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WEATHER FORECAST, VV TIT MFl Fair tonight and Sunday, except hunger snuwcio who awniwn or lO- :ght near i"e coast 4. j : FULL i f.a Prr.roTnt7Vfct trIl? -(1 VOL.XXIII. NO.161. WILMINGTON, NORTH GAROLINATORrjAYTAFTERNOON, J5JNE3p, 1917:";-, t: ' . -'-' r ww mm r-m k m mm k i v h - v i. 2- OFFICIAL GREETING :TO P ERSHING TC LONDON mm QQm un - . . ' m hi iL;' .1 -1 1 ' nil r ;? r-! "V" ' l -i' ck ll -ll ll - ,jv - i i -j.u,- l i -. i . , : n 1 I Ml IIU ll II II IK 11 II IH II I &v. mini. .11 lilt II" . tZ,ri' .r. IMlLi VV H I WI BY fflfflMS The Crown Prince's Army Makes Desperate Drive Against French Unes. 1 SOME SUCCESSES TEMPORARILY MADE, Germans Also on The Offen sive on The Aisne Front Using Liquid Fire Against The French On Defensive at Lens. One of the most interesting sections of the European fighting front just now is the Verdun region where "a series of violent German at racks is taking placr . Whether these assaults are anything more than demonstra tions on a large scale it is difficult to make out from the official reports. Nevertheless, it is clear that the Ger man Crown Prince, foiled a year ago in his prolonged attempt to take the famous French stronghold, is again delivering blows of force and magni tude on its defenses and has made some impression on the French lines assailed. The German attacks began the day before yesterday". The first drives were made on Hill 304 northwest of Verdun, one of he commanding de fenses whic has protected Verdun on the westernly side of the Meuse. Xe terday a blowot" apparently as- -grat force was delivered in the region of Dead Man's Hill, second of towering emineces in this region. In neither case, the reports of the defenders show, were any thing more than first line trenches penetrated and General Petain's forces last night got back snipers and machine guns may now most of the trenches lost the day be- be traversed in the open, fore at Hill 304. In the Dead Man's' "Lying out in the water-soaked Hill sector the Germans carried the ground along the Souchez river this line on the entire front attacked, about afternoon, still under fire are the a mile and three quarters, but the troops who attacked the enemy at French reaction drove them out of .A J the trenches there, except on the,;:"0 c .cf JnAur.sday morning in western slope of the hill. he. Skirls of -Avion. The Germans The offensive tendency of the Ger-,put up resistance 5o strong that man's under the Crown Prince Is also I they have attacked violently in the vi-l cinity of Cerny and Corbheny. They were driven- back with terrific losses yesterday in the latter region, but succeeded last night by blowing the French positions to pieces and employ ing liquid fire in taking a salient in the French position northeast of Cerny. On the British front, in Northern France the Germans are still on the "c i i. 4. .1. eeii n the fighting yesterday in the Lens, region shows that the British to have bitten heavilyJnto German-held terri tory, advancing mbre than a mile on a 4-mile front. This operation has carried the Brit ish line well into the south of the coal city. The Germans are still clinging to the place itself through the strength of their defenses in the salient immed iately to the west, but the flaking movement is making their tenure more and more precarious with each day of additional pounding from the Brit- ish guns. BY The Kleber Strikes Mine and Goes Down Thirty-Eight Lives Lost. (By Associated Press.) Paris, June 30. An official an nouncement was made last night that the armored cruiser Kleber had struck a mine off Point St. Mathieu on Wed nesday and sunk. Three officers and 35 men were lost. The Kleber had come from Daka, Africa, and was -on its way to Brest. The cruiser Kleber was built in Bor deaux in 1902 and cost $3,651,600. She was 426 1-2 feet long, 58 1-2 feet beam and had a draught of 24 1-2 feet. Her displacement was 7,578 tons. She had a maximum speed of 20 knots. Her armament consisted of eight 8-inch yuns, mounted in four turrets, four 4 inch guns, two 3-inch guns, ten 2-inch guns and four guns of smaller calibre. Her complement was 500 men. She was a unit of the international fleet at Jamestown In 1907, Point St. Mathieu is on the French,, coast not fat from Brest. . FRENCH CRUISER I Nil 0 rnri..n , RFPFflTFll RFffflT U LI LH I L U U L I LH I ITS EFFECT The Canadians Have Put Those Defending Lens on the Defensive SUCCESSFULL DRIVE OF ALLIED FORCES With Slight Loss Germans Flood Lowland to Prevent Further Progress of British. Canadian Headquarters in France, June 29 (Via London, June 30) (By Canadian Press, Limited.) Success, unexpectedly great and complete at a cost in casualties far less than in some recent unimportant engage ments, has attended the drive of the Canadians along the valley of the Souchez toward Lens, during the last week. The gain of ground is greater than in any action since the capture of Vimy Ridjge,. and ; th land restore.d to France includes sow or ner"ttbst productive coal mines. Coulotte. Leav itte and almost all of Avion are firm ly held and that part of the plain east of Vimy where, a week ago, no one could show himself above the top of a trench without drawing the fire of ; " , ; " '"" phcs were iorcea to retire. At 7 o'clock in the hard hand-to-hand fighting the result of which was seen in the number of German dead remaining on the field they pressed forward toward the west ern part of the village. The same men took part in a third attack within 24 hours. This was launched at 7 o'clock last night and after they had once again reached the eoal set o j, r . oimcuuBieu lu sieeD. tne sieen ""tf-f a28"0n' downiKttr of torrential rain The situation Friday afternoon is regarded as most satisfactory. The enemy, by damming the Souchez river by blowing up the highway and the railway bridges crossing the canni and by obstructing the connecting "eftluf Jj fea in the region southwest of Lens, has nlanerf a belt of inundated land between him self and the Canadian corps along a front of more than a mile. The inundations are a cover to a HAVING GERMAN TROOPS WtS!S olJ; o W .2 not haJellieved today, will bring about passage' n-Y":".,1".? wage a purely defensive warfare along mis part or tne line. , There are daily increasing indica tions that German man-power is no longer what it was. The number of enemy troops1 in the field appears lit tle less . than before the opening of spring operations, but the spirit of the men is no longer that of an assured victory. A prisoner taken yesterday spoke of the process of disillusion ment the German people are going through. If the war doesnot end soon, he said, there will be a revolu tion in: Germany. This changed spirit is not due to underfeeding. Most of the German prisoners are well nourished. A big guardsman, at least 6 feet 4 in height, when cornered, fought like a wildcat until he was badly wounded and was so heavy that four bearers coulu make no headway carrying him over the wet and slippery chalk to a dressing station. .The change in their ideas as to how the war will end .is all the more significant because it was not brought about by hunger or privation. THI INDRR SHOWERS CY"p THI VFFK Americaif fleet in South American wa rivjirii ters in hunting down German sea-raid- . , La Tj,aQ i era and watching for German subma- WashingtJnJsT-Occasional '-J? SeS: thunder showers and moderately warm ic mission to Brazil to arran ge tor weather are indicated for the coming greater coord nation of forces and the week in the South Atlantic East Gulf , closest possible . co-operation of the States and Tennessee, the' Weather two governments is being considered Bureau announced today. 1 l i H & m ft !K aili- 1 I IMIHH muwirj r .Tt . ...t-....-.f .'PB3$SHIKG .AND A.E . S The group which met General John J. Pershing at . London represent ed the American and British . govern ments. Left to right, those in the picture are: Genera;Pershing, the American Ambassador, Walter Jijineaf Page; Admiral Sims, U. S. N., commanding the American fleet in the w ar zone ; Lord Derby, Lord Frencffv and General Sir Francis Lloyd. ::. --J ' : ''X-h PROHIBITIONESTS AND SENATORS .Confer on the "Bone Dry" Provision in the Food Control Bill. (Dy Associated Press.) Washington, June 30. Organized prohibition forces conferred with "dry" Senators and representatives to day in an effort to determine their attitude on the "bone dry" prohibition legislation, modification of which is tasked by President Wilson to facilitate passage of the , Food Control bill by the Senate. After these conferences, the execu tive committee of the Anti-saloon League is expected to draft a let ter to the President announcing its decision . u iiAnrAvai f D oH'inS condition and not dependent on ncBa'icoo, uwttc.cx, " - the league may take, it was generally agreed that the President's interven tion has had the effect of preventing any interference with the manufacture of beer and light wines, and that the most prohibitionists can hope for at this session is legislation dealing only with distilled beverages. ' The Presdent's attitude on this sub ject was made known in a communica tion to the Rev. Dr. James Cannon, chairman of the Anti-saloon League's legislative committee, after conferenc es with Congressional leaders. It has become, evident," the Presi- dent wrote, "that heated and protract- ed debated will delay passage of the bill if the provisions affecting the man ufacture of beer and wines are retain ed and insisted upon. In these cir cumstances, I have not hesitated to say to members of the Senate who have been kind enough to consult me that it would undoubtedly be in the public interest in this very critical 'atter if the friends of tnose provis ions should consent to their elimina tion from the present measure." Prospects of the elimination of the prohibition issue, it is generally be ot the Food bill by the Senate early in the coming week. Debate continued in che Senate to day, principally on committee amend ments. TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR NEW HOSPITALS (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 30. President Wilson has sent to Congress a recom mendation by Secretary Daniels, for appropriation of $2,200,000 for addi tional emergency hospitals. Tempo rary hospitals are nearing completion at Portsmouth, N. H.; Philadelphia, Newport, Norfolk, Charleston, S. C; Pensacola and New Orleans, and plans are nearly ready, for similar esablish ments at New York, Annauolis, James town, Quantico, Va., Key West, Great Lakes, Mare Island and Puget Sound. BRAZIL NAVY AFTER GERMAN WARSHIP (By Associated Press.) Wo oMnp-trvn Tiin SO . TlrfLrAVa tiaw ihas beeun v co-operating with the joy umieu wn,CE. . JK JODOJNT. THt ilPPL GUTION FOR HIGHER RATES The Commission Says Rail roads Not Dependent on Higher .Ratei. TWO OF ITS MfeMBERS DISSENT IN PART. DENIED iSlight Increased CIaRa4;W Alkrwed--Coa.l, Coke and Iron Are Also Raised. By Associated Press.) Washington, June 30. Railroads of the country are generally in flourish- I froto-Vit rata irroaco fnr- ,tiT,Qrt prosperity, the Interstate Commerce Commission holds in its decision de nying the roads' application for a 15 per cent, advance in rates. Although refusing general relief, the commission indicated its willing ness to increase class rates in the Eastern district approximately 14 per cent. This virtually allows Eastern carriers about 4 per cent, in gross freight revenue, as about orie-fqurth of the freight handled is moved un der class rates. All roads are to be allowed a 15 per cent, increase on coal, coke and iron. Arguments of the roads that they were suffering heavily because of war time conditions received but little FL f JhS 9omi?ission' " utriJLi& iiciu tiu i, liic van ii. o xxcl c liui ited greatly by the mobilization of troops. The opinion intimated that a re-hearing would be' of no value at this time, but said that relief will be granted within the next few months if the carriers meet adverse condi tions. The Commission concluded that the roads' pessimistic predictions of jeop ardized incomes for early in 1917 are,tles Qf craft -n the harbor and crieg not suDSianuaieu uy ngures now avail able for those months. It points out that comparisons were made largely between last February's usually un favorable statistics and those of 1916, a most prosperous year for all car- Commissioner McChord, who, with Commissioner Meyer, dissented in part, urged that essential facts dis closed be reported to Congress with the request that an investigation be ordered to determine whether prices demanded of the carriers for fuel and supplies were reasonable under pres ent conditions. Nearly Up to Authorized Strength Heavy Enlist ment In Marine Corps. (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 30. The navy has almost doubled its personnel since war was declared and now needs less than 25,000 men to bring it up to the new authorized strength of 150,000. Navy officials, in announcing last night that the total enlisted strength now rs 125,363, expressed gratifica tion at the returns from the recruit ing campaign. On.-February 1, last, there were only 55,000 men in the navy, and on April 6, . the day war was declared, the total was 64,680. The marine corps,, whose strength on April 6 was 13,266, has recruited to a strength of 26,356. Its authorized total is 30,000. ' ', ' NAVY PERSONNEL ALMOST DOUBLED fist u JiiiMitirn fe,mii lining OFFIGAL REPORT NfYEiiitED Of the Landing of American Troops at Fr Port. - (By United Press.) Washington, June 30. No official report on the landing ol , the American expedition in France had. come to the War and Navy! Iepartrienjt9,; .(oaay officials said., U is assumed that the foregoing dispatch "is the J aniioance unus 01 me iirsi expeoiuoa. Paris, Wednesday, June 27. (De layed by Censor) The first expedition ary unit of American troops in com mand of Major General William L. Sibert arrived safely at a French, port. Rear Admiral Gleaves has cabled Secretary of the Navy Daniels saying the expedition has arrived safely. A . dispatch received in New York Wednesday afternoon from France an nounced that the second contingent of the troops from the United States had arrived and disembarked during the moaning. The arriving troops) were later transferred to a camp not far from port. A Port in France, Tuesday, June 26. The first contingent ot American troops, landing today, were greeted joyfully by the population of this whole district. The transports, whose expected ar rival had not been previously an nounced publicly, came steaming into the harbor in a long line at an early hour. The news that the Americans were arriving spread with amazing rapidity and by the time the troop ships drew alongside the quays where the men were to disembark, thousands of persons were on hand to greet them. A wild welcome was spread by whis of "Vive La France,!" and "Vive Les Etats Units!" seemed to come from eVery throat in the crowd, which was thickly dotted with the vari-colored uniforms of French soldiers and sail ors. Meanwhile the bands on the warships were playing the "Star Spangled Banner" and the "Marseil laise" as the American colors were hoisted to their staffs. The town soon took on, a holiday appearance and before the day was over scores of American flags were flying along with the tri-colors of France over public buildings and pri vate homes. ; Delegations of American army offi cers from Paris and American naval men from elsewhere were present with French military men of high rank and a similar representation from the French navy to receive the new fighting forces of the Allies. - PERSHING SEES HIS TROOPS. Paris, June 30. Said Major- Geenral Pershing, on his return to his headquarters today after a quick trip to the port of de- barkation: "The landing of the first American troops has been a complete success. In this re- markable transfer of a large force across the ocean one of Jf- the largest operations we. have ever undertaken not a man or an animal was lost or injured, and there was not a single case of serious sickness. The men landed in splendid morale, with keen, confident and eager spirit. ; .,. UU1111UCUL OUU eager S(I11 1U IT physical appearance of our is truly inaptring." The men is '. -.:. : vyuH M LL,U UU1I:-V 'U&UM UK&r & i: -nniniMP?jpBMfiiiriiM(Fir : rWr?r s. .: .1 s .. Ill III iiliw . I .'I L ' I 'li I ll I .'I. I ll ' 1 1 1 1 ' i w . - W III till! Ill I II 'I I : -31 n llr-i v. r ,vj wma tn np n MfiTir ill olbgiz' to Nerb For Com parmgCtfe Kaiser to - ' - Him. . -. PECLARES GERMANY 1 MUST BE CRUSHED Charlotte Minister Delivered Address Before Bap tist Seaside Assembly Today. . v - . Rey4 Walter . M. Gltmore - r i Germany- i the mad dog amone nations. She must be crushed and Adestrpyed, or else civilization . is wrecked. The Kaiser is the greatest criminal since Nero; in. fact, I should I apologize to the shades So said Dr.: w. M. IVtajes ,the First Baptist church this morning, at tbet, Baptist, Seaside! Assembly here in an address-on The Christian . Minister: ' andthe.r' Great f that f!tv whf 4hw5arPttJ f to,lbxllng in every paMotife . vein. Dr. Vines spoke with the eloquence that is born of a conviction that is con suming his own soul, and the effect was electric. Since the Assembly opened three days ago hardly a pass ing reference has been made to the great war before. The address tonight by Dr. B. D. Gray, of Atlanta, on "A Carribean Cruise," will thrill and charm: Dr. Gray will deliver the Assembly ser mon tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock, and at night an address on "The Im mediacy of Our Task." At 9:45 to morrow morning a unique feature will be the organization of an up-to-date Sunday school of those attending the Assembly and others at the Beach, under the direction of Senator John A. Oates, of FayetteyiHe. A special Bi ble class will be taught by Dr. A. T. Pnhnrtsnn nf Tlliavillp. whf) has SO i if j mm A-iti,A hi onbni. urith his dfliiviters for an admiral and his staff in lectures on First Thesselonians. The music, led by Mr. Wwisiagie, will be a special feature. The regular routine of the morning session was carried out with the ex-1 ception of two speakers on the pro- gram, who were unavoidably detained. noQO nf wato inrpst. on ac- count of the death of his father, and Miss . Williams, of Birmingham, on account of continued illness. Rev. Bruce Benton, of Rockingham, led thft nastors' conference; Miss Ruth Caldwell, of Lumberton, the W. M. U. V . . LI . . ,4 Conference; ur. ttoDensun uuuuuueu his series of Bible studies; and Dr. Bruner his course on Evangelism; Dr. Vines concluding the services with his masterly address. In the outset Dr. Vines declared that a position of neutrality is utterly untenable and impossible for a min ister. "The Christian minister must have convictions on all great Issues," he continued. "Dante, in his 'Inferno,' nuts those who are neutral in the ever lasting fight between right and wrong i in the lowest place m neu. "I met a gentleman some time ago, just prior to President Wilson's no table address in which he declared that the United States was in a state of war with Germany and asked the power of Congress to declare that we were in war with Germany. This gen tleman remarked, 'I do not think the United States wants war. My reply was, If the United States does not want war, the United States ougnt to want war.' This shows my personal attitude in this matter, and this has been my attitude ever since the Lusi tania went down. "My feeling of hostility to Germany has been accentuated mainly by two things: The declaration of, the Ger- jman chancellor that tne ireaiy wnu .Belgium was a mere scrap of paper. which outlawed Germany among vue 'nations of the earth, and indicated her attitude of lawlessness and purpose to sling standards down; and the 1 ..... .u'l v,.v. v, aTWi.inch rifles in their main batteries. fact that, after a trip to fiingiana, i The wreckage burst into flame ; lm have been convinced that the English i mediately after the crash and eVery- -people are the most religious people I thing inflammable waa destroyed. Tb - ;. on earth, and that they stand for alL bodies of the dead had not been recor- ' that is best in our civilization.'" J ered several hours -later and it waa ' The speaker then reaa a numDer. of passages of Scripture in which ITUUB wim.il .agaiuoi. oiu cuv mvcu- UBBS WCIC suunu, auu mai. no duu h u not to be out of harmony with God's "purposes. While Christianity will ul - ness were shown, and war was snown timately destroy war, we are living (ConUnued on -Page Three). j nis iicwcsr w onaer or auper c i A HARD pROBLEKt ,'V-,,V'-f-, FOR SUBMARINES BuilttWitnstanThe fVtacksrrnea ie8t Guns-Requires Grew. of Eight Hundred MerI-To J 1 , . J - be Followed byShips of HeavierjArrraejJc v--V Camden, N: J:. t June7 80-Ahotli4r ' ' monster fighUng machini tor the Aayy ' : took' the 'water here" today froia the ' ' , yardpf thNew-iybrkchipbuUllng;'?' ' -' v: Companrwhei th BftperdrBadnoaKht. S . ' I Idaho; eistet ship. to the Pennsylvania, ; -V- o nagsmptoituiftJAuanuoneeL wm sue cessfiilly launed,; Henrietta Aurelia 1 , V'r ; Simmons,, fefanddaughter; of 'JoverntjrU V' Alexander oi daho, was" "sponsor,' B,;;;;,'V-. cause ;pl-the wart tne gehral public was -fnofjadmitted ftQ'thfr -.veMmoor' : ; ' 5M;allbre, rifles,- mounted la trios in i four turrets, .'two tbrward,' and ;,two -J'.' .: after, i "Jx sizeA armament; veijtapmeni; ;.v- ; speec- ad sTbnt minor 4lff erence . "v of Nero -Jr , l. sue; wTU,lpeia rdnpacatea of the Peon-. . xz- ' pastbr of sylvanU and ; pf the Mississippi f ol Charlbtte, Qearel: turbine yengine3, will hurl ,her ' ?v7 i I Kflfl ' fact -t ' lamrth' at-. rtftfV t wiu .iuaue tiner, oer . null naa OMB" Jiaid down to gfve her greater security against submarine attack. Navy de signers believe the vessel will be a hard problem for a submarine and she cannot be sunk with a single tor pedo. There will be twenty-two 5-inch 60 calibre rifles swung along the Idaho's sides as her protection against tor pedo craft, and four 3-inch anti-aircraft guns of the long range type re cently designed by the Bureau of Ord nance. Below the water line two 21- j inch torpedo tubes supplement the terrific broadside weight of the ship's guns. Like the Pennsylvania, the Idaho will need 25 senior, 16 junior and 10 warrant officers ; 40 chief petty offi cers arid more than 800 men as bet fighting complement. She will carry, 70 marines and be fitted with quar- ters, so that she can carry the flag for the commander-in-chief of the fleet if necessary. XT "V"?""' i'U."1" The Idaho, Mississippi, California, w ieAu., sun, rennyivani 1J St Ivlt lcan oaiiiecran to carry twelve 14- They will completea wing of 7 gi gantic vessels, with this armament, and next from the ways will come the West Virginia, Washington, Mary land and Colorado, carrying eight 18 inch rifles. Behind those will come the new class of 42,000 tonners, five of which have already been author-, ized, which will carry twelve 16-lncb rifles. ON THE IFast Freights Collide Four Trainmen Killed Wreck - age Burned With Bodies (By Associated Press.) Raleigh, N. C, June 30. Four train men were killed and two others mors or less ' seriously injured early today wwhen two fast freight trains on the Seaboard Air Line Railway collided head-on ne&' Franklin ton, N. C, about 20 miles zforth of Raleigh. The dead are: ' - Engineers H. Gaskins and 8amuel G. Linkous, of Portsmouth and Ra leigh, respectively. ' t ', ' Fireman O. L. Wellg, of Raleigh. Brakeman George Napier, of Ports mouth. ' Wells and Napier were white menl T. C. Jones and John Smith, thmi injured, are from Raleigh, . :: ., believed they were consumed.- " The smash-up was described by FEARFULWHECK SEABOARD l auiuau uiliuiais a.a uu Ul LUC UroL ' r . llclgUl TV I CV.H.B IUC BJDUIU1 ever BU 1 Both locomotives were..' demolished,- u :and 27 cars of vegetable, feedatuffs; freight wrecks the system ever , bad. and other commodities, smasned to bits and . burned. 1 y
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