x '. . 1 LEATHER FORECAST North and -South Carolina Fair and colder Sunday. Monday, fain; moderate northwest winds. ISPATG FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE 0L. XXIII. NO. 59. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SUN DAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS, PEOPLE WOULD IMBEDS FAILED QUICKLY FEEL TU GET ORDER AND TREK WALKED OUT PI T .1 I IB PAGES I j THREE SECTIONS j S H Mm NG OF Ml Forty-eight Hour rmistice 1 V Y A . Declared to Permit r urther Consideration. EMPLOYES ASSERT THEY BOW TO THE PRESIDENT. What Happens Today and Tomorrow Wilr Settle The Vital Question Strike Postponed Until 6 O'clock Monday Afternoon Su preme Court Decision. fBv United Press.) X, w York. March 17. The great Xauon-vuio ranroaa siriKe i was .to have started its' sweep of the ccunny tonight has been postponed 'vitch should come of age, was' an and. remaps, averted. ! .-:- '.... . The brotherhood chiefs, after vir-l uially eighteen hours continuous conieience with President Wilson". j mediators and the railway managers, agreed late today to grant a 48-hour armistice. Tonisht both camps are burning late oil, discussing the proposition j I Secretaries Lane and Wilson ana Daniel Willard brought from Wash incum in the name of the President. The outcome of these conferences -which were not attended by the mediators will be told to the three men, who hope to finally settle the mie?:iori that would-throttle the Na tion's rail transportation. Optimism ruled in all three camps tonight and clor.ds that had darken ed parted, at least temporarily. Even if these meetings fail to effect a per manent agreement a Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality oi til!- Adamson law on Monday may riar away all the threatening dan- ?!. oi the-situation. ' The brotherhoods would not fly in ih face of the President's advice," i W S Sror.p rrpsirtpnt nf thp pneri-: ncers said, "and President Wilson : - j i nas given tne mediators iun power 10 goto great lengths to prevent a rail- road paralysis." "V'e can't lay that the postpone-1 m c-nr portends a definite settlement, Srone told the United Press. The President has sent a body of; rf-prpsentatives with the request that j Tve give them, time to work out plans (Continued on Page Three.) WILSON HAS EYE ON EA CH MO MADE Realizes That The Danger Point Has Not Been Pass ed Yet In Close Touch. WILL SUPREME COURT DECIDE TOMORROW? That is a Vital and T .iv Ques tion in Connection With The Negotiations Highest Tribunal May Take Delay As An Affront. v. , (By United Press.) ashinsrtnn UowVi 17 Prociitont Wilson is not completely satisfied 'tot danger of a strike on the 250,000 "UeS Of thi Katmn'o to iltrwo A cvcfoTYl n?x been whollv averted u any rate to -wnri- i r ' ' 1 ;;maliiy that might come when toe 48-hnnr nn,fn.nLf o fe!iv Lrihua City, should the latter risk an;first traln. tho elpvonth linnr this aff.fii'-l "on, i.s nn And at thp same time, he hoped,' hov t-, with nthor o A m ini ctrn 1 1 rTl I ; , 1 .i,.,,. 14x1. Li . U: nxr; wucooiuu j j -- l,lAL me concession oy tne hut jn th.e opinion of military autnor s lour brotherhood chiefs might !ities here the bandit leader will be j-an Uiey are willing to go their wige not t0 attempt an assault, pr " m finding a solution of their for,n rathfir to lav siege to Mur- lim cliff.UL nam5 solution ot tneir with thp Willi III!- JHIlflll IS I iA.ll- : IUi Homagers, 'ith his ad vipr h argued the ''sion means the representatives tho railroad employes are still l,f,n If! STOnmMit inni.f optinil .... "isuiiiciii acaiuoL avw.. ment against i 1 h ... T . might prove a tremendous 'P to the government at a time such National stnee as has not "irontfd the g government in over hCoro years. iftp PresiHent -aid, is not unmindful also of. Si'pn.;,,.. , . . ... . . lib i.pn,;,, , - H!'"nrr If. fir nf whnlo.liAnrtpd CO - itioi-.i- . ....w. .. on m the ranks of the railroad. mod locals oheaCcotry in oJ'lll i ocals,.,over .,the CTU jonnoction, the action of Pennsylva- . i-j.-MUld nn STTIKP. Oraer. Ill tmo v ""His m askinc an imuncT-ion iu NEW RUSSIAN ERA IKING PROGRESS Grand Duke Only Holds on Subject to Will of People. Solving Problems. (By United Press.) Petrograd, March 17. Even the Romanoffs have bowe,d to the will of the Russian people. Grand Duke Michael, originally designated by the Russian provisional government as Regent until the Czar- J 6 UUC1CU "11Ai y imcuu- , ' in abdicating his rights of her- edity, unless the peoDle of Russia should choose him as ruler. The Grand Duke's acquiescence in the popular vote for formation of the new Russian government tonight ac celerated tire spread of the move ment. Practically all of Russia is now pledged to the democracy which has succeeded the autocracy and order is rapidly being restored. Food stores have been commandeered for distribution under direction of the new governmental leaders. Railread traffic is speeding up un der complete cooperation of all em ployes. Hundreds of carloads of foodstuffs are already en route to those districts of Russia where the pinch of hunger was most severe. Fair trial will be accorded all of tt.D fm.. 4. cused of duplicity, corruption and - uj. rvn-nri suvciuiuem ouiciais ac- even treason to Russia. Army garri-iwul sons at various posts have lent their aid to the provisional government. or the time being Russia will be administered by the committee of the 1 Duma. Presumably steps will be taken shortly to submit to the peo- pie, through a general vote, the ques- tion of the form of government to be adopted VE BEING IN STRIKE VILLA READY TO STORM THE CITY .Drives Carranza Commander Into Chihuahua City and Gets Ready to Attack. (By United Press.) El Paso, Texas, March 17. Driven back step by step by Villa's bandits General Murguia is tonight entrench- ed in Chihuahua City, preparing tojtonignt fm & mUe regt moVo t final stand. The Carranzista . , . u t, TTm-tn " - commander will receive Villa with v. j nn,nriamaitc nnri nan, non moUnted on the hills of Chihua-lton non mouiuecl OQ "! 1B . . assault The capture of Chihuahua Citv would prove a tremendous aa- - , k Trill 11 o 4- liic? fi'mo vantage to in vma uauoc w, hUt 111 tfl.6 OPIIIIOII Ul iUUliai J autuwi ferring rather to lay siege guia 0 reuciai iuh-so . t-. t 1 C n r. Meanwhile reports of a clash be tween Villa's vanguard and a detacn ment. of 2.000 Carranzistas was ex pected hourly from Bachimba Pass, where they are expected to meet. FRENCH CABINET RESIGNS. ijs, h i (r, TTnitP(q Tress ) J (By United Tress., t French cabinet ' has resigned, 4. Paris disnatches here tonight as- t- - - m j. www serted - - , . ' . ' . SOLID SOUTH TO BE STORMED BY SUFFRAGETTES Intrepid Leaders Will Make a Sortie Upon Thirteen Southern States. NORTH CAROLINA TO BE VISITED. Conference Will be Held In Charlotte and Tar Heel Congressmen to Be Interviewed. (By United Press.) Washington, . March 17. Suffra- jgettes will invade the heretofore sac red Solid South April 1 by motor to line up Southern women in a political alliance with the West particularly with the National Women's Party, promoting the trip. Thirteen States will be visited, Vir ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississip pi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Wjsst Virginia and Mary land. Richmond, Fredericksburg and Pe tersburg, Va., comprise the first stops of the Suffragette delegations, , In iNorth Carolina, Charlotte, where a conference is to be held, Rocky Mount, Greensboro and Salisbury, will be vis ited next. Majority Leader Claude Kitchin, Chairman Pou, of the House Rules Committee, and. Representative Webb, chairman of the House Judic- Wehb. chairman of the Housp JudlC- iarv Committee, all North Carolinians, De caiiea upun. Southern women, according to the suffragists, have shown "intense in- terest" in the trip. Louisiana women, ;it was said tonight, have asked for 'assistance in lining up their State. The Governor of Mississippi has offered the State capitol for suffrage headquarters during the trip, it was (Stated, and will be a speaker at the i conference. Conference in Mississip pi, it was said, will be made an official matter by Mississippi women. Miss Vivian Pierce, of California, Miss Beu lah Amidon, of North Dakota, Mrs. St -Clair Thompson, of North Carolina, Miss Doris Stevens, of Nebraska, Miss Mabel Vernon, of Delaware, and Miss Lucy Branham, of Maryland, will be among the organizers on the trip. Miss Maud Younger, of California, will be leader. j "The President has told us that he I cannot go too far ahead of his party," Miss Younger said tonight, "but we believe he is not as far ahead of his party as lie thinks he is. We are go ing ourselves to strongholds of his i party to ask their hlp." SAMUEL GOMPERS NOW BUSY ON SCENE, (By United Press.) New York, March 17. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, didn't know un til 3 o'clock today that he had been appointed a member of the board to mediate the threatened railroad striKe 'Then he made a dash from Atlantic City to New York and arrived here two aays agu, ue luiu iuc uuh press i went to Atlantic City and 'this afternoon was told my washmg- office was calling. They a pprised me of my appointment and I took the "ru he with the mediators tomor- row ana suck, usut mii,uBu mm end.' WELL KNOWN RALEIGH WOMAN PASSES AWAY. (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, N. C, March 17. Mrs,. El len Colburn Seawell, mother of Su- t preme uourt ijierK juseyu oca- well and Commissioner a. . ed well, died tonight at her home on East Hargett street. Mrs. Seawell was 82 years old and one of the "most interesting of all Raleigh residents, who had seen the city in all its developing stages and had observed the. influence of politics uyuu Llie vv.iiii.cvi. j"t . .. , ,i ni, ous relatives in &auuuiy nai- s whiie . her familys history had been a portion of the , Capital life. ) mr. on-r rac txrill ho hPlfl 1 1 1 - 1 nun n.i 7vz.ikj mj Monday afternoon from the First -r, i . -ki, Government Experts Tell of The Dire Result From a ' Nationwide Strike. NEW YORK WOULD BE AMONG FIRST Thickly Populated Spots Would Nee1 Food Within Two Weeks Other Means Transportation. (By United Press.) Washington, March 17. Practically every thickly populated section of the East would feel the pinch of want for food within two weeks after a rail road strike, the Bureau of Markets of the Agriculture Department told the United Press tonight. An expert in the bureau who is prob ably one of the best advised men in the country on the food supply, esti mated that New York would be cry ing for food in less than ten days after a tie-up of the railroads. Recent data collected by the depart- ment on the food storage in and about New York .indicated that the storage , suppiy is ar uuw xxuxmai mucn Ol llie luuu iu simagc liicic id awaiting shipping to European coun tries. Especially is this true regarding grain at New York elevators, where thousands of bushels of wheat, pur chased by agents of the Allies, is be ing held until bottoms are available to carry it to Europe. Other large Eastern cities, according to the reau of agriculture, would feel the pinch almost as soon as the metro polis. Philadelphia and Boston storage plants contain about 75 per cent ;f their normal capacity. This condi-. tion is due largely to the recent rail-1 trains. From Bellevue West, and as road congestion. The possibility of ,far as port Wayne, reports were re transporting food by other means than j ceived that the Nickel Plate employes the railroads were discussed today byhia(j ieft their trains at the Bellevue Government officials. division point, having received no of- Tt was sueeested that meat and grain and other foodstuffs might be shipped from Chicago, via the Great Lakes and the Hudson Canal to New York in- greater quantities than, l& now being caried by this route. wise trade will be also stimulated to meet the needs of seaport towns. The country's vast number of auto . trucks might also do. valuable service in the transportation of food, accord ing to bureau officials, but . it is not believed that this mode of conveyance would be able -provide sufficient food for the thickly populated centers. The principal storage centers for grain at the present time are Chicago, New York and Philadelphia. The greatest supply is in storage, in west ern cities. In case of a tie-up of the railroads by a strike it would be a difficult problem to devise a way by which this grain might be moved East. BIG ZEPPELIN FELL A Brought Down By Gunners in France All Members or Crew Killed. (By United Press.) Compiegne, Prance, March 17 (By Automobile to Paris). Men, women and children, comprising the bulk of the population of Compiegne, today witnessed the destruction of a Zep- Delin in broad daylight. mi . vrt V.H era air.rairlor CdltlP BURNING MASS whirHng Iz f tne in a Later, however, the men returned Jwomfle fall. The v saw the bodies to work upon receiving the postpone ei0, of th r.rw come' ment order, which had been delayed hurtling through space alter tney had leaped from the blazing craft. The bodies of the rour men were completely carbonized when picked up. They were buried later in a field nearby. The Zeppelin was first sighted at & o'clock this morning errfting before a westerly wind. The air cruiser nan ... - apparent exhausted its supply oi pe - trol or iS machinery had been brok - en. rne crew nau appaicuu, iv-o. their way and were dntting two miles up in the air when the French anu-aircraiL guuo uf"" Within ten minutes an incendiary shell struck the Zeppelin. The air cruiser seemed powerless to move out of range. As the bom - v, ir,OQCbH in intpnsitv the Zeppelin burst into flames and be- Leaders declared they would not re gan to settle slowly. It was within turn until formal notification of the a few hundred feed of the ground ' postponement was received. The when four of the crew jumped. -X- -x M- 4 -X- -X- X w At- K VILLA EXECUTED GERMANS. i 1 united Press ) announced that switchmen in the Chi- 5- El pTso xas March 17.- I cago yards of the Chicago, Rock Island -y- Pr with five Syrians, were exe- -K- Iwalked out at 6 o clock tomgnt, not cuted L Villa at Parral, follow- having been informed of the Postpone v 5 ;fl!Jp of that city by Vil- ment of the strike. They returned at $ afstasP Wording 1o an Ameri- 'the end of an hour. Shea said, after 5 can refine reafhing here late they had been apprised of the sjtua- ?i-ht ' tion. Operating officials of the three -a- tomgnt. j nr,,r nf their Hwitphmftn . 45. 45. -x- -X- - Baltimore and Ohio and Nickel Plate Roads Had Strike Anyway. NO FREIGHT WENT . OUT OF CLEVELAND Men Had Been Advised Not to Believe Press Reports So They Quit Delay In Reaching Them. (By United Press.) Cleveland, Ohio, March 17. Not a pound of freight will be handled on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad out of Cleveland tonight, and freight may not move tomorrow or Monday. The stoppage of freight exists all along the Baltimore and Ohio, according to H. B. Green, general superintendent, who declared the road "was already for the strike had prepared for one," and wont change its plans. Vice President Carey, of the Order of Railway Conductors, disputed i the reagon the Baliimore and Ghio reights are not operating are because the men have not yet received the postponement order. He also said ap proximately 200 Big Four men had not been reached until after 9 o'clock, but then were on their way to work. Reports from points East and West on the Nickel Plate indicated that road was in much the same condition as the Baltimore and Ohio. From Conneaut East came word that crews bu-jad struck because no postponement 0f the strike had been received of- ficially. A local chairman of the Bro therhood of Locomotive Firemen there declared he had received ex plicit instructions to disregard press reports. Crews refused to take out nciai postponement. The tie-up of the two roads which it was recognized was only temporary, resulted from difficulty general chair men experienced in reaching, lower M- j Coast-hcmus hi .luw 6 chairmen here received word of the postponement shortly after it was an- nuunceu m new iuik Slow Service Responsible. New York, Marrti IV, Slow wire service undoubtedly caused freight employes on the Baltimore & Ohio and the Nickel Plate railroads in Ohio, to go on strike as scheduled at 6 o'clock tonight, W. S. Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Engineers, told the United Press tonight. "It was 4 o'clock before we got a wire," he said. "These men simply haven't yet re ceived the orders wired to them, They will go back to work as soon as those messages are received. The service was naturally slow because of the weather and that is the cause of this situation." Walked Out On Time Washington, March 17. Members i of the Big Four brotherhoods, employ ed on the Baltimore and Ohio freight line, between here and New York, walked out on strike shortly after 7 o'clock tonight on failing to receive official notice of the forty-eight hour postponement, according to one of the trainmen here. The strikers, the United Press in formant stated, being under orders to strike at 7 o'clock (6 o'clock, Central time) waited 20 minutes at terminals on receiving press reports the strike had been postponed. They had been specifically warned, he said, against acting on the press reports of a postponement or rescind of the strike order by wire congestion. Nickel Plate Tied Up. Conneaut, OhioK March 17. The Nickel Plate Railroad is tied up here by the strike of freight crews. Bro therhood men refused to act on press reports telling of postponement of the strike order and having received no ;si -ntrm-, out tViQir won t nut ,oiuuai 1. w at 7 o'clock, Eastern time. rive nunurcu vuii. Pittsburgh, March 17. Five hun dred engineers, firemen, conductors, i - - . t;c DraKemen anu uamwcii burgh division of 'the Baltimore and Ohio railroad went on strike at 7 ; o'clock tonight. They failed to get notice of the postponement. strike tied up the road completely De- tween Jrittsuurgn ana uuucuoyiuc. Switchmen Out a Short Time. Chicago, March 17. Timothy Shea, J4 leader of the Chicago brotherhoods v. rua.ua ucmcu v ; had walked out. SHOT TO DEATH Tar Heel Posse Visited Ven geance on Negro Who Had Shot Farmer. (By United Press.) Charlotte, N. C, March 17. Bunk Marks, a negro, was shot to death at Wingate, twenty-five miles east of this city late today, by a posse of men who had gone to the aid of Ed- ear Williams, a well-to-do farmer, who! had been shot by the negro when ' Williams attempted to take him to Monroe to jail for attempted assault on the farmer's wife. The negro was shot eight times with shot guns and died a few min-i MONROE utes after being taken to Monroe. He Legislature to give him some ground held the posse at bay for several at the State Hospital. Today he ap minutes and fired more than a dozen peals to mayors of all cities and towns shots before being downed. tto urge the people to plant in food Mr. Williams was brought to a hos- crops every piece of land adjacent to pital in this city. Little hope is held 'the cities and sends the thrilling ap out for his life. He is shot through the peal to farmers, landlords, merchants head ana abdomen, r.liles Marks, a j and every condition of men. He brother of the dead negro, was also backs it up with powerful Scripture, taken to jail at Monroe tonight, to in which he is pastmaster. It is the avoid possible trouble at Wingate. Governor's novel idea and here it is : The nature of the dead negro's as- "From the South, the boll weevil is sault on Mrs. Williams was not: learned here tonight. -X- 4f -X- -X- -5fr f H- J ONLY PARTLY ACCEDES TO POPE'S REQUEST. y (By United Press.) X- -X Rome, March 17. Germany 10 ia" 10 mt it Witu iue uuijr w- has acceded to Pope Benedict's -Jfns at have Proved effective, to-wit: -X- request for reparation for Bel- 'Broad acres of grains and grasses. gians deported from their coun- "The amended crop lien law was try by returning 13,000 out of .framed to give to that small farmer 80,000 deported, according to the ' a decent chance to escape from a newspaper, Corriere D'ltalia, to-credit system that levies upon the day. The German government, ' right to live and labor the heaviest X- however, has intimated that no j tribute ' imposed upon a helpless peo--X further reparation will be made 'Ple since August Caesar issued his -X beyond the 13,000 announced. -X-j decree that all the world should be taxed, but the farmer who fails to in- -x- -s -x- -x- -x- -x- -x- -x- -x- -x- -X- -Xy -x- -x- -x- -x- BEFORE FURIOUS BRITISH ATTACK BAPAUME FALLS MUST HAVE 8-HOUR Chicago Chief Declares Triple Walk-Out Will Occur Monday at Six P. M. (By United Press.) Chicago, March 17. A general strike on practically all railroads op erating out of Chicago will go into effect at 6 o'clock Monday night un less the differences between the rail road managers and the brotherhoods, are settled by that hour, according!! DAY, SAYSSHEA to Timothy Shea, spokesman for the Field Marshal Haig's troops com brotherhoods' representatives here. pletes a sweep forward which began Such instructions will be issued, a month ago, when the Germans Shea said, to supplant the previous first began finding their positions on orders for a progressive strike. The, the Ancre rendered untenable by the earlier orders provide one group of terrific hail of fire which the British lines would be affected by the strike 1 have poured unceasingly on that ter today and others on Sunday and Mon- j ritory. day nights. Instead of such proced- it marks the greatest advance at -ure the three groups will walk out the smallest cost that has been simultaneously Monday unless a achieved on the western front since strike settlement is reached. the Germans made the advances at Shea said brotherhood leaders here Trouts, at the outset of the war. were well pleased by developments at New York, but he stated firmly. they will not accept any compromise without an eight-hour day. WORE YELLOW TIE; WAS PAINTED GREEN. (By United Press.) Npw York March 17. Magistrate Nowlan couldn't find it in his heart I Begun a month ago with the re today, so he refused to issue a war-1 tirement that was heralded by rant to Victor J. Brown, who complain-1 scarcely any resistance to the Brit ed that three men leaped on him, rip-! ish advance, the German Retreat dur ped a yellow tie off his neck and , ing the last few days has developed smeared him with green paint. into a retirement under bitter fight- rrv. mfofrnta I'naietoH nn witupss es and Brown didn't have them. Declares It is The One Weap on to Wield Against At tack of Boll Weevil. SETS APART APRIL 5TH AS "PLANTING DAY." Calls Upon Mayors, Farmers and Business Men to Help Out Step Necessary to Avert Disaster, is The Bur den of The Governor's Song. (Special to The Dispatch) Raleigh, N. C, 'March. 17. Govern or Bickett's proclamation to North Carolina to plant every arable foot of land against the ravages or the boll weevil, on the one hand, and Prus- sianism on the other, was issued to- day and his new season is "Planting Day" for April 5th. The Governor set the pace two weeks ago, when he persuaded the marching on North Carolina. Full cribs and smoke houses are the sure and safe defense against the coming of this pest. In every-' State the de struction of cotton by the boll weevil v,'has been followed by a paralysis of ed of the steady advance of this en- tin jf auu 1 11c uci tain vwiiooviuciivio ui ' lts il e colossal stupidity (Continued on Page Three.) Haig's Army Pushed On and Snatched Powerful Posi tion From German Grasp GENERAL TEUTON RETREAT EXPECTED. Capture Marks Greatest Ad vance at Smallest Cost Since Outset of War City Was Pillaged By Germans Before They Deserted It. (By United Press.) London, March 17. Bapaume, the city which Field Marshal von Hin denburg dubbed "the Gibraltar of the western front," is in British hands tonight. Its occupancy by j Because of the strength and pecu liar position 01 tne new tjniisn posi tion at Bapaume, and the old posi tion around Arras, which project out like twin arms, England looks for a' general retirement by the Germans on the whole Arras-Bapaume lines, to avoid an encircling movement by the British. That , would add some 125 square mnes 01 new ,iemiuiy w ! the British gains already registeredi - . me. rne uermans iougnt utK (Continued on Page. Eight) i f .I (Continued on Page Four) r-o . .a. - JU tMm 'Mm A M Ht 99 VP rl HSUT Lrf 1 lOill VUUlU. mm -J- T V - I r.. 1 H