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tonight- Thursday, fair, warmer lit
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Open Big Offensive on Isonzo
Front and Gain
Successes
FIRST CAME HEAVY
ARTILLERY ACTION
Infantry Boldly Jumped Over
Parapets in Teeth of Cur
tain of Fire and Rushed Ths
Austrians Fine Work of
Aviators.
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HAVE TAKEN OVER THREE
THOUSAND PRISONERS.
I By Associated Press.)
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Rome, May 16. (Via London)
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' The war office announced to- after passing a successful examiha
t day that as a result of the off en- ' tion. . They will be given the prefer-
sivc begun yesterday, the Italians 4- j ence. "Regular drilling by the entire
thus far have captured 3,375 pris- camp "began today, the task of vacci-
oners, a mountain battery and natin-and-administering anti-typhqid
thirty machine guns. - . .'semm; having been completed by the
The Italians have captured the
w ooded heights on the, east $ank.
of the Inonzo, north of Gorizia.
t They have forced a passage of 4
i the river between Loga and Bom- 4
brez, capturing the latter village.
In the tenter of the field of at-
lack the villages of Zagora and 4
' Zagmolia were taken by the Ital-
ians. 4.
lly Associated Press.)
Rome, Tuesday, May 15 (Via Paris,
May 1C). Important successes were
won by the Italians today in inaugu-
rating their drive on the Isonzo front-i
The following official note in regard , fourth annual Council of the Diocese
jo those operations was given outhof East Carolina is now being held in
l"I0 tonight: lKi, Toottno- in niiriat fhnrnh
The offensive action now being
i' uToijed on the Julian front, which
HS anrtOIirifPfl in irulav'u ctatpmpnt I
was preceded by vast, intense and'dav. following a stately procession of
methodical artillery preparation. Fire
was opened on the morning of May
1 along the whole line from Tolmino
to the sea.
h resrularK-
It was maintained with j
quickened rhythm until I
morning of May 14, when it was
intensified to a powerful drum fire.
"During the first part of the bom
uardment, the enemy reacted but
f,cbly. ir seemed as though the
'rians had been taken by surprise,
but their reply was more vigorous on
V6 and extremely violent on the
morning of the 14th. Austrian bat
teries then opened a heavy curtain
fire, pouring thousands of projectiles
n the trenches in the Italian line.
"Undeterred by this tempest of
the Italian infantry towards noon
'taped over the parapets and dashed
resolutely forward towards the'objec
l;es previously assigned. These po
rtions were almost all difficult ones
and some of them hitherto had been
regarded as impregnable, such, for in
stance, as the heights on the left bank
Pr H13 Isonzo, from Plava to Salcano
1 ass. T)lc stcep si0pes, covered withi
lf,ks and dotted here and there with
1 hit
clumps of brush, constituted a j
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"Jiinidable obstacle to an infantry ad-;
( UJ1U - successive lines of trenches,
!"epaied months ago above deep cav
'ns, wpl RUppije(i With defensive
and offensive material, were defended
'' seasoned troops and protected
1)91 1 cries placed so as to flank at
ack'Ts with their fire.
xf withstanding these conditions,
"e Italian infantry advanced and
Uil continues to advance. Valuable
positions )laye won and pris-
.m"rx rc flowing into our concentra-'-amps.
Our aviators co-operated with great
' by bold and ceaseless recon
rfissances by skillful regulation of
p iuuiiery fire and bombardment of
,r?Prts and convoys and by brilliant
nit)yts with Austrian airplanes."
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
WILL JREMAIN OPEN.
Pr; Associated Press.)
rinceton, N. J., May 16. It was
u luiiey announced here last nieht
, uuuuuuccu lima ma l uigiiii'V v,wv. , ,
y President HihhPT, that PrinnAtnn Eoes. student, having been killed in
university will remain open as usual a fallvof a land machine last Wed
nf xt year. . nesday.'
GAMP PROBABLE
Another One Found Necessary
to Take Care of Number of
Applicants.
(Special to The Dispatch.)
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 16. It was
authoritatively stated here today that
a second, training reserve officers'
camp for Tennessee and North and
South Carolina will be 'opened at
Chickamauga in August, to accommo-
date 2,500 men applicants, who failed
.to gain admission to the present carap
.hospital corps.
FINE YEAR, SAYS
BISHOP DURST
Yearly Diocesan Council of
Episcopal Church Being
Held at Elizabeth City
xr-uoKth nitv Mnv 1R Th'P thtrtv.
fand i? both largely attended and full
of fervent interest. The Dioceasanj
cncolnna -ato-ro pallor tr nrripr vftster-'
the clergy into the edifice. Bishop
Darst's sermon-address at this service
was not only exceedingly able, but a
comprehensive review of the work of
the past year, whicn was most grat-
ifying. His report snowed more
clergy than ever in the Diocese, that
all fields were filled and that $30,000
had been raised for the church pen-
Aus-Jsion fund, when only $20,000 had been
called for.
The Bishop touched on tne war, ae-'
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claring that the situation had so shap
ed itself as to make peace impossible.
He also raised eloquent, prayerful
voice in urging every parish to use
all available land for raising foodstuff.
The reports of different officers were
presented, including a decidedly fine
one from Captain Thomas D. Meares,
treasurer of the Diocese.
Last night a splendid missionary
meeting was held addressed, in able
manner, by Rev. W. H. Milton, D.
D., of Wilmington.
Second Such Accident Within
Week at Atlantic Coast
Aeronautic Station.
(By Associated Press.)
Newport News, Va., May 16. Ted
Hequembourg, instructor, and Law
rence Curtis, of Boston, a student,
were seriously, though not necessarily
fatally, hurt about 10 o'clock this
morning, when a flying boat in which
Hequembourg was giving Curtis a les
son fell a distance of about 50 or 75
feet at the Atlantic coast aeronautical
station, here. Officials of the station
stated that the accident was caused by
banking too sharply. . The machine
was badly smashed.
Today's accident was the second
within a week at the local school, Vic
tor Carlstrom, instructor, and Cary B
TWO 1EN INJURED
BY HYDROPLANE
-SUBMARINE
BY II TAB HEEL
I Torpedo Rendered Ineffective
by Heavy water Pressure
From The Vessel.
AN OPEN LETTER
TO POLICY HOLDERS
Of The Pittsburg Life Insur
ance Company by Commis
sion Young Elks'
Convention.
(Special to The Dispatch.)
Raleigh, N. C, May 16. Howard i.
Jones, county superintendent of public
instruction for .Warren county and
editor of The Record of that place, has
presented to Secretary Daniels a sub
marine remedy which the editor
wishes tried.
Mr. Jones does not hide the principle
and, without asserting a vigorous
claim, believes that the device is wortn
trying. He would meet the torpedo by
x water compression, setting pumps i
action as the ship strike the pirat
zone and running through the danger
area.
He believes th.t this-water pumpeu
with great power through the side or
the ship would at a distance of 5 feet
from the ship begin to break the force
of the oncoming gyroscope. When
nearer the water pressure would be
greater and at 2 feet Mr. Jones does
not believe the torpedo could make
further headway. He is at least con
vinced that the explosive would be de
flected and would not discharge.
The editor has offered it in all good
faith to the government and wants to
see ttd,e would be willing to
see if worked out by any Body who can
improve Upon it.
Mr. Jones has recently been- award
ed his patent on an automatic train
stopper, but he has not carried his in
vention to the market.
James H. Pou, of Raleigh, has been
appointed a member of the North Car
olina Food Commission, and the Ra
leigh lawyer, who is a big farmer also,
will be one of the most valuable mem
bers of this body. Mr. Pou has been a
steady contributor to the cause of the
allies and for many months sent $100
every 30 days to the French soldiers
who, as he declared, were fighting hi3
own battles.
North Carolina Elks passed under
the capacious arch at the capitol en
trance today and began seriously to-
night th'eir great State convention in
this city.
The big lights that lit a welcome to
the fracternalists could be seen from
all sides of the city and U made a beau
tiful spectacle. Little was done at the
opening. Mayor Johnson welcomed
and William G. Braham, of Durham,
responded at the auditorium. The
grand exalted ruler, Edward Righter,
of New Orleans, was the chief attrac
tion of the first night.
Mrs. Walter McNab Miller, first vice
president of the National Woman's
Suffrage Association, spoke to Ra
leigh people Monday night on food
conservation, barely touching on suf
frage. Mrs. Miller, who is to make the
commencement address at the Normal,
is touring North Carolina. She has
dates in Goldsboro, Wilson, Durham
and other places. Her mission is sole
ly to aid the country in the food crisisl
Insurance Commissioner James R.
Young today issued letters to the pol
icyholders in the Pittsburgh Life In
surance Company, a corporation that
holds $1,393,446 insurance in this State
antl is now in a receivership. Mr.
Young advises payment of the prem
iums as they come due and writes:
"At this time it is impossible for me
to say with any degree of exactness
what will be the outcome of this com
pany. It had about $24,000,000 asset,
and $1,000,000 capital, with over $650,
000 surplus, and was thought t& be
doing a pretty fair business.
"The recent attempt to loot the com
pany by a New York promoter and his
associates seems to have gotten away
with between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000,
of its assets. How much of these as
sets will Tie recovered, and how much
of other assets will be' saved, it is im
possible at this time to say but the
company in Pennsylvania has been
placed in the hands of thJe Insurance
Commissioner as receiver,, and he is
doing all in his power to save the com
pany and protect the policyholders.
"It is impossible to say to what ex
lent the Commissioners of Pennsylvu'
ftia and New York will be able to safe
guard the property of the company and
ii
it
am sure they will do all in their power, this has caused great surprise, as well ,
I will keep in close touch with them' as throwing a bomb in the camps of i
and the affairs of the company, and jboth Democrats and Republicans, as
r.x7rrA"rl, ,T""U
will do an 1 can to protect tne poncy -
holders in this State and keep ttemime race.-u v- " ."
advised.
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(By Associated Press.)
London, May 16. The adnii-
ralty today announced the arri-
val of American destroyers in
British waters. ;
The following announcement
was given out:, . ;;
''The British admiralty states
that a flotilla of United States-
destroyers recently arrived in
this country to cooperate with
our naval forces in the prosecu-
tion of the war."
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THE ODD
Unanimous Choice as Next
Meeting Place of State
Lodge.
(Special to The Dispatch.
High Point, May 16. Wilmington
was chosen as the place of meeting
of the Grand Lodge, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and of the
State Assembly, Daughters of Re
bekah, for 1918 during the morning
business sessions of tlje two bodies
here today. !,
Wilmington was the unanimous
choice of the delegates! for the sup
porters of Rocky Mount's claim as
the best meeting place ivent over for
the City-by-the-Sea immediately after
a move was made to . take a vote.
The selection of the meeting place
was made after memorial services had
been held in honor of Crand Lodge
members, who died since the last
meeting of thev bodyi Especially
touching were the references to Rich
ard J. Jones, of aWilmihgton, former
Grand Treasurer, iio-iiied.-but a few
Piamm
longest term of membership
in the
order in the United States.
The morning session of the Re
bekahs' was given over entirely to
hearing reports from several commit
tees, while the afternoon will be de
voted to unwritten work for a cup to
be given by Mrs. Hattie Whitaker, of
Hendersonvillv, treasurer of the State
Assembly. The Rebekahs will elect
their officers at the 9:30 o'clock ses
sion tomorrow morning and will prob
ably complete all business by noon.
This afternoon tto Odd Fellows are
to elect officers and hear reports
from the committees on by-laws and
v, - t n.nn
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CRISIS IN RUSSIA
STILL UNSETTLED
Cabinet Refuses Terms of
Committee of Workmen's
and Soldiers' Council
(By Associated Press.)
Petrograd, May 16 (Via London).
Having discussed the conditions un- lo
der which representatives of the c
council of workmen's and soldiers' I
delegates would consent to enter the
cabinet, the provisional government
decided today that it was unable
accept the first of these conditio
This called
for the enunciation, aSj H
I principle of a foreign I
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fundamental
policy openly pursuing tne aim 01
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AMERICAN DESTROYERS
ENGLISH WATERS.
reaching as soon as possible a gen jai erty nas been sigced with E. B. Gres
peace without annexations or indem-:namj Qf tne Bureau of immigration, at
nities, on the basis of the right of . Hendersonvjlle, but a protest by the
nations to work out their own desti-. members of the club developed the
nies. " . I fac$, that Mr. Gresham had acted with-
The provisional government was uu-
whip tn atrrpp to sucn a DrinciDie, w
cause-it did not consider possible any
,nlU1C a"J
j.- nine fnrfh
Thn nrnviuinnal p-nvprninpnt flirther
thinks it necessary to confirm the
unitv of all allied fronts, and insists
on an energtic struggle against an- . -x-archy.
To the financial and eco-
nomic reforms mentioned oy tne coun
cil of workmen's and soldiers' dele-1
gates, the government raises no ob- (
jections, regarding it as part of its .
task to realize sucn reforms. ine
executive committee of the Duma
has approved this decision of the
government.
JUDGE CARTER NOT
RUN FOR RE-ELECTION
(Special to The Dispatch.)
Asnevuie, in. may , i0 " u"" ,
TanK uarxeruas mo-uo n. . I
i,nnv, h would Rnrelv be in
"T - ; a-aTa n.
doubtedly would nave Deen re-eiecteu. 1
ISH
To be Kept Before That Body
Continuously Until Dis
posed of
AN AMENDMENT
AIDING RAILROADS
To Use One Hundred Million
. Dollars in Building Freight
Cars Other Amend
ments. (By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 16. Debate on the
big war budget bill, already passed by
the House, began in the Senate today
and the measure will be kept before
that body continuously util dispos
ed of.
The bill carries a'tital of $3,390,946,;
000 mostly for the army and navy and
is an increase of $750,000,000 over the
measure as it came from the House.
Of this increase $400,000,000 would be
for the use of the shipping board in
carrying out its program for a large
merchant fleet.
The bill displaces the administra
tion's food conservation bill on the
Senate calendar.
An monrim. 4 i ,,'
the freight car shortage was offered
by Senator Smith, of Georgia,, propos -
ing that of the aDroDriation for mer-
chant ships, $100,000,000 be used to':?ur stcatfs their entirety and por
construct or acquire freight cars, and tIons f tw staes- whlle data is in"
permit their use by the railroads upon fomPlete tQs four more. The ban
terms to be approved by the Presi-,is,effective July J exc?Pt where other-
jen
.Senator Martrn, Democratic leader,
assented to considering the bill in ex-
ecu tiye ses,sioa .UDQnJJja,S3iSgestion
chusetts. It was not decided whether
the entire bill would be so debated or
nierely sections relating to war prob-
lfims.
Senator Weeks said that the Senate
could not properly act upon such a ive in Utah August 1, next; Indiana,
great bill without confidential inf or- April 3, 1918; Michigan, April 30, 1918;
mation. Secretary Baker, of the War New Hampshire, May 1, 1918, and Mon
Department, had specially requested tana, December 31, 1918.
that information he gave the Appro-) The Government's data, the order
priations committee be kept confiden- announces, is incomplete for Mary
tial. 'land, where there are many local laws
The Senate first tco-c up $500,000. on the subject. In Ohio the advertis
appropriation for the Council cf Na- ng is excluded in county or territory
uonai uerense, ana inen me u,-
, 00.600 appropriation to start con-
struction and purchase of a fleet of
I merchant shins.
LOOKING FOR SITE
Government Wants to Intern
Germans in Carrjp in This
Section.
Py Associated Press.1
Washington, D. C, May 16. Agents
of
Department of Labor again are
for a site in the South for a
ration camp for interned Germans.
mmission headed by Alfred Hamp-
assistant commissioner of immi-
ktion, returned today from Hender-
sonville, N. C, to report to Secretary
of Labor Wilson that it would not be
possible to use the property of
Kanuga Club.
.
the
A contract for the use of the prop
'out authority.
Secretary Wilson said that a con-
I. 4. f H In. trt ir, tho
iraut iui ttiiuuici "use uovi '
.lcvy uaJ
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ROOSEVEL TO ACCEPT COM
MISSION IN STATE GUARD.
(By Associated Press.)
Albany, N. Y., May 16 At the
conclusion of a two-hour confer-
ence today with Governor Whit-
man, Colonel Roosevelt an-
nounced that he would accept
the Governor's offer of a major-
general's commission in the
State service
if the Federal
. , Km oOCDh without
the provision to permit him to
go to Europe with an expedi-
tionary force.
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IN SOUTHLAND BROKEN YESTERDAY
1
STATES AFFECTED
BEED AMENDMENT
Those in Which Unlawful to
Mail Matter Containing
Liquor Advertisements.
(By Arociatd Press.)
Washington, May 16. Postmastei
General Burleson has announced that
the territory to which it will be un-
"VtJ" itii.
postcards or
i publications containing
liquor adver-
""-S, emoraces ai least twenty-
I wise biaieu.
The absolutely barred States are
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colo-
otiradV Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa,
1 tana, Nebraska, ,NeVvl Hampshire,
North Carolina, North Dakota, Olda-
homa, Oregon, South Carolina, South
Dakota. Utah. Virginia. ; Washington
and West Virginia The ban' is effect-
b '
prohibited, Rhode Island in cities and
towns which have voted dry; Texas
m all political sub-divisions which
have voted dry.
ALL RECORDS WERE
Heaviest Day Yet For Enlist
ments in National Guard at
Goldsboro.
(Special to The znspatcb.)
Goldsboro, N. C, May 16. All rec
ords of enlistment in the National
Guard were broken yesterday when
about 25 young men from Pender,
Brunswick, Columbus and New Han
over counties came to the headquar
ters of the Second Regiment in this
city and volunteered in a body.
Many , people watched with intense
interest the men as they marched two
by two down the streets of Golds
boro and to the office of Recruiting
Officer Captain W. W. Pierce, where
they signed up. Each man was
marked by a label on his coat, and
many citizens were inclined to be
lieve that conscription had actually
begun.
For the present the men are sta
tioned at Camp Royster, but in all
probability they will be distributed
among the other units who are doing
guard duty in different sections of
North Carolina.
At a combined social and business
meeting of the Goldsboro Fire De
partment held here last night the fol
lowing officers were elected:
Chief, Leslie Yelverton; assistant
chif, W. Lane; captain, M. J.
Crumpler; Lieutenant, John Myers.
The election of Mr. Yelverton as
chief did not come as a complete sur
prise, for he has been active in the
department for many years, and they
could not have selected a better man
to serve in that capacity. It is hoped
that through his services that the lo
cal fir department will soon be
brought up to equal that of any in the
State.
The new Central Michigan league,
comprising Flint, Saginaw. Bay City
and Port Huron, is scheduled to start
nastiming May 26. This is the first
1 All-Wolverine circuit 'organized since
the passing of the old Southern Michi-
.an league
Germans Take Vast Forces
From The East and Rush
Then to The West
BRITISH HOWEVER
GAIN BACK GROUND
Have Again Penetrated BuIIo
Court and Hold Fast to It
Food Situation in Germany,
Said to Be Acute Radical
ism Asserts Itself.
The demoralization of the Russian'
army and the consequent withdrawal . .
of German forces from the eastern,
front are having their effect in . 1
France. The heavy reinforcement of ,
men and guns which Field Marshal
von Hindenburg has .been able to
throw into the defense of his sorely 4
battered lines have for the time being-, "
at least caused a deadlock which tho ,A ,
most furious efforts of the British,
and French have failed to break.
hints they offer of future nossibili
ties. The council of soldiers' and ' '
workmen's delegates seems to hayo
been aroused at last to the perils of '
the course it has elected to follow,
but it js a question if its awakening -has
not come too late. The soldiers
in the ranks evidently have the bit'
in their teeth and it remains to bo
seen if there is a hand strong enough.:
to check them from bringing about .
practical anarchy. ,
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The hopciul side of the picture lir
drawn by tne multiplying signs thati
1L I'll 1 1 f f '
me ponucai ana economic crisis in
Germany is as acute as ever. The'ex-j;'
traordinary measures taken by the .
German censorship to prevent the out-,
side world from learning conditions ' .
in the empire have been largely sue;'
cessful, but some facts could not be
concealed. Possibly for the first time:
in history revolution and a German,
republic have been openly talked .
about in the Reichstag and, most sig
nificant of all apparently, the authori
ties do not dare to check the grow-,
ing audacity of the radicals. In fact,
the pressure of the malcontents has .
become so great as to force the gov
ernment to hastily withdraw its re-',
fusal to permit radical Socialist dele- '
gates to attend the international So
cialist conference at Stockholm.
The food situation in Germany also
appears to be growing steadily worse -and
alarm is expressed in various ,
quarters that the available supply will
not suffice to feed the Nation until'
the next harvest. The effusive prom
ises with which the administration
checked the May Day strike agitation
have proved hollow and there are com
plaints that the attempt to substi
tute meat for bread is seriously,
diminishing the country's stock of. :
milk animals.
Apart from France, the only news '
of importance in the war regions
comes from the Italian front. Gen-,
eral Cadorna has opened an offensive
on the Isonzo line, but the reports .
from Vienna and Rome are diamet-'
rically opposed as to the initial re
sults. The Italians have made some
gains in the direction of Trlest, but;
it is too early as yet to. judge hdw
the operation will deyelop. '
On the front In France the hard'
fighting has been confined to tho
Bulle Court sector and the region north
of the Scarpe in the Arras battle area,? !
and to a strip about 2-1-2 miles '.in
length on the western end of the Aisnef
front. ' '
Correspondents' dispatches from the V
Bulle Court region report General
Haig's troops as having reclaimed vlr-y, f
tually all the ground they had lo'st
within the confine of the ruined vil
lage and to have established new.
posts west of Bulle Court. As .to the
fighting north of the Scarpe, whlclr -the
British press reports as severe.'
in character, there is nothing in. the k
official account to give a duetto -.Us
definite import or the way it is tend-;.
Ing. 'A'. .
A new German attack on the French
lines was delivered on a four kilometre ' ,
stretch in the region of 'the Laf-. '
faux milL Where the French front;
bends northward west of the Chemln- v
des-Dames plateau. .The Fjrench posk,
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