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YOUR .4-. WEATHER FORECAST, FINAL EDITION IMorth and South Carolina Fair tonight. Wednesday fair. Warmer In west portion. . . FULL LEASED WR E SE R VI CE VOL. XXIII. NO. 1 30r WILMINGTON. NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 29, 191 7. PfilCE FIVE CENTS MI IrMll MKib But So Far Both Sides Held in,'" Check In The Western Theatre. ITA1 lANSKEEP ' IT HITTING AUSTRIANS Brazil Rapidly Passing Into the c o IT a. D 1 Class ot a Belligerent ro-.4 litical Situation in Austria- . . v 1. T Hungary Yet in a I ranstor-' mation Period. While the only sphereof intensive! military activity at present is on the Austro-Italian front, where General Cadorna is day by day pushing back the Austrian line upon Trieste, there are indications that the stagnation along the French ami British fronts in France may soon be interrupted. The sign that points most strongly to this impending change is the in tense aerial activity taking place. The report of last night emphasized this in its account of 12 German ma chines destroyed and ten others driv-i en out of control, while today from the French front Paris announces the bringing down of German airplanes in engagements and the serious dam aging of 12 others. For the present however, the allied infantry is being held close to its lines. Raiding oper ations and occasional' local attacks-by one side or the other are the only de velopments reported in the official statements, aside from the displays of energy on the part of thevairmen ! and the artillery arm; The German infantry facing the I British armies is apparenUy being J held in check by its commanders as closely as that of its opponents, but sharp attacks continue on the French lines, notably in the Champagne -re- gion. Two of these were launched last night in the Hurte business dis the Hr Kncinnaa At: tnct, but each was easily repulsed I Dy the French fire. The French made a minor thrust on their own account in the. Verdun: A region, where the activity is becom-' ingmore marked of late on both sides. A small r.0rm,.n r xt i cnerauville was captured in this oper ation. Brazil is rapidly passing from the status of a neutral to that of an ac-f tive partisan on the side -of the En tente in the world war. The measure revoking her neutrality is well on its way through Parliament. In Austria-Hungary the political situation is still in a transformation period. The Hungarian premiership, according to a Zurich dispatch, is to "e filled by Count Julius Andrassy, a pronounced liberal. The . entire significance of his reported accession, toilowing the retirement of Count nsza, representative of the ultra-German influence in the dual monarchy, !s yet to be developed. The change ls nominally due to internal political conditions, but there are strong be- eis held in many quarters 'that it ffiay not De without marked effect on. Austria's foreign policy, particularly. m Nation to her supposed moderate ar aims as contrasted with Ger- Tf.s reP"ted wide ambitions i(iays o-eport from the iltalianl nt shows General Cadorna to be parrying out his system of oscillating tact Yesterday he shifted the di eaion of the blow, striking again on "e tront north of Gorizia. Another ...Portent gain was effected there, the ustnans being pushed to the extrem iy of the valley east of Globna in the nava sector Recapitulati tlP tho mo omce. an-. since the beginning of the offen- went into the Arctic in. 1913, are safe t?on May i4;toge?hef wkh 36 ns ton the northwest coast of Greenland. hich 13 were of the heaviestali- according, to a cablegram received to bre. ere 01 tne nearest cal1' ( day by the American museum of nat- . Brlin has jural histqry. , , bpp ln lts official report. There has eastn in activity aiong tne 4? front- it declares, adding: ! Pected " u dLiauns are ca- Whetlv It! . er the persuasions of the uiafp , , f. of war Kerensky have stim that Vu Russian armies to activity, at WM1 moan e - othl t0 make its effect felt in the War tVioo , . pif(n . - -"cnuBB remains to De ae- 10Ped. As far o u r, . , to havo k armies are reported e hdon re-organized after their in sh!!s. of last fall, and erst may now be 6uaPe to take ha , r , aiigicBDitc ogam. Roml I? n Stln Vorious. Italian -May 29 (Via London). The drovp thm e Plava sector yesterday the Pat 6 ,Austr-Hungarian forces to sav ll of Jhe valley east of Globna, day h" u lcial statement issued tc r,.J Ui tne Italian -nm Avn-4m 'nee T i ucvaiuucuh Austrn-u 4'. statement adds, the fanan Prisoners taken on Pliant ront number 23,681. The ns also captured 36 guns, inelud- or 6 lO Of tho. s '.T. i "waviest cailDre. - ,: I 4. 4, 4, PICKED, r NINE CAMP SITES ' J (By Associated Press). Charleston, S. C, May 29. Nine the Southeastern intent 5 r nave been . recommended-- no. cording to av statement .given t out at tne headauarters nf lVfo. i ucttuquttiiers or ma- r jor General Leonard Wood here ey are: Spartanburg,' Greenville and Columbia, S. C; Augusta, Macon, and Atlanta, Ga., ,i" ana Anniston, Ala. Two divisions 9 a 9 mm . . . - win De tramea Doth at Macon and Atlanta. Sites for the other tnree camPS have not been rec- ommended, it was stated at head- Quarters. - - 4 ' 106 ATTACKED NEGRO WORKERS East St. Lcfuis The Scene of Rioting! Earfysday Sale 6 f Firearms Stopped. (By Associated Press.) East St. Louis, 111., May 29. A mob estimated at 3,000 persons, deter- t minedjas-they shQUte.0, ta rid .ihe city of negroes imported to work irti factories an munitions nlants. swent. i " " '.TZJ I up early morning, attacking and beating negroes wherever found. Sev-j P.rl n.mhftVp,lPPn'inired sn s.v 7 z T ' Z- 77 .7 vr1vv fnir- nmnsmv urttl Hin -f " The mob stopped street cars and interurban cars in its, search and at ociock, was tnreatening to storpi tne jaiVhere at least a score of negr?es nadA 1?e taken for, se keeping. Ambulances made the rounds of the streets where the mob had traveled to pick up unconscious and injured blacks and take them tc hospitals and temporary shelters. . The police were" helpless against the mob. . ! Mayor Fred Mollman ap pealed to Major Cavanaugh, in charge of two companies of the Sixth Illi nois infantry, quartered in the town, for aid. Major Cavanaugh, heading a detail of 125 men, helped to fight back the mob while several negroes were rescued, but it soon became evi dent that this small force of soldiers was inadequate. - Mayor Mollnran today directed that the sale of firearms and ammunition be stopped until all danger of rioting was past. The Mayor said 6,000 ne groes had come into East St. Louis in six weeks. He wouia also ask rail- rnaHs tn riisp.nntiniie hauline: them here from the South, he said, and would requests employers not to at tempt further, importation. The city was quiet' today. Assure ances were received from Sprinfield that two comnanies of the Sixth In" fantry, Illinois -National Gruard, could be called upon if necessary. ARCTIC EXPLORERS SAFE IN GREENLAND (By Associated Press.) , New York May. 29. Donald MacMil- i . it,. n.t,lnii and rvtViot mcmhora T j B-nAitinn t,,viv. WAR TAX BILL Stricken Out By r Senate nance Gomnittee -To SubstituteDirect Tax Fi- (By Associated Press.) Washington, Mar. 2?. Another fun damental change nVthe War Tax bill was agreed uponi unanimously today by the Senate Finance , committee, which decided to strike but tlje whole section.-4eying $200,000,000. by a gen eral tiarlfl increase of 10 per cent, on an ;advalbrem basis. As a substitute v.' nnmmtttut nmnftsfis direct excise. cohsumptloii taxes, on sugar, tea. .In.. ' cuuee uu vwwo. ,: . 1 TARIFF 1 1 niiii i IN ilB CUSS E. COLLEGE Only Twenty-five of ' The Eighty-five Graduates at Commencement. ALL THE OTHERS IN THE SERVICE Remarkable Petition For Par don Dr. Hughes Chaplain , at State Prison (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, May 29. Commencement exercises at the State College of Agri culture and Engineering close the school year, with St. Mary's u finals J uuuuwj wiov, auu ivaicigu lanes a re- j cess unui june iz wnen tne summer school opens. In the Senior class of the College of Agriculture and Engineering 25 remain of the big class of 85. Thirty of the baccalaureates have gone to Fort Ogle thorpe and the other 30 are engaged in some work allied with the war. In the graduating class alone the college Is sending about 60 for service and in the classes further down 30 more are en listed. Thus it will be seen that a fine percentage of available men has been furnished by the college. Ambassador James W. Gerard'3 commencement adderss will be missed but Ambassador Henry Morgenthau has agreed to substitute for him and will be here Tuesday morning instead of Monday night when the usual com mencement address is given. The col lege is having an uncommonly simple commencement. Its absentees as grad uates so outnumber the persons pres ent that the final exercises are being made featureless. The first of fthem was Sunday night, when Rev. Dr. ECK ward Mack of Union Theological Semi nary preached tfre baccalaureate ser mon to the abbreviated class. That -Mmon, the address of Mr. Morgen thau and the short speech of Governor Bickett will close a year that has been full of success so far as work and numbers go. ( Two weeks from the commence ment the summer school after a recess of thirteen years will reopen. It runs n A oto4,,lr otiH orlnff ?,lse-iD&. A"ieE,.rrr a.n" ii tne proaucts oi its larm win oe a pare of the summer school heritage. The faculty that will teach this school and .Noi at Qreou;.. Doit) iurnisne8 a great numoer oi uiose who will work for the institution this (Continued on page eight.) mm Am. m m fjf WOULD BLOCK PA TH OF THE ARM Y BILL SHIP MACHINISTS GO OUT ON STRIKE Employes of Newport News 1 Company Strike For High er Wages. . (By Associated Presg.) Newport News, Va., May 29. Put tine their threats into effect, the tUnion machinist employed in the . (By Agsociated Press.) plant oi the Newport News Shipbuild-j Washington, May 29. German in ing and Drydock Company went on fluences to combat army registration strike today. They reported for duty! and the seelctive draft, uncovered in at the" regular opening hour this morn-l Texas by a federal grand Jury inves irig and worked as usual until 10 tigation, already have resulted in 11 O'clock when they laid down their, indictment. Other arrests on the tools and left the yard. same charge made in various cities by Demands for nigher wages, which agents of the Department of Justice the yard officials declined to grant apparently are not so closely linked without an investigation, form the con- j with German influence, but are being tention on which the strike is based. closely investigated. The -walkout was engineered in a 'In the Texas case, according to an most orderly manner. This after-1 official announcement by the Depart noon it was claimed by the strike ! ment- of Justice, an organization was looro that KSO mpn had struck, onlvi a few apprentices ana oiaer employees A 9 . J 1 J 1 ' havine remained at their posts. Tho shipyard officials declined to make any statement other than that the yard .would continue to operate in spite of strike. ANOTHER MAN SHOT BY MILITARY GUARD (By Associated Press.) New York, May 29 H. P. Binder man, 59 years old, a canal boat cap tain, twas shot and killed by Private Herbert Taylor, a 19-year-old infantry man, ;at Long Island City, today. Ac- nnrAiner to the Dolice reDort. Taylor.; a member of Company K, of the 47th! New "York Infantry, fired in self-j defense while on guard duty. Binder-! heavy penalif.es for sujph offenses, man,; the police were informed, was! Scattered'rover ' the .country are ordered away from the property un- j sporadic efforts . to interfere with reg der guard, and raised an iron bar in I istration, but officials liere do not be- attempt : to strike Taylor. ' . ' :;v.... " ' v . 1 -V AMERICAN on IK . SUNK BY V GERMAN oUB. 4. (By Associated tPress). New York, May 29. The Am- erican schooner, Margaret B. Rouss, which left- St. Andrew's bay, v Florida, - February 4, with Pi cargo of pine lumbeor for Genoa. was sunk by a submarine Anrii "27, near the French-Italian coast, and the crew robbed ;by the.Ger- i mans, according to Captain Fred. L.- Foot, master of the schooner, V who arrived here today from 4 Captain Foot said a detachment from - the submarine boarded his vessel and took everything of value, including foodstuffs, navi- gation instruments and even the extra clothing of himself and his 4 six men. They were set adrift in,, open boats and landed at Monte Carlo by a patrol boat. The "41 schooner was sunk by bombs. t 4 PLAGES OF General Harrison Makes The Honorary Appointments For That Occasion. f - (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 29. Any differ ences between Chairman Denman, of the Shipping Board, and Major-General Goethals over construction of the great merchant fleet have been entire ly cleared away, it was stated yester day, and both officials are in agree ment for harmonious action which will result in the speedy building of ships to thwart the submarine campaign. Under present plans as previously announced probably 200 of the ships will be of wood and the others of steel. Secretary McAdoo announced yesterday that $9,000,000. has just been placed to the credit of the Shipping Board, said board and General Goeth als had not been hedp.for a second for want of money and would not be. ATTACK. (By Associated Press). Berlin, (Via London), May 29. An attack by Russian and Ru- manian troops is expected, to- day's official report says. -.- TT INTRIGUES Government Traces Armed Resistance to Draft to For eign Interferences. INTENDS TO JAIL EVERY VIOLATOR Secret Service Men Alert For Those Who Would Thwart Registration Under the Con scription Act Virginia Mountaineers in Prison , Texas Plot Was Subtle. iormea some time agu, ostensipiy iui the purpose of co-operative buying. Its members were required to take a secret oath, and, soon after the enactment of the army draft law, the official announcement says, "a strong German influence succeeded- in induc ing the organization to turn its efforts to combatting conscription, and high powered rifles were obtained to in timidate persons subject to registra tion and the officials who will be ap pointed to perform the registration." In some Western cities there are evidences of jan effort afoot to defeat the reigtrJUony $ut,. the,. Department of Justice, ijL was officially announced, is fully prepared to deal with the of- . - a i fenders under existing . -.law and the new' Espionage bill now' nearing corn- pletion in Congress, which imposesJ - y tiamunuea oor page eigut.' : :-r.,,:- '. BBS CIAIB THEM Under The Selective Draft Registration For The War Army. MEN OVER THIRTY NOT TO REGISTER Claims For Exemption to Be Passed On by Board After Registration Has Been Finished. (By Associated Presa.) Washington, May 29. Men who claim exempt!) from army draft when they register next Tuesday, will be required later to explain fully why they believe they should not be called, Provost Marshal General Crow der announced today. Public authori ties, will determine the exemption of each individual on the basis of the second and more ample explanation, not on the briefly stated reason giv en the registrar Tuesday. All men who are married or who belong to classes which may be ex empted, will not necessarily be - sub ject to exemption. Furthermore, every man between the ages of 21 and 30, inclusive, must register, regard less of his claim to exemption, un less he is a soldier, sailor or officer actually in federal military or naval service. Each man must state Iris full name, age on last birthday, street address, date and year of birth, occupation and the kind of establishment where he is employed, military experience, whether he is single or married at present; whether he has a father, mother, wife or child, brother or sis ter under 12 years of age dependent solely on him for support; whether he is a State or federal official; whether he is a native-born American or whether he or his father is natural ized or has taken first papers. TVTpn nstst 31 sVirml1 nnt trv tn rocr. ister, as they will be refused and will only confuse the system. V il l . HIM RfYARlVI OCT . - . (By Associated Presa.) -London, May 29. A Reuter's ' dis patch from an unnamed port says that all hope has been abandoned of the rescue of the missing from the sunken Spanish liner C. De Eiszaguirre. victims include 12 women and small children. The five "" AMERICA WILL SAVE THE WORLD Ambassador Morgenthau De livered Stirring Speech Be fore State College. (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, N. C, May 29. Ambassa dor Henry Morgenthau, speaking to the State College of Agriculture and Engineering graduates today de clared that the outcome of the war is in no doubt and that America will save the world for democracy. The commencement speaker was led to such observation by one of the Senior Class orators. Young McGeachey said: "God only knows what will be the outcome." Ambassador Morgen thau declared any college student ought to Iknow. The speaker was delightfully brief, taking up hardly twenty-fife minutes. His address was not wholly a recita tion of the war, but he gave decided ly interesting incidents from it Ger many had enticed the Turks by do nating two big ships after England had declined to keep two built for the government. "I never p doubted after that how Turkey would go," he said. He did not think the arm moved with spirit. Directing the message to the class, he said Hen ' millions of American soldiers will save democ racy for the world and that the ninety 'millions at home may do as good work. . . The senior contest was won by W. K. Scott, who spoke on "Government Ownership of Railroads," and the Na tional Cotton Manuf acturers' by M. A. Stough. medal, .r-..'..vci,,v, . .-::.7J - n BRITISH HOSPITAL SUNK. SHIP (By Associated Press.) London, May 29. The British hospital ship, Dover Castie, has been torpedoed and sunk, it was fr announced officially. 5fr The British armed merchant cruiser Hilarty also has been tor- pedoed and sunk, and a British destroyer has been sunk after a collision. ROADS SUFFER A HEAVY LOSS While Receipts Show Big Gain, Yet Comparison Shows Fall Off. (By Associated Press.' Chicago, May 29. Despite the fact that American railroads showed a gain of $79,000,000 in trafllc in the first quarter of 1917, they suffered a loss of $26,000,000 in profits in comparison with the same period of a year ago, according to reports to the bureau of 'railway. -news -and statistics made pub lic, today. . . . , report says, were forced to spend $104,791,000 more in operaUng ex-j penses and taxes to handle $79,000,000 more traffic during the first quarter of 1917 in comparison with the same months of 1916. Net oneratine income remaining after, taxes, in spite of the addition to gross revenues, fell $25, - '801,000 under a year ago. The figures I given by the bureau apply to all rail-1 rnaHa in tht TTnitd StAtfts with a i mileage of over 260,000 miles, as based on a report of the Interstate Commerce Commission for a partial mileage of 230,973 miles on the larger railroads of the country. The "increased expenses are due to higher taxes, increased cost of ma- terials and higher wages. I To do $100 in gross business the , eastern railwayis in the first three months of this year spent in excess ! $79.51, against $70.78 a year ago; southern roads spent $66.86 against $65.92 in 1916 and western roads spent 1 ITS BITTERLY GREEK DIPLOMAT TURNS Against kaiser THE HUNGARIAN OPPOSITION WINS Emperor Charles Appoints Andrassy Premier, Vice Tisza, Forced Out. (By Associated Press.) Zurich, Switzerland, May 29 Via London (British Admiralty, Per Wire less). An official telegram from Budapest says that Emperor Charles has appointed Count Julius Andrassy premier of Hungary. There has been a vacancy in the Hungarian premiership since May 23,', when Count Stephen Tisza, Austria Hungary's "Iron Man," and leader of the pro-German party in the mon archy, resigned his post. Differences with the throne over franchise reform measures were assigned as a reason for the resimiftUon. Count Tisza's Dro- posals were understood to be narrow-; er in scope than those which the monarch favored. i Count Andrassy, a former premier and long one of the most prominent leaders of the opposition to Count Tisza's ministry, is recognized as a liberal of the advanced type. With Count Apponyi and . other opposition leaders he participated in an agree ment early in the war not to antag-t onize the government's foreign poli cies, but last August the truce was broken and the opposition has since been an active force in Hungarian polities', with differences regarding "do- mesne policies accentuated. - . .v.; - - 1 : Fifty Lives Now Known td Have Been ! .ost and Over Two Hundred Injured. FUNERALS ARE BEING HELD TODAY 1 i Communication With Devas.' tated Sections Being Grad ually Restored and Appeals For Aid Being Heard -Sev enteen Known Dead in Ten ! nessee. '1 (By Associated Press.) Birmingham, Ala, ; May 29. TheJ death toll from Sunday night's storm, continues to mount as more detailed; reports come in from the various 'bounties and as injured succumb at local hospitals and infirmaries. . 1 Fifty lives are now known to have I above 206, of which half a dozen or more perhaps are rataiiy injured. More conservative estimates today, after receipt of first hand information which came with the restoration of. communication to the storm-swept ,ter; ritory, placed the property loss at about $350,000. This does not include.: loss of time at four active coal mines f the district, which will be shut down for from one week to a fortnight at least. Funerals are being conducted today; in various parts of the district. ' Mrs. W. M. Herman, of Carbon Hill, and : H. ZJoflyof i Sayre, dtea href . . A T n a n 1 liAN.tnln am m n M a. 1 .fl :"ftt; 1H".7 " lwuk-7 injuries In the storm. Today s figures show: , ?a or Bradford 20 38 Village Springs 1 35 , Sayre 11 25 CarDn Hill 6 22 ; Tuscaloosa county ...... 5 18 New Hope, Madison Co. .6 30 r; 1 Majestic 28 . Sylacauga 1 10 I ..., Total 50 206 . Communication with the devastated I sections is gradually being restored, J and with it comes word of distress and. suffering at several , places, and ap- peals for aid. Keports from camonf Hill are that about 1,000 people at that 1 piace aione are nomeiess ana nnaucini , assistance is badly needed in addition to food and clothing, Victims of the storm living in the! , (Continued on Page Three). First Secretary 'of Legation ii Washington Quits His Job J and Tells .Why. . , LEAVES SIDE OF KING FOR VENIZELOS ' Duty of Every Humane and Honest Man to Arraign Himself on Side of Anerica; He Declare King Con, stantine Allied With "Bari barity and Infamy." ; ( (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 29. S. X. Con stantinidi, first secretary of the", Greek legation here today, presented! his papers of resignation to the State Department and announced his alle giance to the forces of Venizelos. His! action, because of his long connection with the Greek foreign office, gave!) the diplomatic corps a shock. He declared he had been discom- tented with, being - connected with- King Constantino's government ever since tne unitea states aeciarea war,. As I see It," he aicx, "it is thf duty of every humane and honest map to arraign himself, .on the side of America and the .Entente. The whole terrible situation naa narrowed, down to a simple question of humanity and civilization against German barbarity and bestiality of a type almost be yond human belief. When a nation of people calling themselves civilized hu man beings begin to sink hospital lieve they are connected. The Texas; case, in .which the German ' Influence is clearly established, and - the arrest ' (Continued on 'page, eight) ; ft . ..,-, r..