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ER FORECAST, I. tt'tt ' " " " - ' TEkw a- EATHERFORECASTi North and South CarolinaFair tonight and Saturday, cooler tonight. ' TWO SECTIONS. FULL LEA SED; WI RE S ERV ICE V0L. XXIII. NO 147. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRID AY AFTERNOON, JUNE 15, 1 91 7. PRICE FIVE CENTS, , S in '''IX " " ' " ' '" Hill DM U I J CDJ J LA) UlJ ivUJl A fTT3 if mm Urn! Treasury Uepartment listi- mates It Has Many Millions Over Subscribed. TRADING IN ON STOCK EXCHANGES Many States-Went Beyond the Minimum Mark Eleventh Hour Rushes in Evidence! TodayThis District Not Fully Reported. (By Associated Press.) Washington. June 15. The Liberty loan has boon tremendously over- subscribed. When The books closed ji noon treasury uuiciais esumaiea that the total would reach at least I2.:'l)li.",,0.,-00 and might soar to $3,- (Uifl "Hi). Every federal Reserve JDistrict, Trith tin possible exception of Atlanta aid Kansas City, appeared to have ex celled its. minimum allotment. Re ports from tHese two. districts were siow in coming in. With thousands of banks to bo heard from in the two (iitrrirts. however, it seemed likelv that th- minimum allotment would be reached in each case. i Reports by telephone and telegraph from everv section of the country t V Hd ot an avalanche of small subscnp-' . t. , , , tons 3 1 the ast moment. The small , . , , , . sua ;ntly had responded,. with enthusiasm that exceeded offici-i moit sanguinary hopes. Thp clerical forces oi virtually ev- ery reserve bank were practically buried under a landslide of eleventh- lour subscription?. i Btranso of this situation, the ex-' act total subscription may not be iaoTrn for days. Thousands of be- iatd iuborriptions. it is feared, may , Mtrearh the reserve banks till after tdd line of noon, standard local1 .tune, and those must Te Included in makins up the full totals showing the M'ion's r-ponse. Millions of dollars, 't as estimated, were transferred by .. IegraPh from national and State. Banks and trust companies on behalf of th ir customers, to the Federal Re serve Banks. This marten ti,, 1L. i .-., . urP ; ' "'rru. !fully takes from a dispatch sent one - I'-'M..'- iji I iih Kind JIlVtJSLUl. as. I farif-r :t, f-rmtmno 11 r.toiptions by mail. Oil,- hanim. .i;...:i,. XT "J 'JU I I I I r- i C I I . I I 111 ? 1 f-W I 111 IV. : Karen An n' JXTZ" iter uv. Ul l ClUl UO Ck, , 1HJV11, ortPi-inc ft lone. New York, as was pSPert'd. lffl all nlhnr lictrWa hv c muitj Liia.ii uuuuie tue ucai hraiifj:ico starter! the dav with i -nsHtional arlvnnrp from its nrp,-i nnu-s rr port oF$52,000,000. 'hr' first thins officials heard this r. n ' n ws that instead of being ap- '-'naarciv Sxs onn nnn nnrfPr itc min- ill, I iic UIOLIIUL 'anng thp minimum Tt rirnHnlllv no JUwLtl. lD thr- Dallas rtistnVf Vio fitriirps 1 . , -md af Sl nnn nnn ,x Aav t w llf ll uk; uj 'Continue cn-Fage Three). DAMAGE Si' CLOUDBURST M. nnn- Number of Families driven From H lome. Brir i 'By AsiinolntDil Praai 1 l!' "'I. I Plin -V?i Tr. 1C Tnrnntff. rjlr.c I- ti..:l,, , : j : .. trj.t o'isiois Dusmess ui- - nooded to a depth of sev- liOl l .. . . inrfi, n yesterday when tne Jldn ni'i.r 1 -1 J11 4. Br,.,, "vviuiun oy a ciouauursi (iViri , "'sdii io suDSiae at ei) ' ,1;it hundreds of employes of had i STfres and business houses bojts 0 taken from -buildings in man r ' "iciiing nere said mat rivf,' ons living along the Indian th,. ,. . ' bfpn made homeless and toan "lbian Paper mills damaged -ii t- estimated extent of $17,000. All et and r n - UdlI1c was suspended nere P U T 4 ise . " -" Plants shut down. Chiron nn'i "a t,a o 'jwould apply to teiegrapn companies 1W MM? iuJ iJ uiJ ui Ji y) ALLOWED Hi TO GET OUT OE ARMY Faison Youth Under Age and So Court Permitted Him to Withdraw From Service. (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, N. C, June 15.-r-Because he is under age and also enlisted without the consent of his father, Robert Bruce Bland, of Faison, will not have to serve in the army. This was decided yesterday in habeas corpus proceed ings brought before Judge H. G. Con nor, of the United States court, when petitioned, to have young Bland dis charged from the Second Regiment of the North Carolina National Guard. Young Bland, through his father, asked for dismissal because he was under eighteen years of age and at the time of enlistment was the support of his father, C. W. Bland, who, in a pe tition, contended that his son enlisted without hiav knowledge. The family Die was orougnt m to suostanttate tne claim ot tne age or young Bland, but the Bible showed many erasures and alterations. The youth contended ci Vi - Tiro cs n rl dp V -in flu on ro n? , j k whiskey when he enlisted, but this . . . T ,' ,,.. If ill fill juugt- umiui , in llo hv sa(1 h riifl ftt mnHpi. Z, i a ,nr. ff th unifora when he reached Golds- boro, where the regiment is located at nresent. Th mvempnt was rem-esented bv District Attornev J. O. Carr and Cant. John H. Manning and the boy by HrL. Stevens, Esq., of Warsaw. ffk DDATrrT PAPFR? 1 U fi. V;i.ft .T,, ,r-o , IN NEWS DISPATCHES (By Associated Press.) Springfield, Ills., June 15 A bill aimed at news thieves passed State Legislature and will 8ototeG?J: The bill UI ur Ui8. "uoluJ;J:"1 did not receive a dissenting vote in either House. it proviaes tnat any one wuu wiuu5 newspaper any matter anu semis it iu a m. . v n V mi -i i cs e r1 3.. S anotner newspaper may uo IUi"'ou . - i Ann rr.ho aarne, finp ""C . . 1 " exposing the dispatches, THE ROYAL FAMILY TO LEAVE GREECE (Bj Associated Press.) London. June 15. It has .been de- r.AA hQt nil thp members of the Hel- lenic royal family, except the new King, will leave GrGeece, accompanied bv the most prominent pro-German Doliticians and military traders who form part of the entourage of former King Constantine. No indication has yet reached Lon don as to the line of policy Eliptherios Venizelos intends to adopt regarding the change in sovereignty In Greece, but he already has declared at the end of the war he intended to leave to a Greek national convention a re vision of the constitution which would aid at depriving the Sovereign of the possibility of again interfering with the wishes of the people as expressed by their representatives in Parlia ment. SUBMARINECHASERS BUILDING RAPIDLY (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 15.-The subma rine chaser building program is more than a month ahead of schedule. The navy department announces that near ly three times the expected number of 110-foot chlasers will be delivered by August 1, according to present indica tions, and that all of the large num ber pf boats ordered are actually under construction. The department has not announced the number of boats order ed It is known, however, that several hundred of these swift armed craft will be. in service - by January 1 of next year The first Vessel of the type was completed at the New York navy yard some weeks ago and is now under test. Rear Admiral Taylor chief construc tor of the navy, said today the depart ment was more than pleased with the progress made. s v EN IN THE CAPTURE OE FUGITIVE FROM LAW Mitchell County Man of Eighty-Four Years Cap tures Alleged Murderer. WATER TURNED IN . BADIN RESERVOIR Renewed Efforts For Pardon for H. A. Hayes Raleigh. Business Man to Drive Ambulance. (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, June 15. Arlen A. Wise- ludu, agca s, nas Drought back to nyiiu diouna one hod tjeam, aged i rVTi.'U 1 . I lb, and Mr. Beam must stand trial for murder of Hobart. Smith. He j captured from the coal fields of Vir i ginia the youthful Mr. Beam, whom the officers of Mitcherll county did not appear to wish. When the Governor last year was asked to offer a reward for this youngster, the Chief Execu-1 tive hesitated because he thought the county should put up something. The opinion came down from that section that the county officials did not seem to be interested and the Stale made no reward. Governor Bickett was assured more recently that Beam could be found. Without the reward from the county the Governor offered the State's $100. Patriarch Wiseman took two trips and lately brought back the Beam boy, a exeat hnskv vniinrrster of fi fept Writ- ing to Governor Bickett, E. F. Wat son says: "I want to tell you about this man, Aden A. Wiseman. He was one time sheriff of Mitchell county, about 35 years ago. He is now 84 years old and made two trips to the Virginia coal fields, arrested this man and delivered him safely to the sheriff of Mitchell CQunty. I dare say there ls: not-ahother record in the world , like this. Mr. Wiseman is certainly the most, active man I ever saw at his! age. I hope you will forward the re-, I ward at. once, as he has spent about this amount." Stanly county visitors to Raleigh ar? making an epoch in their history and date it from June 13 whenthe water was turned into the biggest dam in forty States, the Badin pond. This water started filling the reser voir, which is a miniature Atlantic J ocean, rne staniy men ao not Know how long it will take to fill th? basin, but if the beginning is an era, the end ing will be something of an aeon. The company has been grinding out alumi num a-plenty, but the real work is yet to be done. The company did not destroy, as was frequently hinted it would, the costliest dam then extant, the old Whitney rathole into which some body poured the millions of good George A.. Whitney. This pathetic waste of money ten years ago was worth not a penny to the new com pany, whose waters back over the old dam. The Stanly people are not dis pleased that the mushrodm city did not trail in the wake of Badin's build ers. The men came down there to erect a factory to make aluminum and not : to sell farm lands at city lot prices. The lubbers of land have folded their tents and silently slipped away. Invoices were received today at the Adjutant General's office for the 12 motor ambulances to be used by the North Carolina soldiers. These rani up a cost of $22,200 and are a hand- j some lot of machines. The motorcy- cles to be used at Asheville have notj (Continued on Page faixj ( t t t I., ' lr:l ; ' J. l... v-m-er is in i w8Hum Goldsbbro Happened Just Outside the City. (Special to The Dispatch.) Goldsboro, N. C, June 15. J. L. Ut ter, of Kinston, is in a local hospital, the result of an automobile accident RECORDS ROK KINSTON MAN HURT! IN AUTO ACCIDENT near this city last night, when a car taine(j Dya thief who stole a suitcase which he was driving struck the rear beionging to Thomas C. Jones, of of the automobile of W. E. Borden, a Elizabeth City, N. C, from a restaur prominent man of Goldsboro. ant m Pennsylvania avenue, according Utter and a friend were on their to the report made to the police, way from Kinston to Goldsboro andj jones sai(j he left his suitcase in the were driving their car at ar terrific piace an(j when he returned it had van rate of speed. Mr. Borden, his wife ished and daughter were coming in the I .. same direction and weer near Casey's Chapel, two miles from this city, when Utter ran upon them. Utter's car ran for about 25 feet on two wheels, then rising about five feet in the air, and coming down on the radiator. All wheels were torn off and the car bad ly damaged. Mr. Borden's car and its occupants escaped injury. Utter's con dition is not considered serious today, it is said: ARMED MERCHANT SHIP SUNK. (By Associated Press.) London, June 15. The British armed merchant cruiser, Aven- ger, was torpedoed and sunk in & the North Sea on Wednesday night. All but one were saved. - -X- 45- -3fr -X- -X AS TO REVENUES Between Simmons and Kitchin May Figure in; North Caro lina Politics. (By George H. Manning.) Washingtpn, D. C., June 15. Assert ing that the differences of Senator " Tu"; " , Zu r" :l i7llll llllJIlK. rt. VLlJa.lllJJ.ClU VJL I.IIK P 1 1 1 H. 1 1 1 ,r'. . ... ' n ' as chairman of the Ways and Means tlon of Motion Picture Exhibitors and committee, over the method of raising I discussion of providing funds for his the $1,800,000,000 war taxes may bob I campaign, together with the presen up in North Carolina politics in the fu- i tation of a beautifully engraved gold ture, the Washington, D. C, Evening ' watch to President P. W. Wells, of Star of yesterday prints the following i State, organization and the nam interesting editorial: j inS of a nominating committee of "The coming conference between the Senate and House over the War Rev enue bill will spot the Old North State most prominently in the picture. "If the rule relating to the appoint ment of conferees is followed Mr. Kichin, as chairman of Ways and Means, will head the House contingent, and Mr. Simmons, as chairman of the Finance committee, the Senate contin gent. Both are old line Democrats of the tariff for revenue only school, and were supporters oi ivir. cryan wmie J. n T T" 1 it- the latter was the leader of the party. 1 But they are far apart on this revenue ager of the Pathe Exchange, Inc., measure so far that at the conference j was to have ' addressed the conven committee table they will have a good ; tion, but failed to show up, and Mr. deal to discuss. Anderson, of the same company, "Mr. Kitchen was against prepared- spoke briefly in his stead. Mr. Frank ness; Mr. Simmons was in favor of it. J- Rembush, of Shelbyville, Ind., presi Mr. Kitchhin was opposed to the dec-, deut of the Indiana Exhibitors' larat.ion .of war: Mr. Simmons was in I League, was on the program and. had favor of it." Mr. Kitchin, as" he frankly , confessed, -swallowed tne tanrt convic- tions of a lifetime' in voting tariff du - ties into the revenue bill; Mr. Sim-.ter i - i . -a mons was among tnose wno voteu to Li uc,u6 strike them out, and the bill will be J The resolution naming Mr. Varner, reported to the Senate without them', who is secretary of the State organi These differences may show in the pol- j zation, for the presidency of the Na itics of. North Carolina at a later day." j tional Association and endorsing his BEGINS TO PROBE PRICES OF E00I Federal Trade Commission Trying to Determine Cause of the Big Jumps. (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 15. The Federal Trade Commission began its investiga tion today into the cases of advancing food prices. The inquiry will be part of the food survey to be undertaken by the department of agriculture whan the administration food bills are pass ed, and information developed will be turned over to the new food adminis tration to be created under the bills. BRITISH CAPTURE TURKISH FORT. (Bv Associated Press.l London, June 15 Fort Saliff, on the o.iat shnro nf the Ren Sea. has been captured by British warships, it is 0fficiany announced this evening, Tne announcement says: "The commander-in-chief in the East Indies reports that Tuesday morning His Majesty's ships under his command, captured the fort at Sa liff, after a resistance of three hours. The fort is situated on the eastern short of the Red Sea in the Kamaran anchorage, 175 miles north of the Gulf of Aden, between Lohelya and Hodeida. Ninety-four prisoners, three machine guns and two mountain guns and military stores, camels, and the harbor plant were captured. one Britisher was killed. VERY USELESS HAUL BY SNEAK-THIEF (By Georpe H. Manning. Washington, D. C, June 15. A lunnHcn loo- was nart 'of the loot ob- RELEASE OF IRISH REBEpaONERISONERS (By Associated" Press.) London, June 15. It was announced in the House" of Commons this after noon tfcafc tfe governmetrt had decided to release5 'all the prisoners taken injlish the names of armed merchant the Irish rebellion of Easter Sunday vessels which encounter submarines a year ago. E CANDIDACY Committee Appointed This Morning to Name Candi dates and Delegates. PRESIDENT WELLS PRESENTED WATCH Absence of Principal Speakers Caused -Departure From Regular ProgramCon vention Hard at Work. Unanimous adoption of a resolution ur&inS the candidacy of Mr. Henry B. Varner. of Leximrtnn w r. tnr- th " v presidency of the National nri. nve 10 seiect candidates tor onice of the State association and delegates and alternates to the Chicago con vention featured the morning session of the second day of the fourth an nual convention of the North Caro lina Motion Picture Exhibitors' League, in session at the Oceanic Hotel, Wrights ville Beach. The set program could not be fol lowed this morning because the two principal speakers failed to arrive, having missed connections. Mr. C. R. Seelye, of New York, Dusmess man- he fe.Ji!? . , "t-'" ! Indiana, but did not arrive until af- the morning session had closed, I hie troin nnmcr Into I candidacy tor tms onice, w,s mtro- duced by Mr. A. F. Sams, or Winston Salem and was greetd with pro longed applause and much cheering. The resolution was adopted unani mously, every delegate in the assem bly hall voting, j A beautifully engraved gold watch I was presented President Percy W. Wells by the association as a token of their appreciation of the services which he has rendered the organiza tion. The presentation was by Mr. Anderson, of the Pathe - Exchange, who spoke briefly of the wonderful services rendered the league by its very efficient president. "From the bottom of my heart 1 thanx you," was the concluding expression of Mr. Wells in accepting. Mr. Sams bewailed the fact that there are many picture exhibitors in the State who are not members of the organization, .and declared that every exhibitor should be a member and should not only pay his dues regu larly, but should make a special effort to attend the sessions of tne annual conventions. He pointed to the part played by North Carolina in warding off the threatened tax that would have meant ruination to many of the small picture houses and attributed the wonderful success that attended thp efforts nf the Carolina deleeation in Washington to the organization of their league. He declared attention must be given to reorganization and rejuvenation of the National League and that it need- (Continued on Page Three). "- URGENT APPEAL TO NJPPERS Not to Publish War News of ' A Certain Character Cen sorship Observed. Washington, June 15. Military in formation of value to enemies is being divulged by one per cent, of . the American newspapers, which are not regarding the volunteer censorship being respected by the other 99 per cent., the committee on public infor mation announced yesterday ln a new appeal to all to suppress publication of matter of that nature. ' The committee said: "While 99 per cent, of the news papers of the country are scrupulous ly observing the rules of the volun tary censorship, a certain few are printing daily information that may expose American soldiers and sailors to deadly peril." A request to newspapers not to pub- is issued by the committee. Of VARNER FOR NAT. PRESIDENCY 1 YANKEE PUNCH T IS NEEDED To Bring the War to Close Through Vast Army of Airplanes. (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 15. "Put the Yankee punch into the war," is the way Brig. Gen. Squier, who directs the aviation service, expressed it to day in discussing the great airplane program which, if passed by Congress, will involve appropriations of some thing like $600,000,000 in the begin ning. By "Yankee punch," General Squiei means "a characteristically American way of working to get big results." "Airplanes," said General Squier, "are the logical machines for Ameri cans, because we are an imaginative people, and' when oUr imagination strikes fire nothing can stop us. "An armv in the air. rp?impnts nnrt brigades of winged cavalry, could blind the eyes of Germany until her J gunners, absolutely deprived of range finders, would be put out oi business by the allied artillery. The magnifi cently obvious thing is to knock out Germany's eyes by a thrust through the air. "Sweep the Germans from the sky, blind the Prussian cannon, and the time would be ripe t release an enor mous flock of flying fighters to aid and destroy military camps, ammuni tion depots, and military establish ments of all kinds. The firing upon trpops by machine guns from air planes is becoming commoner and more accurate. Once given an upper hand, the flying machine becomes a frightful engine of destruction." FOOD PRICES TOOK NINE PER CENT JUMP. (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 15. Retail food prices in the United States jumped on an average of 9 per cent, between March 15 and April 16, as shown in statistics compiled by the Labor De partment. It was the' sharpest ad vance in any one month since the be ginning of the European war. The heaviest increase was in flour, 18 - per cent., bacon 15 per cent., and potatoes 14- per cent. Every article of food, except coffee, showed an ad vance. . NORWEGIAN SHIPS SUNK BY SUBMARINES (By Associated Press-.) London, June 15. The sinking of several more Norwegian vessels with considerable loss of life is reported by the Norwegian foreign office, as quot ed in a Central News dispatch from Copenhagen. According to this in formation the following craft have been sunk by Germna submarines: Sigrun, steamer, 2,538 tons gross; crew rescued. Cavmet, sailing vessel, loaded with pip props, driven ashore and seriously damaged by gun fire; all the crew missing with the excep tion of one man, whose body was found. Vinaes, steamer, 1,107 tons; only four men saved. Sylvia, sailing vessel, 148 tons; crew rescued. Can dace, sailing vessel, 395 tons; crew rescued. BLUEFIELD'S MAYOR DIES FROM HIS WOUND (By Associated Press.) Bluefield, W. Va., June 15. E. E. Carter, Mayor of Bluefield, died here late last night. Mayor Carter was shot in the stomach Wednesday night, and Miss Bessie Young is held by the po lice charged with the shooting. Her mother, Mrs. Mildred Young, also is held by the authorities charged with complicity. Miss Young confessed to the shooting, according to Prosecuting Attorney Lee, but defended her action by saying Carter was beating her moth er, upon whom he was calling. . ' Mayor Carter is survived by bis wife and several children. . 1 Teutons Now in Belgium Be ing Forced Back at Com paratively Rapid Rate. GERMANBIG GUN BEING WITHDRAWN Signs Plentiful That BritisK Will Continue to Push The Enemy Back Belgium Now the Most Active Scene of the Fighting. : The British campaign in Belgium gives signs of developing Into one of the most important of the war. The Germans apparently' are unable, to re sist the pressure being constantly ap plied to them and are being forced back at a comparatively rapid rate. Today brings , the announcement ot another considerable advance by the British in this area. They attacked last night in the region south and east of Messines and on both sides ot the Ypres-Comines. canal, gaining all their objectives. and' .capturing one big gun. and seveTtt machines, together with 150 prisoners. The front line ln the British of fen- sive movement extends for a distance of about seven miles from the village of Klein Zillebeke, south to the river Warnave. Last night's attack, the cul mination of constant pressure, yielded General Plumer's troops the German front trenches between the Nave and the Lys, besides additional ground more to the-north, in the sector be tween Ypres and Comines, the official statement indicates. Signs of a probable further retreat of the Germans are not wanting. Correspondents have reported the withdrawal of the German ig guns in the area east and southeast, of Mes- sines to the extreme limit of their range. The British; artillery commanding situation seems to be almost wholly responsible for this, and the other yielding tendencies of tne Germans. The German big guns securedthelr advantage when Messines Rttfge, the only commanding eminence in the re gion, was stormed at the opening of the offensive. General Haig's dispatches have in dicated that Important developments might be expected to grow out of th offensive in Belgium and his predic tion appears to be in the way of being made good. Berlin Admits Retreat. Berlin, (Via London), Juno 15. Re tirement of the German forces at two points on the front in Belgium is re ported in today's official statement. The Germans were pressed back by the British, between HoIebeke and the region of the River Douve, and also southwest of WarnSton. Espionage Bill Signed. Washington, June 15. The Admin istration Espionage bill was signed today by President Wilson. T Only Investigation .Work to be Done at Beaufort Marine Laboratory. (By Mr. George H. Manning.) Washington, D. C, June l&.-r-The marine laboratory at Beaufort, N. Cr, will not be opened for general invest!- , gations during the coming summer, It is stated in the current monthly bul-1 letin of the Fish Commission. The bulletin continues: "No appoint ments to that laboratory are made, except that Dr. L; F." Shackell has" been authorized" to continue bis in- vestigation of the protection of wood against marine borers. His 'experi ments are made principally at Beau fort and will Involve the . use of a portion of the laboratory. A small marine guard,-maintained by the Navy Department, occupies a portion , of the laboratory building.!!.- 10 PROTECTION AGANS BORERS .".: .J I 5 r :n I -til A l. . Yi i '. K ' SI j r i . .'5 ' . i f . S " ' J .' y -