WEATHER FORECAST,
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THREE SECTIONS. ; ?
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DlSPATGI
North and South Carolina Fair
and continued cool Sunday and
Monday.
FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE
VOL. XXIII. NO. 115.
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA; SUN DAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1917.
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"This is No War For Ama
teurs,'' The President Also
Told Multitude
SPOKE AT DEDICATION J
OF RED CROSS BUILDING'
l . 1. 1 1 I- II TTl ,
Admonisnea nis nearers i nai
This War Means Grim Busi-,
ness and Declared That
America is United and De
mocracy Will Triumph.
(By United Press.)
Washington, May 12. "This is no.'
war tor spontaneous impulse" Pres
(H'ui n nsuii turn a. fti xzcl l KaiucnuK
that witnessed the dedication of "the
$800,000 home of the Red Cross hero
this afternoon, "this is no war for
amateurs."
"This war means grim business on I
every side," the President said, "and I
it is the mere council of prudence
that in our philanthropic, as well as
in our fighting work we should acs
through the instrumentalities already
ai hand and already experienced in
the tasks which are going to be as
signed to tirem. - - .-,
"This should be merely the express
ion of the practical genius or America
itself, and I believe that the practical'.
tenuis of America will dictate that ta
efforts in this war in this particular
field should be concentrated irt experl
eneed hands, as our efforts in other
fields will bet'L
The President made these signli.
tant remarks almost at the moment
that ihe House was voting to permit
Theodore Roosevelt to take an army
of volunteers to the French trenches.
"The United States faces the future
of the war with a united people and not
one of divisions, as was predicted,"
President Wilson declared.
At the same time he warned the na
'ion of the grim blood sacrifices that
must come before democracy is world
triumphant. "Some day historians will .
. v...tiUUC1 uiyBtj mumenious years as
years which made a single people out
of thp great body of those who call
i hem selves Americans," said the Pres
ident. "The divisions which were pre
dicted have not occurred, and will not
occur.
"When effort and suffering and sacri
fice havp
11 no longer speak of any lines either
race or associations cutting athwarti
c-sary for the Red Cross to appeal to '.
thc American people for funds, be-1
cause ihc e ,
'his war. It would not have gone Into
w J . LlliO J X O 111
thf war if its heart had not been Dre-1
Pared foif fnYuch'a TntttX, !
we shall not fail to respond to the calf
lo service.
The American people dp not yet ra
;ll!Zf! the sacrifices and sufferings that
"re before them. In comparison witli
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H A c ir n '
leacl Oi rerryman Beaten to a
iulp With an Axe Rob
bery The Motive. .
. (By United Press.)
Augusta, Ga., May 12. Information
j'Mched this city this afternoon of
brutal murder, early this morn
"R. at Browns Ferry, which crosses
Savannah river, about 65 miles
'of) VP Augusta, of Mr. Will Pierce,
was ferryman there.
"p'by. He was known to have about! da
fjn his Derson. the disannearance
".v-n ibsus to me Denei max rou-.ing
""ry was thp mntivp
Tom Jordan, a white man, about 45
cuh otd, has been arrested and held
"investigation.
Pierce's body was found near the
rry boat, which he had operated
for three years. He was about 40
.j;trs old.
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BRUTftt- MURDER
m mm hail
THE BIG FIGHT
The Proposed Tax Would
Cause Suspension of Many
Small Publications.
JJJST PROPORTION
OF TAX BURDEN
Not Opposed by Newspaper
Men Fairness Only
Asked Senate Rejects
Censorship Provision
: ,
(By United Press.)
Washington, May 12. Advocates of
an ungagged press laid their lines to-,
night, against- what they termed;- '"at-;
tack ffom another quarter.' ' -.
The Senate today wiped out the
gagging censorship clause in the
Gregory espionage measure.
The
ON
ON
m- w - . 1 A. Jl At !
tne lower ooay. ine &emue -yvw wcij,
39 to 38.
The latest administration measure
to be subject of attack by the un
muzzled press advocates is that pro-
vision in the government's $1,800,000,-1
C00 war revenue measure which j
would increase the postage of sec-
ond-class mail matter from 1 to 2 ,
cents a pound and would .also apply
a "zone system."
PTnomiPK of the movision say ap-
piication of both suggested plans
would practically increase the cost of
carrying printed matt.er from 1 to 6 ;
r-ontc npr nofind
. . -i,i v,Q
They say such a tax v,ould be
strictly Prohibitive ; that it would ,
tend particularly to stifle the exist-
ence of small newspapers and labor
publications that have not the finan-
cial backing of larger ' ntemporanes.
JflrJo w
aga"f J? HSSnnJ ?ionJfar,
.ixus "nirht thpv woVild
espionage bill said tonight they jould
vigorously oauie - Seas-'
gagging clause,m he'T.e..me
ure. xnose vno ; umme uiC w ,
pionage bill gag clause in the House
wil1 J"oin those Senators in tne n?nti
against the trebling 'JugJ '
on newspapers and similar publica
UOns. I
The American Federation of Labor
lined up strongly against the revenue ,
bill muzzling provision tonignt wnen .
President Gompers issued an appeal
to the country to fight it.
"ThP niiblir. nress. like every other
individual, concern, or institution, ,
I should be required to pay its just por
' portion of war taxes," said Gompers'
i appeal. "This should be done, how-
ever, oy juueasiug luvumv
inheritance taxes, a tax upon profits
and uDon land values. To place this
triple tax upon the public press is -if
without warrant and excuse, and sim-,
ply means that many publications
will be forced out of existence. Such ,
publications
a Condition Will acinjuaiy uicuao
rnnditions of life" and work of the1'
-. . in : .1 mn-nn i
mpn and women employed in the -
I printing and kindred trades by throw
ing thousands out of employment
lIDrCh PADMTRQTn Us-
UlUaEX' riIUVl.no ,LrT
' ALSO PLANT FISH i X-
(By United Pres's.)
Washington, May 12. Urging that
'farmers "plant" fish, as well as wheat,
v drew attention to the important
nart that seafood may play in increas-
me wwms iuuu ouypij.
"With nroDer sunnlv of fresh wa
ter and a small space for a pond an
House is expecieu 10 uo mu ciiur, :.army by the States of Tennessee,
although only after a bitter .flgntiNorth Carolina and South Carolina
when that clause comet? fora vote in wilI bQ mobilized and trained at Chick-
astonishing quantity of fish can be tan. Guards from the Home
raised in two or three, years," Secre-J Defense League and a volunteer -X-tary
Redfield said. Vr police auxiliary were called to -X-
The bureau of fisheries offers to fur- -x- help control the Crowds. -X-
nioh- ftrnnnv figh with Tirhioh tn TllflTlf 4fr ' it.
1 4- nnani mtk -.Tinr
litruis aiiu. ,J nooiBi. vy tui auiiwi
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ITALIAN STEAMER SUNK. -K
(By United Press.)
ft Buenos Aires, May 12. Tha -
ft Italian steamer Cavour, carry- ft
ft ing 500 Italian reservists, has ft
ft been torpedoed by a submarine, ft
ft according to word received here ft
ft tonight from Dakar. The Cavour ft
ft sailed from Buenos Aires on ft
"ft April 23. ft
ft The Cavour was a twin screw ft
ft steamer ot 5,156 tons, registered, ft
-X- at Genoa. ft
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LOOKS LIKE FULL
QUOTA FOR CAMP
Evidently North Carolina Will
Be Called On For Its Full
Strength.
CSpecial to The Dispatch.)
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 12. That
the quota to be furnished the original
, draft of 500,000 men for the new
'
amauga Park was" apparently assured
today when the city water company
announced that it had contracted with
the War Department to lay mains 12
miles to that point with the guaran-
tee that not less than 25,000 troops
would be stationed there by June 15.
WAR TIME LABOR
CONFERENCE BE HELD
fRv United Prpss.)
Washington, May 12. A war time
labor jonference of international
scope, aesuuea to uuuine. me punuy
of American labor during the crisis.
LabQr oommissions have been
. . d . Samuei GomDers from
ed by Samuel mpevs, from
on. a f ulf aUendance of the
hundred members of the labor
commission of the council of National
Defense is expected. Labor problems
and America's allies
during the past-three years will be
considered.
V1LUA rVJlSXMLO LVVJYV
CONTROL PARRAL
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IBt United Press.
El Paso, Texas, May 12. A Villista
force is in possession of the city of
Pani, m Chihuahua State, after hav
ing defeated a Carranzista garrison
under General Garcia, May 10, accord
ing to an official report reaching here
tonight
X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X-X- -X-
X-
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE IN -X-NEW
YORK THIS MORNING. -X-
-X-
(By United Press.)
New York, May 13. Damage -X-
-5-
45 - estimated at $1,000,000 was done
estimatea at ?i,uuu,uuu was done
- X - early today by fire which de- -X-
3i. otrnvol the n ant rr the Kront. -:
u " " -.i vvav
lyn Cooperage Works, the larg-
est of its kind in the world, at-
-X- tracting such a crowd that the -X--X-
Forty-seventh regiment of State
-X- troops were summoned to pre-
serve order. Simultaneously
fire' broke out in -the warehouse -X-
of Archibald & Lewis, spice -X-
dealers, in the heart of the mu-
-X- nitions warehouse district. It -X-
was prevented from . spreading. -X-
Nine firemen were overcome
- x - and one policeman injured. -x-
4f- The cigin of the flames is
X- unknown. Five alarms brought -X-
all available Brooklyn companies
ahd 15 companies from Manhat- -X-
JL!. .V. .V. -V- -V. .V, -V- -V- -V. -V. .'i A' -V- "
Declares Government Must
Control The Food Situation
Expert who sets forth that the price of flour is being kept up by food
speculators and who advocates the American government promptly taking
a hand. He has appealed to Congress to act in order to save suffering by
the American people arid to better help the Allies in the great war.
BRITISH AIRMEN
SWEPT
TURNED
nun -run urn n rnnfDaring .orkof AiuTac?ron
I If IN I INK HkHS Ml til
mu inn iilllu I u ii
Congressman Pou Made
Speech Against It Not a
Partisan Vote.
(By George H. Manning.)
Washington, D. C, May 12. Con
gressmen Weaver and t Dough ton, of
North Carolina, voted in the House
of Representatives today in favor of
the plan to permit Colonel Roosevelt
to lead an expeditionary force of 80,000
volunteers to France, and Congress
men Kitchin, Hood, Pou, Stedman,
Godwin, and Robinson voted against
it. Congressman Webb did not vote.
Mr. Small was absent.
The Roosevelt amendment carried
215 to 178. It has already passed the
Senate. .It was not a strictly party
vote as 45 Democrats voted for the
Roosevelt plan and 30 Republicans
voted against it.
Congressman Edward Pou, who
spoke against the Roosevelt expedi
tionary volunteer force plan, was the
only .North Carolinian to address the
House on the proposition. Mr. Pou
said:
"I supported the volunteer proposi
tion. I have always respected Colonel
Roosevelt very highly. I am not influ
enced by political convictions in vot
ing on this matter. I cannot support
this proposition to allow Colonel
Roosevelt to take a division of 80,000
men to France. Though I have had
no military experience, I can imagine
the demoralization and injury that will
follow such a plan.
"Sooner, or later, we shall send a
large - American army abroad. Now,
it is proposed ,to send two armies
abroad, one raised' by Colonel Roose
velt, the other through the regula
channels. It is hard to imagine the
rivalry that will surely exist between
them. The soldier in the regular army
will be constantly reminded" of the
glittering possibilities which would
have been his if he had been a mem
ber of the Roosevelt division.
"Why is it we must have so much
discussion in the House and Senate in
the interest of one man? Why is rs
everything must, give way at his be
hest? He is not the only patriotic
American. Why could not Roosevelt
offer his services as any other man?
Why must he have his - separate and
distinct establishment? , It would have
been a splendid thing if Colonel Roose
velt had offered his services in the
regular way without, having a separate
section written in this bill for his ben
efit. I am for the regular army."
SE MOVE
HERBERT
C
THE TIDE
ave victory to ineont
ish Yesterday.
FURIOUSLY ATTACKED
THE GERMAN LINE
Thrilling and Spectacular
Charge Made by British
Squadron in The Western
Arena Teutons Broke and
Fled.
(By United Press.)
With the British Armies in the
Field, May 12. Swooping down from
aloft, British war-planes today turned
the tide of a battle raging on the
earth beneath them to victory for
Field Marshal Haig's men.
It was at a certain position north of
the river Scarpe. No more dashing
exploit has been performed during
this war of wonders.
The British had attacked a chem
ical works adjoining a chateau, with
its outlying houses and a perfect net
work of German trenches woven in
and around these barriers. The fight
was a bitter one. German commanders
threw reserves on their side and a
swaying mass of men fought from
building to building, from trench to
trench, around outhouses and wreck
age, neither side able to register a vic
tory. A squadron of British war-planes,
returning from a reconnoisance over
the enemy's lines, saw the forces, like
struggling ants, spread far below on
the ground. Almost like curious birds,
seeking the reason for a communica
tion on the ground, the whole squad
ron dived low for a closer view.
Instantly taking in the situation, the
British squadron, in its battle forma
tion, dived and dipped. Just over the
heads of the Germans they hovered
and then poured in a perfect hail of
machine gun bullets into the enemy
ranks. The pilots were so close that
the enemy was even in range of their
automatic pistols and these they emp
tied likewise into the densely packed
Germans.
Every one of the air squadrons par
ticipated, sweeping along the line Of
men too engrossed in the struggle to
pay much attention to the air above.
Every war plane's supply of machine
gun ammunition was exhausted in the
fire they poured on the enemy. And
as the last gun-full was emptied, the
whole squadron, almost as one, wheel-,
ed aloft again, their engines singing
a metallic farewell. They disappear
ed, flying away to their roost in the
same battle formation in which they
had first been seen, mere specks in
the sky.
The aid from the aid had been the
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BOWM
WHEAT MARKET
Chicago Board of Trade to
Take This Action As to All
Months.
THE MARKET FACED
TEN DOLLAR WHEAT
When Board5! Stopped May
o i . iitii i t i.
speculating jvyua iraumg
Caused Soaring Prices
Sensational Rumors.
' (By United Press.)
Chicago, .May 12,. All wheat, specu-
.la.tlojiayber-stoppcd on ithe-Chicago
lioaru or raaeine grain marxet oi.to pre8s Haig's troops back.
the world. This was the consensus
of opinion among trades tonight. The
government will fix grain prices, it Is
believed, or the board will take ac
tion forbidding speculative deals in
July and September futures, similar (
to that which put a quietus on May,
When board officials, following a
conference with Federal officials and
representatives of the allied govern
ments, forbade trading in May wheat
speculators turned to July and Sep
tember futures, sending those deliv
eries kiting. July went up 28 cents
o $2.75 and September 31 cents to
$2.46.
The high wheat prices here wervjne stiH continues." ' !
having their effect on other grain
markets and flour prices, which in
turn affect bread prices.
The sensational market of the past?
week has bred innumerable rumors ;
of fortunes made and lost, millions
of bushels of wheat "sold" that never .
existed, and impending failures. I
The committee selected 'by tlJ
board to fix the settlement price of
May deliveries decided on $3.18 yes-j
It was confidently stated that j iarly Cavalry farm, near the town, was ' j
the .board had not taken this drastic three times the scene of a struggling -action
May wheat might have been;mass of meilf in flerce hand t0 nand
forced to $10 a bushel, to the ruin of figntIng. The British finally succeed-
scores of "shorts and exposure of pH ,n thrnwlni? th npmv hark on a .
probably the biggest "wheat scandal"
in i a tnrir
May wheat closed a week ago to
day at $2.78 1-2. Monday it closed !
at $2.83 1-4. N It rose successively to
$2.97, $3.11, $3.15 and $3.18, attaining
its high mark of $3.25 yesterday.
July and September soared in sym
pathy with May. July was quoted att
$2.24 1-2 on last Saturday s close. To
day it opened at $2.47, but at the close
had jumped to $2.75.
September was quoted at $1.89 3-4i
last Saturday. Today t jumped from
$2.15 at the opening to $2.46 at the
close.
.Corn and oats went right along, up
with wheat. May corn closed last
Saturday at $1.53. It climbed to
$1.61 1-2 at today's close.
July and September were quoted at
$1,44 3-8 and $1,36 3-8. respectively,
last. Saturdav.' Thev closed today ati
$1,49 3-4 and $1.42.
Secretary. Houston's admonition to
the Nation to "eat more corn" is ex-1
pected to have its effect on the corn
market next ;sveek.
Flour reflected the antics of wheat
loaay Dy going 10 $i a Darrei, wuoie -
sale, for the best grades. Some re-1
tailers are selling it at $18 and $18.25.
The climax to a long day of sensations
came when the Illinois State Council
of Defense adopted resolutions urg
ing Congress to empower the Presi
dent . to regulate the production, dis
tributing, transportation and price of,
foodstuffs, grain and fuel.
The resolutions
tions were signed by the
entire council, including J. Ogden'
Armour, the greatest distributor of i
food products in; the -world, j
Haig's Troops Break Four-,
Day Deadlock and Capture
Important Point.
GERMANS HURLED
BACK BY THE RUSH
Furious Hand-to-Hand Fight- r
ing Marked The Day and
i Teutons Lost Heavily Ber-;
lin Claim Enemy Repulsed '
Greeks Fighting.
'!
(By United p'ress.)
London, May 12. General Haig'd,
British troops broke a four days dead"
lock today, and in a violent attack
occupied Bulle Court village. They :
also took 1,200 yards of trenches oa 1
the Arras-Cambrai road and stormed"
and carried German positions over ft
'mile and a half front around Roeux
cemetery. Ti-eti?4
Bulle Court lies about 9 miles south
east of Arras. For the past week It
has been the center of fierce fighting.'
The Hindenburg line runs close by
and the Germans, feeling the menace) ,
of the British -thrust, .have been cou-L
Two
days ago the British official report de
clared the village was practically sur
rounded, but the fighting continued
unabated. : '
The Arras-Cambrai main road Is'
about three miles north of Bulle
Court. "
Guemappe, Monchy, Wancourt and t
tPmitaina o va all natiotrotA1 Kv ttttcf "
hiehwav and the figh tine for nositiona
r. . i . 1 Vt r. 4-si.ms. linn liinn !
ai uuuu uicdc luvviis uao ucuu uciioijr,
proceeding for a week. Three mlleft
to the north of the road in Roex, oa i
the River Scarpe
Germans Say British Were Repulsed.'
Berlin, (Via London), May 12.
"British attacks along the River
Scarpe this morning failed with heavy'
losses," declared tonight's official
statement. "Around Holux the fleht
Hand to Hand Fighting.
(By United Press.)
w t i i Jt -r- A. 1 - A J 1 At
wun me cnusn Armies in me
Field, May 12. In the last few hours
jof daylight today British forces made1,
important gains on both banks of the,
River Scarpe.
J0 J? J0
ment.
It was nasty fighting all night
jtrencn running nearly half a mile to " '
the north. , ;
The same swaying sort of battle !
(Continued on Page Two.) " ,
A SILVFR LINING
TO THEWAR CLOUD
Efforts to Make Confederate
Reunion Joint Gray and
Blue Demonstration.
(By United Press.)
Washington, May 12. To give om-
.inous war clouds a silver lining and
.at the same time set an object lesson'
before the youth of America, the Blue ,
and Gray are -laboring unceasingly to
make the United Confederate - Veter-
ansr reunion here in June an epochal
iwuiwuu.
Prominent
figures on tbe "Union,
8ide"-in the Civil War are entering,
heartily into the spirit of the reunion. .
Many are devoting their entire time
to make the gathering a success, only,
to drop into the background during .
the actual week of the festival.
Graves of Confederate dead at Art-
Ington will be honored during the
week and a special fund for the pur-
pose is dally being swelled. Subscript
tions to the general reunion fund are
exceeding expectations. -y -
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