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f -1 J -V. v J. North CarolinaProbably thuri ...,.,r toniaht and Sundav' dCSouth Carolina Thunder, , show f this afternoon or tonight; Sun-, day probably fair. , VOL. XXIII. NO. 167. , - Exploding Bombs in Their Midst First Intimation to People of the Approach DESTRUCTION DONE IN HEART OF CITY Many Craft in Squadron- Dropped Bombs for Quarter Hour Hostiles Attacked By British Anti-Aircraft Guns arid Airplanes Casu alties Many. 4f v- OVER SCORE MLLtJ. if . London, July 7. Thirty-seven persons were killed in the air raid and 141 injured, it was of- finally announceu iuis iiLr- . .. j iV!. fl w I noon, une eneiuy uiutumc wa brought down by the Royal Fly- ing Corps. a. . w London. July 7 A Oerman airship raid over London occurrea at aDout q-30 o'clock this morning. Thousands of persons crowded the streets, many of them women and children. The police and soldiers had difficulty in holding back the people. Many per- sons were seen ai wmuows. Aiiu-an-craft guns throughout the city and British airplanes immediately engaged the hostile craft and 'f or a time the sound of exploding bombs, and -the vicious reply of guns was deafening. Straight over the. city, flew the squad ron of raiders, pursued by ,turstihg shrapnel. .-...:ti". , The sun was shining brightly but the sky was overcast with a haze such as is so favorable to .raiders. Not withstanding the haze, however, the Germans were visible plainly to the people in the streets. . The raiders appeared most suddenly, and few persons realized that a raid was in progress until the sound of bombs began to be heard. The Ger mans were traveling at tremendous speed. They appeared to be" at a low er altitude than in the last raid, when J they exacted such a heavy toll of life m London. The following official account of the raid was given out: "Lord French reports that at about 9:30 o'clock this morning hostile air craft in considerable numbers, probab ly in two parties, appeared over the Isle of Thanet and the east coast of Essex. After dropping some bombs in Thanet, the raiders proceeded in iuc uiiecuun oi ljunuuu. . muuug roughly parallel to the north bank of the Thames, they approached London from the northeast. Then changing their course, they proceeded north and "vest and crossed London from the northeast. Bombs were dropped in various places in the metropolitan area. "The number of raiding airplanes is at present uncertain, but was prob ably about twenty . They were attach ed by artillery and by large numberfl of our own airplanes, but reports as to the results of the engagements and as to damage and "casualties have not Fet been received." Damgge was done in the heart of London by the raid which was one of the greatest, if not the greatest ever attempted by the Germans --over ' the Metropolis. Late this morning, it was impossible say what loss of life there had been. for about a quarter of an hour the raiders dropped a steady rain of bombs. ' The. German raiders came from the north and fh Tho Siass in some of the streets re- tinnies that in the streets of New. york, and its suburbs after the ex P.osion on Black Tom 'Island last July . . The people in the capital are urg lnR quick reprisals. ' " .'. , The West End and fashionablo northwestern residential sections;. had superb view of these raiders' . ap woach . From the further northern &ges ot themetropolls the raiders j.fiPt onward in fairly cldse forma- . more than a score in number, i in? ) - squadron which had been fly: & high then began a swift toboggan snool mrcoQlni)' trfl-li. IiLJlil ,iiiL Jl7TV JJ ' gravi, y under tte assistance of lt announced last: night , The a ip , and the. planes soon reachingjlargegt gijt8:are to Lake Side Hos vei evidently less than a thou-LJ, cieveiand: Yale University-and Tn,.v. i "tu. v.. v"u.uo v varf Q iti u: a antral objectives. airerafnwhile from all directions antl mBv. ba!-teries were working like ted tl!ne guns- Bursting shrapnel dot era wV11" around the on-ctming raid of , , snarling, vicious black puffs Plane more numerous than the the ra i 11 seemer impossible ': for the 11 completely to escape from ronn.7; mosphere of cur tain n fire r sur- The raiders, however, Continued - . i P -.VsV . VFULJLIUEASED WIRE SERVICE oN i.,,,i . -.-. - -. -rt .. -i,. LIQUOR QUESTION :- mm Fight Over Proposition to Pre . vent Withdrawal From r Bonded Warehouse. " v. , . (By. ABsoclated Press.) Washington, July 7. The battle - of the prohibition issue involved in the Food Control bill is being fought out in the Senate again today, this time on the question whether consumption as well as. the manufacture of dis stilled liquor sTiall be prohibited dur ing the war. The contest had narrowed down to this nhflsp tnHa.v. fnllnwiner thp ilpfpat tcf the "bone dry" amendment, which r v , uon makes it certain that all legis lation stopping manfacture of intoxi cants will be limited to distilled bev erages. "Wets" succeeded in forcing re consideration of the Cummins amend ment, tentatively adopted, which pre vents withdrawal of ."hard - liquor" now held in bond ; f or beverage pur poses. Opponents of. the provisions claim it amounts to a, virtual confis cation of 220,000,000 gallons , without effective conservation oFkhy grain.; . The vote to reconsider was 44 to 39. Pending is a compromise amend ment by- Senator Reed, which would authorize the President In his discre tion, to permit the withdrawal of dis tilled spirits from bonded warehouses;, : Champions of the Food bili,.xexpect; ing final disposition vOf ,thfe proWbtti!tt issue Dy tonignt, pian lo ooiam an agreement for a vote on the measure as a whole by 'Wednesday or Thurs day. " The Senate voted 65 to 12 in favor of adding - to Senator Cummins' am endment a proviso by Senator Smoot, that should withdrawal of distilled beverages from bond be prohibited, the r President should be directed to take over all stocks in bonded ware houses for government use and pay distillers the cost of production plus a ten per cent, profit. Senator Reed's amendment to the Cummins provision, proposing that the President should he empowered to au thorize withdrawal of liquors from bond when in the public interest, was rejected y the Senate today, 45 to 38. ; FOREIGN TROOPS ON WAY TO PEKING, (By Associated Pre6S.) London, July 7. A dispatch to the Post from Tien Tsin says that 300 Japanese, French, American and Brit ish troops, going to Peking to rein force the Legation guards, arrived at Lang Fang, which is not far from' Pek ing, before the fighting between the Imperialists and Republicans began. The general in charge of the Repub lican forces urged them to withdraw 10 miles to the rear of the danger from 'the fighting. All withdrew except two British officers and .some, telegraph op erators. Later both belligerents agreed to allow engineers to repair the railway track at Lan Fang, which had been torn up, and. permit the re lief troops to continue their journey. TURKEY AND GREECE IN STATE OF WAR. (By Associated Press.) London, July 7. According to a HlRnatch received at Amsterdam rtr - nm CoTistftntinoDle as forwarded by the Exchange reiegrapu, iui-wu-aiders as equivalent to-a declaration of war the action of Greece in break- ! ing off diplomatic relations. The-Turr kish government, . tne aispatcnrsays, has decided - to 4eport -aQ - Greeks, anu confiscate their property.- - CHARITABLE BEQUESTS BY LATE OLIVER PAYNE (Bv Associated Press:) New York,, July. 7. Cash bequests of more than $7,000,000 to charitable and edurntionai Institutions ire pro viAoA in the will of Colonel Oliver H. ji-J i nitir loaf woolr PovnP WnO UlCU III LllIO UXl-J ny " - th a New York Publi6 Library, each of . 1 which will receive $1,000,000. -y NO WEATHER CHANGE i FOR WEEK LIKELY ' (Dy Associated Piesa.) . Washington, July 7. Normal : tem perature and a occasional local, show ers are forecast for the Southastern States during the;week beginning to morrow. F U L LI , WILMINGTON, VORTH Crowd at wayside station for inent in society. FOR THE SOUTH Savannahs Sugar Refinery tor Monday. (By Associated Press.) Savannah, Ga., July 7. Monday morning the Savanah plant of the Savannah Sugar Refining Company, built at a! cost of $2,000,000, will 'be gin operations. ., This will mark line inauguration of the greatest enter prise' established in Savannah with in the past 10 . years or more. It will be one of 6 sugar refineries in the. United States - and oie of . the 2 in the South, the other being -at New Orleans WWte-the Savannan' ilant CHnTtttfiff eettiier, canerfeetisugar, the former will be useexclusively at first. Three shiploads ' or crude sugar have . been . received from Cuba and' their cargoes-will be the .first to go through the local refinery. hen operated at its capacity the ' refinery can. turn out 1,000,000 pounds of sugar a day. Three hundred men have; been given employment through the establishment of this industry and the force at the United States i customs house has been largely aug mented to sample the raw sugar, grade it after it is refined, and assess the djity to be paid the government This ?ill amount to $lo,vv a day when the refinery is worked to capac ity ' $ The officers of the Savannah Sugar Refining Corporation are: B. A. Ox- hard, 1 president ; Mills B . Lane vice-president; J. G. Oxnard, second, viS president! W. S. Tai-onner, sec- retary-treasurer; D. O. Sprague, gen-' eral superintendent; r . a. tjoaen heim, superintendent. -All : of these officers except J. G. Oxnard, who lives on Long Island, N. Y., ' are Savannahians. OLD NEW YORK , HOTEL IS TO GO. New 'York, July 7.-j-The fate of the St. Danis Hotel, one of . the oldest in the city, which has been standing since the early fifties at the southwest corner of Broadway and Eleventh atrpflf.ii' onnosite Grace church, has been' sealed by the announcement that j . - its antique furnishings will be auction-, , . (By Associated PressO v . ed off next week, as a preliminary to! Washington, July : 7. -Dispatches to the demolition of the building. jhe State Department yesterday said The St. Denis has many memories. survivors of the Danish steamer Fre- for bid New; Yorkers and for the er eeneranou 'Oi , visiloib w tuc v-n-j. ; It had highly successful career ; for many; years,-and only within a compar- ative ! recent" period- have the newer; and;more magnificient hoStelries taken . srwav ' its business and robbed its of its fame. V t SSSf fnyfJ- the ftpld hotel . landmarks : in lower . Newjork 'All oitthe 1 formerly well-1 kn6?;hptlft, below , Union, . Square havedisappeared, and few, of the pres-'- ent "generation can. recall more - than one or two of them. r , ' Up to the ' early seventies nearly all .the theaters and a large number t of the hotels, were below Fourteenth Street, Twenty-third street 'being con- sidered uptown, even as late as 1880. In addition to the St. . Denis, there , were ? the more iamous Aswr nuuse, near the foot of Park Row,-, the old Stevens : House at Morris street, the Merchants' hotel on Greenwich street,!' the Metropolitan at Prince streets in-! eluding Nibld's Garden ; . the Grand Central (later, the Broadway. Central) at Borid! street, the Prescott House, at Bond street, the Prescott House,' the Ashland, St.1 Nicholas, New York,. and Slhclair House. All of these, were below'; Fourteenth street, with the Continental' at Twenty-first street, ana'tne ijananam )&i ' iweaty-seconji street "and Fifth avenue. Of this goodly "array ; the St. Denis has for some -time, been the; sole, survtvof. j jUE A S E D W I R E r'-SER CARCIljA; SATURDAY AFTERNOON jULYI 91 7. V SOCIETY3WOMEN ON CONSERVATION TOUR; an 'illustrated lecture on canning. Among the lectures are those most prom- "'''. 'h s . PRESIDENT RELAXES FROM SERIOUS DUTIES EN- V COURAGES SPORTS IN WARTIMES. .H'- rsmgssmixsKij& a President Wilson throwing out the i ball at the Congressional ball game which was held at the Am erican League, park, Washington, for the benefit of the Red Cross. The Re- pubUcans sat in the stands to the left . . of the President; the Democrats to the right. Sunk Danish Steamer Without Warning-Several of Crew Perish. rtr-?7 ii r7 l Jr lit yissKtmjii old-:;den had made: statements 'to- the Mark , . . , - ,. -" 1 'm.. court m Copenhagen that, while the vessel . was sailing ;from ; Portugal to .Thorshavn, Faro'eIsrands,with'C go'Fsiit' sheV was-' overhauied ' bh $-M .jf-kL-j',i i May JlBbF':';aiG;erman"s-nbm and damaging the ifehoat.,;: mm ...r? i-r.- i r..- W ' ' Under Fhavy fire frbht;; sUstlie ere w of .Wgjii't made'a vainf aftewpty'to repai. -Hhe lifet fiolatand' th'eniput in a: smlf lly i,boat ; VOhjya j's'mall supply of rprbvision' be carried." On the following day the captain and one of the , crew died. On May 18 the other -men were' saved 7in an exhausted "condition. ' j . T' ' '" . ' - ' V -x- X -jf -5f & 4 -3f .! ; C OAST ARTILL ERY TO BE , MOBILIZED JULY 25TH. (By . Associated , Press.) ; ..- Raleigh, N. ,C,;. Jily 7.tThe ccjast Nbrtl :-:' artillerv 'S ?iorDsf of L ' th'eL North f Carolina waliohat ' Guadi willj ribiibemobiliienhtiItUy ji - 2S, . according, to an announce- ment today hy Acting, Adjutant -x- General Royster. - Previous- or- aers were -iflat- tn aruiiery would be called to i'the v colors oi July 15. ' -.e ;,-v-;5; YJ C E To Be on Large Scale A Lengthy Sea Voyage - Street Improvement. (Special .to The Dispatch.) ; Njw Bern, July 7. The high, prices which the : farmers, of Craven and. ad joining counties . have received, foiv the first crop of Irish potatoes , have caused many of them to decide to plant a; late : crop of the 'spuds'' and thousands . of barrels ; dthese are Tto be grown ..in , this section.' Xheprice of the ; seed: potatoes '.'&' however, caus Ing' many, of the ; f armejes to v hold back in their . planting. - Quotations oS&these - '4 fjtntg?e romi $2Qii6t25 Iper barret acccin tbi the:varjemth v jidicaUonS' iiow vkre atTf&eTltejBFDp ot potatoes 'Will brings; rcorobreak fng1 prices and ithose who "rowf them ,will doubtless reap a , rlqhprofiv ; Captain J: J." Day, cdhtmandfer and part owner of -the schoOner,; Grace, b as returned to New Bern foria shOft visit, after making a . voyage of thou sands of miles on board. of this vves- sel. He sailed, from , New ; York on June 5th, 1916, for Africa. -Later, he went to South America and other points and recently arrived at Bos ton," Mass.;. He "is planning, to '.make another Voyage in the near future, but has riot at the present ; time de- ccided where he will go. ; ' . - " V. i A.mnnfflm TirVili' id .4" Tift waged by the Chamber of . Commerce to sell $40,000 worth of stock- ln- the packing plant to be erected and oper ated here, is to be carried into i sur rounding counties during; the tcoming week.-- ''-:!-' - ' y : Miss Bessie Hackney, secretary, of the Commerce body, stated vtoaay that she was getting everything r in readiness 'for this big drive and that ihe day on which it would be ; waged would be announced probably ? tomor row. ' . ':' There are one or two notable? pris oners In jail at the present time m cludine Henry Connor, who is being held to answer to a charge of; crimi nal assault,, and J. M. Hall, who is serving a sentence of 16 'months, for larceny. r . ' The Craven - county exemption board - today completed the work ;of comparing the duplicate regisyanon cards with the originals - and : tonight will forward them. The board : will then await further . instructions " as to what they . shall next db.-' I The work of filling, in the glades & Daniels' docks at. the foot of Mid dle street, which has been in progress for the past few weeks, .as been: com pleted and. the, big government dredge which, hasi been engaged in ; this,; task has 'leen. removed.. All ; that . now. re. maih8 to. be: done ia to : paye thjsec tion sthat-fvill : be used as a .thorough far e'tnd (when this; has ; be envdbnethe work.wm;n'haeeenpmpteX'' THE CSOVVNlPRINCE HASAMERICAN unfrtendlyutterai Ger-man-rgbvernme. States,;; the German CrownPhce does not disdain to--employ, an Amer ican. He left, two recently , purchased horses , in the hands ; of the" former American 'jockey, Fred . Taral; for a number of years one of the.mostsuc cessful trainers on the German turf.: TAR HEEL LUMBERMEN GET BIG WAR CONTRACT &'iXBysockted-Pres.)i.- fef " --Washington, ?July The contract for lumber for the naval t-cantonment at vtheloid Jambstown expbitbn sfte was awarded yesterday to the 5 North Carplina rP.ine ; Bureau itiwjftsl'fan. nbuhced here" last night. The bureau is composed iof thef .North L CarbUna Pine Assoeiatidniand other ?:lumhet dealers. Thb . contract : calls for; 3,000,- ATGM ; - v ; v- - v v vi- i?nit(Fftnn nir rr?nnrr?fijin n v . - y mm mmmmmu Ul;.Siyiilfllli-;.: - ' . , ; .. . . . ; .. n . f .. ' L . . AFTER M BEfilfl AH Former Attaches of Em bassy and Consulates Noti fied to Leave Country GERMAN SYSTEM OF SECRET SERVICE To be More Closely Followed Up This Class of Enemy Subjects Undesir ( able. (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 7. All Germans, formerly connected either with the Embassy, or any one of the many consulates in America, "have been re quested to leave the United States. Notification that their presence in America is undesirable has been sent to them by the State Department; They were not told that they were suspected of being spies, but , the in ference of their loyalty to the Kaiser might make it, jdifficult; for them to tetupting. to , send information7 of a military I character to thbir govern nfent was made- clear.. . " Among the first to go will be Hein- rich Schaafhausen, formerly attach ed to the German Embassy; but left behind by Count von Bernstorff, and since attached tbT the department of German interests of the. Swiss lega tion. In addition to Schaafhausen, there is a Jong train of clerks and servants at least they have served in such capacities in this , coun try al .though the government has no means of knowing definitely what the exact status of mpst of them is with the German government. There is ground for belief that some of them are per sons of importance to the German intelligence system. ;. Dr. George1 Barthelme, the author of the much-discussed dispatch to the Cologne . Gazette at the time .-diplomatic relations were severed, still is In Washington, but is required to- re port to . certain government officials in person twice a week. . ' Although the bulk of. the German and Austrian Embassy, staffs depart ed with their ambassadors, Germany's allies still have their representatives here. Abdul Hak Hussein Bey, charge of the Turkish embassy, pleaded with the State Department not to insist on his departure. His wife is an English woman and on the ground, that her health might be affected by going, to Constantinople the Bey has been, per mitted to remain here. The Bulga rian minister also still is at his lega tion. - w ' , ; - There are many indications that the government is ' taking steps to tighten the spy net , and make even more difficult the getting of military information to Germany. ; '' Germans Deported. NeW York, July ' 7. Heinrich Schaaf hausen, former German :v embassy, at? attache, whom the United States, gov ernment has ; decided r to send ' out of this country, was placed on a Norwe gian steamship by . agents . of . the . Dtf partment of . Justice here; today.' The ship sails this afternoon.;', - FOREIGNERS IN PEKING : NOT IN PRESENT DANGER (By Associated Press-V ) ; . London, July 7. A dispatch , from Peking to The Times says that danger to foreigners In the capital, is not feared. - Advices to the Post from Tien . the ; foreign legations that he cannot minister,' Hsang Hun Yen has notified tre foreign legations that he cannot guarantee undisturbed order and that. if I trouble - occurs, Tuan Chi JUi, com? mander-in-chief of the punltrvev expe- ! dition,, will be responsible "'Ci i; According, to a telegram to .the Ex change .Telegraph from ' Tien " Tsin fighting is; occurring" along, the Peking- Mukden railway as . well as between Peking and t Tien sfh and the . Repub- i" lican troops thus far have the ad vantage . Other dispatches: from China do not confirm fighting although re ports . say ;that;it is imminent. , ; --i IS EDITIflJ : )' PRICE FIVE CENTO; Attack Launched on Pinsk and the City Said to Be In r; . 1 ' - .. .; ' ' Flanies". vv BRUSSILOFF HItTING WITH GREAT FORCE Russian Big Guns Laying' - Waste Positions Held.by tho ' Germans British v Again f ! Make . a Thrust, on France' . v i. Belgian Front French Ax- ' tillery Continues Jto Thurr'; ' - y der.;; ' .' .' I !r.. ' ." ; ' General Brussllbff . seems to . havflf been , arranging a , surprise or. the ' Russian front, judging from the -re ports from Petrograd today of violent " fighting In progress, in the Pinsk :d!s- trict J :;;.:' . r . Apparently .: the. AustrQ-German at 1 tention has been centered on the Gall . cian district, where JBrttpsilof ta, 'ot- fensive opened last Sunday, and .onjy last evening the German official report? recorded the , resumption of . heavy tt ' tacks by the Russians. I ; t v,., There ' has ; been na 1 mention In aay - '; of the official statements recently' of any especial activity any where along the Russian line except in Gal-' icia and : the sectors immediately ad' y jaceht oh north and ; south . , . The re J i poVt; from' Pinsk." 150 miles norths of , the . Galician- border ' therefore has in it the element- of surpripe , for.th ? world, If hot for- the-.Gernrans . - v '-'S5' Plnsk.-i which has been; in' Germaft1 ' hands . sinceVthe tide;' of the 'great ?i& C : ' 1 1 brrltory; is reported I inrflamesVThd city lies within r a rbhoufi'ced''aiieftt; Inthe,; .line , 'and r the, statement that I' fighting is .occurring 1 we$t of it may mean to the northwest where, the front trends along the Ogihski canal and the ; Jasiolda river ; ;: ; c ' ' 1 The infantry, may not yet have been: thrown into the fighting at Pinsk, the ' battle ; apparently being ''- one, ' of ' bia v gups, judging from ? the statement ret gardlng : the Russian .artillery,' 'whicli is said to be "levelling all' obstacles On the Franco-Belgian-; front -thtf British have again made .another for ward jthrust, slightly advancing their-(i line east of Wytschaete, in the BeU gian district where General ' Plumef blew the Qermans outvof an extended v salient east of the Messines ridge:Ustv month. ; With the French forces; thete; have been only' artillery fighting and; trench raiding. ; , , Meanwhile the Germans have carried ; out another air raid on London, said to be possibly the greatest ther h attempted over the metropolitan area.v The raiders, probably, numbering about '. , : 20, dropped bombs for; & quarter.' ot an . hour in various parts of JLondon, some : of them in the heart of the city. wher damage is reported. 1 4t l , Violent; Fighting. Petrograd, July, 7 rr Violent fighting , , has begun on the. Russian front west. of Pinsk. The city; of -Pinsk is In , flames, according to an announcement . today by the semi-official. news agen ' Cy . ' . . t ','';. . . .i , ir s' " The Russian artillery, the announce ment says. Is leveling air obstacles. T--. i . 'v . "jrl ... The opening of the battle of "PInaJc.) marks ' the second effort of the Bns-; . r sians 'after 'the longperiod of - qui6t . which followed the revolution; : The- , , point selected for this attack is about' v 175 miles north ' of the ' sector m eas? 1 Galiclaialong which -j the - Russlaca made thelf. firsts onslaught- resulting ' in the capture of about ;lg,000 men: In, two days. V v..-;; v; rK- '' - t ' Pinsk is at the middle of the Riwsc A- Galiciah batUe line.T v y - - i..There: has.. been- no heavy fightin?; . in this ; region since the -conclusloni of the great iAustro-Gennan drive ,which . , began in the Spring of 1915 . , , During the summer the Russians' were driven out of ' western. Galicia' Poland, and most-of - thev Baltic vprovinces. " Pinsk - . was capturediby,the,Gefmansn Sepr" tember, 15; at :the; high tide-of . thef Aur troXJerman invasion, : Subse(raauy- the Russians held up the Germans; on the Riga front and since; that time, th heaviest action have been' fought on the northern k end V of j the.' line or! fa" Galicla.--'"'-,'-; ;. -i-Ci ' . Pinsk had a population:: of t about Zv OOD; before the ,war. il IVlte within the great marsh 5 and i swamp region oi White Russia, about ona line east' ot Warsaw. i:k'S'W . 'w -M ANOTHER WAR LOAN MADE TO FRAnCE - (9y Associated Ptea.J Washington, July 7i-Aa additional r war loan of $1.00,000,000 was made IV 'i auvc , j envoi $ ma - . tal of I credits - to that country" Ttd $3l0,00Cf,OOO, and-the grand - toUl of ' American .. loans- to i"; the AUiesto 11,303,000,000; Hi; :.'..-; cl.uk J if.- ! fL;i :t m , t.. 1 1 lit '6 Ui o f on Page Eight). -::mmmmmmsms