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THEr WILMINGTON, DISPATCH, TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1918: i mm now ire HI ILL CONFIDE FURTHER ADVANCES ARE Thinks State Board Never Gave Square Deal Stack '!.. May Head Railway , - (Speciabto'The Dispatch..) . . New. Born,-June 25. Following the granting of a restraining order , pre venting the .state board of elections from presenting a certificate to Col. ': W. JT. Dortch, declaring him the dem ocratic nominee or congress and the - setting of the hearing of the fact3 la the cam for July 9,. Hon. Charles L. Abernethy has returned to the city and is more .optimistic now than at any time since the first primary was " held, r " There Is no douht about me hav ing v received, the largest number of votes in the primary," Mr. Abernethy declares, and he adds that if his friends wilUsttcfcby him that he will go to congress. Where the state board of elections fell down flat on the job, friends of Abernethy claim, was when they de clined to go into the mass of evidence which Mr. Amernethy had prepared for them in his contention that he had been dealt with unfairly In the pri . mary and that there had been irregu larities. Had the board of elections gone into the details of the case, they say, and then declared Mr. Dortch the nominee, it would have shown that they were ; acting in good faith. However, when they went ahead and passed on the Question without considering this evi dence,, the supporters of the New Bern man at once declared that their -favorite had been given another raw deal. , While no definite announcement of this fact has been made, it is under stood that Mr. J. D. Stack, for some time the general superintendent of the Norfolk Southern Railway company, is to resign to accept the general man agership of the Virginia Railway com pany. Mr. Stack Is well and favorably known in this city and section and has many friends here who will learn with interest of the change which is a promotion for him. It is understood . that Mr. C . W . Ackers, superintendent of the western division oMhe road -and with-oiSces at Raleigh, Is to succeed Mr: Stack as general superintendent. The Norfolk Southern Railway, com pany has in the past few-days handled a larger amount of freight out of New BernJnaa at any other-time in recent years.' "Saturday, night a 'freight train of 90 cars pulled, nut' for Norfolk. Of this number about 80 cars, contained Irish potatoes', and about " 100 cars were left on the local yards until an extra " could be sent but some hours later. . Sitting in his cell apparently uncon cerned over-his fate and seemingly not realizing the fact that he way go to the electric chair, Decatur Flowers, of Beaufort county, and who with Os car Brothers, his cousin, several days go beat into insensibility .and then Ben and Lathal Leary, two aged resi dents of the Lowland section of Pam lico county, calmly told a Dispatch re porter" of the crime and how it was committed. To start off with, Flowers said that he; wanted-it understood that he was not to" blame for the affair, that he had been influenced by his cousin, who had for years borne a bad reputation. The whole affair was hatched by Brothers,- he said, who had learned that the Learys had secreted a large sum of money around the house. "We have arrived safely overseas." .This-was the message which Mr. and Mrs, W. P. M. Bryan, of this city, yesterday received from their sons, Edward King Bryan and William Moore Bryan. These two young men have been located at Camp Lee, Va., for several months. They sailed for France some time ago. - ' Mr. C. W. Blanchard. Jr., a son of Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Blanchard, has also arrived safely overseas. , New: Bern has been designated as the medical and surgical relief base No. 5 for the fifth naval district, and Dr. J. F. Patterson, of St. Luke's "hospital, has been placed in command. Dr. Patterson is the A. A. surgeon of the United States public health service and some time ago St. Luke's hospital was designated as the one at . which all government cases in this section should be carried to. More than a hundred young men ,have been enrolled as stretcher bear ers whlle a large number of nurses have offered their services when jieeded. This Is a signal honor for New Bern "and will mean much to the city. MADE BY PERSHING MEN Five Machine Guns and Other ' War Materials Have Been Captured Washington, ' June 25 Further American advances and the capture of five machine guns and other war ma terial In the region of Chateau Thier ry were reported today by General Pershing In his communique for yes- terflay. A German counter attacK at Torcy was repulsed with heavy losses. Several American soldiers are miss ing after a raid in Lorraine. The communique follows: "Section A. Local operations contin ued in the Chateau Thiery region, where we mado further advances, cap turing five machine guns and other material. A German counter attack against otn line3 of Torcy broke down with heavy losses under our rifle, machine gun and artillery fire. "As the result of a raid executed by the enemy against our troops in Lor raine several of our men are missing." FARMERS MAY GRIND SEASON'S 1EAT SUPPLY ! i Only One ' Condition to This Privilege Allowed by Administrator Page Raleigh, June 25. With the coming in of the new wheat crop North Carp line farmers who were patriotic and wise enough to raise their own wheat will be allowed to have an entire sea son's supply of flour ground. The only condition to this privilege, accord ing to State Food Administrator Henry A Page, is that while wheat is still in poor milling condition a supply suf ficient to last . until October 1 shall be ground. On and after October 1 the require ments of a farmer for his household and for tenants or other dependents whom he customarily supplies until the next harvest may be ground. : AH wheat producers as well as other consumers are requested to con tinue to observe the present conser vation program of the food administra tion, which calls for the use of as much cornmeal and other cereal sub stitutes as of wheat flour. The maxi mum measure of consumption of flour from new crop wheat for wheat pro ducers will be 12 pounds per person per month instead of the present re quested rationing of ?slx pounds. On account of the short wheat crop last year and of the absolute necessity from a military standpoint of supply ing our armies and the armies and civilian population of our allies with at least a partial ration of wheat flour the food administration was compelled to make drastic rules and regulations governing the distribution and grind ing' of wheat of the 1917 crop, even to tho extent of limiting the supplies which farmers might have ground from their own wheat. About three months ago the food administration at Wash ington issued milling rules which pro hibited all wheat mills from deliver ing more than a 30-day supply of flour to anyone, including wheat grow ers. Food Administrator Page grant ed an exception to this rule in so far as -North Carolina was concerned so that farmers living more than 1ree miles from a mill could secure their supplies up to 30 days. Thus, after all, North Carolina farmers have suf fered little or no Inconvenience. I " i. J - ANGUS WILTON McLEAN "-v.: I - -.., . - j ' : ttlSit . iff BALLARD SENTENCED YEAR ON THE ROADS . Isaiah Ballard, colored, convicted be fore the recorder this morning of ' an assault -with- a deadly weapon, was sentenced to 12 months at. labor on the county: roads, and Isaiah was too well satisfied with this judgment to en hunting Judge Lyon and a jury. Bal- jard was indicted on three counts, but ;only sentenced on one, his prayer for - judgment being continued in the other ;cases. Ballard is the negro who is al leered to have knifed Ticket Aeent ' Brock, an employe of the Tidewater Power cbmDany. when ' ' rocks were thrown through the car windows at McCumbers station a few nights ago. 'Adrian Faison. also one of the party. convicted in superior court yesterday, got a two-year sentence. He was joined by Ballard this afternoon and together they will do much toward the upkeep and . repair of the coun PLANNED BE LAST STROKE AG AINST ITALY Washington. June 25. An official dispatch from Rome today says the Austrians are in full retreat, and that papers taken from prisoners show Austria had not contemplated the pos- siDinty or aeieat and was promising her soldiers this offensive would be the last stroke to put Italy out of the war. The dispatch follows: "The Austrians are in full rptrnt They evidently foresaw the possibil ity of an Italian defeat but never an ticipated the possibility of their own defeat. Papers found on all the pris oners say that the offenslvp a train at Italy was to be the last strike, which WOUIQ put Italy OUt Of the war and force her to make separate peace, he Austrian soldiers were promised food and booty. This explains the extra ordinary Dravery with which the Aus- irians nave rougnt. At The Hotels North Carolina arrivals at th Ortrm include: A. S. Parker. Hlirh Point- H. P. Woodson. Blircaw T TT A,ToU vin, Wallace; William Dunn, New tsern; a. w. Baldin, Whiteville; James W. Proctor, Lumberton; J. B. Schul- Ken, wnitevme; Dr. J. R. Meadow, Reidsville; A. B. Loom, Red Springs; C. B. Culbert, Southport; J. D. John son, wmara; W. H. Wells, Willard: Mrs. C. W. Angel, Southport; A. L. W, Donald, Rockingham; George E. Vir gin, Concord. Recent arrivals at the Wilmington include the following North Carolini ans: Edw. Clarke, Charlotte; Ralph r. Holmes, Fort Caswell; F. L Fm kenstatedt, Bolton; L. J. Sneiden, Charlotte; L. G. Lawrence, Durham? J. "B. Ramsauer, Lumberton; A, W. McLearv anrl wlfA. T.nmhfirton: Julia M. Alexander, Charlotte; Walter, E. Brock, Wadesboro; W. B. Caison, Ham- President of the North Carolina Bar Association, Who Will Preside Over the Annual Convention Which Meets at WrlghtsvHIe Beach This Week, Beginning at 8:15 This Evening. TAK CONDEMN ALCQHOLC MEDCIN E The Rotary club, in regular semi monthly- session this afternoon, went on record as opposing the sale for beverage purposes of medicines con taining a per cent, of alcohol suffi ciently high to produce intoxication, and a special commltee of three has been appointed to take this matter up with dealers handling concoctions of this nature looking toward their elim- nation fronT the shelves , of their stores. Club members realize that merchants are within the law in hand ling these medicines and that it is often hard to determine whether a pur chaser wants it for medicinal purposes or to be used as a beverage; and it is no secret that these medicines have been used largely for the latter pur pose of late. There was little other business to come before the meeting. President J. C. Williams is in Kansas City, attending a Rotary convention, and today's meeting was presided over by Roger Moore. Rotarians enjoyed splendid luncheon, which was topped with ice cream and cake," the menu being of that nature-to place all in a fine frame of mtnd. SCHOONER ISABEL C. HARR1SS LAUNCHED Continued from Page One.) address by the mayorrwas dispensed with because of the rain. The Harriss is a four-masted schoon er of 1,800 tons deadweight. She has a net tonnage of 988 and a gross ton nage of 1,078,-and is 200 feet in length over all. She is the first vessel to be turned out by the company. Her keel was laid last September and she is what Captain McKown, under whose personal supervision she was con structed, is want to call a hand-made schooner. . In a statement given out immedlate y following the launching Captain McKown stated that the keels of two additional schooners, Identically the same as the Harriss, would be laid mmediately and that their completion would be hurried. . 35,831,239,000 FEET OF LUMBER LAST YEAR Washington. June 25. Lumber cut in the United States amounted to 35,- 831,239,000 feet . in 1917. the Forest Service today announced. That was approximately 10 per cent less than 1916. The decrease was due princi pally to, largely curtailed private building operations, scarcity" of labor. transportation difficulties, curtailment or aemana m wood-using Industries and a more or less general dislocation of lumber distribution through ordi nary channels of trade. Much of the lumDer produced was used in meeting the exceptional demands for govern ment construction and other war emergency projects, including ship- Dunamg material. Washington was t.h laro-osf nrtn. ducer,with a cut of 4.570.onn nnn foot Louisiana was second with 4,210,000,- ieei, uregon tnird with 2,585,000.- vvv aixxx .LUiBDissiyyi lOUrUl With 2- 425,000,000: ' Southern yellow pinevcut amounted "53.9'.4600 ', o? 37.7 per ?ent Compromise Reached. Washington, June 25. A compro mise was . reached today hy senate and house . conferees on the naval aD- 5J'd00L.ne .Ttion, the con- . -autnorlze that sum SBSIWSE-" ""ys CAMPAIGN WORKERS MEET IS E VENNG Workers in the war savings cam paign are urged to attend this even ing's meeting to be held in campaign headquarters, federal court room, at 6 o'clock. Plans that will have a direct bearing on the- campaign throughout the remainder of the week will be dis cussed during the meeting and it is imperative that all workers attend. The campaign is progressing nicely, according to reports issued from head quarters, and there is no reason to im agine that the county will not Ifio her part in the big drive. 40,000 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION SEIZED London, June 25. The seizure of 40,000 rounds of ammunition in the Smithfleld market in Dublin yesterday is expected to have developments, ac cording to the Dublin correspondent of The Daily Mail, who says the seiz ure was an incident In an attempt to smuggle arms and ammunition into Ireland on a large scale, a The first discovery of the affair seems to have been made by.the police at Belfast, where a ship whose name Is not divulged, arrived the latter part of last week, bringing a miscellaneous cargo, among which contraband was distributed. The contraband goods were consigned to various parts of .the country. An investigation is proceed ing to discover how much of it reached its destination. Jt is understood that in addition to the seizure at Dublin, 6,000 cartridges were found in Belfast and other par cels in Dungannon and Portadown. The Dublin consignment was hidden in sacks of oats. The consignee is said to be a brother of one of the In terned Sinn Feihers. GREECE SOON HAVE 200,000 UNDER ARMS Paris, June 25. Greece shortly will have more than 200,000 men un der arms, according "to a statement given by the Greek legation here to the Vlatin. Additional troops beyond this number are to be called to the color soon, It is added. The "notable work accomplished by the Hellenic kingdom since its en trance into the war a year ago this month Is reviewed and the achieve ment of Premier Venizelos In restor ing public confidence and effectively guarding the interests of the country is pointed out. Nancy Will Celebrate. Paris, June 25. The much bombard ed city of r1ancy will celebrate the Fourth of July, the municipal authori ties have decided. The city hall and public-buildings will be decorated with the . American colors and appropriate exercises yfrill be held. NOTICE! In accordance with the plan adopt ed by the various railroads of the United States, the S. A. L. and A. C. L. freight agencies at Wilmington, N. C.f will be consolidated, effective July 1st, 1918, and on and after that date all freight will be handled at the A. C. L.. warehouses. The present' sail ing day schedule will remain in effect. E MEADE; ! Agent, S. A. L. Ry. Co. HREIXIOTT, Agent, A. C L. R. R. Co. Rtissia Chiefly - -i k--: ' Blamed Fon War (Continued from Page One.) retary said: st - - ' ,-: ; : !We must decline to- make as It were a prior concession by giving, a statement on the Belgian question which would bind us without in the least binding the enemy," . . ' , With reference to the peace ques tion "Dr. von Keuhlmann quoted from former Premier Asquith's speech of May 16 in which he "said that the Brit ish government "would not turn deaf ear to a ' peace proposal, if It was iot couched in ambiguous terms. ; . "We likewise can make the 'same declaration," added the foreign secre tary, : "knowing itl tov be also our pol icy; - - : ' " "Once the moment arrivesr when I care, not to prophesy that the na tions which are at present locked In ba,ttle will exchange peace views, one of the preliminary conditions must be certain degrees of -mutual confidence in each other's honesty and chivalry." Imperial Policy. Amsterdam, June 25. Speakingr in the reichstag at Berlin yestei day on the second reading of the budget for the foreign office, the chancellor, Dr.r Richard . von'!Kuhlmann, the foreign secretary, went into some questions of imperial policy, referring first to Ger many's relations with her allies. - "In Austria-Hungary," said Dr. von Keuhlmann, "that brilliant representa tive of her foreign policy, Count Czernin, rettred because of internal po litical reasons. His successor, Baron Burian, is a well tried diplomat, whose loyalty, friendship and devotion to the alliance were assured from the outset. The personal and cordial collaboration which existed in the case of Count Czernin and which contributed to the final settlement and solution of all" questions, also exists in the case of Baron Burian." "It is also to be recognized among Baron Burian's services," Dr. von Keuhlmann went on, "that an inter view between the two "emperors oc curred at main headquarters, which history win record as momentous in shaping the relations between Ger many and Austria-Hungary. Both the emperors, in the presence of leading statesmen assured each other solemn ly that they would not only loyally abide by the existing alliance but that they also intended to strengthen, widen and deepen it In political, mili tary and economic directions. "Pursuant to the expression of the vin of "these two august personages, responsible statesmen forthwith enter ed into corresponding negotiations. During his visit to Berlin, Baron Burian discussed the fundamental questions thoroughly in conference with the chancellor, the exchange of views being carried on further in -writing. They probably will be continued on the occasion of the chancellor's re-, turn visit to Vienna. "With Bulgaria, too," continued the foreign secretary, "recent events, es pecially the peace negotiations, have facilitated the drawing closer of many personal and political ties. It is a matter or regret, which the German public shares, that Premier Radoslav off, who has been a pillar of our allies, recently resigned for internal political reasons. The explicit assurance' of his successor and the exalted personality of the great statesman who wears the Bulgarian are a guarantee to us that there will be no change In the policy hitherto followed." Dr. von Keuhlmann again went over the question of the Dobrudja, which is the subject of negotiation between Turkey and Bulgaria, and added: "But there does not exist any con flict In interest between us and Tur key." Dr. von Keuhlmann announced that within the next few days a conference would be held at Constantinople where the questions that had arisen between the quadruple alliance and "the Cau casion people" would "find a settlement." Dr. James Douglas Dies. New York, June 25. Dr. James Douglas, for many years president and lately chairman of the board of direc tors of Phelps, Dodge & Co.. copper mine owners, died at his ntome here today in his 81st year: HURLEY OPENLY- ATr -WAR ON PROHIBITION (Continued froni Page One.) tlons by "prohibition advocates on the committee, said the chief ., labor diffi culties "in snip building had occurred In dry territory. It was brought out that 125,265 men are employed at ship yards in prohibition states and 290,157 in wet territory. - , . . "Organized labor is overwhelmingly opposed to absolute prohibition and to bring up the question how- Is to throw the apple pf -discord among the people, of this country," said Samuel Gompers, ' president- of the American federation of labor., , Secretary Daniels appeared to.advo-. cate prohibition. ' He said his dry or der in the navy had resulted in in creased efficiency and proved its value. "If you say we must, have saloons out side the dodrs of; the navy yards to increase efficiency of the workmen," he added, ''you can say also it is enc essary for the men in' uniform to have liquor." . "T 'realize that unscrupulous and sel fish interests," said Gompers, "think ing only of private gain, may seek to use the views of. conscientious Jfflcials solely for their own purposes. That is one of the penalties we must pay for frankness in an Jasue which had only one moral side. But if the committee were fully aware of the pains we have taken to produce the right spirit and complete unity In the ship wards-lf the committee were fully aware of the advantage the nation derives from such unity and singleness of purpose, I believe the members would refrain from reporting a measure which . will lead to Contention. "The sudden taking away of light wines and beer from the foreign ele ment in the yards, of which there is a very large proportion, will, I fear, have a wrenching effect on the whole program. It will set men to talking of the wisdo mof such a move; it will puzzle minds of temperate foreigners who are accustomed merely to a glass of beer or a glass of wine with their meals. "Nor e of the shipyards are able to tolerate employes who overindulge in stimulants. Suph men are eliminated automatically. The chief effect then will be to call a sudden bait upon a part of .the daily routine of hard wont ing and-sober men. OnTTTT"555 est difficulties we have "had e ?e'?0nstailt turn over ubvb ueen lmnroviTin- . iaoo gradually andwem t,a ",.,L 81tIt! lest this proposed eSSEf Worrie3 cause additional unrest" 1 my AUSTRIAN LOSSES TOTAL 200,000 MFfl (Continued fromPage one.) his victorious "arnyth7repul Austrians, General Diaz, the it , says tie for .the present is confined to l0.ai ' v. . vxiia uyon tne annv tn pare for new trials. In an 0 the day to his officers and mea r' f eral Diaz says: ea "The enemy who, with frrin petuosity, used all means to S our territory, has been repulied 7 points. His losses are verV V aU His pride is broken. Glory f"7' commands, ail soldiers, an Bailoii? a The country understood nt that the barrier set up by our TCe ism was unshakeable and that strength- is the purest of vigor. Our people and our amT1 have so many glorious represented amongst us applaud our 8Ur;Ies against the eternal enemy. s "The great battle is for the being reduced to local actions "The army has deserved well of n. ccomtry. We are sure of our hSK and of the holiness of the caus are defending. New trials which doubtedly await us will a-ain the enemy that Italy has lost noZZ her faith, strength and abnegation "For Italy, for king, for civilization let us persevere in our sacred duty" SERIES OF ATTACKS ON METZ-SABLONS . London, June 25. An official stata ment relative to aerial operations is. sued today by the war office reade- "Our airmen carried out a series' of attacks against the Metz-Sablons sta tion on Sunday. On Monday factories at Saarbruecken, sidings at Dillingoa and factories at Metz-Sablons vere bombed. Style All-Wool Economy You want all three in your spring and summer clothes. . y STYLE Because it gives you greater con fidence in. yourself. 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