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- L " . A"- . v the; Leather forecast ; nrth Carolina Fair tonight: . n- ; r.U... . . ,or in IIU riiuuy partly j.- warmer 111 caaii - : r. . Friday; probably rain, except. fair in east, Pg?lL0.n toniqH!: 11 FULL LEASED! WIRE SERVICE PRICE FIVE CENTS, ' .1 if w DispAtgI FINAL EDITION Trs. rill MA : -3 . ' ' - . - ! ! " ! 7 . . . . ' -"' -U - - " , 1 " ".S ' VOL. AAin. i.uJt . , , y. 7 WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH xE 17. MOT PMBASLf D)T (fn7 Would Have Neutrals Make Offer to Mediate Must Abandon Sub. Policy MAY BE SLICK GAME ; TO EMBARRASS WILSON. ! Offi- cials, and In Meantime rep- arations For Clash Are Be-, n 1 1 I riC m. . ins; rxusnea in Lnrereni. Parts of The Country. ir.y Asso iated Press.) Washington. March L'2.- Offers of meiliation. to prevent actual war be- i T"ii4-1 Cotft on1 fldf-m OTV iMth Liit i imru u.aivs awvx t x x....t , , are fxyec u.d among the next develop- j mcnts. i ' Administratiou officials today heard! that a European neutral was contem- j plating such a plan, and they frankly j retried it as another effort, backed by Germany, to divide sentiment in; Congress ana ernbarass the J-resiaent. i It was declared authoritatively to day that no proposals of mediation or for discussion will., be coiisideTed-uix-less Germany first abandons the cam paign of ruthlessness. All administration officials, from the President down, take the position that the United States never has and does net no v.- desire, war with Germany, but is bein? forced into it to protect lives and rights of its citizens against un lawful asgression. 'is Unless Germany is prepared to com-. thorized enlisted strength of 74.500, p'itfdy change her position, it was and efforts to speed up recruiting are fieclared today, offers of mediation and ' being redoubled. This month has discussion are useless. Germany, it seen tbe largest recruitment on record, was recalled, never accepted former iwith a net increase of 1,947. Since SH-retary Bryan's proposal to sign one -congress authorized the 74,500 total in or his "peac e investigation" treaties, I September, 5,454 men have been added vneh would have bound the United to the naVy's personnel. uits to inaction ior a year, wniie a commission investigated the situa- t! ried forward i ) the army and navy and the Prest-, . . , . tat is awaiting the assembling of To induce recruiting Congress pro-Congres- vided that 100 enlisted men a year Unless there is some great change should be selected by examination for utho situation before April 2, it is ex- appointment to the naval academy. PK-Hi he wiU detail in his address, Navy officials say that a very high how Germany has in fact, been making type of officer material is being secur er against the United States by the ; ed m fhls fashion. ruthless operation of her U-boats and Commissions in the marine corps Iwe it to Congress to declare a state' and the responsible and well paid po of war . xisting and provide money ' sitions as warrant or petty officers ail;i niji to protect the interests of the 'are also being opened as fully as pos- .t-niu-d States. jsible.to boys who enlist. A delude of applications for cargo a recruit need serve only one year ar1 ship insurance from virtually ev-in the navy to be eligible for exam f? sf-tion of the American seaboard. ' ination for appointment to Annapolis, Etlu'lins South Atlantic and Gulf and every possible opportunity for "s i!if(i into the government's study and instruction to Enable him to 1Va' risk insurance bureau today, not- pass the examinations is furnished v-'tIisTR!Kii!1K tn(. rate increases an- aboard the ships or at the training Do!m'f'd y.sterday. ..'stations. Ji'" --"ivcrnment's rates are still be-j ; lu'' 'no-i- charged by most private; "puni.. lnv removal ofThe restric- j drnis and ammunition, has re S1:1;f'l in tho diversion ,to the bureau 'j: a. ft volume of business which b liad been written by pri- ;)'! Ti.t: (:r!i;r:(-riis. NT HIS BIRTHDAY IN TAR HEEL TOWN, i r. Associated Press.) ,Wk, March 22.-William Tnan ' i: .-ei-brated his 80th birthday, f t. i ryon, N. C, where he pending the winter til 111 country met to do t i cone itulation, num- morn i "U 4ft Wt s -I 1 1 '(Vi wiiui j.m j, lnciuuuiK i?t- iowi Koosevelt and ror-'A ' r ! ; idfiit Taft. will be bound and j. Howells. GERMAN SPIES MUST SERVF DDI COM T17D1UIQ ' - iiuvii ij-.xiTJ. (,. ' NV, v1':,. ARKiaed re8- . : ''!h, iViarcn ZZ. AlDert ,,x , T T i . mu v.iuiries wunneuueiB. fn. "'!(! wi gniltv vesterdav to a ,: ?. ,.. 1 ISllr! naving sent spies to ang- . -m ' C infnrm,t;;n ar- tion.(T " V uasi mgni at me ipubiiCans 214, Progressives : ' Ai.s Club, where represent- dert i Prohibitionists L 4i fn;7h,y aH ?e mTr Tf T vacancies 2. -j,is 01 tho country met to do him, ' ?any. , Iluornja"on r L4;ith ward, officials said inn, sentenced to z yeara , 'i'lanta npnitontiarw and tn naV Inra '7T "nl AMERICAN CONSULS HELD BY GERMAN Y ,.r , . (By Associated Press.) AVashingion, March 22 Alarm over the fate of the four American consuls lUe seVerance of relations and last reported at Munich, Germany, has MSllpH the Statu nmoptmont t -5-r. . ' l x. yuucj auuui doct 111 UUUUgU Spanish Ambassador. An inquiry was first sent about two weeks ago. The four consuls 'were ordered transferred to Turkish posts. After some delay, Germany declared they heinsT held I1nil ere Delng neIdv Untlt the United STILL Ml! RECRUITS SHORT Steps to Speed Up Taken Presejit Month Has Been Largest of All. (Bv Associated Press.) Washington; March 22. The navy short 13,514 men of its present au- It was stated today that the author ized strength is sufficient to put all ships immediately available in com- mission and no effort 11 be .spared v,j, 4vsn tvio ficmra BOTH SIDES PREPARING FOR ORGANIZATION. (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 22. A caucus of Republican representatives in Con gress Saturday night, March 31, was called today to discuss organizatibn and legislative programme. A Dem 'for Friday morning, March 30 ocratic caucus was cauea yesieiua About half of the Democrats notinea bpeaKeri Clark's office today they wouia De ueie n time unoflicial list of members of the ngxt HoUse published today, states at, rATYinnrata nllTTl hP.r Z 1 4 HQ- ' LI12LI. LUC: lycmwviwvw ' ' Inde-1 Socialist INSANE PATIENTS ESCAPE. . ; . (Associated Press.) Rnieish. N. C. March 22 4J Three prisoners, all' white, escap- j ,ed from the wara ior.ine.uimm- al insane at theState prison here - 'arlv tndav and still are ai nu- v erty. Those who got away were j R R. Jones, of Greensboro; Jesse . n,.onr, rm,Titv and' ' MOHT1S. Ul uaviuauji ' : r Trth rnnntv. T. " . ' " 3 ' l TlTl 111(1 IIHIIII. KfX. A1 J1. hJJ vw-.,. - r , v,oi,0m0T,t rwf I n f- I 1 l lJSUild O. Yf il-M. v " : rorcea a ooor - 4 4 4 NAVY 41 4 41. 4. .- PATM i States assured the uninterrupted voy- age bf former German Consul Mueller at Atlanta, from Havana to Ecudor. This difficulty disposed of, Turkey demanded the consuls be accredited under new exequaturs. This tlie United States refused and Turkey withdrew ilie request. It then developed that Germany would not allow the consuls to go until it was learned if they were personally acceptable to Turkey. Officials are at a loss to know where the men are - u- or what has been the actual cause of'E01"1"1 towns of Roye and Ham ancl so much trouble. SOFFIGERS KEEP IIP THE li- The Escaped Convicts Armed and Stubborn Resistance " Anticipated. (By Associated Press.) Birmingham, Ala., March 22. Depu ties early today still were prosecuting their hunt for the four fugitives who, with David D. Overton and- two others, escaped from the Jefferson county jail last Tuesday morning." A search is be ing continued in the Village Creek vic inity, about a mile from the scene of the fight, which Tuesday night cost three of these escaped men their lives. Officers say the quartet is armed and they expect a stubborn fight to result when they find the prisoners. A man answering the description of Sam Messina, who with Tony Malino, was under death sentence for the mur der of a peddler, was seen late yes terday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Albert B. Lawson, at Graymont, the police said today. According to per sons who saw the man, -the police say, he was wounded in the leg. He disap peared before the officers could reach the Lawson home. 1T SINKING OF THESE SHIPS MAY BRING " , - . r TT.... - - ' ' , - - - , -. - -jr - r ' , " j '::::::':;. t - 7 ' - - . The steamships City of Memphis and Vigilancia, both American vessels with American crews and flying the American flag, sunk, together with the American freighter Illinois, by German submarines. All were unarm ed No provision was made for the safety of the crews and-present indications are that at least twenty-two Am erican sailors lost their lives. The "situation "was characterized by Secretary Lansing as "too serious to discuss. Many public men see in these sinkings the "overt acts" which will bring the United States to war with Germany. WOMEN ONES. ARE $A VED BY AMERICAN MERCY If, FOUND TIIIEOF I Nearly One Thousand Square Miles Laid Waste by the Retiring Forces. RUTHLESS DESTRUCTION OF THE PROPERTY. Entire Villages Reduced to Ashes Everything on the Farms Destroyed Many Women Deported. s French" Front in France, Wednesday, March 21. (Via ParisMarch 22, From a Staff Correspondent of the Associat ed Press.) Destruction and desolation are salient features along the track of beyond. The correspondent has accompanied the French army in the advance over an area since the beginning of the Ger man retrograde moyement, which has reached a total of approximately 950 'tmiaro miles Following closely: on. the heels of the retiring Germans, r the correspond ent passed throttnwnyt. villages tt uusc aoucu TTCiC Otlil 0-.UISUAIA7A .L11i5, all having been fired by German troops belonging to the Seventeenth army corps. Large towns, such as Roye, Nesle and Ham, suffered less than the vil lages. All road junctions were mined and blown up. Although in many towns the houses appeared outwardly as intact they proved to be merely skeletons whose contents had been ruthlessly destroyed with picks and shovels. In the country districts, the devastation everywhere is most com- plete, both inside and out. uid peas ants, with the women and children, who for some time had been gathered by the Germans in the large centers, attempted today, after being liberated "by the French and British, to find traces of their former homes. They discovered nothing but heaps of debris. 'Their agricultural implements and machinery had been broken, all fruit trees sawed through close to the ground and grain and gras's . seeds trampled. This destruction added to the pre vious confiscation of all domestic an imals and poultry in the occupied French provinces during the last thir ty months, caused many to give way (Continued on Page Three.) QESOLftTl GERMAN ARMIES AND LITTLE French Declare They Would Have Starved But For Re lief by Ignited States. GERMANS LEFT RUIN AS THEY RETREATED. Associated Press Correspond ent Tells Sickly, Tale of What He Found Belgians Made to Work On New For tifications. War Correspondents Headjuarters with the British armies in Francs, Wednesday, March 21. (From a staff correspondent of the Associated Press) "We would have starved if it had not been for the American relief commis sion," declared a French woman in the city hall of Nesle today to the corre spondent, speaking for herself and her two little children, their pallied faces and high cheek bones giving evidencS of their privations. Wherever one went in the terri tory recently evacuated by the Ger mans the same story was repeated. There are many other stories of hard ships being told, although most of the inhabitants said the German soldiers had been well disciplined and kept strictly under control. It was repeatedly asserted, however, that within the past few weeks the Germans had appropriated some of the American relief stores to their own use, even three fourths of the sup plies. It was also said that the Ger mans took the white flour, issuing black flour instead to the inhabitants. Some of the peasants encountered m the evacuated territory were joy ous at-nreir nneration. utners appear ed to have their spirits broken. Their attitude was one of absolute submis sion to anything that might happen j Many young children who had seen nothing but German soldiers in their lives started today in almost stupid wonder at the British Tommies. One of the greatest ordeals the peo ple said they had to endure was to stand by and see their hdmes broken up by the Germans as the soldiers were leaving. in some instances the French inhab- itants who had been held virtually as prisoners during tiie German occupa tion had been segregated in certain parts of the villages while the work of destruction was going on elsewhere. At Rouy, however, it was stated and reiterated by scores of persons that the inhabitants of this village and of several other villages had been gather ed at Rouy-le-Petit in certain houses and told to remain in them a certain number of hours while the Germans got away. While so herded together, they de clared, the Germans had sent 200 shells into the village, killing several persons. The funerals which were in progress in the village today lent color (Continued on Page Eight) x US TO WAR. 1ILS RETREAT IN THE WEST US' GERMAN SUCCESS Teuton Military Writer De clares Aim of Von Hinder burg Accomplished. NOW IN BETTER POSITION TO FIGHT Front Shortened and Germans In Better Position to Strike Powerful Blow, He Asserts .. iy Associated fress.j - t Berlin, March 22. (Via Sayvilte). A "German success" is the character ization given the German retreat, on , the Western front in the headline nf an editorial today by Major MorahtJand the Aillette river, a tributary of military writer for the Lokal Anzeiger. j the ise but in tnis Ime the French "A great resolution was taken", have driven a great wedge directly in writes Major Moraht. "The boldness.110111 OI ere ana reaenmg to witn- of the general who . carried it out is overwhelming and only the power of 1 Von Hindenburg's . personality could cause such proof of the grand style of initiative to be accompanied perfect calm and security. by "That the plan of a strategical shortening of the frhnt wa hrmiht into being at great headquarters and that it succeeded must give joy to every German heart and simultan eously give rise to a feeling ofsatisfac tion when the hostile war aims are remembered, for now the opportunity is offerel to inflict more damage upon the enemy in future days than could be inflicted upon him at the moment during a sanguinary defensive. Al though people are often mistaken as to the surmises regarding Von Hin denburg's actions, the critics on all sides who look somewhat deeper into things admit that the Germans will obtain economic advantage, an im provement of the front and a gain of time by this move. The British, how - ever, must again begin the prepara tions of their offensive. Their heavy artillery must be moved ahead with enormous pains. Roads and bridges "must be constructed, often under hos tile fire. Ammunition transport will be possible only in a very slow fash ion. The condition of the evacuated territory makes each advance move ment .difficult, as it does the lodging and provisioning of the troops and ob servation work. "They will reproach us with the charge that we actel like the Rus sians in Poland. As to this, France may settle accounts with England The law of our warfare is and will be that everything necessary and pos sible in a military way will be done in this defensive war. Whether the population of the war theatre suffered more through our measures or the enemy's measures, may be asked them in the time to come." INDIAN THORPE WILL NOT LEAVE THE GIANTS r (Ily Associated Press.) Louisville, Ky., March 22. Jim Thorpe will not become a member of the Louisville club, according to word j received today from the training camp at Athens. Thorpe is with the Giants at the Marlin training camp and Man- Jager McGraw has no present intention or trading mm tor Pitcher Middleton. -x- & - & -k - x 45- -X BRITONS CHEER RUSSIAN DUMA. jf . (By Associated Press.) s. . if London, March 22. A resolu- -55- j 55- tion of greeting to the Russian -K-3fr Duma, proposed by Andrew 45 sfr Bonair-Law, was carried in the- House of Commons today amid cheering. . " t j Additional Territory Required Along the Western Battle Front. A PITCHED BATTLE IN OPEN ANTICIPATED ! Germans Make Stand- Cav alry on Both Sides in Action German Plans Dis concerted by Rapid Ad vance of French British Pushing Forward. French troops are in contact with the main German army and what may prove to be the initial stage of the great battle of history has opened be fore the gates of La Fere. For the first time since the great German retreat began patrol and rear guard fighting has given way to the thunder of artillery and the clash of major forces. The Germans are mak ing a stand on a line running north, JJ-nd.Qjith-of -La. JPege, from -St. .Simon to the foTest of Coucyr- a distance roughly estimated at about 20 miles. The position selected by the Ger- mans is protected by the Crozat canal in two miles of that imrTortant town. On this wedge is based the hopes of j French military critics that General 1NIveue nas oui-maneuverea laeia Mar- enai von wmaenDurg and La Fere is, doomed, and with it the .whole of the 7 ;T i , lieves .that the extraordinary speed famous Hindenburg line. Paris -be- with which the French have advanced has disconcerted the German plans and renders probable a continuation of the retirement to the Belgian frontier. The official Berlin reports throw no light on the situation, but it seems certain that a few days or even hours must decide the fate of La Fere. The situation on the British front is somewhat more obscure, owing to the rather vague character of the Brit ish official reports. The latest reports from London say that General Haig has pushed 10 miles east of the Somme at some points. Measured from Peronne this would place the British within four or five 1 miles from the vitarspot of St. Quen tin, and this estimate is supported by unofficial dispatches from the front. The German retirement is pivoting from their positions east of Arras and in this pivotal region General Haig re ports steady progress, but no local ities are mentioned which might give a clue to the relative importance of the advance. Apparently the spasmodic fighting in the Champagne and Verdun sections has ceased, for the time being at least, but important news comes from an other and far distanct field of the world war. The Russians, driving for ward from Persia, have crossed the Mesopotamian border at one point, while a second army is continuing its advance from Kermanshah in support of tho British advance from Bagdad. This means that the retreating Turks are being menaced from three sides according to allied military ob servers, are threatened by far greater disaster than even the loss of Bagdad. What may prove to be the opening of a German offensive on the Russian front is reported in today's Russian official statement. The German attack was delivered towards the northern end of the front, in the region southeast of Vilna, al most directly east of Lida. The Rus sian position there was breached, but afterwards the Germans were driven out of a village they had occupied. A portion of the positions, however, re mained in their hands. -v ' The Berlin official statement reports this move as a raid in force, and does not mention the retention of any ground gaineoV The Russian position ! was penetrated as far as the second line, it is declared, and the raiders re-. turned with 225 prisoners, 2 guns, 6 machine guns and other booty. The 'German statement also reports a revival of activity on the Rumanian front, with the armies; of Archduke Joseph, and Field Marshal von" Mac- (Continued on Page Eight) , '4 lit Y ' I- f" !f 2.000- nnVi ' 1 V Y 7-
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