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WEATHER FORECAST North and South Carolina Fair; sunday and Monday. Mi. V0L XXIII. N. 128. I Bold Attempt Made at Vir ginia Beach Station By Un known Men THEY TRIED TO GET THROUGH THE NET Raid Caused Excitement and Government Takes Drastic ; Steps to Find TheSpies Trains Being Searched Station Now Being Heavily Guarded. (Bj- United Press.) Washington, May 26. The worst spy scare this government has yet experienced held officialdom in its spell tonight. The German "spy" system appar ently is on in full blast. Hard on thj heels of knowledge that German spies possessed advance knowledge of the United States de stroyer fleet, movements came word today of an evident spy attack on the Virginia Beach, Va., wireless plant and exchange -of J&Ots ,Ietween guard, operator and intruders. The spy situation was designated officially as "dangerous," and while the government deplores any outbreak of spy suspicions against peaceable German aliens, it isTunning to earth the paid agents of the Kaiser, with a view to putting a stop to the nefa rious work now being done here arid elsewhere. Government heads inclined to the belief today that the destroyer knowl edge was obtained by German spies in England not here. Investigation here today indicated that only President Wilson, Secretary of the Navy Daniels, and trusted mem? hers of the general board and opera tions bureau knew of the destroyer orders. These orders as sent to the flotilla were sealed and could not be (Continued on Page Two.) GOT'. B ICKE STIRRING PEOPLE RUE OFFICERS IT OGLETHORPE To Be Given Convenient Op portunity For Registering Under Draft Law. (Special to The Dispatch.) Chattanooga, Tenn., May 26. The jerk of Walker county, Georgia, in arranged with wm toi open an nffi IC m " ri. r . on ucai. . j ior the registration of all mem-!v wa Ul i hp rooorvrt PP? rt-v 4 v rno Of the fpSPrvo nffinora in mp from whatever State they may jome. The registration is likely to nriv'i ut three davs- lt wiU be the unvuege of anv member nf the camD o make application to the clerk for niration card- and the same will e wied out by the clerk and given jne applicant when it becomes his of tV mail the same the sheriff; the county where he lives. cam s "f the reserve officers' tiuT P Wl11 be entertained throughout and y and 8UDrbs tonight. Golf u country club members alone are 10its to 100 officers and their ladies. Kalians to visit i UMB OF WASHINGTON Axr-, United Press.) its th0 ti iviay - Memoers otiaay, Navv n mission, Secretary of the men y.aniels. and a few Congress aon tr! 0 tomorrow to Mount Ver a .Jfy uPn Washington's tomb JvrL ' aa UXQ me British ,ana rcllPntnioo coueagues. . 11 fin! ! i SPANISH STEAMER SUNK. .: jj. (By 'United Press.) . steamer Begona has been torpe- doed, according to an official an- 5 nouncement made today. The Begona is listed as a steel. X- twin screw steamer of 2.862 tons. HOOVER WOULD HAVE COMPLETE INQUIRY (By United Press.) Washington, May 2S If the Presi- dent is empowered to' stop the use of i iooasiuns m orewmg ana uisuuiug, no action will be taken until after a complete investigation, National m scope. Pood Administrator Hoover said to night if he has to deal with-the mat ter he will recommend to the Presi dent the appointment of a committed of "National scope and entire inde- Hfeiuieee todeiermlne exactly haw-! much-saving could. be effected by such action." a " The President would then weigh the results to be obtained as against such Questions as dislocation of rev-j enue and industry, said Mr. Hoover MEMPHIS LEADING IN LIBERTY BONDS (By United Press.) Memphis, Tenn., May 26. Memphis has broken all Southern records so far reported in the Liberty Loan Bond subscriptions, accordtng to an an nouncement made here today by the Clearing House Association. The amount subscribed by Memphis banks and trust companies has reach ed $3,151,500. TT IN PLEA TO OF STATE Calls Upon Them to Conse crate Themselves to "The Cause Universal Justice" URGES IMPORTANCE OF REGISTRATION DAY Miniskrs of Gospel Urged to Preach It. From The Pulpits and All Others to Spread the Doctrine Rally Day Sug gested to Help the Move- ment. . (Special to The-DispatchO Kaielgn, IN. J., may "'" ptAVott matpn a. tiowenui anpeai iu piwo(ri9 ftneht to consecrate! itself to "the cause or universal jua-' - - i j -I tlce and abiding peace. rne nun oi June. Ae says, looms large and the. State must set its house in order. H urees every minister of the Gos pel, at every service between this date and registration, to direct attention, n thp dav and to emphasize that ev ery man between twenty-one and thirty-one, irrespective of his physical con dition, must register or be penalized. Colored men, the same as white, must obey this law. He asks all news rt nrint th six suiegestioDS contained fn this appeal regularly un- Ul registration time atid calls -upon- all salesmen, dealers, agents, doctors, rural mail carriers and the like, to teir nofARttv for this registration .' and the penalty of oafi "year for wilful j vj, Tit entroftta 'thftt Rnn-1 UlaUUCUlCUbC. uuoewra, - , June 3rd, in the afternoon, or Monday night of the,firtW i hold patriotic rallies ME: y finT allied en . . f , j A . n . i. n ifejMflFiuTirtn niflpp. and encourage the champions SWtolSSX and peace foV time.? v: r mm F U LL WILMINGTON, 'IPSE OUTBREAK OF PMITUIP Republicans in Both Houses j Viciously Attack Demo cratic War Measures. SHARP COUNTERS BY DEMOCRATS umvwxn j Extravagance in Emergency Measures and Unnecessary Delay in Legislation The Chief Charges. iBy United Press.) Washington, May 26. Violent parti- an vpuiburat; igoratre"objectians to some of - the appropriations, and Congress featured House and senate aeDaie ioaay c production bill debate today on the Lever-Gore food f itepuDiican assaults in ine nouse . V . . J J on appropriations in the measure drew from - Representative Heflin charges of "unpatriotic speech," with sharp counters from Representatives Moore and Mann. Senator Thomas warned against use of so-called emergency bills as con veyances in which large appropria tions might be hauled from the treas ury -for non-war provisions. Senator. Penrose and Representative Moore, both from Philadelphia, enter tained their respective Houses with lively innuendoes designed to give the food bills an appearance of being harbors for some 7,000 "deserving Democrats," who are looking for jobs and escape from conscription. expressing his belief that these Democrats could "do more good fight ing the enemy than fighting bugs," Senator Penrose suggested that the necessary employes needed to carry out certain provisions of the food pro duction bill be limited to those above conscription age. Mr. Moore followed the same line of attack in the House and succeeded in getting through an amendment pro viding, that no men employed under the bill be exempted from military service. There was much talk in both Houses against big appropriations for exter mination of animal and plant diseases and insects. Senator McKellar, of Tennessee,; urged that the Department of Agricul ture be required to submit a report on how it intended to spend the money and before it was turned over. After the discussion dragged along for some hours in this manner, Sena tor Hollis,- 6f New Hampshire, admin istered a rebuke to the Senate for its "dallying." "I am informed that 1 50tt people have died in Chicago from hunger," he said "Hundreds of others are suffering in all parts of the country. Within a half mile of this sDot I know children who have to go fho nans in the alleys to find food to keep tnem irom siarvmg uu . a i x death. And sun we sit nere anu juu time." He declared that if the food bill were a measure to help the steel industries or some other big indus trv "it would have gone through quickly V The House made more headway on ie bill than the Senate. An effort to knock off a provision giving Secretary Houston two assist ant secretaries of agriculture was de feated. It appears now mat a vote win bft secured on the food produc ti9n bill by the middle of next week. The food control bill (the Hoover administrator measure) - will be the next , in, order. . '' FEDERAL OFFICER NOT - -" . GUILTY OF GUILTY OF MURDER i- (Special to The Dispatch.) Lt 1 1 1 r niiiiuk wuuk ' w -Diocwtuw, h-iuv . JSSP --v SSitN L E AS ED HIitE ; S ER NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 27. 19 1 7. T? I Washington Welcomes Italian TFar Heads of the distinguishedVa war' shown Guglielmo ; MarconJ mentor;- , now is sid'to iiave devised an effective ; invientlon ' for" destrbyin j rines, and on the right, Prince of Udine, son of the Duke of Genoa and FnTT YTTT u TMn imii iiL vf it ihui iron Hi iw if ilium ii uiiwu vyii Illinois and Probably Indiana! Caught By The Fury of I PvrlonA I MANY SCORE ARE KNOWN TO BE DEAD Estimates of Those Who Lost Lives Run High-i-Scores of Buildings Razei and Other Property Damage Done. (By United Press.) Chicago, May 27. Seventy-five known dead, with estimates running as high as 30Q, was the toll early to day of the series of cyclonic storms which swept Illinois practically from end to end late yesterday. Hundreds of persons were reported injured, many of whom will die. The property damage was expected to run into millions. , Wire "communication was still de moralized early today and reports from the stricken sections were frag mentary and meager as to the details. The losses were distributed as fol lows: Mattoon, I1L, 50 to 100 estimated dead; 38 bodies recovered ; 300 in jured. Charleston, 111., 30 to 75 estimated dead ; 25 bodies' recovered ; 100 in jured. Westervelt, 111., 5 dead, 21 injured, two fatally. Modesto, 111., 2 dead, 10 injured. Manhattan, 111., 1 dead, scores in jured. . Bloomington, Ind., 2 dead, scores in jured. . ' Blackhawk, Ind., 2 dead, many injured.- : . Minooken, 111., 3 Injured. . Goodenbw, 111.,- 9 injured. Wilmington, 111., ' several reported injured. - v Green Garden,, 111., several reported injured; , - ' Attempts to reach Indianapolis by telephone and -telegraph'-' to confirm (Continued on Page Three). , - , ": --"v ; FA VICE Mission mission from Italy. At the left is oJL ewjreless. t ,telega,n4;xwJbi3i n 1X11 J ' cuban troops to train in AMERICA. 4C- (By United Press.) Havana, May 26. Cuban artil lery companies will be trained on American soil by American offi- J iato -S Tiro a . o nnniiTt V i-r- JitL day. Two companies will first . be sent to an American fort. When their instruction is coin- pleted two more will go. - i " CARDINAL GIBBONS U SPEAKS FOR THE CAUSE (By United Press.) V V Washington, May 26.-atirolic clergy soon will be exhorted bV Car dinal Gibbons to aid in every way in floating the liberty loan bond issue. The Treasury Department- an nounced tonight that Cardinal Gibbons has himself purchased as an invest ment a block of bonds, has assured the department of his heartiest sym pathy, and will soon address an open letter to the clergy on the subject. BAR ASSOCIATION MAY HEAR SENATOR (By'JJnlted Press.) Washington, May 26. The North Carolina Bar Association may have the pleasure' of hearing an address ornPBfl A G ME by Senator Borah, of Idaho, as its. ton Grand Junior Counselor; J. EX.ance and cooperation? in "every re convention in Asheville in July. Presi-1 c&nf Asheville, Grand Past Counsel- spect," Emerson C. Harrington Mary dent A. L. Brooks, of the association, or. s T Reid, Spartanburg, Grand land. has extended an invitation to. this dis-j secretary; 'N; W. Porter, Charlotte "You may depend'upon me, for all tinguished statesman and live wire! Grand Treasurer; M. A. Whisnant, possible assistance- and 'co-operation, MTnnnder of Drosrressive principles. ! i?iiM,,A n.,nvi rnHriti- . ' t vt WAtirv.W. Kevea. New-Hamnshire, -t . f-T - ' - ' Would Seize German Shpls.' , y Buenos Aires, May 26. President Braz . asked congress todayf or per mission to seize German, ships now in- I terned in Argentine ' harbors. f! ?: '-vyr?- ; G I OF THIS STATE AGAIIilTO FORE New York Lawyers Bring The Matter Before United States Senate. FAIR DISCUSSION OF CLAIMS ASKED Misconception in This State of Equities of Holders of These Bonds Claimed. Washington, D. C, May 26. Sena ' tor Calder of New York nrPPnt(d in the Senate today a letter from How ard Thayer Kingsbury and Marcus H. Burnsteine, of New York City, attor neys for some persons holding the old North Carolina carpetbag bonds, inviting North Carolina to a fair, friendly and free discussion of the whole matter, to see if some arrange ment can be made for paying off the old bonds. The letter reviews the whole dis cussion recently held in the Senate when Senator Overman opposed the efforts being made thrtiugh using the republic of Cuba to collect for the bondholders through- the United (Continued on Page Three). WILMINGTON MAN GETS HIGH OFFICE FROM U. L. H. Burnett Elected irand Junior Counselor at Co lumbia Meet NEXT CONVENTION GOES TO CHARLOTTE Big Parade Held Yesterday Af ternoon, Followed by Big Luncheon Resolutions Passed Endorsing President Wilson and Pledging Him Support of Travelling Men. (Specialto The DispatchJ) Columbia, S. C, May 26. A parade at 1 o'clock, a luncheon at 2 o'clock, and the .election of officers featured the closing session of the United Com mercial Travelers of North , and South Carolina here today. Those who had not left for tehir homes this afternoon attended the baseball game between Jacksonville and Columbia, South Atlantic League clubs. An important resolution was passed endorsing President Wilson and as suring him of their assistance and co operation. Charlotte was selected as the next meeting place. The following officers were elected: Thos. H. Pope, Greenville. Grand Counselor; L. H. Burnett, Winning- 1' 1V1 CUVV UACUA WVV VVA.f W Dudley, Columbia, Grand Sentinel; and - J. -W. Patterson, Greensboro, Grand Page; - :? Members of the Grand Executive Committee: E. W. Tatum,' Salisbury; (Continued on Page Three). .; . , . " TOREE 3ECTI0NS ' ; PRICE FIVE CENTS. Slaughter of Women and Chik dren By Airships in English City. J ATTEMPT TO DROWN MAN AND HIS WIFS By Captain of Submarine Be cause of Refusal to Give In formation England's Mur der Count Against Ger many Long and Bloody, One. (By United Press.) r - London, May 26. England .was; clamoring for reprisals tonight.-, " Two incidents of the day's newa served to fan flames of horror against German "kulture." , . -First and nearest at home was the killing of 76- persons 27' v of them women and, 23 children and the In jurlng of 174 3 women , and 19 .chil dren in Germany's '.mat. murdqipua .air,A,raoyerEngJT4jiL,.M It was "veu ''southeasl c6uhties?.r v v v'f . . - Second was a dispatch from Chris Mania of how a German submarine; captain, enraged, at a Norwegian steward for hi refusal to give Inform mation about one of the .U-boat's vie J tims, put the steward and hfs- wife atop the submarine, closed the hatch way and submerged. There was no mistaking the cjeafl intent that the man and the womahj should drown. Both however, suc ceeded in keeping afloat, though! dragged below by the suction of the submerged U-boat. The steward he was one of. tljcf survivors of the Norwegian steamer, ITjelote told his story when picked up after long immersion. His wife (Continued on Page Three) a T. BODY RIOTS ARE NEAR Unless Government Takes Control of Food Such will - j Occur, Says N. Y. Gov. (By United Press.) Washington, May 26. Riots and public disorders will occur in New York unless the administration has tens the early creation of a National food control, such as is planned by President Wilson with Herbert Hoo ver at the head, according to a telev gram received by Hoover from Gov ernor Whitman, of New York. ; . Whitman declared it is necessary for. New York State to have adequate , protection to its food supply during the coming fall and .winter, if pub lic order is . to be preserved. Hoover's appointment as food ad ministrator has ' awakened universal approval among the ' Governors throughout the Nation.' More than, half the Governors have telegraphed to Hoover offering-the services of themselves and their State organiza tions . ' ' . Hereis what the Governors say: You can depend 'upoavour assist- -mmm - f W m "Will co-operate 'with you in every way to secure the :end desired," N. E Harris, Georgia. ' V: '-''J. : "You can count on heartiest support ': and co-operation of this State' : At? (Continued ' on 'Page . Two.) mm hum 11 i-3" 1 J'V t.l i I j j Mil 1,1 -V . 1; -
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