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WfeW'T Pi' .A.''-::;..V,-i . -. ma S" p s U4 THE WEATHER FORECAST NGTGrf No,-th and South today; Wednesday wanner. ISFA FULL LrEASED WIRE SERVICE WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, TUEDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 15, 1917. 1 i " ' i PRICE FIVE CENTS. I XT TT1T SET FINAL LSM EDITION Ml Carolina-Fair "ff ' i fair. li9htiy 'V'ty JMI VOL. XXIII. NO. 116. i.M.-' w row flwnm '.mxr. u.w; i ui u ur .,.3 vLAU . ... Ji President Plans to Spur Con gress Upo Quick Work. PLANS TO CONFER WITH THE LEADERS Will Urge Upon Them Speed in Dealing With Food Situ ation, Building Merchant anrl War Ta-y lay Caused in Senate by Long Debate. tHy Associated Press.) Washington, May 15. President Wilson todav took steps to speed up .' rmisrrrss on war legislation. He planned to sec leaders of both Scnr.Vj ami House tonight, and to urge more j fipecil iii passing measures dealing w.tli Looa couirui, piuviuiug ior me; building of :i merchant fleet, the war lax bill and others. , j The President was represented to-, ii.iy as thoroughly arouseoTto the situ-j at ion cc rmfrnniinc t.liR administration. I luwiru. i Congress has been in session about , -wu i "S's were uroic- six weeks and with the exception of en. today whF the Senate appropri the declaration of war, and the $7,- flons co.m5lttee ported the War, oon.000 bond bill, has put through Army ,and, Navy 2? hU J none of the legislation necessary to a total of $3,390,946,000, including successful prosecution of the war. Much delay has been occasioned i i .i r- i J lied out today, but it was believed that food control legislation would be among the first. ARMY REGIMENTS TO FORM NEW UNITS. (By Associated tress.) Washington. May 15. The Department announced today losignations of regular army nienis to be withdrawn from War the regi-1 the border and expanded to form the new regiments necessary to fill the regu lnr army to full war strength. The assignments include the following: At Fort Myer, Va.: Second batta lion. Third Field Artillery, to form the Twelfth Field Artillery. At Chickamauga Park, Ga.: Eleventh Infantry to form the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Infantry; Sixth Infantry 'o form the Fifty-third and Fifty fourth Infantry; Eleventh -Cavalry, to form the Twenty-second and Twenty 'hird Cavalry. GERMANY REFUSES DELEGATES PASSPORTS (By Associated Press.) Amsterdam,' May 15. Via London Tiio correspondent at Stockholm ol the Amsterdam Telegraaf says the Dutch delegation at the Socialist con ference in the Swedish capital has in formed him that the German govern ment refused passports to the majority ;s well as to the minority German So cialist delegates to the conference. This unexpected news, the correspon ,)pnt adds, will be discussed by the 'h-legations at the meeting tomorrow. END OF COLD WEATHER ANNOUNCED BY BUREAU ... , (By Associated Press.) w asinngion, May 15. The cold sl'"ng is over. The Weather Bureau "day announced that the appearance '"f the .summer typo of pressure dis 'nliuiiorr indicated warmer weather. I hero is no probability of a return to ,llls,asonably low temperatures for some time to come, it declares. t TO BE DISCUSSED At Conference at White House ToniorVit I O viking w --iwf2w i lation on Subject. ... (By Associated Press.'? Washington, May 15. Food control '"Sislation and the food situation in 'he United States and the allied coun ties will be discussed tonight at a conference between President Wil son Secretary Houston and members 01 the Senate and House Committees n Agriculture. Administration lead irs ,are ,eaSer to have Congress busy e!f with food control measures as soon as possible. particularly in me oenaie uy ions ue- The Senate committee added $563, bate. Xo program of just what measure 393,000 to the bill as passed by the should be passed first has been map-i FOOD CDNTRO n : m ! ! J " i ALL PAST RECORDS' ON APPROPRIATIONS 'Senate Committee ; Reports Bill Over Three Billions For War Expenses. THE COMMITTEE ADDS HALF BILLION " T . ? 1 the Already Record Break- er Bill as Passed Bv The House of Repre sentatives (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 15. All aDProuri- 4; ,,. , - , , I $400,0CO.000 for construction and pur ' chase of an American merchant ma rine. 1Y mm building authorizations, being for warjjn sfycuoesv 01 tiie military esiauiisn- ment.' Among the Senate increases were $500,000 for the Council of Na tional Defense. $1,000,000 for detention of interned Germans, $26,000,000 for army machine guns and $35,000,000 for heavy army ordnance. Items in the bill include $3,000,000 for the Hampton Roads naval base. AIRPLANE FACTORY IS DESTROYED. (By Associated Press.) Amsterdam, Via London, May 15. I' A large airplane manufactory at Copa- nicK, near .Benin, nas Deen completely destroyed by fire, according to the Handlesblad. Serious Friction Between Po litical Parties German Influence. (By-Associated Press.) Washington, May 15. News of the overthrow of two dominating military figures in the Russian . capital added greatly today to the apprehension felt here for the democratic movement to which the encouragement, and moral support of this government, soon is to be carried by a mission of distin guished Americans. Official reports added nothing to the brief press dispatches indicating that both the minister of war, Gen eral Guchkoff, and the commander of the Petrograd garrison, General Kormiloff, had been forced ' out of office by friction among high officials of the provincial goyernmentA The impression grew, however, that the pilght of the new. democracy, beset by ambitious partisans of the old regime and by the intrigue of Ger man agentsi'inight be much. more se rious than surface conditions have revealed. Although the . American mission, which received itjs final instructions from President Wilson today, will I take pains not to interfere unduly in j Russia's internal affairs, officials have made no secret of tne nope tnat one of the results of the visit will be to strengthen the position of the new democratic government. Coupled with this is the expectation that the moral influence of the mission will go far to offset maehidations for a separate peace between Germany and Russia. The members of the mission, which includes Elihu Root, with the rank of Special Ambassador, and Major General Scott, the chief of staff, spent more than an hour with the President at the White House, and later lunched with Secretary Lan sing. No announcement was made except that the general Russian situ ation was discussed and final instruc tions given. The time of departure will not be revealed for military rea DISQUIETING NEWS FROM RUSSIA GERMAN SUB. FLOTILLA RE- f PORTED CAPTURED. (By Associated Press.): Portsmouth, N. H.r May 15 In. shipping circles today a report 4 was current that the British had captured a flotilla of German sub- marines bound on a hostile mis- I , aiuu w American snores. r i T The seizure was said to have j taken place "fcarly in April, but ! r tne place of the capture, or means by which it was effected, were not 'h revealed. The report was said i to have come from an officer of a trans-Atlantic ship, who was 4 said to have heard of it from sources in touch with the British admirality. -4 . " v' 4- QUOTED IN MUNITION CASE T?rr . . ii o . i-x tirrort to Have secretary IJan- to Annrar a WitnQ For Defense (By Associated Press.) New York, May 15. Federal Judge j Cushman, presiding at the trial of mar, Franz Rintelen, cap- the German navy, and othors for alleged conspiracy to disrupt the munition industry of the country in 1915, today blocked Lamar's efforts to have Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, called here to testify in his defense. "I received this message from Sec retary Daniels," Judge Cushman said: " 'I know nothing whatever about the case. I trust it will not be necessary for me to appear, as matters of offi cial importance demand my presence in Washington. "I have therefore excused him from coming. If in view of this represen tation by Mr. Daniels you think neces sary to have his testimony you may arrange to take his deposition in Washington." Lamar resumed the stand in his own behalf, continuing his testimony in regard to the interest, ha said, Wil liam Jennings Bryan took in the anti munition traffic movement shortly after his resignation as Secretary of. State. Henry B. Martin, a defendant, told him, Lamar, f estified, that Bryan, ajprivate conversation, iitterlyt de: ribttneeef the "munition trust" and the mp'n nf it who hA said, in 1915. were bringing pressure to bear on the - President to force the country into war. mar Bryan expressed approval, La- said Martin told him, of the anf.i-muTiit.inn traffic movement, sav- ing it would "go down into history .... 38 a EOOU tame. . OVER ONE HUNDRED SURVIVORS PICKED UP (By Associated Press.) Jl Paris, May 15. One hundred and fifty-eight survivors of the torpedoed rrencn passenger sieauier, meujeiua, i by a passing ship, it was learned to day. An announcement of the sinking of the Medjerda, a vessel of 1,918 tons gross, yesterday, made by the French ministry of marine, stated that the survivors had been picked up and taken to different ports, but had not iyet been reported in full. The num- ber of the saved was not given. BAPTISTS IIN NEW ORLEANS MR. BRYAN MEETING i Alfred E. Ommen, representing the Important Sessions Held This 'United Typothetaj. appear to pro . r , ,v, itest in the interest of 31,500 printing Morning and Reports Were ! establishments. Presented. j Morris Scott, president of the Inter- - mational Typographical Union, appear- (By Associated Press.) ed for printers employed by the news- New Orleans, May 15. Various or- papers and magazines. "If you put ganizations Connected with .the .this into law, you are going to add to Southern Baptist convention held I the army of the unemployed and make meetings today to transact routine -the situation all the worse, said he. business preliminary to the opening of j Matthew' Woll, president of the In thc denominational annual convention ' ternational Allied Printing Trade As here tomorrow for a seven days' ses-. sociation and also of the American sion. The trustees of the Southern Federation of Labor, said there were Baptist Seminary, located at Louis- 275 labor publications and that the ville, Ky., at its meeting today, re- law would force about half out of ex elected all former officers, includingg istence. Joshua Levering, of Baltimore, presi- Tne committee believes this tax dent, and received the annual report can be pasged along," said W. S. of Dr. E. Y. Mullins, president of the Jones of the Minneapolis Journal, seminary. !"but this is, impossible." - The Southern Baptist Field Work-; Ranrositativps of the rubber tire ers Association received reports fMndustry were heard next. F. A. Sei State representatives, indicating edu-;berling of Akron, Ohio, said the bill cationai wont oi unpieueueuieu ""as drafted wasn't fair to the rubber portions in the denomination was car-.interegts He proposed that a 5 per ried on in 1916. Icent. uniform tax on rubber be levied. Rev. Dr. Lansing Burrows, of Amer-1 icus, Ga., president of the Southern Baptist convention, today made pub lic his statistical report for last year showing the denomination had 920 associations, 24,602 church buildings, increases in membership by baptism 160,497, by letter 123,864, by restora- .tion 11,319, making a total member - ship of 2,744,098-. The denominations aggregate contributions for all pur - poses during the year reached $13, - 415.884. t Virtually all officers of the conven - tion and hundreds of laymen and. xpinisters already have arrived. - NEWSPAPER TJX of oiscilsi Senate Finance Committee Hears Objection of Many Newspaper Men. PROPOSED RATE DEATH TO BUSINESS Increased Cost of Publication ; Already Heavier Than It Can Stand Without Additional Tax. ! (By Associated Press.) Washington, May Tho War I Tax bill provision to greatly increase? 1 postal rates on newspapers and mag- azines again today was under fire in Congress. In the House general debate on the bill was nearingltH final .stages, while before the Senale Finance Commit-! lee newspaper publishers continued their attacks on the bill's postal rates -provision.- banmei uompers, presi- dent of the American Feedration of Labor, presented the protest of the labor press. In -a formal ulalcnienl on behalf ofito tlm defense of the realm regula publishers, the committee was toldjtions." that the publishers are willing to be1 Th- censor was Anthony .Thomas 4 4-1. rt - 1 ,1 ... . . uiAfu ifci Any tAicnu uwi vvuum iiul destroy their business The publishers opened their books to the committee )t o show that the proposed increases are, even in the case of the strongest newspapers, in excess of the average earnings for the past five years. Coupled with the I tremendous advances in the cost of print paper, and the extra taxes on telegraph and telephone messages, any increase whatever in second class rates would single out the publishing business for burdens out of all pro portion to any other industries in the Nation, it was said. Newspaper publishers continued to day to present arguments to the Sen ate Finanae committee against the in crease in postal rates on newspapers nd magazincs as promed m the War . f - LshJ mM8urP Tax bill. Debate on thtf measure also continued- in . the Hous Pers had to raise their price 25 per cent, and yet were suffering. He said there was gossip current to the ef fect that the tax was a plan to punish the newspapers Senator Williams in- trrupted to say that there seemed to V. n ii. . .a. v. : ... ? a lUnt 4-Vt-. nActmactar. uc me uiuuuu iuai mc yuoimosigi general was responsible for the tax, but that the Senator denied. Mr. Glass said the newspapers were doing everything to relieve themr Iselves by buying mills, but no relief could be obtained for years. "Lot it aIane fo th resent until the paper situation is relieved," he said, "and if ... to raise postal rates Louis Wiley, of the New York Times, said it has been shown to the committee that none of the newspa pers desire tp . shirk their responsibil ity to the government. Postage, tax; and paper together, he said, would cost the Times $1,400,000 more than .formerly. Tne tax, ne eciarea, was an oppression in view of other increas-. ed expenses. - j James Keeley, of the Chicago Her ald, told of the advance in the price of paper which he estimated to him at $400,000. "Everything that goes into the manufacture of a newspaper has advanced in the last year from 10 to 500 per cent.," Mr, Keeley said. "Now 'on tdp of these increases the railroads ask 10 per cent. Increase in rates. All we want is to stay in business and help you to raise revenues." . .jj. -x- -x- -X- -X- WILMINGTON MAN NAMED BY GOVERNOR. jr (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, -N. C May 15. Gov- w ' ernor Bickett today appointed Superintendent John J. Blair, of . the Wilmington schools, a mem- ! ber of the State Building Com- ! mission, succeededing Col. Chas. ' E. Johnson, of Raleigh Ji M .;i m. js. it js. ;Frank P. , GTtfssTolOEe Senate com-j (Via London, May' 15). The. follow- French along the Ciremin-desDames develops In the Senate The full forco mittee that the Birmingham (Ala.) pa- in, offlf:;,i . announcement was eiven Uiafoa,, of the administration is against it - . -X- & -X Yt -K- X- ' -X- GERMAN CHANCELLOR DE- X- CLINES TO TALK PEACE. . -X- tBy Associated Press.) X X- Berlin, May 15 (Via London). & Chancellor von Bethmann- -X- Hollweg answered the' peace -5s- interpellations in the Reichstag -X- today by. saying that "it would -X- not serve the interests of the -X--X- country to make a declaration, I -M- n n rf thprpfnro Yin rlorHnrrl tn An 1 so- w i ne cnanceiior saia mat in 'discussing war aims the only -X- I -X- guiding line for him was an early -X- and satisfactory conclusion or the -X-war. - -X- -x- -x- -x- -x- -x- -x- -x- -x- -x- j for Giving Censored News to I c j r? r x r nenu ror rrovaie i . . ! Use. (Correspondence Associated Press.) iinndnn. Mav s -A spntpnrp nf thrPR years penal servitude was meted out to an assistant censor of cables at the press bureau here the other day for "collecting without authority and communicating information calculated to be useful to the enemy, contrary Spalding, 48 yours 01 age. tie was found guilty of sending to a friend in the north of England what he called "tilbits of information." The friend communicated the information to oth ers, one of whom actually made writ ten copies of the letters. In sentencing the prisoner the court, said: "The prisoner did not do these things to assist the enemy or his life would have been forfeited. A cen sorship is highly repugnant to the feelings of the English people and can only stand on the understanding that the persons entrusted with the duties act in the highest good faith." RUSSIAN TROOPS DEFEATED BY TURKS (By Associated Press.) out here "toaay: "Of the two Russian detachments which crossed the Upper Diala (Mes opotamian front), the northern one was driven back to the other bank after a short fight on May 10. The other detachment was first, checked in its attack by our troops operat ing on the west bank, who surround ed it to the north and south. Our troops then attacked the Russians and forced them to retreat with heavy losses to the other bank." WOMEN PROTEST AGAINST FOOD CORNER (By Associated Press.) Lynchburg, Va., May 15. The Lynchburg Woman's Club has tele graphed a protest to the Department! f Agriculture at Washington and ask- ,-ed for an investigation of the corner- 'ing of the local wholesale market on beans, canned tomatoes, corn, sardines and salmon. AUXILIARY RESERVE lii iTob Many Applicants at Chickamauga For The First Call. (Special to The Dispatcn.) Chattanooga, Tenn., May 15. Con gressmen from "Tennessee, North Car olina and South Carolina were tele graphed last night to exert all possible influence upon the War Department to authorize an auxiliary reserve of ficers' camp at Chickamauga to ac commodate applicants from those States" who passed the physical ex amination, but were not accepted for the original cantonment, because of the limited capacity of 2,500. If the commanding officer is given authority, promising candidates in the auxiliary camp will be allowed to at tend the regular camp and take the places of cadets found unpromising after the first two or three weeks' of instruction. . Chattanooga business men are ready to subscribe funds for the erection of additional barracks. Many who were not called have visit ed the camp to personally investigate the reasons, and have been instructed to report later this week, when the officers in charge hope to be prepared to say whether the overflow plan can be carried out. PRESIDENT WILSON ATTENDS WEDDING (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 15. President Wilson-called off the cabinet today, so. he and Mrs. Wilson could attend the wedding of Miss Nona McAdoo, daughter of the Secretary of the Treas ury, and Ferdinand Mohrenschildt, of the Russian embassy staff. x- i ii i i ii u ii ii ii ii nil nniTinn pniipnn I nil nrriu Dniiianutnaun i r r t n m r a ! i btNLLlLrHlbuNifiFflMftNS HITTIHR )'-:'-....;v.,.ii---. -.-sr-V . , t.l,..tis.-' irvnrn w v'JJTuii-i -v.: ' i ti..ii -. t v-fc4i"nTiTifi--HrtTal il tr , Kriovruitul 1 -"O v.- - 1 JlUtVM.U I i MP WANTED I n n ininr iHilrafFail B ii Ho - i O i l HARD BLOWS ST entente: lines West Witnessing an Increas : ingly Determined Stand by Teutons. EVIDENTLY MORE TROOPS BROUGHT UP Germans Made Two Big At tacks and Paris Claims They Were Repulsed French Under New Command The front in northern France is wit nessing an increasingly determined resistance by the Germans to any further advances by the British and French, who in their offensive have pushed to points of extreme danger for the German lines. Evidently, with . heavy reinforce ments at their command, the German armies in both the Arras and Aisne fields of operation are launching heavy assaults at the points especially men aced. Thus the British are beins at At both places the German attacks, as reported today in the London and Paris official statements, were repuls ed by the entente forces. The Brit ish held their grip on the Hindenburg line in the Bulle Court region, the German thrust completely failing. In Bulle Court' ll's'elf General Haig's troops retained their hold on the vil lage, only some advanced posts in the northwestern portion being forced back a little way. The drive at the Chemin-des-Dames established for a further push towards j 1 -r-i x f! T .- - I me ronress ui uiuu, was equally uu (Continued on page eight.) WITH FREEDOM Declares The Minister of Jus tice His Dispair of Suc cess With New Govt. (By Associated Press.) Petrograd, Sunday, May 13. (Via London, May 15. Delayed). In ap impassioned appeal to delegates from the front at a meeting in Petrograd today, A. F. Kerensky, minister of justice, made the most alarming diag nosis of Russia's internal crisis that has come from any official person since the revolution. The minister of justice, who heretofore had made only the most optimistic and reassur ing declarations, confessed that his confidence had left him and that he feared disaster. "I come to you," said M. Kerensky, "because my strength is at an end. I no longer feel my former courage nor have I my former conviction that we are conscientious citizens, not slaves in revolt. I am sorry I did not die two months ago when the dream . . nAnnIp h.n t vas sure the country could govern itself without .the whip. "As affairs are going now, it will be impossile to save the country. Per haps the time is .near when .we will have to tell you that we can no long er give you the amount of bread you expect or other supplies on which you have a right to count. The process of the change from slavery to freedom is not going on properly. ( We have tasted, freedom" and are slightly in toxicated, but what we need is sobri ety and discipline. "You could suffer and be silent for ten years and obey the orders of a hated government. You could even fire upon your own people when com manded to do so. Can you now suf fer no longer?" M. Kerensky's declaration, though a trifle more outspoken in its' perrl mism than the utterances of other of ficials, is not unrepresentative of pub lic opinion in Petrograd at the present time. - RUSSIANS U Illi T n Will Be Up to The President Whether Theodore Roose velt Goes to France. ADMINISTRATION SAID TO BE AGAINST IT SETT Conscription Age Remains as Before and No Old Ques-'J tions Reopened Hdpe to' , Have Bill Finally Adopted ; by Both Houses This Week. ; CONFEREES AGREE ON ' ROOSEVELT DIVISION. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 15. Senate and House conferees on the War Army bill today, agreed to report 4 fr the measure with the provision f authorizing the President to raise the volunteer divisions under 4 - which Colonel Roosevelt desires 4' to lead an American force to 4 France. No other changes in the 4 bill were made by the conferees. Washington, May 15.--The Con gressional conferees on the Army bill today accepted without change the House provision for the Roose velt volunteers. As the Senate, by a large vote, previously approved the volunteer force, Jts final adoption by bpth nouses .of Congress 1$ -regarded , Whether Colonel Roosevelt and a volunteer force go abroad, however, remains for the President to decide, as the provision agreed to by the conferees makes it optional and not mandatory upon the President. Conferees decided not to reopen . other questions. The conscription age remains from 21 .to 30 years. In clusive. .y Before the week ends the conferees 1 hope to have the bill finally adopted'' by both houses and sent to the Presl-J dent. i I OAMQ Tn CARMFPQ PASS MILLION MARK (Br Associated Fress.) Washington, May 15. Loans tot farmers by the Federal Land Banks have passed the $1,000,000 mark and are being made at the rate of $150,000 a day. If the present rate of in crease keeps up, the Fann Loan Board estimates the total loans dur ing May at $3,000,000. Loans thus far by States include: South Carolina, $167,700; Missis sippi, $105,325; Kentucky, $76,000; ' North Carolina, $38,600; Texas $33,-. 400; Virginia, $23,450. The first issue of farm loan bonds, it was announced today, will be placed on the market within a month or six weeks. GERMAN AUXILIARY NOW IN AMERICAN NAVY (By Associate Press.) . Washington, May 15. The Ameri can steamship Dekalb, formerly tho.' German auxiliary cruiser and com merce raider, Prinz Eitel Friedrich, was placed in full commission in the American navl on May 12, the depart ment announced today. The Dakalb ' will be the first of the German ships, : either naval or merchant, to beem ployed against the German govern ment. The Navy Department would pot disclose the duty to which the; vessel has been assigned. GENERAL PET! Made Commander-in-Chief of French Armies Nivelle in Command of Armies. ? (By Associated Press.) . .' Paris, May 15. General Petain wa appointed as commander-in-chief of the French armies operating on the French front at a cabinet meeting to day, r. ' General Nivelle was placed in com' mand of a group of armies. General Foch. who has played an important role in the battles of the Marne and the Yser, succeeds General. Petain as chief of staff of the ministry of war. NOW N GOilAID 'I X I I- .' ...'. i ' ",. V