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VOL. XXIV. NO. 123
WIOMINGTON.. NORTH CAROLINA. :
FIVE CENTS
7H GOVERNMENT TO
POLICY OF UNITY
SEE NO NECESSITY
INVESTIGA TE CANALS
ON ATLANTIC C6AST
IEIR RECORD
I
TkeWi
p)ISF
jfv 12. 1918.
ATGH
f
efj! "due oi
ATS STAND
PROVES EFFECTIVE
FOR NEW REVENUE
Intracastol Canals the Solution
of Freight Congestion.
INSPECTION ORDERED
Committee Will Traverse Ca
nal Route From New York
to Jacksonville.
CAROLINA'S CHANCE
Wilmington and Other East
ern Carolina Towns are Re
qested to Prepare Data For
the Committee.
' " (Special to The Dispatch.)
.Washington, May lLRepresenta
' tive John H. Small, of North Carolina,
! chairman of the house rivers and har
'"Dors committee, issued an - Important
statement here tonight indicating that
i a proper showing is made Director
of Railroads McAdoo may open up the
intercoastal canal, touching a number
of North Carolina points, for barge ,
traffic and the relief of congested
railroad conditions.
Representative Small announces
that a committee soon -will visit towns
along the route of the intercoastal
system, and he urges Wilmington and
other North Carolina cities to get
bray in preparation of data .showing der Daniels declared similar co-ordi-the
need of barge and towboat traf-! nation . is necessary in the church
tic to relieve-the railroads. The in
spection committee will represent the
United States railroad administration.'
In his statement Mr. Small says the
railroad administration recognizes
present congested conditions and has
itsuu iu use lue waterways. we
tires a!lotmcnt of large sums ofjin Atlanta or asouthern Methodist
Eoasr for barges on the New York cnurch in Seattle. If politicians and
" , . I.business men had forgotten there
ai elsewhere. Representative Small's
3tment continues:
"The most serviceable waterway
or the eaBtem United States Is the
Etncostal system. It is. possible, to" eyil This .demands the uniting-under
kre through barge transportation be-!011 organization of all who proudly
follow where Wesley blazed the
The old Delaware and ftaritani
canal, connecting New York bay with carry Its message to. the men in arms
,ii Land cheer to the homes which they
'aieiy owned, has 'a minimum depth
i- seven feet. The Chesapeake and
i-Mware canal, while -still nrivatelv
o'-ned. connects thp Twiawo
TT ffcA ill VI
v' rrt 1 .
. ,
land
: '"""yeiKe Day' and fi a dePtb
'ie reet. The Norfolk-Beaufort
ate... ay, which is the only link thaU
"ss b.-sn adopted by congress fox
. '" 18 su uncompleted, :yet
iffords
a minimum depth of nine feet, j
This 1,
ast waterway lies behind Hat-
tras and affords an outlet to. the
acean at Beaufort inlet. Barges can
eiwge in coastwise transportation the face of the world beyond? To
from Beaufort into as far south as day as never before men are looking
"""c, na. rnus we nave pre
thT Possibility of barge traffic
Meen New York and Jacksonville,
a there is imperative need for wa
ilt ?Sportatlon between these
snS?" Lumber and cotton and other
St S products can not be moved
31 Present. Coal. rArfiiivara
Urt proucts an(i machinery of - all
Jjnas and merchandise cannot be
SioeS80Uth because or sequent - em-
ce'mfv ?I 4Simmons and myself re
cS,iad tW0 conferences with thje
he ee, ,n inland waterways df
tion 9 ?d States raHroad administra
sitv rged uPon them the neces
' or thls action. This committee
era o?P01.?ted y the director gen
3urisd7oTailroads t0 exercise . initial
tenVn Hon over to promote
SZlUOn UPOn -erways. The
thenrm- .expresses sympathy with
their ai.C d at once
Thev make investigation.
PMladlinv vl81tJevery city between
I,! ;l.elphia and Jacksonville tor the
whir 1 rtainlng the extent to
If eSta;ateL.Un d be used
e0Pfi C 'oueQ- ey wsh full car-
favoraK!..8: .re evidence is
dm ";.aQQ inmcates the actual
need rf v- "uicaies tne actual
Mil nTm, 18 additional facility, they
tion
sire
"Ke a favnraKla m j
U0n to tlio j lowuiuicuun-
W tW dJreCt0r general- is de
given ! Uhe utmost PubUcity be
f vei to this
Posed T'601 111(1 tais
town; n ugauon- The cities and
a vital asterri North CaroUna have
Ji interest in this matter.
toizaw?61"1 organisations of
zaDeth Citv. 15W0 ti,v
WhS11' tEelhayei1 d New Bern
The m-iL-!.t0n should at once begin
htiV fl-ot data showing the
Mr Qm 7, s movement.
Mvfl t Ta11 st-ted that Renresenta
rticuiK iiQ actlve co-opera.tion,
H. Willi n TT4 AWT 11 A-t
e?th7t TPhiladelPWa. He also
Seru,
Larry I. Moore, of New
ltli."A" of the original
i C n..Nrth Carolina, who made
N
thr;,;11 to Washington, D. C,
Senator sZr enlistlnS - w aid
l0r Simmons and m. Small.
METIflTCHUIICH
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Secretarf H Daniels Addressed
Gen J Conference.
. - :
N E E D COORDINATION
Appeals L.-b) Northern and
Southern Churches to Pre
sent a Solid' Front.
ALL TO FIGHT THE EVIL
Asks Methodists to Forget the
Past as Have Business Men
and Politicians--Set an
Example for Army.
Atlanta, Ga., May 11. A "mighty
army of militant Methodists" through
consolidation of the north and south
churoh was urged here tonight by
Secretary of the Navy Daniels in a
speech before the general conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
south.
Pointing to th advantages of con
solidation as evidenced in the ap
pointment of snnrem Allied nrimmnn-
with its 7,000,000 communicants
"The supreme duty of Methodists
in 'north and south," he said, "is to
make any and all sacrifices that may
be necessary to mobilize themselves
into one mighty church. We have
lost much by the divisions and seen
much wasted effort There is no ex
cuse for a northern. Methodist church
was a Mason and . Dixon's line, the
Methodist churches cannot' wisely
longer march in separate columns
"Efficient maneuvering against the
attU nail fnv a ! iA a rtyr etf
moVement - for the overthrowing of
vh nhnrrh. he added.
ought to
in latter days the world has
been buffeted - on the waves of war
and anguish, and tragedy unspeak
able." he said "The ravages of shot
hearts. Men have lost faith in the
id material eods they once trusted
Before the German greed converted
im-!the continents into armea; caiuys
-fiiTinnaiwi of Germany were stronger
than Prussian militarism . We have
frmnrf that money and finance are im
potent against the cruel tyranny of
autocracy. What remains to whica
man may cling when they look Into
""J .. . . .1.14-.
o a a vi or Kelliaon . aione awu
i ,o hearts of men. Christianity
has not failed; it alone is the star if
hope
VISIT 10 CHARLOTTE
High War Officials to Thor
oughly Inspect Camp
Greene Conditions
Washington, May 11 With a view
to
imnrovinK conditions at camp
Green, Charlotte, N. C., secretary of
war Baker left here tonight witn uen
eral Black, chief of engineers and In
snector General Chamberlain.
The place which ,has sucered from
mud and other unsatisfactory conai
tions will be carefully inspected to
morrow. It is assumed that the chief
of engineers will be able. to devise im
provements, but Baker said' that should
it become necessary to shift the camp
elsewhere he had several sites availa
ble.
EXTERMINATOR WON
KENTUCKY DERBY.
Louisville, Ky., May 11. W, S. K
mers - Exterminator won the Ken
tucky derby,! premier turf event
America, here this afternoon. Eight
three-yar-olds contended for the 20
000 purse, of which the winner got
$16,000. The track was slippery
Escoba was second and Viva America
third.
Teuton Emperors to Meet.
Copenhagen, May 11 German Chan
cellor yon Hertling and Foreign Min
istry von Kuehlmann have gone to
Emperor Karl's headquarters, where
the Austrian and German emperors
are expected to confer on their ar
SEEEDW BAKER ON
rival. , ,
An
nounced by British
EXPLANATION HEARD
General's Reasons for His Sen
sational Letter Apparently,
Not Satisfied.
WHERE IS BLUCHER"
Maurice's Remarks Concern
ing General Foch Regarded
as an Insult Made Se
rious Charges.
London, May 11. General Maurice,
former director of military operations,
has been retired by the army coun
cil, it was officially announced to-
night.-
The council considered Maurice's
explanation of the breach of the reg
ulations he committed by writing and
causing the publication of a letter,
questioning the veracity of Premier
Lloyd-George and Chancellor of the
xcheqiier Bonar-Law, and directed
that he shbuld be placed at ice on
retired pay
The army council's action ended
the public career pf the man who has
created more confusion in British
military and official circles in the
ast few. weeks than any other indi
vidual since the start of the war.
Major General Frederick B. Mau
rice, as director of military opera
tions, was the official spokesman for
the British army and the natural
diary between the army and the war
cabinet.
Shortly after the
appointment of
Retirement f Officially
General Foch as commander-in-chief i det eat", but keep our attention stead
of the allied armies Maurice returned 'Wastry concentrated upon our aim, al
from a visit to British headquarters lowing nothing to "defeat us from our
mous "where is Blucher" interview,
in uus ne arew a parauei Detweenjiue tuuu- or our common cause, un-
the British armies in the p resent,
drive and., the British at Waterloo,
when? the fatoof the Duke '"OfWeT-
ington's forces hung on the arrival
of the Prussian leader, General ' Blu
cher. The Blucher in this case
plainly ..was -Foch, and Maurice's re
marks generally were accepted as an
insult not only to Foch but to the
Versailles war council.
Maurice was removed Immediately
and given command at tne front, a
tire allied press. i
"
Maurice this week made public a
letter In the London Chronicle in'
which h. flftr.larAfl that. TJnvrt-Oom-.
and Bonar-Law,; in speeches in com
mons before the: start of the German
offensive 'made false statements re
garding the number of British effec
tives on the west front.
The premier ordered the army coun
cil to Investigate Maurice's breach of
army regulations. At the same time
he informed commons tnat he wish-
ed the appointment of two judges as.hnt ' amnt fnr th ..4r.-i
a court of honor to Investigate Mau
rice's charges.
Herbert Asquith," former premier,
and leader of the opposition, contend
ed that the investigation should be
made by a parliamentary committee. J
Lloyd-George stuck to his original
plan and declared that if Asquith put
the motion he would regard the
house's vote as .one of confidence or
lack of confidence in the ministry,
and that he and his cabinet would
stand or fall on the result.
After a bitter debate in commons
Thursday, during which the premier
presented figures completely refuting
Maurice's statements, Asquith put the
motion. It was overwhelmingly de
feated.
I ' M !
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Lord -Reading Declares
More Sacrifices Necessary
RIGHT eHALL PREVAIL
Despite te , Llany; Obstacles
the Allies-MustGo-ohto
Victory. .v
im
CONTROL EMOTIONS
Urges People Not to be Too
Much Elated Over a Vic-'
tory or Become Depressed
When Reverses are Met
Washington, May 11. Wafnins
against over optimism wherein "lies
great danger," Lord Reading, Britiah
ambassador to the United States, to
night eclared vast sacrifices must be
made "until the victor yof a just and
lasting peace has been secured for
the benefit of humanity."
Addressing o gathering of Wash
ington correspondents, officials and
members of congress at the National
Press club, Reading declared that de
spite the obstacles, mistakes and dis
appointments, "you Americans, we
British, and our heroio French and
other allies, continue on our way, de
termined that our system shall pre
vail in th end. There is no room in
the world for a military despotism
which is a constant menace to and
si indeed directed against the rest
of the world.
"But let us beware of a false opti
mism; therein lies grave anger. The
me-fIssues are immense and the efforts
,1 ?fl ,n"l' Ze
two. luvio oroauxijr iu cue l&CB, HcILU
er be too elated by a momentary vlc-
tory nor depressed by a temnorarv
neoessary in the way-of wwsrtfice to
tu the victory of a Just Mid UsUag
'Peace - nas -Been jsecurev
T will not "dTfriH tonight tobon' the
splendid services rendered to the al
4ie cause by-.- the' United States "of
America; ah the moment when th
American navy is contributing . so
largely to prevent v submarine attacks
upon the. world's , shipping and at a
mo'ment - when reinforcement o our.
troops' are ; being 1 transported rapidly
and in increasing numbers td, "take
their part . with the ues n the great
i i . . jitLi. 1 11 .i i i
nines noiwunsiamng an me ooasis
way,
America ai me momeni oi cau
roni tne aiues reaponuea quiciuy ana
unhesitatingly with troops to the ut
most of the shipping capacity to be
used as deemed best for the further
ance of the common cause with the
unselfish object of assisting the best
of her abilit yin the emergency."
Of mistakes made by all parties in
the war Lord Reading said:
"In these times attention is arrest-
A A rrtna Vtxr nrTl9 main An V Q n hv
utterances and declarations of, the
great leaders of thought and policy.
Men turn to the realities and present
a mirror of the cataclysm through
which we are living. Powerful as is
at all times the intiuences the press
is vastly more powerful and fraught
with deeper responsibility now, when
the vast concourse of the peoples of
Ihe world are so vitally interested in
the events in Europe. The public
obtains its information from your
newspapers, which were never so
anxiously, awaited as at the present
day Elation or depression may fol
low unon the news, emotions are
I roused, and the heArt beats fsst as
, the marvelous heroism are recount-
;e in yoru columns.
PERFECTING RANGE FINDING
lamp Clark Speaks
ft Wayne, Ind.
H
IE OFSfTTGTlIJrT
r
The CamiPaiG? -for.Rc-elcctin-
lfon(aaunchecL
t r'
he waRns ;;His PARTY
Says RepHiblicaTis are Prepar-
ing jan Assault All Along
the Lin erWUpholds the
rtecorcVpf.'-rresyent. 3
Fort fcW'aynel'Iad May. 11. Assert
ing that the, demp.crats will , stand
"firmlyvand-4rjpbahtly on ' their
recordrnot iip)n .promises but upon
monumbntal tBiS8 accomplished,"
Champ-' Clark, Speaker- of the house,
here tjaniglit'. fit61; bis party's open
ing , edk to the! cbjning campaign to
re-elect a democratic congress.
Thefrecenir Peieh of Republican
Floor leTderfti? In New York in
dicates Vtfcat .th)9 . republicans are pre
paring tar,?assauWtonr positions all
along the; line, and that we muust
fight to Vin. "P vained his audi
ence of Indiana 5 democrats.
Clark said the Veal fight in the com
ing election Will' be -to .gain control
of the houseV Although ' 35 senators
must be elected, P-Q believed there is
no chance for he TcpnWica&B to win
there. y -
Upholding loyally, ib recordof his
rival for the presidency, Clark ap
pealed for democratic House ao as to
provide tne "best npssifcte ?teamirork
in this titanic, war."V;i'-.V ;
. "Why should-the American voters
inject discord into the 'vixtoS? parts. 6
the governmental macninery'b.ea"ta4
Utmost arjapny should revcU in. tie
v Cr 'w . "JfT7" vC,
the whole world's affairsrerrh rep
reseatative government is?f-t etL--a. I
do not believe they will beurxA-9
and I confidently expect thath? next
house will be democratic, t'tc
a democratic administration, , in te
mist stupendous task. cverv dr -
iuLen. . , : . , y . -
Clark then recited the achieve'
ments of the democratic congress,
mentioning the tariff bill, the income
tax, "which' he predicted is here to
stay, as k'the fairest tax ever levied,"
the federal reserve bank act which
has done away with pan?cs, the farm
loan banks, the opening up of Alas
kan resources, the federal trade com
mission bill, and the shipping board,
besides the necessary war legislation.
"In four brief years we placed upon
the statute books more construuetive
legislation than the republicans enact
ed In two decades, the speaker said.
"Before we got in the republicans
cried loudly we could do nothing.
Now they wildly vociferate we are
doing too muuch
"Ours is a magnificent record which
anybody save a stark idiot can easily
and successfully defend. Upon that
unequalled record we confidently ap
peal to the grand inquest of the na
tion in the coming campaign."
NAVY ANNOUNCES
TWO CASUALTIES
Washington, May 11 The navy de.
partment announced two casualties to
day, as follows: James Joseph Hlff,
U. S. N., 2652 Richmond street, Phila
delphia; Richard Calvin McCalls, chief
quartermaster, Johnson City, Tenn.,
who was burned to death in a sea
plane accident. Riff died from wounds
received in a stabbing afiray.
LIoyd-Georges Victory Re
stored to Him Popularity.
BLOCKING 2EEBRUGGE
: ,' -;
Feat of British Naval Force
: Vas the Feature of the
Week.-
THE INFANTRY INACTIVE
Operations on West Front
Were Purely Local Affairs.
America Replaces Losses
Sustained bv Allies.
New York, May ll.-The effective
ness of the allies' hew policy of unity
of command under General Foch was
greatly strengthened this week by
Premier Lloyd-George's victory in the
house of commons over certain mili
tarists outside of parliament who tried
to overthrow his ministry.
Major General Maurice's belated
accusation of lying brought against
the British government followed Mau
rice's removal from office for having
criticized General Foch's sparing use
of French reserves during the German
assault against the British . front in
Flanders. It was undoubtedly this
disciplinary act imposed by Lloyd
George that brought about the sud
den 'crisis in the-house xf -commons.
Those military leaders who desire
exclusive control of the British em
pire's destiny were " decisively de
feated. The incident has served to restore
Lloyd-George's prestige at ' a time
when his popularity was beginning to
decline. There are not likely to be
further reports of his enforced retire
ment fro mthe premiership at this
time. The possibility that he might
have been defeated over the Maurice
charges caused a general survey to
be made of those who ould have
succeeded him. The result of that ex
amination has been a better under
standing of Lloyd-George's value to
the cause. of the allies
His downfall might have been in
terpreted by the -Germans- as a wav-
erinr in the ; resolve- of the world's
democracies ta-press the war to a full
decision against -Prussian militarism.
Lloyd-George's continuation in office
will undoubtedly cause disappoint
meritrin Berlin
iL daring operation against Ostend
juusweeK Dy ine--jsnxisn navy seaiea
Uhat port ; against further unlimited
use by the Germans as a base for
submarines:
Following the blocking bf Zeebrugge
harbor by a similar adventure last
month the closing of the channel at
Ostend will force- the Germans to
move their principal submarine bases
300 miles further north into home wa
ters. This will mean much less op
erating efficiency and a more limit
ed range of piracy, because of the
greater distance that must be trav
eled through an area highly danger
ous to the submarines.
The British admiralty has an
nounced that the mixed areas in the
North sea has been extended. This
step is an" off ensive move to counter
act the enforced adoption of German
ports as bases for the submarines.
Further immunity to merchantman
should become very quickly evident
as the result of the sealing of the
Belgian harbor and the more exten
sive mining of the North sea from
the German coast southward.
Military operations along the west
front were purely local during the
week. The Germans made an effort
to advance southwest of Ypres, but
the slight gains they secured were
won back by the allies in later oper
ations. West of Amiens, nw posi
tions of tactical advantage were se
cured by British and French pressure
It is apparently General Foch's pur
pose to continue in the Amiens. area
the concentration of his principal
forces in anticipation of a new maor
offensive by von Hindenburgi to se
cure Amiens and advance toward Bou.
logne.
Secretary Baker s announcement
this week that theTs are over half a
mivn of American troops in France
means that the United. States is now
able more than ever to make good
allied losses caused by the German
western offensive. Von Hindenburg
has no such new source to turn to
replace l.is slaughtered German pow
er. Austro-Hungary will not respond
to the sacrifice call from Berlin and
it is evident that the kaiser's efforts
to persuade Bulgaria to fight along
the west front have been in vain. To
the German peoples, this week's news
of the rapid arrival of America's great
army m France must, bring despair
The maniacal militarists who keep
prating about a strong German peace.
despite America's approaching major
activities in France, are but leading
Germany to irretrievable ruin.
Pennsylvania Crew Victorious
Philadelphia, Pa., May 11. The
University of ennsylvania crews
made a clean sweep on the Schuyl
kill late this afternoon when they de
feated Yale in bota the varsity and
freshman races.; Rowing over the
historic Henley course, the varsity
crew beat -the Yale regulars, by five
lengths. The freshmen defeated the
Yale yearlings by three-quarters ofa
length The respective time was 6:20
land 7:14 .,i
Secretary McAdoo's Suggest
tion Gets Little Response.
KJTCHIN WOULD WATH
Declares Congress Will be ir$.
Better Position to Act Next
December. j
INFORMATION WANTED'
If Government Expects Cori
gress to Pass Additional
Revenue Legislation the
Need Must be Clear. jJ
(By FRANK P. MORSE.) '
Washington, May 11. Unless thef
administration Imparts to the houset
ways and means committee addition
al facts making clear that further.
revenue legislation is required front,
this session of congress, It is highly '
improbable that any such legislation;
will be introduced . But if It Is intro'
duced, congress will not adjourn until
October. i-
. ... ,
Despite the opinion expressed by'
Secretary McAdoo in his recent letter;
to Senator Simmons, chairman of the
senate finance committee, that mora
revenue legislation must be had be
fore congress adjourns, -Chairman
Claude Kitchin, of the ways and
means committee, declared today
that both he ..and the committee as a.
whole could see no necessity for the
additional revenue bill that Mr. Mc
Adoo proposes.
Not only does this committee rec
ognize no present need for such ft
bill, but they also believe that if tha
bill is not prepared before December,
the prospective requirements of the
treasury will then be much mora
definite. It may even be possible,
that-by that time an improvement la
the war outlook-would permit a con
siderable reduction-in the amount of?
appropriations.- - ;- :
',. "Perhaps," Mr.- - Kitchen iaft to
The Dispatch - correspondent, "the
committee does- not know all 'the
facts. -There may-be. sound reasons
for "the secretary's suggestion . But
so far as 'we do know-, the. situation
we can see no necessity for submit"
ting ' another revenue -bill before ad
journment, and unless .we do get more
information proving .that, we are
wrong in our position, it . is very un
likely that any such bill will be In
troduced. "Of course, we recognize that steps
must be taken as soop as congress
reassemble in December . to plan for
additional revenue... But we also
recognize that the government's
views as to what sums it will need in
1919 may be very different in Decem
ber from what their views are now.
Suppose the course of the. war should'
take, in the next seven months, a de--cided
turn In our favor, even more
decided than we expect, in that case,
the prospective needs of the nation
would b promptly reduced, and we
would be promptly reduced, and we
bill from what we should prepare if
the prospect were less agreeable.
"However if we are convinced later
in this session that Mr. McAdoo is
right, congress will probably no:
able to adjourn until just before ths
elections."
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YALE OUTCLASSED
THE HARVARD NINE.
Cambridge, Mass., May 11. Yale
beat Harvard 5 to 0 when these col
legiate rivals resumed major athletic
series of base bait ames here on
soldiers field this afternoon
The Yale club outclassed the Har
vard nine Talcott, the Yale pitcher,'
used a fast drop which the Harvard'
batters were unable to interpret. He
fanned ten, passed none and allowed
two hits, one of the mvery scratchy.
As baseball the game was a disap
pointment, but collegians said it in
dicated that Yale and Harvard will
carry on major competition with the
material they have during the re
maining years of the war in all
sports.
Only two thousand" saw the game
and the bright' dresses of thousands
of girls which have made the game
a fete in other years were missing.
SOLDIERS SENDING
LETTERS TO MOTHER
With . the American Army in
Picardy, May 10.-. Hundreds of let
ters for American mothers will leave
: Picardy tomorrow.
Soldiers- could be observed every
where toay in dugouts, in trenches
and in the rear areas, writing these
letters during their spare moment.
A few touching situation arcs
when some of the boys, haltingly an
nounced that . their mothers had died '
since they had come to, France, and
asked if they. would be permitted to
write to some one else. Members of
Y. II. C. A. and ' Salvation , Admy
suggested that these boys write ; to.
their sisters or to their ' bunkieflf.
Mother. j
r
fc .