THE
WEATHER FORECAST,
North Carolina Probably, rain to
night and Wednesday,. except fair in
st Wednesday. Cooler VVednes-
day m
central and west.
VOL. XXIII. NO. 123.
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United Action Against Ger
many Blocked by Radical
Socialists Among Russ.
GERMANS YIELDING
TO ALLIED FORCES
Continuous and Steady, Pres
sure Along Front Having
Effect on German Soldiers.
Anti German Factions in
Sweden and Spain Grow
ing Stronger.
The German armies in France are
slowly yielding ground before the re
lentless pressure exerted by Generals
Haig and Petain, and the vital ques-;
uon is as 10 -wneiner uieir morale
tan be maintained under the terrific
pounding to which they are subjected
day and night. Apparently the allied
commanders have abandoned the pol
icy of sudden thrusts at chosen
points and are relying on a constant
hammering over a wide front in' the
belief that, sooner orlatathe-firon
German string must either oreak or
crack.
While there is no immediate pros
pect of sensational , development n
ihe battle area, the political situa
tion remains fraught with many pos
sibilities. The latest news from Rus
sia indicates that the crisis in that
country continues acute, and the
menace that Russia may either with
draw from the Entente or be plunged
into chaos still throws its shadow
over the future. The Russian radi
cals are apparently as determined as
ever to reject the war program of
England and France, but they show
aimost as much reluctance as Berlin
to define their precise aims. A con
ference is projected at which the
coalition government will be asked
for a frank statement of its position
and there are rumors that the Rus
sian radicals intend to attempt to
force repudiation of Russia's treaties
with the Entente.
On the credit side of the account
is the rising tide of indignation
against Germany in Scandinavia and
Spain. !
The anti German faction in Sweden
has been powerfully reinforced by
the sinking of three Swedish grain.
bQ1Ps. m violation of their agreement
to respect the safety of the vessels.
Spain is still awaiting a reply to her
Probst over the sinking of the Span
ish steamer Patricio, also destroyed
while sailing under a German guar
antee, and the tone of the Spanish
press is Increasingly peremptory in
!ts demand that Germany be com
pelled to respoct Spanish rights.
. What effect the course of events
is having on the German people re
gains a practically sealed book. The
jittle news that trjfles across the
frontier offers scan basis for even
speculation. Appar - ttly the war of
the pan-Germans jjM junkers on
Chancellor von BeM aiann-Hollweg is
going merrily on, 'ijt there is noth
!flg to indicate wl it effect it is hav
1Qg on the Empefir. The issue will
Presumably remai v in abeyance until
'oe Reichstag reconvenes on July 5.
German Ammunition Exploded.
onaon. Mav 22 Wo maHo siirr!PRS.
tul
raids last nieht. northeast of
openv.
UlleCOlirt cmiTVi rf Inn A n t.(iyoiYiKtol
iad and west of Lens, says today's
War Office report.
Yesterday afternoon we destroyed
t 'arge German ammunition dump on
Arras-Cambrai road northeast of
ueant. The shock of the explosion
felt at great distances behind our
lines."
German Counter Attack Repulsed.
rm s May 22. Three separate
punter attacks by the Germans on
volitions captured -yesterday by the
rn,H were rePnlsed last night, ac
hv 7lng to an official statement issued
ine Trench War 0ffice tnis morn"
bv f, number of prisoners taken
y ine French yesterday was 1,000.
G(?tt' TBar9es Commercial Service.
eovl' ms' May 22. Orders that 12
on tnm,ent barses and two steamers
imm- 7lssissiPPi river be placed in
mediate enmmowtai an-ir, .
Qer to relievo 71 .A, .
received today.
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TO REVOKE DEGREE
OF NEUTRALITY
'resident of Brazil Urges Such
Action on Congress of
That Country
MEXICO PROTESTS
AGAINST SUBMARINES
(By Associated Press.)
Rio Janeiro, May 22. President Braz
has sent a message to Congress re
commend'ing the revocation of the de
cree of neutrality in the war between
the United States and -Germany. Con
gress is expected to accept the recom
mendation by a large majority.
The message declares that the order
to the Brazilian authorities, enjoining
the .observance- caeutral$&r-3ra,onrjr
intended to have effect until Congress
met . It continues:
"Today, in consideration of the
fact that the United States is an in
tegral part of tlie American .Union, in
consideration also of the traditional
nnlir.v nf "Rrar.il. whirh hns alwava heon
( governed by a complete unity of view
with the United States and, finally, in
consideration of the sympathies of a
great majority of .the Brazilian nation,
the administration invites Congress to
revoke the decree of neutrality."
VIRGINIA'S CAPITOL
FLIES ALLIED FLAGS.
(By Associated Press.
Richmond, Va., May 22. The mer
chant flag of the British empire was
hoisted over the Virginia Senate
chamber today, and the tri-color en
sign of France over the House of Del
egates, while in the center there was
hoisted a large new United States
flag. The flags were raised by order
of Governor Stuart, signifying Vir
ginia's loyalty to the cause. The
State House over which the flags are
flying was the capitol of the Confed
eracy. Named to Fill Vacancy.
Washington, May 22. -Seawell R .
Turner has been appointed to fill the
vacancy in the rural letter carriar
force at Teacheys, N. C.
NOT TO SUPPORT
THE
Presbyterian Assembly Votes
Against Taking Over
Oglethorpe.
(By Associated Press.)
Birmingham, Ala., May 22 The Gen
eral assembly of the Presbyterian
church, in session here, decided today
by a vote of 117 to 106 against the sup
port of Olgethorpe University by the
church.
"It is the sense of this assembly
that the Presbyterian church in the
United States, at this time, neither
needs, desires, nor is in position to
establish, equip and support an educa-
-
tional institution of university grade,
read the substitute resolution which
was offered by Dr. C. W. Richards,
and adopted over all other resolutions
before the assembly dealing with this
subject. "We, speaking as the highest
judiciatory of that church, do jon its
behalf disavow and disclaim owner:
ship i and control of as well as respon
sibility, for any such institution estab
lished or about to be established, and
that all of our congregations and all
persons are hereby put on notice that
.tiinftotinn nf funds for Riip.h nni-f
versity can be made in the name of the 1
Prebvterian church in the United
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sent ot this assembly.'
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WILMINGTON, NORTH
E DESTITUTE
BY ATLANTA FIRE
Number of Persons Homeless
Estimated at Fifteen Thou
sand. SEVENTY-FIVE
CITY BLOCKS BURNED
Loss Placed at Three and a
Half Million Dollars
Relief Work
Begun
(By Associated Press.)
Atlanta, May 22. Estimates today!
were that from 10,000 to 15,000 par -
sons were homeless as a result of the
nre yesterday and last nieht that.
swept through approximately 75
blocks qi residence property ranging
from negro shacks to homes of influ
ential citizens in Ihe northeastern sec
tion of the city. R. S. Rust, assist
ant secretary of the Southeastern
Underwriters' Association, roughly
estimated the property loss at $3,500,
000 and loss to insurance companies
$2,500,000.
Relief work which was started
hours before the flames were subdued
were pushed rapidly today. The pub
lic safety committee of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce, at a meeting
at 9:30 o'clock, laid plans for handling
the situation, and at 11 o'clock a mass
meeting balled by Mayor Asa G. Can
dler, was held.
Preparations were made last night
to feed 5,000 of the homeless, it being
believed that na more than that would
be needed for immediate relief. The
relief forces were . quickly organized
and hundreds of the homeless were
feiL last Jiigiit-.and- .tbJs morning
breakfast awaited them at the audi
torium afhidry.
Real estate and insurance men
working in conjunction today esti
mate that 1,563 buildings had been
destroyed. This was considerably
under the earlier estimates.
The citizens' relief committee of
the Red Cross today requested that
Churchs be kept open tonight to be
used as dormitories if necessary.
A special meeting of city council
was called for late this afternoon to
take whatever steps necessary for
relief and rehabilitation.
Last night the city was virtually un
der martial law administered by hun
dreds of soldiers who have been train
ing at Fort McPherson or National
Guardsmen in camp here, acting under
the direction of Col. Chas. R. Nowea,
U." S. A., who officially is under the
guidance of the chief of police.
Thousands of homeless children
were being fed and housed in the audi
torium arniory, the negro Odd Fellows
Hall ahd in hundreds of private homes.
The most of them saved only what
they could carry, as household goods
piled in the streets in advance of the
flames were devoured in the rush of
the conflagration. j
For six hours dynamite was resorted
to and it finally won the fight. Fire
fighting: apparatus sent from other cit
ies was of some aid and will be of more
as acre after acre of smouldering
ruins await water to make them safe.
Only one death was reported last
night. Mrs. Bessie Hodges died of
shock after her home burned. Sixty in
jured persons were taken to hospitals,
but it was reported none was serious
ly hurt.
Approximately 75 blocks were devas
tated, but the area can not be correct
ly estimated by blocks as after the
fight at Ponce de Leon avenue the
flames skirted that thoroughfare on
the south side of the street for some
distance. Officials last night would not
hazard a guess at the monetary loss.
The destroyed buildings ranged all the
way from shacks occupied by negroes
to homes up to $6,000 or $8,000. Some
estimates were between $2,000,000 or
$3,000,000 but they were neither from
sources or based on calculations to
give them weight.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
TO DALLAS ASSEMBLY
(By Associated Press.)
Dallas Texas, May 22. Most work
beingonducted by the Presbyterian
.L..l. 4 -m LnttnnA Vine t-nrf r l onAn.
church in Europe has been discon
tinued owing to the war, Dr. Sylves
ter W. Beach,- of Princeton, N. J., said
in presenting the report of the spe
cial committee on work there before
the . General , Assembly of the Presby
terian church in the United States of
America here today. It is planned to
resume the work when peace is re
stored, Dr. Beach said. The report
was adopted.
Other, committee reports, including
that of the committee on freedmen,
were adopted. The freedmen report
dealt with work being done among ne-
groes m me ouuiu "u
hv Dr. John Gaston, of Pittsburgh,
Pa.
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CAROLINA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 22, 1917.
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ESAN APPEAL
To Show Their Patriotism by
Enlisting in The Volunteer
Seryice.
THE NEGROESOF
THREE COUNTIES
Offer to Raise a Regiment
Application For Pardon
For John W. Gul
ledge. (Special to The Dispatch.)
Raleigh, May 22. Governor Bickett
1 calls upon the patriotism of the State
j to supply the Nation its men of arms
and issued his proclamation yester
day. The State needs more than
5,000 to recruit to the strength de-
( manded by the government. Governor
Bickett sets this out and appeals to
those who dislike conscription to
come forward and relieve the Na
tion of the necessity of draft. He
cites the specific needs and his call
indicates the seriousness of the situ
ation. It is generally seen here that
the people do not feel the pressure
yet. It has been very difficult to get
them interested. Governor Bickett
makes a fervid call.
The negroes of Franklin, Granville
and Vance counties today offered to
the War Office their services in the
fight with Qermany and pledged a reg
iment from the three counties. They
would come in under the regular en
listments. There is no black Teddy
among them who desires to take them
across the pond to showtthem off. By
the provisions of the National Guard
they are not eligible for service1 with
the StateroopsafMlhex would be
gladr to TOarir-irn4h
flag and the department appreciates
the proffer.
General Royster is a Granville man
and Governor Bickett from Franklin.
The soldier-blacks of these counties
think highly of the commander-in-chief
and his adjutant-general. The
oner or their services is as much a
compliment to them as it is an expres
sion of their patriotism. To form a
regiment would require 2,000 men.
These, in addition to the demands'on
tne National uuara, would make a
State thick with soldiers.
The Wake County Juvenile Protec
tive Association was organized Sun
day evening, Governor Bickett presid
ing and numerous ministers and
laymen assisting.
Governor Bickett today heard pro
ponents of pardon for John W. Gul
ledge, under sentence of 18 months for
his part in the wrecking of the South
ern Savings Bank of Wadesboro. Con
gressman Lee D. Robinson, H. H. Mc-
Lendon, John C. M. Vann, John Ben
nett, and B. C. Ashcraft, Wadesboro
and Monroe men, presented the par
don application. They offer $1,000 in
money as a commutation of the sen
tence. Friends and relatives of the
former banker agree to pay that
amount as a fine.
The amount alleged to have been
lost in the bill of indictment was
$6,500. Items amounting to $14,000
were laid to him. The friends of Mr.
Gilledge did not think any worse of
fense could be attributed to him than
his faith in his friends and his be
lief that his property and that of his
friends was of such undying value as
to make certain no such word as fail.
Governor Bickett today made requi
sition upon Virginia for Ernest By
num, Northampton man, wanted in
that county for the murder of Lela
Lassiter.
Sheriff Rosemond, of Orange coun
ty, makes the first report to Governor
Bickett, indicating compliance with
Governor -Bickett's letter last week,
providing for the registration officers
in the select draft order.
PROVISION PRICES
iBeef Goes to One Dollar a
Pound Tiding Over a
Meatless Day.
(By Associated Press,)
Paris, May 22. With the inaugura
tion of the regime of two meatless
days a week, beef went to one dollar
a pound today and vegetables and fish
followed the upward tendency.
The rush for meat supplies to carry
over until Wednesday swamped the
butchers, althbugfi they nad laid in
extra amounts. There was a good
deal of crowding, and some sharp
talk was heard against rich buyers
who paid any price the dealers asked,
sending quotations too high for mod
est purses! f .
SOARING IN PARIS
s
CONFESSED BRUTE
BURNED TO DEATH
Slayer of Child Taken From
Officers By Mob and Killed
Near Crime's Scene.
(By "Associated Press.)
Memphis, Tenn., May 22. Ell Per
sons, negro, confessed murderer of
Antoinette Rappal several weeks ago,
was burned to death near the scene
of the crime at 9 o'clock today.
A mob estimated at from 2,0.00 to
3,000 witnessed the death of the ne
gro. .
Persons is said to have repeated
his confession that he killed the child
and implicated two other negroes.
Members of the mob immediately set
out in pursuit of these.
When all was in readiness Mrs. Rap
pal, mother of the dead girl, was tak
en- ta-4h0 bridge whera ihe.-PXisoBjex4
"was lieldand - identified mm. in a
short talk to the mob she declared
she wished Persons to -suffer the tor
tures he dealt to his victim.
Reports from Raleigh Springs, ten
miles east of the city, stated the mob
estimated at 1,000 persons, which has
been awaiting the arrival of Ell Per
sons, negro, confessed murderer of
Antoinette Rappal, several weeks ago,
still was in the vicinity.
The officers were bringing persons
to Memphis for trial when intercept
ed by the mob.
Telephone messages at 10:30 o'clock
stated that the mob had captured De-
Witt Ford, a mute, one of the negroes
implicated by Persons in the murder
of the Rappal girl and was on the
way to the scene of the first lynch
ing. AUSTRIAN MINISTER
REACHES ROTTERDAM
(By Associated Press.)
Rotterdam (Via London), May 22.
Count Tarnowski von Tarnow has ar
rived here after an uneventful voyage
from the United States. He will leave
for Vienna on a special train tomor
row morning. At the same time his
fellow passenger, Admiral Paul von
Hinton, uismissed German minister
to Pekine. will entrain for Berlin.
No submarines wre sighted and
Count. Tarnowski declared that his
visit to the United States had. been
most enjoyable.
ADDS TO MEMBERS
OF THE COMMISSION
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 22. The Senate
today passed the bill -increasing the
membership of the Interstate Com
merce Commission from 7 to 9 mem
bers and allowing them to divide for
the expediting of Tmsiness. An
amendment by Senator Hoke Smith
providing that the commission must
give a hearing and confirm freight
rate increases before they can be put
into effect was adopted. ,
CAPTAIN RINTELEN
GIVEN ONE YEAR
(By Associated Press.)
New York,", May 22. One year in
jail was the sentence- imposed upon
Captain Franz Rintelen, of the Ger
man navy, David Lamar and H. B.
Martin, convicted in the Federal court
of conspiracy to interfere with the
shipment of munitions to the Entente
Allies. Isaac R. Oeland, one of the
prosecuting attorneys, said that Bu
chanan, Fowler, Taylor and Schulteis,
in whose cases the jury disagreed,
would be brought to trial again in the
fall.
CONTINUOUS STRIKE
IN MUNITIONS PLANT
Stockholm, May 22 (Via London').
According to information received
here from a Hungarian source a strike
has been continuously in progress in
all the Budapest munition.' factories
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MANY TRAINMEN BELIEVED
KILLED.
(By Associated Press.)
Clarksburg, W. Va., May 22.
A dozen trainmen are believed 4f
5S- to have been killed and others
seriously injured when a wreck
train on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad crashed into a moving
X- freight at Wallace, 15 miles north
5 of here today. Five bodies have
35- been removed. ,
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COMPROMISE MADE
NEWSPAPER RATE
House Committee Agrees on
Sliding Scale For Postal
.Zones.-: .
(B.v Associated Press.)
Washington, May 22. A compromise j been a submarine and when their re
oa the proposed second-class mail tax, J -ports were carried by newspaper men
so as to make it range from one apd j to the naval officer referred to above,
one-half cents per pound in the first , he admitted having received earlier
parcels post zone to eight cents in the ; and siminalr reports and said that they,
eighth zone, was agreed upon today j were being acted upon.
by the House Ways and Means com- Tne SUDDOsed submarine, which ap
mittee.
Consideration of the War tax bill
was nearing an end in the House to-
- 1 day and while the leaders hoped to
reach a final vote by tonight, this
seemed by no means certain.
The amusement tax section was tak
en up today. One amendment, writ
ten into the bill, would put a $10 an
nual tax on theatre boxes. It is aimed
particularly at grand opera box hold
ers. The House Ways and Means commit
tee was expected to reach an agree
ment on the second-class mail plan.
APPROPRIATION FOR
MARINE INSURANCE
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 22. The adminis
tration bill appropriating $50,000,000
fr Ytr crr7 am m on f mar -riclr i n on ra tiPQ
bureau, and authorizing it to insure
lives of crews on American merchant
vessels was passed today by the Sen
J ate
A similar measure is pending in
the House.
KQLD CONVENTION
To Formulate Plans For Meet
ing Needs of The Govern
ment in Their Line.
(By Associated PresB.)
Washington, May 22. Cotton man
ufacturers of the North and South
met here today in conference to ap
point a committee to deal with the
government. The Northern manufac
turers are members of the National
Association of Cotton Manufacturers,
and the Southern representatives are
members of the American Association
of Cotton Manufacturers.
The committee, the personnel of
which will be announced later, will
endeavor to see to it that the needs
of the government are promptly met
and will assist both manufacturers and
the government is obtaining the high
est degree of co-operation.
DENMARK'S LOSSES
THROUGH SUBMARINES
(By Associated Press.)
London, May 22. A Copenhagen
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company says that since the begin
ning of the war Denmark has lost 150
ships through submarines or mines.
The destruction of the ships has been
accompanied by the deaths of 210 Dan
ish seamen.
COTTON
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MEN
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FINAL
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS,
Fishermen Bring Story of Hay-
ing Sighted Periscope of a
Submersible.
COAST GUARD ALSO
GOT GLIMPSE OF Hi
No Official Confirmation of
The Presence of a Hostile
Boat, However Naval De-
r artment is Making an In
vestigation to Find Out Pre
cise Status.
(By Associated Press.)
Portland, Me., May 22. Persistent ;
reports current since war was declar
ed, that a German submarine was lli
New England waters, were given offl
cial recognition today. It was stated
by a naval officer that new reports
has been received and that an inves
tigation was underway. It was report
ed to the naval stations that a sub
marine was seen running awash off
Machias at 6 o'clock last night This .
report was forwarded to Boston and
- Ififev Yoi.tetot vmttdei- nbllCL To .izk
day threes fishermen ' told of having' y
sighted what .they believed to have
peared to be about 200 feet in length.
was picked up by two fishermen south
of Seguin light, at 9:15 o'clock. As
they were watching her the engine of
their motor boat back fire and instant
ly the submarine submerged. The fish
ermen went ashore and a third fisher-
man soon arrived with the report that
he had seen the craft a littte later to
the west of Seguin light.
The position of the craft seen by the
fishermen would fit in with her p roba
ble position if she continued in her
westerly course, after being sighted off
Cross Island last night.- Later she
was seen by two members of the coast
guard, who had ample time to study
the craft closely Under favorable condi
tions and were convinced that she wsj
a submarine. t
Naval Vessels Investigate.
Portland, Maine, May 22. It was of
ficially made known today that the re-
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by the naval stations.
A . patrol scrutiny of these waters
was ordered following a report to the
naval- stations that a periscope was
sighted late yesterday afternoon and
that at 6 o'clock last night a subma
rine was seen running awash off Ma-?
chias.
Three lobster fishermen ' reported
they had sighted from two different ,
points what they believed to be a :
German submarine. They sighted the
craft, they said, off the mouth of the
Kennebec river at 9:15 o'clock this
morning.
It was later learned unofficially that
a coast guard at Cross Island ; had ' ,
sighted the supposed submarine and
watched it for five minutes, when it
submerged.
No Confirmation of ? Reports.
Washington, May 22. The naval -commander
of the Maine district has .
forwarded reports of a. German. sut t
marine in that vicinity, -which he said, .
were so far "without confirmation."
Investigation is continuing.
RICH MEN DENIED
NEW TRIAL TODAY
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(By Associated Press.)
New Orleans, May 22. Albert Le
more and Edward E. Carriere, former
ly wealthy operators of a large stare
exporting concern, with headquartera
here and branches in other American .
and European cities today were denied
a new trial and were sentenced by Fed
eral Judge Foster to serve two 'years';
each in the Atlanta Federal peniten
tiary. Lemore and Carriere were con
victed in Federal Court several weeks
ago of using the mails to defraud. They :
were charged with swindling numerous
banks and firms in this country and
Europe out of sums estimated to ag
gregate $3,000,000 through negotiation
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fictitious shipments of staves. "
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