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weather. , r K: '-Jr--i ;-it n "T'-rr .v.:'--f'.'.TKStvtfsfyZtfc " ".tt- r ":-Vir EDITION VOL. XXIV. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1918. TWELVE PAGES I- FIVE GENTS Wednesday. l , .r ar ,w V Il 7A V J 1 " I I It XI XX W A I X - tl S S I I V 1J II-- - " I I - 1 ' . - , , 1 v ? Vf ' "fc GERMMAINS;MADE : I MGiiOMllli;liiDlili IN CENTER OF MM I 'Ja..v. . i lift ;-ivK,;-ir,. : . i - c fjc&& - of mm;- & . : 4C-rnr-ete, . i lmuv muiw uihiivi French Made Their Final Stand Along Aronde River MERY IS RECAPTURED Huns Hurled Back As They Drew Near -Banks of the River BOCHES AT ANTOVAL Battle in New Area Now , in Critical Stage, As in the Somme, Flanders and Aisne Combats Moving with steadiness, in spite of the frightful losses inflicted upon them, the Germans in their plunge southward on the. line from Noyon to jlontdidier, continue to gain here and there in the center of the line, where their greatest effort has been exerted and where the French resistance might have been expected to be most stubborn. The enemy's greatest ad vance is at Vigemont, six miles from the line, as it stood last Saturday. The French have launched counter attacks on the left of their line, which may be an indication that they have reached the front where they will make their final stand. V This line seems to be along the Aronde river, a small stream flowing west and northwest from the Oise and roughly paralleling the line of the advance. ' The Germans, according to the of ficial statement issued by the French vzt office, reached the "vicinity" of This stream. This marked the limit c? their advance,, however, and the French immediately feiattacked and cove the enemyie'toj'the line pass- ithrougn Beiroy, south pi St. Maur, ssh of Marqueglise4. and ?4 Vandell rart. The vlllajfe'pMerjrtwesf '.fit May, ::m2rewttfii Sonday night. ' ."' This part of the battle front, -ho w- ever, apparently Is not the most men- sdng-to the French. It is further east that the Germans seem to be making their most telling gains. Here, along the right bank of the Oise, they have reached Antoval, a village which lies cn the crest of the hills above the important town of Ribecourt, lying on low flat lands west of the Oise. The French admit that their "line of resist ance to the west and south of Ribe court" has been withdrawn in conse quence. This movement has not resulted as yet, according to reports, in the with drawal of French lines east of the Oise, from the Ourscamp and Carle port forests , strong positions from hich the French defended their posi tions in the earlier attempts of the Germans to cross the Oise south of Sempigny. The battle in the new area may now be considered as having definitely en tered its critical stage, as in the Somme, Flanders and Aisne combat3, the third and fourth days of the of fensive were most menacing to the allies. It now seems certain that the present German operations constitutes a very serious blow at the allied lines from the Oise to the Marne, as well as threatening the level country be hind the present battle lines. Before thia can be reached, however, the Ger mans may encounter even greater re sistance than they have overcome "nee their offensive began. The only other operation of signifi cance reported wa3 carried out by Australians on the British front at Moriancourt, east of Amiensfl. Here e British advanced to a depth of naif a mile over a front of a mile and a half. More than 200 prisoners were captured by the British. Compared with the offensive of May "between Rheims and Soissons, the present German effort Is making ogress more slowly. Apparently the Jwman intention is to drive down the ;atz valley toward Estrees St. Denis aaa then attempt to move westward ana eastward and outflank the regions Dout Clermont and Compeign. How- "w. me allied positions is reported as satisfactory despite the German earns in the center. on tf.anwhlle. the American marines J? the sector northwest of Chateau nierry, which protects that town and Upv Cotterets, continue their at intnc Monday' the marines advanced third eau wood a distance 'of twc- 'ro.8 of a mile on a front of 600 yards. th! norther edge of the wood is all o uW er'la5ns to the Germans, oniv th.eJBritish front there have been ity n 3 normal artillery actlv Wt ,mthe Ame"can sector north crejLJ oul the artillery fire has in t develoel infantr activity has icouZr,0'ungarian troPa on the "tuuntain front in Vnrti, tw i carripi V u unnern ltaiy nave Point. , surpnse attacks at several wut ti, i L"B ouniai nrront and 'uu8 the lower TIott lower Plave. :'"; v ' ' ' . '' v'tN LrL Ti Great Npmlcrf laijlw- UAKIt Dm mrnn rn rSi firvW'klK J French hoij -balance lip m mam.. i n mmm k, mia . m - v a m v m t .mmr .wtiiu r m. 'w r Mt i r s t w m . v & i. r 5 : : .. . I'' J-"' " n In i n prfi . Nmed to Wait on 4 w onei tiase 1 NIX C CHAUTAUQUA i . RotarianslSo Not Believe That Wilmington Wants Re turn Engagement LABOR GIVING TOOUBLE Laundry Proprietor Thinks That Too Many Picnics Are Held Irregular Workers Naming of a committee to confer with Colonel Chase, commandant at Fort Caswell, In an effort to have ttye order lifted that forbids week-end visitation of the city by bodies of men from the post and decision to keep hands off as concerns the possible re turn engagement of the Redpath Chau tauqua together with a general dis cussion of labor conditions were the outstanding features of today's noon bi-monthly meeting of the Rotary club, held as usual in the form of a lunch eon at the Y. M. C. A., and rather poorly attended, the canvass ofj the city In an effort to determine the num ber of vacant rooms to rbe had, ex plaining, the latter. The question of interceding with Colonel Chase in behalf of the soldiers who werejjenled J$rly41ojflt mgthe city in detachments spme two months ago when Wilmington was told that she was worse off morally than any city in the south located In close proximity to a troop concentration point, was brought up by E. L. White, and he was made chairman of the com mittee that will wait on the fort com mandant. Roger Moore and George H. Hutaff are the other members of the committee. It was further stated that another committee, possibly from the chamber of commerce, would go to the fort tomorrow with the same ob ject. In addressing the meeting Mr. White stated that he had talked with several non-commissioned officers, who say frankly .that if the soldiers are allowed to come to the" city that they will answer for thei conduct If allowed by the colonel to accompany them with a small provost guard. The club does not feel that it can undertake to handle the Chautauqua, the various members expressing them selves as opposed to a return engage ment on the grounds that the average citizen has something else to think of except Chautauqua. Others don't like the proposition because the Chautau qua is unwilling to assume any respon sibility, insisting that others bear the loss if there is any and yet is willing to take all' the profits in event the patronage is good. Because the club. is not a lawfully formed body the members would be obliged to shoul der any losses that might be incurred Individually and the members were unwilling to undertake the proposition, particularly since Wilmington had shown conclusively that she does not care for Chautauqua this latter through five years of steady loss .in putting it -on. The labor question was discussed at length, J. O. Hintorroprietor of the city laundry, pointing out the hope lessness of ecorts to keep labor, par ticularly colored women, and others shared his opinion. In stating, his cape Mr. HInton stated that often citi zens came to his place and asked to Be ; such and such a negro woman with the object of hiring her. He. bewailed the many picnics the colored people are engaging in on the sound, saying that often white people were inconven ienced on the beach cars because of the overplus of negroes rdlng the cars to and from the sound and he was in clined to think the proposition agood one for Rotary to ' take up. In an swering him President Williams stated that while Rotary's sympathies were with him and others whp were having trouble, he did not think that the club could handle a proposition of this kind but that additional laws' were needed. . Others said it was impossible to hire labor on the wharf for less than 35 and 40 cents an hour and that the men when paid this price worked slowly and accomplished less than half as much as they did in the old days when labor was to be ha for 15 centi. George Galvin thought that the best way to hire labor was to fire the man or women employed the first time they stayed away from work without an excuse, saying that his was the policy that had been adopted at the ship yars.n other words if one has a job one must work regularly in order to keep it. r..iii THE U. IS MARKED by m mm Situation on the Line Between . Montdidier and Noyon Satisfactory With the French Army In France, Monday, June 10. Undiminished se verity marks the fighting between Montdidier and Noyon. ,The situation tonight is rather satisfactory for the allies, whose obstinate resistance and frequent counter-attacks have caused great consternation" to the Germans, enemy losses under the. direct fire of the French artillery have been horri ble. ' Every time the allies counter attack they find the ground covered with German dead. Throughout the day the enemy threw his greatest pressure to ward the center of the allied line in an effort to gain as much ground as possible southward in the direction of Compeigne. Under the powerful push of the continually reinforced enemy columns the allies were forced to give way a little, but they fought tenacious ly for every inch of ground. An epic struggle occurred in the vi cinity of Plemont, where the small garrison of dismounted cavalrymen possibly may still hold out. French soldiers who managed to get through the German lines late yester day declared that before they left the Germans had deliverea terrinc as- saults, all ' of which have been re pulsed with heavy losses for the ene my. Several small villages, including Mery, Belloy and St. Masure changed ownership a number of times, but this evening were in German hands. At no moment is it poslsble to say posi tively that this or that place ts occu pied by the enemyor the allies such is the terrific nature of the conflict. Ebbs and flows occur everywhere. On the Belloy plateau fighting went on continuously for several hours, en tackling man in single combats. The artillery is engaged more act- Lively than in any battle in a long while. The Germans have been able to bring forward field guns in consid erable number. The "French artillery fire is most violent and very destruc tive, especially when turned against attacking enemy troops.' , TWo Killed by Bombardment. Parts, June 11. The .long distance bombardment of Paris was resumed this morning. Two persons were kitt ed and nine were wounded In .yester day's bombardment, according to . the Eclair. Increase Tobacco Rates Washington, June . 11. Railroads were authorized today by the inter state commerce commission to in crease rates on. manufactured tobacco from North Carolina to points in, the middle west to conform with recent Increases In rates from Virginia, FIGHTING 1 Bli THE MACHINE HAS LOST ITS MOMENTUM. & DESTROYERS ARE "OYER TEE Official Reports .BRITISH..'".-... . WntaiiWnir'lll'fiiif- 'HttSn' last night carried out ' an opera tion in the region 'fast of Amiens 4 by which their line south of Mor lancourt was advanced a half mile on a front of a mile and a half, the war office announced today. Two hundred and , thirty-three prisoners were taken. , The statement reads: "Last night another minor op eration was undertaken with com plete success by Australian troops in the region' of Morlancourt. The line south of the village has been advanced to the depth of nearly half a mile on a front of over a mile and a half and 233 prisoners, 21 machin guns and a trench mortar were captured by us." FRENCH. Parish ' June 11. The German' ' drive between Montdidier and Noyon continued unremittingly last nlght, says today's official re port. On their left the French offered effective resistance. The French recaptured the village of Mery. . The principal German effort was directe dagainst the center. At tacking wfth heavy forces, the enemy drdve back the' French as far as the region of the Arondo river, but by a -brilliant counter attack th"e French hurled back the enemy alt along this front and. re established their line south of Bel loy at St. Maur, south of Marque gliz, and at Van'Dolicourt." On their right the French en gaged indolent com at s with large forces concentrated by the enemy who wa sable togaln ground The French withdrew their line to the west and -south of Ribecourt 'The statement follows: - Tjate yesterday; an din the night the Germans continued to exert pressure tn the direction of Es-trees-Sfc Penis and Uibecourt. "On our left our resistance ywas effectived The Germans were 'able : to capture neither Le 'Ployron nor . Corcelles. The village of Mery was re-captured by the French at 10 o'clock last night. "The principal efforts of the Germans was exerted along the front of y Belloy and Marquellse. " By a powerful attack delivered with a greathiumber of effectives, the enemy succeeded in driving ' back-the French to the vlclhity of the Aronde river, but by a. magni ficent return offensive French troops hurled back the enemy all along this front, re-establishing their positions on a line south of Belloy at St. Maure, south of Mar quellse and at VandelicoarJ." PORTO RICO-HAWAII TO FURNISH 17,000 . Washington, June 11. Portol Rico and Hawaii -were called on by Provost Marshal General Crowder today to fur nish 17 000 draft registrants for the national army. L Porto Rico- was asked to send on June 20 and July 1, 12,468 men to Camp. LasvCasas, .San. Juan. .Hawaii was directed to send 4,336 to -Fort Armstrong,11 Honolulu, n July l. v TOP." MI m BE LOST IN nlllLnlun OHIO II I LOU 11 Urges : Federation of Labor, to Renew Efforts For War Program Washington, June 11. Presiden Wilson today telegraphed to the American federation of labor and the American alliance for 'labor and de mocracy, in convention at St. Paul, Minn., urging renewed efforts .- of . la bor in support of the war program. "The war can be lost in America as well as on the -fields of France and ill-considered orj unjustified interrup tions of the essential labor of the coun try may make it impossible to win it," said the president's telegram to Rob ert Maisel, of the American ; alliance for labor and democracy. LADS IN CASUALTY LIST Large Number From the South Are Among the Killed and Wounded Washington, June 11. The army casualty . .list, today contained 130 names, divided as follows: Killed in action ... 26 Died of wounds ...... lv 3 Died , of accident and other, causes 3 Died of disease 7 Wounded severely K. 48 Woundedj degree undetermined 43 Officers named were: Died of disease:. Lieut. Edward Hines, Jr.,. Chicago. . Wounded severely : Lieuts. Edmund Corby, ' New- Yorkr and James J. Law- rence, Atlanta, Ga. Capt John T. Costello, Binhamton; N. Y., previously reported severely wounded, now reported slightly wound ed. The list includes the following from southern states: . Killed in. action: Corp. Talmage W. Gerrald, Galivant's Ferry S. C; Pri vates Charles B. Hackney, Knoxville, Tenn.; Edward C. Pitt, ' Rocky Mount, N. C. ' - Died from wounds received in ac tion: Privates Louis Bass, Horatio, Ark.;- Louis Erwin, ' Bethel, Tenn.; Alex Miller, Raymond,. Miss. Wounded severely: Corp. Gilbert Ward, McDavid; Fla.; Privates John W. Erwlni Cleveland Miss.; Van Bu ren Hair, Elease, N." C; Charles G. Hardee, LorisS. C; Henry W. Mor row, 'Albemarlei N. C; Lee, E. Smith, PinevflJe,- La.-; -Henry Snell; Birmine ham, Ala;; Aylor R. Stone, Chestnut FOUR NORTH CAROLINA Villages Captured As Advance Pushes Its Way Slowly Toward Paris PRICE PAID . VERY DEAR The Resistance Being Offered by French Past Few Days Not Surpassed During the Whole War Paris, June 11. All" the advices from the battlef ront show that the -en emy is putting forth every possible ef fort in his design to push toward Paris, throwing division after divi sion into the melting pot. So far as he has succeeded In two days of fight ing, In carrying forward his line at the . maximum point of advance,, at Vignemdnt, a distance of six miles. In this he has been materially aided by a considerable number of tanks which the French artillery was at first un able to demolish. The en6my further succeeded in widening the point of his wedge by bringing up two - divisions of the guards and two Bavarian divisions borrowed from the army group of Crown Prince Rupprecht These troops captured the villages of Mery, St. Maure and Belloy, giving him , a plateau behind which he can mass troops partly screened from observa tion by the French. If the danger to the French is in losing ground that is valuable as room in which to maneuver, the German peril lies in the human wastage that is in progress. The German army, as a whole, has been engaged for the last three months with slight facilities for renewal. The balance seems to be In favor of the French. ', The resistance that is being offered by. the French forces.? In this battle has jKot been surpassed for determlna- mjtmgrprtfp .or dismoraatea cuirassiers at. Plemont, where almost surround ed, it' beat off 14 German attacks, con tributed largely tb tbe checking of the. German . advance. In a summary, of the Paris news paper comment on the battle the Havas agency reiers to tne small prog ress made by the Germans "yesterday in comparison with the price they had to pay. The Petit Journal observes that after an extremely costly day for them in the way of casualties, the Germans realized smaller gains than on the previous day. "The divisions engaged melted away as in a crucible," it Bays. L'Homme Libre thinks that the results of the second day's fighting seems &b favor able as those achieved on the open ing day of the attack, if the question be considered from the point that one of the principal allied aims is to de stroy the maximum number of the enemy troops engaged. The Echo De Paris says that Generals Foch and Pe tain know the enemy's limitations how far "he can go and beyond which positions he cannot advance further, while the Matin argues that an offen sive conducted at such a price cannot be very long continued. . Premier Clemenceau conferred with several of the "generals at the front yesterday and brought back with him, it is declared, very assuring news of the situation. The information which he : gathered confirmed the reports of the enormous losses being suffered by the Germans. CO-OPERATION KEYNOTE OF MANUFACTURERS Atlantic City, N. J., June 11. One thousand prominent manufacturers of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Dela ware are to meet here tomorrow for a war convention. The chief object of the meeting will be to formulate a program whereby the utmost co-operation will be given to the government tn the furnishing of war supplies. Among ,the men of prominence scheduled to address the gathering ahe Gov. Samuel W. MoCall, of Mas sachusetts; Senator Joseph S. Frellng huysen, of New Jersey; Charles A. Otis, of the war industries board, and Louise Tracy, the English novelist, now a member of the British war mis sion to the United States. May Increase Rates. Washington, June 11: he Balti more and Carolina Steamship company was given permission today by the Interstate commerce commission to make increases ranging from 10 to 25 per. cent, in commodity rates on ship ments between Baltimore and Charles ton and Georgetown, S. C. Level, Va.; John H. Tritt, Gastonia N. C. Wounded in action (degree undeter mined): ' Privates Jarvis W. Moore, 248 Roff Home avenue, M'acon, Ga.; William C; Pope; Toccoa, Ga.; Mel bourne J. Smith,' 565 Walnut street, Macon Ga. .. . , w uson rvegrets tutuae. or ;w7:. . is fNot Understooa m WELCOME TO EUiFORS Policv 'Based on PVihranift In-- ternal AffairsiNone His Business CHAMPIONS OF WEAKER America Will Be Mexico i Big Brother Whether It Wants Us or Not, Wilson" 3 Tells Them ' ' I Havana, June ll.-r-PresIdenf Wilson. per editors In Washington last Friday 'M, ; v ico. His address, which Is nrinted in : : ' Ico. His address, whic his prated In .' . J; ' the morning newspapers here today, l?:')? follows in part: .( . H,'-3;iH I have never received a group ot "!' men , who were more welcome . than w ; t you, because it has been one of my dls-J, ' . Mexican people did not more thor-1 oughly understand the attitude of the United States toward Mexico. 1 thini. I can assure you that that attitude is. ; one of sincere friendship. "The policy of jny administration to- 'i ward Mexico was in every point pased upon the principle that the internal - ' settlement of the afTairs- of Mexico. was none of our business, that we hadv-; no right to interfere with, or "dictate ., :1 to Mexico in any particular with re-; gard to her- own affairs. When i sent troops into Mexico our sinc-o ueuire was nouiing eise man 10 assise you to get rid of a man who was mak ing the settlement of your affairs for.'.'y '''.ji the time being impossible. We had no r': desire to Use our troops for any other . i-- purpose and I was in hopes by assist- 1 ing in that way and thereupon yimme- a' diately wiflftlrawlng I might give ub- ? '?v' Stantial truth of assurance that I hai SKft given yourtenneflt throng dent Carranza. ' , "f "At the resent, time it distresses u. -me to learn that certain Influences, " which I assume to be German in their . origin, are trying to make a wrong Impression throughout Mexico as to . , the purpose of the United States, lut;, v ' to give an absolutely untrue 'account , ; ' of things that happened. . T . "We are the champions of those na- ' tlons which have not had the military .. standing, who would be unable to : ' compete with the strongest nations in the world and look forward with pride to the time, when I hope win come when we can give substantial evi- - ; dence not only that we do not want t . anything out of this war but we would 'i , ot accept anything out of it; that it Is absolutely a case of dlisnterested ac .;. '' tiout And if yon wil watch the atti- ' tude of our peopla you will see thatj ; nothing stjrs them so deeply as the . assurances that thi swar, so far as we j H are concerned, is for Idealistic ob- - ' jects. "Some time ago I proposed a sort : of pan-American agreement. I had ,j perceived that one of the difflcultie , of our past relalfonships ' with atin-.i America was this: The famous Monroe I Doctrine, was adopted without yaur t consent and wlthcut the .consent ot any of the Central American or South : American states. We said: i ' 'We are going to be your big . brother whether you want us to be or v not', . : 'i "We did not ask whether It was agreeable to you that we should be . your big brother. We said we are going to be. Now that is all very well as far as protecting you from aggres- -slon from the other side of the. water was concerned, but there was nothing In It that protected you from aggros- ; sion from' us, and I have repeatedly seen an uneasy feeling on the part of representatives of the states of ' Cen- ; tral and South America ' that our self .' appointed protection might be for dur own benefit and our own Interests ad not for the Interests of our neighbors. So I have said 'Let us have a common guarantee that all of us will sign a declaration of political independence and territorial integrity. Let us agree 4 that if any of us, the United States In-. ; eluded, violates the political fade- v" U pendence or territorial Integrity of any of the others, all the others will .' ' Jump on her.' . "Now that Is the kind of agreement "r that will have to be the foundation of. T the future life of the nations of the " 1: world, gentlemen. , "The whole amily of nations will ': have to guarantee to each nation shall -violate Its political Independence or ; its territorial Integrity. That a the f ' bass the only concevable basis for :: the future peace of the world, and I y must admit that I was anxious to ! have the states or the two countries ' of America show the way to the rest '-, of the world as to how the to more, a li J basis for,, peace. .' W "Peace can only come by trust. If iX you can once get a situation of trust t -then you . have got a situation of -per-. manent peace. Therefore- every ontf of us owes.it, as a patriotic duty, to . his own country, to plant the seeds of f . trust and .of confidence Instead. of the'i seeas or suspicion and a variety of ia- terARt . f , terest. I:--.. -. if i'. -. : : 1 i i' 1 m " t . 1 - ! r?i - y