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-p- , -v : ; r." l-' -.-.-; X.- tf..-.r '-Cxffy. 'J- -: r. :.,-' ii- --; y. :?.: LEATHER FORECAST; North Carolina Fair, continued: coCl tonight and Sunday. ; South Carolin a Fa i r tonight an d i'iiI. . Sunday: nixie tnnge in , temper- 1 FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE V0L. XXIII. NO. 1 14. WILMINGTON, NORTH-CAROLINA, SAT URDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 12, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. v ; ! it FIRST ALLIED FIGHTER T O ARRIVE IN NEW YORK. THIS STATE'SQUOTA PEACE PROPOSALS ME NEW i NOT TO BE MADE WARWW1Y BILL BY CHiCELLDB ;f V 'v.7, . r ' 'v ' . ' - laliiiiife rati ' FlfJAt -EDITION UN Another Successful Thrust Made Against The Hinden burg Defense SEVERAL HUNDRED PRISONERS TAKEN Signs Point to Another Aerial Attack on Zeebrugge French Artillery Continue Heavy Assault on Teutons. Nothing Spectacular in Mesopotamia. Tellins blows were struck by the British at the Hindenburg line last nigh i and early today. Near Bulle Couri. where the main Hindenbu-.T line lias been pierced, a further sue I rpfn! thrust. was made by General 1 Haig's troops. This was pushed home and the objective gained despite the! desperate efforts which have been i . , cc -. i.t x-.-- A made during the last few days tc compel the British to relax their un c a?ing pressure upon this vital spot. Farther north, beyond the Scarpe and along the Arras Gambrai road, i . - -i m (lei man front in Northern Prance.- taken by the British in these opera u i i i tions, which the official report char acterizes as "'very successful." On the Aisne and Champagne fronts the French are keeping up a destruc tive artillery fire and harryins: the Germans by outpost attacks. Less en- i rig i uemg uispiayeu uy me man artillery along the line held by the French, the only exception keing j the Wdun region, where violent bigi sum hgnting in the neighborhood of Avoeourt Wood is reported. Xothing spectacular has occurred in connection with the campaign in -Mesopotamia since early this month, but an official statement issued in London today reports an important clear ring operation by the British. The Turks have now been driven out of the very lowlands north of Bagdad, tailing back to the Jebel-Harrin range, to 80 miles from that city. Aerial Attack on Zeebrugge. London, May 12. Flashes of light indicating another aerial attack on Zeebrugge were observed between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning, a Reuter dispatch from Flushing, Holland, re port?. Later heavy and continuous sun fire was heard from the west. It is believed a naval engagement was in progress. German Munitions Depot Exploded Paris. Mav 12 TTnnsnallv heaw artillery fighting took place last night j on the Verdun front in the region of Avoeourt, today's official state ment says. French patrols penetrat ed the German lines at several points in Alsace and in the region of Bezon vaux. The enemy's artillery fire along the f'liemin-des-Dames was less active 1:t- t night. Our batteries kept up a destructive bombardment of the Ger man organizations and caused the ex plosion of a munitions depot north-; ' -ist ot Juvencourt. Oil 1 hp loft Konlr Maiica f Vot. 'lun front) there was violent artillery '"H'g ail night in the region of Avo 'i:rt wood, with no infantry actions. Qur detachments penetrated the Ger man lines north of Bezonvaux and at gruuuu aiso was gamea. i ne purpose . ties In all lines The membership of the attacks was completely at-1 committee's report showed an enroll tamed, the London official statement ment cj 2,44S ray isL fourteen declares. The German concentrations raembers' won the prizes for large of men and guns here have evidently writers Gf application-, rost T, of not been able to prevent General Haig . Wilson sh0wed nearly 400 per cent, pressing ahead when he was ready, I during tne ysar. toward the Drocourt-Queant switch m . . , , , A the Hindenburg line protecting Doual, , At 3 o dock Friday afternoon a one of the chief nerve centers of theJmemorial s.ervic.?. was. conducted by eitu points m Alsace, and in thefred p Thorn will resign as general 's-Ctor of Ammprtswpilpr we took al . t-, ii n :i : nnmhr t IT .r i umbor of prisoners. On the remain- rmior 1 thG night PaSSe m yCM TZZZTZTTZ. MEN COMPOSING THE . RUSSIAN COMMISSION; I. apartment has announced the per-! 'nnei of the American Commission t( Russia as follows: : Jihu Root, of New York, chairman; ' liarlna t --I- c tit- i ti ' ttrles R. Crane, of Illinois. f!hieaeo Manufacturer and business man; John' K- Mott, of New York, eeneral secre-.' 'Sry Intprnatinnoi ri4.4.nn v ! C . nuuuuai vuuiiiiiiicc ji I A.; Cyrhs McCormick, Chicago' President of the International Harvest- C-ompany; Sa'muel R. Ber- ron. banker, of New York; James Dun-, 'in, vice president American Federa- "on of Labor; Charles Edward Russell,! New York, author and Socialist;' Ajajor General Hugh L. Scott, chief of J ait U. S. A.; Rear Admiral James 11 Olennon, U. S. N. ; T.P.A, WILL MEET High Point Man Selected as President of The Body Fine Convention. (Special to The Dispatch.) Charlotte, N. C, May 12. The meeting of the North Carolina Divi sion, Travelers' Protective Associa tion, has been very enjoyable and has accomplished much business. The opening exercises consisted of r n address of welcome from Char lotte's new mayor, i.ir. Frank R. Mc- NInch, and the acceptance by Mr. C. MCLiean, ot UreensDoro. State Chaplain Rev. Wm M. Vines was present and offered prayer and reading from the Holy Word- The number and personnel of the delegates are better than heretofore. Reports of officers showed splendid gams , and greatly increased activi- - V1"CB 111 Y.la uunng me year, ai a u ciuciv unci Charlotte. Chamber of Commerce gave all the delegates an automobile ride over the city. At 7 o'clock a delightful and deli cious banquet was served at the Sel wyn hotel. State Chaplain Vinos made a remarkably strong speech on NEXT I WILSON uer-,n, Motr, ctotmr tv,at ho hP . fhot , atinn atnni fnr nrn. tection righteousness and democracy, rp KliaiT10B has hPin nondnot- ed with dispatch, and the meeting will adjourn this afternoon. O. E. Wilson, of High Point, has been cho sen as president, and Post T, at Wil son, as the place of the next con vention. K-mnmtr Vio A cA atrcti ca nrooont nro" j y Patterson! Greensboro J L. Day, Wilson; K. Woodruff, Wilson; C. C. McLean, Greensboro; J. S. Fun chess, Wilmington; B. H. Marsly Winston-Salem; J. Wash BizzellC. H. Moore and H. I. Shrago, Goldsboro; J. Edward Kirkman, O. E. Wilson, R. H. Walker, B. S. Cummings, G. W. Clark, A. T. Wishart, C F. Tomlinson, hof High Point; J. H. Niggei, Wil mington; John P. Quelch, Wilming ton; W. G. Weeks, Rocky Mount; R. Rawley, Winston-Salem; E. I. Flem ing, Rocky Mount; T. P. Gaskins, Greensboro; H. W. Cutchin, Rocky Mount; J. T. Brooks, Greensboro; J. C. Bragg, Raleigh; L. L. Greenwood, Fayetteville; C. V. Jon2s, E. M. Lewis and James L. Gainey, Fayetteville; E. N. Baker, Wadesboro; J. J. Nor man, J. C. Goodman and E. C. Clem ent, of Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co., Winston-Salem; Sam Houston, A. B. Clark and J. F. Allen, Wadesboro; N. H. Wright, Winston-Salem; C. N. Justice, Raleigh; F. C. Ferguson, Rocky Mount; P. M. Dellinger, Salis bury; John A. TVlartin, and J. C. Hill, ! of Mount Airy; W. H. Lea, Greens boro; T. J. Brooks, Greensboro. GENERAL. COUNSEL THOM TO RESIGN (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, May 12 On May 15 Al- counsel OI .me DOUiuem xvanwcty iu . tQ d'evote hig enre time as general counsel of the Railway Execu- tives' Advisory Committee, a position he already is filling, according to an- nouncement at Southern Railway of- fices here - - .... m . ' J JULY WHEAT MAKES SENSAT- IONAL RISE. - (By Associated Press.) Chicago. May 12. The most sensational advance in the history of the present crop, if not t iiiofnrv Tnarlrpfl tho trn.de in & r 1 ai uwiui j , -v wheat today when a net gain or 32 cents was scored in the July and September options. July wheat closed yesterday at 2.46, today it closed at 2.73 to 2.75. September, which closed the previous session, 2.14 closed with bids ranging from 2.44 to 2.46. J I ' French sailors on board the French cruiser Admiral Aube, yhich arrived She was one of the vessels that convoyed the French War Mission to th THEHOU G UP OF KAN U OA CAMP Club Members Want the Cot tages For Themselves This Summer. (By Associated Press.) Asheville, May 12. Representatives of the United States Labor Depart ment, who arrived at Hendersonville, N.C, today, said that if, there is any legal "difficulty about the delivery of i Tr . x i j. 1 t mti r.A noMcnn1!. the camp will le located on Davidsons, river in the Pisgah National Forest George Stephens, of Charlotte, at whose request transportation of the Germans was delayed, said that his only objection is that E. B. Gresham had no right to lease the property and that the Kanuga Club members are expecting to spend the summer in the hotel and cottages. A mass meeting in Hendersonville adopted resolutions declaring that the community favors the location of the camp at Kanuga. Gresham says he had legal right to lease the lands. An exhortation to the Austrian peo ple to hold out until the new harvest gives relief is made by Emperor Charles in an autograph letter to Pre mier Clam Martinic, of Austria, -which is published in the Zeitung of Vienna. Polish Delegates to Confer ence to be Held in Stock holm Arriving. (By Associated Press.) London, May 12. Preparations are being made for a conference of repre sentatives of all parts of Poland, ac cording to the Dagens Nyheter, as quoted by the Exchange Telegraph's Stockholm correspondent today. Polish delegates from Russia, Ger many and Austrian Poland, says -the newspaper, have arrived at Stockholm. Among them are army officers, owners of estates, politicians and even mem bers o fthe government established by Austria and Germany in the occu niprl territ.orv rne conierence, it is i . n .. Htfl.tP.ri. will deride whether the new TO MAKE PLANS FOR NEW POLAND Poland shall join Russia or the Central jTrammell, Walsh, Williams and Wol powers, or whether it shall become a j cott 27 . monarchy or a republic. NOT TO RETARD Y BILL Letter From Mr. Roosevelt to! Advocates of His Volunteer Division Plan. (P.y Associated Press.) Washington, May 12. Senator Har ding and Representative Gardner leading advocates in the Senate and House of Colonel Roosevelt's plan, to raise a volunteer division, received a telegram from the Colonel last night saying he hoped none of his friends in Congress would carry their fight for authorization of the pk.n to the point of seriously delaying enactment of the army draft bill. 1 ARM J SENATE KILLS GT TO MUZZLE Cut Out Objectionable Clause by a Majority of One and ' Then Slew Subterfuge WILL NOW GO : TO PONFFRFNfF' c.-, A;.3Uo Arli'iicfmon May be Made Then of The Bill How The Mem bers Voted. (Uy Associated Press.) Washington, May 12. By a major ity of one vote the Senate today en tirely eliminated the Administration's hard fought newspaper censorship section from the espionage bill and then, by an overwhelming vote, de feated an attempt to reinsert the sec tion in a different form. This action, if permitted to stand on final passage, leaves the House on record in favor o fthe censorship and the Senate against it, and probably will throw the question into a confer ence committee for settlement where the full force of the administration will be exerted to put a censorship through in some form. Without a record" vote, the Senate adopted an amendment by Senator Reed to make the whole bill effective only for the duration of the war. Senators voting to eliminate were: Democrats Ashurst, Bankhead, Broussard. Chamberlain. Gore. Hard- wick, McKeller, Martin, Reed, Sauls-' jbury, Shields, Smith, of Georgia; J Thomas, Underwood and Vardaman 15 I Republicans Borth, Brandegee, Calder. Cummins. Curtis. Fernald. France, Frelinghuysen, Gallinger, Gronna, Harding, Johnson, of Cali f0nia; Jones, of Washington, Kellogg, Kjenyon, LaFollette, New, Nor ris, Page, Sherman, Smoot, Suther land, Townsend and Vatson 24 Total 39. Against striking out the censorship: Democrats Culberson", Fletcher, Gerry, Hollis, Hunting, James, Jones, of New Mexico, Kendrick, King, Myers, Overman, Pittman, Pomerene, Rans- dell, Robinson, Shafroth, Sheppard, NimmAno v rrt ir n at e yi rr rn cx wmirn i -""a' wv of South Carolina; atone, rnompson, i xtepuuiicans Ditxuy, on, xiaie, ; Lodge, McCumber, McLean, Nelson, Poindexter, Sterling, Warren, Weeks 11 Total 38. After the censorship clause had been stricken from the bill Senator Kirby, of Arkansas, introduced an ndment providing for a : definite and specific press censorship, under the supervision of the Secretaries of War and the Navy, but tHis was de feated 65 to 5. -X- -X- 4f 4(- -K ROOSEVELT DIVISION WINS IN HOUSE. . (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 12. By a 45- 2.: X vote of 215 to 178 the House to-' day, after a stormy debate, voted to instruct -its conferees on the Army bill to restore the Senate amendment to permit Colonel Roosevelt to lead a divi- sion to France. 1 . . . 4f f -jf Tiir air a nmmrnp nc iraorHrLno in New York from Hampton Road3. is country. ARSHAL JOEFRE TO WEST POINTERS i rca d r c viiiccis xxcciuy i Ji ijci v- ice in France. (By Associated Press.) West Point, N. Y., May 21. Mar shal Joffre promised the United States military academy authorities today, af ter -he had reviewed, the private ca dets', ..that he would write a personal better, to the student officers expressing f v.a Mifl, ia 1 expected to reach West Point tomor- row and to be posted in the order of I the day. THE COOL WEATHER SEVERAL DAYS LONGER (By Associated Press.) Washington. Mav 12. Continued cool wreather followed by a general! rise in temperature beginning Tuesday or Wednesday is forecast for the south eastern States during the week begin ning tomorrow. Local showers are predicted for Wednesday and Thurs day. THE WAR TAX BILL UNDER HEAVY FINE In House of Representatives and Bef ore Senate Finance Committee. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 12. A multitude of objections to many specific taxes ji tne-i,wu,uuu,ww war revenue um iwas voiced again today m the House debate and the Senate Finance com mittee hearing the measures. The committee took up the. war taxes on public utilities, advertising, amuse ments, insurance, club dues and manu facturers of automobiles, moving pic ture films, cosmetics and chewing gum, and representatives of all the interests affected were on hand eager to "tell how their businesses would be unjustly burdened, or even ruined, by the pro posed assessments. In the House a number of representa tives took turns at attacking various -loi--a nf th0 nni whir-h w' " ' ienaea wiin equal veuemeuue uy mem bers of the Ways and Means commit tee, or other advocates of the measure. Be Placed in Chapel at io West Point by the Society of The Cincinnati (Special to The Dispatch.) Asheville, N. C, May 12. Tne Socie ty of the Cincinnati in session , here has appointed a committee to arrange for niacins: a memorial window to George Washington, first President- General of the Society, in the chapel at West Point. ' The next meeting will be held at Exeter, Mass. Each triennial meeting is held in one of the original thirteen MEMORIAL WINDOW TO WASHINGTON Estimated by Ce -3 Bureau at Nearly Two Hundred Thousand Men. TEN MILLION MEN FOR WHOLE COUNTRY Is the Estimate of The Bureau. Quotas For The Other Southern States Given. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 12. Ten million men in the United States will be sub ject to the selective conscription on July 1, within the ages agreed upon in the conference report on the War Army bill, Director Rogers, of the Census Bureau, announced today. This number of men between the SLges of 21 and 30, inclusive, repre sents very t nearly 10 per cent, of the total estimated population of 103,000, 000 to 104,000,000 on July 1, 1917. Of these conscription eligibles the bureau estimates Alabama at 209,900; Arkansas, 156,000; Florida, 95,300; Georgia, 365,400; Kentucky, 202,200; Louisiana, 171,000; Maryland, 121,500; Mississippi, 175,100; North Carolina, 194,400; South Carolina, 137,100; Ten nessee, 191,080; Texas, 420,200; Okla homa, 213,500; and Virginia, 186,400. TO IN MAY WHEAT Directors of Chicago Board of Trade Order Discontinu ance on the Exchange. (By Associated Press.) Chicago, May 12. Trading in May wheat was ordered discontinued at a meeting of the board of directors of the Chicago .board,, of trade last that existing contracts should be ad.I judicated either by delivery of the property or at a selling price to be fixed by a committee appointed for the purpose. This committee is head ed by James A. Patten and will meet this morning. ALLIES' EFFICIENCY IN RESISTING U-BOATS (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 12. The increas ing efficiency of the allies in subma rine destruction was reocgnized in a speech by the German Secretary of the Navy in the Reichstag on May 10. Official accounts of the speech reaching here report the German Secretary as saying that while the submarine warfare, had achieved far greater results than was, expected a certain number of submarines had been lost as the result of improved means of destruction devised by the allies. F DOING THEIR BIT Their Success in Gardening in i The Mill Towns of The Carolinas (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 12. Textile work ers in North and South Carolina mill towns are helping increase the food supply by successful gardening. Fed eral investigators reported today to the Department of Agriculture. These investigators found that each of 548 families raised an average of $30 worth of food in gardens containing only about .15 of an acre and with an average cost of labor and fertilizer of $3.54. . Chickens, pigs and cows are often kept by the workers to good advan tage. Chickens were found to yield an average ot $1.08 a fowl. Notwithstanding increase- receipts of approximately 25 per cent., the country's express companies operat ed at a Joss of $112,123 during Janu ary, according to a summary made by the Interstate Commerce Commission. In the same month last year they made a net profit of $138,226. BRITISH DESTROYER SUNK. (By Associated Press.) Berlin, May 12 (Via London) The Admiralty announces that a British destroyer was sunk in the. engagement on May 10, between German light forces and British cruisers and destroyers. END TRADING AT HANDS Who Has Won to His Sicfe Sufficient' Following of The Opposition. THE CHANCELLOR OBJECT OF ATTACK . Conservatives Declare Thrond in Danger Under His Weak Rule Proposed Warn ing to Kaiser. ! r (By Associated Pres.) Copenhagen (Via London), May 12. The Germania, organ of the Cleri cal party, indicates that Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg doe9 not in' tend to make a statement with re-, gard to peace terms before the Reichstag. The Chancellor has evidently won over the Centrists and part of the Liberal delegation to his view that' a discussion of peace terms now is. inadvisable. In view of the general attitude of Philip Scheidemann and, other majority Socialist leaders It would not be surprising If the Social ists also abandoned their intention of forcing a peace debate. ', i The result of the proposed interpel lations probably will be a controversy between the opponents and support ers of the Chancellor rather than a debate on peace possibilities. The Conservatives are daily growing mora desperate as the worfc.of'the constl' tutional revision committee proceeds without any intervention from the government to dam the wave of re form which threatens the political influence of the junkers. "Where is Hindenburg to raise the'' fallen Kaiser's banner again and de fend the rights of the throne?" cries Prince Zu Salm-Horstmar, in the Prussian House of Lords. The Prince is president of the German Naval League and one of the war horses ot the Conservative old guard. The South German Gazette, the or' gan of the South German Conserva . tives, suggests sending a deputation, to the Emperor to warn him that " his throne is in danger unless he dis misses Von Bethmann-Hollweg. The suggestion is - taken. by . the Kreu ZejtunKrientmar. lb :hPrnBsian iakeri ""and" the military;, pjstottacyr the "Deutsche- Tages Zeitung anT the , Reichsbot. Other Conservative pa pers echo the cry that the Hohenzol- . lern throne is tottering unless, a new Vt Chancellor comes to suppress the re form movement with an iron hand In spite of all, Dr. von Bethmann-HolN weg still seems very strong, and .-. '. there is no intimation that the Em peror's confidence in him is seriously shaken. ' TO KILL POLICE CHIEF AND LOOT BANKS (By Associated PresB.) Baltimore, Md.. May 12. A con spiracy to murder 1 the heads of the police department here anef enable a gang of thugs with headquarters In New York to blow a number of banks in the excitement that would follow was reported to General Lawrason Riggs, head of the police board here 'y today. Preceding this came the action of ' Judge Gorter of the Supreme Bench' signing an order for the recommit ment of Joseph Wagner, of New York, - from a local Insane asylum to the Mary4 hand penitentiary to finish a term of ten years. The police say Wagner was aDouc 10 escape ana put tne con-, spiracy into operation. It is said he v was td receive $1,000 for slaying Mar- . shal of Police Carter. The police say they have clues to the men In other cities, who were to have worked with V him. ', PRESIDENT WILSON TO CARDINAL GIBBONS (By Associated Press.) , Baltimore, Md., May 12. Cardinal Gibbons has made public a letter which he received from President Wilson thanking him for the declaration of' fealty made by him and the members of the Catholic Hierarchy at a meeting at the Catholic University a short time ago. The letter is as follows: "My Dear Cardinal Gibbons: "The demand On my time Incident to the arrival and entertainment of the foreign commissions now In Washing ton have delayed my replying to your gracious letter. I am sure you understand, and I beg that you pardon the delay. "The very remarkable resolutions' unanimously adopted by the Arch- bishops of the United States at their, annual meeting in the Catholic Univer city on April 18 last, a copy of which' you were kind enough to send mci warms my heart and makes me very proud indeed that men of such large influence should act in so large a sense of patriotism and so admirable a spirit of devotion to our common country. "Cordially and sincerely yours, ' "WOODROW WILSON. MORE AMERICANS ARRIVE FROM TURKEY (By Associated Press.) ' Berne, May 12 (Via Paris). Twenty more American teachers and mission aries arrived from Turkey yesterday on their way home. if i ..-if ::1 .17 1. I: If 1 '