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FINAL EDITION
VOL.XXIH. NO. 50
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY AFTERNOONrMARCH 9, 1.917.
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CHANGE GERMAN AND H INDLLWITH PLOTTING RE,
VOLTS IN U. s;
Neutrals Taken Off Yarrow
dale Turned Loose From
German Detention Camp
NOW ON THEIR WAY
ta CWIT7FR AN I J ea to arm American mercnant- v
x w ships unjer his Constitutional au-
o J rf: T7 j thority and afso has called a cpe-
Released and Started Uit VV ed- Cja session of Congress for April
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WILSON WILL ARM SHIPS. '
(By Asosciated Press.)
4 Washington, March 9. (4 p.
m.) President Wilson has decid-
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ration of The Quarantine 4. .j, 4. &
Period. j
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SECRET SERVICE
MEN CAPTURE
ALIEGED SPY
(By Associated Press ) I
London, -March 9. A dispatch from;
Berlin says that the Americans andj
other neutrals who were on board the ,
British captured steamer Yarrowdale,
left Germany on Wednesday.
The Spanish, American and Brazil-.
ian Yarrowdale prisoners were sent:
from the prisoners' camp at isranaen
burg to Switzerland by .way of Linden
o'i Wednesday afternoon, according to ' o J U
' . rc k wov Man baid to be
a lieriiii uesyaxcu lu ncurao uj "j i
of Amsterdam. Members of other neu-!
tral crews were sent home through
various frontier towns. The despatch
says that tliarit&OTera4!
on the expiration of the quarantine im-f
Tiospri bv the discovery of a case of
jotted "fever.
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PBESIOEIT STILL
SICK IN RED
His Condition Improved, However-
No Cabinet Meeting
Today.
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EXTRA SESSION OF CON-
GFtESS IN APRIL.
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(By Associated Press.) 4
S Washington, March 9. Presi- 4
4 dent Wilson today decided to call 4
' an extra session of Congress in 4
4 April and also decided that he 4
4 had power to arm American mer- r
4 chantmen against German subma- 4
'h rines operating in violation of In- 4
4 temational law. )
4 The extra , session of Congress 41
Discovery of Secret Means
Made Aboard The German
Prize Vessel, Appam.
iCOULD RECEIVE
ALL MESSAGES,
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Naval Officer Arrested in
Dr. Ernest Skunner, a German sub-!
ject, and Dr. Chanadra Chakiaberty,
a Hindu, arrested in New York charg
ed with" havine conspired to conduct
'a military expedition against a friend
ly foreign nation, are shown above.
Below is Wolff von Igel, notorious
Welland Canal plotter and former at-
plPrman ! tache of the German Embassy at
vvasnmsion, wuum tuc nmuu 10 -
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NOTED CANAL CASE.
Almost Three Score ji Party.
Eerne, Switzerland, March 9. (Via
Paris) There are 59 of the men from
the Yarrowdale in . the party which
has left Berlin for , Switzerland.
IP CAW OVER :
WITHOUT Nil
Recently Made a Secret Trip
to Cuba and Officers Had
Been Searching For
Him.
leged to have told the New York po
lice gave him ?60,000 in one lump ior
use in "German propaganda" in the
UnitedStgteng pfcJg?
his -way to Germany with Count von
Bernstprff turner a safe conduct pro
cured him -by "the United States.
In raiding : tbi magnificiently fur
nished liouse'occupied by Skunner and
Chakiaberty the police seized 10,000
aluminum capg, a great many docu
ments knd Jarg quantities of chemi
cals. It is. alleged that the German
and HmdULnad : conspired to ship arms
and animuniUan :"-from the .United
States tosChfea.; there td .be smuggled
iptotiQyrpo8ied Hindu re-
volt :irf4f GermajaMuspices .
(By Associated Press )
Washington, March 9. President
ttt:i j.;n i n 3 x T-i V
vviisuu wassiui cumiueu LU 4, exercise his authority to arm Am-
with a cold today and as a result ther-j. I n....:u .
4 was set for April 16.
4 The President Js expected to 4
usual Friday cabinet meeting and all
other engagements were cancelled. -Although
the President's condition
was somewhat improved this morning,
his physician advised that he remain
in bed and see no callers.
COUNT ZEPPELIN,
NOTED GERMAN, DEAD
4 erica'n merchantmen forthwith. 4
4 The President in a formal state- "4
4 ment announced that he is free to 4
4 exercise at once the power to arm 4
4' American -fnerchantships. 4
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First Norwegian Steamer Ar
rives Since German Sub.
Campaign Started.
iSv Asaopiate(t'Presa 1
Los Aneeles. CaL. March 9. Cap-?
tain Alfred Fritzen, said to be a Ger
man naval officer, was arrested at
Hartwood, near here, late last night
by a special agent of the Department
of Justice and held in tne cuy jaii 011
suspicion of felony. The authorities
said he was wanted in connection
with the alleged .plot to destroy the
Welland Canal.
The arrest was made on orders
from Washington.
"What I know 1 cannot tell," was
V10 nniv statement Fritzen would
make concerning charges made
against him. He said he had been in
the. United States three years and re
cently had made a tour of Cuba.
Federal agents here have been on
the watch for Fritzen for six montns,
they said. They learned tnat ne ar-
FRENCH PRESS THE
GERMANS BACK;
RUSSIANS LOSE.
(By Associated Press.)
London, . Marcn 9, Count von . Zep
pelin, who died yesterday, was suf-.
fering" from, dysentery for some time'
nrior to . his dea-tb. and a complica-
testfnal operation, acording to a Berlin '
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The operation was successful and
his recovery was vhoped ' for when
mumps 'developed and later inflam
mation of the lungs. It was difficult
for him to receive nourishment and
his powrer of resistance was consid-
ous Dissolution Suit-
Days of Speeches.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 9. Arguments
EXTRA
(Rv Assnfiatftfl Press )
New York, March 8. The Norwe
gian passenger ship, Bergensf jord,
irom Eergen, Norway, by way or ian-
ia fhf first shiD rived in -Los Angeles yesterday.
from Norwav to arrive here since the j eral months ago he was here, it was
German submarine blockade was an-J alleged, under the name ot 1Der'
nounced. Officers of the ship said I. and worked for a time as a tarm
that under orders from their owners, hand on -the ranch of Frank S. Hart,
Sev-
SESSION TO
SOflNBEjALLED
Speaker Clark Asks When
But Not Told President
May.Arm Ships First.
Brilliant Offensive of Frencn
In Champagne Resujts In
Gain of Much Ground.
BERLIN ADMITS SOME
GROUND LOST.
' Teutons Hurl Themselves on
Russians on Rumanian
Front and Take Both
Ground and Prisoners Al
most Hundred Aeroplanes
Lost by Entente.
erably weakened. The critical point Degun ioaay oeiore me ouyCkUC
in his illness was reached a few days ! Court in the government's suit to dis-
ago and he died at noon Thursday.
(By Associated Press )
Washington, March 9. Speaker
Clark at the White House today asked
for information about the prooame Tntensive fighting in the Champagne
date, of an extra session of Congress. . region resulting favorably to the
He was told that he would be notified I FFrenh and the failure of a French
as promptly as possible. . attack at Hill 304 Northwesf of Ver-
Fprtified with the opinions of At- un, are reported in today s official
WILL HEAR FIRST
ABOUT HIS SANITY
Pennsylvania Governor De
lays Extradition Hearing
In Thaw Case.
j solve the United States Steel Corpo
ration will be concluded next Wednes
I day af trnoon. Twelve hours were al
lotted to be divided between tne
government and defendant. Seven
justices are sitting,- Justice McRey
nolds being disqualified by having tak-
Len part in the prosecution while at
I torney-general.
In opening for tb government As
sistant Attorney-General Todd review
ed the. organization and development
of the early and late combinations.
He recounted a series of combinations
Uuuu uxucxo 1 . , u. Hictin-I r or line u wuu ." t - ; uuu, aiC
they sailed without passengers, cargo a wealthy music dealer, wis aisun tQrn General Gregory and Secretary statements
iaiofi Henrine is said to nave im-, y . . 1, antiioritv to 1 .
rr moil.-. ; uan linnrlrods (riiiahpd beanne IS saifl
of persons, many of whom were Amer- j pressed the Hart family so that when
icans anxious to come to' the United he returned yesterday he was taken
States. Kirkwall, until recently the 1 into their home as -a guest. .
designated British port of call for neu-1 No papers nor anythrng or incnmi-
tral ships, was avoided, a northerly nating nature have oeen
course enabling: the ship to avoid the , Fritzen's possession.
danger zone in accordance with
found in
ar
rangements made with Great Britain j
prior to sailing, the vessel put m at
Halifax. There she was delayed iiiree
'lays pending an examination of qrew
and ship. No passengers are being
booked for the return voyage, it was
announced today by the line. .
BURGLARS AWAITED ,
TO ROB COUPLE.
Lansing, that he has the authority to Th champagne attack, Paris de
ar m American, merchant vessels witn- , brilliantly successful. It
Indicted in New York.
New York, March 9.-Alfred A.
TTVi t n an 9TTP S ted at Hartwood, Cal.,
last night, was" indicted by & Federal
jury here on April it, iid, m -leged
conspiracy hatched in tU
United States to. blow up the Welland
Indictments were returned also
against Captain. Franz von Pap en, for
mer German military attache; Wolf
va sertretary: Captain Hans
I - A. i A mnmna CX TflP
fP.v AaanMntpfl PrP8S.1 TaUSCher, agent 1U .
Kansas City, March 9. Burglars en-.. Krupps; and Constantme covam,
ring the home of A. P. Nichols here I alias Giovanni Gonzales,
last nieht fnnnri tire house deserted , with the possible exception ot to-
vani. Fritzen is ; the oniy one
n a nntianimtnrs now in
auvb" -"
country.
save for Mr. Nichols' 13-year-old son
facing the boy between them as a
hostage the pair waited half an hour
fi" the return of Mr. and Mrs. Nichol3.
Jn their arrival they were robbed of
Jney and jewelry valued at $12,000
be'ore the son was returned to them.
this
Vnn Panen was sent back
tto Germany and Hans Tauscher and
Wolf von Igel are reiurnmg tu uCi
many. The whereabouts of Covani
is not known.
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DISGUISED GIRL TRIED
TO JOIN THE ARMY.
n nnnn(ofaH 'PresR.1
Montgomery Ala., March 9. -Giving
her name as r"" olla
out action by Congress, the resiaent
is understod to be considering taking
the step immediately. At the same
time it was generally anticipated that
a date "for the extra session, which
now seems certain, would be set in
the immediate future.
Some members of Congress want at
least two weeks between the time of
calling the extra session ana tne nine
for it to convene. ItVs thought pos
sible that the President might go
ahead, and arm the ships and call an
extra session of Congress to meei iu
provide the accessary money and pass
appropriation bills which failed last
session.
MOTORS CORPORATION
DECLARES DIVIDEND.
New York, March 9. The Peneral
Motors Corporation today declared a
quarterly dividend of 3 per cent, on
the Common stock, placing that issue
on a it per cent, basis as against the
previous annual rate of 4 per cent.
The General Motors Company, the op
erating company or tne corpuuuu,
declared a regular quarterly dividend
of 15 per cent on the, common stock.
(By Associated Press )
Philadelphia, March 9. Governor
Brumbaugh announced today that
there will be no hearing on the appli
cation for the extradition of Harry K.
Thaw to New York until the lunacy
proceedings shall have been conclud
ed. Thaw is still in the hospital,
where he was taken January 11, after
cutting his throat while phe police
Wireless Had Been Skilfully,
Rigged Up So That Lieut,
Berg Could Get The Mes
sage. (By Associated Press.)
Norfolk Va., March 9. It was learn
ed today on reliable authority that
when Marshal Sajinders boarded the.
J Appam with his men at Newport Newa.
ana . look possession ui iuu.t vcsoci m
the name of the United States Gov
ernment, following the break with.
Germany, he found installed on the
Appam an elaborate secret wireless
apparatus by means of which all wire?
less messages sent in this section of
the United States could be. received. j
On a careful examination of tbei
Appam, it is stated, a fine wire waa
found strung ,beneath the. pipe jeaa- :
,ling to the whistle on the BmoKestacK r
s doTScie regular antenna ox vie usuaj - -
wireless. Tnwire- lea flown to in
interior of the vessel where dynamos
were kept running to engender thai
current for lightingthe ship. . Boilers
were constantly fired on the Appam at.N
all times in order to furnish steam for
heating the vessel and other purposes
Power .was thus secured for the dyna
mo engines.
Investigation, it Is stated led to. th0
discovery that the wireless finally ran
to the private room occupied by- Lieu
tenant Hans Berg; the messages re
ceived were read by Lieutenant Berg
by flash electric light bulbs. This
is similar to the method followed
by the battleships at sea when they
flash signals to each other at night
using the .Morse code, the flashes in
Lieutenant Berg's light being similar
to the dots and dashes of the Morse
system.
Investigation this afternoon devel
oped the, fact that the dynamo in the
boiler room had been used o take
the place of that in the wireless room,
which was put out of commission when
the United States court took charge.
I KjrAMMAM stiil A Vs etAvif arts? iaAofvor1
,or 1898. to. 1900 in various irancne. ZUtSrim
Ol tne inuusiry uy wuim i"u" take action
dent units were combined into nine
1 corporations. All, he said, were gross
ly over-capitalized, with enormous
stock distribution to promoters. J.
P. Morgan & Co. was the syndicate j
manager for many.
"Immediately afterward prices rose
violently, i some cases double," said
V
VIII! HiS
UI.IIIIII llbbJI I1IIU
were searching for him on a warrant j Mr. Todd,
charging him with beating a Kansas plans of Andrew Carnegie to extend
C.itv bov in New York last Decern-j competition into lines controlled by
r.lares.
eras aimed to reduce the salient near
Maisons de Champagne created by
sfnl German attack in Febru-
arv it resulted, says the Paris report, City boy in New York last Decern- competition
viQ rfoatmntinn of German positions ber' the sn-rjilled Morean plans were
on a front of more than 1,500 yards; The iunacy proceedings, instituted recounted by Mr. Todd, who. said the
and approximately from six nunarea . b thaw's mother, will begin here : outbreak of competition between tne
next Monday. various combinations was a prime iac-
tor in the decision to form the hold-
Mil I ION DOLLAR FIRE i ihg corporation combining the actual
tn eteht. hundred yards in depth. Ber
lin announces the penetration of Ger
man trenches in this attack, but as
serts the recovery oz important aomi- j
nating positions, conceding, however,
that the French -retained possession of
some of the ground their- attack
brought them.
A successful assault by the Ger
mans on Russian positions on the Ru
manian west front, between the Tro
tus and Uzul Valleys, Is announced by
German headquarters. Heights and a
strongly entrenched position nearby
were captured, together With more
thap 600 prisoners ana several ma
chine guns.
IN DETROIT TODAY
(By Associated Press.)
Detroit, Mich., March 9. A spec
tacular fire today destroyed the grain
elevator of the Detroit Railroad, Com
and threatening competitors
Statements to that effect by Judge
Gary, chairman of the corporation at
the House steel investigation, were
cited by Mr. Todd.
Mr. Todd argued that the steel cor-
DUDiGO GITY
I Y artisans or Mexicon uanqic
Chief Declare He is on the
Way to Torreon.
(By Associated Press.)
El Paso, Texas, March 8. Partisans
here of Francisco Villa assert that he
has captured Durango City, capital of
the state of Durango, and has started
a march on Torreon. They say he
has recruited his force, to 3,000. men,
many of General Gabriel Gavira's de
facto forces at Durango City having
joined him. This . information, the
Villa junta says, was obtained in a let-
m
werawi v- 'i kT.' noration was "over-capitanzea ai
pany, adjoining buildings and valuable Pji 200.000 and that its. stock
railroad property was aiso u"6- - exchanged for that of corpora-,ter from Torreon
The loss is estimatea ac j already grossly over-capitalized. Other reports say
The elevator, a sneet iron oiuiumB , v,ot-q was
forty years old, contained more than
300,000 bushels of grain, mostly wheat.
The fire started during the lunch hour
after employes had left the building.
Americans are
When Justice Day asked if there was I leaving Torreon, fearing another Villa
anv Droof of the actual physical attacic.
value of properties
combined, Mr.
No one was injured.
Disoatch by -X- claiming to u - .
m A JL t. at
. Calleway and v X
DUTCH FRONTIER CLOSED.
! :
Press.)
;; Any reader of The Wilmington
Dispatch who does not receive
r.. ormc "'"H"" ... T rQHVille.
;; 0:0 o'clock will confer a tavor.w; waj, "l "-"fAed to enlist at the
on the Circulation DepartnW guised as 1' morning.
they will call us on either : : local. "jSrSaSSSaUoh
teienhln- 17 oiw i When asked to strip for exdimu
,r " c..,,w fcWTL . . v hrt into tears anu wuu.wio-- k
me W mrnotffn SDatcn is w. iuc. w tho annv t 01 uxv . uw- -.- . - .
encieavorina to oerfect Its deliv- 4fr' thought she couiu. & irTwn i the Germans is reponea in .-ve"-T
!ery TySflm V?ei?ry 'one ' withouter sex from Amster-
l rri.rnt off -her 'pretty nair, au u,- : - . - .. 4.,
mv Associated
London, March 9. The closing
rrl, r.lncinsr Of the UUtCn-iJCl-
xiic - o ...
Dutch'Belgian irontier uy t
tl.e entente last month a, compare, naan a! tween IIO0.0.O.OOO and 1700.0.0.000
UerDn announce.
The Americans from crews of ves
sels captured by the German sea raid
er in theyAtlantic, brought to Ger
many on the steam Yarrowdale were
released and left Germany on Wed
nesday, going to Switzerland Berlin
advices state.
taa Yia nnreaii of Corpora-; '4
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k L. & N. GUARDING ITS PROP-
KRTY.
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proaches
i
tlons report estimating the value be-
(Bv- Associated Press )
TCvansville. Ind., Mar
LESS COLD STORAGE
EGGS IN OUNTRY.
CRv Associated Press )
Washington. March .9. Cold storage
linidines of esjgs in the United States
. jt'nn March 1 shows a decrease of 97.2
TWr cent compared with ueoruary
GOVERNOR PARDONS MRS;
HAND.,
(Special-to The Dispatch.) ;
Raleigh. N, C, March 9. Mrs.
jvansyiue, xuu.,, compared with
Guards have oeen posieu at - , " rtpnartment of aericul
T .(-miaiTillo Ar uuiuiuh"- r - -
to the
, X' -sc-she naa,cut tu-uW - , v r -r-i- v
Teutons Take Stronq Positions.
Berlin March 9 (Via Syville) UCT. - onr hrie that i ture's monthly report toqay snows
An aitack ntade yesterday y Ten- JfS rtw SbSS t 198.716 dozen in storage. Compared
. nnrttiom TfiiTrurnian Crosses tne juiu ' ' iraor atm hnliiines show a de-
tonic iorce " ::r:; this City, and AHenderson, ivy. . X , ;a: ,ont
ironi resuncu m iuu mt' ; "
Russian positions, the wa office an
nounces. More than 600 prisoners
-rcmi tab-on TTniinwine is the official
report: -
Gussie Hand, serving, two years
in State penitentiary for killing '
her husband gets , full pardon
from Governor Bickett today af-'
ter eighteen months' .incarcera-
tion. Governor Bickett is moved'
to mercy by reason of the vie-
monthly report today : shows ! lent reputation of Mrs. Hand's ,
husbana, ana oecause on utty oi -w ,
shooting . she was within eignt-
een days of being a mother. It
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The company anuouuu iuv .j American cheese in cold storage ' was In evidence that ner . ns- w-.
I action was taken to guard against ecrft8ce0 .!. I bund had repeatedly, threatened, . . .
, possibilities arising from the in- ?' her with death. V ' , A '
"Front - of Prince eopoio inere j v if ' year
i-fftTititiiiPd on Page Eight) " w . . - ,
v and about ; 29j3 - percent less thain la
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