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f ' TheW WEATHER. i North and South Caro-?na- Fair and warm UnVght and Sunday. . HOME EDITION VOL. XXIV. NO. 143 WILMINGTONNORlHyCJmNA. SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 1,1918. FIVE CENTS whom XHE SYMPATHY IACK AT It PJ3 Best Dividends. , FIRS! ACE FLYER BEING HELD TODAY SV COUNTER A TTACK Has Recorded His Fifth Vic tory Over German Airplanes Fight of Abernethy and DortcK . For Congress Ik Feature J ' ' . . V'v "," I ' ' . : HURL H 'CAMPBELL iS MADE KIM ARES Along Marne Germans Push Their Advance Slightly SITUATION UNCHANGED No Progress Made, Though Weight of Numbers Hurled at the French LITTLE GAINS ARE MADE Since Monday Boches Have Gone 26 Miles Toward Paris Are Entrenched Along the Marne Having reached the Marne, the Ger man crown prince is striking west ward with all the force of the great armies at his command, with the ap parent purpose of forcing the elimina tion of the Montdidier salient and ul timately pushing in below Amiens to cut off Paris from the north. So far, according to the French official re ports, his progress has been small, despite most desperate efforts. On the important front between Soissons I . i and Chateau Thierry, on the Marne, ; indeed, the French have been impetu- j sly counter attacking and at points i tiie enemy not only has failed to ad-, vance, but has been forced to give ground. This was notably the case smediately to the south of Soissons, There the enemy was thrown back upon (.rise river, wnich runs in an almost north and south line through & town. Farther south the Ger E2is had worked some three miles ".si of the Soissons-Chateau Thierry rsd. and had taken the village of Casdun. The French drove In here carmine dly, however, and re-cap-, fcred the place, which they nowhoH. Gromd also was won from the Ger ms just below, near Vierzy. Still fuii tie: south the German advance has progressed somewhat farther from the main road to a total of something like four miles. Paris reports, however, that new German attacks in the re gion of Chouy and Neuilly were brok en up, the French maintaining their toes to the east of these towns. The Germans seemingly have made no at tempt to cross the Marne. and thev tave not yet taken- the important railway junction at Chateau Thierry. Elements of their advance, however, tave spread out slightly farther east ward along the north bank of the riv er, and they 'are occupying this bank for the distance of approximately 12 ailes in an airline between Chateau Thierry and Verneuil. . Rheims is still in allied hands and ja general there seems to have been little change along the easterly side of the new German salient. The line runs northeastward from Verneuil, aioag the Dormans-Rheims road and es protectingly northward around the cathedral city. Paris, June 1. The German attack continued during the night with re doubled violence on the western side of the new salient, between Soissons Chateau Thierry. The French ade counter attacks and drove back e masses of German troops in the J8fon of Soissons and on the line of Chaudun-Vierzy, gaining ground every where and taking several hundred Prisoners, the war office announces. Along the northern bank of the Jiarne the Germans pushed forward Jtance parties from the north and ast borders of Chateau Thierry as ar as Verneuil. On the French right ere was sharp fighting on the road Jween Dormans and Rheims. The iraation is unchanged northwest and nmi of Rieims. -6 uh; weigm oi great nmu- s against the stubbornly resisting 'reach defense north and south of XlUnincr v t , - a. r850&s. the German crown prince ft? J!en unable to make progression irZ .r1 sector of the battle lins u .0yon to Rheims. In the center ,.n detachments have reached sarne- between Chateau Thierry jT"ormans, while on the west the 'co-British line stands firm. ftrn v, retirement to- me nuo Fro?! Blerancourt and Epagny, the nier t. : . it retirement Iiou ;, acks and counter atUcks have sons t enemy forces- We8t of 9oi8' r,i '.0, tbe Germans have been re in vith Rreat losses and for some not s south of the town they have Ired ced m0re than several hun assa,,uard; in sPite of assault after AW i nst the French defense, ""ar r i 0urcq the Germans gained Cbatn Ichy"Le-Chateau and threaten av lnierry. an important rail- aorth: r 0n the Marne, 46 miles L. t,Lnter, where small enemy the : Y,. "Ve advanced southward to last ne- the French tactics In the t! '- (lave r AT T J heroj, 1 the line t the Marne, of Standi mory culd be reached Hver ?"K .n tfae Marne and with the wont of them, the forces in EOF IS NOT MATTACK Amsterdam Paper Says Is Con tinuation of Old Offensive NEW REGION GROWING Says Foch's Army Awaits in Certainty Revival of the Drive TO NORTH OF AMIENS Is Lack of Roads and Rail Communication From North to South to Connect the Previous Bases Amsterdam, June 1. The. Nrrd. I deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung says that ! it is increasingly aDDarent that. th " 18 increasingly apparent that the attaov 3 18 no: a new attack, but a systematic continuation of the previous offensive. Continuing, it says that thanks to communications m tne region south of Chauny, which were secured m April, tne new region of attack is already beginning organ ically to grow, together with the big wedge driven towards Amiens. "There are tremendous tactical and operative abilities in the strategic po sitions won," the article says in con clusion. "Meanwhile, now, as before, General Foch's army stands in the region north of Amiens. There, the entente awaits in certainty a revival of our offensive." The military correspondent of The Hamburger Nachrichten points out that further developments will mainly be influenced by two factors. Flratly, he says "the Increased effort of" the French reserves must be reckoned on, because General Foch 'had the oppor tunity to bring up even remote troops, and, secondly, that there are local dif ftculties, including the entire lack of main roads and railway communVa tkm from north to south to connect previous bases with the foremost po sitions already reached. The existing communications, he points out, follow the courses of the river valleys, run ning from east to west, and until the rear communications are covered and supplies are assured, the offensive cannot be continued relentlessly at the same pace as heretofore. the center may attempt more strong ly to check the German onrush. In advancing to the Marne the Germans hare made ineffective the use of the Paris-Chalone railway, which parallels the river on the south. The railway has been the most direct of several rail supply lines to the Champagne and Verdun. Rheims still holds out, but little hope is entertained that its defend ers will olng withstand the German attacks. However, the allied forces there have held the enemy for small gains for three days. North of the city the Germans have advanced only a few miles since Monday. The line eastward through the Champagne to Verdun is not yet affected by the bat tle on the Alsne front. Since Monday the Germans have advanced southward from the Ailette across the Alsne and the Ourcq to an extreme depth of 26 miles and reached the Marne. Berlin claims 45,000 pris oners.. Captures of war material are said to include more than 400 guns and several thousand machine guns. The German salient becomes more sharply pointed as the advance south ward has continued and its width at the apex now is about 10 miles. Ex tension of the battle line to connect it with the Somme battle field and the strong and vicious enemy attacks on th ewest flank indicate the strong probability that it is the German pur pose to drive on toward Paris and cut the capital off from Amiens and north, rather than to strike east. Elsewhere on the western front, in cluding the American sectors, there has been a decrease in activity. The Germans apparently have glxen up for the moment their violent counter at tacks against the new American posi tions at Cautlgny. Aerial activity by British aviators is at high pitch. Many tons of bombs have been dropped on military targets in the enemy area and 28 German airplanes ana two Dai- loons have been destroyed. Greek troops, in a brilliantly exe cuted attack near Soiren, on the Mace donlan front, have occupied enemy po sitions on a front of seven miles to a dflnth of more than one mile. More than 1,500 Bulgarian and German pris oners and much war material was ta ken. The Greek infantry was support ed by French artillery. No further details have come con- remfne the torpedoing of the Ameri can transport President Lincoln, while Tfitnmine to the 'United states rrom Knmne. The attack was made by HvHo-ht and it is not believed there were many casualties. The President Lincoln was formerly a GerjOT JJltfl and measured l&OQQ ton AOVANC HUNS PULLMAN OVER-NIGHT RATES BE INCREASED Passenger Fares For Travelers To Be Raised Higher Than Ordinary Fares Washington. June 1. In line with the increase of passenger fares, three cents a mile, the Pullman company shortly will raise the minimum over night rate for sleeping berths from 91.60 to $2. Other Pullman rates will not be changed materially. Passenger fares for travelers in Pullmans will be raised higher than ordinary fares under Director General McAdoo s recent order. Commuters' tickets, it was announced today, will be honored until used up, although railroad fares are raised, beginning Jane 10. The railroad administration is con-' sldering establishing universal mile age books, good for all parts of the country, at three cents a mile, the standard rate. Rates of lnterurban electric lines soon will be revised to a basis of nearly three cents a mile. PROPAGANDISTS ARE AGAIN AT WORK (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, June 1. 'The pro-German nroD&trandists are at work again. Re ports have been spread in some sec tions of the country that food admin istration officials have stated that there is no longer necessity for the conservation of wheat. State Food Administrator Henry A. Page today received a telegram from Mr. Hoover calling his attention to these reports, denying that any statement of this character had ever been issued, and explaining the actual situation. Thft situation is Just this: Our ac tual supplies of wheat and flour un til harvest will allow for home con sumption a little less than one-third of our normal consumption, if we axe to i aintaiii iue absolutely necessary sup plies of our allies. At the beginning of May there was .in the hands of farmers and elsewhere in storage ap proximately 75,000,000 bushels of wheat to carry us for three months. Our normal consumption for these months would be 120,000,000 bushels, not allowing anything to our allies. ARMY BILL NOW GOES OVER TO SENATE Washington, June 1. Passed by the house in record time, the annual army appropriation bill carrying $12,041, 682,tK)0, the largest amount ever in cluded in such a bill, and authorizing the president to call into military service as many young men as can be equipped and trained, was sent to the senate today. Speedy enactment of the measure bythe senate is predicted. It will DDliTJu TDlaTMlMT PPmPCAV QIT rATIflM GIVEN AMERICANS & Prisoners of War In German Camp Hungry and Penniless CLOTHES ARE REMOVED Russian Brings Story of the Horrible Conditions at at Tuchel INJUSTICE IS PRACTICED Stood in Square and Submitted to Insult and Then Placed In Huts, Damp, Cold and. Unfit , With the American Army in France, FVtday, May 31. A Russian prisoner who recently returned from Germany has made a statement at Moscow which now is available here, to the effect that he saw American prison ers of war in a camp at Tuchel, West Prussia, and that they asked him to let it be known that they were being treated brutally. The prisoners said they were hungry and penniless. When the Americans arrived at the camp, according to his account, the Germans removed all their clothes. They were particularly anxious to have the Americans' shoes. They told the prisoners they should not wear expensive clothing and shoes while working and that their property would be taken care of until their return to America. The Russian said, however, that every one knows what that means. A consul, the Russian was not sure whether he was a Swiss or a Spaniard, visited the camp. Com plaint was made to him by the Amer icana and their clothes were returned, but as the consul seldom visited the camp the Germans had opportunity to practice many injusticee. The Russian said eight Americans captured several months ago reached the camp at midday anit being very hungry, asked for bread. They were told bread was distributed only in the morning. They were placed in a hut with Russians, after being required to stand in a square where Germans were given an opportunity to insult them. The huts in which the Ameri cans are living, the Russian said, are' damp, cold and unfit for habitation. Some of the Americans became ill. Two of them who were in a hospital had an opportunity there to talk with the Russian and it was through them that he obtained the information, on TsjMrk, his statement, te haaedi -- ' , Allies Gave Ground In First Shock, But Held on to Aisne and Ourcq Paris, June 1. The military critics, says a Havas agency review todayl still view the situation as serious but consider the signs increasingly reas suring. The most important develop ment is regarded as the enemy's at tempt to advance westward and push toward Paris, thus, it is considered, revealing his strategic intentions un mistakably. In the first shock of this new rush, it is pointed out, the allies were obliged to give ground in some places, but they held their own on the Aisne and Ourcq, and their vigorous counter attacks are considered a prelude to the stoppoge of the enemy advance. At present the most Important part of the battlefield Is that with Noyon, or the region to the south of it, on the one end and the district north of Cha teau Thierry, on the Marne, on 1 the other. It is here that the German rash towards Paris demands undivided at tention. PjThe newspaper LHomme Libre, Premier Clemenceau's organ, points out that the enemy plan to draw the allies towards the south and to push on westward only met with success as far as the first part of it was con cerned. The remainder of the plan is being completely defeated, it, de clares, and everything gives reason to believe the enemy will be totally blocked. There was muc hsatisfaction evinced yesterday in the lobby of the deputies over the information given the members by the army control del egates. The particulars cannot be published, as they have to do with troops movements. In greeting a delegation of social 1st deputies, Premier Clemenceau voiced his absolute confidence In the issue of the present operations. All furloughs and leaves of absence in the army have been suspended. GERMAN PLANE IS DOWNED IN BATTLE With the American Army in France, June 1. Another German airplane was brought down this morning by an American pilot in an air battle, crash ine near St. Mihiel. in the sector northwest of Toul, according to. unoffi cial information. This duel was one of a series of aerial combats this morning. The enenmy machine brought down began falling after the American had poured a stream of bullets into it. Vatican Knows Nothing. London, June 1. According to t&e Daily Mail, the Vatican has written to the Catholic Union disclaiming al knowledge of the Irish bishops' man ifesto against conscription, rne com munication says that the Vatican knew nothing- about the manifesto untl weight days after Its publication. RICKENBACHER IN LINE Former Auto Racer Will Soon Get Confirmation of Recent Battle HEIGHT OF 4,500 METRES High in Air Campbell Pours Deadly; Fire Into German Plane and Downs Him In American Line With the American Army in France, Friday, May 31. To Lieutenant Douglas Campbell, of California, goes the honor of being the first "Ace" in the American flying corps. It was Lieutenant Campbell who shot down the German biplane near Pont-A- Mousson today. It was his fifth vic tory to he confirmed officially. It is probable that another ace will be an nounced shortly and the aviator to win the honor Drobablv will bn Liftn- teilant Edward Rickenbacher, of Co lumbus, Ohio, the former automobile racer. Official confirmation lof the victory reported gained by Ricken bacher Thursday will bring his string of victories to the coveted five. With a number of other pilots Lieu tenant Campbell was out early today, They were acting at patrols and as protection for an American observa tion machine returning with British bombing airplanes Some distance away Lieutenant Campbell saw a German airplane at a height of 4,500 metres. He sped to ward it and when he got near the German the enemy biplane made dart out, firing bursts from his ma chine gun. The German tried his best to get a shot home, but Campbell kept circling and darting at high speed. The battle continued for 20 minutes, before the enemy observer abandoned his gun. Campbell saw that the German's vtnnition was exhausted " and- . he closed in on him Lieutenant Campbell tried to signa the German to surrender and descend on French soil, but. the latter appar ently decided to take a chance on get ting home. The American got on the tail of the German, forcing him down, but all the time the enemy was get ting nearer home. Lieutenant Camp bell again signalled without success and then when the choice came of per mltting the German to escape or shooting him down, he cut loose with his gun and poured a deadly stream of incendiary bullets into-the German machine, which crashed to the earth inside our lines. Our first all-American ace said: "I did not like the idea of shooting him' down when he was not fighting, but I could not let him get away LOCATED GERMAN GUNS Blf HOLES IN AWNING French Pulled Great Feat of Mathematics in Finding the Direction - New York, June 1. Careful meas urement of two holes made hy single shell in passing through awnings in a Paris factory enabled French artillery officials to locate the great German long-range guns by a feat of mathe matics. To Chester M. Wright, a member of the American labor mos slon, which has Just returned from Europe, French officers explained how the direction and distance of the guns was figured. i The two awnings were several feet apart and the relation of one to the other gave perfect data on the course which the shell had taken as it' ap proached the earth. After the aper tures had been measured to the one thousandth part of an inch and the direction of the shell's fall exactly es tablished, the earlier career of the shall became a problem on paper. By applying the law governing the flight of projectiles and allowing for the wind, the state of the atmosphere and other considerations, French artillery officers were able to follow back the course of the shell to the mouth of the cannon in the forest of St. Gobain, after which it was speedily demol ished by French artillery. EFFORT MADE TO RAID PARIS FAILS Paris, June 1, An official statement issued early today said: "Enemy airplanes having crossed the lines in the direction of Paris, the alarm was given last night at 10:53 o'clock and our guns opened fire. No bombs fell on Paris. 'All clear' was given at 11:47 o'clock. Fresh sounds of motors having been reported by lookout posts, the alarm was again sounded at 11:66 o'olock and all clear at 12.38 a m.. A certain number of bombs are reported to have been dropped in the Paris region. i MANY ARE UNOPPOSED Pete Murphy in Race Against Doughton For Congress In Eighth . 3 FOR SUPREME COURT Herbert Norris Appears Cer tain of Winning Over New ell For Solicitor In 7th Judicial District Raleigh, N. C4, June 1. At the democratic primaries being held throughout North Carolina today two congressional contests will be the feature. In the third district Charles L. Abernethy, of New Bern, and W. T. JJortch, of Goldsboro, are seeking nomination as successor to Congress man George Hood, who retired on ac count of ill health. Walter Murphy, former speaker of the house of rep resentatives, is oposing Congressman Doughton for nomination in the eighth district. Senator Simmons, " eight congress men, three supreme court justices and a member of the corporation commis sion are unopposed and have been declared nomiiited by the state board of elections. Mr. Simmons will be op posed at the general election by John M. Morehead, of Charlotte, republican. Members of the legislature, several judgeships and county officers also will be nominated today. Primary Predictions. (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, N. C, June 1.' The judi cial primary today which comes along with the state-wide poll, takes all the interest from the st,ate contest, the only fights of consequence away from Raleigh being the Doughton-Murphy congressional race in the eighth and the Abernethy-Dortch race in the third. . In the seventh judicial district, four candidates 'are" trying" to stopthe .as pirants long enough to huttonT a judi cial ermine on somebody else than Judge Thomas H. Calvert. Judge Cal vert's friends feel that he will inevita bly end highest in the race, but the four aspirants will take much of his strength from him. It seems tq.be settled that nobody can win In the first contest. The foregone nomina tion of Solicitor Norris to succeed himself eliminates what complication would have grown up in Franklin by the success of S. A. Newell as a can didate against Mr. Norris. With New ell out of the figuring, though running bravely enough to the finish, Franklin can give Senator Wiley Person a huge vote and that gentleman is a danger ous candidate. He will almost certain ly push a Wake man out and himself in the second primary, according to the view. ! , Politicians not friendly to the ambi tions of Solicitor Charles Abernethy, see nevertheless, great danger in his. candidacy in the third. The latenesa of the hour for Colonel BUI Dortch'a entry nearly ruined him . He is mak ing a fine fight, but some 50 or mora acres of advertising space with Mr. Abernethy'8 picture naturally would erect considerable of a barrier, to Dortch. Dortch is infinitely the abler man and politician, but beating per petual motion, accompanied by adver tisement, is difficult. BROAD SALIENT HELD BElffiNTf! Ground Now Held by French Offers Grave Danger to German Flank Paris, June 1. Against the western wing, of the battlefield from the Olse to Chateau Thierry, the strongest Ger man efforts were directed Friday. Be tween the Oise and Soissons, the French hold a broad salient between the two pockets made by the German offensives of March 21 and May 21, The plateaux forming this salient offer excellent opportunity for massing troops. The salient held by the French con stitute a grave danger to the German flank and the enemy is striving to re move it, but with indifferent success. The ground won in early offensive operations serves as the point of de parture for the present movement, which is operated from two basis, the Noyon-Montdidier line, on the right, and the Soissons-Chateau Thierry line, on the left. Sutstltutcfor Cotton. Washington, June 1. Paper textiles have, been found to provide an excel lent substitute for cotton, according to official dispatches today from Norway, The largest Norwegian textile factorv has begun the production of fabric composed of 75 per cent paper and 25 per cent cotton, especially suited for blouses, dresses and curtains. The result is said to be a little heavier than ordinary cotton goods, not quite as strong, but cheaper. METS Tif hi 11 ? ' t l A"
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