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c Jf.yiZfcgii .H-&"C&V. RATHER FORECAST. V North Carolina Fair tonight, warmer in extreme southeast: South Carolina Fair tonight and Tuesday FULL LEASE D W IRE SERVICE VOL. XXIII- NO. 136. WILMINGTON; NORTH CAROLINA; MO NDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 4, i 91 7. PRICE FIVE CENTS mm mm mn imw it! fer-1 yy juuiju aw-vv mm 2 -- k M 3 ' " ' ' l!' 1 f?"l f (l f1"1- cMrt) a MianiM cftkaa. (3) aa aliaa.(4.)ar im Mmhw rA Jjj II LI I jj iy wfckh)T ... Annnnnced Over Thousand More Will Be Re quired at First Draft UNITED STATES WANTS MUCH GREATER ARMY Had First Planned to Call But Half MiHion Training Camps to Be Kept Going Continuously All Men Will Be in Camp By Sep tember 1st. (By Associated PresaJ Washington, June 4. Plans of the War Department to draft from 909,000 to 1,500,000 men of the 10000,000 who, it is estimated, will register tomorrow for the new army, were disclosed to day by Provost Marshal General Crowder to the Senate Military Affairs committee. Exemptions, he said, prob ably would result in reducing the num ber to 625,000 men for immediate serv ice. While the War Department had originally planned to first select 500, OuO men, General Crowder told the committee the plans have been re vised and it now is proposed to re quire 625,000. General Crowder said the addi tional 125,00-0 will be needed to fill tip vacancies in the army of 500,000 and to keep training camps in con tinuous operation. CasualJ;iejBA fromj ioreign service, ne Denevea, siCKness, etc., makes necessary a reserve of 125,000 men. Hundred! . . The provost marshal general said to register. The registration offices the government does not contemplate wI11 De tne voting places used at the any class exemptions, but that all willilast election, with a few exceptions, be personal. The men drafted prob- Many business houses, the stock ex ably will he in training camps by , change, the corn, produce, and coffee September 1, General Crowder said. exchanges will be closed tomorrow. AGAINST INCREASING NEWSPAPER POSTAGE . neighborhood will address these meet- (By Associated Press,) jings. Many of the speakers will be Washington, June 4. After several 'men of German birth or descent, hours' discussion of how newspapers, ! Twenty-five prominent women of the magazines and other publications" shall National League for Woman's Service be taxed for war purposes the Senate will also speak from street corners this Finance committee today adopted a evening. tesolution against increasing "second Enforcing the Law. class postage rates and in favor of; Washington, June 4. Activities of levying a direct flat 2 per cent, upon the Department of Justice haye been advertising receipts. The decision concentrated upon the enforcement of flas tentative, but is expected to be the conscription law. Attorney Gen final Jeral Gregory issued a statement to Only one member of the committee this effect today, voted against the resolution. Chair ! A11 other matters for the present, he man Simmons announced that the vote said will he subordinated to the en was merely to gahv a concrete expres- forcement of the Conscription Act. sion of committee sentiment and to,Wnerever necessary the assistance of that extent was tentative, and is open i Federal, State and local officials . will t0 further reconsideration Other be sought. Officers and agents of the Senators, however, stated that with department throughout the country such an overwhelming vnto it h-.have been instructed? accordingly. mat the 2 per cent, advertising ax would be finally adopted. Revenue 01 Wa.000,000 is estimated. c - I the VnSL ine r .'als hnt nnct. ' Poned a rW ' newmwnoJ pon m?yne hosp annLf , puD1?cf uons less' th.n o nVertlsmg receiPts are. 'BLOW POST" LAW OF GEORGIA FALLS IXl-r. A . . . Vach; ASSciated Press.) "RW ' JuutJ ine ueorgia ... " ost- law UVes tn M. T .'' YH"6 y- tieir snr;v lleir wnistIe! .and cb.ec.K crossing, uuu .Tnnrnflpninor nun in was today annulled as un-t LU.nstitutional hv innal k.. ii t a i In a tl,V . y lutJ BUPreme v;oiuri. on test onif v, - i t i den? ; . lue1 inat tne. Iaw our-1 PAll , T 1 . . - . 1 from p ate commerce, appealing as a 7e10rgia decision sustaining it power" State exercise of "police Pitnef J"stice White and Justices y and Brandeis dissented. Tf-IEVEJRAILWAY HEIGHT CONGESTION I rashin(AssoJ'iated Press.) Wlwav n' June 4 To relieve ftiink.w... i5IU congestion, th6 ad )nsidering suspending 111 IT tl Nation iT Provisions of the nav sels n a'S which forbid foreign .ves Thi '..ncan coastwise trade. O HI la in . . - " of car? , ove thousands of tons . coaf. alonSthe Atlantic and Gulf . A'J Willi 1 s-t . - I Aierica7" neid UP fey releasing Atlanti! n4.castw4se vessels for trans- n j-x , . . Sec uaae- quest7ontat17i?edfield wil1 Present the borrow PrJrsident Wilson probably g0vernmP'r,tc B"tish and Canadian Cotlsent t n 11 is understood, will i - u6emeiiu MM PUBS I Willi I bllllU tU. . ImW. mW. , cUU wUr U. ik. w hntW m4. It. mM) IiihIiM .(.It I TO MAKE THE DAY 10 m.....: ...-..- njirnfifiDADi r nmr u - IVILIVIUIInULL UllL . , -ajga 1 9 I P clait MinHiiH Many Business Places and Ex changes Will Be Closed Tomorrow TWENTY EIGHT MASS MEETINGS TONIGHT Prominent Women Will Speak In Behalf of The Country -i Attorney General Issues Statement (By Associated Press.) New York, June 4. Members of the patriotic societies, city, county and State Federal officials had completed plans today o bring home to every man eligible for military registration tomorrow the meaning of the conscrip tion law, so that none will be able to plead ignorance of its . provisions or that he did not know how or where to register. Places of registration today were be ing placarded in great letters and 10, 000 policemen besides the . jnembers of tnernome defense league', andf thous ands of volunteers-will be stationed (throughout the city to tell men where Tonignt Z8 patriotic mass meetings and many rallies in churches will be held to urge strict observance of the law. Speakers well known in their 'Committing magistrates will be asked to fix bail as high as may be . practicable in each case. Higher bail! will be asked in the cases of individu-' als who have artvisfid or niripri nthpr who have advised - . . 1 persons to evade tne law or wno nave interfered with the registration officers in the proper performance of their duties than will be asked in the case Ul lUUlVlUUals wuu JXtciGijr tail iu icg'.aucau; 6ui"6 t3 ojwu ci ister." GOV. ASKS SALOONS TOPI ACC THMADDAU . UJLAdE. lUmwiVlWVY (By Associatea rresw.i i cosiun, Mass., J ulie t.-uuveuiui- June 4. Governor McCall in a statement today urged all err a wai-mm thin wtntn rr n noa their saloons tomorrow, draft day, as. . .. election days, AS WAR MEASURE Approved in Decision of Fed eral Supreme Court in Case From Alabama i (Bv Associated Press.) , Washington, June 4. Reduction of, train service as a war economy was approved toaay Dy tne supreme jourc. It annuled orders of the Mississippi - - - t-m . Jl" Railroad Commission, which would have required the Mobile & Ohio rail road to restore six passenger trains. The railroad contended successfully that some of the trains were in inter state commerce and that the State nnmrnkalnn wast nowerless to renuire REDUCINb v " a. their continuance. Questions To Be A nswered Tomorrow v v -y. ; J I 7 What u yMt kihH - haia, awaati, m aScat . ...... .... ' I 1 Iram 4nH (Mr gt oaajy . , - 1 I tffina that I Hacva vwrifiad abov answara nd that thay ttf tnM. Jw :yvS. """""" ' ' '"(jjVr"aaV ' , Here is a fac simile of the registration blank which every man between the ages of twenty-one and thirty must fill out on June 5, when the registra tion for the conscript army draft takes place. MISSION FROM ll. S., HEADED BY ROOT, RE A CHES R US SI A (By Associated Press.) A Russian Port, Sunday, June 2. (Via Tokip, June 3). The American commission to Russia, headed by Elihu Root, which arrived here safely this morning, left ori a special train tiis afternoon, bound, for Retrograd,. after calling ba jf f icials here. TfTeRodf party prpBably will reach the Russian capital June 11. The American Railroad Commission, headed by John F. Stevens, formerly chief engineer of the Panama Canal Com mission, has completed the inspection of this Russian port and left for Petrograd this morning on a special train. It is ! expected the commission will U-BOATS ATTACK AMERICAN LINER Two Torpedoes Miss Aim Two Others Strike Glanc ing Blows (By Associated Press.) . New York, June 4. Two German submarines made a concerted attack on the American Line steamship Kroonland on her last voyag from this port, firing four torpedoes, two of which hit the liner glancing blows, but did not explode, according to a Teport brought here , yesterday by an American who said he was told of the attack by an officer on the ship. The liner was nearing the British coast, the American was informed, when two tomedoes. fired from oddo- . . . - . . - sue siaes 01 me vessel irom suDmerg- ed U-boats, were seen. Both torpe- does missed the bow of the ship by less than 20 feet. The Kroonland was navigating officer on the bridge gave orders to zig-zag. Quickly two more torpedoes were 1 ' 1 3 3 . lj A XI 2M A At. launcneu. mis ume me aim oi. me ifippmans was better, for the mfssiles actually touched the sides of the line, - .x th( hlnws were not su fltaiant.lv di- . ; '4 . . ho pnntort Hotnnntnr, tdoes. " " The naval gunners on the Kroon- iand opened nre ai me unseen targets, sending explosive shells into the wa ter at the point where it was judged the submarines were when the tor pedoes were launched, but so far as known no hits were recorded. NEW TEN DOLLAR COUNTERFEIT OUT (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 4. Discovery of a new counterfeit $10 gold certificate of the 1907 series was announced to day by the secret service. It is not as finely executed as the genuine note, hut is likely to prove very deceptive, it was stated. NORWAY'S VICTIMS TO SUBMARINES (Special to The Dispatch.) London, June 4. According td in formation received by the Norwegian legation .here, 49 Norwegian steam ships .with a gross tonnage of 75,397 were sunk in May. Twenty five lives were lost. arrived in Petrograd June 1 7. ! AMERICAN SCHOONER LOOTED BY MEXICANS (By Associated Press.) Galveston, Texas, June 4. The American fishing schooner, Areas, was boarded by the crew of a Mexican gunboat off the coast of Tehauntepec, Mexico, on the high seas on May 31, and looted of clothing, fishing gear, and medicine chest, according to in formation brought here today by Cap-1 tain S. A. McDonald, of the Areas. ' HOSTS IN GREY NOW HAPPIL Y STORMING NATION'S CAPITAL PEOPLE'S REVOLT A Chemistry Student the Leader and Virtually the Dictator (By Associated Press.) Petrograd, June 2 (Via London, June 4). "Kronstadt will be de clared morally boycotted, outlawed and cut off from the1 rest of the em pire unless it immediately withdraws its defiance to the provisional govern ment." ' This statement was made to the Associated Press today by Minis ter of Justice Peereveizeff, who re cently conducted negotiations with lo cal extremists on behalf of the Petro grad government and narrowly es caped being lynched by a mob, owing to his insistence upon the release of an innocent officer who had been im prisoned. Youth the Leader. ""Kronstadt," Friday, June 1 (Via London, June 4). The hero of the new Kronstadt revolution which de posed the Petrograd provisional gov ernment is a youthful chemistry stu dent of the Petrograd Technological College. Anatole Lamanoff, who, by t his eloquent and his-flaming enthu siasm, and his unexampled energy, recently made himself president of the local Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Deputies, and virtually Kron stadt's dictator. ' KRONSTADT MYSTERIOUS ATTACK NEAR- ' ASHEVILLE. (By Associated Press). i Charleston, S. C, ' June 4. l wenty-four men this morning at- tempted to rush a railway bridge near Asheville, N C, and severelx isi cut one sentinel about the face 4 and throat" before 'the main guard came up and beat them off. The 4- main offenders have already been 4 lodged in jail. News of the occurrence was re- 4 A' ceived here in a telegram from Captain Boesch, commanding Company B, North Carolina Engi- neers, to which the patrol belong- ed, to the commanding men of the Southeastern Department. The ' attacking party was seeking to 4 use the bridge as a thoroughfare 4 v and became angry at finding the way barred. WOMEN AND MEN ARE INDICTED IN NEW YORK (By Associated Press.) , New York, June 4. Six men and a woman today were indicted by the Fed eral grand jury on the charge of con spiring to obstruct the selective draft law by distributing anti-conscription literature. They were Owen Cattell and Charles F. Phillips, Columbia stu- dents, and Eleanor Wilson Parker, Barnard student, ana rour men ar rested last Thursday, at a peace meet ing in Madison Square Garden, while distributing circulars advertising a meeting of the No-Conscription League. MAY HAVE MAXIMUM FIGURE FOR CORN Chicago, June 4. Directors of the Chicago Board of Trade met this af ternoon to consider the possible eg- u tablishment of maximum prices for corn futures as was done with wheat several weeks ago. There is little corn in Chicago, and prices have ad vanced 12 to 15 cents since last Thurs day. The directors met at 1:30 o'clock, but adjourned until 4 o'clock without taking definite action. CITY STIRRED BY Petrograd Heard That Sailors Had Made Attack and Ex citement Was Caused (By Associated Press.) v Petrograd, Sunday, June 3 (Via London, June 4). Sailors from the Kronstadt garrison, which recently de clared its independence" of the cen tral government, arrived in Petrograd early this morning with the an nouncement that warships at Kron stadt would come to Petrograd imme diately and land men to make dem onstrations. Later it was reported that sailors had landed at GutuyefC Island, Port of Petrograd. and begun an attack. A visit to the Gutuyeff port quarter showed that the story of the landing and attack was untrue. However, it was sufficiently alarming to provoke intense excitement in the City and cause the dispatch to the spot of a military force. Remnants of the Souths Peer less Army Are Marching On Washington Today SPECIAL TRAINS BRING IN THE OLD WARRIORS Veterans Camped Almost Within the Capitol Grounds' and Thousands Behold Them With Delight Fa mous Commands Repre sented. (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 4. Several thou sand Confederate veterans had ar rived in Washington today for their reunion, which begins tomorrow, and special trains from all sections 4f the South were adding hourly to the throng, which, besides the Veterans, included the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the United Sons Of Con federate Veterans, and great numbers of visitors. Many of the veterans arrived in time to participate yesterday in mem orial exercises at Arlington National cemetery, where President Wilson heard General Bennett H. Young past commander-in-chief, pledge the sup port of the South during the war for democracy, and suggesting that the draft limit be raised to. 70 years, if necessary. x l ., Today the Nation's capital present ed a unique appearance, with large numbers of veterans In their, faded, war 'uniforms, mingling with hundreds of smartly clad ' young soldiers in (Continued on Page Three) NTH r RvPnRT U II I II U L II ui UUJ GERII 1 SPYING SYSTEM OF THE GERMANS IS Expected Discovery of Means of -Notifying Enemy of Sailing of Warships FOUR ARRESTS ALREADY MADE Minor Figures in Big Conspir acy Charged With Con veying Information By Neutral Mail (By Associated fress.) New York, June 4. With fqur men under arrest who are alleged to be onjy minor figures in a conspiracy to transmit information of military value from the United States to Germany through neutral mail channels, the Federal authorities and city detectives indicated further arrests which they said might result in disclosures of a EAT German spy system. Apparently the j been so frequently counter attacked,, government officers hoped they could but whenever recently they have es uncover an exDlanation of how Ger4 ayed. an' advance they have evidently; liSny eWTaifffaicB " W'- w? aiH proacn or tne American aestroyers to pwiag mem. iauay s dhubu ouiuiai the British coast so that an Irish port statement does not 'mention any fur could be mined. The fourth man, de- ther fighting in the vicinity of Lens scribed as the son of a German army captain, was arrested this morning. Where and when the three defend ants were arrested and their identity were withheld, pending their arraign ment today before a United States commissioner. "The charge 4 against them at present," United States As sistant District Attorney John C. Knox said, "is that of competing with the government by carrying mail in opposition to the government." Mr. Knox added that the charge might be changed to treason. Two of the men'th. front Minister of War Kerensky are said to be American born and the third a naturalized citizen of Sweden. The police made public the names of three meji arrested. They arei steamship company," with offices lem saloonkeeper, and Irving Bona- "fc parte, a clerk, who lives in the Bronx. The 'police declined to give out the name of the fourth prisoner. , f(He Qf faad at'autuyeff TKrTrnKirn ornii akic island, the port of Petrograd, and be INTERNED GERMANS . gun an attack. This was later found, PUTIN PRISON however, to be untrue. Fierce Fighting by Canadians. (By Associated Press.) . On the British Front in France, June New York, June 4. Three officers 4. (Via London). (From a Staff Cor from the German prize steamship, Respondent of the Associated Press). Farn, interned at San Juan, Porto jxhe fighting which raged yesterday Rico, taken over by the United States about .the electric power station south in April, arrived here today on a'west Gf loos was as fierce as any Porto Rico steamship as prisoners. Bmce the beginning of the battle of The officers were in charge of a de-'Arras considering the number ot f tVna Pnrtn I tall Ul JLUtU 1.1XJX1M. WUC Wi. twv m. v Rico regiments. PERSUADING MEN NOT TO REGISTER huq it w as iaJ l uuui "cm jj a v Boston 7 C jSB,) 4 -John Sunday night that they were finally Sche enski iSrr vd. tbhack to thelr SLS?SSS authorities today, charged with advis-i"nder the pressure of ing two young men of draft age not ter attacks in which overpowering to register tomorrow. Charles Bar- weight of men ( was employed The i, a afniQ rniunc tho rnimff works were held 18 hours against the rn L charge, were summoned as witnesses for the gov ernment at a preliminary hearing. LEAVING TEXAS Under Impression They Will Draft Law (By Associated Press.) Tjaredo. Texas. June 4. More than ? 300 Mexicans, mostly young men, were waiting- here today when the Mexican consulate opened in order that they might enter their native country. They reached here' yester day from south and west Texas and were. compelled to wait until today to receive passports. It is said they are leaving the United States under the impression that they are subject to the selective draft. MANY HNS 0 Prepared to Go to Any Length to Stop Rush of the Allies' Great Armies FORCED WAY INTO ADVANCE POSITIONS Teutons Continue to Attack Though Having Suffered Tremendous Losses Ca nadian Troops Are Battling With Great Fury In the Thickest of the Fray There seems ample evidence that the Germans are prepared to go to almost any length at present in sacri ficing of men to hold the situation on the western front in hand. Along the line held by the French the effort is taking the form of al most ceaseless counter attacks, both in the Aisne region and in the Cham pagne. Although suffering a sangui nary repulse on Sunday in repeated attacks on the Vanclerc . and Califor nie plateau, they made a new thrust last night further west, near Froidi mont. farm, along the Chemin-dea-Dames plateau. The Paris report shows this to have had some measure of success, the Crown Prince's troops forcing their way into some advanced French positions. The British on their front have not founcf dense masse of "tieftasaa j ppr and apparently General Haig nas not pressed further the attempt to ad vance made there yesterday, which was checked by violent counter at tacks with heavy forces. ,f In an independent operation farther south near Cherisy, the British last ' night recaptured the post taken from j them by the Germans in an attack on Saturday night. r' The situation in Russia continues extremely uncertain. While better rr- , nors have come from the armv a it cnnat.ant.lv increasing in power, conditions in Petrograd are be coming still niore unsettled. The declaration of independence by J to send sailors from the garrison of T-i l Jnn,nn,Jflnno amino 7, n..i u , ,P; . troops involved Canadian troops were in the thick of it, first and laBt. They gained the. ruins of the electrical works shortly before 2 o'clock Sunday morning, aft- .er a splendid dash in the moonlight ' j i J. -.1. J 1 1 O n'tWIr concentrated German artillery fire. One difficulty with which the Cana dians were confronted was the fact that in preparing the attack on .the. works their artillery had reduced the buildings so effectively and 'had bo obliterated the trenches dug about them that practically all shelters. were eliminated. While the objectives even tually were lost, the enterprise was 'not without compensation, for 112 pris oners were taken and valuable identi fications were obtained. The prison ers represent at least three different German regiments which engaged In tacks. CHANGING NAMES OF INTERNED SHIPS I-,-. (By Associated Press.). Washington, June 4. Secretary -Daniels announced today thatthe' names of the seized German ships as signed to the navy have been changed as follows: Geir to Schuw, Brestau to , Bridgeport, Kiel to- Camden, Leibeh fels to Houston, Saxonla to Savannah. Vogensen to Quincy,Nicaria to Pen sacola, Odenwald to Newport; News;. Hohenfelde to Long Beach. , ! f at,! ti hi'.1 1: : ! 1-. 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