Rather forecast.
North Carolina Fair and warm
Cndav; Monday, fair; warmer
".i- r-ii-nlina Pair Sunrlav anrl
e0uin wciw....- j
a
u
ini
hyer Score of Destroyers Ordered
And Other Preparations For Big
Conflict Rushed By Navy And
War Departments
WHITLOCK
BELGIUM
governmental Officials Agree On
Censorship-And Press Associations
to Co-operate-Sharp Watch Kept
For German Spies
i i'y raited Press.)
Washing? on, .March 21. The United
ate? swung several paces nearer
a: wua wiiii i.ug v;uxixijx cucuoiv u
re'mredness moves.
1: bought 24 nevr destroyers, with
rdtrs to hasten their completion.
It ordered Brand Whitlock to quit
post as minister to Belgium and
ithdrew American relief workers,
the same lime branding Germany
ith faithlessness even in her pledges
i
protection toward the giant errand!
m,-ll v tuuuuticu ixx xisium.
I; ordered that two regiments of
- o 1
lur e-tablishments in the Old Bay
ate.
O'her jiaces nearer war were
An-
.ouniKiint
that the department ;
bnimanders
ire getting ground for i-
s training camps like the Platts-
ir?, -. V., site, and that millions
pthorized by the last Congress will
i-ni on eouinnine these tracts:
ormaiion that definite land defense
i
p,s art
under way, though these ,
anno; be revealed, under a new cen-
rhip; notification to Germany that
i-' ?ov. :nnieni rejects the German
IKK iiifuio.ais contained in a request
VH-crtMrup tin- treaty of 1799.
A voluntary censorship was
urip'd nn news, under an agree-
w bftween the State, War and
ivJ" I'fpartments, and the big press
fiat ions of the Nation. Liater, it
is siisji. si, (i that actual war-time
n.or.-hij) will be imposed by legis-
'ion.
Thf Xh i ittn m I f'onnnol of Dpfense
v,"l lunhf-r into preparedness
'n. whiif the President is closely
wiMi all that pertains to
r;.!i'o;niiiK events.
The
could at the moment, using money
da- siloiuo.ooo emergency appro
iai ion to cover nine more than had
n aii!!!oiiZf.fi.
The (lf.iiiirt
- i I IUV 111 VYIOUCO JjUHlVl
:r 5'i more ()f these craft, and will
n once to this task, though the
'-'"l'TS involverl in tnflav's award
ilfy w? re doing a capacity busi-
T;-'iis!ii Secn-tarv Baker declared
'i'" dennrtment is pressing
'"Hd v.jih Hi rjrChaset needed to
I'l'.tl it;,. ;jrrnv if rollorl nnon
r-ment
, " - WCtllVU V A
government representa-
VP
H!(' kf-r-n tr Vii o-nvprn-
"' provi'U
horn a biff loan as a
r ;-.tf.T
This will be done unless
VPP tlw. .11- ..
' "- ' 1 1 it's, as iar astieir sposes
fifJ, xt)rps flip vi'pw that it
f)'!''l !jc in!flvioohlo in cpnrl an
'a army from this country at
- i
of Brand Whitlock and
"i if an relief workers from
vum marked the end of America's
'tiltf- ;lt-( lib-ov-iao indiVntod the
r, ' iHVj II llJV A A.A V. A V W V V V.
'"rnmcnt
s view that it could no
t'KZ
r...
1' iinit Hie workers to remain
-lore
it ii-K-y be endangered further.
,a, annonncing the withdrawal, the
., IJfiHrtnient charged Germany
I ''"f'Hking her pledges about Bel-',
J'(jJ i line o-n Vinn fn 511 nVOTl
f, v "'t'-1 a-i-i-V X1CIO jLCtllCVJ. C vu.
Ampripnn nrrtfootc ncrninst
'Jeh
d course. The withdrawal was
KPtl
; ,,s h preliminary to real war.
.tlllf' thpsp thines en on. the f?ov-
4.
, Apartments are more care-
Calling out two Mas
'iVBr.,..-
militia regiments, at the
.""r-'Uiir, r,C n -jr-1ll -rna
Q Uiriil.flir i- nnv
r riHaniV- A
!w "1Jvfs io crippie vitai iuu
Gl!0n units in the Bay State,
ithn y s general submarining
dijp?1 rr,JRarl to neutral rights con
'I'he State Department has
W W UW U BV
rm d IT UK I united states .
ID)
m,
TO LEAVE
AT ONCE
.fliP 0 1 IKIPt ! NEWEPUBUC
information today that an American
was jeopardized in the sinking of the
Norwegian steamer Ronald, though
there was some warning in the case.
The government, however, expects no
change in German policy.
There is still talk that Germany
may be forced into an earlier peace,
now that the United States is being
drawn in, but the government is not
permitting this to react" in any way
upon full, immediate preparations.
By April 2, when Congress assem-
bles to frame tbe government's course
towar(J Gennany tlie War Depart-
mont will havo nnmn dtph nliincs tot'
the - part the army will take in the
scheme of defense, and possibly of
fense. Secretary of War Baker an
nounced late today he will at that
4. f mniattri ,r-
o,-r, ,,oo
necessary appropriations.
Whether universal military service
will be urged, it has been impossible
to determine yet. Army officers and
Hpnsrttnpnt officials arp known to he
virtllllv ,inanim()n, in favor of im.
mediate adoption of the system. Sec
retary Baker and President Wilson
have yet to indicate the position they
will take in this big question.
On one point, however, there seems
to be no question. The army will
nave tu u v? ttu6ixiCt, Cv "
! A. 1 nX 1 , , I -w -1 4 n r- e- , J n -mr will T I
il is nut uetiueu tu nciiu tin cuiiij
abroad.
A request for large numbers of ad-
ditional officers to put into being an
adequate army is expected as one of
the first steps.
There was every indications today
that the pending army appropriation
of $327,000,000 will not stand. Just
how much "war money" will be asked
of Congress for land defense, officials
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WILLIAMS HITS
v
T
PROMP
ACTION
.g, r JC (countries win iouk. ui&i iu miciixuxa.1 ctm
Mississippi Senator Keady ror(from the united States in the event of
Drastic Move Against
Germany.
(Bv United Press.)
Mobile, Ala., March 24. United
States Senator John Sharp Williams
announced tonight that he favors
prompt action against Germany when
Congress meets in extra session
APru z: , .,, x,
m T . . , itii c I rn r Mil I i ( i :
the naval forces, the wealth and the
moral support of this country will be
of vast assistance to the entente.
Congressman J. Walter Kehoe, of
Florida, said tonight that "Congress
will support President Wilson in his
efforts to , preserve' American rights.
I believe every true American will
back the President in this crisis."
BERLIN EXPECTS COUNTER
RUSSIAN REVOLT.
4.
(By United Press)
Berlin, March 2. (Via say-
ville) The Russian provisional
4 government may have to contend 4
with a Counter revolution expect-
4' ed in a few days through a move-
ment of workmen to end the war, 4
according to a statement issued
by the official press bureau to-
night.
V FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE
WILMINGTON, NORTH
CROSS SENDS
UT APPEAL FOR
STORM VICTIMS
Hundreds Suffering as Result'
r . ,, ;tli
or 1 ornado 1 hat Hit Indi
ana Town.
HJ7ATU I ICT CTAMHC
.UH A I ri JLIo 1 o IAIN Do j
AT THIRTY-FOUR.
j
Tragedy's Toll May Reach
Two Score When Search
of Wrecked Buildings is
Completed.
(Dy United Press.)
New Albany, Ind., March 24.
An 1
appeal for $250,000 to relieve the New:
RED
Albany tornado sufferers was sent ate enemies from within the empire,
out tonight by John J. O'Connor, di-1 Secretary of War Gutchkoff today is
rector of the Red Cross relief work. I sued a warning to all citizens to guard
About $20,000 of that amount was in j carefully against spies and urging
sight. Residents held a mass meet-1 unity of action against Germany. He
ing tonight to plan relief work and ;
rebuilding. munitions in the northern border, con-
The number of known dead remain- jtemplating an invasion toward Petro
ed at 34, with the probability thatgrad.
the number mny reach 40 when the! Foreign Secretary Milutkoff also is?
search of the tornado-wrecked build- 'sued a statement declaring Russia wsjs
ings is completed. - "no longer a dead weight in the coali-
. A- s a A th A A A 11 .
nffirial3 etatr! KOrt nnrons neoHoH
immediate .medical attention. Urgent
calls were sent out for more physi
cians. Two more companies of National
Guard troops arrived tonight. The
city was in darkness again.
Two commissary stores were open
ed late today. Hundreds of hungry
persons were fed.
USE OF RAILROAD
OFFERED GOVERNMENT
(P.y Uuiterl Press.)
Omaha, Neb., March 24. The Union
Paqific Railroad was tonight placed
at the' disposal of the United States
j government for use in connection
with National defense. A statement
by the company today said:
"All our equipment and all our re-!
sources will be at the command of;
the government and the Council of
-National Defense for preparedness
in th present National crisis."
Military officers in this locality are
co-operating with the railroads to pro-
bridgps over all PtrPams
& .
FOR THE ALLIES
This More Important at Pres
ent Than Military or Naval
Assistance.
(By United Press.)
Washington, March 24. The allied
'11 1 1 " J. J 3il I 1
war, now imminent, between this coun
try and Germany, it was learned in al
lied diplomatic circles here today.
This will be the logical opening
move in a plan for co-operation be
tween the United States and the Allies
in the prosecution of a vigorous war
against the Teutonic powers.
! FINANGJAL AID
American financial support, it wasCOUifj USft f0r protection:
indicated, will be more appreciated at i
1 1 j j. 11 1, FF-tM rtirt i 1
soldiers and war vessels.
It was pointed out that a government
loan to the Allies will, for the greater
part, be spent in the United States,
an argument, it is felt, that will most
likely appeal to the people of this
country.
Such assistance as the navy could
offer in the way of combatting the sub
marine menace by sending across the
Atlantic vessels of the submarine- chas-
'er type and destroyers is also expect
4 ed by the Allies, but they do not look
for active co-operation in foreign wa-
ters of the capital ships of the Ameri-
iican fleet.
Active participation of the land
forces of this country is not expected
at the outset, and in allied circles it
is considered that the first armies that
the United States might raise should
"be retained here in defense of their
own soil.
That volunteer detached contingents,
however, such as the "Roosevelt di
vision," might be used in conjunction
with the allied armies, was suggested.
CAROLINA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1917:
FIGHT BREAKS O UT
AT BIG PEACE MEET;
FISTS WERE USED
Foreshadowed as The Out
come of The Recent Revo
lation in Russia.
NEW GOVERNMENT
RESTORING ORDER
A General Assembly to Meet.
Proposed New Government
Popular People Urged
To Unite.
(By United Presn.)
''. bs
united States of Russia ' a re-
; public, if the leauers or the present
provincial government prevail in the
'constitutfents' assembly shortly to be
called. Sentiment here in Petrograd
among the general public supports this
1)Ianthe name as we!1 as the form
of government.
I Duma committee members are now
i en route to all provinces of Russia to
j spread to the people the gospel of the
revolutionists; to explain how the
J Duma seized the country and urge the
! people to consider what form of gov
jernment they desire. Indicating the
! rapid order being installed everywhere
and the active operations of the pro-
visional government seeking to elimin
said Germany is now massing men and j
" iniente Allies
Meanwhile' exiles continue to pour
in from Serbia and from London, for-
saking cells in various fortresses.
Under the government's announcement
cf several days ago, all railroad fares
are being paid back home for these
liberated prisoners.
GERMANS SPfif
STOP IE
"
Destruction Part of The Plan
in Behalf of IVtilitary
Interest.
THAT IS THE CLAIM
MADE BY BERLIN.
Admit Terrible Acts Were Per
petrated But Claims Justi
fied by Military Interest
and For Neutrals
(By United Press.)
Berlin (Via Sayville Wireless),
March 24. "Terrible as they may be
the measures were taken in military
interest, as well as in the interest of
neutrals," declared an official gov
ernment press bureau statement to
day, explaining the work of destruc
tion in the German retreat.
"A large strip of the line has been
changed into a wall of loneliness, in
which no village or farm remains
standing; no road and practically no
railroad tracks are serviceable.
'ln places where formerly there
were forests there are now only the
stumps of trees. The wells are blast
ed: wire cables are destroyed; the
enemy finds no cellars which they
no woou.
which could be used for construction.
All materials were sent
back, all'
sources from which material could
be gained were annihilated. Roads
;were blocked by huge trunks of
trees and meadows were turned over
by the plough during spring rains.
"Terrible as these measures' may
be in themselves, they were taken in
the military interest, and in the neu
tral interest as well. German corre
spondents acknowledge that the lim
it of military necessities was never
forgotten. Neutral correspondents
even frequently expressed astonish-,
ment that the German humanitarian
sentiment went so far as almost to
endanger their own interests. . I
imi ' XT .1;V. -rrmo cs-rQfiA
?0 cows were left in order to provide
milk for small children. Far irom
the town signs were posvfed announc-1
ing that Noyon was undefended and
that there were 8.000 civilian mnaD-j
itants in the town,
respondent asserted
Neutral cor-
that regard
for the population and disregard of .
military interests could not be car- j
tied further."
IN T
ENTENTE ADVANCE
Disp
Emergency Peace Commission
Held Turbulent Session
In New York.
FREE-FOR-ALL ROW
WAS SOON STARTED
Pacifists Outnumbered Jingoes
and Came Off Victors-
David Starr Jordan Wants
European War to End in a
Draw Joe Cannon Present !
(By United Press.)
New York, March 24. A small riot,
with cpen fighting, featured attempts
of several belligerent and militant
spectators at the New York mass
meeting of the Emergency Peace Com
mission to object to the pacifists pro
ceedings. Three or four persons in the audi
ence, directly adjacent to the speakers'
stand, started heckling Chairman John
G. Milholland. In a moment several
hudfed people charged the disturbers
and a free-for-all fist fight ensued.
The hecklers were ejected after!
about 20 minutes of fast and furious I
fisticuffs. '
The pro-war advocates were vastly
out numbered by the pacifists, but. they
put up a hot little light, in which the
pacifists showed they knew how to use
their fists.
Madison Square Garden was in an
uproar during the disturbance. At
least six thousand persons were mass
ed there. A number of women left
frightened at the fighting. No one
appeared to be much the worse for the
scrapping.
John G. Milholland, who presided,
strenuously defended the patriotism
of those opposing war.
"We are loyal to the constitution,"
he said. "We resent to the utmost
that these grave questions cannot be
settled without going to war."
"Never mind being called a traitor,"
Milholland said, in soothing tones,
"some day this country will be freed
of this pelt called war and it will then
be fit to live in."
He referred to recent events in Rus
sia. "Are you an American?" shouted a
man frm the rear of the hall.
Of course," returned Milholland.
"Throw him out" (this from the
rear). "No," retorted Milholland,
"You wont throw anyone out."
Directing his remarks to the man
in the rear, Milholland continued, de
claring: "We are not going to inau
gurate any dictator in Washington or
anywhere else. We want time to con
sider this question thoroughly and
shall refuse to be stampeded."
Other speakers were Joseph Gan
non, Dr. David Starr Jordan, Dr. Judah
Magnus and Prof. Scott Nearing.
As Milholland concluded, an officer
1 marched from the hall, taking the man
from the rear, charged with "disturb
ing the peace."
Dr. David Starr Jordan, next speak
er, declared the high cost of living in
America was not due to speculators.
"Germanv and Rnfflanrt arp hpinir
starved to death," he said. "There is
(not enough food to go around. The
high cost of living is not due to specu
lators. We are feeding too many idle
people.
"Are we going to send a great army
to Europe and starve ourselves, an
army that will take 1,000 ships to
move, when we have only l,r or 20?
"We s,peak of the downfall of the
Kaiser. Well, if his son is to succeed
him, I, for one, say, long live the
Kaiser.
"A German success would be a cal
amity. Peace without vistory is the
only thing."
?lention of President Wilson by Dr.
Judah Magnus started a storm of
hisses, followed by a wave of applause
of appreciably lesser volume.
"I wish to say that 1 have all honor
and respect for our President," he
said, when the noise had died down:
"As we leave here tonight let us not
forget that, the President has kept us
out. of war."
Bryan's name was cheered. Men
tion of Elihu Root was booed.
After Magnus had explained his re
spect for President Wilson, he said:
"He has pleaded peace without vic
tory because all belligerents are
guilty ,the victim of a system, gov
ernment and international law.
"There shall be no victory. The
wages of this war shall be defeat for
all. Shall this great democracy adopt
the militarism of Europe?
"Let us not be drawn into ' this
great war by high and mighty words.
If we do enter, let us do it with
broken hearts.
"It is plain the people don't want
war. If it is to be war, let the people
say so.
"Why should we fight on a ques
tion of which our own State Depart
ment does not know the meaning?
Our own State Department does not
know what international law means ;
if you use poisoned gas it is civilized;
if you are blown up by a submarine
it is uncivilized."
DonifHTn'r TVT'lT'cll K P f r 1 3 T V rf tVlp
Municipal OwnersW and Op,
aocieiy, ueciareu
"Let us pray for the death ot Root
and Roosevelt."
Loud cneenng greeieu mis.
"If we do declare war," he- de
clared, "this government must con
fiscate Rockefeller's oil fields, ,
roads, telephone and telegraph lines,
and all other public utilities."
ATfll
Olfl
SUBWAY BLAST AT
MIDNIGHT KILLED
MANY WORKMEN
Explosion Startled New York!
d - e j tvi I
Just Before Sunday Morn !
and Caused iixcitement.
BODIES ARE NOW
BEING BROUGHT OUT.
Three Dead Men Found Early
This Morning and Others
Being Sought Many
Injured.
(By United Press.)
New York, March 24. Premature
explosion of a blas,t set in the new
Queensborough subway, at the point
where it crosses Blackwell's Island,
penned several men in a section of
the tunnel shortly before midnight.
Police reported three or four men
were believed.,to have lost their lives
and that eight were injurd.
Reports that seven were killed
reached police headquarters shortly
after the explosion.
At the hospital located . on the
island, all information was refused.
The explosion was at a point near
the Queen's Borough bridge, giving
rise to the belief that an attempt had
been made to dynamite the bridge.
Twelve hundred prisoners on the
island were thrown into a state of
excitement which led the police to
concentrate heavy bodies of reserves
on the island.
Physicians from the Metropolitan
Hospital, located on the island, rush
ed to relief work, and the injured
workmen were taken to the hospital
as soon as rescue parties reached!
1 them.
At 1 o'clock rescuers had brought
out bodies of three dead and seven
injured workmen. The force of the
blast caved in the walls and roof of
the tunnel, piling the debris on top
of many, of the workmen. Some
fought their way free, sought aid and
helped to dig the others out.
AMERICAN INDIANS
READY FOR THE WAR.
(By United Press.)
Carlisle, Pa., March 24. Three hun
dred original "American Indiau t'Oy
students at Carlisle Irdustrial School,
are trained and ready to fight for the
white men who wrested from them
the land Columbus discovered.
HERO LACKS
ARMY, SAYS TUFT
Former President Continues to
Receive Big Welcome in
The South.
(By United Press.)
Birmingham, Ala., March 24.
America has no army, only a mob,
and if war comes ' tomorrow the
American people will be guilty of
murder if they send their army to
foreign soil, former President Taft
said in speaking here today for the
League to Enforce Peace.
"If ever universal service, which
is practically conscription," is added,
he believes America would become
involved in the war in a short time.
He said the United States would
have little trouble obtaining officers,
as the "American soldier is poten
tially superior to the European sol
dier now in the trenches."
"The recent trip" of the National
Guard to the border showed that our
soldiers were potentially troops of
ability and strength," he said. "And
we will not suffer from lack of gen
erals." J'ZtVt
casions of patriotic demonstrations.
The President of the city commis
sion of Birmingham announced Sat
urday he would honor the request- of
the Universal Service League and
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March 31.
T8 PAGES I
THREE SECTIONS. j
PRICE FIVE CENTS,
Tommies Fight Their Way
Through Teutons Rear
j Guards And Advance.
) RESISTANCE GROWS
MUCH STRONGER.
French Continue to Hurl
Themselves Forward and
Another Town Almost In
Their Clutch Russians Re
new Their Violent Attacks.
(By United Press.)
London, March 24. British troops
tonight fought within range of the
German guns oh the "Hindenburg
line."
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re
ported tonight his forces had fought
their way through the German rear
guards in a conflict that was becom
ing increasingly bitter, and had oc
cupied Roisel, a scant five miles dis
stant from the Cambrai-St. Quentin
line, which is supposed to be the pre
pared German front.
The German resistance was appar
ently stiffening all along the line.
Counter attacks, apparently in force,
rather than by a few rear guard de
tachments, were reported in General
Haig's dispatches, indicating that the
Germans were resorting to mass fight
ing again.
On the French front latest dis
patches indicating the French were
maintaining the same speed which ,
has characterized their pursuing of
the Germans from the start, but as
on the British front the resistance
of the Teutons is increasing.
From dispatches tonight it was as
sumed by military experts here that
the whole line of the Franco-British
advance now is approximately seven
miles in front of the "Hindenburg
line" all the way from around Arras
down to LaFere. The French, at
points southwest of LaFere, are even
nearer what is supposed to be the
German defense line.
The weather conditions on the
western front are against the Allies,
and it is considered remarkable that
their advance has been as swift as
reported, in view of the necessity of
rebuilding practically the entire coun
try and in a time when snow, rain
and sleet are not conducive to good
engineering operations, such as road
building.
Fighting on the western front nat
urally overshadowed all military ac
tions tonight, but military observers
were interested in an increase in the
fighting on the northeast (Russian)
front reported by both Petrograd and
Berlin. Apparently Germany is feel
ing out the strength of the Russian
forces, under the new democratic
government of Russia. Petrograd ad
mitted a short retirement in certain'
sections between the Sulcha and
Chyvanian rivers.
Will Fall In French Hands.
Paris, March 24. 'LaFere, flooded
by the Germans in a desperate effort
to stem the French advance, appears
certain of early capture by General
Nivelle's forces, the French official
! statement declares.
ANOTHER PRECEDENT
I BY THE PRESIDENT.
(By United Press.)
Washington, March 24. President
Wilson established another precedent
this afternoon when, accompanied by,
Mrs. Wilson, he called upon the Sec
retaries of War and Navy. The Pres
ident and Mrs. Wilson spent about
40 minutes in the offices of each.
At Secretary Baker's office it was
stated that the visit was "merely rou
tine," while at Secretary Daniel's of
fice came the information that it was
"purely social." Assistant Secretary
of the Navy Roosevelt attended the
navy "conference." It was the first
the last five secretaries that a Presi
time, it was stated, in the history of
dent has been accompanied by his
wife on a visit to the Secretary of
War.
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AMERICAN AVIATOR'S BODY
FOUND.
(By United Press.)
New York, March 24. Ser-
geant J. R. McConnell, of the
American French flying corps,
was killed in a fight with three
German aeroplanes, according to
special Paris dispatches publish-
ed by the New York Sun. His
body was found in a wood near -X-
Jussy, badly mangled. Several
bullets had penetrated the body.
McConnell is the son, of a North
Carolinian.
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