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VOL. XXVIII.
PLYMOUTH, N. 0., FBTOAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1918
NO. 29.
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MRS. N. DE R. WHITEHOUSE
DEMAND THAT III
COUNCIL REVOKES
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DR. MILANKO VESNITCH
RUSSIAN INVASION
TO WORK
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AMERICAN TROOPS
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RETURN
TRIfJTY CHARTER
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FAILURE TO SIGN PEACE COM.
PACT BRINGS ON RENEWED
FIGHTING IN RUSSIA.
BOLSHEVIKI CAPTURE KIEV
Austria-Hungary, Not Confirming to
Germany's Policy Toward Russia,
Will Confine Herself to Problems
Nearer Home. Italians Active.
With Russia in the grip of interne
cine strife and her battle line denuded
of men as a result of the peace decla
ration of the bolsheviki, Germany al
ready has begun the carrying out of
her threat of invasion because of the
failure of the bolsheviki to sign a
peace compact with the central pow
ers. A despatch from Berlin an
nounces that German troops have
crossed the Dvina river.
Reports emanating from Sweden
say taht the Germans have begun
pushing forward their troops into
Russia's two remaining Baltic prov
inces Esthonia and Livonia. the
taking of which completely isolated
Russia from the shores of the Baltic
and give the enemy, in addition to the
port of Riga, the city of Veval, situa
ted on the Gulf of Finland opposite
Helsingfors, whence they easily might
operate against Petrograd by sea.
Although Austria - Hungary had
shown dissatisfaction over the stand
that Germany has taken toward Rus
sia, the dual monarchy evidently has
been placated by a promise of Ger
many that any German "military ' activ
ity will be. confined to northern Rus
xx8fca, and Austria-Hungary left to deal
with whatever other problems may
arise in the territory adjacent to her
borders'
Belated dispatches from Petrograd
tell of the capture of Kiev, the new
capital of Ukraine, by the bolsheviki.
The fighting is described as having
been of an extremely sanguinary char
acter, 4,000 persons having been killed
and' several thousand wounded. Great,
destruction was wrought in the town
by shells and explosives dropped by
aviators.
At Odessa another big battle has
Been fought between the bolsheviki
and the moderates during which war
ships in the harbor bombarded the
city. Polish legions at Minsk are de
clared to have been sanguinarily de
feated and put to rout, while the bol
sheviki also are reported to have cap
tured Tongorod, on the Black Sea, and
Voronezeh, capital of the province of
the same name.
STRIKES IN SHIPYARDS
HAVE COME TO AN END
Termination Is Result of the Presi
dent's Intervention.
Washington. President Wilson's
Intervention has terminated the east
ern shipyard strikes. Reports to the
shipping board 'from union heads in
all districts in which carpenters are
out said the strikers would go back
to work.
William L. Hutcheaon, president of
the Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners, did not arrive, but is expected
to take up the situation with govern
ment officials. Although heretofore
Hutcheson has declined to leave to the
shipbuilding labor adjustment boa -d
a settlement of the carpenters' de
mands, off icllas believe . . that after
President Wilson's message he at least
will be willing to renew relations witk
the board.
The carpenters' brotherhood, it was
brought out, was made a party to
the creation of the adjustment board
by the signature of its vice president,
but Hutcheson overruled his subordi
nate's action. This fact, according to
V. Everit Macy, chairman of the ad
justment board, is causing the present
trouble at Seattle, where carpenters
are trying to enforce a closed shop.
All carpenters in the western yards
agreed, to the ' Pacific coast wage
award.Mr. , Macy said, until they
learnedVecently that Hutcheson had
repudiated it.
SIX VIOLENT DEATHS
REPORTED BY PERSHING
Washington. The deaths of four
rlvates as the result of explosions,
e killing of Cadet Lindley H. De
v anno, RJdgewood, N. J., in an air
vlane accident and the suicide of Lieut
Gorcki.Loring Rand Lawrence, L. I.,
attached to the aviation section of the
signal corps, were reported to the war
department by General Pershing.
No details were given, but it is as
sumed the explosions were of hand
grenades.
Mrs Norman De. R. Whitehouoe,
chairman of the New York stats suf
frage party, who has been selected by
Chairman George Creel of the federal
oommittee on public information as
one of a group of prominent persons
to bring to the German people, through
neutrals, the war aims and intentions
of the American people. She Is the
first woman to go abroad on such a
mission for this government.
SERIOUS FACTS DISCLOSED
PROBE INTO SHIPBUILDING MAY
LEAD TO A CRIMINAL PROSE
CUTION. American International's Contracts for
Building May be Cancelled by the
Government.
Washington. Investigation by the
department of Justice of the American
International Corporation's construc
tion of the government's. big fabricat
ing steel shipyard at Hog Island, Penn
sylvania, was ordered by President
Wilson with a view to criminal prose
cutions if the faitf. develop more than
reckless expenditure of government
money.
At the same time Chairman Hurley
of the shipping board, who had re
quested the move, indicated that the
the yard and ships involving many
corporations' contracts for building
millions of dollars might be cancelled,
whch was taken o mean that the
Kcvernment might lake over the yard,
complete its construction and build
the ships itself. This step has been
urged by members of the senate com
mittee investigating shipbuildng.
The president asked for the invest
igation in the following letter to At
torney General Gregory:
"Mr. Hurley, of the shipping board,
has called my attention to some very
serious facts which have recently been
developed with regard to contracts
made in connection with the ship
building program with the company
operating at Hog Island.
"They are so serious, indeed that I
do not think we- can let t&em be taken
care of merely by public - disclosure
and discussion. I would be very
much obliged if you would have some
trustworthy person in your depart
ment get into consultation with Mr.
Hurley about the whole matter with
a view to instituting criminal process
in case the facts justify it."
PAUL BOLO PASHA MUST
FACE FIRING SQUAD
Paul Bolo Pasha must face the fir
ing squad.
The first man of the coterie of
French and other propagandists fa
vorable to Germany, who by ' their
machinations sought to disrupt the
soldiers and populace of France and
bring about a separate peace between
the republicd an the Teutonic allies,
has been sentenced to death by a
French court-martal.
Thorough lavish expenditure of Ger
man money, Bolo aided in a conspir
acy, which in some instances met with
success to corrupt French statesmen
and political leaders and to subsidize
the French press into expression of
the idea that Germany was invncble
at arms and that France should take
tme by the forelock and cease her
military activities against her enemies
in order to save herself from ultimate
vanauishment.
ARE PROVING THEMSELVES TO
BE FIGHTERS OF THE HIGH
EST CALIBER.
HARD TO HOLD IN RESTRAINT
Stories of Their Intrepidity Come
From the Front Is Their Desire to
Be Up and at the Enemy.
American troops in France now are
in battle on three sectors on their
own line east of St. Mihiel and with
the French in Champagne and on one
of the most famous battle fronts 'n
the world, where ruined villages and
the devastated country generally tell
the tale of hard-fought battles when
th Germans pushed forward their line
and ultimately wre driven back by
the French.
And everywhere the Americans are
proving themselves fighters of the
highest dialer, winning enconiums
from high French officers for their
business-like methods of warfare and
especially their skill in the use of ar
tillery. Already the men are veterans,
for nothing the Germans have in stock
remains to be shown them except a
great mass attack. Thus far every
thing has been tried by the enemy
against them has been discounted, and
in some instances doubly discounted
Stories from the front by the Asso
ciated Press, tell of the intrepidity
of the men in trench riading opera
tions, of their coolness under lire and
in returning fire; the accuracy of aim
of the gunners and the intense watch
fulness at observation posts to see
that the enemy obtains no undue ad
vantage in a surprise attack.
Hard to Restrain.
The only criticism thus far heard
regarding the Americans is their de
sire to be up and at the enemy. Like
their brothers of the north the Ca
nadians they are hard to hold in re
straint. As one distinguished French
officer expressed it, "they are too anx
ious to get at grips with the enemy."
HUTCHESON IS GIVING
THE ENEMY COMFORT
President Wilson has wired William
L. Hutcheson, president of the Car
penters' and Joiners' Union now out on
a strike, as follows:
"William L .Hutcheson, general
president, United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners of America, New
York: I have received your telegram
of yesterday and am very glad to note
the expression of your desire as a pa
triotic citizen to assist in carrying on
the work by which we are trying to
save America and men everywhere
who work and are free. Taking ad
vantage of that assurance, I feel it
to be my duty to call your attention
to the fact that the strike of carpen
ters in the shipyards is in marked
and painful contrast to the action of
labor in other trades and places. Ships
are absolutely necessary for the win
ning of the war No one can strike a
deadlier blow at the safety of the na
tion and of its forces on the other side
than by interfering with or obstruct
ing the shipbuilding program.
"All the other unions engaged in
this indispensable work have agreed
to abide by the decisions of the ship
building wage adjustment board. T.hat
board has dealt fairly and liberally
with all who have- resorted to It. I
must say to you frankly that it is your
duty to leave-to it the solution - of
your present diff IcuKies with your
employers and to advise the: men
whom you represent to return at once
to work pending the decision.
"I do not see that anything will be
gained by my seeing you personally
until you have accepted and acted
upon that principle. It is the duty of
the government to see that the beat
possible conditions of labor are main
tained, as it Is also its duty to see to
it that there is no lawless and con
scienceless profiteering and that duty
the government has accepted and will
perform. Will you. co-operate or will
you obstruct ?
"WOODROW WILSON."
SEABOARD CLERK8 GOT
20 PER CENT INCREASE
Washington. Details of an arbitra
tion agreement giving all Seaboard
Air Line railway clerks 20 per cent
Increase in salaries and a basic eight
hour day were made public here. The
agreement was signed here after ne
gotiations since last September when
the clerks went out on strike. Thoy
returned to work after being out three
weeks pending the negotiations just
completed through intervention of the
department of labor.
Dr. Mllanko Veenitch, Serbian min
ister te France, who heads the dlpla
matlo and military mleeien to the Unit
ed States. Doctor Veenlteh represent
ed his country at the Interallied con
ference In Paris.
FRENCH ARE OPTIMISTIC
147 DIVSIONS RBLEA8ID BY
PEACE WITH RUSSIA MOVE TO
WESTERN FRONT.
Germany Will Seen Have 2,340.000
Men Facing Allies Long Advertised
Offensive Has Net Begun.
Although utxter the good weather
the terrain in France and Belgium is
fast drying out and the Teutonic allies
are continuing to pour thousands of
troops to positions behind the battle
line, there still ttas been no indication
that the enemy is ready to begin his
much advertised offensive. Bombard
ments and patrol encounters along the
entire front are still taking place as
for many days past, but the roar of
the big guns nowhere has reached
that volume of drum Are which in
the past has always heralded an in
fantry attack of great proportions.
While the German reinforcements
have been coming up the entente com
manders have not been lying idle and
waiting for the offensive to begin. On
the other hand, they everywhere have
strengthened their positions to meet
any enemergency, and optimism is ex
pressed both from British and French
sources that should the Germans
strike no matter how early the mo
ment they will meet the most stub
born resistance from gun and man
power.
French authorities consider that the
total number of the enemy now fac
ing the French, British, American and
Belgian troops or held in reserve ag
grgeates 2,340,000 men. Recent state
ments from the British military au
thorities in Great Britain have been
to the effect that the preponderance
of weight in both an and gun power
still lies with the entente armies.
Several additional successful raids
by the British in which German offi
cers and men" were captured and oth
ers killed, heavy artillery fighting be
tween. the French and the Germans
on various sectors sunja up the actlv
iil'pi? that have been in progress on
the western front. The American sharp
shooters and artillerymen are keeping
up their good work against the Ger
mans in front of tber positions, hav
ing with thslr shrapnel fire compelled
the enemy to almost abandon their
first line trenches and with their
sharpshooters and rapid fire guns
forced snipers to quit their posts and
seek safety at other places.
jCEN. PERSHING WANTS
MORE ARMY CHAPLAINS
Washington. General Pershing has
recommended to the war department
that the number of chaplains in the
army be increased for the war to an
average of three for each regiment
with an additional number assigned in
order to be available for such detach
ed duty as may be required.
The present law provides only one
chaplain for each regiment, but there
is pending In Congress a bill increas
ing that number to one for each 1,200
men in all branches of the military
establishment. The measure has the
approval of the war department and
administration leaders have urged its
early passage.
SHIPPING BOARD DESIRES THAT
SHIPYARD WORKERS RETURN
PENDING ADJUSTMENT.
LABOR LEADER IS (DEFIANT
Looal Draft Boards Begin Calling
Striking Workers Who Would Re
turn to Work But for Hutcheson's
Rsfusal.
Washington. A renewed demand
that William L. Hutcheson, president
of the United Brotherhood of Carpen
ters and Joiners, send striking ship
yard workers in eastern plants back to
work pending an adjustment of their
grievances was made by " Chairman
Hurley, of the shipping board.
Earlier in the day Hutcheson had
answered a previous appeal with a
communication declaring it would be
impossible for him to act until he had
some definite proposition from the
shipping board asto working condi
tions. Hutcheson's virtual defiance of the
shipping board presents a situation on
which oicials declined to comment.
Mr. Hurley's request that the men
be put back to work immediately car
ried no threat and shipping board of
ficials would not say what steps they
have in mind.
Reports that local exemption boards
are preparing to call into the military
service striking shipyard workers
within the draft age prompted the
shipping board to send telegrams wip
ing that no such action be taken. De
ferred classification for shipyard work
ers has been put by the provost mar
shal general's office in the charge of
the industrial service section of the
shipping board desires that all draft
questions be decided in Washington.
President Wilson Is known to be
given personal attention to he labor
situation and is following every move
in the shipyard strikes.
In his communication to Hutcheseo,
Chairman Hurley points out that the
heads of the carpenters' and Jolaere'
union were the only ones who declin
ed to leave adjustment of difficulties
to the shipbuilding labor adjustment
board. Even the carpenters' locale, de
spite this attitude, Mr. Hurley de
clares, have asked to be included ia
the agreement.
CENTRAL POWERS STILL
AT WAR WITH RUSSIA.
Trotzky Declares, However, Russia's
Withdrawal and Declares it Rsal.
Although reports of the conference
at the imperial German hsadquarteis
between Emperor William and the
military and political leaders have in
dicated the probability of further fight
ing between the Teutonic allies and
the Russians, the bolsheviki govern
ment's withdrawal front the war has
been . reiterated by Leon Trotsky, the
foreign mniister. A wireless coca
munication from Petrograd easy Trots
ky informed the All-Russian Work
men's and Soldiers' councils that Rus
sia's withdrawal was a real one and
that all arreements with her former
allies had been vitiated. The councils
approved Trotzky's policy.
At War Declares Kuehlmann.
Amsterdam. That Germany and
Austria were still at war with Russia
was the belief expressed by Dr. Rich
ard von Kuehlmann, the German for
eign secretary, at the concluding ses
sion of the recent peace cenference
at Brest-Litovsk after Leon Trotsky,
the bolsheviki foreign minister, had
made his final rtateaent that Russia
was out of the war and her armies
would be demobilised, but that she
would desist from signing a format
peace treaty.
The acts of war. Doctor von Kuehl
mann said, ended when Russia and
the Teutonic allies signed the armis
tice, but when the armistice ended
the warfare must be revived. He
added that because one or two of the
contracting parties had demobilize!
their armies, this fact would in no
wise alter the situation.
BOLO WILL APPEAL
FROM DEATH SENTENCE
Paris. Bolo Pasha, who was con
victed by a court martial of treason
and sentenced to death, has appealed.
Bolo, much to his surprise, was
dressed in prison garb and taken to
the death cell on his return to Santa
prison. He passed a restless night,
but was apparently hopeful that the
decision may be reversed on appeal
Ha said to the guards:
I am perfectly tranquil. I have a
thousand grounds for appeal."
NATIONAL BOARD PREPARES
CHARGES AGAINST' OFFICIALS
OF TAR HEEL COUNCIL.
ACCOONT OF ORPHAN TAX
Defendants Will Be Citsd to Appear
Before Judiciary to Show Why Char
ter Should Not Be Revoked.
Raleigh. The national board of of
ficers of the Junior Order of United
American Mechanics has revoked the
charter of the Trinity Council 307.
Trinity, N. C. and charges have been
preferred against the Tar Heel coun
cil officers because of their activity la
rebelling against the increased tax for
the support of the National Home
These defendants will be cited to ap
pear before the national Judiciary to
show why the final judgment of revo
cation of the Trinity council charter
should not be recorded:
H. C. Royals, councilor; W. C. Mas
sey, recording secretary; D. C. John
son, financial secretary; W. E. Younts,
J. C. Pepper, T. B. Johnson, T. R. Rid
dick, Bruce Craven, R. C. Coltrane and
H. L. Miller The charter has already
been revoked and the judiciary wilt
render final decision before the judg
ment is recorded The national judi
ciary is composed of Harry Berry of
Baltimore, H. H. Billany of Wilming
ton, Del., and Representative Georga
E. Hood of North Carolina.
Specific Charges.
The specific charges against the of
ficers of the Trinity council embraces
a series of official communications
issued by the Randolph county mem
bership protesting agafnst the addi
tional levy for the National Orphaav
age. The governing provisions of tha
fraternal society specify that grieY
ances of any council shall be settlel
in an orderly procedure on appeat.
The national board of officers charges
the Trinity council with violating Its
obligations to the order by publicly ex
ploiting their grievances through cir
culars. Classifying the circular as an "offi
cial communication from Trinity
Council No. 307, a vigorous protest to
the increased tax was addressed to all
subordinate councils in North Caro
Una. "We are opposed to paying thn
increased tax levied this year and im
posed upon us by the national coun
cil," the preface that introduces tho
protest, "in the name of virtue" to the
subordinate councils.
Demands of Trinity.
"We demand the right on behalf of
the 40,000 juniors in North Carolina to
care for our own orphans in our own
way and in ou own state at our own
expense, and we are opposed to any
further payment of the excessive tax
of $35,000 levied on North Carolina
this year for the support of a few or.
phans in a state where the Bible ia
excluded, but negroes admitted In alt
public schools, and where intermar
riage between the races is legal and
not unusual and where the law abso
lutely prohibits any discrimination be
tween the races and open saloons art
numerous in the same town where our
orphans live." .
$200,000 Mill for Lincoln.
Lincolnton. Interesting news ta
manufacturing circles is that a cot
ton mill with $200,000 capital stock is
to be built on the Seaboard Air Lin
railroad near Goodsonville.
It is understood from interested
parties that D. P. Rhodes and associ
ates are promoting this new enter
prise and that $180,000 of the capital
stock has already bsea subscribed and
the balance is in sight and that a
charter will be applied for.
This new enterprise, while it will
he located about two and a half mllea
from town, will mean much to the
county capital, as ft wtll only be a
short time until the territory betweea
the corporate limits and Goodsonville
may be built up. In fact the road lead
Ing to Goodsonville Is already far! If
well dotted with farm homes.
Gave No Automealle. .
Glen Alpine. In a signed statement,
Mrs. Reye Hennessee denies state
ments that have gone the rounds oc
the press recently to the affect that
when Dr. E. A. Hennessee was triad
five years ago for killing Gorman Pitta
his counsel cleared him and he pre
sented to his leading counsel an auto
mobile. "Of course he was tried." sh
says, "and the evidence cleared him,
but he did not give to any ono ast
automobile. Sam Erwin, of Morgan
ton, Self & Whitener. of Hickory, wera
his attorneys."