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WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THU RSDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 22: 1917
PRICE FIVE CENTS
General Byng's Victory Hailed
As Greatest on the West
em Front
PIAVE LINE IS
STILL UNBROKEN
Effect of Haig's Drive on Ital
ian Campaign Remains to
be Seen French Make Suc
cessful Attack
Fun lie.- progress by General Byng's
victorious army towards Cambrai is
rrpoiifd today. British troops push
ed anther along the Bapaume-Cam-brai
ruad and captured the town of
Fontaine Notre Dame, 2 3-4 miles from j
Today's war office statement
Lor.ui.i .confines itself to reporting'
(hi- single operation, what is going j
on un:n imp remamuer or lue wiae :
field of the British offensive so spec-i
Tacilaiiy begun on Tuesday, remains
veiled by official reticence.
N'hvs dispatches from London, how
ever, indicate that everything has not
been told of the extent of the British
victory. Emphasis is laid on the fact
that cavalry is reported in action in
lar?e numbers, while some reports de
clare that Britihh forces have pushed
northward from Graincourt, behind
the broken wing of the Hindenburg
line, potentially imperilling the re
treat or the Germans who were en
trenched between the Bapaume-Cam-brai
r ad and the Scarpe river, oppo
site Arras.
Berlin's accounts of the battle an
nounces its continuance," eoupleft' wlmltek' 'says-r-
a denial that the front was broken,
although admitting lhat the British
had gained ground ' beyond the Ger
man front lines."
It claims flurther the pushing back
of Byng's troops west of Cambrai,
where they had advanced north of
Fontaine rr.i Anneux and a similar
German success southwest of Cam
brai where the British were forced to
give ground south of Rumilly. Rum
illy itself, however, is within 3 1-2
miles of Cambrai and the German
mention of a "starting position" here
evidently means the line, from which
the British yesterday began a re
Fumption of their attack after their
original advance, which reached near
ly five miles at this point.
Gfneral Diaz is still holding fast
on ilm Piave line and the extension
of i he Ii;i!.n front, west of the Tren-
tino although attacked by huge mass- j
es of Austin-German troops at the cru
cial point in the line, just to the west
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of the Piave-. where the litre leaves tbe, ,
rivr. All the- enemy could gain, how
ever, were a few of the Italian ad-
vanred no.-itions on Monte Fontana
Secca. everywhere else the defensive ;
front hold':g intact, Rome asserts.
Jitrlin claims the capture of the
summit of this mountain and that of
Monte Spimtccia, just to the north-
ve.-;.
Triumphant in their brilliant stroke
."gain t the Hindenburg line British
f'oor s are pushing on Cambrai, only
mree nio
away, in two aays me
Briti.--:
iave gained almost as much
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ground as in
the four months of the
battle of the Somme. As it was un-
like ;.pV previous operation on the
W(-;-n rn front, so was the success of
C- nf-;-;ii Bjng's smash. Without ar
tillery preparation and. with only
tanks 10 out the wire entanglements,
i'i:i .1 i ifantry tore such holes in the
Oermiw; Jofenses that British cavalry
n'''.: taking part in the drive to-
lbrai anu tne Belgian uuruei
. -n 1 t 3 '
1 Surprised by the suddeness of
h:us Tuesday, the Germans
tack Wednesday, but the Brit
!;ed steadily toward the imme
frai. Nearly a score of towns
. a
the ;
ions i'n
dial'
and vitkes have been taken ana
more than 8,0-00 prisoners have been
captured. The Germans, have been j
,K. : ; frora the hieb ground west, 1
ouvmvi r,nci south of Cambrai; tnis
f ity, formerly tbe German main hea'V
quart. in "the west and one of the
in link - in the German supply sys
trm is at the mercy of the British aT-
tilWTr I
Whii,- ihe British attacked on a.
f'-nut of p.- miles between St. Quentin
m 'r, r,,i!;. ;rt vo-t vx southwest
ri.i.. . , j
hps has been made. I
NoyeK.es the British 1
At. Cantaine and Noyel
:'!' v.'i'hiii three miles of
Cambrai
'nil on i;i south, they are at Creve-
' feu.- miles away. The Scheldt
mis been gained as nave mvu
" the Scheldt or 'Escaut river,
wild,-,.. vailey extends northeast
i!ir-,u-!i B'fiiin to Antwerp.
p ''-"'and the victory 01 general attempted to stop a demonstra-
is hailed as the greatest on the ce0ePtdowtown streets last
" . p .ront, and it is looked upon;tion on tne ao operators,
ho forerunner of still grea.mt by stntaW teiep P
i'i'-v-ments against the supposedly
The
m Hindenburg "line
Hindenburg line. i. ue ,
of the British apparently ,
-.-whelmed the Germans and in the!
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ITS BARRED ZONE
TO TIE AZORES
i Memorandum Says That
Field of Submarine Opera
, tions Must be Enlarged
A PERIOD OF GRACE
TO NEUTRAL VESSELS
Channel to Greece Also Closed
Azores Two-Thirds of
Way Between United
States and Europe
(By Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Nov. 22. A- new Ger
man barred zone, a dispatch from Ber
lin announced, has been established
around the Azores, "which have be
come, in economic and military re
spects, important hostile bases of At
lantic navigation."
The extension of the German mari
time barred zone is announced from
Berlin In an official memorandum,
"The hostile governments are en
deavoring by the intensification of the
hunger blockade against neutral coun
tries to force out to sea neutral cargo
space which is kee"ping in port, and
to press it into their service The
German government in its struggle
against Great Britain's domination of
violence, which tramples under foot
all right, especially those of smaller
nations, finds itself obliged to extend
the field of operations of its subma
rines." It adds that the expansion princi
pally consists of the "establishment
of a barred zone around the Azores,
which had become in economic and
military respects important hostile
bases of Atlantic navigation and in
closing a channel to Greece hitherto
left open in the Mediterranean as it
' has been " utilized by the Venizelos
fcuveium cut, uut
t V. Avnnli- nnnillo (inn with T nn i-
l" A x.
stuns as rur me irauspun ui anno nuu
ammunition.
The memorandum then details at
lengthand specifically the extended
zone around Western Europe, tne ex
treme points touched being a point
three miles south of the Faroe Islands,
in the north, 43 north latitude in the
south and' 30 west longitude in the
west.
It is stated also that neutral and
Belgian relief ships now within the
Azores and GreeK Darrea zones may
gafely leave by the shorter route be
. 1 1 3 P .-nriA i i
e(j "an adequate period of grace," if
fore November 29 and they are grani
they entered the barred ireas without
foreknowledge of the extension.
The Azores Islands are in the North
Atlantic, about two-thirds cf the way
between the United States and Europe
and belong to Portugal.
An Amsterdam dispatch last Mon-
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iav sajj tnat uerman vice umnai
Kirchhosef, writing in ine iNeusie
Nachrichten. declared that the United
States had established herself on the
Azores and constructed fortifications
at Punta Del Gado. He attempted to
int out that such possession would
. m. 1
threaten important German world ship
routes and interfere with connections
wth Oerroanv's colonial possessions.
NO EXEMPTIONS FOR
NATIONAL LEAGUERS
tnv Associated Press.)
New York, Nov. zz. ine ,iuuui.
League will not ask special exemptio.
for any of its ball players and ism.
.- mnottiu with anv. "selfish plan 01
discrimination in favor of its business
or players, declared John K Tener,
president of the league, nere uuu.
,-,iTAn
DEMONSTRATION TOO
MUCH FOR POLICE
V
VUrr Aaanpinted Press)
itiaml Ore.. Nov. 22 When the
the striking girls who showered kisses
"yjT - -ft snowered kis
" 7 ; rA m orG
on 1 tne oamea . .' A
m while
i Xhe aemonsuttuuu
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CE81NY
EXTEN D
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WAR BULLETINS,
(By Associated Press.) "
London, Nov. 22. The vilage
41 of Fontaine Notre , Dame has
been captured by the British
r in their new offensive, the war
4 office announces.
The announcement follows:
fr "Moving forward north of
Cantaing yesterday evening, our
troops attacked and captured the
4 village of Fontaine Notre Dame. !
i' The took a number of prison-
ers."
' .
Fontaine Notre Dame is 2 3-4
t :XZZVLZ
and Cambrai.
4 A Mass Attack.
4 Italian Headquarters, Wednes-
day, Nov. 21. The great mass
i attack which the enemy had 4-
made is in progress along the 4'
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"4 upper Piave river at the point
fr where it bends to northeast into 4
the Belluno Alps. As the action
4 proceeds, the enemy is bringing 4
4 forward fresh masses of his re- 4
4' serves, among them picked troops 4'
of the Prussian Guard besides 4
some of the best German troops 4
4- drawn from the Western, and 4'
4 Russian fronts. He also has 20,-
4 000 mountaineers from lower 4
4' Hungary, troops which are noted
4 for their brutal vandalism. 4
4-
GERMAN AIMFT
NOT IN EVIDENCE
Only Five of Their Machines
Seen in Tuesday's Big
Battle
(By Associated Pr&ss.)
London, Wednesday, Nov. 21. An
official statement on aviation opera
tions issued tonight said that only
five German machines were seen on
the Cambrai battle front yesterday.
The British machines worked against
the difficulties of mist and rain and 11
of them are missing. The statement
reads:
"On Tuesday our airplanes attempt
ed to 'work throughout the day in con
junction with our operations between
St. Quentin and the river Scarpe. Low
clouds o mist and a strong westerly,
wind ith an occasional drizzle-tf
rain throughput the day made it nec
essary for our patrols to fly 50 feet
from the ground. Even at that height,
they were at times quickly lost in the
mist.
"Continued attempts were made to
maintain contact with our advancing
troops, but this was rendered almost
impossible by the weather conditions
Many bombs were dropped on enemy
batteries, lorries, airdromes, trans
ports and railways. Batteries and
small groups of infantry were attack
ed, with machine gun fire. Very valu
able information was gained despite
the very difficult weather conditions.
"Only five hostile machine were
seen all day on the battle front. Elev
enof our machines are missing, their
loss being due to the mist and excep
tionally low height at which they
were compelled to fly."
RUSSIAN VICTORY
IN THE CAUCASUS
(By Associated Press.)
Petrograd, Nov. 21. The Russian
Caucasus armies have won a marked
success against the enemy along the
river Byal, according to information
reaching the army and the Workmen's
and Soldiers' Delegates. The Russians
started an attack ancT overcame the
enemy, capturing 1,600 of them, of
whom' 134 were officers. The morale
of the troops is said to be excellent.
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FOR PAT R 0 L DUTY
Officers Have a Hard Job
Keeping Them in the
Trenches
(By Associated Press.)
With the American Army in France,
Nov. 22. The detachments of the Am
erican army which have just returned
from a tour of duty in the front line
trenches were badly in need of shaves
when they arrived at their billets. On
many faces beards had made a good
start and the soldiers' first thought
was to procure razors
The American soldiers are ready ta
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sWear by the new caps they wear un- j chief executive of Nebraska, was to
ier their shrapnel helmets. Most of 'day in the hands of the Secretary of
iem removed their helmets as soon State. It was offered to take effect
rv they were ut of the fire zone and;
officers remarked that the caps great
ly improved the appearance of the sol
dierev Each cap has a little regimen
tal numeral near the front.
- Tr ops belonging to units which
have seen more action than, the oth
ers, hrd stories to tell and the less
lucky c-rnrades, as they call them
selves, listened attentively during the
long ride on the trucks on the return
to the b.'llets.
The officers all spoke enthusiasti
cally of the morale, energy and fight
ing spiri tof their men.
One said his .
hardest job
benches was ref us-'
iig permission to go on patrol, adding,
"All want to go all the time, wnicn is
impossible."
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I TO SETTLE STRIKE
Clerks and Coast Line Officers
Met in Long Con
ference t!TWO REPRESENTATIVES
OF GOVERNMENT HERE
Counter Propositions Present
ed in Conference Lasting
An Hour With No De
cision in Sight
y
After a conference of an hour this
afternoon between representatives of
the striking clerks and officers of the
Atlantic Ccast Line railroad, no agree
ment was reached for a settlement,
and the conference was adjourned
without any definite time set for an
other meeting.
ed at 2 o'clock with General McWada
and Mr. William Browne Hale, repre -
BATitntiiroB rf the TTnit ofotoo
nrr o mmiHQV f v,
clerks and Mr. George B. Elliott, gen
eral .counsel, and Mr. P. R. Allbright,
general manager of the company, pres
ent. The representatives of the company
presented the memorandum which was
signed on Monday between President
J. R. Kenly, of the company, and Mr.
Hale, a member of the Council of Na
tional Defense. The clerks presented
their terms, which demanded recogni
tion of their union, re-instatenient of
ail clerks on strike with full pay for
time lost,- and a board of arbitration
for the adjustment of future differen
ces. The two sides were discussed
for an hour, and when the conference
adjourned at 3 o'clock there was apparently-little
headway made toward
a settlement.
Neither President John R. Kenly, of
the company, nor Grand President J.
J. Forrester, of the Brotherhood of
Railway Clerks, was present at the
conference.
Though an agreement with the
clerks of the local union, and with the
approval of the representatives of the
government, a representative of The
Dispatch; aceom
01 cierKs to xne conTerence wnen it
began at 2 o'clock.: His presence,
however, was objected to by the offi
cials of the company, and he was ask-
ed to await the result of the confer -
ence on the outside. '
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Gen. Robert M. McWade and Mr.
William Browne Hale, representatives
nf the TTniteri static p-nvornmont '
Mr, James J. Forrester, Grand Presi -
dent of the Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks, reached the city this morning
on the train from Washington City.
On other trains arriving last night
ana mis morning were seventeen del
egates representing local clerks'
unions in various points along the sys
tem of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
way. President John R. Kenly and
other officials of the road returned to
the city last night from the nation's
capital, where they had been in con
.... f . -
ference with government officials.
At 11:30 o'clock this morning the
two representatives of the government
called upon President Kenly at his of
fices. At the same time the. delegates
representing the clerks met with
Grand President Forrester an a room
at me Wilmington notei. it is pre
sumed that the government represen
tatives at their conference with Coast
Line officials arranged . for a meeting
between the officers of the company
and a committee from the clerks, and
that the clerks in conference with Mr.
Forrester conferred with reference to
the terms of settlement upon which
an agreement with the company might
be based.
At noon a committee from the
clerks, composed of nine members of
the local union, left the hotel and went
to the Coast Line Offices for a confer
ence with President Kenly and other
officers. A few minutes later the gov
ernment representatives returned to
the hotel.
Upon their arrival at the nffiees nf
the company the clerks were met by
General Counsel George B. Elliott,
who suggested that on account Of the
lateness of the hour that the confer
ence be set for 2 o'clock this after
noon. This was agreed upon, and the
cierks returned to the hotel where
further conferences were held between
them and Mr. Forrester.
NEBRASKA'S CHIEF
EXECUTIVE RESIGNS
(By Associated Press.)
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 22. The resie
nation of Governor Keith Neville as
upon the acceptance of. the Seventh
regiment, Nebraska National Guard,
into the Federal service. Governor
Neville has already been appointed
colonel of the regiment.
Sc"'n'"' ,"'p Lost.
(By Associated r Press.)
Ec ..j, -ulao., aiv. i. jrvord wa?
received here today of the toss of the
four masted schooner Frontenac and
the landing of her crew of 10 men at
Bermuda by a Dutch steamer. The
schooner was bound with coal from
Norfolk for Buenos Aires! and sprang
a Wak 'In a gale. She was built at
Bath, Me., in 1904, for-a Boston firm
but some .time ago .was sold to-New
York parties. - - .''
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FOR AN ARMISTICE.
(By Associated Press.)
etrograd, Wednesday, Nov.
The . Russian government
erday. ordered General Duk-
-vrn ' the r.nmmander-in-rhif
.',;-?:'';Vn'iiegotiations for an arm-
:.' . with commanders of the
L, w' armies. The proposal to 4
V. -; C Ue peace was officially con-!!
i . i 'S. o the amhassadnrs nf thv ltt
' A - -' A Rations at Peirograd. 4
V 5 vkhonin Deposed.
y L' ' . Nov. zz. An oihcial
wirt statement from Petro- 4'
gradWdday says that General
Dukhonin has been deposed by ,
the Council of the' People's Com-
i missaries. for "refusing t6 obey
their orders byx offering an armis-
tice."
The Russian announcement
! says that General Dukhonin has
J been ordered to continue his du-
4- ties until the new commander
's in-chief, Ensign Krylenko, or an
v other authorized person, arrives.
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Seventeen British Ships Sunk.
(By Associated Press.)
London Nov. 22. seventeen British
merchantmen were sunk bv mines or
-ubmar nns lst week, according to!
wekly statement issued by the
! ?,"1Aty; 0f ' tlese 10 were veels
of 1-60e to"3 and over and seven of
l'ess than 1.600 tons
HEROIC ACTION OF
S LIEUTENANT
Braved a Rain of Bullets
Rescue a Bewildered
Soldier
td
(By Associated Press.) -With
tne American Army in France,
Nov. 22. The American army was
thrilled today by the ehoric action of
a young lieutenant in saving the life
of a soldier. A private, a member of
a patrol lost, his way and went to
sleep in a shell crater in No. Man's
Land last night. The patrol returned
and it was found he was raissing.
At daylight the Germans: saw the
soldier near , the line and opened fire.'
with rifles ind grenades
He remain-
ed in erater,,. v, ,-L.... - .-
.a . nuLenu.ai, ?wnose nome is m
. Wyoming, saw the man was
in danger of immediate death and
weni over wo Mans rana tnrougna
hail of enemY bullets several hundred
varas got tne soldier and led him
back to the American lines amid
Cheers .
After ,)eing rescued the soldier said
11 - Y n he looked over the top . of
, s?n crater- enemy saw him
I mediately and the first bullets and
! grenades nearly got him-.
1 The attention of the lieutenant was
attracted by the firing and through
field glasses, he saw the shrapnel hel
met of his man in the crater. He gave
orders for no rifle or machine gun fire
on the enemy lines, and then started
out, making part of the way through a
depression in the ground. The Ger
mans turned their attention to him
and for some minutes bullets whizzed
on all sides, but none hit him. The
soldier said that he did not know in
what direction his own lines were, oth-I
erwise he would have tried to get to
them himself
Norwegian Ship Founders.
(By Associated Press.)
Honolulu, T. H., Nov. 22. The Nor
wegian steamer Thor foundered in a
storm, in latitude 43 N., longitude 161
W, it was reported by Captain O'Han
sen, who reacned port with 15 mem
bers of his crew today. One life boat)
with a part of the crew is still miss
ing.
CAPTURE ALL OF
SEWER'S CREW
Believed the Matunga Has
Been Accounted for by
British Cruiser
(By. Associated, Press.)
' Sari Francisco, Nov 22. The Brit
ish steamer Matunga which is believ
ed to have been seized by the crew of
the German raider Seeadler in the
South Pacific ocean is thought to have
been captured by a British warship,
according to information made public
here today by Captain McClements of
the auxiliary schooner City of Portland
from Rabaul, Solomon Islands. The.
British cruiser, Captain McClements
said, accompanied the City of Portland
two days out of Rabaul, on its voyage
to this city, and then suddenly pro-
ceeded ahead of him
The captain said he understood the !
cruiser was in search of the Matunga
which he had learned from authentic I
sources, had sunk three vessels. Four
days later the City of Portland passed
an island in the South Pacific and
spoke to. a small schooner, the master
of wluJh informed him that .he had
seen the cruiser the night before con-1
voymg a steamer wnose .description
tallied with that of the Matunga. .
. Captain McClements said the last
if the" Seeadler's crew , had been cap
tured. : V' ' ,
TOOK
PRESIDENT
MEETS
THE
OF
BR OTBERHOmS
RECENT FIGHTING
OLD TIME WARS
Field Marshal Haigs Blow of)
Tuesday Represents True
Strategy
THRILLING CAVALRY
CHARGES WITNESSED
Mounted Troops Get in Action
Lines Considered Im
pregnable Were Wiped
Out by Tanks
(By Associated Press.)
British Army Headquarters
in
France, Wednesday, Nov.
21- The
present battle more than any other in
the western theatre has taken on the; commission to have complete jurisdic-jV j
savor of fighting in other wars whenition and " power over the companies x
men struggled in the open and caval-jand workmen.. They plan, it Is stated,?'
ry made thrilling charges against ene-jto ask the President to appoint such '
my guns. Many military critics have I a commission, with plenary powers,
s long conienaea cavairy was a tning 01
j the . past, but the mounted men have thoroughly conversant with the trans
s I refuted this claim. " , - Iportation situation, ' - ' v-r
Field Marshal Haig has clung to his) Opposition to intervention by the;"; -horse
troops throughout the weary j existing Federal Board of , Mediation ;
months of trench fighting. He believes and Conciliation is understood .to' beA; .j
some day he will have a chance to use one of tbe factors in the proposal. for.
them and his judgment has been vin- a new commission. The brotherhood" :J
dicated. 'heads are said to be unalterably
"Field .Marshal Haig's blow against I fainst any plan which woulfc give
the Cambrai front represents true10 Psent board any power with re-,
strategy. He had hammered at the -latloM age demands. They want,'
enemv in Flanders until thev were!?
worn out. He had driven them back
as far as the mud would permit and
compelled them to call on every ounce
of strength they had - to maintain
themselves. Then he suddenly snrune I
llflrto
The hindenburg lines on the cam-"!
mans had laid out in the west.
The
enemy Considered them impregnable.
Not only Were they strongly fortified,
but ' they were protected by a. :very
deep belt of barbed wire, which it" was
thought only a protracted bombard
ment would cut sufficiently to allow
the infantry to go through. : .
British tanks had never before been
called upon for such extensive work
but they did in a few hours what the
artillery would have required days'to
accomplish, he Hindenburg line was
pierced absolutely on a wider front
and greater depth than ever before.
The correspondent today inspected
the main Hindenburg line near Hav
rincourt and saw the amazing work
done by the iron monsters.
In most places they had no trouble
either in tearing through the wire or
in crossing , trenches. There were
gaps in the wire entanglements where
not one vestige of wire was left stand
ing and by following the tracks one
could see where they had trundled
across tne irencnes as muugu iucj
were merely scratches in the earth.
The tanks, of course, went through
No Man's Land under the full observa
tion of the German artillery and while
the gun fire was weak, some fire was
directed on the tanks as they advanc
ed. It was interesting to follow the
trial of the tanks to see. where shells
had struck all about, apparently with
out doing any damage, for in this
whole section the correspondent did
not see one tank which had been
knocked out.
The condition of the German trench
es showed plainly that the occupants
had abandoned them in a hurry. All
. 1 4.1- ..... V
I sorts of (equipment and personal be
longings strewd tne grouna.
Since thef beginning of the attack,
the gun fire'had been extremely weak.
No Man's Land showed comparatively
few shell craters today and this morn
ing, the British guns were doing vir
tually all the firing along most of the
front involved. This is a striking con
trast to the Flanders region, which
has been an inferno of artillery fire
for weeks. -;
The Germans have attempted very
few counter attacks thus faT and all of
them have been smashed! The latest
counter thrust reported was made last
night, near Demicourt and this was
dealt with promptly.
The Germans, wbo at the first at-,
tack yesterday, retreated or surren
dered in dismay, were fighting desper
ately today to regain a hold on. their
rear positions. A particularly hard
harid-'to-hand engagement occurred
this morning at Flesquieres, when thej
infantry, accompamea oy tanns, Biorm
ed this place and drove the Germans
from it. .t .'
The fighting about Flesquieres be
gan last night, but it was not until 8
o'clock today that the British made an
organized assault on the town
- . 1 mi.
rne
tanks went ahead and . were engaged
immediately by seven heay German;
guns which began to ' fire at them
point blank at short range. ' It "was a
critical ' moment, for while the tanks
will withstand heavy fire, they cannot
be expected to stand tip long under big
shells hurled ;from guns only,- a short
distance' away. ; . -'' 1.-' ,
The British infantry which swarmed
through behind jthe tanks saw the pre
dicament of their iron friends and1 de
( Continued on Page' Eight).
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President Has' a Free Hand So
Far As Railroads Are
Concerned
V':, I-'u. -V'V
EXPECTED TO MAKE
A NEW PROPOSITION
Among Probable Suggestions ?
is One for a New Comrpb-.:
ion to Handle Disputesrr- I
Demand a Wage Increase "
Also
(By Associated Press.) , v -Washington,
Nov. 22. Heads of tte,-j-four
railroad brotherhoods came here v
today at President Wilson's' request tofr
discuss with him their proposed newi5
)
demands for higher wages... .The V ;
President was prepared to take up ther:;
problem with a free hand, so far as
the railroads are concerned, having.;'vv'
been formally notified that the roads
will abide by any step he sees flt'i to
take.
. An entirely new proposal, which It
is understood the -)rotherhobda-.pIanv
to make, is that rail transportation "4 y:
1 during the war. with respect to rela '.
'tions of the carriers and employes be t1;j;i
dealt with, formation of new Federal
1 neaaea oy some prominent ' omciai
"ew auu aisunci commission, ; sim-V
uar to that now in control for. the ?
war of England's rail lines. - v
The brotherhood chiefs also are ex- - . 4
pectea to urge their claims for higher,?. ,
wages, suggestine that the increasa fils.
selves . or in War bonusea frnnt th a
government along tne lino of theitm
From :theT railroads ? President Wll $
son hasL the. letter -fe Fairfax! Hani
son, chairman of the American Rail-' v
way Association's executive '1 commit- i
tee, committing the roads unreserved- Y
ly to arbitration and placing their in- : '
terests in the President's hands ;.forV'-v.-any
disposition the President shall ,'
make in the public interest.- J : ';.'':'.'
The brotherhood heads to meet th Vx;
President are: W. G. Lee, of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen: v-':
Warren S. Stone, of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers; A. B. Gar- - i
petson, of the Order of Railway: Con-T
ductors, and W. S. Carter, of the Bro- 9 V
therhood of Locomotive Firemen and-'
Enginemen. .-y , v
Any announcement regarding: the
conference, Mr. Lee -said, before going
to the White House, must come from V
the President. Refusing to discuss, "
the possibility of a strike or the bro-
therhoods' attitude, he said: . - - -' ,: '
"We are here at the President's 're- -Xk ;
quest to receive and answer any prop-1 !
osition he irar.- have to make." '
An echo of the railroad crisis a year
ago was heard today in the Supreme
Court when the government filed " a r; :
brief supporting the decision of the ;-;
Arkansas Federal Court that the Ad- ; . "
amson Act applied to all railroads -re- '
gardless of whether they had a; wage .1 ,': ,
dispute pending at the time the law ,
was enacted. The Fort S.mith & West '
ern Railway, Company appealed from '
the decision. . v ,1 p.-
"Congress did not undertake to in- ' -vestigate
the conditions surrounding " :,?
different roads, said the government's ;"
brief. "'It merely faced the fact that
the commerce of the country was ,
about to be tied up and endeavored -
to adopt a general measure to give re- -liel."
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A BATTLE EXPECTED ,
IN NORTHERN MEXICO
(By Associated - Press.) ' - r. .5
Juarez,;, Mexico, Nov. Jsz.-r-Some-
where in (Northern Mexico a battle be-
ween Villa forces and federal troops
'.Kt i.
is expected within the next 24 hours.: ';
All troops which caa be spared for j
field service in the campaign against
Villa have been sent from Chihuahua
City and Villa Ahumada, - and ' rein- ?
forcements have been brought from
the south to strengthen the Chihuahua
City garrison. ' . : i''"
Reports of fighting at Chihuahua
City, of the capture of 500 federal cav
alry horses at Fresno, and of other
movements have reached the b'order,
but these have not been fully con-
firmed
COTTON SEED AND g ?
SEED PRODUCTS
(By Associated Press.) '
Washington, Nov. . 22. Cotton seed
received at mills, August 1 to October
31, less shipments, amounted to 1,691,-,
916 tons, crushing 829 549 tonsv ?nd :;
on hand October 31, 896,294 tons the i
Census Bureau today announced.'- ; :
-Cotton, seed products prpducedj dur-;
ing the period and on hand October;'
31-were: ' ' .. 'Hkt
Crude oil 248,027,603 pounds, and on
hand 91,80646; refined oil 146,610,755 :
and -on : hand 95,795,184 cake : and ':
meal, produced ' 399,411 tons . and Iin-1-;
tera produced 204,176 bales. -
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