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V THE oEATHER FORECAST. iJorth Carolina Partly cloudy and nortion it South .i.i- C0lc :r u9thr clears. Sunriav nrt On " -- --- -. . p Sightly warmer In west portion. cuth Carolina Fahy cooler to- gh,t: Sunday fair, slightly warmer. ni Wilmington FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE Diifeiiil j - ' - - ' FiT FINAL ;M EDITION V0L XXIIL NO. 107. euro PPffiWffM WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SAT URDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 5; 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GENERAL JOFFRE AND M ILITARY AIDES. Head of Naval Consultation Board Gives Big News to The Country. HAS FORWARDED PLANS TO WASHINGTON Thinks Submarine Problem Mas Been Successfully .Sol V- 1 D.n..lf- Pvtnmonto 1 Many Unsuccessful Attempts SEVERE FIGHTING ALONG MILES OF THE FRENCH LINE Coast. (I'.v Associated Tress.) Xew York, May 5. W. L. C-iun- to Drive The French From Their Positions rlcha,irm!l.Lth,e ?L??rZt ! FRENCH FORCES DoSrii, UlillUUiH-CU UC1C LUUOJ l-UUL thp hnr.rd had forwarded to Wash ington plans for dealing with the marine problem, which, it was be lieved, had solved the problem suc cessfully. Mr. Saunders, who has been chair man of the Naval Consulting Board about two months, supplemented bis announcement by saying that while the submarine problem cannot be considered in reality to have been solved until the U-boats have been destroyed, nevertheless numerous ex periments 'had been made along the Atlantic coast with highly encouraging results which led the board to feel confident that a successful solution had been reached. MAKE PROGRESS Heavy Losses by Germans Number of Prisoners In cluding Several Officers Captured. (By Associated Press.j Paris March 6 Heavy counter at tacks launched by the Germans with fresh divisions last night on the posi tion captured by the French yesterday along the' front from Craonne to Mont Carnillet were repulsed in all cases, the war. office announced today.. In addition the French made progress COMMISSION FROM 'east of Mount Carnillet. More than RUSSIA 3X Ur SnxtwrpTrsWeW-n French . " The statement follows: " " V t "" f 1 :-;..V.".-. . . . . . J"3 -- - - i. , . . . , - ' .--.. S- ilk. ro ' mm n i En a la . r is RUSSIA'S fiTTITUDE ON WAR QUESTION IS DISQUIETING; A (By Associated Press.)' Petrograd, May 3. Via London, May 4 -A commission representing the Rus sian provisional government will leave soon for America to confer with Amer ican government officials concerning the industrial, economic, and financial relations of the two countries. This information was obtained l&y the Asso ciated Press from a high official source. The personnel of the . commission has already been decided upon, but the names of the commissioners are not yet available. They will be vested with the fullest powers, similar to those of the British and French commissions. GERMANY RELEASES BRAZILIAN MINISTER defeated by our artillery Chemin-Des-Dames there "South of the Oise a German attack on our small posts on the southwestern edge of the upper forest of Coucy was On the was very active artillery fighting during the night, on the front between Braye-En-Lannois and Hurtebise. "North of the Aisne the Germans made a violent counter attack on the village of Craonne and the positions captured by us yesterday. All the enemy's efforts came to naught in the face of the resistance of our infantry machine guns and artillery, and heavy losses were inflicted on the Germans. At no point were they able to approach ' ntir Htipr The number of nnsonera (By Associated Press.) ... ttalrtm hv us in the resrion reached 225. The Brazilian . . f UJ. WllUill 11 111 C vvcic umci o . uuo the officers is a battalion commander, and one is an observation officer of ar tillery . "In the Champagne after very heavy artillery fighting a violent engagement occurred late yesterday in the region of Mont Carnillet. We made progress east of this hill, and on the slopes north of Morit Blond . The enemy made several violent attacks with troops be longing to two fresh divisions which recently arrived on this front. These efforts were checked by our fire and 100 prisoners, of whom six are officers, remained in Our hands . This brings up to more than 1,000 the number of prisoners taken yesterday- between Auberive and Navarin farm, and four attacks by the enemy were without success for him." General Joffre, French Marshal and hero of the Marne, and party were accorded a " tremendous ovation upon their arrival in Washington. C rowds cheered them wherever they a ppeared. The cut shows the hero and his military aides leaving the State Department building. Reading from left to right, the officers of the group are: General Duval, of the. French army; Lieutenant-Colonel Spencer Cosby, U. S. A.; General Joffre, Captai n U. S. Grant III, U. S. A.; Lieutenant Pesson, French army, and Colonel Fabri (with cane), also of French army. ' GOVERNOR HEARS iTHE PRESIDENT IHOUSE PASSES APPEAL HEARS BALFOUR N THE HOUSE FRIENDS For, Pardon For Cashier Thomas Good Showin Made For Young Man ESPIONAGE BILL Rio Janeiro. Mav s Minister to Berlin has cabled the gov ernment that he expects to arrive in Zurich today. -he German Minister to Brazil has been detained by the Brazilian gov ernment on information that Germany mu prevented the Brazilian represen tative from leaving the empire. the government has ordered that we German minister to Brazil, Adolf rauh, be permitted to continue his ruine' to Uruguay. Herr Pauli had i wen ordered detained on information u-tLthe Germ&n government was J"nholding the passports of the waziiian representative. (Special to The Dispatch ) Raleigh, May .5. Governor Bickett listened nearly three hours yesterday to Carteret county petitioners who are seeking the pardon of Thomas Thomas, the luckless cashier of a Beaufort bank. Ill fortune appears to have been the worst element in the charge that has resulted " in the conviction of the young cashier on a defalcation JThe hearing this morning brought out publicly for the first time the character of offense against the ex- cashier. The fact that no trace ofl money going toward Thomas had "'St" Another Precedent Seems to Have Been Smashed by Wilson Today (After Modifying its Terms- Hdw4North Cmhn&in- gressmen Voted. : Minister Refused to Send An other Note to Allies on Gov ernment's Position merit's Position to Allies (By George H. Manning.) Washington, D. C.May 5. All the North Carolina Congressmen, except Godwin, Robinson and Doughton, who IVyfll ITAPTQM MFMAPF were aDsent, voted in the House late NOW INCREASING of Congressman Graham, of Pennsyl vania to strike the newspaper censor- n:.:k C : H JshiP section from the espionage bill Congress That J the censorship was stricken out. Later pn Congressman Gard, of Ohio, ; offered a substitute which carried 190 to 1S5, making specific provision that a trial by jury shall be given persons censorship violation and clares to Free People are Banded Together to Fight It. Uy .associated i-ress.j I arrnqpd of -j-resiueiit vvii-',, ,. Thomas was in trouble because a third man had been the beneficiary of the money which the elder Thomas, HSU LABOR LEADERS ARRIVE fer Reception in Washing ton City Object of Their Coming to America. W.-5i,;JBy Associated Press.) leaders May 5. British labor Ih. Stmt .l. .. . . . Partirin i Lne unitea states to British m conference between the ti7es of1' mission and representa tive . the American government, Jea here today. offirim T5.dU0n which will in tC visors to serve as Amprifan labor by r;n;Tul1ct of the war, was met Pedpr;;,: ulHUves of the American repre aeration T ' X. VL..LUXLJX?' Dassy iC ; oor, the British em DfPanment If? Department and the sn DercTn ,, Labor- Secretary Wil pa''tment represented his de- VV&atl0n is composed of Right Thoraas I )V Bowerman and J. H. liafntT,mr ers of the British par tativo V H- w- Garrod, represen thp Mini-t welfare department of Thev ,7 ?t Munitions. -,hc' Amenv gle the &vernment and befit of n Feedartion of Labor the to the m d exPerience relating v'0rkers aerIation and welfare of iCe. ' dna effective industrial serv- NATIONAL GUARDSMEN FOR TRAINING CAMPS (By Associated Press.') Washington, May 5. Enlisted men of the National Guard who are to at tend officers' training camps will not be ordered to camps before May 20. Delay in designating men has caused the postponement which allows regi mental commanders to make better selections in picking out 25 enlisted guardsmen who will be sent from each regiment. ' The camps will not be open to offi cers of the National Guard, as the Secretary of War has ruled they are needed with their regiments. This does not apply, however, to such Na tional Guard ' officers as may be as signed as instructors. The War Department urges that the most capablexnon-commissioned offi cers of the guard be among those se lected .to attend the camps. son occupied a seat in the executive ir ' 'w; TT V , J ' Miiorv nf th0 Hn,,Sp tnrtav whiiAitnm& relating to the national defense been found had led all the directors. S.-.i tL ,and of such character as to be use- the bonding company, the county of- members of the British mission were the enemy was llY Pb ficials and nerely all the voters to ask received on the floor. It wa3 the firtstj s e ' nipmpnov fnr him hut itaa nnt r,,,-! time, so far as capitol historians could I Congressmen Small, Hood, Pou, clemency for him but it was not Pub-, that an PreJ;ident of the United Stedman, and Webb voted for the sub- hcly declared until today that young states had aoneared in the naileries, istitute and Kitchen, Godwin, Robin- Foreign Minister Balfour in a speech ! son Doughton and Weaver were ab-in-the House today, declared: jsent. "The menace of militarism increas-; The espionage bill , with the press father of the cashier, had gained es. We free people of western civuiza- j gag" substitute included was passed through an overdraft that mounted so.tion are banded together to fight this; in the evening 260 to 105. far above: the cashier's knowledge, (menace. In this cause we will surely The boy's dead father was treasurer conquor." REPUBLIC OF HA YTI of the county and carried the account I President Wilson entered the execu-; wMrkmC A TUadc nnnn there. Though the-senior thomas had tlve gallery unnoticed while Repre-- iuivviw i yvaiv j wuiv considerable property he was a very sentative Estopinal, of Louisiana, was poor trasiness InanV MrV Lorry Threading, in French, a message from J Moore said. He credited more men the President of the Chamber of Depu- anu 6a.vc uiyjucy tu muie causes iiian," "l iumuu,. aQT,oQ ant rv,oWK Af r any man in the county. He kept his The message said the chamber of , -;;--nZ declaration of war books badlv. He did not know what deputies hastened to express to the gress eman5 condition thev were in. 'representatives of the American a -inmi tiirnitnde. ThP w to-or ,Q joining the war against Germany. father had the estate and the office.! fter the esidenl Had been in the (By Associated Press.) Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 5. Pres ident Artiguenave has sent a message 1 question. This action was consider the taken in conse- tZ twn wprp pvtrrHinwTffroZ" 'gallery fire minutes, he was discovered! Ica ot tne tact that among tne V " , A ; J "iiv-v"-i"Li and mmbprs f?tood un and-, rheered 4 victims oi tne torpeaoea Tencn ate and the son's attitude toward the fT mem?,erS. Sl "P C, It,;! stumer. Mbntreal. were five Haitlen that nf the A ue rreisiueui ruse cx.nu. uuweu wxiiic. - ' , ' r "t 7 ill&l ul txie ., .-, j ii, -i . mpmnpTB nf trip wpw nnn tnrpfi Hni- tne ganeries joinea m iue uemonsua- : " ; -,: f;nrl lieu yctast;ugci s. j. lie iyiuulj. ea. was Then- the House turned, its attention to Mr. Balfour and his patry who were escorted into the chamber to ha:nd-1' The French steamer Montreal. was of 3.342 tons and 345 feet lone. No fore any trial he turned over his little :immftdiAt.lv introduced bv SDeakef , previous report of her destruction and the administrators their fortune Clark Rni1 addressed the House. had been received. father had always been most reverent son. The elder's checks came into the bank and the boy hon ored them, wlhout question. That was the extent of the son's sinning.' The boy stood his ground and be- accumulated by the father More ITITM1 a . . 1 1 t(2. - A.n n - i , -j win you permit me, ue uega.ii, than $40,000 of the money wis traced offer you my most sincere thanks, for to the elder. Thomas. Full restitu- the honor done me here today." Presi- tion was made, no depositor losta dent Wilson was among those who-ap-cent and the directors of the bank, who plauded loudest as Mr. Balfour began were responsible to the public, stood speaking. He removed his gloves and nrst, among tnose wno no not wisn entered into the handclapping with! to see a wronged man made to suffer 1- HOUSE ESPIONAGE THE POPULACE ADVOCATE PEACE Ministry Threaten to Resign Dependence of Nation on America in Needs For Continuing War. (By Associated Press. 7 Petrograd (Via London), May 5. The provisional government, through Premier Ivoff, has declined to modify the note sent to the Allies. . The government declares that the ministers are prepared to resign their posts if necessary. "It is impossible to send another note. The temporary government will comply with its duty and leave Its post rather than take such a step, which would menace the country with very serious consequences,. The gov ernment understands fully the re sponsibility it has assumed in behalf of the country and in view of that responsibility is ready to resign if it becomes necessary." Foreign Secretary Milukoff, con firming the stand taken by Premier Ivoff, said: "The note expresses the view of Khe temporary government. It has no other aim. The recent note repeats and develops the idea expressed in the first note, which was worked out in conjunction: with the council of deputies. If we compare the notes it is clear that the fnformation they con tain constitutes a step forward. The events of yesterday will make the Al lies very sad while pleasing our ene mies." M. Milukoff said a new note was quite impossible. "Such conduct," he continued, "toward a foreign govern ment cannot be permitted. If we should attempt to follow a route which, in my conviction, is imprac ticable, we would only be repulsed." The minister made an illusion to a secret telegram which has been re ceived from the Allies. It is signifi cant that the Ambassadors of Eng land, France and Italy have called upon the Foreign Secretary. M. saying: Spirit of Revolt Runs Riot and' no Definite Program Is Being Offered. GERMANS WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM EAST Greatest Battle in History. Con tinues to Rage in West, With No Victor in Sight Yet French Make Gains. While the t greatest Rattle In histor continues to rage in bloody fury in northern France, the riddle of Russia has presented a new phase with a menaced counter-revolution of stag gering possibilities. For the momen the provisional government has tha upper hand, but the voice of the radi icals grows louder and more, threat ening every day, demanding conces siohs which would make the existence of an organized government imposi sible. The wild currents of intrigue and dissatisfaction which are in evidence in Petrograd are the most confusing as the opponents of the revolution ary government offer no coherent pro gram, and seem to have no common, aim. The capital is boisterously vo cal, but back of it the vastnesses of Russia lie silent' with not a hint to J tell of' whatthe masses of the people"' Tante1crng Indication ' of thd: German View "of the situation is given;-by a report that the best German troops have been withdrawn from the eastern front, their places being taken by landstrum and landi wehr divisions. As far as news dispatches Indicate the radical insurgents in Petrograd are basing their attack on the May Day note sent to the Allies by For eign Secretary Milukoff,' reaffirming Russia's determination to fulfill her, obligations to the Entente and vigor ously prosecute the war against Ger many. The provisional government has energetically supported this posi tion, and the ministers declare they will resign rather than modify the stand taken by M. Milukoff. On the battle front in France there is no sign as yet of a decisive issue to the tremendous battle which is raging day and night along a hundred mile front. . The French have battered their way a little closer to Laon and have stormed one of the great natural fortresses guarding the southern end of the Hindenburg line. By the cap ture of Craonne they 'have forced ajar the-back door to Laon, but there are mighty obstacles still in their path. Craonne formed one of two gun crowned heights at the head of a broad valley leading to the French goal. The other, which remains un-: subdued, is the sinister Brimont pla teau, from which the German guns thunder daily against 'the devoted , ruins of Rheims cathedral. Thou sands of lives have been spent in vain in an effort to storm this pla teau, but its capture is vital to the ANOTHER REVOLT BILL IN SENATE further. Mr. Balfour concluded (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 6. The House es pionage bill, with its modified censor- by again ship feature, following , its passage Governor Bickett has pardoned Hen- thankine- the House and t savine he yesterday by a vote of 260 to 105, derson Williams of Lenoir county, who had a "profound sense of this Tinique , went to the Senate today where a is serving assentence of ten years for greeting." j similar measure was under consider- store-breaking. The Governor finds, Apparently he did not know that'ation. (no aggravating circumstances in this President Wilson was one of the most The mail censorship section of the case and J. H. Canady, whose store interested listeners and when he end-1 espionage bill was taken up in the was entered, asks the pardon of the ed his speech he went to the wellof the Senate today. Senate leaders have prisoner. So does the solicitor who, (Continued on Page Eight). 'abandoned hope of passing the meas- AUSTRIAN DIPLOMATS LEAVE THIS COUNTRY (By Associated Press.) New York, May 5. Count Adam Tarnowski von Tarnow, who was sent to this country to succeed Dr. Dumba as the Austrian ambassador,-but who was not never received by the State Department, with members of the em bassy, Austrian Consuls and others, sailed for Austria yesterday via Hol- Jland. .1 ure before next week. prosecuted. The prisoner has served four years m a very nonoraoie way. f 4. 4. rrtt -r-. r xt ; . m i: . I pany of Wilson, a manufacturing en- GERMANY TO MAKE PEACE ijjtwL AMU THIR. terprise which will deal in fertilizers ' . TERMS PLAINER. and "animate and inanimate" sup- 4 . '- plies, is a $100,000 concern with $600 (By Associated Press.) paid In by F. L. Carr, W. P. Ander- Copenhagen, May 5, (Via Lon-. son and others. 4 don) A plainer declaration of The Carolina Real Estate and Manu-'4 Germany's peace conditions will facturing Company of Hallsville, deal- be made by Chancellor von Beth- ing in timber and lumber is chartered mann-Hollweg within a fortnight. by S. O. Middleton,. W. J. Middleton ,n t-..v--.-,-4 and L.' D. Watkins. 1. 4. 4,- 4. 4, 4, 4. 4 '- 44 '-... , .. . ' . . 1 '.. . . ; - . - . i . .. Y WEATHER FOR WEEK (By Associated Press. Washington, May 5 Cool weather for the season is forecast for the Southeastern States during the week beginning tomorrow. The weather will be generally fair except that showers are probable Tuesday or Wednesday. Milukoff concluded by " Resnec.tiner our military needs and ! French advance means of continuing the war, we are dependent to a great extent upon the Allies, especially upon America. It will be an everlasting blot on our his tory if there should be a possibility of concluding a separate peace. But the council itself has declared against a separate peace." M. Tcheidze repeated previous dec larations that the imperialistic atti tude of the government was unaccept- "Neithethe soldiers nor the work- Villa and Follower Gather men are for war. If the government does not mean to hide our watchword of peace without contributions it will have to make itself clear." M. Tcheidze called attention to the fact that there was no interior dis cord and that the only trouble was in respect to Russia's foreign policy. ACROSS B ER GERMAN PEOPLE AT PARTING OF THE WAYS ing For Launching Revolu tion Near The Line. (By Associated Press.) El Paso, Texas, May 4. Villa fol lowers, Cientifico leaders and Legal istas are believed by government agents to be planning a. new revolu tionary movement ,against the gov ernment of Mexico, with Villa as Irtie military leader and Miguel Diaz Loin bardo as the Provisional President. This movement is expected to . start within a week and Is believed to ac count for the presence here of several- former Villa leaders, Cientifico advisers and other Mexicans. Guadalupe is said to have been se lected as the provisional capital Villa is reported at the Calderon ranch, 45 Amsterdam (Via London). May 5. A Berlin dispatch says that General Groener, Minister of Munitions, de fended before the Reichstag his May Day manifesto to the workers. His defense was in answer to criticism by the Social Democrats. clared that the manifesto was neces- command, awaiting ; the ... "jtJ. Jj sary because "the German people were Lombard. That ranch is opposite at a fatal parting of the jffays of which Fabens, Texas. , one led todefeat." The deputy sald Americans are said by - Mexican that no one must interfere between ' agents to be aiding financially - the the army at home land trf the field and , reorganized Villa movement' United that until the end of the war the work-; States cavalry were ' dispatched , to ing classes must remain absolutely Fabens from Fort Bliss today,. to re calm J inforce the American patrols there. I r 1 1 1 M I. t 'fl i i.i !,i 1 1 M 1 t-1 1 ii. K. 'I r H K" f 1' .1 .-1 1 - rjO T- v V'v Ji "'
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