BAKER
AM
OPPOSE" RAISING
ARMY; DRAFF 'UMTS
Say Enough Men Available
and .Subject to Call Now
VIEW OF GENERAL STAFF
f enators on -ommntee re ori
0r, Al;l1 h
ViU'Wi -vvaaa TV -AAA
Follow Suggestion
WOULD LOWER THE AGE
In Asking Legislation Go Over
Officials Say New Program
Will Be Submitted by . the
Middle of August
Washington, June 26.Secretary
Baker and General March, chief of
staff, informed the senate : military
committee today that they opposed as
premature and unnecessary the pro
posed extension of the army draft age
limits. . - v .
Provost Marshal General Crowder,
whose approval of the extension has
been cited by advocates of -the change
in the senate, also appeared before the
committee to say that while-he regard
ed the extension as necessary he was
not insistent upon immediate legisla
tion, but thought action should be tak
en in time to secure new -registrants
under the revised age limits early next
year- ' '. .-
The army officials attended a meet
ing of the committee just before the
senate convened to continue consider,
ation of the army appropriation bill
with amendments pending to 'change
the age limits. General March and
Mr. Baker said sufficient men' are
available and subject to -call from the
first registration, the re-classification
now in progress and from the 800,000
new registrants of the "1918 class; for
the army's requirements - during the
next few . months. . Generajpinion of
the army generajnstair accords
this view, General March said.. ' '
Most of the senators who heard the
statements believed congress would
follow the recommendation. :
If congress insists "upon immediate
legislation. Secretary. Baker, General
March and General Crowder were said
to be agreed, the minimum "age limit
of 21 should be lowered, to secure
younger men for military service rath
er than to make any. extensive raise
in the maximum age limit ,by - which
older men would be secured.. They
told the committee that more and bet
ter fighting men would be secured by
reduction of the age limit they sug
gested it be made 20 years instead of
the present minimum of 21.
The latest statistics and estimates
regarding the number of , men still
available under the present draft law
and the new British-Canadian treaty
were presented confidentially to the
committee, together with the war de
partment's plans for further draft
calls.
secretary Baker, it was saia, ex
pressed merely his personal views and
(Continued 6n Page Eight)
Y
II ARMY CASUALTY LIST
Two From North Carolina
Found Among Killed
in Action
Washington, rJune 26. The army
casualty list today contained 91 names
divided as. follows:
Killed in action . . .
Died of wounds .....
47
7
4
3
1
20
2
7
Died of accident and other causes.
Died of disease
Died of airplane accident ..
Wounded severely
Wounded, degree undetermined . . .
Missing in action
The list includes the following from
southern states:"
Killed in action: Lieutenant George
A- Bell, Monroe, N. C; Corporal Gar
ner M. Herring, Kllu, Miss.; - August
Schmidt 42 King street. Charleston,
s- C.; Robert E. Wilcox. Henderson
ville, N. C; Privates oLuis Goldstein,
Sheffield, Ala.; Lee L. Hickey, Con
cord, Tenn.; Robert C. Nails, 1348 Dut
to street, Jackson, Miss.; Willie Scott
Greenville, S. C; Robert W. Veal, San
der sville, Ga. " ,
Died of wounds: Sergeant Wilfred
-Mies, Besemer Ala.; Corporal Wil
liam B. Mashburn, Unadilla, Ga.
Died of disease: Nurse Katherine V,
Dent, Biloxi. Miss.: Horseshoe WU-
am O. Sharp, Montgomery, Ala.; Pri
vate Dave Anderson Grand Lake, Ark,
Died of accident and other causes:
fnvates Leon Frost, Luna, La. ;. John
owe, Paragould, Ark.; Jesse Pear
En, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
SOUTHERN
III
MARCH
OF
w
pus fans Lawyer to Ad
Iress the State Bar
Association;
. . .
MiGRAHAM'S SPEECH
Probably Oldest Active Practi
tioner in the State Spoke
at Today's Session
REPORT OF COMMITTEES
Practically All of Committees
Submitted Their Reports
at Today's Sessionj
Cuss Kaiser
Today's session of North Carolina
Bar association was featured by re
ports of various committees and an
address by Mai. John W., Graham, of
fiill8boro. Both morning and after
noon sessions were held in the assem
bly room of the Oceanic hotel, and the
attendance was larger than last night.
The 'feature of the entire convention
will be the address, this evening at
a: 60 o'clock by . Monsieur Frederick
Allain, of Paris, counsellor, of the
French high commission, the distinguished-visitor
arriving this morning
and is staying at the Oceanic," associa
tion headquarters.
This morning's session was presided
Over, by Vice-President T . B,, Finley.
ana the nrst hour-was devoted to re
ports I of committees. Judge ,W, P.
Bynum presented -the report on "Leg
islation and lAw;.Reform.:coverinsr
the -states dtrrinirithe" past yearv brief
ly discussing those of them of special
interest to the lawyers. Ex-Judge P;
Crawford Biggs presented the report
on Local Education and Admission to
the Bar, announcing that the recom
mendation of the last canvention had
been called to the attention of the
supreme court,' and had been substan
tially put into effect. E. F. Aydlett,
reporting for the judiciary committee,
stated that in some of the disricts
there were not enough courts; this be
ing especially-true in the first, where
it was often necessary to hold special
courts to attend to the docket.
When the committee of legal ethics
was called , upon, Chairman Frank
Thompson announced that he . had no
report ;that every time the committee
got together they opened by discussing
the war and ended by cussing the
kaiser. The chair ruled that such a
procedure at this time was perfectly
ethical, and amid much, laughter the
report of Mr. Thompson was adopted.
Ex-Judge George Rountree made the
report of the committee on grievances,
stating that he had not had time tb
put it in writing, but would file it
with the secretary in a day or two.
G. S. Bradshaw, reporting for the com,
mittee on memorials, announced the
4-death of ten members of the associa
tion since- the last meeting, and that
memorial papers on each of these
Would be read at this afternoon's ses
sion. E. F. Aydlett read the memo
rial on ex-Judge George W. Ward and
A. B. Kimball, the oneon E. J. Jus
tice at thf morning session, the other
eight bei ig held over for the after
noon ses iofl, at which several other
committre reports were, also to be
had. v
Major J'ihn W. Graham, of , Hill3
boro, w ;ls nearly .80 years of age,
and pt bly the only man in the
state a tsiaat age actively engaged in
the pTr "-ice of his profession, made
a mos Interesting address on ::Some
Events In My Life; Some Lawyers I
Have Known." The adress was rich
in reminiscence, as Major Graham has
for nearly 60 years been engaged in
the active practice of law, and during
his boyhood visits to Washington had
come in contact with some of the
greatest men of 50 years ago. His adr
cp
( Continued. on Page Eight) .-
Mrs. Storey Indicted
New York, June. 26. Following
an investigation of the financial af
fairs of the national emergency re
lief society Mrs. William Cumming
Storey, former 'director general xst
the Daughters of . , the American
Revolution, was indicted here today
on charges of grand larceny, ; petit
. larceny, and conspiracy. . ;
Mrs. Story ; is president of the
relief society. '
The Indictment names Mrs. Story
and : her sons, Sterling and Allen,
as co-defendants in the Conspiracy
allegations which form two counts
in the bill. ' ;
Mrs. Story is also a prominent
member pf the Colonial Dames ,
I NHW Kn TmN RHT
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V-
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WHERE THB - BATTL'b: BE DECIDED
HURLEY WANTS
AND WINE
NEW HANOVER COUNTY
(Special to The Dispatch.)
Washington, D. C, June 26. There
appears to De a strong prouaoiiity
that Edwin N. Hurley, chairman-of
the United States shipping board, will
ask the North. Carolina state legisla
ture to. enact a law permitting jthe
sale of light wines 4and beers in Wew
trftXtodTe1fjtda
men to be jjirploypd,. at th&.twO large
shipyards3 at Wilmington - may not be
denied the privilege of beer and light
wines and thereby decrease their efiV
ciency
Mr. Hurley and Postmaster General
Burleson appeared bs.fore the senate
committee on agriculture ye,rterday
and urged the committee not to enact
any laws whicL wou'd prevent the
working men engaged in shipbuilding
and other war work from obtaining
beer and wines. - Mr. Hurley stated
positively that he was-of the opinion
the enactment of such prohibition
laws would greatly decrease the effi
ciency of men engaged in shipbuilding.
While Mr. Hurley lould not be
found today and none, of his associates
were authorized to discuss the matter
in so far as Wilmington is concerned
it Is the general belief in well in
formed circles that Mr. Hurley, being
as he is a real he man'," will make
the request as outlined'' above.
Wilmington is: now ast becoming
one of the largest shipbuilding centers
on the South' Atlantic coast and. gov
ernment officials here do not want
even prohibition to interfere with win
ning the war. Jt is believed therefore
that Mr. Hurley or some one repre
senting him will make an immediate
request to the legislature when it con
venes for a law permitting the,. sale
of light wines and beers in New Han
over county.
The news coming from Washington
today to the effect that Edwin N. Hur
ley, chairman of the United States
shipping board, contemplates asking
HARAHAN HAS NAMED
MEMBERS OF STAFF
' Norfolk, Va., June 26 Federal Man
ager W. J. Harahan, of the Seaboard
Air Line, today announced the ap
pointment Of the following officials, to
serve under the United States railway
administration: W-
W. L. Seddon, general manager; E:
Marvin Underwood, general solicitor,
W. L. Stanley, assistant to federal
manager, Atlanta, Ga.; R. I. Nutt, local
treasurer; H. W. Mackenzie, comptrol
ler; hTc. Pearce, general purchasing
agent; L B. Ryan,: general passenger
agent; R. I. Cheatham, . traffic man
ager; B. C. Prince, assistant to traffic
manager; G. S. Rails, assistant traffic
manager, freight. ' r , .
PROHI AMENDMENT IS
ADOPTED IN GEORGJA
Atlanta, June 26. With only two
opposing votes the prohibition amend
ment to the federal constitution was
adopted -in the upper house of the
Georgia legislature in the record time
of five minutes, at the opening ses
sion of the legislature today. Intro
duction of the measure in the house
was followed by. debate. , :, -
The house also ratified the prohibi
tion amendment after a three-hour
debate. '- '
ALLOWED
the state legislature to enact a .law
allowing the sale , of light-wines "and
beer in New Hanover county, is one of
the most interesting pieces of news
gossip that has come to . Wilmington
for some time. jOnly yesterday k Mr;
Hurley, appeared IT efore r tbei. senate
committee on agriculture In oppMitionJ
agricultural Dili proviuing for a law
preventing the use of grain in the
manufacture of beer on ground that
it would conserve the food supply.
Senator W . B . Cooper, representing
this district, is not in Wilmington and
it is not known just what attitude he
vews the proposal of Mr . Hurley. The
senator is a prohibitionist but it is be
lieved that if the shippng board can
demonstrate that to allow the sale of
beer and ' wines to the shipyard em
ployes would increase their efficiency
ships, he, along with other broad
and aid the government in building
minded North Carolinians, will: make
little, if any objection.
Just how the matter could be work
ed out or how such a law would work
in only one county m a state that is
"bone dry," no one has yet had time
to form an opinion. One gentleman
told The Dispatch that probably the
only feasible plan would be to adopt
the canteen system at the shipyards
and allow the government officials
there to dispense with these indispen
sable wines and beers which Mr. Hur
ley says makes more efficient em
ployes. Should the legislature give its as
sent to the plan there will be an in
flux of workers and others.
Should the legislature grant the
government the right to dispense these
light drinks to its shipyard workers,
it Is believed many of the labor trou
bles in Wilmington will have been
solved. .One old resident said it
would be necessary for the city to pass
some ordinance preventing- people
from coming to the city unless they
have conclusive evidence that they are
coming here to work..
SAVANNAH MAN CUTS
HIS WIFE'S THROAT
Savannah, Ga., June 26.- B. B. Wil
liamson this morning cut the throat
of his wife at their home on West
Broad street and immediately turned
LWe razor with which he did the cut
ting on himself and slashed his throat.
The woman has a chance to recover,
but Williamson is dying. Mrs: William
son was attending her 12-year-oldi
daughter, who was ill in bed. Her hus
band leaned over her as if to embrace
her and cut her throat. The daughter
gave the alarm. Mrs. Williamson ran
into the , street with blood streaming
from her wounds. She and her hus
band are now in a local hospital. Do
mestic unhappiness is, given as the
probable cause for the deed.
$6,000,000 Bond Issue.
Jacksonville, Fla., July 26. Accord
ing -to advices from Washington quot
ing Senator Park Trammell, of Flor
ida, the capital issues committee has
authorized the proposed $6,000,000
Everglades bond issue. Senator
Trammell before the committee this
week to urge authorization of the sale
so that the extensive drainage opera
tions now in progress may be contin
ued' during the war.
Shipyard Control.
Washington, Ju4e 26. The ship
ping board today" asked congress
for authority to control the building-
of new shipyards .and theex--pansion
of existing yards.
Arthur M. Marsh of the legal di
vision of the' emergency fleet cor
poration, presented, the request to
the- senate commerce committee.
3 IThV, VMerrill-Stevens,. . yards at
live red -ai&ijfeiWb
aroonn ' the i first riofi net a Jto nt ract.
pointing out the differen.ee of? effi
ciency among yards. Lack of execu
tive ability was blamed for the fail
ure, he said.
BIGKETT TO TELL ASHE
COUNTY CAUSE OF WAR
Believes An Address Wil
Bring Resisters to Draft
to Terms j
Raleigh, N. Cl June 26. Governor
Bickett announced today that in an ef
fort, to dissolve resistance to the army
draft in Ashe county, which he be
lieves due to Jgnorance of the causes
of America's entrance into the war,
that he would- make an address oh the
war Saturday afternoon at Jefferson
the county seat of Ashe county. At
the same .time he sent infractions to
Adjuant General Young, who is in
Jefferson, to "have notices sent to
every nook and cornerof the county,
announcing the address.
The draft hours of Ashe . county
which borcfers on Tennessee "and parts
of which lie in almost inaccessible
mountain regions, recently advised the
goy.ernor that about 40 men had taken
toth,e mountains rather than obey
calls for army service. One of hem
has been killed and In turn killed
citizen who tried to arrest him. Mr,
Young was sent to Ashe county to in
vestigate the situation and to use state
reserve militia if necessary to enforce
the, draff law. Governor Bickett said
today," "however, he-believed that
clear exposition or America s pur
poses in the war would remove all re
sistance. ,
Bridgehead Reoccupied
Rome, June 26. Italian' troops in
tne southern part of the Piave front
have -not only completely reoccupied
the-Capo Sile bridgehead, but have ex
tended it and -held the gain against
Austrian counter attacks., : The exten
sion was effected yesterday. During
the fighting nearly 400 prisoners .were
taken, the war office announced today.
s. Not Recognize Truce
tondon, Jnne 26. The British labor
party at its conference held here to
day adopted a resolution to the effect
that the party political truce which
has been in effect in Great Britain
since early in the war should no longer
be recognized.
Texas Now Bone - Dry.
Austin, Texas,;' June '26. Texas be
came a "bone dry" state at midnight
last night when approximately 750 sa
loons closed their doors under a statu
tory prohibition act of the 35th legis
lature. .-'- -. ' -
AMERICAN ARMY ffl
mMMMASHEDm
ALOm WEST FRONT
NO DISCUSSION FOR
BASIS OF
Wilson's Four Principles Be
Unheeded by von Hertling
NO LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Chancellor Says Such League
Might Make It Uncomfort
able For Germany
OPPONENTS . BE KERNELS
Official Declines to Go Into
Question of Responsibil
ity For War Germany
Is Not to Blame
Amsterdam, June 26. There will be
no further discussion of President Wil
son's four principles as a basis of gen
eral peace by Count von Hertling, the
imperial German chancellor.
This announcement was ' made by
thfichancellor in the reichstag in the
aTehae ater the speech of Foreign Sec-
rg,Jfy von Keuhlmann. Proposal of a
regue of nations after the war is not
locked upon with favor by Count von
Hertling, who intimated that such a
league might make- it uncomfortable
for; Germany.
" I originally had ho intention of
taking part in this debate," said the
chancellor.
."The reasons for my Contemplated re
serve are odvious, namely, tne ex
periences I have had together with my
predecessor's remarks in previous
speeches. ' ,-7 ' v ., :
' "If we Soke v our Willingness Sox
lpwbEweaknesSjd
impenamg coyapse. ' ay others it was
interpreted as crafty traps.
-Did we speak oft the other hand of
our unshakable will to def endourselves
in a war of conquest so criminally
thrust upon us it was said that it was
the voice of German militarism to
which even the leading statesmen
must submit willy-nilly.
"I went a step further on February
24 and expressly stated . my attitude
toward the message of President Wil
son, in which he discussed his four
points, and gave, in principle, my as
sent to them. I said that these four
points of President Wilson might pos
sibly form the basis of a general
peace. No utterance of President Wil
son whatever followed this, so that
there is no object in spinning any. fur
ther the threads there started.
"There is still less object after state
ments which have since reached us,
especially from America. These state
ments indeed, made it really clear
what is to be understood from a peace
league of peoples or a league of peo
pies for the maintenance of freedom
and justice.
"Our opponents made it clear that
they would be the kernel of this
league of people and that' It would in
this way not be difficult to isolate the
uncomfortable upward strivings of
Germany and by economic strangula
tion to extinguish her vital breath. I
considered it as against this quite
proper that the the foreign secretary
make a statement on the details of
our political positions in the east from
Finland n the Black sea and In my
opinion he fuliiilea tne tasK tnorougn
ly." "On the other .hand," conthued von
Hertling, "some of his statements
were given a more or less unfriendly
reception in wide circles."
The chancellor said he would not go
into the question of the responsibility
for the war. "There are already tes
timonies that Germany was not to
blame," he added.
"I feel obliged to clear away the
misunderstanding wheh, t seems we
obtained in the interpretation of the
second part of the state secretary's
statement," he contlnuea."
The tendencies of these utterances
of the state secretary, was purely to
ascribe the responsibility for the con
tihuatiin and immeasurable promulga
tion of this terrible war to the enemy
powers entirely in the sense I had in
dicated on February 24, for it goes
without saying there can Pe no ques
tion of lessening' our '.energetic defense
or our will or of shaking our confi
dence in victory."
StQrmy applause followed this ut
terance by the chancellor.
"Now, as before," he added, "the
ruler of the empire, the princess and
the people stand closely and confident
ly together. They trust in. our incom
parable troops, our Incomparable army
leaders, and our united people, which
we may hope that the" Almighty, who
hitherto has helped' us and led us from
victory' to victory, will, reward this
faithful German people., ; - ,
.Regret' was expressed by Deputy
(Continued on Pkge JBfght.) "
Over 200 Prisoners Were Ta
ken in Brilliant Attack
f
AT CHATEAU THIERRY
Important Ground Was Gain
ed by Italians on the
. Mountain Front
- f
MORE PRISONERS TAKEN:;
Kerensky, Former Head . of i
Russian Government, Oustf
ed by Bolshevik, in London
En Route to America . (
American troops have again taken
the offensive northwest of Chateau "
Thierry, where they have already,
written a glorious chapter in the story ? -',
of American participation in the war. ;
The operation in wheh the Ameri- C
cans were engaged is mentioned but -
briefly in the daily communique oti :
the French war office, but it would
seem to indicate that the Americans 4;
have been in quite a notable engage- .
ment. , More than 200 prisoners wereT, H':
taken in the action, which is said by V
the French to have been "brilliant." v
Among the Germans captured was a
captain. Local operations along - the :
French and British fronts rae officii- ; "
ly reported. Prisoners and machine - C
guns were taken by the allies in , "--these,
which appear to have been no .
more than outpost encounters". ;
Baron von Seydler, the Austrian .
premier, has declined to continue in ) '-.
office and form a new cabinet. ""It-JsY
reported that Baron Bahnhaus, minis- ...
ter of railways in the von Seydler cab-- '
inet, will receive the appointment. The
Austrian parliament which was dis- ...
solved when the economic situation j'l
became critical in that country, . may. . -be
convoked, it is believed with a re
-atrictedHaigiaimor
i-."' ThA fnrtrl KvrtllHyvrro 1ti . -.A ViciiHa . vara
admitted to be :serious-during thfe dis- -- -cussions
during the meeting of ; ;th
crown council at which Baron ' von "
Seydler announced he would retire ..
from office. It was stated there that ;
Emperor Charles was personally ad-;;-,
dressing the German emperor on the;
subject. ' . ... ... -.V:
Alexander Kerensky, the former pro-
visional president of Russia, who 'was
ousted from power by the Bolshevik,; '
has arrived in London on his way to '
the United States. His reappeantnee
from seclusion may be the prelude of
interesting developments in the "Rus' ;
sian situation. -
Now that the Piave line is again in-vv
tact the Italians have begun . operawV
tions on the mountain front looking ".
to the further improvement of the po
sitions there. . On the northwestern -slopes
of Monte Grappa, between the;
Brenta and the Piave, the Italians .
have gained considerable ground and, I
taken more than 1,300 prisoners., .
Italian attacks oh the mountain .
front probably are. for the purpose of '
forestalling any Intended enemy eff
fort theTe as well as to Improve the -Italian
positions. Strong raids, are .
being carried out also on the Asiago
plateau. ' "'
The Italian gain on Monte Grappa,
however, is most important, as the ;
mountain, is the. key position to the ;
terrain between the Brente and vthe .5
Piave and . dominates the hills south--V.
ward tQ the Venetian plain. It was on i : "
this height that the Austrians met with
failure in their attempts ten days ago "
to reach the plain from the north. . : .
In completing the re-capture of the -.
western bank of the Pave the Italians 1
added 1,600 prisoners to the already ; , '
large numbers taken from the enemy.'
While the sudden rise of the river dis
tressed the Austrians who had crossed
to the western bank the river fell dur- J
(Continued on Page Eight.)
SHIPPING IS wn
OF
Report of German Sea Raider
Between Gape Race and
: Bermuda Received :'l
' Washington, June 26. Shipping op
erating In the area east of longitude
40, between latitude of Cape Race and
Bermuda; has been warned of. enemy
activity, the navy, department today u
announced. v ' ;'
"The government on yesterday even-;
ing issued-a" warning to shipping op
erating in the area east of Jongitude
40, between latitude of Cape;,Racv
and Bermuda," said the announcement.
No explanation was given, but a re-
port of a ' German raider In that Yi-
cicity was brought to an American
port. ; yesterday by an SJ;incoming-
steamer.;- ..?-r:--. v "Z
ENEMY
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