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WEATHER FORECAST
North and South Carolina Fair to
night with frost probably heavy; 'Sun
day f3ir slightly warmer, west and
couth portions.
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BlSPATCH
FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE
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VOL. XII NO. 375.
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WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINASATURDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER '3,1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MILLIONAIRESS SONS IN NATIONAL ARM-
British
trols
Sink Ten Armed Pa
and an Auxiliary
Cruiser.
RAILROADS EXPECT
BATTLE TOOK PLACE
IN THE CATTEGA t
Details of the Fight Are Lack
ing Another Clean Up of
German Ships in Scandi
navian Waters. i
fiN UNPRECEDENTED
nnninTnnfln minii
n na
unniDiW) nuon
Tr
T. line
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"n. Xov. 3. The admiralty an-
that cprtam British forces;
engaged in the Catregat, au!
North Sea between Swe-i
! Denmark and that pr... rs!
:ii brouglit in. No further
.Mow is yet at hand . '
: "in I statement issued by the I
says that 10 armed patrol!
a addition to the German aux-;
cniiser which was equipped!
i'-inch gi:ns, were destroyed. '
Eye Witnesses Report. i
German commerce raider and
;:rmed trawlers have bfeen sunk
Chairman Harahan Says Ev
ery Available Car Will
Have to Be Used.
SOUTHEAST WILL
FEEL CONGESTION
Military Camps in This Dis
trict Will Add to Difficulties
An Appeal to Rail
roads and Shippers.
(By Associated Press.)
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 3. Anticipating
the busiest Christmas season, trans
portation lines in the southeast ever
by British destroyers in Spanri.n.vi,, fhave faced- w- J- Harahan, president!
wan rs. of the Seaboard Air Line railway and
The
1
Left to right: Captain John W
al army, and Corporal Kingdon Gculd
newly-xveds. Captain Wana maker ma
Kingdon Gould surprised the society
ananir.ker. Jf:,: V. S. R., attached to C a on D'x. n -ant(nment of the nation
, also of Cam,:) D:x. Cr.ptain Wannr. maker and. Corporal Gould are both
iried M !r,.v" Paulino Disoton, of Philad elphia and Nsw York, at Newport, and
world by 'marrying Mis?, Annuncir.ta Camilla Marie Lucci on Juiy 2.
TWELVE MEN FROM
AMERICAN PICKET
OA 7 ARE MISSING
win costs
R OIITEO -STHI S
RUSSIA HAS flit
HER PART NOBLY
SAYS NEWSPAPERS
Newspapers Realize the Great
Sacrifice Their Northern
Ally Has Made.
KERENSKY FACES
GREAT DIFFICULTIES
Boat from the Ship Michigan
Foundered and Whole
Crew Lost.
e 00,000
MElEHllE
1
sinking of
rh airman of thp son then stem Hpnart-
a German rairiar'mn,, n-w,m-,r v.. ,f
named Crocodile and of five German' ice, has forwarded to railroad officials
armed trawlers is renorted hv rr, in his department a circular letter
".vo
riiey
IJanirh steamships,
sighted ..... German
on
say
urging them to make all preparations
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111 . Q atau rF fVn omithoactorn flonflrt.
n?mes, and later sew them sink. jment are located more troop camps
The commerce raider, which wastnan n afiy other in the department
iguised, and the trawlers were sunk'of the war board service, and the
vesterdav in thP st,,Mi- n J movement of an enormous tonnage
u XT , 11(lim ut:Qf Christmas shipments to and
uie ixurin ea oetwesn
Denmark
MECKLENBURG COUNTY
MAN AMONG THE LOST
Boat Was in American Waters j Fod Plee . Campaign
and Foundered October 30 j Progressing m a Satisfac
and Entire Crew Believed; tory Manner.
to Be
Is
America Pays 1 4 Times as
Much for Each Soldier as
Germany.
One Paper, However, Says
the Statement Sounds Like
German Propoganda
Asked to Hold Germans.
(By The Associated Press)
London, Nov. 3. Most of
(By The Associated Press)
' Washignton, Nov. 3. Germany is morning newspapers
-.mtfinr 143 er.Micra into tha fiiH rr. '. Kerensky's interview
the same amcunt of money which the
United States is paying for a single
fighting man, according to calcula
tions today of government experts.
They said the same general
The Crown Prince Retreats
Along a Front of Thir
teen Miles.
HUNDREDS OF GUNS
CAPTURED BY FRENCH
Since October 23, the French
Have Taken 422 Big Guns
and 720 Machine Guns-
Retreat Necessary. 1
the
print Premier 1
with the Asso
ciated Press conspicuously, but the
comment is not general. The Petro
grad correspondent of The Daily Tele
graph, who is now in London, writes:
"Premier Kerensky's statement
Lost.
thu
raa;
from
orway and; them is expected.
The British .dpstrnvpis! Tn mm- offJont oornVo ivrr
W 1 iilll 1 V liiv.. . . 1 . 1 - ' . - I
t. Harahan declares every available bag-.
n naval : 'ices in Scandinavian jgage, express and mail car must bej
t(TS (pressed into service and suggests that ;
1 11 tlnnri rtrmHA-l I
T!:e Crocodile was a new ship
i.:ii i,uuu tons ana carried a crew
( !' lun men.
Vcundsd Land in Denmark.
El.Unore, Denmark, Nov. 3 Wound-
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Nov. 3. Twelve men
all of the crew of a picket boat of
the battleship Michigan, were lost
when their little craft foundered in
home waters.
In a brief announcement of the dis
aster today, the Navy Departmenl
seems to have been taken a little ton
ProPr"l seriously in some Quarters. It evn
jtion war, true also of maintaining the . has been construed as a hint that
!armie3 in the field, or. in order words.! Russia is toying ...with the idea. of a
,3,-With probably j America must raise $14 30 -where s?Pte': Pe'ace,,;-..thi8;;stheory should
purpose of carrying on the war. "Probably all Kerensky wished was north bank of the river.
(By The; AisociHted Prss)
iwashingtoaj
nine more Tuair- nair 1 me country?
ceai-d irom, returns jrom the food
pled.ee week campaign today passed
the 5,000,000 mark. The official tab
ulation at campaign 'headquarters
here showed 5,000,402 families enroll
ed as members of the United States
Food Administration. A statement is
sued today said that it probably would
The difference was said to be due ' to indicate facts familiar to close stu-
to the higher pay of United States dnts of Russia for some time, and
... ,.1. A - they are such as to arouse sympathy
soldiers and the greater cost of sup- ratner han
suspicion. It is true that
plies in this country and the contrast , Russia' is wcrn CUI and it has been
true for a -much longer time than has
Blowing up the bridges as they re-; 1
front in Northern France have given-" j
up their precarious hold on the Chem-
in des Dames plateau and retired to r . I
the northern bank of the Ailette riv- I
Qi n 1 ATi fv n A i m n 1 '
oiuug ct Hunt ui approximately x&
miles, closely followed by" the French.
This retirement by the GermaA
Crown Prince has been in prospect
since the recent successful drive by ,
General Petain, southwest of Laon, "
which carried the French ro tne Danks '
of the Oise, Aisne canal at the wester t
ly end of the Chemin des Dames andw
gave them artillery domination of a
large section of the German lines t
the east. I . ' , '
Many Guns Captured. !
Paris, Nov. 3. Th -ftench-are ftd-
vancing between the Aise canal, and" '
the region of Cordbeny, and 'have "
reached the south bank of .the,. Ailejte,
river, the ; war. jffljnnouiicV
The Germans iretrkiiertoli
The bridges '
if practicable.
he-, at Ipast 10 rlavs before anvthms ;
gave no details or wnere it occurrea i ,ik comDlete results could be an-
since New York State has
decided to carry its drive
:her week, and indications are
Jan tH"'!""1"' -"-i 1 rresumauiy in ia:st nine piuh-et UUtil j nounced
OIibe put in condition and released from on Datrol (iuty and foundered in1 nt
. ! V. V, IVnnmKnr 1 rvP oirlicr 1 . . " -
leyciii suyij-j u; utcuiuci m, i t.ii , neavy sea or met wirn some acci- (
! was used as a text ror admonitions
that resources alone would not win
the war, but that strict economy was
necessary.
l.'ild- (I
sunk in the
here todi'.y.
North Sea
were make shipments earlier than is custo
!marv during the Christmas season
!
In order that delivery of Christmas Three bodies have been found and
packages may be made before Decern-! jnasmuch ac all the others are miss
her 2.".. Mr. Harahan urges that rail-nny TVio k'mw nennrt.ment. assume.-;
d im-n from a German auxiliary
V&t the department made this formal
statement: j
"The Navy Department announces j
that on October 30 the picket boat of,
the United States Steamship Michigan j
foundered. Apparently the entire j
crew were lost. The finding of tho
The southeastern department, com- bodies of the three of the crew and ;
to find any trace of the
occupants led the depart- j
ment to believe that all were last. !
Tiie Navy Department made public i
the following crew list of the lost
picket boat:
Joseph J. Schultz, seaman, brother,
Herman Schultz, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Tospnh H. Hendrickson. seaman, fa-
C. Hendrickson, v orK, ,
:This not only will be appreciated by
CATD iJCATUCD rnn 'the government and the public, he de-
r A1K WtLA 1 nlLK rUK -dares, but will prevent disappointment
ALL NEXT WEEK ; to the senders and recipients because
j of delay in delivery
Wellington, .Nov. 3. r'air weather j prising the States of North and South , the failure
w;ti. rptnrn tn nnrmni tpmnpn tnrps ! Carolina. Georgia, Florida. Alabama, boat or its
i-; indicatPd for the South, Atlantic ; Mississippi, Louisiana Tennessee Ar-
. kansas and the coast defenses ot New
:.nrt East Gulf States dunng-'the 'eeK:0rleans and Galveston, contains nine
l"-uip.nin?T Sunday, according to thelxfational Guard camps, three National
that about 20 other States will follow
suit.
California gave the biggest sur-
prise of the campaign today by re
porting 114, 51G new cards signed,
making a total of -251,178 and putting
in the lead.
Gin and Mill Burned.
(By The Associated Press)
Odum, Ga., Nov. 3. The gin and
! grist mill of W. J. O'Quinn were burn-
ed here last night. The loss is $5,000.
i Reports that the town was threaten
ed, with destruction were
elapsed since the outbreak of the rev
olution. Unfortunately until that event
military exigencies prevented the
truth from being told about Russia's
share in the war, which h?.s been
erreatelv under estimated. The essen
tial fact is that what Russia had shejDan
across the Ailette were destroyed l)y
the Germans, since October 23 ' the
French have captured 422 guns and
720 "machine guns. v ,
The announcement follows: J
"In the course of tbe night, - our
troops continued to make progress ;
between the Oise canal and the region
of Corbeny, and reached the ; south i
of the Ailette river, over this
has given."
The writer
then
entire front. (Friday night's official
I
j tions.
1
o,- Mureau's weekly, forecast is-
f.cay. Heavy fFCfst is forecast
or Sunday morning.
of-
HICHAELIS I
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nrnnr
UK I IUL
ther, Albert
Scott, fireman, brother
nrmv cantonments, three reserve
ficers training camps, one quarter
master's and one increment camp.
Mr. Harahan's Tetter follows:
"I beg to call your attention to pros-; Pa.
iira innrpnse in number, amount! Roscoe
pnd weight of Christmas packages to, Frank C. Scott, Denver. j
the railroads tnis saniey j. vv uis, ,"ul"X'j
of the very large ; Mrs. Sarah Wing, Detroit, Mich. j
Austin VV. Aiwooa, seaman, id.ii.-ei, :
a result' auuui - a", , ...... , T
; James C. Flow, Matthews, Mecklen- ,
burg county, JN. , ;
mate,
French communication in which the
beginning of this movement evidently '
was announced, has not been .':: re-:
ceived.) 1 ;f
"The enemy has retired to the north '
tells of the im-
exaggera-i mense sacrifices? m men tnat Russia
has made and recalls the revelations
in the trial ot General souknomimoa,
former Minister of War, of now Rus
sian heroes stood up with only sticks,
stones and hsts against the organ- Hv nf . . m
ized German troops. He believes thatbank of the river- waose bridges and
the Russian casualties have been high-ifoot-b"dses were cut. y ;
er than those of any other of the j "Artillery fighting continues very
main belligerents. The writer also vigorously in the sector of Chavignon
emphasizes the privations of the civ- , , . , . - m
ilian population and the shortage of .and at certam Pmts m the region of
food since the middle of 1915, and,tne plateaus. . ,
adds: "In the way of material cantnred
Ernp-ror William Will Con
tinue to Use His Form
er Chancellor.
be transported by
I season, by reason
i c 4 r in tlin Tfarmiia fnmn. !
m niDPr ii huu-jo jh , ii-.r r
ti,0 lorp-o number of people in the; George Aiwooa, oauuu,.
southeastern department as
thereof.
"As you are aware, there are more
i ,1 jaMilir itl
men away irom nome aim
the military and naval service of the.
tt-ua,i Qfotno than ever neiore i"
Seven More Days After Today to Secure Votes Necessary to
Win Briscce Automobile a nd Other Prizes Friends
Should Assist Contesta nts Before It Is Too Late.
"Already people are dying of hun
ger in some of the northern provinces
and it is not pleasant to think what
the situation in such districts may
become early in the, future. -X- -X-
"What Kerensky wants apparently
is not a release from the bonds which
unite us, but indulgence for Russia's
weakness and Russia certainly hasi
since October 23, we have actually
counted 200 heavy and field guns; 222
trench cannon and 720 machine guns.
On the right bank df the Meuse
i front), t there were violent artilleVv'
engagements in the region of Chaume;
wood. An enemv attack north nt 5t-
TODAY'S LEADERS.
4 the friends of the contestants should
bear this in mind and give them as-
sistance before it is too Lite.
One of the features -of the contest
...114,401 5 which is full of special significance
deserved indulgence for her efforts I Mihiel was without result
and sufferings. All wo can ask ofjwaa calm everywhere elge
ner is lo uu ner uesu vve iuuoi uuli
be impatient if that is less than we
expected."
The Daily Express makes a similar
The night
;".v Associated Press.)
Ligcn. Nov. 3. The
all of whom will probab-l Henry J.
Anuiew x . ivjiut.., b-"" Mrs. tieiuan nowara iit,ui wuicn is iuu ui apcai Bi6uni auvc , , tn . statesman ev-
mother, Anna K103Q, -viiKesoane a. - Oliver Brown 114.0S9 at this time, is the confidence the j . face(J more appall;ng difficulties
vvaiiei n. riMnci, uuA..a, -je lizzie council iiii.syo r irienus anu suppui iws ai-ti snuwuu.
1' IDV-uci , vu,v.wSv.
Clarence L. Jones, seaman, mothdr, 1,
rvnv histOrV.
ly receive Christmas parcels of va
rious weights. This enormous amount
of mail, express matter, etc., will of
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nnitran hp in auUlLlun 1 u i."-- Tnm t Vniinc r-hint nimiors
" . ,. . Vion I James x . 1 uuuu, v... o -
f business ordinarily nm-. . ow- ivTavP-rpt Ycunsr. Brook-1 :
died during tnis period and of greater N y.
consequence than ever betore on ac-; Gcorge m. Hidmarch, Jr., seaman.
Kationnl Naval Volunteers, no detail
4 Ruth Teachey 112,642 in the outcome of the race of their
1 than those that
German
, in a rescript to Dr. Michael-
. -ring Cnancel.or, t-xprcsseu thfm ever bPf0re on ac
fwrthpr :n the ntr-na nrpvailine. due to
: ervicc. ' ith war.
.ndorstood that Dr. Michaolis "To take care of this traffic.
remi rp every avauaui'- utt,6h-i
Aura F. Jones, BucKsport, ivie. -
Edmund L. Tamillo, coxswain,
mother, Bessie Tamillo, Chicago. A
James P. Young, cfiiet
will
ex-
ovt-r another hign imperial, , it j SU,eest-
nrMSK 1 (1 iiiiiii jm.
Mini;
'''.i:r.
r ' ; 1 1
Mil-
' which his qualifications are
-! Teneraliy.
i rivT-oti-nfiuTito. renort that
von. ifertling has succeeded in
;r.rc' Krt.isfact.orv working ar-
r.t ; wiLh all parties except ness.
M: scciiiiiutc end th Pfnervatives. ' repair
1 n ;h Socialists, it is added, al
t hrmuh no; abandoning their attitude
Ella McCarley 112,420 friends. This may be taken as an m-
Mrs. W. J. Conerly 111,843 dicatioh that the various candidates
Mrs. A. C. Sessoms 110,773 are amasing reserve votes, which
Eloise Daniel , 110,3b5 . are considered sufficiently large to
fr enable them to take their competitors
fr 4 v & 4! by storm at the close.
The time for winning the valuable No candidate should place too much
prizes offered by The Dispatch is "confidence in the reserve strength
National iNavai volunteer, mj "-l-'l"-eradfliiv.Rlinniner awav. That is. it is she has secured. It should be re
ed information regarding enlistment. gradually slipping away for those membercd that while one candidate
rriiATinM jwho are doing the most work, while is piling up a good reserve the other
UNEASY SITU ATIGN 1 those who are just waiting, in the candidates, with equal cleverness, are
FRF VAILS IN DUBLIN -hPe that tney wil1 get one of the doin likewise. From present indi
riV ' jr,rize3) the time js leaving at i mer- cations all of the prizes will be won
Iry clip, and but a few days remain in by very small margins, and with the
the j which to make a showing. Monday candidates running as they are now
every subscrip-
- it j. . Htf hTiry nnc.
ed. in fact urgea. mat eveiymuis Y
sible be done to render smtan im,
service every piece pf equipment ot j (By Associated Press.)
a x thia nns - .nnnon riiv o. vuiitciutiir-, -" i
the class requ.reu iu ju, - - m", -.UnaMrx in Ireland. The moraine will usher in the last week, each one will need
tracks bv the first of Decern- Mail, in its- second edition today
hpr- or earlier if practicable. s.tys.:
"To further help the situation, it .nere is reason to behave that a
v, mons nf nub- 'in2r 0 disquiet has developed in
vnaiufi i im i rrvtiT juj - i
in
Chrir.tmas
U'
It is a pretty race and it would take tion that can possibly be secured.
a prophet to predict which of the sev- In considering the probable out
eral hard-working candidates will win. come of the contest, it should be not
As the last day approaches, and it ed that while the marked gains of
e in seven more working certain leaders show them to be do-
j mMin tn nn' Hn and rottip country districts ov-,will be her
s Dackages a week er the Sinn Fein situation. Prof. De days, the interest is becoming more ing admirably and more than hold-
i'5 mepnnes lixed tor sunaay at intense, tne cauuiuaies are geiun ing uien uwu, mac aic uiucib amuu
kin
(
'1 Vit.m
.-,. r imtort iinnn to
,:.,..,!.. ,,r rnv.!l'itV be USd to
i .cu.ti iui "?j:''n-t,tr rhrintmas nackage
i unless nniorseen tuuun."" ,,i n Vn -.1 ? mpeTines nxeu loi ouuuaj ni-uiicubc, iut uauuiuairo ax 6
This virtually amounts to a or ten days c-iier uwu u 1.- ar.d Kildare have been! closer together, and it begins to look the candidates whose ominous silence
the existing Reichstag sure sa oidinK dis. pr0h;b ted." ;as if the race would be won by a porten
the active support ot me Detore uie , r tw ! throat-!" ch. as the turfmen say. uer- nenair
. , x. AMt wnz n nn r uni l ui. , ... 1.1, . . . -i tji
i.;iw,r,ic in the. Rp.icnstag, a npo.'u tu"--" - . . , . Uoioro ;q n mpmiiov or tmn ic thnt. every siihscrintion anv entiv inactive canaiaates tnat surpris-, ment, snouia De reminaea
....o. . .., ,n 99 the recioient. --wi. . - ----- . . . . . 1 . 1. j .
icrv:itivp n nnp mainiam an giver r " - - - , Tinrvnnt for- TCnct (lare. but. lias r-r hriate secures mates ner lust tnat mg leaures 01 me oauoung may bb trance anu ureal oriiain nave ueen
- - "---- , oirtnnr r rid 1 1 r 1 , " . s t i.nii.v 111 i. l " ' i : - - . i
Every step wcn
(Continued ..on Page Eight.)
forthcoming things in their
It is from some of the appar-
attitude toward the incoming'
lines ' Parliament
1 never taken his seat.
jmuch nearer the coverted prize, and expected.
"In the period between October 21
and 31, twenty-three German airplanes,
were brought down. Of these 21 were
destroyed by our pilots after combat
and two by our special cannon., Fur-
thermore, 28 enemy machines were '
damaged seriously and descended
within the German lines." ' -
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GERMANS CAPTURE
AMERICAN TROOPS
Berlin, Nov. 3. The cap-'
ture of American soldiers by-a
German recoinnoitering, party. 1
. i! a T 1 1 ft n i' n - r y- I
pect no more num xvusnici cti, yicscui ; j t .1 r
than that she hold her frontiers!13 announced by the WMT OT-'
she has found hersef, her gallant sol- tlCC
diers will re-appear in the active
ranks of the armies of liberty."
The Graphic says:
- we should hate to regard the j the Rhme-Marne canal as a re-
siatenienis as auuieimc. iuey nave t
tilt' i ins Ji fiiruciiuau yiuVA6aiiua y
The newspapei; tnen says tnat Ker-
1 t4Z 1 1. J . -
enbKy, 11 iie uas uiaue sucn a staie-. j .1 k j - '
that 1 11U1 111 American soioiers were
daily confront Prc:
mier Kerensky. It admits that Rus
sia bore the burden of the first
months of the war and that the in
vasion of East Prussia probably sav
ed France from being overrun. Re
gret is expressed that- the changed
conditions of warfare have made it
impossible for the British fleet to j
. . 1 t t 1 FTl. T7 '
operate m tne fcsaiuc, dui 1 ue nix
press maintains that all Britain has
been able to do to help Russia has
been done willingly and she will do
the utmost in the future to help Rus
sia establish her freedom.
"Meanwhile," it adds, "as we un
derstand the situation, we are to ex-i
The statement says that on
suit of a recoihncitering thrust
(Continued on Page Eight.) brought ul
nor.
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