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- ' V-TV." -v-- f j? li5 , .; W'!'!-""- ' "'t i '.'ypz- ' THE ' . ' - ; ';" oEATHER FORECAST , th and South Carolina Partly Nrast with probably local show SLinht or Saturday. crs ISPATG FU LL LEA SED WIR E S E R VI CE Tha Business 8peclala Columns' of The Olapateh will find a buyer for your prdperty. ' x XXIII. NO. 82. VOL. HiiTrn ptbtcc icdcMpu PriisiTiriiir I 8E CONSULTED -HURLTHEliEffi; llfrwij?! WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA, FRI DAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 20, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS, IN THE WAKE OF THE GE RMAN RETREAT. More Progress Reported in Big Spring Drive On The Germans. TURKS STILL IN : FULL FUGHTTt British Forces in Egypt Make AdvanceGeneral Maude -Reports Further Sac- " cesses. . While the French attack last night was not as spectacular as" on the pre ceding days of the great battle along the Aisne and in the . Champagne, progress was nevertheless continued in important sectors. This was notably true Tit the action northeast- of the Soissons, wh.ere , the lines of envelopment are gradually Intimates Chancellor Bonar JU . . 1 1 c r- Law in nousc ui vwn mons Today. ' v TO HOLD IMPORTANT 1 IYIXT.1 ulla Fntente Attitude Towards Greece Will be laKen up. America Will LiKeiy Play Part. (Bv Associated Press.) London, April 20 Chancellor Bonar Law informed the House of Commons jjat tne -gutciuiutuW to hold a secret session , of the House, the date of which would he an nounced next week. One of the subjects of discussion, Mr. Bonar Law told the House, will be the snuauuu m " . ! beinc drawn nearer- tn th Imnnfteiit nnw under consideration Dy tne aniea . " . . objective in this division of the front The French, here -gained ground in the vicinity of Laffaux, the advance being characterized jn the ofEicial statement as "considerable." The Ger mans reacted strongly, but were un- T:'o to make any impression onMhe new French lines. General NiveUe's pressure here is calculated to force the Germans speed ily out of the salient to which they have clung, projecting toward the Aisne in the direction of Conde.' v s The advance towards Laon also was continued on the Vanclerc plateau,1 almost directly south of this "city where the French, are pushing north ward off the Rheims-Laon road. On the plains, north of Rheims, where the Germans are clinging stub bornly to their; 'strongly entrehched positions, seyerai -or the trenches near I Courcy were carried in grenade. at governments. Laurence Ginnell asked whether the United States was being consulted with regard to Greece. The chancel lor replied: "Up to the present the United States has not taken any part in the discussion, but I have no douVt -that as soon as arrangements are compli ed they will be consulted in every matter in which their interests are concerned." - - . . . British officers in the streets of the burning French city ot.-Bapaume after the German evacuation which formed -a'fpart of the great retreat to the "Hindenburg line." - Wtiile the British moved cautiously they followed the'German retreat with considerable rapidity, as is evident by the fact that the city was still in flames when Australian (regiments occupied it. TheGermans were forced to evatcuate Bapaume after repeated and increasing vicious attacks by the English. Nothing remained of Bapaume,;ba burning ruins. German machine-gun compa nies, .ensconced in wrecked buildings, remained behind in many-'parts of the city to hinder the British occupation. (Australian 'Official Photo.) T TAR HEELS FRONT In Taking Part on Side of Al lies in The World War. ON INCREASE IN FOOD PRODUCTION IMPOSING SCENE IN OLD SIY PAUL'S FOR RECRUITING " WEa KNOWN HOTEL MAN DIED LAST NIGHT (Special to The Dispatch.) Fayetteville, NLJlApnO. One of Fayetteville's most prominent citizens and one of the city's moat popular men, passed away last night In the death of Mr. Malcolm Mclntyre Mat thews. For years he was joint ,pro prietor of the LaFayette Hotel and lad a host of friends. He was famU- lariy ana affectionately Known- asJ two sisterMra, JamejuFQrlsoUi-- ' M'Ul gsgqnetlngg; freBeimieptg-obMeAican suae, ac-Tceti-nippHTiB Sew York and Mrs. E. H. JenninjesTt1-01 ' UUfsetoTmtntJinuii-1 lilm" lnnPram6iiilt - importance otl cording torjtBiffaalporceiyed !iys of sttmew inir nsn.i nflnmnvi I iiptk inR I thn now ao r-n firct linA nf rtotonen l of mi ifora tifiArtniiaiarc ' ma eon. . aimir " of Fayetteville. Death followed a stroke of paralysis. DR. FAISON HEADS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. (Special to The Dispatch.) Asheville, N. C, April 20. The 64th annual session of the Iforth Carolina Medical society, which convened here last Tuesday, adjourned yesterday, fol lowing the most interesting conven tion perhaps that the society has ever leld. The fololwing officers were el ected: President, Dr. I. W. Faison, of Charlotte; first vice president, Dr. Ji liam DeB. McNieder, of Chapel Hill; second vice president, Dr. Jos. ? Green, of Asheville; third vice pres ent, Dr. Ben F. Royal, of Morehead wy. The secretary, Dr. Benjamin B. ays of Oxford, and the treasurer, Dr. v- M. Jones, of Greensboro, hold over until the next meeting, which be at Pinehurst. .V. I AMERICAN NAVY TAKING OVERJPATROL DUTY, viBl Associated Press.) r,! , ngton APril 19- It be-' th?CA 0wn officially today that lu American naw is ranidiv -5S- T 3n .. " RrinJl lue yairoi wnicn I fS nd French vessel " IflK n ni. .-i --6 over tno natrol urhiv, rh x. tahli.i,; r vessels- es- un me American coast." 7" 'X- A', v v .. . ! w -X- -X- GED SPY NABBED IN JACKSONVILLE. arrestpH i Iiauve or Bermuda, his farohere Wednesday for beating urDes. Inesda; eight 1 ing a adav c c magistrate H. C. Can- nn o ? . , Slspicion "eignt train and on tried being a spy, was adav ! had martn , was evidence that he t the t s?dltious remarks and un- to ianaifn"riding charSe he was Gov?11 for 30 days. asked .ent, authorities will be 0 ftave made at Hampstead, alleepri 7 ves"gate remarks he is J4 77 W H- A'. A' i T- VC V? pagne, notahly near Moronvilliers, the Germans launched their expected vio lent -counter attacks which the French troops, " their artillery - brought , up, were anuenaxejcl totjinjeet. The artillery and machine guns cut loose on the advancing columns, reinforced by the .fresh contingents recently thrown in from other fronts and from ther reserves. The result was the Germans, although their attacks had been prepared by heavy bom bardments, were badly cut up and failed to attain their object. Signs of renewed activity yalso appeared yesterday in the British front in the Arras battlefield, where some gains in the Lens region and east of'Fam poux were reported, extended last night to the district northwest of St. Quentin. London today reports Brit ish, progress in the neighborhood of Villers-Guislain, midway between St. Quentin and Cambrai. Violent Night Fighting. Paris, April 20 Violent fighting continued during the night, in the course of which the French made fur ther gains in the regions of Laffaux and the Vanclerc plateau, the War Office announces. Several lines of trenches east of Loivre were cap RALLY FOR STATE An Address by The Governor ori Subject Death of Ra leigh Official. (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, April 20. Governor. Bick ett has issued an address to North Carolina people urging enlistment in the navy, and casing upon mayors and goY,erning-toodies of all towns of 2,500 inhabitants and more to inaugu rate campaigns for enlistment. Gov ernor Bickett suggests that, begin ning April 23rd, this campaign be car ried, on until the 2 0th, when it should SNIPERS AT WORK MAKES ATTACK ON ON TEXAS BORDER CENSOR PLANS ' v 1 the navy as bins first line of defense should be set forth. At these meet ings the actual work of the men in the navy, with the chances of pro- The Governor calls attention of the State to the recruiting stations at Wilmington, Raleigh, Fayetteville, Goldsboro, Charlotte, Greensboro and Winston-Salem. . Richard Bullock Seawell, Commis sioner of Public Works, - died near noon today after an illness of less than a week. He was a member of a prominent Raleigh family. He had been many years the city's engineer, and on its change of governmental form he became head of the construc tive department. He was 49 years old and unmarried; One month ago today Mr. Seawell buried his mother, who was perhaps the city's most in teresting woman. Fire on American Sentry -Shots Returned One Mex ican Seen to Eail. (By Associated Press.) - . El Paso, Texas, April 20. Snipers who fired at an American sentry sta tioned at the viaduct in the suburbs Borah Grows Bitter as He De fends The Freedom of The Press in Senate. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Apr. 20. Senator Bor ah, of Idaho, made a long attack upon the press censorship feature yester- of this city were fired upon in re- day. Congress, he contended, is ut turn by a squad of United Itates sol-1 terly devoid of power to interfere with diers late yesterday. Qaet: Mexican ! liberty of the press. The censorship was seen to fall after the volley had I proposal, he declared, is nebulous, been fired across the border. - S i I drastic end omnipotent, the conse- The sentry was patroltng his. beat . quences of which no man can foresee." when two .shots were fifd fromven- , "Whatever may;? be the construction e'consnnmoli ; in ' Wesa somewhat latitudfnous con at militarv headduarters. 'The sen try returned thb -fire?-and called, the members of his. squad. They ' fired more than twenty shots across- the line, I When Mexican Consul Bravo report-, the press. striiction," said Senator Borah, "there is no doubt that their framers thorough ly understood and were agreed that the national government should be ab solutely excluded from all power over There was no difference of PROPOSED INCREASE IN FREIGHT RATES Washington, April 20. All railroads were yesterday granted tentative per mission by the Interstate' Commerce Commission to file supplemental tariffs increasing freight rates generally 15 tureT HeaTy corner attacis by theP? effective June 1, next luagu. 1 In trila man not tno rnmmioan Germans in the Champagne were re pulsed, severe losses being inflictea on the enemy. British Gain More Ground. London, April 20. "We gained ground during the nighjt in the neigh borhood of Villers-Guislain," says to day's official statement. "Elsewhere there was nothing especially interest-; ing.". General Maude, . commanding the British forces in Mesopotamia, has forced a passage of the Shatt-El-Ad-hem, attacked the Turkish main posi tions, and completely routed the Turkish forces, says an official state ment issued today by the British war department. So far, 1,244 Turks have been captured. The general officer commanding the British forces in Egypt reports in an official statement to the War Office that on April 17 the British ad vanced north to Wadi Ghuzze, in southern Palestine, and captured the Turkish advanced positions along a front of 61-2 miles. 45- 45- SPANiclj -"an ABIN KTABy. Associated Ptpm iirirt o . ' ET QUITS JOB -J 4f ? has reaLS16 S?1 cabinet bassv ine Spanish em- 45- HONORS RECEIVED BY NORTH CAROLINA LADY (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 20. Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey, of Kansas, was elected president-general of the Daugh- tion of tlthout i official informa-4f iters of the 'American Revolution for cabin I , resignation of the ; the next three .years, last night, over and the causP , V08S t0 estimate the !on the first ballot. : ministry a ,i r?akin up of the ' theiast t hls dispatches for ! dor said in,weeks the ambassa- try mdl?ated that the coun- minister said he three -opponents by a majority of 2o Mrs. Guernsey re ceived 677 votes, Mrs. George C. Squires, of Minnesota, 263;' Mrs;- John Miller Horton, of New York, 235, and 1MTic Tamoa Uamilthn TAXiHa Cit Til i- wm,, llll- 4 111 1 lT - - M-m. ... - ' ...... , irfW . - t Workinempq.Ulet' follwing the nois, 121;? Among the other new of time ago dlsorder of some fleers elected was Mrs. B. D. Heath, of " North Carolifldirector-general, - in a charge of the report to the Smithson-. l',,rw4f45.4f-5-ian Institution. - T: tT ; In this manner the commission dis posed of the question of procedure in dealing with the applications of the roads in every section for general in creases. . The commission's order is tentative, subject to recall or change , prior to the effective date of the rates. In this way the commission brings the issue squarely before the 'railroads and the shippers in a definite form. Hear ings will begin today at which each side will be given an opportunity to state its views and a full investigation of the proposed increases seems likely before the commission issues its final finding. FIRST DEATH UNDER AUCANFLi ed the affair to - vBrieadier-Getteral ; opinion on tnat George Bell, Jr., the; latter informed The first constitutional amendment, the consul that the;'-American sentry I senator ioran saia, was aaaea io had been fired upon and had obeyed orders in returning the fire. "I have ordered the outposJ3 to shoot to kill when fired upon," said General Bell, later. "I wU courtmar tial a man who fires across the bor der first, and I also will courtmartial one who fails to return the fire when he is fired upon." MEET FRIDAY NIGHT Discuss Free Factory Site Question Pro and Con. All loyal citizens are extended a cordial invitation to attend and to i participate in a general mass meeting! to be held Friday night at 8 o'clock at the Court House in the interest of the elections to be held May 1st, to determine whether the free factory sites question shall be adopted. Offi cers and members of the Rotary club and other disinterested citizens who are interested in seeing Wilmington prosper and go ahead in a material way have planned the meeting. It is hoped and believed that the attend ance will be such as to tax to its limits the hall where the session is to be held. A very cordial and pressing invita tion is especially extended to those voters who desire to receive" more in formation on the subject. The meet ing will be in the nature of a free dis cussion of the question. Every point of interest pro and con will be dis cussed. For this reason it is hoped that every person who favors the question, and everyone else who wishes to have one or several points cleared up before the election is held, will make it a point to attend. Was That of Edmond Genet, rff . A - - A - or 1 he American wiation Corps in France. WANT BETTER MOVIES Sorosb Starts a Campaign For Educational Pictures. - 1 (By Associated Press.) , Paris; April 19. Edmond C. C. Genet, the American aviator whose death was oflftcially announced today, was the first American to die in France fighting under the American flag. Genet, who was a grand son of former governor" Clinton of New York and I . . M -4.:n. -i 2. ' great granason ul wwacu vxeueu, French minister to the United States, in revolutionary times, was killed near Ham while escorting Sergeant Raoul Luf berry. Genet was known as a daring and skilful flyer and was very popular on account of his cheery and optimistic I nature. His home was m ussining, ,A movement has been started by North Carolina Sorosis to entourage moving pictures of a more moral and educational type for the children of the city and to secure necessary funds for this work a benefit performance will be given at the Victoria theatre on Saturday of next week. "Alice in Wonderland," a film made particu larly for young folks, will be shown. Tickets "will be sold by the school children. The schools of- the - city have been divided into, two districts, the HemenwayrSchOQl and the Union school in the??firsdistrict, and the Cornelius "Harnett; Williftn f . Hooper and Isaac Bear schools" in. tjie . second district. . To tne sclbolliisposing - of the most tickets will be given a hahd- i some portrait & make certain that interference with liberty of the press by the Federal gov ernment was expressly denied. Senator Knox suggested that the ill does not expressly provide for press censorship. The committee amendment permitting discussion of governmental acts or policies, Senator Knox said, he thought would be con strued by .the courts as a declaration that press censorship should not be among the espionage "regulations" conferred upon the President. Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, a newspaper publisher, said the opmmit tee amendment would protect only the editorial pages of newspapers. "That's the least important part of a newspaper," said Senator Borah. Senator Brandegee said he thought evident that the bill intends to author ize a press censorship. Regarding the contention that pre servation of national safety is novr ad vanced as the reason for proposing censorship, Senator Borah said: "The public interest has always been the basis for all attacks upon the press. Kings and dictators have sup pressed publications because they' be lieved them against public interest." Big Tobacco Firm to Put All Vacant Lands in Food Crops. CORN FOR FAMILY SON IN THE ARMY The Slogan of Wilson County ! Farmers Heavy Reduc tion in Tobacco Acreage Advocated. (By Associated Press.) Durham, N. C, April 20. All va cant land owned by the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company will be de voted to the promotion of food crops this year, according to an announce ment by local representatives of the corporation. Advices; to. this' effect were received here yesterday from the general office of tKe company. -': . British Royalty and High Dig nitaries of Allied Powe- j Impressive Religious Cere monies Beautiful arid Stirring . Music Veterans of Civil War Participate (By Associated Press.) London, April 20. The British peo-i : pie and Americans In this country cel ebrated America's partnership In the world war by a religious service to day in St. Paul's Cathedral, attended, by the official heads of the nation arid a great congregation which. included hundreds of. Americans and many prominent British men and women. : There was a great display of Amerv lean flags in London and all-other. English towns and a popular demon V. stration by the crowds which sm ' : rounded the cathedral. - The Stars, and. Stripes floated from, ' the highest tower .of the parliament buildings at Westminster-the v flrt time a foreign flag was ever displayed iafc. emjaejayepin4T flifiir a hrncivlft H. , J. corn for my family and a soldier at the front," is the slogans adopted by Wilson couty farmers and the county 1 farmers' union. Speakers at a mass meeting here yesterday advocated a heavy reduction in the acreage de voted to tobacco, because of the un certainty of prices for the leaf during the war, urged that food crops be substituted, and that live stock pro duction be increased. Wilson is the center of one of the richest tobacco regions in the South and is one of the largest of the South's loose leaf tobacco markets. SERIOUSNESS OF FOOD SITUATION RECOGNIZED The condition of Sarah Bernhardt again . showed a slight improvement today. The actress passed a comfort able night, her physician said. A bul letin issued read : "Madame Bern hardt's condition is distinctly im proved and the outlook is better." ALL ON BOARD SAME LOST Scandinavian Steamer Torpe doed By German Subma- -Norwegian Press. - rine (By Associated Press.) . London, April 20. The torpedoing of an unnamed Scandinavian steamship with the loss of all on board, except Captain Karstein Olsen, is reported in a Reuter dispatch from Christiania. The captain says the submarine rose to the surface after the torpedo had been fired and watched 29 persons without offering assistance. The Norwegian press comments bit terly on this incident. : Tho Shipping Gazette says the pre sent situation of Norway is worse than if she were at war. It adds that the United States should have the most cordial co-operation of all the Scan dinavian countries in the effort to Shut off Germany from exports, even from neutral countries. ."All neutrals ought voluntarily to break off commercial relations with Germany." It says. (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 20 The food stiuation, officials realize, presents one of the most serious problems the country will have to meet during the war. The Department of Agriculture Is building up an organization of State and county boards through which to reach both producer and consumer in every corner of the country. Secretary Houston today named R. A. Pearson, president of the Iowa State College of Agriculture, to serve indefinitely as- an assistant secretary of agriculture. RAILWAY SYSTEMS TO COOPERATE In National Defense Com plete Organization For Pur pose Effected. (By Associated Press.) New York, April 20. Complete or ganization of the railroads of the coun try as a national system for co-operating with the government during the war, together with the administrative personnel appointed to have charge of its operation, w,as announced here yes terday by the special committee on national defense of the American Rail way Association. Fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern Railway system, and chairman of the executive committee on national operation, was announced as chairman of the general committee. The chairmen of the six departments into which the national system is div ided are announced as follows : Southeastern department; W. J. Har ahan, president of the Seaboard Air Line; "Northeastern department, J. H. Hustis, receiver of the Boston and Maine; Eastern "department, L. F. Loree, president of the Delaware & Hudson; Central department, R. - H. Aishton, president of the Chicago1 & Northwestern; . Southern department, W. B. Scott, president of the Southern Pacific Texas-Louisiana' lines; and Western department, Wm. Sproule, president of the Southern Pacific Com pany's Pacific-system. . The service In . the historic cathe dral, where the -most momentous oc casions of v national rejoicing arid,' mourning have 'been solemnized, was unprecedented in ; commemoration of an act and decision of another nation. . Overhead in thedim arches hung the dust-weighted and battle-torn flags of famous British regiments, some of which had been carried in the Ameri can War of the Revolution,, while among the tombs and memorials of famous soldiers ranged about the walls were the names of those who fought against the colonies in that war. The cathedral seats nearly 4,000 peo pie and was filled to its furthermost recesses. All seats were . occupied when King George and Queen Mary entered, . followed by the mayors and aldermen of the twenty-six boroughs of London, wearing their scarlet robes - of office. The American embassy and consular staffs occupied front seats with rep resentatives of the Pilgrims, the Am erican Society, the American Lunch eon Club, and the American Chamber of Commerce. In the diplomatic sec tion were officers in the uniforms of France, Russia, Italy, Belgium, Ser bia, Montenegro, Rumania and Japan. - Throughout the cathedral the army khaki and the navy blue were con-' splcuous. In the reserve seats there were a large number of wounded -of ficers bxm soldiers. - including many Canadians and ifteveral .Americans serving with the Dominion forces. - Chancellor of the Exchequer Bonar Law, represented the cabinet in the absence of Premier Lloyd-George. The King and. Queen and Princess Mary were. received at tjie west en trance by the Lord Mayor and Sheriff, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the dean and chapter of St Paul's and United States Ambassador Page. The congregation rose while their majes ties walked down the center aisle, and femaned standing until the royal party was seated. Then the hymn. "Oh, God, Our Help In Ages Past, Our Strength Through Years to Come," was sang in a deep and mighty chorus. with a' heavy droll of drums from the. band of the Welsh Guards. The serv ice which followed consisted of the Lord's Prayer, Psalm XVI, and LIV, lessons from Isaiah LXI, the Apostles' Creed, a prayer, the, battle hymn of the republic, a sermon : by - Bishop Brerit, the hymn. 'Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow," benediction by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the singing of "The Star Spangle Banner'.1:; and "God . Save the King." The clergy of St Paul's . conducted the service; assisted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Bishop of ,Lon- -don. The text from which Bishop Brent spoke was chosen' from Maoea bees, second chapter thirteenth verse, "Having gone' apart - from tle elders he resolved that they should g& forth -and try the matter in fight,, by the , 'help of God. And committing the de cision to the lord of tne world ana ex horting that were with him to con tend manfully, even unto death, fof the laws, the temple; the tdty, the ' country, the commonwealth,-1 he pitch ed his camp having given out to his men the watchword "Victory is Goda." . V , 1 Mil' I. ) ir f i V kit- 1 c i !! in y i K 1 ' i ti ft i .1 4r t 1. i F -1 ' id ! I i, K ti ,5 K I : r'l.t '7 I i is: V . n Hi i 'i '' r I '; ' t : (I- '. I' il ! '. r t I-1 N. Y V: -V .j JUS' ,-. -' ' t"
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