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LEATHER FORECASTi
FINAL
EDITION
wnrth Carolina Cloudy tonight and
, lv Drobably rain, continued coof.
Ttouth Carolina-Cloudy tonight and
Tuesciayi
probably ram,
FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE
OL. XXIII. -NO 109.
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 7, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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Turks Force Jewish Popula
tion of Jaffa, Palestine,
to Flee.
SOME WERE HANGED
TO ACT AS EXAMPLE
I
Homes Were Raided and Rob-!
bed of Valuables and Peo
ple in General Cruelly Mis
treated Many Mutilated
Bodies Found
GENERAL INCREASE
FREIGHT RATES
NC
BEGUN
The Eastern JRairoads State
Their Case Before Interstate
Commerce Commission
(By Associated Press.)
New York. May 7. The entire Jew
ish population of Jaffa, Palestine,,!
about S.ooo men, women and children OKE-A 1 llNUxHiYoU IlH
of manv nationalities, were forced by I M AINTFN ANPF CCISTT
the Turks, on April 1, to evacuate t" IVlAIltniAW VAJO 1
homes and flee from the city, accord-' . . . . . ".
ins to a cablegram received here today -JnOWn in 1 aoles tilVing V rices
bv the Provisional Executive commit- nf Ma ferial nr Prcnr
Ire tor general zaumsi anairs.
The roads leading from Jafra were
thronged with starving people some
flying by the roadside, and mutilated
bodies of rich Jews were found on the
sand dunes, the message said.
Two Jews were hanged, "as an indi
cation of the fate in store for any Jews
who might be so foolhardy" as to op
pose looters. Bedouin men and women
sacked the Jewish homes while the
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, :. ami
.: 'i ;!.;.!
TWO
Mi N
Of ALLIED POWERS
WORKING
JOINTLY
Compared With Few
Years Ago
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 7. Hearings on
the proposed 15 per cent, freight rate
increases were begun here foday be
fore the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. The railroads were represented by
dwellers were deDartin and all Val-counsel having a great quantity of sta-
uables were stolen. Mohammedans 1 Mistical matter intended to prove that
and Christians were allowed to remain j the railroads as well as he puplic "are
if they had individual permits,. . the feelinS the increased cost of living and
cablegram stated but ey.ery.Jew eyin to. shpw- thatthe Increased revenue
those who were Austrian, Hungarian, VwMCh would 6 devjed from a 15
Bulgarian and German, was ordered i P51" cent- advaiice would not in fact,
out. j cover the higher expenses. Shippers
p.:.. fiT,0,0x. , - swho oppose the increase were repre-
frior to the evacuation of Jaffa the 1 00L v, iAjj w-
mr-ssage said, 300 Jrfws were deported f 12 S? w
"in a cruel manner T from Jerusalem. ! ? Show at railroad earnings have
Tht, 7l-nn- f Ti. been proportionately high notwith-
The Zionist committee, said the te dl JL h at is alleeed to hp ovpr
cablegram, was reliably-informed and stanf .wnat 18 .al.lJfs?d .to. D over
from one whose nameey withheld ! caPltallzan, that at best only
a tow rnodo mov noon inrrogsoH rov.
lor tear the Turks might visit the
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Mo
t 1 s 1 si i
In nj n
V
Vv
a few roads may need increased rev
mut 1 t.!.. X 3-
ffi retribtlon '" ! That 'if incVVas-es are SSSSd forSSS
LOUISIANA SUGAR CROP
DOUBLES LAST YEAR'S l
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 7 The Louisiana
Ugar crop of 1916 was nrantir.allv
twice as great as the crop of 1915.
figures COniDilprl hv tho nonnrlmont
of Agriculture show the 1916 crop was
P.,800,000 pounds, as against 275,000,-
vv" nnunrlu imr mi .
r-u..u.-. .u uii). ine average cane
Jpld was 18 tons an acre in 1916 as
gainst 11 tons in 1915.
u
JS TO BE
GIVEN LIBERTY
GoVrrnnr PJ D 1- 1
Jer Sentenced to Prison
tate Com. Orgc
(anizes
RaleiS'01 ? Th Dispatch.)
BiokoH , v - iViay Governor
D!Cktt Pan ntl Tllnmn rr.1
n " "i lalse ontrip in tii Rant f
SVv fn 4 aniencea'- oy Judge
10r tw years.
afp noo!!n0nnCement was made this
. -"loon. (jOVfrnnr Xiilrt
n?h jjimcit, gives
uiiivern, 1 acc' wnicn was
Methorli - ' J c "yposiLion oi
shown W.r-Vl, lliiaisI-er. Thomas was
Uonpv
)vn fitiiM ;
npv h s 01 Persnal use of any
"UJ, hilt pnoVJ I..--.., . '
urafts who; r,:r rner s over-
fountv tr aemur inomas was
fp"ow officU.rerTard puttin& up for
0PPoSe th : ,Judge Stacy di nt
A,Ifn, urcpti 7t t ,na Judge liTer
'I'JotPd faVnK,' JUUge Stacy was
hould ntr y-tOWard il' but felt
tndere D e acqmtJlim a nolo con-
n .
Thom s '"A BIett, in
Bickett,
gave him liberty on the
pardoning
D- Potter ;dVOnte Sister' Mrs- G
a RichmnJ u. died.last evening in
reared the "uspitel- Mrs. Potter
j . H1H VfinTi r 1 J
uyuig in in; 4 5 uier their mother
hosnTJ? hls mfency. She went tn tho
Seekinar? Thomas came here to
lodav pft'e Commission met
ton, of n,.:,ganized, with Frank nal-
Hh ullI0rd. President t u
Hap ."""sws succeeds H,,v, tvt
uu fnnW , -"
end. I "1"- president, and J
senator D.r rtenderon
H.
secretalry.
Tu. -"Uia not sorvo
Tni. ;. -"u"S!On hoc. c nc
'Pstituti.I ar.meetmg, when all Stat
to rin ' wnich have
?emb! here and submit plans.
Jhnson n;i V.tton' Uo1- Charles
1m. -rv
ft "ail h-atl-.-.K - - ' "uviaio.
"""tans an enw,
u "'ere present.
roads they should not be accomplished
by blanket raise in rates covering the
entire country.
By its order, fixing procedure in the
case, the Interstate Commerce Com
mission has very largely put the re
sponsibility for showing the need cf
advanced rates squarely on the rail
roads. Eastern railroads, at the opening
on the application of all roads for
a general increase of 15 per
cent, in freight rates, stated that
the advance sought would fall $75,
000,00 short of the $217000,000 in
crease of 1917 operating expenses
over 1916.
Cost of coal, wages and materials
has gone up so rapidly in the last
year or two, declared the eastern
roads, who will be followed by south
eastern and western lines, and by
shippers, that income from present
rates cannot keep pace. Higher rates
are necessary to maintain their credit
and to make efficient service possible,
they said.
, The proposed 15 per cent, advance
would yield all railroads a sum esti
mated at between $300,000,000 and
$400,000,000, based on last year's rec
ord earnings. Of this amount, roads
east of Chicago and north of the
Ohio and Potomac rivers, operating
60,000 miles of line and carrying
about half the countries traffic, stated
today their share would, be $142,000,-
i 000.
Coal has advanced an average of
84 cents a ton in the last year, and
eastern roads consumed 69,000,000
tons.
Wages under the Adamson Act add
$36,000,000 to the eastern pay roll,
and increases to other employes, de
clared necessary to keep men , from
going to other industries, amounted
to $33,000,000, making a 10 per cent,
average wage boost since last year.
An average advance of 43' per cent,
was shown ' in cost of such material
as rails, ties, ballast structural steel
for bridges ,nd stations, other metal
manufactures, equipment parts and
oil. In addition, the carriers cited
unprecedented increase, not included
in the tables, in prices of locomotives,
some oi; which have gone from $33,
000 in 1914 to $55,000 this year, and
freight cars, whose prices have
jumped in many instances from $825
in 1914 to $1,800.
Last year's earnings, though the
largest ever recorded, made only a
6.53 per cent, net income on invest
ments, the eastern roads, stated, and
the average charge for hauling freight
has decreased gradually for the past
14 years.
By intensive development of ex
isting railroad systems, the carriers
pointed out, they had been able since
1903 to .keep pace in a measure with(
the growing demand for transporta
tion, but' the diminishing return on
(Continued on jrage Elglit). v .
E
LABQRAT
E
PLANS
R
RECEPTION
Of Foreign Commissioners in
New York City Columbia
University Confer Degrees
(By Associated Press.)
New York, May 7. Plans have
been completed for New York's re
ception to the French and British war
commissions and, according to an-
nouncament today, a program is com-. the Wilmington company of engi
H' ORDER ISSUED THPS AFTER-
NOON. -
'
4 (By Associated Press). ; 4
Washington, May 7. The War
4 Department announced today that
4' orders had been sent out for the 4
4 raising of nine regiments of engi- 4
oL -ryaa-wcf f at Iiitv of tVio oarliocf" nnc- A
I 4 sible moment on the communica- 4
tion lines in France. These 4
4 troops will be in addition to 'the 4
forces contemplated in the Ad- 4
4" ministration's army plans. 4"
4 Recruiting points for the regi- V
4 ments will be Atlanta, New York 4
4 City, St. Louis, Chicago, Boston, 4
4 Pittsburgh, Detroit, San Francisco 4
4 and Philadelphia. '
'
- This order may include 41
FRENCH
MISSION
FETEfl IN ST. LOWS
Parade Across the City
ceded By Breakfast Gold
Medals for the Frenchmen
To Co-ordinate Resources of
United States to 'Benefit of ,
European Allies j
REGULATION OF
TRANSPORTATION
Fighting Continues With" Un?
abated Fury In West- xVpifl
crn rea j .
British Forces 7
storm bulle court
. .-- .
Have Entered The. Town and"
Desperate Hand-to-Hand - ;
Fighting Ensues French V
Have Taken Almost Thirty
Thousand Prisoners in Two; '
Weeks 1
f
i
French guns have battered down;
the back door to Laon and the poilua
of General Nivelle are now only' feUC.
miles from the German stronghold.
One formidable barrier lies between
Of Foodstuffs By Rail Ut"'r1l&!&
. , . r . r .
roints ana onipmenr y
Sea Good Results
Anticipated
'!; n''
i V
(By Assoclatell Prss.)
Washington, May 7. Two allied
war commissions sitting continuously,
one in London and the other here, ap
peared today as one of the first actual
steps, to co-ordinate the powerful re
sources the United States brings into
the war with those of the Allies.icross
the sea. "
- Th mmisisiQ
representatlveis ef all the allied na--
tions, including the United States;
would 'receive and decide upon the ap
portionment of seaborne traffic. TheJAisne front, where the French arej
commission here would then charge driving through the Siegfried line for
, , Laon by the back way to that strong',
itself with getting such supplies to theholdj General HaJg.s troops began to,
seaboard, either by direct purchase or day to widen the breach they hay
along the Chemin des Dames ttha
road of the ladies the) French guna;
overlook the stream. , , . ,
Like the Chemin des .Dames, thd
Ailette runs east and west, parallel
ing the French lines. It is hardly
worthy of the name of river, but its
bed is in a deep gorge which makes
it a grave obstacle, f Laon will not
be captured except' at a heavy price,
but French victories . of the. last
week have brought its capture-. ap
preciably nearer. "
Bulle court, tlirectly on the Hinderi
burg line, has been entered by Brit
ish troops, who, this, morning--were
iil n - t -...-.--r'J. .'(. . I. " .. . . 'J
for its possession. .. y ' , ?
Giving the Germans no time to brlngf.
up reserves from the hard-pressecl
I"
I';'
'liii
templated that will eclipse anything
4 neers, recently returned from the 4
4 Mexican border and now doine 4
since "Dewey Day." j, patrol duty at different parts of 4
The French commission will reach ;' the State. This organization is 4
New York Wednesday afternoon, and4 composed of nearly, all Wilming- 4
almost at the same depot at the Bat-I lon me1 and TithWllmin-?,ni?f" t
, . T .. , , , . i4 ficers, headed by Captain Gillette. 4
tery where LaFayctte landed in 18241,,. j-.
they will be met by an escort of 1 :
cavalry and police and taken to City j AVIATOR ROBINSON
Hall, where the official welcome will j A GERMAN PRISONER
03 exienayu.
The decoration in City Hall ?jvill
include the tattered battle flags and
bunting that saw service under Wash
ington and LaFayette.
The French commissioners then
will be escorted to the home of
Henry C. Frick, the residence of the
commissioner during their stay in
the city.
The British commission is ex
pected to reach the city on Friday.
During the visit of the commission
ers degrees will ba conferred by Col
umbia University, which long had
close.. personal and academic relations
with the Sorbonne and other univer
sities of France and with Oxford and
Cambridge and the Scottish Universities.
(By Associated Press.)
St. Louis, May 7. The welcome ac
corded former Premier "Viviani, Mar
shal Joffre and other members of the
French war mission at the coliseum
last night was outdone today when the
distinguished visitors took part in a
through present agencies.
While the inroads of the submarine
menace continue it is absolutely es-
ontia 1 rv nimaorva OT70T-V shin frt- t h O
Pre- most needed freight, and the only way
that this can be done is to have the
Allies, submit their needs to a central
body In London, which shall have pow
er to give priority to the most press
ing. At the same time the commission in
this country, knowing exactly how
much was wanted, would buy it judi
ciously and keep the railroad lines!
open to the seaboard. So far the Al-j
lies have confused their own situa
tions to a certain extent in this coun
try both by competitive buying and
parade that crossed the city.
The prade was preceded by a break- j by congesting the railroads and term
(By Associated Press.)
London, May 7. News was receiv
ed today from Geneva, confirming the
report that Lieutenant. William Leefe
Robinson, of the Royal Flying Corps,
has not been killed, as was announced
last month, but is a prisoner of the
Germans.
fast in honor of the city's guests at
the Missouri Athletic Association,
where 700 prominent citizens toasted
France and the United States.
inals with supplies for which there
was absolutely no tonnage available.
The plain now being worked out
sprang from the general meeting on
trade questions at Secretary Lans-
Mayor Kiel, of St. Louis, who was . ing's office last week. It has not been
to have delivered a welcoming address decided upon as yet and may receive
at the breakfast, was unable to jje ,
present because of illness. The may
made in the Hindenburg line in tho
Bulle court region.
Counter attacks of extreme violence
rapidly repeated had failed to shake
the British grip on the line here, and,
have not prevented them from strik-.f.
ing again when they were ready. Bulle V
court had been hemmed in on all sides '
except on the north, the British hv
ing worked well to the east or tha
village. :
Driving back toward it, they hare
fought their way into the place, press-
ing back desperately resisting GerV
mans. On the French front north
east of Soissons and along the Chem-
in-Des-Dames, the Germans have been
forced to employ fresh troops in an
effort to stem the French advance.' ,
Last night they drove masses of menf ;
against the lines all along this front '
but were unable to shake General Nl
(Continued on Page Six).
or, hovever, appeared in time for the
With the great bulk of the retail
work now distributed among various
sub-committees, British Foreign Min
CORONER'S JURY
PROBES CS5E TODAY.
parade and took his place in the first jgter Balfour now is awaiting reports.
Today he was officially received at the
Supreme Court. Later the new Bel
gian Minister to the United States paid
the a visit to Mr. Balfour. Samuel Goin-
KAISER
WILLIAM
Sensational Developments Ex
pected in the Hale Tragedy
This Afternoon
automobile with M. Viviani and Mar
shal Joffre.
The welcoming address was made
hv Tenuis P. Aloe, president
board of aldermen. Mr. Aloe emphafe . pers, president oi me American rea
ically proclaimed the loyalty of the eratiori of Labor, called with the Brit
city to the National cause. ish labor leaders, who have just ar
At the plate of each guest at the! in this country, upon his iuvita
breakfast was a miniature French tlon-
nag .
During the breakfast, goia meaais
of honor were presented to former
Premier Viviani and Marshal Joffre on
behalf of the French society of St.
' Louis.
After the parade the French mission
were driven to their special train,
which left for Springfield, Ills., where
Marshal Joffre will place a palm leaf
on the tomb of Lincoln.
TO
1
PR NG
E
iTelegram to Latter On ) His
Thirty - Fifth Birthday,
Wishing Victory
(By Associated PressJ
Amsterdam, May 7 (Via London),.
The German Empire, has sent the fol
lowing telegram to the Crown Prince:
"Your birthday falls this year in
a serious and decisive time. In grate
ful and full confidence the Fatherland
and I look upon your and the other bat
tle fronts, which imperturbably resist
all attacks and which will stand in
vincible in the new battles. God grant
the Fatherland, in your new year of
life, a full victory and a peace filled
with blessings."
(By Long Distance 'Phone)
Burgaw, N. C, May 7. Sensational
developments are expected from
probe of tha alleged murder of J. T.
Hale, one of Pender county's well
known citizens, whose dead body was
found several hundred yards from his
home, near Rocky Point, Saturday
afternoon. The doscovery of the
body, bearing three pistol wounds,
caused a sensation, which was in
creased when the comer's jury order
ed the arrest of D. L. Hale, a younger
brother of the deceased, who was
brought here and placed in jail.
Just what evidence there is against
him had not been divulged up to 2:30
o'clock this afternoon and will hard
ly be until the coroner's jury meets
and probes the case. The jury is to
meet at Rocky Point this after
noon and Coroner H. A. Burton, of
Pender, has gone from here to that
town to conduct the investigation.
Domestic trouble is said to - have
figured in the tragedy and which first
cast suspicion upon the accused man.
GOMPERS DENOUNCES
GERMAN RUMORS
STORM SIGNALS
RASED
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 7. Samuel Gom
pers, president of the American Fed
eration of Labor, last night sent a long
cablegram to the executive committee
of the Russian council of workmen's
and soldier's delegates, denouncing as
the false work of pro-German pro
pagandists reports circulated in Rus
sia that the United States would send
a mission to advise Russia as to the
conduct of her internal affairs.
Ml
CANARD
FOR HOME USE
Alleged Secret Treaty Betweei
United States and Great 1
, Britain
Disturbance In Southeast Ga.,
Moving Northeasterly
Northeast Winds Tonight
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 7. A disturbance
over southeast Georgia today is mov
ing northeast and probably will cause
strong northeast winds on the coast
tonight, the weather bureau announced
today. Warnings were ordered up at
3 o'clock at all stations from the Vir
ginia Capes to Charleston.
4'44f'r'
4 GERMAN AIRPLANE ATTACKS
LONDON. 4
4 (By Associated Press). 4
4 London, May 7. A hostile air-
4 plane dropped four bombs north- 4
4 east of London this morning, it
4 is officially announced. 4
4 The statement announcing the
4J plane 'raid reads
4 "In the early honrs this morn- 4
41 ing a hostile airplane appeared 4
4 over the outskirts of Northeast 4
4 London and dropped four bombs. 4
4 One man was killed and a man 4
and a woman Injured. Slight 4
4 damage was done to buildings." 4
(By Associated Press.) '
Copenhagen, (Via London), May 7.f,
As the latest means of keeping th
German people aroused the German .
newspaper have discovered a "So :
cret Anglo-American treaty" whereby
Germany in the future Is to be allowed '
no colonies whateve, Germany's sutv :
plus population to be directed to the ,
Anglo-Saxon controled regions, where1
"they are to be absorbed as the Ger-j,-mans
have been In the United States." .
The Hamburg Fremdenblatt prints '
the story "from an absolutely reliable
source," and draws a two-column moral .
on the necessity of complete rictory
oyer -the authors of this alleged
treaty. ,.'
AMERICAN INVENTOR 4
OFF LACRYMOSE GASt
(By Associated Pre,7 " :
Baltimore, Md.,- May 7. It has.be-
come known that the lachrymose or
4 ! tear gas of the allies is the invention '
of Dr. Robert w. Wood, professor oo
experimental physics at Johns Hop "
kins University. Professor Wood sent .
the formula for it to a friend. Profess I
sor Cotton, in Paris, and it was turned .
over to the FrencH War Department J
Dr. Wood is a member of the naval
consulting board's submarine sub-corn- ' .
4. 4. i 4 4. 4 4i mittee.