North Carolina Newspapers

WEATHER- 4 -m and Sown NoFair, colder o "55" with a cold Wednesday, fair TODAY'S. 37$ i I FULL LEASED WlREdSERVICE, n -'V - WILMINGTON,. NORTH CAROLINAcTDAY;vj'ANUARV IT,- IStffc .-'V-,'-?'',V j. -4 : . . J r if PRICE FIVEICENTS pmsEs. REMARKABLE VIEW OF Gl ;UBMAIIINE; UECENTLY WRECKED ON s.falli;;g it-, WL1T0RNBY rr 4. ACE OF ICE JAM r s' p MM FEDERAL COilOLOFALL PACKING HOUSES . 1 - i i . 1 1 I,, ..inrr Ml I : r v V THE DUAL EMPIRE COALING SH PS N OVER EAS1 INTERNAL AFFAIRS: - , . .. Only 81 Ships Tied Up at New York Against 213 Last Week CHICAGO RECEIVED VERY LITTLE RELIEF 0ty Schools iosca umu Mext Monday Because of Fuel Shortage Bad Weather Yet Xew York, Jan. 22. No essential sMo in ew York narlMr is "biteS prevented from sailing for lack of fnel, according to J. u-. farsons, coai ;ipert, detailed by the Shipping goard to supervise the bunkering-of ressels here. He said that. of 21S ships awaiting coal in this port a week igo, but 81, none of them "vital to Hie needs of the Allies," remained to lie coaled today. This was the first word to come from authoritative sources in ." New York indicating that the fuel -situa tion had been reheyed materially through the five-day industrial sus pension and its resultant curtailed coal consumption loosening of freight congestion. In spite of an unexpected setback, due to a misunderstanding of orders whereby thousands of truck? men stop ped work at noon yesterday -or did not work at all, some progress was noticed in relieving the freight con gestion. Transportation - officials an ticipate marked improvement during. the next few days unless Bevere weather disarranges carefully, made Many of the citjrs industries-re amed business today, ; haviag ;teeft closed on the first of the "heatfess and workless" Mondays, but a large army fo wage earners had another day of enforced idleness, in obedience to the orders of the National Fuel Administration. Local fuel .daminis trators expressed themselves as well pleased with the results obtained by yesterday's shut down. The- number violations reported was much smaller than administrators expected. Chicago Not Relieved. Chicago. Jan. 22.A11 Parochial and ivste schools of Chicago were clos ed today until next Monday, while ie grade public schools, closed for a and scheduled to re-open to- aorrow, also will remain closed until nit Monday on account of the fuel Saortagp, Hie;? schools alone will re- sain open. The order will keep at 0Ee nearly 150,000 pupils -who have going to school while the grade fcblic pchools have been closed. Althouzh the five dav order of the Federal Fuel Administrator was for the most part generally obeyed, the coal problem of Chicago and its sur rounding territ.oTv is still sprimis. Jlat as the Ritnatin-n Vipp-nn tr rl.r F?strday so far 2s the Chicago dis- tnct was concerned, several inches 0 snow fell in the mining sections Illinois, and the temperature in toe last few davs has been almost instantly below zero. Zero weather w Played havoc with the efforts of railroad men and the miners to pt coal to Chicago and the weather wecaster predicted snow and more Ml to.- ER TO ADOPT E on Italian Front is Regrad ed as Significant Italy ?? Headiua'rters in Northern tozi Ionday. Jan. 21. General Sze iBr,o.5J,0evic has been appointed to BianT , e Arcnduke Eugene in com- . tne entire enemy front theT 7' and'it is believed that effJ nge may have a considerable p on the campaign. 1.,. iJOrOevir.'a tuotira nr tha fensivl n have been uniformly de- W L J,7 offensive. For two tain ,ue isonzo front - he main- fensivp ,e and took the of orcemo 7 when German rein 8incp iTJ - comPelled an advance. "tie hi ,imailn or tne new Piaye fensive Y haSl been chieflyde- c there?illtment of Gener3-1 Boroe- y renort V V8. as connrm " Jnaintar 16 enemy proposes ItaiiT, a defensive : attitude on ID DEFENSIV TACUCS eEiploes Declare Such a Step is a National " I Necessity SDCFAGKINti PUSOTS COPtolOL FOOD SUPPLY Workers Say; This Condition Should Not Exist Pack- ers Reply There is No Reason for Seizure Washington, Jan. 22. The demand of Chicago packing ... house employes for government control of the. meat industry during the war was broad ened today-to include all the packing plants of the United States. It was made clear at the outset of hearings before the President's mediation commission that the eiai ployes believed the question -to be one of national necessity and not merely a local dispute between the Chicago plants and their workers. : It is absurd for' a group of six companies to control the food supply of the United States and the Allies," Frank P. Walsh, attorney for the workers, told the commission. Mr. Walsh declared it was necessary f6r the government to act now and not wait for a. calamity. Levy Mayer, attorney for the pack 'ers, argued that the companies were striving to assist the nation in the war and that there was no adequate reason to justify seizure of the plants from their owners. Disagreemen t developed as to, the operation of t the Chicago mediation pact, negotiated by the commission on Christmas day. . The .workers -contended that the packers had failed to lite up to their . agreement; ' j r 1 GO TO NEW YORK St. Louis, Mo Jan.- 22. Eddie Plank, veteran pitcher and Derrell Pratt, second baseman, were traded rto New1 York Americans 'by the St. Lpuis Americans for five players and cash. The New York club gave In exsj change Pitchers Shocker and Cullopr Catcher Nunamaker and Infielders Maisel and Gedeon. A cash consider ation, the amount of which is not stat ed, also was given to the St. Louis club. MORALE OF GERMAN ARMY ON THE EBB Washington, Jan. 22. Morale of the German army is on the ebb, Cap tain Richard Haigh, in charge of the British tank in this country, today told the Senate Military committee in reciting experiences of "going over the top" .five times. "They are not half so God Almigh ty," he said. "The Bavarians and Saxons now are the best fighters. The Prussians are not such good stock as the first Prussian army and have a yellow streak." British forces in trench warfare, Captain Haigh said, are constantlybe ing improved and the Germans have not yet found a way to cope with them. JUDGE R. W. BINGHAM SUCCEEDS FLETCHER Washington, Jan. 22 Judge Rob ert W. Bingham, of Louisville, Ky., has been elected president of the Southern Commercial Congress to succeed Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, of Florida, who resigned because of the press of duties in the Senate. The election was by the executive officers of the Congress and it was announced that all the other officers of the or ganization will continue to serve. Senator Fletcher had been presi dent Of the Congress for seven years, havine been elected at Atlanta in 1911. Judge Bingham has been a member of the board of directors for several years. He is a director in many business corporations of the South and is a native of North Caro lina. ASSEMBLY NOT LIKELY TO HOLD A MEETING Petrograd, Monday, Jan. 21. Anti Bolshevik members? of the Constitu ent Assembly, it is ' reported today, consider that it is now impossible to attemot to reconvene the Assembly in Petrograd at this time and because of transportation difficulties it is in convenient to go elsewhere. The probability of meeting later at Kiev is being discussed. Many members of the Assembly left for their homes to day The meeting of the All-Russian nonresa -of 4 councils of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates called for today, has been postppned until Wed mi, A most unusual photograph of the interior of a great' German U-boat recently washed ashore after it had been rammed. off the French coast. The U-boat ia just a mass of debris, having lost its shape. The machanism of the interior is plainly visible. The photo was' taken "SomewierV on the French Coast." " INSTITUTE A SEARCH FOR THE MURDERERS Lenine Takes Action to Cap ture Slayers of Two Former Ministers Petrograd, Monday, Jan. 21. Pre mier Lenine and Secretary of State oBnch-Burevitch have ordered the Bonch-Burevitch have ordered the city for the , motor car with Red Guards and sailors who killed Shing aroff .and Kokoshkine. The murder of the former ministers has created a feeling of protest and revulsion among the Bolshevik! officials, who arev anxious to prevent the situation from getting beyond their control. The Petrograd Council of Work men's and . Soldiers' delegates has adopted a resolution: of the most strict tlce fiintf that no crimes had been corn- mitted by tnose Bailed. Tne resolu tion urged all soldiers to search for "the murders. - - Four other members of the Ker ensky government who had been in another hospital because of illness, to day were transferred to the Kresy prison by the Bolshevik authorities. The ministers' transferred were A. V. Kartasheff, A. I. Konovaloff, S. N. Tretyakoff, and S. A. Simrnoff THREE DUCK HUNTERS Party Rescued Tuesday Morn ing After Trying ex perience After spending . the night in their noint launch, which grounded at a about five miles from the city early Mondav evening. Messrs. E. P. Dud ley, E. R Pickard and David Miller were rescued this morning by a party of searchers and brought back to the ci'y not very much the worse for their trying experience. ,Jn 80-foot motor launch,- tne three men jert tne city snortiy aner noon Monday on a duck hunting expedition down the river. They were, re turning in the early evening when the launch went aground in the heavy fog that overhung the river, and they were unable to get the boat off. Huddled together in the launch for mutual warmth they spent the night, and ear ly morning, and when found Tuesday morning were still endeavoring to get under way again. It was a cold and damp niht for out-doors camping without fire or food, and all suffered considerably from the exposure. 'Mr. Dudley es caped the' lightest of the r three, Messrs. Pickard and Miller being in an exhausted condition as a result of the exposure through which they had gone. In the rescuing party which went down the river in search of them this morning were Messrs. Leon Long and Porter Pavis. The party reached the city on heir return at about 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, and, the three half frozen men were taken to their horn as Where they are reported as resting comfortably. . " KILLED IN ACTION. . ;' - Washington, eral Pershing Jan. 22. Gen- today reported Corporal Walter Roberts, inf an- 4 try, was killed in action January 20. No details of the engage-" p ment were given. His mother, Mrs." Kate Roberts, lives at Hart- line, Washn. y-' 4 MAROONED OVERNIGHT UNiyWA Many Senators Will Urge Bill's Passage in Spite of President FLAT CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS MADE President's Denunciation of Chamberlain . Does Not publican Caucus Washington, . Jan. 22. President Wilson's denunciation of Senator Chamberlain's attack on the' War De partment and his : openly expressed approval of Secretary Baker, had the effect today of apparently solidifying sentiment among .Senate Democrats who support the bill for a war cabi net despite the President's -opposition! Some of them met announcement of President Wilson's determination to oppose the bill with declarations of similar purpose to support it to a fin ish. - Senator Chamberlain saidtoday he would not reply further to the Presi dent's criticism, but at a -meeting of the Senate Military committee Sena tors Democrats and Republicans conferred ' and determined to urge the legislation. Next Thursday when the Senate re-convenes, Senator Cham berlain, Hitchcock, and Wadsworth today announced, they will make a "straight fight on the merits" on the war cabinet bill, when it comes be fore the Senate for committee refer ence, they plan to open wide debate discussing at length the testimony in the committee's inquiry into defects in governmental machinery. Democrats Leader Martin and others supporting . the President's po sition, are preparing to oppose refer ence of the war cabinet bill to the Military committee. The President's assertion that he had learned of the war reorganization legislation only "second-handed," was flatly contradict ed today by Military committee mem bers. They said both Senator Cham berlain and Hitchcock advised the President' last week of the proposed legislation and that the President had written a letter stating his oppo position. They pointed out also that ia copy of the war cabinet bill was left last Saturday by Senator Hitch cock with Secretary Baker. -: The President's statement that waT operations had been delayed by the Congressional investigations, in call ing officials and officers, from, their duties to appear before committees, also was dsputed by committee mem bers, who pointed out that when Ma jor Generals Crozier and Sharpe .tes tified (before the Military committee they had been relieved of their du ties, respectively, as . chief , of ord nance and quartermaster general. - A caucus of House Republicans , is planned tomorrow night to discuss endorsing war reorganization legisla tion. Republican Senators said today they might caucus also soon on" the subject. STORM INTERFERES AT NEWPORT NEWS Newport News, Va., Jan. 22. After the heavy snowfall of Sunday and-low temperatures . in this section, last night snow galn began 4 to fall,,. fol lowed by sleet and rain. As a result hipping here is being greatly interfer ed with and - bunkering . of ships ..not going forward! .with the rapidity that had been hoped. fs. 4 ift I lil . ' "SMI FIRED ON MONOCACY WITHOUT ANY NOTICE Chinese Were Behind a Dike When They Attacked An : American Gunboat Peking, Friday, Jan. ,18. The at tack yesterday on the American gun boat Monocacy, in which one sailor was killed and two others wounded, was made near Kien-Lih-Sien and came without warning: The at tackers hid behind a dike on the north bank of the Yang Tse Kinag. The eunboat returned the fire but with what result is not known. After ward the Monocacy proceeojeid to Hankow. ; he Japanese steamer Tayuen also was subjected to fusillades. Gunboat Returd the Fire, vv Asningiom j an. a.r mander of the American gun! upon by Chiense rebels reported: to day that he returned ' the fire1 and sil enced it. American , Minister Reinscn's dis patches , to . the State Department to day reporting the attack on the gun boat Monocacy contained no addition al details to those , already received In news dispatches. Minister Reinsch said he had already made representa tions to the " Chinese government. Secretary. Daniels gave out -the fol lowing: "On January 17, at . 9 a. m., the United .States gunboat . Monocacy while cruising about 50 miles above Yochow on: the Yang Tse Kiang river, was fired on by intrenched Chinese, and was hit a number of times. H. L. O'Brien, chief yeoman, was fatally injured and W. N. Donelly, seaman, slightly wounded. The nre was re turned by the Monocacy and silenced. "It is . believed that the Chinese were bandits or revolutionists." The foregoing is - a paraphrase of the official report from the command er of the gunboat. AMERICAN OBSERVERS ON FRENCH FRONT With the American Army in France, Monday, Jan. 21. (By The Associated Press.) More American observers have begun work at .the. -front -with French pilots in French .airplanes. It is inadvisable to mention . their num bers or Identity, or the point at which they are stationed. While their flights are are in the nature of in struction, they are carried out under actual -battle conditions. . - NORFOLK TIED UP ; BY SEVERE WEATHER Norfolk, Va., Jan. ;.22.f-With , a, fall of sleet and rain that tied up trolley car traffic, and impeded, pedestrians .here today, the local ; weather bureau issued notification to shipping inter-, ests that it would be dangerous to put to sea until further information was given out,. As a result the. local shipping conditions were just as much congested today ' as- they were before the fuellessY order went into effect. Shippers declared that with -clearing weather the "situation will rapidly. Im prove. . ... ' v STOP ADVERTISING FOR HELP. Washington, Jan. 22---Per emptory directions to many large . ; industrial concerns to . -cease widespread advertising for . help which was. thought to be-iinset- fling the v labor supply and -work- 4? ing- hardship on individuals -W$i answered the advertisements,. ! have been sent out by th Depart- ment-of Labor. "' - t 4 r Storm is Raging V From the New England States to . Georgia STORM CENTRAL ON THE CAROLINA COAST Warnings Issued Along Atlan tic Coast From Jackson ville to Easport Cold Wave Following Washington, Jan. 22. Snow was falling today throughout the eastern half of the country north of Georgia, and promisel to tie up the transpor tation systems-as badly as they were before the beginning of the five-day industrial shutdown, designed to aid the railways in clearing their lines of congested traffic and to place coal in communities suffering from the severe cold. From the New England States southward" along the Atlantic Coast to Georgia and extending inland to the Mississippi river, the snow storm rages. It began during the night and the snow fell steadily in most sec tions. Weather Bureau officials said it would continue tonight. The snow, which has been heavy in many sections, comes from a dis turbance northeast .of-Lake Superior. Another was central today on the North Carolina coast, which was being followed by a cold wave in the South east. The coast storm caused the Weath- Me, as , the istorni was steadily Creasing "in intensity -and movmg rap idly with increasing feortheiat gales." It wili-rdach the northern New England- coast tonight. ; y Considerably warmer weather was reported from , the i Ohio valley, the lake .region and! the. M.iddle and South Atlantic States, but was -growing cold er in the Gulf States and In the near Northwest In the far Northwest it was somewhat warmer, while the Southwest reported lower temper atures. ' Colder weather in the Atlantic States was forecast, and somewhat lower temperatures were predicted for the Ohio Valley and Upper Lake re gion and central cold waves in Mich igan and . northeast lower Michigan. Hot Coffee and Sandwhiches Will Be Served Through the Night The Red Cross Society again has demonstrated that it is -strictly on the job when! the opportunity for serv ice offers. Plans have been made for the serving of hot coffee and food to the sailors' and soldiers who have been assigned to guard duty on the waer front,' and beginning with Tues day night members of the local chap ter ; will see that the men are served daeh! night. ,. 'For this immediate dibnations of cof fee, BAndwhiches, jam, preserves, pick les and bread are , heeded. These should be sent to the - - Red Cross rooms, far the Murchlson Building, and the preparation of the refreshments whicft will be most appreciated by, the men and the serving ; will be cared for by.a. special commlUee -of. the Red Cross,"-.conslstlng: of Miss i. Elitabeth Halei .-Mrifc CifthbertlMartlxandMrg. M. -L.' 'Stover.: f-' r : . The; Red Cross Society is undertak ing this work ia coanectloa with the Hospltalityi Cininltteec 0? ? the t -Ctiim-hereof - Commerce, ijifisfttve been in the making for thevpast Veek or so for the .ntertainjnent of the men from, Fort . Caswell r. while -: spending the week: ;lAr;ft'9ttf'VAtt4-for the Members riitthsvSi khd;1atebeea ealledlf jntovrgrtico. witfr th :'t',iftatm duty that is made- arduous ; fey Reason jot the cold and Tdamp feather the., opportun ity is offered to: perforin an even bet ter j service than anyj thfc ileen planned and those: 'tot charge are very hopeful that there will be a'Teitdy re sponse for the appeal forr supplies . to bV'nsedvin this -serriee. The i hot - coffee- ind ; others refresh ments win be kept through thej night at th.f eajnans BetEel.a Front street wnere toe. men; on onty canxopven- SERVE MEN ON GOARD JlenU3hdrop la and e:sejTed. Leaders Promise to Strivefor ;4 ' --W'-V. Peace, But on Announc- ed Terms THE SITUATION IS ONE OF INTEREST : Disrrr?fr nrl 't Jnsett11"rfjnnrl? tions Continue in Austria1 'lj Hungary Bulgars At lil! Attack French Austria-Hungary will continue vtoV strive for a general peace but on tlie, :: terms .previously offered. Thls the answer given the leaders of dis-V.V; have quit work to demand peace ;by Dr. Von Seydler, the Austrian Pre-' Hi! ' 'I'M mler. Emperor Charles, he said. de-"H! sired to end the war at the earliest fi possible moment. No new peace; terms were enunciated and the labor? .u leaders were told that responsibility $lf,!,g : ior conunuauon 01 uib war rests , up- ;t p: , ; on the Entente Allies, who had r.yeJi! fused Austria's offers. All plans! for: territorial aggrandizement as a result 'j'jj!;i of the war were disclaimed , by5 tieckf ' Premier. Other ministers promised! ; electoral reforms and a relaxation" of;) i'l the rigid military law. : The labor leaders then called jponM A.' I their comrades to resume wOrk : but'. 3! : ( the latest information is that-the; gen!., V ' t eral strike is still in progress with.' j, ; , disorders at some place. Resignation li U of the Austrian ministry, most .prob-;i!; " ably that of Von Seydler, -isvreportedl'i by a Berlin newspaper;T)ut, there-is noPiT'jj 6 press? or official confirmation. Count? WX fdfHTa"hew cabTneC v .Importance is attached to the. Aus triaa political situation by London! newspapers, some of which believe: that the government is aiding ?thb: workmen's propaganda for peace in! the hope of influencing the BrestLit-: ovsk negotiations. The fate that 'the Austrian government permitted full reports of the meeting between the labor leaders and the ministry - . to. leave the country is looked upon as : significant. - . :.-: Dr. von Seydler indicated no lessens' - i ine of the demands on Ru??sia- and ' I German newspaper reports that un ,. less the Russians accept the offer at the Central Powers, the peace nego tiations will be broken off.,- The con ferences at Brest-Litovsk have J)een: ;; suspended until January 29, as For- ! 1 eign ' Minister Trotzky, head of -tha ? Russian delegation, has gone to Pet- rograd for consultation with his gov- I. ernment. - - : - i Almost complete military inactivity . ' persists on the fronts in France and v : Italy. On the Macedonian front, fBuI-V : garian troops, have attacked the l i French positions west o fthe Vardar heavily. The efforts came after vio lent artillery preparation and the-Bulgarians were able to enter, the French ; i trenches at one point from which they 1 were thrown out immediately.: by . j ; Greek troops. A" serious break in the : ) j Entente line west of the Vardar ,! : might have important results. Ber- . , ' lin reports that the Bulgarians were 5 successful in patrol engagements. !.,V British political circles are' discuss . ! ; ing the resignation from the war cab-" I inet of Sir; Edward Carson, jeadej;.;Gf : i the Ulster Unionists', on account of !i the Irish situation. ' It has been ex-- pected that the Irish connection which has been discussing plans . for home '! rule in Ireland, would make its report ! shortly. - Sir. Edward has : been,.; the leader of the opposition to; any home rule plan which would Include Ulster. Unfavorable Weather Condi tions Hamper of Congestion Washington, Jan. 22. Large isup; plies of coal were ; moving freely to eastern householders and trans-Atlan-! tic shipping interests today as- the re sult of the Fuel Administration's clos ing order, but clearing of the railroai congestion still was hampered , by un favorable? weather conditions. !' ; With icannfacturing: plants east of the Mississippi facing the fifth day of . the shut-down and reports here Indi-N eating that the first. heatiess Monday had been strictly observed, Fuel Administrator-' Garfield declined to say whether an extension of the closing period would be necessary. LARGE SUPPLIES OF COAL (AlMST if.t , i Hi 3 1 I lit. m ! 4 t- ,; t 1' 1 u iront for the preset nesday ' , . A-L -