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- . The Weather - MiaMBBBBEaV """" Generally fair and continued warm -unday and Monday. .. . PAGES TODAY Two Sections x OL. XCIX-O. 290. WILMINGTON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1917 WHOLE NUMBER 39,109 Oil IS COMF1 Plain 22 1 WE&S mesmMatiqn ' v. - t . -j- Inlnlnl RMED Come J? amor SUBMA REPORT THAT GERMAN EMPEROR'S SIXTH SON HAS SUCCEEDED HIM TO THE THRONE IS UNCONFIRMED Biinor That the Reichstag Has, Gone on Strike is Also With out Substantiation MIGHAELIS IS CHANCELLOR Prussian Food Commissioner Suc ceeds Hollweg Von Stein Said to Have Resigned ) RUSSIANS MAKE NEW I GAINS Petrograd Announces Capture of Village of Novica ABDICATION REPORT IS WITHOUT CONFIRIATION London, July 14. The Morning Post was the only paper In London to print the rumor that;, Emperor; William had abdicated in favor of; his sixth son, Joachim. The cor-' respondent at Amsterdam,, who sent the telegram, said he had no confirmation of the rumor. - Official, circles here "have .nothing" that, in my way confirms the report- . . Tfie political situation; in Germany is still far from a solution, judging from the fragmentary news permitted to pass the censor. Rumors of the abdication of Emperor William and - a strike of the reichstag have received no confir mation. A wireless disnatch eiven out by the British admiralty late Saturday evening, however, said Dr. von Beth- mann-Hollweg, the German imperial chancellor, had resigned: A London dispatch says Dr. Georg Michaelis, I Prussian under-secretary of finance, ind food commissioner, has been - ap- I Pointed to succeed von Bethmann-Hollweg. ' , Prussian M ar Minister Quits. A Berne dispatch says an official tele gram has been received there from Ber lin announcing the resignation of Gen eral von Stein, the Prussian minister of The importance of his retirement "Mm the fact that the Prussian war ministry is jn reality the war ministry iw the German empire, and that Gen "ai von stein is a staunch supporter lJl me Pan-Gprmano iirtin o r-a lia.tti "rest opponents of peace without an nexations or indemnities. General von stem recently aroused the ire of the jousts by taking part in the distri- isainst peace. Russian Continue Progress. RUSSia's ViptnriMie 1 A n ,h h" advance in Eastern - Galicia, IsliaTr Atistro-German lines were pattered bv r,.nor,i xr :i." Fur f t announces officially the cap tfKa! Villae of Novica, southwes E lucz- The Germans osiHtntlv Vio-ir, DroUpht nn U,"D cYiuciiLiy uare the rt-c ""uys in an enort to stay' force, TStlni2ed retreat of the Teutonic war off? s reion as the Petrograd In an an reports two counter attacks i from tr 1,1 10 aisIdge the Russians hcor ULZ The efforts met with no Elsewhere . rront tha e -Kusso-iiaiician h.- ' ne Situation is unchnn?: The MderablpUar-0ffice aain reports con bf the inactlv'ty on the northern end N the r near Dvinsk and Smorgon, thine t"USK,an statement contains Rat s-or " "a,cate that an offensive in is in prospect. "'stem frn Dnusn armies on the lal otia.V re snu idle, except for N PridVv ; . Stiff fl&httng occurr NenzvJ "15JhtJn Belglum near Lom- prrtish attanL MerIln announces - that eay io8s. rUher broke down wita iv, T cruisn report, ho.w- lesB attoi" . Germans made a frult- ery flrht; H at sector. Heavy ar- Uentin nJ m Progress near St. rurcv - 1 . "enveen Craonne and PI th v:.. " caseations of n renewal vantage oints on ltT ,stru&gle for The Bh"I A!sne frot. uansnnpt A j i - Ufe 27, L0nar,ne ln tne Atlantic on t ' a smaii is. mere was a.e Araaa,irUmber of troops, on b.rd fn 8s- Six .oiflu Vtssel -6'153. .tons tr the lt:rsJ one Passenger. and r"'ved f .V"" are missine and w ve been drown.rt H V'l'ss p'tr. (rlsh. Admiralty. Iei,V- UOr. has lai lierman :.ai!ng to V: re51.gned. The m essaee' h tinman Ch " BntIon of the'Im- 2f Ger"ian Ir6 Wlreless stations by (CoWinuedBritish admiralty; ll ed on Page two.) i ! i From s Hinip rine is ation of Be Only , KAISER - WILHELM. Mysterious things 'have been; taking place .in the' German , empire in recent weeks. The agitation forpolitical re form- and a statement of peace terms is daily taking a broader scope. , -The reichstag is said to have gone on strike, r.efuBlng to vote another war credit until the government has de fined, its position.' Chancellor Hollwek has resigned and. also comes the rumor that the-entire cabinet is to quit. Von Hindenburg and General Ludendorff, his right-hand man, have been sum moned to Berlin to confer with the emperor, while the crown prince sev eral days ago hurried from his head quarters on the Western front to meet with the crown council, the meeting of which is never held except on extra ordinary occasions. - The question is, Must Wilhelm, too, go the way of Nicholas and abolish the monarchy or the. way of Constantine and give the reins, of power to his son? PASSED BY HOUSE Carries $640,000,000 Appropriation for the Construction of 22,000 Airplanes ABOUT 110,000 MEN NEEDED Republicans Take Occasion to Criti cise Defense Council,1 Navy De partment and Senate for Publishing Details. Washington, July 14. The War De partment bill- appropriating J640.000.000 for construction of 22,000 airplanes was passed by the House late today' without a roll call It was "amended only in minor details. f - - . : Amendments adopted included one by Representative Lenroot, of Wisconsin, limiting the broad authorities granted to . the present war emergency, and one by Representative Fitzgerald, New York, providing that enlisted men, drafted for- aviation corps,, shall be within the same ages, 21. to 30, inclusive, as apply in the general conscription law. ' "'"'' The bill carries the greatest aviation appropriation ever proposed in Con rrcac a-nA wag nansfid in less than five hour's Chairman Dent, of the Military committee, declaring debate might re sult in: information leaking to Germany, clashed withvMr. Fitzgerald, chairman of the Appropriations committee, who said Congress was handling public funds in a slip-shod and illogical way ianjr " Republicans criticized, the Council' of National Defense, the Senate and the Navy Department for. published statements regarding the aviation pro gram and contracts for submarines. The bill, Jwhich 'now goes to the. Sen ate, gives no details, twit a total person nel of the aviation section . approximat ing liO.OOa -men, - is understood t - be contemplated. - r ' ' ' " - Resign May r , HAS HE ABDICATED? , fj. w : v, , f vri y j f c 1 iiV 'Jp j Si. IMMtMitr I ) II AVIATION MEASURE AmsterdamWhat SENT-DOWN Chancellor the First Act All Indications Point to Other Far Reaching Developments in the German Empire WILL HAVE WEIGHT ON WAR Crown Prince's Hostility May Have Been the Cause of Hollweg's Downfall OPPOSES POLITICAL REFORM Bavarian Ministers Back Emperor Charles' Peace Ideas London, July 14. The political tur moil whichhas been .convulsing Ger-, many ever' since Russia's first " start ling success on the resumption of her offensive has culminated for the pres ent in the resignation of the Imperial Chancellor, Dr. Von' Bethmann-Hpll-weg. but all indications serve to show that his resignation, far from being the last act in the drama, is but the beginning of far-reaching revelopments which are bound to affect the fabric of the German empire and have momen tous consequences on the progress of the European struggle. The resignation of the chancellor came in the end quite unexpectedly, for Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, in the prolonged party discussions and heat ed debates of the main committee of the reichstag, which have been pro ceeding all through the week, seemed to have triumphed over his opponents, who have been clamoring for his head, by making concessions which were tan tamount to the formation of a kind of imperial coalition ministry. At the same time, the chancellor, by the declaration that Germany was defensively fighting for the freedom of her - territorial possessions, evolved a formula that seemed satisfactory to. both those who clamored for peace by agreement and those who demanded repudiation of the formula, "no annexa tions and no indemnities." Crown Prince Intervened. In all this, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, was strongly backed by the em peror. The advent of the crown prince upon .the scene-summoned by his im perial father, to share the delibera tions affecting the future of the dynasty- seems to have changed entirely the position with regard to the im perial chancellor. The crown prince at once took a leading part in the dis cussions with the party leaders, and his ancient hostility toward Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, coupled with his notorious dislike for political reform, undoubtedly precipitated the chancel lor's resignation. The fact tnat mem .Marshal von A Hindenburg, chief of staff, and General von Ludendorff, first quartermaster general, have been most prominent throughout these discussions and that a section of the press has been clam oring for a joint dictatorship by them hardly augurs well for the realization of .the ' Prussian' franchise reform, which the Emperor has just decreed, or for the movement toward a diminu tion of Germany's war aims,, and there fore toward peace, on , which', the Aus trian emperor has been doing his ut most to persuade . the German emperor to embark. Bavaria .Backs Emperor Charles. The Bavarian ministers have been among the most active in these Berlin confabulations, and the fact that the centre Catholic , party has rallied to the peace gospei preached by. Mathias Brzberger directly on his return from Vienna, where he saw Emperor Charles, shows that the Austrian' emperor is backed In his determination to -secure peace by at least -one, and that the most powerful of the states in the German empire. Whether other southern Ger man states will join in what appears to be a movement toward the renun ciation of Prussian hegemony, events in no distant future probably will show. -'' ' Michaelis Old Typ Bureaucrat. Dr; Von Bethmann-Hollweg's succes sor, Dr. Georg Michaelis,?- is ;a bureau crat of the old type, whose, appointment can- scarcely be regarded as promising much-in the direction f the paisliamen tarization of Germany.- . Entering fjthe PrussianclvU service in 1859 at the. age of 22, he -followed. the .customary placid career r of Prussian ; .officials, w. holding various minor posts at different prowin- clal ilaces"until- he'was . appointed ..u-! der 'secretary in me nnance ministry - CContinued ' on T page 4 twr.) ' , hioTp 'S CAPTAIN REPORTS U-BOAT WAS SUNK BY HIS SCHOONER Owners of American Vessel As sume the Attack Was Made .in the Mediterranean NO REPORT TO WASHINGTON Naval Gunners Had Sent No Dis patch on Incident to State . Department Last Night An Atlantic Port. July 14. A subma rine was sunk by an American schoon er which sailed from this port for an European port, according to advjees received- here today by the owners of the vessels from its captain. The -naval gun crew aboard the schooner was composed of six gunners and a petty officer. It was assumed by the owners of th0 vessel that the attack was made in the Mediterranean, though no details of the fight were said to have been contained- in - the ' meagre dispatch from the captain announcing his arrival at an Euro&sjan port The schooner car ttive&rgtrve i.t6fbtrliot: rosin, with, an estimated-: value of "1250,000. Eight men, exclusive of the naval gunners,, composed its crew. The schooner sailed' from this port about six weeks ago, according to its owners. AVY DEPARTMENT HAD SOT RECEIVED REPORT LAST NIGHT. Washingoton, July 14. The Navy Department ,tinight had no report of the sinking of a . submarine by an American sailing vessel. Officials ex plained that naval guards aboard mer chantmen have instructions to report promptly any encounter with an un dersea boat, and that no dispatch dis closing such an incident had been re ceived. ... INSURANCE BY GERMAN COMPANIES PROHIBITED Through These Firmi President Con siders It Possible Germany Has Been Gaining Information. ' Washington, July 14. President Wilson today issued a proclamaton prohibiting German insurance compan ies from doing further business in ma rine or war risk insurance in the Unit ed State and forbidding American in surance companies from re-insuring with them. Payment on existing con tracts is suspended during the war ex cept in case of vessels now at sea. The President's proclamation con tains thy first official acknowledgement that valuable information may be get ting to Germany through German in surance companies. "The nature of marine and war risk insurance is such," he says, , "that those conducting it, might of neces sity be in touch with the movements-of ships and cargoes, and it has been considered by the government of great importance that this - information should not be obtained by alien ene mies." 1KB WITNESS PARADE AT GOLDSBDRO And Bid Formal Farewell to the v Second Regiment Inspiring Spectacle Followed by. In spiring Patriotic Address .by. Rev. A. D. Wilcox, in Absence ' ' of Governor Biekett. . (Special; Star Telegram.) . Goldsboro, N. C, July 14. Thousands of enthusiastic- Goldsboroians and a large number of, visitors today cele brated the. farewell- parade given ' here by the' Second Regiment, who will soon depart for the training camp' at Green ville, S. C. '.' . . - '. . " . The review of the regiment was. held on . East and West : Centre street at 1$ o'clock,- Colonel Me tts and, his staff holding review position in front of. the .Hotel Kennon, and the - sidewalks on both' sides of this; wide thoroughfare were-densely packed, from : the. Inner lines to the curbing with thousands of , spectators whiles every v? window'" and balcony overlooking; this territory, was filled with eager.faces , - , -. As the" eoldiers repaired from the .ri t (ConUnued. onpage "two.X.f - Kaiser Wilhelm Has - Y AN AMERICAN SCHOONER Government Serves As Host To 1,1401. W. W. Dep6rtees FIGHTING GOING ON IN THE CHINESE CAPITAL Tien Tsin, July 14. A d'spatch from Peking, dated Thursday, says at day break trie republican troops began bombarding the . Temple of Heaven, which is the headquarters Qf General Chang Hsun, the comman der of the monarchial forces. The attackers then were within a quar ter of a mile of the legation quarter of the city. . There was machine gun and rifle fire from all directions and shrapnel was being dropped into General Chang Hsun's retreat. The monar chists were fighting desperately with, fijy sign of surreuder'ng. .StajF , bullets flying oer the le gation, section wounded three Amer icans twhile they were on the city waii-in addition one Japanese and one Italian were wounded. VOTE ON II FOOD Senate Completes Its Fourth.Week of Debate on the Admin istration Bill PROGRESS IS STILL SLOW Measure As Finally Passed 3Iay Pro- vide, for the Control of Food, .Feeds and Fuels Only, As Presi dent Desires. Washington, July 14 The Senate to day finished its four week of debate on the administration food control bill while leaders conferred upon amend ments which, they hope,' will command general support.- Little progress was made on the. bill today in the Senate, all action- on amendments going over until next week with an agreement to take a final vote on the measure .next Satur day. Senators Stone, Williams, and Hollis, Democrats, made speeches sup porting the bill and Senator France, Republican, of Maryland, in opposi tion. Prospects of peace were dis cussed by Senators Stone and Wil liams, with both declaring that com plete defeat of Germany is required. Majority- leader Martin . conferred with his - colleagues upon amendments to compromise the various disputes. Republicans as well "as Democrats par ticipated. The conference will be re- ! sumed Monday, when tentative drafts of proposed changes will be submitted. Senators prominent in 'persistent oppo sition, were not invited to today's con ferences. Those present, however, were said to be in agreement upon eliminat ing steel, iron, copper, cotton and all other products except food, feeds and fuels the original objects of the legislation- from the bill. They also agreed to considerable extension of govern ment licensing. A small board, subject to the President's immediate authority arid with their decision subject to his approval may be substituted for the provision for an individual food ad ministrator. FOREIGN LABORERS ARE , , ROUTED BY AMERICANS .- . . - . At . the Point of Shot Guns' About. 700 Are Forced Out of St. Francis County, Mo Lead Belt. Flat River, Mo., July 14. About 700 foreign-born laborers were forced out of the St. Francis county lead belt to day by Amer;can-born miners, .who -insisted that all the foreigners must leave;.-, The Americans, armed with shot guns and carrying American flags, rushed the foreigners to the railway station every time a train came in. The Americans fired into the air as they herded the foreigners to the -trains. No one has been seriously hurt. . News that Missouri guardsmen were on the way to Flat River from St. Louis did , not become public until a I train bringing St. Louis newspapers arrived a few minutes after 6 o'clock. . The foreigners are puzzled and ap parently do not comprehend what .is all about; . , " ; : The ' Americans endeavored to get miner of Bonne. Terre, Mo., to organize similarly and . -make "- the movement against foreigners generally -Tonight, however, there was nothing jto. indicate 1 that vWorkrneff-at Bonne Terre were in SATURDAY roTBlal Men Driven From Bisbee, Ariz., Encamped Near Mexican Border at Columbus HAVE FORMED ; SMALL CITY Soldiers Are Guarding the Camp to See. That No One Does Harm to the Exiles FAMILIES ARE LEFT BEHIND Men Ready to Return to Bisbee if Accompanied by Troops Columbus, N. M.; July 14. The Unit ed States is host .tonight, to Arizj.ia's deported miners, '-mill men, and mer chants who are encamped oh the desert half way between Columbus and the Mexican border. - . . - - A small city of canvas has sprung up on the site of : the Mexican refugee camps established by General Perdhiiaf and 1,140 men are sleeping on bads to night. for the' first (ime since Wednes day, '-when th?y-were deported from Bic bee. They cathe here early, today undr escort of United States cavalry. Government, rations. . were issue.1 Jo the men for their. supper, consisting of canned beef, -canfted tomatoes, , and bread: Tomorrow- at, '.breakfast they will receive recreation of coffee, the first they have had since leaving B'sbee. Lieutenant !She!lterjian, provost mar shal, was in charge of the work of es tablishing the caihp, and organizing tne refugees into a regiment composed of battalions and companies. . . The men are heginnihg to consider when they will be returned .to, Bisbee, where they .have, their fam'lies, horm;s and many of them business affairs. They are almost universally .agreed th sy -.will be ready to return to Bisbee when ac companied, by United-, States soldiers and not before. . Army officers are ignorant, as to what the next move w.ill be and '.iy they have orders only to feed and cie for the wants ofthe men. . The ex'-s are not being treated as prisoners but are being guarded by soldiers with s'de arms and no. one is permitted to enlr the camp without a pass. The men belieyethe. President wijl order them settt t)ack - to - their homes, but. there, is -ho. information in camp upon which to base this supp' lion. - SIXTEEN SUFFRAGISTS ARRESTED! ; GIVE BONDS TT French Courtesy Marks Every Phnsre of Demonstration Staged Before the .White House. Washington," July 14. French cour tesy marked eyery phase of a suffrage demonstration staged before the White House today by 16. Snembers of the Woman's Party, as a feature for. the anniversary of the Fall of the Ba3tlle. In fact .there was so much politness and so little "disorder that the crowd gathered for the .widely advertised show dwindled away before it was over, and as a spectacle the affair was cf failure. : ' The suffragists, carrying banners, the most conspicuous of which . bore the French revolution motto, "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity," -' marched quietly to two gates of the . White House grounds, stopped, politely refused to move on, were , arrested by the police with every show of Consideration and later calmly deposited fbail of 25 each to guarantee their "appearance in police court Monday " to answer, charges to unlawful assemblage.. ' . Announcement after -the arrests that similar c demonstrations will be. held henceforth on all - holidays and once a week. Cash : bbn&3-. vrill .fce given,, and there will be no Shunger strikes. It was indigrint,y:d'ip''.hat the reports of rats in the house "of detention, inter fering with the -.sleep of the last pick ets sent there, had anything to do with the decision to 'furnish bonds. PLAH TO FORESTALL RACE WOTS I-. OTHER CITIES About 400,000 . Negroes, Estimated to Have Flocked to the North. New Tork, July A widespread plan to forestall, revolution in other cities of the recent negro-disturbances in East St. Louis, was announced, here tonight by: L.,Hpllingsworth, chairman of the National Lea,gue on Urban Con ditions Among -Negroes! The league is organized in 18- northern .cities and is endeavoring to turn Jraw, labor , Into ' a civil and industrial., asset. ;- - Mr. Wood'-, estimated r. about 400,00? negroes :have flocked -from the South and that the movement is continuing, many of' the men and women being un trained for; the labors i which they seek in the North. Detroit's negro population has lncreased,4o 20,000,'Mr, Wood , said, and Pennsyluania . no.w.-has v75,00d an4 Ohio 30.000.,- Mrs.i.BookerjT.' -Washing-i ton is. among mose associated wm tne league's pians. -- - Abdicate HAWAII EXCEEDS y BY NEARLY 2.000 r Quick Response of . Volunteers Makes the Draft Unnecessary in That Territory LISTS SENT TO GOVERNORS Each Executive Has Names of All Who Have Enlisted From His State Since April 1st. Washington, July 14. Explanation today of the quota allotment for the selective draft army, as announced yesterday, shows that the territory of Hawaii- stands in a class by Itself among the states and territories, hav ing already furnished nearly 2,000 men as volunteers in excess of the number required from the islands to fill up the first army. Every other state or terri tory has been benefitted accordingly a reduction in its net quota. This accounts , for;; the "adjustment' factor ; included. iilnVthe tables fixing quoiatgive'.out' yiestedayandatso for the fact that no. quota is given to Hawaii and that the territory will not be required to furnish arty men what ever, under the President's call for 687,000. ' . , On the basis of population, Hawaii's gross quota was 2,403. On April 1, -the territory had 4,237 men in the Na tional Guard, or nearly double the number required to fill the quota. Since April 1, 142 additional guardsmen and IS war volunteers for the regulars hav been recruited, making the total con tribution of the territory, to the army of the United States up to June 30, 4,39' or 1,994 more than it was required to furnish. It wps this situation which confront ed officials when the allotment of quotas came to be figured out. -To each state and territory in pro portion to its population, a part of Hu. wall's surplus was awarded. Another fact developed today ln con nexion with the allotment of credits is that the War Department has ftir nis"hed to each governor a full list of war recruits enlisted in the regular army since April 1st and who claim that state as home. The method adopted by the War De partment has. not been clearly under stood and conflicting claims made by various states as to the credits they s were to be allowed wert based on th-i assumption that place of enlistment not place of residence, governed the distribution. Another point raided has boen.that credit was not allowed for all men -shown) to hive enlisted by the dally recruit charts. .Officials explain this by showing that the recruit did not In fact," become" a soidier , until he h-tl been sent to. the regional recruitiny d ! pot, passed his physical examination and signed enlistment papers. With the district distribution of the army credits supplied to them, the gov ernors have much of their work of fixing the quotas of exemption dis tricts in their states already done for them. A similar division by residence of National Guardsmen must be made. Every state has received credit for a number tf men ln the National Guard who are not now in that service. Prob ably 50,000 men have been discharged since April 1, and 50,000 of the re cruits gathered since' that date to fill their places and do not constitute a net increase. The state, however, gets credit for all of the discharged men as well 'as all of the recruits. Yesterday's table gives the National Guard, a" total " strength on June 30 of approximately 348,000 men. As a mat ter' of fact, the force probably is at least 50,000, perhaps nearly 100,000, short- of that number. . No additional information as to the date or exact method of the drawing was obtainable today. The provost marshal general's of fice i announced tonight that the gov ernors of all except fifteen states had nutlfled the department they had re ceived -the serial cards and are ready to go ahead. The ; states which have not - so reported r are- Missouri, Ala bama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland. Michigan, Mississippi, Montana. New. York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma Pennsylvania, Utah -and Virginia. MAY HAVE DOTFICULTY IN . . OBTAINING EXPORT LICENSE Firms Aiding Germany Probably To Be Looked On With Disfavor. Washington, July - 14. Firms in neutral countries sending supplies to Germany regularly probably will not be looked on with favor, by the export council for the receipt of supplies from the i United States, ; It was. Said today at the State Department Applications for licenses for shipments to such firms, which ' might - be i classified - as regular Gerroia agents , probably will not be granted in: line with; .the j policy not to allow' American goods to reach Ger '-many;- -.. ..-" V , .- . ,l QUOTA ARM ?M k i V. 1 it r if1 : - I ' t h y .1 1 P f V
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