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I WEATHER FORECAST MM North and South' CarollnaProb-" ably showers xoniyni ana rnuay. , - -.'. -!;, ...-'-.vi' .'.'..St '4 --, rj; V FULL , IJEASED r WIRE SERVICE 'vol. XXIII. 'NO. 311 WILMINGTON, NORTft CAROLINA; rsdaSPernoon JuU OS 1 91 7. PRICE FIVE CEKKX O 11 t' ":Hv ''V SI ii M EDiTioi: v. . .v.. 1 " -i " uu Newspaper in Berlin -Makes This Known to theJVprld at Large. :f - , KERENSKY'S SPEECH ! BROUGHT IT OUT v. :' Organ of the Imperial Chancel lor Attempts to Throw Dust In the Eyes of the People That Paper Also Attacked Gerard. il'.y Associated Press.) Copenhauettr Aug. 30. The, state ment thai ;m offer of a separate peace was m.il' io Russia recently by the Germnn government is published in the Socialist newspaper Vorwacr' v of Berlin, it is broughfTJut; by the as sertion of rrrmier Kerensky, of Rus sia, in hi speech at the Moscow con ference that Russia "a little time ago" replied indignantly to a proposal to conclude a separate peace and that a few days ago "we witnessed another1 attempt, equally base, directed against our allies. . , ' In this connection the semi-official NorddeutsTh Algemeine Zeitung again throws dust in the eyes of the world and tli1 CJerman public' by ostensibly denying Premier Kerensky's account of the, overtures to Russia and its al lies, which is characterized -as in real ity being no denial at all. . The Tageblatt, The Vorwaerts and The Vossische' Zeitung, call attention Va trick of the semi-official organ in toying overt u cs were made by Chan- 'M. Kerenaky uld' not mention the fof mer chanellor, specifying that the jroposal to Russia's allies was made I few days' ago that is, since the. re tirement of Dr. Von Bethmann Holl weg. , . - The Vorwnorts adds that such an of fer was My mad" to Russia, al- . . , (By Associated' Press ) tirement of Dr. Von Bethmann. -Holl Washington, Aug. 30 Federal con weg. ii says tne organ-or Cnanceuor Vtrol of tne country's coal industry was Michae l would be right in claiming ! again today the subject of discussion that Uei maTiy had done what it could , Dy the directors of the National Coal to open a path to peace by adoption of Association, with brosDects that an the Reichstag peace resolutions, if Dr. ftiichaeli.-. had acted from the stand- point of the resolution, without condi- tions, waltbiing and reservations. Un-' 11.. l. 1 i. Jl J.l 11 fortunately he has not done this, the Vorwaerts asserts, but has permitted thp opponents of the ' resolution to claim him for their own. The latest achievement of The Nora deutsch Algemeine-Zeitung in verbal manipulation is similar to the "deni al" of the authenticity of Emperor Wil liam's communication to President Wilson at the outbreak of the war, re cently ruaite public by former Ambas sador Gerard. It probably will lead to renewed criticism in the Reich- , "tag. FATAL COLLISION OF CAR AND AUTO. to. I'y Associated Press.) Kiclurioml. W, Aug. 30. Overton Howard, a prominent lawyer, his broth er, Thomas P. Howard, United States bank examiner, and Richard Bagby, nephew of the H6vards, were instant ly killed when the automobile in which tney were coming to Richmond, was struck an-i demolished bv a Richmond no Chesapeake Bay railway car near As'iland shortly before 8 o'clock this ?rn'n- 11 is reported that the car jnien struck ihe automobile ran wild 1Dw Ashland after the accident. : MAXIMALIST REVOLT IN RUSSIA PREDICTED fVr J 11 v Ass0fater Press.) openhaen. Aug. 30. Another at mpt at revolt hy the Maximalist.fac- ;issi;i which will bring them into llOWl.V. iu l,ml,n? Uwr -hit.- XTl a ''"Parian Socialist, in, an in mieW ln Thfi Vossisch6 zeitung 'of Bfir'r l!'otT 1PCPntly returned to bLl1 ni Sfockholm where he had siar, Sso''i:it(!'' c'selv with the Rus Mar Maximalists there. :-i I win s'":naI for the revolt, he" says, as w 'n Klv"n from Gronstadt, which, tic h a,ho Uusian fleet in the Bal Leninn""(Vi; thp inHuence of Nikolai nino his adherents. ;.- ,, STEAMSHIP ASSYRIA - SUNK-BY SUBMARINE New vlTli Abated Press.) - ' - -V; ; fmshi a' 3f -The. -British ions ;,. ' '', a vessel oi-'o.avu the f.;,',. .,sV',sfater under charter .to OermT1 L,nf?.-has been5 sunk byia tlcpj, "'' sr!)m;"-ine, according to ad- circiVs !Vf' hpre today in insurance hart . ' 'Vv"n,rt of the line rrU thv "ad b,. ti,,.,' , ormed the vessel was. lost 'ate nr.... ' 1U ''t '1 . . . . . r no particulars as to. the or of the locality and As.!. I1)n was dnstrnvAa r--U. Thi ; island the. latter, ft M 0 STILL ARGUING KEATING BILL Hearing Continues in Greens . boro on Constitutionality, -J of-Act. Bv Associated Press.1 1 Greensboro, N. C, Aug. 30 The ar- r ' - , - gument on the constitutionality of thekrt r f ,.ortl,D' . c. Keating-Owen bill was resumed : r in Federal Courtjliere today, Judge Boyd presiding, and continued until noon. His contention was that Congress had an unquestioned right to pass any law lt wanted to pass just so it was not an arbitrary law. He contended that in all he laws passed which had to do with control of lottery tickets, pure (i ., jrohibition, child labor, Congress was exercising its right to protect t&e people of. a nation Attorney Hammer contended that the 30-day clause in the Keating-Owen bill meant nothing, because . when goods were removed from the loom to the warehouse it'was removal. There fore no, goods' were held thirty daysJder which a useful .conversaUon migh They must be removed from the main factory to a warehouse, floor and ; that was removal. On ' this point Judge Boyd expressed his belief that remov al meant moving the 'goods from a fac tory or f-warehouse to .offer - them for; interstate "shipment.- SeveraOlaw- will nazuiy ue reacoeu -iuuy vjf iue court. FEDERAL COAL CONTROL DISCUSSED -announcement as to whether Presi-:' dent Wilson's price scale will be ac- cepted without protest would be forth- coming before the day is , over. - -m .l-. I J The operators areaiviaea into two groups, one counseling acceptance of the governments fixed prices and the other urging that . the , case be taken to the courts . Efforts of the first group are being directed toward win ning the others over to its side. RUSSIAN TROOPS IN FIN jin general and the German nation in brilliancy the rest of the scene. Reg li a nf i a WT uni TCP ' Particular. .It is the view of a man imental "bands with their martial mu- ry.MJ-Jif.iiiM4 m. iivwijjjwho sees far. has always deliberated (By Associated Press.) , Helsingford, Finland, Wednesday, Aug. 9. Russian troops occupied the Parliament buildings at an early boui; today to prevent the reassembling of the Diet in defiance of the'decision of the Russian , government. The city is calm. The Helsingfors council of Workmens and soldiers deputies has ordered the cirews of warships to re turn to their vessels. FIVE DOLLARS PAID FOR OLD NIGHT SHIRT ' (By tJnited' Press.) - LiOndon. Aug. 10. (By Mail) They made them or more auraDie stun dock monarch, whose escapades enlivened in the days of King George IV. " A night-shir - worn by r the wild England a hundred years ago, was ex-, humed in a museum here today and sold for five dollars to a curio dealer. ' The five went into the coffers of a war charity, ' ; Man From Wilmington Want- fflLIiLl -Z"'v'''.i ''' " ':' ' '' - -'' ' i .': J l Talt "tn Pri'fTni-' fnT't'Uer , guarantee of the German people, 'Old Time's Sake. ' (By George HManning.) 'Washington, s Aug. - . 30.-Williara Fales, a laborer of WilmingtonN. C, who said he" came to Washington' to' talk With President Wilson - for , "old lime's sake" will be retained at Wash ington asylum hospital for seyerai days for observation as ta tils sahtty. Fales, who said" he was 47 'years old, confided to a detceive. at the .Union Station that he had known W oodrow Wilson in ; boyhood ahd came up ' to Washington 7 to talk things over, with him, .The; detective jollied him along while, , they, went;;on; their way: tq tne part of Julv. 4 wrn groins to the White iJouse.v -i cynical, never ireach - . in the same period. : , , ; : i ' ; - i: (tmued oi. Page EigH ; s- l1 ?ot ee l 01 ttie a mnnt.. : f nnTi.n , hianirn I k'o ads Tniti in tut- i nnimbiii! - om navav 'nicnnnnra nio snavnr : ronirin '- linoiipr-oosni n v . nv. hii iiiiih ruins j uuu, uuv . t j.xtvu&.t fei v "t... yo"H i OF WILSON'S REPLY Evident; the Answer Was Made After -Careful Con- ; sideration of the Subject. s s ." ISSUE IS TAKEN : v . - V WITH PRESIDENT I - " -. . lOri Question of Attitude of Gerrnaa People NoteThat of Ma Who Sees Far and: Deliberates Deeply. CRSrfXssbciated Press.) -Paris,-iigs 8a.--Only an v eighty- j word srumrp- of . Prtesident Wilson's reply to - Pope". Benedict has reached i Paris this morning and consequently the newspapers "withhold extensive comment. TheSpetitParisienj h.ow fever, says it is c!tear, in view of the length of time which has elapsed since the President received Pope Bene dict's proposals, .that his answer was urno way improvised,, particularly as every one-is aware that it is his habit to meditate at length overevery act. s "As far -as it. is . nossihle to luderfi u. i lIum lut5 ludUUUa cu V wTT nnvenonar onnhnnoa "Procinent A. 1 1, gestions in themselves. His reply is a re-editing of the thesis familiarMo Jthse who have jread his' messages, nnai - as longras uerman imperial m the democratic spirit has not pene: f tratea Demnd tne Knme, as apsoiu tism, based on oligarchy, persists, so long nations cannot have confidence in :' Germany's word. President Wil son thus brings up just as France and Belgium have done before him, the question of Prussian militarism, which is the safeguard of this absolutism and i oligarchy. "In rejecting the" Vatican's offer the President indicates the conditions un- i a ustiu4 ,cuu vci muuu f"V dvice to the German people. be taken portant advice The Matin says : "From what we trnnur' nf tha toff ' Mr "WilflrnN has ' PTI-! deavored to enter into ,tbe views of therspirftoal power which- is regarded the highest'teligibus authority 'ip the t world, but it j is absolutely necessary that peace should be concluded only;fprtn TOars of cheers that were almost witn ausoiute guarantees ior ane Tu- continuous for the more than six hours ture' which the President believes can- tnaLt it took the division to inarch from not-be given by the present rulers of110 street to Washington Square. Germany. He does not conceal thei "Only a drop in a great bucket," ex opinion which he had already express-jclaime(J a British army officer in the ed that the German people should be;reviewing stand, "but that long confi free from the. present, regime before fdent American stride! .1 wish . the an agreement worthy of conference Kaiser could see it and this wonder can be made with them.. V : 'ifni.dbmnTiRt.rfl.Hon".-" 'v'The allies-of the United States who have seen the German people at work, can judge that they are united in sup- port of their, masters and have ratified their abominable' enterprise in the hope of deriving immense advantages therefrom, but the President continues to hold the view that if-permitted to speaK, tnese peopie wouia conaemn the shepherds who have, led them astray. Tliat is his opinion, reached after deep reflection. He has every right to make it known to the world deeply what he has to do and has not tremendous enthusiasm. had the habit of consulting with, any j Headed by Major General O'Ryan. one in regard to the actions of grave the parade started promptly at 10 importance, but in the silence of hisj0ci0Ck under cloudy skies and a pat study, reflects and decides. He has ter of rain, but later the weather made an immense and powerful people cleared. The . division was made up understand the necessity of submit- Df three brigades, and a provisional ting "to the hardest sacrifice to inter- brigade of coast artillery. A consider vene in a European conflict. This his- aDi(i portion of thetroops were from tone action entitles him to credit, UD-State cities.' and. among 'the spec- J and every effort should ;be made to understand his personal conception of ,an& relatives - who had come here to the conflict, its1 cause and end." join in the send-off.' ' - Manchester Guardian's Criticism. J The 22nd Engineers; led by CoL Cor ' London, . Aug. 30 i "The' text of nelius Vanderbilti who left immedi nf PTnmdent WilRnn'R re.nl v tn tJie ately. for, the training, camp at Spar- Pope's peace overtures, is not before ,; wa write hnt PvorvhnHv in thi CTnited States has alreadv read' it bv yesterday noon and - summaries and ed with roses by women: . Governor comments from American newspapers Whitman, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, leave us in doubt about its character," Ixdorthcliffe, Major ! General Bell, says the Manchester -Guardian, v Mayor Mitch'el, City Officials, Rear Ad After declaring that the position of miral Usher: and other, navy, officers the President is clear, and logical, the e mayors of flfty; up-State cities and newspaper gives several extracts from consuls-general, officers of the Premier ," Lloyd-George's speech at Glasgow last June, which it says are I much the same in spirit as Mr. Wil son's message to the; . Pope, continu ing: ' : , Vy';f ;;,. ' .'. - .Vf resiaeni . -w usun s . puiicy , comes ; j very near to the formula no peace with the; Hohenzollern s but it would the number of British . vessels sunk bev unfair not to recognize the very last week by mines or, submarines is narrow 'and deep gulf that" separates! shown by the Weekly admiralty state Iiim from that formula. The -way in nient issued tonight: Eighteen vessels which - he prefers to put his policy is of mfire than .1,600 tons were sent to that no peace can be durable iwithout ; the bottom, as compared with 15 the v mi fc. c . - v C5V einment,1 holding the views that it; vious week. No fishing vessels ; were docv cannot be durable. . . v": :; ; sunk.; ?c;;:';'' 'Ar''x , !'Mr . -Vilson has no desire-' to die- C i Italian "Losses. - Cz'''f. tat to the Germanpeople .their form Rome, Aug. 30. Italian merchant of : government; but,: as a good ; Ameri- paen losses for the week ending . Au c.4n liV, has faith in. the .honecy and V gust 26 comprised one large 4 steamer, Sincerity of the democracy. He is not two . sn.ll steamers and two smal l 'concerned' to ' :--insists that Germany sailing vessels. One steamer was un- ! must have , forms of; government like cur. . own.v but: only to assertthe prin ciple that in dealingj-Syith'" an "autocrat y;like ; that 'o Germany we must in Beii-uejerase. exaci uior .severe guar- antees -than if " we" were dealing, vnot iwlli o '?tHnrt'' -Trrriqo- nnUtipal . vis lhave been made notorious by the war, but with a 'free people whtch, in' the . PRESIDENT CONFERS ON .-; , y ; -T RUSSIAN. SITUATION. - Washington, -Aug.;;; 30 PresI-: "(' dent iWilson,akainturn t'& tention - to. th . situation in Russia i. ; .-!' 'at a cdnterenee; toay withElihu ' j" Root; whoheaded the American -J?-; mission; ; V C:;'' Kr Mr, Root 'and i other; members of the mission "have- been, press-" mg the immediate. necessity, of - -K- material as well as moral assjst ance to the: privisional govern- - ment, and Deside , tne recent 3f ; $100,000,000 credit; -other steps al- ! 1 ready , have ' been - taken - toward '. follow today V conferences mat ena. r uf uier .-.uuon . may i . v - - ' - K L - - - Rinjl VflDV WIIIC STIRRED BY A - - . - ' . - GREAT SPECTACLE Twenty-five Thousand Fight- . v t n-rt ing' Men March Down Fifth . Avenue.: ALL OF GOTHAM PAYS THEM HOMAGE! Wonderful Demonstration Be- - fore Men Leave For South ern Training f Camp Gen. Ryan in Coni. ; (By Assotiated JPress.) New York, Aug. aO. The spectacle of 25,000 fighting men marching, down Fifth - avenue," New York's . troops for democracy's battle r liheX in -Europe, stirred this, great city to (the depths today. ''.: -- ;-' -,r.s: v Pride, patriotic fervor, and the. emo tions that : go with farewells to a sol dier: seemed to grip with ;a common intensity the two millions of people .... .. . y . -,r r khaki swing by. The troops, New York State's for merr"National " Guard, now the -27th di vision of thei United States i r Army, marched, befdre leaving tor their pre liminary training camp - at, ' Spartan- them?a ?send -off" worthy of their I timate mission.""-. The soldiers 'called Fifth' avenue never before was so . packed with humanity. For five miles two solid lines of people were banked 8 to j0 deep against shop windows t'an(i. houses. . The thoroughfare was ablaze with the Stars and Stripes and tor it seemed carried a flag or two or WOre f a patriotic emblem. Cleaving ;this mass of red, white and blue, 'marched the soldiers in their sombre hut significant olive drab, only the Uiint of .their bavonets matchine: in O?o tirrri tha prnwrfa frennentlv into tators we're thousands of their friends tanbiirg, marched in the yvan and; as they passed the grand stand at 42nd street and Fifth Avenue, .were shower- Ailiea'reW2l! ' Tt .,1 V ,.MV1. '-. ; O UtM AKliNc. 1 IMS FOR PAST WEEK f: Rv Awociated Press.) London, Aug: 30., An , increase in previous week, and 15 - vessels ot less llittll Jt,UUU LUUSf o.fJ agaijua w r tuv I V successfully attacked: Few ' French1 Vessels Sunk. - Paris, Aug. 30 Out of the 920 ships which entered f and the ' 1,013 which cleared from French ports during the week ending August 26, 3 ships of mnro thnn 1 RfMl tnnn and one of less than 1,600 tons were sunk bysuhma-1 rines or mines "Four vessels were at-1 VLVV UfllY ynd SENATES if;:"' Viscount llsrflnf M?Jrvn 1 . z - ;' . Introduced to i hat ' THE FRIENDSHIP J OF THE TWO NATIONS .:.,...? - ,,....-,,,-,..J-.- - '.Eloquently Touched lUponJ V 'Germany's EflF6rts'vtcrEn-'i.;:l; -I gender Discordn Ishii's Reply-. t IV.r Associated Press.) ' ; . ; Washriigton, Aug.; 30.--In presenting; Viscount Ishii, special ambassador and J head of the "Japanese mission to the I Senate today, Senator Saulsbury, of Delaware, president pro tempore of jthe Senate and acting in the absence of Vice President Marshall, declared Uhe occasion "symbolizes , complete in- consciousness of - international - honor ';bas brought about." ' - ; , Referring to German propaganda Senatnr- Sanlshiirv, sflirl avi'T attptnnte i had been made tq breed distrust and hatred among ; friends of. the ; United PEOPLE jQtnios - -'ne -Japan,-.he continued ? v.uut, u-6"6 xct a continuance . oi our old friendship which the trouble-maker' of the earth has tried hard to interrupt. . " ?We know how industriously . insidi ous attempts have been made by the Prussian masters- of the; German peo ple to bring about distrust and hatred in the world. We know what evil at tempts they- have made to . breed ha tred and distrust among our friends, and we welcome this opportunity to haarti v inoTatiilariS' miT nln . fpionrta who honor us tddavr that hy the can-! a m mi m s ii - a ture of Tsing Ta.u and .the German is lands in the." Pacific Japan has com pletely removed from the Far Eastern world sthe only threat, as we believe, to peace and prosperity,- the C only threat : to ;; lasting peace in : Eastern Asia, "Tbe yellow peril was" made in Ger manyVCand Shang Tung was seized; the?; Slav-' peril was made in Germany many entering"! their last at teinpt:; at conquest 'have roused as teat : peiilf-a real peril to themselves and the free Inations who believe' in . international honor, in the binding force of treaties, and in jhe pledged swor.d are grimly though- so sorrowfully engaged ' in creating perfecting, and bringing to successful issue an alliance ? for the benefit of all earth's people which will protect the rights of nations, small and great, and enable them- to lead their lives in peace and lead them una afraid. - " .. "This alliance threatens only rapac ity, greed, hypocrisy, and nationalized brutality. "Our alliance is indeed a - peril, but only to the new, pirates of the seas; to the assassins of the air, to those who violate, international decency and fair dealing, who misuse the 'forges of developed science and distort . " the teachings of philosophy, who would destroy civilization itself in the effort to accomplish world -domination. "Let us never permit hereafter ...that evil tongues or wicked ; propaganda shall cause even the simplest-minded among our people to " forget the ancient friendship of our nations or weaken the ties of mutual r'espect and regard in which we hold each other. ' Viscount lshii addressed the,c5enate as follows: . , . - "No words at my command can give adequate expression to1 the profound appreciation I have of jthis honor you confer upon us. I knowv well, the ex alted dignity and the proud traditions of this illustrious branch of the great legislature of, the United States, and in: the name of my. country, my mis sion and myself, I thank i you most sincerely. . - : :Cs k . )7'--. "I grasp this "occasion to say to jou that ; the whole people of Japan hear tily welcome and ; profoundly appreci ate the entrance of this mighty nation of yours into, the struggle against the insane despoiler - of : our civilization. We all know that you did not. under take this solemn task on the impulse of the moment,; but you threw. your mighty weight ; into the .struggle, only' after exercising 3 most admirable pa tience with a firm determination that this world shal be made freerTrom the threat, of aggression: "from that black shadow of a military despotism, wielded by a , nation taught .with the mother's milk that' human right must yield to brutal might. , To us the fact that' you are now on the side .of the Allies in this ' titanic struggle consti tutes already a great moral victory for our common, cause. . , : ; "We, of Japan,- .believe we .under stand something of the American ideal of life and we pay our most- profound respects to' it . v ' ; - ( . . -i'" : "Jeff erson, ; :' your great r American President, conceived t the; ideal oi an American commonwealth,; to be not a rule imposed on the people by force of arms, but as a free expression of the individual sentiments of the - people, f "He saw a community of people guided - ' by a community of - good thought and pure f patriotism, l using theif own special talents in i their own special way , unaer ineir,uwu?toreu roof trees. wotra; macnine-maae na- and Serbia was overwhelmed and Rus-j need, 'have no fear; that, we will be snug, seirentered:s'.sapmenr:urrqjy tne mirage: or peacft.wnicn is no s "1 V V .;-j4 'XT' J :; Address by Secretary Daniels at oreaKing around; r or v . Armor Plate Plant ! " r (By Associated Press.)' T CI Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 30, Sec retary Daniels, speaking here" today - at the breaking of ground for the govern- ment jirtnor plate and" projectile plant, declared that America -is fighting, not only for the democratic nations of the world, but is waging , "the battle of the people of ; the V German empire them selves." - . -, Germany began, this . war for a a iiii Ii I Gft s 5 iiiiji) ' IN THE WORLD IB place in the sun," said the, Secretary. piac: than artillery combats,; trench;.- s - "It has conducted it with the idea thatr,,,- - tr. . TMii it must have the place in the sun- and the only place. We' believe that l nere can be, no, peace In the sunshine t?r .nation , on earm unaerneaxn ommous snaaow or tne iTussian eagle-r-no sunshine .even for the peb- fl h nnRsihintv vf 'material nHvan.i tage of conquest,-patient amid aggra vation and . aggression, hoping against hope -until the last moment that ; this madness of the imperial German . gov- : ernment would pass away; America has at' last drawn her swOrd, not only for her own rights, . not only for her nwn o-riefono hni- fnr tho vopw oTtai. ence of freedom Itself Aipon the -earth and it will not;bV sheathed unUI vie- tory is won." V; n vr - , r. Tv - xl.i i " . in 1 . . ing the surest means to bring an early and- effective peace." t ;' ; "Let there "be no fear that rumors of peace or possibilities of a cessation of the struggle .will cause, us to reniit for one moment our activitieson. sea and shore, "rie C said. "Not until the peace treaty. ,is .actually signed," will we remit ohe,; single, item frpnl our Jprogramof preparaUon. Our citizens peace, into slackening of , our activi ties ' ..'. - .;'?.-'-ar . - ".. i" The Secretary declared that the gov ernment had been dilatory in provid ing for "its war needs. Had attention been given r to the . far-sighted advo cates of preparedness,y he-r said, the country would ! not have - entered the war with wholly inadequate facilities. WATERMELONS MADE ; PATRIOTIC FRUIT (By United Press.) ' Washington, Aug. 30. Housewives, don't -fight shy of the watermelon with a blue tip on its tail. That'sjthe style. Officially adopted and.; vouched for; by the Department of Agriculture. " It also makes the watermelon .the most patriotic fruit; we grow. ? Red center, white rind, blue tail. --i ty.i' Paintlhgthe tails; of watermelons with a paste made of bluestone and .starch prevents stem-end rots, which have caused vast losses heretofore in shipments of melons. The. blue tiD on its tail doesn't hurt the fruit at alL . just ;:keepsiti.iv -' ;' t You needn't worry either " if some hurried; careless grower lets the blue tip wander , splotchily up on the body of the melon. That doesn't hurt it either., , . ENGLAND'S NEW FLEET OF MERCHANTMEN 4 : .' ' : (By Associated Press.) London, Aug." 30-r-The: first of the British . government's standardized 3 merchant' steamers to replace tonnage lost through submarines, it V isi nouncea. nas neen commissionea aiieri- roTrnilotin tr mnct sucrpscfitl triala Tho keel was laid down in February and the hull was launched in June. It i" understood that 6 different types of vessels, varying in size from 8,000 tons downward, are. being built, Many hundreds of suchshibs will be con structed. ., ' " ; '." . ;,:'"', ;, y, ; - Fine. Work bf 7 Gunners on - American Steamer Carry-1 ' ing War Unit to Europe. 1 .", - . .... '-.K-' '-- ' --' ; -: '-' V i w (By Associated Press.) '-" V Portland, Ore., Aug. . 30. How a steamer carrying a unit of the Ameri can Medical Corps to Europe for ser vice' smashed the periscope, of a. sub marine with her guns and averted her Own -destruction is told itf'a, letter re ceived here today by Dr. J. W. Mor row, from- his son Dr.; Earl Morrow.' ; "It was just after, breakfast and I was standing aft" writes Dr. Morrow, emerge 300 yards astern. Before. . 1 1 could shout a warning; our, chief gun ner had espied the "periscope and open ed fire. : His first, shotr ; struck .and smashed, it to pieces. It sank and we submarine again.' HIT PERISCOPE (YitEh'gainients'i Arena "of Minor V Nature 1 1 , Compared Last Week SITUATION APPEARS 1 i i TT?KMXrX3i A DV-IM? ATtf rrirr British Submarine Losses ,! In- ; crease ButFrericTi Decreases Italians iRepulse Austrians ; In the Isonzb Region." Military": operations on; the Franco-;, .Belgian front r continue, to be -!of ir minor nature only; in contrast with ;'!. f the stirring activities .of last week "at Verdun and ,.in Flanders. Today's official report from : i Paris shows ttjie situation along the French lines to be one of temporary deadlock - with . nothing more . important taking '; vCv N : local significance. In this last class , were.-two. ;, ...v, o', . 4 ., -.'. :C: ;r; v1? German 'attacks last .night in the" Champagne region east of ' Tenton, ; ;! liar attemDta oi tne uermans tODUm back French" posts in ; the Verdun re-. gion north of Vaux Les Palameix and penetrate the lines north of Caurierea wood All these were completely checked, as was a German thrust t la the Aisne region near Cheyrnx.'i-;V! ,There .was 7 active artillery fighting ; in the; Verdun - region and similar , -spirited activity at points in the Alsne Although there was a- slight in- crease in ... the number of British ves- pels sunk last weekV as shown by last night's report: from London, -; French shipping suffered less from submarine attacks jthan in the ; preceding .week. The French losses totalled four ;ves; ; sels, asf compared' with nine jthe week : "; I endeing August" 19 . The sinking br ; sy.umar.wie ui an . ixiuerican vcbbu' - Qhooner Laura .3. v Anderson, is ; re ' ported toay. The crew was saved. Rome, today, reporjts the repulse 6t ; Austrian countet ' attacks in the Ison- : zo Tegion. The Italians held all their ; positions firmly- and ; . even ' v gained ground at points. .. They , took 1 660 ':.! prisoners, , ' ' ,1 .H ; i V jl;-'. Teutons j Repulsed. ' ."' i ::; Paris, Aug. .30 . German attacks on the Verdun front last night - were rer- pulsed completely, the War Office an- - jounces. The Frencn penetrated .vier man positions in the'Chamnagne. tak- : ing prisoners and a machine gun. The ' (Statement - follows:.-''; -'.I ' Z' -"There was pronounced activity by ; the artillery in the region of Braye-En-Laonnois; and in the sector , of .Cra'v bnne. An - attack by the enemy, on . our small posts south; of Chevreux was repulsed. ; . ;:xxlX- . "In the Champagne east . of Teuton; we; succeeded, without sustaining any -losses, in a detailed action 1 in - the course of which our troops penetrated, the enemy line .and brought back eleven prisoners and a machine gun. Two German attacks in the same.Te gion were repulsed after " spirited. fighting.; ..'wy---- ' ",,---' "There was; active artillery fighting on both banks of the Meuse (Verdun) front. , German attempts north of Cau rieres wood and against our small posts north of Vaux-Les-Palameix met a complete ; check." ;ifr - . -; vi; y;;"' U v Austrians Driven Back. : ' -": Rome, Aug. ' 3Q.Austrian counter attacks in force were made, yesterday; against the hew - Italian position, on the front, above Gorizia,: the .war of- ' i . .... ' . 11 V . . . - fice -reports jiivery wnere i- me .Aus trians were driven back, and at som0 an-Lpoints the Italians made further gains.' - - . ..- ; . - GERMAN SUSPECT HELD IN COLUMBIA JAIL i . - i '(By Associated; -Press.) ' ' ' " Charlotte, N.. C, Aug. 30. A special from Columbia: Si ;C; says Wil liam Kruger, a German, was arjested there at noon yesterday by James L. Sims, United' States -marshal. Kruger is held in jail without bond. . No Spe-, cificv charge, has been - made against him, r though he was arrested under . the- President's proclamation.. forbid ding alien enemies working in govern ment plants. It is alleged that Kruger was working wUhin half a mile of the Charleston' nayy yard. Ordered ' from . that place he came to Columbia" and went to work at Cmp Jackson. Krug-; er, it is said, has been under the sur veillance of agents of the Department ofv Justice for: some time. . : M'LELlAN'S ASSAILANT' : " . ARRESTED BY POUCE " (By AMocia ted Press.) ; - Paris, - Aug. 30.;The Lyons police have arrested Raymond - Roblllot,; 17 years old on thejeharge of having at tacked ; O. Lvi McLellah formerly a Louisiana ; Senator,' who was shot :at Lyons on Tuesday; Robillot Is said ty The 'Figaro to have left Paris because he was wanted by the police - for theft Under the pretext, of: showing Mr. Mc- Lellan about" Lyons he took him to ;a ionely spot; the' newspaper says, de-., manded money' and - meeting with" a re fiisal . ' fired six shot. Mr.- McLellan'3 condition is serious. Sr-' i, 1 ' SK ill H ... "i . ti I t :, I) . "L.'vi :U I - ' ;.' K'lff 1!. , ill' ' r it ,
The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, N.C.)
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