North Carolina Newspapers

! ' 5 "- rrwo iTHE MORNING STAR, WILMNGTONV N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1918; AY 3rd U Show Patriotism By or More Bonds of i Subscribing to One . - t i mm And Have Your 1 Which Will Appear in the News Papers of Monday Nearly Every Man and a Large Number of the Women of Our City Are Able to Buy Liberty Bonds oh the Weekly Payment Plan. Every Bank in Our City Will Accept Subscriptions and Allow You to Pay $1.00 Down and $1.00 per Week for a $50.00 Liberty Bond. cJinj an Are The Boys Over There Are Giving NOW PUT THIS QUESTION TO YOURSELF-. You Doing to Helm; All War ? L FEE ' v t . - Space Donated by Oldham & Myers, Eduard Ahrens and W. I. Baxter III TAB HEELS WORKED FOR SHIPYARD HARD State's Representatives at Wash ington Industrious. Tkey Ha to 3Iet and Dlipote of Ar. funt From Many States and taa Job Was Up Hill Fia-kt But Tkey Worn for Wilmington By PARKER Ft. AXDERSOX. .. Washington, April 251 The state of North Carolina and the people of Wil mington in particular have every reas on to feel proud of the record of Sen ators Simmons and Overman and Rep- resentative Godwin for their untir ing work in securing for Wilmington the site upon which will be erected the first concrete ships to be constructed , by the United States government. The state of. North Carolina has. - through the work of these representa tives of the commonwealth, been . lg- '' nally honored as no other state in the - union has been. Information in pos- - session of The Star correspondent de ' velops the fact that when the emer- - gehcy fleet corporation first determin ed upon a plan fof building concrete '. ships, senators and representatives " from . nearly every state in the union .i Importuned Chairman Hurley, of the shipping board for recognition in their several communities. Telegrams, letters, and personal vis its" were showered upon Chairman Hur ley from all sections of the country and from the congressional representa tives therefrom, making strong ap peals in behalf of each individual com munity. The natural advantages, the : water, fuel and materials at hand or In the immediate vicinity" of each site proposed were painted in glowing col- . ors to Mr. Hurley. Along with these r epresentations came the advocates from North Caro lina in favor of the Selecting of Wil mington as the proper site for such "hip building construction. Both sen ators from the state and Kepresenta- - tive Godwin had. to meet and dispose of .the arguments of Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas, who it became known today, had laid before the emer gency fleet corporation more than 20 Bites in the state of Texas, anyone of which, he argued,- would be suitable from every standpoint upon which to locate such a plant as Chairman Hur ley - and his advisors believed . essen-. tlal to the building . of these concrete ships. - But .the representatives 'of North Carolina did not stop in their effort to "Secure the prize for their state. - They , held many conferences with Chairman Hurley, pointed out to. him the real advantages of Wilmington for such- a Bite, and backed up every argument they ""made with facts and figures as proof. ; Their efforts ' nave been reward ed by the decision recently announced by the emergency fleet corporation and Wilmington carries off the honor of be ing the only city on the Atlantic coast and the first seaboard town in the United States to commence the con struction of this tvne of vessels which the government believes absolutely necessary to combat the submarine menace and to furnish , thi needed win. plies to our armies fighting shoulder to snouider with those of Great Brit ain, France, Italy and the other allies for the overthrow of the autocracy rule not the kaiser. Incidentially, it Is understood that no further sites for building concrete ships will be awarded by the emergency fleet corporation until congress authorizes the aDDroDTiationa recommended, hv Chairman Hurley for this class of gov ernment work. K1T0HIN LOOMS UP AS NEXT SPEAKER IP CLARK 'RESIGNS (Continued from page one.) the desire of Governor Gardner to maintain party harmony In the state is understooa to.be one of the reasons for the tender of the place to Mis souri's veteran end beloved legislator. In fact, it is claimed by democrats In close touch with the political situation in Missouri that unless Mr. Clark ac cepts the governor's amointment ani , makes the race for election this fall, nis party would be unable to elect a democratic senator to succeed Senator stone. Democratic Margin Slender. The democratic mararin has hscrtm so smell during the past year, that iney cannot afford to run the rislc nf losing a single seat now held by them. omce resident Wilson called the special session of congress more than a year ago, the democrats have lost six senator' by reaon of, death,- five of whom have died since congress met last December. Two of these have been succeeded by republicans and there are chances that they may lose others. DANIELS PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE PRESS III WAD Its Contribution to Victory Too Large to Realize. Otaer Speakers at Publishers Associa tion Baaa.net Are Secretary Baker, Charles E. Hughes and Ste- ' sane Lausanne. DUTCH DISCUSS SENDING OF SHIPS -rTO.-TJ. S. FOR GRAIIf Amsterdam, April 25; Dutch ship owners are reported to have held a meeting at The Hague this morning to discuss the sailing of ships to the United States to get grain. It is" said the Nieuw Amsterdam will sail .in a few days for New York to bring home the remaining Dutch sailors now at American ports. ' Today, is Liberty Bond Day. Buy a Bond and Get Your Name on the Honor SIXTEEN ARE INDICTED IN THE PRAGER INCHING CASE Edwardsville. 111., April 25. Indict ments were returned late today against 16 persons by the grand jury which investigated tViA imifn a e J .VMM . V ' V iwoen jaui iTager. at Collihsville. Twelve indictments "were againat civil ians and charged murder and four In dictments were against policemen charging malfeasance In office, r - x Action on Dividends Deferred. Itw JFork' APrtl 25.-' ""he director or the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad today deferred, action, regard ing stock dividends. It was announced that none ' would he deiar'0 ' after the road's contract with the gov ernment has . been signed. v Officials expressed hope that this would take ? . ce, .before the annual meeting Is held May IS. : : .' ' New York, April 25. Josephus Dan iels, secretary of the navy; Newton D. Baker, secretary of war; Charles 35. Hughes, former associate Justice of the supreme court of the United States, and Stephane Lauzanne, editor o the Paris Matin, were the principal speakers to night at the annual -banquet of the American Newspaper Publishers Asso ciation. ; '' .1 Secretary Daniels gave unstinted praise to the newspaper generally for the work they have done and are doing to .win the war, huv criticised sharply -echo editors" who "mistake hyateria and noise for conviction and thought" comparing them to ships at sea with out rudder or sail or steam or captain. . The secretary said the war would be waged without cessation until "the gers the happiness and prosperity of mankind." - ' - . -Vv v j-: -yx - f y That it must he won if It calls for all the boys under 31 or all 'boys un der 70." ' v...: - Mr. . Daniels drew a laugh by ad dressing his audience as "fellow edi tors" and asserting that "I am a mem ber of the .profession of long standing, temporarily assigned to 'cover the navy," He said that the "contribution of the press of this country to .the whining of the war is too large for our generation ever to realize,?' ... " , :: ; AT. tanunns. who SDoke on behalf of M. Jusserand, the French ambasaa- dor, said be brougnt a message of deep affection and friendship to Americans fnm th neonlA of France' Th n. termingllng' of French and American biooa in tne commits mat .are r being wiieed- he added, made between thA Americans and the French a link which will never be broken." " -Mr. Hughes In his address discussed the responsibilities of Journalists in tlmA nT. war. ' H Said that ffHdam nf speech and of the press wa a, rela tive freedom and that the effective prosecution of the war "Involves , of necessitv certain ; restrictions in our accustomed rreeaom, He added '-. that thsre was :' Held for honest orltlolsm "whloh cannot be sur rendered without impairing the essen tials of liberty and the preservation of the nation Itself and declared in $his connection that "the officers of our government are not privileged class." Secretary Baker deelased that the ambition of the Hohensollern family threatened - to blast, the hopes, of the human race and made an eloquent ap peal to the editors of the United States to make the people of the United btates see the war in Its true Heht. Referring to the German people,- the secretary said: ' "Nothinsr will -win awav the worshin pers of. Moloch except the overthrow of tneir god." "I came here," Mr. Baker added, "be cause I want your help. My task is to bring back of Pershing's army the moral force of America." GERMANS OUTNUMBERED THE AMERICANS 8 TO 1 More Wounded In the Seicheprey Bat tle Fonnrt On Man Burled Alive Three Days. With the American Army In France. April 25. (By the Associated Press). Further details received at headquart ers of the engagement around Seiche prey show that the American troops were outnumbered in some Instances eight to one, "? . ' More of the American wounded were found today, one of whom was buried alive for three days and had been trampled over by the enemy when he had ..crawled. .to. .the surface, in the be lief that he' was dead." The Ameri can casualties are considerable 1am than the first estimates. - Miller Is Released. Washington, April 25. Frederick C. Miller, mayors of Michigan City, Ind., who was, arrested as an enemy alien when he came here Tuesday, to discss prospects of completing his naturaliza tion as an. American citizen was releas ed Stonjght - and allowed to depart for home. ' ...... ': Today is Liberty Bond. Day. Buy a Bond and Get Your Name on the Honor Roll. . HIGHER PHONE RENTS ASKED BY BELL CO. Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach Affected. Petition Filed With Corporation Com mission for 25 to 50 Cents on Res idence sad $1 Business Pktones. Small Profits Reason, ; (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, April 25. The Southern Bell Telephone Co., filed today with the corporation commission a petition for increase in telephone rates for most Of the'NOrth Carolina." Wrhano-oc cifying Charlotte, Davidson, Greens boro, Hamlet,. Laurinburg, Mt. Olive, Raleigh, Reidsville. .Saiishnrv wn. mington. Winston-Salemi - Writrhfariiu Beach. Asheville . and Hendersonville. in tne main the increases are from 25c "'to 50c per; month foF residence phones and 50 "-cents to si Tor line business phones. -The. increases are especially for the reason? -that there si Increased cost of operation through higher cost of material and increases in salaries and the like: The increases proposed will make business phones Asheville $5 Instead of $4 and will arJrl 50 cents per month on business phones in otner towns. .. v - The petition , sets out that,': in 1916 the comnanv netted nnW sss tup in on its North Carolina investment' and in 1917 only 3.58 per cent and that for the current year still greater inroads are being --made on the earnings through mounting cost of operation. i X Today Is Liberty Bond Day. Buy a Bond and Get Your Name on the Honor Roll. V -' ' . - :' V' ' Z a: and no "runners" lies in the selection of hosiery built on high quality. HOSIERY Salt Lisle ' Fibfe SUk ; -, ; 45c. to ooc. ' ; -. 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SOLKY & COMPANY NORTH FRONT STREET HPHE MAN wKn k,.vo n m chine-made suit of clothes s wnen ne can buy a Kuppenheim- uuuu-uuioreq suit tor the same . money, is encouraging that sort Of economy how nre-vont in oume uoreis, which consists in aii-portions at full prices : I? Men$ Suits $25 to $40 .Everybody Reads the Star Business Locals