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VOL. XXVni PLYMOUTH! If. 0., FULDAY, APRIL 19, 1918 HO. 37.
LADY FURNESS
COUNT CZERII
AMERICAN TROOPS
Hi HARD FIGHTING
MARSHAL VON W0YRSCH
TO
FIVE THOUSAND
MOVE TO GAMP
ORDER
HS
RESIGNED
HOLD
THEIR GROUND
V
Y
AUSTRIAN PREMIER GIVES UP
HIS OFFICE AT REQUEST
OF GERMANY.
THOUGHT POSITION BETTER
However, He Had Involved Emperor
Charles in Most Unpleasant Posi
tion Czeehs in Revolt.
Coincident with the report of the
acceptance of the resignation of
Count Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian
premier, comes a report of a serious
outbreak of the Czechs at Prague,
which for many months has been re
ported to be seething with anti-pan-Germanism.
Bohemians, or at least
the Czechs minority in that country,
object to the creation of a German
government there, but the incident
may be more significant than has so
far . appeared. The. Slavic races of
Bohemia hare long been standing out
against the Germanization of their
country and the outbreak at Prague
may be only another indication of the
deep-seated opposition to the war as
pirations of the central powers.
Washington. News of the resigna
tion of Count Czernin as Austro-Hun-garian
foreign minister lead to much
; speculation among officials and diplo-
. mats here as to the causes which
brought about the rather dramatic
1 exit of the Austrian official at a mo
i'j ment when, through . his decided
ff chang of attitude toward war issues,
if Involving his complete acceptance of
the extreme German views, it had
been supposed that he had greatly
strengthened his position.
This change was manifested soon
after the Brest-Litovsk peace confer
encea, where C2ernin had become
v convinced that his moderate views re-'-l
garding the basis of peace were un
, acceptable to' the dominant annexa-
! tion and' forced indemnity party.
' Therefore officials here are inclined
to believe that- it waanot beeaxtse the
count was obnoxious to Austria's-great
lly that he was forced out of office,
but rather that the explanation- was
to be found in internal Austro-Hun-garian
issues.
It is recognized that Czernin in
volved Emperor Charles in a most
unpleasant position Jby his speech try
ing to fasten upon France the re
sponsibility for initiating peace pro
posals last year, thereby enabling the
French government to deliver a mas
ter stroke in diplomacy by producing
the famous letter of Charles to
Prince Slxtus. But quite aside from
- &e Sixtua letter, irecent events in
Austria-Hungary have indicated that
Count Czernin's ' tenure might be
short. In the first place there was the
frightful suffering of the population
and especially in Bohemia, from tho
state of semi-starvation for which they
held the government responsible be-
-' cause it would not make peace at
once. Then there was the bitter dis
satisfaction of the" Poles and Czechs
over the relinquishment of the rich
country of Cholm to the Ukraine as
. one of the conditions of the Brest
Lttovsk peace. Finally there was the
concentrated hatred of the foreign
minister by the anti-German elements
of the Austrian confederation because
of his, relapse into extreme conserva
tism and his adoption of the pan
German program in its entirety, with
a of its reactionary policy.
It is understood Emperor Charles
himself still has liberal leanings and
is disposed to moderation so far as
war 'is concerned, it is conceived that
he might easily be inclined to rid
himself of an official, so unpopular
with a large part of the Austro-Hun-garian
population.
It has been known, too, for a long
time that the count has been a sick
man and that he has often shown
. signs of distraction and has many
times been near the point of absolute
physical collapse as the result of his
Strenuous efforts to maintain control
of the widely discordant element hat
make up the dual empire.
AUSTRIAN RULER HURRIES
DENIAL TO THE KAI8ER
Basel, Switzerland, April 15. Em
peror Charles of Austria has sent the
following telegram to Emperor Wil
liam of Germany, according to ad
vices from Vienna:
"Clemenceau's accusations against
me are so low that I have no inten
tion longer to discuss this affair, with
France. My cannon in the west is our
last reply.
"In faithful friendship,
(Signed) "CHARLES '
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'Ail 1 ' I m ? f&
innHi'lllil'l1
Lady Furness, one of the noted
women of the British peerage, Is serv
ing as nurse in the Red Cross be
hind the lines in France. Many, like
her, have given up personal comforts
and the joye of social life, to enlist
their efforts In their country's cause.
Many are serving in the hospitals
close to the firing line In France.
BATTLE ON 30-MILE FRONT
HINOENBURG USING HIS HEAVI
EST LEGIONS AND MIGHTIEST
GUNS.
Americans Fighting on Toul Sector,
But None Reported on The
British Front.
Swinging his heaviest legions and
mightiest guns far to the north ot the
Picardy battlefield. Field Marshal von
Hindenburg now is driving attack
after attack against the British lines
between Arras and Ypres. Charging
across the level country behind a tem
pest of high explosive and gas shells,
the Germans have succeeded by ter
rific fighting in penetrating the Brit
ish defenses at points over a front of
nearly 30. miles to a depth of almost
six miles just to the south of Ypres.
The loss of Armentieres is aamitted
by the British, but this was expected
from the trend of events in that sec
tor during the last few days. The
enemy had driven in on both sides of
the town and holding out longer by
the British would have imperilled the
whole line. So far as known, the
withdrawal of the British forces from
Armentieres was orderly and was only
for the purpose of straightening out
the line in the region where the Ger
man pressure is the heaviest.
The British have stood firm at vital
points along the line. Wystchaete is
still held by Field Marshal Haig's men
who also maintain their grip on Mes
sines ridge, Lestreni, Ploegsteert, and
Ploegsteert wood and Hollebeke,
against which furious assaults have
been launched only to break down or
be nullified by British counter-attacks.
A terrific attack made against Holle
beke and Wystchaete was completely
repulsed with great loss to the Ger
mans. This particular part of the battle
line in the west has been the scene
of terrible fighting for nearly four
years. Armentieres marked the farth
est retirement in this region of the
French, British and Belgians in Aug
ust and September, 1914. Just to the
north, near Ypres, the Germans on
April 1, 1915, first loosed their poison
ous gas, and here on December 19, the
same year, they drove hard at "the
thin Un of Canadians in a desperate
effort to reach Calais. . On both occa
sions the Canadians beat back the
enemy and held their lines intact. '
UNUSUAL WEATHER FROM
HATTERA8 TO CAPE COD
Washington. Souther New Eng
land and the middle Atlantic Coast
districts are experiencing extraordi
anry April weather, sleet, snow and
driving rain accompanying a high
northeast wind blowing along much
of the coast, from Cape Hatteras to
Cape Cod.
Temperatures were from 10 to 30
degrees below the seasonsal average,
but nowhere had they reached the
freezing point, though they were only
a few degrees above h.
The cyclonic depression off the Caro
lina coast. Instead of passing to sea
as the weather forecaster had pre
dicted, increased in intensity and be
gan moving slowly northeastward.
High northeast winds blew over the
!Vrglnia and North Carolina coasts
and have reached as far as Nantucket
where the wind attained a velocity of
42 miles an hour. At Cape Henry the
wind blew 52 miles an hour, but mod
erated in a Mvort while.
GERMANS FAIL IN REPEATED EF
FORTS TO REACH AMERI
CAN THIRD LINE.'
LOSE HUNDREDS OF MEN
Manay Deeds of Individual Bravery
and Heroism Have Developed
Among the Americans.
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Preceded ,by an intense bombard
ment of hjgh explosives and prison
gas shells ' picked troops from four
German companies hurled theunelves
against the American positions on the
right bank of the Meuse north of St.
Mihlel, but were completely repulsed
after terrific hand to hand fighting.
The Americans captured some pris
oners. The German losses already
counted are 34 dead and 10 wounded,
who were in the American trenches,
and 30 dead in No-Man's Land. Sev
eral of the wounded enemy were taken
back by their -comrades to the Ger
man positions.
After another night of terrific artil
lery fire and a bombardment with gas
shells, the Germans continued their
efforts to drive through to the third
line of the American positions near
Apremont forest northwest of Toul.
They made two attacks, both of which
failed. The enemy's casualties in the
four days' fighting areestimated at be
tween 300 and 400. Of this number
more than ; 100 , were ..killed. -
Although the enemy wasted fully
a half of his-socially trained shock
troop battalion of 800 men, he was
unable to penetrate the American
lines, which remained unchanged. Of
the 36 prisoners taken by American
troops in the fighting northwest of
Toul, during which two German at
tacks in force were repulsed with
heavy casualties to the enemy, 12
have since died of their "wounds. The
American' troops also captured two
German machine guns besides a quan
tity of small arms, grenades and other
war material.
The prisoners, taken belonged to
the twenty-fifth and sixty-fifth Land
wehr units, the sixteenth pioneers and
the Uhlans. The prisoners said they
had had no food for two days, as the
American artillery had prevented
their rations from being brought up
to their position. The captive Ger
mans quickly devoured the food given
them by our men.
SENATOR WM J- STONE
OF MISSOURI PASSES
Was Chairman of Senate Foreign
Relations Committee.
Washington. Senator William J.
Stone, of Missouri, chairman of the
senate foreign relations committee,
and for many years ropminent among
Democratic leaders, died here after a
stroke of paralysis.
Senator Stone suffered the stroke
while on a street car on his way to
the senate office building. A slight
cerebral hemorrhage affected his left
side, rendering him helpless, but he
did not lose consciousness and a few
hours later rallied and began to talk
about getting up. His family and
friends were hopeful until there was
a decided turn for the worse.
.There was a- second cerebral hemor
rhage and the senator fell into a state
of coma. Death came at 4:30 o'clock
but the physician made no announce
ment until an hour later because twice
the patient's pulse had become so
weak that the family thought the end
had come.
At the bedside were Mrs. Stone and
their children, Federal Judge Kim
brough Stone, of Kansas City; Mrs.
John W. Parkinson, of St. Joseph, Mo.,
and Miss .Mabel ' Stone, and niece
Miss Margaret Winston, of St. Louis.
Ail the members of the Missouri dele
gation in congress were at the home
during the day and there were scores
of callers among officials and members
of Congress.
YET ANOTHER DRAFT
CALL IS ISSUED
Washington. Another draft call,
for 49,843 registrants, has been sent
to governors of states by General
Crowder. Mobilization of the men
is ordered for May 1 and 10, the war
department announced.
This call Increases to more than
300,000 the number of select men
ordered to camp since late in March.
This is far in excess of the monthly
average that would have been mobiliz
ad under the original plan.
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Field Marshal von Woyrsch, who, it
is authoritatively stated, will lead the
much-advertised spring drive of the
Germane on the West front. He com
manded the Teutonic armies in the In
vasion of Poland In 1915.
SENATE PASSES SEDITION BILL
PROVIDES 20 YEARS' IMPRISON
MENT AND $10,000 FINE rOR
DISLOYAL UTTERANotS.
Prohibits Language or Acts 'of Dis
loyalty; Obstruction of Draft
and Liberty Loan.
Washington. The sedition bill, pro
hibiting under penalties of 20 years'
imprisonment nda $10,000 fine, lan
guage or acts of disloyalty or obstruc
tion of the army draft and Liberty
loans, was passed today by the senate
without a record vote, ending protract
ed debate. It now goes to conference
between the house and senate and
final enactment is expected soon.
Though modified to meet the ob
jections of senators who claimed the
original draft would curb legitimate
freedom of speech, the bill retains the
broad inhibition of words or acts
which "support or favor the cause of
the German empire or its allies or
oppose the cuase of the United
States." It also would punish willful
and "disloyal, profuse, scurrilous, con
temptuous or abusive" language about
the American form of government,
"constitution, military or naval forces,
flag or uniform," and willful utter
ances designed to curtail production
of, essential war materials.
The senate adopted an amendment
by Senator Jones, of New Mexico, pro
viding for dismissal of federal execu
tive employes making Hisloyal state
ments. This was a substitute for one
introduced by Senator Penrose, of
Pennsylvania, several days ago after
attacks had been made upon George
Creel, chairman of the committee on
public information, and other officials
on account of thair writing in the
past.
Senator Lodge, after he and other
senators had denounced alleged dis
loyal publications in the German
American press, withdrew his amend
ment prohibiting German language
publications unless paralleled by Eng
lish translations. Senator Borah, of
Idaho, did not press an amendment
he had offered to repe?l the postmas
ter general's press censorship authori
ty conferred in the original espionage
act.
AMERICAN TROOPS GREETEO
WITH INTENSE ENTHUSIASM
With the British Army In France.
The first of the American flighting
troops have arrived on the British
front and have been greeted with in
tense enthusiasm. The overseers pio
neers were a battalion of infantry,
which came swinging along the road
into a certain sector after an all-night
march that began on the anniversary
of America's declaration of war. The
dusty uniforms and unshaven faces of
the Americans showed that they hl
been long on the road.
GERMAN ALLIANCE QUITS;
GIVES RED CROSS MONEY
Philadelphia. The German-American
alliance, which has been the
storm center of congressional Investi
gation for some time pa?t, will dis
band and give th $30,000 now in the
treasury to thp Red Cros. This an
nouncement was semi-offically made
during a recess following an all-id.'
secret session. It was said the dto
lutlon of the al; an will become ?f-
1 fertive a? om,
FIGHTING WITH BACKS TO WALL
HAIG SAYS THERE MUST BE
NO FALLING BACK.
READY TO STRICK BACK?
"The Safety of Ouh Homes and the
Freedom of Mankind" Now at
Stake Says Field Marshal.
Great Britain's armies stand at bay
in France and Flanders. After three
weeks o fa combat which has eclipsed
anything that has raged during the
entire four years of warfare, Field.
Marshal Halg has issued a command
to his men to hold their ground at
whatever cost, and fight with the
knowledge that their blows are struck
"for the safety of their, homes and
the freedom . of mankind."
The end of tUe first phase of, this
giant struggle now may be considered
as passed. "8here must be no re
tirement," is Haig's admonitoin which
adds that the British now are "fight
ing with their backs to the wall." The
withdrawal in Picardy was officially
reported to have been a part of the al
lied strategy, but the period for such
tactics seemingly has gone into his
tory. The order issued by the field mar
shal contains another sentence which
may be pregnant with significance.
"The French army is moving rapidly
and in great force to our support,"
he said, and this is the first official in
timation that the allies are ready to
strike back at the German invaders.
This blow may not necessarily fall in
Flanders, nor yet in Picardy, but may
be aimed at some part of the line
where Generalissimo Foch may be
lieve he can cut through the German
front and compel the Teutons to re
lax their pressure against the British.
'EVERY POSITION MUST BE
HELD TO THE LAST MAN'
London. Field Marshal Sir Douglas
Haig, in a special order of the day
address to "All ranks of the British
army in France and Flanders," says:
"Every position must be held to
the last man. There must be no re
tirement. With our backs to the wall
and believing in the justice of our
cause, each one of us might fight on
to the end.
"The safety of our homes and the
freedom of mankind depend alike up
on the conduct of each one of us at
this critical moment."
Field Marshal Haig announced that
tb" French army "is moving rapidly
and in great force" to the support of
the British.
The special order says:
"Three weeks ago today, the enemy
began his terrific attacks against us
on a 50-mile front. His objects are
to separate us from theFrench, to take
the channel ports and to destroy the
British army.
"In spite of throwing, already, one
hundred and six divisions into the bat
tle and enduring the most reckless
sacrifice of human life, he has yet
made little progress toward his goals.
"We owe this to the determined
fighting and self-sacrifice of our
troops. Words fail me to express tre
admiration which I feel for the splen
did resistance offered by all ranks of
our army under the most trying cir
cumstances. "Many amongst us now are tired.
To those. I would say that victory will
belong to the side which holds out the
longest. The French army Is moving
rapidly and in great force to our sup
port. There is no other course open
to us to fight it out.
'Every position must be held to
the last man. There must be no re
tirement. With our backs to the wall
and believing in the justice of our
cause, each one of us must fight to
the end. The safety of our homes
and the freedom of mankind depend
alike upon the conduct of each one of
U3 at this critical mnment "
SOUTHERN YARDS ARE
ASKED TO SET THE PACE
Washington. Southern shipyards
were called on to set the pace in
building ships In an address made by
Chairman Hurley, of the shipping
board, before the shipping committee
of the Southern Commercial Congress.
Mr. Hurley pointed out the south's ad
vantages in coast line and climatic
conditions and said there was no rea-
j son why it should be second to any
j other section in producing ocean ton
I t.ag-
ORDERS FOR ENTRAINING DUR
ING FIVE-OAY PERIOD BE-;
GINNING APRIL 2t.
IIUIMR OF WHITES CALLED
Allotments of Each Local Board Ha
Been Mailed Out to Them First
Two Calls Negroes.
Raleigh. Local board3 throughout
the State are being mailed orders from
the oice of the adjutant general for
quotas of men to be entrained during:
the five day period beginning April 26.
North Carolina is called upon to fur
nish 5,056 men under the three carl
from the war department effective on
the date mentioned, and jthe office
here has completed the work ef ap
portioning the quotas for each local
board.
This total of over five thousand men.
to be sent to training camps is di
vided into three calls. The first is for
2,001 colored men, to be sent to Camp
Grant, Roockford, 111., this being the
number due from this State, under pre
vious calls. The second call is for
I, 997 colored men to be sent to Camp
Jackson for training, applying on the
new call. The third is fior 1,057 white
men to be sent to Camp Jackson, ap
plying on the new call.
The board asre asked to bear in
mind previous instructions with re
gard to deferred, being placeu tke
end ef the quotas wherein is the Irs
class. Those boards which hare o
men but such as are ao engaged hate
reached the end ef their quota and
must furnish the number called for,
even though that number include
those who are actively, completely
and assiduously engaged in the culti
vation of a crop. The war department
has ordered that the exact allotment
under each of the calls be furnished.,
The call for 1,057 whit men to be
sent to Camp Jackson is alloted as fol
lows : Alamance 13, Alexander 4, Al
leghany 3, Anson 11, Ashe 8, Avery 4,
Beaufort 14, Bertie 9, Bladen 8. Bruns
wick 6, Buncombe No. 1 13, Buncombe
No. 2 14. Burke 9, Cabarrus 16, Cald
well 8, Camden 2, Carteret 6, Caswell
5, Catawba 13, Chatham 10, Cheroke
6, Chowan 5, Clay 2, Cleveland 13. Co
lumbus 13, Craven 13, Cumberland 14.
Currituck 4, Dare 2, Davidson 14, Da
vie 5, Duplin 13, Durham 20," Edge
combe 16, Winston-Salem 27. Forsyth
II, Franklin 10, Gaston 20. Gates 4,
Graham 2, Granville 10, Greene T,
Guilford No. 1 8. Guilford No. 2 IS,
Guilford No. 3 9, Hertford 19, Harnett
11, Haywood 11. Henderson -8. Hert
ford 6, Hoke 5, Hyde 4, Iredell 14.
Jackson 6, Johnston No. 1 9. John
ston No. 2 11, Jones 3, Lee 5, Lenoir
13, Lincoln 7, McDowell 7, Macon 5,
Madison 9, Martin 8. Charlotte 24,
Mecklenburg 11, Mitchell 4, Montgom
ery 6, Moore 8, Nash 20, Wilmington
14, New Hanover 2, Noorthamptori,lt,
Onslow 6, Orayige 8. Pamlico 5. Pas
quotank, 2, Pender 6, Perquimans 5.
Person 7, Pitt 19 Poolk 4. Randolpk
11, Richmond 12, Robeson No. 1-11.
Robeson No. 2 10, Rockingham 1.
Rowan 18, Rutherford 11, Sampson
14, Scotland 8, Stanly 15, Stokes 8,
Surry 12. Swain 5, . Transylvania 6,
Tyrrell 2, Union 14. Vance 9, Wake
No. 1 19. Wake No. 2 14, Warren 9.
Washington 5, Watauga 5. Wayne If,
Wilkes 12. Wilson 17, Yadkin 5. Yan
cey 6.
Woodmen Buy Liberty Bond.
Kinston. The national camp ot the
Woodmen of the World invested $25,
000 in Liberty Bonds through Ellaha
B. Lewis, State manager for the order.
The Woodmen are putting $1,000,000
into the bonds, purchasing at many
laces in the country. The subscrip
tion here was the only one in North
Carolina. Kinston's allotment gets
the credit. The order holda $2,000,-
000 worth ot first and second loan
bonds.
Model for Alt Others.
Special from Washington. Th
shipping board is making plans for s
tabllshing a shipyard to build con
crete ships at Wilmington, N. C,
without waiting for congressional ac
tion on the appropriation of $50,000,
000, which has been asked for ex
perimental, work with the new type
of constructicn. -
Five yards are to be established,
but the site at Wilmington is only
one definitely selected. ThV
ton yard is to be the ""'
v.he other yards.
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