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rrti &tfX W;- ' .'- r Rather: . . Ki fftf "''Tr-Tr--" .--t V?S ?v3,.7':' ' . TTv 7" , r ' - ' -v - ' : ' .... . j.lll;-lASEDWqK&SERVICE - . ' -; - m&. ' j- - , 7.'7., j" -- - r-i:---,;-; - , - ' . ;Vv.'-7! VOL, XXIV. No. 21.' jwiLMlNGTON, NORTH, CAROLINA;-FmDAWESRUARY 1, 1918. ' ' , . -. RRICE FIVE CENTS ; M ARIMLTSw -1 iyjED; . r I SUPERIOR i BiEWlY 7 1 ITALIANS HOLOINfil 1 W1 I1 AT Hamburg and Bremen Are Placed Under Military Be cause of Strike AUTHORITIES -TAKE STERN MEASURES A Fatal Clash in Berlin Be tween Stiikers and Police. Little Fighting on the Western Front 7 Declaration of martial law in the 'great ports of Hamburg and Bremen and a lack of definite news concern ing the progress of the strike move ment in Germany indicating the pps-J sibility that the authorities have tak en stern measures to deal , with the discontented workmen. Belated re ports, however, show that the move cent has spread widely since Mon dav. Some correspondents in Hol land believe the situation has grown worse, owing to the efforts of the German government to minimize the importance of the strike and the scar city of news. While a r.epat from Copenhagen says that all the Social ist leaders have been summoned to Berlin to discuss political questions, advices received in Amsterdam axe to the effect that Chancellor ypn Kertling, following.. ihe example Minister of Interior Walroff, refused to see a strikers' delegation. " m Berlin there has been a fatal clash between the strikers-and po- ;ce and minor disturbances are re- orted to have occurred in other" sec- ons as well as in the suburbs of the capital. The Berlin press says the Eorement in Berlin has reached a climax and that it is losing its effec tiveness. ReDorts received at Am- terdam from other industrial sections ay 'that the strike is not getting full support. f More than 700,000 workers' have seen reported on strike in Berlin. There are reports of new strikes in the Dortmund-Mining District and in Eamzig and Munich, while it is said Jie strikers in Nueremburg, Bavaria, ave returned to their tasks. Military ODeratinns rn the. Western the front between Asiaeo and the ftnta, the Italianspersist in their "":us' annough not m such a large ;'-i e as earlier in the week. New positions west of the Fren- ia valley have been extended. Ber- m says that the new Italian attacks Jr Asiago have been repulsed. A tfere blow to the amhitinns of thfi wainian reDublic annears to have GStS declt in the rantnro of JCioxr ti SPfPry. caPital. by the Bolsheviki. 8 c''ty if said to have snrrpTidprrfl a'ter four shots had been fired. 0.. -a and the Central Powers ve Pened at RrPst-T.ftrt-.roV a ro Petrosrrad savs tlmt tTio first )LCn taken up concerned the oc- . territories, which has been gambling block since the pour Pliers hPP-oT, IMF SHIPS Vce, Refuses Goods For Russia. 1. Five more En- -me R-arc.u:-... i . ... . ivc-tm ps nave arnvea at viaa JMoh accrding to special dis- at Ch BLrograa it is aaaeu ta .Lh;na' acting on Allied" advice, Rofft J ldden exportation of food- .fb. Russia. Vk!S lreported in Moscow that the J Ud-ve Dronosprl separate of r c i-rans-uaucasian council lav . ia ana soldiers' aeie- Tf to . l saia mat negotiations latio Prsress looking to the resto steamship service between sa Jd Constantinople and Odes- iiijjjj Musselmen in South Russia, have fn tIle Crimea, are reported to fioa-'tofi a government iff opposi 5erat Bolsheviki, and- are co- iTI4 20.oon nf o... uu Lue UKrame. more 1 tn v. U8Beiman iroups 4 USEE CH VLADIVOSTOK DANES TELLS OF BY NAVAL FORCES Brilliant Achievements of Men in Service Recited to Re serve Officers RESERVE FORCE NOW MORE TH AN 75,000 MEN "Secretary Says There Are More in Reserves Than in the Regular Navy at Beginning of War k Annapolis, Md. Feb. 1.7-The United States naval reserve forces, now em bracing 69,000 men and 7,S0a officers; "is larger than the regular navy when war was declared and three times as large as In the Spanish-American war," Secretary Daniels declared to- ulay in addressing- the special; gradua tion class or 300 : reserve omeets at the Naval Academv. ' ,' . ' serviceauuiorizea x eighteen jmonths ago," the; Secretary continued, "and its; creation has .made possible many phases of the diversified work the na vy "has been called upon to do." Mr. Daniels , told the young officers, who had successfully completed the prescribed 14 weeks course! that when they left Annapolis today tiey. would find important assignments awaiting them, and their achievements would depend upon themselves. ' Much of the Secretary's address was taken up with a recital of the brilliant achievements of the Ameri can destroyer flotilla in the war and the bravery of American gun Screws aboard merchantmen. "Read the story of the Cassin," he said, "though struck by a torpedo and seriously crippledr refused to return to her port as long as there appeared to be a chance of engaging the sub marine. The "whole country was thrilled by the account of the exploit bf the Fanning and the Nicholson in destroying a( German submarine and capturing its entire crew. The Brit ish Admiral in commending officers and men said: " 'The whole affair reflects credit on the discipline and training of the the United States' flotilla. "The first officer lost in the present conflict, Lieut. Clarence C. Thomas, after the Vacuum was sunk, cheered his freezing men as they were tossod about in an open boat far from land, and he at last perished from cold and exposure. After the Jacob Jones was sunk, Lieutenant (junior grade) S. F. Kalk, though weakened by shock and exposure, swam from raft to raft to equalize the load and keep afloat the men who were awaiting rescue ancf in the night, before succor arrived, per ished. "Let us not forget those two gun ners of the Antilles who- stood by their guns until It was too late to escape. The contests of the Silver Shell, which sent down the subma rine which attacked it: of the Mo- rent on which the men stayed at their guns until the flames flared up to the top, of the smokestacks; of the Campana, whose- junners fought for hours until their ammunition was ex hausted; of the J.. L. Luckenbach, hit nine times, and temporarily disabled, which fought "submarine for four hours, befpMT'aid arrived, and later managed .to reach port under her own steam; of the Armenia, and a dozen others notable enough to be recorded in naval -history." . OVER 200 CASUALTIES FROM RAID ON PARIS Paris, Feb. l.--Revised figures on the casualties resulting from the Ger man air raid Wednesday night show that 114 were injured in Paris and 76 in the suburbs. The total number of deaths remains at 20. French Rajr German Lines. ... Paris, Feb. 1. French troops last night made raids on the German lines in the vicinity of Nieuwport, Belgium, and in the Rheims; sector. A number of prisoners . and: one macnme gun ui. Pivu0.B r zr- --- - . London, Feb.: 1. Another un-, successful attempt on the life of Premier Lenine was made last night, according to the Petrograd correspondent of The Daily News. k young man in a student's uni form, entered the irioiny Institute and .fired, missing him. The Red Guards, stationed , out ride the Premier's room, were ar rested and will be charged with aeglect of duty. : An attempt was made to assassi nate Premier Lenine on January 18, with a number of friends the Premier was going to the Smolny" Institute in an automobile when several shots were fired at the car. Lenine was not injured. . HENNING IS BEING TRIED FOR TREASON New York, Feb. .1. -The govern ment placed on, the stand today in the treason trial' of Paul C. H. Heh nig, accused of tampering with gyro scope parts for naval torpedoes, a witness who testified that Hennig had expressed the belief that "Ger many will win the war" and that "the American people made .monkeys of themselves in entering the fight against the Kaiser." He was Charles R. Harrington, 19 years old, son of an Irish father and German mother, who for seven years, until the outbreak . of the war, had lived in Germany, working as a me chanic in the Krupp gun works at Essen until last April when he re turned to the United States with his mother. His testimony was intended as a proof of a motive for Hennig's al leged treason. OF -Thousands of Dollars Lost At - Luxurious Gambling V Houses. New York, Feb. 1. Luxurious gam bling establishments known to be fre quented by wealthy wmoen and locat ed in fashionable residential sections are! to be investigated through taking of testimony in open court sessions, it-was announced today by.'jthe district attorney's office. The inquiry is ex pected to be begun next week. Information in the prosecutor's pos session, according to an assistant dis trict attorney, shows that the wife of one prominent New Yorker lost $10,000 within two hours in one of these places. On the upper West Side there are more than 40 splendidly appointed gambling places to which women mo tor every 'afternoon, taking their ped igreed dogs with them as mascots, and are served with tea and often stronger beverages while they en gage 'in games of chance, according to the - district attorney's information. Evidence that the proprietors are guilty of crooked practices will be abduced at the Inquiry, it was said. "Pedigreed dogs," Assistant District Attorney Smith declared, "are said to be regarded as mascots by the fem inine gamblers. The story reaching me today is that the women often "net their heads off if they think their pet Pomeranian is mascotting successful ly against the mascotting of another !$j$n's pet Pekinese or perhaps an othet!s formidable English bull dog." BLACK SEA REBELS ' TAKE OVER VESSELS London, ' Feb. ' 1. Owing to the break between the Bolshevik govern ment and Rumania, the revolution committee of the Black Sea fleet has resolved to confiscate the means of transport belonging to Rumania, ac cording to an Exchange Telegraph dis patch from Petrograd. About 40 steamships, and several warships haV3 been seized in Black Sea harbors. Austrian Attack Repulsed. Rome, Feb. l.-VThe Austf iarts yes terday x attacked on the Asiago pla teau, in an attempt to drive the Ital ians from' their newly won position on- Monte Di Val Bella, the war office announced today Theeriemy howev er, was unable to reach the Italian line. Baruch May Succeed Wf Hard. Washington, Feb. 1. Appointment of Bernard M. Baruch as chairman of the War Industries Board to succeed Daniel f Willard, resigned, appeared probable today. Mr. Baruch is a mein bej jof the board and ha,s been in charge of the purchase 0 raw ma terials. . ' Wage Trouble Aid Juste J- Washington, Feb. 1. Satisfactory adjustment of a wage controversy whcih threatened a strike of 6,000 em ployes at the Schentectady plant of the American lxcomotfve Company was announced "today, by the Depart ment of Labor, The questions were i'... - .,thmi artTr . itoo.of nro- WEALTHY WOMEN M YORK GAMBLING NOT TO TAKE THE STRIKE- SERIOUSLY - - ? Not Believed irjjMany Quart ers That.Gernian Army LITTLE FR2SH NEWS OF, THESITUATION No InformattiorVofrMovernent Has GorneTnrough Since Wednesday, British Newspapers Differ London, Feb tjittle fresh infor mation on the strike movement in Germany' had conif :hrotigh early to day and virtually :iill the news oq the morning papers :here had been de layed in transmission. None of the Berlm newSpfiyer8 of Wednesday's date have arrived n Amsterdam, and several of them are not printing owing to strike among their em ployes. ' Delegates representing the strik ers, according to; Amsterdam reports, attempted , to interview Chancellor von , Hertling, vbuf; nek refused to , see them, as haderc -Walraff, Minister of the- Intriorsp Actual situation Thursday istreifily -vague. The . ui. nwmaucea some cor respondent in lOMana . , to assume that the situajtjort lhaa! grown worse, but they wafftagalhst: attaching im portahce. t0i;th rtrik$ Jinpvementas far as the. army4 Concerned. ikflv - Miikip M,iilotiauons with the government. Tffe assuniption'tfeatitlilstrikew senous effectsdn Germany; He says n( :striko or evoltin russia4can he JNewsnxper opinion in London" t& garding the. strike is divergent. Some- papers incline to the belief that the strike really denotes the growing strength of a democratic spirit in Germany, while olBers a-- favor the view that the- whole thing to a great extent has been engineered by the government for its purposes. ,.The Daily News, while accepting with re serve the more extravagant accounts thinks it Is .obvious that there has beetf spread into Germany some measure of the spirit which de throned the Russian Emperor. It adds: "The tide for which President Wil son has so long .and so patiently cut the -channel is beginning to flow at last. A cleavage between the Ger man people and their rulers stands revealed, but as yet the cleavage is no more than an incipient one." On the other hand, the Daily Mail argues that it ; revolution is talked about' in Germany it is because the German government wants it to be talked about; It says that it is vir tually true that no strike can hap pen there in a war time unless the. gov ernment sees profit, in it. The Daily Mail regards the movement as really an appeal to firitish and French workmen to strike and says that if the appeal;"" succeeds the Germans wpuld immediately suppress their own 'strikes: and renew the war with increased energy. In .their, Jate editions the morning papers print furthpr , items on the strike received by way of Holland, but all, apparently refer to happenings- on . Wednesday. The Norddeutsche Allgemeine 'Zei tung says that the shipyard hands at Dantzlg " struck on Tuesday. The strike jbcgan in the Sehnohau yard and Hh; strikers were joined by 4,000 workers in. the government yatds. Up to 4 Wednesday the workers, in the arms, and , artillery plants at ' Dantzlg had remained at work. , The general commanding the Leip zig 1 -districts has posted placards in that city threatening to send all the strikers to the fighting front. It' is" reported that the German gdvV ernmerit trp.to this time has prevt ed th strike from extending to .the railways and tramways and the work ers employed in the production and distribution of food. . CLEARING WEATHER AIDS FUEL SITUATION k Wasshington, - Feb. 1. Clearing weatWer needed to insure coal move ment' suffibient to avert another acute shortage In the east was in sight to-day-and- Director General McAdoo of the t railroads expressed confidence that I the country would pass through tbej'.ipria..without anyj further shut dowi foirstries 1 ; Altmough less - optimistic, fuel ad ministration officials 8aid the situa tion jd epend entirely upoh the weath er and coal; would continue to go for wdrn fifst-toi shipshouseholders, pub' Uc institutions and preferred war. in- pusijies. ; Under-preeeiit -1 conditions; thei t aw -littl. rhnnrto m,rmlv tp t London, Feb. 1 It is known positively, according to. a dispatch from Berne, to,, The Daily Mail, that1 Count Czernin, the Austro-Hungar-ian .foreign minister, through pri vate' Intermediaries, has sent mes sage after message . to . President Wilson assuring him of the sincer ity; and guileness of Austrian di plomacy. y STRIKE mOVEWlENT DOOMED DECLARES THE BERLIN PRESS German Newspapers Admit Disaffection of Approxi mately 180,000 Men SOCIALISTS OUTLINE PARTY'S ATTITUDE Will Submit Its Grievances for Adjustment Report Says Labor Trouble is an Orphan Amsterdam, Feb. 1. The Socialist party committee met in Berlin Wed nesday evening to decide upon the attitude of the party in view of the extension 'of the strike. The commit tee considered a program which the Vossieche Zeitung says was regard- program was restricted to political demands affecting domestic -affairs, omlttihjef erence to the desjreshi ed by the strikers.? .The committee also considered measures to prevent the incitement of a strike of bakers. The fighting yesterday In Berlin in which a policeman was killed was brought about by an attempt; on the part of a crowd of men and women to interfere with the street car traf fic Another policeman was injured seriously. , Minor disturbances are reported in other sections of Berlfn and in the outskirts of the city. The, afternoon newspapers have been compelled to reduce -the dumber of their pages. P ublic utilities are being operated without interruption so far as the latest advices show. German newspapers generally esti mate the number of strikers at 180, 000. They all say that the disintegra tion of the movement is proceeding rapidly. The riots of ye'sterday are said to have been due to the anger of the strikers on realizing that the movement was doomed to early fail ure. The trades unions are declining to pay out strike benefits. As an indi cation of the lack of centralized di rection it is said that only a few of the big plants 6f Berlin were forced to suspend operations completely. The governing board of the Social Democratic party announced yester day it had not taken over the man agement of the strike. The trades unions through the general commis sion also disclaimed responsibility and the strikes appear consequently to have been orphaned, so . far as these two authoritative bodies are concerned. The part played by Philip Scheidemann, Friederich E. Bert and Herr Braun, Socialist leaders, is ex plained on the ground that they are anxious to prevent the strike from resulting in disorganization and riot ing. While the party as such, en dorses the political demands regard ing domestic affairs, which were made by the strikers, it is generally believed that it definitely disapproves the present strike as an instrument for forcing the government to meet these demands. The Tageblatt warns Scheidemann and bert against play ing Trotzky's game and appeals to the radical lead ers to bring the outbreak to a concil iatory conclusion on account of the effect abroad and for the same of the future prospects J. or, the internal re forms -championed by Ihe Reichstag majority parties. The official bulletin of the National Liberal party declares that the Ber lin strike leaders are playing into Trotzky's hands. Most of; the news papers of . the Reichstag majority par ties continue their criticisms of the party. The Geimania says that by associating themselves with the strike both sections of the party hae displayed very bad tactics which might well have consequences Incont venient to themselves. " The Freisin1 nige Zeitung says the Progressive Peoples party will have nothing to' do with the latest acts' of the Social Democrats on whom ; it -throws full rer .nnn.hnftv all'-- 'VI M1IUI1 LMLIfM v Only the Heroism of Nearby Platoon Prevented Ger mans Entering Trench PRISONERS TO BE CAGED .FOURD AYS German Orders pound Show ing How They Propose to Extract Information From Americans With the American Army in France, Thursday, Jan. 31. Condi tions were quiet on the American sector all day today, because of the fog which tonight showed no sign of abating. Beyond a few shots -from both sides at registered targets there was very little artillery lring. There was virtually no infantry activity. Additional details . of yesterday's raid show that only the heroism of the platoon in the trenches nearest the listening post raided prevented" the enemy from entering the trench es and perhaps calftctring prisoners. As soon as the barrage fire lifted the platoon came out of its dugouts and stepped to the firing plat forms. Their rifle fire held oft a' su perior number of Germans who" tried ta approach.- When tha, enemy . saw that the Americans (w'ere determined to hold" the . position they withdrew into the fog. Later a. number . of bloody enemy ,rifle5 ah4 otHereAuiiH : fc&fi'.' k yfuuericaii . oiucers ac -we irout nave come 1 into possession " of 'documents said to haver been taken; from Ger mans opposite pur positions - and which deal with the ' treatment to be accorded prisoners.. The documents say that all pris oners, including commissioned and non-commissioned officers, after be ing captured are to be kept in -cages for four days without food and com pelled to stand all the time. At thd end Of the four-day period only small quantities of food are to, be given Although definite : information on the point is lacking, some American bfficer's today expressed the ' belief that the order-resulted from the dif ficulties the Germans probably expe rienced in extracting information from the first American prisoners captured in November. Such treat ment of prisoners', it is felt, could be designed only to make them give up military information. THE DISPATCH AND WILMINGTON Tiiy Wilminstun Dhpatch has of Wi in in:,-ton .and Kasicrn Carolina, and while - it probably-is -not' nccci;:.jary wi would like to sax of the City of Wilmington ' and . the . State of North Carolina are con-.-eermd. you will always iind this uew?paier in the van fisb'ting 'for ' city and everythinsr that would tend for its upbuilding, with North. ' Carolina a.- a whole a close second. Our efforts arcnot altogether selfish, although they may -'be in a measure, or .whatever is for the good of Wilmington and .Eastern -r v.? Caralina is gocnl for us. The bulk of our living conies out. of this -city, and its people read The Dispatch, subscribe and pay for it, .' :k its business men and merehants advertise in it, and this ' city and - The . Wilmington Dispatch are bound up in mutual interests. r ' Vv? This has always been the attitude of The Dispatch and it will continue to be as long as it is .under the present management. -In 's .... " . - - " A a large degree this accounts for the popularity which this news paper enjoys -in--thVuiind's and hearts of the people of tWs .ciy, There is no politics, in-our championship except we'are ,DenVQ:. - - crats and always support -the State and National. ; Wc ha-c no of the city, which' means, of- course, pur own benefit as all thins?, "the work' we do is sincere. - ALL THEIR NEW V LI Recaptured Positions -y Beirtgf!jf Organized Without Ihtir rupuon rrom tnemy TEUTONIC LOSSES 'v IN EXCESS OF 5,00( 1 Italians Capture More Prison ers Than Their Casualty y List -Victory Greatly - f:A Stimulates Italy :HM Italian Headquarters In : Northenin '-a 5 Italy, Thursday, Jan. 3L The splen! i did success gained by the Italian troops in two days of fighting ,'weit of the Brenta river has .been maln tained at all points and the area of ganized rapidly without further (ef-X I T: fort by the enemy to regain his Tbil lj? positions. As the Italian brigades raassemVU : bled it developed their losses Vera V2:7XZ, comparatively small ' the -aggregateSll being considerably less1 than. the; - number of prisoners taken from -the ; enemy. -" fe'i-Vi'i But the enemy losses . were ex!;" tremely heavy as is shown byXihtJf I number of dead left on the field 'and v . the reports of prisoners? "'I '.-. j' '; It is estimated thatVthe 'total niK; , emy loss without c6unug:;ihe;pria6 1 mers taken' by the Itallanswaabci1. !;, tween, 5,000 and p,00. '.-1''' Throughout the Italian - army h trpopaave bee really?- iOl3toida&eia$?58gr C spiritxof . ;ttie he1 fdfee's ?-i6ns&;.l erable part of the troops engaged :Z; ;) were oti ihe classes last-called ta thb',-i colors, including some 19 years .'oldiC,,j Many of the .Sassari ' brigade whictij ! distinlEushted itself afre Sajinian8!l: -j and! the general commanding the 1 i ' j division before leading the . charge i the slopes of Monte Dt r Yal BelilM ' made a ringing appeal to his men T A As the young islanders stepped . for? ' -ward they clenched their bayonets in f their - teeth in ' order to leave Ihelr hands free' for hand grenade Jworkif All 'the prisoners speak of the 'Te markable 'fighting qualities shown' by v;:' the Sardinians. . , . The result of the action is . havrajf an effect on the morale of the .enemy; ;. according to reports of prisoners. The . Austrian winter 'campaign, in tb : mountains has stopped entirely, as -it was concluded that the difficulties of snow and ice. and the mterrupUoo of roads' and transport supplies had made operation impossible, iM, ; ' great -faith in the ultimate future h-ru that wherever the 'interests s. y - . - v'.rr- Democratic administration locral,' axe to grind, except the benefit ell Abcrvcr- ! m 1. sr..- f