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ATHER FORECAST n Wnrth Carolina Fair, tonight and Wednesday; warmer in north por- h'carolina Fair toniflht and Wednesday. WILM ON- ip :A nrniHr FULL4 LEASED WlR S ERV I CE EDITION NO. 89. WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA! TUESDAY 1 7191 7; PRiCE FIVE CENTS HI 5 fT) " A l 7- . : s . , ' Me War k WITT on o vv Mtnim A ton TT3TTiY 0) Tj) DAY .i 'row .MMvl P 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. ' ONE GREATEST BATTLES ' 4 IN HISTORY. - u (By Associated Fress). , 4 Berlin announces f the battle ' H which opened on the ; Aisne Is 4 "one of the greatest the world's history." The French attempt to break through failed with very fr heavy losses, says the German statements which declares that e . - ' . - . fighting continues t: a' few places 4- c M " 1 4 where the German lines were pen- Strikes OVer Reduction of etrated nd fresh attacks by the i Weeklv Bread Ration Or- French are expected. The Ger- l TeeKiy Deaa aVn. Uc E mans report -the captttre of more i cur n 3ome ractories than 2,100 prisoners.! x4l .a. V - - i MEN WALK OUT AT ;,ihmarine Was Hundred 1 H Miles South of New York . When Sighted -IRED TORPEDO AT DESTROYER SMITH 5UUTHP0RT TO ' -55- NOMINATE MAYOR -x- -JC- 5f TELEGRAPHIC j -X- -Jfr 45- SPARKS. Projectile Went Wide of Mark Looks Like Plain Sailing for and Submarine at Once Ducked Presence Indi cates Blockade of Atlantic Seaboard (By Associated Press.) Washington. April 17. -A Ruarkat the Convention' Tonight ; (Special to The Dispatch.) Southport, N. C, April 17. The con ventions of the secbnd and third wards were held last night for the purpose of nominating candidates for alder- i , A J fiJ men for'Uiose .wards,,to be voted for .erman submarmetoday nred!at. M an:In the Second n the destroyer Omitn , ! yy j.ward Rr: WiMTlscajr man. -ana i .i r xt vr5 - t- niies soutn or iNew i one The presence . of iiibmarines in American wa-. men The British steamship Karmala, an 8,983 ton passenger vessel, was driven on a reef and sunk March 17 near Spezia, Italy, after being shelled and torpedoed by a German submarine, ac cording to two Americans who were among the Karmala's 190 passengers. All. on board the Karmala were saved. FBOiTHE , CONCERTED HOUR Attempt of Strikers to March to Charlottenburg Pre vented By Police Strike Quiet, Police On Guard. (By Associated Press.) Berlin, April 16 (Via London, April 17). A day of apprehension in Berlin Soon to Arrive '.Plans For . ended tonight without alarming Their RecentiOii and Enter i events. The threatened strikes be- tainment Perfected Physicians attending Archbishop Blenk, critically ill at New Orleans since Sunday, announced his condi tion was little changed today. The archbishop was steadily growing .weak? er and his, attendants feared he would (By Associated Iiess.) . wabuuHstuu, Au..Vf-rM r J-not affect transportation nor 1 r XT n-I!U A J T7 : 1 i commissions went forward today, sur rounded by the curtain of official se crecy which' has been deemed neces sary until the commissioners are here. The indications today, were that the French commissioners f would arrive later than the British members, but in asmuch, as game of the confetejicfei ue not' retard ttiie dlscusaionTof io-opera ers indicates that the threaten ed German submarine block de of American Atlantic ports tas begun. This announcement was nade at the Navy : "Reported from Fire Island ightshjp to the Naval stations t Boston and New York at :30 a. m., on the 1 7th, an nemy submarine was sighted y the UrS. S. Smith, running pparently submerged. Sub marine fired a torpedo at the J- S. S. Smith winch missed er by 30 yards. The wake f the torpedo was plainly sen crossing "the bow. Sub marine disappeared." irst information of the ncounter came to the Navy apartment in a round about ray from Boston navy yard 'hich picked up the Smith's Port, saying she had been red upon by a German boat, ine Navy Department, after com 'Wucating with Fire Island, Boston, ; iork and other points on the At coast, announced that the re-fj- of the Smith's encounter had substantiated by official investf- A; K.- GoMfiMh "sel5l-etaTy'?and- B. J. H A dispatch to the London Daily-fijC' -j O if iT Xirn4t tttMi salant. t nrcca frntTi PatiVKmaiiT mmtoa io Tina. enemy red as , the two candidates fdr alder- skla VVolia as saying Jthat former Em- ''1"1 - .rrTu peror Nicholas and tne former empress . EJnow have been' forbidden to communi cate witn eacn otner or tneir ieuow prisoners, except in the presence of officers or their guard. In the' third ward convention, C. Guthrie presided and R At were noon nr fm-tViQT. ;.r ;i , " tlltl UCUCLAAO uacie here. Whether the presence of the Ger- submarine merely foreshadows raid' Euch as the u-53 con- P ,.lQ ff. the New England coast, jnether it is the signal for the be i"n7f a general submarine block aown Atlantic coast, is not yet Jh attack by the U-boat is Ger- a s recognition of the state -, of a' ,tecflaled by the United States. It Hot, ,Vn Germany soon after the pn Conress that no aggressive iWSesbe taken againSt PriCttCly no American offiicals be ovel t statement, however, and on m,eet aggressive steps were ibmTrt ken' The Probability of marme attack on unprotected, sea ne Wi!fc-es and towns, raids on ship id la i,K Sight of American shores, Pal Atw- ulutiU1Qe OI tne prm Ranson actect as -secretary, and War ren Hood and T. H. Lindsey were elected as the nominees for aldermen. The convention to nominate a can- dxdate for mayor win De new xuzugui. Daughters of the American Revolu- It seems now tnat. it wui pe smoum j tion held the first bUSiness sessions of saiimg j. vv. ivuam, iui.uu.uu .their national congress today, after The opposition not very great has f,(3vritirip. TT,ri5t nf th nTlpnillfr nmm failed, so the rumor goes, to persuade. t d to patriotic addresses and any one to consent to take the place Former Mayor Price Furpless was sol icited by some to make the race, but "Barkis wasn't willing," and so the race tonight it. seems will be alto gether one-sided. There seems to be no issues this year and no very great amount of en thusiasm can be stirred up. As to the candidates for aldermen there seems to be an issue but it is the future. It has been the custom to make a mem ber of the Board the city tax collect or, and this means a side issue job of $300 or $400 a year. Some interest is being shown. There is a sentiment that the salary of the tax collector should be "fncl-eased and other duties added and a " man employed for his full time. Under the city charter this can be done. G. W. Rapple jea has been . notified that his commission as Second Lieu-. bead, of Alabama tenant in the engineering corps is on receptions to delegates. Reports of officers and committees were received American officials, representing the executive, branch of tne government, the army and the navy, have complet ed their preparations for receiving and looking after the welfare of the com missioners while they are here. Official announcement was made at cause of a reduction in the weekly bread ration materialized in only a portion of the larger factories and did public J planned an elaborate system, of street demonstrations which; were to unite m an assemblage, but inclement weather kept down enthusiasm. Some of , the factories affected, an nounced tonight that the - workmen would resume - work, toniorrow. Other meeticgs-wlll: be held ia theU morning to"v decide, the future course .of. Cthe .The 'streets are quiet' toiiight, "but tile police are still on guard.. The government authorities declare :t that they will make no effort to Interfere with the strikers, because they are only registering disapproval of the new fojod regulations and are expect ed to resume work, everywhere be fore the etid of the week. The strikes are limited to factories manned by unions belonging to the Liebknecht Ledebor branch of the Social Democracy. The Scheidemann 1 WANT PEACE Provided it Can Be Secured Without Humiliating Terms Food Situation tuc oiaic uctiai uucui luai du tai iio r - - - . the department's information was con- group is not striking. The Vorwaerts, cerned, the British commission, head ed by Foreign Secretary Balfour, had today. National officers will be nomi-tnot arrived in this country and reports nated tomgnt-and Daiioting begins to- to the contrary were utterly false and morrow. mad from the whole cloth." The loss of the American steamship Zealandia on the British coast early this month was due to striking a mine, and two of the crew were scalded to death, according to officers of the ves- i . sel who arrived at New York todaj' o nan American steamship. Delegates and good roads advocates ' 45- 4fr 5fr ' " 4f WAR MEASURE TO PASS THE SENATE TODAY. (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 17. Debate on the $7,000,000,000 revenue war - bill, already passed by the House from about 40 States were present! and approved, with slight modifi- when the fifth annual session of the United Spates, Good Roads' Association was called to order at Birmingham, Ala., this morning, by the President, United States Senator John H. Bank- the way. He . recently stood an exam-; An armed posse or citizens today are cations, by the Senate Commerce 3fe Committee, began in tne senate today. Its passage before ad- r journment, virtually without op- -X- position, was expected, Before taking up the biirin the 5f Senate, Republican Senators held a conference to discuss this and 1 other measures on the adminis the organ of the Scheidemann Social ists, printed a warning against strik ing for fear that the latter would In terfere with efforts to obtain a sep arate peace with Russia. There were no strikes in factories employing the so-called Christian Unions. The workers appeared in all tne factories as usual this morning, but an hour later those who had agreed to strike walked out. Apparently, there was an agreement to march through the Unter den Linden to Char lottenburg. The police, however, pre vented the paraders from entering Unter den Linden and most of the Friedrichstrassfr and prevented the different parades from uniting. Po lice officials said tonight that the trouble was over. ination for the appointment. He has! scouring the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, sec been in charge of the electric light tion for an unidentified negro, who it;' tration war program plant. He states that he will put a good man in charge of the" plant. is alleged, attached a young wmte as buuu as me o woman in Tuscaloosa several days ago.' of, Democratic leaders of the Sen- News of the assault did not become, ate hope to take up the measure wni i CE- AI 17IDI7T 17CQ i known until, today, when the woman which tne military commuiee is -a- YVIIL. OllAL. yVlKXslALDD 'asserted she saw her assailant on the drafting for raising a large army. WHEN SHIPS ENTER'street yesterday and that he fled at VVJ the sight of her. (By Associated Press.) ' I - . i Boston, Mass., April 17. Naval au-j thorities announced here today that until further notice no coinmerciil messages WQUld be handled in the first naval district between ships, sea ' and shore radio stations. Wireless apparatus of all ships entering ports -in this district will be sealed while' the vessels are in port. TRINITY STUDENTS PREPARING FOR WAR (By Associated Press.) Durham, N. C, April 17 Trinity College has authorized credits toward graduation to students taking part in military drills. Trinity, a non-military institution, has applied to the War Department for guns and the faculty has appointed one of its members to take charge of the work. TrT r 4- X 1 ne anH ,J,ullB LU terrorize snip- Last wePetP'e Tre ect a that o ord came to Washing are aal rGermany-was about to de iout L ? T1 submarine zone W thl ??rbors of Boston, New ak; r7v Daw.are Capes, Chesa- SENATE CONFIRMS ' TWO N. C. POSTMASTERS (By George H. Manning.) j Washington, D. C, April 17, The j Senate has confirmed the nominations I of Charles L. Ingram to be postmas- i ter at Franklin, JN. ana isaau j. Young at Hendersoi, N.O, FURTHER ADVANCE BY BRITISH IN EAST ITlv ' Aaanf intern PrftfiS.) London, April 17. British troops in Mesopotamia are continuing their ad-: vance up the Tigris in pursuit of the ', retreating Turks, it was officially an-! nounced today. They have pushed; to. within a little.more .than ten miles of .- Virtually on 7i!: n ana savannab Samara, 70 . miles northwest oi.isag-' e Atlantic v lmportant ports onad and within a mile and a half of sme Als?aboard' I Istabilat, where the Turks apparently (ConHm, lcan officlals were dis- are ; expected to 1 make ; Hheir nexP The WilmieoBi Dispatch is an evening paper and is brought into the home at night instead of being taken out of the home in the morning. It is read at d time when the entire family have the leisure to read and be influenced by the advertisements. Besides, its hews and features appeal to every member of the family. It is a recognized fact that the evening paper is the News Paper Eighty-five per cent, of the day's news breaks for evening papers. The Wilmington Dispatch carries r r 'Today's News Tdday Having full leased wire reports of the Associated Press, and. unexcelled local news reports. 1 (By Associated Press.) v Berne, Switz., Monday, April 16. (Via Paris, April 17). Peace and spring weather are what the Austrian and Hungarian people most desire. During a long stay in Vienna whence the Associated Press, co-respondent has just come, there was .observed: ev ery indication that the government and yvtiw yi uyuBtw - laviag . Ausixja-jnun-garian territory intact and- making no claims for war indemnify. ,; . By the same token there appears to be no doubt that the monarchy will continue fighting unless these mini mum conditions are met. While the public is extremely weary of the war, its mind is made up to persist in the struggle to the end rather than ac cept humiliating .terms. The demands made on Austria-Hungary's economic resources and human reservoir by the war are beginning to reach the limit of bearableness, and the severe winter, whose after-effects are still felt, tends to increase the great burden borne by the population. The sowing of crops is about three weeks behind, which causes consider able anxiety, notwithstanding the fact that 'the winter crops are reported as in good condition. Spring weather is awaited eagerly for the planting of po tatoes and other summer crops. The lateness of the season has bon the cause of deferring the calling to the colors of recent levies of recruits, who will start training May 15, In stead of April 1. Vienna and, other large cities con tinue the struggle ! with food problems, which are due very largely to the ex tremely poor conditions of transport. The long war has caused a general de preciation of railroad tracks and roll ing stock. The g)(rernment regulations have been far from successful in many re spects, although thus far they have served to keep in reserve supplies which ultimately will be available. In the meantime, however, the public is paying a terriffic cost for this system in' the form of extortion practiced by unscrupulous middle-men whom the government in most cases has been unable to reach, owing to the fact that they have powerful .Vienna banks be hind them.- Pushing Back German Lines -Along One Hundred and y Fifty Mile-Front ; ' FURIOUS COUNTER ATTACKS BY ENEMY : P Failure to Check Onslaught Total- German Casualties - -; One Hundred Thousand i 'S , Joint Attack Carefully Plan- fv;: ned British Aerial Attack ; On Freiburg As Reprisal' Measure f ALLEN TELEPHONES HE WILL SURRENDER (By Associated Press.) Wytheville, Va., April 17 Search for Fred C. Allen, Ivanhoe, Va.; justice of the peace, who is charged with kill ing J. C. Lawson, of . this city, was .abandoned today, after Allen telephon jed to the authorities that he .would 'come here and surrender himself. Al len is a cousin of members of the Al len clan who shot up the Hillsville court house some years ago. COLLEGE ATHLETICS GIVE PLACE TO WAK (By Associated Press.) - Raleigh, N. C, April . 17. The ath letic "council of the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and En gineering, at a meeting last night can celled all athletic events - scheduled after April 23, in view of the present state of war. The baseball schedule thus canceled includes three games here, with V. P. I., University of Geor gia, and Guilford College, and the en tire northern trip on which the team was scheduled to meet Washington and. Lee, V. P. I., Navy and George town. One. track meet Is lopped, off the season's events by the decision. Along a 150-inile front' battle -Una the French an British are puslflng - sq-uggle for1 themastery of the west. s ern: front : w-v-. ;: ; Stepping Into'the fray a?ter; the Brit-. ish had been hammering the German lines, in the Arras region to bits: for a week, the French struck? along a 25- mile front along the Aisne, carried the German positions to an average depth of from 2 to 2 1-2 miles, captured more --than 10,000 prisouers, and maintained air the ground won. Last night, after' the great success of their initial rush, ; Geenral Nivelle's . . forces occupied themselves with consolidating their new positions and resisting German ' counter attacks. ' All 'these assaults were repulsed and inr the Allies' re- gion, west of Craonne,-me Germans suffered heavy losses. Their ..total casualties, all told, in the first . 24 -hours fighting, are esUmated at 100,- . 000 men. Both British and French reports to day indicate that the continuation of -the operations is being hampered by bad wseather. Nevertheless the Brit ; ish pushed forward In the. region be tween St. Quentin and Cambral, ad vancing east of Epehy to Le Tombois : farm, within fi 1-2 miles of Le Catelet, ' where they threaten to- cut the- St,' Quentin-Cambrai main line of commu nication. . . , . ;f- The strategic outlines of the ' great Anglo-French attack have been worked out in complete harmony by the staffs of the two armies. The dla- ' patches indicate entire coordination ' for placing and timing the blows de livered, so as to insure their, great- , est possible effectiveness. . ; - ' Violent French Offensive. . Paris, April 17 ; (5:45 a. m.). The great offensive opened by the French , along a 25-mile front from SoissonS to . Rheims is likely to extend still far ther tomorrow or the day after. The tremendous assault on the German lines had long been carefully planned and'for a month past Frenca artillery had been pounding the enemy's posi tion. "... ;. ... . The Germans were well aware of what was coming, as they showed by . . .. a , number of furious attacks made, notably at Sapigneul and Godat lam, . with the object of finding - out . sbme thing definite in regard to the French preparation. The ; invaders . . had manned naturally" formidable posl-, tions with effectives amounting to at least twenty divisions and : an enorv . mous number of guns weir, supplied with . munitions.' , : . , i : : The batUe opened on the left of the . line where, shortly; after 8 o'clock In the morning, . the .. French .Infantry swept forward in an Irresistible wave; In spite of a stiff resistance the Ger- , mans were driven back and inside of half an hour prisoners began streanW 1 ing toward the 'French rear by bun- -dreds. ' The struggle was hottest east, of Loivre as well as in the whole sec tor of ' Berry-au-Bac, and to the east of Craonnelle, but the. French heavy , : shells were too much for the Ger mans and before noon the .whole first ' line was won. -' V ' : . ; . On the right the action began a lit tie later in the morning. The French , , met with a very determined resist-, ance and the fighUng was terrible.' ' ; After Several, hours of .homerlc strug- gle the infantry, "thanks , to1 the sup- ? (Continued on. Page:, Eight). w a;- ; 4 M ,1 4 4; if ? 1 : ucu on aee Eight). v. stand, I
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