w.'. X ' Rather forecast. Carolina Fair, probably North frost in mountain) d 'strict; TG light Thursday tair, B..B..-7 cn.ith Carolina Fair tonight and Thursday; probably light frost to night, extreme northwest portion. EDITION Pull leased wire service VOL. XXIII. NO. 111. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA-, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 9, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS T OF INCREASED COST jjr .4 FINE CONS RUCTION "(ft FROM HIGH i . i . .t Ji. A J 4 v w c vr vr SMALL SHIPS AS - T LARGE AEAINS ALSO APPLYING WATER CARRIERS WILL'KELy BE Jl Kip TODAY Protest Against Former Prop-j Head of Old Dominion Line 'Case Expected to Go to The osition Made by Manches ter Shipping Experts. SERIOUS RESULTS OF SUCH POLICY People of Newport News Thrilled by Ghastly Spec tacle in Midair. VICTOR CHARLSTROM ONE OF VICTIMS. Former Young Bank Teller The Other The Machine Smashed to Bits and Bodies Were Horribly Mutilated Carlstrom Noted Airman. (By Associated Press.' Newport Xews, Va., May 9. Victor Carlstrom, aviator-instructor at the Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Station here, and one of the foremost flyers in America, and Cary B. Epes, of Newport News, a student flyer, w - instantlv killed this afternoon at 12:J o'clock when the aeroplane in which they were flying collapsed at an alti uule of about 3,500 feet and fell like a plummet to the, earth. The machine was smashed to splin ters an! the bodies of the victims were horribly mutilated beyond recog nition. The fall was witnessed by hundreds of persons in various sec tions of the city and caused a near panic among the children at one of the public schools, who were, watch ing the flyers during their noon re cess. Carlstrom was giving Epes his first flight. They left the ground and rap idly rose to about 3,500 feet. They were flying along smoothly when it. se. 3fr -K -5 -5fr Pointed Out By The Protestants- Facts and Figures Given to Sustain Their Position. NOT A TRUE BILL. (Correspondence of Associated Press.) Manchester, , April 26. A commit- The grand jury returned not a tee of shipping experts heer has adopt- true bill in the case" charging !ed a report against the building of Oscar Johnston, colored, convict small ships in preference to big ones trusty, with the' murder of Neal .to offset the submarine danger. The Walton at 3:20 o'clock this after- ' report says: noon and the case so far as the ! "The policy of small ship construc- negro convict is concerned is -X-ition can only have a most disastrous now closed. He will be turned -X- effect on the nation, the man power X- over to Superintendent Godwin, -x-j required by the army and our chances X- of the county stockade, this after- -X- of victory. X- ndon, and will begin service -X-l "The Germans aim to be sinking X- anew on the sentence he is serv- -X-i 9,000,000 tons a year and hope to sink ing at the stockade. -X-' still more. Allowing losses by mines -x-'and natural causes to balance any ex- Appears Before Commis sion Today. ARGUES POR jfcAISE OF FREIGHT RATES Jury Before The Sun Has Set. DEFENSE HAVING INNING THIS MORNING Expense of Labor and Also of : Attorney Calhoun Makes Stir- Coal Has Been Largely In- ring Plea For Vawter-Wom- creased, Declares Presi dent Walker. and Crucified on Cross of Infamy, He Asserts. (liy Associated 1'ress.) (Rt Ascnf;wi pmo. Washington, May 9. H. B. Walker, i Ghristiansbursr. Va.. Mav' 9 Wha president of the Old Dominion Steam- promises to be the closing day ot the U ship Company, told the commission j trial of Prof. Charles E. Vawter, of ' a. i.1 a i .4 1 i : .. . . . ... . I the railroads relative to increased i killitig of Stockton Heth, Jr., March 13, ill i i i ii ru ii x x OF GERMANS ; IHflPilRMf '. . 1 - I i 4 NEW YORK CAM'T GET THAW. (By Associated Press.) The Canadians Already iri Possession of Most of The Lost Territory. that everything said by spokesmen for j Virginia Polytechnic Institute, for the j J Harrisburg. Pa. May 9 .-Gov- ! TREMENDOUS DRIVE 1 micttocu j niuiug ui oiuthLwi nein, jr., marcn u, , a ernor Brumbaueh toda operating costs applied similarly to j brought the first view of the sun this j 4. to extradite Harrv K tne water carriers. wages of em ployes of all kinds have been raised. V- nmro mr lio C V O rl -v nfn-M a TO I 4-Vty 4-4- J! il . j r ? a Kansas City school boy. 4 Thaw- is still in a Philadelphia 4 OF THE GERMANS 1 ernor Brumbaugh today refused 4 ! tm in oTtrnrtito Harrv K" Thaw tn Ail section has had since earlv in th trial. -kj -r 1. .i ' L i a i . , , -s- new iuik wiiert: lie is want- -r . A ... a 1 The sun in turn brought a renewal of ed on an indictment for assault- ' 1 To Check Allies Advanca per cent, increase in the cost of its, testimony days, to hear the speeches coal, and supplies of all kinds have j of W. H. Colhoun, closing for the de mounted. Both freight and passen-1 fense, and "Jack" Lee, closing for the ger traffic, he declared, had been re-: State. duced because of'the war. "The existence of the Old hospital, where he was taken aft- er an attempt at suicide. 1 4 Domin- -Sfr -fc -X- -X- -X- - -X- -X- MORE W MEET U-BOAT MENACE aggeration of German claims and as-i "n, said Air. wamer, is seriously suming that we build one-half the lost ' threatened. An increase in rates will r a . . i'i tonnage and other countries the bal ance, we have increased last year'3 output by about 4,000,000 tons, equiv alent to 11,600,000 tons of cargo capac ity per year. Comparing ships of 2,000 tons and. go far toward ameliorating conditions but it will not close the gap between operating costs and operating in come." Counsel for shippers today asked that the roads file complete state- & 4 ! l 4 l 4 i 4 4 4 4 4 PRESIDENT'S PLANS 16,000 tons displacement, carrying 650 j ments of their relations with coal Othe,r Scientists Make Reports to Government Officials Are Very Optimistic. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 9. Additional in formation on experiments with de vices for combatting German submu- rines came to the Navy Department jtons of gteel and 3820()0 tong 'Qf im iium suieuiisiB wuu nave uecu wuib.- v j o.,,, 1r. r-cn nnn xn . , . . . .. , - ber, and consume only J,5b0,000 tons mg independently of the Naval-Con-' 'Q, J ...U! J A 1 H ' OI cudi. and 8,675 tons of cargo, respectively, and taking the North Atlantic passage as a basis, we should require building each year of 2,460 of the smaller ships, but only 185 of the larger. "The smaller ships would cost 111, 000,000 pounds sterling, the larger only 48,000,000 pounds sterling. The small er ships would use 1,550,000 tons of steel and 575,000 tons of timber, and would consume 6,750,000 tons of coal on the, outward voyage per year. The larger ships would absorb 1,030,000 suiting Board. A number of-.. confer- those persons watching the. maclxiueleirce.w rbBW members who were present at the con ference last night at Secretary Dan iels' home also remained in the city to continue work with naval experts. Neither the Secretary nor any na val official would discuss the results of the meeting last night further than to say that progress was being made and that further experiments would be carried forward without delay. In some cases extensive practical tests already have been made with striking results. There is no doubt that navy offi cials were deeply impressed by what was disclosed at the conference last night. Some of them appear to be carefdlly holding their optimistic first saw it suddenly crumple up and plunge downward. As the crippled machine fell observ ers saw a portion of the plane sail ing after it. This proved to be the right wing, which evidently gave way and caused the remainder of the plane lo collapse. Carlstrom reached the zenith of his fame when he flcv from Chicago to New York for the .tNev York Times several months ago.' Previous to that time he had flown from Newport News to New York without a stop, pelting a record for cross-country flying. Carlstrom also held the Amer ican record for altitude with pilot !ind one nassf-npr. havinc- nsrendpd 10 a height of 16,500 feet here a year Judgment in check, fearing that an dl bAV iPf in hie fhrino- Hove for . UnHXUeCieU UIliKJUilV Will X tu producing companies and operators The commission granted the request. Counsel for the roads then filed a formal petition with the commission for increases of from 5 to 15 cents a ton in the rates on anthracite coal. Statistical tables showing revenues, expenses, property investment and return of 22 carriers of the South were filed with the commission. They were compiled by J. B. Duke, assist ant comptroller of the Southern, and showed greatly increased operating costs of all varieties. "The number of men employed in f buading- tlte" (.shipsrrncluaing-vTrta'Rtfig1 and handling steel and other materials, would be 635,000 for the smaller ships and 285,000 for the larger. The coal consumed would account for 45,000 men for the small ships as against 10,500 for the larger. Thus the larger ships would release about 380,000 per sons for other national service. More over the larger ships would require 60,000 fewer mariners. "Again the percentage of loss both in number of ships and in cargo car rying capacity will be greater with small ships than large, and the former will produce greater congestion in ports. Ptrom flew from Toronto to Buffalo. He had won numerous other laurels n the aviation world and had been awarded a medal by the Aero Club of America. A few weeks ago Carlstrom had received an appointment as first lieu tenant in the aviation reserve corps of the United States army. He was considered one of the best instruc ts in the country and had a large flass of a'-iy students at the local school. , Epes resigned his position as teller 1 " a local bank last Saturday and nau arranged to take the . aviation rse as a civilian until his appli cation had been acted upon by the ray authorities. He recently de rayed his own expenses to Wash npon to undergo the examination nn anticipated an appointment at an early date. arise bring their plans to naught. One official explained that what was being done probably would result in adding several different ways and means to the anti-submarine crusade. It is upon the cumulative effect of all the proposed new devices as well as new methods of operation against submarines that the feeling is based that something can be accomplished toward checking the ravages U-boats. the IS! TRUNKS FULL Of BOOZE D.i. . "" e,gh Police Chief Makes -tu on express Urhce and Gets Big Haul. VY R?leiJhPeCval - TBe DisPatch- arrpn ' C-' May 9.r-aptain PXPres iorce, raiaea tne turcd 7 inis mormng and cap- ni " v Li 1111 k s covon ni-inri ta-i booZP Zlefn .?lnts of liquor, The ,runk eh I UiI"ugn a customary raH for i- but the owners did not to cit ' ltle liquor. It was then brought ('onfiscatio station and is held for I QERMANS AND BULGARS 4 TRIUMPH. -25- ' . jts, Bef-Hn ssociated Press.) GPrn Ma- 9 (Via London). have n"d- Bulsarian troops fpat unJ stered a severe de- MacedSn? 6 Entelte forces in , I 111 If V. J 1 mm ' LU V I 1 - UllllllQ TT UD FRENCH RMEN DOING 0 mm CONFERENCE ON U-BOAT QUESTION Of Naval Experts Prospects of Success in Combatting Submarines. A Remarkable Week's Record In The Destruction of Ger man Air Craft. (By Associated fress.) Paris, May 9. The War Office is sued the following statement on the campaign tonight: "During the period of May 1-7, our pilots had numerous combats with enemy aviators, in the course of which 25 German machines were brought down, the destruction of which wag . absolutely established. In addition 51 German machines, seri ously hit, fell within their own lines, the greater part of them being prob ably destroyed. "Our pilots in that period added to the number of their exploits. Cap tain Guynemer gained his 37th and 38th .victories. Sub-Lieutenant Nun gesser brought down three machines, which brought his total of enemy machines destroyed up to 24. Sub Lieutenant Donne brought down his 22nd machine, Captain Heurteux his 21st, Lieutenant Pinsard his 11th and 12th and Adjutant Madon his 10th." DECREASE IN NUMBER OF U-BOAT DISASTERS (By Associated Press.) London, May 9. A substantial de crease in the number of sinkings by submarines in the last week will be shown in the forthcoming weekly re port of shipping losses. In fact, it is stated, the report will how the small est losses in the past three weeks."-. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 9. Hope is bright ening that American inventive genius has found the road that may lead to freedom of the seas from German sub marines. - A conference of unusual important was held last night at the home of Secretary Daniels. It was called in order thahigh officials of the navy might go over with members of the naval consulting board the experi ments already tried and those that are in prospect. "They believe thv are on the right road." Mr. Danielssaid. "They believe they are going toHurn out something that is worth while. There will be more experiments. Fur ther than that I do not care to say." Those at the conference were Sec retary Daniels, Admiral Benson, chief of operations; Rear Admiral Taylor, chief constructor; Rear Admiral Grif fin, chief engineer; Rear Admiral Earle, chief of ordnance; Rear Admiral Grant, chief of the submarine service, and Capt. Wm. Strother Smith, who 'orms the connecting link between the department and the consulting boaru i and other scientific bodies. W. L. Saunders chairman of the con sulting board, headed the representa tion of scientists. Reports also were available from Thomas A. Edison, who is at work on a somewhat different line of investigation. No intimation has been given as to the nature of the experiments. IFEflEES STILL DISAGREE On Roosevelt Volunteers En listment Provision in The. War Army Bill. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 9. Conferees of the House and Senate on the War army bill today sought to compro mise their differences over the ques tion of whether Colonel Roosevelt shall be permitted, as provided by a Senate amendment, to raise a volun teer force for service in France. Pros pects of an agreement, however, on this, the main issue, seemed slight. The only hope held out for a com promise was said to be based on the chance that the Senate might recede from its position on the question. In that case it was said the House con ferees might accept the Senate amendment fixing the age limit of those subject to selective draft at 21 to 27 in lieu of the House provi sion fixing it at from 21 to 40. BEINCJISIiUSSED portant of Them. WHEREABOUTS OF EN N UNKNOWN This Pro-Greman Agitator in Russia Suddenly and Mys teriously Disappears. (By Associated Press.) London, May 9. It is reported in an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen that Nikolai Lenine, the Russian Radical Socialist leader, has been missing for two days. The dispatch, which quotes the Svenska Dagbladet, of Stockholm, as its au thority, says nothing is known as to Lenine's fate. The court was to convene at 10 o'clock, sitting again in the moving picture theatre, now given over to staging a vivid spoken drama, and the house early was filled. 1 "iesterday brought one of the most dramatic moments of the trial and J probably for the first time in the his tory of a Virginia court a recess was ordered to permit jurors, court officials and spectators to compose them-1 seives alter tne sentimental upheavval caused by the pleading of Judge R. L. Jordan, of Radford, for Vawter. It is expected the case will be in the hands of the jury before 6 o'clock and a verdict this evening is consider ed likely. Attorneys and court officers are re ceiving a flood of communications from all over the country giving advice in the case and seeking information. Attorney Colhoun. who speaks this morning for the defense, received a letter from a Richmond woman ad vancing an argument for Vawter that even he had not thought of. The writer suggested.a plea for Vawter's acquittal m view of his wonderrTuI knowledge so badly needed by the country in the present crisis, with the proviso that Mr. and Mrs. Vawter en ter into bond never to drink again. Mr. Colhoun began speaking, the first address of the day, at 10:40 a. m. He painted in vivid fashion Mrs. Vaw ter's sacrifice on the stand,, when at last with the whiskey furnished by Stockton Heth out of her svstem. with j the power of his dominating Influence gone, ner womannooa reasserted useir and she took up the cross of shame which she must bear to her grave to make atonement for her sin. The attorney arraigned the prose cution for holding up "the cra?y letter" to spring without warning. Pockton Heth, he described, as insidiously go ing about his task of dragging down the name of a woman until he crucified her upon the cross of infamy. With dramatic intensity, Colhoun recounted details of the struggle which resulted in Heth's death and exclaim ed: "I thank God that some kind fate guided the hand of the deluded, wom an and that her finger found the trig ger of that pistol, permitted her to ViQtrQ norf in firinor tho chnt ffiat IH 1 1 tirl the traducer and avenged her ruin." Colhoun referred to the alleged Statement of Heth that all women were approachable as "the damnable lie of his; an insult to womanhood." j "Had physical force been used," ; ; Severe Break Through List said the attorney, "his crime would i r m. r . have been lily white outside the one Owing to LiOVernment S committed." Colhoun closed by reM . War Tax Policy. f erring to the sunshine as a prophecy ' ; from God of happiness a favorable ver- . jjew York, May 9. Crumbling diet will bring to the home at Blacks- prices at the opening of the stock DUrS- market today extended during the Shows Importance Placed . on Holding The Points Now Being So Vehemently Con- tended for By Both Sides. With massed reserves of every available gun at his command Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria is striv ing to halt the ceaseless British as saults on the Drocourt-Queant line, the last bulwark protecting the rich est prize of the Germans in northern France, the coal fields of Lens. The reckless expenditure of human life by the German commander has had at least a temporary reward in With 'Leaders in Coneress of the recapture of Fresnoy at the north- r o nt . i i em end o( the line. This little vll jjulii i arises iviusi mi- (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 9. The adminis tration's plans were discussed today by President Wilson at conferences with Democratic and Republican lead ers for the purpose of securing early passage. The measures would empower the President to commandeer not only shipyards, but steel production, and CechnicaTt to 'direct -its--distribution. Officials believe, however, that the mere pow er put in the Executive's hands will make its use unnecessary. The Shipping Board today an nounced the appointment of David L. m tt rii t . a e jwing, oi ot. ixjuis, as director oi v, rfh nt n.,Mnt. traffic for the board and for the efh- V?Sta7 indicates that tto pre nlf fI ri'.innl ent struggle on the British front is re ; der the management of Major-Genera d b ,h gideg ag one of tna George W. Goethals, is to build a great ogt important actions of the war, but fleet of wooden ships. u may be many days before any de. . Mr. Ewing, who has been assistant' CiSi0n is reached. ! - general freight agent for the St. The determination with which the , Louis & San Francisco Railway, will j Germans are fighting and their stren -handle delivery and shipment of sup-j uous eiforts at the concentration ot ,',.. nli'oo e "h i n varies "Hii f Iri i n o tVio. j aViAm Viot 4Vta f lage and the wood which surrounds it formed a sharp salient driven by the Canadians to within two miles of Drocourt. Its capture marks the first time in the present offensive that a German counter attack has suc ceeded in wresting an important po sition from the British. Curiously enough, the same official statement from Berlin which an- : nounces the capture of Fresnoy indl cates that the British are much , closer to the southern end of the Drocourt-Queant - line than has been; a , claimed by London. The German War Office tells of heavy fighting between j Riencourt and Fontaine, the former j village being a bare mile and a halt i from Ouear.t and less than that dim tance from Cagnicourt, the next Ger plies for ship yards building the fleets. The Shipping Board's steel ship building campaign will follow close ly the lines laid down for the wood- en program. The emergency ship mms ana reserves snow mat iuo Drocourt-Queant line is regarded by them as of vital importance and will; only be surrendered in the last ex tremity. From two other war theatres news corporation will direct the work. Plans I comes that opens up many posgibill- are about completed for standardizing all steel cargo ships built in the coun try's yards. SUBMARINE SIGHTED THIS SIDE DANGER ZONE (By Associated ress.j New York, May 9. An officer on a British steamship arriving here to day from Europe said a submarine was sighted "far west of the sub marine zone. He refused to state1 which way the under-water boat was moving and his fellow-officers and the passengers declined to discuss the subject, except to assert that the passenger vessel was not molested. LeninG, an expatriate under -ihe old Russian regime, was permitted by the German government to return home through Germany from Switzer land after the revolution. He under took a vigorous campaign at the head STOCK MARKET TAKES II SLUMP ASKS LIQUOR IKING STOP Grain Needed For Eating, De clares Herbert Hoover to Congressmen. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 9. Prohibition of of a group of ultra radicals 'in favor the use of grain, including barley, in of peace and was so active that he caused some anxiety among those who supported the government in its deter mination to continue the war. Latter ly, however. Lenine's iniluence said to have been waning. r . ' 1 r " V -K- 35- 4S COALITION MINISTRY FOR " RUSSIA. . (By, Associated Press.) 5? Petrograd, May 9 (Via Lon- don). The Russian government today issued a declaration in fa- X- vor of a coalition ministry. 4f the manufacture of beverage alcohol or beer during the war was urged to day, before the Senate Agricultural Committee, by Herbert C. Hoover of is the food council of the committee l rt T-ii 1 T c .3 T - A lAnttn oi iNa.tiuna.1 jLreitJiistj, aiiu ui. axvu Taylor, a special assistant to Secre tary Houston of the Department of Agriculture. Dr. Taylor said the brewers - who told the committee recently that bar ley was not good for human food were wrong and that it was used in, Europe. He said 87,000,000 bushels would be saved by prohibitory legis lation. Mr. Hoover continued his testimony into the necessity for a central food department. ties. The fighting on the Macedonian front, constantly developing in sever ity and extent, gives renewed color to the belief that General Sarrail is in itiating operations of major import ance and possibly a general offensive. The developments on this front ap pear to have given fresh impetus to the revolutionary movement- In. Greece, reinforced by the news that : Venizelist troops are on the nring , line and have been victors in the first clash with the Bulgars. King . Constantine has been declared de posed at a great mass meeting in Sa loniki and an Athens dispatch says that the King's followers are desert-1 ing to the provisional government In increasing numbers. Mesopotamia offers the second point, of interest, with an announcement,' from Petrograd that Russian troops;; are again on the move in the Persian border. The unexplained inaction of . those forces was believed in some quarters to. have bee"n responsible for forenoon trading into a severe break which carried the market down fromi O S i-tsvivt e? in trivf nollir oil T r T" a rsf ' the list. The liquidation appeared! tiie sudden halt in the victorfoiw ad-, - to be provoked cnieriy. oy tne pud lication of the government's war tax- vance of the British army from Bag dad. General Maude's successes had ' ation policy resuitea in tne practical buiivuuuiu The market was feverish and unset-1 of the Turkish army in Mesopotamia! tied. United States Steel broke over when the Russian withdrawal ttoxa 2 points to 112 5-8. Bethlehem Steel.! Mush and the halting of the Russian - old stock, 10 points to 125, and other orive irom itb.bi uutra industrials, including the principal and equipments, 2 to 6 munitions points. War stocks fared no worse than ation. Field MarshaJ von Hindenburg's tre- ' -r mendous drive of yesterday in an ef- . fort to stem the tide of British vie- i? standard issues, some of the divi-.tory on the Arras battlefield eedlly . dend-paying rails faHing to lowest ?Pent its iorce ana au m prices of recent years. Net losses' penditure of men and material bids j. from last night's close included 4 3-4 , fair to be wasted. 4a1 V points for St. Paul, Union Pacific I Already the British have reacted so v 3 1-4, Reading 3 1-2, Baltimore' & Ohio strongly that most of the ground lost, 21-2, Canadian Pacific 2 3-4, South- the vicinity of Fresnoy has been , ern Pacific 21-4, New York Central regained. S ; 23g The Germans are still clinging to ' - New Haven duplicated its previous' (Continued on Elgnt). low record of 36 3-4. Utilities tractions, 'WJ ' nil a mntnm anH , telenhonp issues. shinninc -irn'-nrt in t.h recession with' losses of 2 to 5 points. RUSSIANS SMASH LINE. GERMAN UKWLUIHII diemvicj , (By Associated Press.) SUBMARINE VICTIM Petrograd. May 9 ,(Via London. , j Russian troops on the Rnma- (By Associated Press.7 nian front, northwest . of .'Benne, London, May 9. The Norwegian yesterday broke through the steamer Kaparaika, 1,123 tons gross, ' Teuton positions and advance has been sunk by a German subma-, towards Jenawer, says the off i- rine, the Norwegian foreign office an- cial statement issued today by nounces, says a special news dispatch' the Russian war department. . . from Christiania today. Two men of. the crew were killed. . u - 'If. .i '(' t i ' i ! I i it 01 11 1; IS r. '' - i