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FULL LEASED VIRE?ERVlCE VOL. XXIV. No. WILMINGTON.. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARYS '27, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS BOLSHJhVlHl MAKE . "nists TfflETY LIVES LOST -rrw mm mm -mm mm. m. m w mw m a w w w bbi w 1 w -h i wb. v. - mm m m m mm mv a U H A NY ( :n kvWK ft u nLU'u- -,UIW 1W. JLrfi. Aiii JL JL HJ ILK JU 1L JLil M RUSSIA'S CAPITAL 1 -f7 . Ava Rl 1 O lit. fcn ana women j Engaged Uigging 1 rencnes Around Petrograd Umany refuses TO GRAIN I AKIYllD 1 1VE jCermans ignore Plea and Continue lheir jarck Germans Make Gas Attack on Americans Chancellor von Hertling h . dii U if II VI V P8 . otrorossinn and as:- were uui intentions in au- declared Germany s Past were not aggie C.pmpnt. German military iinrlties nave Qei;uucu w fe1""" " Slice on the Russian front in 2 of the Bolsheviki offer to ac- U peace and the German troops The HURLEY WILL NOT VISIT WILMINGTON Chairman of Shipping Board Unexpectedly Called to Washington ORDERS SURVEY OF WILMINGTON SITES who TnPir ULL naiu " U,ikl are no bendins every ef- M to save me ibvuiuuuu jugrad irom me u"iu t? rumored that the Germans have -ached Luga, midway between Pskov d Petrograd. This is unconfirmed Is Is a report max me euemy uo Cwod to a point half way between La and Pskov. Meanwhile the street Mting m rsnov gucs uu, wtj mnging hands auernaieiy. Workmen and troops irom -etro--id and troops from Moscow are be- !jj sent to check or stop the advance a Petrograd. Women and men are Susily building trenches and defen ce positions around Petrograd. The Bolshevik government, it is declared, fill reitre to Moscow if the Germans ale the capital. Disagreement in onncil of Workmens and Soldiers Delegates is reported, and it is added, iat Foreign Minister Trotzky will mtte government,- .,-rS6 A provisional government has been formed in Esthonia with headquarters Reval and the independence of Esthonia has been proclaimed. Chan- sltor von Hertling said that Ger :iny would give self-government io Coorland and Lithuania but it is re torted from Switzerland that a Saxon Prince is to be made King of Lithuania fMch will be united to Saxony. Artillery bombardments on the western front have increased in in- ffflsity, especially in the Ypres sec tc, along the Chemin Des Dames and n both banks of the Meuse near Ver- ai. On the American sector, north west of Toul, the Germans have at Npted unsuccessfully to wipe out p Americans with naming gas and Pa shells. Three American soldiers sre killed in two such attacks and Re suffered seriously from the ef- f5 or the gas. The American ar- wery is shpll ons heavilv official recognition has vet pn taken, of Chancellor von Hert- Pfs speech. It isreearderl in Wash- on,. London and Paris as a war inancellor's numnsp on nffiVioi ie "ench foreign office aavs. was seDaratp the pnt ah.- u ""iruic .iiies, ssniiiu- !JH.eace talk and impress Germnay rl me military caste had Inst its , Belgium, it is declared, hard- )w answer the rhon,.n knnan submarines have not let up k ,-ineir camrjaip-n !nini,f ov. IS thp lit An -. . J X CMftv n "lcol vuiuin. one is r Bun HnonicV, -u.- . f'n five ' torpedoed Hurley's Tour of Inspection of Southern Ports Suddenjy Terminated by Press of Of fice Business Chairman Edward N. Hurley, of the United States Shipping Board, will not visit Wilmington this week, as had beenplanned, and it is extreme ly doubtful whether the distinguish ed shipbuilder will ever make the pro posed visit. This information was contained in a telegram received this morning by the local district United States engineering office from the dis trict supervisor, from Savanah. Mr. Hurley has been called back to Wash ington and it is imperative that he be there tomorrow- for participation in discussion of affairs of a public na ture, v However, he has ordered the dis trict supervisor to make a special sur vey of all available sites in Wilming ton and the belief is prevalent that equally as . much will be accomplished in this manner as would have been accomplished from personal visitation by the head of the shipping board. Governor Bickett was advised this morning of the postponement of Chairman Hurley's visit and this means that the State's chief execu tive will not be in the city this week, as his proposed visit was conditioned upon the coming of the head of the Shipping Board. All arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the distinguish ed Washlngtonian had been about completed when tlje telegram calling on nis visit was received and while regret is occasioned because of his inability to come it is believed that the proposed survey of the port will produce results identical with those that would have ben obtained from a visit by Mr. Hurley. STATEMENT Will Put Every Possible Ob stacle in Way of Ger man Invasion GREATEST STRENGTH IN WIDE TERRITORY Statement Declares the Great Principles of the Revolu tion Must Be Defended at All Costs WILMINGTON STILL HAS CHANCE TO LAND BIG PLANT canners urposes -sion, Feb. 27.-A11 auvisnrt i j --"v. i aim a tr ttr V, T7 3 ,i rtW a0hld for war Purposes. tomatr dvised' a11 canned corn' A0e,8' strin- beans and sal- NMS TOLD TO HOLD THEIR STOCK "c VjOVprnm4. T:ll T T . -"mv-m win use Available Supplies for WarPv now r6 a hand. Of ciirVi vU! . . . at "uiuings must De P . before March 15. Can- 'eport ir,H- n. stock are required les " f icaung this fact. Quan- fapuy. anted will be released iiftW'.: LWese v7,. . " "ie coiiapse oi ? Slands at the Hon R. a..- "dren were trnmnloH n tHonK Cg t0 a Teuter dispatch m hL,0n fire broke out and uur others were burned While Chairman Hurley, of the United States Shipping Board, . --aaBHiipte'-ld visit W1P" ' mington at this time. Wilmington still has a chance of landing a big shipbuilding plant, provided the business men of Wilmington act upon a definite proposition that has been submitted to some of them. This information is authentic and has ' been in the hands of The Dispatch for two days. Mr. J. Allen Taylor, to whom it is understood the proposition was made as representing the Cham berof Commerce committee, said today at noon that he had nothing to give out, although he did not deny that a proposition had been submitted to him as representing the committee. The information given The Dispatch is that a defi nite proposition has been sub mitted and prompt action on the part of Wilmington is absolutely essential. Delay would mean, The Dispatch is informed, " that the particular proposition will go elsewhere. It is understood that the bringing of this enterprise to Wilmington would mean a weekly payroll of $75,000. The statement is made that it may now be too late for Wilmington to act it may have been too late when the proposition was first sent to the Wilmington business men but there is still some chance that Wilmington can winT"" It is at least worth trying for. The details of the proposition The Dispatch is not at this time at liberty to reveal, as they were given to us in strictest confidence. Besides it would not be good pol icy to publish them to the world at this time. It is from a source considered authentic and is in black and white. The Wilmington business men to whom the proposition fs said to have been submitted may be work ing on the project doing every thing they can and it is sincere ly hoped that they are. Empha sis should be given to the fact that to accomplish anything defi nite action must be taken with out any further delay. The reason The Dispatch with held for two days the publication of the fact that a proposition had been submitted was that we were waiting on more information re garding the project, which came today. The importance of securing a charter at once for the proposed trust company was emphasized. It k is pointed out that this should be done at orjyce and organization perfected, in the event the city does not land the proposition in question it will be Ire position tov better prosecute the other propo sition. In the opinion f The Dispatch's informant the trust company should obtain -a charter at once and organize. LITTLE RESISTANCE IS TO BE EXPECTED Highly Trained Germans Will , Have Little Difficulty in,' Entering Petrograd 1 London, Feb. 27. The Russian revo lution will defend Itself against Ger many, says an official Russian state ment, sent out by wireless and which announces that Germany has refused torant an armistice. The announce ment reads: "A peace delegation is now on the way to Brest-Litovsk. We expect any moment news that it has arrived at the place appointed for peace nego tiations, but there is no armistice. The German government has formally refused an armistice and German de tachments continue to advance. "We are prepared to sign their peace of usurpation. We have already declared this, but there are many in dications that the German imperial ists do not desire peace at the pres ent moment, but rather an immediate strangling of the workmen's and peas ants' revolution. Resistance to the German hordes thus becomes the principal task of the revolution brave, heroic, obsti nate and pitiless resistance. Every position, every railway station, every locomotive must he defended. Every possible obstacle must be put in the way of the enemy. ' Our greatest strength is in our wide territories. Enemy detachments, still very small, have occupied Reval and Pskov. Even Petrograd itself. which is still far distant, can no way decide the destiny of the devolution. London, Feb. 27. If special dis patches from Petrograd gauge accur ately the situation there, the Germans are likely to find little difficulty in occupying the city with trained troops. Russian soldiers quite frankly refuse to fight and say "We have had enough of fighting. If the Germans come, let them take us." There is stiff er attitude among the workmen from whom, if at all, re sistance to the Germans must come. Even though, for lack of training, their resistance should prove of little value, they are said to be enrolling with en thusiasm in response to the call of the Bolshevik leaders. Some correspondents describing the bulk of the population as lost in be wilderment and apathy, think such re sistance as may be offered will amount to little. They say no amount of talk by the Bolshevik leaders can cover the plain facts of the situation. The Germans in Petrograd already have organized to police the city, the correspondent of The Morning Post reports. In several dispatches Nikolai Len ine figures as the backbone of resist ance to the-. Germans, although origin ally he was responsible for swaying the executive committee of the sol diers and workmen's delegates in the direction of concluding peace on hu miliating terms. The. Daily News correspondent tell3 a story of differences between Lenine and Trotzky and the divergent tenden cies among the Bolsheviki during the crucial discussions of the last week Other dispatches indicate continuance of the tension and say Trotzky refus ed to return to Brest-Litovsk to sign the terms of surrender to which Len ine's counsels persuaded the executive committee. GERMAN REPLY HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED Petrograd, Tuesday, Feb. 26. The Bolsheviki have not yet received a reply from the Germans to the mes sage of Ensign Krylenko asking whether Russia's acceptance of Ger many's peace terms renewed the pre vious armistice. A German detachment has appeared at Savage, half way between Luga and Pskov. This is the nearest the invaders have approached to Petro grad, where factory workers, men and women are enrolling for the defense of the capital. - J RAIDER DESTROYED 35 SHIPS. Berlin, Feb. 27. The German raider Wolf, which has returned to a home port, after raiding Entente shipping in the Pacific, destroyed at lqast 35 vessels, it was officially announced today. Some of the steamships, it is stated, were load ed with English troops and the sinkings, therefore, caused a cor responding loss of human life. WIEM NAAL TUG CHEROKEE SANE MA YOR CANDLER ON THE WITNESS STAND Atlanta's Mayor Testifies in Case Against J. W. Cook and Mrs. Hirsch ATTEMPT AT VERBAL BLACKMAIL CHARGED Defendants Are Indicted for Trying to Extort Money From the Mayor by Threats of Exposure Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 27. Asa G. Can dter, millionaire mayor of Atlanta, was the principal figure in the trial here today of J. W. Cook, jointly in dicted with 'Mrs. H. H. Hirsch, on a charge of attempting to blackmail Mr. Candler. Preliminaries were quickly handled by Judge Ben Hill, of the Fulton County Superior Court, where the trial was held and before the end of the first hour the jury had been selected and Mr. Candler, as the first witness called, had launched into his testimony. Mrs. Hfa-seh occupied a seat across the table from Cook. She entered the court room wearing a heavy black veil which she removed a few min utes later. She wore a blue tailored suit and. smiled and nodded to those about her, apparently unconcerned. Her husband was not in the court prw- Mvommiii f v.o nin.'.' .1 room wnea tne trial oegan. C- 7JTT"rr wfi mm w?rw.v -Shid - mAirPd rlHfe whole story would be tola at th retreat, musx gather ita forces , itad must appeal to the country to use its whole strength for the defense $t the revolution. Should the threat to Pet rograd Increase, the government will remove to- Moscow or any other city of Russia. If Germany's plundering raid should advance, the task of the gov ernment would be to destroy the pos sibility of a simultaneous catastrophic decision by the Germans. They are attempting to crush the authority cf the councils and are in search of it on the routes leading to Petrograd. "We will bar these routes bj' everv- thing we can interpose as obstacles. This at the moment is the principal task of Petrograd proletariat and its revolutionary staff. But al the same time we must act in such a manner that the German generals may de clare the recognized authority of the councils, not only in Pterograd, but throughout the whole country, North and South, and on both sides of tne Urals. Even if they think they can i i t .... grew out of her activities in Red Cross work, Mayor Candler described in detail her visit to his office on February 6 when Cook also appeared. "When Cook suddenly appeared and said: 'Our Honorable Mayor, this is nice,' I at once suspected that a trap had been laid for me," the Mayor testified. - On cross examination by John R. Cooper, of counsel for the defense, Mr. Candler denied that he knew Cook before meeting Mrs. Hirsch. He also denied, in answer to questions; that he had ever taken any liberties with Mrs. Hirsch on her various vis its to his offices. Forest Adair, a wealthy real estate dealer, followed Mr. Candler on the stand. He related how the Mayor had come to him on the day of Cook's and Mrs. Hirsch's visit to his office and how he acted in behalf of the Mayor in subsequent dealings with the couple. - Everything was in readiness for the reach Petroerad bv a mere milita: v i trial for Mrs. H. H. Hirsch and J. w promenade we will prove .to them Cook on -the charge of alleged attempt- that they will have to disperse them-jed verbal blackmail of Mayor Asa G. selves all over Russia before they Candler, Sr., before Fulton county Superior Court, Judge Benjamin H (Continued on Page Eight). Hill, when court convened this morn ing. The State decided to sever the hearings and try Cook first. Despite the large number of wit nesses that had been summoned, coun sel expressed the belief that the trials would be concluded wrthin two days. The State, it was said, had subpoen aed about 40 witnesses, including H. H. Hirsch, husband of the accused woman, while the defense late yester day issued subponaes to be served on women employes of the City Hall. R .B ..Jackson, a , divorced husband of Mrs. Hirsch, was also said to be in the city, but it could not be learned which side of the case he would tes tify for. Both defense and prosecu tion, later yesterday laid claims to him. Mrs. Hirsch and Cook were indicted by the Fulton county grand jury on February 14 on evidence submitted by the attorney of Mayor Candler. It was alleged in testimony at the bear ing that they had sought to extort half a million dollars from Mrs. Candler by threats of revealing certain alleged actions of Mrs. Hirsch and the mayor during a visit o fthe woman to his of fice. Mayor Candler, In quoted testimony before the grand jury, denied emphat icaly that he had ever received Mrs. Hirsch in his office except on what he supposed to be a visit connected with Red Cross work she having been an active Red Cross worker in this city. Mrs. Hirsch and Cook, on the other, hand, had maintained a strict silence concerning the case from the begin ning, .Their, only comment when Vessel Foundered in a Gale 22 Miles From Dela ware Capes ONLY TEN SURVIVORS '' OF CREW )F FORTY. Cherokee Formerly Belonged r to Luckenbach Steamship Company, but Recently Re4 , quisitioned THANKS GIVEN THE DISPATCH. The-Dispatch today received the following communi cation : Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 27, 1918. To the Editor of The Dispatch: We, the undersigned members of the Streets Department of the city of Wilmington, beg to most heartily and sin cerely thank you for your editorial which appeared in last Sunday morning's paper. We feel that you voiced the sentiments of a large number of the good citizens of Wil mington in asking that we receive more wages for our labors. We appreciate the outspoken manner in which you so fairly and impartially presented our case. Again thanking you mast sincerely, we are; Yours truly, C. J. JUSTICE. I. S. CHADWICK. E. PERSHAKE. D. J. BROWNING. H. B. SHEPARD. G. C. POTTER. C. G. CARNEY. J. H. WILLIAMS. M. W. JORDEN. E. F. PHUE. W. H. WILLIAMS. N. R. JONES. J. W. CRANDEL. E. RICH. W. J. BELL. E. D. SKIPPER. I. WrHARALSON. T. B. WALKER. M. J. MERRITT. J. H. PINER. THOMAS NICKLES. S. V. SKIPPER. G. I. E. CRANDALL. J. W. McKINEY. W. C. BAKER. W. L. SMITH. JAMES RACKLEY. J. W. ENGLISH. M. F. HARRISS. P. D. PINER. D. C. HOWARD. CLAUD POWELL. IRE JONES. S. DIAL. HARRY BONDS. G. E. HACKINS. trial Long before 9 o'clock the last available seat in the court room had been filled and it was announced that standing in the aisle and about the walls would not be permitted. After Judge Hill overruled a motionJ for a change of venue and several de- Lmurrers filed on behalf of the defense the surprisingly short time of 12 min utes. Mayor Candler was called as the first witness. In response to questions by At torney Reuben R. Arnold, associate counsel for the prosecution, Mr. Cand ler stated that he became acquainted with Mrs. Hirsch in the summer of 1917 when she came to his office in the city hall, accompanied by another woman. She was interested in sell ing an automobile by tickets, for the benefit of the Red Cross. She was in doubt as to whether the city ordi nances would permit this plan. Several days later, the mayor testi fied, Mrs. Hirsch came to see him he believed it was in his office in the Candler building to request his as sistance in handling some tickets on the automobile at a dinner to be given in honor of Brigadier General Eben Swift. Here Attorney Arnold asked the mayor some questions that were rul ed out by Judge Hill on the ground of irrelevance. Arnold then took un the matter of a photograph taen of Mayor Candler, General Swift and Mrs. Hirsch, which one of the At lanta papers printed. , "I had nothing to do with the ar rangement of that group," stated May or Candler. "The photographer se lected the people he wanted in the picture and I simply consented to his arrangement. My recollection is that about a dozen people were in the snap-shot, although only three of us appeared in the newspaper reproduc tion." Continuing his account of his ac quaintance with Mrs. Hirsch, the mayor said: "Mrs. Hirsch called on me a time or two later in my office in the Cand ler . building. The conversation all the time was about the tickets for the automobile. She did nothing that indicated that she was not a lady. She visited me once in rfy office in City Hall1. I think that was last Jan uary. She was Interested then se curing enforcement of the laws against cruelty to animals. She asked that a new humane officer" be assigned to this work. "I saw, her again on February 4 on Forsyth street, on my way from the city hall to the Candler building. "She asked me for a conference that afternoon in my office in the Candler building. I told her it would be impossible, but I would see her on Wednesday afternoon, February 6, at 4 o'cldck in my office, at the Candler building. She did not state the mat ter she wished to discuss with .me, although she made mention of the Humane Society! "On Wednesday afternoon, Febru- Wshington, Feb. 27. Thirty officers and enlisted men of the naval tag Cherokee are believe"d to have, been' lost when the vessel foundered yes j terday morning in a gale off Fenwickj Island lightship 22 miles from thep' Delaware capes. ': Ten survivors who got away ou the first life raft were landed; four! other men got away on another raft but two were washed overboard and drowned and the other two died, prob-1 ably of exposure. The four bodies were taken into Philadelphia. The Cherokee formrly was a tug of.! the Luckenbach ..Steamship Line and not long ago was requisitioned by the. government. The Navy Department issued this statement: "The Navy Department is advised that the U. S. S. Cherokee, a "lavy tug, foundered yesterday morning off. the Atlantic coast. Of the 40 aboard five officers and 35 enlisted men 30 had been landed at last account these having beett taken- to PhfladeI-2 phia. Four dead were picked up by: steamships. "The 10 known survivors got away in the first life raft. Four got away on the second life raft, but two were,, washed overboard and the other twow Were dead when picked up by a Brit ish steamer." Following are the names of the 10P known survivors: , Boatswain E. M. Sennott, U. S. N.. R. F., Boston; L. P. Ackerman, sea man; H. P. Poynter, fireman; R. J. Hall, seaman; C. E. Barker, chief ma,L chinists mate; R. A. Kozeck, fireman;.! P. H. Warmack, fireman; A. A. Wail-. in, oiler; E. L. Gudgel, fireman, and B. F. Brumfield, radio electrician. Steering Gear Broke. Philadelphia,-Feb. 27. According to the captain of the rescue ship In a message telephoned to his agents here the loss of the Cherokee was du to a broken steering gear. "The tug was proceeding southward and while the1 gale was at its highest the accident to the steering machinery rendered her helpless. The waves hit her broad- , side and broke in the hatches. After this the Cherokee remained afloat only a short time. 'it HOPTA L SNIP SUNK IN BRITISH CHANNEL No Patients on Board Crew Rescued by an American Destroyer ..-'I London, Feb. 27. The British hoK pital ship Glenart Castle was sunk yesterday in the Bristol channel, is announced officially. There weref no patients on board. Survivors were5 landed by an American torpedo boat. Eight boats are still adrift. " ? The official report follows: "Hhe British hospital ship Glenart ' Castle was sunk in the Bristol chan-''; !i nel at 4 a. m. yesterday. She was .'.'..? 'ft outward bound and had all her lights.; ; burning. There were no patients on board. i;! "Survivors have been landed by an yt American torpedo boat destroyer. A Eight boats are still adrift. Further..- ,t information will be published as re- ceived." - ; ;t (Continued on Page Seven). -The Glenart Castle, 6,807 tons gross and 440 feet long, was built at.: y, Belfast in 1906. She was owned in Southampton. 'j' The Bristol channel is an arm of - ' the Atlantic extending into the south- western part of Great Britain between w.! England and Wales. 34. Survivors Land. Swansea, Wales, February 27. V ! Thirty-four survivors of the Glenert ! ' Castle have been landed here. The f number of persons on board is said to have ben 200. -. at M 1 1 m 15. 1 1 mm it.it; I' 7 Y: 5