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ElgHt. s Mil M PASSED BY HOUSE Favorable Action by the .Senate Regarded as Assured. X playing Heavily "Against Positions of the French on the North Prontof Verdun. - Iiiterdcy. Test and ' Asiatic Exclusion Provisions Unchanared Votes on the BUI Recorded Without . ' Party Lines. FRENCH GUNS ALSO AtJTIVE BUBNETT IMMIGRATION . 7 - : " - . : . - 'J - - '.-' ' r Ji. A K .. t 3 T -BLACK ": ' . f kKJ. JP' i avhite y -'-JiP I- Associated Press Corressondent at Crown Prince's U eaaquarten Tells of Bis Gains Made Against French In 'Fortnight. Headquarters of th6 Army of the German Crown Prince ,bef ore Verdun, MarcR 27, vii Berlin and London, March 30. German artillery la playing heavl .ly on the north front of Verdun. Vast clouds of smoke mark the site of the Tjurmng suDuro Denxna roris jseixe ville and Froideterre, set afire by the ; bombardment of these two forts,, which bar Ingress to the city along the east .bank of the Meuse. c-. Eight miles westward across the river a mass of smoke columns float ing like a hazy forest" of cypress "above Bethincourt, Malancourt and Hill NO. 304 testifies to the "hail of high, cali bred shells -falling on this northwest ern outpost of tlYe French positions. Which of these two points will be the scene of the next phase of the Ger man offensive . is: a question which , doubtless is puzzling General " JofEre and General Petain. ' The Associated Press correspondent Voc maH. on lnsrr.t"rTi. nf the errouinl gained by the-Germans' on the Verdun front in the fortnight since his last nr.vinns visit , ThA frpnrh thftn re tained the west bank vof the .river for a distance of three mites north of the line of Douaurhont. Of the old posi tions, the French nowhold only a nar- "" row tongue of land .between Dead Man's Hill, and - Avocourt wood. This : Tnitirri' is Tint'iirallv stroncr. but from the intense artillery fire-falling upon ": .them today from three sides,' it ap peared that they must abandon it whenever an earnest attack is dellv . "41'ed. . -' l-' ' ! -s . v . j " . . French Fire Accurately. French guns are no less active than the German, although their fire is ; more scattered. . 'rney Know xne posi tion of many batteries and shoot with Tincomionaoie aucuruc;, as uic wuc epondent experienced personally when a . shell dropped squarely in the bat tery by which he was standing. They . wasted only three shells in: obtaining the range. Two of .these were slightly , over, but in the exact. line. The third isoftened clay soil swallowed it and ..Km nth p. red its' exnlosion. throwine masses of dirt' on all' sides, but not harming the gunners, who had dived like rabbits into the sheltered dug out V on the hillside.'; " An officer from the headquarters Of the crown prince expressed the' opera tions leading, to the occupation of .the "region west of the 'river. The French - positions here were on oGose Hill and in Cumieres wood, with strongly fort- ified supporting points for infantry in the villases.'of Regnieville and Bthein- court. .Every house had 'been convert ed into a miniature .fortress by wall ing the cellars with masonry and pro vided emDrasures ior macnme guns and rifles. The position faced north and the flank was protected by the flooded river. : r A frontal attack would have entail ed heavy losses in charging up the : Eteep slopes of the Goose Ridge and Dead Man's Hill, but a surprise cross ing was completely - successful. Sev eral columns were thrown " across tan river and Goose Ridge ' was carried. Regnieville was surrounded and the French garrison surrendered several days later. Counter Attack Too Hurriedly. The first heavy resistance encoun tered in the ravine and in Cumieres wood as finally broken and the defend ers were killed or captured almost to e man, fighting desperately to the last. The French counter attack was deliv ered too hurriedly, only three battal ions participating instead of a brigade as ordered by General Petain. The Germans then carried Dead Man's Hill. The attack then was trans f erred to Avocourt wood and succeeded in the first rush. 'The French now hold only the sack-like position, two and a half miles wide, and of about the eame depth, containing Hill.-No. "304. The contents of the sack are expected to pass into German possession when the period of artillery preparation has ended. .'- ROME CLAIMS AUSTRIAN'S ? WERE REPEATEDLY BEATEN Rome, via London, March 30. The var office communication,, issued to day says: ' , "On the heights northwest of Go rizia, the artillery duel was intense, throughout yesterday. At night fall the enemy, having been reinforced, he renewed .his violent attack -which com- . menced at ' the northern" extremity of the Podgora height, and extended rap ly along the whole front as' far as gabotino. Repeatedly repulsed, theen emy constantly renewed his sangui nary attack with- fresh troops. These efforts were vain and the enemy even tuay was defeated by a counter at tack and forced to; flee, leaving in our hands five officers; and 156 men pris onersV x V ' - -- - "On the Carso the artillery actions continue. East of ' Seilz our troops, whfli. for several days had pressed strong enemy entrenchments about midday yesterday- again attacked in strong force and ' seized an entrench ment at the point of the bayonet. The enemy launched r numerous , counter at,, tacks.- The fighting continued into the night but all the J -Austrian V attacks . were repulsed.". :. p i - Washington, -March . ; 30. The ; Inter state ' -Commerce ' Commissiort today 'suspended until'-further -its -.order ef fective r April. 1 .requiring the Pennsyl vania and1 other railroads to dispose of their steamboat lines on Chesapeake Bay in accordance with the Panama :nl act. - The commission will fur ther investigate to determine whether ' conditions ".i warrant: their , operation Dy the railroads.' " ' 4, ' ,IntrIsrueJ . ' ; I - - A tale of fears that wither and; hates -hBt sear. ' "The . Iron - Claw,"- .tfijou . -' .' (Advertisement.) .v;f. J,?s. ' - ::.f . ' j .- : -r. .-Ji T Washington, March 30. The Burnett Immigration bill, withits literacy test and Asiatic 'exclusion provisions " un changed, passed the House late today oy a vote of 308 to 87. It now goes to . the Senate, where favorable action is. regarded as assured. ' The literacy ' test - about ; which the fight against the bill had centered "was sustained .284 to: 107-Thls provision has been the causeof vetoes of similar immigration bills by Presidents Cleve land, Taft : and Wilson. The House passed the biHovej- the Cleveland' veto but it failed in the Senate. ;i Motions' to over-ride -the, vetoes of Presidents Taft and. Wilson were lost in the House by narrow margins. Representative Bur nett,' chairman of the Immigration committee, predicted tonight that there was sufficient strength to re-pass the bill in , the event of another veto. The President has not Indicated his pur? pose to the House leaders. . Both record "votes .on the literacy test and on the; passage of the bill were; without regard to party lines. Majority Leader Kitchin voted for the literacy test and for the bill. Minori ty Leader Mann voted against the lit eracy test and then for the bill. During the debate today the Hum phrey Reciprocal exclusion amend ment, adopted Tuesday, aimed at 5 re.-, taliation upon British Columbia be cause of its exclusion or skilled and unskilled labor ftom - this and other foreign countries? was modified . upon discovery that it operated against im migration from Russia. It was chang ed so as to make it applicable only to a .'contiguous" foreign country. . " The ..literacy test . as adopted would exclude r all aliens over 16 years old physically : capable of reading, who cannot read English cyr some other lan guage, except certain relatives of per sons already in this country and cer tain classes of refugees from religious persecution. .. .. Asiatic exclusion provisions specifi cally bar Hindus and add to the ex cluded cases "persons who cannot - be come eligible, under existing law, to become citizens of the United States by naturalization unless otherwise" provided for" by existing .or , future treaties, conventions or agreements. Pacific coast 'members' were satisfied with this- provision, which gives leg islative recognition to the existing so called "gentlemen's agreement" with Japan for the exclusion of Japanese laborers, and y the , committee advised the House that there was 'nothing of fensive in the language to. the Immi gration Bureau, the State Department or to any government. ". Other provisions of the bill; extend and - strengthen the laws regarding smuggling and harboring of inadmis sable aliens," increase the penalties im posed on steamship companies fdr; illegal- acts in connection with' immi grant traffic, requires such companies to re-pay passage expense to rejected aliens, doubles the. head tax from ; ?4 to $8, and imposes restrictions design ed to prevent alien seamen who leave their ships from remaining in this country. . -.. .. 1 ' : ? - , . . . -; '- DEMANDSOFRAILROAD E E Nearly 400,000 Ask for Working Day of Eight Hours . JSo Intimations That Demands Would be Granted Have "Vet Come From Railroi.s Railroads Also . Make Proposal. New York, March 30. Demand fora working day of 1 eight hours for near ly 400,000 locomotive engineers, conT ductors, i firemen and trainmen was made today of railroad: companies throughout the United States, repre sentatives of the Big Four unions lay ing the matter before the general man agers of the several roads. The men ask for reduced hours without a re duction in the present rate of pay and for time and a' half for. overtime. - The railroads have until April lsfth to an swer, but another referendum vote of the employes will be necessary before a strike can be called. " ,' In no instance so far; as had7 been learned here tonight; were there inti-' mations that the demand: wjould be granted, and extended negotiations between the men ; and the railroad companies will probably follow today's action. , ' , The only reply the. Eastern railroad managers made was the' submission of propositions of their own, stating that "what the railroads ask for i an open door." - ' . ' ' ' - When the railroad managers demand there shall .be open A for discussion those provisions : in, present schedules of compensation wnicn - are "m con flict" with the following "principles: No. double " compensation. ; for the same time oi service. ; s-, - f !'The same classifications for the pttr- pose of compensation to be . applied ,to all members . of-strain ;r and A 'engine crew. - - r ' ' ' - , "Two or more ..differently ".paid .class es of : service performeI,.-in , the same day, or- trip to be paid .proportionate rates according- fo -the . class of ser vice with not less than a minimum day for the combined service." " : v Johnstowi; Pa., March - Eight men were killed by an. explosion of gas in the Robindale mine- of y the Cone maugh Smokeless' Coal Company, at Se ward, eight miles west of, here, today. The -dead include J onn,waoacii, super Tritendent of;the mine. " MPLOlES IA 01 win 1 theatrical To make a success in light opera, musfcalcomedy, concert work, straight drama, tragedy, comedy and in motion pictures ' falls to the lot of : bu' .few-player- folk. One man who. his achiev ed - fame in" all these .branches of the theatrical -world is -Edwin Stevens, the famous . Broadway , star,' who will be seen at the . Royal today in the Uni versal f eature "five-act drama, "The Man Inside," adapted from Natalie Sumner Lincoln's noval of the same title, by R.' Li. Schreck and produced by J. S. Adelphi. ' ' . " ,. t . The story is ; a throbbing, vital pic ture of, life in the: Diplomatic Corps and is replete with exciting . and grip ping situations. Mr. Stevens is at hia best , arid on the screen surpasses all expectations. He is assisted by a won derful cast of film stars. The Master Rogue,, as played by Mr. Stevens will hold your interest from his first ap pearance and will try ..your wits to pen erate his various disguises, "The Man Inside" is indeed a feature, one you "will regret - not having seen, if you should miss it.-, . . '"Girl had the Giat tirami. Today the Grand presents the tenth great chapter of "The Girl and the Game" that great Mutual serial that has made a wider appeal to. Wilmington amusement lovers than any past serial. It's right up ; in a class with the very best, and It's appeal is to people. of every class. Who is there that does not admire a dashing, beautiful, lovely, feminine girl, who at the same time is as daring and dauntless as the strong est man. - Who looks at dangerous epi sodes and stunts as a lark, and who does and idares every day of her. life, things that the boldest man '.might quake at thoughts of. Well, that girl is Helen Holmes, the fearless film star, who is packing them in from one side of the United States to. the .other with her creal performance in the'lead ing role,; of -,frhe Girl and the Game' the great story of railroad life in the mountains from . the pen , of Frank H, Spearman. Just here it might be mentioned that' it is making such a hit that Mutual has already signed - up for the rights to film his "Whispering Smith" .book, to follow "The Girl and the Game." , - .: -,r-.v-.iV' "c .. . - There'll be other7 big, features' today - among them a single reek Keystone ! Chaplin. comedy, and another; Keystone of much mirth and Worth. . So don't j miss the Grand , today remember it's the show of .guaranteed, thrills! , vr , j ' ",.v ' The -Iron CIw Today. - " Today the Bijou will entertain t Vhe largest crowds. since one day . last De cember Vwhen the last chapter of -the great "Jaxploits serial was. presented. For today the Bijou . presents what it absolutely-guarantees to be the biggest serial achievement of all time and the guarantee is meant to be aocfepted at its face: value. ' . -" ; , ' "The Iron Claw" starring the great Elaine trio, . Pearl White, Creightbn Hale and Sheldon Lewis, is the latest been one put out by Pathe since Elaine, but it wasn't good enough for Bijou patrons so it was not booked. Before booking "The Iron Claw" every ; au thority on the subject was viewed. For instance, the editor of the Moving. Pic ture Wprld said, among other things: "The Iron Claw bids fair ' to " become the most: popular of alL Pathe serials. They have found it wide, from long ex perience , with serials,- to, make- each chapter ; capable of standing ,! alone, as an interesting piece' of photography. A winning, combination is .engaged in producing this story - of mystery 4 and thrills. . The ; interest is .aroused right at the beginning in an expert manner, the . scenes are of the- most vivid "kind imaginable and truly artistic directojrs are making it. ' - "The -Iron- Claw" ' runs -for -. twelve wgelcs, and the- S Bijou management wants everylpatron of the showto take this - as" a personal message: "Don't miss 'The Iron Claw.' It's the biggest treat we ever,; gave, you." '-- - - . .-.- . "The lireat ! Divide" Tomorrow. ,The long heralded and much tafked of photo-play- version of America's greatest western . play.' "The Great Di- vide," has been completed by the Lu ton Company,, and with Ethel Clayton, the popular Lubin .player and .House Peters in . the leading roles, wiU' be shown to patrons of the Royal Theatre tomorrow. . . . - . In support of LMiss Clayton and'Mj. Peters is a most capable cast, among whom are Warner P. Richmond, Mary. Moore, of the famous family of rphoto players'.v Haydcn Stevenson, Ferdinand O'Beck and Ray Chamberlain. '. ' Edgar-Lewis, the new Lubin director, whose : productions of photoplays ? with William Farnum as the . starvearned for him . a reputation as probably the greatest producer of motion pictures now actively engaged in; that work of art, Is the director of "The Great Di vide," while Anthony P. Kelly, the1 au thor of .the photoplay sensation, ."The Soul of a .Woman," is responsible ' for the scenario . adaptation . of , William Vaughan 'Moody's writing. LAW IS WORTHLESS WITHOUT , . BACKING OF PUBLIC OPINIOJV Professor SfcClellan Delivers Second of senee or Lectures, (fapecial . Star CorresnnnrtAnr i Chapel Hill, N. C, .March 38. Tht law is worthless without the backing; of public opinion was the idea, brought out this evening by , .Prof George B. McClellati,; of- Princeton University, in the second . lecture , of the Weil Se ries, entitled "The" Law." - , "There -are many laws on the statute books today' declared Professor' Mc cielian. "that are not enforceable be cause .they are absolutely unenforce able. And thiff is -because public -opinion is opposed"" to them and will' hot tolerate their enforcementri -Ths -mere enactment .of statute means nothing,1 IOF the enactment of a statute that is counter to-thev will of :the community " x .;V-V ..! 'J itiHak'C-. -tfVs-vj- 'TT.-?!:'.4i "V: 'Z&' Jr($rS: UY-t:4-:'- i-7:-ijiE'!'te ,u -i - i1- s" t L' 7' - " F f " - can be and ought to be of no avail. The law , to ; be effective - must . be ;; re-en-forced by. the public will." - . iAnd again in closing he. declared . that "ifhe"' laws will be ho; better 'arid no worse than the public opinion of which they are . the expression. " In . self-defense, therefore, the chief -task of ' de mocracy must be the cultivation of a public opinion: so powerful that it can assert itself in : ; the popular cause against all opposition a public opinion so sane and. healthy that , it will work, for freedom and righteousness in , the cause of - all the people and-.not in the interest, of any privileged part." , ? DRINK BIS-MACl YouH Like It. The Tenth Great Chapter ' Of This Great Railroad Thriller KEYSTONE fwo r Great Keystone , Screams One of Them With Charlie Chap lin. ' - ' , . ' - . - - "' 4 ' -- ' ' i: " - . . .- TOMORROW -.CfcarlIe Chaplin In the Great . Two-Reel ' Essanay Chaplin Production, Shanghaied A 66 fl 1 The Most Sensationally Dramatic -Motion . Picture " : " ' - . Guaranteed! . . .. Starring the Pearl White Most Popular ' i Trio In ..Pictures. Creighton Hale ROMANCE As Wondrous, a : Tale of Love as - Mind of Man Ever Conceived. . ; MYSTERY v- . " -- . . . . - ii". A Tale of Fear That Wither,and Hates That Sear! - v "BEST PATHE SERIAL YET" t' " " - ' (TELEGRAM) ' ' - , ' ,"-t ' Lumberton, N. C March 30. Bijou Theatre, Wilmington. Have run all Pathe setials released' in past. Running first Iron Claw today, and indications are It is the best yef produced. You cant boost it too highly. It will surely please." ; - ' . - i .. ,. " " . - s PASTIME THEATRE. Rrst 2-Reej "Chapter P ou v MURGHISON NATIONAL BANK . - f : Capital and Surplus, .$1,650,000.00 - .' v "V; r v ;'Xesrces! : ; 8,060,060.00 a, -1 j This Bank jetahds ;ready to furnish' customers ' every facility , vj'.'V1' ' :-" '',' , ' possible, service." -J-Wt YATES.: V.J?reBt. , H i- ' C..-S. GRAINGER Cashier.f : VV. S.; JOHNS9N;; Asst. Cash; ; 1 THE F.F.OALLEY CO..LTO, - BUFFALO. N.v! 'Montevideo, Uruguay, March 30. William G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, . and the other members of the American section of the Interna tional High Commission, which is to meet in Buenos 'Aires, arrived here to day on the? cruiser Tennessee. They were received ;by a special committee representing ;the government. . , Wilmington's Modern . Movie" THE GREAT AMERICAN STAR Edwin Stevens Creator of the Title Role in "The Devil." , In a Superb Five-Act Photoplay Dramatization of. the 'Famous Novel by Natalie Summer Lin coln, "The 99. sidle In Which the Eminent Star Plays y Striking - Dual Role. Mai A Wllmlnatoa's , Blodern Movie" COMING SATURDAY America's Greatest Play THE With Ethel Clayton and House -. . ' "Peters. " 1..- PRODUCED . IN THE ' GRAND CAN VON " OF , THE COLORADO. 99 Serial of the Age Great "Elaine" Cast. : Sheldon Lewis In Their Greatest Triumph. INTRIGUE "Who Is the Laughing Mask?" Will be the Question. ADVENTURE A Tale of Sweeping Passions that; Recognize No Law! . and beest ROYAL Mam RoyaL Great Divide m ; -H.; C. McQUEEN,' President.- - ' I - J. v." GRAINGER, V. Prest. - fM. T. ALLEN.-Asst. Cash. - V I J..V. GRAINGER, ,JrT, Asatcash. .-f W . -m' . . 111 ilM 11 Mill s FOR A BEAR You Could If You Didn't Drink T ET'S forget sentiment question, ;and,getrfdpwn to facts. ' ' " ' --' 'Drinkuicr "cuts down vourearnmff'Bowerr And"mtiirii. uf cut it off altogether. , Because wno annKs. ii. you are working1, lor yourself you will le your customersT-andJf youjwork fo'someione else" youH losei your job.. v - - - ' You may shut your eyes to this facttfor'atime and try to' ,think you are an exception to the rule. But you're not. For as long as you have a cause you will have an effect. Just as 1 long as you kefcp on drinking it will cost you a big money loss.' ! A greater and greater loss as time goes on, until it; amounts to -n hundreds ot even thousands of dollars every year. ! There V just :oneway" tostoplillthis loss and thaVisto get at the root of things.5 Cut out thej effect by cutting out the lcausetheudesire for drinks 1Q " ' ""f " 2 Come to theKeeley InstituteTat"Greensboro,"and youlvill get all your old earning power back again.- In four weeks of -our treatment you will be ju3t as keen a .business man as you ever were With all your old energy, clear judgment and steady nerves. Andjthecurewill bejworth a": thousand times what it cost. .";.'.,;;..,: ,vr--'v:;?:';-v-? : Think of Votlrself'and yourff utetferrand act now. Send for .Our booklet. It's free on request.. j " W. H. OSBORN jPresiaet, -TEE EEEIJ'TSSiBJ Greensboro flcaaemy 01 music- WILMINGTON.' IM C. NIGHTS, AT 8:15. MATINEES, AT 8:45 V'MATINEES: TODAY, FRI. AXD SAT. PRICES: Nights, 50c, 75c 1, Sl.SO, $2.. Matinees, 50c, 75c and SI." 'J J SEATS NOW. SBLUNAT PLUMMER'S. - v No Jhone Orders Taken or Seats Held for Tills Attraction. D. IV. Griffith's 8th 18,000 People Cost -- $500,000 i r a I V ifirnfiiiiiiini in 1 iiTT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF 30 HIGHLY IMPORTANThe Blrth'of a Nation'" will never be presented In any but the highest class theaters and at prices charged for the best; theatrical attractions. . - j -v--, . .- - , - . jy. V. Griffith. SE5 .isive -battle of; th; 'JCivil War; Sherman's march to the sea: cities built up only to be destroyed before the tragedy of the death )Abrahamt Lincoln; JPetersburg at the crest of the mighty invasion; no bravely the mothers and sisters did their part; history in the making. i STEAM ENGINES IN STOCK 1 1 I 9x18 Center Crank Atlas. " , 0x12 Center Crank Wlckes. f ; . "10x12 Center Crank C A S. .- . v :1' 11x13 Center, Crank O. & S. K " " l 5x 5 Upright O. S. "', 1' 10x15 Center Crank Nagle, ? - i 7X 7 Upright O. S. We also have Rollers of All Slaes to Salt.: We are the Largest Iron and 7 Mcry Dealers In the City. 'Phone, wire or Write, Today. .. - WILMINGTON I RON WO R KS "THE OF A SH I N E 8 Earn Far More in iookinj people lose confidence in a man North Carolina rGM O R ROW Vonder of the World 3,000 Horses Took 8 J Months to Produce ,1 11x18 Side Crank Gey""- ; 1 10x15 Side Crank Bay State. . t I42n fttd Crank Florr- IRON 1EN f at-this, drinking vnard-pan business. E I - - . pes: ;::
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