J a. m ti ,... ,.tm North and ; South Car oiina: Generally falr tonight and Sunday, except probably rain In extreme west por tion. Warmer Sunday. - ISFATGH irsjbr JL THE STORE ADS A Bring newa reporta from the stores. Read them. VOL. XXIV. No. 88. rr- ir WlLMlMU ION. NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY APTTDMnnM Anon v 1010 t' - , , iwv-m, i-vi V, I7IVA PRICE FTVF CPMIQ W :WJ. -- ' - - . 5 m 1 1 - 1111 sr,w j i ru- rm w ; a mum m irwmm MmUBEEn 'WAN Campaign Opens With Mam moth Patriotic Demonstra tions Throughout Country HUNDREDS OF TOWNS , HAVE OVERSUBSCRIBED Announcements of Oversub scriptions Coming . Faster Than Can Be Tabulated- Great Enthusiasm Washington, April 6. One year from the day the United States en tered the world war the nation start ed today collecting $3,000,000,000 from its citizens as the third Liberty Loan to finance the fighting. It was a day of patriotic celebra tions, of parades of soldiers, sailors and civilians marching together to symbolize the important part each must play inwinning the war. "Buy bonds" this was the plea ut tered by hundreds of public speakers to the multitudes of men and women who must furnish the financial and material sinews for the military and naval forces. Subscriptions began to roll in early and indications were that many millions would be pledged before night, despite the fact that in many cities the day was given over to the celebration rather than to bond Bales. Piesident Wilson was the principal speaker on the day's program. He is to go to Baltimore for an evening address of unusual importance, con sidering the big part American arm ies aie ebout to play in France other international phases pf the war situation. Sefretarv MnArinrt went tri Philadel phia tp 3jak. . Vice President Mar- shall ?:s Secretary Daniels at Cleveland? Be fore 9:0 this morning or within half an hour after the campaign official ly opened three towns reported by telegrapbr to Liberty Loan headquar ters here hat they had subscribed their full quotas. The names of the communities were withheld until the precise time , the messages were filed had been determined. By 10 o'clock more than 20 towns had wired headquarters claiming the distinction . of being the first to sub scribe their quotas and it began to appear an impossible task to deter mine which community actually was entitled to the honor. Since the campaign at 9 o'clock, lo tal time, communities in the "JVest still have from one to three hours to ile their reports. Before noon telegrams announcing towns' over-subscriptions began to pour in loan headquarters, faster than they could be tabulated. Several were from communities whose campaign .committees apparently liad not un derstood that claims for the honor flag filed before 9 o'clock this morn zing would" not be considered, since Ihey had been started last night. Among' the communities whose re Torts of over-subscription were filed before 9 cciock were Oldesmar, Fla., Clayton, - "C, LaGrange, Ga., and Troupe, county, Ga. Big Subscriptions In New York. New York, April 6. New York, the financial center of the nation, launch ed its Liberty Loan campaign with impromptu patriotic demonstrations at midnight, nine hours before the time set for the official start, and a floo3 iOf early subscriptions encouraged the belief that its ambition to raise at least half of the entire loan in this i'ederal Reserve District might be at tained. The district's quota, as allot ted by the Treasury Department is $900,000,000, or 30 per cent, of the to tal amount desired. Amang the largest of the subscrip tions reported today was $10,500,000 rom the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, of which $500,000 will be Tedite to its San Francisco office. The committee has been advised that toany of the large corporations here, "will announce their subscriptions dur ing the day instead ot waiting until the end of the drive as in previous campaigns. Numerous parades and patriotic meetings in all five boroughs were distinctive features. The largest pa rade at noon was from the financial district to the steps of the City Hall, here Mayor Hylan received ther army of workers. Seven American airplanes from Hineola, L. I., will circle over Manhat tan today and drop 20,000 pieces of literature. A subscription of $15,000,000 was announced by the New York Life In surance Company. Of this $3,6500,000 "was allotted to banks in Federal Re serve centers outside of New ;York. Mammoth Demonstration. Philadelphia; April 6. One 'of the Neatest patriotic demonstrations wit nessed here in many years .marked the opening in Philadelphia of the campaign for the Third Liberty Loan. BOMBARDING PARIS. Paris, April 6. The bombard ment by long range German guns was resumed at 11:40 o'clock this morning. REFUSED BY JUSTICES Collinsville Officials Refuse to Issue Warrants for Prar'c v -- - - Lynchers Collinsville, Ills., April 6. The cor oner of Madison county today appli ed for warrants for the arrest of five men whom he has been informed were in the mob that: lynched Robert Prager, early Friday: morning. Four justices of the peace refused to issue, warrants. ' The four Justices gave as their rea son for refusing tq y issue the war rants that "they did - hot care to get mixed up in the matter." One of the justices, yesterday was surrounded by men in . a saloon and asked to sign a pledge of loyalty. He complied. JV ' Coroner Lowe said- he would - ask the State's attorneyjto Issue the war rants, and that he bought the five men desired would-be under arrest before night. "MK ': When informed that four justices of the peace at CoDlnsville had re fused to issue warrants for men sup posed to have beeaHiembers of tbe mob that lynched Cobert-y Prager St&te authorities would" lake arffe of the prosecution if local officers did not do their duty. "There will be no passing of the buck at Collinsville," Mr. Brundage said. "If it is found necessary to establish military rule inquiries will be carried on by court martial." LONDON NEWSPAPERS PRAISE AMERICA LONDON NEWSPAPERS London, April 6. Most of the lead ing editorials in this morning's Lon don newspapers are devoted to the anniversary of America's entry into the war, while the illustrated papers give prominence to pictures of the American soldiers on the Western front. There is unity in praise for the achievements of the year by the United States in her war-making program and tributes by all to the leadership of President Wilson. "In this hour of anxiety and sor row," says The Daily Telegraph, "we have still only to be worthy our selves of our cause to reap at length the victory that was assured to civil ization by the act of the American people a year ago." BIG CELEBRATION HELD IN PARIS Paris, April 5. Ambassador Sharp will represent the American govern ment at the celebration by the City of Paris tomorrow of the anniversary of the United States' entry Into the war. The ceremony will take place at the Hotel De Ville. .Secretary of War Baker will be present, but will not take an official part in the exercises. Stephen Pich on, the foreign minister, will repre sent the French government, but there will be numerous other notable persons in attendance. BRITISH IMPROVE THEIR POSITION. London, Aprpil 6. The British position south of the Somme was improved to some extent by a counter attack delivered In the neighborhood of Hangard late yea terday, according to today .war office announcement. ' Along the whole front below Ayette In the sector north of the Somrne the struggle continued with violence until late yesterday evening. Although the Germans made Incessant attacks, they met with no further success than at tended their efforts In the morn ing. A8SAULTS ON FRENCH CEA8E, Paris, April 6. The German at tack albng the French sector of the battle front has ceased. To day's official statement says there was violent artillery fighting last night iorth of the Avre, but that no Irifcntry actfon occurred. i and s FUTURE IS AT THE CRUCIAL STAGE Convention Finishes Its Work and is Ready to Make Report London, April 6 The question of Ireland's future has reached a crucial stage with the announcement that the Irish convention has finished its work and decided upon a report to be mae to the government. , While it is not permitted to reveal jthe convention's proceeding? for the present, th nature of this report and the general work of the convention 1 well known to public men in England and Ireland. Premier Lloyd-George declared when the convention was or ganized that if it agreed upon any plan for a government its plan would be embodied in a bill and placed be fore Parliament). Whether a mere majority report in favor of some home rule plan, if such a report is presented by the convention, will be an agreement warranting legislation' based on It, remains to be seen. Premier Lloyd-George also strongly Intimated that the government might proceed to a settlemen of the Irish problem by legislation even if the convention failed to find some ground for settlement "by consent." There- f ore, 'new Irish developments are ex Pected in th nar future, although the firsts business before the government must be in dealing with urgent war measures, chiefly that for increasing the army. iA wANimro OPEiWOTIATfoNS AUSTRIA WANTED Paris, April 6. Former Premier Paul Painleve, after reading the official government statement confirming Premier Clemenceau's denial that conversations concerning vpeace -had been held betwen Austria and Franc, made the following statement: "During the year 1917, Austria made several attempts to open semi official negotiations with the Entente Allies. Notably in June, 1917, I was advised by the second bureau that Austria, through the personage of Count Revertata had several times asked through a Swiss intermediary for an interview with the officer at tached to the second bureau, Major Armand, a distant relative. Alexan dre RIbot, then premier, having been consulted, Major Armend and Count Revertata met in August, 1917. Tha matter stopped there and no Inter view took place from August iV'X November, when I left office. The events which occurred afterward nat urally are unknown to me, but I pre sume that after the statements made by Premier Clemenceau, that Count ReveYtata returned to the charge." CLEMENCEAU HAS GREAT CONFIDENCE Paris, April 6. Premier Clemen ceau told the Committees on Foreign and Military Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies at a joint session yester day, that they could have confidence regarding the outcome of the great battle now in progress. "We have an admirable army," he said in summing up the situation aft er giving details to the committee. "Our officers and men are equally brave. They are endowed with the best qualities of our race. They pos sess material means of great power. All this permits us to have confi dence." The Premier's summary of the sit uation made an excellent impression upon the deputies. The Premier told the deputies that they would have ev ery facility for observing the opera tions at the front. Two Senators and two deputies will go to the front on Monday. THREE HUNDRED LEPERS ESCAPE Bosrots, Colombia, April 6. Dissat isfied with the food given them, 300 lepers, confined in the colony at Agua de Dios near Bogota escaped from their keepers recently and have scat tered to various parts of the Santan der district. The government author ities are using every means to find them and prevent them from reaching the seacoast. The lepers have been promised an Increased food rations if they will return. Two hundred of the lepers are said to have gone to ward Bucaramanga, near the Ven zeulan border, and the others in the rMrotimi of Zanateaa. Of ' , Sogotat DESTRUC OF TEN U-BOATS BY iL Eight German Submarines Victims of Seaplanes and Two of Dirigibles DETAILS OF ATTACKS ARE NOW PUBLISHED Aircraft Would Locate a Sub marine Either on or Near the Water's Surface and Pro ceed to Drop Bombs London. April 6 Details concern ing the destruction recently of 10 German submarines by naval aircraft, eight by seaplanes and the others by dirigibles, has been obtained by the Associated Press from Admiralty re ports. The first case is described as follows : "While on patrol in the English cnannel a seaplane sighted a subma- IN NAVfl AIRCRAFT rme eignt miles away, directly in the!mg party that was lost some months path of an oncoming convoy of mei-l fhant shins Tho ;-,r,i .u - f 4U OXJfAjJiCLHID UlfUU O.L 90 miles' an hour. The submarii at tempted to escape by submerging but was just awash as the seaplane reach ed a bombing position and released two bombs, one of which exploded on the conning tower. The seaplane dropped two more bombs into the midst of the air bubbles from the co' lapsed submarine, which was of the largest type, carrying two guns. "At dawn a seaplane sighted a large submarine on the surface with a member of the crew standing by the gun. The seaplane dropped a bomb on the tail of the U-boat and after ward photographed the sinking sob marine with a big hole in its deck. A second bomb was dropped close tc the submarine's bow and the U-boat collapsed. "Two seaplanes attacked a large submarine traveling on the surface at 14 knots with two men in the con ning tower. - A bomb was erTvlnderl close- totheft1aattigtower and- th submarine began to sink, 'stern'-first. A bomb from a seaplane completed the work. "Three patrol planes sighted a large submarine as it was submerging and dropped two bombs close to the con ning tower, causing the submarine to turn turtle and disappear in a mass of oil and wreckage. "A seaplane sighted a submarine close to the surface and dropped two bombs. One bomb was ineffective, but the other hit the deck fairly amid ships. The submarine was hidden by the smoke of the explosion and when the smoke cleared the U-boat was sinking with both ends in the air. ' "A seaplane sa-w the track of a tor pedo fired at a merchantman. It dived toward the surface and sighted the black shadow of the submarine, well below the surface. It dropped two bombs and both exploded close to the submarine, which resulted in a large quantity of oil, bubbles and wreckage. "Two seaplanes sighted a U-boat and dropped a bomb each. The first bomb caused a heavy list to the U boat which began to sink. "The second bomb eloded in the center of the swirl, demolishing the U-boat. "A seaplane dropped a bomb on a submarine just emerging and the D boat disappeared with a heavy list to port. The pilot dropped a socond bomb into the swirl and a few min utes later a patch of oil 150 feet long and 12 feet wide appeared on the sur face. "A naval airship at midday sighted v suspicious patch of oil and cleared it io an effort to ascertain the cause. Suddenly a periscope broke the sur face in the midst of he oil. Tne air ship dropped a bomb close to the peri scope and a series of bubbles bsgan appearing, indicating that the dam aged submarine was moving slowly under the water. Several more bombs were dropped in the path indicated until satisfactory evidence was ob tained of the enemy's destruction. "An airship dropped two bombs over a submarine which was engaged in attacking merchantmen. Great patches of oil and bubbles indicated severe damage and trawlers made this complete by depth chaiges." FURNISH GOVERNMENT WITH LEAD PRODUCTS Washington, April 6. The War In dustries Board today reached an agreement with the lead industry whereby the industry will furnish all efovernmefct requirements for lead products 6,000,000 tons minimum and 12,000,000 maximum a month at prices averaging Beven cents a pound. Socialist Editor Commits Suicide. London, April 6. The suicide in prison at . Munich, of Kurt Eisner, fdrmerly editor of the Socialist news paper Vorwaerts, of Berlin, Is report ed in an Exchange Telegraph dis patch from Copenhagen.. Herr Eis ner was arrested in Munich last Feb-' ruary for having taken a leading part in the strike movement at that time 'and. lFs-.CbjEgd -ith JMeh treason. 1 BOCEE BREAKS OF E Found This Morning on Shell Island by Mr. J. E. Hines The body of an unidentified man, so badly decomposed that it was im possible to determine whether it was wlve or colored, was found washed ashore on Shell Island, near Moore's Inlet, this morning, by Mr. J. E. Hines, of Seagate, who immediately notified Coroner Alex S. Holden. The body is supposed to be one of a fish Thf; coroner will empanel a jury during the afternoon which will be more of a formality than anything else. There was nothing developed that would indicate foul play was met with by the unfortunate. FEDERAL INDICTMENT AGAINST FRED TONEY Nashville. Tenn., April 6. Tbe Federal grand jury here today return ed an indictment against Fred Toney, Cincinnati National League Baseball Club pitcher, charging violation of the Selective Service law. Toney re cently was arrested on a warrant sworn out by the district attorney's office and has -been under bond since. The charges grew out of his claims JsLd tne grOUna Of deT for exemption on pendent relatives. His claims includ ed his mother, step father, invalid! sister, wife, little daughter and five year old niece, as his dependents AMERICAN WOUNDED IN HARBIN FIGHTING Harbin, Monday, April 1. An Am erican, a member of the Stevens Rail way Commission, is reported to have been wounded in street fighting here. The Stevens commission has been granted permission by General Hor vath, the Russian commander, to put a force of American operatives on construction work on the Chinese Eastern Railway, a branch of the trans-Siberian system. RUSSIANS FLEEING FROM GERMANS London, April 6. More than 250, 000 refugees from the regions taken from Russia by Germany are seeking safety from the German troops on the Eastern frontier of the Ukraine. The Russian government, according to a wireless statement issued Friday, has notified the German government that since the conclusion of peace the sit uation has become intolerable and the refugees have concentrated?" on the frontiers of the provinces of Smol ensk Vitebsk and Mohilev. Italy Celebrating. Rome, Friday, April 5. At the cele bration tomorrow of the anniversary of America's entrance into the war, Signor Berenini, minister of public instruction, will present Thomas Nel son Page, the American ambassador, with an ancient statue representing Victory, recently unearthed in the Roman forum. The gift is an excep tional token of friendship, a special, law being required to enable the na-t tion to part with possession of it. rne idea of presentation originated with Premier Orlando who, however, will not be present at the ceremony, ha Ing left for the front. BODY 111 MAN WASHED AH GERMANS LAUNCH ANOTHER ASSAULT Another determined German blow in the great battle for Amiens is being struck today against the Britsih in he Somme valley, almost directly eas of the city, from which the Ger mans at this point are almost 10 miles distant. The attack on the centre of the line comes afer the check of the German left wing Thursday night in its pow erful thrust at the French line be tween Montdidier and the Avre and the failure of the German right yes terday and last night to make more than a feeble impression upon me British .positions north of the Somme OW'ALLIED A SURPRISE FOR GERMANY. London, April 6. Premier Lloyd George telegraphing today to the Lord Mayor of London on the oc casion of a lnucheon given to cel ebrate America's entry into the war, said: "During the next few weeks Americans will give the Prussian military junta the surprise of their lives.'' MARKET DULL DURINGPAST WEEK Transactions for the Full Five Sessions Below 1 ,000,000 Shares New York, April . 6. Dullness was the striking feature of the week in the stock market, transactions for the five full sessions falling far below one million shares. This probabily constitutes a min imum of operations for any similar period since the, beginning of tha war, and expresses in definite terms the interest of the financial communi ty in the progress of the world con flict. In banking circles attention was mainly directed toward the third Lib erty Loan drive, which opens today with every prospect of 'a large over subscription. - The amount of the loan and its general terms are believ- STOCK HtttteaiPt-&e:. .-Aath attack ; 1 i. - a4. 'Ar fatraJTtKf th Frrfnro-RHtlsh frnnt tha i a UU1C VTAACU UlLUOC ITUUGl 1UI UID-,U1 JIU- vestment are in a state pf deadlock. The local money market eased vis ibly, short time funds being placed on mixed collateral at 6 per cent. with an abundance of call money at s to 6 uommerciai paper also found freer acceptance on excellent trade conditions. Industrial shares of the less speculative variety held rel atively steady, rails easing on the slightest signs of pressure. Ship pings were in moderate demand after an early period of reaction, but spec ialties were neglected in the general apathy. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion's intention to investigate freight rates of various war commodities and examine into the physical valuation of telegraph and cable companies is believed to presage further Federal regulations. TWO ASSISTANTS FOR BAKER APPOINTED Washington, April 6. President Wilson today appointed Edward R. Stettinus, second assistant Secretary of War and Fred. P. Keppel, third as sistant Secretary or war. GEORGE CREEL IN AIRPLANE ACCIDENT Baltimore, April 6. George Creel, chairman of the committer on public information and Aviator O. M. Bounds had a narrow escape from injury this morning, when the airplane in which they arrived here from Washington was disabled while making a landing at Pimlico race track. Both men es caped with a slight shaking up. A Big Corporation. Washington, April 6,-i-President Wilson today signed the bill creatine: a government corporation with capi- tal of $500,000,000 and antho issue $3,000,000,000 in bonds for the assistance of essential war industries. The fighting in the southerly areas has resolved itself into a violent bat tle, following which the probabilities are that the Germans will make an other effort to advance from the posi tions in whic hthye have been pinned by the French. The early advices on today's fight ing, made it seem likely that the op eration would be an important one. Advancing from Vaire wood, close to pie Somme, the Germans pushed .-in dense waves toward Corbie lying in the narrow strip between the Ancre and the Somme, near the junction of these rivers. WA!M 'All IS W r i r l . i .-. i f -' M way vjenerai rocn onsia-; ? i tku' ers It ..-. TWO DAYS FIGHTING II NETS ENEMY NOTHING: No Break in the 38-mile Front America at End of First Year' Has 1 ,500,000 Men Under Arms On the anniversary of the entrance,' of the' United States into the warv t.hp BTPfltpst battle in that inwfHf "rlait' still being waged on the fields of Pic.; i ardy. Their great attack halted: tne villi uermans are maKing strong out in effectual efforts to break through the Allied lines or bend them back so as: to gain Amiens and complete the first? stage of the 'advance which began at.; &t. yuentin. ueneral Focn, the' cornel mander-in-chief, and under whose or ders more than 100,000 American troops are ready to aid the French " and British, declares that the Boche ; tidal wave is broken. "All is going " well," he adds, and expresses confi-. dence in the future. As proof of his o statement is the fact that In the past two days the enemy has made . only slight gains on a 38-mile front, and -these have been equalized in part, by! Franco-British advances at some .- points. . '"t;; . French resistance broke the German , ' i storm Thursday South of the Somme : and North of the river, the British; j on Friday, showed the same 5fiternj ;! motHo hofnifo fn?'iriie gceanUs Tl i ii sudden switch in the attack to a front j, ; t of 20miles North of the Somme mayi'i ' have been made to catch Field Mar- j' shal Haig napping, but. if . so. the at- " 1,1 against" the Franco-British front the: Germans sustained heavy casualties. In the' fruitless . efforts against the British. Dernancourt and Albert, along the Ancre, were the positions attacked most heavily by the enemy while a strong assault was made .near Moy enneville, 20 miles North of th Somme. For many hours the enemy surged against the British line, but succeeded only in eaininer a footing court. Southwest of Albert a British counter attack drove the enemy from ,". j tne tront line positions he had eni tered there. At Moyennville the enemy- was thrown back with loss. Between this j point and Albert, in the region , of i Mesnil, the Germans were unable to I dislodge the British from their de-. fenses. Southeast of Gommecourt, In ' the region of Serre, North1 of Mesnil. the British launched an attack' an! . captured 120 prisoners. J t ' - In vigorous counter attacks 'th French have driven the Germans from ' some positions North of Montdidier.i '.)' At Mailly Raineval, where he made! gains there, the enemy was driven . i back. Further South, at Cantigny, : the French attackers gained and held : the Northern and Western outskirts . i of the town. On the Lassigny-Noyon V- 1 sector the French also made. a slight . ; advance North of Mount Renaud... There has been lively artillery activ- ; j ity here, as well as around Verdun4 The end of America's first war yeaE'j. j finds more than 1,500,000 soldiers un- . ; der arms, many thousands of whom are in France. On several sectors of the fighting front, American troops V-j ' are facing the foe and learning how ' ' to fight and overcome a cunning, ; ' and ruthless foe. The war expend!- tnre has been $12,000,000,000 for the I first year. Uncle Sam's fleet, greatly ', " i : enlarged, continues to aid the Allied'--:. fleets in keeping the vital sea lanes open against the submarines and to ! ' : hold the enemy navy within its har ; bors. Japanese naval forces have , been landed at Vladivostok, Eastern Sibe- ( ria, to protect the Japanese citizens j and property. The landing ; is de-- clared to have no connection with the . . possibility of armed Japanese interx' T vention in Siberia. "':' PRESIDENT COMMUTES S SENTENCE OF RYAN Washington, April 6. President ' : Wilson has decided to commute, to -: expire at once, the prison term of, Frank M. Ryan, formerly president , of the International Union of Struc-T: tural Iron Workers, now in Leaven- f; worth penitentiary. Ryan was con- victed in the "dynamite conspiracy ; and his term ordinarily would expire . July '20, 1919. Clearing House Conditions. New York, April 6. The actual con dition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows that they hold $44,647,640 reserve in excess of legal requirements. Tais is a decrease of $16,751,480 from last week. - ''J,S-h 1: t-T i i 1i: i m -ti l rt 4 . i'.i in 't-s'f HI! m 1 1 fit; ' .1 1 4 3o f" (Continued on Page Seven)t " '.1.1

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