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THE CHATHAM RECORD Chatham tmvA THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion - - $1.00 vOne Square, two insertions - $1.50 One Square, one month - - $2.50 For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made. H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance VOL. XL. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, DECEMBER 5, 1917. NO. 18. (3R IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAFPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN HE NEWS Of THE SOUTH What Is Taking Place In Th South land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs Washington. Preparations for greater govern mental aid in adjusting labor supply t0 war needs have been put under , hv the council of national de- President Wilson will not act has- tUy in condemning the new regime in'eontrol of affairs in Russia. National Guardsmen from every state in the Union are now in France, it is announced by the war depart ment. . . The French are enthusiastic in rec ognition of the troops that have arriv ed on their soil from the United States. The war department announces for the information of relatives and fami lies of National Guardsmen sailing for France that every one who sailed from the United States has arrived safely in France. So-called "slacker" commissions, by which men of draft age are seeking to escape service in the ranks and get of ficers places in non-combatant branch es of the army, have struck a snag in two general policies laid down by Sec retary Baker. These are, first, thajt no man of draft age can be commis sioned unless it is shown clearly that they are better fitted for the special work than for army service; second, that no function of the army that can be carried on efficiently with civilians shall be placed on a military footing by commissioning the men needed to supervise the work. Every police official in the country will become part of the great machine organized for building the national army under war department plans an nounced by Provost Marshal Crowder. Postal authorities will plan an active pan in helping to carry out the new regulations of the war department, and the provost marshal general believes that with the aid of the police and postal authorities the local exemption boards will be greatly assisted in reg istering men and geting them to the training camps. General Pershing reports five deaths among the troops of the United States operating in France. Secretary of War Baker is on a tour of inspection of the army training camps, that will take him to Jackson ville, Fla. A Toronto dispatch announces that Canada has oversubscribed its $300, 000,"00 Victory loan by almost six and a half million dollars. The week just closed has been very favorable to the allied arms, accord ing to the war department's official communique issued, reviewing mili tary operations for the week. The American steamship Actaeon was torpedoed, a dispatch from Cor- mna, Spain, reports. Twenty-one sur vivors nave arrived at Port Camarinas. Three boats and the remainder of the crew are missing. iny-eight men, including 26 Ameri can citizens and five naturalized Amer icans, composed the crew of the Amer ican steamer Actaeon, reported sunk ff the European coast. Government nnor-itmn 1100 w me relief of the eastern traffic sit- "ii-iuii nilnno- , J , 6 w al louuieu up as rt I ! n . , . , . "O I ' " ' ' . ij L 11 1. iu L 1 1 U11UUD 'ucds ran uni t- j i : i .0 aiiu rcuiroan neaas. Domestic. The latest "u "I JflUe DTfCTIPeo Hi. a novt Tun ' uuu 'eceivable in nnvmpnt nr in. . auu excess lirnfit ftlTes waa , u i:en the issup had ronrhpri ' 'j.''UU,U00, which is more than Verdict has hoon nusA i -v, . "uuuai Of the siYh.throo inxrmoa "-wenty-fourt.h infnntrv rharfforf " luuruc-r, mutiny and rintine- ns a ui tne unrisinc at UAnctnr. a J ldsL. hp vcrHint uHll V. ' ed before being marie. nnhlir it , 1 . Wiher the hie-h post -f turiio wu conservation -.o,; 1 a 4 oiine ettppt unn. i - I TL . ' T UIJ.UI, - i nan It-, --M61vmg uay in New York. uj anarchists have been en- " in SPriflin . n t. . . . itArwr ir nj ui ill The r-ffrt . ... . uu vi as nirppTon tn iit. "miny the 1- au0n The oimlc io , c i. . vii, io ir ut: 1 U,J. P laSt Of thp OtfO Ort i rL "vjjCU iiieii uuiu -ClJhersnn no v.- l"le was Pari OnV,l j t - apprehended in New York Oity. lecteri gnf10n until his successor is CQ- Adamsnn x BWergia district. tbe TnlPrtn u uacked tfae bookkeeper nv J f , Huebner Breweries com- &JZ mbile With 37000- The 5 aoney inatl Ws Way to deposit Mem the bank- members of thp . Script en given a complete j ririr hr, , """" 151 which 7WW1USS 01 tne "mept ln VvT " emoer 1. They finding PSt hapel to decile Twelve indictments cnarging murder in the first degree were returned by the grand jury in New York as the re sult of confessions of Ralph Daniello relative to the existence of a so-called "murder syndicate," controlling gambling and graft in the Italian colo nies of Greater New York. A ten-inch bomb with an unligled fuse was found on the window ledge at the Detroit police station. A bureau of complaints where re ports of overcharging by food retailers can be made by the public, will be es tablished in New York City. Branded on her breast and back, apparently with acid, and dazed as if from drugs, Mrs. Ida Browning, 24, of Somonauk, 111., was found semi conscious in the Union station at Chi cago at night. European. The Germans in a violent offensive over the entire front where the Brit ish made their notable gains have pushed back General Byngs troops at several points. Especially severe was the attack between the Bourlon wood and Mouvres, where the British line, under its impetus was driven back to the vicinity of the Bapaune-Cambrai road north of Graincourt a distance of about tw-o miles. The village of Lavacquerie has been recaptured from the British by the Ger mans. The British, however, claim to have recaptured this village, however. On the Italian front the fierce en gagements by infantry, in which the men often came into hand to hand en counters, have turned into duels with the big guns in the hilly region north of the Venetian plain and along the middle and lower Piave river. In Palestine on the line extending from the northeast of Jerusalem to the sea the Turkish forces facing the troops under General Allenby are showing considerable activity, but as yet have made no maneuver in the na ture of a general attack. The president of the German food regulation bureau told the Prussian lower house that there need be no anx iety about the German food supply; there is plenty, he says, and there will continue to be plenty. Bread and potatoes form the basrfe of the food supply of Germany, but this was true before the war, say the German authorities. The German chancellor announces that he is ready to enter into negotia tions with Russia just as soon as the Russian government sends representa tives having full powers to Berlin. The strongest impetus to a renewal of the heated discussions of the rival schools on the war policy of the al lies was provoked from a mo3t unex pected quarter by the publication of a long letter from the Marquis of Lansdowne, strongly pleading for a re vision of the allies' war aims and an atempt to secure peace before "the prolongation of the war leads to the ruin of the civilized world." The let ter is especially significant because of the opening of the inter-allied confer ence at Paris. Lord Lansdown contends that an im mense stimulus would be given to the peace party in Germany if it were un derstood, first, that the annihilation of Germany as a great power is not de sired; second, that we do not seek to impose upon the German people a form of government against their choice; third, that, except as a legiti mate war measure, we do not desire 0 deny to Germany her place among the great commercial countries; fourth, that we are prepared after the war, in concert with the other powers, to examine the international problems connected with the freedom of the seas; fifth, that we are prepared to en 4er into an international pact under which ample opportunities will be af forded for the settlement of interna tional disputes by peaceful means." The war credit of fifteen billion marks asked for by Chancellor von Hertling passed its first readings in the reichstag after brief remarks by Deputies Scheidemann and Haaz. In the debate following the chancellor's speech, Kerr Trimborn, on behalf of the Centrum, condemned both a peace of aggression and a peace of renunci ation. The Austro-Hungarian government has sent an official reply accepting the Russian government's wireless pro posal to enter into negotiations for an armistice and a general peace treaty. The feeling on the bourse, says an Amsterdam dispatch, that the Russo German negotiations portend a short ening of the war has caused a rush of buying orders, although, there are warnings that a peace with Russia does not mean peace in Europe. The end of the East African cam paign is predicted by a correspondent at Nadara. A secret treaty between Great Brit ain, France, Russia and Italy has been given out by the Bolsheviki govern ment. Great Britain, France and Rus sia, according to the text, agreed to Italy annexing the Trentino, the south Tyrol, Istria, Dalmatia, certain islands in the Grecian archipelago' and terri tory in Asia Minor and Africa. The British drive on Cambrai will be followed up relentlessly along the western front in the opinion of officers familiar with what is in prospect in France. According to authoritative announce ment this winter will see no halt ia ; operations along the western front and I the French and British armies will j prosecute mid-winter campaigns. Representatives of the chief nations , at war with Germany are assembling in Paris for the inter-allied conference ( at which are to be discussed moment- j ous questions for more unified action in the prosecution of the war. SECOND SESSION WALKER PRESIDENT CONGRESS BEGINS! STATETEACHERS tm BIG WAR SESSION IS EXPECTED SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION AT BY ALL CONGRESSMEN TO BE LENGTHY ONE. BIG CALENDAR OF BUSINESS Appropriation Estimates Are Receiv ed. Members Say American People Everywhere Favor Vigorous Prose cution of the War. Washington Congress reassembled Monday for its second war session. Most of the senate and house mem bers had arrived and arrangements were complete for the first meeting of what promises to be another epochal session. Increased determination of the American people for vigorous pros ecution of the war was the message universally brought by the returning members. Brief and routine opening session were held by both senate and house. Immediately after convening and ap pointing committees formally to notify President Wilson and each other that the second session of the sixty-fifth congress in in readiness, adjournment was taken out of respect to members who died during the recess, Senator Husting of Wisconsin, who was acci dentally shot, and Representative Martin, of Illinois. Another feature of the opening day was receipt of appropriation estimates, aggregating many billions of dollars, for war and general governmental purposes for the next fiscal year. Before the holiday recess, which I Speaker Clark and others favor aban doning, disposition fthe national pro ; hibition question is to be pressed. Revenue legislation will not be tak j en up immediately, but a deficiency appropriation bill before the holidavs j to care for unexpected war expendi tures is probable. The senate demo crats' steering committee and house ways and' committee may meet this week to discuss tentative legislative programs, but no party caucuses or conferences for that purpose are plan ned. MRS. De SAULLES ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGE BY JURY Required Less Than To Hours Gets Custody of Son. Mineola, N. Y. It required but one hour and forty-three minutes for a jury in supreme court here to reach a verdict of not guilty in the trial of Mrs. Blanca de Saulles for the murder of her divorced husband, John L. De Saulles, former Yale football star and clubman, at his home near Westbury, Long Island, the night of August 3. In the verdict no reference what ever was made to insanity. It was a plea of temporary loss of accountabil ity which formed the basis of the defendant's case. Mrs. de Saulles, who had mantained an air of extreme self possession throughout the two weeks of the trial, received the verdict smil ingly. She shook hans with each of the jurors as they left the box and to each gave a nod of appreciation. As Mrs. de Saulles left the court room, a newspaper photographer touched off a. flashlight. The shock of the explosion coupled, with the young woman's heigtened nervous ten sion, caused her to stagger, but she was prevented from falling by Dr. J. Sherman Wight, her physician. She was taken into a nearby room, where she soon recovered. Mrs. de Saulles' acquittal automati cally establishes her as the only legal custodian of her son. John L. de Saulles, Jr., according to her attorneys. WILL ENTER RACE FOR SENATOR HARDWICK'S SEAT. Atlanta, Ga. Chairman William J. Harris, of the federal trade commis sion, will resign at an early date for the purpose of opposing Senator Hardwick, of Georgia, for re-election, according to a statement made public here by Mr. Harris. BEGIN CURTAILMENT OF NON-ESSENTIAL INDUSTRIES. Washington. The government's first move toward curtailing non-essential ; industries during the war was made '-. when the fuel administration sent to coal producers a preferred list of con sumers to Serve when filling orders. The list establishes preferential ship ment for government orders, railway fuel, household requirements, public utilities, steel plants, coke ovens and munitions plarits. ' Mob Burns Negro at Stake. Nashville, Tenn. A dispatch from Dyersburg, Tenn., ays that Ligon Scott, a negro who is alleged to have criminally assaulted a white woman in Dyer county, November 22, was burned at stake on the public square there shortly after noon. The negro was arrested in Jackson, Tenn., late Saturday and was being brought to Dyersburg in an automobile by the sheriff and his deputies when a mob met the officers and relieved them of their prisoner and proceeded to Dyers burg. 1 CHARLOTTE ENDS WITH PATRIOTIC RALLY. ADDRESS BY GOV. BfCKETT Appeal Is Made for Higher Salaries for Teachers . and Fireproof Buildings for Pupils. 1 Charlotte. The thirty-fourth annual convention of the North Carolina Teachers' assembly, after a thre days session in this city, was concluded with a mammonth patriotic celebra tion at the city auditorium, when Honorable Thomas W. Bickett, gov ernor, was the principal speaker. Fully 1,000 delegates from over the state, and a number of notable edu cators from out of the state, have been in attendance. ELECTED PRESIDENT OF NORTH CAROLINA TEACHERS' ASSEMBLY Prof. N. W. Walker. Officers of the assembly and local committeemen express themselves as the convention, and with the co-operation of the citizens and organizations of Charlotte toward that end. Re tiring president, A. T. Allen, Superin tendent H. P. Harding and others especially commend the hotels for their courtesy to visitors, for their able handling of the large number of transients at a time when all the hotels have been crowded, and de clare that the service has been su perior on this occastion to that of any previous convention. To those citizens who opened their homes for the entertainment of guests, public thanks are also given. So well had the committee on accommodation done its work, that there were at least 100 reservations in local homes not assigned to teachers, although dele gates were here numbering 1,000 and perhaps more. t The annual business meeting of the assembly was conducted at the First Baptist church at 12 o'clock Friday. A. T. Allen, of Salisbury, the effi cient president for the term 1916-17, presided. Following are the offi cers elected for the year 1917-18: President, N. W. Walker, of Chapel Hill; vice-president, S. B. Underwood, of Greenville; secretary, E. E. Sams, of Raleigh. Members appointed to fill vacancies on the executive com mittee are. Superintendent A. S. Webb, Miss Mary Arrington and Supt. R. H. Latham. Especial stress was placed by the convention on the need for increased school funds throughout the state. An immediate campaign in the In terest of school funds, raising teach ers' salaries, and erecting fire-proof buildings, will be substituted at once, and in every possible way pressure will be brought to bear upon the state legislature toward that end. The cam paign will include personal contact with state officials, educating the pub lic to the needs, and stimulating in terest through evry possible medium. The concluding and crowning fea ture of the three days' session of the North Carolina Teachers' assembly was the masterly address Friday evening at the First Baptist church by Governor Thomas W. Bickett. It was termed "patriotic night," and the ad dress of the governor, as was that of Dr. Edward K. Graham, president of the University of North Carolina, was an eloquent and convincing appeal for some form of patriotic service and a thorough justification of this coun try's entry into the present world war. Governor Bickett, who is always an interesting and able speaker, surpass ed himself on this occasion. When his audience was not choking back the tears of tender sympathy excited by some pathetic story or word picture, they were laughing at the speaker's sharp witticisms, or listening with amazement to his scathing denuncia tion of the slacker and shirker in to day's conflict. The governor did not mince terms when he spoke of the failure of any man or woman in this country to accept the war as just, or who are in the slightest degree remiss In their demonstration of patriotism. national goards now in france MEN FROM EVERY STATE IN THE UNION NOW WITHIN WAR ZONE. IDENTITY IS NOT DISCLOSED All Those Who Sailed From United Gtates Arrived Safely and Some Are Already in Training French Popu lation Give Welcome. With the American Army in France. National guardsmen from every state in the Union have arrived in France, it is permitted to be an nounced. They are among the troops now training, cr lately arrived. While it is not permitted to dis close the identity of units it may be said that all those which sailed from the United States have arrived safe ly and that some already are in train ing within sound of the guns on the battle front. They are showing a spirit in keep ing with the purpose to make the .American expeditionary force a ho mogeneous American army in which each division, whether regular, na tional guard, or national army, cannot be distinguished in efficiency from the others. The former state troops are billeted over a wide area and are pronounced excellent soldiers. The guardsmen have been arriving in the American zone for many weeks. They are scattered somewhat, but as far as possible the units from the same state have been kept close to gether. They found the regular army had made good preparations for them, and while many are billeted in houses in French towns, others have been quartered in low wooden barracks specially erected. The troops from the various states have been recognized by the French population and have been welcomed enthusiastically. Many of the units wore the French red, white and blue cockade pinned to their campaign hats. After a sufficient time to rest from the journey, the troops have been set to work training for actual service at the front. In all quarters they are declared to be most enthu siastic and their soldierly qualities have drawn high praise from the French instructors. For the information of the rela tives and families of the men, every one who sailed from the United States has arrived safely in France. ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SOUND NOTE OF WARNING Against Too Hasty Condemnation of the Bolsheviki. Washington. Realization of the great danger of causing a reaction in Russia favorable to the central pow ers by intervention in the political affairs of the new democracy has caused administration 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 the ultimate stabilization of the democracy, but a faint hope that the extremist fac tion, which is for the moment iu control of the seat of government at Petrograd, will refrain from violat ing Russia's treaty pledges to the en tente allies and make a separate peace. So long as there is a possi bility that these overtures wll fail because of the apparently irreconcil able difference between the Bolshe viki 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 a3 bad policy to exert any pressure from the 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 as is developing in Russia is one of the purposes of the inter-allied con ference assembled in Paris. WOULD TURN FACILITIES OVER TO GOVERNMENT Detroit, Mich. Approximately 150 automobile manufacturers at a meet ing of the National Automobile Cham ber of Commerce here today pledged their support to the government and expressed their readiness to turn fa cilities over to the government as rapidly as required. In the mean time, it was decided, the manufac turers will keep their organizations intact to conserve the greatest pos sible strength. GOVERNMENT PREPARES TO AID IN ADJUSTING LABOR SUPPLY Washington. Preparations for greater governmental aid in adjusting labor supply to war needs were put under way by the council of national defense with the appointment of L. C. Marshall, dean of the school of com merce and administration of the Uni versity of Chicago, as chief of a nevly created section on industrial service The section will undertake preiimi nary investigation of the increasing number of l&for problems INTER -ALLIED WAR B CONFERENCE HELD ITS FIRST SESSION IN PARIS THURSDAY MORNING. M. GLEMENCEAU PRESIDING Delegates Lose No Time Getting Down to Work, Subdividing into Commit tees. Many Americans Were Pres ent. Paris. The inter-allied conference, which has been called for the purpose of discussing closer unity in the pros ecution of the war and co-ordination of resources, opened in the ministry of foreign affairs shortly after 10 o'clock Thursday morning, with 15 na tions represented. The French pre mier, M. Clemenceau, presided and welcomed the delegates. The delegates immediately went to work, sub-dividing into committees, the composition of which had been arranged at preliminary meetings. The Italian representatives were the first to reach the conference hall. They were followed by the envoys of Japan. "The American war mission, augmented by Ambassador Sharp, Gen eral Pershing and Vice Admiral Sims conferred at their hotel headquarters before going to the foreign office, which they reached promptly at ten o'clock. The British delegates came right on the heels of the Americans. There were large crowds outside the hotel where the Americans and Brit ish are quartered anad also in front of the foreign ministry, but there was no cheering nor demonstration of any kind. Meetings of the supreme war coun cil in which only France, Great Brit ain, the United States and Italy are represented, will follow the inter-allied conference. This war council is a permanent body and will deal only with questions relating to miliitary operations on the western front, which now includes Italy. Col. House and Gen. Tasker H. Bliss will represent the United States at the first meeting of this council. DIFFICULT FOR REGISTERED MEN TO GET COMMISSIONS Problem to Head Off Young Man Try ing to Avoid Taking Places in Ranks. Washington. So-called "slacker commissions," by which men of draft age seek to escape service in the ranks and get officers' places in non combatant branches of the army, have struck a snag in two general policies laid down by 'Secretary Baker. These are, first, that no men of draft age be commissioned unless it is shown clearly that they are better fitted for the special work of which they are called than any civilian be yond the draft age whose services can be secured; second, that no func tion of the army that can je carried on eCciently 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 the various staff departments of the army that have to do with the supply lines, transportation, construction and a hundred other non-combatant func tions of the service is a difficult one. There have been numerous cases ol young men of draft age who have ob tained commissions in those services and therefore are exempt from the operations of the selective service law under which the fighting troops are being mobilized. It is the desire of Secretary Baker, apparently, to keep this element of the commissioned per sonnel of the army at minimum, in justice to the great body of drafted men and to prevent any suggestion that men of draft age have found shel ter in the commissioned grades of the non-combatant branches of the service ' from the liability o" service at the front. HEAVY SHELL STRUCK AMMUNITNON WAGON With the American Army in France The killing of two American sol diers and the wounding of five others several days ago, was due to a heavy German shell which hit a laoded am munition wagon. Some of the men were on the wagon and others were nearby, when the shell, -which was a chance shot, struck. Some of the wounded are in a serious condition nd all of them are in hospitals. SOLDIERS ARE USING SHORTER OVERCOATS With the American Army in France The uniform of the American soldier is hndergoing a further change. A lai-fc"e number of troops have turned in their long overcoats to receive in ex change coats of the same material, but much shorter in length. Because o1 the perpetual mud it was found th long coats soon became caked and heavy. They flopped about the legs of the soldiers, hindering the fres movement of the wearers. DARD BEGINS WORK ALLIED WAR MISSION E AMERICAN, BRITISH, FRENCH AND ITALIAN MISSIONS ARE AL READY PRESENT. DISCUSS PROSECUTION OF WAR Questions for Unified Action Will Oc cupy Attention The Situation In Russia House and Lloyd-George Among Those Present. The representatives of the chief na tions at war with the Teutonic allies are assembling in Paris for the inter allied conference at which are to be discussed momentous questions for more unified action on the prosecution of the war. The American, British and Italian missions already have reached the French capital. They are led respec tively by Col. E. M. House, David-Lloyd George, the British prime minister, and Vittorio 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 discuss at length the anomalous situation in Russia, where the Bolsheviki factions are in control and where German staff officers are reported to be acting as military ad visers to the Lenine government. Pos sibly a most pertinent point in the discussion will be the future attitude of th allied countries toward Russia whether the situation as it now stands does not place the Bolsheviki government and its followers in the category of allies of the central powers. Inside Russia the unsettled condi tions of affairs daily seems to be grow ing more serious. All communications now has been severed between north and south Russia, even the foreign embassies in Petrograd being unable to get in touch with Odessa and other points to the south. Unofficial advices are to the effect that the Russian northern army is in dires traits. Around the village of Bourlon and Bourlon wood and about Fontain Notre Dame in the region of Cambrai, the British troops are keeping hard after the Germans. In both sectors General Byng's forces again have made con siderable progress especially at Fon taine, where, having been evicted by the Germans after the nitial drive of last week, they again have obtained a footing in the town and have advanc ed almost to the main street. heavy concentration of enemy machine guns in the Folie wood did not succeed in stopping the British advance. The southern portion )t Bourlon village also was entered by the British after a hot fight, but after having rescued some of their troops who had been isolated there for some time the Brit ish withdrvv to their original positions. MORE AMERICANS ARE KILLED AND WOUNDED Two Killed and Five Wounded Fight ing in France. Washington. Two American sol diers were killed and five were severe ly wounded in the artillery combat with the Germans November 20, Gen eral Pershing reported. Those killed were: Private Harry L. Miller, field artillery, Baker, Ore.; Private Charles Rissmiller, field artillery, Reading, Pa. The severely wounded are: Ser geant Julian M. Peek, Hartwell, Ga.; Sergeant Andrew Engstrom, Fort SHI, Okla.; Private Harry C. Watkins, North Bend, Ore.; Private Oscar F. Jones, Lucas, Ohio; Private Joseph Lewitt, Mount Holly, N. J. All are artillerymen. ANOTHER AMERICAN STEAMSHIP TORPEDOED London. The American steamship Actaeon was torpedoed Sunday, a dis patch fjom Coruna, Spain, reports. Twenty-one survivors have arrived at Port Caramrinas. Three boats with the remainder of the crew are missing. 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 sentences of from 15 days to sev en months had been commuted to ex pire at once, o official statement as to the cause was to be had, but the women were jubilant in the belief that they had succeeded la demonstrating that the jail was not big enough for both them and their keepers. GYPSIES AND BOOTBLACKS REGARDED AS IDLERS Baltimore. The status of Gypsies and bootblacks was established as idlers and they will come under the provisions of the Maryland compul sory work law. Following a confer ence between Police Marshal Carter and George A. Mahone, state director of the work bureau, a number of Gyp sies were rounded up. They declared they had work and stated that soms weeks they earned $500 as horse deal ers and coppersmiths. ASS MBLES N PAR S
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