North Carolina Newspapers

THE ON LEATHER FORECAST. WlLMING North and South Carolina Pair tonight and Sunday. V0L XXIH NO. 120 7? Over Two Thousand Marines Will Accompany General Pershing PICKED REGIMENT FROM THE U. S. NAVY Colonel Charles A. Doyan Will be in Command and Only Seasoned Men Will be Sent. Secretary Daniels Makes the Important Announcement. (By Associated Press.) Washington. May 19. A regiment of marines, commanded by Colonel I Charles A. Doyan, and- composed of; veterans of active service in Haiti, San Domingo and Cuba, will accom pany the army division to be sent to France under Major-General Pershing. Secretary Daniels, in making the announcement today, said the marine regiment would have-a. jstrength of 2,600 men. It will be armed, equipped and organized in the same way" as the army regiments of the Pershing expeditionary force. Organizations which will compose the regiment will be brought home from the tropics immediately. Colonel Doyan now commands the Washington barracks in this city. Mr. Daniels Dointed out that there vould be no member of the marine organization sent who is not a sea- scned veteran of several active cam- Pa!fnS., , .. . , rresiaent wnson last nignt oraerea that a division of regular troops com manded by Major-General John J. Per shing, be sent to France at the: earliest practicable date. The army law provides for an ulti mate force of approximately 2.000.O0Q men to back up the first troops to go to the front. When the bill had been SEA MJ OF IISIM signed the President affixed his name ; of the committee appointed Dy tne to a proclamation calling upon all! last assembly because the treasurer men in the country between the ages , of the fund had decline to pay expen f 21 and 30, inclusive, to register I ses of the committee men to Rich themselves for military service on 'mond, the proposed home of the plant. June 5 next. The proclamation setsj The minority report, read by John 'n motion immediately machinery cw. Friend, stated that it had been 'hat will enroll and sift 10,000,000 'found that the establishment of the men and pave the way for the selec- plant at Richmond was impracticable, 'ion of the first 500,000 young, effi- and that the treasurer had refused ex rient soldiers without crippling the'ntmsps because of such conditions. industries or commerce of the. Nation Pr bringing hardship to those at home. - - MC ATLANTA'S WELCOME TO GEN. WOOD TODAY " . , (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, May 19 What its spon sors planned to be the greatest pa triotic demonstration in the city's his !ry today was to mark the flag-rais-on a high pole erected through Public subscription and a welcome to Major-General Wood, here to inspect the officers' training camp at Fort JlcPherson. The flag pole stands 75 !t high at Five Points, where five of the principal streets converge, 'Ormine: tho hneiaet onnt i-n fVio nittr -Mre than $500 was raised at' the in- "ugation of a local paper to erect the PJf and purchase a huge flag. a LonsPicuous among the civilian or ganizations will be the 500 students of 'ne Georgia School of Technology. eneral Wood was once a student at Borgia Tech. STEAMSHIP HIGHLAND IS SENT TO BOTTOM tm, (fiy Associated Press.) London, May 19. The British wamship Highland Corrie was tor jeuoed without warning on May 16. 've members of the crew and three passengers were killed by the explo- NEAR ABOUT NORMAL WEATHER FOR WEEK r . . averaginr ZrmL ;onal nn,, :. , WT? "1C T. ""ug tomorrow T.al thiinHpr covers t ; l Probablt - cviueuL miervais arc HEATED DISCUSSION T MEET !cw Orleans Lost Fight For Next Presbyterian Assem bly Other, Matters. STILL : ANOTHER BREAK WITH GERMANY. ' (By Associated Press.) 4 Washington, May 19 Nicara- gua, following the lead of dilate- mala and Honduras, has severed diplomatic relations with Ger- many. - ' . Birmingham, Ala., May .The. se lection; S3f the ne'meeUmiiVpiace'foi lowed a heated fight on the floor of the assembly. The first vote showed the sentiment of the assembly when the clerk read 190 to 25 in favor of Durant, and New Orleans leaders mov ed to make the .selection unanimous. New Orleans delegates and supporters led the fight. Those who favored Durante did so, they said, because of the topic effect the meeting would in that section of the United States. Another lively discussion followed 1 presentation of the' report of the com jmittee on church printing plant, ma jority and a minority report be ing submitted. Doctor Beach, who 'submitted the majority report, stated there had been no meeting The committee on foreign cor respondence submitted a report con- sisting of greetings to all churches of the Southern Presbyterian Assem bly, together with the statement that tthe work of tne church was Prsress- 'ing satisfactorily. GERMANS SEIZE IAN SHIP In Latter Y Territorial Waters. Serious Diplomatic Compli cations Caused Thereby. (By Associated Press.) Christiania, Norway, May 19 (Via London). The Norwegian steamship Thorum has been seized by a German submarine inside the four-mile limit, which Norway always has claimed as the boundary of Norwegian territO" rial waters, and a serious diplomatic conflict may result The Thorum was chartered by the government to carry forage to north- ein Norway, where there is a feed famine. A Norwegian destroyer attempted to p. event the seizure, but did not use i?s guns, as the submarine was out side the three-mile limit. lfr TlPlva: A. B. LOCKWOOQ. tne Crtlfikiaeer in! r. 1-. ;a mnvTpnt and rtidfltA for PTeSiaent Oi me uimcu . ,J waBi,inrn9v ter a Jong illness, ged 86 years. omies, w " 1 OVER NEa FULL WILMINGTON, NORTH 1 1 1 WOMEN TAKE PLACES "Women ' -&jivw&t ' The first group of women to be e mployed in the operating service of an American railroad. The women work at the Lorain, O., terminal of th e Baltimore & Ohio railroad. The f our wealing overalls are connected with the locomotive and car repair s hop. The others, from left to right, f ill the positions of oil house superin tendent, blacksmith's helper, yard c leaner, clerk in the shop office and a ssorter of small supplies and scrap m Qtorio 1 X CANTONMENTS FOR NEW ARMY rtwo Towns to Accom mpdate Twenty-two Thou- . sand Elach.to be Built (By Associated Tress,) Washington, May 19. Complete plans for housing 22,000 men at each of 32 divisional cantonment camps in which the war army is to be trained have been worked out by War De-. partment officials, and construction) work will be undertaken as soon as J commanders or tne military depart ments have designated the sites. Twelve of the camps will go to the new Southeastern Department, com manded by Major-General Leonard Wood, making 264,000 troops assigned to that department. Six camps will be established in the Central depart ment, six in the Southern, three in the Western, four in the Eastern and one in the Northeastern department. In effect the project is to build 32 towns complete with all necessary equipment and facilities. It will re quire 6,000,000 feet of lumber, which was adopted because the price of canvas is so high and the supply so short. If tents were used, it would require two complete sets a year to keep the men under cover. There will be' 2,000 buildings in each en campment. These will include quar ters for officers and men, stables, kitchens, mess halls, bath houses and store rooms in addition to numerous structures for. special purposes. While some of the barracks will be of two story construction, the majority will be long, low one-story affairs so ar ranged to suit the convenience or the regiments of larger units. EFFORTS NEEDED To Secure Desired Amount of Subscriptions to The Liberty, Loan. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 19. Representa tives of the Federal Reserve banks and treasury officials in direct charge of the task of floating the liberty loan are virtually unanimous in the opinion that a tremendous campaign, must be successfully car ried on within the next 27 days if the liberty loan is to meet with the over subscription which officials hope for. Predictions that the big issue would be over-subscribed several hundred per cent,, made on the fa'ce of the first returns of estimates of banks as to the probable amount they and their customers would take, have hot materialized thus far. There is a crying need, in the opinion of officials, for the small investor in w 7 . . home to the country s vigorous cam paigtt is being planned s t nionnod CAMPAIGN LEASED WIRE SERVii! CAROLINA, SATURDAY AFTErON, MAY, 1 9, 1917. - -r " -' ' - ' OF MEN ON BALTIMORE vokksjr.'j -x- -x- -:- -x- -K- -x- -x- -x- -x- -x- PRINCETON GRADUATE IN FIRST FORCE TO CARRY U. S. FLAG IN FRANCE. 4- " X-X- X- -X- $ -X- . -X- -X- -X- Rees Towrisend Scully, OCnnnH in iwv..u. command of the munitions branch of the American Field Service, the first armed force to carry the American flag in France, is a Princeton gradu-1 ate and his home is in Pittsburgh. I There are 50 men m the contingent and they are engaged in transporting munitions to the front. ROOSEVELT NOT President Cannot Permit Him; to Go On Account of pther War Plans. (By Associated Press.) v aauiugiuui xj j- v . wjuuvi , 1 ya". I I I . II r TD FRANCE YET Roosevelt will not be permitted to the National Guard not now in the raise his volunteer expedition to car-ife(Jeral service to peace strength at ry the American flag against thei 1i aa ai,n k nnn Germans in France. On signing the once. That would add about 5,000 wo,. r. K,n inst nie-ht PrAsiHPTit soldiers. The department in Raieign V U I. ni 111 T U1A1 nu . m. v w w . Wilson issued a statement saying that acting under expert advice from " . both sides of tne water, ne wouia ue unable to avail himself at the present1 it is generally understood' in Ral stage of the war of the authorization eigh, that at least two camps of the to organize volunteer divisions. .'twelve allotted to the Southeastern There was talk in army circles last division could be established in North night of the possibility that a way Carolina and as Hamlet appears to would be found to use the former have a call it is believed that Greens ProeiMont's aprvices in another way. boro or a city nearer the mountains -but official comment on the subject is j lacking. ISPAT ..4. a- fu r s m rv ? AND OHIO RAILROAD. BI6 DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST ASTOR For Taking Government trol While Member of Par liament Dismissed. (By Associated Press.) London, May 19. The action for ' 29,000 pounds sterling brought by Charles Tranton against Major Wal dorf Astor, member of the House of Commons and son of Baron Astor (formerly William Waldorf Astor, of New York) was dismissed in court today. The action was brought under an act of George II, providing that a member of Parliament who accepts payment for government contracts must vacate his seat. The amount sought was represented to be penal ties due from Major Astor for execut ing contracts to insert advertise ments from government depart- montc in the Sundav Observer, ot which he is proprietor, while he was sitting in the House of Commons. ! ThQ rnnrt hold that thfi aeencv which supplied the advertisements was not a sub-contractor for the gov ernment. American Women Form Shawl Club. (By United Press.) Paris, May 19. American women in Paris have organized a "shawl" club. The present purpose' of the club is to knit warm shawls for the noor. If necessary at a later time I tne C1UD win luiu no ixxaxxj ' .... i C A Atiinnn j soldiers. : lrnit.tiTie war socks ioi iiiu'w TO MOBILIZE Ordered to Assemble at Wil mington Two Army Camps for State. (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, N. C, May 19.War De partment orders to mobilize the Naval Militia immediately at Wiimhagton were receivea last mgui uum o.ou ington and the sailors will go to the seaside city. The adjutant general's office like wise received instructions to recruit . ... m 9 . maH Ali tiff will proceea lmmeaiateiy iu 8uieb the sea soldiers in from the localities in wmuu wxxxyauxa could land the other if the effort was made. NA MILITIA I 1 I WAR BUDGET BILL BEFORE SENATE Several More Amendments Ship Building Clause At . tacked Conscription. -X- -X- -X- -X- t . SENATE PASSES BILL. -X- X-X- (By Associated Press.) -x- X- Washington, May 19. The -X-X- larsrest aDDroDriation bill in -x- American history the War Budg- et measure., carrying $3,342,300,- ijsjsssc- Jar: today passed by the Senate by a viva voce vote. - Washington, May 19. Several Sen- ators had amendments to offer to the $3,390,000,000 War Budget bill, when the Senate met today, to 000,000 for shipbuilding and buying was still pending, after unsuccessful attacks on several of its features yes terday, and leaders looked for its adoption before night. Chief opposi tion came from Republicans, who dis liked the broad authority granted the President to commandeer ships, yards and factories. The bill as it stood today contained a "rider" restriction operation. of the conscription bill, signed last night by the President, to four months after the war witjh Germany. The amendment to the $3,390,000, 000 War Budget bill authorizing $750,- 000,000, of which $400,000,000 is to be I immediately available for construction and purchase of a fleet of American merchant ships and also authorizing the President to commandeer ship- building facilities and factories, was agreed to by the Senate today with out a roll call. Another vote before its final adoption may be had. TWO ZEPPELINS DESTROYED ONE DAY .Persons on Danish Shore Wit- ness Destruction of One by British Warships. (By Associated Press.) Copenhagen, May 19 (Via London). Destruction of the Zeppelin,. L-22, reported in an official British an- nouncement on Monday, occurred off Esbjerg, within sight of the Danish coast, according to theaccounts eyewitnesses from villages on the shore. These accounts indicate that! two Zeppelins were destroyed on that day, inasmuch ashe explosion of an from Holland at a point too distant cLi1 "SSiSSS J i?J5Sn? the second is attributed tc ltmng while A lie was OCCU Ull 1UBUJX& making an observation tour up and j down the coast of Jutland. It was engaged by a British force wTiich, pre sumably, was looking for German de stroyers that have been fishing up British mine fields. The Zeppelin was not far from shore and was plainly ' . . v. x 1 visiDie. its opponents couia not De , seen, but . their presence was made jkiiuwii uy me uuuujiub ui buub Eyewitnesses saw the airship dart upward after the first round of shots. Then they heard a second salvo. The Zeppelin endeavored to maneuver it self out of range, but with the third broadside it weut down, mortally hit. At first it sank slowly and then plunged down at great speed into the sea below the horizon. PS" FINAL ' LSJ EDiTJOfl PRICE FIVE CENTS. Energetic Efforts to Rehabili tate Russia's Vast Army Against Germany. IRON DISCIPLINE HAS BEEN INVOKED Minister of War Calls For De serters to Return to Army. Teutons Attack Furiously in The Aisne Region But Are Repulsed. Exidences are multiplying that the , most energetic efforts are about to be made to rehabilitate Russia's great army and make it again an effective, ' aggressive fighting force. i Minister of War Kerensky, in as- t intention of maintaining an iron dijci- pline among the troops, a military he- 'cessity. which has been, conspicuously , . ' T"? ry moement- Recognizing difficulty of the task, the war mln- . vw f tv uu io a cyutcu lis uo yvjyma r nevertheless expresses - confidence In his, success. This move, which in cludes the compulsory return of all deserters by May 28, under heavy penalties, is one of the first results of the cabinet re-organization designed to amalgamate the diverse forces. The new cabinet is now complete and apparently is preparing to cope ener getically with the big problem of re organization . The recent intensive fighting on the British front in France has subsided and the activities along the French lines in the Aisne region are confined mainly to counter attacks by the Ger mans. The Jtalian offensive, wjtb Triest for its objective, is therefore being watched with perhaps more ac tive interest than any of the other !'vast military operations in progress. uenerai uadorna's armies have a heavy task before them with the cream of Austria's forces defending the na turally strong defensive positions in the Isonzo region. The Italians, how ever, admittedly are, making prof gress. The current Austrian statement con cedes the capture by the Italians of important ground southeast of Plava, in the Isonzo region north of Gorizia, insisting, however, tha attacks else- where failed. The Italian forces al ready have taken more than six thou- aon1 nvlarvnona nn1 - niimaMna mvn a while the Austrian reports claim the capture of some 3,000 prisoners In the desperate engagements that have been fought. The latest German re-action in the Aisne region occurred last night along a wide front northwest of Braye-En-Laonnois. The effort to penetrate 'thA kVan ri r a a nrii e a ruf 1 1 a aha - . rannrta 1Q nQQD nnt. va,' OVATl t'-roanv, vanr.h MaT ofjtionSf except at the Western end of the front, where a footing in some raiding operations are reported by advanced trenches was secured. Only General Haig from the Arras battle Macedonian operations of anoth- er attack on toe positions, the British fa orfen'8ive move. meht was repulsed. PRESBYTERIANS TO MEET IN OKLAHOMA NEXT. 4fr (By Associated Press.) Birmingham, Ala., May 19.- Durant, Okla., was selected by an overwhelming majority here -x- today as the next meeting place of the General Assembly of the Mr Southern Presbyterian church in the United States. New Orleans was the only other city competing. IT IJMuiN 'vUiy :,- i .V i J V t - "it -. .:.:: f 1