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. . .... r i . - . . . . . Si MINGTON PATCH WEATHER. H North and South TODAY'S NEWS TODAY Carolina: Cloudy to- ,ight and Wednesday. m FULL LEASED WlR&SERyiCE VOL. XXIV. No. 70 WILMINGTON. NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY, 1V1ARCH 19, 1918 "PRICE FIVE CENTS Ms FEACE TREATY DENOUNCED WAR Entente Allies Will Refuse to Recognize Russo-German Peace RUSSIAN PEACE A POLITICAL CRIME Hertling Replies by Saying Courland and Lithuania Are United to Germany No Intense Fighting Gprman-made peace treaties forced on Russia and Rumania will not be recognized by the Entente Allied powers, the Supreme yWar Council has decided at a session in London. The German policy of plunder is de nounced and the declaration is voiced that the Allied powers "are fighting and mean to continue fighting, to put an end to this aggression." The treaty with Russia is called a politi cal crime in the statement issued by the council, and Germany's atitude toward Russia at present is declared to be tantamount to annexation. Ger many is described as a "destroyer of sational independence and the im placable enemy of the rights of man." In persisting in the fight for right and justice, the statement says the peoples of the Allied nations may place their trust in the armies now facin? the Central Powers. The con ference was attended by the Pre miers of Great Britain, France and Italy. The United States was repre sented by General Bliss and Vice Admiral Sims. Charging the Allied Powers with lypocrisy and declaring he does not wish to discuss their opinions con cerning the treaty with Russia, Chan cellor con Hertling has informed the Reichstag that Courland and Lithu ania are united to Germany political lv, economically and militarily. In his previous speech in the Reichstag the Imperial Chancellor had said that Courllnd and Lithuania would have 2atononiy Holland has given conditional con sent to the demands made by the United States and Great Britain with respect to the use of Dutch shipping. In a statement to the Second Cham ber the Dutch foreign minister said Ms government found itself com.' pelled to accept the Anglo-American offer. Germany having declared that it could not furnish the wheat re quired for feeding the Dutch people. Holland is now awaiting the Anglo- American reply to its conditional ac ceptance. All preparations for taking over Dutch vessels in American ports to day have been completed by the American goventnaent. Although raiding activities are not as marked as during last week, the artillery on both sides along the western front is unusually active. German troops have been checked in an attack against positions on dthe sectors nearest the North Sea by the Belgians. Elsewhere there have been only minor raids. On the British front the artillery bombardment has been most intense around Ypres and in the region of Armentieres British airmen have ac counted for 6 more German machines have dropepd bombs on air dromes, ammunition dumps and b!T jets. On the French front the artil '5ry has been most active northeast if Verdun and in the Vosges. American artillery continues fca bombard effectively German positions n towns on the Toul front. East of Luneville the artillery firing has ot been so violent. There have ben patrol encounters on both sec tors but no serious fighting ensued. Northwest of Trml the Germans have virtually abandoned their first line trenches in many' places and are lengthening their second line. In their raid on Coblenz, Rhenish Prussia, on March 12, British avia ns dropped bombs which resulted m 50 deaths and great damage to Property, according to a neutral traveler -who has arrived in Holland. Residents of Mulheim. north of Cob- lena, were convinced that the raiders. ere Americans, the traveler said Missouri leads in savings stamps Vashmgton, MaTcr- 19. Missouri, Ur' a total of t'.M 5.880 leads the untry in the h..-. o War Savings banips. according to the first detail j i;i!rr.ent of Uv. cs-m'paign Issued Jtoy by the National War Savings ommittee. The statement also shows jbraska, Missouri and' Kansas, lead n& in the order in per capita sub options. The total and per capita sales of Xr savings securities for the States l the Florida $381,246.63; $.36 Virginia $1, $.51; North Carolina $849. J"4:81. S-34; Georgia $640,040.05, $.22; South. Carolina $190,869.20. $.15. BY COUNCIL AMERICAN S BACK OF LINES T r r j Vi j-oocy aim mumocu Shelled Effectively by the Sammies 1 WvJ JrAllvVJLo LJAri A i-r-i .t m - - IN NO MAN'S LAND Americans and Germans Have Lively Brush Enemy Abandons First Line, Strengthens Second With the American Army in France,, Monday, March 18. Ameri- can artillery on the Toul front today , , . , , .... bombarded . towns withm the enemy siderahlA nnmhpr nf n ahplls wprp n r a ion projectiles on German trenches. Some c Vi a! i ,? t,-. -c,r a OUCUO Hit XJLL LUWU Ul JL-IO-3C7J OUU 18 Ar. i-,0riMn Wwn 1 area xm A Tiirv wrmA Vtafwa-tn c-i-ov vuar. o-,v an enemy patrol early this morning, n- n mT- -t,h o ifif t- tried to mav some nf th- pn.mT GUN BOMBARD TOWNS prisoner, but without result, although ma; Corporal Harry W. Faning, of J. J. Hurley assistant immigra - v-.- -i,t- ,iu -Ioav Rsitimnrp and Private Bernard Black, tion inspector at Boston, is in tern Or J-iU.-JU.lr Ul U&UlO VTltU UlO-ViO CXXXU I rifles occurred as the Germans re- .j ".-: : A I tirea, jumping iroxa iree to tree. Amorinon irc t-oj o lucky shots today and Germans were seen to fall. The American telephone wires within the American lines were farmri aln th- -,vht nt occurred. The enemy artillery, fired a SS?!!LSJ '"S UJ in warweTlTuited foJ TeHalwork an tJ' ;d tne lin.:":; "r a ZC. " - ' " .Ua.c wicjr vvcic w iau6C. Last night airplanes from the rear ui lu im crussea over to the German zone. Soon after many explosions . ana tiasnes were heard and seen in the direction of Metz. American planes discovered during the night that the Germans are strengthening their second line. It is known that the first line in many places virtually has been abandoned. It is believed the accurate American artillery fife has had something to do with this. INCREASED PAY FOR . ALL POSTAL EMPLOYES A Flat Pay Increase of 15 Per J I Cent. Has Been Recom- mended Washington, March 19. Flat pay increases of 15 per cent for all em- nloyes in the postal servrce, whether " on an annual salary or day pay basis, u ' and including those of all grades and classes, was recommended today by the Senate Postoffice Sub-Committee, in revising the annual Postoffice Ap- 0 propriation bill. The recommend.- F . tions are subject to approval by the full committee, but are expected to be adopted. These increases were declared to . . ,-rio-Q-j be necessary to meet the increased cost, of living due to the war. The sub-committee also added pro- visions authorizing the Postmaster General to readjust pre-war contracts of mail wajjon and other contractors and provided for relie;c0.nvtr" maklng 'tamped JJJiJSf from $1,800,000 to $ 3,00 0,000 A AKK'tiJ lchlt bY tht provide $4,40 0 000 for purch ase by the government of tPXan cities aa aa U,',o Kill fcv $32,000.- $ao,uvn;,vuu iiuuod - ---7 1 r r r . , . l V,r-i, iq-tt m Rovd of Colonization Society, meeting in Mun JaSif Ft,' 9. Tbolifer'the ich has decided to send 50,00German SS s suffering from a colonists to Courland, according to a Canadian army is sufterm rrorR Tfae DaJJv M gas aUCK, accoraiug -u mo --r.j casuai. 2;st issued her E ARE NAMED IN Cross for Special Acts of ! Bravery AT ANOTHER PLACE EIGHT HONORED Six Sergeants and Two Pri- vates at Limeville Given Crosses Headquarters Announced Others witn tne American Army in rrani; Monday, March 18 Citation or tnree more American soldiers, carrying with it the French war cross, was announo pH at Ameriran nrmv hfa.dnua,rters to day, while on the Luneville sector six rffirara ci-v carcrognto onH ttvn nH. I ivvio, oi. b""- - vates were receiving the war cross at at an imprssive ceremony just back mvT ; . TmAv4A The men decorated ar Luneville today were Colonel Douglas Mac- Arthur, Lieutenant Colonel Matthew A. Tinly Major William J. Donovan, Captain Thomas Handy, Lieutenant W. Arthur Cunningham. Detroit; Lieutenant Oscar Buck, -New York; MOR AM AN FRENCH TAIN Sergeant G. Kosseu, Mew xorK, Collector of Customs. Hamilton re Sergeant Abraham BlaUStein, New turned todav from WnshinPtnn Hnt York; Private Qharles Jones, New York, Sergeant William Moore, New York; Sergeant Daniel O uonneii, New Yori: sergeant yari n.auu, inbw ium, rn v-v ana private ctuCO vjuivmcj, J T- I , X M TA .r iilrl n AW I York. A" the sergeants and privates as- sisted Major Donovan on March 7 and .. ... . , , , I in aiding a new unit in withstanding a German bombardment. Lieutenant Colonel Tinley on March 5 directed the defense of the American line against an enemy attack aided by ar- tillery. Private A. A. Crawford, of Alaba- ---''-- ---- ' of Baltimore, were the men cited to - - wy. -p-to Hra-arfrtrd was Trilled car- rying dispatches through a German barrage. His citation says that "he as an excellent soldier, courgeous and devoted and was killed in the trenches TOiettnTM. Htv I for the following act: . . a heaomb and ?--ted It from falling in the i trencn' inus ,ms comraaes Dy pispreeor nar preyenun8 a very grave acciuenu Private Black pulled a fuse which was about to fire a shell from a gun when an nem -hell struck fte "Thus," says the citation, "his cour age and presence of mind prevented a mortal accident to his comrades. BANK ROBBERS KILL MAN AND GET AWAY Bold Attempt to Rob a Flor- .j 0 n l c i lda otate tSank liarly, Today Tampa. Fla, March 19. Bank rob- bers killed A. B. Storms, a banker in an unsuccessful attempt to rob the . . m.i -r-i i r t mil- American state na, at eyujr mus aoout i o ciock. cms -lurumg. nvw or six men who composed the gang, made their escape by automobile and ,put jt out action. It was located, af are beine hunted throughout three -ar nnsi Hem hie trouble and the ar- counties. The vault and outer door of the safe were blown open but the robbers failed -to. reach the money l J ?x lxl..-X. -. 1. X -. cnes ana leit witnout any I Mimafslr wiAn th lannnlr cf n trn- glycerine wa8 exhausted. While two of the men were working inside the bank the others were post- ed at vantage points outside. The I l n 1 11 J x nTZ explosion, wn me uoorm me vault was blown off, aroused the town tut citizens who left their homes were warned to keep the distance, "We are robbing the bank," one of the men called out. "If any of, you come closer, -we will shoot to kill." stoms who leayeg a Rnd fiye children armed himself when he left his home and was comlng up ln back of the bank hen he was shot with a load of bucksnot dropping him in- atantl The robbers were in in no hurry to leave but at word from with- in, made a dash for the railroad track, pursuit. AboiTt a half mile down the railroad conceal . woods' ose to the road leading to uci- mauc vyv uu il 1 v w i w 1 1 1 w wvmi iniiUi t .i ir. "u 10 it - nemasse, EYance, HEARING OF CREW OF RUSSIAN SHIP COMES THURSDAY It In the Meantime New Crew Being Secured for 'the Steamer GOVERNMENT PROBE IS STILL GOING ON Additional Charges Against Sailors Likely-Investi- gate Trouble Between Hamilton and Morton Norfolk, Va., March 19. The hear- ing of the ere wof the Russian steamer Omak. will come up here again Thursday, but in the meantime a new cre wls bein obtained and arran epmen t.s hastened tr flllnw tVlO vessel to clear for a European nort " where her valuable cargo of cotton is badly needed by the Allies. The crew h f interference wUh fQei relatIonS and neutrality, faiiliro tn -mri1v 5t, tiong and plotting to seize a neutral vessel. The Department of Justice is investigating the additional charge of spreading seditious propaganda. states that he has nothimr to sav in regard to the Omak affair, and of the suspension of Immigration Inspector Morton. t ,, . . J 3 -.A - ISA. .unpieu jchloiuij auernoon oy the Labor Department' m Washington after the Treasury Department lhad given them Collector Hamilton's - . , -r , - . cnarges against inspector Morton Inspector Morton, whose suspension is temporary, has gone to Washing ton to meet his attorneys and enter a defense o fhis course in refusing to hpld the crew of the Omskat at the request of the customs collector, I - . . T . porary charge of Jie local Immigra- ftion Bureau; " - tt i x Mr. Hurley, who was sent here to investigate the differences between uu mi6147.uu U1il: "als, will file a report, on which will depend the final result of the charges against inspector Morion, it is under J " '"i t?lfllfCr bmk TZtef SZTShFIZ t oSiettoS whS 0msk t00k on her carg0. that the ghip would never reach her de.tina- tion TROUBLESOME MINE THROWERS BLOWN UP An F.nemv Annovance Lo- V-ommission With the American Army in France, l i -a r H O TA i . , .. vttet- Monaay, Marcn o. is uuw yci.i- sible to announce that ' American ar tillery in the Luneville sector has lo cated and blown up a battery ot mine throwers, one of which a few days ago obtained a difect hit on a dugout in --Mr.h wmp a number of American soldiers. I . . The battery nas Deen causing a great deal of trouDie ior several aays an( the Americans were determined to tillerv concentrated high explosives on it. a patrol of 24 men, half Americans ' l . -. . t x J:X and half Frencn ia. mpi wen mto uv ------. Mma frrtm on iarlci tori nor. tion of the sector. It completed its mission of reconnaissance, bringing back the desired information. The patrol had a short skirmish but ob- I . . ' . tamed no prsioners. Yesterday extraordinary artillery activity developed in the Chemin-Des- Dames sector, where some troops from New England are in training. The enemy began a gas bombardment late Saturday night and continued it until yesterday. A vigorous reply was made by both American and French batteries which gave the Germans about four times as much as they sent over. Massachusetts troops bore the brunt of a portion of the bombard ment. Six thousand shells were fir ed yesterday, from the sector in which the Americans are stationed, a proportion of them being gas shells. Carter to Camp Wadesworth. Chicago, March 19. Major General Thomas . Barry, now in command of Camp Grant, Rockford, 111., will as sume command of the Central De partment of the Army, with headquar ters in Chicago, tomorrow, succeed ing Major General William H. Carter, who will immediately proceed to Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C:, under special instructions from the War Department, HOLLAND ACCEPTS ALLIED DEMANDS Dutch JVlinister Makes Offi cial Announcement to Second .Chamber ALLIES MUST SEND WHEAT TO HOLLAND Conditions are That no Troops Shall Be Carried on Ships and All Lost Shall Be Replaced The Hague, Monday, March .18. Holland has accepted, with certain conditions, the Anglo-American de mand regarding Dutch shipping... This was announced in the Second Cham ber today by Dr. Loudon, the foreign minister, who added that Holland could not go further and was await ing the Anglo-American reply to its latest communication. The minister's declaration, which will be discussed by the chamber Tuesday, said: The German government having declared its inability to furnish 100, 00O tons of wheat in two months, the Dutch government finds itself com pelled to accept thfe demand for sail ing Dutch ships through the danger zone which the American and Brit ish governments had attached to the delivery on April 15 of 100,000 tons of wheat." Dr. Loudon added, however, that the assent of the Dutch government was based on conditions. Included among these conditions were the claims that the Allied governments should guarantee mat no troops or war materials be transported on the ships and that vessels destroyed be replaced by others after the war. An other condition was that bunker coal necessary for transporting merchan dise to Holland ought to be furnished Dutch ships. FIFTY PERSONS KILLED BY ALLIED AVIATORS Much Damage Done in Air Raid on Coblenz, Germany London, March 19. 'Fifty persons were killed and great material dam age was done by bombs dropped by Allied airmen when they raided Cob lenz, Germany, on March 12, accord ing to a neutral traveler who arrived Monday at The Hague. The. Times says: " 'The people believed the raiders were Americans,' the traveler said. "'I was in the neighborhood of a big munition works at Mulheim (north of Coblenz and also on the Rhine) at 10 minutes past noon when iuddenly all the factory whistles started blowing and the sirenes were sounded. Many women rushed from the works for the bomb proof helters, while passing street cars were stop ped as the crews bolted into houses. Four or. five airplanes were visible ia the clear sky. " ''Presently some one exclaimed: "They are Americans!" Another per son screamed aloud: "The Americans are coming!" A Dutchman I knew rushed up to me and said: "Didn't I tell you the Americans would come sooner or later?"' " I cannot say wnether tne ma chines actually were American but the striking thing was the evidence that there has, been general skepti cism whether American airplanes ever would come and equal fear of them when they do.' " The neutral traveler added that al though the machines merely passed over Mulheim on their way to Cob lenz, it was not until 4 o'clock that the "all clear" signal was sounded. Coblenz is the capital of the Rhine province of Prussia. .The British war office announced on March 12 that on that day British aviators had drop ped a ton of bombs on factories, sta tions and barracks at Coblenz. The attack was made in daylight and two fires and a violent explosion were seen to have been caused by the bombs. Berlin always has denied any serious losses caused by Allied air raids over German territory, but if 50 were killed at Coblenz, the British raid resulted in more serious losses than ever have been reported by Ger many before. NEWSPAPER MEN INVlTED. London, March 19. The heads of the German army have invited a number of neutral correspond ents to be present at the German offensive on the Western front, the Exchange Telegraph corre respondent at Copenhagen reports. The correspondents, it is stated, will leave for the front Wednesday. UPON CONDITIONS DA YLIGHT SA VING BILL IS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT WILSON AWAITING ORDERS TO TAKE OVER ALL HOLLAND SHIPS Word Has Not Been Receiv ed From London for Seiz ing Ships EVERYTHING READY FOR THE SEIZING Officials Prepared to Tak S Prompt Action President Has Already Signed the Proclamation Washington, March 19. Reauisi- tion of Dutch shipping in American waters still awaited word from Lon don at noon today and officials indi cated that actual seizure would not take place until The Netherlands gov ernment had been heard from. A reply to the American and British demands was said to have been dispatched through London, but it has not been received here. " All departments of the govern ment which will take part in the seizure were ready to proceed the minute word was given, A procla mation by President Wilson an nouncing the requisition and the rea sons for it was prepared and signed yesterday, ready for issuance. One Ship Seized. New York, March 19. Apparently through a misunderstanding one of the Dutch ships in the New York harj bor, the Samarinda, was boarded by officers of the Naval, Reserve today, and her commander notified that they had come to take possession of the ship in the. name of the Ameri can government! TTie commander was told that the American flag would go up at noon and that the offi cers and crew of the ship would be given until midnight to leave. Short ly after noon the naval officers left the ship. The captain said the of ficers informed him they had been Instructed to return to the navy yard and that the contemplated seizure had been postponed. INDICTMENT LOST IN CRENSHAW CASE Charlottesville, Va., March 19. The second trial of S. Dabney Cren shaw IV., of Richmond, charged with setting fire to the laboratory of the University of Virginia and stealing $2.500 . worth of platinum, was post poned today until the April term of Circuit Court because of the discov evry that the indictment and papers in .the case had been mislaid or lost. Crenshaw appeared in court today for trial. Renewal of his bond of $20, 000 was granted. ELECTORAL REFORM BILL IS APPROVED Amsterdam, March 19. The fran chise committee of the Hungarian Diet has approved the electoral re form bill, according to a dispatch from Budapest. There was one dis senting vote. The Hungarian electoral reform bill would give the vote to every Hun garian, male or female, 24 years of age and able to read and write. Pro vision is made for secret voting. ITTEE TO FIX OF It Will Pass Upon Prices of All Basic Raw Materials Heresfter Washington, March 19. Creation of a price-fixing committee, under the j War Industries Board, Which will pass upon prices for all basic raw ma terials, purchased by the government and establish a pricerfixlng policy from time to time to be approved by the President, was announced today by the Council of National Defense. The committe is as follows: Robert S. Brookins, of the War In lustries Board, chairman; Brigadier General Palmer E. Pierce, surveyor general of supplies for the War De- partment; Paymaster John Hancock, of the Bureau of Supplies and Ac counts of the Navy; Dr. H. A. Gar field, fuel administrator; F. W. Taus- sir, cnairman 01 tne iarm omniivi sion; Hugh Frayne, of the War Indus- tries Board; Barnard M. Baruch, chairman of the War Industries Board, and other c'vi1sn members to be appointed later, COM PRICES MATERIALS Every Clock in United Stated . to Be Run Up One Hour THE LAW GOES INTO EFFECT WITH APRIL. On the Night of March 31,' Clock Hands Will Be Mov- ed Forward Moved Baclc Last Saturday in October Washington, March 19. The Day light Saving bill was signed by; President Wilson. It puts all clocks forward an hour on the last Sunday , ! in March and turns them back again j the last Sunday in October. The davlisrht savinp nlan trill v into effect and be observed without ' the slightest disorganization or im-x pairmenY' of existing conditions. Trains will be run as usual, and every feature of daily life into which . the elements of time enters will re main unchanged. Before retiring on the Saturday of this month the American householder will set his clock an hour ahead, and ' then may go to sleep and forget en tirely about daylight saving until the last Saturday of October. On that date he will reverse the process,, turning back the hands of the clock an hour, and the next day the nation ' again will .run on "sun" time. ' In the summer the American man , actually will rise, transact his dally business and retire an hour earlier than has been his custom, but with his clock an hour fast, he will not know the difference. An hour of day- a light thus will be conserved in tha afternoon. The plan's practicability and effi- . strated in 12 European countries. ' Advocates of fche plan in present ing their case to Congress explained thatHhe following beneficial results ! would be achieved by the system: j A great saving of illumlnants, such as oil, gas and electric PQWjeqp,, Marked conservation of coal. ' - tion as the result of improvement in. working conditions. Genenal benefits to the National health, because of an additional hour of daylight which may be devoted to recreation. Reduction in the cost of living tc some who can raise garden truck for domestic consumption, and Improvement of the training condi tions for the fighting forces. The Interstate Commerce Com mittee of the House submitted a fa vorable report on the measure and urged its passage. FATAL COLLAPSE OF Two Men Killed and 33 In jures Near Miami This t Morning Miami, Fla., March 19. Two men were killed outright and 33 others were injured early today in the col-i lapse of an unfinished hangar at the" Dinnerhey Naval Air Station, five miles south of here, during a storm. UNFINISHED HANGAR Nine of the most seriously injuredi;i were brought to Miami for treatment;- 5 the others being given, first aid on -1 the grounds. The dead were Mat- 4 thew Mullen, Brooklyn, N. Y., and an j unidentified whrte man. . ,:'J About 40 workmen, white and col ored, were in the night shift rushing; to complete the plant, and wereN working around a concrete mixer be- , neath the hangar when it collapsed' in a flurry of wind accompanying a thunder storm. - - Although incomplete, the statioa:, already is being used for the training: of naval air pilots and observers. v? PROTEST AGAINST NEGRO'S LYNCHING New York, March 19. A protest against the lynching of a negro lt !' the court house yard at Monroe, la on March 16, was today sent to Gov-.;'-ernor R. G. Pleasant of Louisiana bj -the National Association for the Ad-f vancement of Colored People, accord-i ing to an announcement from th headquarters of the organization t here. The association declared that this was the third protest it had been compelled to make against lynching in Louisiana within the last sixl weeks. Previous protests and requests fort information concerning Louisiana's attitude toward these lvnr.hine- hav j j been ignored, according to the asso?J I ciation's officers. -M - Warehouse Destroyed. ' Miami, w a.. March 19. A warw house of the Florida East Coast Rail-: road, together with its contents ofj flour and other foodstuffs, was de-l stroyed by fire here today. Tti6,l - v f J
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