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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-24
HALF THE NATION
OBSERVES HOLIDAY
ALL RETAILERS EXCEPT ORIG
AND FOOD STORES TO
CLOSE.
MOVING EMPTY COAL CARS
To Continue For Ten Mondays.-Gan
field Requests That Office Buildings
Be Not Heated.-Condititons Better.

The eastelA half of the United
| States observed Monday generally
as a holiday, the first of 10 heatless
Mondays decreed by the government
! to conserve coal and to clear conges.
| ton from the railroads.
Although the closing order, promul.,
! gated by Fuel Administrator Garfield,
goes no further than to forbid the use
of fuel for heating, fuel administration
officials expect business to cease and
Director Garfield issued a direct re.
quest that all retail establishments,
except food and drug stores, close
their doors for the day.
At the same time office buildings
were requested to. observe the spirit
as well as the letter of the order and
operate no lights or elevators except
to accommodate the few exempted
persons who are housed in their build
ing. sas,-1
Food stores, which in the, original
order were permitted to remain open
only half the day, were grntaed spe-
ciaI dispensation under which they
may sell goods, throughout the day
1t was said that the use of fuel for
lighting buildings and for operating
their elevators probably could be pre-
vented during the remainder Of the
Monday holidays In drawing the or
der this was overlooked and thousands
of kilograms have reached the fuel
administration asking for ruling.
While reports to the fuel admins
tration told of an increased movement
of. coal to householders and to ships
under the three days operation of tho
five-day factory closing order, severe
weather held back the clearing OF
freight congestion, which was one of
the chief purposes sought. At the
office, OF the director general Of rail-
roads it was said that there was little
hope for material improvement in traf-
fic conditions until the weather moder-
ated.
Moving Empty Coal Cars.
Efforts were centralized on the
movement of empty coal cars back to
the mines, and to the transportation
of bunker coal to the Atlantic. seq
board. a total of 10000 tons of bum
ker coal had arrived or was en- route
for North Atlantic ports while 100000
tons had been delivered on the south
ern seabcard and 100000 tons more
was on it's way. At one southern port
1000 tons was delivered to ships that
have been tied up for more than a
week.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-24

mense pressure on the under side OF
| their wings. In some acrObatic man
euvers I was trying the other day
made mistakes and caused the machine
| to stall and then fall in such a way
| that. the full weight was supported by
| the upper surface-by> the wires which
in most machines are supposed merely
| to support the weight of the wings
when the machine is on the ground.
Eyes, the Spad IS a well-built ma
chine, the nearest thing to perfection
in point of strength, speed, and climb
ing power I've seen yet. OF course, it's
heavy, and that's why they put 15O-2SO
horse power in them. The other school,
that of light machine with a light
! motor, depending for its success on
lack of weight rather than excess Of
power, may supplent the heavier ma
chine in time; I can't tell.
yesterday there was a review here
in honor of Guynemer, and decorations
for the pilots of the group who had
won them. Three Americans received
the Croix de Guerre-members of the
Lafayette Escadrille. Lufbery, the
flag presented to the escadrille by Mrs.
McAdoo and the employees of the
treasury department, besides the two
aviation emblems of France. He was
called to receive his decoration for
having in the course Of one day held
seven combats, descended (six) one
German plane in flames, and forced five
others to land behind their lines,
(Which means that he is officially cred
tied with one-his thirteenth-and that
the other five, though probably brought
down, do not count for him because
there were not the necessary witnesses
required by the French regulatory
"Aviators are not very military. The
chief of one of the eScadrilleS was COM
miSsiOned to command the mechanics,
who are plain soldiers with rifles and
steel helmets, for the occasion. He Is
bit of a clown and amused the entire
gathering, kidding with the officers.
The pilots of each of the five esca-
drilles were in more or less formation,
most of them with hands in their peck
cts, for it was chilly, and presenting
mixture of uniforms unparalleled in
it's heterogeneity. Every branch Of the
service represented endless personal
ideas in dress.
Spent Their Holiday in the Air.
Because of the occasion, repose had
been granted to the entire group for
the afternoon, another group taking
over our patrols. So that after the
review every one had the afternoon to
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-24
IMPORTANT NEWS
The WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
The news OF THE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place In The South
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Domestic.

Taking over of packing plants will
be urged upon the president by dele
cation representing every craft in the
industry and headed by John Fitzpat-
rick, president of the Chicago Fedora
ton of labor, which is in Washington.
A mob of several hundred citizens Of
HaZelhurst, Miss, took Sim Edwards,
a negro, from the county Jail and burn
ed him near the place where he had
murdered Miss Vera WHY'S.
Between a dozen and twenty men,
most of them negro laborers, were
drowned in the Estuary channel at
Tampa, Fla, when two skiffs upset
in the middle of the narrow channel
The money taken from the army
bank at >Camp Funston, Kan. by Capt
Lewis Whistler, after he had killed
four employees and injured a fifth
said to have been more than $4,000,
has been found.
The discovery of the money taken
by Captain Whistler from the army
bank at Camp Funston, Kan, probably
closes the case, as far as the theory
that Whistler had an accomplice is
concerned. F-
& Six men were killed and three injur-
ed on the United States battleship
Michigan when the ship was caught
in a heavy gale at sea, it has been
officially announced in Washington.
The men were killed and injured by
the falling of a cage mast, the first
accident of it's kind in the navy.
A bomb addressed to Governor Will
liam D. Stephens mansion at Sacra-
mento, Cal, has been intercepted at
the Ferry postoffice in San Francisco.
This is the second attempt to assassi-
nate the California governor in three
months.
s. A San Francisco dispatch says that
Germany's latest attempt to destroy
the wheat crop of California and 9th
er states has taken the form of ship
ment to this country of powerful poi
sonous pollen to be distributed by
German agents in the western states
in such manner as to kill the entire
wheat output of that section.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-24
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
HAS BEEN DISSOLVED
Closed BY Sailor Guards-Report Japs
Have Landed.

Closed BY Sailor Guards--Report Japs
Have Landed.
Petrograd-(By Associated Press)-
The constituent assembly has been dis
solved. The decree of dissolution was
issued last night by the council of ma
tiOnal commissioners and adopted
early this morning by the central ex-
ecutive committee of the workmen's
and soldiers deputies.
The text reads:
when the constituent assembly
voted against the declaration made by
the president of the central executive
committee after an hours deliberation,
the bolsheviki left the hall and were
followed by the social revolutionists
of the left on the assembly showing its
unwillingness to approve the manner
in which the peace pourparers were
being conducted. A decree dissolving
the assembly will be published"
The first hint the newspaper men
received that extreme measures were
contemplated was when they were in
formed that the Tauride palace, where
the assembly began it's sessions, would
be closed to the members of the a.
sembly, to the newspaper men and to
everyone else.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-24

| According to Mr.. McAdoo, one ui
| the great tasks confronting the
American people, is that Of improving
and making thoroughly efficient their
railroad transportation system.
Fuel Administrator Garfield, ex-
planning the drastic fuel order, says:
"The most urgent thing to be done is
to send to the American forces abroad
and to the allies the food and war
| supplies which they vitality need. War
| munitions, food manufactured art1-
Giles of every description, lying in AT
| lantic ports in tens of thousands or
| tons, where literally hundreds of ships
| loaded with war goods for our men
and the allies cannot take the eeas
| because their bunkers are empty Ct
coal. The coal to send them on their
way is waiting behind the congested
freight that has damned all termi-
| nails"
Says Food Administrator Garfield:
"This is war! Whatever the cost, we
must pay, so that in the face Of the
enemy there can never be the re-
proach that we held back from doing
our full share. Those ships laden
with our supplies of food for men and
food for guns must have coal and put
to sea-" ..5
The new order in the coal situation
was decided upon hurriedly by the
president and government heads as a
desperate remedy for the fuel crisis
and the transportation tangle in the
Eastern states.
Inclusion of war industries among
those to which fuel will be denied
caused some surprise, but fuel Off
Gals explained that war plants have
produced more material than trans
portation systems could handle.
While the government order for
business suspension does not mention
ship yards, it is known that they will
be permitted to continue operations as
usual, although munitions plants will
be closed.
While even munitions plants are not
excepted from the closing down order,
preferential list of consumers in
whose interest it was drawn is pre-
scribed.
Senator sMcCumber of North Dakota
gave the senate very gloomy picture
Of the position of the United States
and her allies in emphasizing his plea
for radical speeding up Of the ship
building program. w.
According to Senator McCumber of
North Dakota, the United States NUT
send 100000 soldiers to balance the
manpower of the central powers, and
100000 would be needed to make
the Germans retreat.
According to Director General Nc
Adoo, all state railway laws and regu-
lations will remain in full effect under
government operation OF the railroads.
The recent ruling of Director Gener-
al McAdoo in the railroad situation,
disposes of the contention that under
government operations the railroads
were not subject to either intrastate
rates or other state regulations.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-24
STRIKERS IN AUSTRIA
OPENLY ANTEGERMAN.

London.-A general strike is on
throughout Austria, according to an
Exchange Telegraph disptcah FROM
Paris, which reports 100000 men quit
ting work in Vienna and Neustadt,
closing down all the war factories
The strikers are described as openly
anti-German and the movement is
both political and economic and espec-
tally aimed at securing peace.
Public demonstrations, 1t Is added,
have been held in many places.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-24
European.

| european.
According to reports from Petrograd
Japanese cruiser was put ashore at
Vladivostok and that the Japanese
consul declared the japanese soldiers
were there to protect Japanese citi-
zens.
A mutiny among submarine crews at
| the German naval base of Kiel on Jan
uary is reported in a dispatch from
Geneva, in which it is stated thirty
eight officers were killed.
According to reports from London,
another marked decrease in the sink
| ings of British merchantmen by mine
or submarine in the week ending jan
uary 16, is noted in the report of the
admiralty.
In the week ending January 16, only
six merchantmen of 1900 tons or over
| were sunk by mine or submarine, and;
two merchantmen under 1000 tons
and two fishing vessels, according to
London admiralty reports.
The report of the London admiral
ty for the week Of Jan. 9, reported the
loss by mine or submarine of 18 mer-
three merchantmen under tina tonnage,
and four fishing vessels.
The report of the London admiralty
of January gave the sinking by mine
or submarine for the past week of FL
merchantmen, eighteen being 1000
or over.
OF all Bristish vessels damaged by
enemy action between January and
October, 1917, it has been found i'm
possible to solve four only, according
to Thomas J. - Mcnamara, financial
secretary of the admiralty in the
house of commons of London.
An automobile carrying Nakolai Lee
nine, the Bolsheviki premier, was fired
upon when he was driving to a meet
ing of the council Of peoples commits
sar1es, in Petrograd, but he was not
hurt. E. FL. F.
A Rome, Italy, dispatch, carries the
gratifying news to the allied capitals
that the Austrians have received
sangufnary repulse on the lower
Piave in the sector nearest Venice.
The Italians captured $50 prisoners
and large quantity of guns and war
material -
The American sailing vessel Monitor
has been sunk by a submarine near
Fuerteventura. The crew was saved.
The Monitor was a schooner of 137
tons, built in. 1904. - ~. .. "-s-..<- 49,.
The British Labor party says the
sovereign independence Of the Turk
ish people in theil national home is
respected, but that the Turkish gov
ernment's domination over other peo-
pies is hindrance to the national
development Of the Turks. Therefore.
1t calls for the formation of an inter-
national organization to take over the
responsibility of governing certain
people, such as the Arabs, the Pales-
tinians and .Armenians.
Along the southern course of the
Piave river, the Italians have added
materially to their bridgehead east Of
Cape Sile.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-24
USES 0vERC0AT AS BANK
Negro Proves Ownership to Garment
by Disclosing Location Of
.-.s Savings.

New York.-Monroe Smith, a negro.
insisted in the court of special ses-
sions that he had not stolen the over
coat of Leslie Davis while he enter
tanned Davis in his home. Smith said
the coat was his own property and he
had a right to pawn it.
II can prove I own the coat" said
Davis. = "There is nine dollars sewed
in the lining"
Promptly the justice ordered the
lining ripped open and the money
was found.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-24
NEED 10000 MORE WOMEN
IN ARMY NURSING SERVICE

Washington. - Enlisting OF 10000
more women in the military nursing
service will be required if prospective
needs of the government are to met
the American Red Cross announced IL
an appeal for volunteers.
In order to meet the increasing de-
mands Of the army and navy nurse
corps, the Red Cross has modified
somewhat II, sformer requirements for
enrolment. The age limit. has been
lowered to 21 years.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-24
Washington.

Manufacturers in the % states east
, of the Mississippi river have virtually
suspended in obedience to the govern
ment's order forbidding the use of
= fuel Millions of person were made idle
as result of the order.
According to reports from Washing
ton, most Of the plants engaged on
war contracts were exempted from the
/ fuel orders operation, but few of them
learned of it in time and most of them
! closed down with the other factories.
A price of $3.50 a ton, f. o. b. sea-
board for the nitrate fertilizer, which
] the department of agriculture has pur-
. chased in Chile, was announced by
Secretary Houston.
In buying nitrate fertilizer. the
farmers must pay the freight charges
from ports and the state tax fees and
payments must be in cash, but the
ships will be directed to the most con-
Venient ports.
! The South should help win the war
by raising it's own foodstuffs and elimi-
mating the necessity of transporting
food from other sections of the coun-
try, said Director General McAdoo.
Secretary McAdoo said the South,
without reducing cotton production,
farmers ought to produce more milk.
butter, eggs, poultry, fruit and vege-
tables.
Director General McAdoo stated that
il the South can feed itself it will
release from unnecessary service in
South
cars and engines, and will help win
the war.
Americas manufacturing enterpris-
es, with but few exceptions, in all
states east of the Mississippi river,
were ordered by the government to
suspend operations for days begin
ming January Is, as a drastic measure
for relieving the coal famine
The government has ordered that all
normal activities that require heated
buildings, observe a holiday on Mon
day for the. next ten weeks. This in
cludes industry and business generally
According to government orders, on
Mondays not only factories, but sa
looms, stores except for the sale of
drugs and food, places of amusement
and nearly all office buildings will be
closed.
An exception is made in the coal
order, in the case of shipbuilding
plant because of the great need for
vessels to move supplies already ready
for shipment over seas.
The governments move in the coal
situation came entirely without warn
ing in an order issued by Fuel Ad-
ministrator Garfield, with the APPROX.
al of President Wilson.
An administration bill has been in
troduced in congress to register for
draft all men who have reached FL
years since June s, 1917. The bill
will probably pass quickly. -
The British Labor party calls upon
the peoples of the central empires to
force their governments to renounce
annexation in Europe with the same
good faith in which we are renouncing
those in ASIA"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-24

waSte-a sunny day, which is quite
unusual this month. Within a half
hour every machine that was in work
ing order was in the air, forming into
groups and then off for. the lines, just
looking for trouble-vOluntary patrol,
they call it. Which opened my eyes a
bit as to the spirit in the French av1a-
ton service after three years. of war"
In another letter, written. December
1, young Walcott says:
81 tried to give you some idea of the
strength of Spad in letter a while
ago. At home people speak Of factor
of safety, meaning the number of times
stronger the machine is than is neces-
sary for plain flying. The Spad is made
so that man can't bust it, no matter
what he does in the air-dive as far
and as fast as he can and stop as bru-
tally as he can, it stands the racket.
Of course, motors do stop, and II II
happens over a mountain range-well,
that's just hard luck.
''Have had a few patrols since last
1 wrote. One at a big height-4,OOO to
$500 meters, considerably above the
clouds, which almost shut out the
ground below; a wonderfully beautiful
sight, but beastly cOld-and couple
when the clouds we're low and solid.
The patrol stays at just the height of
the clouds, hiding in them, slipping out
again to look around. If it stays be-
low the enemy antiafrcraft guns pep
per it whenever near the lines, and at
a low altitude that is rather awkward,
so the patrol shows itself as little as
possible.
cts lots of sport to try to keep with
the patrol; be behind the chief Of pa
troll, see him disappear, and then bump
into a fog bank, q low-hanging cloud,
and not see a darn thing. Then dive
down out of the cloud, wondering
whether the other guy is right under
heath or not dart out of the cloud and
see him, maybe 800 yards away, going
at right angles. Then back up and
turn around fast and give her the gear
full speed to catch up-and so on.
See a Boche regulating artillery fire,
start to maneuver into range, and,
zip; he's out of sight in the clouds,
and the next you see he is beating 1T
far back of his lines. Not very dan
gerous this weather, but lots Of fun"
In a letter from the front, dated
November 80, the following passages
occur:
Yesterday was Thanksgiving day,
and, praises be! the Lafayette bunch
invited me and my partner to dinner,
or rather to the feast. They have the
most remarkable chef. Soup and fish
prepared the way for a most remark
ably big bird called the turkey, barri-
caded by chestnuts. And then plum
regular American One-and
as good as ever tasted. I sat at the
table with Captain Thenault, Lieuten-
ants Thaw and Lufbery' and some
can early patrol this morning, de-
spite low clouds. Lots of fun it was,
ducking in and out of the clouds, keep
ing from hitting other machines in the
clouds and from losing the patrol. Saw
a few Boches, but all they had to do |
was to slip up out OF sight when the
patrol approached. Every now and |
then their antiaircraft guns would |
blaze away a bit, but there was lots of |
room for them to miss and for us to
cave the place they were shooting
IT."
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-24
KILL DEER TO REDUCE Cost
Chippewa Falls Park Board Forced &c
Stay Because of Cost
Of Keep.

Chippewa Falls, Wis.-An increase
in the herd Of deer at the public park
In this city and. an increase In the cost
OF food for the animals, has caused
the park board to have five of the deer
slain, and the venisOn placed on sale
in one Of the markets. Permission to
kill the deer had to be obtained from
the state conservation commission.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-24

This type of camera which. no doubt
will be used by American aviation
corps men for reconnaissance work
is attached to the airplane and
is operated by the pulling of strings
or the pressing of buttons. The CAM
era is almost automatic, as everything
can be set in advance and the entire
operation Of taking the picture is the
pressing of the button or the pulling
of the strings. The camera makes an
almost perfect view of the terrain and
will be invaluable in the reconnaissance
work Of the army. The camera is
loaded with plates and number of
pictures can be taken successfully with
out additional work. A British royal
flying corps man is in the machine.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-06
OLD STAMPS
 BEING USED
 TO HELP WAR
PORTLAND, Ore.

PORTLAND, Ore. While the Red Cross has made it plain that it cannot use cancelled stamps, thousands of which have been saved m all parts of the country under the misapprehension that they could be used in Europe under Red Cross Auspices, the Belgian Consul in New York is glad to get them according to letter received here from Martha A. Aignier in New York.
 The Belgium Consul, P. Mali, ac- cording to a letter from him enclosed by Mrs. h'gnier, forwards the tan' celled stamps to a Relief organization in France where they are used by col lectors and others to make fancy articles, such as dishes, trays and vases which are sold to get money for delicacies and comforts for wounded Belgian soldiers. His address is 25 Madison Ave. New York.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-06
AUSTRIA IS UNABLE TO FEED THE
 POPULATION - TROUBLE IS BREWING

LONDON, May 6- A dispatch from Vienna today says that von Sedyer Premier of Austria admits that Austria is unable to feed the population north of the y ro Northern Bohemia asked the people be attached to Bavaria and Saxony for provisioning. The Austrian gov enment yielded this with the greatest of reluctance because the political constituents believed that it will centuate the feud between the Germans and races of Austria. Both of these provinces Geman speaking and they will strengthen the agitation for incor poration of Austria in the German federation
 It is also stated in dispatch from Amsterdam that the resignation of Seder will be presented soon Emperor Charles returns from the Italian battlefront
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-06
INVESTIGATION OF RATES HERE
 DURING MONTH

The United States Shipping Boards
 . - investigation into freight rates in AL aska will be held in Seward about the 23rd of this month. This is the advice received today by Agent Mcdonald from John H. Bunch, of the Alaska Steamship Company. It is very pro- bable that Cordova and Valdez ship pers, and others interested, will come to Seward at the investigation here as time will not permit of hearings, in those two cities.