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r r f m i ' a " tt-civ t t nsmw t ftrncj J f? I r y Wv -.I t rales EVENTS ltORTArr NEWS 0' STATE. NA TION AND THE WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD r3 ASOWJEE uLD A Cm4mm Rcrw Of Haesiete Of ietereet From AH Pecet Of The Wrd Doaicetk. IVrby R Adkins, IX shot and kill 4 hi father-la la. Nolaa McOuwaa: kU mcMkerla taw. Mr. Ruby McOow aa. and his w if. Mrs. Gladys Adkias, ?. He thea shot k misfit, dying ia staatly. The shooting took place oa a tarn tea an I awtta of Mexico. Mu It waa la resultant of a family quar ry!. Husband and wife had bwi sep arated fur some time. A public Investigation to determine whether any of the wool part-hasing operations of the Inutsche lUnk i'f Berlin through Hum Schmidt, Vutn Schwerdt and other ia this country were curb as te cast doubt upon the present loyal of the American and British Onus and in J viduals concern ed. in recommended by Alfred U Ba Wer, New York mat deputy attorney general. formal announcement in made by the war Industrie board of its func tions and policy by President Wilson adder which the board and its rh.nr aiaa will Tirtually control the pro duct ion and distribution of every com modify essential to the prosecution of th war. Report from Washington are :o the effect that drastic mod. Ileal ion of the draft dansiOcatlon list which would affect ia on way or another, the s.atus of every one of the millions of ret Istered lien la proposed In a plan sub mitted to President Wilson by offl elali of the provost marshal general's office and the department of labor. In substance the plan seems to be to put the idlers to work, as well as to draft those engaged in harmful occupation "The South will be expected to raise enough to feed Itself," says Sec retary of Agriculture Houston. J Th department of agriculture ail c vises the Southern farmer to plant only the cotton which ran be prop erly cultivated. Congressman Irvine I.. Lcnroot (Rep.) of Superior. V;s.. has been elected United States senator to sue ceed the late Paul O Husiing of Wis eonsin, having dt fea'ed Joseph K Do ries and Victor L. Pinter. The issuance of the daily casualty list has been suspended by the war department until Secretary Ilaker is back at his post. It has been decided by the war de partment that General PershingV headquarters in France shall issue all Bew-i relating to the troops in France Rodman Law, aitached to the fifth iiro squadron at Kelly Field, San An tonio, Texas, jumped from an airplane at a height of 2.500 feet, and, with the aid of a parachute, landed safely on the flying field. The feasibility of Jumping from a damaged airplane Is being demonstrat ed at the various aviation fields. 8ecnd Lieutenant R. F. Ives of Chi cago, Lieut. Carl E. Esktrand of Brook lyn and Lieut. Russell H. Ewlggins of Waynetown. Ind.. were killed at El lington aviation field, Houston. Texas, In accidents. Lieut. Otto Ett was painfully Injur ' ed in an airplane accident at Houston, Teiaa. Edward Waller and his clerk. Hen ry Williams, German, have been ar rested in New York City, on complaint of a sailor that candy he purchased from them contained ground glass. The candy waa made In Trenton, N. J. Robert P. Praeger, German descent, was lynched south of the city limits of Collinsvllle. 111., by a mob of 350 Persons. Praeger was accused of r,,i -,c ," Wsi remarks in a recent It - - .' .!. "1 Furopaa. Th: hotn'uaidoufct of th Paris (lis ui.: Ij "he lor.giaTte lrnan gun continues. The report that one German lieu tenant and nine men were killed by the explosion of one of the long range guns which baa been bombarding Par is at a distance of 74 miles, is con firmed. Landing of Japanese forces at Vlad ivostok to protect life and property is reported by the American consul there. Five armed Russians attacked a Japanese officer in Vladivostok, kill ing one Japanese and wounding an other in Vladivostok. In order to avoid assemblages of people during the hours while the Ger man long range gun is bombarding the city of Paris, the police department has decided to prohibit all matinees of every kind. After several days of comparative Inactivity along the battle front In Pkatdy, biiu-r fighting has been re sumed along the western sector of the salient in the lines of the entente al lies. It ia admitted by the British and French that German attacks have forc ed them to give additional ground to that already captured by the Teutons. The Germans claim that they have captured since March 21 90.000 pris oners and 1,300 guns. The Cernuvns have captured Grives nes from the French. The Germans, however, lost Mailly, Raineval and Mo- risel. Anti-Semitic agitation is assuming grave proportions in all parta of Rus aia. It ia reported. Some think that the agitation is fomented by Germ as plea. There was sudden and marked ae sea ia the losses to British shia- t"UiJl mine or submarine In - week. The admiralty reports - V sis British merchantmen of t oer, and seven under 4 J. ' tBa wars tank la the week -' -jsat March M. Five Ashing res- aala also were seat to the bottom. la the week ending March t Tea tocie waaaarlnas sank three Italian steitaUss of more thaa toes t- J tTOf aiua Teasel of r it in j tJ sv sailing ;t tsasr that If- The German are suit burling mask ed division at the British Haes aortk aad south c Albert, bat s far m de cisive advaatag has resulted for either aid. The Cermans hare saccessied ia driving a wedge beiweea the British aad French anu-, and have car th Parts-Amiens railroad south of Amiens aad have raptured Assiens. The Preach have bes-a forced te give ap the villsge of Castel, went of Mo reaiL w a;ch baa beta th storm ca ter of th Ceraaaa asau!t for several la th ns-uikborhood of lUmel where th Cnarlisa were rca kirk slightly, th (Ightiuf is reported t be BMst iateos. A hundred thousand lieraisas del v- 1 erd a strong attack aa bm i.i I Freack oa a aiaet.-va mile front, aad the ra-usiiim were aumerous. I In Kokaad. Ru.-i, thre handled ; people are reported to have bet a as- sassinated in the aati Ser.iilir riots, ! togeiher with the dwotrwtmn tf niuch 1 property. Count Cieraia. the Aiit llungart- ' an foreign aiinistrr. aildiissing a del egatioa from the Vitana rity council ; whkh waited oa him. in connection , with what the tuayor termed the "ag gravated di-tres of the ipullt'B. which is clowl ctuinettrd with the general political situatHut. said thai ; with the conclusion of peace with Rku- i mania the war in the east ended j He said he did not believe the siwech I of the president of the I'nited Slates was interprei4 as as attempt to drive a wedge between Vienna and IVrlin. because President Wilson had too much sense for that, and he could not do it if he wanted to. Washington. It is nnw evident that the German high command anticipated overwhelm ing the ltritish at the outset, beiwe.n the Ois and the Sense and driv.nn a wedge into the Franco Itrm.-h fore President Wilson at a great L ber r.r Loan celebration in Baltimore gave j America's answer to the German drive j on the western battle front; to the renewed propaganda fur a German i made peace, to all proposals to end th war b fore Germany Is awakened from ' her dream of world dominion. Th I president's answer was: ' Force, force to the utmost, force without stmt or! limit, the righteous and triumphant I force which shall make riRht of law of the world, and cat every seifth do minion down m the dust." French and British t- nacitv have I upset the anib turns p'ans of the Ger- ; man high command for the b.(tt'e of P car.'y. savs the war d. par'tnent's ! militaty review, an.l now the en my. 1 determined to gam some ort of su- ces at any co-it. is throwing fresh ; forces into the ba'-le in n effort to J secure lim ted objectives. Hecaue of th s. the si'uaiion is expected to re nia'n unceram for nm time to come. j At the opening cf the th.H wek ' of the German o"-n-: it is fmnl that the Teutons ar fr sVirt of a! taning tr.-ir ;-r;r.c : obj-: Nine bilhoa dr::ars ,s t- a;-pf-i-imate cost ty y l"n t-i S-ate of one yer of si lt is sta'ei that th cost of o;rs ing the t'ntted States governmen in , normal times is eight hundred mtliton ' dollars. j Government eipenes now are tun- ( nintr. according to treasury ofVial. j about a billion do'lars month ' Ju-t one-s sth of the b g ' cot ! has been raised by taxation and other I ordinary sources of revenues, and the I balance has come from sale of Liberty Bonds and certificates of indebtedness. The two Liberty loans have brought into the treasury a little less than five billion eight hundred thousand dollars. The greater part of the money lent the allies is spent in the I'nited State for supplies, and this money will ulti mately be repaid. The American forces are now oc cupying a sector on the Meuse heights to th south of Verdun. It is learned from an authoritative source that an agreement has been concluded under which Japan will turn over to the United States 450,000 tons of shipping. Because of the topography of the Meuse heights region, each side enjoy ng the advantage of excellent obser vation posts, there has been little se vere fighting for some time. The Ger mans recently raided the Americans, but the strong, steady fire of the Amer icans repulsed the attack. Colonel Boyd, the American mili tary attache to the Belgian army, has been awarded a cross of the officer of the Order of Leopold. In the new censorship regulations it Is stated that It is the poller that all information not helpful to the en emy may be given to the public. They must be accurst in statement and implication. They must not supply military information to the enemy. They must not injure the morale of the forces in France or at home or among our al'les. They must not em barrass the I'nited States Income from internal revenue dur ing one year of war has been $1,535, Oftfl.OOO Camp and cantonment commanders have received instructions from the war department anent the furloughing of soldiers In camps who are practi cal farmers. Those furloughej must tell upon which farms they will work, the number of plows, the stock, etc. In record-breaking time the senate passed the new liberty Loan bill au thorising four and a half billion more war bonds, additional loans of one and a half billion dollars to the allies and the increase of treasury Indebtedness certificates from tour billion to eigb billion dollars. Representative Britten of Illinois sprang a bombshell In the house when he said the reason why marines were not lighting in France was because of "military Jealousy." He wants the secretary of the nary to tell the peo ple of the United States the reason why. Rather than indulge la an acrl moniors discussion, the majority lead er moved adjournment, which was carried. General Pershing has been awarded the Belgian order, the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold. The decoratloa was presented by King Albert la aer HERALD'S REVIEW of NORTH CAROLINA A Record Of Important Events At The Capitol And ThroughoutTheState, Reported For Herald Readers STATE ORGANIZER II GREEN RESIGNS MOULD ASK NO MAN TO JOIN UNION UNDER ALEXANDER'S LEADERSHIP. DISPATCHES FROM WW Ouiega and Hsppsnmgs That Mara ; th Fregresa Nrtn Caraliia Fea ala, Gathered Arawnd th Stat CssitaL Ra e ft Ta th Eaecutive Comniitiee N. r. Farmers Vnion: At th last annual meeting of the Stat t'nion at Winston Salem 1 ac cepted a unanimous r-election as or-ganiier-levturer for the uimh time with misgivings, and only under the hops that the universal condemna tion by the piess of Norta Caro l na of the S:a:e president's disloyal attitude. In the greatest of all world struggles for human freedom, wou'd at least make it undesirable on his part to rtne.v, further odious publicity and that a sufficient amount of offki.l .1- lnc would prvail to mtke it posi bl to p-oceed with the legitimate con structive work of the organization without a further humiliation of it ' loyal members who are keeping their '. local unions alive rad active in com munity co-operation under their own initiative and independent of the po- j lltical aitlvit'e of individual Stated officials, who have built for themselves a political program over which they became exceedingly eniliusiastlc and over which the rank ard file of a re- j maining membership are profoundly ana admirably indifferent. . When I entered into the Farmers 1 I'nion work In 108 my greatest fear j wss mat activities or those who were food control law and the orders and by nature more interested In political regulations of the Food Administra questions than In construc tive copper- ; Hon hav teeth. On reputable whole ativ efforts might ultimately have the sale hous iu North Carolina waa !?e, t of hastening a premature disln- . guilty recently of violating a rul of tegration of the organliation. My ef. forts from the beg nning hav been concentrated along constructive lines undr th predominating idea of per petua'icg the organisation, makkng the local unions vital and active agencies. ; under strong and efficient community : leadership. su h as would make them I strong and potent factors for th pro- a tender of $200 to the Red Cross b motion of better farming, better bust- i,t th Arm off with anadmonltloa in ness aad better living la th country i .,ead of th revocation of Its llcens There are a few local unions of this' j Habit, a Syrian grocer at Eden kind ex sting now In this State, but ton. was not Just clear as to what they exist only under efficient commu control the Food AdmHilatratlon had nity leadership, which, in most In- over his business and he told some stances. Is actlv only under its own sugar for more than 10 cents a pound initiate and Independent of sn? and some flour without the accompa counsel, political or otherwise, from nylng cereal substitutes. Mr. Habit not to announce It until Chairman Stat officials. This evolution In j wa( given a hearing and a "black-1 Hurley mad a statement, which the principle of self government ! nit- orjfr wa, ,lud against him. Representatives Godwin held a con has become a strong element exempli-! faring the gradual disintegration of ferenc this morning with th shlp fls th need of organlilng the sue- j his business as his present stoc k was ! pn( board and Immediately gave out cessor of the Farmers I'nion stronger 1 exhausted. Habit wok up to th fact at the bottom with less counsel firm I that every Individual in this country th top. The most expensive mis- has tome responsibility to the country takes hav been thos that ram (ni to humanity In the present mer through efforts to build structures ! gency. Becoming deeply penitent and from the top downward, efforts that making promises of earnest and ef- were too often very much mixed and muddled with presentation! of potitl - rat "problems" of a general nature In view of the recent renewed re pugnant activities of the State Presi dent and hit part of. the "advisory council," in which a hostile attlude Is maintained against the Govern ... - ment't plant of flnanrlng the war by th. ..l of bonds havinc usuroed to themselves the privilege of repudlat-1 and will, in the future, devote hit Ing the action of the 8ttte t'nion in ; whole time to raising hogt from the lit tubstantial endorsement of the Prt trains of Durort snd Poland Government'! plan by Instructing tast i Chlnaa. A few miles out from Wilson ten thousand dollar! of the State he hat ttocked hit pent with 11 brood T'nlon-t fundi be invested In Liberty sowt-U Duroct aad eight Poland Bonds, thus Inyltlng more odious pub- Chinas. Two of the towt cost nearly llolty through the prett. I would not $1,100 daughters from the fsmous be frank with you or true to my own , "Old defender" $10,000 boar, conscience If I should not declare to On a 100-acr farm he has construrt you that It Is not humanly possible for d modern barn and feed roomt with me to conscientiously ask any man to ; cement floors aad properly construct become member ef the Farmers , d pent for the care of brood tows. Union under Its present treasonably Military drinking trougs. telf-o ling active State le.d.r.hip. I medicated "rubbing posts." shelter. At the recent State meeting of th 1 ' protection against .terms. Iso at Farmers Tnlon I recall a dramatic i d pent for tick etock and everything performance whtn a member read tome toclallstlc literature then rarer- red with approval to that very parti sen orgtnliatlon known as lh "non- partlstn league'' which hat beei elect - Ing men to political office In the Mid- die West, and was suggesting that the time had arrived for ut to throw our hats Into the political ring, when he wtt celled down ny a gray naireu vei- eran delegate from one of the eastern counties and wat finally ruled "out of order" by the presiding officer. It I a rather nstnrsl coincident that the gentleman who wsnted to "throw his hat Into the ring" Is row nominally nanaglng editor of that defensive per- vonal organ of the president, known the "Farmers Union Bulletin, Take Care ef Indians. Representative Weaver and Senator Overman have pat the Cherokee In diana of North Carolina la good shape for another year. The senate haa passed the Indian appropriation bill. Tale. MIL for North Carolina. Includes aa appropriation of about 47.(00 for the maintenance of the Indian school at Cherokee, la Swain county, and for Improvements to the school building aad grounds. The former appropria tion! provided for taking care of 1H Indian pupils. This oaa provides af Vlewt fvada for SM najaOs. - th yes of th socret srvi- eea as , I possibly aa aadeirabl pnhli. atioa t 1 b transmitted th-vmgh the aiaila. I ? But by far th saddest tragedy that resulted from the politics! sweating the Winston Salens sneetiug was the sacrificing of Or riarem Po. of th Progrsiv Farar. by prvnf- I ing kis rl tkin as a aa ember of th ! etevutive committee by a a.argia of , a few vote a plac which Tr Po kad I never sought, bat a position In whlcB , j Is had rendered mor valuable serv-' 1 li'es to th Farmer Vinos thaa aft , ether officials la It That h a tnmg : could have happened la a Farmers I Tnloa convention In North Carolina 1 seems strange and almost anth.nkable I to the membership, but It was no sur prise to th. who were sceu. med 1 with the political niethivls that were at work I In tendering this ny resignation as j State organiser lecturer may 1 ven.u.e : mr suKKesiioa mat as a temporary ea pediency In a convention attempts to ' make a martyr of an official who seeks 1 reelection by holding out the idea I that aa attack upon h'ni Is equivalent ! to an attack upon the Farmers I'nion . may serve an immedtdate purpose, as it has done, but in this a-e of the dis- ! semination of Intelligence bv rurl rail delivery, the effects of that sort of rsmpalgninf caunot be very far reaching. ' This severing of my official conneo- ' ,lon do" n,0, ,B",'y 1 h" 7 1 have in any wsv lost faith In th ultimate possihlli'les of rural organ Ization directed a'ong pntct'ral lines, or that my services ss tar as practi cal, will not be avui'aVe to comma nit'es Interested In rnri! orgsn'tst'on There has probably never been a more oppor'une time to he-ln to organ't a successor to the Farmers t'nion. which should retsin most of Its finances In the local orri!trlon and under p'an that will maVe the strui" tore stronger at its fonndat'on as 't should be J. I. GMEHN. Administrator Jumps Violators. In-alers in foodstuff In North Caro Una are beginning to find that tlw j the Food Administration which pro hibits resale within a trade. Food Ad ministrator Page gave the firm a hear ing to show cause why Its lit ens should not be revoked. The dealers wer apparently honest in their be lief that they had done bo wrong. Mr. Pag did not see It that way but upon j frtTe co-operation with the Food ; ; Administration. Mr. Habit haa been allowed to contribute 1100 to hit local chapter of the Red Cross and the black list" order haa been withdrawn. Dvta Tim te Hog. Raiting, Mr. Herbert Woodard. of Wilton, , ... , . . , w has severed hit connection with ' leading wholesale grocery concern conducive to the hetlth of twine. g,ofl(.,t rt B,hn.on. , An 0 of tn, rtr. Han T Bahnson. of Winston Salem, wtt , Brstej ,0 ,Bg f,ort, Carolina Htll , H,.,nr k , vt, Carolina Med- r, 8o(.,rtT ,no now han(t, wllh the Kroup of nIuptrioui medical men In ,he Stttt-t Valhalla. The present- ,, . ,h .... b- rw. George H. Thomas, of Wilmington, acceptance wtt by Col. J. Grimes, secretary of state. and its Bryan Plants 2 BOO War Garden. At a resuK of Its comblnstlon "Wr Gardens and Clean t'p" campaign, the j city of Wilmington has Increased the ' number of its wsr gardens to z.tOO. London Catle Into Service. Lieutenant Commandedr Joha J. London. U. 8. N left Raleigh for sea duty. He has been ordered to the bat tleship New Jersey" aa navigator. For the paat SI months he hat been stationed at Raleigh performing the combined dutlea of naval Inspector of ordanca, aoatheastera district, aad j navy recruiting officer for North Car . olln He haa been relieved at Kn- ilea L. H. Webber af kit ordnatyr du 1 ties aad by Baalga W. J. She; on of j hit Neraltlaf dating. The forme office 1 will be ssesred to Cmraghaai, Ala. wkkh terns t fe more hsea IS as. SELECTION FOR SITE OF NEW YARD FORMALLY ANNOUNCED Y CHAIRMAN HURLEY. I KEAN KOCH U STATE Geverament'a Dciaia t Ruild Can- VtM,t Thtr, Mjrh Graat Development s?fcM rrom "..hingtoa -Selec (km o( Wilmington. N. t a the sit of one of th shipping board's new concrete shipyards was definitely an nounced by t "hall man Hurley. Growing need of oil carriers caus ed th shipping board to decide to bo gin as soon as possible the ronstruc , tioai of a fleet of steal barges, ocean- going tugs and coucret tank steamers ; 10 replace Ut large number of tank er taken from th Mexican and coast . w is service for trans-Atlantic trade 1 1! It estimated that 75 additional steamers are required. I Seven of th concrete shif s will be built at Wilmington, Chiirmau .!" ley announced the board havbr selected Wilmington as the site of . a new yard In the south Three of these ships will be of J.r.oO tons and ! four of 7.500 tons. I The shipping hoard announcement that the government will build con j cretee ships at Wilmington Is most I significant and mav mean a great r0 ' not only to that community but the I entire eas'ern portion of the state, j The real test of th concrete shin j pronosltion will be marie by the t'n't I ed States at the North Carolina ro-t If the sc heme works onl well, as It Is expected to do. then the center of a great new industry will be at W II mlngton. This will mean a great deal more thar a few contracts to one or more contractors for fabricated ships. I'ncle Sam Is going to build his own yards, and operate a government plant. Th advantages of labor and cli mate are favorable to th government plana. Wilmington has been definite ly agreed upon. Officials of the ship ping board have warned that if land sharks try to goug th government, when It comes to selecting sites, the program may fall through. Wilming ton bualnesa men have assured th federal authorities that nothing like that will be permitted or even at tempted. A number of other southern cities are hot after th's enterprise and Wilmington has been honored. Senator Simmons was told that Wil mington would b selected, but asked the following statement: "Th government will build a ship yard at Wilmington. Plant are now being prepared for that purpose, anil at toon at completed the construction of the shipyard will begin. Thit con struction work will cost about $1,000, 000. The shipping board expressed th hope that Wilmington would be reasonable In the purchase of sites, and they were assured that no exorbi tant prices would be charged. The government will construct til , f-oncrviw P 11 1 urn, ins hiii uiicw v.vvw , of UM tont each. The cost to conttrurt all these will be-$(.000,000. There will be a payroll during the construction of these tit ships of something like $ ,000.000. The shlpysrds will be per manent and owned by the govern ment. Wlneten Meterman Held. Wlnston-Sslem. Motorman John Sharkteford. charged with being re- sponsible for the death of Conductor Roy Petree. when th car nneie the first named crashed Into another en the south side while Conductor Pe tree wat .landing In the middle of the track adjusting his trolley, waa given a preliminary hearing befor a mag istrate. Shtrkletord wtt held ia $300 bond for the grand Jury He gav ball. Hamlet te Hav Another Weekly. Hamlet Hamlet is to have another weekly ntwspapir. The Hamlet Times, edited and published by Ralph W. Smith, formerly of Rockingham The new paeer will he Issued shortly occupy!"' offices In the Royltifl build ing on Main street This miket the second piper for Hamte?. The Mes senger hav'ng been ed:td for the past ; nine years by W. H I Indsey. Hamlet It still hulMIng Amone 1 the new buildings to be eercted tt once are live bungalows. Carman Sympathltr Fr4. Charlotte. Tried on a charge of threatening the President Frank Spear, an admitted native of Saxony, Germany, aad tor tS years a resident of America wat declared guilty and eondftionally allowed hia freedom by Judge James E. Boyd, presiding over federal court, that he might provide his crippled wife and Infant child with the necessities of lif He ordered to report to teh judge at the October session of the court, when ten tone aaav be imanaad. II 11 nninmii HIUillMU Ul SHIPYARD lid TROOPS HURRIED 10 FRANCE AT ACCELERATED RATE CONTEM PLATED IN GOVERNMENT'S SPEED-UP PROGRAM, KO OEIVIS IM OUT America Frca 1 Be Viaad Wits, British Trees t HaeUa Amri caa Participat- Washlngtoa,. Transportarioa of Americaa troop te Franc already la proceeding at th accelerated rat contemplated by the speeding up measure takes after ike battle el Picardy begaa. Acting Sec ret wry Crowell made this statement but would give no detail. Following lb conference between Secretary Ilaker aad allied official, order wer given under wkkh a Hritish official statement was Issued saying that American forces wer to be brigaded with Ilrttish troop ia order to haste Americas part lei pa tios. In the war. Officials explained that the process to be followed waa similar to that adopted la placing American troop ta the front lines with the French for training It ha been estimated that it dayV raining of this character, with Amer ican battalion units assigned with th British organisations, will fit the niweomers for active duly at the front. All divisions now moved from this side are composed of men who have had several months of prelimi nary training and who need only Anal Instruction to take their full share In th fighting line. Th training process will be quicker with the Hritish than with the French, It Is believed, because the language d'fflculty dors not exist. American units will find every Ilritlsh veteran an Instructor, and there will be no need for interpreter. It was indicated that the uc-w plans call tor a more extensive training scheme with the Ilritlsh army than hut been the case with General Pershings original force. There probably will be no attempt to set up a purely American force within the British ranks, as has been done with the French. The Americans are to be withdrawn when trained and turned over to Gen eral Pershing as a part of his army. They will share fully with their Bri; ish comrades the ha tiles on their front and the belief here is that they will not be withdrawn ss long as there Is pressing need for their serv ice with the Hritish lines. SAYS GERMAN OPINION UNDER ESTIMATED AMERICA Washington. Word that American reinforcements are moving to the sup port of the allies in Picardy haa re vived argument In Germtny over the efficacy of the tubmtrine and drawu from Captain Peraius .military critic of The Berliner Xageblstt, the com ment that .after being persuaded to under estimate America. German opin ion is undergoing a change. An official dispatch from Swltter land. reviewing th latest discussion, quotes Captain Peraius is follows: "We were at first a good deal per suaded to underestimate the partici pation of Ameilca in the war. We begin now to note a change of opin ion. It Is beyond a doubt that it would be well to curb at the present time these more or less fantastic va garies of persons discussing the sub marine war. We cannot for the mo ment estimate when the I'nited States will hav ready the millions of men which her populst'on will permit hr to rtlse. hut it is certain that Amerlcv will In the very nesr future succeed In amassing armlet which will consti tute a very valuable aid for our ene mies." Captain Perslus expressed without great conviction the hope that tat present offensive will attain a result which will frustrate these plans. DECISION IN $57,000,000 DUPONT SUIT DELAYED Philadelphia, Pa. A decision of the Cnited States circuit court of appeals in the $57,000,000 DttPont stock suit Is deltyed perhaps for a year at a result of the refusal of the court tn order the rase argued during this month. The litigation arose oat of the ac quisition by the DuPont Securities company, formed by Pierre DuPont and others, of the holdings of Cole men DuPont in DuPont Powder Co. WHEAT FORECAST PLEASES U. S. FOOD AUTHORITIES Washington Forecasts by the de partment of agriculture of a winter wheat crop of 5SO OO0.0O0 bushel this year brought optimism to the food ad ministration, and th prediction waa unofficially made that If the spring wheat crop maintained the same ratio th next harvest will furnish suffi rlent whest to take care of the needs of this country snd the allies aei; year. Forecasts Indicate so Increase of K2.rfOfl.000 kaahels. FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS FOR CONCRETE SHIPBUILDING. Washington. Fifty million dollart will be asked of Congress by Chair man Hurley of the shipping board for the development of concrete shipbuild ing. The plan la to establish at once Ave government yards. Sites for the plants already are aa der consideration aad will ba an nounced. The three In the south prob ably will Include one pletned fat Wlt miagtoa, N. C KAISER LEAVES WEST COIIQ HIS DREAMS OF AN OVERWHELM ING AND COMPLITI VICTORY ARE SHATTERED TO BITS. foch ee::s m ice Meeting Aseaulta with Pwnrfw4 Re sistant aad Here and Theee "C terming" Lin. The road phase of the great bat tle along the Somme ha dld down. It lasted less thaa three days, aad th Ightlng haa resolved Itself Into wer or less Isolated engagemeata ia wktca tke French aad British alii have more thaa held their ewa. The atleatioa of the Germaat foe the present I mainly directed at th lower ead of th battle tone, which apparently they are attempting te ea large for the purpose of getting elbow room la which to move their vast mat of troop. Meanwhile. General Foch. the re-a-mander la chief of the allies. Is bid ing hia tim. meeting the Ger ma a aa saults with powerful resistant-, aad her and there conforming hi line te the necessities of th battle. It la confidently stated at Paris thst FocS will aot be drawn Into any false move where each move la of such vital importance but will strike with hli reserves at tke moment chosen by him. There may be lome significance la the report that the Germaa emperor, after a conference oa the westera front oa Saturday with his chiefs. Von lllndenburg and LuilendorbT, Intend lo proceed to Rumania. At the out set of the great Germaa offensive, when it waa sweeping the allied force before It. notwithstanding their tena cious resisiance, I'mperor William, tt wat announced officially from Berlin, was In supreme command. That an nouncement was regarded at the time tt vidnc that th emperor expect ed a complete and decisive victory. Since then, however. British and French and American reinforcement have come up. West of Noyan a German detach ment which had gained a foothold In th Ftench lines wat forced out by a counterattack. Another attack at Grlvesnes wis repulsed, but the Ger- , mtn efforts along th Oise to enlarge their previous gains were continued In the sector between Chauny and Barlsls. Here the French commander deemed It advistbl to withdraw to positions previously prepared, and they are being held strongly. GENERAL PERSHING SENDS A STIMULATING MESSAGE Washington. From headquarters of the American expeditionary fore la France came a Liberty loan messsge from General Terthiag. V'Eeery dollar tubtenbed to the Uberig loan It a dollar Invested la American manhood." cabled the gen eral. "Every dollar subscribed tt the result of self-denial meana partner ship In the hardships and risks of our men In the trenchet. Every dollar subscribed will confirm Ihe determina tion of our people at home to Hand by Itt army to a vlctoriout end. An over whelming subscription to the third Liberty loan will be a patriotic ex presslon of confidence In onr ability at a natioa lo maintain all that we hold dear in civilisation" Nearly 50 communities reported they had exceeded their quotas In the first day's work, and thereby had won the right, along with ISO announced, to fly the Liberty loaa honor flag. Ia a ttatement on behalf of the loan. Secretary Lane aald: "The year of war hat cryatallted the spirit of our peoples. We know why we are lighting and to what eno. From a ttandlag at art, we have ia cut year mad progret at which we should not be discouraged The pur chase of Liberty bonds ia the one ef fective way In which moat of as caa fight." COUNTER-ATTACKS BY BRITISH SUCCESSFUL London Successful British coun-tsr-attacks were launched acalnit the Oarmant in Aveluy wood, on the west tide or the Ancre river north of Al bert The war office ttatement Issued taya the British recaptured all their former positions. A Germaa attack on the railroad Itnet opposite Albert wss repulsed and another Teuton at sault touth of Hebuterne waa com pletely broken up by the Are of the British artillery. BOLO PASHA APPEALS TO PRESIDENT POINCARE Paris President Potccare hat re ceived Albert Salet. counsel for Bolo Pasha, who wat convicted on a charge of treason and sentenced to des'h The attorney presented a plea for clemency for hit client Thla Is Bolo Pasha'a last hope. It Is contrary to eustom to publish the decision reach ed by the chief ezecatlve. Bolo might attempt to prolong his life in the event of en adverse decision by ssk Ing to be heard as a state' witness. TRIAL OF I. W. W.'S STOPPED BY JUDGst Chicago. The trial of the one hun dred and eleven I. W. W. leaders charged with sedition came to a sud den halt when the government show ed that veniremen, before reporting for Jury service had been approached and catechised aa to their socialistic and I. W. W. views byalleged repre sentatives of Ihe defense. Judge Lan die discharged the entire venire and ordered a aew oa drawn. Re set tartl 11 far reeyeamg at the trial. a
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