North Carolina Newspapers

- 1 WEATHER FGrCAS Y North Carolln--Cloudy Unljht r nd Wednesday; . probably : pain fn'f f west; warmer tonignt.- South Carolina Cloudy tonight ..a Wednesday: .Drobablv. local rains; warmer tonight In Interior., F ULL LEASE D VyiRE S E R VI CE WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, TUE SDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 20, 191 7. PRICE FIVE CENTS, In nil T7 nl ARICIENT HE61ME 0 ON D ILMING j FINAL EDITION ; DTTO ii i - 'i 1L - f ID it 1 w A; m In Mini President and Cabinet In Vital Conference This After-" noon. NEW MOVE EXPECTED SOON TO BE MADE. Washington Thinks State of War Now Exists More Submarine Chasers Ordered to be Constructed' at Oncx To Enlist Women. (i'.v Associated Fres.0 Washington. March 20. Further) strps to protect American lives -and property against the warlike opera-' turns oi German submarines are ex pected to take some more definite form after today's cabinet meeting. A.-; has been the case since all of ficial Washington acknowledged that a state of war practically exists be tween the United States and Germany, there is a wide range of speculation 0:1 the precise action President Wil son contemplates, but there is no of ficial ground for any forecast. Calling of Congress in extra session before April 16, the day first chosen for its assembly, still continues fore- most among the probabilities, but there are no indications that Presi-jdon, 'March 20. Philipp Scheidemann dent Wilson had finally decided upon j Socialist leader in the Reichstag says, it. On the other hand, there were . in the Socialist newspaper VorwaertS: some indications that the date of the' "It does not require many words to session would not be advanced. j explain why almost the whole world is Preparations for carrying out the arrayed against us. The answer is policy of armed neutrality to its fullest given quickly. The whole world sees decree are being hurried in the Navy j among our enemies more or less devel D'partment. The possibilities of their , oped forms of democracy and in us it execution range even to active 'sees only Prussianism. co-operation at sea with the Eritish ami Frpnrh flppt tn plpan enTv. I f marines out of the shiDDiner lanes. I The New Orleans navv vard was today ordered to build at once four submarine chasers. The New York yard yesterday was ordered to build sixty. Secretary Daniels today ordered "aval commandants at shore stations and all recruiting offices to be prepar- ed to enlist women in the actual naval service m case of an emergency. The judge advocate general has rul- ed that women can be enlisted under J inlaws regulating recruiting. While it is not intended to place omfn aboard ships, they may be:wans and hinder every reform. ui'i.icea ior shore duty in connection witn coast defense work. Grades corresponding to the "yoe niair class will be given to those qualifying as stenographers, clerks, typists or similar positions. Train 'nE in camps, a number of which have "ii organized under the auspices of l'io Xavy I.eaguo. also will be reeog nizp'l by navy officials as a factor in caocsinx the women recruits. Another grade of work for which th';y may bo designated is that of id'UO tC'I "Mi aim and other communica- '('Visions. iifli ul!y of obtaining men stenog-j nl s :,,lfl (;lerks for the navy from I ,, , , rpsular enlisted personnel 'yiti' nt to bo taken up. By filling P'JH'.tiOli is on shore with women, nr.r,Hrimont expects in time men of for Ci ;"i,;rs'iM-y, to relieve the "-'i- .service ;nul soq lnfv . ' whs learned definitely f"j I .... before the -n' meot.?ng that the President 'i(i not finally made up his mind on lis mind on the active i"rw;u-d step beyond I'l'i-fiion of the navy for any even uaiiiv For 'He present. President Wilson in all placed 'f'kini; "lhf nnitinn tViut "nil 1h.. V'-jtinn must be lr .. . i ij. Uer state of preparedness be use he believes that from a prac 'tHl standpoint Germany is making w on ttiio . H-r.s of the cabinet apparent- ''(nc- agreed that every possible ' safeguard American riehts Si ju,,'l be taken, but were not sure pi ne,. anything could be gained by ancinsr the date of the extra ses--n or Congress. N' doubt remains in the minds of ost officials that unless there . is 'if u n looked for change before Conr - nu-ets the President will open i,,.y'x"a session with an ..address m-v .ng ( lear the new position into . , . tjnitea ST.axes na disr h)Vf'e'J bv Germany's ruthless mav Kr! d ol American rights. He ing" "ss universal military train- 'Plications -before the cabinet (i)bi,Mi were that there would be ,(,"tinued on Page Eight) ' . 1 I I -x- - . -x- -x- -x- .V. ANOTHER BRITISH STEAMER SUNK. - (By Associated Press.) X- St. John, N. B., March 20. Sinking of the British steamer -X- Jt T-r.,r lr.l l r i uiojr ncu, oj a. ueriuaa suuma- v.- rine, March 14, was announced X- in cable advices received hv In- -v-' ?al agents today from the own- -X-5C- ers of the vessel at Belfast. Trp- ' and. Captain Hoy and 17 mem- -X-a. -bers of. tho crew, thp mpssacp X- said, were missing. -X- ' t t THE Ifil HEEL Socialist Writer in Berlin Pre sents Plain Talk to The People Wants Reform Berlin, Monday. OTarrl9, (via Ldn "We have always answered by re- orri'ncr tn fha ahcnliitiom -if T?iiaaiQ but now Czarism has eone and the Enmeror's successor is to accent the throne only if the representatives of the people agree. These representa tives are to be elected on the basis of universal, equal, direct and secret suf frage. "In Asia the Empiru or the Manda rins opposed every reform. They de sired an Emperor with absolute power, as nre as hp. did their will and therebv undermined the monarchy, and laid the foundation of a republic In the European Central Empire similar spirits seek to build similar Chinese The clock shows fjve minutes to 12. They imagine they hold up the time when they move back the hands to 11. "Why. does the chancellor shrink back now from unconditional necessi ty? Always tne hesitator, the procras- unaior, iDeLuuictuu-nuiivvs '"i begin to cure Prussia after the war. t-,. .- micA oil fmc Qfto,4 LUC Wd.1, UUL U1C W la.oLCU I for the Russians Whv Dostoone till tomorrow what is absolutely necessary today, what even theKing himself de- clared years ago was one of the most i Uircront matters ftf thp. hllsinPKS Of thfi state ? NowJis the time for decisive action. The difficulties which might arise if the Gayernment adopts the Reichstag system of elections for Prus sian elections are as a feather weight as compared with the difficulties which will come if it does not do this. The chancellor should not delay one day. The Prussian Deople. as well as the other German states, win stana as othj man at hisideactsecisiveiy. . A o ;nMAMrnMlMr. OVER TO PREACH. t (Bv Associated Press.) Tokio, March 20. Miss Toshiko Sakamaki, a-young Japanese woman, is leaving for the United States to preach Shihtoism, the great Japanese religion of ancestor worship. She will GERMANY UNDER SSS eo7ts KrT!S SSL" tmsm amone the Japanese in Califor-, nia she. will strive generally to convert Americans. - She explains her mission as that of endeavoring to counteract the ten dency of young Japanese women to neglect the "beautiful manners and customs of old Japanese civilization." She is the first Japanese woman Shinto missionary to visit America. Many times sought in marriage she has always declined, declaring herself wedded to her cause. Georgia Congressman III. Washington, March 2-0. Represen tative Gordon Lee, of Georgia, is seri ously ill at his home here, threatened j with pneumonia.- 1 1M uJJ IK' FRENCH TROOPS MING LINE OF BIG DEFENSE Within Striking Distance of The "Von Hindenburg" Strong Position. BRITISH ARE ALSO MAKING ADVANCE. rj,, , n 1 uuugiu vjcmicuiy inienus to u"" il uimissiun similar the reservists, for the purpose or re Halt Retreat and Fight ' t0 th governing body of Switzer- moving the possibility of an attack by i y -r 1 i an(' Greek troops on the rear of the allied Trench Have laken j In any event the old regime is j forces in Macedonia. Vast Area.- j French troops, pushing hard on the tOdav Within strikititr Aiatann nf th - C ' - LaFerre, The troops of General Niyelle were rushing towards St. Quentin yesterday at a rate almost unprecedented in the present world war, and had reached a point within five miles of the city. Unless some unheralded factor has' entered into the situation the French have by this time either entered St. Quentin or the German retreat has halted. In the meantime to the north the fTBritish are doggedly pushing forward. toward Cambrai and are apparently! within striking distance of that town, tne neart 01 tne JumeLia irerre ime, and famous since the days of the Ro mans. The British are advancing more slowly than the French, but nothing either in the official reports from Paris or London, or in the un official stories of newspaper corre- either army has yet come in contact with the main German forces. The theory that the Germans pro pose to halt their retreat on the Hin-j denburg line has been put forward j itals, but there 'has been no indica-j tion from Berlin of the plans of the . German general staff and the purpose j and meaning of the dramatic retreat ! of the invaders of France remain clothed in cohsiderable mystery, French military observers estimate ,1 1,.I -I m A AC1 OA A AAH ' iauy i nt'iitu j.tv,uw iu uv.uu iruoys ue avctuctuic iui a u"6 Hindenhbnrff line " thp nrnnRPd e-n-if i"uutttl,il wl uo iuici iuowe uui. or the? reSriiS "fw StotoSS The forein office., reiterated the tilM rights for all the races of thel predicted counter offensive to be;Wo Qtrn f nr.nmnntii a snfi. Jaunt - utJU Ul? """.""X? some speuuiauve yumc. iuc xni0i,Q., , P.vorl,nr nf tvtaw Mamn- newspapers regard some such move , Mr. Sulloway's suces- on the part of the Von Hindenburg g0r as ftlmost certain and discuss the pos-. sibility of another tremendous effort Three of the best Democratic cam to smash a way through vto Calais, ' paigners in the last presidential elec t i uj r,w ,-r,Hiro tion, Speaker Champ Clark, Congress- In the meantime the only mdica- T Hefli of Alabama, and tl .of.-?ean attempt tofla.ssume senator Ollie Jame, of Kentuckywere the initiative is an apparently spor- y Mau) adic fighting in the Champagne dis- 11 r." verdun front. Noth- aToffensive on I a scale great enough to offset the sen- more square miles in Picardy. French In Contact With Germans, Paris, ! March 20. The war office announces that the French are still , it wjji De recalled that New Hamp maintainmg contact with the Ger-lghire went for President Wilson last mans along the section of the front ;fan by a sman margin, over which the retirement is taking) s : destruction of all means of commu-i nir.atinn and on account of bad t feather. ' (By Associated Press.) German attacks at Avocourt Wood Amsterdam, March 20. (Via Lon and Hill 304 on the Verdun front' don) A telegram received here from were repulsed. Serious loss was in-1 Frankort-on-the-Main says that on flicted on the Germans. 1 March 16 a hostile airplane flew over French troops in Macedonia, ac- the town and dropped six small bombs, cording to a war office announce-1 one of which slightly damaged the ment this afternoon, have captured j roof sof a house. The others fell in a hill and two towns about three j the river or in fields and caused no miles north of Monastir, after stub-. born resistance by their antagonists. They also tbok more than 1,200 pris oners, including 11 officers. Military activity by British forces east of Lake Doiran resulted in the (Continued on Page Eight) OF RUSSIA MS Old is Dead and JKfeNew Will Hereafter . Hold Forth. i REPUBLICAN, FjORM MAY BE ESTABLISHED. Council of Minisei's In Full Control Penfig Decis ion Jews - Will be r ree.V .- - i.- (By AssociateJ:-p?ress.) Petrograd, Monday, fniarch 19 (Via London, March 20).-Russia's gov - ernment, it was learned at the foreign office today, will rest "'exclusively in the control of the council of minis ters until the convocation of the con stitutional assembly. The duma com mittee having fulfilled its task, will surrender its extraordinary powers to a cabinet whose premier, Prince Lvoff, will have the authority approx imating that of the President of a re public. It is impossible as yet to forecast with any certainty the final form the government will assume since it will j depend entirely upon the collective will of the entire population. 1 ne Denet prevails in official cir-J cles that, the opinion of the country will favor a republican form of gov- dead, the foreign office today mform- eu me Associareg tress ana notning can resurrect it. If the people decide upon a monarchy, it wij lpe a,mon- i tuc muov mucuiMjic uu mo V. . 1 n this was applicable to Jews nothing stood in the way of a new commer - cial treaty with the United States, MURDERERS MAKE DARING GET-AW A 1 FROM BIG CITY JAIL WILL MAKE HARD T FOR IT Democrats Believe They Can Elect One of Their Kind In New Hampshire. (By George H. Manning.) Washington, March 20. The Demo- crats are going to make a hard fight elect a Democratic successor to fcc- n,-r.c, Cnllnwov Ronnh. un6i oomcni uuiwuuj, j ucan, or iew Hampsnire, wno aieu -Ncial election will soon be ordered 3ti. 1 nee. and have accepted. c fa claimed by with the help of good Democratic who are. in the confidence of the Pres ident, they can elect a Democrat and obtain the vote that will give , the party almost undisputed control of 'the House of Representatives. AIRSHIP DROPPED SIX SMALL BOMBS. damage. The airplane was nrea on by anti-aircraft guns. The French war office announced on Saturday that Frankfort-on-the-Main had been bombardedby a French airplane in reprisal for" the setting afire of Bapaume, ON GREECE: FOOD FLOWS Permits Wheat to be Landed! In Answer to Appeal From the Government. INDICAT S LIFTING OF BLOCKADE. Allies Promised to Relinquish Blockade if Greece Met De mands Entente Minister Back in Athens. (By Associated Press.) London, March 20. The ministers i to Greece of the Entente nations have ! again taken up their residence in Ath - ens, Reuters correspondent there re - ports. The discharge of a cargo of wheat destined for Piraeus begins to day. The admission of wheat to Greece which has been in effect for several! weeks. The Greek government has ' made repeated representations that ; wirtpsnronrt snfFprin war hoW Mlls. ert hv thP shnttin off nf fnnri R,mnHp!' 0cean Steamship Company to which the Entente responded that the blockade would be lifted when Greece had complied fully with its de mands. The most important of these . demands were the transfer of the armv j to Lower Greece and disbanding of I WHALE BACK SHIP HAS GONE ASHORE. 1 T , . s u Vy .BBuateu x-ress.j .Norfolk, Va., JIarch cThwJiale. White Oak Transportation Company, She is light. Assistance has been ! sent from Norfolk. The vessel is not (thought to be in any danger., David Overton and Others Es ' cape From Prison In Birm ingham Today. EVIDENTLY RESULT OF A BIG PLOT. (Wardens Quietly Subdued Men Ran to Outside, Jump ed Into Auto and Disappear ed Posse In Hot Pursuit. (By Associated Press.) Birmingham, Ala., March 20. In what is believed by officials to be the successtui culmination ct caretuny laid plans, David D. Overton, under sentence for the murcer or Judge W. T. Lawler, in Huntsville last summer, with six other prisoners, two under death sentence, all armed with either revolvers or razors, early today over-1 powered their keepers and escaped from the Jefferson county jail here, . and took flight in a small automobile. They are believed to have gone north, and are being pursued by a posse of . deputy sheriffs in motor cars. I The men who escaped with Overton Manning, of South Carolina, a White were Tony Molina and Sam Messina, J House caller today, said that, although under death sentence for the murder j he had been' opposed to war with Ger of a peddler here several months ago, t many until recently, he believed the and four other prisoners under indict-1 time had come for using the full ment on felony charge- 1 strength of the United States to pro- The' escape occurred about o'clock and apparently was carried out with precision. Tony Molina was at brea"kfast in his cell with Inside Ward en Orr and Wade Allen, a turnkey, ac cording to these officials. , Suddenly Molina jumped from his seat "in the cell where the trio were eating and threw the brake on the door locking the two in. The doors to the cells which held the other prisoners were quickly unlocked. The prisoners rush ed out and were met by Turnkey W. H. Cole, and overpowered him From the corridors they rushed into the jail yard. There they met Warden Lem Lavender. Overton and Messina held him up, Overton carrying a re-1 volver and Messina a razof They took the warden s keys away and lock ed 'him' in the jail kitchen From the jail yard the prisoners are said to have rushed down an alley leading Into Twenty-first .street. . When they reached Twenty-first street they were seen by Deputy Sher iff M. G. Smith, who was driving to the jail. He turned his car quickly, he said, and at the same moment the ; (Continued on Page Three.)- -. T 4Ja i ,'4. NO LIVES LOST ON OF MEMPHIS. CITY jv , 4. (Associated Press.) New York, March 20. No lives 4 were lost in the sinking of the ! American steamship, City of Memphis, in the German subma- 4 T . . Z m and see,n men h reached j Glasgow safely, according to a . J dispatch received here from. the captain today by the owners, the Tar Heel Manufacturers Meet: i ing Toay For This In Char Jotte. , w (By Associated Press.) Charlotte, N. C, March 20. A State organization of the knitting miills of North Carolina Is being perfected here today. Representatives of the ninety nine mills are here. Trade subjects and markets are the chief discussion, especially foreign markets, and plans are to be made for extension of for- eign trade. W. Graham Clark United States Department of Commerce, Bos ton, will make the principal address. His subject will be "Hosiery Trade With South America." The knitting mill industry has made rapid progress in North Carolina the past year. Gf the 6,197 machines add ed to the mills in the Southern States, 3,075 of them were installed in North Carolina mills. GRAIN CROP SMALLER IN NORTH CAROLINA. (By -George H. Manning.) Washington, D. C, March 20. The wheat, oats- and corn crops of North Carolina will be considerably smaller this year than in 1916, it is estimated by the Agriculture Department; bas ed upon reports from the crop agents on the condition on March 1st The department estimates the North Carolina wheat crop will be 1,769,000 bushels this year compared with 2,551, 000 bushels last year; the oats crop will be 853,000 bushels.., irr 1917 com pared with 1288,000 bushels last year; and the corn crop will be 21,996,000 this year, compared with 29,232,000 in 1916. , D i 1 ifrTTA p Airrnron Jr ALMt. 1 1 L ijUVtLKINUK APPEARS WARLIKE (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 20. Governor He declared for an immediate summoning of Congress, the calling out of the militia, the sum moning of volunteers an the aggres sive use of the navy. "BUD" WEISER NOW MUCH WISER. (By Associated Press.) Little Rock, Ark., March 20. Harry Bud" Weiser, secured from the Phil- adelphia Nationals with Pitcher Ben Tincup in a trade for Ernie Walker, '.who had declined to report because ' of fear of heat in the South, today wired he would join the Little Rock, ' Southern Association, at once. SUPREME COURT TO RECESS APRIL 9TH. (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 20. A recess of the Supreme Court after decisions next Monday until April 9 was. an- nounced today by Chief Justice White. i ( iiiiTTiRi n nmi 1 Hill 1 1 I 111! I, I III I I I 111 U IBM 1.U , BEING ORGANIZED 11 in 1 iii 11 ihiii i Attempted to Gain Freedom From Philadelphia Camp But Caught. MANY THOUGHT TO HAVE ESCAPED. Marines and City Police Suc ceed in Rounding Up Oth ers Fourteen Concerned in The Attempted Escape. (By Associated Press.) Philadelphia, March 20. The police today said that from three to ten of the crew of the German raiders Kron prinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Fried rich got. away in the dash for liberty last night in which vfour sailors wero captured. Navy Yard officials are si lent butthe police say possibly ten men got away.. A search today around the marsh where some of the men-were caught revealed ten life-preservers, three discarded uniforms and a dagger. Civ ilian clothing 4n oil skin bags wa3 found. and this was believed to have been placed' there .; by ; accomplices.. ThieolieBey-eath'of "tber men fiad i $100 hi new ten-dollar bills. Four men were captured while at tempting to leave their ship. The crews of the Kronprinz Wilhelm and the Prinz Eitel Freidrich were at onca mustered and it was found, that the lieutenant and nine men were miss ing. Two of the four, men caught while attemntinz to leave their shiD were 1 jn civilian dress and were well sup plied with money. In connection with the coup, it may or may not be significant that Baron von Schoen, a former attache of the German embassy, transferred to Mex ico before the break with Berlin, re cently has' been reported traveling in the United States. 5 In the light of the present situation, and all the circumstances, the pres ence of a German diplomatic agent abroad in the country is looked upon with some concern. The prospect of German sailors at large also Is re garded with apprehension. All the men interned at Philadel phia are to be transferred this week to Forts McPherson and Oglethbrpe, Georgia; where . they will be kept in stockades and guarded by troops of the 17th Infantry. WOULD RAISE RATES ON COAL BY FREIGHT. (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 20. Proposals to increase freight rates -on bitumin ous coal from Virginia and West Vir ginia fields to the seaboard from 5 to 10 cents per ton and from coal fields in Virginia, Pennsylvania-, Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, to New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore by five cents a ton have been filed by the railroads with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The advances would become effective between April 1 and April 16. Applications to suspend the pro posed increases will be heard inform ally by the commission Thursday. ALL BUT TWO MEMBERS HAVE NOW REPORTED. x (By Associated Press.) Nashville, Tenn., March 20. Only two members of the Nashville Base ball Club have not reported, Pitqher Kroh and Third Baseman Koresi Ray O'Brien, outfielder, purchased from Davenport in the I. League, reported today. GRANDSON OF FAMED MAN AN INVENTOR. (By United Press.) Williston, N. D., March 20. Charles J. Field, grandson of Cyrus K. Field, the man who' laid the first frans-Atlantic cable and turned It 'over to the American government, has invented a torpedo, designed to guide itself 'on a magnetic control, Into the bowels of enemy vessels- The torpedo at taches itself to the ship by magnet ism and remains there until its explo sion, which is controlled by a timing device. Government tests credit theu torpedo with seven out of eight per fect explosions.' ' r ' ' It ;;i