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v. y- - r ttEATHER FORECAST, North Carolina Shower tonight; Saturday, partly cloudy; cooler -ear the coast . ! South Carolina Cloudy and coo!. cr tonight; Saturday, partly cloudy, cooler in east portion. -; FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE VOL. XXIII. NO. 106. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FBI DAY AFTERNOON, MAY 4, f7. PRICE FIVE CENTS, . . - . '.- . . .... , ... . R5 FINAL M EDITIOH ' v '':, v - - : - - . . -, . M' IWmmm Mm Coast Towns Wont Be Darkened (By Associated Press.) - I Washington, May 4. The War Department reiterated today that no plan was under contemplation for the darkening at night oF exposed towns along the Atlantic .st. .- - ' - ' IN NIGHT ATTACKS THE ALLIES MAKE FURTHER In one of The BloodieskBattles of The Present OrTensive Movement. THE HINDENBURG LINE OUTFLANKED In Several Places Reach Last Barrier to Germany's Rich est Prize in France Ger mans Fighting With Desr peration to Hold British Back Disquieting Heporta From Russia. FURIOUS RESISTANCE OF FERED BY GERMANS. RED FLAB OF REVOLT I! ES OH STREETS OF PETR0G3A0 HISSING MEN OF C INGHAM Crowds of Soldiers and Work men Assemble Before Building Government RESIGNATION OF FOREIGN MINISTER Their Boat, With All Men Safe, Picked Up By British Steamer. (By Associated Press.) Liverpool, May 4. Captain Ed wards, of the American steamer Rock ingham, in an interview with a corre spondent of the Associated Press, said he had no' doubt that the 14 oc cupants of the missing Rockingham WILL PASS UPOK j Fierce Fighting During The Entire Night Along The British Front. RAISE IN PAY SLIGHT PROGRESS MADE BY ALLIES Gathering of Railroad Men to Discuss Shopmen's Claims In Washington Monday. (By Associated Press.) Savannah, Ga., May 4. British Forced to Yield One Captured Position Their Losses Less Severe. (Bv Associated Press.) Furious efforts are being made :f by the Germans to stop the pro- giess of the British in smashing a through the Hindenburg line," in Northern France. General Haig, however, has made good the most telling gains effected in the renewal of the drive yester- day. Fresnoy and the captured lines w north and south of it are firmly held after the repulse of several counter attacks. Near Bullecourt, the sector of the Hindenburg line taken yes- terday was also subjected to a w heavy counter drve, but this valuable position remains -safely .v in British- handsTetJerlaaiSs1 in Bullecourt are nearly sur- rounded and threatened with cap- ture, correspondents report. ft if if if if if if X - -K- 45- The British haveburst through the Oppy line and are fighting the blood iest and sternest battle of the pres ent offensive in a great effort to smash the famous Wotan line before its or ganization is completed. The Hinden burg line, out-flanked and pierced in several places, has failed to stop the forward surge of the British armies, and the Wotan positions are the last great hairier barring the rojad . to Douai, Cambrai and Germany's richest Prize jn France, the great coal and iron fields north of Lens. The Wotan line runs from Drocourt to Queant, a stretch of 15 miles, run ning north and south, about five miles west of Douai and Cambrai. Around want, the Kmithprn e"rtrTnitv rf thp jine, General Haig has formed a great; numan nippers and is striving withi the power at his command to close tne jaws of the nippers. Realizing the nace of the situation, the Germans " "o "ii.il a ci im uciciuiiua Demanded For Not Consulting People Before Assuring Allies of Determination to Continue War. (Special to The Dispatch.) Petrograd, May 4 (Via London). Detachments of soldiers have gath ered in front of the palace which is used as the headquarters of the pro visional government, carrying red flags with inscriptions demanding the L resignation of Foreign Minister Milu- koff. The resignation of M. Milukoff was demanded by thousands of soldiers and tiB4h?hi- streets yesterday afternoon and last evening, bearing banners inscribed, "Down with Milukoff." Discontent has been smoldering for some time on account of the belief that the minister was not fully in sympathy with the viewpoint of the workmen and soldiers. The present outbreaK which began yesterday was a direct result of the announcement made by the Foreign! Office to the allied nations to the ef fect that Russia would not slacken her effort in the common struggle, against the Central Powers and would observe strictly her engage ments with her allies. The workmen and soldiers declare that they should have been consulted before this com munication was sent. The evening . newspapers declare that the government is united in its' responsibility for the note to the Al lies promising energetic co-operation in the war against Germany. They say that the government is supported by the executive .committee of the Duma. The executive committee of the workmen's and soldiers' delegates dis (By Associated. Press.) London, May .4. The British last night made progress northwest of St. Motive Quentin and northeast of - Hargicourt, power superintendents under the ju- caPturing Malakoff farm, the war of risdiction of the General Managers' ?hCe aif.ounces. On the Arras front . x. , , 6 the British have maintained their hold Association and representatives of on Fresnoy and all the positions cap mechanics employed on practically allltured in that neighborhood in vester- lifeboat would be safely landed, as railroads of the" Southeast wilT meet dav's drive- the weather had been excellent. This . , Q n n maj i in vv a&uiugufu, jj.j J.t LO COn- -i c i,vjiuiiciicu lu iaii fcr on questions of ""increased ratss of "back from the advauCd Positions cap- . , . . . tured yesterday in the neighborhood pay and snorter hours that are nov,of Cherisy and astride, the ,frras.Cam. pending b3tween them. , jbrai road. Approximately 25,000 shopmen, 25,- Throughout the night the guns con 000 miles of railroads in the South- 'tinued to boom without intermission east and upwards- of $12,000,000 a 'on the Arras battlefield, and frequent year increased pay are involved in: bursts of mac.hinf. win and riflp. firs GOVT 0 ft n fir i beat contained Third Officer McKen- ny and 13 American gunners. Captain Edwards said that the submarines dived almost as soon as they ; Were observed and that the ship was; torpedoed a few minutes later while the guns were trained on the spot where the periscopes were ex pected to reappear. The Men Rescued. London, May 4. The admiralty re ports that the missing boat from the Rockingham, with all the 14 men, has been picked up by a British steamer. CLOSING EXERCISES SOUTHPORT SCHOOL. the outcome of the v conference, ac-'told of attacks anrt counter attacks cording to tho statement of a. Sea-'along various . parts of the front of board Air Line official here todav. The men are asking increase of 10 cents an hour, basis of eight hours a the British offensive Reuter's correspondent at British day, time and a half for overtime Jt y I L Z -! , r mninv-c i. n ".It r5t ' i that apparently there has been little (Special to The Dispatch.) Southport, May 4. The closing ex ercises of the Southport schools will take place this afternoon on the lot facing on the water front, known lo cally as The Garrison. The exercises ... V for employes on hour pay rates. Menl , vv L ' ,8 , e n mnnth. hQeits nr., JL ' .change since the official communica creaT o $2oTmonti. last evening was issued. The . . . British mae smalll, but important . In pressing their claims the men progress at several points, have stated that the price of living) v. u i t, 0 has risen so that they feel compelled L On . the south bank of the Scarpe, to ak an increase tlie Bntlsn Pushed forward, overcom- T?irnnri 'invnt'H at nr-aat the resistance of machine gun the controversy ate: Cincinnati, New Psts- h abound all along this Orleans & Texas Pacific; Alabama ground. They have established them- firear Southern Mow nri0 beives in me sunken roau near reives will consist of marches, drills, songs ! Northeastern, Alabama & Vicksburg ,mi11' whlch has a dlP of nme feet and and pageants. One feature will be Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacifk;, Mo-offers Posslblllties for offense and de a parede ted by Uncle Sam and J bile & Ohio, Gaorgia Southern & fense. Columbia and the thirteen original Florida, Seaboard Air Line, Atlantic, At Roeux, which is directly opposite States. The school closes at this I Coast Line. Chesaneakp & Ohio.' Nor-; this new position, the Germans still time' an eight months session Dnrine the year a ' number of the i tne town organised themselves into a Woman's Betterment Association and raised money with which to paint the school house. This will be done this sum mer. Nearly all the women of the town were members of this organiza tion and they will rejoice to see the school building given a new coat of paint. folk & Western Richmond, Freder lcksburg -& , rjpetomyfy yirittUiwl ouuuium xvuiiway aystera, ueniral oi Georgia. There are other railroads in the Southeast not now involved that will be affected by whatever settlement is made. These include the Florida remain in the fiercely contested chem ical works, but the -British Have: a ef!eirlo1itgad east of this place. - MBS I TER NOT ON STAND TODAY: DEFENSE BESTS State Begins to Present Evi dence in Rebuttal of That For Accused LIQUOR PLAYING AN . IMPORTANT PART Proves Vawter Sober Early During Night of Tragedy. Dying Statement Not Introduced. CSpecial to The DisDateh.) Christiansburg, Va., May 4. The! defense in the trial of Prof. Charles E. Vawter, charged with murdering Stockton Heth, Jr., rested this morn ing, after presenting two witnesses .whp testified that they saw Vawter between 9:30 and 10:30 o'clock on the night of the shooting and that he was not drinking. Mrs. Vawter was not recalled to the stand today for continued cross examjnatipnjkas had; beenexpected. Ten Thousand Officers Will b Selected From Those at Camps. FIRST PICKED WILL BE MORE MATURE MEN j Youngsters Will Figure Large- iy m i ne iNext selection Sites For The Mobilization Camps Not Announced as Yet Other Particulars Ard Made Known. ' " I (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 4. A full outline of plans for training the first 10,000 officers for the first 500,000 troops raised by selective conscription was made public today by the War Depart ment. After three months' instructions at the training camps the 10,000 officers for 16 infantry and two cavalry divl sions will be, selected on merit from! the total of 40,000, and assigned to regiments, which will be called to the colors a month or two later. Tha other 30,000 men, who are found -qualified, will be commissioned in the of ficers' reserve corps and called out or duty as needed. Sites for the mobilization camps have not been announced, but they will be in each case within the-limits of the district prescribed for the of ficera' training camps. .- Fpr . the first, p their trainings thr KTwi !Jf"li; - "I' - - - ymwwumwmiiJU'WVA: fci loom .. The Offensive Ahead of Time. Washington, May 4. The British forces on the western front are two East Coast, the Atlanta, Birmingham weeks ahead of their attacking sched & Atlantic, the Western & Atlantic, Ule, according to a cablegram receiv thc Georgia and all the feeders iri hAm tndav hv Spprt.rv Balfour l throughout the Southeast. SECRET CIRCULAR UT Throughout Germany eating Revolution- Advo--Hin- denburg's Address. (By Associated Press.) Berne, via Paris, May 4. As indica tive on the one hand that a revolutionary-party exists in Germany that would like to emulate the Russian tactics, and, on the other hand, that at present it is not making great head way, the Berne Tagwacht reproduces tion which wni Ti 1 cussed M. Milukoff's note to the Allies 'a circular which was secretly distrlb- too hieh if f 7 v. i .""'all of Wednesday night. It adjourned uted among millions of German labor- foe. The renewed fury into which the freat battle of Arras has flamed has averted attention from the possibly more significant events which are taping behind the battle front. fa ne Geraan censorship has lifted so frnmasto allow newspapers and mails at daybreak yesterday without reach ing a decision ers prior to May 1, denouncing Field Marshal von Hindenburg"s appeal to Later in the day the committee sat them not to strike as "the lying mea- in special session with the council of the provisional government for a dis cussion of the government's motives in issuing the note. It finally decided that it mus't. take some action regarding the note, but sage of the idol of the imperialists.' RALEIGH GETS' THE NEXT MEET from the Foreign Office. The advance, it said, has been much more favorable than expected and the losses smaller. The losses were said to be only one half as large proportionately as those on the Somme offensive last year. 'This is attributed by members of the , mission to an incomparably better ar tillery preparation and the fact that men are not allowed to out-run the guns Women's Federation to Meet In Capital City Next Year. Miss Gibson Gen, Sec'y (Special to The Dispatch.) Durham, N. C, May 4. Mrs. Clar ence Johnson, of Raleigh, was select ed as the 1918 President of the North Carolina Federated Women's Club, and Raleigh was named as the convention city today. Other officials of the or ganization, as newly.elected, are Mrs. C. C. Hook, .of Charlotte, firse vice president; Mrs. W. C. Robinson, of Asheville, second vice president; Mrs. i Joseph Hyde Pratt, of Chapel Hill, re- The circular, says the newspaper, i cording secretary; Mrs. T. D. Jones, Tegari"lJie' Introduction oflestTmony in rebuttal. Rainy weather and a feeling that sensations are over reduced the crowd in the court room materially today. into 14 infantry companies, . and drilled are such by regular and Na tional Guard officers and such of their own number as may te qualified for command. Then they will be organ The prosecution has abandoned In-'iMf v InHiviHuai mn.Ba ntn nin tT.r.H.it5 F xri,f 4. I "J " a document that has formed basis which naturally was suppressed by the authorities, is couched throughout in violent language. It declares the promises to increase the meat and po 'ermanv nnno mifo tn roofh tVi a n j jj I q f n rotinns tr nff spt thf rpri nntinn in outer tt,ij v r , w" -"",tnat it saw no reason ior ueuictuums Biro!. 3S yet SS t0 What nas tranS" v ed within the borders of the Ger d" empire during the last week. mor!e German Chancellor is once Drnn reported to be about to make a RekTtnCement on Deace before the , ... "sta and his hand has apparent n forced by the junkers. aiarm0fe . reactionaries, enraged and the so - r the apPaXent dominance of of n,ci lst Party wfth its programme dprnnir e Wlthut annexations or in latinn !S' have Presented an interpel- sition auuius tnat he clarify Ms sia 0f J ng rePorts come from Rus-sold- attltude of elements among fovisin? and workmen towards the tioi, "veimment. Demonstra tho rociprnaHnn of rtlft TlrOVlSiOnal eOV pmment. The committee induced the empty mouthings, since there are not soldiers engaged in demonstrations to return to heir barracks. FOUR ARE DRQWED NEAR ASHEVILLE of Durham, auditor; Miss Margaret; Gibson, of Wilmington, general secre tary of the State Federation, and Mrs. W. T. Bost, of Raleigh, corresponding secretary. French Progress. Paris, May 4. Further progress was made by the French last night on the Champagne front, says today's official announcement. The statement fol lows: "The night was marked by great ac tivity of the artillery on ' the front northwest of Rheims. In the Cham pagne we made now progress in the wood west of Montcornillet and re pulsed a grenade attack on one of our small posts. Intermittent artillery fighting occurred south of Moronvil- liers. In Lorraine patrol encounters oc curred near Embermenil and Domevre. The night was calm on the remainder of the front. "Yesterday our pilots brought down five German airplanes. It is learned also that three of the enemy, which were reported to have been damaged in engagements on Wednesday, were in reality brought down. A German aviator at about 10- o'clock last night infantry companies, three batteries of, artillery and two troops of cavalry. Those designated "for coast artillery rwill go either to Fort Monroe or Fort Winfield Scott, California, for two months of special instruction, while those for signal corps, aviation or other special services will be as signed to special training units. The department's statement lays great stress on the fact that mature tnoTi crTi rrlor1 .fnr roannnRihlo nnfll. j tions, will be sought particularly in ! selecting the first 10,000. In later training camps younger men are ex pected to predominate. U. S. ARMY HOSPITALS TO BE SENT TO FRONT sufficient cattle in Germany, and extra potatoes can be given only by drawing upon the seed crop, which in turn onolls fnminp. np.irt wintfir. "f"" I x , , m, 11 T.1 il i The only solution of the labor prob- ITT.T""; Resolutions were adopted endorsing the work of the State Board of Health . threw down several bombs in the re- and Audubon Society, lbe lby mem-.gion Df Dunkirk. There were no cas ber of the Federation present voted . ualties and no damage was done.." In favor of a State-wide dog law and I , p- French Broad Claimed Victims When Boat Filled With Water and Sank. 'Am - Petrol ul currmg in the streets of toe niinTc against Paul N. Milukoff, ignatjm 5.0f foreign affarrs, his res UiluHff eing demanded. Professor strornrJot ls considered qne of the tfme a tmen in the new Russian re cause 1 e riend of the Entente favor 'of a whole, and thoroughly in the war KanT,energetic prosecution of The 7 Russia hil ann'f1 flements opposed to actionK," nave been excited to iDari. 'Q'-iun to ted provisional government's the allied nations, the yesterday, which commit-1 safety, (By Associated Press.) Asheville, N. C, May 4. J. W. Sel lers, of Cowpen, S. C, in charge cf the Boys' Home and Farm connected with Doriand Institute at Hot Springs, N. C, Miss Lauren Davis, matron of Sturgis, Ky., Miss Feren Wilcox, of Lansing, Mich., teacher, and Edgar Nichols, of Schoolfield, Va., a student, were drowned in the French Broad river two miles west of Hot Springs last night about midnight when their boat filled with water and sank. Miss Carroll and Carroll Willard, a student who were in the boat, were able to swim to lle warsnment to continuation of T1v deria ut slackening of effort. Suited ?ethey should - have been uea m this matter. At noon today all the bodies except that of Miss Davis had been recovered. A large party is searching for her body today. " lems, the circular continues, is "imme diate peace not the peace desired by the government, which is spoiling for J acquisition of territory ana wmch is guided only by the interests of militar ism, junkers and capitalists." WHITAKER GETS THIRTY YEARS IN PENITENTIARY (Special to The Dispatch.) Clinton, N. C, May 4. Raymond Whitaker, aged eighteen, who slew John D. .Taliaferro at a rosin camp, near Ivanhoe last fall, must serve thii--ty years in the penitentiary for his crime, e. Th.e case terminated yesterday when,1 in Sampson County Superior Court, the State accepted proffer of a plea of guilty for second degree mur der, Solicitor Shaw explaining to the court that if the case went to the jury he could not seek, on the evidence, conviction in a greater degree. Judge Lyon then imposed the heavy sentence noted, after he had heard the testi mony in the case, so as tq enlighten him.-. The defendant was represented by Henry Grady, Esq. and A. B. Crumpler, Esq., of Clinton, while Solicitor Shaw was assisted in the prosecution by G. R. Hutchins, Esq.,- of Tallapoosa, Ga. cattle-growing should be encouraged and that the sheep industry should be stimulated. Juvenile courts were rec ommended, or rather the North Car olina Statue of 1915, providing for the handling of juvenile offenders was urged to become a practical law . The women went on record in favor of the mobilizing' of the resources of the women for its parts in the present international crisis. Greensboro women's clubs present ed a resolution through the State or ganization favoring the equilization of the laws pertaining to personal prop erty of man and wife. The motion carried. RELIEF SHIP SIEZED BY THE GERMANS for considerable speculation as to pos sibility of its containing material facts not made public when Heth's brother gave the statement to the press following Stockton Heth's death. One of the features of the trial in the minds of spectators, was the manner, in which Mrs. Vawter main tained herself in the face of Lee's cross examination. The conference of the attorneys was somewhat prolonged and it was 11:30 before they introduced a young woman bookkeeper for a liquor house, now of Baltimore, but formerly of Roanoke, in an effort to show that it was hot correct that Vawter hadj drunk more liquor in May last than at other times, as had been intimated in testimony of Vawter and his wife. There was objection, but the court admitted the testimony, and ledger leaves from 1910 to 1916 were intro duced. On the stand yesterday afternoon Mrs. Vawter, in effort to save her.tal units is in accord with the plan, husband, bared her shame and from to increase hospital facilities behind her original story the State's attor-J the front and reduce the number of; neys were unable to shake her. She 'hospital ships which have become spe claimed that she had repelled Heth's j'cial targets for German submarines, advances, save when she had been . - ; rikig; hS 6a!,e 7niskfey' OTHER MEMBERS OF that she did his will when she was i drunk. She told of the tragedy, of how Heth tried to induce her to en ter his room; that she declined; that her husband (By Associated Pre.) Washington, May 4. Definite plans have been completed for sending Unit ed States army base hospitals to tne fighting front in France. Details will not be disclosed. The sending of the American hospl- FOREIGN COMMISSION Crew Driven to Their Boats Without Provisions Suf fering of The Men. (By Associated Press. London, May 4. Confiscation by the Germans of the Belgian relief steamer Carmetta is reported in Central. News -5fr i , 4 . . ncci, -X- HOUSE KILLS NEWSPAPER CENSORSHIP. (By Associated Press.) -x- Washington, May 4 The influ- ence of President Wilson's ap- proval of the newspaper censor ship section of the espionage X- bill failed to save it in the X- House today, an4 it was stricken -X-x- from .the bill by a vote of 220 4C--X--X--X- sailor who was a member of the crew is authority for the report. He says the Germans ordered the crew to leave the- ship and placed a prize crew on board to take it to a German port. The men from the Carmetta, in two small boats, asked for provisions, but the Germans refused. After six days of terrible suffering the men-in one of the boats reached the Norwegian coast. (By Associated Press.) New York, May 4. Two French went downstairs after army officers, Major. Tulsane and Lieu- i a pistol. and, returning with it, grap-(tenant De LaG range, and Mrs. De La pled with Heth. In the melee Heth (Grange, arrived today on a .British was shot. , She claimed her married steamship to join the French war com life had been happy up to Heth's en-! mission. The officers t were French trance. She only knew him slightly aviators. before her marriage. She admitted I Arriving on the same vessel was. her husband had caught her in com-Joseph DaVIes, one of the secretaries promising positions and that sh . of David-Lloyd George, England's promised to desist in future if he 'premier. Mr.Davies declined: to dis- . would stop drinking; that Heth, when close tne reason for his coming, caught, assaulted her husband .-.on j i several occasions. -1 When court adjourned for lunch at 12:K0 this afternoon tn rf-r.nnveti at I 1:50 the prosecution had not yet 'fin ished with rebuttal testimony, and the defense was summoning new witnesses in sur-rebuttal. Prospects for completion of the case by Satur day night seemed to vanish. Prob ably the entire afternoon session will be taken up with testimony and' with prosp??t of a over instructions, it is expected to be afternoon before argument begins. J. L. Lee will close for the State and may not be heard before Monday. VILLA DRAWS REAR AMEBIC!!;! BORDER itn testimony ana' 0 . . n a i - r . prolonged contest , 'oaid to te Approaching I nter-r SERIOUS REVOLTS HAVE OCCURRED IN BERLIN national Line With Hii Main Command. . - . - (By Associated Press.) , El Paso, Texas, May 4. Francisco ; Villa, wih his main command, is be- flieved by American secret, agents to , (By Associated Press.) -joe wunin ov uiiies ui mo auiouuou , Amsterdam, (Via London)) May 4. .border southeast of Juarez. ; Reports The Maasbode of Maestricht says , received here from the border said a that serious revolts occurred in Berlin j large Villa command had been seen last week. According to the paper, on the. Calderon-ranch, 50 miles south . . the mob became so menacing that ma- we'st of Fabens, Texas, and an equal, chine guns were used against it. The distance from "Juarez. Villa himself is , aXory is not confirmed from any believed to comnianjd- this body of: source. j troops. 'A 4 IfcJ.f r i .: