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AUSTR.
Invaders Meet Defeat in Drive
on Montello Plateau
LITTLE PROGRESS MADE
American Aviators Are Now
Actively Engaged Along
the Piave Front
BIG STRIKE IN , VIENNA
Berlin Claims German Troops
Penetratedi- the American
Trenches at Seicheprey
Proven False
Stout Italian resistance , has again
topped the Austrians In their efforts
to extend their front on the Montello
plaeau, the keystone of the Italian de
fense on the Piare riyer. .
Official announcement is made at
Rome that the Austrians were defeat
ed in a drive yesterday on the north
eastern section, of the plateau and
thai only on the south were they able
to make any progress whatever. The
enemy was able to cross the Monte
Belluna-Susegana railway at several
points near Uervesa station, tut; even
at this point was promptly stopped.
Nervesa is a village u on the-, west
bank of the Piave on the extreme
southeastern point of the Montello pla
teau. The railroad mentioned is not
shown on military maps and probably
has been built quite recently. On the
north and west, the plateau slopes up
steeply to wooded . heights, while on
the south are lowlands similar to
lose farther down, where the Aus
lians have: ben' checked by the Ital
ia defense. As the Austrians' have
some dan held nositions near Ner?
Im. thiKeeauit4 oftheirlast;-
tck is apparenuy.inslgnlllcant.
imeTicin aviattirs - are now actively
cga.ed on thevPIave front. It was
aonunced early in the week that they
rere on their way to the battle area
mi it Is reported they hare featured
their arrival, by, participating in a
bombing expedition against the brdges
the Austrians have flung across the
river. Theywere successful in damag
ing a bridge and their work satisfied
the commander of the Italian' aerial
forces under whom they are fighting.
Raiding operations are reported on
the British front, .while the French
have improved their positions on. the
front to the southwest of Soissons.
Heavy rains are . reported In the
mountains and these may add to the
torrent in the Piave which already has
washed awa many bridges. With the
flooded river behind the dnemy the
Italian counter attacks are gaining in
strength in an effort to wipe out or
capture the troops which have crossed
the Piave and have been unable to ad
vance into the .Venetian plain.
Riots are reported in suburbs of
Vienna and lQP.OOO workmen in im
portant war manufactories there are
on strike. The situation apparently is
growing beyond control of the civil
authorities and martial law in the Aus
trian capital is not unlikely. The
workmen continue to demand more
bread and the agitation is spreading.
Advices received In neutral countries
are to the effect that the present trou
ble is the most serious the Austrian
government has faced and is causing
grave apprehension. Germany ap
pears unable to help because It is
faced with a serious footL, situation it
self. Sub-normal fighting activity con
tinues enerally on the front in Prance
tod Belgium. The American troops
appear to toe the only ones who are4
tosy and the actions' which have occu-
Wed themselves have not been exten
sive. West of Montdidler American troops
to a short and desperate engagement
"ave cleaned out German trenches
d machine gun nests at Cantigny.
Most of the Germans who remained to
fi6ht the Americans were killed while
& number were made prisoner.
Berlin officially claims that German
oops have penetrated the American
wenches at Seicheprey. The falsity
i this report is shown by a dispatch
ircm. the American front which says
'hat the "penetration was only an at
tempted raid by 60 Germans. An-
"OUncemPTlt mi A- tnvnadAlnir
the Mediterranean of the French
of K0rt Santa Anna with' the loss
i b3& lives. The vessel was sunk on
10 and 1,512 of the soldiers and.
native workmen on board were saved.
Is Reported Missing.
w8, June 21 Captain Alexandre
jrtaier, Prince and Duk Wrstn' is'
TJ9VO on nflt.-.
erT ls believed that he is a pris
Th ln the hands of the Germans.
thpVaptain' Tho is a' descendant of
Xht Jf01013 Eield. Marshal. Berthier-of
c Napoleonic wars, is 35 years old.
SXTmBMOMAGMN
HAUmW ITALIANS
immoRTm
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Semi-Annual Meeting : "TextilW"
Association Convened
SESSIONS AT SEASHORE
Initial Session of Patriotic Na
ture Annual Address by
President Davis
WELCOMED BY MOORE
Southern Mill Men Willing to
Give Their All Toward
Winning War on
Kaiserism
- "For duplicity, hypocrisy, treachery
and treason, the Germans stand pre
eminent among the animals of the
world; as a cold-blooded bunch of
murderers and a hot-blooded crowd of
rapers they stand without equals in
all the annals of mankind," declared
President J. M. Davis, of Newberry,
S. C, in his annual address before
the opening session of the " semi
annual meeting of the Southern Tex
tile association, convened in the as
sembly hall of the ' Seashore hotel,
Wrightsville Beach, this morning at
10 o'clock, for a two-day session. Con
tinuing, Mr. Davis said:
"The; Hun, gentlemen, is a beast, a
depraved' human being, degenerated
Into a brute, and Germany stands to
day as 'the outlawed nation of the
earth. Their principles, the doctrine
taught their young from the cradle, is
the pulsations of the black heart that
forces putrid blood through the arter
ies or-the. German empfcw nnanyjrjiu. u!
and vthe kaiserlhlaWrbeehrcondenma rlUUil tHUWO 1KI 1 loH
at the bar ofjptfbllc opinion and what
a multitude of sins they starid charged
with; what a (sgipn of witnesses ap
pear against them; ravished maidens
and murdered babes, ' broken, bleed
ing slaves from France and thousands
of Armenians, murdered' for their
faith, all cry tout for, justice. Out Ci
the sea cold, clammy hands from the
Lusitania stretch forth and demand
justice," he continued, "and justice
they shall have." . His address was
concluded with a Recitation of F. D.
Amburg's famous poem that was pub
lished in The Silent Partner.
-The opening session found seven
states represented and the ; spacious
assembly hall filled to overflowing.
The meeting was opened with prayer
and the singing of the first stanza of
the national anthem. The address of
welcome was by Roger Moore, former
president of the Rotary club, and the
response by .J H. ' McDowell, of
Greensboro, who said that the only
objection in coming ' to Wilmington
and the beach was the unusual amount
of will power that must be attached
to a railroad ticket to get the dele
gates back home again.
Mr. Moore assured the delegates
that Wilmington was delighted, to
have them here; that the city and
Wrightsville Beach felt honored in
their decision to return here at last
year's convention and he urg$d the
mill men to bend every energy to
ward doing these things that tend to
ward an early victory against Prus
slanism. He spoke of the vast num
ber; of bandages that are being turned
out by the mills of the south and he
urged the Importance of thrift and
She sale of war savings 'stamps, urg
ing the mill-heads to bend their ener
gies toward selling stamps to their
employes. He concluded with a state
ment of pride as to what Wilmington
is doing; building steel, concrete and
wooden vessels here, something that
is not being done in any other city in
the country. His concluding plea was
that Wilmington be made the annual
meeting place of the convention.
In replying, Mr. McDowell pledged
every member of the association to
work night and day to load these
ships that are being built in Wilming:
ton, declaring that with God's help
the Hun, should never set his mailed
heel on America's fair shores. Point
ing toward the great American flag
AmneA across the back of the hall
and which moved slightly1 in the gen
tle breeze stirring, he .declared that
its folds should never trail the dust
If It took every penny the mill -men
of the south possessed, and every
drop of blood that flowed in their
veins. "Our millions of spindles Will
be kept busy; to prevent a Hunnish
victory," he cried, "and when we real
ize that we can serve the nation bet
ter in another way then our spindles
will cease to move and we will stand
ready to give the service required oi
us." Ho stressed the fact that; the
mill owner and controller is not seek4;
ingto make money today; thane ,is
(Continued, on Page- Ten.)
, WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING,
I II II - I - . - ,vt : , ' . . ....... : .
GEN. EOCH SEEMS
Lost After An Unequal Fight
With 4 German Machines ,
Baylies Was Attacked by All
Four German Planes at
the Same Time
MACHINE CAUGHT FIRE
Member French Flying Corps
Fell Six Miles Within Ger
man Lines and Fate
Is Unknown
Paris, June 21. The leading Ameri
can ace in the French flying corps,
First Lieutenant Frank Li. Baylies, of
New Bedford, Mass., i missing after
an unequal fight with four German
machines.
On June 17 Lieutenant Baylies, wlth
Sergeants DuBonnet and Macari, of
the Stork escadrille, had finished sev
eral hours' patrolling and were about
to return at twilight when they sight
ed four single-seater airplanes. They
paid little attention to the other ma
chines, believing them to be British.
It turned out the machines were
German and all Of them attacked Bay
lies simultaneously.
The enemy had -the advantage of po
sition -and number, but Baylies put up
a came fight. He attempted to take
the offensive, but his machine caught
fire and fell after a few moments,
about six miles within the German
lines. -
Sergeant Macari thinks that Lieu
tenant Baylies may have had a good
landing if he escaped death' in the
flames of his burning machine.
From February 19, 1918, up to June
7, Lieutenant Baylies had gained 12
aerial victories. On June 1 he was
awarded the cross of the legion of hon
or and he had been cited in French
army orders several times. He was
22 years old.
Joining the American field ambu
lance in February, 1916, Baylies servedJ
in it in France, serma ana Macedonia.
Rejected for the American aviation
corps because of defective vision he
was accepted by the French army and
rapidly gained a reputation as an In
trepid and successful airman.
Shorty Brown Confesses.
Moultrie, Ga., June 21. "Shorty"
Browriil the negro held in jail at Jack
sonville, Fla., in connection with the
recent killing of Hampton Smith, a
farmer, and the wounding of his wife;
at Barney, in Brooks county, has con
fessed, according to the authorities
here,; and has implicated still another
negro iii the affair, Simon Shuman, of
near Morven. Shuman has been ar
rested and lodged in the Brooks coun-j
ty jail at Quitman.
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AMERICAN AIRMAN
IN FRANCE MISSING
TO HAVE SOMETHING
rCopyrirtti 1918: Bj Jotyx. . XcCotchean.
- ("GEN- FOCH HAS
resets! j v
&IG AMERICAN SEA
AND
CROSS
AGREES TO CONFERENCE.
Teaened the state ttepartmeat front ; I
the Spanish ambassador at Berlin
ihat theGerman government has
igreed in principle to' a conference
jrlth representatives of the United
states to discuss che treatment,
welfare, and exchange of prisoners.
38
1
Nq Thought of Cutting Down
Movement of Troops y
Across Sea
Washington, -June 21. American
soldiers are now holding the. fighting
line, for a distance of 38 miles on the
western front, and according to -information
given members of the house
military committee today at the week
ly conference with Secretary Baker
and General March, chief of staff.
This mileage is held by "all Ameri
can" forces Under command of Amer
ican officers, located at ' six different
places along the fighting line. Other
Americans are at the front with Brit
ish and French units.
Members of the committee were
told again that there was no thought
of diminishing the movement of troops
across the Atlantic because of the op
eration of U-boats on the American
coast.
After the conference Representative
Caldwell, of . New York, said as a
America is concerned "the war - will
begin next September," by that - time
materials now -being manufactureu
will be ready-in great abundance, for
making the ; presence of American
troops felt by: the enemy. And "the
great v flghingi planned for - United
States soldiers will have begun.
Fighting-. pn' the Utallan Iront was
discussed and military authorities de
clared it has not reached a stage to be
consdered serious for the allies;' v
Members of the committee said a
sufficient number of rapid fire gun
now is being manufactured here to
and that the output will be Increased i
supply the neeas or American troops
as needed, "
DENTISTS 10 ELECT
A
This morning's session of the sixty
fourth annual convention of the North
Carolina Dental association, in session
at the Harbor: Island auditorium,, with
headquarters at the Oceanic hotel,
Wrightsville Beach, was featured with
chart and clinic work and the same.
nature of business is claiming the. afc
tenton of the delegates this afternoon.
The, convention will be brought sto a
close this evening :with the election
of officers and selection of next year's
convention citr. . - v.
AMERICANS
HOLDING
MILES OF RGHTING FRON
OFFICERS
TONIGH
JUNE 21, 1918.
JUST AS GQQD
AIRPLANES TO
OCEAN SOON
Be Flying to Front by Next
Summer, Says Brancker,
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
British OfBcer Here to Find U.
S. Aircraft Route to
the Front
STRUGGLES OF BRITAIN
Sooner Pioneer Proves Flight
Possible and Safe the Better
Will Resources Be Used to
Winning War
Washington, June 21. Big Ameri
can air and seaplnaes would be flying
across the Atlantic to reach the front
by next summer, Major General W.
Brancker, of the British air ministry,
said here today in a formal statement
to the press. He is in' Washington to
co-operate with American aircraft pf
ficials and believes that ' a . pioneer
trans-Atlantic flight should be at
tempted without delay.
"An enterprise which must be car
ried out as soon as possible," General
Brancker said,, "is the flight of the
Atlantic There is really no reason
why a considerable number of big air
planes and seaplanes should not cross
the Atlantic during next summer."
General Brancker disclosed the act
that the British air "council had defi
nitely decided upon trans-Atlantic
flights in order to find a route for the
movement of American-made tircraft
to the front. His mission in this city
has to do with arrangements for -the
poneer flight in which it Is hoped the
United States government will co-op-erate.
It is expected .the initial flight will
be made this autumn in a, machine of
Brtifh make, probably a sea boat start
Jngfrjom .New Foundland and touching
althe Asores ad , Portugal, before
arrlring in Ireland. It has been esti
mated the trip can be made in 40
hours - of flying
Plans under consid
eration call for crews of four men,
composed of an engineer, a relief of
pilots and a navigating officer.
" 'The sooner a . pioneer proves the
flight not only is possible but compar
atively safe," General Brancker said,
f the better can the 'Vonderful . re
sources Qf America be employed to
,ward winning the war. Once this has
been established, America's output of
.big bombing machines can proceed to
p Europe by air and so save the ship
ping that is now im'aruable for other
purposes."
He told of Great Britain's struggle
both with production and administra
tion problems of the air forces, re
sulting finally in the tormation of the
air ministry, of which he is a member.
The attack on Germany by air, he said,
had already been definitely started. -
"It will grow steadily," he added,
"in volume and efficiency. By degrees
all the r vital points in Germany will
come within our reach."
TWELVE PAGES
FOOD CONDITIONS
Great Discontent Owing to
Reduction of Bread Ration
GRUMBLE MEANS FIGHT
"People Wilt Pay 100 Marks
For. Sick Dog to Eat,"
; Popular Saying
RESENTMENTIN AUSTRIA
Food Situation in the Country
Is Intolerable and Demand
Aid at Once Protests
. - Are Raised
London, June ; 21. Food conditions
in -Germany are becoming worse and
there is great discontent there Dwing
to reduction in the bread ration, ac
cording to a Dutchman interviewed by
the correspondent of the Times at The
Hague. The Dutchman had just re
turned from working in the Krupps
plant at Essen, which he left because
of food conditions. The German peo
ple, he addedrf eared to -grumble open
ly lest-they be sent to the front.
The correspondent says that the
testimony corroborates what he has
heard from many other witnesses, and
adds: - 1
"One popular saying is that the peo
ple will pay 100 marks for a sick dog
to eat.
"The war is becoming very unpopu
lar among the workers, but the feel
ing ebbs and flows with the tide of
Germany's' success, and the English
are ginf rally cursed."
, In Austria
London, June" 21. J .Further infor
mation confirminK reports of intense
resentment and excitement in Austria
over the reduction of the bread ration
is quoted from Austrian newspapers
by the correspondent of , the Times
at The Hague- . -
Among subsidiary pauses of the an
ger is the fad", that notification of the
reduction was , not- made until noon
Monday,althbugh it. had - been en
forced from eaxlxtrorhmgft When
- Premier Seydler is: accused by the
socialist 'Arbeiter ' Zeitung of Vienna
of producing a disastrous situation by
favoringtfae agrarians and traders. It
says the Situation could certainly have
been- prevented. The paper rails
against Germany and Hungary and
tells the authorities they must imme
diately draw the attention of those
countries to the fact that food condi
tions, in sAustria are "intolerable and
demand necessary assistance. It
adds: - . -
"The Austrian population cannot
starve whtte Germany and Hungary
have tolerably -adequate rations. The
Austrian government must be- placed
underf tutelage, even matters relating
to the food supply. It has deserved
to be subject to guardianship, but the
population must not be punished with
starvation for the failure of the gov
ernment The weekly food ration in Austria,
the Daily-Mail correspondent at The
Hague quotes the Arbeiter Zeitung of
Vienna as reporting, is as follows:
"Twenty -two ounces of bread, one
pound of potatoes, of which half can
not be eaten; one ounce of black bran
mash, one jounce of another mill prod
uct; an ounce and a half fat, six and
a half ounces of sugar, one egg, seven
ounces of meat and a little jam and
coffee substitutes."
: The Vienna newspaper says that the j
meat allowance is obtained "if the ap
plicant waits all night for it."
' " - -
ARE MNGJSIIALIIES
Large , Number of Southern
Men in Marine Corps
Casualty List .
Washington, fyane 2 . The . marine
casualty list issued tsday contained
187 names, divided as follows:
Killed in action 10
Died of wounds . .' .v 1ft
Wounded severely . . e . . . . 198
Southern men in ih$ marine corps
casualty list are: -i '
Killed in action: Privates, Louis E.
Lee, Nashville, enn. ; Arthur B . Saw
yer, JCey West, Fla. -
Died of wounds: Privates Joseph L.
Orr, Matthews, N . Ci ; Arthur D.
Sims, Memphis; George R. Gerard,
Nashville, Tenn.; Donald M.-Blanken-ship,
Rome, Ga.
Wounded severely: Privates Charles
H . Woodbury, - Norfolk, Va. ; George
M. Cortez, Ne wOrleansJ Charles E.
Dill, Elton, Ga.; Clarence E. Curtis,
Round Lake, Fla.; William B. West,
West Station, Tenn.;: Corporal Oliver
Parker,, Centerville, Ala.;' Privates
Leslie C. Daniels, Waverly, Tenn.;
Iee H. Crawford, R F. D, No. 2,
Macon, "Ga.; Sergeant Harvey C;
Graves, Blacksburg,r Wa. ; Gunnery
Sergeant Oscar, E. Jordan, Ore Hill,
N. C; Private David E. - Brown.
Chamlee, Ga.; Corporal Eugene .Mc
Cloud, XJharlotte, N. v
IN GUM WORSE
TWO MECKLENBURG
f,iEtl
FIVECENTS-
NO COAL FAS
IIIMTTn
Shipping Board to Supply Fu3
to Eastern Cities' '
RECEIVE WOODEN SHIPS
New Plan Will ReleaseThotH
sands of Railway Cars
Each Month - ; -
will; use Mississippi X
Great Era of Prosperity Ahead
For Cities on South ' At
lantic Coast Growth
3 ' S -
and Prosperity ;
By FRANK P. MORSE.
Washington, D. C, June 21. Not . .
withstanding the gloomy reports of .
another disatsrous coal famine predici -
hed for next winter by the' mine oper-,y
ators there is good reason to oeuew ,
that the shortage will not seriously t,,;
affect cities on the Atlantic coast. The,..;
tnnlirvTf i
run or mml
United States shipping board, Is ar-'.-;"; ; i
ranging to put into operation before --j
f-YlA vi A rt tmac Ckty 4- anmmav en
ergency relief measure that, eventual . , ..
ly, will become a permanent means of , .
supplying fuel to the big manufactnr .V' -ing
centers in eastern and southeast -;5fi
era states. " '.
In response to an appeal from 'Dl--
rector General McAdoo, the ( railwayff l
administration will receive the en'UrePTV.;
output of the wooden shipyard thls'f-"-year
and next. The first fleet, of these
emergency ships will be assigned to
regular runs between the tidewater ; '
district of Virginia and ports in NeW);!
England that are within motor-truck? ;'
distance of the big munition plan il
The first result of this arrangement 6
will be an elimination of the diversion: x; :
of coal from Baltimore, Philadelphia . ; J
and New York to the war factory dis ' : i
tricts or wew England. Last winter .v.
a great many industries in the! big At?, ,;n
lantie coast cities were crinkled :bV ,f-- --'
the fuel famine, although . tralnload - r
after trainload of coal from Pennsyl- V
vania, Virginia.; and V WestVlrglalai
mnesljaiwdfhrj6tig
nmgiano; wnere tne coai shortage, wis feja
most disastrous to the war program '
.The new arrangement for the. trans-',
portation of coal to New- England bj '
coast-wise vessels will releae thou
sands of railway cars each month. J'
Short runs will be made between Nor- v
folk, Newport News and the nearest J
coal fields, and a large 'percentage of ' .
the car surplus thus brought . in0 "ex f v;
Istence will , be utilized to carry ' coal 5
to factories in Philadelphia, New Torkf C;
and Baltmore that are. now sesously y
alarmed by their inability, to obtain t
an adequate supply of fuel for the .
Although the requisition of Woodeaf :JvJ;i
ships by the railway administration ie v i.
how discussed merely as an emergency: , .' A';i !
reuei measure 10 avert a coat iamxne
along the Atlantio coast, it IS, in real-
lty, tiie beginning of an era of; great
nmsnarltv fnr Ainftrv nnrt. cltv Itf ia.
United States. The shipping board ;la '
prepared to release to the railway adV; .
ministration-' the entire fleet -t)f 41)0;:v- ,'
wooden ships now building throughout
the country and supplement these.
more fragile carriers with steel and;".'..".'
concrete boats as soon as the govem-i f,
ment's requirements for trans-Atlantia : -service
are satisfied. - 1 T . '-k: ..
that the day of heavy freight shlpii '
ments between the heart of the United '
A A - 9 i.1 1 a . 1 X A 14 - -M T rif K
oiates ana me ciues on me Auauwr.-.
coast is rapidly nearing an end; '-: rThe
government is making arrangements n
to utilize New- Orleans ' as ' tappinsf'r
point for . non-perishable freight! uf ron
all points in the Mississippi valley; ;
These" shipments win be handled, down ' ';-v
the Mississippi river in barges and " -transferred
to steamers for reship. Mo
ment to Boston,. New York, 'Phlladel '. - '
phia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Wilmington,'
Charleston and Savannah. Unleif the . .
time element is imperative the' raiU V -. ;
way administration will Tefuse
handle heavy freight-by rail if4tt'U.r, '
possible to provide coast boat seirlcew V
As a result of this new view f the. v'
trahsportation question $J ISlpcrtsSxt -port
cities on the Atlantic and Pacifi " V
coasts will enter upon a new period ; r.
of rapid growth and increasing pros
perity. In Addition to the domestic .-'l
commerce it is . now the aim of , the . .
railway administration to divert a blj- f
percentage of overseas shipping that A
has gone by long rail 'hauls to Htiwt -'.
York and-Boston and reroute it? via
Philadelphia, Hampton Roads,; . Wii '
mington, Charleston and Savannah to V".
European and South American. ports v.
The determination of the railway adV;
ministration to put an end to railroad ,
congestion in the United States will ' ...
make tremendous additions to thebuslT
ness activities of southern coast cit '
ies.
Jap Aviator Killed. . l-r-:;,'
j Paris; June 2Lr-Sergeant Kobaya&kLr-1 :
the Japanese aviator in .- the .French1. -f;
service, has ' been killed in an aerial
battle. He was fighting against a' nunv ':
ber . of enemies when his machine' 7
Was set on fire by an incendiary bul ; ,
let. He jumped from , his airplane at :KS
the height of about 9,000 feet and felt .
behind the French lines. Lieutefiant V.
De Turanne has brought - down 'his
tenth enemy plane; . Lieutenant Madon? v
has brought down his' 34th. . ;-
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