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Rather forecast, I . FINAL :1 Carolina and South Caro- North tonight and Thursday; , Faif lin :u hat warmei luium. F U LL L E A S: b" W I R E S E R V ICE VOL. XXIH. N.83. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA,; WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL' 11,19! 7. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 7 V . C7 1 A I I I I I XVI 1 I :--mmmm. I I I 1 i I . I l v. 5 - . it i 1 1 HViLiL k-li. 11 JLL J1L 11 iTI I I II f; All 1 1 A ,1 'A l ll I in 1 All I SAJ M Kf 1 1IZ I A I I 11 11 PVXvvl ivA 1 7 i r -A 1 ':;! A t ' 4 &t v v''':,r:i'' - ; f. '. vf; Billion Dollar Wmr Swt&U Me (0ikfy Passed 3 i British Attack So Vigorous Enemy Unable to Make Counter Attacks. GERMANS BUSY SAVING CANNON Thoroughness cf Cannon Fire. Big Guns Captured by Cav alryRoads Filled With German Prisoners Motor Transports Captured -Enthusiasm of British Soldiers. K -5f - -x- -K- -3f -Jf " WOULD CALL FOR MILLION VOLUNTEERS. 4fr (Byv Associated Press.) 4f 35- Washington, April 11. A reso- 5- lution authorizing the President to call for one million volunteers was introduced by Senator Sher- & 3r man, Republican; and laid on the 4f 45- table, at his request, without de- bate. . . The army appropriation bill 4f carrying $278,000,000 for the ex- isting regular army was passed 55- today by the Senate, amended 4r 55- so that the fund becomes im-55- mediately available. , Vigorously pressing their great of fensive on the Arras-Lens front, the British hjive pushed into rermattJieid territory behind the laments Hmden burs: line. Today's official statement from Lon don reports the capture of the village and heights of Monchy-le-Preuz, nearly five miles southeast of Arras and Just north of the Arras-Cambrai main road Hit itum' AT FF.VER HEAT WENT ussumit mAG BRAV&TEXAN 1 U All J Lil h AMERICAN (By Associated Pres.) Ottawa, April 1 1. The Stars and) Stripes went into battle for the first time during the world war during -tHe recent en tente storming of Vimy Ridge, in France,, according to an uri ofHcialjdispatch received here today from Canadian army headquarters in Europe. y "To a young Texan, who came to Onatrio to enlist and who is now lying wounded int he hospital," the dispatch reads, "be longs the honor of first carrying the American flag into battle in the European war, into which the United States, as a bellig erent, has just entered. He went up to the assault .at Thelus carrying the Stars and Stripes on his bayonet and fell thus." ATTITUDE OF ALL LATIN COUNTRIES AS TO GERMANY OLD GLORY FLIES AT FREW FRONT Political Leaders of Argentina Advocate Following The United States Course American Squadron to Weai United States Uniform and Fly Stars and Stripes. IllMITY riF I ATIN wATIONSlJRGEU along other! Red Cross Queen's Contest Closes at Show Grounds Tonight at 1 0 O'clock. Tonight at 10 o'clock the contest for Satisfactory Droeress sections of the fighting line is announc-l ed, one of the points taken being the village of LaBergere. Apparently the first swift rush of. the forceful offensive is over, but the i reports from corrpsnnrtripnts indipatp. that the work of consolidating the 'queen ot tno lieu uross carnival wm ground won was taken up speedily and close on the show grounds at Thir done thoroughly, while during the'teenth and Dock streets. Interest is progress of this task there was no in- now at fevor heat and the friends of terruption of the pressure upon the re-' the contestants are ready to make a treating Germans. . Already more than hard fifrht right up to the finish in 11,000 prisoners and euns in excess of ordpr to e-et their favorites ahead. 100 many of them hpaw tiippps hv . All of thp ballot boxes will be col- been taken by General Haig's victor- lected at 5 o'clock this afternoon and ious troops. , taken to headquarters where the vote3 The minim',, o. i.-. t. 'will be counted. At 7 o'clock tonight, uiuiu auroiitc lias uecu cr Some Oppose Breaking With Germany While Approving Course of United States. Uruguary's Neutrality. (By Associated Press.) Buenos Aires, April 11. La Razon publishes a series of interviews with r stripes over their headquarters, but (By The Associated Pru. x Paris, April 1L It was decided to day that- the Laayette'r flying, squad ron, composed of Americans who have distinguished themselves at the, front, will change from the French-b ; the arter? carry the American flag at the French froftt." t -.' When the American aviators ap-" pear in the uniform of the Uniteu States this country will have its first representation of the war as a bellig erent. Heretofore the American unit has constituted an integral part of the French army. After the adoption by Congress of the war resolution the Americans hoisted the Stars and GREAT MEASURES WILL BERUS Leaders In Congress Today Discuss Ways For Financ ing War. ''. PRESIDENT HELD CONFAB AT CAPITOL Urges That Plan of War De partment Be Adopted Leader Kitchin Wants to Examine it. war (By Associated Press.) Washington, April ll.: The financing bill, providing for $5,060,000, 000 in bonds and $2,000,000,000 in treasury certificates, was unanimously reported for passage today by the Ways and .Means Committee. Chairman Kitchin, introducing and reporting the bill to the House, an nounced that it would be called up Friday. The bill authorizes a bond issue of $5,000,000,000 and provides that not to exceed $3,000,000 from the proceeds of the bonds may be used in extending credits to foreign governments. The remaining $2,000,000 js to be used at home. It also authorizes an additional bond issue not to exceed $63,945,460 to redeem the three per cent, loan of 1908 maturing August 1,1918. national leaders on the questions of Argentinian neutrality. Luis Marie Brago, former minister of foreign af fairs, urges that Argentina join the al lies. Senor Brago says: 'As I advised our government, we should have followed the United States when it broke relations with Germany. Such action was justified by the Ger man notification that it prohbited all ships from crossing a war zone, arbi- u ai ii j cDUkuiiBucu uu a ucc oca, One against all conception of international , Rockwell fected in iha oi-.f ft: . the northern nivot f L ttok he Kennedy show grounds, at the au nortnern pivot of the Hindenburg .nrnna tllo win p-win r-nn- a voting booth will be established on line, now the German resistance was naturally. law. The situation is aggravated to day. The war between Germany and America is a struggle of Democracy against Absolutism and no American nation can remain neutral without de- their official status was not changed. In a semi-communication issued in Paris last week it was said the Amer icans had destroyed thirty German airplanes. They have taken part in the heaviest air fighting at Verdun and on the Somme and have won wide recognition. Ser&eant Raoul Lufbery has brought down six German ma chines, Sub-Lieutenant Bert Hall three, and a number of other Ameri- each Sergeant Kiffen and Sergeant Norman PROMINENT GOLDSBORO turned by the British, where fte I?Wl11 Sfi nying its past and compromising its CITIZEN DIED TODAY. Prince were killed in action after each had brought down two. stiffest in vipw of v, "I""" " votes will be counted at y o ciock ana command fng hil Nev ain at 9:30 'clock' th ?t& ertheless tho PHtVo?;- ' number of ballots for each contestant further einV .will be announced. Each of the young O 111 L 1 C. future "How can Argentina break the bonds of solidarity with its Latin brothers $2,000,000 worth" of certificates of In debtedness, to run one year, i Interest is not to exceel three and one-half per cent, and the bill leaves the denominations of the bonds to the discretion i of the Secretary of the Treasury. If at any time prior to De cember 31, 1918, a subsequent series of bonds are issued at a higher rate of interest, bonds issued under author uIr W ft TlU! If ACT CAOlKffitf . i , i WHOLE WHEAT A CHEAP FOOD Nutricious and Palatable Food. Directions For Preparing it For The Table. By Carl Vrooman Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, Member National Emergency Food Garden Commission. Written for the United Press. Washington, April 11. Whole wheat which can be bought in the grain at seed or feed stores is one of the best all-around cheap and nu tritious foods in the country. Every American home should keep a supply of ; tyhole wheat. Whett.: soaked for J5evxai.Jiour& length of time it makes a delicious breakfast food. v Ground in a hand grist mill which can be bought for three or four dollars, it is equally pal atable when made into bread or used as a cereal. It has been estimated that whole wheat, cooked over night in a fireless cooker, or cooked all day on the back of the kitchen range, makes a cereal costing one-sixteenth the price of Opinion Differs As to Wha Caused The Explosion in Munitions Plant. SOME HOLD RESULT OF FOREIGN PLOT ' ; . Others Declare It Was Due ta Accident Investigators are , Working Hard on The Ghastly But Important Problem. ity of the act may be convertible into bonds bearing the higher rate. some of the natent commercial break Representative Kitchin assured the I fast foods, and furnishes, moreover, President the bond bill would be pass ed Friday without difficulty. The War Department's plan for rais ing an army by selective conscription was the principal subject discussed. Both Mr. Kitchin and Speaker Clark Id the President of opposition in the House to conscription, but said they did not know how strong it was. The President earnestly urged that fully equal nourishment. Whole wheat may be cooked with out cracking or grinding, but it re quires many hours in a double boiler to cook thoroughly. Whole wheat ground in a hand grist mill should be cooked at least three hours over the fire or all nght in a fireless cook er. To have the best flavor It should J?'irt.." eS.artm6nt pUn be ' ccoked the better. It Is possible to President w2T went to the House .2J d?,y8 ences with Speaker Clark and other leaders on the war program (Special to The Dispatch.) Goldsboro, N. C, April 11. Golds- I and abandon its traditional policy to j boro lost one of her best citizens this I S 1.1! T- J it. t 1 T a ! i Democratic Leader Kitchin, who will pilot the war revenue measures through the house was summoned, and ' the President, the Speaker and Mr. Kitchin entered into a conference. Representative Kitchin said he had wheat is soaked several hours, it will not need to be cooked so long. The Bureau of Chemistry has worked out a recipe for bread made primarily from home-ground meal. Two cupfuls of wheat meal, 1 cup ful of white flour, 1 1-4 cupfuls of lukewarm water. 1-2 caKe or com . , , . . . , . : . . , T mr ci ; j .j ivcuicocmauvc lutmu saiu uc uau l UB.t5 w til ill wauci , -u tone vi ladies are reauested to have a repre-' r,;n7", Z Zl Vt: Z" " L m not tnorougniy examine tne war ue- ; pressed yeast, l level taDiespoonrui or . . i WUIXIIX UQL11 V : VV C UUKilL LUC11 LU UiC" i L ilUUlC 1XX LXXXS VllJ t (X W A I- J. v are to range ourselves as soon as o'clock n crazu s decision to sovpr riinlomat- contutivo m-osPTit who will watch the 1C relafinic n.;i, ii . f . ... a ' j i lw c t- nv . llu uermany nas so Iar count Ol tne votes ana iwu. aner uw nnsaihle with those who are onnosin Th der.nfl.kAd traf AmpriP J south or uen- interests, prominent local resiaems the oppression of an absolute govern-, paralysis -v. itatiuns, uut auviues win act a juuges u.uu wum mo ment. We should constitute the ma- British Ppessinq Their Advantage. rronr a sfow n npi t , ,,-,Jiresponaent or tne in Prn Press British Headquarters mnce, April 10. (Via London, Apr. ish'nst?e,Speed and Power of the Brit- k-own U In what Probably will be Ar n m hJst0ry as the batUe of the the Germanr6 thrUgWy rauoh en i i.x A, , . retii;-, " mat tneir usual solS Fy artillery Are has been ab This ; negligible in the last two days, dumber natly due- of course, to the must L .f? captured, to which bv ih tue numDer Knocued actual ; Htish artillery before the the fart tl usan. it is also due to too buit the Gennans have been ns awav? nS t0 Set- their remaining bother fi m immediate danger to a Germ , S them at the enemy. In ras i-rn artlllery position east of Ar bo soeS JIn as Rattery Valley, could today. lemams of 24 field pieces vealed n 7erthe newly taken lines re aPProXiL?ndltion of trenches closely e(1 bv til lK those recently evacuat the Sommp Germans in the. valley. of 'th oniv 'a ny du&outs remained trenov, ' y. damaged portals, but the linps, ha'vp I ns a11 communication abut. en mercifully battred OUi.cesstul was the artillprv was stricken with a few weeks ago, but had about -rsfovfrfrl when his death OC- Great excitement win prevail aur mg terial and moral union of thig continent curred. Mr. Swaringen was for ser the last hour of the balloting, and all for the defense of law and democratic i.eral years chief of police of Golds of the young ladies are working hard. , prmcipies in international relations." boro and was always known as an It was rumored this afternoon that one j Estanislae Zebailos,. also a former ! influential citizen. He was about 70 of the "dark horses' will poll a tremen-1 master of foreign affairs, believes years of age. dous vote tonight, and several ojre pre- thftt Aeentina should maintain its -a x it. n 4- lAAn.a -nrlll I ... - ... ' aicting ixiaL Lilt; yieacui icauwo ni rom Rio Janeiro pniapo tviof ei'mHof f.A- v AViM,i LUU f ClillllUl action by some other of the South Am- can countries is expected in dlplo- matic circles there. A dispatch from Zul rePrts'the government an nouncing that it o iS nf tu i ouypuHCU IUB clULlUIl "I the TTnitot r;0, 11 otaues in reierence to chvJ u l rr'Suay, however, has de-hbe displaced, unless they. are ready for ner neutrality. a strenudus battle right up to the clos ing hour. partment plan and was not ready to . salt, 1 level tablespoonful of sugar, commit himself on it. Some of his and 1 level tablespoonful of shorten friends said that he was only for con-: ing if desired, is the formula. Dough scription as an emergency measure. , Cf this kind has. only two-thirds of Indications were that the President the usual rise of white bread. It would continue to insist upon the War should be baked slowly for three-quar-Department plan as drawn although ters of an hour. sentiment appeared to be developing Everv American woman should ior puumg a. yru.visiuu iuiu Liie iiicaa- neutrality. He advises the expropria- The "Russian party of the fatherland ion of all cereals in Argentina so as, and the army," which includes most to ascertain the exact divided pro rata of the members of the Petrogra'd gar between Brazil. Chile. Urueuav .and rison has adonted a resolution strong- m- . 1 A 1 . t- X t ' - ' " ' L ine stanamg oi tue uoutesLstuts au x Europe. ' ly supporting the war. it urges con- o'clock today follows: Edouard Bidau, Doyen of the faculty tinuance of the war to a victorious con- Votes - -ti,iva tliot Arffantlna ia nn' rlllsioTI flTld RJIVS '. "PeaCe WithOUt COn- Mary Houston ll,-2ol i obliged t0 modify its position as a neu- sent of the allies would threaten rus-j Washington mary i-icseix I'oVk tral. but that the resolution of Brazil sian liberty; would orana us witn ais- Vera Furlong .... .. .. . 8,325 tQ geVer relations with Germany ren- grace and treason." Gladys McEeacherh .. 7,o4J j it.tnnrA-iHfflwilt. tn tnftint9.in.npn.- Dorothy Meier 2,614 trality Senor Bidau approves the de- Elizabeth Westbrook . . .... . . 1,630 fa?rm nf fhfi TTniten States and nraisps ure under which an effort would be made first to raise the army by volunteers. GAMES UP TO 3:45 O'CLOCK. know and use whole wheat. THE RUPTURE SERIOUS RIOTS BULGARA (Coat mued on Page Six) Charged by German Cavalry. Bulgarian Troops Join Rioters in Some Towns (By Associated Press.) London, Apr il 11. Rioting in sever al towns in Bulgaria is reported in a Reuter dispatch from the French head qua ters on the Macedonian- front. In Sofia, German cavalry is said to have charged the rioters, occasioning many casualties. In some cases, the 'dis patches report, Bulgarian troops have taken . sides with the manifestants. - the address of President Wilson. He believes that the government should be prepared to take a firm stand in the event of citizens of Argentina losing their lives on torpedoed ships. Uruguay For Neutrality. Montevideo, Uruguary, April 11. The Uruguaryan , government today is sued a decree of neutrality in the war between the United States and Ger many and between Cuba and Germany. Others to Follow Brazil., Rio Janeiro, Apr. 11. Pro-ally dem in diplomatic circles that other South 'American nations will soon follow the example of Brazil in severing relations with Germany. The Chilean minister is continuing his conference with Dr. Lauro Muller, the Brizilian foreign minister. Dr. Muller today received Arthur Peel, 'the British minister, who subse quently conferred with President Braz. Spain will take charge of German in terest n Brazil.' f (Continued on Page Eight). .Unusual news some times creates an unu sual demand for your daily paper. Have you arranged with your newsboy or dealer to serve The Wilmington Dispatch for you every day? Telephone; 176 or send a postal card -to The Wilmington .Dispatch Circulation Department if you want regular ser vice by carrier at your-home. American League. At Philadelphia .020 Philadelphia . . . f 0 0 0 Johnson and Ainsmith, Bush and Myei. At Cleveland Cleveland 4 Detroit. 2 Coveleskie and O'Neil; James and WITH AMERICA Logical Consequence of State of War Between Latter and Germany Declares Press Stanage. - At New York New York Boston . . ...... . : . . . Caldwell and Nunamaker; and Thomas. I (By Associated Press.) Chester, Pa., April 11. Revised: lists of the fatalities resulting from' , the explosions yesterday at the - shrapnel loading. plant of ' the. Eddy-' ; ! stone. Ammunition Corporation at Norihi Eddystone, -neaif here, place the number ot dead at 122, the majority' peine ; gins;', ana young women. gins were mjurea, at least iv.Deing. so burned and torn by shrapnel frag-' ments that death was momentarily " expected. Twenty-three others em-J, ployed in the .structure, which waarp blown to splinters, are missing f v:' "Although police and company offi-V. cials worked through the night at-' , tempting to establish identities of the dead they were hampered by the con- ; ; dition of the bodies and the fact that the time book, recording all employed in the structure, was destroyed. : Official opinion of the cause, wheth-: er accidental or malicious, is divided. Alba B. Johnson, president of the. Baldwin Locomotive Works, which owns the Eddystone Works, asserted, the disaster probably was due to an, accident or carelessness on the part -of some of the ' persons within thev building. He held that the strong armed guard about the plant would effectively shut out persons intent on destroying the buildings in which mil lions of dollars worth of munitions. are being manufactured for the en tente allies. Opposed to this belief of an accidental cause was a signed- , -statement of Samuel M. Vanclain, head of the munition company, V In which he said : "We are unable to account fof the ; , explosion in any way other than the act of some maliciously inclined per-: son or persons." . , The energies of investigators today concentrated on sifting the narrative , , of survivors. Four separate investl- r gations have been begun by Federal, State, municipal and company off I- cials. v , - , Mr. Johnson changed his theory that y.; the exploslpn was due to an. accident,., after, a visit today to the plant. He . now agrees with the view pf. Mr.. Van- 't clain that plotters caused the explo sion. ' - "Although we have only clrcumstan-' . tial evidence," Mr. Johnson said, J'lt y looks as If some one touched off a bomb or a time clock with an explo- ive attached. I have become convino-" ' ed, after a talk with the Eddystone r f- " ficials, that the catastrophe could not, have occurred through an accident." - The Chester police have. released two', suspects, father and son, named Co- ; hen. Nobody is in custody in connec- ition with the expjosipnu-but develop- ; i ments are expeciea Bumny. ,.iu" Chester police say "that If the explo-, ( sion was the work of plotters, whoever ' - , ' . SPECULATION HAS fVtv A nankin tori Trfi(ui.) ii I Amsterdam. April 11. (Via Lon- caused it must have died with the rest. 2 don-) The rupture of diplomatic re- j Mr. Vauclain said today: ' . v Ruth lations between Austria-Hungary and' "The disaster occurred In the build- . i the, United States is declared by the j Ing devoted to loading shrapnel with f; Vienna newspapers to be a logical con-1 black powder, commonly known as the , 4 r otnfo r-t wait KatiiraDfi VkAOA o vtro DCUUClltC JL VXLU OM.bC M. T A V w I. w w ' w VIH. fa. v WT ' ' ', the United States and Germany. Au- R17I71M QTTIPPFTV stria-Hungary and Germany are as one IiAi nil rj iujM, V Yar- and all attempts to cause the former in to assume a different attitude are in mv Aswfia'ed PresO Chicago, April 11. Speculation ru.v.a6, . -r-r- vain thPv declare. the building was three-inch shrapnel for the Russian . government . Therp . were 10,000 pieces of shrapnel In the ; building. We cannot .understand , how the disaster could possibly havehap- Dened accidentally. There were three vole aof PMcs VaV w than a centur JbetweA accomplished by abolishing air rule gary and America is regretted by the covering deals in these products, for press of the Austrian capital, which futSe delivery. Dealers desiring to incidentally expresses the view, that assure stocks for future delivery may the Austro-Hungarian aide memoire dSSaSS with sWppers a?, indi-which followed the American Inquiries h? Mtton" the board,' regarding Austria V position on subma- Tiuuo.10, v.v-.v.v i . .Inn -rrrnf fay a rrtrstamoA manv hints for it is said, practically enminatea aVvs,- uiauuu cession, with about ten seconds De- tween the first and last explosion. "The plant haa been inspected by the best experts in the country and been pronounced exceptionally well 'de- signed in every respect" . " ' . ' ' . Mr. .Vauclain said' the 'families of f those killed and injured would be pro- ( vided for by the company. ' (Continued on Page Eight). I ll ; i t 1 s 7