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XXIV. No. 66
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, MARCft 15, 1918
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Trenches Taken and Held
Against Enemy Efforts to
Retake Thern
WARRANTS ISSUED
rune
wnv WORKS HAVE
BEEN CONSOLIDATED j
American Raids and Artillery
Fire Had Forced Germans
to Abandon Trenches Is Held at Norfolk on Charges oi
Higher Ground Violating the Espion-
arr Af ' As...
i trnnno Viova mano their I O
injern-iu li uuyu
t nflvflTicA fntn'thA Ger
man cositions on the Western -front CREW HAD PLANNED
Northeast of Badonvillere in,thfeLu
lerille sector, trenches -which $he.en
ei was forced to aoanaon, W w vffe ri i-SUeU
WILLING
Neighborhood Character ot
National Army and Na
tional Guard to Vanish
Several Persons Were Killed
and a Number Injured
Today
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SIX DIVISION CORPS
WILL WORK CHANGE
iEach Commander on Front
Will Have Two Divbion
Lines Three Lines Deep,
According to Plans
TRAIN WAS PASSING
THROUGH DEEP CUT
Qne of the Rocks Weighed
20 Tons Two Sleepers
Wrecked Steel Cars ,
Prevented Heavy Loss
TO SEIZE THE.SHIP
lreea consolidated with the American
fm line. Repeated American raids
i this sector and the effective work
the American gunners forced the
Germans to give np .the trenches. ,
German efforts to ..regain the lost
hosltions were repulsed by General
Jershing's men
vik Committee and Run
ther Vessel to Rus"
sian Port
Held at Odd Fellows
Building
IDEA IS TO SUPPORT
CHAMBER COMMERCE
ON
STAND
Washington. March 15. The neigh- Harnsburg, Pa., March 15. Two
Organization Meeting Will Be ; borhood character of National Army persons were killed and 8 injured
m. . i 1 X - -1
and National Guard units is certain to only a lew seriously, eany toaay
vanish as the war progresses, in the when a landslide in the Elizabeth
oDinion of army officials. British and town Cut, about 19 miles east of Har-
Frnrh forcj already have under- risburg, struck the Cincinnati, In-
gone the process and it now is being
felt by American front line divisions
as the direct result of the three-line '
TELLS HER STORK
Defendant in Atlanta's Sensa
tional Blackmail Case
Gives Her Side
'Hi
Norfolk, . Va., March 15 Forty.
tlrrea members of the crew' "of The
The new position gives th6tAaih
m and French tttKjps signer ground K y faced charges of violating the
irom Tfaicn 10 operas b"". Espionage Act as the result ot their
common roe. Dauumuwie efforts Wednesday night to seize the
miles west of the German frontier and e-0ot.
h almost directly west of Strassburg. warrants- for the men were sworn
tapltal of Alsace. The American po- . lagt j ht after . documents, foimd
Eiuon nere is aooui xo imies buuui- ab0ard the vessel, indicated, govern
Every Member Both Organiza
tions Expected to Attend.
Public InvitedMeet
Saturday Night x
dlanapolis & Chicago express on the
Pennsylvania Railroad. Miss Rep
Palmer ,of Morgantown, W. Va., was
system of defense, held - indespensible ! crushed to death in a sleeping car in
wnicn iviiss vera naveusuimi, ui
by General Pershing and the Allied
chieftains to keep the front line at
full fighting strength.
Plans projected by the general staff
for erecting a replacement . system to
handle nearly a quarter of ; a million
SPECTATORS BARRED
FROM COURT ROOM
One Year Ago Empero
Nicholas Was Forced to
Give up Throne
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GERMANY TO GET S
A RICH TERRITORY
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Under Peace Ratified by Con
gress. of Soviets, Russi2
Loses Thousands of Miles)
of Land '
Joint meeting of the memberstiip mft this year lt & undejstood, arc
of the A Travelers' Protective that
localisation cannot be inaintainert.
Eventually " it is believed that enlist
ed men of the Regulars, National
?!H6n "and the United Commercial Trav
elers will be held Saturday Jiight at
8 o'clock in Odd Fellows' Building,
Third and Princess streets, for organ
ization and complete welding of these J army and National Guard will be in
two fortes together in in effort to I termlxed throughout all divisions at
give the Chamber of Commerce and j the front.
other organizations working for a big-, Congress expressed a decided pre-
of the Rmne-Marne canal, where sai(j that certain iaern ger and better Wilmington, every j ference for localization of the xsa
me Am ci itaua iii ni. bers of the crew were not dors nue assisiauue m muucuuug iuc guiciu-
trenches last November. LOQto hut rathP.r hic-hlv intellectual Iment to locate one of its proposed
On both the Luneville and Toul sec- ti 'fo nolitical nlot which final- shipyards for the South Atlantic coast
tors the American artillery has been , nigniiaii rHvprt the Omsk's car-i here and in gaining recognition of the
inn? many shells into the German f o1K,ja The ship's cargo of port's facilities. Mr. G. O. Rhodes,
positions. Northwest of Toul, Ger- cotton js consigned to Liverpool. of Richmond, district manager for the
m plans for a gas attack again were Thp warrants charge specific Inter- Liggett-Myers Tobacco Company, of
St. Louis, is in the city ana win do
rpe-ulations bv interfering with the Every member of these two organ-
naval guard placed on the ship by j izations is expected to be in attend
Customs Collector Hamilton, and of
plotting to seize a neutral vessel.
Federal agents, who have been in
vestigating the affair said last right
that some of the' crew had confes -.ed
through interpreters that In the event
the captain refused their wag3 de
mands, they had planned to seize the
ship at sea, operate it through a Bol
shevik committee and make soma
Russian port.
ance and all others having the inter
est of the city at heart are invited to
be present. The knights of the grip
believe that they can do much for the
State and into other States,- but real
ize that perfect organization is first
necessary. Tomorrow night's meet
ing is for this purpose and is expected
to be of an epochal nature for the
city.
frustrated when the American gun-L.. wlth foreiem 'relations and
I Bers destroyed four groups of gas pro- nGUtralitv failure to comply with port, in attendance upon the meeting.
iwiors wnicn naa Deen piacea m po
sition. German batteries, trenches,
ire entanglements and other mili
ary targets are being harrassed ' by
tie heavy fire of the Americans.
fighting activity on the British
tat from Ypres south toward Arras
eontinues at a sharp pitch. On the
Wtherto quiet sector between Armen
fees and Vermelles, about 15 miles,
German artillery fire continues in-
D5e. as it has been for several days
last
A stronsr German detachment at
tempted a raid on this front, but was
ten back by the Portuguese. On
ae southern end of the Ypres sector,
Australian troops haves been success-
in rflidc 1n o onawiir Unas onH in
- ' LkllJ llUf
falsing German raiding parties.
iare has been heavy artillery firing
& the French front and the French
Trenches Consolidated.
With the Aq A-
sarch 14. American troops in the
jeviue sector have occupied . and ;
re holding enemv trenches northeast
Jwdonvillera. which thev forced tbe
I TTTl otip .i . j.
lo ciDanaon tnrougn recent
and concentrated artillery fire.
B? trenches have been consolidated
"I'll nntc .....
This.
-it. marks the first permanent ad
ace by the American armv in
- - me consonaauon or ia
Pittsburgh, was fatally injured, dy
ing on the relief train. Conductor
E. E. Edwards, of this city, was
probably fatally hurt.
Three hundred tons of earth and
rock fell into the cut, striking tvf
Pullman cars in the middle . of the
train. , One hug Jwuldar weighing
about "20 tons, strucfethe : end one
car, lifted it up and the mass slid
under the train, carryjng the two
sleeping cars, Containing over 50 per
sons, over the tracks.
Charles Palmer, father of Miss
Palmer, was among the injured He
learned of his daughter's death while
being cared for in a hospital here.
Most of the injured persons were
given attention here. A sqvjad of
soldiers on the uninjured part joi tyre
train gave first aid.
The wrecked, cars were jammed
against the side of the cut, making
the work o ftaking out the dead and
j injured very difficult. The first two
Not Even Were the News
paper Representatives
Permitted to Hear Mrs
Hirsch's Testimony
tional Army in the selective service
law, but many officers have maintain
ed insistently that it should be im
possible to handle the army except as
one great unit.
The facts promise to bear out that
t 4. nnrt lirttVt tVto Tonl Q cr-
lir: ""rZrZriC and the last three remained on
meuu o au""' r in,: " "I i-l 'the rails, but the sleeping car next
expeditionary forces, into one homo- th ' w rpMrP(1 inmnVth troir
geneous unit has aheady begun
to those wrecked jumped the track
and its passengers were badly sbak-
en up
erai m e susu touou'u;"' the smoking car, rendered first aid
In an opinion rendered last Sep
tember, acting Judge Advocate Gen-
legal right of the department to trans
fer officers and men among the Keg-
city during their travels about the j ulars, National Army and Nations
WILMINGTON MA Y YET
LAND A BIG SHIPYARD
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r . CU lisnea nere ana auuiuer ssllcu mttt
Representative or tne nipping Wilmingt011 should not allow what
Charleston is receiving to dampen
Guard as found necessary,
The six division corps organiza
tion adopted by General Pershing was
devised to give a corps commander a
two-division front to hold, backed up
by two divisions on the second line
to the injured and assisted in the
rescue work. The wrecked cars car
ried 46 passengers.
An unidentified woman died on the
first two cars of the train, which
were run to this city with uninjured
passengers, and those sliglitly hurt.
The inquest will be held at Lancas
ter.
One year ago today Emperor Nich '
olas abdicated as autocrat of Russia
and yesterday the All-Russian Conl
gress of Soviets by . an overwhelm :
ing vote agreed to German peac
terms. .'.
German militarism takes from thd;.
present Russian government thou
sands of square miles of land and J
millions of inhabitants contained -ii '
the form imperial territories of Fin
land, Poland, CouriaftW " iiltKiuhlH j
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Atlanta. Marcl5.-rl& the vtJlcralneT
A. Hirsch, charged with attempted
blackmail of Mayor Asa G. Candler,
this morning took the witness stand
in her own behalf. Before starting
her statement, the courtroom was
cleared of spectators, at her request
newspaper representatives being also
excluded.
Before Mrs. Hirsch was placed on
the stand, the court had overruled
motions ot the defense, presented by
Judge Richard B. Russell, for the ex
clusion of testimony presented Dy
the State yesterday in reference to
conversations with J. w. Cook, the
woman's alleged accomplice, who re
cently was convicted an dgiven the
maximum sentence, and that portion
of Forest Adair's testimony concern
ing- the defendant's statement to him
concerning Mr .Candler's relations
with her in his office.
The defense also was permitted to
make a statement as to what they
expected to prove. Attorney J. R.
Eedgood declared they expected to
Europe, and Batoum, Kara, and Eti
van in tne tjaucasua. "w j
The Russian 'army ' must demqbll: :
ize, the Russian fleet is interned and
favorable trade agreements are tq a
be given Germany and her allies."
Anouncement of allied N policy . to- ;
ward Russia and of Japanese ioten.
tions in eastern Siberia probably
will follow quickly the news that the ;
Lenine government after four month;
of rule has surrendered completely;
to the demands of Germany and
opened up the vast European - and
Asiatic territories to German econ- ,
omic and military penetration.
The question of Japan intervening
in Siberia has brought from Foreign v
Secretary Balfour, in the British!;
house of commons, the declaration
that he had every confidence in .
Japan's loyalty in any action Jt I
might be decided to take in the Far 5.
East. Japan, he said, would act as
the friend of Russia, and M the
emissary of the Entente governments '
in helping Russia to combat1 Ger-
prove that no conspiracy of any sort j man penetration and save the revo-
was laid between Mis. Hirs$ aua.iution.
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and two divisions on me tnira E e. Edwards, of Harrisburg, con-
At intervals, these oivisions reiyre duct;r of the wrecked train, suffered
Board to Come Here Next
Week
j her. ardor, as work authorized for
i Charleston is merely the currying out
' of the naval budget plan and that
! what Charleston receives will not in
i any, way conflict with what this city
'"UCnpc 1 - .
k cnuuies rne Americans wiiu
ij, tvj "I'eiaie irom mgner grouuu
. heretofore. The Germans made
sitin Kble attemPts to re-take the po
n but each time were repulsed.
foNDENBU
RG SAYS v
DRIVE MUST GO
n fiVFR NMF.1MT WANTS
V T ' - . . j , - - -
- cnT PAD DI A WT may or may uui reueivu at me uauuts
Dl 1 IL r UK r Lifr I 0f -the government.
: The Dispatch received absolutely
A . i authentic information early this at-
Story amea oy saciaicu
Press Today Came as a
.Pleasing. Surprise to Wil-
; mington People.
AlDRTGrflo, . Mm. . 1 5 L
to n rtUI' Jarcn 10.: Accoraing
hat r("ceived here, Field Mar
in iJon H;ndenburg has stated, in'
We , ln Bern that the'En-
ritiiri h.iown an unresponsive at-
Washington, March .15 Another
new government shipyard may be es
tablished. ' on. the South Atlantic
coast, and a representative of the
Shipping Board will visit Wilming
ton, N. C, next week to inspect
available sites. ,
It already has been definitely de
cided to establish a shipyard at
Charleston, "S. C. -
each other, each serving its allotted
timp. in each of the three lines. As
casualties occur in the front line di
visions, .men are drawn from second
line divisions and second line units
Ml up immediately, from third lira
divisions. The casuals give nprelim
inary training in the United States
and shippfed over on a regular sched
ule aro fed into the third line divi
sion and lly ilie time hey reach the
fractures of both legs and internal
injuries, and is in a serious condition.
None of the passengers was able
to tell any story of the accident ex
cept that there was a terrific crash
and the two sleepers toppled over.
Railroad officials say the steel
cars prevented a heavi loss of life.
It is estimated that onrt of the rocks
weighs 20 tons and will have o be
dynamited to remove it from the road
front line trenches, are ready for the j bed. The two sleeping coaches were
battle. I thrown across four tracks and if they
Out of this situation has grown t j had been of the wooden type would
pan to form separate replacement di-'have been broken to pieces,
visions; in the United States where The body of one of the victims was"
he t rm of tho service for whlcn identified as Miss Palmer, of Mor-
Cook, but on the contrary, the worn
an was made the victim o fthreats
by Cook to revea to her husbund
the details of what he saw in Mayor
Candler's office. R& said they ex
pected to prove Mr. Candler was
strongly attracted to Mrs. Hirsch and
used his wealth and prominence to
induce and persuade her to come to
his office and submit to his advances.
He said they expected prove
that when Cook unexpectedly arrived
at Myor Sandler's office and caught
Mrs. Hirsch and Mayor Candler in a
compromising relation, Mayor "Cand
ler walked with Mr. Hirsch to the
elevator after Cook had left, and re
quested her to call him on the tele
phone in a few minutes ,and when
she, did call Forest Adair was put on
the wire.
He said they Expected to prove
that Mr. Adair induced her ' to bring
ternoon that Congressman Hannibal
Li. Godwin called on, the Shipping
Board an dthat this city was regarded
as a very favorable point for the con
struction of steel ships and that a rep
resentative of the board would be or
dered here to make full investigation
and report. Wilmington's claims are
said to have been strongly presented
to the board and while nothing de Un
ites can be stated it was intimated
that Wilmington is destined to become
at an early date a shipbuilding cen
ter of importance.
pm . .
uer V,,1S iom that the Germans
8n PPared to lose 300.000 men
wicnsive operation.
Announcement to the effect that a ;
member of the Shipping Board would i
in thfi citv was received with
undisguised pleasure by all and while j
local interests have not uen u
as yet as to what particular, mem
ber of the board will come they feel
that he can be convinced that Wil
mington is. the logical point for the
establishment of a yard. ,
CVn h"-h they failed to break! One gentleman wno
W i, ,ine, was mated in i touch with the situation "tatod ttat
t f jative quarter, as having cost ! it .probably "meant that a concrete
- wraetmng like 500,000 men. shipyard woum uo vw
e toward Germany's, neace inten-
Wand that the sreat German ot
Iri've therefore must go on.
fecenti infrmed neutral quarters
-j uie Associated Press, corre-
'crdun offensive of the Ger-
LONG CASUALTY LIST.
Washington, March 15. General
Pershing's casualty list today, it is
learned at the War Department,
will be longer than any previous
ly issued and may not be aavilable
for publication before tomorrow
morning.
There is no outward indication
of what a longer casualty list indi
cates, although American troop3
in. the last few days have been ac
tive in an ' offensive against ' the
German trenches.
preliminary training not the Stare
from which the soldier comes, will t
the factor governing mobilization.
Infantrymen would all be trained at
one camp, artillerymen at another,
machine gunners at -another and so
on Men who had been under train
ing s?xx months would be available for
assignment to replacement detach
ments bound abroad. Their places
will te taken by new drafted men or
by volunteers gathered through the
recruiting service. That would ex
tend the replacement system back to
the civilian population in orderly,
workable fashion, it is argued.
gantown, . Va., whose father,
Charles Palmer, is on the injured
list, and in the Harrisburg hospital.
When brought here today Mr. Palm
er asked for his daughter and search
revealed that she had been killed.
Washington Hears the News.
Washington, March 15. Alde front
press dispatches, Washington ha.d n
information today on the decision ot.
the All-Russian congress of Soviets,
at Moscow, ratifying ' the German -peace
terms. Nothing had comei
either from Ambassador Francis at
Vologda or the American consul gen-
eral at Moscow. ,
Officials had no means of knowing -whether
the action was taken before ;
or after receipt of President' Wilson's ,
message to the people of Russia,
promising American aid in obtaining,
for Russia full independence from
German aggression. The message
was sent March. 11 and the congress
decided to ratify the peace with Ger
many March 14. Its receipt has not:,
been acknowledged by the American
consul at Moscow, by whom it wai
to have been delivered. The PresW
NO BIG CALLS NOW
up the subject of money, and induced dent's message when sent was
her to name a stipulated sum, and garded by officials here as the Onl
that she named this sum as a con-.move that could be made by the .
sideration which she felt was due her! United States ln the interest of the;
in view of the fact that she was to Russian people, although a shorty
be forced to leave the city. He said: time ago Ambassador Francis, in
they expected to prove that Mr. Adair statement to the Russian public, is-
first attempted to persuade her to; sued at Vologda, said that-he; had
BERLIN REPORTS
FRENCH ADVANCE
Berlin, March 18 Strong French
detachments gained a footing yester
day west of the Nauroy road on the
German Crown. Prince's front (Cham
pagne district), says today's army
headquarters announcement.
Former Senator Dead.
Marinette, Wis., March 15. For
mer United States Senator Isaac
Stephenso ndied at 1:30" o'clock this
morning.
accept $250 a month,
i J. lt.1. nr.. TTI...1. 1 A x
fUK Onlr DUlLULKO; err anri as Attorney Bedeood elab
orated his statement, she sobbed
m1 Al.jl
aiuuu. y
When Mrs. Hirsch took the stand
she was pale, nervous and red-eyed
from crying.
"Mrs. Hirsch, you will make your
statement in your own words without
being questioned," said Judge Hill.
Looking up at the judge Mrs.
Hirsch asked
Washington, March 15. Men who
volunteered for shipbuilding will not
be called in any large numbers for
some time, the Department of Labor
announced today. . !
The men called will be c iefly
from the unemployed, unless they
are skilled mechanics, and those
holding jobs are advised to stiik to
them.
The public service reserve now
has 2O0,Qg0 men enrolled. They are
being slassified by trades.
Trying to Reconcile Pwland.
Amsterdam, Thursday, March 14.
Active negotiations are in progress
for a reconciliation between Ger
many and Poland and' a new solution
of the Polish situation will be an
nounced shortly,, according to tlie
Kurjer Polsky of Wa-saw,
recommended to Washington recog
nition by the United States of any ;
government the Russians , might set
up. To . recognize the government
that has just concluded a peace on:
terms considered entirely favorable,
to Germany, it is held here, how-'
ever, might present many embarras
sing differences.
It is believed that ratification pt,
the peace terms will bring an early;
move by Japan in Siberia. Any move
by the Japanese, it is believed, would
"Will I have to te1' my story be- be made chiefly as a measure or pro
fore all these people?" tection for Japanese and American
"Do you wish to have the court- supplies at Vladivostok: There is no
room cleared?" asked the judge. 'real danger, officials say, of German
"Yes. I would very much prefer lt,i armies moving that far East, but
your Honor."
Thereupon Judge Hil lordered the
courtroom cleared of all spectators.
The crowd filed out with extreme
disappointment written on their
faces.
(Continued on Page Seven).
there is a probability that supplies:
at. Vladivostok might be sent into
Russia and then find their way into
German hands. : V
The geographical location of Vladl-.
vostok makes it easy for Japan at,
any time to cut off a German force .
if one were to-move to the Eagt.' r
i