North Carolina Newspapers

1 HE -Wn jwiliiMWS". ill ip at-hpt : mm WEATHER. worth and South Car olina: Rain Sunday, n-wed by fair in the afternoon; Monday, partly cloudy VOL. XXIV. No. WILMINGTON. NQIH cXROlifiX SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 21,1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS 2: A WILMINGTON MAN I '4 MONG SURVIVOm U.S. S LAKE MOOR -fi - v Ofexi , , II. U U A Y 1 i - i' - - - M1E AMERICA TO RUSH WHEAT TO RELIEVE HUNGRY BELGIANS 5f A www Von Hindenburg Started His Great Offensive at Dawn, March 21 GERMAN ADVANCE EVERYWHERE CHECKED His Greatest Gain Totals Only 35 Miles Is Still 85 Miles ! From Paris, 10 from Amiens and 25 from Dunkirk. Thp sreatest battle of all time yrill enter its ?econd month at dawn Sun day. Hindcnburc: started for Paris via Amiens early on the morning of March 21. Tie is stalled 10 miles East of Amiens and more than 85 miles . , from tne rrencn capuai. The greatest advance made by him !n this Picardy drive was a little more than 35 miles. Balked in his march on Paris, the G?rraan commander started for the rhannel nnris. via Hazphroiirk. on , ., " . TT . , , , . , ., ;or April 3. He is blocked four miles r . . . , , East of Hazebrouck and more than ! 25 miles from Dunkirk, the nearest r ... . . ... tin port. ine tannest aavance in mis Flanders thrust has been about 12 miles. Hindenburg's main objective, Qj course, was to drive a wedge between the British and French armies, roll ing the former back upon the North sea. there he intended to annihilate it at his leisure after which he would , whatever other Allied forces chanced to be South of the Somme. But he bpast.edhewouldJi?aJLn. P.artohy Apracfattih' 1 3ust three weeks ago Aside from the murderous casual- vt luuiueruus casual- ties inflicted on the Germans and thel 5114,000,000. To attain the min definite checking-of the two greatest I imum quota of $3,000,000,000, dally military assaults in history, the great-i subscri tiong must exceed $120f000j. est advantage accruing to the Allies J . as a result of Hindenburg's drive has , 000 been the co-ordination of strategy tin-1 The Middle West is coming forward der General Foch. - by leapg, according to late reports. rexif i ci i rucu wcia ayyuiniea com mander in chief of the Allied forces in France on March 28. Even be fore this was officially announced, General Pershing visited General Foch at the front and placed the en tire American expeditionary force at his disposal. The American troops" began to move toward Picardy three days later. The first announcement of their appearance on the British The battlefront has gradually been t0nrf0H M.f, i am.uui.u i'i uia naiu till L 1 1 u liao ' ii- eluded the Southern portion of the ' Belgian lines, just South of Dlxmude. The Germans, who began their .main attack against the British, therefore, are now fighting major forces of British, French, American, Canadian, Belgian and Portuguese there. Aside from the capture of Bailleul, Wytschaete and Wulverghem, the Germans have failed to make any progress in Flanders during the past week. The British fell back an aver age of three miles on the front East of Ypres, but this was entirely vol untary. Haig's lines in Flanders have beec stiffened by the arrival of a lim ited number of' French reserves. The initiative in Flanders even ap pears to be passing to the Allies. Haig reported a slight British advance around Givenchy and Festubert, while a agency dispatch today said a ! French surprise attack just West of ; that region had resulted in the cap- ture of several cannon. BAKER CONTINUES TO PRAISE TROOPS "SWEET AND WHOLESOME" Washington, April 20 "They ire sweet and wholesome, full of fine determination and proud to be Americans,,' Secretary of War Baker said here tonight of the American soldiers he had seen on the great West line. Washington. April 20 "We'll do ur part. You do yours". Th?t, Socratary Baker said tonight, Wa' th; message he brought home from our soldiers in France to the Pecpie of America. It wasn't a mes sage expresr-.ed in words, but in flash es eyes snd determined faces looking to the t-v-1: that lies before. He spoke in words of warmest sneral Pe? slime an! his men tn:neonle I'Kve the v; v tir tho icinn ctiii tn lalie their nir.ro ! fh U1I llXlllg U11C. ; fc American soldier, the Secretary 1 THE LIBERTY LOAN , rE Officials are Galling for More Speed in the Sale of Bonds I HALF OF AMOUNT FMUI tsi 5UB5LKmLU Third Week Opens With Only About 45 Per Cent of Mini mum Subscribed -Outlook Not Optimistic. . Wrshine-tnn AnHl "ft t swtv washmgton, April -0. Liberty , ;T0 , . . . A , Loan officials tonight called for Iliurni DRIV speed as the campaign entered its ; be confined to unionists, but all per-l third week. ' : sous who are interested in labor and witk ' An 1, t,, r;labor conditions are expected to be "'" "ow u i present. . !m the -N0OOOO,OOO fund to be expend the alloted time in which to obtain j One of the distinct features of the'ed under the direction of the Presi $3,000,000,000 having passed the na-; evening wilt be the partial presenta- dent. y :- f r tion has subscribed only $1,371,055,300 i tion of the rePort of Mr. M. W. Woll,l In addition, an appropriation of 45 per cent of the minimum quota. The campaign tomorrow will be . '" .j the countrv. Preachers of all dp.- . - nominations have assured local cam- paign committees they would deliver .Liberty Loan sermons, promising at the same time to strike a blow at Kaiserism and plead for solidarity be hind the government. Although the total subscriptions h th day,s ork was beglia t0 day showed an Increase over the pre vious 24 hoirs of $166,341,05, offt- optimism. The daily average to date iuuai, iniug tuiiugtjs in luc race for honors among the Federal re serve districts was the hurdle by the Kansas City district from the fourth to second place. Dallas and Minne apolis have made remarkable spurts, with Minneapolis though starting a week late, now in sixth place. Reports from St. Louis indicated that district will reach its minimum "fl lJ eV" ery soing over the ton. XT V- 1 t . , , - Nf ' S,Ch baS n0t boosted :its total as rapidly as was expected, indicated it-had struck its stride. Daily subscriptions which have been hovering around $20,000,000, yester day went above 30,000,000. The ds?Ji(2t outside of New York City sent in especially encouraging re ports. The government will not encourage Its oldiers and sailors to buy bonds of the third loan, Treasury officials announced. No competitive cam paigns between camps will be held because of the small margin of pay the enlisted man has after meeting his fixed obligations. The following table shows the sub scrptions Southern reserve districts and the percentages of the district quotas attained: District Subscription Pet. . . $40,823,400 51 Dallas Richmond Atlanta . . $36,204,850 $90,413,800 27 10 declared, has won the hearts of the people of France. The Allies' causa has cemented all in a common bond. "I never saw one American soldier over there of whom I was not proud," he added. "They are sweet and wholesome, full of fine determina tion and proud to be Americans. They are confident of the outcome and it is your duty and mine to firm ly implant that idea here in this coun try Brute force is the doctrine on which the Germans are basing theii faith in. victory. The Allies have ac cepted the challenge, Baker said, and there is no answer except cold, re- lentless, adequate force in reply. "The ending of the war will not come.when a line is broken, he de- clared. "It will not come until a, peoples heart is broken." - And, locking into the faces of the; France, Great Britain, and Ttniv no one can doubt thei staunch- c tiioir valnr ami tha sunremitv ' I .V J i . . .. of their sacrifices. " r - f - 5 LAGGING LABOR LEADER SPEAKS HERE THIS AFTERNOON Will Give First Hand Informa- tion of Conditions in Europe Will Your Union. Card. Be Good After the War " will be the therfie'tory and waa- passed in the record discussed by Mrv James F. Barrett, tIm of nine Jpurs. By special pro editor of tbfe Asheville Labor, SAvo-1 vision all of v the, '.appropriations are cate - this aternoon at the Court Houge Rt Q o'clock, and -all are vitorl tn attnnil Th moolnir will nnt or nicago, presiaent oi me inierna-:$iz&,uuu,uugor torpeao Boat destroy tional Labor Presa Association, on crs and other devices to fight the sub labor conditions in war-torn Europe "marine was made. Mr. Woll-was sent to Europe by the 1 A large share of the fund will be association since war was declared,' expended on Henry Ford's "Eagles' ana visited many or tne countries, in-' eluding Belgium, France and Italy. Mr. Barrett will give his audience this afternoon first hand information through the medium of Mr. WoHs re port of conditions as they exist to day -and this' should not only prove timely, but very interesting. L DELEGATES McNorton Returns From So ciological Congress Held at Birmingham J. A. McNorton, Esq., who attend ed the sessions . of the Southern So ciological Congress at Birmingham, April 14-17, Inclusive, as representa tive of the -New Hanover Food Con servation Commission, just returned, has the following to say concerning the impressions gathered frora the speeches made and the various pa pers read: "Many questions effecting in a large way our Western life, and, in many cases, the world, were ably con sidered in a frank and fearless man ner. Speakers of national reputa tion favored the Congress with ad dresses and papers. Dr. C. W Stiles, United States Public Health officer, read a paper on 'A Community Program for Public Health During the War," which was perhaps among the most instructive and enlightening papersread at the session. "The keynote of the session wa' human welfare and moral uplift, but, perhaps, the most interesting and in structlve of all the questions consid ered were those bearing on social re lations and the new order which the great war is undoubtedly producing. "Vice conditions at the canton ments and among the civilian popula tion received earnest and thoughtful consideration. There can be ?.o doubt but that the plans suggested will be productive of highly benefi cial results. "The matter of food production and conservation was given a large place in the deliberations. It was recog nized and emphasized that the burden of feeding the worli iow, and for many years to come, will boa. ery heavily upon this country. "It was the general opinion ex pressed by "all the ap3akers, ana among these were men and women from the battlefronts in Europe as well as those from amons our home people, that the only course open to this, country is to fight the war to a victorious conclusion, and t to entertain for a moment any proposi tion for a premature or atched'jp T i'nte-. "It was thought by some that even though our armies should be victor ious from a military standpoint, un less the people of the world get out of the war a better order of things; Ithat unless human selfishness and greed should be made to take a sec ondary place in our economic life, to !be succeeded by a condition in which : unselfish service to humanity wpuld- .be the standard of moral worth that we would have failed of our purpose, land that aH our sacrifices and suffer- lings would have been in vain. Char- acter and good will are the end to be sought in the re-organization of our social, economfc and industrial - ' Jlife," - - - . ntrnnni UN 1 1 II .0 Naval Appropriation Bill. V of $15000011,600 Passedlln ' ; TO DEVELOP GREAT DESTROYER FORCE Large Part of the Sum Will be Devoted to Turning Out Sub let .Chasers rOther 5g;;Ughts of the Bill Washington, April 20 Framed to develOR the largest submarine fle BtroyeWfor the world, the big nttvai'Sgjjriijpi-ittuijn. oui- carrying ap-proxlm4tely,;;$lf500,000,000--was unan fm"r passed "hy: the House late to- uay. J L It .isbne''bt-M largest naval ap- propnajion nuism tne nation's hl- i made. immediately; available so that in-'none ,of the' navy work will be de- laVfin . Just what; the, destroyer program will be Is not; revealed by specific ap- propriations but part of it is carried destroyer chasers. Naval aviation under the bill will receive $1S8,000,000 double the amount originally planned . Other Jrigh Rights of the bill are: Increasing the enlisted strength of the navy by 78,000 to 330,000. Increasing the marine corps from 30,000 to 75,500bo that more marines can be rushed to France in -response to . a call ol, General Pershing; - BidrfemfRff -,JU5 temporatr kos- rjipffiOa to 56sMtl295,0(K).Bofliarniy and navy men will be cared for in these hospitals it is planned. Enlargement of all the navy yards to provide greater ship building fa cilities. Enlargement of the Great Lakes naval training station to such an ex tent that it will be the largest sta tion of its kind in the world. .--Can appropriation of $350,000 to pro vide , for the bringing back to the United States of men dying in the service. Enlarging the naval base at Hamp ton Roads, Va., by an appropriation of $250,000 to $1,250,000. AMERICANS REPULSE GERMAN ATTACK TirlV tV. A m origan Ann as 5n Anril 20.- After German ,a .ini.niiv otariTAdfulation guttering were ana in occu- American positions Northwest of Toul earlv today and had driven back American outposts the Americans . de livered a strong counter attack, re capturing the positions. The battle is still raging. The enemy assault was preceded by ah artillery bombardment of violent character, the Germans sending over many gas shells with the shrapnel. South of St. Mihlel German storm troops also attempted an attack, but were driven back with fiavin some of their dead in thi Ainlricv trenches. Two German airplanes which flew low to fire on American infantry were brought down. EXPLOSION WRECKS AMERICAN STEAMER Washington, April 20 The Ameri can steamship Florence H. .was blown up in a French port by an in ternal "explosion on April 17, accord ing to a cable received from Vice Admiral Sims, by the Navy Depart ment today. Initial reports say that 34 out of a crew of 75 were rescued. A United States destroyer, whose work Admiral Sims , cabled was "most gallant", made most of the rescues. NOTIFIED TO APPEAR. Registrants Advised When to Report. Should Take Heed. The following have been ordered to appear at the office of the local board for Wilmington, No. 15 Masonic Temple, at 4 o'clock p. m., Thursday, April 25, and will be entrained for Camp Jackson on the foilovviu day. John Henry Malpass, William M. Wells, Jr., G. Ambrosians, Chas E. Scherer, Jr., Simon Taft Shiver, .Wal ter Gray Futch, Ralph Taylor Davis, Bob Cashwell Malpass, John Ponce, Mack Johnson, Harry Frank Bisnop, Orover Lewis. William Leggett, Moses Newell. Willie Sellars, Noel Gilles- nie Neally. Harry Frank Bishop and Grover Lewis have failed Vas. yet to appear -i,.roi.ol ovaminatinn and thifl no- 'Hm- ii riven them to appear at once. at 'once. - '". - Nearly. Three Million Bushels o Wheat to Go to Belgium at Once COUNTRY TOTALLY WITHOUT BREAD Hoover Gives Rush Order in Effort to Stave Off Starva tion Has Precedence Over Other Shipments Washington, April 20. To relieve starving Belgians, 3,000,000 bushels of wheat will be rushed immediate ly from Atlantic ports, taking pre ceedence even over food for the other Allies, it was learned on high authority here tonight. This will feed the 9,250,000 people for one month. Official cablegrams reaching here pictured Belgium as starving. The Country is totally without bread at this ' moment and even with the immediate rushing of food across it is believed nothing can avert a breadless period of about 20 days With the Allies clamoring for more and more food in the face of the German drive, Herbert Hoover had been fighting relentlessly for the last 10 days to save the Belgian people from practical famine and has finally arranged to ship ahead of everything 2,775,000 bushels of wheat. Shipments will begin leaving ports at once and all efforts will be con centrated for a period of about 10 days on loading this Belgian grain Hoover had the co-operation of the Shipping Board in obtaining tonnage for Belgian relief. Only ships not available for troops or war supplies will be used for this purpose, but Al lied civilian needs will wait tempo rarily. After a few days loading it is expected that normal grain shipments to England and France will e re- sirmed: , t Hoover was supported by action of the Allied super-war council ; last January when it was agreed that Bel gium relief should not be allowed to be cut off by war demands. It was not until the German drive forced speeding up of transAtlantic ship ping that Belgian food supply was in danger and this is the first time it has been necessary to fall -back on' the super-war council agreement. Wheat to be shipped under this arrangement will total about 75,000 tons. Some neutral boats will be used by permission o fth eshipping board. One vessel which has been lying idle at a gulf port will be loaded there. Cablegrams from Belgium appeal ing for help stated Belgium was to tally without bread and that as sdming that all carggoes float, when hihc6iui I Belgium safely, the bulk of the pop- pied Northern France would have to suffer twenty days bread famine be fore the increased shipments will show in the food supply in stricken districts. Foo Administrator Hoover, who lft his engineering business in 1914 to begin th6 work of feeding starving Belgium was tonight extremely grati fied at the agreement reached. URGE USE POTATOES. Old Crop Must Be Gotten Out of Way Before New One Arrives. The following is issued from the office of State Food Administrator Henry A. Page, Raleigh, in which all are urged to use Irish pota oes on every possible occasion. The request reads: "It is urgently important for many reasons to secure a vastly increased consumption of Irish potatoes during the next several weeks. In . the first place, everybody realizes the urgent military necessity for conserving wheat flour, and potatoes form a most acceptable Substitute for brea "What is not so generally lpown and realized, however, is that there is a tremendous surplus of potatoes re sulting from a large crop last yerr and a winter period during which it was impossible to keep potatoes mov ing to the markets. Now it Is of the utmost importance to prevent the waste of these potatoes and to en courage the producers to plant a large acreage this year that we stim ulate in every manner, possible the use of potatoes so that this surplus may be sold at a profit to the produ cers and consumed without waste by our people. "I am writing to urge that you at least double the consumption of po tatoes in your establishment until the large surplus has disappeared and the present situation has been relieved. "Serve potatoes in every attractive form-possible Put them on your bill of fare at special prices so that your patrons will have not only the patri otic Urge but be impelled by motives of economy to use potatoes. "This course Is an economic and military necessity and I feel sure tnat ' I can depend upon every patriotic V 1! L.I.I nrnmn. North Carolina, hotel man and woman to do their part in this matter,". ' mm MM. OF More Fish Taken During Past Ten 'Days Than in Three Months Last Year . The Fisheries Product Company has been very successful in catching the oily menhaden this past week. Their catch to date is equal to their total catch of the first three months of last year. This is particularly gratifying as they started fishing about two weeks earlier this year than they did lst season. The fish are unusually fat and producing con siderable oil per barrel of fish The AND ABE QUALITY scrap is high in ammonia and phos-jtal phoric acid. At the present prices of over $4 per barrel. On this basis the fall fish should pay out Over $6 par barrel. This company is perhaps the larg est entei prise operating in this local ity and no doubt pays out more money in wages each week than any other concern in Wilmington, N. C. They now employ over 400 men and their force will be increased to about 700 as the season advances. They have a most complete and ef ficient organization. Thomas H. Hayes, president of the company, has been engaged in fishing industries, for the past 12 years, and .is one of the most successful and largest oper ator in this line in the United States. Their plant here produces more scrap and oil than any other three plants on ihe c(u st, from Maine to Texas. The efficiency of their organization is well demonstrated by the record time in which they installed new and mod ern equipments for the handling of the fish, erecting elevators, conveyors, n w piling, rebuilding docks and build ing a, new fish box to hold over three million fish. In addition to this they have .given their 11 stgamers, .striker boats, purse boasand seines"Ja thor ough overhauling. They have oyer $75,000 invested in seines and seine equipment. The menhaden fishing industry has developed to one of the. most import ant industries in this country, as a result of the enormous and urgent demand of the farmers of the South, as well as the North for high-grade fertilizers. The oil is used extensive ly by the steel manufacturerers in tempering steel to be used in making steel plates for ships and other grades of steel used in making bullets and shells. It is also in demand by the soap and paint manufacturers as well as a number of other standard uses. There are three of these plants near Wilmington and the local wholesale and retail merchants, as well as the laboring class receive great benefit from their operations. They pay out a large amount on money each year in wages and buy an enormous amount of material and supplies an nually. It Is estimated that the three concerns pay out for wages, supplies and equipment over one million dol lars annually. PROFESSOR THORNTON ENLISTS IN THE NAVY (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, N C, April 20. Richard Thornton, professor of Journalism at the State University, today enlisted in Raleigh for service in the Navy and got out without any explanations. Mr. Thornton was first rate seadog material, and it means that he quits his classes in English at the Univer sity. His work in that department has been a notable contribution to the course and his boys have shown up strongly.' HUN IS CARPETING FIELD WITH DEAD Washington, April 20. Germany is carpeting the Western battlefront with dead, and from many outfits has lost 50 per cent. or .above, according to an official diplomatic dispatch re ceived here tonight. On March 26 the tenth division of reserves at Croix Du Bac lost half its forces and a company of the 370th regiment could -report only 26 out of 96 men on April 10. Other examples of the reckless wastage the Boche leaders are inflict ing in their gamble follow: The 20th regiment of the Second Bavarian division lost 50 per cent.; a company of the 77th regiment mus tered only one commisisoned officer and 30 men at the close of an attack; the Fifth Grenadier regiment lost at least 26 officers; in the 187th division 1,600 men were mowed down on March 26; the 360th infantry of the Fourth division reserves was nearly annihilated on April 9; the 17th .Re serve division showed 40 per cent, de- crease; while the 131st regiment lost more thanhalf in the Merris fighting Lieutenant Commander Kin chen J. Powers on Pl-fatecL y Vessel SUNK BY U-BOAT IN EUROPEAN WATERS Of Total of 1 0 Officers and 52 Members of Crew, Five Offi cers and 1 2 of Crew Report ed as Survivors. Washington, April 20. The TJ. S. S. Lake Moor was sunk by an enemy submarine about midnight on April It in European waters, the Navy Departs ment announced tonight. -Out of a to- of 10 officers and 52 members of the crew, five officers and 12 of the crew have been reported as survivors. The Lake Moor, a carg;o carrier of 4,5500 tons register, had recently beea -taken over by the Shipping Board.:' This is her first trip abroad. The news of the torpedoing of the . Lake Moor was received here late to day in a cable from AdmiraJ "Sims! which did not contain full details. - The - Lake Moor was built in thi$ country for a foreign firm and later taken over by the Shipping Board.7: She was a new vessel and sailed from" an Atlantic port on her maiden1 tripj All .the survivors have been lahded at an English port. . . ' V Among the known survivors of- the U. S. S. Lake Moor are: Lieutenant Commander Kimcher J. Powers, U. S N. R., 420 Walnut street, Wilmington"; N. C; Prince A. Johnson, Franklin, Va.; Roscoe C. Leonard, 22 High -street, Cambridge, Md. Among the missing are: Joseph: Battle, Rocky Mount, N. C; Wm. F. Bush. Danville. Tenn.: Jacob E. Go. hien. 732 West Broad street. Rich mond, Va.; Wm. N. DInnell, 308 State . street, Berkley, Va.; Wm. B. Fergu., son, 101 DennjLson avenue," Roanoke; VCr-Hoy ufGridder, Bridgeport,-; Ala.;! Alvin F. Hann Catonsville, Md.; Johs B. HowertonR. F. D. No. 1, - Peters burg, Va.; Fred R. P... Hughes,. Rose ville, Md,; Woodfred W. Ice, Meyers S. C; Eugene A. Johnston, 1110 Din widdie street, Portsmouth, Va.; James E. Kirkpatrick, No. 3 Duke street, Greenville, S C; C. K. Ratcliffe, 101 West Grace street, Richmond, Va.; Harry Taggart, Hamlin, Texas;) Lawrence M. Tate, 864 Tenth avenue, Petersburg, Fla. ; John H. Thorne, 2344 Wilkins avenue, Baltimore, Md.; Frederick Wilson, Easton, Md.; Thorn- -as Wilson, 737 Carolina street, Ports mouth, Va. Among those on board who were saved was J. M. Higgs, signal man of the British navy. NO SOLDIERS CAME UP. Colonel Chase Kept His Word to the Letter Was No Khaki Here. - True to his word, Colonel Chase saw to it that none of the boys froni the fort came to the city yesterday and the absence of khaki on the streets, despitje their crowded con- : dition, was noticeable. If anyone thought the fort commandant was. r bluffing, whjen he threatened to keep the regulars at the fort on Sunday y unless alleged evil conditions were remedied the non-presence of troop ers on the streets yesterday dispell ed this theory Heretofore, the boys heve been In the city for Saturday night and Sunday and have been roy-; ally entertained but not so yesterday.- , Spain Cut Off London, April 20 Spain lias been cut oq from press communication with England since early Friday. No explanation has been offred of the news embargo. A German prisoner's unmailed let ter gives a glimpse of the bloody! scene. ' '; "The road from Arras to Cambral is constantly under .fire and you); losses are beyond description," 31 wrote, according to the dispatch. "The ditches are piled high with dead horses and certain batteries have only two or three . left. The losses in mett are not less and every day the road is strewn with dead and dying." i"' Germany herself is keeping flgut' from her people as far as possible-; but the grim fact of severe losses is seeping through to Teuton homes -as the wounded pour back. While the -military leaders have prepared the way for bad tidings, the ruthless sac--: rifices of the wave formations are cre ating a profound effect in Germany, according to information. v; "It is not surprising that " tha ' German public is "stirred by the seri ous German losses on jthe Western front," .; commented the . official mes sage as a preface to its record of price Germany pays for territorial gains." " ; " y r " ' " " ' - -MXL 1 f IS M , ' it '4 i' - v.. i. V V :.' '( . ... y .9 V I m r ' ; J - v '- K 5: 1 s f - i -