I WEATHER FORECAST-
North and South Carolina Fai'r,i
continued cold tpnight and Sunday.
; . ".'" - " - - -
FULL LEASED WIRE .SERVICE
VOL. XXIII, NO. 340.
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON; DECEMBER ; 15, J 91 7
PRICE FIVE-CENTf
SHORT A GEOFrCOAL
! 4i 4fr -X- -Sf- -Jf- -V- . P.
CRIPPLING NATION'S
1ND USTRIAL "PLANTS
II 1111 iT . I I 4W - f 1 II sr4 TT . IT, '"'II Itll II -l I BB N IM!
f73 II II itj-s m.fln to M Si Li Si kV
Manufacturing Concerns Are
Forced to Close for Lack
of Fuel
MUCH SUFFERING
AMONG THE POOR
Mailing Out Today First Five'
Per Cent of the Qestion-
naires
RECRUITING OFFICES
TINGHAM INJURED.
! Many Tenement Houses Ab-i
solutely Without Heat New !
York City is Having its
Worst Experience
I (By Associated Press)
.i Washington, Dec. 15. After a con
. ference with Fuel Administrator Gar
field today Chairman A. W. Thomp-
son, of the Operating Committee of
OEiiilMS I
IN FRANCE TO BL
V. !
OREBLY BUfllE
Organization of Branch of
Army Known as "Grave
Registration Service"
(By Associated Press)
Italian Healquarters in North- coal famine was more due to a short
3" ern Italv. Fridav Dpr H A 1 4'aee of transnortatinn fari1itip than
LlliLKALtL.! 3YAmrtLU army automobile in which Con- shortage of coal. The operating com
!?JlnL!is e? ARRANGE FOR BURIAL,
tvv L,un.i laiiuiir vvrm u in n ii nr in . Mini i -
. CARE FOR GRAVES
gressman Geor,ge H. Tingham, of mittee, he said, is trying to-overcome Every Sammy's Grave Will be1
Wnch rt r pmctranfe n immg tuuay uu a v;s- v ims Dy re-rouiing coal snipments. , Pav,.l 1 J J I 1
eat Kush ot Registrants .o it to Monte Q on h . aitnBt.ion in -rroperlly. Marked and Look-
Avail i hemselves Or Last ern mountain front, skidded onr -fr ' gan solid train loads of coal are beine
Chance to Enlist Overtaxes' the mountain side and dropped 20 Sent from Kentucky and Ohio lake
' feet. It made a double turn ;md 'nort; i
: was crushed to piece?:? but the'; Chairman Thompson and Adminis-!
,v ongressiran ana me ouier ocoa- trator Garfield went over the whole
Stations.
ed After by a Specially
Designated Squad ,
Ssas'c-ilL- vim" ' - : l . n
s - , .
k ass: w;a .;.l.,!iww.iSRasw i
t- l-yLa-jjil I
I - 1
1 0
I
am Ierican .Aft rested. . ed and General Kaledines ;
Petrograd, Friday, Dec; 14.
Charles S. Smith of St.. Tniq a i HRIiLULKE rilJE 11N '
member of the staff of John 3. ! ' THE WEST IJSSFNs
i0 Stevens, head of the American !
we itanway c ommission to riussia, is vie . 1 r ' . - rtr-u'r: :
reported to have been arreste.-l c-xpeciea uerman vVJITensiVe
;' Nat M. AVills, "The Happy Tramp," !
! is dead. Death came to him in kindly !
! but tragic, fashion when he was as-!
phyxiatedx in his garage at Woodcliff-
&
- ' 1
(I'.y As.s'icinteil Press.)
';isliins:ton, Dec. 1
i TJ TT A L3w.t..-.l T-
With the American Army in France. 1 on-Hudson, N. J., by the exhaust from LUUk LAKLT ULLY Al
l-ThV War transportation question as U affects Dec. .14.-The organization has beeWs car. The comedian, whose
. . 'i: "JV: : : coai very exnausuveiy, witn tne result. , 'timelv fate will be mourned bv th
in one
un-
!
b.trtmentV. huge task of classifying Congressman Tingham,
il- -jtion's nan-power for arrav serv-' fired the first American
actually begaij today wiia the
against Austria, received slight in-
who- that
shot 4s ments
anriollTirpfi nf k,.qt10v1 f , umeiy late win u mournea Dy
with the re-arrangement of ship-! announcel of a. tench Gf the armyjsan wag atte tI to
s on shipments, eliminating long,wn0!e sole duty js to arrange for thejof those acts of charitv for whi
YOUR THEATRE TICKET
Not Yet Launched tritical
Stage of War Has Been
Reached Declares Lloydi-'
George.
Partial, if not complete collapse V.
juries and was car
u; u! 'be hrs' jivo p. -'nt, 4. itary surgeon.
u (irstiorinaires. At the
vfi'iiil in.r ()(.;iiti.v: -ili-PHflv .v:pi . : 4" 4
already .vei j
axi-.i with recent enlistments, threat-'
t'lu'd to give way .before the ru.h oi!
li-ut't registrants eager to avail them
Uiy Associated Tress.) . tha pnnntor rovnlnf
lot those acts of charitv for which he Washington. Dec. T'R; Beevnnin? to- . " ,i.Va;i
.2; Z 1,, 1 hauls wliere shorter ones will reach burial of soldiers -who die in France ' was noted, as the car was to take him ! da v. tWm t. ahn,,iH h-i, ' indk:ated in an announcement .IromS
cu 1"1 " 4'"- thp tPrritnrv nnrl nlr el i m i r . t in c tV,o' .... . . ..,J..:, , m - L , ' ' - .x wwx
v j x ......u.M.t, uuu ior me care or tneir graves Ev- to a soiuiers oeneiit ai me iNew iorK
ou-v-x.cu xoo xxui, umr lunucui- detail has been worifprt nut nfi ' Hippodrome
ate improvement in the situation is, ' uecau nas Deen worked out and,
ua f-r. 1 the American nrsfstriv.atier ia ovnont. '
11 UpCU lUli I o-.....um . ' ' .1 v v. c
l 4 4 4
AN ALLIED NAVAL
lvs of the 1;
chance to volunteer
Secretarv Baker todav came to the
The result of the plan would be toied to surpass similar organizations in
supply coal to localities from theht nntieh nH T?4n Qr.;,,
COUNCIL CREATED neares Producing or shipping center b features have been taken from
instead of over the lines of ordinary) D St reaiures nave Deen taken from
flir Associated Press.) trade. j both.
Washington. Dec. 15. Creation of At the Department of Labor it was
iFINIL
ARGUMENT
NltiS'U
me ucn ui gauiiaLiuu is liuuwii as
relief of the thousands of men who an allied naval council to co-ordinate declared that the labor situation now;tne "graves" registration service. It
have volunteered fo rthe regular army, the naval operation of all the nations is Paiticularly favorable and can in g direction of a regular
but have been rejected because of the at war wnh the Central powers was ity for the coal famines. Only three! army major and through that office) .
breakdown of the recruiting machin-j announced last night in a cablegram or four disputes are pending between: is directly responsible to .General! Jury Will Let Case Late This
ery, by ordering that all qualified ap-, to the Navy Department from Admiral operators and miners and none of Pershing. The se'ncice chief also is' A n 1 ,
r-iticiiiuuii vanciti o
plicants who presented themselves be-j Benson at Paris.
fore noon today should be accepted) Members of the council, established. operat0r was quoted as having re
even though their examination and! in accordance with the plans of the .ported to the department that the la
. , ii it ( 111 r. O lli'o'l rr -f riTi Tirill -r-k i- r -r 4- Vrr e i 11 5 4 irtn Tiro - A -'NTi'V i 1 "
OtllCr QCL3.11S " u 1 Q HO t U6 aCCOIUpilSIl" ( w'vu vwAxi...x ix- i cyvi u t,u oil uanun nao i i v. a. .
ed until later.
them, il was said, has more than a superintendent of all American ceme-
local significance. One prominent coal teres m Europe and as such is re-I
spcnsiDie tor their, proper care and
! heir respective governments with rec-
nmmpndntinna f nr ar-vnn
Tnousanas or men, seeding to voiun- Th
Suffering in New York
New York, Dec. 15. With half of
CUBA TO RENDER
FINANCIAL Ain
v v u a y x j- .s j-i. - ., , , i- - : -jf : - - -"" 1
council will be comDosed of the wew xorjrs coai yaras empty anaais m ieir resyecve aivisions ana in tlle
teer, before the new draft regulations Minister of Marine and chief, of navwsuffenn. increasing the-. uixtBo to. fak:cm r:;..i5?Msocie8; v
al staff of each country in the case tccter ftomes ot tne- poor, tne Fuel cemetery. -mew size or tne units is to . , - , . . . .10. liie -ts-jnate,
Great Speech
maintenance. (By Associated Press.)
A unit of two- officers and 50 men I Concord. N. C, Dec. 15. As E. T.
is provided for each army .division. j Cansler. of Charlotte, today" concluded
l hey are to arrange for proper bur-! hfs fivV hours argument for the defense !
trial" pf Ga$ton B. Means; with
went into effect at noon had been
turned away because the recruiting
Nations were swamped.
Recruiting officers in many section-i
! ''-"-r.1 themrolves without means of rc
inodathis thouTxds enlisted yes-
" . day -mid the stream which continu
1 to apply. The discharge, of many
;ced upon -r ecruiting officers, 'neans
r.crve men of draft age will fail
n Their efforts to enlist before noon
ihv after which they may join the
1 -v!
.'"5 the Xational Army
it w
ho do not g?t :::to the Regular. Ar
" v Mivough recruiting stations before
do so later through their
!' : ! loan's. Their applications Vill
I" : i upon -mmediately but they
will nv'rcir on (he rolls as members
National Army.
xx.. Tt.x. r,i..x. AI - Arimf-hietrftHnn tftHir avatwI all tKoir hfi inrrwiKPd if tlift neprl? Hemand WJiat tne OUVlCUOn anu execution Oi
ui uie umieu outes,- secretary uau- x-xxx.xx. r " i , -,
ieU. and Admiral Bptiti a the efforts to release thousands of tons of There also is a headquarters de-; the defendant ibr the murder of IVirs.
meetings must be held in Europe coal tied up at tidewater, or in snow j tachment, in command of a colonel, j Maude A.! King would mean to Mrs.
fl cr rfPifora .PSlVnn toil Tiv tfiAiT- crrtr- bound cars at sidings. f and reserve battalions to be available
ernments will represent the members e general fuel situation regard- for detachment with immediate as-
from both the United States and e as tle niost serious in the history , signment where needed.
Japan. the city. Hundreds of tenement's j THe American Expeditionary Force
; :and homes are without heat; somo has been assigned land by the French
A rptj ( factories have been compelled to shut; authorities for use as semi-permanent
iEI IER HEAJ-.lrl down, and churches, schools theatres : or temporary cemeteries and officerc
Means and their little child for all thd
future years of their lif?, the defend
ant's sister, Miss Belle" Means, at the
direction of Judge Cline, was: takers
from the court room weeping audibly
while Mrs. Means sat besidfe har hus-
AT CAMP SEVIER and PUDlic nalls are affected. J have just returned from a trip through. band and sobbed in silence. Mr. Can:
- While Reeve Schley, jocai fuel ad-' the country directing cemeteries', , . tho fiQ, ...
i:x x T . xi.ni xl : x ' i , i .i , 1 1 , , v. i luuu &.xxw . , -
jLuiuastiiiLui, wa,a uuptnui vucit tutj sa- wnicn may De useu wuoiiy or paruy
admission tickets 'to make sure they " ' x w eacy,.
bear evidence that the war tax of. 10 1 whicn says thV Bolsheviki have pap. J
per cent, has been paid. This can be tured three important cities Dp?i'? I
accomplished at the theatre box office I -Cossack territory and that''erat '
by stamping or writing on the ticket Kaledines, leader of the -.Don- .Coa'? j
the words, "War Tax Paid," or some i sacks, has been arrested, apparently j
similar phrase. ! by his own generals. " " VV'v H
Internal ' Revenue Commissioner Ro-' With General Korniloft reported, de
per announced today that persons buy-' feated and wounded near Bielgorod; 5 I
ing admission tickets to.. amusements i and General Kaledines under -arTest ; i
would be expected to assist the gov- the only one left of the counter rey&Z
srnment in enforcing the law by in- lutionary triuvirate of military leader v '
specting their tickets. - The tax is one lis General Dutbff, Hetman'of .the Urv
al Cossacks, who ' has been operating ,
in the province of Orenburg. kJ The
latest report on the situation the ranis' '
that there has been little mUitaiy,ao
tivity while Bolsheviki agents 'WereW
! o t f arm -r f l-r. nr f -i hmtIa-myv. .i a 4-1 - "
of'Dutoff's troops. ..J
General Kaledines' fanv 'probably,
followed the capture of Rostov; Nak
hitcheval "and Hagahrog by theBol-.
sheviki. There had been heavy ; fight-'
ing in and around Rostov since , last' a
Sunday and previous reports nad been .
that General Kaledines was winning.11.
Nakhitchevan is across the Donrivert
cent on each ten cents admission or
fraction of that amount.
(lly Associated Press.)
Greenville, S. C, Dec. 15. Decided nation
which yesterday- afternoon unanimous
ly adopted a resolution declaring that
a state of war between Cuba and Aus
tria-Hungary exists also approved a
resolution appropriating $600,000 an
nually to be used by the President of
the Republic in aiding any hospitals,
u TYl Hill a r. ro nnrnc a r A aim 51 n r In jyfJfn
f,- x. x , . , . - i from Rostov, while Taganrog-is on
tions that may be established oy the -. ' -?
. t. v the gulf of the same name 10 miles
national Red fnss: S5 40f) Ortrt annual-
west of Rostov,
would be relieved before for American dead.. Already two
enly in their status as mem- J Camp Sevier is shown in the weekly night, Charles S. Allen, spokesman large burial plots have been fenced in
improvement in health conditions at tor tne association ot wnoiesaie aeai-;and posted, and a number of small
! PoTYln Coviai fa olxrtTxrn 4ri Vl fx TTrna TT artl in t Vl fx r1tV hpllP.VPR flint PVP Tl ' nnnn rtrlnrrol noni. fn f fSTYi
tVlIt' TTlen x x o ouunxi xxx vu. uuaij v.w - J - j t ' - xx. - - unco aiiailgcu iioai lh. 11 uut xxi
anrouncc:., hovever, tnat me t . u. cir.x. tndav Tho iithi whsn rnnditinns herome n-wnsl Nsw .o-,r rScfinrr iqc fm. tva Knr,.Qo
infantry regiment, from Tennessee, is York cannot expect a surplus supply Gf Americans who may be killed in
the only outfit under quarantine for this winter. i action.
meales. During the past week only The shortage of labor here has in- j Each grave in the main cemeteries
seventh deaths have occurred which creased the problem of removing wm uave a Vross at the head and an
rate is below normal. Seven cases of snow. While about 14,000 persons are iron marker. Temporary graves will
meningitis have been in isolation, but needed to clear the streets, only t,wue marked by pegs and a cross oi
no deaths have been reported. The shovellers nave Deen oDtainea ana tneier headstone. On each also there,
decrease in the rate of sickness for street cleaning department has issued be an identification tag and a
?!. ira'iiii'.; or Questionnaire.- win
b: (.iipk-.ed rn?c'dily by the War De-
iar-ii.;- :in.l within 0 days ?"nore
will ne ui-1
defense. He was followed by L. C.
Caldwell of Statesvilla, in (he final
argument or the State.
, Indications at the opening or courr
t.dnv vere that the. case of las ton
B Means, accusp-d of tlie murder of
Mrs. Maude A. King, would, go to the
jurv late today or tonight. '
The final argument for the defense,
hv E. T. Cansler. of Charlotte," inter-
V . ( :
u..:.) i re-ristrant-.-.
r.v: c'.asses as regard.? heir -;
ior l.ii'itavy service. 'n a,
card giving the soldier's rank, the
organization to which he belonged
and the circumstances of his death
(hi...
;i' i
'or;:-
i;i v.
ii. ' !.
the past week, in spite of a six inch a can ior women neipers in an ei
snow fall and generally unfavorable fort to make up for the shortage,
weather, was reported at 50 per cent.; Shipbuilding Work Curtailed.
: I wumcy, jnass., uec. w.-Decause w, whicll information also will be for-
Successful Applicants. !a shortage of coal the Fore Riyer'warded immediatel yto the record
y ;erxce. ..i , rr-ho muni-nfr arp ihf 11 men who plant ot tne Betnienem fenipDunaing fir.0 wv,pr(1 fhP; rprnrd will r.ontaiiv
ii i -! is.-ur-d today, Provost Uar' ( successfully passed the examinations Company, which has been running the location an(i a picture of the
-nv:!r .u.'.i: 'r tho tt'iiminrtnn Xnntir: Spnnol night and day for some time, was;-.,,... fr henpflt tf riat.ivfi
. 1 1 (!,., mO. ! xxxxxxxxo , O4"'-
haw; uueu it - , d now subject to orders for not in operation last nigut. wu.cuus
; -;(n Sk,; ''1 with the Shipping.Board: Capt.
-:-: :i.ion (it the local board-,, so V. T.awla ,.ott,ia t. Mprritf. Hr. d
J b
be marked by pegs and a cross or oth-J oC01irl (.071,U(lefT ioAay. Alter
Mr. Cansler's address final -argument
for the Stato war; to be made.
national Red Cross; $2,400,000 annual
ly for use directly or through the Am
erican, French, English, Italian and
other Allied nations, in relieviug the j
sufferings of the civil populations of
the war-stricken zones and soldier vic
tims and their families.
The measure now goes to the House.
The announcement of the official i
I news bureau says that the captors of I
General Kaledines" liaye invited the.1
mayor of Rostov to go to Novo Tcher-
WAITED FOR LAUNDRY
BEFORE SURRENDERING
nut i.iic slightest hesitation
i -; rr '.'.u i.bsolut.e succe.--, of
:i'i:,:icn system, froru every
);i ii y has come praise of
!i V!:l piOVlUe aixi.lr"S ill a
Thrn will hfi a continual insDection
said that the plant would be operated 1 of u . cemeteries, to make sure that
-i a - j i . . : i i'..HiuA- '
B Lewis, Lewis L. Merritt, Her- aunng me ua ouiy umu imuiai tnev are properly kept. The personnel
with
es
under-
trans-
the
Caotain Martin Killed. suvenimenL ainai, M1U irt.-L ini-u, mQst efficient service,
(Bv AsH-iut-1 iTsa) itnat unless he-could ohtam dennite Many Villages and parishes in this
Washington, Dec. 15. Captain John assurance by next Monday night of a ! section Gf France also have set aside
R. Martin, attached to the first brig- renewed supply of coal the arsenal , ,t f any American dead, and
nde, United States marines, on duty would be forced to suspend- work on.those graVes already occupied have
been cared for tenderly, by the French
wpII' a the Americans. In one in-
All local v,Q crrairo nf a sfr?paTit was
. 1 1 U- lit. V. iuv h" 1 1 4 -,VJ- '
t..-7T v.. xV,,. r,-, ..r .jf.l
.. . ., ,,uai -.a iiitii oi.adwlov Rfthftrt. Stono Hfir- tJce out mat tney weie "'Wiui oi uu- f tl service has been selected
-ii.--.-. the millions otre;. - Hary Mahler. John Gaining a larger supply of fuel soon. ; a view to its experience and qualifi
w'.imn t . cic; ... v , wooira Pahw Panfldflv ' Arsenal Needs Coal. i lions, and manv men who were
J J! i::shalled ;or tne.r a j . - '" ' : Watertown, Mass., Dec. 15.-Major, takers in cIvil iife have been
, , ! .. ai-. each m uie , - r Tracy Dickson, commandant of the'fprrftd to where thev can give
-;-i nr,"!l" wortn iullllffe x i :v, ..... .
in Haiti, was killed today in an auto-. December 18
' . ..fn,nwip ar-ridfint near Port Beudet. new toia Kecora in roenmono.
i. "in r i nn i . ' i.i a w j w
Mr. Cansler th;s morn-nr- t,ooT' t;.-.-
contention of the State thpt Ms
King's resources vere Dractically ex
hausted at the time of her dcth ana
.hat. the defendant .snent the last few
weeks befo- her . death laving his
plot.. Mr. Cansler showed from the
evidence that she had, in addition to
pbont SI 9 000 f-o'-i hov $400,000 life
irnst. which f-nded at her death.
He "oup-ht to show from the evidence
that the defendant was vcrv busv last
.Tnly !Td Ai'2:iist p'-enara: to probate
'ho alleged last will of the. late 'Jame
j C. King, which, could nrft be probated
Aft-.- her death. Of all men m the
world, declared Mr. Cansler, the Ce-'-ndant
had the strongest possible mo
to preserve and prolong the life
of Mrs. King.
hv no'iii- Haiti, according to a message receir-j Richmond, Va., Dec. 18
, .. x.., K,r wovir nonartmpnt Thp of. cold wave records for th(
,i hv tho Mflvv Denartment. The o! cold wave records for the first part r.TT1x, fnr bv the vmaeers a
ficer was a native of Detroit, and. W;v 'of December were-broken this mom-, few nours after the burial .service. An
..n cisicn cf the new sys i appointed to the marine corps as a "is. neu ieiupiuLuit- American officer who then paid a vis-
the history oi tiie
;i:H!i'':-. b:n I'wfi'!! with
(By Associated Press.;
With the American Army in France,
Friday, Dec-- 14. A story of how Ger
man officers are surrendering is told
b3T an American officer just returned
rfom the British front where he had
been undergoing - instruction.
One night recently a German offi
cer crawled across No Man's Land to
the British wire, raised his hands
and cried".
"Comrade!" British soldiers cover
ed him with riues whereupon the Ger
man said: "Excuse mo if I flower
my hands. I've got a package liere."
The surprised Britishers granted
the request and the German dropped
into the trench. In his hands he had
a package of laundry. He said he had
decided to- surrender a week before,"
but had waited until his laundry
came back. ,
MAJ. LEO D. HE A RTFS
FUNERAL TODAY
(Kper-ifll to The T)ispatcb.)
P-'ei?h. . N. P., Do-. Maj.
Lao
.i,.r, .:ii wT.nniHr.r tho enn ,'irst eponnri lieutenant in 191G. He had i w" culuco'' t:cci"MC1 "ura'it there found the mound accurately
1 " J Khinr TTnn.TilaA nonom liop VI 1 8QCI . , . ... a j ' T TJ rl ,.1- ll,n TTnio CMtn
il l l;y a i the laws ot reason; hcon on duty in Haiti since Decern- -- xMV,. , -"-'' rounded and neapeu witn nowers anu . an... v .m. u.u-.c,
will
:m. .-H-ej an;t to their country ber last' year and served as aide on . m;";u'-' lvuv".' already marked witn a cross mu.v. vl Vl
, :., .;t,. i,r ill f.n-IIPP ,i. . ..x.xu! x- n:. nonoKol f 'nlr, nlCCS. Hlfiiuia lino vrii m i.x.. ixxxwv-.T ..!, hoon parvfid tnp SPT"fl uaiuuim, uxxvx xiwuiv. .x.
;i I : .II c-CB.tuj y ixx x - Tne Stall UI Dllgauici ucuciai vwn., . uit;u uau uvvu v,ix -
ithe more deferred clns-- i commanding.' His mother, .Mrs. Jraryf e cvold since last Sunday. name and organization and the
: t!ch necessity does arise. ; Ravenei ives at 147 Nodd. street, ( Traffic has ben impeded m jtA sec- French authorities, . with a. touching
lind the cot:ntry ready. j
find the country ready." i
"i'l,ro-ih tlie Coverr.ors of the
!';at'-- a l-e-al Advisory Board, to as
i reyi.-.inir.l.; to r ake intelligent i
Charleston, S. -C''v
"Nothing Doing."
CTJy Aociareff Press).
heavy snow.
Cleveland Hit Hard.
. apology., promised that the cross
should be painted the next morr
; Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 15. One hun-T" " and that will last but a-fev
Pnr,- riof i?; "ivrnt h in ? worth re ' ''ed thousand men were out or wont . , Mnrmaiiv tho two nower
neir questionnaires, has i n? oCcurred during the course of ; a:td hundreds of Cleveland s largest of the company consume 50
i to every iuw. .. t . ht wjth the exception or ratn- iMOUW o-"" ar Gf coal-'daily.,
Grand Iodge of Masons. wVi die'l here
Thursday - night, after a short illness,
will be buried with Masonic honors
this afternoon at 3 o'clocU. The fu
noral Rfirv5rfi will he held in the PirSf.
Presbyterian church, of which Malorj.been- resumed with the Germans at
Heart't had been an active officer and I Minsk and other poirfts ' near ' the
worker for years. Deceased was 671 northwestern front. New shops have
GERMANY RECEIVES
FATS FROM RUS3IA
; . - '
(By Associated . Press
Petrograd, Dec. 15. The Germans
already have - begun to obtain fats
and other sorely needed supplies from
Russia, . according - . to information
reaching Petrograd today. It was an
nounced that credit institution here
had been informed that trade had
no sar.-e agencies, tne man artillorv -fires on the Beau-
.isedirino in every community j nl nnnT!1T irnnt TNnrth'of Ver-
I xl!zo l themselves to aid and .., .nav,a wat. AfPI atatoJ the: t turning out rush orders of war!
Tho'UUUJ, oaJO ,. I ir rorH ror, thp flovolanni
,r, : ment,
tod ty because of the shortage of coal
The companies affected, many of
: '-d'cal examinations.
:. cf the men who aro
t; I- new system iave offered
rvi(;; without price to their
-":-nii'(;-:it.
Heavy Fighting In Italy.
Bv Associated Press).
iriji-n Honn"!'Tters in Northern
wait. . iais, uei)ouu "" v.v.wux.!
Electric Illuminating Company for
electric power. Late yesterday theji
coal, .shortage reached such an acute
stage that the Illuminating company
shut oLT electric current to all big
industrial manufacturing plants.
oP-r:et:on ot the ciassmcauun -ik- ttahvv - flrhtine is in
complete tne - oo tnfl rnnimtain frontHndust
the local and district ooaras. . . -vArthprn eaqt of tne Brenta. The idle manufacturing plants will'
. ter they will act each in their The - enemy is attempting to! resume operations Monday morning
. . .. . t anvnnn nis li nuiif '- u. r- i , uivtmv," .- -
x. . . ...Li.i, advntlCfi hl9 DOS tlOn
,ny ner regiBOTUcm wmwu ' ttf . wntttt would give the Illuminating company's plant is
; and will consider changes west. 01. uio xvj- k. rw Vo -rtai
u- or transfers of jurisdiction him twonnes oi wiowu, tu
""ilr-n such may arise.
Brenta valley and the open plain. I
not delayed. Only five cars, of coal.
were received by the company last
I
mm r m m . r u u l & - 11
years' of age, and for 10 years had
been treasurer of the .Grand Lodge of
Masons of 'North Carolina, and had
been Clerk of the United States Dis
trict Court for several years.
been opened and the Germans are ex
changing metals and chemicals for
vegetables and fats and " especially
soap. .V ' ; v -
TWO AMERICANS
I nU IIIUIC IICU UVA UMIIOl. ' , - n. TVVV T"T fff IPf
IFv Associated Tress lTNJUKEXJ 1I OnLltx
j Boston, .JVlass. Lec. lb. two more
members '. of the Boston American (By "Associated Press.) 1
1 Leasrue baseball team enlisted n tne I With the American Army in France
t navy, it was- learned today. Pitchers ' -JbTiaa ; uec. 14. a. oursting sneii
J Pennock and Bader, signed, as yeomen, has wounaea. two American railway
f it was sai . Jiat club headquarters, engineers- working behind, the t British
making 11 ? members of the team . whor front,, according to reports received
(have joined' the nation's first line of 'today.. The projectile struck in a pile
defense.
Of picks, shovels-and other r tools.'-..
kask, the ( capital of the Don terri ..
ory, to discuss the suspension of -mil
ary operations. The mayor;,ofJJtos?;j
tov probably is a member of the'.Bol-;
sheviki, agents of which,' organisation ;J
were reported several days ago as -having
been sent into the -ranks', of I
Kaledines' Cossacks to spread extrem
ist 1 propaganda. j v
' The people of Germany are reported "
to be looking forward to a supreme -German
effort on the Western front,
but so far it has not developed. ' fvV
The artillery activity wnich .'has
been very heavy along the Western
front for the past week or more hais i ;
died down in intensity on most oft,heV
front. , . ;-.;;;, 'ISY.'
East of Ypres yesterday, the- .Ger-
mans gained 300 yards of front line
trench in the region of Polderhoek .
chateau. Elsewhere the " Germans
were repulsed. British positions!' in ;v
the Arras-Cambrai" sector are .being ;
bombarded heavily, especially east ; of "
Bullecourt and north of the Scarpe
river. h'-Jf,:Js Z
Pjersistent efforts by the Austnv'
Gerpiahs to break through the. Italian -
S-defense immediately east of the Brep-
ta river continue, Dut witn. ntue sue- .
cess and heavy . casualties. f ' An;f .at-. -tack
against the Col Beretta 'positions
was repulsed by the Italians." 7 Hand- v
to-hand fighting developed in an Aus-"
tro-German attack at the bead, of tho -Calcino
Valley. Italian soldiers and'
French and Italian "cannon '' checked
the ' enemy during most of ithe" day''
and at nightfall the Italians gave up" a ,
short section of ground at - the head'
of the valley. ' ' v V
The critical stage of, the war ha?
been reached; Premier Lloyd-Georgf
says,, afe Germany, is straining to
strike before' American help can make
up, for RussjanC'x failure.' -Upoajthe
tonnage, America" and Great Britain
can construct in the next. -.year,- de
pends the destiny of the . world.
There is no - prospect for world ; safe
ty, cthe. British y Premier declared, : .ixi-.
a league of 'peace, as it .would he ,s,
farce without victory toward : which
the Allies are making progress! Peacfe .
proposals -"when the Pr ussian -military
spirit' "is drunk ! with ' boastfulness'
would be a betrayal of trust. 1 Premier
Lloyd-George- said . he agreed.' .with
President" Wilson's war aims" and gave :
warning I against -; . men:- '' who . ' think '.;
there is a; safe way house between
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