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YOUR f ' '-v- .v..- WEATHER FOltECASTi North and South Carolina Partly overcast tonight; Saturday probably showers. . FU LL LEAS ED WIRE SER VICE MxEDITIdfJ VOL. XXIII. NO. 133; Several Arrests Made on Charges of Conspiracy Against Government OFFICERS MAKE RAID ON PRINTING OFFICE Much Treasonable Literature Secured Other Arrests Ex pected to Follow College Students Under Arrest on Charges of Treason. (By Associated Press.)1 Columbus, Ohio, June 1. More ar rests were looked for today by State and Federal officials in connection with the well organized and well finan ced anti-conscription propaganda plof. uncovered here yesterday. As the result of a raid by Federal, State and city authorities on a High street print shop yesterday three men are under arrest here today charged with treason. When arraigned yester day before United States Commission er Johnson each denied guilt and each was held under $25,000 bond. Those under arrest here are Harry E. Towns ley, Ammon A. Hennacy, and Cecil Bailey. V In connection with the alleged plot, John Willis Hammond is under arrest in Marietta, charged with having dis tributed anti-conscription literature there. - ;. '"'.r According to the authorities Colum bus has been the nerve center of the anti-conscription plot. They charge that thousands of posters and stickers urging young men of military age not to register next Tuesda'y, have been printed and distributed from here. The authorities say that Hennacy, a former student at the Ohio State university, has admitted to them that he wrote a portion of the anti-conscription lit erature. Yesterday's arrests according to United States District Attorney Stuart R. Bolin. followed an investigation of three months. College Students Under Arrest. New York, June 1. Miss Eleanor Wilson Parker, a senior at Barnard college, Owen Cattell, a Columbia uni versity senior, and Charles Francis Phillips, a former student at Columbia, who were arrested yesterday, charged with conspiring to violate the selective conscription law, were to be arraigned before United States Commissioner ttitcbcock today for a preliminary J "uag. me three were at noerty under $1,500 bond each following their arrests yesterday. The students under arrest are mem bers of an organization known as the Collegiate Anti-Militarist League" and 't was for the alleged attempt' to cir culate a document said to have been authorized by the league, that they were taken into custody by Federal nLents yesterday. The document, 2, m copies of which had been Ordered Printed, was on the presses when the arrests were made. The final proofs afe in the possession of the United states district attorney's office. A B. Samuels, attorney for Phll "Ps and Miss Parker, said the three "udents probably were led by older Persons. Edwin E. Parker, of Asbury harf. N. j., Miss Parker's father, was even more emphatic in expressing his e'ief that his daughter had been Misled. The seizure of the three students as the first local movement of a pro posed general round-up of avowed anti "aft workers whose zeal for pacifism may lead them to break the law. ANOTHER BIG LOAN MADE TO ITALY u,. . . (By Associated Press.) kvastiington, June 1. Formal con- renf-pe k ... Ti i s , "ciwcen me Italian unoi-u M American officials today reached stage where it. seemed probable h at anotbef loan of $100,000,000 would 2 made to Italy for June, and that in pending this sum in the United States -uasiug agency oL-all allied na S: Within the next few days the hp. Italian Purchasing commission is likely to spend the remaining maiQCu of theJrst $100,000,v00 loan m?e by the United States. , mm. . Italian mission has ' only two "re days here before leaving Monday a ten-day tour of the United States. v fte.readln9 this paper on the train th? kW- flnd that soldiers guarding ciat Jdge aong'the line will appre- hing agency ol-all allied na Within the next few days the amwm iM f THE FRENCH FRONT' AGAIN THE SCENE OF GREAT ACTIVITY Evidence of Preparation For New Movement Against The Enemy ADDITIONAL GAINS ON BRITISH FRONT German Post Captured Dis- orders in Barcelona Em- phasized Gravity of Sit uation in Sprain. Dispatches from the French front in France today indicate a renewal of the offensive against the Germans there as soon as the moment is considered ripe for an attack. The French are in more advantageous positions now than when they began their offensive in April and are still further improv ing their dispositions from time to time in local, thrusts.- One of these minor but collect! velyj last night when a German post -in. we Chevreux district near Craonne was captured. f The Barbara carried a crew of 11 The British on their front to the men in command of Captain F. L. north are fegain reporting gains after Laury. Other Americans on board a period in which opera-J. Johnsonond arris- tions were attempted. The advance cagQ . Harry stone steward, Colorado ; was scored in the region of Cherisy, i Mrs . D. E. Laury, assistant naviga between Croiselles and the Arras-tor; Thomas Stoker, first mate. Cambrai road. In one of their big I attacks during the height of the Arras battle British troops were reported j as having reached Cherisy, but were not able to hold it. They now have pushed forward again a little to the west. The gravity of the situation in Spain is emphasized again today by the news of disorders in Barcelonia in which the troops participated. ; Vandalism in Goldsboro Cit izen Attacked By Vicious Dog. ( Special to The Dispatch.) ' Goldsboro, N. C, June 1. Some mischievous person or persons at tempted and succeeded in badly dam aging the property and outside ap pearance of the Goldsboro High School building in this city some time Wedneslay night or early 'yesterday- morning. The structure, which is one of the handsomest high school buildings in the State, was recently built and cost several thousand dollars . The wallS were ruined with dark, smutty paint, and a force of workmen were busily engaged all day yesterday in an effort to remove the paint, but this proved of no avail, as it was impossible to get it off. , For the oast term, when a new corps of teachers took charge, there has been quite a rricuon oeiween iae latter and the student body of the local high school, and as school rinsed for the holidays yesterday it is the opinion of many citizens that the act was committed by several of the male students of the school. It has been officially reported that a reward of $25 has been offered for the arrest and delivery of the guilty parties. - Emmett R. Brown, a newspaper man of this city, had a narrow escape Thursday while on his way to dinner when he was attacked by a large greyhound belonging to a vaudeville show now playing in this city. The dog sprang at- his throat, but Mrfc Brown succeeded in avoiding the at tack, and when the enraged animal made a second attempt to bite him he succeeded in securing a firm hold upon the dog's neck and held him pinned to the earth until help ar rived in the person of the owner. QP.HIU1I PROPERTY UUIIUUL I I1UI 1.11 I I BADLY DAMAGED WILMINGTON, NORTH GERMAN U-BOAT GETS IN ITS WORK Three Vessejs Reported Sunk by Them in Last Ten Days ONE LIFE LOST AMONG THE CREWS Germans Loot One of The Ships Before Sinking it Vessels Given No Warning. (By Associated Press.) London, May 31 (Delayed). The American sailing ship Dirigo has been sunk by a German submarine. The crew has been landed with the excep tion of John Ray, third mate, who was drowned, when the. small boats were being launched. The boat was at tacked without warning. The Dirigo' was attacked at 7 o'clock in the morning.- The weather was fine, although hazy. The men were rescued before 9 o'clock. Joseph G. Stephens, American consul at Plym outh, is caring for the survivors. A statement issued by the British admiralty says that the Pirigo was attacked by gun fire by a German, submarine which gave no warning. The vessel was subsequently sunk by bombs after it had been ransacked by the drew of the submarine. The sinking occurred May 31 and the crew was landed at Plymouth. The American sailing ship, Frances M., was attacked by gun fire on the morning of May 18, according to a re port from Cadiz, given out today by the Admiralty. All -the members of the crew are at Cadiz. The admiralty reports that the American sailing vessel, Barbara, was attacked by gun fire of a German sub marine at 7 o'clock on the morning of May 24. All the members of the crew were landed at Gibraltar. The American schooner Barbara, owned by the Foreign and Domestic Trading Company, of Boston, was last reported on sailing March 20 from Port Arthur, Texas, for Spezia, Italy, with a cargo of case oil. The Barbara was , built . at jghelsear Mass,,, inf ipo and was;4869 toB:ted 83 qd gross. Prior to the war she was en gaged in coastwise traffic between North Atlantic and Gulf ports. ESPIONAGE BILL House Conferees Instructed to Strike Out Censorship Pro vision of The Bill. (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 1. The adminis tration Espionage bill with its news paper censorship clause again today was in the hands of the joint confer ence committee with instructions from the House to eliminate the censorship proposal. . The bill came back to the conferees for J the second time as a result of ths House's refusal yesterday to accept even the conference committee's mod ified censorship provision. A motion tt) recommit the bill with Instructions to strip it of its censorship feature was adopted by the House by a vote of 184 to 144. Thirty-seven Demo crats voted with Republicans for the nlotion, while 11 Republicans voted against it. ' There were strong indications to tiay that the conferees would shortly report the bill to their respective jjouses with the censorship feature Eliminated, and that the bill then will be finally accepted. CIVIL COMMISSION ON HOSPITAL SHIP (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 1. A civilian commission composed of Dr. Abraham Plexner, of the Rockefeller Institute, Dr. -.William H. Welch, of Baltimore, and Nathan Strauss, of. New York, will Inspect the naval hospital ship Solace, and other naval vessels, at the request of Secretary Daniels and to form their own conclusion as to the navy's meth od of handling sick sailors. 5 Secretary Daniels said today he had determined upon this course so a com plete study might be made of the whole problem of medical and sanitary precautions for the naval service. JOINT MEMORIAL i BY BLUE AND GRAY ' "v (By Associated Pross.) Mobile, Ala., June 1. Veterans of the G- A. R. and Confederacy will unite with the Daughters of the Con federacy here this afternoon in Cele brating the anniversary of Jefferson Davli. N GONFERENGE I CAROLINA, FRID AY AFTERNOON, JUNE 1 ; 1917. Warning Proclamation Washington, June K -President Wilson, in a procla mation issued today, warns all persons seeking to avoid registration by leaving the country '- that they expose themselves to prosecution and military service event ually in spite of their efforts to avoid it. The President's proclamation says: - "I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the Unitedgtates of America, do hereby give warning that all persons sub ject to registration . who withdraw from the jurisdiction of the United States for the purpose of evading sard registration expose themselves upon their return to the jurisdiction of the United States, to prose cution for such evasion of registration, pursuant to Sec tion 5 of the Act of Congress, approved May 18, 1917, which enacts that any persons who shall wilfully fail or refuse to present himself for registration or to submit thereto, as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misde meanor and JshaU, upon conviction in a district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, be punish ed by imprisbntnent for not more than one year and shall thereupon be; (July registered. " II NAVAL BATTLE Predicted by The German Press Anniversary of The Skaggerak. (By Associated Press.) Copenhagen, June 1. (Via London) The German newspapers are all printing anniversary articles on the naval battle on the Skaggerak, the im pression being quite generally express ed that a new battle between the Brit ish and the German fleets is a possibil ity of the near future. German naval writers for sometime have been discussing the prospect of' the British fleet once more trying con- nl,.n n ....'il. A rln-jnl CI 1 mada. Many of the wnters have been governed by the "prevalent German skeptics admirali ty, but denied; by the British and without comment omit ships dike the Tiger the War Spite Tand the Marl borough from their calculations of Brit ish losses. The German admirality although retaining the names of the Tiger and a. battleship of the Queen Elizabeth class, namely the War Spite, on its table of losses, modestly brack ets them with the comment "denied by British admirality." The anniversary articles are also in tended to arouse enthusiasm for the national submarine subscription in aid of families of German sailors in sub marine warfare. AMBULANCE FOR WAR INSTEAETOF FIREWORKS (By United Press.) I Chicago, June 1. There will be no f ounn or Juiy ceieDration in Kiver side, a suburb, this year, but instead France will have another ambulance Men and women of the Riverside As sociation met last night for the pur pose of discussing plans for the an nual independence program, but the subject "was not even mentioned." When the meeting was called to orj der a proposal was. made to send an ambulance to the front and it was adopted unanimously. The necessary funds also were subscribed. I ON TRIAL FOR LIFE. Mrs. Rena Mooney, wife of Thomas Mooney, already sentenced to death for the, bomb murder on Preparedness Dav in San Francisco, is herself on trial today charged with complicity in IN NEAR FUTORE Jj I ft f J I 8 jj trial toaav cnargeu wiui juuiuimiy wcic uut jcoiciua, a. wv . . . the crime Mrs Mooney is the only faction for their demands and will re- 13 persons, three of whonvare In hos ine crime. """""f "...-K r.i,iHW the 'nitals. Physicians say alt of the in- woman am one tne nine UemilUaUM chareed with the death of the nine persons, killed; when a bomb was thrown Into'thepreparedness parade. by President Wilson . TO PAY RANSOM FOB STOLEN CHM The Father Spends Night On Road With Money Await ing Kidnappers., (By Associated Press.) Springfield, Mo., June 1. J. Holland Keet returned home today after a fruitless night's drive in an automobile oyer the hills of Green county, pre sumably carrying ransom money said to have been demanded by the cap tors of. his small son, Lloyd. Despite Keet's request that no one bIleg are to nave trailed the Kefit , Thpir nfiRfinnn thnntrht I : T O"- to have prevented negotiations be tween the' kidnappers and the boy's lathes.. . ;....; .. .. -. banker, was- stolen Wednesday night while his parents were attending a dance at the Sprinfield Country club. Keet. the next dav. received a note. telling how he would redeem his j child WAR MEASURES BY BRAZIL'S CONGRESS (By Associated Press.) Rio Janeiro, June 1. A political movement of considerable strength is on foot to bring about reorganization of the army. Mario Hermes ' has moved in Chamber of Deputies that representatives of the war ministry appear before the chamber in secret session to discuss the question and the the voting of credits for military! purposes. - Another measure has been intro- duced under which the government would be authorized to increase the strength of the army by voluntary enlistments and providing also for the creation of a parliamentary commit tee of national defense. GERMAN'S ORDERS TO AMERICAN SKIPPER (By Associated Press.) Pensacola, Fla., June 1. After rob bing Captain John Van Namee and scrooner Woodward Abraham, six! hundred miles fromLiverpool on April ordered the skipper not to return fo the barred zone. These disclosures are made in a letter to a Pensacola' friend from MichaeLfT. O'Brien, wao ghipped as an able teaman on the Woodward Abraham. GERMANY READY TO NEGOTIATE (By Associated Press.) Copenhagen, June 1 (Via London). From an article in the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin, it-appears that Ger many has reconciled herself to the loss of Kiao Chow, her former Chi nese possession and the South Sea island colonies, which were cap tured by Japan. Commenting ott ru mors regarding difficulties between Japan and Russia, the newspaper de clares Germany undoubtedly is ready to cede the lease of Kiao .Chow in negotiations with Japan in return for repayment of the millions spent in making it a German base in the East, and also is willing to discuss the fuf ture" disposition of the South Sea colo nies. PARIS STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK CBy Associated PTdsi.) Paris, June 1 . The strike movement in Paris is now on the wane. Of forty odd classes, of working people that were out yesterday, 21 obtained satis- luru lu nuia luuaj, wcbc iuwu.u0 - . most important lines affected. Only strike 12 new trades joined in the movement. PORT OF Il'J YORK C10SED AWHILE THIS HJOON No Outward Bound Ships Al lowed to Leave The Harbor. STEEL NET PLACED ACROSS ENTRANCE Prohibition Removed Later No Reason Given By Offi cials For The Temporary Closing. i l NEW YORK HARBOR RE. 1 OPENED. (By Associated Press). rea- and 4 to 1 New York, June 1. For sons which navy yard 4 customs officials refused :. reveal, -the port of New York was for a good part ot the forenoon closed today to all shipping and 4 the passage of vessels in or out .it -was physically barred by the shutting of the gate in steel net re-opened at 12:20 o'clock. , New York, June 1. The port of New York was closed at daylight to day to outgoing" vessels, not even fishing boats ot barges being per mitted to pass out the narrows. Ar-t riving steamships were permitted to enter. The cause of the closing of the port was not made known. Shortly after the order prohibiting vessels from leaving the harbor be came known preparations were made to close the gate in the net that stretches across the mouth of the harbor. The gate has not been closed in the day time since it was placed in position soon after diplomatic rela tions with Germany were severed. Both navy yard and customs officials refused information as to the reason for the move. CARGO WHEAT SEIZED BY SPANISH OFFICIALS rf-4 i i in l in i lm - Bilboa, Spain, (Via Paris); June 1 According to news received from Madrid, the Government has ordered i the seizure of a cargo of Argentine 'wheat on Doard tne steamer jtosario, i wnich amvea nere weanesaay. ine cargo was consigned to Switzerland by way of Cette. The Spanish cabinet, the advices state, maintains that it is entitled to take over the wheat to meet the needs I'of Spain. TEXAS TOWN SWEPT BY TORNADO (By Associated Press.) Gainesville, Texas, June 1. Lindsey, ! a small town, six miles east of this jdty, is reported to nave Deen oaoiy damaged by a tornado which struck I there last night. Communication with Linsey, a place of about 150 persons, was cut off. Many Senators Prepared to Fieht The Bill When Put Before Senate. (Special to The Dispatch.) Washington, June 1. Since the gen eral outlines' of the re-draft of the War Revenue bill have been deter mined by the Senate Finance commit tee, many Senators today began to plan fights to be made on the meas ure when it reaches the floor of the Senate, about the middle of next week. Some seek to restore the House increases of surtaxes on in comes of more than $40,000, and the House inheritance taxes. Others are hostile to excise taxes put in the bill by. the committee, particularly taxes on coffee, sugar, tea and cocoa. The committee late yesterday agreed upon a reduction from 10 to 5 per cent, of taxes on railroad, steam ship and Pullman car transportation. A provision for taxing express and parcel post packages one cent on each 25 cents paid for transmission also was Incorporated. The committee will consider taxes on newspapers and magazines in con ference with publishers and post office eff icials tomorrov night. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION WRECKS BUILDING (By Associated Press.) Cleveland. Ohio, June l.-r-A terrlffic explosion of dynamite early this morn- : ing in a name building at 1924 Woodland avenue aemousnea uie u,"lul8ua '" - .. lt jUXea Will recover, route arts niveau- gating on the theory that the blast jw9J the result of a dynamite plot. MUCH OPPOSITION TO WAD TAX BILL PRICE FIVE CENT34 FREIGHT QUEST! BEFORE THE SITE Railroads Asking For a Fifteerf Per Cent Increase In " 'v Rates. 1'; BUILDING COMMISSION ? HOLD MEETING Important Business Transact ed State Council of Dc J fense Commissioner J Graham's Report (Sreclal to The DisDatch.1 Raleigh, N. C, June 1. The biggest railroad delegation that Raleigh has entertained since the great days ; of 1907 and 1913 besieged the Corpora tion Commission today with figures, memorials and petitions for an In crease of intrastate freight ratea. amounting to 15 per cent. The carriers are having their day, without opposition, but the commis-i r 1 sion has set June 6 for the reception of the protestants, many of whom are unwilling to see an increase of freight tariffs now or later. The carriers were able to put up the best argument yet made. They relied on figures which show such an abnormal increase: in the cost of operation. They are not pretending that they have not had business, but the impotency of the dolt lar was never so notorious as now; They are not asking any changes in the passenger rates. They are pret senting figures to support a content tion that even the 15 per cent, will fall far short of meeting the increased cost of operation and leave a great dot ' flcit which must be made tip otherwise'' The North Carolina Building Com mission, minus Prof. John J. Blair, of the Wilmington schools, in meeting . yesterday met the builders .of State institutions and went over their worlc with them. ' The commission approved .the fire protection heretofore ordered for the Normal at Greensboro and , accepted f, the heating and water plant and re pale of .thrUtaTeUr--Tlierftpair for: tlie East-Carolina-Training School-. - at Greenvtue, were approved as wera the plans for tne new dairy building, at Stonewall Jackson Training School concord. ine commission conunueq lis con siaerauon oi ine propose a pians ior the. Blind Institute at Raleigh and lelt this for the next meeting, The State Council of Defense today elected Dr. D. H. Hill, former presl- . dent of the A . & E . college, president of the North Carolina council. - The council appointed by Governor Bickett a few days ago is composed , of George W. Watts, Durham; C. V Taylor, Greensboro; Joseph Hyde i Pratt, Chapel Hill; James Spruht, Wil- mington; ex-Congressman R. N. Page,' Biscoe; J. Bryan Grimes, secretary ot state; Dr. D. H. Hill; Fred Seeley, -Ashevllle, and W. S. Lee, Charlotte. Governor Bickett and Adjutant Gener al Royster are ex officio members. The ' primary purpose of this council is to co-ordinate the resources of the State' to be used by the National Government , when call is made. . , Secretary Daniels of the Navy writ ing to State Treasurer B. R. Lacy, ad vises college boys against the aban donment of their college studies until . after they have passed 21. " Commissioner W. A. Graham, of the Department of Agriculture, yesterday? " made his annual report to the Board of Agriculture, which is in session, now, chief among. his recommenda-, tions being the establishment of a di vision of soil investigation. Major Graham makes public what newspaper men have been forced to . carry in confldence-the great lime . stone find in eastern Tennessee and leased to the State for ten years. The , Tennessee Iron and Coal Company, on the Southern Railway, 61 miles west: of Asheville, has leased 213 acres opC -which Major Graham says are million" " of tons of limestone. ' ', -y MEXICAN BANDIT i f PAYS DEATH PENALTY ' it-. (BWJj paivpossy n) Juarez, Mexico, June 1. Elutarlo Soto, formerly a major In the Villa army, was executed here yesterday 4 after conviction by courtmartlal o . the charge of buying ammunition for -the rebels. He rode to the execution" ' place In aff open automobile, gaily re -, '' ' sponding to greetings along the way.. . He gave the command to shoot to the firing squad. ? AMERICAN MARITIME 1 RECORDS BROKEN (By Associated PresU i :! 1 New York. June 1 May .stands a ( a record month in the expansion of American Maritime Interests, accord-, , ing to statistics made public here to- l day covering amounts of' authorized -y capital stock of new shipping and shipbuilding corporations organized The aggregate capltal'issued in May was $47,490,000, of which nearly $43.-' 000,000 ' was for shipbuilding' alone. The larger figure represents - nearly, twenty times as much capital Mode as was authorized In January and la a gam oi neariy w yer vcuu April's totaL vV. -si a i .V 1 I ; ; "t i 3' '
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