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: "Leather forecast J rth Carolina Probable show tonight; warmer in north por- trSn Thursday, fair. . t'0"- th Carolina Probable thow ers tonight; Thursday,, fair and cooler FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE tin FINAL JBJ EDITlOp XXill. NOr 87. slllf WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 25, 1 91 7. ME FIT b 1 Commissioners From Republic Across I he Sea INow at iNa tion's Capital. 4 HFADED BY LANSING . -.wf. ft ktn w rnmw nn I AMt-KlUATNo bKLtl ! Marshal Joffre The Center of Attention Richmond vets Glimpse of Party and Thun ders Its Welcome People Cheer Party Along Wash ington's Streets. (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 2G The French commission headed by General Joffre and former Premier Viviani, landed safely at the Washington Navy Yard today, soon after "noon. AH BILL STILL BEING DEBATED 11111 id overthrow Merman premier PRICE FIVE CENTS, S EFFORT SINKS His Pqlitical Enemies Encoui aged by Dissensions Over Internal Reforms. STRONG HAND AT HELM DEMANDED By Conservative Press Chan cellor Denounced For Pand- ering to Socialists Con flicting Demands (By Associated Tress.) The reception of the principals of the French mission transcended the usual diplomatic courtesies. Rousing cheers and hand-clapping, both from officials and private citizens, greeted the Frenchmen. . .Marshal Joffre was the center of attraction, aitnougn itene viviani was very warmly received. As Marshal Joffre stepped from the Mayflower a- young French officer, already ashore bent low and kissed his hand. . Tearp glistened in the eyes of many present this mark of devotion to the great French general. Headed hy Secretary Lansing, American officials paid the f visiting Frenchmen every honor of greeting, People of Washington, gathered, ,nj F$j&k . Mniisey, Theodore the streets on the line j6f"nlafca the Navy Yard to the headquarters of the mission, applauded enthusiastically. Richmond Sees Them. Richmond; Va., April 25. Members of the staff of the French commission, passing through here on their way to Wahsington, were warmly greeted by crowds on the streets and in the rail way stations. The party arrived in Richmond shortly after 11 o'clock and took automobiles for a tour around the city. During all of today's trip all the visiting Frenchmen commented es pecially upon the absence of any signs of war. "You look as peaceful and as quiet here," said one of the party, "as France did a few years ago. Let us all hope the conditions here will never change." House Hopes to Reach a Vote By Friday Many Senators Desire to Speak. (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 25. The House and Senate resumed debate today on the War Army bill. House lead ers hoped to reach a vote by Friday, but this appeared by no means cer tain, since more than 60 members 11 were to be heard. In the Senate a similar situation existed. Many Senators wanted to express their views on the bill before consenting to a vote and leaders dis like to resort to the new rule under which debate may be limited. Chairman Chamberlain, of the Mili tary Committee, expected to ascertain sentiment in the Senate today, how ever, on an agreement to set a time for voting. Members and spectators in the gal leries broke into cheers at the outset of debate in the House when Repre sentative Huddleston,' of Alabama, who opposes conscription, read a list of names of men who, he said, fa- vojed it. Among them were Henry P. Davison. Frank A SUBMARINE; WARS FIRST SHOT (By Associated Press.) London, April 25. Captain Rice of the American steam ship Mongolia which has arrived at a British port told the Associated Press today that the Mongolia had fired the first gun of the war for the United States and sunk a German subma rine. r .?. The naval gunners on board made a clean hit at 1 ,000 yards. The periscope was seen to be shattered. The submarine, Captain Rice said, was about to attack the great liner in British waters on April 1 9. He declared there I was absolutely no doubt that the U-boat was hit and that there j was every reastfn to believe it was destroyed. ; Even more pertinent a fact, as regards the ultimate fate of Copenhagen, (Via London), April 25 tne submarine was that the shell disappeared immediately The movement for the overthrow of . , .. j tm . . . . i .V in Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg. ' tne nit was maae. i ne captain Stated mat a Shell alwavs halted for a time by the adoption of i ricochets in the waters and can be seen again unless it finds the ruthless submarine warfare,' is again i ' 1 ,i . ,i i . becoming evident in Germany. The mark. Uil also was seen on the water after the submarine dis- agtfition is encouraged by dissensions appeared. ?3!n?SSesPSSib,e P6aCe The Mongolia was going at full speed and was a long dis The pan-German, conservative and tance away when the spray and foam subsided, but from the National Liberal organs are today ; bridge the officers observed the spot through their glasses and sharply campaigning against the So- . : j . i i - cialist programme and take the Chan- they are confident the submarine was sunk, cellor severely to task for not dis-asso- Was One Great Trip. SisSSdemam? and wT'propagn- j New York, April 25. The American steamship Mongolia da. The Conservative Deutsche Tages a vessel of 1 3,638 tons, owned by the International Mercantile SSS.'HJn Mari"e Company left an American port for England on her the corkitry from the breakers to J trip since Germany submarine declaration of February 9. which it is heading on the dangerous; Scheidemann course. nil nil I - ft MS P ID) FMTFMTiT The Liberal or gans speak of the hopes and fears that ruthless submarining have introduced and declare that a strong and positive policy at home and abroad is much needed. Reports from the Berlin Socialist conference indicate that there is trou ble too, among the Socialist majority, and that Scheidemann is having dif ficulty in keeping in line what has virtually been the principal govern ing party. A decided drift GERMAN PRODIGALITY OF LIFE OF SOLDIERS (By Associated Press.) London, April 25. Reuter's corre spondent at British headquarters in .France contrasts the reckless prodigal 'ity with which the Germans are now throwing reserves of men and guns in to the firing line with their previous -X- -K -X- -X- -X- X -X- -Jf AMERICA'S FIRST LOAN TO ALLIES MADE. X- fs- (By Associated Press.) vs- Washington, April 25. Secre -X- tary McAdoo today handed , the -X-5C- British ambassador a treasury1 -X- X- warrant for $200,000,000, the first Cornelius Vanderbilt, Elihu J. P. Morgan. Mr. Huddleston also declared that most of the pleas for war and con scription came from members of such organizations as thfc Harvard, Yale and Union League clubs and not from the working people. "Everybody who is familiar with industrial onression and reaction in Radical wing was noticeable, and . nrtmTO . oHnc ... .oe.Qt . Scheidemann and other speakers in- , unt a d& timated that, unless the government ' .J th correspondent says speedily and unequivocally pronounc-, ..rp' nwY tV af,. terms and made a A.atrin -QCQ-a m,nioi oyA opo maVi. nning toward the re- ,, n 4mmtinn hioh uuuuiso, 'mnaf ho wohTrpmTic nm ofhpr nmnt 1 1 1 . Vanrfprllti ,e useii on peace not - KtwM form of , the . Prussian break in the ranks in the direction of radicalism was highly probable. in their long-drawn armor. Since the Germans began their retreat in the its most vicious form," he said, "will j content recognize the men named. They and their associates are the men wCho rule the nation. They rule it through I their newspapers and their wealth." Representative Bankhead, of Ala bama, declared strongly for conscrip tion. When the Senate began the fourth day's consideration of the Army bill Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the Military committee, sought unanimous nnncont fnr a vntp tnmnrrnw aft.er- As the Mayflower came to her wharf noon. Several Senators thought that I Parliament are this time lacking marines and sailors lined the driveway ! too arlv and Senator Chamberlain to the gate of the navy yard, with bay- withdrew his proposal, promising to onets fixed. A close guard kept all resubmit it later. He said he would out those directly connected with the . be satisfied if the final vote could be reception ceremonies outside. A com-1 reached Saturday. "The whole preparation for the de fense of the country is up in the air bill," St- Innn madp tr nnv pntpntp p-nvprn- -Y- toward Prudence- and says that they clearly j ment by tne United states under tuwctiu Qa1i tvo full ovtpnt nf tho Antrln.1 .. .1 .. th nnlirips of thp prpsionitQ of thp , . tne y,uvu,uuu,uuu war nnance Ti me policies oi tne secessionists 01 tn Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British -X- Ambassador, handed to Secre- tary McAdoo a receipt on behalf of the British government and the transaction was complete. -X-X- The transfer ,wa made Jn .Sejpre-- X- tafy McAdoo's offiinl:h6"preS- x- ence of Lord Cunliffe, governor X- of the Bank of England, Federal Reserve Board, Treasury and -X-X- British embassy offjicals. X- The amount of the loan was -X- deposited today in the Federal -X-X- Reserve Banks bybanks sub- -X-X- scribing to the $250,000,000 issue -X-X- of Treasury certificates of in- -X-4f debtedness due June 30. The -X- $50,000,000 remaining of the is- -X-X- sue will be disposed of in a man- -X-X- ner yet to be announced by Sec- X- retary McAdoo. -X--X--X--X--X-4f -X-.-X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- Other papers accuse the Chancellor f V,,,, flov v,QVO or,nwn rr Ptnlnnir nun lcm-v l-i -v i m wami o 1 nnp v HON. H. L. GODWIN tige on the Emperor's Easter mani festo, which failed to satisfy any par ty. Von Bethmann-Hollweg's strength lies in the fact that his enemies have no points of unity in their general dis- every desire to conserve man-power, but during the last 36 hours they have shown a complete recklessness in re peating counter attacks in mass with out regard to the cost, which must be appalling." The administration is evidently hav- A r & r t mr iner no happy time in faciner the utter-: IxV. 1 to KJVH I iviv nCJLL. ly conflicting demands of its Social ist friends and junker enemies, both clamoring for a definite statement as to war aims and internal reforms. The evident shakiness of Austria-Hungary is another source of concern and the encouraging assurances of confi dence and support which the Chancel lor has been accustomed to receive in such times of trouble from press and GOODS ARE TOO HIGH pany of marines stood at attention di rectly opposite the landing Dlace. Attaches of the French embassy and until Congress acts on this of the State Department waited near 1 Said Senator Chamberlain. wag nne of automobiles, carrying French and Amprican flap-H Marshal Jffre, Minister Viviani and the other i Senator Reed, of Missouri, made the principal speech today in 'cpposi- of Sip Mo Party lmed the rail,nounced as undemocratic and in vio StandinonW,f' a ,i a Ration of all American traditions, bas anor il d6CA al-! T Am Also he denied that the bill is a "uni- versal service measure- Advocates of conscription claimed 10r JUSSPranrl A ooitont ; Qppro. i ary Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary Rear Admiral Huse, and other officials that a poll of the House showed a went to Hamilton Rnarta to wpI- majority of 60 to 70 for conscription Representative Byrnes, South Caro lina, supporting the volunteer plan, said he believed in standing by the President, but in doing so by service of free men and not of slaves. me vis tnra r. s soon as the gang plank was run JJ1' secretary Lansing, accompanied u Counselor Polk and Assistant Sec vl k PhilliPs- boarded the vessel, embers of the commission, with their j' J Vt'ere grouped at the stern, un r the French tri-color flying from the masthead. anCretary LansinS stepped forward htlr rmly clasped the hand of Min thentv !mani and Marsnal Joffre and of bta t-r commissioners. Warm words of th ingS Were exchanffed. The vigor look . clasp and the earnest ed tLon 7e faces of all present, show functn WeIcomes were more than per- thp ,,, During the brief ceremony, "c snip's ba GOOD PROGRESS MADE IN COTTON PLANTING. (Cont mued on Page Eight). (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 25. Good prog ress was made in otton planting in nearly all the Southern Spates during the week, and was -Hearing; -completion in the more southern sections, ac cording to the National Weather and Crop Bulletin. (By George H. Manning.) Washington, D. C. April 25. The Interstate Commerce Commission to day held that the all rail and water rates charged by the Southern Rail way and connections on cotton towels from Concord and Kanapolis, N. C, to eastern points, including Philadel phia, Baltimore, New York and Bos ton, and to interior eastern points are unreasonable because theyi ex- ceed by more than. 3 cents per 100 TURKS STILL DRIVEN BACK BY BRITISH, i pounds the established rates on cotton (By Associated Press ) London, April 25. The Turks in Mesopotamia have been driven from their position between Samara and Istabilat, tho War Office announces. The British pursuing them occupied Samara station yesterday, capturing 16 locomotives and 224 railway trucks. piece goods, The Southern Railway and its con nection are directed to reduce the rates. The Cannon Manufacturing Company was the complainant. PROCTOR NOMINATED LUMBERTON'S MAYOR PLANT OF BOILER COMPANY DESTROYED (Special to The Dispatch.) Lumberton, N. C, April 25. James D. Proctor was nominated for Mayor in the town primary Tuesday by a majority of 28 votes over A. P. Cald well. Amos King and E. M. Johnson were nominated for Commissioners. (By Associated Press.) Chattanooga, Tenn., April 25. The plant of the Walsh and Weidener Boiler Company, valued at $250,000, was burned at 5:35 o'clock this morn ing. The erecting, assembling, ma chine and blacksmith shops and tower were totally destroyed. The company carried $100,000 insurance, which makes a loss of something like $50,- 000. This company did a large export J South Carolina's business especially in South America. The plant will be rebuilt at once. PALI.TTII STATE CHIEF F Governor Manning Declares For President's Selective Draft System. (By Associated Press.) Chester, S. C, April 25. Speaking here before the Confederate Veterans' Reunion, Governor Manning came out vigorously -for President Wilson's se lective draft proposition. He said it was the only fair and just way. It puts the poor man and rich man upon the same level. He said the man who should be drafted into service are cig arette smokers, " loafers around bil liard rooms and cold drink stands, fellows who are spending their time in joy riding, idling and living beyond their means. He said he had written South Carolina's Congressmen ana Senators, urging them to heartily sup port the President's selective aratt. WITH PRESIDENT On Selective Draft BillSays It is Necessary to Stand by Mr. Wilson. (By George H. Manning.) Washington, D. C, April 25. Con gressman Godwin will support the selective draft bill urged by President Wilson for raising the war army, in preference to the Dent bill, which provides for resorting to a call for volunteers before enforcing the se lective draft. "I have bean with the President right along and this is no time to desert him," said Mr. Godwin today "The opponents of the bill the Presi dent wants are apologizing by saying their bill will give the President what he wants after volunteers have been called for. "A short time ago we passed a res olution declaring a state of war exists between this country and Ge.rmany, and all the resources of the country were pledged to bring the conflict to a successful termination. "I have been considering the best method of raising an army to meet the emergency. It is now my delib erate judgment ihat, pepper -thiiig Ttr-ao is to siauay.ine ..rresiaentui this trying hour and give to him Kat full measure of-.confidence and sup port which lie deserves. "I will, consequently, support the policy of the President and vote for the selective draft system, which, in my opinion, is the fairest, most equit able and most democratic of the measures proposed." 1 TEHWAYS BILL AS PROPOSED Items For Improvements That it Will Probably Contain, With President's Approval (By George H. Manning.) ' Washington, D. C, April 25. At a conference held Tuesday by Congress man John Small of North Carolina, chairman of the Rivers and Harbors committee, and Senator Fletcher, chairman Senate Commerce commit tee, with Secretary of War Baker, to learn the wishes of Mr. Baker and President Wilson regarding waterway 1 Aerials! in-n fnr Vi i a ovfro acesfnn Tl Baker stated that the chief engineer .0 Desperate Resistance to BritisTi Effort to Smash Through Line. GERMAN RESERVES RUSHED FORWARD Result of Big Battle Still In I Doubt -Germany Prepares . . For Combined Sea and Land Attack on Russia Spain's Note to Kaiser. One of the greatest and most bitter ly contested battles of the war has en tered its third day on the British front in France, with the issue still in doubt. Massed German reserves are. being hurled forward in bloody counter at tacks in a supreme effort to check tho forward surge of General Haig's khaki-clad troops. Some minor positions1, trench lines and rubbish heaps dignifi ed by the names of villages, have been seized by the British, but the Wotan line, their main objective, is still in tact. While the mighty struggle In France rages inconclusively, developments in other fields of the world upheaval are occurring with sensational rapidity. Spain has taken a long step forward on the path along which she is appar ently being pushed, slowly but surely, into the universal . conflagration. . The Madrid government.has address ed a note to (Germany which, on its face, may result In an abandonment by ertii).-tr0pTwm4stn V tude onrufhles submarine' warfare, or : i its , acceptance of a new.and important-r-foe. The situation is somewhat modi fied by the fact that Count Roman ones who, as premier, dispatched the note, has since resigned. The grow ing tide of anti-Germanism in South America apepars, however, to be hav ing its effect in Spain, but a rigid cen sorship leaves affairs in the peninsular kingdom obscure. Next in importance are the growing rumors of a great German attempt to , be made against Petrograd. The re ports are taken seriously enough In ; the Russian capital to induce many hundreds of civilians to flee to the In terior. According to rumor, the Ger man plan is, a combined assault by sea and land, and transports, escorted by a powerful German fleet, are safd to ' have already sailed from Libau. The political, situation in Russia remains confused, but there are uncomfortable reports of the activities of the radical Socialists and of renewed outbreaks ' of agrarian troubles, some of a counter " , revolutionary character. 1 ' The unrest in Germany Is having a new manifestation in a fresh outburst against Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg by the Conservatives and Na- tional Liberals. The Chancellor Is be- ing violently attacked for his alleged subservience to Socialist influence, and ' the opening of the Reichstag which Is scheduled for today is expected to ' II.' ' score of steamers & un ga untlet and arrive new york x, , (By Associated Press.) INew YnvL A ;l It TP . . ! - of P i u, -vprn ld. -i wenty steamsnrps, runners manys submarine blockade, arrived at this oort todav and th Us made availaKU .k,,. An nnn f f am 1 m transportation to Europe. Four of these vessels are on k'gest merchantmen afloat. One is a British craft ner maiden voyage. ' The Wilmington 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 a time when the entire family have the leisure to read and be influenced by the advertisements. Besides, its news and features appeal to every member of the j 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 "Today's News Today" Having full leased wire reports of the Associated Press, and unexcelled local news reports. is already at work preparing a list of projects that will be approved by the President and recommended to Con gress for enactment and appropria tions. Mr. Baker said that as far as possi ble, the Rivers and Harbors bill will be confined to appropriations for main taining present waterways, for contin uing projects now under way, and a few new items for waterway work in the line of national defense. Mr. Small gave it as his opinion that all the items for North Carolina in the bill which failed to pass at the last session, including $110,000 for Cape Fear river at and below Wilmington and $1,000,000 for continuing the in land waterway from Norfolk to Beau fort will be provided for at this session. In the meantime there are lnaica- tioris that the tremendous currents of discontent which are running through Europe are growing In strength. The r- visit of the King of Denmark to Stock- . holm is regarded as of particular sig nificance in view of the recent dem onstration of the Swedish workers against the government. May Day Is , expected to bring matters to a climax in Sweden, and Hjalmar Branting, the Swedish Socialist leader, has warned the government against undue Jnter- . f erence with the great labor demon stration planned for that day. ' TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS. 45- Thomas White, finance minister, de clared in the Canadian House of Com- mons yesterday that Canada's nation I al debt may reach $1,300,000,000 by the jend of the current year, owing to war 'expenditures occasioned by the in creased military efforts of the Domin-!ion. in Governor Whitman has announced that he will inaugurate a new policy which will require the examination by : State authorities of all prisoners sen- ' teneed to death, to determine whether they are sane. The. action of the Gov ernor was prompted by the recent in effectual efforts to prevent-the execu tion of Petrius von Den Corput. x Spain's Note to Germany. Amsterdam, April 25 (Via London) -Spain's note to Germany, as given in a Berlin dispatch, while conveying a grave warning that the end of Span ish patience is in sight, also contains a suggestion that a crisis may be averted through negotiation. The note says: "All the repeated attempts of the Spanish government undertaken with the intention of safeguarding Its sea traffic and the lives of Its sailors', have failed in the face of the Impurturable resolution of the imperial government to employ unusual and violent " war measures. It is asserted that these measures render impossible the. eco nomic existence of the Imperial govern merit's enemies but simultaneously : they expose to great dangers the ex-. istence of friendly neutral powers." -The note then complains of the series of restrictions Germany, has im- posed on Spanish shipping and of the sinking of Spanish ships without wart-. Ing. It declares that tnese metnoai render the economic existence of i Spain almost" impossible. The ' note r ... . '"-' continues: , s (Continued on Page Three). 4K. 'I! mm IT ' , It 'V 1 ; t t.
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