North Carolina Newspapers

I HE : v- ... r rth f" continu- TODAY'S NEWS TODAY tonigni, CO' fair, warm- day FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE oOV. No. 13. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA; WEDNESDAYJS 23, 1918 PRICE FIVE GENTS FUELLESS PERIOD COMFORT SPOTS" AND COZY CORNERS" PROVIDED FOR FIGHTERS PARTIAL FREIGHT BY CHlfHVATIONS i' BENEFITS OFFSET La ituejjuiDrary -1 ?- it PEACE AGITATION mm ;w - r - 1 -mi ill RUSSIA; ffEiG FR0W1 FOOD SHORTAGE GERMANY NOTICES: EMBARGO PUT ON I j j i n BY THREE RAILROADS BAD WEATHER IN DUAL EMP RE of a Pound of Black Juarter Bread is the DailAI- lowance LoTIC CONDITIONS PREVAIL GENERALLY oving Soldiers Cause An noyance No " Eggs, Meat Only for Children, Sugar Short Ktograd. Jan. 23 Since the disso- ron 01 -ac w , j),e disappearance ,ui any uxiiue- hope of reconciling the striving . Llf. .11 l! 1 ideal parties, puoiiu aiienuon in J rti Russia is centered on tne Dreaa jrtage, the lack of practically all W staffs, tne DreaK aown oi irans- ttauon and tne commercial siagna- as tie result of the closing of the Lis. loscow. Petrografl and all the , -V - i 1 - T- - - U 111 jer cities ot -Norm rtussia nave iit- , bread, rne Dreaa allowance in trograd today has heen reduced to naner of a pound daily and the u commission has listed eggs to pdren under three years, each child tare four eggs a month. But eggs L not obtainable at any price. The amission also has limited fresh at to children betwen the ages of ree ana l- vilu a. uttii yuuuu iuuiilu- to each child. Potatoes hare been Jsiiiiid for bread at Novorod and LET omer places in iurui rtussia, fc the cost is equivalent to 18 cents fc pound in Petrograd and conse- ;ffitlv the masses of the neoDle can- I ft them. 1 general suspension of passenger kins began today in an effort to ki the transportation . gtsSoQJ from Siberia and South Russia ihe north, il embers of the Railway a'sjjiions are remaining a their st3 trying to maintain transporta- n, but locomotives and cars are Edly disabled and traffic is hindered the masses of wandering soldiers a all sections of the country who ;ist that their trains have prece de over freight. 'ormer bank employes in Moscow I Petrograd still refuse to workun- i the direction of the Smolny insti ls. Bolshevik agents are opening w deposit boxes, and confiscating lirded gold and silver for th gov- paent and turning hoarded paper my into current accounts for the pers. 3treet cars and lighting plants have ppended operations frequently in 'tmgrad because of the lack of fueL pi car lines when operating are so Ned by soldiers and refugees that p of the rolling stock is broken m. Soldiers and sailors have become 3 throughout North Russia and s making excursions into the coun- retuniins: to the cities with N meat, tobacco and sugar. Al- ko. tfte city RhoTis a.r wlthfttit the streets are lined -with roI- P offering supplies at high prices. Fating oils is not obtainable in F8rad and candles are selling at wws per pound. One nonnd of t is allowed each person monthly at 22 cents per pound,' but Mught without a card costs 75 a pound. Flour is unobtainable Price and Vl1irV Ki.Aq nrVan r1" ith cards cn9.f1 flvo fpt a H Then am o t r r Aa r any points in the Samara and districts report starvation. demonstration following the -aai services for M. Lognioff, Si Tmember of tte Constituent As l' a?d th othQT victims of lost ."'8 CemifflstraMn rm, p j "wwwujj.. J.ULO XiJLLJ r - uiuuuy ounaay, Jan- TOR CONDITIONS NEWPORT NEWS ort News. Va . Jan 11 with rWfl w ana rce ; which as fckeririP- . u tramc and blocked 18 !)l, "-"Ct' .. v-i- gc tho -m-L 1 wor greatly curtail- cf conditions. Lieu' quitted. . lair; 24 Lieu ' 107th (Infan triedbefore np Wadsworth ving abetted In man of the com mitted and will; be Albert , . 1 rte-vir ;thi a;1 r,l r mandfat ince. The 3. that tlwf enlisted 'eutenant Smith for, - was assaulted by llfiv.. Industries Resumed Opera ations in Face of Contin ued Congestion EFFECTS OF CLOSING -ORDER IN DOUBT Difference of Opinion as to Whether Fuelless Days Helped or Not Fewer Complaints Washington, Jan. 23. America's in dustries, idle for the past five days under the Fuel Administration's clos ing order, resumed ' operations today in the face of a congested transporta tion situation east of the Mississippi threatening daily to become worse from adverse weather conditions. At the end of the five-day restric tion period no official could say today just what were the effects oi the in dustrial shut-down except that it had got coal to seaboard for ships. Homes in many parts of the country still were without fuel although at the Fuel Administration it was said that complaints of lack of coal for house hold needs were fewer than they had been for weeks. Railroad congestion has not "Deen re lieved, but it was impossible to say whether the closing order helped or not. Bad weather nullified much of the good effects the general closing might have had in clearing the roads, and there was- a wide difference of opinion as to whether the shut-down would have assited materially in mov moYing freight even if the weather been good. , 'ftJiB-'i6'im4ctf General McAdoo, of the railroads, was consid ering proposal of the Fuel Administra tion to embargo all freight except coal and food for the rest of the week, at least, to insure an adequate move ment of these commodities. Request for an., embargo was made to Mr. McAdoo last night by Fuel Ad ministrator Garfield, who believes the flood of new freight from reopened manufacturing plants will further de lay coar production. Although the Di rector General was not inclined to view the embargo proposal with favor, he promised to study Dr. Garfield's figures showing curtailment of coal production in recent weeks and take whatever action seemed best. With the Director General, Dr. Gar field set about today to devise a scheme to eliminate cross hauls and send coal from the mine to the con sumer. The plan will be worked by a committee of two officials from the railroad and fuel administrations. SICK RATE AT CAMPS However, Measles and Pneu monia Epidemics Show a Decrease for Week Washington, Jan. 23. The sick rate in National Army and National Guard camps shows a slight increase for the week ending January 18. Deaths in th National Army for the week num bered 149 as against 147 the preced ing week and in the National -uuara fifi ne-ainst 88. Of these deaths 100 in the National Army and 46 in the Na tional. Guard were due to pneumonia. Camp Wheeler. Georgia, had the highest sick rate for the guard. The measles epidemics are declining in all camps and pneumonia also is aecreas f n sr. A decrease is '-shown also in thfl meningitis condition at Camp Beau regard, Louisiana. In the National Army, Camp Pike, Arkansas . . had the highest sick rate and Camp Travis, Texas, the highest non-effective. There are more meas les cases in the National Army than in the National Guard with Camp lior don, Georgia, leading the Southern camps, and with Camp Lee, Virginia, showing an increase, and Camps Piks and Gordon decreases. Pneumonia is epidemic at Camps Pike and Travis and the mortality at camp rise nan "relatively high." with 3a deaths. Camp Jackson, South Carolina, shows a slight increase in meningitis ... A..nlnr.4 4- and scarlet iever is buh ihcucui. .11. Camp Pike. MAftrUmen Back at Work. Vienna, Jan: 23. via Amsterdam.- Tho nnwsnaners of Vienna reappeared today and the workmen in a majority of the -cases returned towork.T - SLIGHT INCREASE IN lfcA -MM m ..AMfe ylMMH f "Comfort Spots" and "Cozy Corners" are the by-words of the many church organizations working, to make the soldiers fighting on the Western front more comfortable when they are sent behind the lines to rest Up from their trench duties. These "Comfy" spots are situated not a great distance behind the lines, but they are not within the range of gunfire. British official photo.-r-Copyjrlght by Underwood & Underwood. AUSTRIA'S STRIKE FOR THEJODMENT Government's Reassurances Influence the Workmen to Return to Work CENTRAL EMPIRES ARE STILL ALARMED Unrest : Among" tiie Masses . Disturbs Rulers -Litjtle Fighting is Reported Along Lines Under the influence of the govern ment's reassurances regarding Austria-Hungary's peace attitude and promises of measures to alleviate the workmen's grievances the strike move ment in Austria,- which involved ap proximately 1,000,000 persons,' nas been, halted for the time at least, ac cording to Vienna advices today, 4 The newspapers are again appearing in the capital, after several days' suspension and the majority of the factories are said to have resumed work. Alarm over the indications of Aus trian unrest continues in the Central Empires, however, it being notably re flected in the' German press comment. Resentment against Austria for what appears to be her weakening attitude is expressed in some of the newspa pers and comment of this sort is ap parently not obtainable to the German authorities. The authortties, however, have sup pressed the Socialist newspaper Voe waerts for thre days because of that journal's comment onn th - Austria situation In which it mentioned the danger of Austria breaking away, maktag peace with Russia and leaving German isolated. It urged Germany to take her place, beside her Austrian ally, subdue the pan-Germans and adopt a course in the peace negotia tlons with Russia which would show her honestly in agreement with the Austrian declaration of no anexatidns and no indemnities. The war aims enunciated by Pre mier Lloyd-George and President Wil son were pointed to by the president of the important labor conference in opening Its sessions at Nottingham to day as taking from Germany her claim - that, she was fighting a defen sive war. If Germany would not ac cept those terms, he said, labor mus fight on. The refusal on the part of Germany to give a guarantee of the evacuation of occupied territories is emphasized in a : long statement dealing with the peace negotiations at Bresfc-Litovsk issued through the Bolshevik Tele graph 'Agency. The statement speo ulatesfon the attitude of the Germans during the negotiations and adds .thatl the significances of the pourparlers is that ft stripped the imperialists of their i false pretensions' to democratic principles. - t Onl-the fighting fronts, the situation is unchanged. Small raids and spirit ed artillery, actions at various points are the" only activities on the Western and Italian fronts. There "have been no further, Bulgarian attacks in Mac edoniavbutin Albania the French have Tpulsed enemy reconnaissances in the Skumbi valley. r .; . The British labor party opens it an nual: conference at Nottingham today.' Labor's attitude, toward . tne carrying on of the "war and ' peace ains' will be discttssea. - . HAS BEEN mm PERSHING REPORTS THREE AMERICANS KILLED IN ACTION First "Report of That Kind Received in More Than Two Months GAVE NO DETAILS OF THE ENGAGEMENT Mawy -Wayy4ir4Wbi3; the Men Could Have Been Killed "in Ac tion' THREE KILLED IN ACTION. 4. Washington, Jan. 23. General Pershing today reported three f American infantrymen killed In action on January 21. He gave 4; no details of the engagements. The' dead are: Private Albert Cook, West Almond, N. Y, ' Private Harry V. Garman; mother, Mrs. Laura Garman, Ca- 4 tawba, Virginia. Private Leo E. Radi, Cleveland, Ohio. Washington, D. G., Jan. 23. Gener al Pershing's report of three men killed is the first report of 'men lot in action in more than two months. In the opinion of army officers here, the appearance of "killed in action" in the reports does not necessarily mean that American battalions have returned to front line trenches for further training after an absence of some weeks, but that is the interpre tation being generally placed on the news. For military reasons the War De partment declined today to say whether a definite sector has been taken over by the Americans, Casualties resulting from participa tion 'by an American company in a reconnoitering party conducted by French troops, or from a chance hit by enemy artillery among a party ofj dipatch riders would all be reported under the head of "killed in action." Army officers pointed out. also that occasional shells are exchanged all along the front for the purpose of rec tifying ranges or to demolish a trou blesome vantage point on the other side and that men killed" as a result of such exchanges are considered to have fallen in action, - ; WAR COSTING GREAT BRITAIN BIG SUM - -.. . ALondon, Jan. 25. Andrew-; Bohar Law, chancellor of exchquer, announc ed today in the House of Commons that he ;daily ' average of natlOBal, ex chequer during the seven weeks end ing January 17 was 7,51T,000 'pounds sterling. s;,' ; "" c . - " . r " ' - . V? - MANY LIVES LOST. ' . - - ' - London, Jan. 23. By. the sink- ing of two steamers.fby the en- emy ia, the Mediterranean about- three weeks ago, 718 lives were lost, it was r announced-' bfilcialfy today. ' - . v A V - ' V' V PEACE DISCUSSION SHOWED GERMANY IN TRUE COLORS Absolutely Refused Guaran tee for Evacuation of Oc cupied Territories A LONG STATEMENT 7 ISSUED BY RUSSIA De$aTes Thafciermair Been Stripped of Her False Democratic Robe by Conference XiOndon, Jan. 23. A long statement dealing with the Brest-Litovsk nego tiations issued through the Bolshevik! Telegraph Agency, at Petrograd, em phasizes the absolute German refusal to give any sort of a guarantee of the evacuation of occupied territories. "la such circumstances," says the statement, "the words 'self determina tion sound like mockery of principles and the people concerned." The statement then asks what ob ject the Austro-German Imperialists had on December 25 in reorganizing the principle of a democratic peace, and answers: 'The same objeot as was followed by Wilson, Lloyd-George and other imperialists in exhibiting their demo cratic program and throwing human ity tinder the complete control of cap ital," After a wordy speculation as to what prompted the Germans to take the course they took in the negotia tions the statement continues: "Tne revolution cannot live m an atmosphere of deceit and falsehood, moment be ina position to repudiate the annexationists, but it will never humiliate itself to call black white and won't cover up the brutal annexation ist pretensions with the fig leaf o democracy. "The significance of the Brest-Lit ovsk pour-parlers are that they strip ped from German imperialism its false coats temporarily borrowed from the democratic wardrobe, and exposed the cruel reality of annexationism of own ers and capitalists, There is nothing more to be demanded from the pour parlors. GOMPERS ADVOCATES SEVEN-HOUR DAYS Indianapolis, Jan, 23.-A. universal seven-hour ; day ., during - the ; period of War, instead: of present spasmodic sus pension of industries by-the Fuel Ad ministration to xonserve coal and re- t lie ve railroad congestion,- was sug gested todaybyr President Gompers of the American Federationof Labor, in a, speech to the convention of United Mine -Workers, vJtfrv Gompers'. speech to 4;he miners wasjrgarded c as, labor's message $0 the connty opf the action of the : fuel admmistratldii. 'Herpjefaced his dec larationJ forx a 7-hour;day with;.a .de fense fof 'those- in high governmental station who may ;have; made jnistakes. They varepjrQmpted,- he &&$SihT:$$ patriotic purpose' ta :win.12iewarfflttd tovthlnk that the great ,transitiott rom peace-tor-war: could be. Jnade without mistakes -was asking the impossible; ' Only Fuel, Food and Muni tions Will Be Received for Few Days ENABLES ROADS TO MOVE MORE COAL McAdoo's Order Will Change Conditions Little, as Most Roads Had Already Ad' opted Embargoes Washington, Jan. -23. An embargo on all freight, except food, fuel and war munitions, on the Pennsylvania lines, east of Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Ohio, east of the Ohio river, and the Philadelphia and Reading, was au thorized by Director General McAdoo today. - x The action was taken on recommen dation of A. H. Smith, assistant direc tor general in charge of -transportation in the East. No reference was made to the recommendation for an embargo submitted last night by Fuel Administrator Garfield. The embargo is temporary and is expected to last only : a few days. The purpose of the embargo is to enable those lines, which are the heaviest bituminous coal carriers, to continue specializing upon coal for the double purpose of supplying the acute conditions in New England and the harbor of New York and else where and in the provision of empty cars for mines and coke ovens, said the announcement of the railroad ad ministration. The practical effect of this order will not greatly change .conditions of the. last few days, it was stated by railroad administration officials, since local embargoes .already have been de- 58 These Tmye been made onr the initia:- tit0.;px:i4ndiy4dua;,,rads. In many cases also; jot, embargo practically was in effect because severe weather con ditiohs prevented railroads from sup plying cars to shippers. An embargo on everything but food, fuel and munitions has been under consideration for several days. Up io last night; however,' Director Gen eral - McAdoo was not favorable to a general embargo, believing that rail roads would be soon able to move the entire volume of accumulated freight .This hope . was ' shattered last night by the continuation of bad weather and snow almost everywhere east of the Mississippi and by the consequent breakdown of locomotives and slower movement of coal and food shipments. A threatened serious coal shortage in New York also is said to have hasten ed the decision. Indications today were that hard weather would continue through most of -the week and railroad administra tion officials J intimated that they look ed for little improvement in the trans portation situation before Saturday, .Early' reports showed that without the embargo ordera deluge of traffic (Continued on Page Seven). WAR CABINET BILL TO Administration Leaders Avoid a Clash on the Proposi"1 tion Now Washington; Jan, -23.--iCenferencea today between Senate administratioi leaders handling President Wilson's fight against the military committee's bills to create a war cabinet and mu nitions director practically decided that reference of the war cabinet measure, to the Military committee will not be oposed. Thus the initial clash has been' avoided, -This plan was" decided upon, admin istration spokesmen said, not in fear that they lacked, votes for a test of strength but rather to avoid broaden ing1 the. schism, with the White House and also, to follow usual procedure of legislation. , ' Afters allowing the war cabinet bill to go ;to .the Military. Committee, ad ministration ? leaders , plan ; to have - it also referred to the Naval committee. The munitions director bill, previous ly reported; also is to be sent to the Naval committee; y In tomorrow's debate, Senator" Chamberlain's supporters plan to bring up a broad discusison of army Conditions- and the War Department's reorganization. ' ; ; .-Senator Chamberlain plans to speak immediately after the ' Senate re-convenes tomorrow on a question ;'of per sonal 'privilege, in . reply,, to the Presi 'dent's statemnet; " '. - MILITARY COMMITTEE Newspapers of Berlin Divid' ed in Views on Austria Hungary's Troubles SOCIALISTS WARN GERMAN RULERS Says Uprising in Austria Will React on Germany Other ; Papers Blame Czernin 4 -for Disturbance . , London, Jan. 23. The peace agita tion in Austria-Hungary .is receiving a -great deal of attention in Germany The Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts, of Berlin, emphatically declares the soi' darity of the German proletariat with' " Austrian labor in the peace struggle, " and maintains that events in the dual monarchy must have a deep reaction in Germany. "We have been walking on the edge" of a precipice in the last few days," it says, and goes on to demand that the German government resolutely take its place by the side of its Austrian ally. "As the fruit of Pan-German propa ganda," it continues, "we are menaced not only with the wrecking of the peace negotiations with Russia, but also with complete political isolation This danger can be averted only if the German government declares itself In agreement with Foreign Minister . Czernin's declaration (respecting , ad herence to the principles of no annex , ations and no indemnities) and draws therefrom all practical J conclusions, V which must be drawn honestly If the government acts otherwise tha onntte-. Hungary and Russia enter into lastinjf reiauons oi 'inenaanip, Germany will remain excluded therefrom and we. shall lose our last neighbor attd friend." Among newspapers of a different complexion there - are indications of consderable irritation - toward Austifa. which in some cases is expressed frankly.. The Taglische Rundschau, oC Berlin, declares that owing to sup port, from the Austrian government democratic internationalism has come to (tho surface, stirring up strike afr strike and preparing for democratic peace of the sort Trotzky stands for. It also speaks of a fresh crisis arising; in Germany through the action of flli German social democracy. The Frankfurter Zeitung expresses much concern at the peace agitation in Austria, remarking that Germany cannot be asked to agre to an uncotUA " v, ditional peace after such a war as ths;, nor can Austria It complains that ; the Austrian government might' doi ; more than It is doing to make .it clear, that it is not in the special interests' 1 of Germany that the two nations an standing together in the peace nego ; tlations. The Zeitung conjectures tat s the strikes in Austria are 'attributa " 2e to Count Czernin's stage manage t ent," Other German newspapers express strong dissatisfaction at the attitad -of Count Csernin, " , A report from Amsterdam says that 14 meetings' having the character of peace demonstrations were held ln C5o s-v-logne on IMonday, non-Saciallsts fron' the middle classes as well as the Sck cialista, being represented largely, ' Chancellor von Hertling's promised speech in the Reichstag respecting; war aims is now expected on Thurs r day. Count Czerain also probably wiU speak invienna. . - BREAD RATIONING IN PARIS DISTRICT! Paris, Tuesday, aJn, 23. The .gov" ernment has 'decided to apply the . oread rationing system to the Paris, district on January 29, extending It gradually throughout the country, Evs( ery man, woman ami child will be en titled to ten ounces of bread daily, Victor Boret, minister pf' .provifc - ions, explained that the Vovernment had been impelled by imperiative ne cessity to take this step so as to "fret t as much tonnage as possible ; for tht' transportation of American troops. . . 1 A BIG INCREASE - 1 IN FOREIGN TRADE Washington, Jan, 23. America's foreign-trade surpassed all records In 197,: amounting to $9178,000,000. Of-,-ficial figures Issued todkybytJtipart - vment Of Commerce showed there was . a gain of nearly $1,300,000,000 over the preceding: '. year. December exports . of ; SSOO'O.OOO, an "increase of JJOO.OOO,- : QOQ over November, caused -the big in , crease in the year's totaL til 2 -I! " f'l : ' 4 1 4 ';S, - i 1 1" 1 -mi k hi i Mil h 4l - Ml .f.j - sit 'tit Hi 1 i . i u H v J - I 1 J!" 1 1 i 1 1 r. ' 1 & ,' -i t