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FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE VOL. XIII NO. 376. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1917. ,JSii ,' . - i nivat : PRldE FIVE CENTS, E TO . i f . r T AMERICAN EFT ANOTHER 1LL0I Next Congress Expected to Put on Biggest Tax in Nation's History. LEADERS OF BOTH THE BIG 10 COUNT FAlM OPENS HEUE T UMSDA Y MORNING Everything iri Readiness for the Fifth Annual Corn Show. AUTOMOBILE PARADE FEATURES FIRST DAY Y"J A Wfc nnT'TI W V W W V Wlk T V , fAK 11515 WllWU Official Program- for the Pa race announced Long j List of Speakers for the ! Week. I IGUEIMT IS j KtEPINb 1 CLOSE i It Is Not Believed That Ger man Captives Were Real Sammies. REPORT FOR BENEFIT 6F GERMAN PEOPLE; This War Is Costing Millions and the Present Generation Is Going to Pay Much of It. ENGLAND REJOICES Some Believe "North Ameri cans" Were Either Canadi ans or Members of Foreign aVER VICTORY OF 01 H SEA FLEE! I (W T'nitpd Press.) : j Washington, Nov. 3. The great Am- lerican income will be subjected to the J biggest tax of its history by the next Congress. Leaders o! both parlies are prepar ing incomes and even he saving of the With the going down of tomorrow's ' sun it is hoped to have all details in j shape anci things in readiness for the J staging of the Fifth Annual Corn j Show, enoracins Live Stock Conner-j ence and Poultry Exhibit, at the Tab- WiVlGH ON STRIKE Clerks' Strike on A. C. L. Will! Not Be Permitted to Tie i Up Traffic. t 8 j t V, SHORT CONFERENCE l WAQ U17I n CDinAVl ernacle, and huge tents which have 1 been erected on Castle street between' Officials of Railroad Held Pre- an assault on' war wealth, giant LJlura ourta.. A.rearty much has, ocen Qua" in me wa oi decorations ; (ordinary civilian when the December j ishing touches, which will be addet Legion. Rhin. V.'V (lie;!: ( i;i ! - i sessions takes up the burden of rais iing billions more to carry on the war. Already administration leaders are warning of the impending "Era of un- i jexampled taxation at hand." The j great financiers of the country Frank jA. Vanderlip, president of the National :Citv Rank of New York and Federal MOST DESTRUCTIVE Reserve Commissioner A. C. MiHer, in- j eluded are urging the people to elim- doubtless means n-rman P.., 0iU, inate u!el?as buying and try t0 m" , Xv..jr crease their savings. i President Wilson will throw his : strength behind the movement to in i I'.y I'nited Press.) via London. Nov. 3. On the i 'T nnal a German recon-j parly took some North Am-1 '.Her prisoners, today's off i-' "cnt announced. I News of Destruction of 1 1 German Craft Hailed With Joy in London. BRITISH FIREWAS early Monday, arrangements of exhib-; its will be begun so that everything' will be ready to start promptly Tues-' day morning, November 6. j liminary Conference With Labor Department Officials. SOLEMN ili ISSUED TO PEOPLE i UNITED STATES Tagliamento Conflict Coti 1 tains Great Peril for the Americans of Pershing's expeditionary Put Out of Commission- raft With Small Uuns Defeat Heavier Vessels. uaino canal flows from Lor- n ;he French department of; a. and Mossele, and crosses the j .ine border into France about 25 j OUU!eaS( Ol iNrtnev. (-oTiiarVit in t)a nmm. ViQ cr.-mn -. hay tho pnnsrrintinn of wealth ' lUlllftUl, 111 tilt 11- YT .1 L OUXAXC Ul 11 i.uuuviij.v.v.i . . . . . . . . ropt ans customarily differentiate ' flQpt h d holrilv nenetmtert into the1 The fight for taxation of war prof London, (By United Press.) Nov. 3. England i crease taxes and make the present generation bear a larger share of the war bill. Congressmen returning to Washington after tours through their rejoiced -districts report a growing demand for lh :et n "North" and "South" Ameri cans. Some weeks ago United Press dis patches from the British front quoted German prisoners as stating that the German high command had offered a Cattegat, beyond the Skagerrak, sunk CQanged to remove the taint of paci. la German auxiliary cruiser and 10armjfism and the phrase -confiscation of ed patrol boats and finished without , riches." Heavy taxation will be de looe !manded as a matter of cold finance. I The Admirality announces the bare j (By George H. Manning.) Washington, D. C, Nov. 3. Messrs. The management has been busy for Newell, Albright and Elliott, of the ; a covple of Mays receiving exhibits ' Atlantic Coast Line, held a conference ! from the adjoining counties. These .,tj v, x c ! exhibil s have come by express, , sterd ith Assistant Secretary of freight, parcel post, boat and every L-bor Houston with regard to the sit conceiv, ble vay, so that it begins to ; uation on the Coast Line growing out appear thafthe line of article- to be;of the r.trlke of the office employes of ( pur on exniUiuoii wis year win iar j surpass anything done along this line j ne co:cpany. , in past seasons of the Corn Show. Ini The conference was of a prelimi-t Unless fact. Chairman Joseph W. Little has j nary nature, it was said at the Labor been taken at his word and this L; to i Departcioat today, and the railroad1 be a real ten-county event, ana the . . . , . ..... ' ,,av the countryside is responding bv cfflcials returning to Wilmington to dis 1 sending in their choicest articles and cuss the matter with other officials; the news that comes in regard to the j of the railroad, after which other con; attendance of '-lie people is the source ferences may be held with Labor De-j oi aiuch inspire. icn and gratification partment officials in an effort touring! Cease Useless Buying and Wasting of Energy Is the Appeal. DRASTIC STEPS MAY HAVE TO BE TAKEN Allied Cause. Americans Economize and Go to Work, Serious Results Are Inevitable. the strike to an end. (By United Press.) Washington, Nov. 3. Government officials today called upon Americans DISASTER TO ITALY WOULD BE SERIOUS However, Allies Are Rushing; Reinforcements to Cadorna and the Prospect of Stem ming Teutons Is Brighter. i 1 (By United Press.) s Washington, Nov. 3. Behind the censored Tagliamento river operations f in Northern Italy lies the crisis of the--great war, officials here believed to-' . night. Not only does the United ' States' government look upon the Ital ian situation as the greatest peril to the allied cause today, but an official statement by the French higlr com ' mission admitted the German advance : "must absolutely be checked."' The great battle of Italy's i Marne apparentlr is in its first critical stage, - Speaker Clark is committed to a program of 50 per cent, taxation and reward of 300 marks (about $75), the" facts' merely identifying the cruiser !50 per cent, bond issues to finance the n nn cross txty . Svw-weetelf leave with a "carrying six inch guns," ., Copen- ,war., v Permission to visk home, to the first hagen dispatches, however hboted Gerj Chairman - Fitzgerald . has declared GPrman soldier who captured an Am- man survivors in a vivid narrative t0T Per cent, war profits taxes, prican Sammy i The estimate is that the coming Not Regular Americans. ; which brought emphatic satisfaction congress may authorize only $20,000,- Washington, Nov. 3 Announcement , throughout England tonight. Copen-: 000,000 expenditures. Two-thirds of bv Berlin today that "North Ameri- hagen identified the sunken cruiser as I this is expected to be for allied lokns. ran?" were listed among recent cap- formerly the.. steamer Marie of Flens-:SinCe the borrowers must keep up in rures on the ?.Iarne and Rnrne canals terest and pay the principal, these is- r-ivjred muc': speculation at the War DerS- sues are not considered as burdens. Df hiTtmePt. No report froi-i General I According to the Admirality, 64 sur-j Suffrage and prohibition will share Dmn.ari: in two weeks. That's what vivors of the 11 German boats were ! attention with the war legislation, ot i-ny of hi? Sammies at the front. taken prisoners. Copenhagen heard: "Drys" will attempt to put through The State and War departments 'of heavy loss of life on the German, the House their Senate resolution to are inclined to the belief that vesseis one survivor declaring that of (submit a constitutional prohibition tin-captured troopers were Canadians, tne crgW of 81 aboard his vessel, 30 .amendment. Dry leaders claim pledges nr members of the French foreign le- werp kieA outright bv the British i of an overwhelming majority in the n nrobablv the latter. 0v,QuQ ' House. With President Wilson insist with General Cadorna's retreat to his river defenses a "complete success." and allied reinforcements arriving to his support. Confidence is felt here . ";.k;,.-.o' ,v n,o The r9ilmr,l nffiriPis tnM tho Ho.lto cease useless buying, put a stop! , eilT To" u;;:'-U,ce"o ,he"n- Panmen, ,be strike of the oiertw J"!!???' Z"?' ! i rru rrinr rr. . A r i o r 3V n onu I It: Tint tiomc nn t m fri r mi tha t-oHc ! J .ri. a 12 O ciock, u:tei vnn;u an ui iue uuo.ucoa m iulcCUiu6b ervoirs for war fiinr)? T ptharp-v nnr! automobiles vwil drive to the showjthe road without interruption. Se ldl grounds. Chairman W. D. MacMillan, j Reports made to the department by ' vfctorv thev corned 7. , of the Automobile ctmmittee, has agents of the government who were i ,.Tt f' Hrt tflll 'tVkav , ,T t i ' Ht!i in o, ,,ot.v, ! It is douDtful whether we can win r, Ppeu vu. - ufe any rate win in short Meantime press reports indicate th - earor paraic?tir. at FtfrhTidveT,--stattr that the clerks' strike has S'Lf-r Reaenre Com- j Teutons are attempting thr tested en Market. Ban.i ra ttvck' with ban- i resulted in terruption of traffic. ' ?ASfin5A' C .Ml" un,l9S, a.s veloping movement from the .North. ners. Pender county r oi'm witn neau j vesugators continue to snow mai resting on IMOrtn ClXlll Stieei cIL .ii- I uaniu u, ueiu5 ueiaj-t-u rtixu Hie al-, a pieaniir wnr thr;ft ?T1 n ; )' " . , Up, nrTd extending north. ! lantic Coast Line is not handling ' la Z"" Campa'gn op" front' vlolent operations against the Duplin county South Sixth street tainty the government will step m nation more oi us worK ana an ot Ub To create a diversion and Dossihlv .-iiouuie ifss Km: save torce withdrav lu me ULUiUHl. Mnnkpniipn's tr-rtnno tr fha r1nnn... . . .. " v i,v mid r lauucia Tf tVir rcrmrf t. r f fhn OTi'arrminTif in. 11 l A i V 1 V UU1 I. JL UilV-' t-tJ f 4 x 111 U .1 I 111 T , i. x. x. x , i, uo more worK. consume less and savo 1 fno withrQoi - . . - - mwuv v. XJ V1WI and extending south. Sampon county At Seventh street and extending north.' . ... i.iii,ivua ugaiuok WO' its full capacity, it is almost a cer- Z " ' - - " -u! ' "ermans " Ule. west was announced "uuuuuvcu x laun. muucuiy w no nv rne h'rpTirh enmmiaoinn hnu and make an effort to effect an ad- ,b?nSr7r Was exPected also to stop" fur t i?,000,COO,000 for nucrest bearing war ther German reiTifnrfemPT.,-a raisin. jusimem. &u d lu yicvciit oiaguauun pcrtfiitoo Bladen county At Seventh street of traffic that would jeopardize some I of the government war activities. to continue unless its materials and imrii cue iieipuig win tne war was uie the test R. G. Rhett, president of the and extending south East side. Onslow countv At Eighth street and extending north. t A Temporary Success. . x Tn-1J.t i 4- ' T i "XT O -Py-i Brunswick county At aigum mi ujuuuu, iuv. o.-uuidu United States Hhamher of rr,o and extending south. Jgainf.d a temPrary stand n i,: said must be applied soon. Columbus county At Ninth street (ish lines in the neighborhood of the, Even priority of credit a weU and extending north. lYpres railway, but were, later driven f t , , d ' mf)tpHn. i iner uerman reintorcements reachlne - I . the victorious Austro-Gprmnn onnloj That no business should be allowed 1 in Italv r The anxiety lest the Italians receive f held that the statement purposely said Xon i AiaericHns" to "fool" the Ger- nn nrooauiy tue icittei. tsheiiss A n other.' ! announcement vas win. The Britisn gun nre was deadly inmS on sunrage Dy ctate action, iev Robeson county At Ninth street out with losses, Field Marshal Maig Hd ii. uding word from General Per- .. rf ri execution CaDtain Iaut- of even its warmest friends hope f or , PXtending south east side. reported tonight. The Germans took . i n no ' oT wmv; h iiwii in, - . a m ti'hkw i i i m v h iiii m k w-imiwii n. . i f -v . - orhflpn nr Tnp v nr p n survivor hi. v - - j - , penhagen, told the British authorities:! roll call to be used m next tails ton i "Mv vpskp ' four srnns were almost fe1031""111 amyai6u. ma i d t. r. r , . tivf s MP ! into believing United :."Oo e troov-p had been captured. I'nited States troops were tak j- t -.1.1 Tii-AITn IT .;i n siirh immediately, said . .... i, put out of commission at tne outset on account of the hail of fire which enemy destroyers centered on us. We HUNDREDS OF CARS OF POTATOES LOST U1! or mil ton ; A i.- lifticia'i "Their statement, 'cap were North Americans,' is cam One rofult of the announce iioni Bori'n, however, is to be 10 get General Pershing and Sims to speed up word of any tilings in which American naval forces are concerned, so Apparently the engagement occur red near Kullen Point, quite close to Copenhagen. ! An Unusual Feat Washington, Nov. 3. American and British naval experts in Washington! tonight said the battle between Brit-! ish destroyers and a German auxil-j ! ::or after "the ih- new:- unofficially. j. i t j ii. ' ton Win get the word be- ary cruiser ana patro ooats m ta Cab'3 have 'ltugai maino. uixr xxi.u iiim in i''" i history that war crait carrying luur inch gnnr, had defeated cratt with six ; Some Walkers incu armament. ! (ByT'nited rrnA ! British destroyers carry four-inch, n v- Vov : William Plant, guns. A German auxiliary cruiser,! (By United Press) Chicago, Nov. 3. More than 500 carloads of potatoes, most of them frozen, rotten and unfit for consump tion, were discovered in various Chi cago freight yards latte today, accord ing to formal Chief of Police reports. The destination cards have been re moved and detectives so far have been unable to determine the con- signees. i The police declare they discovered 1H rwl 1 1 if rxntotnoo hnino- flnmno'l 1 in a refuse yard in the west side. mi i i 1 . .1 c 11 i ne potatoes are tunppeu iroin .11 1 the near future it -araa riffirnalltr nv... Wayne county At Seventh street one of the Tommy's advanced posts, dieted today. a blow which would crush their m'01' ale is based on the following feared results of an Italian collapse: . The 3,000,000 Austrian and German troops released from the Italian front mif?ht he thrown ap-ninnr tho Anoln. will be limited to war industries in I French-American line. Elimination of ;nd extending south west side (Continued on Page Seven) but the British retook it in a few mo ments with a few prisoners. , President Wilson's approval was ! claimed for all these measures by his Italy would also release sufficient Teuton artillery to give the enemy su-.' by theby the French commission here. toxica, ls xx XX 5 uic uci xxxcxiis LU UUUU1D Lilt?' tain 1 1 i ii i ii ii a una 1 1 111 SH Bill i ill II rn r Pi mi i u uu iiii n i hill i vr.i V." ! e colors oi tne lau "iauu winen d -"parts or the country, tne largest con-1 cd the seven-mile walking gjns, the British Admirality announce- sj-nments being from Oklahoma and! mis afternoon at Ma- meat said. The British victory was . California. 1 - 1 . - . t 1 A lit. - 1 1 l nn!i ' rk. tie coverea me eviaentiy aue to nigner uguiiug minutes, 4 2 5 second, it," experts here said. Contestants Should Realze That Not a Single One of the Few Remaining Days of th e Contest Should Pass With out Adding to Their Vo tes Day for Final Count Is Drawing Near. p...- KCi;er. unauuiaieu, " id Kurt-Zulch. American' : ociation. third. The 10 p.; ': championship was tak-j la: Ksronen. Milrose, A. C.,' u-.-s. Ii seconds. Charles, ; ; . cond and Otto Laakso, ; MORE THAN TWO THE STAR SPANGLED BRITISH HEADEI FOR ROIY i Benjamin Franklin is quoted a.s say-, not been wasted. Some spectacular ., kriMirrr'ing: Tne L.orI neips mose who iif iv . auvauces i:n- .c wuu...v , MILtO A M11NU It1 themselves." New that Benjamin, ' and incite to greater energy their j whiir. roailv nnp of the zreat men of lasrsrine. doubtful sUDDOreirs. fsovr I CITY I I'.v N-.'V I uitoU 1'rcss. i 3. The St ir Spangled ( bo included in ail con-, Boston symphony orcb.es-j : :ure, it was announced i General Murray's Army Should Be in Jerusalem by Christmas. SS, Jr (By T'nited Press.) London. Nov. NO COMICS TODAY. v-ufV lender of the organ Eritish army mas. m the piavins of tho na- j S?rstmas ,f h -u r.f the concert here to- Tnrts i Pf :!o so in concerts to be York and Washington orchestra refused to n.on ci nr. jtiucs. - Genei-al M array's be in Jerusalem .?y drive against tu " 1 ne continues its pres ent rate oi progress. x An official statement tonight fror the Egyptian expeditionary force an nounced that on Thursday night the i British had attacked the western an A deiense oi uaza, auu ish line on a i iinr Hi. x- -i.oj -"" i o.,- th rstf -Ti defense o h was tocdefed after a ; so-uiTri i . the climax ; captured inc of d-lsapproVal over the ; front of 5.00 y ' ; -i recent concerts, j 2iG i ' ; 1. liigsinson m i, is probable decision th Gaa a ' . j i a ji Turkish nrironers taeen nmouer - fin Wednesday tae occcpaiion (Ry United Press.) ! the world mierht have been a littl : that the conteat is ao close to a hn.sh. j Newport News, Nov. Flying unorthodox in his religious views and the battle cry for each and every one at more than a two mile a minute ne possibly meant the assertion quot- interested in a candidate should b. pace. Lieutenant Baldioli, of the Ital ; ed a3 a little "dig" at Christianity, but "victory " ian Royal Flying Corps, reached Lang- j,e uttered as true an aphorism there-J The time has come when it is of ley Field this afternoon from New in as any of the wise sayings publish-! the utmost importance that the con York. The trip was made in two ed in "Poor Richard's Almanack." And tenants devote every available mo hours and thirty minutes. Other Ital- jf8 good gosp 1, too. Who ever heanl m?nt to the work of subscription ger ian flyers at Mineola, L. I., will fly Df the Lord giving assistance to on ting. The contestants should avail Monday. wno wag too lazy or too trifling to at- themselves of the asi8nc their ' temnt to paddle his own canoe? The friends ran give thorn in helping to man who gets up in the morning and secure the winning number of sub- hustle is the one who "brings home ' scrlptions and votes. It is organized 3s- the bacon." nd the s-:ae applies to effort that counts. the women. J From now on. numerical strain sr The Dispatch regrets that it And it is particularly applicable ta will count for little aganst tinned sc- has no comic supplements again to those who aspire to be numbered . support, and some of th candidates this morning. Shipment was -sr among those who will win the auo-; lower down in the list are already get- made from St. Louis, October 11, mobiles rnd other prizes of! red by ting the latter in most effective form. -vr but had net been received here ' the Dispatch. How far ihi- wil carrv th contestants ' ip to yerterday afternoon. The -3-' The vote exhibit tells the s ory of Tema'ns to be ?een. but the oopinion comics com ein solid car ship- -X- the voting on Friday. How they will may be safely ventured that som of -;f -neat to Columbia. S. C, where -3- stand tomorrow or at the end. for the contestants from lower down in -2- : ::e car is broken and supple- -x- that matter non on can tell. Th" tht vt vfll poll a voe that nav hn a. rFjta sent to the .'Hffrent pa- laders may be lulled into a sense of distinct sunrise to many of thos? who r usirg tf. r. fr North and 4f false security. ?cd there are rand-- be'jeve her candidates to be no's- S h Cto' l' V expect The -3- fates further down in th lists who merfeallir strong. Oreanzaton m"--- Di.;-:atch comicv. tt arrive somfc . nave it in their power to surprise bined with generalship and energeHi when they will those Mnfident ones, and the sir-'efforts are thn oualitls that may oa a a A. L. -1 -f I M e are naoio to give a reueo upon io nmyp i u",''' w- rrar message declaration that the j ferocity of their Verdun attack on Luuxiiiy must uakil un us power ana nnv ohoqen csertor - " , employ all its resources in the war." Aiiier. t.rnnns on the MfleeHnT,ia " "Economic and financial strategy as front and the Greek forces preparing well as military strategy are neces- to enter the fighting would be help- j sary to win this war," said Miller to- f less affer an Italian debacle. day. Every man, woman and child' ; capable of joining anything, must re-; AlWCDirAW QOI HTI7DC gard themselves as part of the great- f 1V1E.I.1W1N 0VLX1ILI0 "Less luxuries of all sorts, trucks I and ambulances, instead of pleasure! Washington Nov. 3. The "avs- automobiles is the needed program," ! rag-' American soldier subscribed said Rhett. ( $7686 to the second Liberty Loan, ' Vanderlip pointed out that less than making a total army subscription of one third of the country $50,000,000,000 1 $89,373,650. Compltee lgures for the annual income is being saved. To , United States fighting forces publish ( Continued on Page Eight.) j ed lonigh show that the enlisted men,. : drafted men and ofRcerse, not satis- 1 fled with offering their lives offered , . their dollars without stint. "The mag-.. ; nificent response of the American -; army," said Colonel H. H. Lord in , charge of the campaign, "is one of the ' I factors responsible for the large over- -j subscription of the second Liberty ' Loan. Partial reports from General . , Pershing indicate American fighters in l France rolled up a total subscription Durham's Prosecuting Attorn-. ' zrZTmZ, in the United . ey r orestailed Company 3 , states subscribed $43,270,500 of which Threat. LOCKED TELEPHONE 113 OFFICE SAFE fSper-i.-il to the IMrt-b) Durham, N. C, Nov. 3. Because the Ittteratnf a TV. IrVirr ( 'orn no n r tliri'. ened to remove the telephone fro Gr ai?f ?91?' f AmP Meade at the National Army units contributed $23,733,900 and the National Guards camps $19,546,600, The National Army camps have a par capita sub scription of $58.72 and the National his office, James W. Barbee, city prosecuting attorney, unhinged the telephone instrument from hir. desk and looked it up in his safe. The threat to remove the telephone appar atus from the attorney's offics came as the result of his alleged failure to Admiral, Md., leads the former with $89.30 and Camp Cody at Deminj?, New Mexico, the latter with $110.88. - 4' acerts - BriUsh forces ta -r- tim, this wert. when they w.ll those t , fo'der!f'rfrht was fonnglly announced.; be u out to our subscribers. ent raoidat io indica-.th njrht are ab0ul,- r-;-Tung demi nd Beersheba r? r jtuii arr iuuit" iv j;nc it rpifj up(,M n i w -- ---- - - - demonstration to thair friends tors in determining the winners itjbe W2tched with more than ordinary . i ii.. i i, , x. u vAmfvM 19 'interest loeallv 1r S :- -t- - that the support to loyally given has tb.2 fini .h on November 12. AIR RATTLES. pay certain back dues which the com- ' ' pany claimed, Air. Barbee alleging By United Press). that he owed the company nothing. Paris, Nov. 3. Air fighting on & The dispute had reached the point a unprecedented in the war where Mr. Barbee's 'phone had been was indicated in tonight s official cut off by the exchange, and in order statement which mentioned en to keep the company from carrying counters over Malmaison in out their threat of removinq; the ap- which 16 German machines paraiUK from his office, the attorney ' were downed, three captive bal-. mcved to forestall any such action by ' loons burned and 50 German plscing the instrument in his safe. planes so damaged they fell with-. The outcorre of th's unique case will in their own lines. 4 . ' 44 f v.', ' -11 'f I 40 miles from the Hcly City " r s resignation. COWTY C7 Mm WMW: m 9 BIG II Jl H If I I
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