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4 A t . WEATHER FORECAST FINAL EDITION North tonight; er. and South Carolina Fair:: Thursday, fair and warm- FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE VOL. XXIII. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, .WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 2L PRICE FIVE CENTS : - - . ,, .; . -.r. - 1 s - 't .---i.' - ' - : . .. . r Z: - ; - , - -v : HTll Pl F &f PWEKilPllPP flip U Di I u. a ilia rS 57 The Famous Hindenburg Line Broken to a Depth of Five Miles SECOND SYSTEM OF DEFENSES CAPTURED AJready Reported There Was No Artillery Prepara tion Most Ambitious Ef- tort or orinsn Field .Marshal Haig has sprung a surprise on the Germans in Northern France, at'acking suddenly on a , f ront J of moie than 30 miles and breaking! thP famous H ndenbure ne to a maxi-1 mum demh of nearly five miles. His troops are still fighting their way for ward in rN most spectacular offensive of the war on the western front since the treuv.ii lines were ebcablisned. j, The blow was struck without warn- f in?, no artillery preparation preceding I it. T:;i Br. l . tajrfcs" in great num;, Siaa-,lita-TcTir .way through the formidable German wire entangle- rntS0 ward. Village affer village fell into the British hands as Hair's troops pressed on, until at Marcmg and Anneux, on the Papaumc-Cambrai road, they were only three .:id three-quarter miles from t'a:nl."ii!, the important German base and important railway junction, which apparently k; the Bri::sn objec tive. Several Thousand prisoners have been taken by the British as well as b.ie quantities of war material. The 'it'ack was carried out in unfavorable atmospheric conditions and the weath er since has crown stormy. Poriin admits important advances by the British, conceding the capture ri- 'Uirc.MP-r and Graincourt. in the field of Haig's thrust, but says the at r.cxejs w-fie -checked after ground baa beta gained. General Byng in Command. London. Nov. 21 The Hindenburg line has been broken to a depth of four to five miles, the war office an nounce. British troorjs storraeG the nrst sys tem oi the Hindenburg line defenses on the whole front between St. Quen Tin p.d ttie Scarpe river. . From St. Quentin to the Scarpe is miles. The British infantry and tanks pressed on and captured the second system of defenses, over a mile be yond. The attack was begun yesterday by the Third army. There was no artil lery preparation and, the Germans Tere taken completely by surprise. The second system of German de fenses captured "by the British is known as the Hindenburg support line. The British captured Benavis, Lameau wood, known villas uintr. Five beef ': The throuL', com m., Tii- L:i Vaquerie, the defenses Wplsll Ridge and KlDeCOUrtt. Their operations are contin-, thousand prisoners ;;on. British also fought their way Couillet wood. (l"n. Sir Julian Byng is in ii cf the attacking army, v h-:-. Cormiii li-e west of the Canal Du Nord to the Bapaume-Cam-brai n.;!(! lias been captured. ?!: towns of Havrincourt, Marco-jnr.-. Gri'incourt and Anneux, and Neuf vood liavc ben captured by the Brit ish. A kup number of tanks moved for ward mi ;Kivanco cf the infantry when tho attack was opened and brote hnumii ;-urresslve belts of German wirp (hMcnscs which were of great 'pt'n and strength. Tlu- announcement follows: "Yesterday morning the Third ar my, undt command of General The LI. I i t , . 1 19 J a Zh.to tin nnd iho river Scorpe. These aU tacks were carried out without pre vious a'-tillprv preparation, and in "ach casp the enemy was completely! "On- iloon. have broken into th, rnmvV o.,u; Annt, f ho- a : ( 1 1 r- and five miles on a wide from, nnd have captured several thou n-moners with a number : of Kunv. onerftions are continuing. "At the hour of assault on the prin cipal front nt attack a large number (Continued on Page Six).- ' WW " JrM REGENT BATTLE BE GATTEGAT AT i ' ! Ignificant Force of British )estroyers Were the i Performers I jtr c FYAMPI F OF VV IAimrLL jr CAREFUL PLANNING! t .AKPJ 1 Jl . rl . Anlni German Fleet Dared Not Go j merman rieet Uared INOt to rvescue or Lisiressea onips i - Comparison of War Methods ' i (AsspciatedPress Correspondency, , ase of British Grand Fleet, Nov' recent naval action in th Cat- I tegat, where the British sank a Ger man cruiser and 10 a -tin ships, is an example of the careiuljof ... - . . 1 a V BW I H . 3 .. i GERMANY'S DODR manning wnicn Jies "nna evervtn0i-0 witvi iiM..rint;mo onti oC "w move on the naval chart. A compara tively insignificant force of British de actual stage yeriormers m ine mtie Shagerrak drama. The actual fight began about 7 o'clock in the morning and was over three hours later. The German fleet behind its fortification received the calls for help, but dared not take a chance. The British commander eoncentrat ed his fire first of all on the Marie and then detached his fastest vessels , , ,. . 1 to round up the escorting patrol ves- Ji:. , This was thoroughly done after a hunt lasting nearly three hours. This action, 11 snouiu De reinemoerea, oc-1 "v.- curred in waters which the Germans regard as practically one or tneir 'in - land seas." The Ca-tegat is the gatei wav to the Baltic. The scene of the 1 I fight is 500 miles from the nearest ! . - British coast but le3s than 200 miles from Kiel. The Germans had every 1 chance to cut off the retreat of the j -was selected as the 1918 convention British by bringing superior units up j city of the Southern Commercial Con the coast to the entrance of the Skag- j gress- by the executive officers in ses- errak. That they did not dare to tempt this, is evidence of their appre-j made chairman of the general Balti ciation of the initiative and resource ' ore committee to arrange for the of the British navy. , meeting, which will be held from De- An interesting comparison might be cember 8 to 12. made between this clan .victory byl v the British destroyers vr.d the tip-and-run raid by the German light cruisers on a British convoy on October 17. The Germans sent out two of then', nniicore in the fiartrpss atrtlfXc their blQW Jn nervoug naste in tlie h i early morning hours, not even paus i ing to rescue a single life of hun- dreds of combatants and non-combat ant3, then ran away northward to I spend the remaining hours of daylight' in hiding, and when night fell dashed down the Norvegian coast and thus returnea nome .wiiuout. nemfi imn cepted. On the occasion of the Brit- j ish victors the fight occurred not in j the North Sea but on Germany's door-1 ot nicht hnt iii daviieht: not' hurriedly or nervously for 64 prison-: ers were taken, drowning men rea-j cued from the water, thus providing .r Z nololmit uiS today announced, lost or endangered in the British ac- Last year to November 14 ginnings tion whereas the Germans ruthlessly amounted to 9,615,003, including 168, and' unnecessarily sacrifices scores of. 575 round bales and 92,909 bales of innocent neutrals. I Sea Island and two years ago 8,771,275 T-h rpturn of the British squadron bale v including 82,312 bales and 68,- its base was Jietaniut941 t f Sea Is,ad tious. By nightfall they were o again; oh their business or sweepmsie oca, Want Mexicans Returned. El Paso ieffrw . m Paso. Texas, Nov. -zi. a requebi iijr ---- 'i. . ... Ot tne ivieAiu -T" " "1 e Mexico 5"-" "iVip 1 wHo.541; Oklahoma 693,936; . South Caro- &uu me!! a t a wh, pti Vil crossedto the United ibwe la followers capture Ujinaga anawexe interned, be returned 10 oeen , . ' " -.v- c-'tAr. cording, to .Andres Garcia general of consulates. . ' 4 tut Jr t u I l ! !BUS51 PEOPLE THE BOLSHEVIK OBI 1 ANT .i ....... jit had been cii.-covered the enemy Reports From Petrograd In-; came out every night. Each man had dicate Revolution of Feeling ! been trained in a special task and the in That City ! cnlire unit had hearsed the part it had intended to play under conditions CTirtrt QITITATiniM IQ ,fcimnar 10 mose m tront ot the Ge: M XVJk Im A JL M. VA Mr jJivviTiii v ol-imv vj . Three - Quarters Pound Bread; -"j t raders Say They Want No Separate Peace stoekhoS Re nor M iTe est "tVaveSto reach Tornea from Petrograd indicate that a revulsion of feeling is setting asrainst .thR Rnlsheviki Resriments . Ja 44 4 i - it i I fir sn niprs n.qvp naranpn tnp RTrpPK the Russian capitalf bearing ban-! , llVU ITllll 1UOV1 1 L1V11U UUVU Uk7 - l V want no separate peace," "Down with seen approaching, one of the Amen Petrograd's domination by a minority j cans coughed. The enemy patrol party tyranny" and "Nicholas" regime Promptly disappeared toward its own was never so tyrannic as the Bolshe yjjf regime The central-committee of the anti-'ne Bolsheviki socialist coalition has passed a resoltuion demanding liber ty of the press, the dismissal of the Red Guard and the immediate cessa tion of fratricidal war. American Minister Morris learns from a competent source that the food supply in Petrograd is ominously short. 4 A 1 ll. . 1 J X 1 ' and that the bread ration 1S now 1 ( hroQ-miarDrp nf a Pnccinn nr.nnd fcif f ' jTrc, two uays. . Nearly one.third of the members of the executive committee formed by th Maximalists at the outbreak of the revolt have resigned and it is re rted the remaintier h; uictatorial law-making N;koiai Lfcnine, who is n tTlo re,iv hnvp rnnferred F"""" "-" - l povers on now Issuinff de- v, f.,,ioT0tQi - 1 Baltimore Chosen. (By Associated Press) Washington. Nov. 21. Baltimore; at-icion hero. S. Davies Warheld was li CONTINUE SiHT D CL o ccn CeriSUS Kepcrt OtlOWS 0,DJy, j)90 Bales Against V,D I 3, 003 Last Year (By Associated Press) Washington, Nov. 21. Cotton ginn- ed prior to November 14 amounted to 8,559,390 running bales, including 152, 527 round hales, counted as half bales, . j Gin ilngs by States this year were: Alabpma 378,078; Arizona 5,868; Arksnscs 663,244; California 17,294; iFlo;-ida 39,837: . Georgia 1,480,182; Lou- icinn!) 497,962; Mississippi 619,338; i Missouri 30,185; North Carolina 378, - orth Carolina K41 Oklahoma. Una 923,277; Tennessee 126,277; nesee a26,19l: Te-xas 2,693,690; Vir- ja g 923 , , y gtateg 2 g44 -anninn of Sea Island bv States: States:i Florida .Caroliha-2,961. - . .. - emu UN FOXY AMEBIC FIXED W CATCH GEHU But fo rSome Reason Teutons Failed to Walk That Night COUGH BROKE UP SURPRISE PARTY j The Cbugher Got a Wound in ! the Hand- First American ; Flag to Reach the Fight ing Line (By Associated Tress) Wirh the American Army in France, (Tuesday, Nov. 20.-Only the fact that (the Germans failed to venture into' No ' Man's Land on a recent night saved 1 j them from an American surprise. One j hundred and sixty men cf the first j battalions to enter the trenches crawi- -ed across No Man'j Land and took po J sitions in -front of and in the German i wire entanglements at a noint where jatiji ...... mah lines. The Americans yu. owu uuei uaih. ana re jmained in waiting all night, but not Znoilhrl' as far is known, at ny place m No ine plan was to allow several groups of 10 to 15 Germans to, emerge and meet at a rendezvous. Then tho Americans, would fall upon the enemv raias. 1 ' , 1 v com wmcn a soldier cousin m i !tne trenches brought him a wound in i the hand and gave warning to a Ger - m r t - r - 1 f H W.-nn.JA "u pauvn ut xu uxuuusuiiue uii an other night. Finally, ' when the shad- owv rorms ot an ftnemv n.ntrnl worn' tf XT " - - v-.w . lines trom which there soon afterward came a hail of machine gun bullets. hitting the man who had cough- ed. Two staff officers recently had a narrow escape while walking along a rqad in the rear of the lines. They heard the whizz of an enemy shell and jumped, thinking it wa3 close by when the projectile came down in the center of the road on either side of which uiej wte wa.iviu&. The lirst American regimental col ors to be carried on the battle front in France have been returned to regi-, mental headquarters. Writton on it in( ink, over the square of the French commander is a certification that this was the first flag to reach the front lines.' The -flag did not fly at the front as no flags are exhibited there. It actually was carried, however, to a dugout in the rear of the second line, remaining there several days. CLEMENCEAU'S AIM IS TO BE VICTOR He Declared That Expert ments of Idealists Impos sible in War (By Associated Press.) Paris, Tuesday, Nov. 20. The war aim of Premier Clemenceau is to be a victor, he told the Chamber of Dep uties today. "If Germany tomorrow expressed a wish to enter into the sovereignty of nations, I would not agree," M. Clemenceau said, "for Germany's sig nature cannot be trusted. "You ask what my war aims are. My aim is to be a victor." During interpellations after the mm- lst.er.ial declaration Demitv Pierre geot demanded the firm handling of 'dress issued today by Secretary Mc the political scandals. He declared lAdoo to apply to the bureau of war that Louis j ManlvV. former Minister : of the Interior, either is a traitor orjernmcDt life' insurance before Febru-( that Louis J. Malvy, former Minister ary lz, next. - f a scoundrel., He demanded that thel Failure to apply by. that time, he. connection -with the scandals of Jo- explained, would bar them .from the seph Caillaux, the former Premier, 'benefits.. of what he characterized as should be made clear. Premier Clem-'the greatest measure of protection enceau made an approving gesture 'ever offered to its 'fighting forces by and at Caillaux anllande.d. but. the any nation" in the history of the r Premie" ii reply refused to enter in-, He assured the Chamber -). intirA wmild- be dealt ranidlv and relentlessly . for crimes against the lcountry 3o,-lcountry. The Premier' expressed sympathy Ten-iwith the Socialists and Idealists, but declared that experiments were impos-. sibJe in war, time He turned the ilauh' cm snmft of his interrunter. bv" laugh on some of his interrupters by advantage of old age is that one becomes deaf. IQ ! DO BETTER T1H IilUUru HNU.UIMU-':-, NSi ffiSl T GIPATFD ronnn AMrnsoi timm A Dividend of 3 1-2 Per Cent. ' Declared On Common Stock PRESIDENT KENLY'S SATISFACTORY REPORT Net Earnings of Road Showed Increase Over Last Year Change Made in Time of Annual Meeting (Special to The Dispatch) Richmond, V;i., Nov. 21 The direc tors of the Atlantic Coast line Rail- road Company yesterday afternoon de ?,lared a dividend f 3 1-2 per cent, or on the common stock of the comnanv. payabie January 10, 1918, to stockhold-, ers of record December 20. This ac tion avus not entirely unexpected in financial circles, but then-ate of pay ment to stockholders was greater than had been anticipated because of the unsettled condition of railroads gen erally. The r.nnual meeting of stock holders was also held, all directoi-3 and officers being re-elected. . President Konly's annual report to stockholders showed a successful year. In connection with the new joint pas senger station at Richmond he said the development and construction is mnlrinp" pvnpllont nrnoroos onH it i I hoped that the building will be ready1, for ration" in the first of wig. The enlargement of freight fa- cuities at t'ne jyra. street station is also well under way, and when com .V. 4 . .... pleted will practically double the re- ceiving and delivery warehouse space of-the Coast Line in this-city. tary and assistant treasurer of the viao ccoicu muu vwi-piwr u.eni oul WU1 continue ms rormer-au- iuefc - .0bepn a. tviroy, or uaiumore, was made second assistant treasurer. mi A 14 T J , .... a 4 ' The stockholders were presented , wilu an income statement tor ine 12 months ending with June 30, as com pared with the previous year. Rail way operating revenues totalled $40, 40fi,203 as compared with $34,445,111 last year, operating expenses $26,790, 758, leaving an operating come of $11, 620,482 as compared with $9,838,000 last year. Net income for the year was $10,203,196 a3 against $7,755,536 in 1916. Because of the change from the (receives attention, the point also is -fiscal to the calendar year for the an- ; made that it is necessary for the Al nual report to stockholders, the board j lies to remember that the United of directors recommended and it was state is not in the war solely for their adopted that the annual meeting be benefit. Thus. ThePost says: : changed from November to May and . the by-laws were so amended. STRIKE CONFERENCE HERE THURSDAY (By Associated Press.1 ' Norfolk, Va., Nov. 21. Looking to j ; . rc. 10 ..6.7."'1",i which has been on in JNonoiK anui "VT7il--rt i- "N.T O r-1 t-t re loot TTr-wT Ckr ViiU6tuij, yv -" 7.7' mining the clerk s union of this , city will send a representative to Wdng- ton tonight to, confer with the railroad " 0 " T T Mnf,.r 1 ? fl!" iJIffiS 1"'' c TT :.r rVr; I of the Clerks' Brotherhood said today I that if'the roads will enter into the '?UB.UCJ7 uw7w ' " tu same agreement that the Seaboard Air .ut this j;iew' Jtf fjs at ?f n e line did the clerks will return to workiclosin Pse of the wa ffif is the and leave the details to be straighten- 5. J ed out later. URGED TO APPLY FOR INSUH McAdoo Urges That Life In-, surance Be Applied for Before Feb. 12. (By Associated Press.) Washingtbn, Nov. 21. All officers and enlisted men and nurses in theHng 'a report on all properties in Ger For-'army and navy were urged in an ad - viplc insurance at Washington for gov- world. unt-lrJ " rjenendents of anv man kill- cl' before that time, nowever, win re- ceive ?irsurance payments,-regardless . of whether applications were made. in- , asniucn as me goveruuieuL consiuers all of them insured automatically until then. , . The war risk insurance bureau to day issued instruction that .members of the officersNtraining camps may ap- of the officersNtrammg camps may ap- ' piy ior. government insurance Deiore j the c the close . of - the "camps next -Monday, i I MUIVI nivlLrl un ffl ti IIENTS ON TU AilO-iEMd London Newspapers Consider it An Event of the Highest Importance MUCH IS EXPECTED OF THE UNITED STATES Americans in War Xo Protect Themselves, Viewed By Gne Another Urges a Policy of Firmness an r rnnjUnn v''rv J rcan war conference yesterday in Downing street vis featured by the morning newspapers and is comment- ed upon as an event of the highest im- portance Much . is said of the pic turesque historical", side of the meet ing which occurred in the same room where the errors, were made that drove the American colonies to sep arate from the motherland, but the practical aspects are given equal em phasis. While Premier LloydrGeorge's statement on the' needs of the Allies "Americans know as well as we that they are in the war to protect them selves from a .danger which seriously menaced them. They are business men over here strictly on business." "The United States did not join the belligerents to save France or help Great Britain," says the Daily. Ex press. She is fighting the Germany TTT.-ii: e j.1 iu. 1 reason -that she foueht the Rnsrland - T . XTiU ,t" j.,..., .. ui uui u iui ui. nei inuiviuuai u.uu natural freedom is at stake." Th , Qn ' . . , . . . , ,, States as "a bulwark of confidence" r the Allies and says it has changed the character of the war, and placed that this is so chiefly because Am: erica's entry is a spiritual fact looking to the eventual establishment of a "new sort peacer-a peace founded upon the commonwealth of the world." I wope is expressed that Americans (will not become sentimental or allow themselves to be influenced bv human- iitarian considerations in waging war, as "war is most cruel 'when most pro- J jlonged and the only policy is that 9f 1 firmness. Hitherto on our side there has been too much parrying and too "ttle sMklnE-" ' Americans Included. (By Associated; Press.) Copenhagen, Nov. 21.1 The provis- ions of the German regulation requir- many belonging to enemy, citizens has now been extended to American citi zens. The reports are of such nature that they can be used as . a basis for financial reprisals. t SUGAR .SEIZED. ' (By Associated Press.) New York, Nqv;; l.--Ten thous- , and tons of suear which had been "S! purcnasea ror tne imperial kus- - sianx government before the revo- 4' tution and stored in a warehouse .T ueie, was stJizeu viuuay .uy iieuciiti 'Administrator, George M.Koipn. fi it wilt De piacea upon me maritei w immediately and rwill be distribut- uted to retailers by the American ; refiners sugar committee. ' ". :t refiners sugar committee.. - , , . ".. 4' . 4 y "- 1 Lloyd-George Asks Whem v! i First Million Sammies , Will Be Ready ITALIANS APPEAR TOc -BE HOLDING LINES Teutons Not Progressing Rap- iuiy in ltaiy riaig moves Forward Clemehceau Get$ Vote of Confidence ! : American troops and- American J ships are needed by, the "Allies, Pi-e-' mier Lloyd-George informed the Amer- j ican mission now in England; at the", ' ! first meeting ct the .Angle-American- - war council. ; . -V ' . ' An early increased supply , of ton nage is necessary for the continued welfare of the. allied"' cause.' 'and the ; ' British Prime' Miaiister. is anxious "to " know how soon the first million i-A'm- - ' erican soldiers ican ' b Tnpf pA - in- ut?nJc 6UCSS Italyf , Premier , " woya-George declared, made" it even . - more imperative than before that the-" United States should send, as many-r, troops as possible across the Atlantic as early as possible. - . Pledging "nothing but war," as -hi: '. policy, Georges Clemenceau. has re- ., ceived the confidence of the French ; Chamber of Deputies in himself and , , his cabinet by a vote of 418 to 65, The new Premier pledged his ad-V ' ministration to a vigorous prosecution of the conflict and declared his war ' aim is to be a victor. He would not; agree to permit Germany to enter, the . sovereignty of nations, because. Ger- ' many's signature cannot be trusted. 5 ' . With the Italians holding the Aus-tro-Germans from Lake Garda to the' Adriatic, Field Marshal Haig has car j ried out successful operations against , ' the Germans from St. Quentin to the' Scarpe, east of Arras, a front of more i than 35 miles. He reports no details, . but says the effort had satisfactory rc suits. Prisoners were captured and- tmuch war material -taken. 4 ine tsritisn attacks were made on he rnnH frrtTVl T,aalltT1D QH rrta vc. - !? Cambra, Ber,ln; Hi Germans vere forced to give ground. Cambrai, the railroad center for all the German lines' between Lille ' anil vr the Champagne is less than 10 mile; from Havrincourt, reached by the Brit-' ish last spring. There " has been no ; great fighting activity on this portion ; of the front for several months, but a : blow here might be corollary to the ' recent French stroke southwest o": LaOft. .'r. , ... . . . V :5 Today's German official statement reports no change on the Italian front," indicating that the Italians . are still holding firmly -their line on the. Piave and westward to the Trentino. , Violent . Austro-German attacks are beingr thrown against Monte Tom . ba, but the Italians have repulsed all -efforts successfully. The position is one of the last " natural strongholds : protecting the plains of Western Vene tia behind the Plate river and the in vaders are jnaking strenuous efforts to'gain it. . ' '-. r Italian offensive operations' east of ' 1 Asiago continue and the lnyaders have been driveh from several - positions with the loss of more Jhan 300 prison- ' ers. . . r, i.i 4 No further attempts have been made bythe Austro-Germans to t;ross the Piave after the disastrous -results At tending the efforts of last. week; , The Russian Maximalist goyern. f ment has declared Russia out of the' war, according to information from German and Scandinavian sources. , A . dispatch., to. Copenhagen ' from Berlin i says that the belief is held 'in the Ger- A . man capital that the prospects for a 7 "peace of conciliation" are far better, than previously. Neutral capitals have 1 no official' reports nor Is there word f rom Petrograd that the Bolshevlkl havo decided to snsTvend militarr ac- UTiues. , , -. ; i The , Workmen's and Soldiers' Con- gress is lacing a; sput into uoisneTiKV Y , aua auu-Duisue viiu ui sauwauuus. ajc ' district or ..the' UKranejn outnwesi- , . ern.nussia nas oecjarea iis muepeuu- - ence ; and 360,000 . Ukranian -troops'. have been drawn . from the fighting-' front, which may1 cause . a serious - crippling of the effectiveness of the.. I1 r i ;- v
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