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v. 1 lliiiMfc 1 Dispatch 18 PAGES LEATHER FORECAST, North and South Carolina-Fair THREE SECTIONS. nday and probaoiy monaay. Su FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE PRICE FIVE CENTS, VOL.XXIH. NO. 121. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1917. 11. I, - I 4. Food Control In V. -r' i' Lull In Europe GQNCilESS REPLIED THOSE 10 WILL A 1 CTnl A PTnlTN AIM ID) STAND MAANEIN THE GALL TD AR1UIS 's Fight IIST TO TAKE .ME Senate Yesterday AdoDted Skilled Workers and Tillers of Greatest Budget in His- j the Soil Will be Exempt tory of Country. From Service .fUlLslLiIVJi Harold C. Hoover Named By President to Head The New and Vital Work ACCEPTANCE BASED ON CONGRESS' ACTION4 Issues Statement to The Peo ple Defining What to Expect and What They Should Do. "Do Not Ask The American People to Starve." CONFERENCE REPORT ONNAVY ENLISTMENT Fine Progress Made on Taxa tion Bill and House Com mittee Considers Moon Amendment Tomorrow ALSO MEN WHO HAVE FAMILIES. PRESIDENT CALLS FOR GOVT. CONTROL FOOD SITUATION President Will Probably Issue Statement on the Subject Many Men Will Be Needed at Home. BY OFRCERS (By United Press.) 1 . vr.,i.s aiv 19 Persona with Washington. May rJ.-Hesponanm r - . ,n vt.i rnv. ernment tasks; men m munuiont nlants and other war work factories; greatest needed tillers of the soil; makers of rhn ra.i. viral necesssiLiea ui i' (By United Press.) Washington, May 19. Herbert C. Hoover, tonight accepted the appoint ment as "Sead of the new food adminis tration, tendered him by President Wil son, but his acceptance was-"entirely unon the assumption: tHat Congress will grant bread powers to the President on which a competent administration can bo set UD " These "broad powers" Hoover said, would be necessary only in minority cases." - "The essence of all war administra tion " said Hoover, "falls into two phases: "First, centralize a single responsi bility. "Second, the delegation of this re sponsibility tcrdecentralize administra tive organs. "We do not ask the American peo ple to starve themselves," he explain ed, "but that they should eat plenty, wisely and without waste." Mr. Hoover announced a plan to mobilize the American women under a pledge system to carry qut instruc tions of the food administration. His plan includes complete co-operation with the allies. "I have no instinct to be a food dic tator," he said. "My ambition is to see my own people solve their own problems. I recognize the difficulties and possibility of failure, and I apjpeal to thr patriotism of my countrymen for their support." Mr. Hoover issued the following statement: "In accepting President Wilson's re jupst that I should become head of the new food administration it is entirely upon the assumption that Corigress will grant broad powers to the Presi dent on which a competent administra tion can be set up. "I hold strongly to the view that vhile large powers are necessary for minority cases they will probably need hut little application, for the vast ma jority of the producing and distribut ing elements in the country are only too willing and anxious to serve our national necessities. I have represent ed to the President five cardinal prin ciples of food administration. "First, that the food problem is one 01 wisp administration and not ex Pressed-by the words dictator or con- trolb-r but food administrator. 'Second, that this administration 'an be largely carried out through the o-ordination and regulation of the ex isting legitimate distributive agencies supplemental by certain emergency oodies composed of representatives of the Kumers. "Third, the organization of the com munity for voluntary conservation of food stuffs. "Fourth, that all important posiUons, so far as may be, shall be filled with volunteers. "Fifth, the independent responsibili ' or the food administration directly nn-ier the President, with the co-opera-Von of the great and admirable organ- Wtion Of thp Dfinartmwit of Aerlcul- ti're, the Department of Commerce, the federal Trade Commission and the railway executives. y conceive that the essence of all ,var administration falls into two Pnases: "First, centralize a single responsi bility. "Second, the delegation of this re sponsibility to decentralize adminis trative organs. "fa a general way it may be stated (Continued on Page Seven.) (By United Press.) Washington, May 19. Herbert C. Hoover, according to- a statement is sued by the President tonight, has expressed willingness to serve as head of the new food commission, "on condition that he is to receive no payment for his services and that the whole of the corps under him ex clusive of clerical assistance shall be employed, so far as possible, upon the same volunteer basisv "The proposed food administration," the President says, "is intended only to meet, a manifest emergency and to continue only while the war lasts. Since it will be composed for the mosi part of volunteers, there need be no fear of the possibility or a permanent out of it. All if in v v u x v. a control of consumption will disappear when the emergency has passed. The President urges that all asso ciations of producers and distributors of foodstuffs mobilize and volunteer in the work of co-operation neces sary. - With Mr. Hoover's appointment a Hofinitfi nolicv of food conservation is expected to take form immediately. The President has already urged prompt action by Congress on the food control legislation he has drawn. The attitude of the government on the embargo question is coming to light Steps will be taken immediate ly to prevent supplying food to Ger many through the Scandinavian coun tries and Holland, it was learned to day. Tiie House and Senate fprpps on the Esuionage bill agreed to let the embargo section of the bill, making such action possible, remain in ihe measure. The President's proclamation fol lows: "It is very desirable, in order to prevent misunderstandings or alarms, to the war spirit which filled the in Washington today; Congress com pleted some big ;cbs" The Senate adopted the budget in the history of the country j to finance the war. The President was authorized m n, lni in ktwmici 54uu.uvi'.uuu imme diately, and if necessary commandeer con- every ship producing plant in the couu have try, to get a merchant marine. The Senate and House adopted uie conference report increasing the en listed men of the navy to 150,000 and tho pniisted men in the marine corps to 30,000. The bill will be signed by President Wilson probably Monday. ThA Senate finance committee made rapid headway in jre-drafting the great U.S. TRADITION Organization Existed to Fight The ConscriDtion Bill In I Texas 4 WILL BE UPHELD these classes in so far as possible will be freed from fighting duty. The governmental workers and the jyi ill Go to France toilers in the factories and the farms X.. F however, will be ' selected ' ior omei wim inci ci smug than purely military service. For instance, customs men, workers of the mail service and in kindred posts will be needed at home. Muni-J tions exDerts and tarmers must siay tion All Veterans. prevent misunderstandings or alarms, rapid headwarn j;e-ariiuns i .fc caiet exemptions will come, . 4 tW and to assure co-operation- in a vital taxatton bmnr? PrJt0 MR . DONALD M'RAE matter, that the country should un derstand exactly the scope and pur pose of the very great powers which I have thought it necessary in the cir cumstances to ask the Congress to put in my hands with regard to our food supplies. Those powers are very great, indeed, but they are no greater than it has proved necessary to lodge in the other governments which are conducting this momentous war, and their object is stimulation and conser vation, not arbitrary restraint or in jurious interference with the normal processes of production. They are in tended to benefit and assist the farm er and all those who play a legiti mate part in the preparation, distri bution and marketing of looosiuns. -"It is proposed to draw a sharp lino of- distinction between the nor mal activities of the government rep resented in the Department of Agri culture in reference to food produc tion, conservation and marketing on the one hand and the emergency ac tivities necessitated by the war in (Continued on Page Two ) lira IE (By United Press.) . Washington, May 19. The tradition . . . . i i T0 of the marine corps tnat tney re tu- 1 ' . , x i,lwava first where the fiehting Is thick- services would oe aavauiageuua iu """ nation, must serve in tneir own, est is to oe upnem niches, not fight in tne trencnes nn the ioh Technical men. wnose PLOTS UNEARTHED BY SECRET SERVICE Propaganda Had Been Spread In Many Counties Said to Have Been Financed by German Money '. Detec tives Attended Meetings. (By United Press.) Dallas, Texas, May 19. An armed unrisine against the selective service ! law has been nipped in the bud in west. nnp reeiment of picked marines was 1 Texa, through the vigilance of TJnited pionage bill app'f bached"; an agreement on the measure ana expect to repu. t Monday or Tuesday. Only two measures loom up ahead as blocking speedy consumation of the war emergency program food legisla tion and the revenue bill. Both will require vast discussion. The dispatch with which the Senate today adopted the huge $3,342,364, 131.22 budget, however, was taken by 0mo aa n indication that figures no longer paralyze the solons and prompt er action may be expected on the $2,- 245,000,000 bill than was at nrbi thought possible. The increase from $1,800,000,000 incidentally was one of the week's developments. Both branches suffered from the first hot wave of the season. But even the muggy weather isn t stopping the new speed-up program. The Ways and Means cuuimiucc will meet tomorrow to consider the Moon amendment, which retains the present mail rates of one cent pound on newspapers and magazines in the rt two nostal zones, but imposes par cel post rates on advertisement mat ters contained in a publication for any further distance danendent families. No definite state ment as to this is obtainable yet, though President Wilson is authorized v v fho Hill to free such persons, and Kl J tAAV a.m. " '4 .a J 99 Bhing's "first twenty-nve mousanu. Since the days of John Paul Jones, here 'tonight. - : , Sftven men. said to be ring leaders of the plot, were arrested and brought the marines have always been first In nere from gnyder, Scurry county, to- !the fight.- It is the slogan oi me erv-n, nt the National Defense Council stated . ice. In official circles it is saia tne peeling in Scurry county against the sending oi uu ib kuin alleged plotters was so strong tnat tne of sentiment to uphold their historic e rem0ved to the Jail record. hfire tonieht for safe keeping. such a policy will be followed in so far as possible. Men with dependent wives or chil dren, and men with dependent mothers ory close kin, will, as a rule, be freed, according to present plans. Some official statement or proclama tion concerning exemptions is antic ipated next week. DR. STOCKTON AXSON JOINS THE MARINES (Bv United Press.) Washington. May 19. President Wilson's brothor-in-law, Dr. Stockton Axson, has made application for en listment in the marine corps at Hous ton, Texas, and is now en route to Washington for approval. Axson is professor of English at Rice Institute, Houston. MADE IE CONSUL Given The Office That Was Resigned By Dr. James Sprunt Year Ago. It was authoritatively learned yes terday afternoon that Mr. Donald Mac- Rae had been appointed as onu&u Vice Consul here, this office having been vacant since" the resignation of . 1 . 1 r-t WW n I r James SDrunt, wmcn was FIRST TO ANSWER Responded at Once to Gover nor's Call State's Portion i of Selective Army. r,OLDSBORO LOSES GOOD MAN BY DEATH Twenty-six hundred veterans of aragua, Santo Domingo and Haiti will land in France with America's forces. Their recent service in Nic unaueuia. Santo Domingo and Haiti has kept them in good fighting trim. STEAMER ARDMORE IS STILL AGROUND (By United Press.) Norfolk, Va., May 19. The Ameri can steamer Ardniore, which went ashore near Middle Ground, in Chesa peake Bay yesterday, had not been floated at a late hour tonight. Sev eral tugs are pulling on the helpless steamer. BATTLE WEST HALTS IN WAR FIELD; Dr. 30.000 population ernor Bickett today the registration officers who will handle the drafting for the War Department. about a year ago. The Dispatch made Governor Bickett issued letters to a special effort to get the details of 10Q counties appointing their sheriffs, the appointment from Washington, but oierks 0f counrt and county physicians lilt! nyiiuiuwiiv j v , knUh nffinors whprfi it being impossible or wnoie time nossible. as regisiiauuu (Special to The DlspatcIO Raleigh, N. C, May 19. Wilming- i tiio list of cities apovei and turned into Gov-' who, aitnougn j"b;u VT"',' "T T" til lio was taKen iu - bbuiuubucu (Special to The Dispatch.) Goldsboro, N. C, May 19. J. F. Manley, Jr., a prominent young man of this city, died at his home here last night at 7- o'clock. . t- i woe tgknn to Richmond jjeueascu , ., v -v. 00vorai months ago. where an opera- tion for a serious malady was perform ed, but this proyed of no avail. He re turned home, where he was confined until death claimed him last night. Mr. Manley was an exceptional man, was unsuccessful, to learn anything other than that Mr. MacRae had been appointed to this office and would look after British in terests here in the future. News of the appointment will oe learned with genuine pleasure by the To those few cities of 30,000 special registration arrangements are pro vided. Wilmington responded by 2:30 nnAnor with the names of her officers. Governor Bickett is greatly pleased with the business like way in which letter has been met. ceiweeu for himself a career in tne Dusmess we of Goldsboro and he will be greatly missed. ... The funeral services were neia ir"m his late home this afternoon at t n'ninir nnrt were largely atieuuu The floral tributes were many beautiful. DRAWING NEAR GOVT. OWN ERSHIP OF RAILROADS. and YOUNG MEN MOST SHOW CREDENTIALS. his (By United Press.) Albany, N. Y., May 19. New York nolir.emen will be instructed to stop . sc f Mr Maf.Rae. who JS . . , nnvareri hv selective draft Ln;A.intia vonne men on the many ineuuo ' me agco v-u , r, tuuouii;w.uw j - , J . i . r- J Ilk ... . otrai ohlo Thp first x rx T,.nn K QT(H mnkp t helTl nrl alroVa has been wenuneu uu mJUU naeu ya-il"-"i- . " sireeis aii.i " "" 7 - and always " I ia.r . e 10 nno tn 14 non. i i na tr. nmvn thpv have Call Will gei nvixi - , suuw ticucuua." - - 7. . rocHstoreri for army duty. This was officially announced; in a proclamation from Governor Whitman's office here near everything of a progressive nature HAD FIXED GERMAN STEAMER TO BLOW UP (By United Press.) New York, May 19 How two bar rels of explosives were stuffed into the high pressure cylinder jackets of .n! i"oH rterman ship, Koenig Wil- helm II by the Kaiser's sailors so s'Be would blow up wnen ed the engines, was disclosed when the vlsset was dismantled in dry dock here today. Similar arrangements were em ployed by the Germans on others of lb' 65 seizectTeutonic vessels. WILL LIKELY START 'RECRUITING THIS WEEK l (Special to The Dispatch.) POWDFR CO. WOULD Raleigh, N, C. May 19.-National , rUWf5c ACI? 1TC Guard officials here expect that Gov-f INCREASE ITS STOCK. ernor Bickett this week will make a; ' ;.- move towards having the Guard of j (Special to The Btspatch.) Se State recruited up to its full' Raleighy N, C., May 1.The West atreneth so as to be in such condition em Carolina Power Company today when registration day, June 5, rolls' filed with the Secretary of State ap around This move will likely be in ' plication to amend its charter, so as . . vnlimtoen: W tVio in inrrpasp its Capital StOCK from Governor. It is estimated that it will $300,000 to $4,500,000 and remove its require between 5,000 and 6,000 men headquarters from iiickory, in. w to attain the desired number. Charlotte. - . - ' (Rv United Press.) Washington, May 19. That this country is drawing very a government ownership of all railroads was the declara- tion of Senator Robinson, of Ar- kansas, a member of the Senate Interstate Commerce. Conrmis- sioa on the Senate floor today, w Robinson created a sensation when he declared: "I really believe there is a move on foot by the railroads to make the government buy the ' BRITISH BRING DOWN FOUR ENEMY AIRCRAFT. (By United Press.) London, May 19. Increase of air activity in inverse proportion to the fighting on the ground was indicated in Field Marshal Haig's report to night. "Northeast of Epehy, on both banks of the Scarpe, there was hostile ar tillering," he said. , "Two enemy aeroplanes and two balloons were brought down by our forces yesterday. Five of our aero planes are missing." Since Thursday Snyder has been alive with cowboys and citizens arm ed with rifles and pistols, assisting Federal authorities in running down alleged plotters. The seven men are all farmers, or farm laborers. The Farmers' and La borers' Protective Association, accord ing to Secret Service officers, who have attended their meetings for the past four months, claims organizations in many Texas counties. The society was organized for tn "possible opposition to conscription and In opposition to the declaration of war between the United States and Germany' late in 1916. according to Secret Service Men. Its extent was "tipped off" to United States authori ties some months ago oy loyax iaria- ers. The organization is said by United States officials to be a branch of the Industrial Workers o fthe World, and to be financed by German money. According to United States agents, once a man attended a meeting he would have to swear to take the ini tiation pledge, which was briefly as follows: "Each member to provide himself with a rifle and 100 rounds of ammu- . nitlon. "To pledge that he would oppose conscription by force. "That he would shoot conscription officers. "That he would aid any member of the society under arrest to the extent of killing officers and dynamiting jails." More Arrests Made. Abilene, Texas, May 19. Twelve alleged conspirators against the gov ernment were arrested at Rotan, Fish er county, Texas, tonight ny iaio Ranger Montgomery. Two have con fessed, according to information, re ceived here. T. A. Hickey, editor of The Rebel, " a Socialist newspaper, was released on $1,000 bond under a Federal charge of . conspiracy. The arrests. It is said, constitute the first of a series of actions in west a 1 x 1 t..A4i Vln v am nf on I If previous war nisiory i m altered wholesale anarchist movement R USSIA FIGHT ON Ohly Isolated Raids Mark Day In France, But Italians Keep Up Attack. SEPARATE PEACE REFUSED BY RUSSIA War Minister to Leave For Front to Stir Army to Ac tion Ministry Declares War Will Be Vigorously Prosecuted. (Bv United Press.) London, May 19 The western front fighting tonight has simmered down into scores of isolated raids, brief at-taririnp- interchanges and occasional onthiirsts of artillery. The real fight ing center in Europe was on the Aus- tro-Italian front. nation today's lull preceeos nntipfirted offensive move by Franco-British forces. Austrians Raze City. Rome, May 19. Gorizia was all but reduced to crumbling ruins tonight hy a twenty-four hour hail of Aus trian shells. Forced steadily back by the Italians, the enemy took re section. Additional arrests in this section are expected. . iu. lUIUUuuui uiat MRS. GABRIEL WADDELL TO LUMBERTON WOMEN (Special to The DUpatch.) Lumberton, N. C, May 19. Mrs. t uta -lofoot in nminmnsr tha I flnhripl T)ft Rosset Waddeil, OI W1I- city away ' rnington. addressed a meeting held Final attack on the summit of Monte 1 under the auspices of the local Wonv Santo was in preparation today. From en's Club this afternoon on the work the plateau, top of this height, the of the Red . Cross and National Aid Austrians fired their -furious blasts societies and i another Ung wMJ- rw npin in tue iiiku owuw on the city. ' Battlefront stories declare that the (Continued on page eight.) rlum Monday afternoon for this purpose. 3' I.- . 1 . Ml , 4, 1 Li IV!' i, . r. l 1 '! 1 ' 1 it -i. i: : if t J r w , 4"