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WEATHER FORECAST,; 4 '' .'K V-1 .-rV North Carolina partly ciouay to --.-ht and Saturday; coldef. South Carolina Probably 'rtcal . -ins tonight; colder in northwest c tion. Saturday, fair and colder.- ING FUUL LEASED WIRE SERVICE VOL. XXIII, NO. 352, ILMINGtON, NORTH dAROK DECEMBER 281 1917 ;PRICE FIVE - CENTSl WEALTHY tfflZEl, F DUPLIN. SHfll TRAfNINe CAMPS MM INERAL HEALTH iONglElIN MF P (T FIT) 1TO fliMIIMFMf&r Approximately 250,000 Miles of Road Passed to Govern ment Control DIRECTOR McADOO DRAFTS WAR BOARD Railroads War Board Called Upon to Unify Systems In to a Great Line No Cere mony Observed W'a.- (By Associated Press.) hington. Dec. 28. As the FRANCE WILL HAVE PRIVATE BANKS IN i "BEFORE-WAR"! PETHOGRAD SEIZED PEACE liOillNSi 81 THE SOLDIERS Seriously and Probably Fatally Wounded Today By Walter Cottle SHOOTING RESULT Deaths Decrease in National Guard and Increase in National Army NO DECIDED CHANGE OF AN OLD GRUDGE FROM FORMER REPORT Cottle Was at Home from the - Some Camps Show Improve ment While Others Do Not, According to Health Sum mary Made Public Navy 'for Holidays Met Parker and After Fe Words Opened Fire Sieclal to The Dispatch) ' Wallace, N. C, Dec. 28 Just .ii I fore noon this morning, Mr. G. 13. Washington. Dec. 28. Deaths from disease in the National Army during the week endi ne; December 21 number d 118 against 97 the week before and first! L'oy. ' C!ctt'e, who wrs home upon a : furlough from the Navy for the holi days, held a grudge against Mr. Park er, so it is reported, on account of the latter having had him indicted : (two years ago for hunting on posted Foreign Minister Pichon Re-; Finance Commissioner Takes grounds and shooting tame cquivreis. r R U j a Lift st tail, Mr. farKer is saw to nave. v-'Ver oanKs ana Arrests L;n onv. PnHi v,,,,-,!- U,aiu caugui wulu uuiibiug -. .io plies to Germahy's Offer Made to the Russians th-p!;-r t'n ' iicjl :tou in the governments op- j ,;n o: railroads which began at ALSACE- LORRAINE .!;. Directoi'-uenerai jicaqooi : Tl ilro fls' W ar Po ' "nto j - ,n .vice to work . Whether Russia Concludes r.nif'.ed operr.uon ana sr.Dm'.t) A WORLD QUESTION Many Officials BRANCH OF NEW YORK BANK WAS INCLUDED be-D. Parker, one of the most prominent nnrl nnrmlnr ritizens nf Dnnlirt r'nuntv was seriously -if not fatally1 shot bv the National Guard 120 against 165, I-.lr. Walter C6ttle, a neighborhood as shown m a summary, of army healtb- .i,ui:uiuuua uiaut yuui'v: tuuay uy me War Denartment, Of the National Army deaths, 77 twere due to pneu-j Taenia and of those in the National) Guard 7. ' ' "The non-effective rate of the en-i tire National Guard for the week," says, the -'report, "was cT.S per thous and asr-nnst 48.6 for the preceedingi Wf-fik. the nHminiRtvntinn rate fnr rlif. ! I t; " ttr" r i ""V:: ease, was 31.1 per thousand against 32.6. f The non-effective rate for the l,i for approval. The Separate Peace or Not, France Will Continue to Fight for Rights (By Associated Press). the the Paris, Thursday, Dec. 27. France diers acting under the orders of will not accept peace based on condi-' nance Commissioner Menshinsky tions before the war Foreign Minis-.day surrounded and seized all private Pichon declared in replying following five railroad execu-; -: rh a leader in the business of tr.:!;K)i :ui;;ii, wili woik out me piaas , f'i;- v. r-h'Jax 2.r;0,!')0i miles of railroad j i;ru on" !:r-.u continental system for, w-nnin.e the war: ! Fairfax Ka-ri.am. president of ail'.em. J. iius Kiutt.-( 'ini'.r. TTTair-uan o: l,0i.rd of tlrr S.r.thern Pacific. Su:mks1 R':t. -i idont of the Penn ;';:''ani.!. Hale Holden. president of the Bur lii;gton. Howard Elliott, of the New Haven, j volve France in its negotiations with Piroctc Mrai mcaqoo win issue 1. ) orders or diate pre.-eiif said trermany a - Manager Stevens of Branch ot National City Bank of New York Detained and Bank Closed I Petrograd, Thursday, Dec. Sol Fi to- Cottle left the neighborhood and'jom- i J, iNavy. , National Army was 41.8 per thousand I This morning, as Mr. Parker was , at!ainst 40.4; the admission rate for .walking from his store to his resi-. dis ase was 34.3 against 34.7. . jdence, a distance of about 300 yarn a., Tn' Southern camos m easles has he was met by Cottle who suddenly continued to spread in the 34th divis-' raced mm wun tne reported woms: iOTi ;tt Camp Doniphan, Okk'., the Are you ready to cue; ror l am gomr summary says, but in other divisions to kill you." Mr. Parker told him not of the National Guard the number of to shoot, but immediately Cottle drew , cases is small. a .32 calibre pistol, sending one ball Many new cases of pneumonia are through Mr. -Parker's breast ana as ; stiir being reported from the 31st di- Some Believe Germany is Sin-; cere, Others That There Is a Trap 1 The Trend of Opinion is iEx-2 pressed by Lloyd-George?'?;0vfc! -and Pichon ' OPENING WEDGE FOR i SOMETHING DEFINITE! Chamber of Deputies today to branch of National City Bank, of New f !, as was Drs. Carroll and Williams, comparatively low in all divisions of ter the the peace terms of the Central Pow ,ers outlined to Russia, that Germany was endeavoring to in in banks Mr. Paiker turned he fired two more, one going into the hip and another in the lower part of the -back. Dr. 'J. F. Landen, Mr. Parker's physician, I reached him, and his nephew,, Dr. vision at Ca,mp Wheeler, Macon. Ga., and the 36th division at Camp Bowie, Texas. Meningitis has increased at Believe That Czernin's State ment Was Addressed More to the Allies Than to Rus sia Comment of Papers London, Dec. 28. Opinion here on the reply of the Central Powers to the Bolsheviki peace terms, as far as .can Camp Doniphan and has decreased inbe judged from the editorials in th in Petrograd, including the)Iirank Quinn) of Magnolia was sent all other divisions. Communicable disease rates are morning papers, follows, two mam linos. On one hand it seems to be fplt that tliA ftpntrnl Pnwers li.ive Dr. Th'os. Green, of Wil-jthe National Army except the 81st, mpdp "nprfPrtiv sincere offer to end - . i t , -w. i t i i r- t t ri yi it c i i -f - - He asserted was arrested and detained for a short L? .was summonea to c.tner,, , - umma , , . 8,na the war immediately, Iwhile .on the .1 iinj u ji rrr - -- have set a cunning trap in which they -York. The manager. R. R. Stevens, ;oi Wallace. time. the Bolsheviki, but that the war would Herons for the irarae- liin will await recotu-:&o on whether or. not Russia made a t mendations or rho War Board before ! separate Deace. f:kiug any inesmei?-fo ""clSctt tTre cott' The Foreign Minister a special tram put on to brintr him. f iko, Arnansas anu utn, uamp rravis, The extent of Mr. Parker's injuries' Texas. Measles has increased at have not yet been determined. It ! Camp Gordon and large numbers of Manv bank directors were arrested Several surrendered the keys to the; UtlUK. VilUltt., UUt oicycaa t j i...... noTO" roe Qro ronnrfoH at nafnm: TJi'lra i iihii en ere i nefir it nni rnrn ifn xn-a i "" P Wright, counse ti(,,i r-hnlrincr milrnnn tprmma I-; nn i - ...... - ..-'.....fc. lH.l.V.l.l. .. ............ . , I in me r.asi. , , . i. j tv,o i r. tions with the Russians, re-establish-i eaiuereu 1U u"c entrances. L.aier me uaniis wsre v.u- tered. In most instances no resist- trac'Ks "What over can be done- to make the roads more efficient," said Mr. Mc Adoo. "will be dene as soon as we r'nl out wlr.t is necessary.'' Th3 financial question was touched bar li.shtly in the conference. The railroad executives described the sit uation to Secretary McAdoo and told hira jusr what they need in the way of government guarantees and en couragement of security issues. Optra ting problems were gone in to at length. The railroad execu-tlu- promised their fullest co-opera-t fn In carrying any measures the Di rert General may think necessary. Mr. McAdoo said he liaa made w ing commercial relations in the mean time; believing that in this way the Bolsheviki might be checkmated la ter. Referring to the terms which the Central Powers offered to the Russians as published today, he said: "Germany , is trying to involve us in her "Maximalist negotiations. After suffering as we have, we cannot ac cept peace based on the status quo. By agreement with our allies, we are ready to discuss direct propositions j regarding peace, but this is indirect. "Russia can treat for a separate peace with our enemies or not. In eitner case tne war tor us will con sents in regard to a staff, j tinue r An aIly has faile(, us a-n al presence at the conference ofilv hn in nroreH;nr vre orrioH ntr great victories. It is a great success for our enemy, but another ally has come from the other end of the world, a democracy has risen against Germany's appetite for conquest. "At the conference in Paris, a pro gram was drawn up and in conse the not. Parker, who is considered the wealthiest man of. Duplin county, lives 14 miles east of Wallace, Chin or, -rrr o c nfFororf ATr Stevfin (leolar- illai"u "-"S ntj IS ed his bank had no vaults but only : exceedingly popular, being : noted as emhawv ralW unnn Mr 'Stevens dur-uau euteieu near 11 uovmryugu xai I - . fb!y:-Ilf5iUP i bte7ns aur j left kidney, xC&ljfosjt nimiY ??eHHB raes toj:enerally im- vT8.:?.?: ----- rwhether the lune was Dierced bv the f proved, except at Camp Travis, where "J Ai- tne lime lur me uyeuiiig u . - - - ia- banks detachments of the Red Guard " hl entered 'the breast or hope, although vainly, to catch the Allies. . The former view is .not confined to ative Daily Express, which stands un-; core promisingly for victory over the Central Powers. In all the paperi ia most generous and public spirited citizen. PtT'T!'.' b'.i' th Jolin Barton Payne, of Chicago, head of in Shipping Board's legal staff, led to some speculation that Mr. Payru rr:ir.drt become an assistant to tiv- Hircttor General. !): lailroad heads were visibly in ; be1 ter frame of mind after the oru'f;. ner-.-than they were before t;;i:; -i- w-th the Director General. 1; ic HoMen, of the Burlington, said sniall safes. After his arrest he was permitted to return to the bank, which was placed under guard. The bank directors who were arrested were accused of "sab-' otage." Telephone service througnouti th city was stopped for an hour. In explaining the seizure of the banks, M. Menshinsky, who had eharge of the work, uaid: "We let it be known long ago that private banks should send reports, weekly to the State bank. ThU was! ' dene but the reports were incorrect. Correspondent Says He Has a ba?iks, revise their activity and then see that they resumed business." It is reported that a special commit tee will investigate the closed banks, spending a week in the process, and that the institutions will not be per mitted to resume business in the mean- THROAT GUTTIHG STOHf CONFINED Copy of the Official Communication 80 new cases were reported. The number of n?w cases of menin gitis has been smHH in all divisions e-voent t.hp 81 at which rpnnrtArl 37 The outbreak of scarlet fever at Itaking triis view tjie statement of the Camp Pike still continues. j Central Powers is regarded" as being A large number of new cases of addressed less to Russia than to the mumps are reported in several di- Allies collectively and the offer made visions of the National Guard and through Count Czernin is assumed to National Army. FERDINAND WANTS 16 TO HOLD COQUESTSi Bulgaria Would Keep Gaptur-2 ed Territory Allies InvitedA to Join Next Conference c Which Meets January 4a?v' Expressions by responsible ,rmeni- bers of Entente governments are Be '. ginning to indicate the trend of :-of-T: ficial opinion of the German ternia for a general peace, as laid down; r " in the reply of the Central Powers to .Russia's "proposals. Stephen Pich on, France's Foreign Minister, :.was.' r explicit in a' statement made Jn" the ir'Si Chamber of Deputies, declaring that);f' France could not accep,t a peace bsOitf V ed on the conditions that existed be fore the war. The war would go oh;: : whether or not Russia made a separ- XT'.' ate peace, he said. The question -of J:.' , Alsace-Lorraine, the restoration ". of, f , which France , demands, is -a world ; question, not a territorial, buta moiS'-j al problem, he declared, and onv-itsJi solution depended whether the world; -,V ' would have -a-durable peace. - J4"'jlfe David Lloyd-George, the Friish v; Premier in a letter senc tah the: . British Labor Congress, made a tate-, ment which is regarded in v Londoii ; as the British reply to the German ; . offeri , In that Mry Lloyd-George .4er ''.V'- clared it waa esfeentiai. to . f the fu " papers, generally .regarded ? as having ftaV.- pacifists leanings. It stvonglr, for instance, by the conserv-. k .w i-mLv PrericHL'. minisferial - .attitude ''was 'for- IS IT ESS- Till! be an initial proposal which the Cen- tral Powers probably are prepared to modify in the course of bargaining, for nowhere are the terms of the Central Powers regarded as entirely accept able in their present form. The Express says: j "The terms may be taken as Ger many s first bid. The proposals are, )f course, wholly inadequate, but it is significant that the idea of conquest! tified, as shown by last night's; Paris ; dispatches, by a vote taken in Hue V. . Chamber after M. Pichon's statement,? ;?j was made. An opposition resolution V' was voted down 411 to 90 and a reso-;: lution approving' the declaration1 -and v.;; expressing confidence in the ministry wan' -adpnted 384 to p. ' ;. . .:ktv German terms for a general peace' and the suggestion that tnevEehttofe:'i . joined the Ruaso-German peace '..'con-3'H-ference have brought no immediate y ; response. American. Hriusn ara ;;. French leaders are silent, probably . awaiting a direct message from . ths - f peace-makers at Brest-Litovsk. z,-'. The attitude of the American gov iv that quense, unity of action on the part of jtime. The city is facing a serious fi thp AiliP will' make itself nanciai shortage, especially in cur fntt in Mnr0rtnnifi fjprmnnv ! rency of small denominations (Uy Associated Press) New York, Dec. 28. In Wew of pub lished statements attributed to Gener ic! Tasker H. Bliss, chief of staff, to the effect that in France visiting Am Food Administrator Called to New York and Could Not Testify (By Associated Press). Washington, Dec. 28. When railroad heads immediately ; and her aIies have undertaken the i-t tbout working on a plan f t i aiii r.;,(i economies and tne pooling ( world . world will cfonquer them, or rr-.-iarin . Pooling, he said, would In this war France will have a' r Mr.ii.nsh much in relieving con- j pIayed a great role, for, as Roosevelt g-t' (l lines. ias saj(j( she will have saved human- 'I'lic hour of 12 passed without no-jtv members of the conference, M pich0n declared that the secret 12:30 before some one , troHc nnhlic:hed hv the Bolsheviki v,,... t. ., had not compromised France. He said tic an ?; th Mi ti.i at tlie-" clock, realized that iin-rids actually had passed on today the approximately i;iil,-s of American railway .-il: ntlv merged into the great chain foi the German diplomats who were pre tending to show indignation were the fery men who sought to negotiate a secret treatv with the old regime in the Winning oiRussja: who attempted to draw Mex ico into war aeainst the United o -dent Widens decton gtateg and organized plots in Argen- tin, legarutju uy umu j-o small denominations wh'.ch bat' been unavailable for several days. the. Senate committee investigating the orican headquarters he had not heard uSar shortage finally called for Food of the incident f an American sentry .Administrator Hoover today to give being found with his throat cut after, hiu. view of conditions, a letter from i the German raid, when an American ' ef Counsel Lmdley, of tne .Hood The National City Bank, of New battalion was in the front line trencher, 'Administration, was presented sayin'at once York, was granted a license last Jan- j,n(j that no such report had reached ?',r- Hoover had learned through the urry to commence business in Russia, -the War Department, the Associated IP-hfic press" he was to testify today with particular reference to the financ- press cabled its correspondent with,but had been called to New York has been abandoned completely. This c "u-nt nr-n not changed, and it ; i is the first indication that Germany felt in Washington that the present lias begun to realize the true position German promises of no annexations with which she is confronted. and no indemnities are insincere. An V "At the same time the demand of alleged view 0f 'the German peace; the Allies for reparation is ignored j termg in high British circles says . i.oiaiiy. - - i nere is no uouci wmi ing of railroad construction. The li- the American army in France for more! In view of the repeated attempts of the negotiations are a form of camou flage by -vhich Germany is attempting to talk to the Allies through Russia it is a general peace that Germany and Austria-Hungary want and behind Czernin's words there is, we think, a perfectly sincere desire to end tha war The offer, for what it :r Gc-.Tjnsnv ccse" a general ra"e and does not want a separate peace, with Russia. British newspaper opin ' ion is divided. t - A recess in the peace negotiations has been taken and the , conference will be resumed January 4 at a place is not yet determined. Leon Trqtzky,: worth, is obviously genuine. I the BoisneviK Jboreign, mmisiei "Germany is pledged definitely to ! said to be preparing a new appeal; to the principle of restitution, thereby bluntly repudiating Von Tirpitz and the other Pan-Germans. "An authoritative Allied reply to Count Czernin might be a demonstra tion to the German people that the Al lies have no wish to contrive their de- ving of a new epoch in gov ' o t ration and control of pub passed by without any for- '!i:i:nv. '-(Jer.pral .McAdoo was. oonfr :i ' time with the members 'it in i j tina. After referring to the German de I claration that . Alsace and Lorraine would never be surrendered, M. Pich ! on said: j "The question of Alsacerljorraine i does not affect France alone. It is a world question. It is not a terri 1 torial problem;, but a moral prob- cense given was the nrst grancea to definite information as to the source ia- lioa Aamimsiraior u De n-avu a foreign bank to do business "in Rus- of his dispatch on this subject. De-' Previously, Senator Vardaman called sia since 1379. ' cember 25, notwithstanding the fact T- A- E1Iis- of the Food Administra- . i that the original despatch stated the tlon to the witness chair, and under incident had been read from hnltetins questioning Ellis testified Chairman 4 se nt to certain American units. Reed had notified him last-Saturday struction, 'hinder their development or! i A renlv iust received from the ror- Mr- Hoover would be heard today and 'threaten their independence. When CONTINUING SPORTS respondent says: ithat he had given the information to they once understand what. the Allies j "In regard to the throat cutting in-: Mf- Hoover. stand for and what really are their in-1 cident. the matter in mv disDatch whs counsel Landley's letter, liowrver, tenuons, tne uerman people tliem- copied from an official communication declared he had gone to the capitol , selves will complete the destructi m f GOVERNMENT FAVORS (By Associated Press.) ence. it is inaicatea m itussia aes the Entente Allies to join the,' con-., ; ference. It is indicated in Russia) despatches received -in London that Y the Bolsheviki place most , of their , hopes in retaining power in 'the' con -V summation of a oeace which 'wifl-'-'meJty'r the wishes of the Russian population,".;, thus weakening the Cossack and, , . Ukrainian opposition. y . King Ferdinand, of Bulgaria '.' ari -Amsterdam n despatch says, holds dif- ;. ' ferent views on annexations : from New York, Dep. 28. Representatives to the troops, issued by the general yesterday to notify the committee Mr. I that militarism' which has set out to ; oinrPPrt -h Cnnnf-: &rnin. nearly 200 universities colleges and commanding the division concerned, wou d .bunable-to appear o-;r . ' (who aDDarentlv' is Uie German mouth-S .of the order is in mv nosses- ua' uul ioam mi uie .senators u ma, i ouiomcie says it is ai . . " . ,: of various intercollegiate acnieuc p.ssocui- a copy tions from all sections of the country sion." attended the twelfth annual convention . of the National Collegiate Athletic As- Dwiggins Sent to my po,; Prison. funeral of Senator Newlands. ' j striking fact that the Central Powers As Mr. Hoover did not appear today,! have accepted the formula of no aji the committee resumed investigation negations and no indemnities, and con- lem. On its solution depends wheth- war colonel Palmer E. Pierce. U. S. tors in Liberty Loan bonds pleaded Jt is entirely likely that Mr. Hoover Russia, but for the Allies at large and A:, president of tne organization, in guilty when arraigned today and was i w,u De suDpoenaea to testiry, probaalyj es-ytsuiaiiy- ine tu ni tec o taxes. fjom- War Board and Robert 1 r-he'irman of the Priority ' ''.-.iiniittee. , ' ' 'j- 11 T ei or not the world shall have a dur- vU'i'n tbe limitations of law, iaDle Peace- . . . his annual address, stated that tne sentenced to three the government itself now i The statement was greeted with government favored the continuation penitentiary. arc -omulish. pledged their applause. . , . , , of sportr, among the colleges. ;- I'no -oveinment adminisr-t-' The occupation ot jerugaiem, m. Encouragement ot college athletics .a practically every i allroad Pichon said was a victory for the!on lines to benefit physically all stu- ' r-'.untry 1 civilized world. He added that th-. lents, instead of merely a few specK.l- il nnifTcat'on o clty, wouia De given au mieiuauuuai ; : ts, so as to increase tne vi.?or oi $ sociation here today, at which there New York. Dec. 28. Elmer rwir. of the coal situation ; with W. B. Col- .tnmes: was a general discussion of the policy gins, arested some time ago on charge v?i of tQe Federal Trade Commission,! ' "The new peace offensive of the Cen- uuderlying college a.thletics during the 0f usins the mails to defraud inves- continuing on the stand. . ,tral Powers is meant, not primarily for 3 'j f PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY. or i i;o actual .. .. , ... , i t-toliil; common use or tar-iiitieii ana:01-"1"-' i wlilcli are expected to raise , mi i; ja in immediately, will hi Young Women Smokers (Rv Associated PreSs) London. D?c. 28. The conduct (By Associated Press). Washington, Dec. 28. Coinci- V :cfif in i 03 control and' operation ofi. , I J u - for the duration o? rroad r If-( illeri StPtes! fnvprnmpnt secretary McAdoo, the new i wflv tne movine mciure iutaue auu passes into tne hands ol i,..!,. nlnv-hnses where it ia allowed. is gradually putting smoking out Oi fashion among, English women of re i ' I i 1 ' - - v. w 1 urau vcorlTr ttritH . , T ,' ainnmnliahin in . ofi'ir.-ial order designed to pocl J more than a recent semi-official en- fraflic. equipment and terminals to1-treaty to women' to give up smoking n.ieve tlie congestion which has erip-ijn order that the men at the front t the country since the outbreak of may have more "fags 1 war. The immediate result ypung American mannooa tor war j. se vice, was endorsed by jotlr Sscre- a, tai y of War Baker and Secretary of & dent with the takine over of rhe tho Navy Daniels in letters received 4, railroads, President Wilson today by ;l:e association. is celebrating his 61st birthday. ,'f' No special ceremony is planned ' " j at no White House, as the .var- 4 Auc':ralia's Conscription Vote, tin o rush of work means impos- .ole any . deviation in the Presi- ' years in Atlanta fnexV Wednesday. .Committee -mem- ic8 atthe same time as threats and! oei-s Deneveu ne naa oeen sumcientiy ."''"'iss tui uemenaous irerman er notified and were surprised at Judge ;!fo?ts oh the Western front, it is no jt, Lindley's statement that Mr. Hopveri (Continued on Ptrg Eight). . 1 .. 1 11 i . . r , 1 - - ..... . learueu uirougn newspapers wnen lie . . - : vda BApcuieu. .vamp rme wuaraniinea, Colvei; did not believe the United States- should send coal to Italy or j p piece. A Vienna newspaper ; quotes the King as saying that Bulgaria .. would hold what she had won,twhich; ; seemingly is at variance with the gen eralization of , no ' forcible vairiexationsvg : (Continued on Page Eight) . 4 "i 4 4' -J ,4- A THREE SAMMIE'S KILLED. - :- , v Ottawa, Dec. 28. A Melbourne, Aus-, dent's daily routine. tralia, d;spatch to the Ottawa agency ' Congratulatory letters and tele- of Reuters, limited, giving the latest grams piled into the White House figures on the recent conscription ref- all day. This morning the Pros- The women -erendum show that 889,000 votes were ideht played golf with Mrs. Wil-,4- of the '.declared in .'reply,- that' they were sdo , cast for the --oposal and 1,072,000 son and later worked on .the" rail- tition Hp- oc m'nph war-work as. the men and against it. lis Australian soldier road address he will deliver to w"i'l be to wine rmt rnmnnfitinrt Vt-ncr 1and re-route traffic 'over the shortest should not be the ones to make any vote shaws.v 23,000 for and lin sacrifices; 1 against conscription. 32.0C0. Congress nejft week. r- ; . - v ' (By Associated Press J',"i?M "E With the American Army !in, t 4 France, Thursday, Dec. 27. Dur- 4 ' ,(By-,Associated.Press).- 4 msr a recent moonlight night Ger-:, Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 28. Adju-4 man aviators dropped bombs on a fr . France, and said Lord, Northcliffe told tant General CJ J.:i Hubbard,t of -Ala-, certain town .and. "two Americar;ri him that England had enough coal bama today reecived a telegram from privates, who were in a camp in. above ground to supply 11 Europe ex- thQ War Department Ordering" that j a 'obd, were killed.;.TlJe;Gefl,: cept Germany. ; I no moresselectives be sent to Camp man airmen flew low'and dropped' "It; take's five times as long to "send Pike, as that camp was under quarv j their bombs accurately;;- "? v;4 coai from the' United States to Italy , antine. The1 telegram, did hot state . A corporal -of American c engi-i . s , from Wales to Italy," said he. 4 the nature of ?vthe disease, but Lit is neers was killed and one. priyat3 " . "The Italian commission told me known here, that scarlet fever exists was wounded Christmas eve when thev expected America ; to furnish at the Arkansas camp. ' a German shell dropped near-a coal to Italy," remarked Senator, Reed - V. party of American ' engineers "Why is. it people were freezing in! , Artillery Duel In Italy. J working iri trenches on a Bectibn France last-year and the American am- - ; (By Associated Press); tof the French front. . . The. engi-" bassadorxwas unable to ke?p his Paris; Berlin,' Dec. 28. via London.) j ners for several weeks had" been residence lyarm?" . ? s. -1 Throughout. the day there was increait working along the-front' with yet- "Transportation, I suppose" -answer- ed r artillery ? firing on the . Asiago pla eran French engineers for purpose ediColverVf i? . - a. i iiiiua. xuey. comu get it across tne irom;, says loaays orxiciai report irom 4, yv: (- , f , channel if England had it, said Reed, the Italian front. ; t 'V. 1 5 - -it "