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" :w -i- ffEATHER FORECAST. North oaronrirt ron u vomer anight; probably light frost in the "eSt and central portions; Sunday, fa'scuth Carolina Fair and colder , -ahf probably light f rost In VEUNG full: leased wire service XXIII. NO. 65. VOL. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 24, 191 7 PRICE FIVE CENTS, FAMOUS MEN WHO WOU LD BE CALLED FROM PRI VATE LIFE IN C ASE OF WAR. IfSTj FINAL 1 LZS EDITION 1 Dispatch TON V - I I l I I VII V M kg I m h lb I 4mm E3 IfflMll Hindenburg's Position Threat ened by a Flanking Move 1 ment by The French GERMANS FLOOD- GATfc-5 ai la rcvu. rrench and British 1 roops Make Further Lains Ger mans Alive to The Serious ness of Their Position At tack on Russian Lines. Tucro;i.-oa pern iu iuc pu-uhcu aa- ,l.-ih!i!'rr line Ol tilt? ut-iiiiauo xix l.lllUl.1.- .. 1, Norn: n rvmro. running mruugu T'lrill!':! ;. Si Ouentin, Lalo ana Laon. is indicated by today's I is nfiV.nl suUeraent. Tie IVnch are continuing their ?;ron pri'ure nam ol. vucuuu from St. Quentin to the Aisnt and have driven tnrougn tn i "lie Oist river, airectiy norm -.. .1 A LaFere. at some points. Apparently they havo gained control of the high pound in this region"'and command t!;p city v.-it h their guns. Tlior the Germans were despairing of holding La t-ere. a Keypomi m iu ncv line, was Indicated by last night's announcement that they had opened the fluiee gates and flooded the city. The new French advance to the Oise can hardly fail to make the place still more difficult to hold. Further progress also has been made by the French farther to me southeast on the east bank of the Ai eti . r. west 01 . iiauii, wueie , he Germans,- vtnrmtallinr :lack fSntf-pf 'ge1 tovavds men- new line, are apparent ly offering a stiff resistance. Paris m.iaa: y en :cs also point 10 a m;;n peril here, where the left end of the German line at St. Gobain is treat;: ned with outflanking. Last report- from the British end of the lino also indicated strong Ger- from other structures that those who mr.n resistance, but recorded also 'had lived in them were unable defi- furthcr advances for General Haig's forces, notably in the region south east of Arras. In pntf, at least, the German re- tiMiK n; in France may be explained by an official statement of the new Russian war ministry that the Gei' mans are concentrating great quan tities of munition?, supplies and men on the northern end of the Russian front. A Teutonic offensive soon in this important but long neglected war area is thus indicated. Field Marshal vnn Hinflen hnrsr. who I i? credited with establishing the new line in the wst is elated as a liever in the theory that a decision jlate yesterday afternoon, wrecking in the war can best be gained by a j homes, barns and outhouses and twist campaign on the eastern front against ing up large forest trees. The full ex- Russia, Meanwhile the Russian Drovisional ; su eminent continues its ettorts lo strengthen its defensive measures. One of the most important of the constituent parties of the new gov ernment, that of the Constitutional Democrat.'; lorl hv Pnrpip-n Minister liIukoff, has just voted through its committee of parliamentary repre sentative? for a republican form of government for Russia. Paris, March 24. The Allies con- tiruif to forge ahead on the center 511(1 evirein;' Ho-hf onH madp Rllh- stailtial progress vesterdav in the di- rpion of St. QiiPntin and T,a.Fere in stance. Notwithstandinar the efforts as thev rrtirpH tlio Allioa Vinvo mnn- tO hrintr nn o crrrr ffwna. nf nil "tn their heaviest, artillerv. and the fns are again busy after a long rest. The pressure of the French from 0l- Quentin to the Aisne is so pow 'ul that it. begins to seem doubtful, a t1he opinio- of the French military rlc, 'is to whether the Germans n'M lui li.. i. , .1 , ii. j IJ(' ::We to (Uindenbr.rg lii ned th sit :u;e lo nom on to trie so-caneu line. The invaders have hr'rriK nt T.TTprp annar- , . lilctL LlltJil unu.ilVji.'o wi ' lie town are not good, now that '-t Tile Vl'An nil linirn rYrtf o fnAflTliy TlTl - , - iiv.ii nave l ci i lyw lih P High Srrrmnrt in Vq tucair rorinn i uf-a st of Tergnier. If General MVelfl able to establish himself m th riOl i inn V5r rrftmc will com- 'irtll-r Vmtl-i Pynnili a ya Tncilr. ' ' ' ii 111 X' 11 1 1 V. 11 C1U J Kolid progress against the five- fnr "l covering t. uuuiuu aixuj -j, y me lower coucy iorests. trJu wi'h columns operating Oj , o.us.iUUB 111 Lilt: UllCliUU" )iof'm' T,le latter made continuous to!' i'Jay and their advance ex- uic jr,lt extremity of the Uer at St. Gobain to the risk of Won 0"nanked and driven back on is 1 1 evident that the German staff tiif'v1Vo to the growing danger, and Pf.i.d!T niaking desperate efforts tc Put.;';. 1,r?ncn advance. The tignt- u 10 fiercer here than in any other (Com BY T7 T? TORNADO SWEPT Y TB DEATH: OTHERS MAIMED Revised Death List Today Stands at Thirty-One in Yesterday's Storm. SCORES OF MORE WERE INJURED. Indiana Felt Awful Blight of Big Wind Search of Ruins Going On Today. (By Associated Press.') New Albany, Ind., March 24. Revis ed official lists of the victims of the ! storm, which swept over New Albany late yesterday, show thirty-one dead and 100 injured. Of the injured ten are expected to die, while it is thought that a num ber of bodies still lie buried under the debris of wrecked" buildings. The search of the ruined structures is going forward under military su pervision. Early today state - trOATKr-'-'WAfi.? sons bearing military passes were ad mitted within the lines. Approximately 300 residences, indus trial plants and other buildings were badly damaged or destroyed. Some houses had been so torn to pieces and the wreckage intermingled with that finitely to locate the sites upon which they had stood. Houses had been picked up by the wind and then thrown to the earth with terrific force, smashing them in to kindling wood. Other houses ap peared to have been flattened out as though some tremendous weight had been laid upon them. Small outbuild ings and sections of roofs were carried for blocks, and trees were torn bodily from the earth by the roots. Tornado Swept County, Nashville, Tenn., Marcn z. a ror An MAN tiu-owtf :vihl:- the! r i fr :r"'.v , , & jv- v- '11::":-fcWwfi twyuenuuu Jll. IUUOO M- I be-lnado swept through .Trousdale county tent of the damage is not known as wires are down in the path of the storm. No lives are known to iave been lost, but the home of Claude Reed, where his wife and a week old baby were, was blown down and burn ed. Mother and' baby escaped in night clothes. CAR OF BOOZE ABLAZE IN OLD VIRGINIA. (By The Associated Pres.) Ashland, Va., March 24. A Wash ington train rolled in here at 7 o'clock this morning, with an express car near the rear end ablaze. It was packed to the roof with beer, whiskey and other liquors going to Richmond. The car was sidetracked and the village fire department put out the fire. ' AS TONEOTRJLS They Must Cease All Trade With The Central Powers. (By Associated Prew.) London, March 24 The promulga tion of a new allied doctrine against Germany is demanded by Carlyon Wil froy Bellairs, unionist in a resolution laid on the table of the House of Com mons for debate next week. The resolution provides that "in view of the murders and the shocking violations of international law on the!- high seas by the German government j -x this House recognizing that Germany j has placed herself in the position of i -x-lorlnt-ps that, the time has'-Sf- A NEW DOCTRINE come to enforce the new European' -x- den). The capture by Russian -X-doctrine that no supplies may come' troops of the Persian town of -X- out or go into Germany or her allies; that prize court procedure was devised to meet conditions of civilized war Ta nr'Mf'h rln nnt exist: that, conse- cmniioo fdr neutral TCiironean I rnnct h hnserf nn an entire JUUlLli l&a J-l-l Ukib cessation of their trade with Ger- V j ttBEOV.L-JtEAR-AO PEAX3V Many hundreds of famous men would give up private life and place themselves at the call of the govern ment in case of war with Germany. Here you see four of the most fa mous of America's famous men wUo have done things' who promptly would offer their services to their country. Colonel Roosevelt's value as a leader of men cannot be questioned. His name would be as valuable as a recruiting factor in America as was Kitchener's in England. Thousands upon thousands would follow Colonel Roosevelt, where they might hesitate to follow another need . be - said s viuue Ol vxeu- t i- eral Goethals' engineering genius and the incalculable value of his genius for organisation. A man who could build the Manama Canal, the greatest engineering', feat in the his- j tory of the 'world, would be just the I SEA MONSTER The New Mexico, Super-dread-naught, Most Ready For The Water. ! I 24. At , (By Associated Press.) Washington, D. C, March this time when the public mind is fixed on the question of the national defense, battleship construction pos sesses more than ordinary interest. The forty-second battleship built for American navy since 1892 will take the water next month, when the super dreadnaught New Mexico slips from the ways at the New York navy yard Compared to the first modern battle- TO 1 ship of the American navy, the Indi-1 to let it drift. When the Ocean ap ana, launched in 1898, the New Mex-, peared, the sailor was still clinging ico will be nearly twice as long,' half j to the mast, with his lower limbs again as wide and of three times-' as i completely frozen, great displacement. Against the In- j tTNltnelSZZr; j EMANCIPATION OF JEWS twelve 14-inch and twenty-two 5-inch BY RUSSIA BEGUN. rifles. I In addition to the great size of the I w . (By Associated Press.).- new ship's main battery, the guns are . Washington March 24. First steps of forty orty-five calibre as against the ! thirty-five calibre of the Indiana's 13 inch guns, identical with those aboard the famous' old Oregon, which played their part in the battle of Santiago. With the fourteen guns of the New Mexico in her turrets, the Oregon could have halted any one of the flee ing Spanish ships almost without leav ing her station. The New Mexico's guns will have a range, even at the low elevation of American navy mountings, of fifteen miles or more, against eight or nine miles for the old thirteens. The New Mexico will be the sixth battleship built by the United States in its own navy yard at New York. The others were the Connecticut, the dreadnaught Florida, and the super dreadnaughts New York and Arizona, in addition to the California, now building. -X- -X- -5- -X- -Jf 4f X -X -X- -X- -X- ANOTHER PERSIAN TOWN CAPTURED. -X- (By Associated Press.) Petrograd, March 24 (Via Lon- -X- Kerind, in the sector west of -X- Kermanshah, about 40 miles j from the Mesopotamian border, J -x- was announced bv the war office. i 45 - Pursuit, of the Turks toward the -X-J 45 - Mesanntamiah border continues. . -X- : X- -X- -X- ; THOMAS A.EDJSON, man wanted to direct the organization ana iormation 01 a Dig military torce, especially smce Uoethals is a military man American inventive genius would i hp a. his- f.i oinr for thp ptipttiv tn nnn- . , . , .. . J f leuiyiaie senousiy in ine event or war. Most ol the newly developed military devices in use in Europe to- day by either side were of American invention. Thomas A. Edison, pre-j mier of the world's inventive gen-. iuses, would probably head an inven- tion board, just as he is now a mem-1 ber of the Naval Advisory Board. Rear Admiral Robert E, Peary, "dis coverer of the North Pole, has de- Stiouj and it is dqttQfgip-& many xnen '- in tn e coimtrV r ladaywho know -more of this science. Peary X. T. 1 TJ 1 3 1 11. I yxuuauiy wuuiu ue useu uy me gov ernment in the extension of its aerial defense and offense, in which the United States is weaker than in any other branch of the military art. ONLY Dili OUT OF T jOf The Men Who Took to ! One of The Healdton's Boats. (By Associated Press.) London, March 24. There was only one survivor out of 13 men in one of the American steamer Heald ton's boats which was picked up by the trawler, Ocean, according to an Amsterdam dispatch to Reuter's, quot ing the Handelsblad. The survivor was a Norwegian, who clung to the boat after it had been upset and his comrades drowned. The boat righted itself later, and the Norwegian tried to move it, but was so overcome by cold that he had tne new Russian government r.o- wara me emancipation ol jews in Rsusia were reported yesterday by Ambassador Francis, who said all ed ucational restrictions, as to both schools and colleges, had been re moved. IN THE BALKANS Taken Charge of By The Embassy t Constanti nople. (By Associated Press.) Berlin, March 24. (Via London. A telegram from Sofia says that the Am erican embassy at Constantinople' has taken charge of the legation at the Bulgarian capital. The legation was formerly conducted in connection with the Bucharest legation. Charles J. Vopicka was formerly American minister to Rumania, Serbia, ana Jtmana. Alter tne capture or of Bucharest by tne Germans, Mr. Vopicka, then in residence there, was asked to leave in common with the other neutral ministers. He returned -X-ito the United States and sitce then America's affairs in the Balkans have been in the hands of charges d'affaires. HIRTEEN i 1 AFFAIRS JURY FAILED TO REACH VERDICT IN RAE TANZER CASE After Being Out For Sixty seven Hours Jurors Dis charged Today. HOLDS RECORD IN NEW YORK CITY. Case Was Outcome of At tempted Blackmailing of Jas. W. Osborne Tried In Federal Court. (By The Associated Press.) New York, March 24. The Federal jury trying Rae Tanzer, charged with perjury in her breach of promise suit against former Assistant District Attorney James W. Osborne, was un able to reach a verdict after deliber ating 67 hours, and was discharged today by Judge Van Fleet. The jury was nearly in a state of collapse. After the 65th hour one of the 12 j was stricken with acute indigestion and was attended by a physician. This was the longest deliberation by a Federal jury in this district, court officials recalling today that the previous record was 61 hours in the case against the New Haven Rail road officials in 1916. ENTIRE REGIMENTS OF BULGARS DESERT (By Associated Press.) London, March 24. Semi-official dispatches from Serbian headquarters in the last few days have reported serious trouble among the Bulgarian troops around Monastir. Several regiments are reported to have deserted in a body as the result of friction over supplies and their re lations with- their Teuton allies. According to these reports it has been necessary -to rearrange several large units for the Bulgarian army, distributing troops of -suspected loy alty to places-wbere they" could thA least harm. . s " - t WALLER- ACCEPTS PRISON FOR LIFE Farmer Convicted of Murder in Louisiana Has With drawn Appeal. (By Associated Press.) Minden, La., March 24. Henry Wal ler, farmer, convicted of killing John Nelson Reeves on Christmas eve last, and sentenced to life-imprisonment in the State penitentiary, formally with drew his notice of appeal and agreed to accept the verdict of the jury. His attorneys filed the necessary notice of withdrawal. In consideration of Waller's abandonment of appeal the prosecution agreed to drop, the three remaining charges of murder against him. Waller also was indicted for kill ing the three children of Reeves, who were slain at the same time as their father. This pro4bably will end the Reeves case, which has resulted in the convic tion of five men, four of them negroes. Chester Tyson and Mark Peters, ne groes, were sentenced to be hanged. STEVENS-WATTS WEDDING TODAY. (By Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Pa., March 24. Miss Frances Watts, daughter of Ethelbert Watts, United States consul-general in Belgium, and Theodopius Stevens, of Castle Point, Hoboken, were married today. The ceremony was performed at the Watts residence in the presence of members of the two families and a small party of intimate friends. AMERICAN SAILORS CAPTURED BY GERMANS (By Associated Press.) Copenhagen, Friday, March 23 (Via London, March 24). The return , of the German raider, Moewe, to a Ger man port, having on board about 600 sailors, the crews of merchantmen captured during the last part of the cruise, may give rise to a new Yar rowdale case, as it is probable a num ber of Americans who were serving on armed merchantmen were cap tured by the raider. According to the German rule, such men would be treated as prisoners of war. Among the British steamers de stroyed after the Yarrowdale was sent to Germany, the Governor, 5,524, tons gross; Demeterton, 6,048 tons; Otaki, 9,575 . tons, and Brecknockshire, are specifically mentioned in the official account of the Moewe's return as having been armed. London, March 24. A Central News dispatch from Amsterdam says it is reported from Berlin that Count von Dohna-Scholdien, commander of the Moewe, has been appointed aide de camp to EmperOr William. . THE DESOUTION LEFT BY GERMANS NORTHERN FRANCE Great Rejoicing of The People In The Recovered Territory. AMERICAN CHARITY SAVED THEIR LIVES. American Relief Committee Distributing Food Among The People, Who Tell Their Sad Experiences With the British Armies in France, Thursday, March 22 (From a Staff Correspondent of the Associated Press Via London). The real human interest in the great retreat of the Germans lies in the half ruined vil lages formerly occupied by .them. The joy of the people is wonderful to see. A package of well-buttered ham sahd viches distributed, among the chil dren of one village caused greater excitement than the evacuation of the Germans. -" - "It is buXter' "died several shrill little voices at irnre. as the recipients scampered away io ; their 1 houses to show their ciders what they had re ceived. Through the open doors could be heard, "Praise God, there Is butter again in France." The American Relief Commission has been able to distribute flour, cof fee, sugar, laid l.'mited quantities of rice, some cereals, soup, salt and vin egar, but no butter. The Associated Press correspon dent today had a cup of American coffee with a peasant family living next door to the charred ruins of German dugouts near the bank of the Somme. There was a loaf of browa bread on the table. "That also is from the Americans," said the peasant mother, who was holding a child of 2 years of age. "We shall never forget the assistance given us by America. It saved us. We have had nothing else since soon after the beginning of the German occupation. When the Germans first began taking our goods, our horses, our cattle, our sheep and everything else we raised on the farm, they gave us bits of paper which they said were bonds, telling us we should present them to President Poincare for pay ment. "But in the last year or so all we have been able to raise has been taken without even these poor bonds. We have been encouragd to cultivate our farms, then everything was taken and we were compelled to live on American relief. It is terrible, sir, but you are American. Please have another cup of coffee. I am sorry we have no milk. We have had none for more than a year, all the cows hav ing been taken away by tlie Germans. We have had no fresh meat for nine months." For a time, the peasants say, the? were allowed to keep hens on the condition that they produce five eggs from each hen weekly for the German authorities. If the hens did not lay five eggs the peasants had to bor row them from their neighbors, and they were delighted when u.e hens at last were confiscated. ITALIANS CHEER SSIAN REVOLT Chamber of Deputies Cele brate Advent of New Rus sian RegiTie. k (By Associated Jfcr ass.) Rome (Via Paris), fTLrch 24. The Russian revolution was the subject of an enthusiastic fmonstration in the Chamber of puties today. An eulogistic speech by Premier Bo selli was interrupted by frequent ap plause. .The premier concluded: "In the name of the Italian govern ment and the army of Italy I cordially wish for the Duma a glorious and prompt consolidation of the liberal institutions which are the basis of the new order of things. I wish new suc cesses for the heroic Russian armies, and to the Russian people we send today the kiss of brotherhood, which we shall soon exchange for the kiss of victory." . " The Only Thing to Save The German Empire From Destruction. RESENT SITUATION FORCED UPON HIM. His Opposition to Submarine Warfare Overruled His Bitterest Political Oppon ents Whom He Most Fears Denounced in The Reichstag. (By Associated Press.) Paris, March 24. The abdication ot the German Emperor is forecast by the former German magistrate who wrote the celebrated book "J 'Accuse' in an interview published in Oeuvre. He says : "The Kaiser' is obsessed by the thought that he is responsible for the war, a thought which poisons hia whole existence. He feels that he is menaced by three enemies at homo without counting those abroad: "First, Is the crown prince the real author of the war? Second, is the junker pan-Germanist? you cannot imagine the smouldering hatred of the Emperor for those he believes to be maniacs who are driving him into an abyss. Third, are the people, not the Socialist party, but the people who are starving and who he feels are growing in number, rising little by lit tle against those- w,ho organized the , pier other day &t the ; meeting" of the 'parliamentary presidents and the ministers of the, Federal Sovereigns fat which the submarine war was de- ' : .3 a j.i i r . i a . ciueu uyuu, me struggle Deiween toe Kaiser's party and that of Von Tirpitz was most bitter. The majority against the Emperor was so great, however, that he was obliged to submit and pre tend that he was convinced. In par ticular he was personally opposed to a break with President Wilson, but he was forced to consent. Documents will be published one day which will prove that secretly he did everything not to bring America down upon him, and that fie considers that the rup ture was an irreparable mistake. The failure of the submarine war will soon show that he was right, but it will be too late. "The people he fears most are the anti-militarists, anti-Prussian, Liberal Republicans, who want the Reichstag to be based on universal suffrage. That is why Wilhelm is so anxious to convince the nation that he did not want war. All his protestations are made to appease the liberals and his famishe dand ruined subjects whose murmurings are growing stronger. He wants to continue popular at any price and that is why he spoke the first word of peace. The people were grateful for it, but the submarine war came and spoiled everything. "It is hard to realize how this Em peror, who enjoyed a popularity un exampled in our epoch, suffers in his pride. He alone perhaps in Germany knows the whole truth, since he alone has in his possession the elements for forming a judgment on, the situation, as a whole. How can he resist moral ly and physically under such a strain? Certainly he hopes sometimes, but less and less, for the success of the unre stricted submarine war which he op posed. He sees the isolation of Ger many becoming more and more com plete. "Once he tried to initiate peac3 negotiations and failed. To try again would be to admit and proclaim to the whole world, but above all to the Ger man people, which he fears most, Germany's real situation. ' If the Allies solemnly declared, as they did with Napoleon in 1815, that they would refuse to treat for peace with the Hohenzollerns, it would be a knockout blow. Our German people, who still believe in him, would aban don him, for peace at any price would soon be the unanimous and hidden thought of tortured Germany. "What resource is left to1' him, but a dramatic abdication in order to re tain the sympathies of the German people and save the political future of Prussia. He. will' say: I sacrifice myself to make peace. Without me those only are responsible who desir ed a savage war and the complete iso lation of Germany, those who took at the, beginning my son as their party leader and forced me to mobilize, a measure I hesitated to takeJLII The Emperor Denounced. : London, March 24. -The German Emperor and Chancellor von Beth-mann-Hollweg were denounced in the Reichstag by Socialist Deputy Kunert as the originators of the war,; accord ing to a Berlin dispatch to Reuter's by way of Amsterdam. The incident oc curred Thursday during; a; debate on the public' health estimates.;. Vice (Continued on Page Eight) ;,;- ' . f inued on Pag eight) many.