German Peace Conference Stance and Frontline Actions Report
German foreign secretary von Kühlmann says Germany will not enter peace talks with large claims. Russian ambassador Maklakoff to France is dismissed after attending the inter allied conference. In France the British press reports German efforts to erase the Cambrai salient. German counterattacks push British lines back near La Vacquerie Gouzencourt while other fronts see limited activity. The Allied council meets at Versailles as Bolsheviks gain seats in Petrograd elections and Siberia is said to consider independence.
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London
von Kuelhmann
Germany
Petrograd
M. Maklakoff
France
Leon Trotzky
la Vacquerie
Masnieres
Villera-Guislan
Tagliamento
Piave
Allied Supreme Council
Versailles
Marquis of Lansdowne
Lord Peice
Constituent Assembly
Siberia
Cotton futures steady as market shows mixed early activity
New York cotton trading opened with quiet activity and slight fluctuations. First prices slipped two points to nineteen points, while active months rose two to six points. December closed around 30.05 and March near 29.09 with futures opening steady at 29.50 for December and 29.18 for March.
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New York
Coal Coming Here Relieves High Point Shortage
H E Cartland of Arctic Ice and Coal reports 17 cars of coal en route to High Point with more shipments to follow. The arrival should provide fuel for the holidays as coal traffic shifts from the northwest to the east and south amid a prior shortage.
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Cartland
High Point
Nation's drink bill nears two billion for year ending June 1917
Washington reports the fiscal year 1917 ended June 30 saw about 2.0 billion in alcohol and tobacco spending. Distilled spirits yielded 97.2 billion in tax. beer taxes added 12.3 billion. Small cigarettes totaled 30501.7 million, up sharply from 1916, with North Carolina leading cigarette production and chewing tobacco.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Hoover
Garfield
Sheppard
Texas
Anti-Saloon League
Union
Treasury Department
United States
Navy Department
North Carolina
Daniels
New York
The Man Who Dared at the School Auditorium
The Man Who Dared will be staged at the school auditorium Thursday night under the auspices of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty Pioneer Council No 52. Watch this newspaper for further announcements.
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Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Pioneer Council No
General Dickman Assumes Command at Camp Greene
Major General Jos T Dickman has arrived from Camp Custer Battle Creek Mich and assumed command of Camp Greene. His staff has not yet been formed.
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Dickman
Camp Greene
Memorial Services for High Point Lodge to Be Held
The annual memorial services of High Point Lodge No 1155 BPOE will be held tomorrow afternoon at the High School auditorium on North Main Street. Rev Cleveland Hall will deliver the principal address, with eulogies for three deceased members Wh A Benevii Sam A Hoover and J F Hoffman.
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Lodge of Elks
J. F. Hoffman
D. H. Milton
Solo
Sidney Homer
Genevieve Moore
G. W. Clark
J. Cleveland Hall
Germany Demands Large Indemnity in Budget Debate
Saxon finance minister told the Saxon diet that Germany must demand a large indemnity without determining who pays it, adding Let them only think of America. The dispatch citing the Times notes the aim appears tied to postwar reparations and potential pressure on adversaries.
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London
The
Times
Germany
America
Thomasville Man Is Accidentally Shot by Son
In Thomasville on Thursday morning Charles Leonard was accidentally shot by his 11 year old son Herman Leonard who held the gun. The wound affected the arm and side and doctors fear the shot may prove fatal as fragments seemed to reach toward the intestines near the home beside the Standard chain factory.
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Thomasville
Charles Leonard
Herman Leonard
Standard Chain
Teutons Claim Heavy Captures in Cambrai Region
Berlin reports 4000 British troops and several batteries captured in Cambrai area. British sources say Germans began a turning movement but Allied forces pulled back most troops and guns, with some British guns destroyed. Casualties on both sides were heavy and fighting continued in the area.
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Berlin
London
Cambrai
War Office
France
Associated Press
Congress to Debate War Legislation in Joint Session
Ion urges Congress to confine actions to war legislation. A joint session is set for 12 30 PM Tuesday in the House hall with Speaker Clark and Vice President Marshall coordinating. The President remains at work refining his late December address.
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Ion
Congress
Guo Gress
Luis
Te House
Clark
Wilkis
Moonshiner Caught Distilling Whisky in Greensboro Home
Jason Brown and Wright Gilchrist were arrested for illicit distilling after a raid on Brown’s kitchen where a 50 gallon still and five hogsheads of beer were found. The pair, charged with illicit distilling, were jailed overnight. Brown, 35 to 38, had no defense. his wife wept as officers confiscated the still and 350 gallons of beer.
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Greensboro
Jason Brown
White Oak
Brown
Wright Gilchrist
Stafford
Ark, Hobbs
Caffey
Open Draft Books Reveal Public Access to Records
Washington reports Provost Marshal General Crowder will open records on registration examination and mobilization to public inspection during normal hours except confidential details. Violations carry a year jail term. Chicago notes football season fatalities total 2097 for Thanksgiving games, fewer than prior years, with most deaths among undertrained players or high school/ semi pro participants.
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Washington
General Crowder Anteimes
Crowder
Associated Press
Big drove of hogs seen on Greenville street
Greenville on December 1 reported a rare spectacle as about 200 hogs were driven through town by local farmers along the principal streets. The drove appeared orderly, uniform in size, and visitors noted potential implications for next year’s meat supply amid county cholera concerns.
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Greenville Street
Greenville
Daughter Held for Death of Her Mother
Nash County reports indicate Mrs. Mary Mosely's body was found in the Tar River and investigators say death was not due to drowning. Her daughter, recently released from an insane asylum, was arrested on Thanksgiving at Tude Williams’s home in Rocky Mount township. Mosely had been searching for Mr. Williams and vanished from his home the previous Tuesday.
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Wilson
Dee
Nash County
Mary Mosely
Tar River Jast
Tude William
Rocky Mount Township
Nashville
Stantonsburg
Rocky Mount
Colonel Ryan to Command Training at Camp Greene
Fort Sheridan, AL December 1 Colonel T A Ryan commander of the second reserve officers training camp is ordered to take command of training in the third division at Camp Greene Charlotte NC He will serve on the staff of the major general commanding and oversee supply engineer sanitary and ammunition trains Lieut Cal Cromwell Stacey assigned to the 30th Infantry at Camp Greene.
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Fort Sheridan
T. A. Ryan
Camp Greene
Charlotte
N.C
Cal
Cromwell Stacey
30Th Infantry
Ryan
Clare
Bagby Installed as Hickory Postmaster
Charles W. Bagby was sworn in as Hickory postmaster today. He presented bonding company credentials and assumed duties this morning, signaling a temporary address change.
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Hickory
Charles W. Bagby
Queen Wilhelmina Endorses Netherlands Suffrage Bill
The Queen of the Netherlands yesterday endorsed the constitutional bill approved by the states general. The measure provides for universal suffrage and proportional representation in the Netherlands political system.
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The
Hague
Wilhelmina
States General
State Claims Motive Shown in Means Murder Trial
Chicago bankers testified that Gaston B Means used Mrs King and her mother's securities to obtain loans totaling 45000 in 1916 from Central Trust and Illinois Trust, establishing a possible motive for the murder. Court heard about cotton trades and a personal account misused, with a net loss of 35000 and 35000 debt.
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Mrs. King
Mother
Chicago
Edward F. Mack
The
Central Trust Company of Illinois
N. M. Garretson
Illinois Trust Company
Means
Merchants’ Loan and Trust Company
Anna L. Robinson
W. R. Patterson
Germany
Captain Boy-Ed
Mrr. Todd
Edward L. Roche
Patterson
Mr. Roche
Jury to decide fate of Mrs Blanca De Saulles in Wie Saulles murder trial
In Minneola on December 1 the supreme court opened with Mrs Blanca De Saulles facing a jury over the murder of her husband John L Wie Saulles. The trial’s outcome was expected to hinge on today’s proceedings as the jury prepared to deliver a verdict.
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Minneola
Supreme Court
Blanca de Saulles
John L. Wie Saulles
Brazil to send first naval air crew to allied forces
Brazil plans its first contribution to the Allied fighting effort in response to a British invitation. Twelve Brazilian naval aviators will sail for Europe to join the war effort.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Europe
Mrs James Lewis Dies in Greensboro
Mrs James Lewis of Greensboro dies after brief illness. Daughter of Dr and Mrs J B Cartland she left two children and a husband. Funeral set for tomorrow at 3 from Friends church. A Guilford College graduate she studied at Bryn Mawr College on a Guilford scholarship.
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J. E. Cartland
Guilford
Bryn Mawr
James Lewis
Greensboro
J. B. Cartland
Priends
Lewis
Guilford College
Bryn Mawr College
Embargo on Freight Shipments by Southern Railway
Charlotte December 1 reports the Southern railway imposed an embargo on freight destined for northern points due to traffic congestion and weather disruptions. Officials say the restriction may require further emergency measures to ease bottlenecks.
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Charlotte
Southern Railway
Alsay
Atep
Pas
Indignation in Amsterdam over Petrograd treaty publications
A memorandum from Amsterdam condemns the publication in Petrograd of treaties between Russia and the Allies. It protests that the Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs is presented with such papers, deemed as improper and improper disclosures.
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Amsterdam
Petrograd
Russia
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