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WEATHER FORECAST. FINAL ..... '-? . North and South Carolina Proba bly fair tonight and Thursday. EDITION FULL LE A S E D W I RE S E R VI CE VOL. XXIII. NO. 158. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 27, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AHEEKCAK " TROOPS if Sllffl 1 n f "' -'.Ml fli mm Kill French People Wild With Ex citement and Joy at Sight of Americans GERMAN SUBMARINES ON THE LOOKOUT Successfully Avoided The , Soldiers Landed and in Camp Soon to Go to the Front In Fine Spirits Others to Follow. (By Associated Press.) t A French Seaport, June 27. The second contingent of American troops arrived and disembarked this morn- jng j The troops landed amid the frantic cheers of the people who had gathered for hours before in anticipation of duplicating yesterday's surprise. j Enehusiasm rose to fever pitch REAC when it was learned that the trans-j "The question of the attitude of the ports and convoys had successfully American Red Cross toward the nurs nthaehm!.rin 7nnP Thp nnrf ing sisterhood has been raised several . . . . - was speedily Denaggea m nonor oi - . All the troops now arrived were transferred today to a camp not dis- f"e yf " f" ih70 ... . . tude toward allowing the sisterhoods tant from this point, where Major, tQ asgist in the care of WOUnded sol General William L. Sibert is installed. ) diers and sailors. Thence they probably will go soon to "During the Spanish-American war , ir,f T,or tho fmnt All thP trnnns : a number of members of sisterhoods "excellent shape, Bt'rS'w are er the successful trip and their re- ception and eager for action i 3 C n I i i Major General Pershing, the Am erican commander is expected tomor row when additional troops are ex- The harbor is dotted with convoys. The streets are filled with soldiers in khaki and with blue jackets. Great numbers of trucks are transporting immense supplies to the camps in which the troops are concentrating, calamity. Others To Follow. "It seems adivsable to state unequiv- The epochal landing of American 0caly to you at this time that mem troops in France cannot be fully dis- Ders of the nursing sisterhoods may cussed at this time for obvious rea-)Wear their official dress while serving sons concerning the safety of other -under the Red Cross and that the Red contingents. Cross has no desire in any way to de- it i pntirplv permissible to sayihar the sisters on account of their t they' are part of the force which ' ill be under command of Major Gen oral .Pershing and for whose arrival rhf general and his staff have been arranging ever since they landed on rhe other side. The American troops will be an en tirely independent command, just as are the British troops roops, working, of! Traverse -"J1-: French at the head j Clergymen and lay legates repre T7w..v.haAntine several million members -i course, with the U,BC' l"c .rr.;;"p,onph or operations as uiey foil. Whn the troops have had their period of preparation behind the lines Ul - t they will take a place on tne paitie front, to be, arranged by General shing in consultation with the otnertiy military chiefs there, and probably, mnrciTDC very soon will be carrying the Stars AMERICAN FORESTERS and Stripes in the assaults which REACH ENGLAND steadily are driving tne ueiuiauo "".( of France and Belgium. All the troops under General Persh- mz command are regulars uu O - , prise the division which Praeiu Wilson directed to proceed to France "at the earliest possible time. formation of what other troops niuvc- ments may be made is surrounded by . censorship to insure, as tar as po- ible, a safe voyage through the sub marine zone. It is not permissible to say what precaution were taken to get the American troop ships past the waiting German submarines, but there is no doubt that the precautions were as carefully worked out as they were effective, because it is generally be lieved that sometime ago, most of the German submarine fleet was with drawn from its attacks on commercial shipping to make it ready to ambush the American troops ships; in force. The successful landing, while a officials here, viewed from the point oi oeing. a military operation, is regarded with added significance for its moral effect in Germany, if it is permitted to be- , . . 1 . uuie Known uieic. The reference in the cable dispatcn- ?s to a duplication of yesteraay-s Slirnrisp intimatine that there was re was also landing yesterday, passes witnoui ... '-'juiiuent nere, uut . closes a landing of a contingent not recorded in yesterday's dispatches. MOT in nil rvv rt TV TCfM InTtifVi IK 1UT AN OLD CANARD IS RESURRECTED No Opposition by Red Cross to Roman Catholic Sisterhoods. (By Associated Press.) Baltimore, June 27. To offset a ma- 'licious rumor which has been put in . ... , , . . , . . , circulation that the American Red Cross is discriminating against the nursinS sisterhood of the Catholic church, Cardinal Gibbons took up the matter witn the Red Cross and nas re" ceived tne following letter from Eliot Wadsworth, acting chairmen of the American Red Cross, Washington, D. !?our Eminence: times lately, it mignt aimosi appear LlUieS IdAViy. At 1U111L ttimuoi appeal j fnm, nf Bnmo nf thoan "v-v '. - vr;ir - - l: ately circulated that the American ! ida and elsewhere. Such a service is provided for by the rules governing t J J 1 , . . 1 f-i ry,rnin irtflr the nursing service of the Red Cross. Rule 9, of the Duties of Committees on Nursing Service of the American Red Cross, adopted nearly 8 years ago, recites it is the duty of the committee: To keep on file lists of sisterhoods and other orders, and women volun- iteers available for Red Cross Relief j Work, involving the care of the sick or wounded, either in time of war or dress, serving their country as all; other nurses will desire to do. CONFERENCE ON METHODIST UNION (By Associated Press.) Traverse City. Mich., June 27, sentinir several million . unAiai. Tiin ohnrr.h and the t lit lTJCLUUU&Ob ...j-wv- ed a conference here today to consider - r,;r.r. rf thfi 17 branches or.v."1Ci uuul . " . -- prominent Per-.these ctunes Many prominent. (By Associated Press.) London. June 27. Ten units of Amorinan mnnHmpn Rent over by New XXUXVilVUifA vw--. - I England States and organizations to 'turn various forests of the United Kingdom into lumber, have arrived on English soii THE T Permission Granted by the State Corporation Com mission. , . . T,1T1 07 as a war measure the State Corporation J Carolnia has au 0j510.. p Southern Railway to dis - buir A uwu - I passenger service on 12 ZrUw r.ZvnUna. and re-ar- - hi mpt. inconven- Udiuo 111. " . . u5e o-" V,, A r mo rrnvRiini' uuuiiu. xxt tuv IThe Commission took tinder ... i tuHHnn nf the Atlantic - Vimilar curtailment. Coast Line ivr eiuuuu SOUTHERN 0 SUSPEND TRAINS SITUATION AT LENS POINTS TO CAPTURE AT AN EARLY DATE German Efforts Directed To ward Preventing French Advance Along Aisne. SEPARATE PEACE LOSING IN RUSSIA Influential Opinion Against it. Entente Program in Greece. Germans Bomb Nancy While General Haig is closing in closely upon Lens and the capture by the British of that mining cit yand its . . .. . adjacent fields seems jmminent..HiiU'.? tMi7rr- v: vij - '-'--v-'-: " . ;T1 U,V ; tioT1 win De acompanied by an off en- sive move dv tne Tencn on a une i scale. Although there has been more or less constant jockeying for position byjMinn president of the Northwestern the two commanders alone the Aisne ! Champagne fonts, particularly the former, the German activities l : 1 A . 4. 4v AhAlrn Avn- pear more like efforts to choke offlVille Tenn., vice president of the any possible extended movement by the French than anything else. On the other hand General Petain's occasional strokes give the impression that all he is trying to do is to pre- serve his vantage points as the basis for resuming the French advance at some future time when that effort seems advisable. Cumulative evidence that all Rus sian opinion of influential character is now definitely set against any idea of a apnarate peace continues to come from Petrograd. The powerful pan-. Russian congress of soldiers' and workmen's Councils is emphatic onjcompany; William M. ttayden, aiu- this point in a resolution just adopted bv an overwhelming majority The program of the Entente in Greece continues to develop. It is now evident that it is their purpose to cause the convocation of the Parlia ment of May 31, 1915, which was con- 'trnllprt hv the Venizelists. having a the Entente J dissolution of this , . i Parliament py uonsianuuu mm i j 1 imxAnotiliifinnal lnv the Allies the act be ng : one of the stantine as a betrayer or Dis peop-e & desertion of their natural al. lis. Paris, June 27 The statement of French activities says: "Spirited artillery fighting continued in the vicinity of the Hurtebise monu ment. The Germans made no further iattarks on the positions which we itnnV from them in that region on Mon WW w day, "According to information now at hand, among the positions which we captured on that day is the 'Cavern of the Dragon', more than 100 metres wide and about 300 metres deep, which had been converted into a veritable fortress. This cavern, with numerous exits and openings from which ma chine guns were fired, constituted ah important armed position and point of departure for enemy troops in maKing counter attacks. A considerable amount of war material was stored there, including nine machine guns in good condition, equipment for more than 300 men, numerous rifles, ammu nition depots and electric searchlights and a hospital relief outpost which fell into our hands. The number of prisoners counted has reached 340, of whom 6 are officers. "In the Champagne the enemy made a surprise attack west of Mount Carn- .illet. It was repulsed by our fire. We penetrated the German lines near Maisons De Champagne and brought . . , baek 10 prisoners At ohnnt o'clock last nieht Ger 1 manaviators threw several bombs on, IN ancy. xno uamiigc wao uuuo ouui there were no casualUes.' j SECUR?TYQLOEBS OF THE RAILROADS Organized by the Election of Officers and Necessary Cottnjttees. AN IMPORTANT MOVE UNDERTAKEN In Interest of the Vast Number of People Financially Inter- ested in the Success of 'i Railroads. (Special to The Dispatch.) Baltimore, Md., June 27. The offi cers and executive committee of the National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities, organized May 23 at a conference held in Baltimore of 500 representatives of $3,000,000,000 of railroad securities for the purpose of stabilizing the securities of the car riers by maintaining their credit, were announced yesterday as follows: Pres dent, S. Davies Warfield, of Balti more, Md., president of the Continent al Trust Company; vice president, Eastern District, Forrest P. Dryden, Newark, N. J., president of the Pru dential Insurance Company of Amer ica; Southern District, T. K. Glenn, of Atlanta, Ga., president of the Atlan tic Steel Company; Central District, John J. Mitchell, Chicago, 111., presi dent of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank; Western District, Charles C. Moore, of San Francisco, Cal, of Charles C. Moore & Co., Inc., engi neers, president Panama-Pacific Inter national Exposition ; Southwestern District, I. H. Kemper, Galveston, Texas, president of the Texas Bank and Trust Company, president or the tra TA-a -Tmrtonfi insurance JCompany, Mayor ot uarvesion ireas- urer, J . Hougn uottman, rsaiumore, Md., of J. H. Cottman & Co. Execu tive Committee, S. Davies Warfield, j chairman; Charles F. Adams, Boston, .Mass., treasurer of Harvard Universi ty; John T. Baxter, Minneapolis, National Life Insurance Company; 1", f-'LSSttJZSZ aP-'nomDany. James E. Caldwell, Nash - Fourth and First National Banks; Walter F. Coachman, Jacksonville, Fla., .chairman of the board of the Consolidated Naval Stores Company; David R. Coker, Hartsville, S. C, merchant, extensive planter; t . ti. Ecker, New York, N. Y., treasurer ot the Metropolitan JLiiie insurance ium- pany; urawiora ti. nans, iew yjimnus, La., vice president of the United Fruit Company; Jacob Einstein, Baltimore, Md., proprietor of the Baltimore Bar gain House; Henry Evans, New York, N. Y., president of the Continental Insurance Company of the Fidelity Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, and Df the American Eagle Fire Insurance more, Md., president of Eutaw bav ings Bank; Robert Jemison, Sr., Bir m in &-hnm. Ala former nresident of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company; George K. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pa., president c?f The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company; F. J. Kell, Wichita alls (Tex.) Kell Milling Company; Darwin P. Kings ley, New York, N . Y . , president of the New York Life Insurance Company; Harold Kountze, Denver, Colo., chair man of the Board of Colorado National Bank; George C. Markham Milwau kee, Wis., president of the Northwest ern Mutual Life Insurance Company; Henry A. Page, Aberdeen, N. C, ex tensive planter, vice president of the Paee Trust Company; Walter J. Ray- mer, Chicago, Ills., vice president of the Chicago Association of Commerce; Henrv A. Schenck, New York, presi dent Of The Bowery Savings Bank, and nresident of the Savings Bank Asso ciation of the State o,r New lone; xien ry T. Scott, San Francisco, CaU for mer president of Union Iron Works; A. L. Shapleigh, St. Lquis, Mo., pres ident Shapleigh Hardware Company; John G. Walker, Richmond, Va., pres ident of the Life Insurance Company of Virginia; Clarence W. Watson, Fairmont, West Virginia, chairman of the board of the Consolidation Coal Co.; John F. Wilkins, Washington, D. C, former owner of The, Washington F.ost: Ernest Woodruff, Atlanta, Ga., president of the Trust company oi Georgia; Clifford .B. Wright, Cincin nati, Ohio, president of the Union Sav ings Bank and Trust Company. (Continued on 1-age Eight.) FAYETTEVILLE SECURES CANTONMENT. . (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 27 Fayette- ville, N. C, has been chosen as the site of a National Guard (Jan- , ship was resting easily, it was oeiiev tonment site, the War Depart- ;edthat she had sustained considerable ment toaay announce. J. '- E 5TABLISKMEHT OF PROHIBITI IIP TO PRESIDENT Such Are Terms of Food Con trol Bill Reported to Full Senate Committee ALCOHOL BEVERAGES DURIN G WAR TIMES Absolutely Prohibited Malt Liquors in the President's Discretion 1 o Com ' mandeer Liquors. (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 28. The Senate Agricultural committee today gave consideration to its sub-committee's draft of the Food Control bill which, in its present form, puts up to Presi dent Wilson the question of deciding whether the nation shall be "bone dry" during the war. Prospects were that the committee would report the measure to the Senate without com-j plets modification. i The bill as re-written is expected to prove acceptable to many Senators who opposed the measure in the form in which it passed the House. Both advocates and former opponents today predicted its passage in the Senate by Saturday. The House prohibition sections ab solutely forbade the manufacture of foodstuffs into liquor. The new draft prohibits during the war the manufac ture of all alcoholic beverages and empowers the President to comman deer existing supplies of distilled spirits, but would authorize him in his discretion to permit manufacture of malted, fermented and vinous bev erages. The new sections also give to the President the right io place undev goVerfim'e'nt p&htrdl iron, ste;el, :: fuel ,and many other products. LOANS TO THE ALLIES OVER ONE BILLION (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 27. American loans to the allies passed the billion dollar mark today when the treasury placed $15,000,000 to the credit of Great Britain and $10,000,000 to France's account. Credits to all the allies to meet their expenditures in this country now totals $1,088,000,000, of which Great Britain has received $550,000, 000 and France $210,000,000. JAPAN'S CORDIALITY TOWARD AMERICA (By Associated Press.) Tokio, June 27. Viscount Ichiro Motono, foreign minister, in an ad dress to the Diet yesterday, expressed the conviction that the entrance of the United States in the war with unshak able determination to defeat Germany by employing all her force would greatly contribute to the realization of the goal sought by all entente allies. Hp reioiced that Japan and the Unit ed States are closely collaborating against common enemies. Their cor dial relations have an increasing ten dency further to become cementJea In mutually and sincerely uniting all ef forts. TRENCHTALES BY MEN IN THEM A Tommy was discussing the open warfare. "This break away from trench war gives ' us a- much better time," he said. "We know now that we are the top dogs and that we are keeping the Germans on the move. And they're busy all the time wonder ing, they don't know where the next whack is coming from the Hinden burg line without a bit of scrapping yet, but it is only a question of time. It's a different sensation going over the ton now from what it was in the early days. You see, we used to know that our guns were not nearly so many as the Germans, and that we hadn't the' stuff to put over. We knew that it depended on how quickly we i could get through the Boche barrage and in among the blighters with tne bayonet. Now we just climb out of a trench and walk behind the curtain of fire. It makes a difference. CRUISER OLYMPIA STILL AGROUND Newnort. News. Va.. June 7. The) condition of the United States cruiser OlvmDia. which struck on a shoal in Block Island sound yesterday, was not j revealed by naval Mthorities here . early today. Although the crew aban- doned the warship and came to the naval station here, reports sent to the jNavy Department last night said the damage. Whether an attempt to noat ; the Olvmpia would be made today could not be learned. N MORE DISASTERS FROM SUBMARINES One American and Two Nor wegian Vessels Sunk Casualties Unknown. (By Associated Press.) London, June 25. The American sailing ship Galena, 1,048 tons, was sunk by a bomb on June 25. There were no casualties. The Galena was sunk off Ushant Island (off the coast of France, 26 miles northwest of Brest) . Fifteen survivors were taken to Brest. Formerly the Foohng Suey. The Galena was formerly the bark entine Foohng Suey. She left here March 22 with cargo for Rouen, France. She carried a crew of 18 men commanded by Captain P. V. Marshall, among wjiom, according to the records of the United States com missioner of shipping here, were eight Americans. .... . ... - - - . . vT: TWo Norwegians Sung. . London, June 27. A Central News dispatch from Copenhagen says the Norwegian steamship Kong Haakon 'has been sunk by a german submarine and that only six of the crew were saved. (There are two Norwegian ships Kong Haakonof 2,231 ana 874 tons gross) The Norwegian steamship Maggie, 1,118 tons gross has been sunk in the Atlantic. The crew was saved. GERMAN AGITATOR CLEVERLY CAUGHT (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 27. How a Rus sian agitator for a separate peace with Germany was exposed as a Ger man agent by the Council of Soldiers and Workmen's Delegates in Petro ,grad on June 22, is related in a dis patch from Ambassador Francis. Agitator Nicolai Lenin, the radical Socialist leader. ,made an impassioned speech in favor of a! general peace without annexation or indemnity and was answered by M. Veirensky, who announced he would repeat Lenin s announced he would repeat L.enin s . speech and proceeded to reaa a aocu- ment almost identical with it When M. Veirensky had concluded, he announced that he had been read ing an intercepted radio from Ger many signed by King Leopold of Bavaria . GERMANY & HOLLAND REACH AN AGREEMENT CRv Associated Press.1) Tiitia 97 An AmRtp.rda.rn i dispatch says that several Dutch for peace of good understanding and . - , newspaper approve the agreement be- reconciliation, with, However, the re-. tween the Dutch and German govern- tention of Macedonia and at least ments, with regard to the 7 Dutch Southern Dobrudja as an absolute es- -merchantmen which were torpedoed sential. off the English coast last February.- Holland is -to pay Germany a sum equal to the total amount paid for in surance on the merchantmen, while Germany will re-place the lost, vessels by cession of a number of German ships in the Dutch East Indies. SITE EDITORS E Patriotic Celebration Impoi tant Business Matters to Come Up. (Special to The Dispatch.) Morehead City, N. C, June 27. Aft er a delightful preliminary last night in a patriotic celebration, featured by Hon. C. L. Abernethy, of New Bern, the- North Carolina Press Assodation convened its annual convention here today, with a large attendance. The president's address and several splen did papers consumed the morning ses sion and paved tht way for important business, especially touching the print paper situation, postal rates and censorship. IN AIW Through Imposition of Hatd Terms For Concessions to the Bulgars. I DUAL INFLUENCE AGAINST THE BREAK One Sentimental, Other Prac ticaIBulgaria8 Need of America After the War Loyal to Germany During War, She Wants Beneficial Peace. (By Associated Press.) Copenhagen, June 27. Although Bulgaria is opposed to breaking off re; lations with the United States, the fear Is expressed, according to Infor mation reaching here, that Premier Radoslavoft, may have been compelled to purchase concessions, for which ha went to Berlin bj; a sacrifice of Am? erican relations as part payment. The , influences against a break with lh United States are of a twin naturfU one of , a sentimental, character, based on tne lanuenca- Amennut . erts college , education upon many prominent men of old and new Bul garia and upon the respect for the far away republic with no. axe to grind i in Bulgaria. The other is wholly prac tical, inspired by the belief that cap ital from the same republic may after the war prove highly advantageous -in the development of Bulgaria with out risking economic dependence up on either of the European political systems. The practical Bulgarian does not exr 5 pect to see any thorough-going domi nance of either of the present power groups after the war. The omy cir cumstance which would lead to native Bulgarian sentiment for a rupture with the United States would be, ao cording to information received by the Associated Press correspondent, th . appearance of American troops In Sa loniki a possibility which some ln fluence in Bulgaria apparently ha some interest in pointing out to the Bulgarian mind. Bulgaria having Bulgaria having sot osaesSi0n of all advantages which ara included in the present stage of Its ambitions, Macedonia and DODruaja, and finding the burden of running even , a minor power share of the world war , a growing menace to Its financial fu-. ture, is a strong advocate of the Ger-: man peace movement. t . Premier Radoslavoff has talked peace both at Berlin and Vienna. Thi;, government dispatched a Bulgarian i Socialist deputation to Stockholm with f its God-speed ana instruction io worn. Bulgarians still cherish the thought of Salcnlkl and an extended-snare or , the Aegan, and the Danube as frontier clear to its mouth as ultimate objects, but the experience gained In 1912 . has shown the wisdom of riot attempt- --j ? ing too much at a time. ' n,- ,.' Bulgarians apparently are firmly, ;,' loyal to their Teutonic allies for the v period of the war. They say they ar J -I open to no overtures to abandon them, during the struggle, though willing to i v use their influence against the more-- . ment for a so-called Hindenbur or German peace. There is, howeref. considerable surface grumbllnjj against the Germans, based upon the belief that the Kaiser's government 1 ; exploiting them unfairly In buying up.t v the country s proaucw,- wmwi .. , , needed at home, denying them manrt- -f factures, which they urgently need. ;,, driving a harder bargain for financial subsidies than with the Turks, and taking too much military glory. ! Bulgaria, it Is firmly declared, will -furnish no troops for the general pros-' ecution of the war on fronts other thanT-s Bulgaria, She has some forces on th . river Sereth, but these are in lmme-"i diate contact with the rest of ihe But garian army. 1 ; Conditions of life in Bulgaria V are said to be passable. -There Is no fear,. of starvation or short rations, but prices are tremendously. inflated, .The ' harvest Is fairly good. - i , . - -t '.' ; ...... . . . : :" r?; . " J - - 1 x v v v n ; M : .it i r .t i A 1 . ;
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