North Carolina Newspapers

vxiv. no. is. -'V . 'v.: 'wilmingtpn;north-carolin;stprdayvM 1918. ; - . --: ; . . : v : . - PRICE .fwe.cents F STEAMER CUY f . '4- 4 r.MURDEKED RUSSIAN 1 MIN-: GRANDSON- SOFC: GENERAL . COM MAN DS THE AU STRIANc rO-BE-RT 'E LEE HIGHTS , FORCES,. FIGHTING JTAU LYRO . IANS 4 ' li' 1. iif if: 1 1 .,' ,, v1 ' - - -V- ISABLED AT SEA am).,. . - - - " --- ft '--.; - - 1 -T ... . . , - - nnirna Tnirn; PRESS OF LONDON Uli II UWK IIVIL.II III I Hlilll 111 : B III I II I LI 1MIT0NJS IMnilLTMOt ,AI1 Ohnr- DISLIKE If OF i 1 t ini iii iMiii r vwii .in v II II l.W-al IVh' I I ILVUI I I : : AGAINST PROBE If : . ... geportec! to Have Boiler Trouble and Short of . Provisions hvY DEPARTMENT SENDS ASSISTANCE f This City Said to Be in Coastwise . Service Atlantic rort, Jan.ZO, L steamer City of Wilming- reported by wireless to that slie was disabled-at because of boiler trouble Q that the supply, of provis- l was about exhausted. Ival authorities did not re- Cj the vessel's position but was said that ships had been dered to proceed o her assis- tnce. . me steamer City of Wilmington s purchased by the firm ofAlexand Sprunt and Sons, of this city for Ins-Atlantic service, and was aoad it this port with a cargo' for Italy. :ce its sailing some months ago ling definite with regard to it has ?imade public until the above. As eated Press dispatch was receiv- here this morning, t has been reported here however, apparently reliable authority, that steamer was taken over by the ited States , Shipping oard IlEti4 fort;' Upon Itsrff eturn, fro: :re'e?s orders while outward bound, orrrrd to rpnort. at " Stnofhpr At- tofc. Since that time the- steamer iid io V:p.v? bpcn engaged in the s?ort:--Tion o? fuel for tne srovern- Ir. the :,"orih Atlantic coastwise ;e. ' ' ' SUNDAY, FAIR FOR REST OF WEEK as'ninsrton, Jan. 26. Rain Sunday, irced by generall fair weather rafter is forecast for the South ntic and ..East Gulf States by the 3Jer Bureau in its forecast for the iseginnine tomorrow. It wlil be Scolder Sunday night in the east ' m Monday in the South Atlan States. Frost or freezing temper- is probable on the North Gulf Monday moraine. Temneraturea frae after Tuesday. w- - Only Wan Onet;n. rwiington, Jan. 26. The railroad commission, Director General M"os advisory body, decided tci: fnot to investlste erievancea of pad labor but to limit its work to questions an broad matters of A supervisor nf lahnr 4ti fhn Fr general's permanent staff -ft wncea, soon will handle: griev- German D-iU v. -- naiu raucu. Jan. 26. A German raid -eon the French positions west "of between the Oise and Ail- official statement issued today c encn war office. KVfu11- 26-Lord Curzon, a haw lUB war council and gov- tt m the, Pa0- o t . itS ff toni'8nt said that the n , Ui -"e western ironi Wv T07 the laree forces re- 1., " ' Xae RllRinr llonofl . an1 that "nut. in i-wivea may d called haW c LUW greaiesx strain -HTC yet borne." FRrivyi TOP RUSSIAN SOCIAUSTS Ali-R ,: : Jan- 26. The Congress WJL Vorkm's and Sol Wte... -3 nas adopted the-fol- m;.Tcclus to the nennlPa nf the vWdf - - .-.w V vua uj; Europe ana Amor tho r rs tail , ,f or All-Russian Work- 5 ProiP Ulers Delegates salutes PUia dl organizations of Great erla,,eV.Ca' Sweden, 'Norway, r aad Tti Germany, aus- I airt :?.nica have always lent as, f upport to- the prole r Sno;,. ot Russia in its strueele N w' . Tne congress "sends 5JtH:.cue3 for Pa - Socialism In 'al -0 ma pat,,. . . i. V 'nd B lor rrienaiy. assist Plist J!?,50 fr the , Russian $.s - X '- vtr I 4 SWK5Saii9M :.r;: A. N. Shingoreff, former member of Kerensky's cabinet, .who wasv killed in the Naval Hospital at PetrogracL Copyright, Underwood & Underwood. Local Administrators Have in .. ' ' ' - -- . ' - . v. r Some Instances Exceeded Authority, OF SUPERIOR OFFICERS Administrators Can't Divert Goal for Other Communi ties Without' Consent of Higher .Washington, Jan. 26. Confusion arising from unauthorized diversion of coal by local fuel officials prompt to Issue a definite set of regulations governing the practice, which .pro vided that: Coal intended for; destinations out side of a State- must not be divert ed by State administrators without approval from Washington. Chairman of local fuel committees must not divert coal Intended! for otHter communities without ; the ap proval of State fuel administrators. Coal must not be diverteti rrpm one preferred consumer to another cePt in emergency cases. " Coal destined to by-product, coke ovens'imust' not be diverted except laj emergency, to reltevw human Buffer ing. , - Coal destined to tidewater must not be diverted except with the apt proyal of Washington. - Coal must not be diverted untUar rangements are made to pay for 'it. Assemoiy ueieaaies Hoieasoa. I1 mm mt. rt rk . Jbonaon, jan. zo. tab eociai tvevo- lutionary members of the recent Con' stituent Assembly who were arrest ed, liave been, released, according to a Ptrograd dispatch to -Reutera. The same dispatcK -istaCes that the Con press of Peasantswfflch is supporting the ConstituentB.sembly, has been presidential bdawt-arrested. War ;nj!Kaiedln'es.. Petroirrad. Jan.; i 26. An official statement isstied': today .by - the. Bol BheTi'fenimyB that on. Wed-b lesday the Congress uossacs irom he front : was Jnaugtirated'at the mil tary ; station qf i Kainensky and pass ed unanimously, a-resolution .declar ing war on GeAeralfKaledines and rel egating all authority, to the Congress. A A 4. ' 5 ; .... i'-.. .V,- . ., " CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS. . ' e - " ' ? 4 - Copenhagen, Jan. ; 26. The ia- f tional i Russian Congress of Sol-s 4 diers and- Workmen deputies ; to which the Bolshevik government, fi referred - the.! question of war or peace, has " authorized Foreign 3 Minister Trotzky to continue the peace: negotiations at Brest-Lit- ovsk, a . Petrograd dispatch rre- ports. ' M. Trotzky will . return to Brest-Litovsk , earlrnxt: week, a-. . , - I Kilt is I MUST-' HAVE ArrKOVAL Heney Brings Further Sensa tional Charges Against the Meat Packers ELABORATE CAMPAIGN HAD BEEN PLANNED Were to Flood Judiciary Com mittee With , lelegr Against : Borland (Resolution ams Washington, Jan. 26. The big pack; ing interests were charged today by Francis J. Heney, , special counsel in the Federal Trade Commisison's in vestigation into the meat packing, in dustry, with ' hating attempted to bring influence to bear on President Wilson to have the present investiga tion-stopped Mr. Heney told the Commission that he would show later that a joint tele gram recently Sent to the President by a number of Detroit bankers, pro testing that the investigation was dis turbing economic Conditions, had been inspired by, the;, packers. Mr. Honey's statement was made in connection with the,, reading of fur ther confidential documents taken from the files of the Chicago packers, which showed that the t packers planned an elaborate campaign in 1916 to Influence Congressmen , against or dering "an investigation dnto live stock and meat packing industries; as was proposed in the Borland resolution. Recommendation was made by counsel " tor the packers . that they should '.undertake to have the Judic iary. Committee flooded with lele '.ttax&SktMiXL'oTtr the country, es- peclally !:) Xke CongresslonsX , djisW5ta irctortBro- testing against passage of the'Boriand TesoraiiOn,v on Ox grundsthaf,;Uve stock was sellingr at verjr satisfactory prices and anyr iftvestigatibn would only , disturb sucli- satisfactory condi tions. "It is quite Important to reach Gard F. : Hamilton of Ohio," the memoran dum of counsel read. Indication that the packers had ad vance Information, of what was being done in3 connection . with the Borland resolution waB contained in a memo randum taken from the files of Wil son and'Company, but which carried a notation showing; that it was sent to all of the big five packing companies. Control of the packers over finan cial institutions has reached such an extent, Mr. Heney said, that recently when an independent packer asked for a loan from one of the big ' N York banks, the bank wrote to fhomas 33 Wilson, of Wilson, and Company, asking If the credit should be extended. Statements by Francis- X Heney, tSat AjcmQur andVcompany had been found to" control the street railways of Kansas City, was. the flrflst indica tion that tne financial ramiflcatfons Of the packers - touched many street railway systems. "Tfeit iifluence of the t packers In KansaVClty is more widespread than In other city of the United States ex cepting Chicago," Mr; Heney said. JJyi4ence of the packer's irifluence in illJiin Industry also haa been dis covered, Mr. Heney told Commission er Murdock who ajkil about ihat phase of tho inqury, after remarking that the packjrs wre broatleninpr their activities .in the production of canned food." . ...... NEGLIGENCE CAUSED FREIGHT CONGESTION - . t Commissioner McChord Blam es Railroad Officials for Present Conditions Washington, Jan. - 26.-Gross negli gence of railroads under! private man agement in-giving proper -care - to lo comotives is r a principal" cause of the present freight congestion, according tor a report' presented today 4 to Direc tor ' General McAdoo by v.Jnterstate Commrjj(e Commissioner McChord, Commissioner McChord . announced thatvhundreds of locomotives are Idle In shops - and round houses, .frozen through: neglect or lacking repau-s which might have been made if propt er1 forethought- naa oeen .given Dy 10 cal railway officials. ' - This, conditio, was reported to , be CniniStS ana rsysuruieti wnu iittve creen drawn to other , industries, but very largely to negligence of ? local railway officials ; in- making J preparations r; be-fdreJlwinferTarrived- - ."JCfVr-s"; 1 r I Lieutenant Rob.ert&.'--i:0.8. A., grandson of General .Robert El Lee, is under the wing j of Uncle Santv for whom he is fighting. . . . Copyright, Underwoo.d , Underwood. AUSTRIA READY, FOR . PEACE. h London, Jan. 26. Austria' has r declared her readiness as to con- elude a separate peace ' without 5M Germany and to acceptrthe Rus- sian democratic program' "Wth',-, the exception of self-determina- tion of nations, says a' dispatch 4 from , Petrograd ; to the 'Exchange Telegraph Company. - Another dispatch to thft'x ' change Telegraph Company froih Petrograd dated - Friday i says; . "The Bolshevik newspapers to- day. report that, great, demonstra. turns' .--are taking place jail.' ww i Ausxpa-Jtiungary. -;r -Avrrr-TS',' and Soldiers' Organizations' 1 .v LA60RPAYS i . El Was More Honored at Party's Convention Than Other Allied Statesmen Nottingham, Eng., Jan. 26. The British labor' party has closed the lost important convention in its his tory. The outstanding fact of tne three days proceedings is the firm stand takemon the war. British labor L emphatically' reasserted that the "world must be completely and final ly rid of aggressive militarism." . The pacifist element in the confer ence, although demonstrative, was beaten decslively on every occasion its proposals reached the voting stager For the American publk one of the main points of interest is the party's unequivocal acceptance of President Wilson as its own prophet. Not a sin gle resolution or -declaration made during the conference on, the subject of war or peace omitted an endorse ment of Wilson's war- aims and atti tude. No "other Allied - statesman ,re celved a similar tribute. f Premier Lloyd-George had " many critics and President Poincaire was- not . mention ed, but not even speakers represent ing the disaffected fringes of the party spoke - a disparaglngword on the at titude of the" American President and people. PREPARING TO MEET GREATEST ATTACK Washington,' Jan. 26. President Wilson today completed his proclama tion calling on the American people for greater food saving in order .to release more ' food for the - army, and for the "Allies and it will Jei given out at the White House tonight for. pub-i licatipn in Sunday's newspapers. ... The proclamation will present the Food ; Administration's ,191b" food jcon serration program, and will, be accom panied! by .regulations issuedrby the Food -'Administration limiting the sale tnd distribution -of wheat flour. AMERICAN CREWS ON SPECIAL FOOD ORDERS . Washington, Jan. 26. Crews of all American ships sailing from Atlantic and" 'Gulf ports, will be put on spe cial rTobd administration rations beginning-February JL They will eat less beef and j?ork thannowandT. will ob- J'.O.V.'.1MVYT.'.'jr feSitlMjlli BRITISH 1101 WILSON -ilclares'That Germany Talks " as 1 hough bhe Were a Conquerorr NOTHING TO DO BUT CARRY ON THE WAR Can't See Anything in Speech- '. ' ' - i ;. . ... i ,es of Her,tling or Czernin ) That Would Bring - ' Wars End ' . London, Jan. 26. The view enter tained by a . majority of the morning newspapers of, London respecting the speeches of Chancellor von Hertling aiid Foreign Minister Czernin Is that fiernlany regards herself as-ithe con queror, that she is determined upbp. aggression and is prepared to listen ta no peace terms except her own, and that therefore the war must go on. It is admitted that the tone of the Austro-Hungarian Forelign Minister is more conciliatory -than that of. the German Chancellor, but this is attrib uted largely to the pressure of inter nal 'conditions in Austria-Hungary. Count Czernins respectful references to President Wilson's address are re ceived coolly for the most part be cause of his declared fidelity to the allance with Germany. The Morning Post thinks - Chancel lor HertlingB evident anxiety to placate America is very remarkable and .cannot reconcile his professed agreement with President Wilson'a general principles while differing as to details, bat assumes that the speech was; constructed; as: so manyJhave in terpreted it.' witireaual reason to oi ,1 positeViensei'Afieraklffg. aji In ;4 dignantcoenYa3ato'n:'C tuat- weai uritaxu- 5ive " up vjiorauap and other defense,! the Post"saysr' "Now having received another proof of Germany's inexpugnable hatred of England, we will get on with the war."; . The Telegraph fears that th'e speeches of the German Chancellor and the Austro-Hungarian Foreign. Minister contribute nothing to the pa cification of Europe and believes there is no radical divergence in-the views of Germany and Austria. The Tele graph says, the Chancellor's views are especially important beoause he ex poses . unmistakably the fact that the militarist party in Germany has gain ed a remarkable ascendancy, adding: "A review of the whole field of con troversy leaves things , in the same position as before and it is. useless to talk peace when there Is no peace." The Chronicle says that ( Chancellor Von Hertling, while giving guarded and practically valueless assent to some of President Wilson's abstract principles, refuses every one of the concrete territorial, demandB. The Chronicle finds it difficult to say how much Count Czernln's phrases regard ing President Wilson mean, for on concrete points he concedes nothing. Concluding, the. Chronicle says: "It looks as if nothing but Germany's de feat to change Germany's heart."- The Dally Mall says: 'If there are any shirkers or be lievers in peace by negotiation still among us, there will be none left when Chancellor von Hertling's speech is read. It is clear that Germany is unrepentant, unbeaten and swollen with -victory for aggression.' All From Natural Causes, and Three Were South Carolinians Washington, Jan. 26. General Per shing today reported the ! . following deaths from natural ' ' causes among the American expeditionary forces : . Allen Maxwell, pneumonia, Jordan, s. c. , ' Private Jesse Lakes, pneumonia, Hephzibah, jGa. .' - . Private Wesley j Small, --fracture of the skull, Baldock, S. C. Private Ernest Mosey, pneumonia, Rion, Sv, C. -. Private; Samuel H.; Pasley, pneumo nia, Vinton," Roanoke .county, .Va. All werejirivates ,- ' " . Norh Dakota for" Amendment. Bismarck. N. Jan.v 26.The. Sen ate with only" two;jdIssentingj votes last, night concurred in the House res olution ratifying - the Federal r Prohl filtifln'amendmenll.tiW-" PERSHING ANNOUNCES DEATH OF FIVE MEN .Vv.v.".'.v.'.v?.'.v.'-.'ivr. ..V.---.v.v.vA.v.;v.-j. '-x rtiiVn i ' v . v General Borvevlci "Commander of the Austro-Huiigafian f orces. ' 'fighting tne Italians. r - w Copyright, UndeTwood & Underwood Echbes-of Hertlir and Czef - nin-s ches Heard Over the World swn-aEvys:iN PFTALS Qeanjr Demanding Peace Under Own Trms-One Paper Considers Wil- son Attacked - Discussion of war alms or peace terms is claiming public attention almost to the totar exclusion of miS tary affairs. Active ' operations, in fact, are in -progress nowhere just at present, except in ;.the way of the never-ceasing cannonading -along the various fronts and Hhereconnoitering activities . that necessity constantly compels, even in the dead of winter. Echoes of the speeches deliveredby Count von Hertling,-the eGrman Im perial Chancellor,- and Count Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian . Foreign Minis ter ,in reply to Premier Lloyd-George and President Wilson, .'are plentifully found in .the comment of the press at home and abroad, and there seems comparatively little .diversity of opin ion In the various Allied capitals The prevailing view in London, as reflected ! in the press, Is that Ger many has t adopted, what amounts to an uncompromising attitude, -desiring to listen to no peace rterms but her own, while Austria, .although more conciliatory because of Internal , condi tions, nevertheless , is unremittingly faithful to her German vally. A representative French YiewJs.'that the Central Powers, are revealed m the speeches as trying to 'drive wedge between tho Allied nations , by attempting to oppn separate debates with each, and that Chancellor von Hertling, in particular,, has made an effort to eliminate the question of Al- saceLorraIne f rom": Pre'sident Wilsohs naace nrosram. -Some of (the foreign commentators attach , considerable importance tothe invitations" of the German Chancellor for' continued conversations on. the subject of peace .terms.,. One strikin view is that of any important London newspaper, 5 which, regards the, two speeches as a combined diplomatic of fensive asrainst the Entente Allies with .the attack chiefly aimed at Pres ident Wilson. Storage "WarehoMse Burned. Paterson. N7 : Jl Jan. 26. The Fi delity Storage Warehouse,. was , burned here last ;nightN with in eatiKiated loss of $150,000: One life ls . belidved to have been lost; v Fifteen firemen trapped on the ' roof had narrow es capes from death. . ; , - . ! '. Disorders jit Bacelona. Madrid,; Jan. 26.-Riunors. bt disor der in Barcelona -tfrei confirmed, by re ports -reaching here whlch state that groups of women . startea riots ae manding cheaper foodr - prices," The government has ?$u4peitdedf Constitu tional guarantees 3 in: the 4 province - o Barcelona,i;t;f2 rX'Z? v.. life Wz?x -f i s4r 2 If ?5':"xc":'wx: A DISCUSSIQNQF lERiflS FOR PEACE HOLDS ATTENTION Alsace-Lorraine is Not thd' Bar to Peace Declares '4 i ne 1 emps 4K t HERTLING'S ADDRESS I THAT OF A SCHEMER , mm . . j ;. ! Seeks to SeDarate Alsace4br raine From Presidential Wilson's Pro .'. .1.' ' ;gram Paris, Jan. " 26. "Never was tneJ Alsace-Lorraine question farther f rbm " being the sole obstacle to peace sayg- the Temps in Jits comment ,onthe-:iJL speeches of the German v Chancellor r and the Austrian-Hungarian Foreign ijt Minister.- u. C--?:r ine, a emus savs tne oerman unani ' v.s cellor fails to follow the reasoning ib& . - f ; hia collaborator, Jr. von KeuhJjnann i ; t ; tne uerman Foreign Secretary.- da :', t daring:'; , v . ,. ., ....V '; U For werA Tia in . hAliAtra thtt. A1aaf&. '- ; Lorraine question the. only. , bar tO'; ; h peace he would haye been obliged to. tr declare. Germany's readiness -to .re a 1 store Belgium without restrictions, 'to .; ' n 11. . t .... . ; . '' 'j I asouie, me .roiea, iiuiuanians ano g juetis rreeqom 10 settle tneus own- destinies. - - -. " . J- i "For instead,".- says the Temps Chancellor von Hertling carefully avoided doing this. Oyer Belgium : he leaves a menacing doubC He tef uses all explanation to the Allies about the. Eastern front and he , doestt: evea i i - yi uuusc ; uuak i CilUtl. fcen i wrgr; Will ,T. evacuated without reserve." ?;M&y Comparirig the utterances of tha . German Chancellor and CountCzer-- nin the;Temps says that both atates men, weighted with ; responsibility: indicate' iheftsholce each ' has-' made. Continuing, th Temps says:, - One would hay e thought that Cham. . cellor - voh? Hertling would have - fully realized ' tUe tragic weight his ,words would actually have. We in any. case dpsIr-freir;4nd4atnxaUoiri ' - J UpagatfdathepVbTof Tyeaterday j ; nave this realization if blood con s tinues to flow. It is not the language. 01 tne Allies wnicn na gained his: disr t j. quieung equivocations of Insolent bravado about peace. Although' Chancellor von Hertling accepts suclx . clauses in the American program ; as 1 are advantageous for Germany byv In, teroretine them accordine to hi Hk. ing he rejects others, or reserves the T'i I means of invalidating thenC .He goea-v a',1 wuo ui 1110 nrajf vvj xiiipreSBiua that Germany and her threes alliea constitute a splendidly unified diplo matic front. He attempts Jn rejuxja open a separate debate twfth each.ot1 the. Entente Allies, or even to makaj one contradict the other.. Chancellor von Hertling's principal progranvi' appears, is to separate .from WHson'tf program the Alsace-Lorraine quesc- tion." .. - - ;.. 4,.:;'-:-X-,t: CAMP LEE SOLDIERS Um:h v ADDRESSED BY TAFE. Peforshiire' Vo f'. Tan tt !TCrK- are at war," was the. subject; of jtha , ji aaaress aeuverea . toaay by formei,. . 'V President William; H. Taft, , in the .T. .: ' l i M. C.,A. auditorium at Camp iJee Mr ' j . Taft is making a tour of the armycanv tonments! He told the soldiers :of the . s numerous offenses committed Ty Ger-. v 1 many and which caused America to 'r, enter the war. ' ' ' . . V v r Brigadier General JUoyd M.. Brett, . . ' In command of Camp Lee, In the aIk . sence of ; Major General: Adelbert , ? Cronkhite, who is in France, presided " at the meeting. Several graduates bC I s ; Yale University, Mr. Taft's alma ma4 ' j ter .occupied seats on the stage and , aided in cheering the former PresK f 1 dent's address. . ' ' . --;. -S-x; I : Mr. Taft also took part In the dedh ' : cation of the camp library,, which ;ls h the gift of the American' Library JAs-- j; sociation, and has a collection : of lfLy I 000 books. . MORE LiGHT SHED ON f ; PACKERS' AcnvniES . - - " t V Washington, Jan. 26.-Additlo&a correspondence described bySpecla . Government Counsel Heney.' as Tveryj -'-interesting' in connection with 5 al leged efforts -of the big packing finu: Lto forestall an -investigation of the business in 1916, was in the hands off ' the government today . to -be laid be : fore the Federal- Trade Commission'at inquiry. '. ; ' ' This correspondence; Mr. Heneyy ani nounced, -would deal with what tha; ' government believes was af plan t ef the ' packers to obtain : ; government publication of meat prjee figures fur-j nished ' by themselves, thixh : an amendment to the ; agricultural ; " bill and thus make a Congressional Inves- tigation as proposed in' the . Borland " 1 resolution" of 19ia unnecessary ) - -'--t-T-- i )4 f!1 M ' I ji in :!! t Si lit 1 - IS ill 1 1 i ; 1 T l i !.