North Carolina Newspapers

WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 19ia THE NEWS AND OBSF-RVEK YOUR AICO 'fflS": Vhi I I 14 ATa With the Ai 1 , T"" " Is Ready for You There's a ' whole lot mor la wearing just tha right clothe than moat people think. Mike no mistake appearance always counts. , We're an AICO Suit waiting for you. It will give yon just the appearance you. wish for. ' That means: correct style, ele gance, youthfulness. The reason we tell AI'H clothes la preference to nil others la because we can give yon to much more worth for your money. There are other things here that will please yon so long, until they will wear their welcome out, without ever giving way Shirts, Shoes, Underwear, Headwear, Hosiery, etc. 8ee ns for profit and pleasure. McLeod-Watson Company 214 FayetteviHe St Raleigh, N. C. North Carolina Has Rate Bas ing Point Once More (Contlnaed frosn Pag One.) , readjustment of rates In the territory named. News of the decision came yester day insa tejegram to Secretary M. R. Ilearoan of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, who instituted the proceed ings while secretary of the Ooldsboro Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Ikaman prepared the rase and spent about six months in getting the facts together for presentation. The brief of the torn Itlaiaants showed that the shippers of eastern North Carolina, by reason of tha bottling up of the ports of Wil mington and New Bern, were being levied upon fur an enormous tribute each year by the several railroads oper ating in the territory. The case was won before Chief Examiner Watkins of the commission, whose decision was rendered ia J'ovember,-li10, after a long series of hearings. The railroads appealed to the Interstate Commerce Commiasion. where it was argued in January, 1 tl 7. After more than a year that body holds with its commissioner in his decision against the position which the railroads attempted to main tain. Mae Give Throes Rales. While the full text of the decision has nut yet been received here, telegraphic information from Washington is to the effect that the railroads must crant through bills of lading from eit : of the eastern group, New York. I'liitn delphia and Baltimore, through sw Hern an. I w limintrton, and the commis sion further holds that it has power to establish joint through rates. The car riers interested are given thirty days in which t agree upon joint through rates, failing to agree the commission atating that it will proceed to 111 such rates itself. The proceedings in this esse from one of the most interesting chapters in the history of the State's long effort to secure aa adequate, adjustment of the admitted unfair freight rates that have discriminated against merchants and manufacturers here. They mere in stituted by the Chamber of Commerce of Goldsboro primarily, through the ef forts of Mr. Beaman, with the Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Company ap pearing as the principal complainant. Joining in the petition were the Chambers of Commerce of FayetteviHe and Kinston, while the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, the Seaboard, the Southern and the Norfolk Southern Railroads all united in contesting. In tervening with the railroads was Mr. J. Allan Taylor, in behalf of the shippers of Wilmington, and the New Bern i Chambers of Commerce. When the facts ia tha rasa began to b developed the New Bern business organization with- drew ia favor of the eomplaintants. Jhe whole point at issue was whether r ant tha railroads would accept through bills of lading from a steamship company coming into the two ports at a thrnngh Joint rate based ea the long water haul and the short rail haul into interior Eastern North Carolina towns and cities instead of -based on the Nor folk rates as now ia force, and whether the railroads at the two water points would afford wharfage space to the steamship company operating into those points. Parte Wt Bottled t'p The Baltimore'and Carolina Steam ship Company established a line of steamers from Baltimore to Wilming ton and Charleston. Iue to undesir able docking facilities at Wilmington the service was temporarily suspended until tetter facilities could be obtained. This waa a little later accomplished, and the service resumed. The Atlantic Coaat Line and Seaboard both refused to accept through bill of lading from tha steamship company, except on the hasia of tha Norfolk rates, and shortly afterwards the docks leased by tha com pany were purchased by the Pprunts, of Wilmington, who forced tha company OASTOR I A ftwwsisdttJiif lnUs8ForOver3CYeare iV Aimil'A V I to vnrate. An almost identical expe rience was encountered at New Bern, where a packet service was started, and the iteuimlnp company was forced out of both of these ports. It was in evidence that the two rail roads, with the Bprunts, who are large stockholders in the Coast Lint Ball road control about ninety three per cent of all the water frout at Wilmington, and that the Norfolk and Southern Railroad control the greater part of the availublo water front at New Bern. The petition, therefore, asked that not only should the ruilrouds lie required to accept through shipments at a just rate, but that they should be compelled to afford docking facilities for the transfer of shipments. AU tha freight ratea now in effect In this section of the State are based upon Norfolk, with a short water haul from the cities of the eastern group and a long rail haul. Tha petitioning steam ship company In this case submitted its rates by water from these points of origin to Wilmington and New Bern based on the cheapness of the long water haul, and asked that the railroads be forced to accept such shipments for trans-shipping to interior points over a Uiort haul at the low intrastate rail rate. The only two steamship companies maintaining a service to Southern ports now are the Clyde Line into Wilming ton and Charleston, and tho Merchants and Miners into Savannah, both of whom are owned or controlled by the railroad. Big Saving for Merchants. Mr. Ilea man in discussing the case yesterday stated that on a basis of the shipments received in the city of Oolds he.ro, averaged for a period of ten years, that the savings to the merchants of that city alone on incoming freight would lie $17,000 each year'.' The de cision affects a territory included in which is Raleigh and Charlotte, and the entire section of the State east of those two cities, and it can be easily seen that it means a tremendous savings to the eastern half of the State. Mr. Beaman stated yesterday that the Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Com pany has cootinued it se. ice into Charleston, and that it i . ,as fdiips svailable to put into service net ween Baltimore and New Hern and Wilming ton. In case the matter is not carried to the I'nited States Supremo Court by the railroads there is reason to believe that the carriers interested will within the next month reach an agreement through joint rates, and that again ahip servtcn will be established into the State on a basia that existed about fifty years ago, before the shipping interests were taken over by the railroads and forced out on business in this Stata in order that the railroads might profit by making Norfolk the rate basing point for North Carolina. THE WAR AS VIEWED FROM WASHINGTON (Contlnaed from Page One.) come up with French reinforcements. They would be certain to operate with the French as their equipment Is large ly French and they must he supplied with ammunition and 'replacements from the French communication lines. With French Units' Should this prove to be the easa. It is possible, officers here believe, that American troops will ba with Franeh units in an effort to score heavily against tha Germans when the moment for attack arrives. If anything American officers wars more confident tonight than at any pre vim s time of the outcome of tha drive. There has been soma talk during tha last day or two of tha Allied strategic reserves. These forces hare not bean employed as yet so' fsr ss known, and if they ean be kept out of action antil tha German effort has worn itself out, tbey should play a major role la tha eounter-offensiva to follow. Bear tht) !31gnattir of AMERICANS DRIVE They Are Persistent and Re quire a Good Deal of Gun Attention (By tha Associated Tress.) can Army In Frances- March 28. Triti" or BilIyBoche7 as the American boya ara beginning to call tha Germans, is a persistent sniper on this sector. As fast as the Americans silenea ona nest, another starts the an noyance, and then the job hat to be done all over again,, This forenoon a group of American miners discovered an enemy est close by and promptly opened fira on it The Germans replied with their riflea and then fired about three dor.en or so grea ades. Apparently, tha Germans had come to stay and did not intend to be chased out. One of the American at illiineter gun teams then got into ae tion against the most, and owing to its accurate fire no more Germans were seen at this particular point and there was no further annoyance. A number of these same little guns obtained direct hits in enemy com municating trenches -which men, pos sibly officers, were passing through them, and also fired effectively, as did snipers, on parties of Germans who were dressed in light and dark blue uniforms, tha .first time these uniforms were seen on this fronts Ona of the American sharpshooters reported that he had spoiled a number of these new "spring suits," by knocking the wearers in to the mud with bullets from his Springfield. Aerial Activities. Normal aerial activity continued to day, the weather being favorable until Into into the afternoon, when clouds and light snow flurries passed over the line. One enemy plane flew low over one of the American positions doing photographic work. The American air craft gunners had a number of chances during the day to show their skill and this tbey did. They drove off enemy airman who attempted singly or ia groups to prowl over the line. There wers savaral aerial combats between planes carrying American observers at .the guns, but these were without result, probably because the airmen were un able to get elosa enough to the Ger mans. Overcoats, yrrjicb .,hd . peenr discarded since last week, were" fbuhiTo W fx"-'"' ceedingly comfortable again tonight aa a frigid wind blew in from the north east. British, American and French Troops Fighting Shoulder To Shoulder (Contlnaed from Pagw One.) With tho slackening of the German pace there come indications that the Allies ure ready to strike back some' where along the front, .lust where this blow will be launched will not be kno until it is struck, but it may be ex pected that its impact will be terrific it is known that the allied war council at Versailles created a great strategic reserve of men to he used in just the contingency which confronts tho armies which have borne the brunt of tha fighting since last Thursday morning. Strategic Counter-Attack Coming. This force probably will he launched when and where it is believed it will break the force of the Herman on slaught and send the enemy reeling back over the desert from which the British have slowly withdrawn. Kach succeeding day reveals the plan of the Germans absolutely to crush the Allied lines west of Cambrai, a terrain which could not be defended by Von Hindenburg a year ngo. Kach offieia report shows that this sector is value less from a military standpoint and that the Hermans have paid a terrible price for their advance to the lines estab lished by the Allies during the first two years of warfare. Heavy German Losses. It is officially reported that seventy German divisions, or How men, have taken part in tho fighting and , that troops have been iniive.r from ew'ry part of the western lutttle front to re inforce the armies which have been forcing the British to fall -a.k. Ob servers at the front say tLat the (..Titian losses have been frightful, and that the enemy has lost from 10 to 2" per cent of bis men, by tho most conservative estimates. Repetition of 114 Dash. The situation as it stands seems to be a repetition of the dash of General Von Kluck ou Paris in 1914, when the Ger man artillery and transport rould not keep up with tha infantry, and the French were able to turn back the in vaders at the Marne. Reports from various sectors in the last two days have indicated that the German infnntrv, relying on its Disss attacks, has fought without the customary assistance of artillery. To bring up heavy guns re quires time and the German a -h ui.e will steadily becomo more painful and costly. British Nearer Baaa af Supplies. While the German line of communi cation has been growing loupe, the British have constantly moved il.tt their base of supplies. It is .r..i..-.Me that the line where stern butt I- m l ! given is not far away from the n ent position of the Allied armies; -Italia Front fUtaalioa. There lias leen continued : on the Italian front, but no a" Importance have been made I t'vity ks of either side In this theatre of the war. The American line in the ltinerille and Toul sectors have been arded once more, but no infantry lining is reported there. North of tl.- Sorame battlefield thsre have been no engage ments of significance. The British tuopa la Palestine have captured tha village of Es-S.,1'. ia' the hills to tha cart of the Jordan. :ml far la advance of tha rest of the line run ning west to the Mediterranean. Tha Russian Bolshevik! sr.' reported to have recaptured tha eity cf Kheraoa from tha Germans. SUSPECTS ROUNDED IT AND MADE TO Kl f LAG Lima, Ohio, March 29. t :r more alleged pro-Oermaas of Del;'V". near here, took tha oath of allrx . ca to aight, saluted tha Stars and Stripes, and kissed tha banner, by orkr of the Delpho Vlgilanea Committer orgaa ited to round up all suspe nd anti Amerlcani ia this community. BAPTIST W0r,1EH IT ASHEVILLE Missionary Union of North Carolina Gathers For Four Day Meeting Aaheville. .March M. The twenty eighth aaanal session of the Baptist Woraaa's Missionary Union or aortn Carolina opened a four-day session at the lftt Baptist church here tonight About three hundred delegates have al ready arrived and more ara expected. The annual sermon was preached to night by Dr. W. r. Towell of Ashe- ville, a congregation which taxed tha capacity of tha church being present to hear the sermon which was preceded by a speical musical program and brief devotional service conducted by Rev. Ben jam ia Sorgee. While tha lint business session of the convention proper will not be held until tomorrow morning, two sessions of the executive committee and Assoriational Superintendents were held today. At the morning session the roll of county superintendents was called and .twenty six. of the forty-nine in the State re sponded by giving a brief report of the work in her association. The reports showed much progress. At the afternoon session the execu tive committee and associations! leaders discussed plans of work for the coming year tad sdoptedthe plan recommended by the eentrul committee. Another de cision was in connection with the war activities of the members of the 'union It being decided that no. special line of work would I undertaken by the union except ss memliers of other o ran ni ra tions, such as the Bed Cross, etc. After discussing the advisability of changing the plan of entertainment of the dele gates to the State meeting, to the Har vard plan, the members of the eiecu tive committer voetl unanimously to stick to the old plan. This matter will also be voted upon by the delegates in attendance. The executive committee also voted to set 65,nO0 as the aim for the Rtr.te Union for the coming year this amount being 2,000 greater than last year s budget. BIG FIRE FOLLOWS LULU - III ,.; ,.,. , nZTi (Coatiaaea from Page One.) ; ' " . . . i j.' i. .... ... i i i. ... i vrstigatioa waa tx-gun at once federal, state and city authorities. by The first of the terrific detonations, which occurred-shortly after 3 o'clock shook windows ia dovintoWn Manhattan Land caused eonsideradle alarm. Burning cinarrs, wuirn arose in hip neavy cioua of lilac k smoke, were carried by the wind across the North river and fell along the water front. While the excitement was at Its height the Erie ferry house, on the New York side of the river, was discovered to he oh fire. A lighter elosa by loaded with several hundred hal-s of cotton nlsn was blaxing rccly and still further south the Hobuken ferry slip of the Lackawanna Railway was on fire Ths Erie ferry house was aflame from tha second story of the roof. These fires were easily eittnguished. Km ployed in the Jams store house were between 4" and 5i men, but the prompt alarm is Mieved to have enabled nil to escape. 8cores of persons in the streets were cut by falling glass. Hun dreds of windows, some of them a mile away, vera blown out by the blast Several small frame buildings were wrecked by the explosions. Frightened women and children filled the streets ia the congested section of Jersey City and Motn.kni.. The fira spread with such rapidity that the Jersey City lighters soon called for outside aid. Engines and other ap paratus were sent from Hol.oken, New York and other points. By desperate rnoris ine iireincn ronnncu Ihe names to sa area covering about two acres. The storage warehouse of the National Calcium Carbide Company and the I'ninn Cold Storage i'laut x re saved by the firemen. Ten employes of the Jams Company suffered baraa. More than 200. cnyji'y es, jnuinler of them women, were at work in the Erie shops. All had time to escape be fore the flames reached the buildings. Not only were the. shops badly damaged, htit ten nr tilv- Ic.t)vs vf dest roved. 1 1. addition a do.eu loaded and empty freight cars were burned. A Urge pile of coal also was ignited and was still burning late tonight. E. J. Jarvis, secretary and treasurer of the storage warehouse company, said he could not explain the explo sions. The I'aited Btates government had been using the warehouse, but only as a private patroa. air. Jarvis said EAT What You Like re Btaart's Dyspepsia Tablets Ta Help Tsar Slowed and Do Nat Worry. u.ur st, i x.a,a My Meals ta the Mailt. N Fr f Coaae,aaca, Either. While I Have Staart's Dyspep sia Tablets L Fall Bach Upaa." Cytpepsia, Iadigrwtioa, weak stomach and similar names simply mean that the supply of digestive juices is inadequate. That is where Htuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets comes ia by supplying this defi ciency. If you will eat a Stuart's rryspepsiu Tablet after each meal and one just be fore you go to bed, you will leara that there ia ao harm in your meals. Tha reason is clearly plain. Tour system lacks the proper digeativs juices to make your meals easily d grated. Ptuart s Dyspepsia Tablets give the stomach and other organs of tha diges tive apparatus the wherewithal to digest food- Oct a S0e box from say drug store and try them. Adv. MEN'S GLOTHING AT PRICES A SAVING. LET US 20c LION BRAND COLLARS 15c Lion Brand is one of the best 4-ply collars on the market. Full line of latest styles. Sell every where 20c, Our Cash Price 15c 35c TO 50c VALUE SILK TIES 25c ' Big line Sillc Ttes in full length and bright col ors. Special values priced ..25c Beautiful line . Men's Silk Ties, special. . .48c r Special values in Men's Silk Ties... 68c and 98c Men's Caps 25c, 48c, 98c . Men's Underwear 25c, 38c, 48c Men's Suspenders 10c, 15c, 25c, 48c Buying For Seventeen Big Department Stores Direct Buying For Cash And Selling For Cash Make the loss to bis concern and his patrons probably would reach 1,000,000. Immediately after the explosion a large force of soldiers from llobokcn and a company of coast guards from New York were hurried to the scene and, they aided in fighting the (Ire. U. S. TROOI'S HAVE BRVS1IES WITH ENEMY Two Who Met 15 Germans Killed Three of Teutons and Got Away With The Trick With ths American Army in Franca, March 28. (By The Associated Tress.) Two men of an American patrol while inspecting enemy trenches in ths Toul sector early this morning encountered fifteen of the enemy, slid immediately opened fire with their riflea. They also used grenades, and. after a few min utes, managed to get away safely, taking turns at covering each other's retreat. They got bark to the American lines without a scratch, but it is known that three Germans were killed and others were wonnded. Two encounters are reported between American reconnoitering patrols and new listening posts. BLOCK ADERS PUT LP FIGHT. Washington, N. C, March 26. This morning about 1 :30 o'clock Officers Proctor, Mnyo, Harris, ggett and Stubbs made a raid on a blockade still about twelve miles from here, near the Pitt county line. The blorkaders opened fire on tho officers, and Mr, Stuhbs was lightly wounded. The oftt ceri i returned the fire. Ardeu Boyd with eight or ten gallons of rum was raptured, while two men by the name of Iewis, it in said, escaped. Boyd asserts that the Luwia pair hud hired him to haul the stuff with his horse and cart. Hoyd is in jail. Second thoughts are always best. They ara aot so apt to be censored. Spring Tailoring Opening Cross & Linehan Co. "The Oothlerj" Announce the Exhibition of the 5lewe$t Tabrlcs. Styles of Schloss Bros. & ted (BY THEIR EXPERT) Today Thursday Friday Saturday Shirt Collars ' rjie ' Ties Underwear Sox Clothing Hats and Caps FOR MEN AND BOYS Hudson-Belk Co. The Big Busy Cash Store TRorBI.ED-CRA7.rTT) FATHER WHO ATTEMPTED SUICIDE RELEASE!. FROM CUSTODY Kinston, March 20. Home Casper, a prosperous Deep Kun planter, has been released from custody by the sheriff here upon promise by Casper to the sheriff nnd a physician that he would nut repeat aa attempt to take his life made Sunday. An eight-year-old son of Casper was fatally injured Saturday by a tree cut down by the planter and an other son. There occurred a pnthetie purling between the dying boy and the father. Shortly before the hour for ths funoral Sunday, Casper, who, some months ago lost his wife by death end was badly affected by that as well as the recent tragedy, took carbolic acid. A doctor arrived in time to save his life. Casper was brought here and confined In jail. Ha is a middle-aged, 'ou Careless 3o' SbineyburSfyoes lffi Kunn Learn to be StuxoiA gives the quick dressy shine and makes your hoes wear longer. Ask your mother to get you a SiiiaoiA Home The genuine bristle dauber and lamb's wool polisher nuke shoe shining easy Ask Nearest Store LACK - TAN - WHITE - RED "Peslgrts anbfy Co. tlx THAT MEAN SHOW YOU SHIRTS 48c, 98c, $1.2S UP Men's Dress Shirts 48e Men's fine Sunday Shirts with either stiff or soft cuff, special ......98c Fancy patterns in soft cuff Shirts, priced 98c Fine quality soft cuff Shirts. $1.50 - value, priced $1.25 Men's Lion Brand Shirts in bijr range of patterns at. .$1.00, $1.25, $1.50 Men's' fine Shirts with soft cuff, newest1 pat terns. Special $1.98. $2.48. BifSr values Men's Silk Shirts. Men's Handkerchiefs 5c, 10c, 25c Men's Hats 98c, $1.48, $1.98. From The Manufacturer, Selling For Leu Easy pjennnnt-foreil man, and is rolled an excellent citizen by his neighbors. Ba has a lnrge family. ITo.haa accumulated considerable property. "The Finished Mystery" is not quit' finished yet. THROAT AND LUNG AFFECTIONS an.) itubliorn cough and eolda. that often fetd to siark -dMraMfnc ehraaia itianhlllty, mrm ofun banished br ! ECKMAN'S ALTERATIVE This Calcium rrwpsratioa often arrests oVvclufimeni of th slteetion mn4 aMs ta recovery r rebufldins depleted Ueawe saa" renewing itrensth. Contain ns Aieoko&V N.irmilc nr ilnlilt-ForaiHia Drua, -1 sin. sew ll.ss. gin, Mw SSc Bald by all leadlns dnmrlala. Eckman Laboratory. Philadelphia. neat and thrifty. Set HOME SET LA. 11 l!f