North Carolina Newspapers

YOUR I t II HT I'W V'G f I'.r, WEATHER FORECAST. North and South Carolina Prob- ahlv lOCal inunuti anuncr lunigni or Thursday; Thursday. not quite so VOL. XXIII. NO. 1 38. Cordial and Enthusiastic Re-! . -Y l ception inWashington For Uld soldiers GENERAL YOUNG STIRRING THINGS . , w rr r Memorial to Jefferson LaviS Will be Completed in the Fall Sponsors KeceiVing Marked Attention Amus-i ing Incident. (Bv Associated Press. Oiiderate' Washington. June b veterans are enjoying their re union ."a"f. 17S ,iJ in WaSUUlSlUU oamc i welcome from their former foesand,. th0 nennle generally. There has been an entire absence of anything to mar the pleasure of the visitors and while the general enthusiasm and -demonstration met with in every southern city is lacking and the display of Con federate flags is not so general as at former reunions the people have 'gen erously assisted in everything. The report of the committee on ere dentials at the session today snowea . 625 camps and 1,602 delegates attend-J ing the re-union. - General Bennett JH. Young stirred , X- the convention in his report on the progress with which '.the memorial to! Jefferson Davis at hig birth place is being built. It is proposed, he stated, to finish the memorial, Dn. ,thg first of October and dedicate' it that momh.' Half hundred survivors of Forrest's cavalry, in their drab uniforms, form ed ranks today and went through mil itary movements while a large crowd cheered. i An old negro giving his name as J . J A. Bivens. wearing a badge of Camp Wilcox, Birmingham, Ala., and clad in gray, was the center of an interesting crowd, while he told stones ot tne Virginia battles. He went into the Confederate service in 1861, he said, with Captain Tom Bartlett, of the Georgia troops, and at the battle of First Manassas carried General Tyler , A (Mill , C off the field, after he was desperately . former German merchantman Lieben wounded. The negro was shot, he ! TT a ,1!Mn waa stated, in the leg in that battle andlt5ia- l"c D' - still carries the bullet." The Confederate chjoir, of Poyts moutn, ot which Mrs. Helen Foote , uwen is leader, and Mrs. Yates Mc-, Alpine Wilson and Mrs. Florence T. Bosweii chaperons, sing the "Songs of tne Sixties," at each session of the veterans convention. I on January 31 this year, on orders A Red Cross hospital has been es- from Dr. Muller, of Atlanta, he said, tabhshed at the tented city on the tnion station plaza and the veterans Captain Klattenhoff stated In his ho are taken ill are cared for there, plea that he sank the ship by order ana Last night Red Cross nurses were on that the message which he received duty at Convention Hall caring for the ' was to disable and spoil his vessel and sick, providing ice water and looking I even to sink her, "but to be careful after the comfort of the 1,200 veterans! not to blockade the channel. In ans sleeping there 1 wer to the double question from whom Tha , . 'he received this letter and who had were fn?mT.rS and "S"?" ?T authority to do that, he stated that it ans throS LPreSe-tCd ? "2 I wa , Dr Muller, German consul in At "ui tnrough the various departmental i , aa and divisional commanders. i lanta. - .Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet, of Geor- Developments cYVIZmTJZ' fa, widow of the famous general, Is atf day, when the grand jury brought pre tending the reunion and many of the sentments and returned indictments veterans of Longstreet's corps have against K. R. Klattanhoff, Paul called tn 5.i!-!!iL-rP8 Wierse and W. Muller, charging con- Among the Memnhia visitors is Col- ?i " ant General Baxter Smith's command, company a, of this command, in uni 0rms and carrying their old war mus Kets, will march in the parade. Olv" CL1J.U. iUCl Ul XiX LACViX- ST LET-HP IS TO LABOR LAWS ? . Prpsirl0i. t-l ti L 1 hinks Such Would be Un fair to The Toilers. VQ (B7 Associated Press.) Wik gton' June 6. President Brum? t0day' in a letter t0 Governor exDrp gh' of Pennsylvania, openly lau-u tSed his opposition to relaxing Ti, . wrUes inac ne thr "xiiuu saieguaras nave Deen Won about low for c u lhat there is no necessity! "anri 7k actlon wrote the- President, ine rf U would lead to a slacken than , t enery of the nation rather bein- an increase of it, besides CnZull t0 labrinS Pe xiierp Vio i scmp o. een a movement m labor iates t0 lengthen hours . of a movement in uompers ana otner ia "4 leaaers hav - - - - pli;5fN'BW A LIBERTY - - - ,f . .... l PLANNED TO ABDUCT FAC TORY HEAD. (By Associated Press.) Springfield, June 6. Plans to ' abduct a St. Liouis manufacturer of munitions as a part of a Ger- v uiau conspiracy to uiock tne shipment of such supplies, were confessed here today to Paul c. j. piersal, one of the six men held in connection with the disappearance of Lloyd Keet, 14- . montns-oid son of J. Holland I Keet, wealthy banker. Mr. 'Day announced the confession. pracucr,Die, Piersal said. X. Tntoroet tnH-v ron t ar-or? ?n X. Prosecutor Q'Day's trip into the 4f country in search of the Keet baby. He was accompanied by one of the alleged plotters and hoped to return the baby to its parents tonight. The six under arrest in addi- tion to Piersal are Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Adams, their sons Clay- -tus and Maxie, and Sam McGin- nis. McGinnis was taken into custody early today and denied any connection with the alleged plots. - J , SENT TO PRISON t j . A ;cf ontam f German Vessel, Sunk at Charleston. (By Associated Press.) Charleston, S. C, June 6. Captain k. R. Klattenhoff, former master of the sentenced by Judge H. A. M. Smitn, or the United States District court this mnmincr Lo a year in the Federal iaon at Atlanta. and to pay a fine of jcqq. Haying plead girilty of the charge f sinking or allowing his vessel to in viahi watera of this harbor against Paul Wierse, charging aiding 25". tie ikC ot the Sh,5 and nermitting her to sink. The ar rest of Mr.' Wierse is expected today. He is an editorial writer on a morning paper here, and was formerly connect ed with a German paper. 4 4 SECRETARY OF WAR SPEAKS AT CHAPEL HILL. (By Associated Press). nhanel Hill. N. C, June 6. The ten millions of young , men who yesterday registered as t ' rpadv- to answer when the nation 4 woo m!. i mmniete answerto the charge that an im- Ilia. V UAH A AC. J u.v.' ML ' i perial government is necessary w efficiency," Secretary Baker, of the War Department, told the 4 graduating class of the University of North Carolina here todajt j. sonrptarv Daniels, of the Navy 4 Department, who came to Chapel 4 Hill with Secretary Baker, pre- sen ted degrees to those members of the class who are at the officers' 4 training camps at Fort Ogle- fr thorpe, Ga. . 4j Secretary Baker in discussing the conduct bf the war ;with Ger- many, declared . that the subma- rine must be exterminated, not 4 imitated., 4. Secretary Daniels spoke with 4: confidence of the outlook. . , . FOR SHE SHIP FULL WILMINGTON, NORTH BRITISH RAINING HEAVY FIRF. ON GITY General Haig Evidently Try ing to Drive the Germans From Coal District. ATTACK EXPECTED NOW IN BELGIUM! British Raids on German Naval Bases Hailed as Sue- cesses- Air Attack Re- suited in Disaster. British activities in the vicinity of Lens indicated that General Haig has determined to make the coal city and me mim"S district around it so un- comtortaDie tor tne Hermans that they wui De iorcea to retire from it. While the artillery was roaring away in Belgium, giving premise of a British offensive movement, there was an attack suddenly launched lastl ui&ul at. mo iiuiuia uuiu LlxtJ VIClIllLyj or Jens toward the Scarpe. The thrust was a successful one in the further process of rendering Lens un tenable. The British not onlv Dro- gressed on the western slopes of Greenland hill, but pushed nearer Lens in its western outskirts. German nvspaper comment indi cates that the Berlin staff expects a British offensive movement in Bel gium. The German commentators are speculating with some concern on the heavy artillery fire there and the no table concentration of troops reported behind the Belgian front. The recent naval and aerial oper ations by the British on German bases in Belgium have been notably success ful. Photographic observations have re pealed heavy damage to dock-yards and work shops at Ostend. The French have had to withstand two more heavy German attacks in the region northwest of Braye in the Aisne district. The Germans not only failed to gain their objective, but lost heavily...- ... . - . r:.y tTne Tates it" German airplane raid on England seems to have resulted some what disastrously for y the raiding forces. Besides having two of their machines brought down during the raid they lost four more during the flight -back home, through attacks of British maohines of the pursuing forces and others from Dunkirk. Thus six of the 16 machines which took part in the raid were accounted for by the British. German AttacKs Repulsed. Paris, v June 6. Two violent Ger-t man attacks on French positions at Hurtebise and the Chemin-des-Dames were repulsed last night with heavy losses to the attackers, according to an official statement issued by the French war office this morning. The attacks were preceded by an intense cannonading. Lively actions took place during the night on the Bel gian front. Slight British Gains. Berlin, June 6 (Via London). A British attack delivered yesterday only succeeded in penetrating the German position at the Boeux Rail way station, where fighting continues for small sections of trenches, says today's army headquarters' state ment. TO Fred W. Harper, Esq., Named President Wilmington Minister Makes Talk. fSDecial to The Dispatch.) Durham, June 6. At a meeting of! the aluhini association of Trinity col lege yesterday afternoon Fred Har per, Esq., a native of Wilmington, but now . of Lynchburg, Va.,' was elected president, succeeding B. S. Womble, of Winston-Salem. Other alumni officers are: M. H. Newsom, Jr., vice president; H. E. Spence, of Durham, secretary treas urer, and Prof. E. C. Brooks, chair man of the executive committee. The sermon to the graduating Class, an able discourse by Rev. James S. Montgomery, D. D., of Cal vary Methodist church, Washington City,- marked the day. The address to the alumni was delivered by Dr. John Franklin Crowell, who headed Trin ity 25 years ago. Rev. M. T. Plyler, of Wilmington, was spokesman for the class of 1892, the last class to graduate at old Trinity. He was most happy in his remarks, his whole some humor being greatly enjoyed, While his stirring tribute to the pres idency of Dr. Crowell was a gem. Dr. William I. Crawford, dean of Trinity College during the incum bency of President W. P. Pew, has tendered his resignation, which has been accepted by the board of trus tees. Prof. William H. Wannamaker, bead of the department of French, has been named his successor. Professor Wannamaker is a graduate of Wof ford college and attended Trinity and iHarvardr "-""."V.':"..; .'v.v NETON CRD H LEASED W I R E SERVICE CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 6, 1 9f7. -5 5 ' GERMAN SUBMARINE SUNK BY AMERICAN STEAMER. :; (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 6. A Ger - man submarine is believed - to have been sunk by an armed American steamer in a running fight "lasting an hour, and a half, j in which 35 shots were fired by ', the submarine and 25 "by, the . steamer. An official announce- ' ment by the Stae Department ' today says the steamer's' ' final ( shot "apparently struck the sub- marine which, raised, clear out of the water and stood tern up for peared." I i KICK TO BRAZIL But Latter Country Stands Pat on Seizure of German Vessels IBv A sanplof-Ail Proa a Rio de Janeiro. June 6 Brazil has replied to the German note protesting , ,, . . against the requisitioning of German ships with a declaration that the re- public has acted within the strict, lim- its of the law, even as interpreted by ... , . Germany. The Brazilian reply says m part: , "The utilization of German ships by Brazil follows the torpedoeing of Bra- zilian merchant ships and assures, di- rectly, and immediately, although by force, satisfaction for the losses caus- ed by German submarines. Brazil is acting lawfully and on the basis of even German law. It has taken a step 1 MAKES which ail nations take, even without ministers will be interesting. But in abandoning its state of peace, for the view of the fact that there is no pur sole reason of forcing an offending na- pose to push the thing in the event of tibn to make due reparation." opposition, the prospect isn't exciting The reply concludes: .either way. "The government of the republic Secretary Daniels, of the navy, and does not depart from the calm re- Secretary Baker, of the war depart gion of the prmcfplfes of those laws ment, are expected in Raleigh Wed which have previously governed inter- nesday morning on their way to Chap national society and proceeds solely in el Hill, where they will make patriotic aerenee- oi ine nag agtfinieregrs oi us , ,I.v . v The Dutch minister presented to the ' commencement address and Secretary foreign office the note from the Ger- Daniels will talk patriotism in Chapel man foreign secretary protesting H.IL , against the utilizing of German ships.' Calls for troops to hold back those The note follows: who desired to register came from "1 have the honor, in the name of several portions of the State yester the Imperial German government to dav but none for men t0 Joce anv" formally protest to the government of pody to do his dutv 80 the;. War De- the United States of Brazil, against the requisition and utilization of Ger man ships anchored in the ports of the republic. I reserve myself the right to demand an indemnity for all losses occasioned to German interests by such a measure." if PEOPLE Tornado Visited Missouri and Kansas Last Night and Death Toll Already 1 4. (By Associated Press.) Kansas City, June 6. Tornadoes caused the death of 14 persons, the injury of half a hundred and much property damage last night in Mis souri and Kansas, dispatches from various sections today showed. Tele graph and telephone wires are down in part of the storm area and when complete advices are received the death list may be increased. Perhaps the most severe of the tor nadoes occurred at Centralia, Mo., last night, where 5 persons were killed, 20 injured and 50 small houses de stroyed. In Missouri, just east of Richmond, two women and a baby were victims of a tornado that wrecked their home. Three negroes are expected to die as a result of injuries. The village of Elmont, near To peka, Kas., virtually was leveled, with the death of one man there and two others nearby. The storm swept on into , the open country. A negro boy was killed near Lawrence and a man is reported dead at Clinton, fur ther west. A downpour of rain followed the tornadoes and many small streams in a few minutes were out of their banks. All the rivers are rising rap idly and it is feared that floods in some sections may result. NEW HIGH RECORD ON COTTON PRICES New York, June 6. New high rec ords for, the season were again scored in the cotton market today with trad ing active and excited. Scattering long accounts appeared to have been liquidated before the holiday and a big advance in the Liverpool market was followed by active foreign and domes tic buying, in - the . local market which sent active - .months 50 to 56 point above Monday's closing prices before the end of the" first 'hour. July con tracts for instance touched 22.88, or more than $5 per bale above the low . .... 7 " r-'", level or Monaay, morning, v MORE BIS STORMS SUNDAY BASEBALL FOR THIS STATE ' THE LATEST IDEA Proposed For Purpose of Rais ing Money For Red Cross Aaid. j 1UUL1 UFIIN1UIN OF THE PULPIT , Before Proposing Plan Reg I istration Notes Growth of Public Health Nurse System (Special to The Dlsxiat;b.V Raleigh, N. C, June 6 Raleigh peo ple who wish to add to the work of I the Red Cross and do it effectively are sounding the public on the proposal to play Punday baseball for the sole ben- ' ross, wnicn is turning 'the town up for money nowadays. The advocates are not going to take any chances with public sentiment If cannot gain the agreement of the ministers the movement will not move further. It is the purpose of those who are feeling the public pulse to Put on games Wednesdays and Sun- dkys " the church people will encour- age them. In their own behalf they are urging that the battles gQ on g. days and the wounded are multiplied by reason of it. Those advocates of the Sunday Red Cross series think the healing of the hurt more noble than hurting. Nevertheless, the Sunday protagonists do not want to cross the religious people and for that reason i'theiy are presenting1 proposals with great tenderness. The opinion of the ""w&nixKaraiirB . Mr tiairoi. tr. SAil?.ti..1 partment said The registration throughout the day took on the similtude of an' old-time election. The showing of the black people was exceedingly fine. Meetings held the last 1 six days have done the work. Every preacher and every man of prominence among th.e colored people worked for a good rec ord. The nation was very greatly in terested in North Carolina, and news paper inquiries weer coming from, the North every hour. Every paper in the "Big City" wanted to know the es timates and how much rebellion there was. Jake Senger would not contend with the Government yesterday on the white slave traffic indictment against him in the Federal court and the Unit ed States took a verdict of guilty. B. A. Norris accepted the same verdict the day before, after interpos ing a plea of not guilty. The Govern ment isn't going to do any muck-raking, but the defendants have told things that would greatly interest the present city government. The State Board of Health, issuing its bulletin on the public health nurse, finds vast growth sinc 1905, when there were only 445 in the na tion. There were 5,185 last year and 6,036 for 1917. North Carolina had 25 last year and 50 this. Durham leads with 8; Winston-Salem has 6; Greens boro 5 and Wilmington and Raleigh 1 each. North Carolina is one of the first to work out the public health nursing service, and the headquarters for the State at Sanatorium will find increasing use for this service, the bulletin says. NORWEGIAN SHIP TORPEDOED AT SEA In Ballast For American Port. Signals Not Noticed by Submarine. (By Associated Press.) I r.oWnCtnn TflTo a to t fnntain Haugland and his crew of 20 men ofjP08! and Trust Company to begin iat s t.- .v,i I business about September 1st. The iue i ui vy cgio.il BtcciiiieuijJ v;iu3uuiu have arrived here and report the sink ing of their ship on May 15 by a Ger man submarine. On the day she was sunk the Cros holn was 200 miles west of the Irish coast bound for an American port in ballast. The attacking submarine opened fire without warning. Captain Haughland hoisted his signals, includ ing the Norwegian flag, and; lay to. Shell fire continued and the ship's boats were lowered. The Crosholn was finally torpedoed andtt e rew wae picked lip at 11 a. m. ;on :Mayi6,v : - PAT TO nil THE GODFATHER Title Given General Joffre, Who Will be Adviser to General Pershing. (By Associated Press.) Paris, June 6. A semi-official note says that Marshal Joffre, while in America, had a conference with Ameri can military chiefs at which a plan of organization for the new American army was elaborated in agreement with the British leaders. The note says: "It will surprise none that the mar shal took a preponderating part in the plan, literally everything which he ad vised being adopted. His collabora tors themselves styled him 'the god father of the American army.' "At a moment wlien the first ele inents of this army are getting ready to take their place on our front beside OUr allies; the French government con siders it only fitting to confirm the marshal in his sponsorship. The min ister of war feels that the moral au thority attaching to his person and high situation, as well as his great ex perience .in the -Present .war, will ea- in-accord with the oerican high command, to give the new troops' all the necessary advice and direction so as to prepare them morally and ma terially for the efforts they are called on to make." QUOTA TO REGISTRATION . 7T . Many Young Men Already in Service To Employ Can ning Demonstrator. (Special to The Dispatch.) Southport, June 6. One hundred and eighty-four men between the ages of 21 and 31 registered at the South port precinct yesterday 101 colored and 83 white. A number of the young men had already volunteered for serv ices with the Coast Guards and so were exempt from registration. Re ports from other precincts in the coun ty had not been secured last night, but it is understood that all were cheer fully registering. A band was placed on the arm of every man who regis tered. Yesterday afternoon there was a patriotic parade, lead by the mem bers of the local chapter of Red Cross. The Board of Commissioners and the County Board of Education have jointly decided to employ a home dem onstration agent to teach the people of the county how to can and preserve their surplus vegetables. It is expect ed that she will take up her work right away, or so soon as the canning c!u? school now in progress at Ral- eigh comes to a close, The double service now offered by the steamer Wilmington is proving at tractive to picnic parties and others at Wilmington. Several parties have already been down to spend the day in the local park Franklin. Square. Here is abundance of good water and plenty of shade and good sanitary arrange ments. No doubt it will prove a de lightful picnic center for Wilmington people this summer, for what is more delightful than a trip with Captain Harper and a day in Southport? MADISON TO HAVE NEW BANK SHORTLY (Special to The Dispatch.) Reidsville, June 6. Madison county is soon to have a new banking insti tution. Application for a charter will oVirtrtlw Vo mario and thf titlfi of tho .... n.. 1 . new concern wiu ue me farmers xe- . - ... innrinfl capital stock will be $100,000. REGISTRY RETURNS FROM MECKLENBURG I - (By Associated Press.) Charlotte, N. C, June 6. Charlotte yesterday registered 4,449 under the Draft Registration act. With four not reported, the rural precincts total 1,- Sfifi with nil TPnnrtP,i and " thft mail AMERICAN mm registration the total for Charlotte and iand rescued-the. ensign, one of whose"', Mecklenburg county will go' beyond' legs was broken. ' The quartermastei : 7,000. ' BON FINAL : W EDITION ' 'I PRICE FIVE CENTS 0 0 Government Pursues Liberal , Policy and Those Who Fail ed Can Register Now. COMPLETE REPORTS NOT YET RECEIVED Policy of Liberality, Will Hold Forth For Next Few Days Registration in the South' Beyond All Expectations. . (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 6. Provost Mar shal General Crowder announced thi . morning that Inasmuch as all regis trars had been given until noon today : to make up their reports, no entirely complete returns of the registration could be expected until late today, ' ' The provost marshal general also) notified all governors that he had ln, terpreted the law to permit any who ia good faith failed to register yesterday;: ; to do so today and announced that a: liberal policy would be pursued tq make the registration complete.. 1 TO General Crowder sent this telegram ' to all governors: Attention is Invited to Paragraph. 4fr, . of the regulations which contemplates, the registration of persons who for, Any . reason shall not have been registered . on registration day. While scrutiny; ahould be .xa$A or each' eae to. de . :temWwleuTe1rn11tIolI; Vr$&"? : quired it is desired for tne next few days to pursue a liberal policy, In this. t regard in order, that the registration ' may be made complete at the earliest . possible moment Non-residents may 1 also continue to register under ; thi provisions of Paragraph 64. If it later5 appears that the liberality of this poly ' icy is being abused more stringent ao tion will be taken. Cards reelyed from absentees after June 5 should ba filed as prescribed in Paragraph: 0. Complete returns from New Jersey the first to come in, show registration! ; of 302,866. The estimate by the cenf sus bureau was 309,563. At noon no? governor of any other State had made1 a complete report. J Governors of Missouri and Ohio staU ed that their reports would be delayed; because of storms. ''' V Governors Reporting. , . . Washington, June 6. Governor;, Edge, of New Jersey, reported regis-V trations practically complete, showing :1 261,243. The census estimates for", New Jersey was 309,568 . ' 1 Wisconsin's total registration was . estimated by Governor Philipp at 218, 700. This was the first State to re. port. Census estimates placed Wis consin's estimated registration at 229,i, 597. - New JVork'a Quota. , i New York, June 6. Registration of- -v. ficials saw little prospect today that, v anything like definite figures regard , ' ing yesterday's registration here un- der the selective : conscription act; could be prepared and sent to Wash ington before late tonight or tomor? row. With eleven assembly districts, together with four election precincts la ' other assembly districts missing, the ' count was 446,438,' with the total In- . " dicating unofficially 520,000. Heavy Registration In the 8outh. Atlanta, June 6. Reports from all sections of the South today told . of heavy registrations k yesterday and, while figures are incomplete, officials in each State believe that the regis- (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.) , H Rescuer Dives Into, Sea From Another Hydroplane and Saves a Life. . (Bt Associated Press.) I Toulon, France, June 6. One of. two ; " hvdro-ainlahes maneuvering six mile at sea caught fire and plunged Into the . water with Ensign de ' Bischop ' and Quartermaster Baudoin. The second , hydro-airplane flew to th$ rescue. . . , From this machine Seaman Torre- no dived as the hydro-airplane swept -s by , sixty-feet above the, wreck at a . aneed of nrobablv - a . mile a . minute was lost.; 'v HEROIC RESCUE FROM HYDROPLANE' i ' . hi !;'! f.-t i - 1 T - A i 1 f r El. 1' v 1KV ; 1 ; t, . 1 1 1 1 1 ' . 1 u v. IV- t II I!1: i ' 1 I ! " 4 V ICS ICUi ;