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1 ' 1 THE LEATHER FORECAST nd South Carolina: Fair to- Ml St fv. ft W fT FINAL EDITION M CM North a ana tempera"" rriiiv little chanoo in -:ht ana r.. - - FULL LEASED W I R E SERVICE XXIH. NO. 112. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 1 0 1 9 1 7. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1 M rm nl 1) F V ENSE WILL WAR' EXP. GO TO FIVE BILL DECLARES KITCHIN The Desperate Battle Between Germans and British is Still Raging. GREAT IMPORTANCE OF THE POSITION M. -V. Jt -V. .'.!. .Si. AJ. J.'. .V. .V. .V. .i ,V At i .k A l t 4 . V Si TWO MORE HOSPITAL SHIPS SUNK. Will Run Over a Billion as Es timated, He Says In Open ing Debate. THOSE WHO STAY HOME SHOULD PAY COST (By Associated Press.) London, May 10. Two more -X-J X- hospital ships have been tor- pedoed by German submarines -X-. since British airplanes raided the -X- j "" twn of Freiberg as a reprisal f or vr sinkings of hospital ships, An- drew Bonar-Law, members of the British war council, announced -X- THROUGH JOFFBE Unveiling Statue of LaFayette in Presence of French Commissioners. Demands of War Necessities' He Asserts, Necessitate Prompt and Decisive Ac tion Money of Nation to be Conscripted Makes Strong Speech. G 0 F Iff mi PA it FARMER MANY PEOPLE I D To That Section ofThe Ger man Line Enormous Con centration of The Enemy Acainst British Fearful ! today in the House of Commons. Loss by Germans Dis- j . quieting News From Russia. (I!y Associated Press.-) FRFNrH 71QITfIRQ vvasningion, ivjay iu. uemocranc riH.l,MV-.n V lOUJED Leader Kitchin, in opening debate on UlVtlN UVA11UIN the $1,800,000,000 Revenue bill in the House today predicted that the war " -x- -x- 1 Gold Miniature of Statue Liberty Presented Joffre The Marshal Greatly Touched. of Father and Mother Among Victims of a Crazed Ken tuckian Today. MIND MADE MAD BY ILL HEALTH X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- TRIED TO KILL PRESIDENT OF CUBA. I The battle for Fresnoy continues to rase with a fury which recalls the bloody struggles for Forts Douaumont; and Vaux in the days of the battle ot, Verdun. Thousands of lives are being pour til out for the mastery of the, little hi ap of ruins that was once a village and the blackened, blasted stumps' that were once a wood, until Fresnoy threatens to rank "with Vim in the price- paid .-Cor its possession - The great importance of the posi tion is due to the fact that it forms tho last important defense of the northern end of the Drocourt-Queant line, and also covers the only remain ing railroad to Lens, connecting the coal city with the main German line in the south. The Drocourt-Queant line traverses one side of a railroad triangle which has Lens, Arras and Vitry at its respective angles. All of one side of this roughly equilateral, triangle is in the hands of the Brit ish and about one-half of its base. Fresnoy must be held if the whole triangle is not to be excavated and the fall of Len rendered certain. The enormous concentration of Orman divisions on the British front U-BOAT ATTACKED BY AHMED LINED I (By Associated Press.) New York, May 10. France, through Marshal Joffre, hero of the Marne, un I veiled a statue of an earlier one of her national life, LaFayette, at Prospect ! Park, in Brooklyn, today. ' EJarlier, the ! general had been presented with a min ature gold duplicate of the Statue of j Liberty in Central Park. After loos ling the tri color and the American flag, Jn Appearance Of Periscope the Marshal and his compatriots were the luncheon guests of the Merchants' EiringuBegahjand.JSuTta.-. -i rind (Quickly Submerged (By Associated Press.) New York, May 10. An armed Am- Association Through, thirty miles of New York, the French visitors motored and the sidewalks and the buildings at every noint were throntred with demonstra- erican. line steamship which arrived tive people. In Brooklyn, schools were here last nignt from an European port dismissed and every child carried a reported that her gun crew fired six French or an American emblem, shots at a German submarine off the! Mayor Mitchel accepted the LaFay . - . , , o mi. j ette statue on behalf of the city from coast of Ireland on May 2. The under- the esUte of R Brooklyn citizeu of sea boat immediately submerged and French descent, and M. Viviani, it was impossible to determine wheth- France's former premier, delivered the expenditures for tho rest of this year and the next fiscal year would reach $5,000,000,000 instead of the $3,800, 000,000 his committee had conscr vately estimated. Mr. Kitchin declared that those who stayed at home in war time should be glad to pay the bills. De mands of war necessitated DromDt and decisive action, he continued, and 1-n. a prominent young farmer, aged patriotism called for prompt passage CO, insane, it is supposed, from brood of the measure. ; jng over ill-health, this morning kill- wuusc d e ,Uu,iipWu ed his father, Charles Millen. his ior me army, ne aeciarea, Wholesale Tragedy, Climaxed By Suicide of One Who Caused It, Enacted This Morning. (By Associated Press!) Elkton. Ky., May 10. Frank Mil- 'have a right to expect, that the money of the mother. father, his brother Millen, Elmo and the nation would be conscripted to sup- latter's wife, u bride of three months, port that army. If I were not ready and then ended his own life by hang er any of the shots took effect. 'dedication address. Joffre did not to fight, I would be willing to tax every dollar in my. pocket.' - They say this- bill, .taTslfeirKhair-'our.of.Tlie wealthy, is going to raise a howl ' throughout the county. We havt heard that howl in our committee. I believe that, the business men, the manufacturers and the wealthy class are patriotic and that they are going to stand by this bill . Everybody should do that. We have heard more pro tests, complaints and kicks from ev ery tax in this bill than any other tariff I have helped to write, hundreds of times more than in the past." Mr. Kitchin went on to explain the The periscope of the submarine was speak when he saw the bronze relief j rf I aPavoHo TJn liarl iinpnvororl nrwl sighted about 6 p. m. and the Amen- stQOfl mutelv in salute. can vessel immediately swung around,! When Marshal Joffre arrived on the to afford the gunners an opportunity j North Meadow of Central Park to re- I m?f ,nease m S--POwer disappeeared simultaneously with the Liberty, the gift of the people of New J" i , T" 1 !;1fca,1,taDce io ine repoiih j firing of the ftrst shot it was said, and ; York, through popular subscription ! : ' ', 1 Marshal ven Hmdenburg , did t reappear. The American ship raised by the New York World, 5,000. IS U I If! 1'J 11111 rr l.nth n 1 nt4lllonr I - bill in detail and necessaries for va (Continued on page eight.) FATAL ACCIDENT jrom the eastern area. The disorgan i'ffliion of the Russian army has ap parontly h?( a very serious effect on the whole allied situation and has materially increased the burdens im posed on the British and French. While today's official reports throw 1,,,n additional light on the situation around Fresnoy, where the heaviest ''ElitinR in the Arras battle occurred '"is week, they reveal important gains ,l)r "10 British and French at other j jfnts on the front in northern 1 r ranee. London's announcement of British! 1'ress south of Souchez river, Jans a further pushing back of the wrman lines immediately south of , ns- tightening the hold of the nip Prs which the British are applying 0 'his important industrial town and t0il district. Further inroads also have been ""10 iipon t10 Qerman positions near Court, on the Hindenburg line, Z n 1 0f its point of Unction with 11? yueant-Docourt switch, where the enns, although reported nearly .rounded, are stubbornly clinging to "H town. r"r to thp then put on full speed and proceeded school children, waving the tri-color upon her course. land the Stars and Stripes, greeted the The American vessel, armed fore 'hero with a great shout, and aft with six-inch guns, was detain- Mayor Mitchel presented Marshal ed in sailing from the other side three Joffre with the statue amid shouts of days, due to warning that enemy sub- ( "Vive la France," and "Hurrah for Jof marines were lying in wait for her. fre." Soon after the liner passed out of j A little girl, dressed in a zouave uni the protected zone into the open sea, 'form, standing close to Joffre, shouted at a speed of approximately twenty ."Vive la France." The Hero of the knots, the submarine's periscope loom- Marne took her in his arms and kissed ed up suddenly off her port bowX I her on both cheeks. Then turning to The passengers declared that the the Mayor, he said in French: first shot fired from the liner struck ; "I am profoundly touched by the re "verv close" to the periscope and caus- markable souvenir which, with such ed the water to spray over it. delicate attention, you offer me. I am profoundly toucnea a Dove an and l feel the value of this emblem that GERMAN N T UNDER ARREST T N DRYOOCK Destroyer Allen, on the Ways, FallsOne Man Killed, Several Wounded. (By Associated Press.) Philadelphia, May 10. One man was killed and seven others injured at the Philadelphia navy yard last night when the destroyer Allen, in drydock. fell against the coast; guard cutter Guthrie, also in drydock. In formation of the accident was given out today by the censors office. The dear man was O. C. Hadlock, Yarmouthville, Me., electrician on the i. two miles north of St.-Quen- ert'r 1npraI Haig's troops have push- 9, wara from Gricourt Z at top the St r,nu at this They are Quentin-Cambrai In Chicago, Charged Making Bombs to Blow Up French Mule Transport j (By Associated Press.) . Chicago, May 10. Hans Halle, a German, who has been under surveil lance by Government agents almost PAnotantlv einpo rippprnhpr 1Q14. when e nO TUMI- (r, r, 1 ii 1 1 i 1 , - . . likewisp st"eiftl hiihck, dui mey he was arrested in xsew urieans, on n(i tlil aie deliverinS a thrust here a charge' of making bombs to blow ay in n and.makinS valuable hed-' up a French mule transport, is un npxt n,ihrepnng tne Eround for the der arrest here today Halee had been (hi 0n . uae ot these erfective lo rirt, Iatlons was carried out last . "... dipp Th Hade is point. 0 French, like the British, havv comes to me from the common people ,of America, from the people as a whole. 1 1 thank you. I thank you from the 'bottom of my, heart, and I ask you to thank the people for this gift which I shall keep all my life, which I shall carry to my home, which I shall have under mv eves every dav to remind me of my love of America and of what Sapp, fireman; N. Beychich, seaman; 1 a mai.r.o hoc vir.no few Franca t o Via ii 1 j . j. iari. ouariermasLer . jfor what it means-for us." Allen. The injured are: Joseph Clemisti, be explained by the- supposition that ing and shooting himself at the family- home-t b.re-iileiroaa .thi&-rplac. News of the tragedy, the most awful in the history of Todd county, reached the authorities at this place through a telephone message from Frank Millen himself, to Coroner Bartlett, about 6:30 this morning. The message sail: "Come out to Charley Milieu's at once, the whole family is dead but me and I'll be dead when you get here." The coroner notified Sheriff Chest nutt, who with Chief of Police Ed wards and other officers, went to the scene at once. When they arrived at the Millen farm a bloody scene was presented. The bodies of Charles Millen and wife, and Mrs. Elmo Mil len, were found in various rooms of tne house. They had besn killed with an axe to all appearances. Elmo Millen's body was found in a stable; he had been shot. Frank Millen's body was found hanging in the porch with a shot gun wound through the heart. All wero dressed, the victims apparently having engaged in their customary morning occupations when struck down. In a room, back of the porch, was found tliis note: 'May 0 The deed was done to avoid suffering on this earth. To executors: Sell all live stock at once. (Signed), "LAST HEIR, FRANK MILLEN." The family had lived happily to gether and was very prosperous. Elmo Millen was well known in poli tical circles in the county. Frank Millen had been known as a quiet, in dustrious young man, and was well liked generally. His deed can onlyj (By Associated Press.) Havana, May 10. An attempt was made last night to assinate President Menocal, of Cuba, by means of a bomb explosion. Nine arrests were made before the conspirators could carry out their plan. . EN FORCED INTO IN ARMY (By Associated Press.) Copenhagen, (Via London), May 10. A representative of the German War Department has admitted in the Reich stag that a number of Belgian sub jects, resident in Cologne, were crafted into the German army in spite of their protests that they were veterans of the Belgian army. The admission was made in answer to an interpellation by a Radical Socialist deputy. The War Department official promised that the question of citizenship in these cases would be reviewed. Conferees Reach Agreement in Congress on The Army Bill FIRST REPORTED TO THE HOUSE The Fact Admitted in Reichs tag by Representative of " - 1 I to -30 years inchunve, ia placfr-t-Ui- Eliminated Provision For Roosevelt But Hold to Pro hibition as to Army Posts Representative Kahn De clined to Sign The Confer ence Report. (By Associated Press.) . Washington, May 10. Conferees on the War Army bill reached an agree ment today and the measure will be reported back to the two Houses for confirmation as soon as possible. The Senate amendments prohibiting the sale of liquor at army camps and otherwise safeguarding the 'morals o. the troops were retained. The conferees made the age-limit o and Emmanuel Havenith, Belgian Minis ter to the United States, filed a protest with Secretary of State Lansing last July against the practice of Germany in iorcing Belgians residing in the em pire to join the German army. The protest declared that the Spanish Am bassador at Berlin had made constant demands to the German government that this practice should cease, but without success. The German govern ment contended that Belgians resident in Germany for five years prior to the war had lost their nationality and were subject to the or tne empire, in cluding enforced military service. seaman, of Luzerne, Pa., L. E. Knapp, ship's clerk, Owassa, Mich.; Ralph E. Davis, fireman, Philadel phia; J. Andrews, seaman; J. F. BERLIN PRESS SHORT OF PAPER SHIPPING BOARD BUYS SEVEN AUSTRIAN SHIPS his mind had given way, under brood ing over fears of tuberculosis, with which doctors are said to have told him he was afflicted. N PERSHING CALLED TO CAPITAL f'sion , "eeu repuised in tne N nT 1Past of Craonne. A forti es PuV f suPPrt near Chevreux j captured on this advance. west n nation, just to . the northern , the Vauclerc plateau's gains 1 pe the recent French taken fr6 enlarged and prisoners The Z!1 aresb. German division. "o uom Kussia is far from working as an expert mechanic Tn a Probability of Suspension of Publication For This Hea- Appeal to Chancellor railwav roundhouse. Pendine orders rt uerman counter attack. from Washington federal agents di re-; assurin rected that he be held in the county -jail . U-BOAT CAMPAIGN WELCOMED BY ENEMY son (By Associated Press.) Copenhagen, (Via London), May IP The Berlin newspaper publishers have informed Chancellor Bethmann- fBv Associated Press.) jiouweg mc; o.ic 1U bssiiis Amsterdam, (Via London), May 10. danger of being forced to suspend pub- The Berlin Post, discussing the idea,,. f hb nf thi wool- th farentv u respect and ap- of a joint attack by tne ungnsn anai nw- . nQnar. tiu Yrf athe Provisional government is American fleets on German U-boat j beginning of next, owing to the paper Therp precarious Position. bases, says: shortage. They ask the Chancellor to Vbor ourselves, we wouia ue uiur-1 lo.c oicpo w u"v,Uv, ou., uu oughly content with such an effect of particularly to furnish fuel to paper cnfiictinT man front goes on with our U-boat campaign. Just now, with factories, ins situation was recently camps v?trePrts from the rival, the approach of the first anniversary emphasized by the newspapers in re hether o not&ittg as yet to tell of Skagerak Day, our navy is filled I fusing to publish a speech before the (C0nfil0Vement in force is under with an ardent longing to give the en- Reichstag, by Vice Chancellor Helffe nuert on raB- -Rignt). jeray a fresh chastisement." ; , A jrlch. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 10. The Federal Shipipng Board announced it had purchased from American , owners emron A nclrinn mprphanf mon Ho'I In American ports, totaling 52,651 tons, , May be Connected With 1 he jf Art prnn fnr rrl t a. i 1 f I ior $o,8,uuo. ine price ih aDOUi nan i Snriincr of American thP nrvailine- nrice for shins. The OenQing OI American vessels win dc repairea wiinm a iew months and placed in the war emerg ency trade by the board. Troops to France (By Associated Press.'y Washington, May 10. Orders sum moning Major General John J. Persh ing, commanding the Southern depart ment, to Washington, have aroused much speculation here. Officials have Q 1 ' 'I the nX. uo marked developments n m " L Leatres . Fighting confli4: ceaman front e-ns nn with i LIBERIA ALSO BREAKS (Bv Associated Press.) ' declined to give any explanation or to Washington, May 10 Liberia's decision to sever relations with Germany was offN-ally reported today by the Libenan minister there. Considerable importance is attached to this step as Li- beria is the landing point of many cables and was used, for some- time by German residents as a hasp acrainst the British. Re- 21 to 27 limits In the Senate bill 21 to 40 in the House measure. The so-called Roosevelt amendment, put In by the Senate, permitting the Colonel to raise four divisions for ser vice in France was elimlnited from tha bill as was that authorizing the rais ing of three regiments for border pa trol duty. Representatives Kahn and Anthony, Republicans, announced they would not sign the conference report. An-' thony was opposed to eliminating the Roosevelt amendment,, and Kahn, op posed the prohibitory sections, main-"", taining he could not approve provis ions making the United States appear . to be either a drunken or an immoral nation. Elimination of the Roosevelt amendment is expected to arouse some opposition in the Senate, where it was put in by a large vote. An. agreement, however, is expected. The prohibition amendment was modified so that while liquor, wine or beer cannot be sold or possessed on military reservations or .camps it will not be unlawful to furnish or give them to men in uniform. One of the difficulties in reaching an agreement was over the tribunals which shall pass on exemptions from CHASED BY BRITISHERSHhe selective draft. The provision accepted gives right of appeal from a first tribunal to a second. No mill-' tary men are to be on either and they , are to be distinct from courts of tho United States or the States. General Staff officers were much pleased at the agreement of the con ference and the total elimination of the volunteer system from the new armies. While they preferred the , narrower age limits of the Senate : bill, as it would yield on the whole, a younger lot of men, they were satis fied with rejection of the House pro- I1C DPICfllllCDC asT age a8 fin I ll I n 1 1 111 I H il Chairman Chamberlain, of Senate IIU I IIIMUIIIbIIW Military cnmmlttpo nniH ho PTnprfAr! """"w .-...f to report the agreement today but be cause the House must first act, the , bill may not finally be agreed to until later in the week. GERMAN DESTROYERS (By Associated Press.) - London, May 10. A British force of light cruisers and destroyers chased eleven German destroyers today, en gaging them at long range, but being unable to overtake, says an official statement this afternoon. AMERICANS HELD Crews From Armed Vessels Captured by German War Ships. comment on reports that the general's , visit is connected with the subject of selecting a commander for a military expedition to France. General Persh ing is known to have the confidence of administration officials because of his record as commander, of the punitive expedition into Mexico. Since the bulk of the regular army now is under his command, however, and since several . Pontiv hnwevp.r. thfi Lherifl.n an- I of the big army mobilization camps are thorities have suppressed that to be established in his territory, it was pointed out that nis trip nere might have to do only with organiza tion work. hostility. (By Associated Press.) s Washington, May 10. That 127 Am ericans still are held prisoners in Ger many, probably crews rrom captured armed merchantmen, was revealed to day at the State Department. It is as sumed that the men were brought to Germany by raiders operating in the South Atlantic. The Men are held not because of their American nationality, but be cause they took pay on enemy armed merchantmen. Other Americans in Germany are understood to be en tirely unmolested, except for slightly increase Vpolice regulations, under Germany's policy not to recognize a state of war with this country. A State Department announcement says: "A telegram from the legation at Beine says that the women of that legation, with others, have formed an aid society for relieving American prisoners in Germany. It is reported that there are now 127 Americaa prisoners in Germany, taken from ships . WEST POINT CLASS GRADUATES AUG. 30TH (By Associated Press.) ' Washington, May 10. Tho first class at West Point will be graduated August 30, the War Department an nounced today and immediately com missioned to supply 154 hiwhly trained officers to aid in the instruction of the first 500,000 selective draft army to be called to the colors sonfe time In September. Under normal conditions the cadets would have completed their course at the Academy in June, 1918. The class ahead of them which would, have finished in June of this year, already has been graduated. BRITISH MINE SWEEPER SUNK BY SUBMARINE (By Associated rreas.) Londpn, May 10. A British mine sweeper was torpedoed and sunk on May 5 with the loss of two officers and 20 men, the admlrallty announces Vs-!'' 4 . . . I' ti .'' It t, .1- I.'. ''.Ml i 5 ! S