off American ports, that the
submarine will be found to be the
best antidote for the submarine, and
that the great world powers in the
near future will have flotillas of "con-tra-submarines,"
especially built for
operating against undersea craft, wew
made by speakers' who addressed the
annual conventions of the Society of
Naval Architectes and Marine Engi
neers here.
Simon Lake, the inventor, pointed
to the possible danger to American
shores from the submarine menace.
He cited the trans-Atlantic trips of
the merchant submarine Deutsehland
and the activities of the U-53 off the
North Atlantic seaboard as examples
of what is possible with the subma
rine. Commander E. S. Land of the Unit
ed States navy, took issue with Mr.
Lake when the latter said he did not
believe the submarine could be ef
fectively used against the submarine.
"A submarine can fight a subma
rine as well as a battleship can fight
a battleship." said the commander.
Though he said foreign tendencies in
submarine construction were toward
displacements of 2.000, 3.000 and
even 5.000 tons. Commander Land
declared his belief that craft of the
800-ton type are now being moot
generally built because of their
adaptability for all-year use.
Marely F. Hay predicted the de
velopment of a "contra-submarine,"
or a submarine-fighting undersea boat
which would do most of its work
while submerged.
Estimates that Germany had in
commission over 700 submarines last
May and that she would have in serv
ice a total of 1,200 under sea craft by
the end of the year, were discredited
by Mr. Hay.
"It does not seem possible that
Germany had more than 200 subma
rines in commission last May," he
said. "Informatfon at hand would
indicate that the actual recent output
has been approximately ten subma
rines a month."
NEW CABINET ANNOUNCED
BY M. CLEMENCAU
Formation Is Completed Within 24
Hours.
Paris. M. Clemenceau presented
the ministry to President Poincare
the ministry to President Poincare.
The new ministry follows:
Premier and minister ef war.
George Clemenceau.
Minister of foreign affairs, Stephen
Pinchon.
Minister of justice, Louis Nail.
Minister of interior, Jules Pams.
Minister of finance, Louis Klotz.
Minister of marine, George Ley
gues. Minister of commerce, Etienne
Clementel.
Minister of public works, Albert
Claveille.
Minister of munitions, Lotfts Louch
eur. Minister of instruction, Louis Laf
ferre. Minister of colonies, Henri Simon
Minister of agriculture. Deputy Col
tiord. Minister of labor. Victor Boret.
The rapidity of the formation of
the ministry establishes a record in
French politics. Premier Clemen
ceau began his task at 4 o'clock in
the afternoon and completed it
within 24 hours.
A committee of radicals and radi
cal socialists, by a vote of 59 to 26,
approved of members of the party
participating in the ministry.
HENR YFORD JOINS THE
SH1PPIN GBOARO STAFP
Washington. Henry Ford joined
the staff of the shipping board to lend
his talent for standardization of pro
duction in speeding up the building of
a merchant fleet. He was made a
special assistant to Charles Piez, vice
president of the board's emergency
fleet corporation. His particular task
will be to introduce into shipbuilding
the multiple production of method.
he has used with success in producing
automobiles.
MANY MEASLES AND
PNEUMONIA CASES
Washington. Detail reports of
health conditions in national guard
and national army camps for the wk
ending November 9 show sieasles and
pneumonia predominating among the
ailments among the men. The sick
and injured rate in the national guard
camps was 33 9 per thousand and in
the national army camps 25.2. Cams
Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas, had 24
new cases of pneumonia and nine new
cases of meningitis during the week.
U-BOAT
ON WANE
C
RESULT OF ACTIVE MEASURE8
TAKEN BY THE BRITISH AND
AMERICAN NAVIES.
SMALLEST WEEKLY TOTAL YET
Only Six British Merchantmen Sunk
During Week and Only One of Those
Above 1600 Tons Italians Hold on
to New Line Along Piave.
Germany's submarine campaign ta
waning as the result of the stringent
measures that have been taken to
combat it by the British and American
naval forces. Last week only six
British merchantmen were sunk and
only one of these was a craft exceeding
1.600 tons.
This is the smallest total of vessels
sent to the bottom during any week
since the submarine .warfare began,
the lowest previous figures having been
twelve merchantmen, eight of them in
the category of 1.600tons and over,
and four of less than 1,600 tons.
While the Italians continue to hold
tenaciously to most of the new line
along the Piave river rom the Adri
atic sea to the region of Feltre and
through the northern hills westward
from Feltre to Lake Gorda. they again
have been compelled to give ground in
both sectors to the Teutonic allied
armies-
Upon the shoulders o the Italians
alone for several days must rest the
security of the Piave line and of his
toric Venice, for the information has
been vouchsafed by Major General
Maurice, chief director of military
operations at the British war office,
that it will be "some days yat" before
British and French fighting forces can
be placed in the field to reinforce the
Italians.
Meanwhile, the enemy Js striving
energetically to force passages of the
Piave at various points and again has
been successful on southern reaches
in crossing the stream at Grizola, four
miles distant from its mouth and some
twenty miles northeast of Venice.
Here, however, in the swamp regions
the Teutons are being ;eld by the de
fending forces from further gains.
Fighting in the North.
The north around Zenson, where
the stream was negotiated by the
Austro-Germans Tuesday, fighting ii
still in progress with the Italians hold
ing the upper hand, but not yet hav
ing been able to drive back the invad
era to the eastern bank of the stream
Still farther north attempts to gain t
foothold on the western bank of the
Piave between Quero and Fenere were
repulsed with heavv casualties.
AMERICAN SOLDIEnS EXACT
REVENGE FOR TRENCH RAID
Ambush Large German Patrol in "No
Man's Land.
With the American Army in France
American infantrymen exacted a
part revenge for a trench raid during
a recent night by ambushing a large
German patrol in "No-Man's Land,"
killing or wounding a number of the
enemy.
The American patrol, in which there
were some Frenchmen, arranged the
ambuscade near the German lines on
a shell-ruined farm.
After lying in the mud nearly all
aight the patience of the watchers
was rewarded by the sight of a large
German patrol, its number more than
double that of the Franco-Americans.
The Germans were permitted to
when the Americans and French on
their flank opened a hot fire from shell
craters and other shelters where they
were secreted.
The Germans were taken completely
by surprise and bolted carrying with
I hem their men who had been hit-
The number of dead and wounded
Germans is uncertain, but none of the
men in ambush was hit by the bullets
the Germans later sent in from a dis
tance. There were congratulations all
around when the Americans and the
French re-entered their trenches.
I
OFFICIAL CLASSIFICATION
AS TO MILITARY DUTY
Washington. The five classes into
which 9 000,000 men registered for mil
itary duty ade divided and the
order in which they will be called for
srvice was officially announced in the
provost marshal general's question
naire which every registered man must
till out and file. The order shows
some change from the tentative draft
published some time ago. Contrary to
some published reports, it does not ey
empt married men as a class.
COAL SHORTAGE IS PUT AT
FIFTY MILLIONS OF TONS
Washington The 1917 coal short
age is put at 50,000,000 tons in esti
mates completed by the fuel adminis
tration. Although production of bitu
minous and anthracite together has
jumped 50.000,000 tons, consumption,
it is declared, has increased at leas-t
100,000,000 tons. Immediate measures
to meet the situation planned by Fuel
Adiministrator Garfield include curtail
ment of shipments to non-essential
industries.
GERMANY S
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N.G. FARMERS UNION
CONVENTION ENOED
DR. H. Q. ALEXANDER IS AGAIN
RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT
OF UNION.
POE IS NATIONAL OELEGATE
State Union Adopts Resolution Thank,
ing Government for Action to
Secure Nitrate of Sod
Winston-Salem. Dr. H. Q. Alexan
der was again elected president of the
North Carolina Farmers' union at the
session in this city with only one dis
senting vote. His action in prepar
ing patriotic resolutions and resolu
tions for the union to purchase $10,
000 iu Liberty bonds indicate a change
from his accredited attitude of oppo
sition to war and resisting the draft
Dr. Clarence Poa, editor of The Pro
gressive Farmer. Raleigh, who was
considered an opponent to his re-election,
was not re-elected as a member
of the executive committee, but was
made a delegate to the national union
The other officers were re-elected.
National President C. S. Barrett
was present and addressed the union.
The Farmers' union convention ad
pourned after passing a resolution of
thanks for the steps taken by the Con
gTess of the United States authorizing
the President to use $10,000,000 in the
purchase of nitrate of soda to be im
ported for the use of the farmers and
to be furnished to them at cost.v The
executive committee was authorized
to appoint a committee to go to Wash
ington to confer with the agricultural
department concerning the best meth
od of distributing this soda. National
President C. S. Barrett has consented
to accompany the committee. The
text of the resolution is as follows:
"Whereas, the Nash County Farm
ers' union did, at their meeting In
August, strongly petition tbe Congress
of the United States to enact a law
enabling the agricultural department
to import nitrate of Boda for distri
bution to farmers at cost, and,
"Whereas, this petition was follow
ed up with much painstaking corre
spondence with both Congress and
the agricultural department, and,
"Whereas, Congress did on or about
the 10th of August, 1917, enact a law
authorizing the President of the Unit
ed States to use $10,000,000 of the
national funds to purchase soda;
"Therefore, we, the North Carolina
Farmers' union, do resolve that we
tender our sincere thanks to the na
tional Congress for its action in thia
regard and to the Nash county union
as well for its intelligent efforts.
"Second, That a memorial be sent
to the agricultural department at
Washington urging that no stone be
left unturned to the end that ships be
provided for the landing of this soda
in our country before next spring.
Committee to Washington.
"Third. That It is the sense of this
body that a committee be appointed
to go to Washington, if the necessity
arises, to confer with the agricultural
department as to the best manner of
carrying out plan of distribution of
this soda, the chief labor of which has
been delegated to Mr. M. R. Wilkin
3on, now of Washington, D. C, but
formerly of Atlanta, Ga.
"Fourth. That a committee be ap
pointed also by this body to help
work out a plan of assisting the fed
eral government in the distribution of
this material within our own state."
The insurance committee introdur.
ed a resolution, which was adopted,
recommending the Farmers' Mutual
Fire Insurance company as the most
suited to the farmers.
Five Dead In 8ehool Fire.
Asheville. Five known dead, with
a possibility that the number will be
Increased to eight, is the toll claimed
by flames which destroyed the Catho
lie Hill school for colored children, 20
minutes after the children had been
put through fire drill. Three of the
bodies have been identified, and two
more at the morgue cannot be identi
fled as yet, but five more children are
missing, and is Is practically certain
that the bodies are those of two of the
missing children.
The dead and Injured are as fol
lows:
Identified dead: Henry Thompson,
Elsie Thompson. Mary Jamison.
Missing and believed dead: Addi
Logan, Daisy Dobbins. Hazel Harris
Inez Davis. Hannah Smolton. Two
unidentified bodies are In the morgue
and will account fo- two of the miss
Ing.
The teachers, it Is stated, tried o
make the children form for flre drill,
but the little negroes, excited, refua
ed to obey orders. One teachor lock
ed the door, but the children broke
It down and escaped.
The firemen hare not been able to
search the ruins thoroughly as yet.
and it is feared that all five of the
missing children are dead, which will
bring the death list to eight. In addi
tion to the list of dead, there are
seven children in the hospitals suffer
ing from injuries, one of whom. Helen
Davis, may die.
The fire is believed to have origi
nated in the furnace room.
In justice to the Asheville fire de
partment it is stated that the fire
had burned 19 minutes before the
alarm was turned ii