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rV ' - r - 1 THE WEATHER FORECAST Filming - i North CarolinaFair tonight colder east portion with frost; Sat urday fair. South Carolina Fair tonight with frost: Saturday, fair. FULL LEASED WIRfe SERVICE VOL. XXIII. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA; FRIDAY AFT ERNOON,. NOVEMBER 23, 191 7 ; . v-r . .-.':! -..... .. - . ' : 1 1-111 'Mraim riiML tuuiUN; ... y i ii - i, I J- BRITISH MEET THEIR OPPONENTS IN OPEN FIELD ENCOUNTERS Tanks, Cavalry and Infantry Are Battling Their Way Forward to Cambrai. PROGRESS IS MARKED BY BITTER STRUGGLES German Reri stance Stiffened After the First Day After Three Years of Slavery Townspeople are Free. I'.y Associated Press.) p, Army Headquarters in p-i ;n, '. Thursday, Nov. 22. The suc-fl.,- o. the British arms in the Cam brai -itor -has continued to grow it,;., i. an l Field Marshal Halg's trocp- in a little more than two days fisht ii.'.ve overrun an area equa! in .j- io that won by the Germans during" uif first 15 days of their spec- laeub rava'.v EYE .WITIESS TB DALES DEATH TELLS TIE STORY First Direct Testimony of Shooting Was Given In , Court Today. PROSECUTION CLOSES DIRECT TESTIMONY Mil M FIELD OF TO M ER ON IliMiit ! H W Ufa Blllll I " I WAR BULLETINS. ' (By Associated Press.) Berlin, iov. a.vVht lyondon). A new battle is in progress in the Cam brai area; army headquarters announc- f ed today. The fignting Broke out ; anew this morningin!! the -direction of Rnmp Nov. 23.-A ereat encircline: Provost Marshal Crowder Is-j attack was attemptyesterday by the sues Statement -to Local Draft Boards. SAYS SYSTEM WILL BECOME PERMANENT Austro-German forctes against Monte iMeletta but the Italians held all" the j positions, it was announced today by ithe v,rar ofRce. , i - ' ' . , . British Army Headquarters in France, Nov. 23. he British early i today drove back yie enemy at the we"' a ii: soul Tl i -- ' nori drive on veraun. liriusn i tanks and infantry today !.::trliag their way forward along ;. v hich. at many points west and i !:. -t of Cambrai, was less than! . in h-s from that important town, i .i.lvance also was spreading! hv. aru in the region of Bulleconrt Defendant (Will Not Go On Stand This Week All Court Spectators Closely Scrutinized. (By Associated Press) Mineola. N. Y.-, Nov. 23 A jail physician's statement that it would be "unwise" to confine Mrs. Blanca -aiipnr toward Cambrai was I Vned. The total of prison- Saulles in a cell because of her i't-d must approach the 9,000 De ex- Declares That the Main Duty"! elevation called Tadfrble Copse, which Of the Country Now Is to Raise an Effective Fight ing Force. Promise to Avoid Strike 'Until Consideration Can Be Giv en Demands of Employes. Appealed to Patriotism (By Associated Press) Washington, Nov. 23. Demands! everted on the field of Frce will JS" '7? S' H o to be pre- bring victory in this war, Provost Mar-: j sented by the four brotherhoods of shal General Crowder declared in a J Stockholm, Nov. i2E. According to railroad employees, will be passed on statement of the aims, accomplish-Ithe Tidningen, a Russian diplomat left j by President Wilson and succeeding i dominates a large e,ction of the Can- al Du Nord, and a lage part bf Moeuv 'res in the Cambraflirea. London, Nov. 23.-4The British have (By Associated Press ) " advanced their linesiHghtly in Flan Washington, Nov. 23 Man power ders, southeast of Ypres, the .war of fice announces, rne. situation on tne AN ADJUSTMENT f fGEDEii APPtiS PROBABLE . V. . i J' r- President! . ernooat tory s Chiefs of Broth- a a oatisrac- onference. FREE TO PRESEN1 CLAIMS TO CARRIERS f lluu lira raiMJUiif ments and future of the selective draft j Stockholm yesterday for Petrograd . 2.,- jwith orders to liana to the Russian system addressed to members of the revolutlonary government proposals local boards and made public last'for peace by the Central Powers. niarht Berlin, rMOv. zd. (via ionaon) After reviewing present condi- j tions and necessities, General Crow ceveiopments will depend on whati action he may take or counsel he may! give. Results of the conference .which! ANNOUNCEMENT BF SIAN PROPOSAL FDD AN ABIISTICE (Fighting is progressing favorably for j heads of the brotherhoods 'have not' m . . I -C3 -O - ' - ' O der predicted that tne selective sys-(the Austro-Germans-Mn the Italian jet been taken up by the railroads' T o Tf-yL-Tr'o Mf. Uc U. Brenta and war board, but it was learned today! j , ...?9. 1 ant! tilt- Kt.intr V," I PI, , J must approach the 9,000 treme nervousness ana meniai conui- ar.; tion," together with statements by r :;it the British and Germans are county authorities that her conduct t zr i s i n comparatively open --ound was unusual after the tragedy, were -r.'. -oinp'of the fiercest" hand ns'i'i' features of the testimony at this morn ni : r has been going on." Tlia ing's session of her trial here on a ip'ni- troops were unprepared for the charge of murdering her divorced hus uta. ;v bur they have been putting ev-(band, John L. De Saulles, on the night (rv cunt - of their strength into anof August 3. This testimony was re atvn -'.I r: stop the rising tide. T" "o-I by attorneys for the defense TiV.op- bave been pulled away frcm strong substantiation of their claim o;h po ms and rushed to the Cam-, that Mrs. De-Saulles was mentally ir bi ; f-cror by the Germans, and so I responsible at the time for the shoot haru pro- rd were they for men thatjing, which resulted from a controver- nn;in!es oi cripples ana com- j over me tusiuuj ui men iuui uu v.-ere recruited hastily at one-half year old son. .1 11 1 i.A lL . 1 I . i n i - w t. t TT T 1 inrougn Marsnai warn, umuw Marshall Ward, tinnier guest at the De guest at the De Saulles home; the evening oof August 3, last, Ono prisoner, was in the last when John L. De Saulles was, luberculosis and he had tot'trial of Mrs. Bianca De Saulles for. the tem would become a permanent part mountains between -the Brenta and j war Doard, but it was learned today j of America's governmental system for Piave rivers, says the official state-! the railroad executives feel their re- j ment issued today Djr the German gen' biaiemem piacmg tneir interests eral staff. ; ; unreservedly, ih the hands of the ' . j President demonstrated their willing- war. Sent to the Allied Embassies. two va'..- r.: o: ramp and thrown into the line in thp lvsion of Masnieres. Some of thejo- l.itiiul objects are in British hands vrvl are receiving medical treat- men st a a be moved to prevent the disease fromimurder Qf her. former husband, offered Every precaution possible has been taken with the new draft regulations, i Petrograd, Nov. 23. A reduction of Governor Crowder said, to conserve ithe Russian armies, beginning with! General Byng's Stroke is Con- C ,f sidered a Masterpiece of : - Organization. r f ; :;;- DESPERATE FIGHTING f 3 CONTINUES IN ITALY While the Situation is Improv ing, Venice is Not Yet Safe. '; Italians Are About Holding Their Own. TT IP rTl W. KT TTyi A rniri ness to do whatever was necessary j 4 it, wmmuilA 1 for the country's, interests, and that' NOT ACKNOWI FDHPn economic interests, but the paramount j the class conscripted in 1899 has been!a logical pursuit of this policy would,1 tive fighting force "We are committed to this war," the General continued, "and we ought. to fight it in the most effective fashion possible to us. The necessity of rais- . M. Lenine, an official announcement today states.. The order is to take ef fect immediately. . iner an army is paramount, ine ae crease in the labor supply must be ad justed in some way other than by shut- ' ting off recruitment. That it can be "The problem is not to maintain the!JNearly labor supply of agriculture and every industry intact, it is to make with drawal of men in the most scientific ! COL, FRIES CONFERS WITH BUSINESS MEN leyuiit nit- ueiuiinus 10 De suomittea c 1 rrr- n i i to the President as soon as made. i Embassies Utticialiy Ignore the Note Proposes An Imme diate Armistice All Fronts. It is expected the brotherhoods will! (Special to The Dispatch.) Winston-Salem, N, C, Nov. 23. 100 representative business men and ladies, with Governor Bick- ett and other State officers, are here -demands present next month their new de-' roands, approximating those which! were refused a year ago. The rail- ? roads have indicated their position! will be that the increases sought, amounting to $109,000,000 annually.! on attending the conference With State manner possible. I think spr.-a a sta tuallv to the others wbo,w.er.ejux oi f ""1 exhaustion and vir helrileo from their valient at- ihe- flrBtj eye zitness evidence- PT; the shooting. The submission of testi mony on behalf of the prosecution was tempts to fight under the lash of their (expected to be completed before the unre'.enting officers. 'close of the afternoon session and The great battlefield has taken on-there was a possibility Mrs. De Saulles the aspect of scenes in wars gone by. WOuld begin her testimony before ad It is no longer a conflict of trenchea j journment for the day. and shell holes but of men strug-, Indications today were the case srlmz b.tterly w, h rifles and bayonets would nQt be giyen tQ the jury until l y. WtL nit K.1 uuiiu, line tuc Governor onz ne-'.r-c r l cavalry sweeps against; .. . , :1k t nrr ;i.-,si inn over the wide! Two court pfficers today scrutinized territory involved. 'persons seeking admission even inorej The roaii? evorvwhere for two'Cioseiy tnan was me case ye&ieiuay . we have ' Directors F. H. Fries, regarding the rlnno that and wnat is offered here is;baie U1 wax lttX aaTU1Ss ceruucaiw, the basis for a nice balance between otfriiecessities. -- -"There are those 'who say that we 111 uot vr iu tuia nai iu twv v, I i j j 4- fiA -nril thn infoponfM that tho Tais.!wuuiu uiuuie tcumcaies ing of an army is a side issue. I say . .oc"w to vou that with any greater inroads penntendent Joyner and others prom into the field of recruitment of ourllsed hearty co-operation in the move army we shall be sending inferior men m- tendered a Hoov to the field. That if this nation is not 1,ne VSllor? weJe, iena5a a H00V; v, cii-i, ,otJer luncheon by Colonel Fries at 1 ment necessary to compensate for this j o'clock, after which the (By Associated Press.) Petrograd, Thursday. Nov. 22. The cannot be granted without increased ) note of Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki revenues. ) foreign minister to the allied embas- iiioKin r,Aicm,4- f 1 sies convfivins' th nriTiniiTirpmpnt rf oiicyui aujuouuciH "1,.. " V rv,o tl,, Crt u- a. , . the railroad brotherhoods' wage : tne Proposal f or an armistice reached i Ul iei' WI aoneared nrobable to- LU muassies iasi nigm. i ne text While standing "off German counted ' . ' attacks British forces have consoli-i Vf'f. aatea tneir gains and are prepared -for another plunge toward Cambrai; 4 General Byng's men are just west 6f .h-n ; Fontaine Notre Dame, less than threey S miles west of Cambrai and have near- ly completed the occupation of 'Bour- ;r? Ion wood, just north of Fontaine andT' which dominates the entire region.. !- J Fontaine Notre Dame was the scene ' - of the: heaviest fighting yesterday, w cuucDuaj uigm iue vmage ras cap ;r v.;1 tured oy the British, but a strong Ger- ; t man counter attack Thursday drove the British to the western outskirts. ' ' The village is the apexof the wedge which the British have driven toward Cambrai and which includes approx!-1 day following yesterday's con j follows: ference at the White House between' "I herewith have the honor to in- President Wilson, labor representa tives and members of the Federal Med- form you, Mr. Ambassador, that the All-Russian Congress of Soldiers and formerly within the German lines. The Germans are reported to be rush ing up reserves for counter attacks : "C" Cambrai probably has lost its Useful ness as the German supply base In day- ha ve been swarming with ad-1 coat ana nip pocKets were paiteu su uay ui wm uu u -tC vaar n-.; troops and with prisoners ipiciously by the officers, one or wnom and civilians coming back from the' declared the examination of all per fron! Many rejoicing non-combat- sons not known-to be connected with ant?, r.i.-p. women and children, have ' the trial had been ordered by Justice beor. pouring out of the captured Manning. Since the opening of the indor the guidance of their de- trial, justice Manning xias retsiveu which will begin next: week. Atjthe t weiUne;tssfolIiihI ing; Coloel Fries clearly explained the iiSe to the Fresidentavg movement, saying nearly all the banks given to their demands, the brother-1 sioners. The head' of this goverh- hoods today are left free to lay their ; ment is Vladmir Ilicch Lenine. The case before the carriers for action. In I direction of the foreign policy, has case & deadlock develops the trainmen 1 been entrusted to me, in the capacity will again take their claims before the of national commissioner for foreign resident tor further discussion. aiictirt.. Possibility of suspension of railroad i "Drawing attention to the text to transportation as a result of the four i tne offer of an armistice and a demo- scientific selection, then it is not com- wa iumcu. brotherhood's, proposed wage demands cratlc eacP on ine oasis or no an- petent to enter this war. i Many North Carolina newspaper was rem0ved an dprogress- toward nexations or indemnities and the self- CeVainly no man can i:rge in this1 aic "i'cucu LU uc amicable ajustment of any wage con-! ueierminaLion or nations, approvea oy conference was resumed. towns livi-' Thi has bnfp. peop cnni'.ort Thro;!'.': from German bondage, has been a battle of strange bu: no mcre striking spectacle number of threatening letters osten sibly from cranks. One of these ad vised t.h Justice to "prepare to meet witnessed than that of these 'thy God? in the event of the jury re- marching tovv-ard homes and. turning a verdict of guilty, it was stat- bjiek of the British front. ;ed. (Special officers met justice jvian- m . t I A lL . II 1 nn-tn 4- ft n tt r the very gaps whicn tne mug at me ramuau swuuu uoj tanks ha Inv- i;r. d:iv v.-.-ta;:;:i ai'.T.er v. t!: . I; other ryiri',- i ii ;Vv; Sfu;n;i:r net 'iu, rn-n pr.f all tw. Vd'K bank e..;; ; ( iV tl- ' (Oi:.; tu'i :i n i- ;orn :n the famous Hindeu- escorted him to the court house. mothers yesterday and to-1 Justice Manning, at the request of pushing baby carriages con-1 Henry A. Utterhart, counsel for Mrs. r mts or tramping happily De Saulles, consented to omit the ses- h thc'.r b'abies clutched to sion of the trial which the court had Besides them toddled ( announced would be held tomorrow, inslers, many of them car :Mr. Utterhart said he did not wish to r tr. a-wed dolls and not 'place the defendant' on the witness f li:)g;:r. determinedly to'stand today on account of his client's pupyles which they dared hysterical condition and he did not to run on the ground. Old i wish to have Mrs. De Saulles begin pr.d women were bringing away, her testimony unless she could tell her l.ou: ehold effects they could 'whole story without interruption. She ;n push carts or carry on their will, therefore, not take the witness stand until Monday, three years they had been inj When Ward took the stand, he tbld hy and some of them In slav- Df a luncheon in New York on the ' v hud boen subsisting "on ay of the shooting at which he said y Oi the American relief rje Saulles, his father, himself and i t " which furnished them vir- Dudley Field Malone were present. '"- only food they obtained. ( The witness then told of a dinner iu fighting has taken place today at the De Saulles' home, near West vee.jcur, southeast of Mas-, bury, L. I., on the evening of the t Th British were holding a tragedy. : hi front of this place, and, s Mrs. De. Saulles entered the liv- tion should deliberately neglect totLU edUlc B""JC- make itself effective in the field of mil itary operation on the plea that our greatest contribution to the cause of humanity is in attaining an economic supremacy. To do so would be to rel egate the United States to the role of sutler for the fighting nations. "We shall, qf course, increase our for a conference with Colonel Fries on ' troversies during 'the war was made ! the All-Russian Congress of Soldiery CAPPS TO RESIGN ON ACCOUNT OF HEALTH (By Associated Press.) ! Washington, Nov. 23. Chief Con-1 structor Washington L. Capps, of the ; Navy, appointed general manager of lir-r.. w;. - eln had forced an entrance ins r0om.of the home, a few minutes t of the selective boards with a patriot n . X . ..n-a-niS .1 X i 1 1 1 1 1 J- "L-. 4 western part or tne town, before the shooting, Ward testinea, ne i;.ns were still holding the gaulles arose from a couch and ex ' et:or!. A German battery tending his hand, greeted her with the h had been giving trouble, words: "How are you, Blanquita?" ,i and captured by dis- Th,g was a nickname De Saulles fre mvalrymon. The battery au(intiv used in addressing his wife. 7 barbed Wire nor. nnotinn hrnncbt production, we snail Decome more; the Shipping Board's Emergency and more effective as a nation and we j Corporation by President Wilson a shall supply our armies and do all that few weeks ago, after the resignation can be expected of us to supplyx the j of Major General Goethals, will be armies of our allies. j compelled to leave the post because "But we shall not, ,under this guise, Df ill-health. He has been advised by confine our participation in this con-1 his physician that he cannot continue flict to the baking of bread and the;at work, and his resignation will be sharpening of the swords of other piaCed in President Wilson's hands men. j without delay. "This war will be won militarily on ! the devoted field of France. Doubt-1 less it will be won by the sidewhich ; is able to place behind its army the j prevailing ounce of provision. "But the blow that shatters the Ger man line and extinguishes autocracy from the face of the earth will be the uiutv ui x lulcllx o x if-,Lx, aim uuu. nui uiu insidious stroke of a shrewd trader." General Crowder pays high tribute to the -zeal and patriotism more than 30,000 men who compose ry of the selective system. With but 10 weeks for the task, tne hrst nation al army increment of 687,000 men was drawn, he says, by a nation moving breathlessly, supported by the Govern ors of the States and by the members late yesterday at a conference be tween President Wilson, the four brotherhood heads and members of the Federal mediation board. As a result of the conference the brotherhoods are left free to formally present and urge their new demands upon the carriars, under a virtual agreement with tV President to avoid a strike or other cause of a transportation tie up until after " full discussion and consideration. A definite issue in-the wage nego tiations, it was assured, could not be and Workmen's Delegates, I have the honor to beg youx to regard the above document as a formal offer of an im mediate armistice on all fronts and the immediate opening of peace ne gotiations an offer with which the authoritative government of the Rus sian republic has addressed itself simultaneously to all the belligerent peoples and their governments. "Accept my assurance, Mr. Ambas sador, of the profound respect of the Soldiers and Workmen's Government for the people of France which cannot nni umiqr mm uul. iiuuul mniLu ! nmnnn iniiDRirv nLuunu JuumuL reached before the first of the year .help aiming at peace as well as all as the demands will not be presented ! the rest of the nations exhausted and until December 1. Future develop-j made bloodless by this unexampled ments will depend first upon the car-j slaughter." riers' disposition of the new demands j The American ambassador, David and, second, in event of a deadlock, j r. Francis, is transmitting the com upon further negotiations agreed to . munication to Washington for the in- I at yesterday's meeting at the White ! formation of his government. He I House. imade no acknowledgment of its re ceipt, acting, it is understood, in con ceit with the representatives of the 7uC7: I Wnt Frnm London to Paris In i andv patriotic purposes." The brotl LllT IXLCllUHC I - 1 ,.V, A n4Atnmnn ,T, '! ,,-!-, VuiCKest i line iviauc Since War. j Cryptic statements . were issued by J President Wilson and brotherhood chiefs after the two hour conference ' allied governments in which the President announced that the brotherhoods heads agree,- "L "i i-r -7H f A IMC QPTT "in case of any critical situation' or MAIN I li V IU. OL 1 controversy to consider any proposed; FREE Bl BRITISH solution in a spirit of accommodation-' '." 'ed by heavy Other questions brought from Ward ' nt;i rv.'h mnts nrecludinc the use of -h -Mr Ta anlls m strip aUUHOSiUilo uiai ' v . n-v.' , in ihe soldiers stormed the inquiry immediately after entering the :" rn foot and annihilated the room for Little Jack," her son. She ?,In ' r' v, s- . said she had come to take the boy with he region of Rumilly, heavy ma- , ward testified. A conversation ism. devotion and unselfish zeal that remains an inspiration. "But the system itself was lacking," he adds. "We hacked the first incre ment of our armies with a broad axe (By Associated Press) Paris, Nov. 23. Colonel E. M. House and the other members of the American mission have made the quickest trip from London to Paris since the War began. They crossed the channel at the rate of 31 knots an (By Associated Press.) British Army Headquarters declaring willingness to "discuss and France, Thursday, Nov. 22. One .of consider any solution if a situation , the most strange and striking sights should arise which threatens the in-j in the latest territory captured by the terruption of transportation." - British was the procession of civil What attitude the railways would jians from liberated towns and villag assume as a result of the conference ; es who walked toward the rear of because there was time for no greater. hour and traveled from a French sea refinement. We must pare future in-ip0rt, where they landed, to Paris, in crements away with greater discrimin-a ial trai at a speed unmatched ation. The selective system must be:.. , rarricH in its: lnp-iYn1 rrvn pliicirm nnrl!1" tnree yearfa. it, sn and rifle fighting was pro- ensued the witness continued, in wh eh h t night and this monrng. bQth parties contended they were lo ot Cambrai, tanks, cavalry n PT1titied to custody of the boy 4U o. J . - . we must meet Prussian efficiency with a greater American effectiveness." LAYS RESPONSIBILITY n on: llH:: 'IT-- 11:,. n.ar.Lry were pressing tne at- A-ncr Allini9 Warrt said he heard vigorously about Fontaine Nptre De "saulles make positive refusals to' r.r.M ihe strong position- m rf custody of the youngster, where lr,T wneii Fnntnine Notre Dame J , j -., t- n 11 'r . r , upon ne aeciareu ivna. oauncs saw ' f h-en officially reported cap- ,.Then there i3 only one thing to do." h it the story goes that tank t.rru t ,or t,D flach nf the shots 're served with hot coffee by lians in this place this morn- from Mrs. Do Saulles' revolver," said the witness. "What did you do?" asked Attorney - u .utu uniK n uuii,iai ttii.-l i o: ;- ;;-ht said the Germans had goon ag j CQuld collect myselfj -; p J' ontaine Notre Dame). Mrs De gaulles and nortn, near Bullecourt, te 1 rus he answered. v ro m possession of the en- B ( gay? wag the next ' : 'ipt round fortification known " ' - ne! trench. wh;ch had been-Question. ,s ' J A v :or its sunnosed imnrcgnttbll- ".0tt. l-ast, five" determined. counter Pjlfd vvara. . . . . , . . . . . Mro Pnrnlma. Detrenerf! sister, or . .1 . . . t t rht ner a . Ti. . iat Saulles said she Wished -to speaK r!S!it and Tl,- turned .. . , Th Tin Snnlles. testified Mrs.. ooutneast or Buiiecourt nam ------- . ' a' tto, er attSS ,tl. her hu3ba4 when : t-Vx:. wri,n .'I (Contmuefi ox Fage Eight) Colonel House, for himself and in behalf, of his associates, said concern ing the purpose' of his mission: "We bring to the French republic ' AT VATICAN'S DOOR a message of encouragement from the American millions wno are moomzing in factories, farms and upon military fields. "There is a grim determination amongst us to wage war until the world is free from the shadow and spectre of the sword. - We have in mind no material gain. "What we want is an assurance' of (By Associated Press) London, Nov. 23 The Vatican is ac ci ed in an editorial in the Morning Po t of being implicated in the propa ganda which the newspaper says was larrly responsible for the recent Ital ian -verses. Reviewing what is de scribe I as Vatican machinations, The Post declares its political activities 'permanent 'peace r.nd tho tramp of our during , the war "can by no sophistry ; soldiers upon the soil of France will be regarded as consistent with thc'b heard ever increasingly until it is principles of neutrality.' jachieved.. "From the beginning," says The. "It is here that our brave men are Post, "the Vatican has leaned to Aus-jcome to mingle, our blood with yours, tria's side and lately has furitively but fit is here that all come ;,to gather in actively esroscd the Austrian cause." spiration from your heroic deeds. was not made known.- Several days ago, . through the railways' war board they agreed in the event of a crisis the British lines. Mothers were push ing baby carriages while other, young sters toddled alongside. There were to place their interests in the hands j old men and women with push carts of the President for such disposition 'laden with household goods. Many of he should deem best in the public .these refugees had long subsisted an interest. The Doara was - m session most of tha. day but adjurned bsfore the result of the White House con ference became known. It 'was be lieved generally that there would be no further move in the controversy until after the brotherhoods present their demands for wage increases af fecting 400,000 operatives and involv ing increased expenses to the roads the bounty of the American relief committee., which had supplied virtu ally the only food they had obtained. URGES RELIEF FOR SOLDIERS' FAMILIES (By Associated Press.) Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 23.' "I" think it ggregating about $109,000,000 annual-j Is of the first importance that you take ly. Should the representatives of the steps at once to look after the famil ies of soldiers and especially to ; see to i that where.-there is poverty and sickness that these people are extend ed not only whatever, financial aid is Lee,' president of the Brotherhood j necessary, dui aiso giv.en numan sym Railwa' Trainmen: Warren S.'Pathy," Governor T. .W. Bickett, of roads and the brotherhoods be unable to agree, the situation would be plac ed in the hands of the government. .. Attending the conference were W. G of Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood North Carolina, wrote to the members of Locomotive Engineers; A. B. Gar-!of the County Councils of Defense, retson. president of the Order of 'Rail- Governor Bickett had his attention way Conductors; W. S. Carter, pre3i-rcalled to the matter Dy a letter from dent" of the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Firemen and Enginemen and Enginemen and Judges William L.j an officer at Camp Sevier,' Greenville, S.4 C, who expressed the belief that the' people back-home needed to be en- Chambers and Martin S. Knapp, oi couraged. The officer told of large the United States Board "cf Mediation and Conciliation; . . ": Satisfaction with the : outcome- of The nPF'v:-1-- "ills on the British "Our President and our country see government to look into the' niatter the issue clearly and France may con-; the eonference was expressed by botli and demands that the Vaticandeclare fidently-oount on every resource jvhich f the brotherhood and ' Federal ? board immaad:; J-,? membei's. r t v numbers ot: letters comingrin from to Queant, the southern end of -the'.:: Queant-Drocourt switch line,, which held up the British advance, east of Arras last spring. Queant is now- within a sharp salient, which has : been heightened by the . British ad- C"1 vances from Bullecourt in the pres- ent drive. - ; General Byng's stroke was a ma?-' terpiece bf 'organization, according to y reports from the front. Many : squad-"';;' rons of tanks' cut through the great wire defenses, opening the way tor$ the infantry and the cavalry which". . pushed through rapidly to the last de tensive lino before Cambrai. The , transportation service kept pace with ttie advance, the construction of roads and railroads, Field Marshal Haig, an nounces, having contributed largely to the success of the operation. Yv -. That the surprise was complete is ; shown by the fact that the British , . casualties were considerably less than , the number of Germans captured : more than 9,000. The British also were able to free the French popula-' , tion of some of the towns and villag- . . es. These people the Germans had been unable to remove. The reserve" German troops encountered included cripples and convalescents. -Vi High military opinion recently ex pressed, that the chances of the Ital- i ! ians holding the Piave line and sav- : ing Venice are increasing hourly; '! seems likely to be strengthened by -the tone of today's Italian official statement showing continued success- . ful resistance by the Italians to. the , furious attempts being made by. the enemy to pierce their northern front. ; The Italian first and fourth armies defending the northern line were the . -defensive forces that added . to . the 7-:-record of their already notable ach ievements. An . encircling movement -in the Monte Meletta region,northeast ; of Asiago, was completely frustrated (" ; by the first army - although great r ; forces of Austro-German s troops were re employed in the attempt. All the Ital ian positions remained in the hands of Ihe defenders. The fourth army, holding the front to the east, between the Brenta and the Piave was com- -pelled to contend air day with a se- ? . ries of attacks in the' Teutonic effort;.: ; to turn the flarfk of the Piave river 7 line by pushing a wedge through In 7 the Monte Grappa region. The battle' : tide ebbed and flowed throughout the day but when night came, the Italians had retaken all the positions, they haS temporarily lost and a final couhtetir attack clinched the victory i r-f,t; RANK OF GENERAL GIVEN TO BYNG (By Associated Press.) i v London. Nov. -23. King George has s . , ' promoted Lieut Gen. Byng to the rank 7:ffi of General, in recognition of his ' dis- i tlnguished service in -the field in the; V - recent operations, it was officially, an- , nounced. today. 1 ; . :, . ' , To Begin Prosecutions. V: Washington. Nov., 23. Ail ; StateU food administrators were instructed by Food Administrator Hoover today to 5 r wives, mothers and fathers ' telling; ascertain and report the names of man- 'Kill :.n,l n cfxn.o- .xnntar ot-trtr . Willi ei uuouuuv., r .-- t .. . . ti-t- " ij.i.i J. .. -u i. . Ait i .-j.-.-r. .-. ou.';"s 'ji HnnoA' r,r. Tap Plight) . 1 empuaucany on kwfliua sme 4u ,tiiius,4 vunLy , uj uv uur uumiiirtuu, .'.'-v'.; memoeis.v. V continued on TPaer' Klffht 1. ' I - " r:. ' -el- ,s-;- ' O- . ' , . - v u. their husbands and : sons -of 'crops left in j the fields andT going to waste be cause of hrk nf labor: nf fhllrlrpn hiiTi- f"-- fgryand of sickness in the family - ufacturers" and dealers subject to Fed-: ; ' eral license -who failed - to obtain It- li censes on " November l.;1-The purpose, is to. .begin, prosecution immediately. :; . . yy7,7jy7':r ot?rK--,x,r iry:, - v
The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Nov. 23, 1917, edition 1
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