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PERIL III ITALY NOW
SECOND SESSION OE
MISS OLGA F LOR MAN
BOLSHEVIK) NOW
IH. E. CONFERENCE
AT KINGS MOUNTAIN
BRITISH PENETRATE
HINDEHBURG LINE
APPARENTLY AT END
SEEKS ADD
CONGRESS
DEC
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IS
BRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS
HAVE REINFORCED ITALIAN
LINES ALONG PIAVE.
STRATEGIC POINTS GAINED
Italians Have Held on to All Positions
Since Drive Ended and in Some
Places Have Pushed Enemy Back
Supplies Arrive.
Apparently the peril of the Italian
troops guarding the Piave line and
the hill country in northern Italy
against the Teutonic allies is at an
end. Large numbers of British and
French reinforcements, infantry and
artillery, at last have arrived upon
the scene, after days of anxious wait
ing, in which the Italians have borne
the brunt of terrific fighting on both
fronts solely on tfteir own shoulders
and kept back the enemy from a fur
ther invasion of the Venetian plain.
Although faced everywhere by su
perior numbers of men and gun pow
' er, the Italians have yaliantly, de
fended every foot of ground in the
hills and along the Piave, and in the
former region In recent days actually
have taken the offensive against the
invaders and pushed them back from
strategic points of' vantage they had
gained under terrific sacrifices in
lives. .
For eight days the allied reinforce
ments marched to the rescue, bring
ing along with them large numbers
of guns and huge supply trains. All
the troops are declared to be in fine
fettle and eager to test their strength
against the enemy.
Just where the British and French
forces will be thrown into the fray
has not been made known, but doubt
less large numbers of them will be
used to strengthen , the Italian front
on the north from Lake Garda east
ward to the Piave, w"here the Austro
Germans have been making their
strongest efforts to pierce the Italian
line.
At last accounts General t Byng's
British troops before Cambral were
holding in their entirety the Bourlon
positions west of Cambral.
RUSSIAN SECOND ARMY
ALSO WANTS ARMISTICE
Appeals to Soldiers Not to Support
Kerensky
Petrograd, Saturday. A congress of
the second army, with one dissenting
vote, has adopted a resolution approv
ing all the measures promulgated by
the council of national commissioners,
Including the decree for an immediate
armistice and peace and favoring the
government of the workmen's and sol
diers' delegates.
The resolution appeals to all sol
diers not to support Premier Keren
sky and the provisional government
generals "against the people." The
most striking passage in the resolu
tion follows:
"The second army, with arms in
its hands, will defend the authority
of the workmen's and soldiers' dele
gates and the national committee. At
the first order of the military revo
lutionary committee of the second
army, which is clothed with full
power, we will advance as one man
against counter-revolutionists in the
rear as well as at the front.
"On our past we are taking all
measures for the removal of counter
revolutionary elements from the com
manding personnel of the army, for
the immediate democratization of the
army and In particular for the trans
fer of the higher authority in the army
to elective bodies."
JACK TAR LOSES LIFE
TO SAVE HI SCOMRADES
Washington. Osmond Kelly Ingram,
of Pratt City, Ala., the gunners' mate
lost overboard when a German sub
marine attacked the American de
stroyer Cassin in the war zone on Oc
tober 16, deliberately sacrificed his
own life to reduce the risk to his
messmates.
A detailed report from Admiral Sims
flhows that Ingram, standing aft on the
destroyer where some high explosive
depth charges were stored, saw the
orredo coming. Instead of rushing
forward to save his own life by get
ting away from the explosion, Ingram
stuck to the' spot throwing overboard
the high explosives, which he knew
would' further endanger the lives of
his fellows if- they were detonated by
the explosion of the torpedo. He was
the only an lost, being thrown oyer
board by the explosion.
CONGRESSMEN EXPECT SECOND
SESSION TO RIVAL FIRST IN
IMPORTANCE.
WEIGHTY MATTERS ARE AHEAD
Members Returning to Washington
For Another War Session, Decem
ber 3 May Not Adjourn Before
Campaign Time.
Washington. Members of Congress
are beginning to return to Washington
for the opening of the second session
6f the war December 3. Most of them
expect the new session to rival the
last in Important action, and few
think it will end before the general
congressional campaigns next fall.
Appropriations for the war prom
ise to require much time and there
is much as ,well as unfinished war
legislation to be dealt with. Presi
dent Wilson's opening message soon
after Congress reconvenes will de
termine, in great measure, the pro
gram of new legislation. Many do
mestic matters, including prohibition
and woman suffrage, are promised attention.-
Future relations between
this nation and Germany's allies may
be determined early in the session.
President's opening address to deal
with the question of whether war
shall be declared against Austria,
Turkey and Bulgaria. Sentiment in
favor of such action Is general among
members now here.-
Work on the appropriation bills for
the next fiscal year already has be
gun by the House appropriations com
mittee, which will have a constant
stream of the supply bills to go
through the congressional machinery
Appropriation estimates are being as
sembled at the treasury department
for submission.
More bond issues probably will be
authorized but actual consideration
of new or amended war tax legisla
tion is not anticipated until after the
session is well under way.
GERMAN U-BOAT SENT TO
BOTTOM BY DESTROYERS
All Members of Crew But One Taken
Prisoner.
Washington. A German submarine
captured recently by two American
destroyers was sent to the- bottom by
members of her crew opening a cock
below while their shipmates stood on
deck with hands raised in signal of
surrender. All of the crew were taken
prisoners.
One of the German's was drowned
while being transferred to a destroyer
and another died. The later was
buried with military honors.
Secretary Daniels announced the
capture and sinking of the submarine
in a formal statement which made no
mention of prisoners nor of the reason
for the boat sinking. The details leak
ed out at the department later, but the
secretary would neither confirm nor
deny them, saying he had issued the
statement in agreement with the Brit
ish admiralty and could" not add to it.
There was a report in naval circles
that approximately 40 men, including
five officers, . were taken off the sub
marine. If this were true , it was
pointed out, the vessel undoubtedly
was one of the largest of the cruiser
type known authentically to be oper
ated by the Germans.
The action occurred in the war zone
several days ago and the submarine
went down while one destroyer was
attempting to tow her to port. Al-
SAMUEL GOMPERS AGAIN
HONORED BY LABOR
Buffalo, N. Y. Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor for 35 years, was re-elected
virtually without opposition and with
him every officer of the federation ex
cept John B. Lennon, treasurer, who
was defeated by Daniel T. Tobin.
president of the International Team
sters' and Chauffeurs' Union. '
EASTERN ROADS TO BE
OPERATED AS ONE SYSTEM
Washington Operation of all rail
way lines east of Chicago as one cen
tralized system was decided on by the
railroad war board to obtain a maxi
mum of efficiency in traffic movement.
Cars and trackage facilities will be
pooled regardless of ownership or the
railroads individual interest. This
almost revolutionary move was an
nounced after an all-day conference
between members of the war board
and government officials.
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Because Mrs. Olga Kohler Florman,
daughter of the late Charles Kohler,
piano manufacturer, has gone into debt
while living on $25,000 a year, surro
gate Cphalan of New York signed or
ders giving her $120,000 from the ac
cumulated income of the estate. The
total surplus income is $1,278,139. Mrs.
Florman is the wife of Nils Florman,
jewelry salesman.
PENETRATE HINDENBURG LINE
SMASH THROUGH GERMAN FRONT
FOR DEPTH OF OVER FIVE
MILES.
Success One of Greatest Achieved on
Western Front During Progress of
War. Capture 8,000 Prisoners and
Many Guns.
London. Andrew Bonar Law a-
nounced in the house of commons that
eight thousand prisoners, Including
one hundred and eighty officers have
been taken by the British in their
present operations. At one point the
British penetrated five miles behind
the German lines and several villages
in addition to those already announc
ed, have been taken.
Germans Are on Last Line.
British Army Headquarters in
on their last line of defense at one
point of the British attack.
The British are pushing on towar.rd
Cantaing, three miles , southwest of
Cambral. Northwest of Marcoing, the
high ground known as Premy Chap
pelle has been fought over, and the
Germans have been forced to wi1"
draw.
The advan ;e of the British army
against the Germans was continuing.
The towns of Masnieres, Marcoing,
Ribecourt, Havarincourt, Graincourt
anad Plesquieres all were behind the
British advancing line and the cav
alry, which is co-operating with the
tanks and rendering valuable ser
vice, was drawing in toward the Bour
lon wood, west of Cambral.
Paris. The French troops attack
ed in the region to the north of Cra-'
onne and Berry-au-Bac on a front of
about two-thirds of a mile and pene
trated the German positions to an
average depth of about 400 yards, cap
turing strong defenses and taking 175
Germans prisoner, according to the
French official communication issued
this evening.
BOLSHEVIKI ISSUES
WARNING TO WEALTHY
Petrograd. The Bolsheviki have is
sued a warning to the "wealthy classes
and their servitors" who are accused
of inciting strikes in state and mu
nicipal services. The warning says:
"You are playing with fire. You will
be first to suffer from famine that is
threatening the country and the army.
ON BASIS OF NO ANNEXATION OR
INDEMNITIES FOR EITHER
GOVERNMENT.
NOTE HAS REACHED EMBASSIES
Proposal For Immerlate Opening of
Peace Negotiations is Made By Leon
Trotzky to all The Belligerent
Nations.
Petrograd, Thursday. The note of
Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik! minis
ter, to the allied embassies conveying
the announcement of the proposal for
an armistice has reached the embas
sies. The text follows:
"I herewith have the honor to in
form you, Mr. Ambassador, that the
all-Russian 'congress of soldiers' and
workmen's delegates organized on Oc
tober 26 a new government in the
form of a council of national commis
sioners. The head of this government
is Vladimir Ilich Lenine. The direc
tion of the foreign policy has been en
trusted to me Jn the capacity of na
tional commissioner for foreign affairs.
"Drawing attention to the text of
the offer of an armistice and a demo
cratic peace on the basis of no an
nexations or indemnities and the self
determination of nations, approved by
the all-Russian congress of soldiers'
and workmen's delegates, ' I have the
honor to beg you to regard the above
document as a formal offer of an im
mediate armistice on all fronts and
the immediate opening of peace nego
tiations an offer with which the
authoritative government of the Rus
sian republic has addressed itself sim
ultaneously to all the belligerent peo
ples 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 can
not help aiming at peace as well as
all the rest of the nations exhausted
and made bloodless by this unexam
pled slaughter.
"L. TRCyTZKY,
"National Commissioner for Foreign
. Affairs."
AMERICAN TROOPS ARE
ARRIVING IN FRANCE
Movement Keeps Pace With Expecta
tions of War Department.
Washington. Arrival of American
troops in France has kept pace with
the expectation of the war depart
ment, Secretary Baker said in the first
statement he has ever authorized in ,
connection with the progress being
made in increasing General Persh
ing's forces.
Mr. Baker declined, ' however, to
state the number of. troops forwarded
or to indicate whether he anticipated
delay from thi3 time. Movement of
thee eforce, he said, depended on two
elements, the training and equipment
of he men and the availability , of ships.
"As fast as they are ready, ships
and men will be combined," the secre
tary said. "As many American troops
are now over seas as we expected in
the beginning to have over seas at this
time."
Mr. Baker indicated that an official
statement of the number of American
troops in France was not to be ex
pected at any time during the war. He
caused an inquiry to be made of the
military censor. Major General Mc-
ntyre, however, which may result in
nore liberal regulations as to publica
tion of the designations of regiments,
brigades or companies which are en
gaged in action on the front from time
to time.
If there is no sound military reason,
for suppressing that information, Mr.
Baker said, he desired to give it out.
The secretary's attention was call
ed to the fact that the British official
statements have recently named at
least by geographical designation the
Jroops used in various offensives. Ap
parently a new, policy In this regard
has been adopted in London and tlto
war department may do likewise.
CAPPS RELIEVED FROM
DUTY WITH SHIPPING BOARD
Washington. Rear Admiral Wash
ington L. Capps, general manager of
the shipping board's emergency fleet
corporation, was relieved from duty
in that position by President Wilson
at his own request because of ill health
and wih expressions of deepest regret
by the chief executive. His successor
has not been named, but Chairman
Hurley, of the board, was known to
favor appointment of a mau tra ned
in the same service.
gASH THROUGH GERMAN FRONT
FOR DEPTH OF OVER FIVE
MILES.
ALONG THIRTY-MILE FRONT
Success One of Greatest Achieved on
Western Front During Progress of
War. Capture 8,000 Prisoners and
Many Guns.
London. Andrew Bonar Law an
nounced in the house of commons that
eight thousand prisoners, including
one hundred and eighty officers hav
been taken by the British in their
present operations. At one point the
British penetrated five miles behind
the German lines and several villages
in addition to those already announc
ed, have been taken.
Germans Are on Last Line.
British Army Headquarters in J
on their last line of. defense at one
point of the British attack.
Nearly a score of guns is reported
to have been captured.
The British are pushing on towaard
Cantaing, three miles southwest of
Cambral. Northwest of Marcoing, the
high ground known as Premy Chap
pelle has been fought over, and the
Germans have been forced to with
draw. The advance of the British army
against the Germans was continuing.
The towns of Masnieres, Marcoing,
Ribecourt, Havarincourt, Graincourt
anad Plesquieres all were behind the
British advancing line and' the cav
alry, which is co-operating with the
tanks and rendering valuable ser
vice, was drawing in toward the Bour
lon wood, west of Cambrai.
Paris. The French troops attack
ed in the region to the north of Cra
onne and Berry-au-Bac on a front of
about two-thirds of a mile and pene
trated the -German positions to an
average depth of about 400 yards, cap
turing strong defenses and taking 175
Germans prisoner, according to the
French official communication issued
this evening.
UNNATURALIZED GERMANS
. LEAVING BARRED ZONE
Compelled to Vacate Under Presi
dent's Proclamation.
Washington. Thousands of unnat
uralized Germans were forced to
move from their homes near docks,
piers, warehouses, railway terminals
and other establishments declared
barred zones by President Wilson's
alien enemy proclamation. For many
the new regulations meant not only
the actual moving of the place of resi
dence, but the loss of , jobs in the for
bidden areas as well.
To those without work, including
many with dependents, the federal
employment agencies were open and
officials were emphatic in explanation
that the help of these agencies' in
finding new employment for the alien
enemies would no. be withheld. Thla
was only one evidence of the govern
ment's anxiety to treat law-abiding
Germans with courtesy and consider
ation, while applying drastic rules to
detect the few with harmful intent.
Mayors of eastern seaport cities to
day were asked for the co-operation
of their police departments in the,
registration of alien enemies under
the President's proclamation, and a
few early replies to the department of
justice indicated that the police would
willingly undertake the task of enroll
ing thousands of German adult males
and soliciting data on their occupa
tions and habits for future references.
Along the Atlantic coast, where
danger from alien plotters is consid
ered greatest, the registration enter
prise will be undertaken first, and will
be followed later by registration in
the interior.
John Lord O'Brian, special assist
ant to Attorney General Gregory, in
alien proclamation, expects to com
plete regulations for the registration
late this week, and to put them into
effect next week.
BOLSHEVIKI ISSUES
WARNING TO WEALTHY I
Petrograd.The Bolsheviki have is-,
sued a warning to the "wealthy classes j
,and their servitors" who arev accused
'of inciting strikes in state and mu- (
nicipal services. The warning says:
"You are playing with fire. ou will
be first to suffer from famine that is
threatening the country and the army.
You will be deprive I of the right of
receiving products. All your store?
will be requisitioned and your proper
ty confiscated."
BISHOP HUGHES READS APPOINT
MENTS OF PASTORS FOR THE
COMING YEAR.
MEET NEXT AT ASHEVILLE
Blue Rldge-Atlantlc Methodist Con
ference Hears Strong Address
at Kings Mountain.
Kings Mountain. Af the closinf
session of the Blue Ridge-Atlantlo
Methodist Conference, Bishop Hughes
read the appointments for the coming
year as follows:
Asheville district J. L. A. Bumgar
ner, superintendent, Asheville; F. W.
Stanton, Asheville; C. T. J. S. Green,
Bakersville; T- H. Stamey, Boone;
Ray P. Jones, Canton; W .C. Matney,
Canton; C T. W. H. Pless, Clyde; T.
J. Freeman, Creston; W. A. Patton,
Culbertson; W. T. Clark. Etawah;
Otis Fraley, Hayesville; J. H. Fine,
Laneeing; W. A -Graybeal, Leicester;
A. B. Dennis, Montzuma; K. L. Haga,
Pisgah; D. L. Earnhart, Pond Moun
tain; Salvin Sexton, Sylva, G. N.
Sloan; Unaka, G. W. Williams.
Coast district W. S. Mooe, superin
tendent, Chandlers; C. C. Wallford,
Elizabeth City; M. Warden, Ham
let; W. L. Carter, Harkins Island; to
be supplied, Habteras ;to be supplied,
Marshallburg; to be supplied, More
head City; D. W. Hayne, Moerhead
City; W. Q. A. Graham, Ocracoke; W.
F. Miller, Parmels; F. A. L. Clarke,
Pembroke; W. L. Moore, lPnebluff;
G. S. Deland, Pinners; A. B. Fry,
Rowland ; D. F. Lowery, Troy; C. L.
Hawkins, Washington; John Chaney,
Whaleyville; J. M. Smith, M. O.
Fletcher, president, Washington Col
lege; J. M. Gambrill, in school at
Athens, Tenn.; J. L- Dennis, field
agent conference claimants; perma
nent fund; J. M. Flower, conference
evangelist.
Statesville district W. J. Plint, su
perintendent, Ararat; S. N. Bumgar
ner. Casar: supplied by W. Foster,
Gastonia; S. W. Johnson, Harmony;
J. M. Wall, Hickory; S. A. Earnhart,
Kannapolis; T- E. Pierce, Kings
Mountain; B. A. Culp, Misenheimer;
C. M. White, Newton; M. A. Matheson,
Old Fot; J. H. Gillespie, Thurmond;
T. W. Bryant, supply Statesville;
Austin Wilson, Tray Hill ; D. J. White,
supply, Zion; F. C. West, Bessemer
City; J. M. Heath, Winston-Salem; to
be supplid-
The place of meeting of the next
session was called for and Dr. Stan
ton presented a cordial Invitation
from the First Church at Asheville,
which was accepted by acclamation.
Dr. Farmer addressed the confer
ence in the interest of the boards of
home and foreign missions.
Following this the conference went
into executive session to consider
some matters of purely church inter
est, during which all except mem
bers of the body were excused- ,
War Subject Carolina Day.
Raleigh. The state department of
education is sending into every pub
lic i -hool district In the state and to
private schools as well, the official pro
grams the department has prepared
for the observance of North Carolina
day on December 4. The program con
templates that the people of the
school communities shall be assembled
for this observance and the slogan of
the programs is conversation, patriot
ism and service, as Dr. J. Y. Joyner
state superintendent, expresses it,
"Make, save and serve." The various
features of the program impress the
causes of the war, the needs of the
government and the means of service
that are at hand for all the people. In
its conception the program is declared
to be most opportune and it is believ
ed that the county superintendents and
tho teachers all over the state will
utilize it to their fullest extent as a
patriotic duty they owe their counties,
the schools and the school communi
ties. Christmas Tree 'for Soldiers.
Southport. The Red Cross chapter
of Southport has undertaken the mat
ter qf providing a Christmas tree for
the soldiers at Fort Caswell and also
to provide a Christmas package for
every man in the service there. Owing
to the fact that there are about 1,000
men to be provided for the chapter will
ask other chapters In the state to as
sist in this matter. The cities from
which the soldiers come will especial
ly asked to contribute. Rev. J. N.
Bynum is chairman of the committee
in charge.
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