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THE WEATHER FORECAST Mrh Carolina: -onow North, night; enow o r rain soutn portion tonignt; i:i,tiv warmer in East! portion: Thursday probably fair.' South Carolina: Rain or, snow to- night; Thursday fair. ; FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE VOL. XXIH, NO. 357 f I- y WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOQNl JANUARY 2, 1918 PRfCE FIVE CENTS - REAK - v v, lib jviiiRi wmm 'CQftt TRAIHS GET Formal Announcement of the Agreement Made By Colonel House With Allies TROOPS TO BE SENT IN CONSTANT STREAM Special Arrangements for Fur nishing Ships to Carry Troops arid Caring for Them After Landing iKv Associated Tress.) Washington. Jan. - 2. American ;iu.,ns are to be rusbd to Europe in 7 ic larso and as constant stream as io humanly possible; the allied nations nill o arrange the:r snipping as to ..rr.vidf the necessary transpor. : th tL. utkant ship building program r. u t , rnslu'd; there ia to be closer .o-j operaiion ot an me co-helligernts to t ' prosout a single v.na, uuitfed froiiit t jj German aurocracy;. tlie- part of th-! 'United-States ha 55-been Tlearly defin' and arrangements made to carrv s; out. These arc the principal resiuts as ttey afi'ect America of-the recent in-ter-allied war council' in Paris, an-iiOunL-ed today for the. first time by the State Department. ' - Thee recommendations made by thf: American delegates-of whom Col onel E. M. House. President Wilson's personal representative, was the head, yr&s the result of the great council f Kf-ads of all the eo-heliigerents. . The princij; ! recommendations, , -pt the American delegation i. Jieaded hy Colonel B-. M...Housev 3 Presfdei? i W I son's personal representative, are: . "That the United States exert' ull their influence to secure the; entire ' unity of effort, military, naval and dp onomic between themselves and the countries associated with them, m the var. '. "In as nniL-h as the successful tenn- mation of the war by. the United States pnd the Allies caa be greatly hastens! by the extension of the United States' shipping program, that the govern ment and the people of the United States bend every effort towards ac complishing this result by a systemat ic co-ordination of resources of men End materials. "That the fighting forces of the United States be despatched to Europe vith the least possible delay, incident to training and equipment." The following statement by the De partment of State made nnrd?' : n con nection with the recommendations: ' A -pv'-c-vr of the report filed with the Department of State by - Colonel , House, the head of the special war Ws'vmi -which vjsited Great Britain and France in November, shows that it succeeded in its purpose, of reach v hig a definite working plan for the prosecution of the war through co-op- pration of the government represented at the conferences held in Paris in lae various fields of activity, anu through marshalling the resources', of th? nations at war with the Central Powers and co-ordinating their uses under a common authority' thus avoid-inc- thp waste and uncertainties that aris- from independert action. "The results-of the conferences as s-'nv,n in the report, are most gra.t iiyinu to this government, first be cause :hcy indicate that the conferees inspired bv the desire to be n1'! it'ally !npftti;.'and second, he-cause the i asri-f-t.iiM.! ,.tu;,.v, VAoiia whan in l'ulJ uh ;r?iion, will greatly increase 'Lit ov'sk, may tl.- n.-r tiveness of the efforts '.now! changes. "-iir ut forth by the United Stafet . " ' and Hie Aliios in the' conflict against ! ' " ': 'i-niaiiy and AustriaVHungarv. ll.'S'i.-, lj i heir conferences and of ! tl't' ;-( urn mendations made by th Al "'I'lcan mission will indicate the ;iv,- ,- i)(J WOik done and the prac- h ihols vhinTT were .considered y ... ,, -I , . , "li!rJf-lli ril ir f - i I ' u" summary i-: results-, aceom- I'usiif ii- is. divided, under-diplomatic, 41 -'vr!, military, finance.. -shipping,' .w; tl-d d,". war industries and food. DEATH SENTENCE r UK r 1 V C. KlXJ'l Lxw . - . ' 'Hy Associated Pr-es). "Hn Antonio Tovnct .Tan. ' Uie negro trfi hv lt, lat court jartial in connection with tbe Hons- lord-iW'-S;5S riots, have betn sentencedrto.be ft nged, according" to the verdict , oi , France by Louis gptg rM coUrt announced by Major Gen--ffPS-Ruckman this moaning, - 6t "commerce,; .l They are privates ;,"Babe" Collier,, ine Mvisw S Thomas McDonald;. James: Robinson to JVlrliCrpsby; his egaj Ti Joseph Smith and Albert D. Wright,: D. Cravath, yas present for the, Un; of Company L,:24th United States UeStatesi:-; gantry. Execution .of. the sentences. ; be suspended j -until, after, the " ation of financial. air , ase is reviewed by President "Wilson Mr Crosby,hanceUlorBonar Law, H. tkn of the, 15 tried were sentenced KlotZ'andiS -:U 10 year3 ai-Leayehwor tnrand seven Che ohferece-wm-bevcontinued THE BOLSHEVIK Policy of Annexation of Cen tral Powers is a Stumbling Block : " KUoolAJN UtLL.tXiA I Ho MAKE THEIR REPORT If German Persists in De mands, Bplsheviki will Open Negotiations With the German Socialists Germany's peace terms showed pos itive annexationist plans on the part of the Central Powers and are unac ceptable to Russia in their present .form, the Bolsheviki delegates report ed to the Soldiers' and Workmen; Council on their return -from Brest Idtbvsk to Petrograd. "Previous reports that the negotia ticfis had been broken off appear er jronousr xli view of thecontext of this statement, which -, takes a ifesuniption It iscdeclared, however pxaX rncae t U Geirinan delegates Insist upon their: terms Russia . will not make - peac3 "with the German hnperialists." Ht-r peace will be made with the repreaen- rtativea of the people, the German. So cialists, the spokesman for the Rus sian delegates insisted with evidem. ;relerence to the oft-expressed hope ot he Bolsheviki for a social revolution In Germany. From other reports it appears tha t the Bolsheviki detected annexationists purposes on the part 'of -the Germans in th proposition by the latter that the Central Powers' troops should not be withdrawn from Poland, Lithuania end Courland, the Russians holding that it was impossible for those prov inces freely to choose their own po litical destiny until every German .sol- Idier had left their territory. I The Italian official - bulletin todav announces the repulse of another cn !emv attempt to cross the Fiave river. Half a score of vessels loaded wit'i enemy troops were dispersed, the statement says. The situation in the Rumanian front if, renorted to be verv serious. T.he R.nvi 1 7 . - mpnians ' having rebelled against tsci sheviki agents. Tram service oetween i Riga and Petrograd has been resutn- ed. A report has been received in Lon don that members of the American railway mission to Russia, stationed at. Irkutsk. Siberia, have been arrest ed by the Bolsheviki. Chairjctan Johu F. Stfevens, of the mission, andother n; embers were reported in Tokioy oral days ago. New declarations, regarding Germ:m peace terms will be issued within 10 days, according to a Munich, Bavarm, newspaper. -Jit is said the attitude: o! the Entente - powers .presumaDiy uy u.-arri thp terms expressed at Brest- bring about ome COUNCIL OF WAR PURCHASES MEETS (ity Associaiea rrwnj Paris. Tuesday, Jan. 21. Oscar T. . - . ' a. . S fmohw asistant Kcretarv of the . TJn- jvioj, ., . iti.' r,.n nil rf Wqt- Hlir 'chases presided this afternoon oyer a meeting of t'he toujicil in the palace Tof the Legion of Honor at which pur- I chases of materials required , from the i United. States fjomr the Allied govern-, ihents ". and V; various neutral countrie? 00 TtritaiW was' renresented by.i rihancellbr Bonar Lawi J. . Austen Chamberlain, former secretary ':- for India,- and Lora;ucKmer, xuru4 PREFEREHGF SSENGER TR 'Assistant Director - General! Smith Gets Things Moving m The-bast- EVERY AVAILABLE FACILITY ADOPTED Freight Trains Use Tubes Un der; Hudson Situation in New York Was More Hopeful Today New York , Jan. 2. Alfred H. Smith, president, of the New York Central ! Railroad, today assumed his duties as i assistant direct or-oeneral of railroads try. and his plans for relieving con- j K?tiou cn all lines, especially near New Ycik, were put into effect. Ship-! : , . , j raent or coai given preterence over i :ij?euger uaffic in an effort to j relievo the coal famine here, and in j T-.rr,oH tv.o Tor.nevinn M?i 1 - i ili't,- UllUCl IrUD 1 MCI I I as r.assenger traffic. t,. tn rM,wf o i,Qff ,'. i luciit el freight in New England, Mr.) Smith has decided to use the new Hell Gate bridee rout further ma-1 tprial reduction in thn nassenffer spi-. I viQ nn thP pstpvn miirr'ii mnv ho i expected in a . few day to TLm piesent pians. The oreaK in tne cola spell yes terday caused railroad officials and fuel administrators to regard the lo cal fuel situation more hopefully. While there was still much discom fort in mis all parts of the city, the suf,iPoland and Lithuania and the enemy's u the porer sections was con , prop0sal that garrisona be retained at rfering in ' V. 1 .1,..1 Generals Return From French Front to Train American Troops (By Associated Pres's). - Washington, Jan. 2. Major Gene?al William L. Sibert, who returned yes terday from France where he has been sihee he took over the first division oil American regulars sent across is the advance guard of General Persh ing's army, will be assigned to com mand the Southeastern Department, ii is understood here today, relieving Major General William P. Duvall, re tired. Major General William A. Mann, who also returned yesterday from Fiance, was assigned today to command the Eastern Department at New York. He relieves Major General Eji D.. Hoyle. a retired officer who has been at the head of that department .since Major General J. Franklin Bell was assign - ed for other work. General Mann was found physically unable to stand the strain of cam - paigning after his arrival in France and was ordered . home on that ac count. No announcement as to the reason ior the return of General Si bert has been made. It is understood that Major uener - COOAiiS GIN 1 a n r- n v a mt n n n n at a i bldtnl'ftPl llllNf als Hoyle and Duvall will return tojreache( Provisional agreements the retired list of the army, having? have been reached on some points. hoon raoallprl from that list tr ?Ptivi service in an emergencj'. "THIRD LIBERTY I i niia" i; kpyt L.UIU1 IU IIUII I j Plans for Next National Loanjfoimed. m 1 ' T-v 1 to Open After Feb t :'. ruary 1 , . . , waSlllHSLUU, Jan. 2. The next na tion! loan will -be designated officially as the "Third Liberty Loan" not the Victory loan or Freedom. loan or feace loan, as ij.hu ueen suggtjsieu.i This .was made known today after receipt, idf . hundreds of suggested names from persons all over the country in. response to a request for ubinission of ideas. Posters and other advertising .will! be prepared immediately bearing the title 'now .adopted, ; The loan . will be ' sorietime after February 1 for an amcitht and at an interest rate not yet clecided. ' i. ' 'CiiV :-' t, ""ttfeavy Snow at Newport News. '? :l'rX- By Associated Press). i. ;K Newport News, Va., -Jan. 2.- Heavy snowfall set in ;here -this morning and has continued up; to noon with no j.''L V'tTklfl 4nkA il.iri4li Bign-Oi auaiBwcm,,:' . a ma 10 iub lumm -i ntj ure, accuiumg to wur&umu, was iio ; dcobiuu tuufij. j-vcaume . w t .feenerai -v ;. ,y , .;. , - snow o t nte-. Iceland snoW, has j preceded by 4-an7 explosions but oin- annual, message of Governor; Chavle? 1 The fuet situation Js ! still racu.te,' al atfyi interfered.; with A shippinsinJcials of the nlant say the investigation 'S. r Whitman 'and: organization of. tho though ; somH- shiDrnents; of coal have thisvport -and;- congested : overseas rtt -.. : :'.." .'-.. OFF NEGOT1 FOmMAKl 5u Disposition of Poland and Lith- uania of the Principal WPStacles : rnRRRRFflNnPNT QFTMne INTERESTING STORY Says if Proposed Peace Terms Are Accepted, Some Gov-1 ernment Oiher Than JBol sheviki Will Be in Power U'y Associated Press.) Petrograd, Tuesday, Jan. 1. The Russian peace delegation returned to Petrograd today and reported to a i joint session of the Central Executive I committee ot boiaiers and Work- i Ltee .of men s Delegates and the Petroarad Deputies the progress of the negotta-"' tions with Austro-Germans at Brest- J Li- , V ' M. Kameneff, a member of the Rus- sian delegation, read the German j K definite explanation has.beerfj terms which he Characterized asj""0" of the explosion unless .it was j showing the j positive annexation j '.meteor, passing- through the clouds' Dians of the Central Powers and heiai" "'"I's sumewuai souui ot xne - - - . their present form. He added that the terms had not.4 - oeen oiscussea. oeen discussed ii, arter the resumption of nego- nians' insist upon these terms Rus-' sia V.Mll conclude peace not with the .German imperialists but Uvith the! aecordins representatives of the people, the So- aCCOrUmS;cialir,ts of Germany." . Negotiations Broken Off London, Jan. 2. Peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk have been broken'off by the Bolsheviki government, owing to the German attitude in regard to Libau, Riga and elsewhere, accord ing to a telegram fti the Petrograd correspondent of the Daily News, ap pearing in a late edition or that pa per today. The dispatch quotes ars article from tthe Bplsheviki newspaper, Izvestia dis- reussing "The new phase, in the peac eGrtnans have:' been obliged to-soil their lips with the ' formula put for ward by the . Socialists : at the be ginning of the war, but the German imperialists would not be imperial ists if they did not try to take back in fact what with gritted teeth they yielded in words. ' "The Russian revolution cannot ac cept their conditions to retain Poland and Lithuania. Just you try it, gentle men, says the Izvestia. This is the line, the correspondent Of the Daily News adds, that probably will be taken at a general meeting tonight (Tuesday) to consider the report of the .Russian peace delegates. The Bolsheviki aim, he adds, is a world revolution of peace on their own' terms which they think will dis credit the imperialists generally. The correspondent continues: And if, in the long-run Rurria ' driven to conclude a separate peace on any other terms, I prophesy , that the Russian signatories to such s peace will not be Bolsheviki but mem- ! hers of opposition political parties j i Negotiations for a general peace at I Brest-Litovsk were adjourned Decern f rtefirotfkf mhs ' VarrtMe Asa vs , tTta't . ber 25 until January 4. Since then, ing thf next day or so. a.ourc?mg to at Bhest-Litovsk and in Petrograd. the Weather Bureau. There has been representatives of Russia and the some moderation over interior dis- Central Powers have been discussing tricts, while in the West, it is still informally, points to be settled in thefwarm for the season, although it is i event of a peace agreement being - but the Russian proposals regarding , -i- tt. i u (Continued on rcge Six.) ! A NEW REPUBLIC SET UP IN RUSSIA ! ' (By Associated Press) j 'Petrograd,' Tuesday, Jan. 1. A nev i republic has been set up in the hdacn Sea territory with Novorossysk ns the capital. A coalition cabinet, including constitutional democrats, has neen Delegates from Ukraine to the con- s'tituent assembly will arrive in Pstro- grad tomorrow. No effort was .nadajby market experts. A temporary .rise to open the assembly today. Tchernomorsk, or. the Black Sea ter ritory, is a district of Trans-Caucasia , consisting of a long narrow strip, on doast6of the Black Sea and on the west slope of the Caucasus; MYSTERIOUS FIRE IN SHELL PLANT 4- (By Associated Press). Harrisbufg. , Pa..: Jan. 2. Fire of mysterious origin, starting in the Paint shop, damaged the plant, of the ' Ha,rribur,g! IJipe and Pipe-Bendingt Comny -early Uoday, -the-rhe extent of weveral hundred dollars.' ' The j plant is engaged largely 5n the " manu facture of , shells for the 1 government, and hundreds of v these were destroy:- ed. Two ' negro. watchmen were bad- hy burhe'd , but will : recover. '; mt- ' ..cx J"! A. A.- : now 'being conducted has not" been re- ... .i n..i , .- .... . JSI.G&EAGE mm Mystery Surrounds an Explos ion Which Shook the City. . Early Today (By Associated Press Chattanooga, Tenn Jan. 2. A ter rific explosion shook this city eariv eVar seconds and a loud report fol- loved which shocked buildings. The authorities are investigating. An explosion which shook this zee- .not been located three hour's later, p though the police and newspaper J?OUfd 5n ev.fry direei'i,jn ?n an effort, to cioar up the mysteiy. ... This theory, "however, lias not ! ; U .or, ViJi'iTirul tct - en . veiiLeci. Numerous persons saw U1,s"1 "sut IU luy 'es una uus " The explosion was heard at various points , within a radius of 25 to 30 . v .-uuiiaiiuuga, diu no one coum "jic-i uiiy UApiclIlilllon. Knoxville Didn't Hear It. Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 2. Points he " - '" ' " tw een Knoxville and Chattanooga h ao knowledge of an' explosion in ave explosion in the Chattanooga district, according to re ports .reaching -here. Telephone em ployes in Chattanooga and Atlanta re port having felt a shock, but they were unable to ascertain the cause. All munition plants in this district were operating as usual today. May Have Been a Star. Washington, Jan. 2 It is quite, pes sil.de that the illumination of the skies and the explosion was a big. shooting - star, in tire onminn of Tr CX T Mov. 'rill, nnp of tho liaoH svn r t. National Museum. Such shooting stars'. ' " 1 '-" VUlUtUAO Ul Vll.C aise an 'intense light in 'the .heavens and nd as they come into the earth's at Contact with : the at - mosph'6ce :of, the earth: in most ca?es causes -the body to go to pieces and in doing -so it causes cracking explo - sious T CHftTTANOOGA These shooting stars, Dr. Merrill ex- The Bolsheviki authorities, accprd plainedr often go1 to many miles be-' ing 'to" ali'cliarige' Telegraph '"dis- yend the point where they are seenrPatch from -Petrograd have received r.eiore they strike the , earth. Their J size vanes from a meteorite of many tons to one of a few pounds. Today's Temperature to Re main for Several Days, is the Forecast (Special to the Dispatch) Washington, Jan. 2. No decided change in the low temperatures pre-' 51 ! 11 j m , vaumg curouguout tne . eastern part of the country may be expected durd Considerably colder today in the North- "west than on Tuesday. A Canadian, disturbance was central todav over Kentucky and M as causine snow in the Upper Mississipp i valley, the Lake region, Ohio vatie., Tennessee and the 'district generally east ex tending from Maryland to Georgia. SHORTAGE IN FOOD THREATENS NEW YORK (By Associated Press). " New York, Jan. 2. A pronouiieed shortage of food supplies in New York .within the next two weeks, due to ! ;the loss by freezing of thousands on icar loads of perishable foodstuffs en v voue to tne city, was predicted todav iin price, of almost all of these , perish able goods can be expected as soon as . the present supply becomes "k- ihausted. , The products which have suffered most are beans, potatoes, onipns, let; tuce and eggplant. Consumers are urged to conserve , as much food as possible.', . ; ' . - . V Large Service Flag., -'The National Biscuit Company at its store,' 721 Brunswick street, has on display a service, flag with 702 stars, representing the numbers of the employees of the company in the whole country ' who have been draft1 ed into the "service. IC is stated that this number " comprises 6 per- cent of the company's male employees. . s - V , New York's Lawmakers. x fx (By Associated Press. ' - Albany. .N, . Y. Jan.2. The' New J'ork. legislature was eonvened .for it? .assembly comprised the principal bus - j " - - . ' HECHE IN nil SOON COSSACKS CLASH WITH BOLSHEVIKI Cossacks Capture a Town and Disarm the Bolsheviki Troops (By Associated "Press). i London, Jan. 2. Cossack troops, have occupied the town of Alexan-i drovsk without opposition and the Bolsheviki garrison was disarmed, ac cording to reports received here from Petrograd regarding the civil war in Russia. It is not stated which Alex aAdrovsk was captured. (There are several towns and villages in Rus sia named Alexandrovsk but the near est to the Cossack territory nre those in Ekaterinoslav and in Stavropol.) Other Bolsheviki regiments are said said to have been disarmed by the Orenburg . Cossack leader Kazatin, who returned the arms after the Bol- I sheviki swore never to fight against the Ukrainians and Cossacks. The CoSSaCk commander at Rostov re-j ports that the B9lsheviki have.liberat-ltioili : eu fr.W'V;; 51110 : ari4edi then?. Bolsheviki troops willj 1 trw; ! tut - tuey are nnaDie xo : sena Poal to 'Petro'grad; - .', i There" was more street fighting in ! Odessam on Monday, but apparently i was hot serious. information that the situation on the Rumanian front is very serious. , It is said the Rumanians have occupied the Besserabian town of Loevo and have arrested and shot several Bol sheviki leaders. Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki For eign Minister, sent a note uu the sub ject vL the Rumanian minister in Re troviral, who, in his reply, accused Russian troops of plundering Rumar ian villages. It is said that Trotzky regarded the reply as unsatisfactory. A Petrograd dispatch to the Daily Express says that railway trains-are again running between Riga and Pe trograd. . ANOTHER BIG SNOW IN PARTS OF FRANCE' . i . , . . . . - .. Pans' Jan- 2. Another heavy fall OI snow m JJ"ter" . dU Lenuai France and m the ; Vosges has great- ly creased transportation difficul- ties- Lyons, with the thermometer standing at zero Fahrenheit,- a de- BIt!e U1 wm Allu uuuu ul Luem, is snow bouna- Tne Lyons-Mediterranean line has i cancenea many irajns ano me iew , stm running are hours behind sched- ule. St. Etienne, in the heart of the great iron working district of Central France, is under three feet of snow and the railroads are completely blocked. . . Paris and Northern France are far more favored as regards oth tem perature and snow and transportation for the armies is going on without interruption SIX GERMAN PLANES DOWNED YESTERDAY - Paris, Jan. 2'. Six German airplanes were put out of action yesterday, by the French, it-; is announced officially. , Artillery fighting continues at various points on - the r front, but no large in fantry actions" are reported. The statement follows. ' ' s In the course of numerous combats French pilots yesterday . brought down four German airplanes. Two. "other .GeVman machines, badly damaged, fell within the enemy lines.". SNOWFALL GENERAL ; , IN SOUTH CAROUNA (By Associated Press). - Columbia, S. C.,' Jan.. 2. An addi tional inch of . snow fell in Columbia this morning . starting. at j about ,3 o'clock and letting up about 6 to'clock Reports from over : the State indicate that the fall, which, was accompanied "by a marked rise in temperature, was 1 been receiv'-j in Columbia'-durint t "?' f ' Wholesale Arrest of German Suspects Follows the Fire'. of Yesterday ' v''-A'-5,1 . . . . . . .. -. LOSS IS ESTIMATED AT TWO MILLION Will Cost $1,000,000 to Re-j . place Monticello Only One Known Death, Though Several Seriously Injured - . . ' ' - "vi.r;' 1 (By Associated Press). ". :: f Norfolk, Va., Jan. 2. The damage-; to buildings and contents destroyed i by fire, in whicl the Monticello hotel was burned yesterday, will reach ap- i proximately $2,000,000. The secretary of the Monticello Realty Company; owning the Monticello, places the dam-) .age to that structure at $750,000. rOni ly $500,000 insurance was carried.'- . The other losses were almost en tirely cored by insurance.. Many physicians in the Dickson' building had their offices wrecked and -lost thousands of dollars worth of instru ments. . ... -r- . ,--:-vi-' : -It was stated by the off icialabf the Monticello Realty Company that the hotel would be re-bant as quick ly as possible. As soon as a sur-: vey is made ot tne stanaing waii3 and it is known how ,much' of the building can be used in its reconstruct bids will be asked. It is beliey ed that the entire ground,floor. is sub- stantial enough . ta buildpn t and tbs t stories. It is estimated tnat it .wilt cost at .least $1,000,000 ten replace th'3 hotel. '.. -v;N"''' The other burned buildings --will. al so be re-built if the necessary labor . and materialman be. obtained.;; . ; The' city is still under martial i law and permits are required from every body who passes the barred zone.; - A' regiment of sailors ana svjreral com panies of marines, with the two bat talions of home guard are -still? on duty. . -.'.." ' : No other deaths, from injuries re ceived at the fires yesterday : have been reported, but two more, firemen were seriously injured by falling' walls on Granby street last night; r They were carried to one of the two emer gency hospitals that we're opened yes terday for the care of the wounded. . The- Monticello is a mass, of ice this morning, while sleet covers ; the trolly wires and the -fire apparatus that was at work there last-night.. ' A heavy snow is falling today: and strangers coming into the city are be ing cared for by private families who have throvn open- their homes to tnem. The Department of Justice is today conducting an examination, ot' the! 23. suspects- arrested since :; .;yesterday;. morning when fire swept the., business district of Norfolk, destroying the Monticello hotel and several store and office buildings on Granby, . street. Some of the men were taken .'into custody this morning. About. 20 were turned over to the department" by Po lice Justice Pitt without hearing: "Dis trict Attorney Mann is assistlng.Ralph Doughton, representative of :" the ; Do- partment of Justice, in the examma- tions. . " .- Through the .activities of the agents the Department of Justice,1-the "po lice and navy, .20 suspects ; were rounded up yesterday and last. night. Hugo Schmidt and H. K. Lessig were among the first to be caught hi, the dragnet. Others that are ; uv the hands of the department are y.;J, A. Brosvoordt, arrested late -lastt nloht. Two women were! detailed -in the mat ron's department at police headquaf ters. Brosvoordt was a guest: at the Lorraine Hotel and it is 'paid, made some disloyal remark yesterday: morn ing, while the Monticello wasx burn ing. When his room No;43?atf the Lorraine was searched,, it was, found to ' contain German papers, letters, maps of Norfolk a. book of the. mem oirs of Germany, with a picture of " the Kaiser as. the .: frontispiece. A locked box and other matter, was tak en from this room and turned over to the authorities. While nothing; has been given put officially as the nature of the charges against men that are being held, or whether the evidence against them in dicates that they have had anything to do with yflres C oncurring -here? or other enemy acts, it is understood that some very valuable information regarding other Germans has been as certained through some of them. ;' The police and ? the - agents ; of ? th.3 DepartmentV of i Justice are ;;etUl; at wort on every clue and other , arrests are expected to follows - '. - 1 ; ' " The United 'Sfeter:-MaHneVac blue jackets "stood . guard today over the downtown .V.i ' ' "
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