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VOL. XXIII, NO. 343, WILMINGTON, NORTHCM6mNAS TU 1 8, 1 9 1 7 PRICE FIVE CENTS, Ti niTfiMn tci I; 0 CilOSlTES TO IAME ... - v - . - m BQRDE RICATJ HONORED CHARL k 1 ES PIEZ IS 01 HIS IMREtMiACEB IF SISTER ! Member of a British Regiment, ! ! He is Several -Times j ! , Wounded . j EMERPCY FLEET -v Succeeds Admiral Harris Who Re signed Because of Disa greement With Hurley GREAT PROGRESS IN SHiP BUILDING rMh,rp f pwt: ' WnQ the thrd t;me- Lleutoakman is now j More Than 8,000,000 Tons j reature ot Ejection Was riig jn a private hospital in London -and js i M TT j n . English Speaking Voters Win Against French and Ger man Element's CONSCRIPTION WON BY BIG MAJORITY (By 'Associated Press.) ; London; Dec. 18. The distinguished j service order has been awarded t- ! Lieutenant-Walter G. Oakman, Jr., of: Islip, Long Island, a grandson of Ros- i coe Conkling, for gallantry in the Cam- brai battle, where he was wounded tor! PROHIBITION TO BE GlfEiV NATION'. FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENT Central Powers Send High Of ficials to Negotiate With the Bolsheviki ; ARTILLERY ACTIVE ON OTHER FRONTS - i Only Infantry Fighting in Italy '; is un Northern Front Snowj in France German Raiders; Return Home H ITTEMF - T Tfl KILL COVEiOII OF CALIF Majorities Given the Win ners Whether Liberal or Union Candidates being tiursed by his sister. He has ' ; wounds on a hand and a: leg, ,;och re-! I ceiyed in the Cambrai push- j With Dillwyn P. Starr-a Phiiadel 1 Now Under Construction and Contracted for Cor poration Reorganizing GERMAN: BAID III THE NORTH SEA STIRS Passed the House Late Yester day By the Vote of 282 ... . to 128 , r SENATE PROMPTLY ADOPTED MEASURE- (By Associated Press). Ihia- athlete who also won a comniia- ;ioh, Lieutenant Oakman joined the Ottawa, Ont., Dec. -18. The English-r av K'Duke of Westminister's machine gun. the Dominion mav continue to be re-1 corps early in the war. He was fir3t ported on the fighting line in the 1 wounded in Flanders m 1916, being in strength it has shown there up to thei jure3 so seriously that his friends des. ;irpSpnt time Tho TTi-on i-i Qr. i thn paired of his ever returning to the (By Associated Press) Washington, Dec. 18. Further reor ganization of Hhe government's ship building organization was announced today with the " resignation of Rear Admiral Harris as general manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, and the appointment of Charles Piez, of N j German speaking parts of the country ront but he recovered and overcame Chicago, to succeed him vntPfi np-niiot tho Rnrion vornmm.t i aie doctors oDjecuons to lurcner serv ice. oix monuis . iamr ne .was agaii' on the firing line and again was wound- and for the return of Sir Wilfrid Lau rier as Prime Minister. iBv Associated Press). Entire Rear of Executive Man sion Was Blown Up Last Midnight '.i'ly will lo.-'e Tin timfi in hrincr :::1L1 r:er-? with ! governor Stephens '.w. the ramli.tice betve;: AND FAMILY UNHURT Ai: Sticks of Dynamite Were Tsed Two Men Seen Running From Scene has become effective. ' L. : ;ih!mann, tii3 German Foreign; ry, and Count Csemin, the j p. Foreign Minister, will arrive f !Tf.-r Litovsk today to begin ne-( poi.j.'ions lockir.g toward peace. j . . . , , (By Associated Press.) A -emi-offic-.al statement issued in j Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 18. What is Vienna declares k.hat the Central Pow- j believed to. have beep an atterapt to f rs will follow up the armistice "as j kill Governor William D. Stephens by speedy as possible vrithpeace parleys j means of a powerful explosive bomb dim it is added that Bulgaria and j at midnight, resulted in the wercking Turkey also will icin in the negotia-jof the executive mansion, the entire tiOIlS. 'rpnr unrl nf thp hiiilHintr hairier hln-wi-" The predominance of the English speaking element in- the Dominion j makes the return of the Union govern Iment, with Sir Robert Borden at its I head, a certainty. J Tremendous majorities for success fu' candidates on both sides consti tute the striking feature of the elec jtion. So great are the majorities cf i the Borden candidates and so large ed. With tae announcement or the changes Chairman Hurley disclosed that the progress of building ships was going forward more rapidly than Announcement of Successful Attack: An Uncomfortable - Surprised British A PROMPT TIMOI IIRV ! TO FIX THE BLAME Where Were the British Pro tectors? Eleven Vessels Sunk and Enemy Escaped With out Loss The: Bill Provides, for Ratifica uon Dy otates in oeveiivv T A9re onatA 47 to 8. -v.;-: . PASSES THE SFNATE. On this occasion, as in the Flanders j has been generally known. gether. They were fighting side by f Zi side in the battle of the Somme when r"7"uu" lTa ' , . m". Starr was killed. By this time Oak- ?owles' aide f Admiral Harris will man had received a commission in the be glven fn jmportant place un the Coldstream Guards. He was identifi new orgameation. ed with this famous regiment when j James Heyworth will take full wounded before Cambrai. : charge of wooden construction and : Charl fiS T)fi.V will ViPP.rtTTiA m n n q v&r rf Believed that Score "or More -are the majorities given Liberal can-1 if pppisjciv RFPHPTPH ! the production department. o. i r r ay idicates in the Liberal constituencies w that the soldier vote, "when it is receiv ed, will make little difference in the total number of members elected to support Sir Robert Borden, or his op ponent, Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The only effect of the soldier vote will be to increase the majority of the government from about 30 to some 40 seats, and will make it easier for .the Borden ministry to carry on its admin istration. Where the soldier vote is likely to work changes is in the case of several NEAR PETROGRAD Copenhagen, Dec. 18. A report that former Premier Kerensliy, of Russia, supported by some thousands of troops, hAS appeared in the vicinity of Petrograd, is contained in a dispatch from Haparanda, in Sweden, at the Finnish frontier to the Berlingske Tidende. The Bolshevike are said to have sent troops against him. It. Alexander Wants Some of iJSy Associated Press.) Chicago, Dec. 18. Governor Alexan- Nova Scotia ridings, where .majorities A cording to fetrograd advices Leon;out. The Governor and Mrs. Steph-jfor Liberal members of less than 200 Troctzkv. the Bolshevik Foreizn Minis- n i t-u . nn thp domestic returns are lifcelv to I t: -has net f "d the A led embassies! . .. .. ... - :bf overcome and reversed bv the vote der, the Philadelphia National League , .. .. , were asleep at the time and ail escap- . ,i , th, peace r.- "t:atiens arc to begin ! . . ;of the men in the trenches. and has asked them .to participate or!edmiuryr ...,.r. .U.3C?erejce'al89: one.pr ;jtWo..8ac.'.aU ?ate whether they wish peace. An! Two men were seen fleeing: -fr6mta 'iftoubt" in 'ntafio.'"" The'decisfve informal conference of the Allied dip-i the house immediately after the explo- - character of the Borden victory rt- Iomats is said to have reached no def-L,- 'lieves the apprehension that was feit inite decision on the sudj,.. i Ti,D fnn.ti f tua T watnat 11 euner siae was rernea Dy . -ne Denevea ne is entuiea to a, pan. of $12,000,000 for housing operations m connection with the shipyards. This pitcher, who with Catcher Killifer was sold -.to , the Chicago. jJatipnals in . a de"al-1n v ol vl'jggigtWaM today a,f ter a conference with President WeegTiman, of the Chicago club, that Admiral Harris' resignation was ac cepted, Chairman Hurley announced, because of his insistence on moving the offices of theVicorporation to Phila delphia. Admiral Harris, upon the retirement of Admiral Capps, on December 1, on account of ill health, was designat ed "general manager," said Chairman Hurley in a prepared statement. "While the reorganization was in progress he suggested to me that the emergency fleet corporation be moved to Philadelphia, . I suggested that a matter of this kind, involving policy, as well as possible legislative ap proval, wouh'. certainly have to be sub mitteed to the board of tcustes as it would be submitted inT ajaycorpora tioS to' the" "board" of "directors." "Xfc miral Harris also wanted to give' his immediate approval to an expenditure 1 he" detonation OI the explosion was normw mnrein thp strrvne-' feplins' nver nf tho rmrrhnso nripp There will he Thprp has been v'rtnallv no rhanp;, , V" "u"6 msx-vii yuiuaoe i"c- , m connection witn tne smpyardS. This p h ' interna I situXn in Russfa heard a11 VGr the Clty and wmdowstIio conscription issue might lead to j no hitch in the salary arrangements being a departure from tne corpora Ti,' p7ho-li nXnt in a n'were broken by the force of it two or serious disorders in the country and.a3 Alexander's contract, which does turn's functions of shipbuilding, I fslt tic" roCtn effibS in blocks aVay. -It was believed 'force another electlon m the near f u not expire for three years;- calls format the trustees should pass upon it. suvs it cottars the question of rec-i'that from 20 to 25 sticks of dynamite' liniinilnil,,v the-Wenrh neak- 12'000 a year- f. "Admiral Harris then expressed his ,ys t coni.erers me queaiiun oi rec-,tnat irom zu to zo sucks oi aynamite oen nion purely formal and cares lit-were used. t! about it. The notice declares that! th" foreign embassies must vise thei ras.-poi ts of Bolshevik couriers or How unanimously the French speak- iing Canadians voted against conscrip Stephens were.tion is shown by the returns from the . aj-i i i i , Governor and Mrs ! asleep in the wing of the house ad-!Provice of0?I1vfbeC'!9whitCh e!fCTtSh 65 Chicago, Dec similar courtesies will be refused. i joining tne spot wnere tne explosion al members, with big majorities. Only Fy.c n- on the Italian Northern front, ; occurred, but beyond a nervous shock in three English-speaking ridings of near the Brenta river, military opera- i they were unharmed. j Montreal were Unionist candidates re tioiis aro at a minimum. The Italians,) Tne attempt occurred just as tbe!turned for tne wnole of the Province m a lU searate struggle nave Deen aDie i x..- j ,t vtucuc t'- -take an advantageous position oni sen one of the watchmen was the id.uh- The adjoining province of Ontario first' elects 82 members and is Returning 70 ion of San' ouc, uanue yioacu iuc oyutior more, ior me uniuuisi. guveiuiueuL. Gerr.:ar! attempts in the reg aerial ;mfl ;.!: ilery arms on this front con- :o be intense. iinu'r sion. ciaussen said ne was certain showing an even more striking result, there was nothing unusual occurring The four provinces of Manitoba, Sask i nn the erOlindS. He eXDreSSed tUe Dtnliowan Alhertn anri Rritish Pnllini. S: has falls- heavily on thelopinion that the expiostve was thrown bia jointly returned 56 members and rnti.-i! front in France and only small ! have occupied tne in- rear o tbe house at a distance of two of them will elect supporters of gunners oa uoth-sides about 40 feet from the norch under air Wilfrid T.nnrier hich the charge was set off. ) The majority of the government, it isolated raids I'antiy. Th ;mh ;,c.:ve. Except lor artillery worK thc:'- Iia.s beerT no activity on the frcr.t from St. Quentin to Al In upper Alsace the French have i": --! i (lerman attack near As-r-ach r.t- Bas. Tin inarrcruir.ers which attack ':l 'i. Fh-itish convoy In the North v, . Wednesday, returned without and captured, a large number "f !i i: -oner;--, according to Berlin. opinion that Jiis authority was to be WillardNto Fight for Red Cross. limited and he would be able to ren- (By Associated Press.) der more service alsewhere. The board Willard, i 0f trustees concurred in this judg- champion heavyweight prize fighter ment. feeling that their dutv required 18. Jess announced last night that he would ; careful consideration of nrniects anart re-enter the prize ring for the benefit j from shipbuilding. The grasp of Mr. of the Red Cross. He declared he j Piez upon the whole ship building pro would defend his tital against any per- j gram has been so strong, and his son anywhere and any time, the sole knowledge of actual conditions in the provision being that all of the receipts i yards so definite as a result of his should go to the Red Cress. tnt! .en v".:.;ci.-j including seven neu- 1 1 A 1 S-1 a:i! rr, were tunic Dy me uei- : to the poiice bv the Rev r. ine .Norm sea anu on tut; ; "'' the Tyne. A hole several feet in depth and is estimated, will be from 30 to 45. at least five feet wide was torn in the, The government has carried six anri rround beneath a bay window at the the Laurier opposition has carried rear of the structure and the entire ' three of the nine Canadian provinces, wall up to the second story was blown Those carried by the government are ,n,ov The entire r,o'irhhnrlinnfl 7.T a iNCW JirUnSWICK, aroused and a crovd was on the scene a few minutes,, after the explosion. There was scarcely a house in the block which was not affected. A clew as to the perpetrators was Fr a Ontario, Manitoba, ! Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British j Columbia. Laurier has carried Nova Scotia, Quebec and Prince Edward Is land. All the cabinet ministers are elect- (Ry Associated Press' Washington, Dec. 18. Secretaiy Daniels has written to Robert Aus burnc. commending his brother, C. L. ed with the exception of two French ! usburne, radio electrician on the a HEROIC ACTS 8Y ANTILLES' Cfi Secretary Daniels Commends Bravery of Radio Electrician Other Deeds ' n t 111 . immiR (rs rrom uueDec. AiDeri. e- jzier Langford, pastor of a church, who;igny and p E Blondin. Sir Wilifrid reported that four months ago a man jurier was beaten in the city of Ot- was noticed lurking about the execu- tawa by 500, but was elected for a rrv transport Antilles who went down witn his ship, torpedoed October 17. An&burne, instead of trying to save his life, stuck to his station and gave wain fiALLudjlXia I 3 rlKHLI jtive mansion, and that he continued Quebec City seat by almost 2,000 ma-ijng c-ignals, shouting "Good-bye" iTPOM RY FARMKRSito haunt tne locality until -ar weetv jonty. his mates. 'ago, Wlien lie UiEttpycfti tsyi. said AnDTC I ANFl MFPTiFH study in the field, that the best re sults can be obtained by combining his functions as vice-president with those of general manager. Underlying the reorganization which has been completed was the desire to bring the fleet corporation closer to the shipyards. r?r. uay, for instance, served with Mr. Piez in the personal visit of the production com mittee to the shipyards wnere actual construction -conditions were ascer tained. Mr. Day then went to England where he made an exhaustive investi gation into the methods which pre vail in the shipyards there. He ha.s j now returned and becomes one of 1 the important factors in our speeding up program. ' The result cf the reorganization al ready is apparent in ail the yards. Lloyds has just made a report which has been carefully checked up and which shows that there is a better basis for optimism than there has to been at any time since the emergency ' ago, when he disappeared. tool.-I'Hik- ar;f r. ; or t'Vl " . : Vf.t r !')! ! Pi v; i lii;.- inon flights of Camp Wheel ' : - inaugurated balloon school ': (- Saturday and iMonday, re ' iy and in each instance th2 : ts were fired on by farmers I program was launched. Conditions on Auburne originally enlisted at New j the Pacific coast have so improved Orleans, February 25, 190S. Afte:that records are being broken in the vrT r A WfT WMfTK"! COi years' service, he re-enlisted at j speed with wbiCh ships are being turn FUK CAMf WMiliLL.&K NT0rfolk oa March 1, 1916. He was,edout The reports of Admiral Bowi- oue of the four men oi the navy wl-. Rho that fi0nst.riir.tion work is progressing as fast as human labor can turn it out. The plans of last (By Associated Press. London Dec. 18. The successful at tacking by German warships on the British convoy on the North sea re sulting rn the sinking of II vessels as announced in the House of Commons, came as an uncomfortable surprise to the British public. It is expected to cause revival of criticism of the admirality such as at the time of the successful attack on a convoy of Scandinavian merchant men in October. Added to this is the raid made off the Tyne last Wednesday by German warships. As a result of these two ex peditions, one British destroyer has been sunk, another seriously damaged, five trawlers and eight merchantmen have been sent to the bottom, another trawler has been damaged and a num ber of men have been killed, wounded or taken prisoner. Among the prison ers is a nephew of Viscount Grey, form er Foreign Secretary. According to Danish, accounts, the force which attacked the convoy con sisted of four cruisers, in addition to destroyers. A painful aspect of the af fair is that apparently all the attack ing vessels escaped. Another unpleas ant feature is that the British cruiser .sajiadron. ,d voy against 3urtace attacks was not on tne scene. Vice Admiral Beatty immediately opened an inquiry and the first sit ting was held yesterday, being con ducted by Vice Admirals Sturdee,. De Robeck, and Goodenough. The inves tigation will be -hastened. According to the testimony of sur vivors both here and in Scandinavia, the fighting was of the mostv violent character: The Germans poured hun dreds of shots into the ill-fated ves sels. :ist of Ships Attacked. Christiania, Thursday, Dec. 13. (De layed by censor) The convoy attack ed,in the North sea was made up of the following steamships: Bollsta,Norwegian, 1,701 tons gross; King Magnus, Norwegian; Bothnia, Swedish, 1,697 tons; Torlaf, Swedish, (Torlief, 856 tons); Masacibo, Danish; Cordova, British. (There were two British steamships, Cordova, each of about 2,300 tons). The Bollstai was torpedoed and sank in 15 minutes. One of her boats with eieven 01 tne crew ana tour passen gers, reached land this morning, after being out for fifteen hours. A life beat from one of the Swedish steam ers with 15 persons also reached port, although it was blowing a gale. Contrary to the custom of the Ger mans, one o their destroyers offered assistance to one. of the Bollsta's boats. Returned. Without Loss. Amsterdam, Monday, Dec. 17. Cap tain Heinicke commanded the German forces which made a raid on the Eng lish coast off the mouth of the Tyne last Wednesday morning, according to an official statement received here; v icy Associated irress;. . . v;-.-; wa cnin trrnn an ix -i-nn nrrt. posed constitutional amendment- -. for national nrohihition. was to- ? : - 1 if dav fmflliv snhTnirted hv Pnn. & . eress to the States for ratifies- !- , - tion or rejection" within seven years. , .;' -v:: The Senate completed Congres- . siuiiai action uy accepting tiouse v 4' amendments to the resolution, of " ' to 8 without a roll call. . V' i Xr : .- v.- 4 A 4. 4 4 4 4 4. ' "''. - Washington, Dec. 18. Agreement . VU CL CXXXIC; 11X11 I L LU IJW HArHL 1111 ni.il H N . ' ratification was the only step .- remainKv; lTip- rnnav rn rrm mora t ryr rrrctaalfwx I , amendment approved by the Senate; 1? last August and passed the House 128. v.-v. Ti, i r.. r , a xi i a. i :" . i nuusu lurui ui LUBrtitiUlULlUIl, v..-; which allows three-fourths of the . State legislatures seven years to rati- ' fy the -amendment instead of the aen- l .."'- nta fimp nrr-rr5eiinTi nf ci-v woo sanf 1- ''.V , w-- , tn the Senfl.te todav whprA londAra ha A " "V. - - 4 .Tw. MMFM ' - , Assura.Tir.fi inn seven venr nprmn . would be approved. '"X?i Cnn n f m. Channnivl , . . Vi x ssf 4- T. mnm' '-,4''" . uuaiui uuciai u, auiuui Ui liio loo jr, olution, was confident of consldra-C " p n. i i . j . , - - nun or uie resolution unaer unamm- 7 . -ous consent necessary in the -Senate , ; . it final agreement is reached before adjournanent today for the Chrlatr : ' limit without roll call. " a dav of debate before r.rnwried p-aj. - laries was 282 to 128, with the par-7- C ties dividing almost evenly. . Theinargin for prohibition was just eight votes more than the" necessary fi- t wo-thirds of the membership of the.' xauuoc icvjua cu 1U1 duup clllU 6V V more than two-thirds of those ot- , . ... - ? -Kt, A . ing . ' . 4 Both wets and drys had been pre. uiuiiug viutury an uay, anu it was not ; . lintil the mot low nomoa nan lioan.'iV?.. i . 1 a it,. a: i:ui! . . . ' conceded their defeat. When Sneaker 1 : Clark announced the result the vie-' . tor.ss were inined hv the ?alleriii iti-r".' . j a a! L" sucn a aemonstration as is rareiy par- : , tary Bryan, an interested spectator, "1. ' nearly all day, appeared ' on the floor -v ' and joined in receiving congratula-' tinns with Renre.senta.tivp' WehK nf .,V"'- j' North Carolina, vho had led the fle-ht... ' ; The President's approval is not re ' v.. nnirO(i . o T rl I ho Cfof a larrtolntnitAa nr " ' .i! " ctut as isoun as tuey yiease aiier vice- v TI 1 . T, it 1 1 . ,. 1 . .... rrftsinp.ni. lviarRnun ann rsnKer i ;iaric nave signed tne resolution. : The following is the resolution as adopted: V ft - "Resolved hv the Senate and TTOiisn of Representatives, That the following " amendment to the Constitution be, J 1 1 f - a A 11.. A X ! to become valied as a part of the v: ? v ( Constitution when ratified by the leg-;; . islatures of the several. States as proVJ -); vided by the Constitution: ; ' "Article , Section x. After one t "-.',, year from the ratification of this arti-v-;'.:;: J A I 1 f 111. - '' tation oi intoxicating liquors witmn . ; , r ' P.v Aaonr-lntorl PrPasl xiovxu.0 ia.. Dec. 18. The first ana , Governor stepnens, tne uoniu was. throwjn from the alley way about 40 1 taat tn tho renr nf the manalnn. and! did not light as far under the house j Macon'((BJaf DeisTifteea bun as it owner had intended. I wn-fired acres of. land at Camp Wheeler strengthened in this statement by the " tn he rnnrlemnert hv the rroveri: to the balloonists. Balloon-; fact tnat the back gates were both n as to Drovide SDace for. add'.- i related his experience j locked as usual and the watchman tionai &ri grounds and about 1,200 j ;-.-- V an fOllOWS ADOUl i tart iriaitofl the hfl.RP.ment lUSt a tew nn.i;ttn1 tnntc fnf tho men - - ' I jliuu . . . i. . ctuitiuuuai ivijio a.sa . . ... ....... minutes before the explosion occur-( -phe request forthe land came Iron red. i Brigadier General J. L. Hayden, corn- He says that when he passed the rhander oc the Dixie Division, on Nc steps he turned his flash light on vember 27 to United States Attorney the nlace where indications prove tho Earl Donaldson. He at once took the bomb was placed and at that time matter up with the Department of Jusof crew rescued from the top A.Z a a. v. ,11 aw. ft . .n ,1 , -1M ri . 1 L'l rlll.l 1,1,1 1.. . ii;.-s from Macon two men i ut with a shot gun and ' ' was too far up to be hii, i : l distinctly hear the report "Hi and hear one man say to r. "Shoot again, John, may be 1 him next time.' " Citv Namee; Chickasaw. (Vy Associated Press.) ..!a., Dec. 18. Chickasaw i " given the city of the Unit ;"Leel Corporation which is - ii .Morth of Mobile. Chicfca- a name of a tribe of Indians r,l in Alabama, Tennessee and T!i a century ago. ;!;: A Pro-AH'y Meeting. , ' 'Cy Associated Press.) Aires, Dec. 18. Prominent ans favorable to the Allies, 1 1 ' 'ins last night heard speeches ! - "itt Argentina must break re 'i!i Germany. Among the ; ' :. were three former members Sl?''niine cabinets, Senors Magnas; Vo' and Gonzalez. - - v went down on the Antilles. The officer in charge of the armed guard has commended the .conduct of the navy personnel. The two forward gun crews, in charge of Lieutenant R. D. Tisdale, remained calmly at their stations while the ship was sinking and made no move to leave their posts until ordered to save themselves. In connection with the rescue of sur vivors, an instance of remarkable cool- Iness was cited in the case of a man tice and Monday received instructions institute condemnation proceedings once. Donaldson will proceed as he did in there was nothing there.' " The Governor was probably the cal mest of the group that surveyed the -rtrt ft n OI ATI Z 7 r'oi rinr, tnwtl the condemnation of' the Twiggs coun Detectives searched down town ? u m acreg for the ta t rooming houses without success for a J raansaid to have been in the neigh- an?-" ' . borhood of the mansion at an early .ve ;r the explosion or a definite clue hour in the evening. 'toNits perpetrators. ,They were m- William D. Stephens became Gover- cinedt however, to reject the theory nor of California .last spring, when thct the expiosiVe was thrown again? t Governor. Hiram Johnson assumed his tbe building from an'alley, because of duties as1 United States Senator. , 'a nign f-nce, but nothing has been Last week Governor Stephens made hown to indicate the bomb - was a series' of patriotic addresses in "planted." Southern California,, dealing largely: The last person. admitted to theex with the duties of Califorriians in ecutive ra?n( -j 1 was a Chinese seiv- oimnwtine the national government ant, who cane m about ii:du p. m.p fimlng te war. - ' The police .say the explosion occurred The police had found ; neither a mo- between that hour and midnight. of a floating ammunition box. vvnen h saw a steamer coming to pick him un he signalled the ship by semaphore not to come too close, as the box he was sitting on contained ammunition. May have been translated into hulls on the ship ways and into ships- on the seas. We are close to the point where the results of what has been done will be apparent to every, one. " K The carefully " checked figures of Admiral Bowles show 8,395,303 dead weight tens under construction and under contract. tha Jl-nitori s&tcitaa nr nr the imnnrtfi. . power to enforce this article by ap is hereby prohibited. ' - ; "Section 2 The Congress and , the-, f several States shall have concurrent power to enfroce this article, by ap propriate legislation. . ''( "Section 3. This Article shall -be v inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Con-'i large steamers off the Tyne and close to the English coast." The German forces, it is added, returned without losses or damage. Quick Work. ' London, Dec. 18. Testimony given at the inquest over the victims of the German attack on the British convoy shows that the attack occurred be tween 4 and 5 o'clock Wednesday 03 X MS Perus Condre&s Meets. (Special to The Dispatch) Lma, Peru, Dec 18. An extraor dinary session of the Petruvian con gress convened, todaj to discuss fin ancial projects. The opening of the session had been fixed for December 13. but was postponed because of lack 'of a quorum. ! READ THE AD3 Wouldn't Hear Hoover. ; - -(By Associated Press.) Washington- Dec. 18. Hoover to day made another ineffectual attempt morning and that the enemy destroy -1 stitution by the legislatures of the sev ers fired as rapidly as possible for a, few minutes. A Swedish steamer was torpedoed twice, the eocond torpedo cutting the vessel completely In two. Of the crew of 20 on board, 16 were either killed or are missing. No as sistance was rendered by the enemy boats. British destroyers came upon the scene and rescued the survivors. " Merchant Crews Saved. Christiania, Via London, Dec. 18. All the crews of the merchant men in the cbnvoy attacked in. the North Sea eral States, as provided by the Con-i .stitution, within, seven ears from the date of submission hereof- to the States b the Congress,' , FORMER SOLDIERS , ,A WANTED FOR GUARDS (By Associated Tress.) ,T Washington, Dec. 18.-701d soldiers past the age when they are acceptable for line service, men who have at any by the Germans last week were saved. I time served honorably in the. army- The merchant vessels had time to re-, even those whose last service was dur tire while the outnumbered British de-. ing the Spanish war, will be accepted -stroyers and trawlers engaged in a des- - as recruits for the United - States perate fight with the Germans, and guardnow being organized to : relieve y the crews of the merchantmen took to fighting troops on home duty TV ' ' the boats. j Recruiting officers already are en-. One British destroyer, according to listing men. - Old: soldiers even ;up -to reports here, sank after 10 minutes of 60 years will be accepted if they are brave fighting. The crew of the other physically fit for the,: work. Men : of ; to be heard at the Senate sugar in vestigation. Chairman Reed said that jdestrover continued to serve" its v snins this type should understand that they while he wished to treats Mr. Hooverjuntji disabled. s After, disposing, of the are-sought by the government.. Here- with air courtesy he saw no reason j convoying vessels, the Germans turned tot ore no men' over ;40 years ?ot:ae ;: why witnesses waiting to testify their v attention ,to the merchantmen have been accepted at any recruiting and sank them one by one. - office. -1 v vv J' J should,' be displaced at this timel L V"" A'
The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, N.C.)
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