IAN DRIVE
THE GRAND LODGE
U-BOAT LEAD BEING
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POTTER KILLED IN
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ID
MONTH
RAPIDLY CUT DOWN
Allied Armies V Intact ; With
America Rushing Troops
LOSSES CAUSE , HALT
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"Entente Forces Have Been
Biting Off Positions Here
and There- ?
LATEST HUN FAILURE
Since March 31 British Avia
tors Have Accounted For
1 ,000 German Planes and -Dropped
Many Bombs'
Germany's spring offensive, launch
ed in the hope of forcing the allies
to conclude peace, enters upon. It
third month today. The allied armies
re still in tact and awaiting further
Enemy attacks, -while American rein
forcements are hurrying to France.
Great losses sustained in Picardy and,
Flanders have forced the Germans to
halt and reorganize their shattered
divisions.
In the weeks since the -repulse of
the last strong German attack, that
north of Mont Kommel, the allies
have succeeded here and there . In
hiting off important positions En
emy counter attacks, have not been
vigorous and all his attempts to re
gain the lost positions have failed.
The latest German failure was
northwest of Merville, the apex of the
Lys salient. Attacking new British
positions on a front of two-thirds of
a mile, the Germans, although In
strength, were thrown back. The
British line remains unchanged.
Smaller army attempts north of Bail
leul have been repulsed by the
French.
On the sectors southwest of Ypres
and west of Amiens the Germans
hare shown no indications that infan
try attacks are about to be renewed.
Neither has General Otto von Below's
urmy east of Arras undertaken new
operations. However, Berlin cannot
delay a renewal of the offensive much
longer and that is the time the allies
are waiting for as they improve their
positions at various points.
British aviators since Matrch 21 have
jlccounted for 1,000.. Ge rmanv airplanes
ifld have dropped more than 1,000" tons
of bombs on enemy military targets,"
The aerial campaignagainst the en-
emy continues unbated, both British
and French bombing squadrons . be
ing busy. ' '
In patrol actions in Lorraine, Amer
icans troops have captured 'German
prisoners. Both the American and
German artillery is more active than
usual in the Woevre and in Lorraine,
but no infantry fighting is reported.
On the front between the Piave and
Lake Garda the Italians have been
Tlctorious in several strong local en
gagements with the Austro-Hungari-ens.
On Monte Spinoncia, west of
the Piave, the Italians wiped out an
enemy post and captured 53 prison
ers, while their new positions at
Capo Sile, on the Piaye, have been
extended further.
North of Bagdad, in Mesopotamia,
the Turkish resistance to the ad
vancing British is weak. Mounted
troops have occupied Fatha. north of
Tekrit, on the Tigris, the Turks flee
ing after slizht. fie-htin Tn thft Kir-
fcuk region the Turks have not mo
lested the British in their removal of
auitary stores from that captured
town.
Salaries of New Officers Will
Range Anywhere From
$5,000 to $20,000.
ashinsrtnn Mot oo r 1 j!
ctors of the railroad administration
instructed today by Director Gen
' 1 McAdoo to recommend immediate
a federal Hiroof r ji
- , "-i.wi iui cycij ia.li
Mrn a be .responsible only to the
"7 administration, to replace the
end? eUts as chief operating officers,
lnt S ese appointments the pres
tontSriaglng Staffs wil1 contiuue in
nSn.al dIrectors will come to
toim 0n soon to discuss the" ap
ta!v ' which may be delayed in
i r,n ?vf es for several months. It
tontin e that some presidents will
nueuindefinitely to direct their
brPL , Ugh they wi subject
u rem0val afc
Ifle first j: I - -
Ue th u"cLors may be named
igu aii' J0'111 be compelled to re
ad, Im, cial cnnection with their
00. t. "' . ne rrom 5,000 to $20,
tv - ;-"ec lium $o,uuu io au,-
8 fedproi j- Bnerai may cnoose
feitB ?lrectors many vice presi
AbsumI111 Charge of operations.
wroaJ 1 Taf given today fcy the
fcd's . ministration that each
ttle a,lrs.vTrould be disturbed , as
stives PSlble and that statfs of ex.
lined tu ,emPloyes would be re
be Vlii h federal director for each
fch th man already connected
e operation of the road.
BIS BE NAMED
TO HANDLE RAILROADS
British! Ensign is Attacked by
Seven German Airplanes
BATTLE IN NORTH SEA
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Sjx, Weeks Ago Shot Down
Hun Seaplane in Heligo- -land;
Bighjt .
COMPANION GAVE AID
Last Seen When "Machine
Dove Toward Water and
Burst Into Flames
V Wreckage Lost.
Washington,, May 22. News of the
death of Ensign". Stephen Potter, na
val reserves, who was 'trilled - while
fighting- seven ' enemy single-seated
airplanes in the North sea on April
25, was received here today from the
London representative of the commit
tee on public information,
j Ensign Potter, who-was second pilot
to a British royal force captain had.
six weeks before shot down a German
seaplane in Heligoland bight.
The story of Potter's encounter with
the enemy says: - '
"Potter left the North sea station
in a British seaplane and steered due
east until six miles west-southwesi of
North of Hinder light. Another plane
accompanied Potter and kept position
to starboard throughout the - action.
Two enemy planes were" sighted to
port, heading towards them, flying
low. Both British planes dived about
100 yards apart; closing upon the
nearest German.
"Fire opened from both at close
range. -
"Potter's companion had emptied
one drum from the forward cockpit
When the gun jammed. Two more
hostile rfnes then appeared over
head, attacking vigorously. A $oth
Britons turned to the west, pursuing
one of the? lower enemy, who was soon
lost to. - view. Three " others passed
astern; following a ; sharp angle, Pot
ter was close above . bis companion
and. dove .to; within 1D0 feet of .the
water. J n
."Both, machines , flattened iout 4 and
Potter's companion, being ' r -faster,
throttled down , until - Potter vame
abrjeasjtvTbu ..they cr-wtjisrarart'
fullspeed fclbse rtbgeTfcefor several
minutes" followed by continuous ol
leys from thelrear. . --.v ' -. - w.
"Four more enemy machines now
appeared In V formation. - Of seven
Germans in action four were attack
ing Potter and the others bis com
panion. Potter fell behind and be
gan to zigzag. . He " first veered
slightly to starboard, then turned to
right angle to port.
"Again his companion throttled
down to let him catch up and began
climbing to' reduce headway. Potter
dodged again, but was then broad-,
side to all enemy machines and un
der their fire, only 50 feet from the
water. His companion, 250 feet above,
saw Potter's machine burst into
flames, come down part of the way
under control, then crash on the port
wing tip.
"Potter was last seen on the sur
face amid flames, whicn suddenly
turned tq a huge cloud of smoke.
"Two of the enemy circled over the
spot, then joined the other side.
When the pall had cleared not even
wreckage was visible."
Potter enrolled September 26, last,
as a second-class seaman in the fly
ing corps. He was promoted to an
ens'gn November 2, ordered to France,
and later sent to England.
Concerning Potter's brave conduct
and his eagerness to engage with the
enemy,-the commanding officer of the
British North sea statron wrote:
"Potter always displayed the great
est eagerness to fly at all times. On
the long reconnaissance in which he
shot down the German seaplane he
displayed great courage and coolness.
He was very popular at this station."
TO FINANCE AGITATIONS
U. S- Agents Have Evidence of
Conspiracy With Sinn
Feiners.
Washington, May 22 Although it
has been revealed that government
agents have gathered evidence in the
United States of conspiracies, between
Sinn Fein leaders and German agita
tors to incite rebellion in Ireland, of
ficials still declined today to indicate
whether a state department announce
ment on the Irish developments might
be expected. '
For many months, it was disclosed,
American agents have been inside the
counsels of Irish in this country who
have plotted with German , ageiits for
armed insurrection against British
rule. These disclosure were followed
last night by the announcement that
agents also have" uncovered similar
German intrigues with other national
istic groups in the United States. Ger
man money, it was said, has been
used to finance agitations among
Finns and Lithuanians. ' v "
GERMAN
MONEY
PREPARE TO MEET THE DISTWCUISHED FOREIGNER. MONSIEUR
MRS. KNIGHT TELLS OF
She ObjectedlUntil DrJoHn
v son Was Certain of Call
of Army.
Richmond, Va., May 22. Dr. A.iF.
Williams, of a hospital in Wilson, .'N.
C, where Dr. Lemuel Johnson was
taken after attempting to kill him
self in that town following the death
-of his bride, whom he is charged with
murderinjg, was recalled as a wit
ness when the young dentist's trial
was resumed here this morning.
Dr. Williams was asked if Johnson
told him-why he removed the name
plate from his wife's coflin. The
nameplate, a cluster of faded flow
ers and other articles, were found in
Johnson's grip in Wilson. The wit
ness said Dr. -Johnson told him it was
customary in Richmond to remove
the plate and" preserve it.
Mrs.- George E. Knight mother of
the dead girl, was called to the
Btand next. She was in deep mourn
ing. ; Her testimony was given in a
clear, distinct voice.
Mrs. Knight said she saw John
son for "the first time in January or
March, 1917, when her daughter ac
companied him ,to the Knight home.
She said the young dentist became
a regular visitor at the house and
that when he left Richmond for North
Caroll'Mfc after his graduation, he left
under he impression "that he had
something to ask of me."
In July .J'-ison came to Richmond
to see Mft Knight, and asked Mrs.
Knight for her daughter's hand in
-marriage, the witness said. "He told
me they loved each other and wanted
to know if I had any objections to
making a Ttar Heel out of Alice.' I
talked the m tS" over with them,
saying I woul jot object if tney felt
their happin
Jieended on it."
ie' said Johnson told
j summoned for mili
Tfinled to marry Alice
In Augus
her he hai
tary duty
at once
Knight objected to a.
marriag until Jonnson naa learnea
whether or not he would be com
pelled to serve in the army.
Mrs. Knight's first knowledge of
the marriagewas on the evening of
September 18, when Alice and Dr.
Johnson entered the house together
and Johnson exhibited a, certificate
showing they had been married that
day. Johnson got the impression
that his bride's parents were treat
ing him coolly and asked his wife to
go to a . hotel. She demurred, and
finally it was arranged for them to
remain in the house that night.
"The next morning Alice went to
work at the medical college, as usu
al," said Mrs. Knight. , "Dr. J ohnson
asked me to keep the marriage a se
cret, but I refused, saying we had no
secrets in our home and that I would
tell everybody I knew about the mar
riage and would .advise Alice to do
the same. Explaining the reason for
secrecy, he said his father wanted
him to marry an old maid school
teacher in North Carolina. -
Dr. Johnson said he did not want
his father to turn against him until
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With Committee
Washington, May 22. With less
than two minutes debate, the threat
ened breach between President Wilson
and the senate disappeared today,
when by a viva voce vote an accept
able substitutewas' adopted in place
of the Chamberlain resolution, which
the president contended was nothing
less than a proposal to constitute the
military affairs committee a commit
tee on the conduct of the War.
The compromise, pronounced ac
ceptable to , the administration and
declared by Senator Chamberlain to
be acceptable to him, . was reached
after prolonged conferences and mere
ly proposed that any expenses incurred
by the military committee for inves
tigations previously authorized shall
be paid from the contingent fund of
the senate. It eliminates entirely the
proposed authority for a su?-commit
tee to sit during the recess of con
gress. By the adoption of the substitute a
vote on the original Chamberlain res
olution was avoided entirely. Presi
dent Wilson plainly told senators he
considered such a vote practldattyt.a
question' of a vote of confidence' '
The substitute resolution does not
prevent an investigation of the air
craft situation, to which the president
has stated he has no objection what
ever. It meets the president's cbjec-
Hnn that, tha nrlfrina.l CTiflfnhferlain
resolution virtually proposed to con-!
stitute a committee On the conduct of ;
the war and place' with congress the!
executive duties now lodged with the
president and . the other executive
heads of the government.
Senator Chamberlain announced hs
hoped soon to announce 'the. personnel
of the sub-committees which will con
duct the aircraft and quartermaster
inquiries
$105,000,000 APPROVED
FOR 5EW BATTERIES.
Washington, May 22 .The Senate
took up the naval bill as passed by the
House and approved an appropriation
of $105,000,000 for new batteries for
warships, an Increase from $48,309,000
as made by the house. -A. sum of $1,
000,000 was appropriated fro building
a mine depot at a site to be selected by
President Wilson. A $9,150,000 appro
priation for constructing a nitrate
plant at Indian Head was made.
Another appropriation of $475,000 to
buy 4,900 ' acres at- Quantico, 1 Va., for
a permanent marine corps post, was
approved without objection. ,
he was : established in his profession.
Mrs. Knight testified Johnson told
her that he had coaxed Alice to marry
him arid that he would do. his best to
make her happy; . The witness .told
of Johnson's ' practice of writing to
his. bride ,from North ; Carolina by
other than her married name.
THRIFT.
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SIX DEAD AND SCORES
- IWURED
Damage vtp . Property in . Iowa
Will Total About
$1,000,000
Des Moinesy Iowa, May 22. At least
six persons are dead and scores were
injured as a result of "tornadoes
which swept the central portion of
the state late yesterday, according
to reports received today. . Lines of
communication lir- the storm-swept
section have not beefr fully restored,
but from reports received it is indi
cated that the property damage will
reach in the neighborhood of $l;000,
000. Of the reported dead, three were
killed at Boone, 40 miles north5 of
here; two at Newton, 35 miles east
of this city, and one near Denison
Information received from Boone said
the tornado covered the entire coun
try from southwest to northeast,
leveling farm buildings and in the
city itself wrecking 50 dwellings, and
also the shops of the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad. Those killed
were caught in the wreckage of dwell
ings. The two persons killed at Newton
were caught in the wreckage of a
factory,, which 'also resulted in the
ports from there added that in the
rural districts the damage to crops
and livestock was particularly se
vere.
Railroad officials sent word along
the Chicago & Northwestern railroad
for doctors and nurses to go to the
stricken towns. Between Boone and
Marshalltown all lines were down and
fear is felt that the havoc of the
storm may be greater than is at pres-
ent indicated.
HELPLESS FOR HOURS
OUT IN NORTH SEA:
With the British Army in France,
Tuesday. May 21 To Isty Helpless on
his seaplane in the North sea f of
seven hours with a broken leg jperore
he was picked up, was the experience
of an American'' aviator attached 'to
the British forces. The aviator, who
comes from New .York state, was
erating a seaplane off J the Eelglap
coast. He was brought down by hos:
tile .fire and his machine fell into the
sea. After seven hours 'ne was res
cued and now Is recovering in a hos
pital, i
NINE MINERS FOUND
DEAD AFTER FIRE.
Charleston, W. Va., May 22.-Nine
miners who were caught behind a wall
of fire when the main entry of the
M ill Creek Cannel Coal Mining com
pany's mine at Villa, W, Va.,. burst
into flame from some undetermined
cause, were found dead in the work-:
ings today.
The bodies of four of their com
panions were recovered yesterday.
Adopt Resolution Pledging Al-
iance to
ASHEVILOE WAS CHOSEN
Next Meeting of Grand Lodge
to be Held There on Third
Tuesday in May
VISIT GRAVES OF DEAD
Members are Spending the Af
ternoon on the Beach'
Will Go to Oakdale Early
In the Evening.
OFFICERS ELECTED TODAY.- .
C. G. Smith, Goldsboro, grand
master.
C. ."O. McMichael, Wentwprth,
deputy grand master., .
D. H. Tillitt, Camden, grand
warden.- -
John D. Berry, Raleigh, grand
secretary.
W. L. Smith, Wilmington, grand
treasurer. . "
C. Woodward, Wilson, grand rep
resentative for two. years to the
sovereign grand' lodge. 4
Charles Dewey, Goldsboro, trus
tee of orphan home, Goldsboro, five
years," succeeding himself.
the morning's session of the grand
lodge meeting of state Odd Fellowism
was featured by thf election of offi
cers, selection of next year's meeting
place, adoption ot. resolutions pledging
allegiance and support to the presi
dent and the flag in the conduct i of
the war, and adoption of the new
North Carolina code of law and
forms, prepared by. a special commit
tee. The session was well attended
and of an ,unusually interesting nature;
adjournment being had anortly after
1 o'clock. :
Asheville was selected as the, 1918
meeting place, the date being fixed as'
the third Tuesday in. May by the laws.
Greetings to the grand lodge from the
te assembly of Rebekahs was read
and the : grand ' lodge voted 'to go in
a' IfOdjy idurinr the ? afternoon to; visit
gr&mai& rJ7 Jones, grand
f treasurer of : the grand-lodge for over
60 years, and Nathaniel Jacob!, com
monly knowsL as the father of the
Goldsboro home, and other members
of the order who sleep in Oakdale
cemetery. Members of the grand
lodge are spending the afternoon at
Wrightsville Beach and the memory
of the members who lie beneath the
grass-covered mounds in beautiful Oak
dale will be honored immediately upon
the return from the beach.
Another interesting feature of the
morning's session was a contribution
of $200 to the Goldsboro home from
Oxford Lodge No! 1Q3, reported by R.
L. Hamilton; The contribution Includ
ed $100 worth of war savings stamps
and a check for $100.
' The following resolutions were
adopted, a copy of which was tele
graphed the presided, this morning:1
"Be it resolved by. the grand lodge
of the Independent Order of Odd Fel
lows of North Carolina, in meeting as
sembled, that we heartedly and unre
servedly pledge our energetic and ac
tive support to our government in its
vigorous .prosecution "of the war. That
we hereby pledge ourselves and our
order, our resources, of means and men
to help win the war aL the earliest
possible date."
lAn additional $500 was reported at
yesterday afternoon's session to be
added to the fund which will be used
for equipping a brass brand at the
Goldsboro home. This gives thej'Jj'o.mp
$800, with which to proceedTiri the
equipping of the proposed musical
organization.
Last night's session was open to the
public and the visitors were cordially
welcomed to the city by Mayor P. Q.
Moore, Marcus W. Jacobi and others,
who geve them to understand that
Wilmington felt honored In having the
grand lodge meet here. The session
was held at the Academy of MusiQ and
an interesting concert was given by
a class from thev Goldsboro home. - '
urges abney should
aBE driven from city
Chief. Council of Southern De-
tuiicu vaive uamn v-ent
: - to Ked Crpsa -
Columbia, S. C.h May 22 Beniila
L. Abney-. of Columbia,' chief couu-
ern railway, .was bitterly. denouncedt-committe on sytematc benen- ..
a speech at a local ttsatcr last ttlghwiMPnce,- BalUmore, OTa";-Jl--fj
Mr. McMaster vdedared
, that when'
Red Cross caaajgeera wentJtdi Ab-
ney he replied ha vrould'npr sive "a
damn cent to; theMled Cross." i
"He ought to b$Vrun ' out of Co
lumbia," said Mr. McMaster, "He
cght to be . run .out ' - of the great
So hem railroad which he represents.
Columbia is no place" for a man whp
says 'not a damn cent for the Red
Cross' when he is able' to give." "
America Now Launching More- - ,
' Ships Than are Destroyed ' "
"SUB TOLL DE(RASES& :
Fraction Over 9,000 Tons
Daily Record During
, Month of April. ' ;
REACH BALANCE AUG. L
Must Not Be, Forgotten Eng
land is Also Speeding Up -
uctibn and Restor- v
ation of Her Ships.
. . BY FRANK P. MORSE ;
; Washington, D.-.C., -May 22. Amer
ican sfiipyardsjare' "rapidly cuttiag
down the TJ-boat? lead, : The April
tonnage toll of the, submarine, announced-
yesterday in an admiralty
dispatch from London shows a de
crease of 25 per cnt when compared
with earlier figures. Even at the rate
of output Bet last week, the United
States Is now launching more ships
each month, than the undersea terrors
are able to destroy.
According to ; the British govern
ment's report the total loss of ship
ping in April due to the TJ-boat war
fare was 305,102 tons. That is a frac
tion more than 10,00jtr tons- a day.
TfcfiVsame month saw the new . Amer
ican merchant marine increased 'at
the rate of a little more.ttian 9,p00
'tons of shipping daily,: Even at" tixe
. April rate of production the United
States very nearly made good the
world's ship losses ' due to subma
rines. - -:-
The April figures, however, were
much smaller than the records now
being established for May. A little
less than 102,000 tons of steel and
wood ships were completed and de
livered to the emergency fleet corpo
ration last week. This is more than
a third of the total U-boat score for
April. And this addition of 100,000
tons. to the world's, shipping was ac
complished in - onefourth the time.
Germany required tor destroy 300,008
tons.'' . ' -. ;' - ' , if
, These figures are extremely 'signlflU v-if III
jcant "Ol fact that thiar .k Pi
coaatrv- ia--olv lust at JOn becmniwf . 1
ot Quantity' ship J'roluction. - Some i
of the biggest yards 'in the country - ---'(''.f .
have notf yet arrived at .the prelim- " ;
inary stage of production. jiog isiana!
for example, when it reaches its full"
capacity, is expected, to turn out al
most as much tonnage each month
as. the German submarines destroyed
in April. .' .
If the U-boat records do not show
an increase, this month and next over.,
the April figures It Ms safe to say
that the United States, without re
gard to British or other production,
will be able to discount "the subma
rine losses and begin piling up a ton-"
nage;' total on the " right side of the
ledger. "
The shipping board made the pre-
diction several months ago thaf"a bal
ance between" U-boat destruction and.
American construction -of shipping
would be reached on August 1, and5
that thereafter the United Statea-:
would steadily forge- ahead and be-
gin to make good the loss in world
shipping due to submarine ravages
Rin.e the besf inning of the war. The
droD -of 25 per cent in U-boat destruc- . - . ; f; '
tion and the swiff increase in the.
American production rates indicates
that the shipping board estimate was
entirely too conservative.
It must not be forgotten that Great'
Britain also is speeding up ship con:
struction and restoration. The Wash
ington government Is ' still awaiting;
definite figures on the present output
of new"Briustt snips, m-uie auocuv" , J:-r.
of these records it is interesting to, .
note that the English shipping repair
yards are now restoring to service;,
more than 500,000 gross tons a week. .
A total of 5,307 vessels, representing
a gross tonnage of 16,150.000, were
repaired' and restored to - service be
tween August 3, 1917, and April 25,
1918. ' - v". :
In the face Of these facts, hacked ..
by the positive assertions of the Brit- -Ish
government that both Ostendand,
Zebrugge have been bottled.u p. there - -is
every reason to believe that tmst
country and ier allies are now pro- - .
during ship tonnage at a rate tnat
defies the present destructive pow
ers of the German U-boats. .
$8,000 ASKED FROM
PRESBYTERIANS.
Durantrla i May 22. The Soutb;
ern Presbyterian general bssembly to
day asked thechurches-to-lve $,000 v
this year fdftlTe support of the train- - ;
tag school for lay workers &t Rich- r
mofid ViL,- andeferred the quesUon ; -
of its futcre support to tne perraa-
Katherine Hawes, Richmond, Mrs. H. j
McAllister, GreensDoro, T?? :A
placed on tne. Dcara w
traming -school. l v
The report of the theological sem- - ;
inaries committee urged that "in '
cordance with the recommendation of 'y
President Wilson young men in col- r
leges and seminaries' complete their , . -courses
of study in order to render . -
to the state and church the most el- ;
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