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f Weather: North and South Car-olina-Snow or rain tnight; ThursdayfaJr colder. - ;.J- MING ;r Us Victory FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE XXIII, NO. 365. " ... .... WILMINGTON; NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AFTERNOON, JANUARY 9, 1918 PRICE FIVE "CENTS - H THE PRESIDENT'S LORD READING NAMED BRITISH WAR AMBASSA r DORTOU.S. , ; v - BRAZILIANS TALK AIMS MEET DESIRE TO SHIP SUNKBYM OF HAVING A WA! wmm v -. . ... .. r " - ' i-: i i . . ,- - .:-. HS ID TROTZKY BELIEVES destruction: of :; german aries. BRITISH HOSPITA! WAR ALUS HEARWPROVAL Ell i'- fJl-Feeling Between the ;Fwo Republics Formed Ihtq. Fresh Flr.me MANY DISQUIETING , RUMORS CIRCULATED Reports of Warlike Prepara tions Near Disputed Boun dary Line- European War Also Intensifies Feeling Rio Graiide Po Sul, Brazil, Dec. 11. i Correspondence or The Associated Press.) -The - lOHg-standing ill feeling between Brazil and Argentina,-inherited in part from the ancient rivalry betweeit-theiB respective Portuguese and Spanis,h founders and intensifiea by subsequent boundary -disputes, has been fanned into, fresh; flame by tae opposing attitudes thetwo republics have taken in respect $f the war. Brazil, from the firstLhas openly ta rored the Entente Allies,, and became a belligerent againStBermany as soon as the United Stajtea, iiterqd the 'war, in keeping with her'traditional friend ship for the United Stttes. ; Argen tina, on the other hand, :a'd persistent ly insisted that shje would. Temain net: traL although there have been charges tbat -the government therphas gis- Unci, JJ1VUCI1UOU ICUUCUVJCO.y In each of the two countries, tfpAp, ion is held that the attitude "of iie. other indicates ulterior designs - la South America. The people of ttiej State of Rio Grande Do Stil have been reused to a high pitch by the expos ure of plans of tnJ Germans there to revolt against ;thfi Brazilian gov ernment aiiAsssize-itt least part vor;.tnk State's territory.:' Some of thm have recently even gone so far as to charge that, in theic-beliefArgeutlna " mfgnt attempt in such an event to win bacit the old disputed territory, . formerly part of the Argentine territory of. MiSH siones, which- now forms part of the Brazilian State of Santa-Catherine.: - - The United States arbitrated the dis pute over -this territory, awarding it to Brazil on the ground that the Bra zilians had populated it Jtnd- claimed it by right of colonization, while the early Spanish and Portuguese left no documents showing any division of lands there. This award is said al ways to have been a sore spot with '.he Argentines. Of late both countries have been a. fever heat on. account of many rumors of mobilizations and warlike prepara tions on both sides of the disputed line. Travelling through the frontier coue- try, one continually hears such re marks as "Well, we've got to fight some day and now is the best time. Many Argentines look with suspic ion upon Brazil's preparations, to con- ble her standing army within the next tvro or three months' and ultimately to increase it to 100,000. Argentines assert that Brazil doe3 not intend ro send soldiers to fight in Europe and argue that such a large force is not needed at home to keep her German residents in check. Therefore they say Brazil's preparations 'are really against Argentina. The bulk of the Brazilian army -was moved into Rio Orande Do Sul during he recent rail -y strikes, and the 'roops have beer kept there, encatajj- pfl along the railroad. It has also been officially announced that uneer ttie new mobilization and, army re-or gamzation plans, the greater part 01 the cavalry will be kept In this State. The intense state of the public mina . 's shown by many recent reports 01 instances of peasants seeing falling stars and believing they were Argen une aeroplanes. "So persistent-; were tne reports that the Argentine 'govern roent finally issued an official' state ment denying that any of their air planes had been near the frontier. ; STRICT PROHIBITION WANTED IN VIRGINIA uichmond, Va., Jan. . 9 -Probibi- fl'iion legislation which would . ' in clude ratification of .the ".'proposed reaeral constitutional amendment 'or national prohibition,' perfection , th(I State liquor law, revision of 'e State tax laws, good roads , and - m cultural improvements are . ex pected to be the most important mat '?r.s to be considered by the "Virgin- IJ general Assembly which conven ed here today for a 50 day session Assembly will be a3ki'I 1 to abolish "the present law permitting ''af'n householder to import ; one Quart of liquor per month , and so re- 'e the Act as to make the State .ne dry." The State Prohibition commissioner will ask tor an appro ;-t!oa of $100,000, or double the dI1'ount appropriated by 'the last As hembiy with which , to ' enforce . tha irtw . ...... : V Jvernor Henry C Stuart will be ceeded by Westmoreland .. . Davis n February l. ; r -VV- His Address Game at , Right Time to Counteract German Propaganda. SOME REASONS FOR f MAKING THE SPEECH -.yi ? -: j One ObiectiWias : ito Prevent FurtKeJiRfelplrman Ne gotiationsWaSgthe Only Way io"; Answer ' Washington. Jan. 9. Annroval of President Wilson's address to Con gress, setting fortfi -America's program ior.war and peafcewas heard on every side in Washington today and tho opinion seemed4 universal that the President hd chosen-the psycholog ical moment to counteract: any vil ef fects of Germany's latest peace propa ganda. .. .; :'M ' ' 5 Although some' professed to believe the Germans mights find the terms laid 1 down acceptable . as a basis o negotiations, most officials saw in the proposals only a clearing of the tft mosphere for the Allies, heartening of the Russians and the furnishing of a light for the German people. ?f they choose to see it. I. -w It was authoritativeiv&'stated that the-President decided tojddress Con gress at this time in anrfMEorV to pre vent resumption of negotiations be tween the Russians and Germajas at Brest-Utovsk, and counteract the du plicity of the Germans, shown in their dealings with the Russians. ' . The President, in making rhda speech, , as sumed thatvthe Russo-German peace negotiation definitely had. been brok en on. r, . Anothe reason .forVxliefeesiacmt's message .asoun oi ma?2nc sooae , jreply to the request ot,nhe Bolshevik! that the United States and .'the Entente join- fA the peace negotiations. Germany made it a condition of the negotia"tion3 Hhatf Russia should bring in the Allies Since the United States and the Al- ies have not recognized the Bolshev-; iki government, it was deemed neces sary that the United States set forth its aims, in a-public - announcement wbichj might be given circulation in Russia, following the example of Pre mier Xiloyd-George. V HINDENBURG LEVELS VILLAGES IN WEST! Paris, Jan. 9. The Rome , correh spondent of the Matin says that by. order of ; Feld Marshal yon Hinder- burg, according to reliable informa tion which has reached him, 130 vil lages behind the Western fronts mostly in the region of St. Quenjtixif. have been (levelled to tne grouna so as to afford better opportunity for defense of the German lines to the rear. - .. Notwithstanding denials, the corre spondent adds, only one third of the 300,000 Belgians deported to Ger many", have been permitted to re turn to their homes. . MORE THAN EXPECTED Amount Prior to Jan. I , Was 10,150,401 Bales Against 11, 039,491 Last Year Washington, Jan 9. Cotton ' gin ned prior to January 1 amounted to 10,450,401 running bales, counting round as half bales( and exclusive of linters, the Census Bureau today announced. Round bales included were 184,510 and sea island 86,813 bales. Last year to Janiiar) 1 ginning amounted to 11,039,491 bales - includ iny 188,052 round bales and 113,343 bales of sea island. Ginning by States ttis year were: Alabama, 483,016; Arizona, 13,748 ; Arkansas, 858,445;- California, 37, 265; Florida. 46,353; .Georgia, 1,768, 280; Louisiana, 605,937; Mississippi, 809,712; Missouri, 44,739; North Car olina, 543,523; , Oklahoma, 884,829; South Carolina, 1,146,226 ;'. Tennes see, 200.320; ' Texas 2,987,947; Vir ginia, 16,273; all other; States, 3J88. - Sea island ginnings by- States were; 1 . . . ' , ,; m' Florida, 36,119; - Georgia, 44,748, and South Carolina,5y946. To Provide Housing Facilities , ' Washfdgton, Jan.' 9. The shippms board today set aside 51,200,000 of 4ts General appropriation - for providing hosing facilities. for, ship yard work ers at, Newport' News, Ja.--- J COTTON GINNING SACRIFICE RUSSIA Would Let Germany Take From Ruscia and Give Up Elsewhere DECLARES GERMANY ift NEED OF PEACE Troops on Eastern Front Are Reported Deserting in Large Numbers Rather Than Be Sent to Western Front London, Jan, 9. Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki minister, is convinced that the Entente governments wish Ger many to make an advantageous sepat"-, ate peace with Russia so that Ger many will agree the more willingly to surrender what the Allies want in the West, according to the Petrograd cor respondent of The Daily News. The Foreign Minister, in an interview, said Premier Lloyd-George had made, a statement permitting such an inter pretation and he spoke along the same lines as an editorial printed iear lier in the Bolsheviki organ Pfjavda. - Premier Lloyd-George, the - corre spondent assured Trotzky, had nevr made such a statement but the Bol sheviki leader was hard to convince, and said: "That is the Allied policy." He add ed that the attitude of the Bolsnevikj' would not be influenced hr the atfc tude of the Allied governments, but by the Allied peoples. . Trotzky was asked what hope- lie himself , had of a general acceptable peace. He replied that it was difficult to say because the Germans had net yet been offered '& -chance to piake such a peace,, but he was sure tho The RussianfForeiKn "jtfinister oust ed GerSnkn - derters m sayirJ?tha the Germans were unable to xeSnove troopsfifom the Easterittfront iriarge uliits. They were removing them nne at a time and the men, Showing where they were being sent, , jumped from the trains in attempts to escape. He reiterated the story that 25,000 Ger man troops had deserted in the Kovno district, adding that the Germans can not get their own men to attack the deserters and are trying to reduce them by starvation. Asked what terms he actually hop ed to get, Trotzky refused to reply and said laughingly: "If we were really logical we would declare war on England now for the sake of India, Egypt arid Ireland." The Daily News correspondent pro tested that Great Britain made noth ing out of India to which Trotzky re plied: "Then give up hejng so altruistic. You English are the most Chauvinist nation on earth without; knowing it." WOULD ENROLL ALL BETWEEN 18 ANb 45 Washington, Jan. 9. A bill author izing the President to enroll all males from 18 to 45 years for military pur poses was introduced today by Sena tor France and referred to the military committee. Classifications, according to iges' is prescribed, those between 18 and 20 years- to be classified in a federal cadet corps, from 21. to 31, in the Federal first line of defense corps, 32 to 36, in the second line of defense, and from 37 to 45 years o age in Federal Reserve corps. ICE-COATED ROADS IN FRANCE HALT TRAFFIC With the American Army in France, Tuesday, Jan. 8. Slippery ice-coated roads hafe upset traffic between the camps and headquarters, General Pershing himself becoming a victim' this morning when his au tomobile stalled between two hills and was unable to go forward or backward. , The general walked several miles through the snow and- slush to his aestination. . A large ward in one of the base hospitals containing many patients with the doctors and 'nurses in at tendance has been quarantined be cause of the discovery of a case of scarlet fever, ... V Clearing. House for Woman Labor. . WasTungton, Jan. 9. Establish ment of a clearing liouse for the wo man labor of the nation nuder the supervision of Secretary ' of Labor Wilson, was announced here .today. Mrs. Hilda : Muhlhauser Richards, named as chief of the' bureau outlin es as its principal function; the task of . recruiting women to fill the 'ranks of industrial army wherever ' men are released for military ,, duty.' Lnwci,:, x-v'H A v. wmmwmA -. 4 v f r - if'J'tffc w- 'i ff 1r-;v.ii:.::v.::;s;v M. ilk - m . i:ifi.' .v .r-.i, . Lord Reading; is- thoroughly i fam-Illar between the United States, and Great cial-eharacter. J' Lord Reading; l i-jaephew of Sir Henry Isaacs; whd was Lord Mayoj : of London. Ladf Reading is a new York girl, and was the inspiration of hlsBtudyng.liN' c -;, - '. U,'!- Leaders of Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary and .Tur key Met Tuesday Amsterdam, -Jan.--9;- Tfce-leaders of the delegations. rprefenting Russia end the Central Powers held a prelim inary discussion yesterday, disposing of questions of procedure, a dispatch fiom Brest-Li tovsk reports. The meeting was attended by Leon Trot zky, Bolsheviki Foreign' Minister, Dr. Von Kuehlmann, ( German Foreign Minister; Count Czernin, . Austro-Hun-garian Foreign Minister; and Talaat Bey, Turkish Grand Vizier. A ple nary session of the delegates was ar ranged for this morning. n Later, representatives of the Cen tral Powers held a conference with the Ukrainians. THIS STATE SELECTED FOR ARMY HOSPITAL Physical Reconstruction At oi the Allies or the Germahsi can -pre-- ) vent fcatafetrdbhfe: Ah this can ' no Asheville, And for Tuber culosis at Azalea (By Geo. Manning.) Washington, D. C., Jan. 9. The Crst of the group of hospitals which tne War Department will establish for the physical reconstruction and re-education of soldiers invalid home fro?u France, is to be located in the neiv. building being erected for the Kenil worth Inn at Asheville, N. C. The lease of tbe building has been recom mended by Surgeon General Gorgas, and approved by Secretary Baker a ter a thorough investigation made by Medical Corns officers. - , The War Department intends also to cfstablish a sanitarium at Azalea Jive miles from Asheville for treatment of soldiers in France and this country suffering from tuberculosis. This san itarium, which it is planned to open with 500 beds, is to be one or iou tuberculosis sanitariums to be oper ated by the War Department. The Azalea sanitarium may be shortly in creased to 1,000 beds, and is expected to cost between $300,000, and $500,000 The other tuberculosis -hospitals are to be located at Otisville, N. Y., Camp Byrd, N. M.. and Denver, Col.. At the Kenilworth Inn Hrsplta: where soldiers will be physically re constructed and trained to new voca tions, men who have become serious lv maimed and crinded in t.Ir w.t. with Germany will , be taugat useiuii (Continued on Page Three) r with all thl matters co-related Britain, especMly ' those 6f-a nan- '-- :- This Russian Christmas Cele brated Under Most Tragic Circumstances , London, Jan. 9. The situation In Petrograd is depicted in the most gloomy colors by the correspondent of The Times, who, ia a telegram dated Monday, the Russian Christmas says that no Christmas in 309 .'years has been celebrated in such tragic circum stances, Petrograd, he adds,- is" full of dirt, disorder and crimes. Burglary, robbery; and murder in the most audacious forms prevailing to an extent hitherto unknown and there is no police or other authority to which to appeal. The food situation is , very critical, he says, and starvation appears to b3 staririg the people in the face." ; The wretched conditions . of exist :nce have been aggravated? by blind iiig snowstorms drifted by violent winds for three days and nights with the temperature at 14 degrees Fan rcnhelt.. The correspondent of- The" Times thus sums up the general' situ ation of the country: "Russian affairs have become- ; so desperate that only the intervention vent catastrc-phe. As this can no longer be expected from the Allies the disheartened" Russian; looks -to the Ger mans to put an; end to the .awful chaos in which the country is now in volved." - - . v'. - , NINE MEN OF SHIP - x ARE STILL MISSING Washington, Jan. 9. Nine men of the American steamer Harry Lackeu Bach;v torpedoed and( sunk pn .Januai;.) 6, are still missing, the Navy Depart ment announced today, based on a report from Vice Admiral Sims. -The report states that 22 members of the crew have., beep rescued, r V IN GERMAN PRISON. Washington, Jan. 9. Two men from the destroyer Jacob Jones, 4 submarined oh December 6, now are prisoners in Germany, it was S officially announced here today. fr Through the Red Cross, the ! Navy Department has -learned A that one is Albert De Mello, sea- -man. and the, other John Francis Murphy, cook. T Le iiielio s address was given " as New Bedford, Mass. ' Murphy, whosename was giv- en previously as'il'Marfee,' lives1 n Newport, R. 1.1 4 : I. . . . . r Field ;MarshaI Haig 'Discounts , Additioiial Strength Accred-: itcd to Teutons GiERMANY EXTENDS SUBMARINE ZONE New Blockaded Region Will "America-," Meld JSarshal Sir Douglas Haig, m his review of tho 1917 . campaign up diinid Jvmber vays ;that" the aB' ditionI,. strength the Germans have gained 'from the; Russian and. Italian failures has largely been discounted He declares that the . ultimate destruc- tloni of the German armies has been brought appreciably nearer. The oi- fensive campaign piannea v ror isi failed of completion; but on the West ern front the Allies - gained tie vie tories ot Arras, VimyMessines, Flan ders. Verdun. ; Champagne and the "Aisne. ' . - i'iy-f : ; Germany ha$ extended her submar- Inev barred zone to include the Cape Verde Islands and Madsira: off . the Northwestern coast of Africa, and part of: the coast of French Senegal. The islands and the reglaabdtit Dakar are alleged to-be "enemy supporting points e ne-;orde is jet- fectlve January 11, follows the one or November which, extended ; the barred KISfeffiS??1 to- thsoulhwe northwest of Madeira and nwt& bt the Cape -Verde islands. The ffe:wder virtull3ieilta-dff Spain, thg only 'neu tral? in Southern Europe, from cotu- municatlon with, , North and- South America. President Wilson's message to Con gress on objects of the war and the a-wcxuio i c immunity of these Vessels in t not received in London in tim3 fori , extended comment by the leading Bnt irfljie'wspapers. Second editions, how ever, were re-cast to give the prin cipal portions of the message greater prominence. German troops in a local attack eass of Bullecourt, northwest of Cambrai, entered the British trenches, 'but a counter attack ejected the enemy, who left 18 prisoners in the hands of tbe British. Berlin reports the failure of a Brit ish thrust on the Boesinghe Staden railway, northeast of Ypres. The Ger man artillery is - still active in the Appres sector. ' .Bad weather on, the Italian front has reduced iDfantry operations to a minimiim, but the artillery is 5u3y on the Northern line between Asiago and the Piave. EARLY READJUSTMENT OF RATES IS Elimination of Railroad Com petition Will; Bring About Rate Changes Washington,. Jan.' .'9.---General read justment of the country's coin plicat ed rate system to t the new non-competitive situation "will be one of ,the early outgrowths of government rail road operation, it was officially indi cated today. Many ' readjustments considered inevitable involve material increases in rates. -; ' '- : The Interstate Commerce Commis sion's attention has been called to a number of abnormally - low rate sched ules caused by competition : between railroads whose rivalries - have now ceased, consequently the basic cause for the low rates has ben removed, and the expected; result is the devel opment of agitation for a general mod ideation. v4 ' J . . The method of accomplishing thls has not been worked v out, but many ofneials believe the 'Interstate s Comr merce -Commission eventually will have to take the initiative in revising rates. Any increases or decreases in rates would . have to be made a case at a time and the entire process would extend over a year or more., The power of Director General Mc- Adoo to detennine rates has nofyet been ascertained clearly, but, it is -believed he would not attempt to order rate" modifications without the approv al of the Commission. - ' Temporarily, railroads have been left' free to; con I duct ; their , own . rate, questions -i -l Another of Germany sJPledgc to Humanity Thrown Xo the Winds - FORTUNATELY ALL, OF WOUNDED WERE" SAVE: Vessel Carried Usual Marks r. Identification and Was Not in Barred Zone TlireeG of Crew Lost London,' ian. 9.-The hospital h Rewa was. torpedoed and sunk! in.t Bristol, cnannel on January 4,-; wh! on her way from Gibraltar,:, it is .s nounced officially. All the wound were , saved. There were three cas altles among the crewr- iM- The announcement follows "His Majesty's ; hospital ship Re i was totpedoed and sunk in the Br; tol channel at about .midnlght. -January . .4 on her way. home, frc Gibraltaiv rThe' voiinded were; safe transferred to patrol vessels. The were -ohly . three casualties . among vt crew; three" Lascars ' ; being mjssin? She; was ' displaying ' all ' the ligt and markihgs required 'oy;'the ')T$z ue convention.. She was; notTand-h not heen within : the ' spHpalldd; b) red zone; as" delitnifed in4; statee issued bjr the German "government i January 19, 1917;' ' ' - The torpedoed vessel probably w the British" steamship: Rewa,' 7,3 tons gross and 456 feet long,' She y; built . in Glasgow and , has1; , be in service of the British governme: ern; partf of Great Britain s bet wf Walesalid' the SouthwesteAxX'coi tiesof England .; - -VT-After - making several charges . the - misuse of hospital ships, twhi were denied specifically by the 3 tente governments concerned, v t Germans - last year f suspended : :t3 waters. , The 'British., discontlnt special markings cf hospital ships the ground that they were meri rendered eonspicious thereby a were more liable ta attack. ; Ls September King Alfonso of Spain, tervened and succeeded .in obtain! an agreement from the helligerei for the free movement of hospl ships within specified areas. GOVERNMENT TAKES NORFOLK'S DOC Norfolk, Va Jan. 9. Announcem was made in. the City Council ? Is night that the United States gove: ment had taken over the Norfolk n nicipal docks at a monthly rental 5 700 and acquired 6S3 acresof -ad cent property for the constriction a great army tidewater depot at a. tal estimated cost of $32,000,000. ? The city, under the plan, has days in which to make an . outrfg sale of the property to the; , gove: ment, or in lieu thereof; to conttn the lease .until one year after, the. and thereafter purchase the goye: ment improvements. . -. : ' r ,.;. '.-r.' ... .. ' " rV";;; MISSISSIPPI FIRST FOR "DRY" AMENDMEfs Jackson, Miss., JarT. 9. Fifteen" m utes after the subject was.'presept in Governor Bilbo's message to. t Legislature both . houses ratified' t proposed prohibition amendment to 1 Federal constitution. Only; eight C senting votes were cast. -V4i-?J.y-i Mississippi- is the first State which such action 'as taken;x ; 1 Clayton Law Suspended. - Washington, Jan. Suspension the Clayton law provisions, which p h'bit interlocking purchasing: trans tions between railroads and' corpo tions was approved yesterday by I House. It already had been appro by the S enate. By " joint resolut: the operation of the law 'is : defer until next January. .. Reciprocal Rafda, - c: : London, Jan. 9 "At duskl yest day evening, the enemy succeeded entering two of our advanced po north of the Ypres-Staden .'rallw but was Immediately ejected by a; cal counter attack," the war office ports. "Early' this morning ; Canad troops carried out a successful r south of Lehs, capturing two mach guns." ' ' . -?. 'J v ' -- Two Steamer Loads of Sugar. Philadelphia, Jan. 9. Two. steam carrying nearly -. thirteen v mill poimds of Cuban sugar, ' arrived h'( today. The sugar . '1I ' be rened . soon as" possible to relieve 'the su; shortage -1 " -' . 1 . 1 . r . .'.