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youK:'. vwjn CAB;: A:mnMim. - ; - . -. '-v, r- - . v--1-",- f:-v v. - THE WEATHER FORECAST, ... 'J North CaroIina-Cloudy tonight and Sunday, probably rain warmer tonight in interior; - cooler Sunday ;n extreme west. ' South Carolina Generally. fair nioht and Sunday. - '1 0- EDITION y x FULL LEASED V1RESE R V ICE L ' f f m VOL. XXI1L NO. 1 27: . WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 26, 191 7; PRICEc FIVE CENTSt - ..w . . -.III pirn n v .. hlrl II I H I r!r P V ' KlPrtiilB capital. Willi II tn Al vi T ' -Hp,:s4i . A l - 'V V-'"" 'A 1 j n nA5 jAv MteP7- -: j- 7 ''-'VW . jv Southeast Coast of England Raided By Aviators On' Big Scale. LARGE NUMBER OF BOMBS DROPPED Two Squadrons of Airships Flew Over Town and Hurl ed Projectiles - Streets Were Crowded and Many Were Killed Buildings De- i-i i mousnea. (By Associated Press.) A Town on the Southeast Coast of England, Friday Evening, May 25 (Via London, May 26). The most ambi tious airplane raid yet undertaken to. the Germans on Great Britain ocr turred here late this afternoon, while the streets were crowded with shop pers, promenaderS and workers re turning to their homes, 'he raiders dropped a large num ber of bombs, apparently in haphazard fashion, from a mile or two above the. town, killing 76 persons, mostly worn 1 en or children, and injuring nearly 175 more. The first raider to arriYt& was the leader of a squadron of ; five.-.-It was flying at such a height that it could not be seen against the brilliant Sun light which flooded th ckmd-flecked sky, excefpt Iry trained crrrelttnH good glasses. The idferas4H-;& , i I. .. , - ..uX-i ' ' at- Hot ISprings twould -insure health lowed by the other four at a slightiy. m conditio and an opportunity to lower elevation. They sailed in a take; outdoor exercises, which is, of bee line across the town, dropping;. course.difficult .at . Immigration . sta- bombs continuously. j Many persons in the streets first learned of The air raid when they heard explosions of bombs around them. The zone in which the bombs were dropped cut a wide swath across the city, with the chief damage inare being; made , to-Uke care of about h . ... . . 15,000 North Carolina Confederate Vet- the shopping and residential districts. en8 weefe ofe Major The bombs, which were of large size, ( General James I. Metts, of Wilming demolished completely houses and i ton will be in command, of the divis small shops which they struck. ion, three brigades. His Judge Advo- The following report on the air raid cate General Representative Charles s made by Tield Marsha. Viscount ?$2&2?&15jX rencn several days before the re-union opens. "A large squadron or. enemy air-JChas. S. Stone, of Charlotte, was here craft about 16 attacked Southeast! England between 5:15 . and ' 6 : 30 ( o clock last evening. Bombs were oropped at a number of places, but nearly all the damage occurred in one! wwn, where some bombs fell into, the the Civil War . from uetnei to Appo streets, causing considerable casual-Jmattox and "The Diary of a Tar ties among the civil population. Some Heel Confederate Veteran," by Major shops and houses also were seriously !L. Leon, of Wilmington. - damaged." i The total casualties reported by the; Police frnm all Hicf T-ia ara Killed i '6: injured, 174. Of the killed 27 were women and "3 were children, while 43 women and 19 children were injured. "Airplanes of the Royal Flying Lorps went in pursuit and the raid ng aircraft were engaged by fighting squadrons of the Royal Naval Air service from Dunkirk on their re jurn journey. The admiralty reports hat three enemy airplanes were shot flown by the latter." Three hostile airplanes returning rm last night's raid on England ;re brought down by British air, forces in tho pm.-.i, i r;Reserve banks are working upon a Belgian- coast, the admiralty an-, jwunced today. The admiralty state-. went says' .meV at g&S. near ErugeS yesterday "morning, dropping: many bombs. . j in tne evening several enemy air- lann returnins from the raid on . Eng:. lVSv Zf?Z by i wuute onk nu! machines. An en-l '"h ana hrpi 6 5ftWef n ine ' m-ZLrr a rplanes in as rt::rr- ,uu "ne ' . B.P"?rH also took n ,r: wvL i j Yrii Novora i anpniinrorB ' J which two large twin engined hos-r flip r. 1- ? ; : mduaineg were shot down. All ' i macnines returned safely, This j n, be withdrawn With accrued interest at on v the secnd German air raid 5 cent' ' ' J' 4 " LtnSl?nd withia thre days. 'On,2 per ' - ;'V V airoraff y night four or flve German ZsvLi a ri c iin?iTUCCt in craft flew nvr tr. n. :QP ASHN ART .R .WRATHER C'Ollnti ' mo caoiciu Cttigusu r ul'cs and rirnnnnJ 1 .1 1H one nian - uiujicu uuwua, luuius RprI. German Account, rons im'May 26.r-German-.air squad C!8 dropped bombs , on nouncem.5, F?lkesne. W the an? SOI. S HOTEL - ; a A , IH THIS STATE ) w t; - . Secures Place at Hot Springs For The Internment of Ger man Prisoners. (BT Associated PreRs.l Washington, May 26. The Depart ment or Liabor announced today that it had rented the Mountain Park Ho tel, at Hot Springs, N. C., to house some of the interned German civilians now held in various parts of the coun try. There are about 2,0fl0 of them, i-slly 'sailors from German: merchant ships. All who cannot be put in" the Hot Springs Hotel will be taken care of on government land in Western North Carolina as. soon as quarters can be made ready. 1 v "The Department of Labor is of the i belief" aid a statement by Secretary that i anv ImnrnvpmAnts f V v ixuvu, I Wilonn - which it may, be necessary to provide in order, to care for these people should go .upon government land ! rainer man upon private property. The Hot -Springs property is taken i because it is afly-or: immediate dc- cupancy, wnue. ,a .iew d montns time win oe required, to make ready the deteiiUonr camp-on 'public; lands1 now available -for -the purpose and ad: mirably suited for an internment se t Uement, 'Jib will. vwithiathe tions. TAR HF.F.I. "VETS" WILL MOVE ON WASHINGTON Washington, May 26. Preparations today and placed on sale at Woodward and Lothrop and Brentano's copies of 'Anson Guards," by Major W. A. I Smith, of Ansonville. :- .This is : the story of a company participation1 in Federal Reserve Banks to Es - tablisK Such Plan For Small Investors. (By Associated Press.) Washington, . May 26 . -All Federal plan to issue memorandum certificates ot $10 denomination to prospective purchasers of : small amounts of Liber- n bonds to enable , them to pay for ;. the bonds by installment. - The practice is in . line with the' an- nounced vpolicr of returning to the money' markets -such funds .'as are not mediately jneeded t finance war d ., Most of tne banks taking the deposits are in. New Tbrk arid .the A numDer of other banka noti- - d the government that such de- posits Were not d6sired The money in this case will remain ' fi. " t .- MM n . 1 on - deposit , ptfssibly. ten days until it is needed by , the department to meet American or allied needs, when it will FOR COMING WEEK (By Associated Press.) ; : Washington, May 26.-Seasonal tern perature;fsl f'oredat ' fopr the ' South eastern States during the week begin ning tomorrow. - - Occasional showers L1Hst!lijeht and thunder "storms are probable. J v. . I-". r:(. iff ' :t . ' ' '' : --i ' ?'m'mwimimimmw ii 1 1 nn 'I i hhhiiii imii ni(hi innriniiii 1 1 i iiMmninBi twtw j Riderless horses, with signs sue h as that shown in the photograph, are being used by Cavalry Troop A, of the District Cjf Columbia, to stimulat e recruiting for the army and Natio nal Guard in Washington. The ani mals .are ;e'd ; through the city in a p rocession,. inviting able-bodied young men to fill the empty saddles. FORD mm RURAL KANSAS OUR ARMY CAMPS UNDER CHARGES SWEPT BY STORM MUST BE MORAL Investigation by Attorney sral - County .Officials Refuse to Act. ay 26.AUorney-General James .-S. - Manning had . his - . office filled' . yesterday with: attorneys and witnesses who have laid , upon him the question whether the Henry; Ford Mo tor Company is a combination In re straint of trade. The facts Dresented durine tne day bore materially upon the question of agency. It was brought out that Ford's company- insists that its agen cies do not serve other companies and that those who do represent it shall buy all pieces through his com pany. Further testimony was that the men who sell the higher grade machines do not li,ke the idea of sur rendering their agencies and that many pieces which Ford does not himself manufacture may be bought from other companies for less and used on his machines. The complaints appear to come from Ford dealers in the State, "arid there are at least 125 of them, It is said. The Charlotte company which dishes out the machines from that metropolis, supplies 269 agencies. The8tatute provides for each viola tion nd conviction a fine of SJUOOO. Should Mr, Ford have the bad luck of a fine each for the 125 agencies it will .be seen that it would cost him on the peace ship a year and a half ago. judge" Frank I. Osborne, E. T. Cans ler, john M. Robinson and other at torneys have come here " to try the issues in the primary, stages. The burden in this instance is upon the defendant to show that he is not an illegal combination". It is understood that the'.-hearing will continue through at least? two days. TheT Secretary of State today char tered the Atlantic Humus Coinpany, of New Bern, a corporation that will deal in barges, vessels, peat, . humus soil, etc. The authorized capital is $25,000 and the paid in $300 by C. M. KehoeJ T. H. Bennett and H. K. Land, of New Bern, " The R6cky Mount Wood Working Coriipany, chartered to do a business In building materials, pays in $4,000 of .its $15,000. J. W. and Mrs. Es telle .Matthis, G. W. and May Foun tain pay the. money in. . Harnett's clerk and Yadkin's ap pointed registrar are on, the job in registering the eligibles for military service and' have waived their oppo sition to this service, according to the department here today.'' .The clerk of the court had declined to : serve. In doing so he was genteel about it. He and . his forbears had good records. They had fought in the: Revolution, in the Mexican, War Between the States and in the Spanish skirmish, and in about all other wars that they could get into. But he had talked against the draft, was opposed to it" and would not be a good man to place, in charge. The Yadkin man thought he had immunity in an opinion by the attorney-general, but the attorney-general had? never given it. Each t man was sent ' a message indicating the 1 pun ishment that attends the violation of the trust that the. government has im posed upon them. : That seems to hare settled the Issues so. far as they are concerned, : and they are. at work. .(Continued on Page Three). - Spedl Many Deaths and Great De struction of ff 6perty In Its ' Wake, p Wichita, Ka.i;:My.2(. Bouth Cen-f irai ivansas ,uaay la, recoyering irom the ravages of a spring tornado which late yesterday 'lore iV a " jagged ' path through two5 counties and killed 30 persons. Andale, a village of less than 300camps free from improper , surround inhabitants, was' the chief sufferer,,. . . . . , ... with 16 identified dead. The country district 1o the northeast near Sedg wick reported 9 fatalities, while 2 dead were identified near Newton, still to the northeast. More than a half hundred persons have been in jured. The twister arose in the southwest and swooped down upon Andale with a suddenness that prevented any or ganized escape. With the small end of the funnel-shaped mass whirling debris and slashing a path from a quarter to a half mile in width, resi dences and business buildings were reduced to splinters with the accom panying loss of human life. The tor nado swept through one of the rich est farming districts of the State, lev eling standing grain and farm houses. EXCITING FIGHT Steamer Attacked Fire Re turnedRunning Fight For More Than an Hour. (By Associated PressVV ' . New York May, 26,-A,-rmriing bat tle with a submarine.-'-duririg which the U-boat fired ' One torpedo - and more than: a dozen . shells, some of the latter striking the vessel, was re ported here today by an Italian .steamship, arriving from a Mediterra nean port. The submarine came up to attack on May 3 near the island of Sardinia, and despite a return fire from the steamship, it followed Its Intended WITH SUBMARIKE victim for more tnan an nour. jn o: the laws of your State and or. congress damage of . any consequence occurred Jiri respect to these matters are strict- to the. ship. If You Are Unable to Secure THE WILMINGTON! DISPATCH Either on; trains or ' at news stands, where "you think it should be on sale, you will confer a favor by notifying the publish ers, giving all.' particulars as to' date, train, place, , etc. r This is aiked' for our mutual benefit and will be helpful to the ' management in its desire at all ' times to give the public - Efficient Service. Baker's LeHter to Governors Asking Co.-ope- Ration Keeping Them So ; f, Ssnfngton, ,'Mayf; -ecTetBry xiaxer maae puoiic yesieraay a leuer he has addressed to the Governors; of all States, calling for c'oHiperatioh in keeping the army mobilization lugo auu luiuiuiai iiiiiucuvr; . "Our responsibility in this matter is not open to question," the Secre , tary wrote. "We cannot allow these young men, most of whom "will hav& been drafted to service, to be sur rounded by a vicious and demoralizing environment, nor can we leave any thing undone which will protect them from unhealthy influences and crude forms of temptation. "The greater proportion of this force probably will be made up of young men who haye not yet become accustomed to contact with either the saloon or the prostitute, and who will be at that lastic and generous period of life when questionable modes of indulgence easi ly serve as outlets for exhuberant physical vitality. "Not only have we an inescapable responsibility in this matter to the families and communities from which these young men are selected, but from the Standpoint of our duty and our de termination to create-, an efficient army, we are bound, as a military ne cessity, to do everything in our power to promote the health, and conserve the vitality of the men in the training camps. ' u I am determined that our new training .camps, as well as the sur rounding zones within an effective ra dious. shall not be places of teriiptation and peril. Will you give earnest con sideration to this matter , in your par ticular State? I am confident that much can be done to arouse the cities and towns to an appreciation of iheit responsibility for clean conditions. "I would suggest that your council makejtself responsible for. seeing that ly enforced This relates not only to the camps established under federal authority, but to the more or less j temporary mobilization points of the National Guard units. It relates, too, to the large centers through which soldiers -will constantly be passing. I . "If the desired end can not other wise be achieved, I propose to move the camps - from those neighborhoods in., which clean conditions can not be secured. TEXTILE WORKERS IN SAXONY TO STRIKE Copenhagen, May 26 (Via London). The textile workers' of Crimnitz schau, . Saxony, have voted -a - strike 1 for 75 per . cent, increase in r wages - on the grounds of the increased cost of living. ' The strike - affects 3,000 embloves. but . there , is -danger" of its . spreading throughout the textile dis trict 'of. Saxony, where' complaints. j have been- general for -months.- ITE EFFOBT TO OUST FRENCH IN WEST Germans Attack With Fury But Opponents Hold Fast , To Positions. AIR-RAIDERS ATTACK AND THEN ESCAPE General Haig Reports ' Im provement in The West- - . ern War Theatre Today England has been subjected to ano other German air raid which cost the lives of 76 persons and caused in jury to 174 others. The attack took place early last evening over Southeastern England. About 16 aircrafts took part, their bomb dropping apparently centering upon one town, which the official re port does not name, causing many casualties among the civil population and . damage to houses and shops. The raiders evidently made good their escape from the English main land, but were intercepted in the chan nel off the Belgian coast by British airplanes, where three airplanes of the raiding squadron were shot down. Fifty of the killed and 62 of the in jured were women or children. On the front, in Northern France, the Germans are making desperate ef forts to oust the French from the vant age points they have gained recently north of the Cheminles-Dames and in the Craonne region. The French are standing fast, however. An evidence of their holding power was given last night when they maintained the salient positions east arid-wast of Cerny. In the Champagne the French themselves were successful aggressors; enlarging considerably : their positions . on -both sides of Mont Carnillet and taking, 120 prisoners. . The British, on their front, also are pursuing nibbling, tactics. General Haig reports slight improvement of the British positions on the-right bank ot 4he: ;'Wf-!S preparation between' Ci bisilles: and the Scarpe, as an increased activity of their artillery in this section Is report ed. HAMLET HOTEL MAN CAUGHT BY SWINDLER Hamlet, May 26. - Manager J. C. Leigh of the Terminal Hotel, has been stung to the tune of sixty-one dollars by cashing a check for one L. C.' Scar boro, claiming to .represent Banner Franklin and Co., of Morristown, Tenn. A wire from the city'Kational Bank of Morristown advises that Scarbord has swindled many hotels in this section of the State. Scarboro is about thirty- five years, sharp face, clean shaved. weighing about one hundred and sixty, of good appearance, dresses well, and good talker. Manager Corpening of the Rockingham Hotel also cashed a check for him for forty dollars, which has j been returned. Warrants have been issued for Scarboro and Messrs. Leigh and Corpening each offer twenty-five dollars reward for the arrest of Scar boro. GERMANY'S SPIES GET IN THEIR WORK Notify Government of Sailing and Destination of Amer ican Warships. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 26. Official in vestigation was under way today to uncover whether the leak on the sail ing of American destroyers to the war zone was on this side of the At lantic or whether German spies got it in England. . Admiral Sims has reported that the German admiralty knew of the departure of the ships and their port of arrival four days ahead of time, and had . opportunity to mine their path. - ' . Some navy officials are inclined to suspect the German spy system in England, despite the statement. of Secretary Daniels that the incident emphasized the fact that the German spies still were at work in this coun try. If the information was sent from the United States it was made doubly dif ficult because it had to pass the offi cial censorship. It was stated ...officially today that only a few, officers in the office of Admiral Benson, chief of operations, knew the destination of the destroy ers. The - commanders themselves were ignorant of the port until they opened sealed orders, probably twelve hours at sea. IKE DESPERf Admiral Sims' report flatly charges 'assured'' lor Macon, ua., iuxen, . v., .; that Berlin knew of the mission of and ChatUnooga. .! Savannah and -American destroyers and their desti-j Charleston . also will; come in ton im- v nation, which appears to. dispose of tportant preparation rwOrk,,,! ;het, said, the possibility that chance mining, Two or three divisions probably will operations endangered the flotilla, v ibe trained at Chattanooga, - . v :., . . OUT THE 5 PER CEHT. AUTO TilX (;V dui ine rmance . vomimiiec7 - riiH,; A . . I T e ' ' tion as First-Drawn SIGNS OF SLASHES YET TO.BE MADE j j Income Schedule as Adopted . by Senate Committee Ex pected to Yield Over FJalf Billion Annually. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 26. ElhnlnaUon of the 5 per cent! manufacturers' tax '! ''. 'A'J on automobiles in the $1,800,000,000" ; hi war tax bill passed by the House and . .jsV,i substitution of a license tax, at a rate- J v V yet to be fixed, upon motor vehicles,; naVflhlA hv tVinao Yin vine rtnaaooalnn 5 was decided upon today by the.Sto-'i'c'v'j. ate finance committee, in its revision of the House measure. , : The income . tax section as. first drawn, including the 2 ner cent. nor. - mal tax and the House' committee's surtaxes also, were adopted py the Senate committee. It ' struck out, however, the increased surtaxes on in comes over $40,000 added in the House on amendments by Represent tative Lenroot of Wisconsin. The retroactive tax of 33 1-3 per cent, upon incomes taxed in 1916 had previously been eliminated. . . The committee's action today In re- ' . v jecting the automobile, tax? :was ..aaid i ?; to be the forerunner of further reduc tions of the 5 per cent laxes jon ,spei? ? cial industries. , , -. ;'.;.. '-.il . Instead of. the '. straight ti per.eenU manufacturing .tax on motor; cars; the t i committee is: considering, a graduat , upon: low-priced cars, to Jlft and $20 v; ;' on more eoauy vemcies. Tcrea.vL.. on . mojtorC7$;jLU2iL:'otL.; utomohUAt motbicvfcla anii r'bievrtA . "tires r and V The income schedule, . as " adopted y by the Senate, committee, is expect ed to raise $533,000,000 annually. ;. ; i As finally enactment of the measi ure by Congress before June 1 is Im probable, the date fixed in -the House bill when railroad and Pullman tick ets, freight and express receipt taxes would go into effect, the Senate . committee plans to substitute a later, date. ; ' ARMY SEND OUT CALL FOR BAKERS (By Associated Press.) . Washington, May . 26. The army sent out a call today for several thou-, V sand bakers, assistant bakers and ap- prentices to serve during the war.Vir- k tually all will be rated as non-commis- ' sioned officers, and their pay will range from $33 to $51 a month, -with -additional pay for foreign service and" everything in the way of quarters, ra-: tions, clothing and medical attention provided. - ' Special blanks have been sent to: ,, army recruiting stations for the . en rollment of the bakers, who will be in the quartermaster enlisted re- . ' . serve corps. - v U. S. TREASURYSTARTS PLACING FUNDS BANKS (By Associated Press.) ' A Washington, May 26. The treasury -today began the practice of re-depos- ? iting a portion of the proceeds ob-, tained from certificates of. indebted--ness by placing $128,693,000 among' ; the various banks and. trust compa : nies which subscribed to the latest offering of $200,000,000 in short term certificates of indebtedness. NEW COMPROMISE FOR I nat. censorship: (By Associated Press.) -r Washington, May 26. A new com-,; t promise provision for newspaper, cen- , sorship was agreed , upon today by the. , conferees on the espionage bill. They. , regarded it as greatly; modifying that , drafted yesterday. 4 1 . ; f.t , The new plan provides that Con gress shall prohibit publication ; of military Information, but not that re-v . ( garding "equipment" of the armed'' forces, and instead of authorizing the . President to "make , censorship v rules : . ?'t and regulations, confers upon-him; ? merely the power to permit . publica-' ' tion of matter prohibited by the seen 1 , tion. . " ' " '"" ' " V:: LOCATION OF SEVERAL TRAINING CAMPS (By Associated Prets.) .--.' Charleston, S. C, May 26. Major General Wood today stated that' train-. Ine camps for men taken .into , the army selective draft were "practically t , :-fv, ,vl ' ! - r. If '.'Tv ; &7. p i If; i ..! v : .-! 4 11 lit' l !' 3 MA: 'ft. 3 i 5 V J
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