North Carolina Newspapers

ft ' f- I - h 2nd ouT1 Caro 1 and Sunday; n1,., warmer. TODAY'S" HEWS TODAY liar." FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE ;' V.- . ' - ' -" - iBmmm if XXIV. No. 22. .v VOL 02 Te Submarine is Held" is Declaration "of' Sir Eric Geddes YHE GERMAN STRIKES CHARGED TO AMERICA Berlin Newspapers Tell of Al lied Anglo-American Plot to Create Dis Disturbance One rear of ruthless warfare by fj-man 'submarines brings this an I ser from Sir uric lieaaes, first lord -of the Britisn Aamirauy: - "The submarine is neici. Coincident with this announcement uaies the disclosure by a newspaper Sat German military and financial leaders expected the U-boats to bring great Britain to her knees in six months, and end the war. . , Sinking' of merchant- shipping - has itmDued below the level maintained before the policy of - italimited: de letion went into effect in Febru- arv 1917. Sir Trie Geflaes declares le can foresee no change in the sIt-4 To bring bont.the complete,defeat of the V, boats soon it is necessary to bare ships and more ships Sir -Eric .says, f and he believes that tne snipouiiaers the TJmted States and Great Britain will meet the emergency.. ; The Amsterdam Handelsblaa says That before rn&16SsneswttsleeHtea: spon the German naval and ? - jess men ana n was agreea wai'iue submarine was the only means of de J il .V. feating Great iEritainr and making a "firm peace." Little . weight was at tached to the i opinions that -unlimited U-boat warfare would result - In the nited: States entering the war. Interest is added to.-the strike sit uation in Germany by. the publication in German newspapers the outline of 'an alleged Anglo- Americanplot to 5preadTdis3ension in the Central Powers. The German papers claim, reports say, that 250;000 marks was raised in Washington 1 for -the use of n organization ,, which was ;,to organ ize revolts and strikes in ' Germany i.id the countries of her allies rough agents in neutral? countries :"o Germany. " '- - Threats and force : are -..being .used by the German military authorities to crush the strikers. These i: drastic measures, however, have notTyet end ed the strike movement. The censor ship is permitting only semi-official statements on the situation!! to leave Germany and even- these . make ; no claim that Uhe strike, .has., ended. ihesei-;statements ' report- little Tgain hi the strike movement, except in tne Berlin and Altona ;dlstricts, shere much war . material is manu factured. The nolice and military fcave dissolved the workers' organi zations and dispersed meetings- of strikers, but the semi-official state ments declare there has "been disor der. Pessimism is said to exist in Ber n over the outcome of the. Brest--'tovsk negotiations. The Berlin press says that the Russians have seen encouraeed bv the strike move- fent to resist Germany's demands. etrograd the Bolshevik author!- uiuatu a Miuuiei iciv yiedines, the Cossack-leader. One the leaders of the plot was killed tth& other escaped. Sixty 'officers BM Soldiers imnlirftert fn'tlio mnva. vrere imprisoned. Senator Nelson I.l75."' K,nute Nelson of Minnesota to- eieorated the 75th anniversary Jl I!" hiT-tV. T-r . ... r-si e was neartuy con- s'Plu;f;'ed by his colleagues In A the . -e. Senator Nelson la a native iC'Zy and has the distinction of '-'I'i inn ... & ( V 1SL "on r tnat country to - i-e unnea states Senate. l0V!e" Fyr,eii J r hwii ruipviraua Snrttbat the Motion Picture Art J on which was to have opfe 3h , Je i'and Central Palnr.fi trvlav "Wi elaborate preparation d.ip1v ue, nas Deen- indefl-a-ip ' ic:stI)hed. The present cha- W,, it,0?.of the motion , picture Esr nfi- J 9 reason assigned for Y ii MSW - toe snow. , ,sv ,;.V5T THY TtvTTH- -ft-- .is j. js, -2 A'Ljf 5 Further RiotatfJReported in Berlin, and Much Excite- . rnent , prevails . Z. Amsterdam, Feb. 2.-The main ceil ters of the German strike movement. according to a semi-official statement from Berlin, are the districts of Ber lin ana Aitona. - Tner latter includes the armament centers of Hamburg and Kiel. The other armament man ufacturing - districts, the -RhineUuid, Silesia, - the .Saar 1 district,, and- the Kingdom oJLSaxony, . have been com paratively, quiet up to this time. The - frontier., correspondent of The Handelsblad speaks of secret meet-! ing held lit; Western Germany to de cide "whether to join strike. Should the decision b-ltt.tbe afBrma tive, the workmen ;re declared to be determined to make the cessation of work general, r, .The Koelnische - Zeitung declares that a fnajority-of -the workmen In Cologne are' opposed' to the strike." Tbq newspaper Tyd learns from a reliable source that the ' rioting in tr to p crowd-whchl was Droceedlne , towards Charlottenbuic peace and' bread!" A panic wsuerwlen rthe shot ras; fired 1 and aidfeaairlroieM police, ' who were unable to : keepthe excited people under control.;- About thirty ; strikers - were wounded , and taken ' to n a hospital. r- -Many onlookers . jm jm . t a wno were wounaea were A treaiea . in drug stores." Crowds at various 'places -attempted further riots. Detachments 0ot cavalry and , ma chine': gunVcorpshave been; collected In the- neighborhood' of (Berlin. Unsettled Weather Next" Week. Washington, Feb. 2. Unsettled weather the . first part -of the week, with rain probably about Wednesday and again at the end of the weetc, is forecast for the South Atlantic and Bast Gulf States for the week begin ning tomorrow. Temperature changes will be unimportant. Oil Tanker In Trouble. An Atlantic Port, Feb. 2.A call for, help was received today from an oil Hanker ashore and in danger of being pounded Ho pieces by heavy seasloftrthe roast. Navy authorities announceaunav snips naa proceeaeu to her "assistance. Foxy Bolshevik!. v s London, y Feb. 2. -The Bolsheviki governmeni. accoraing o ine jreiru- .'. j.- T- i grad correspondent of h The Times, haaf adopted 'another method to com pel -foreign .governments to recognize it. Tbe Bolsheviki. . are . refusing to permits British i and -other embassies and ''consulates to draw on - sums de posited ; in Russian banks until the Bolshevik government . is allowed to have complete disposal of Russian funds in the Bank of England. t . No Believed that Next Mon day WiflBe Last of 'HettlesV' Dayd ,if-irr.;iT.!s'.- WaflhinKton.Webi,' 2. The Fuel Ad ministrationvis willing to revoke t.feo 'heatless Monday order after .next week in f t ayox of railroad embargoes now in force' it State "fuel administra tors, T who meet here Monday, believe the closing already effected has serv ed its purpose. ' Although no final decision has. been reached this much was Indicated last night after :a - conference between Fuel Administrator Garfield and pjrec-; tor General," McAdoo ..' and abandon ment of the ' Monday, closing prograni was freely predicted today.f. y AnotnericonfcrenceUo determine . UVAlUivv two officials 'Tuesday iW-Att Wilmington; ;NOftTH;cAROt.iNA, -Saturday. Februarys, i 91 s. St ii Prison for Men Who Sought to Escape Military Service Greenville S. "0., Feb. i. Privates Edward: J. Causey, of Dover, Tenn and , Lark" L. Triplett, of Granite Falls, . K'i have : been ) t qurid ; guilty by .-courtmartial 'cf - rmtnating tnem mm soldi mum SEVERELY PUNISHED icitetced , ioe1rTe7eia'toPBtteni: rrseti'y in "tbe ; Federai prison In AtlantaT WMsanunced .today at Camp Sevieri . Triplett was charged 'with having cut oft. three fin gers of the left hand.- In Causeyef case, it was explained, the sentence was more severe because the right hand is more valued In military ser vice than the left. Private; Louis H. R; DeWitt, head quarters company, 12Qth infantry, has been sentenced to serve ten years for desertion and for persuading tw6 other soldiers to desert. Corporal Oscar J. Gregory, of Clearfield, Xenn., was. found guilty of desertion and stealing 'and sentenced to serve lOfyears. ROUSH TROOPS NOT TO1 RETURN HOME Petrograd, , Feb. 2. About 40,000 Polish troops in the Russian army, who have maintained their units in face of the Bolshevik ' reorganization measures, and who 'had expressed a desire to return from , Russia to Po land, have been stopped by a1 German objection to the plan, . Germany re fused to permit their repatriation. These troops . are still commanded by their old officers and : have resist ed; the Bolshevik idea of reducing the pff leers " to the ranks : and electing ngiikpn.es. ' Members of the, Bolshevik peace delellpn , at "Brest-Litovsk have been refused permission" by '' Dr. von Kuehlmann, .head . of the German del egation, to 4 visit-, Warsaw. Dr. yon Kuehlmann,' however, allowed a mem ber of .the Ukrainian Rada, who had participated in the peace negotia tions,' to go jto the Polish capital. rr Birthday of National .Defense League. Washington, D.- C, Feb. 2.r-Th3 National .Defense ; League, , which has played a rather , conspicuous part in the events of the past few, years, cele brates its ; fifth birthday anniversary today. The. league was founded at a meeting held in this city February 2, 1913. Iri the announcement of its aims j. the ' league declared: its inten tion! to "strive to strengthen all force's' which1 would make -the coun try betteK Prepared for military, and naval v emergencies." It was further stated that the league abhors war and bolioves In universal peace, . but firm ly ""believes that preparation for na tional, defense is the best guarantee PACfORr8- UNDER MARTIAL LAW. . ' , ;- . - j . London, Feb. 2. Seven Berlin factories have been ; placed under .martial . law. and the . strikers or Idered to resume their work by 7 o'clock Monday morjMng at- ' the latest, according to a Central News , Jdtgpaich ; from Amsterdam today.; Their 'failure to return, it ts. an no'ttneed, - will be punished accord- :Jngto ;mmtaryw ais(upiine, A LU OF DRAFTED ? MEN DEI RELIEVED Special Order Discharging 103 Men Other Raleigh . News Items (Special to The Dispatch). Raleigh, Feb. - 2. One hundred and, three : men T of thp . 390 . who?; .have passedf beyond the State ? lntqr Fed eral aenriceihate be.en ; discjjarged' body It .ishtrlfle early to shobk but the ' vision thrdugh the woods does not lack daylight.- The Department here has been much worried, by wor thy exemption appeals. It ha3 been helpleBs. . Of these there are 390 and more than 25 per cent have been sent back. ' . The .status of the soldier who has gone to camp and come back through this special .order from the command ing general of the Eighty-first divi sion,. Camp Jackson, is the "statu quo," which Virginian schoolteachers reading upon lynched gentlemen, in terpret in none too fine speech. It means merely that the men go through classification again,, revert to original draft and put their case3 again before the boards. These cases were reopened under the order of the Provost Marshal General and granted certificates of exemption un der Rule 12. Governor Bickett received from the Provost Marshal General a special dispensation to complete the cases in process of hearing and to submit all certificates of exemption issued in the cases to the military authorities, which action was taken. The Adju tant General in Washington granted these discharges' and it is under stood that the : order applies to the whole 390. - The fact that only ' 103 have been granted and published is P job ably .accounted for by the num ber of transfers to . Camp Sevier and papers must be forwarded to that di vision. . J Reserve MIIKIa Uniform. The new reserve militia uniform has been adopted and it is preemi nently a thing of beauty. It is a for est greea color or cotton or wool witn military coat and Montana peaked i hat. "The breaches and leggins, to say nothing of the English coat, sug-! zest- that National uniform. thouKh the Britisher wears a cap. The shoes will be of russet leather. The official insignia will be decid edly; attractive with hat cords of green' and gold. The enlisted men Will wear dark green, chevrons to b df dark green. ' The cotton uni forms: will cost $12 -and the wooien $25. ,JThe flannel shirts will be of the same color. Thejwearing of the uniforms will be vofuntary. It is not a condition of enlistment that the reserve militia men wear uniforms, A thrift school In Raleigh In Feb ruary for training the students in it for war savings stamps will be an nounoed soon by Director. F. H. Fries, war workers said today, though Qoisnel Fries . has not an nounced the features of it. The Colonel was here this week with M, W... Harrison, whose address here .two weeks ago made such an impression as to bring him back for a second. yThe rams that have so often aided': the Kaiser kept back the ,1'owd -Thursday, notwithstanding which they Washington, advocate had a good audience, . Colonel Fries willNake Misa Kate Herring, publicity agent of the . State Hoar a of Hea?tbl 4& Wijstjn-Salp Vv . V'll J1' r D j - Mexican iSJliea rour, Jrersonsi and Was Himself Blown to Pieces El Paso, Texas, Feb. 2.--Aftfr shooting and kflling four persons and dangerously wounding another,! early today, Felipe Alyarrez, a Mexican, where he had taken refuge from more than'lQO city and military police who "attempted, to capture' him. Alvarrez went to the home of Mrs. Trinidad Luqero and began shooting at her and her two children. The children were instantly killed and their mother dangerously wounded. The police chased the infuriated Mex ican for 10 blocks, shooting as they ran. He entered the house in the Mexi can quarter, barricaded himself and opened fire on the police, killing one policeman and Juan Garcia, "deputy tax collector. The shots attracted the attention of the military police and within a few minutes the house was surrounded by 100 soldiery and offi cers. Volley after volley was poured into the house without dislodging the man. Four charges of dynamite were ex ploded before the building was wrecked and -Alvarez's body hurled high into the air. Examination of the body disclosed that ' he had re ceived six bullet wounds from the po licemen and soldiers. FOUR BALLOONISTS REPORTED MISSING Macon, Ga., Feb. 2. Four students of the balloon school at-Camp Wheel er who. assembled Friday morning at 10 o'clock have not been heard from since. , A reward of $5-0 has been offered by the school for information as to the .whereabouts : of either the men or the balloon. The balloon traveled ,in a south- easterly direction after ascending, The theory is advanced at the school that the men - are marooned in a swamp. It is customary for a balloon to de scend within three hours after as cension, .the school announces, and jto communicate with headquarters within 15 hours. John L, Sullivan Dead. Abington, Mass., Feb, . 2. John L. Sullivan, formerly the world's heavy weight champion boxer, died . at his home here today. next week and put-her on the news paper end of his fifty v million, dollar enterprise. Miss Herring's position will be, held- for her during her year's absence. -. : . , . W 0. Lyon, .gcimetimes newspaper man with the . Associated Press, the Charlotte ; Observer,. Raleigh Times, and more recently .with -vthe insurance department,4- has resigned to tak a position with a big Washington firm. Mrr Lyon- did his first work on the old Greensboro News and has circu lated from Charlotte - to:; New. York and return. His. successor In I the in Burance jSfrtTP? -" ha -no-been i - ' - i - - - ; . ,. . . ..- .vs. AM Two Lines Range in Distance for 60 Feet to Otie Mile Apart NIGHTS FURNISH V MOST EXCITEMENT There is a Continual Hiss of the Passings Shells, with Frequent Flares of Rockets , ' With the American Army in France, Friday, Feb. 1 American troops In trenches on Xhe French front at one place are only 60 feet virom tne German lines. In another place a miie of ground separates the opposing positions. At this ; noint howc r, there are a number of ponds and nfeither side apparently desires to ocAipy the water-covered ground. ' Th6 American trenches all are in more or less marshv srround and ' were shallow when the . Americans moved in, but since then they have been depened and ' improved. In every dugout the soldiers work al- most! COnstantlv af: tflo nnmna It-nan. wb. uui me . water wnicn seeps ' in.jeii'luw'OB ttUU fcouu uuok,,i-t But the watery conditions are unfav-:Rtantaneouslv to a call for a :barraffe-i? orable for trench rats, and few of tnem are seen. - . 3 ! snm ftf i,0 ortiiw i a 1 buf maZ hhpr ?hn7 th hut , little higher than the trenches, aimougn a numDer or our .batteries .hi . : - . manage to keep "dry feet" most of - - w. on, several occasions run clear- tne hill upon which this poSl stands cut against the sky, is illuminated oc casionallyby rocketi sent top by one side or the btherTso.'-that' the "meffn the line may see .the ; shadows which mean that the enemy , is near. The scene at night is thrilling and inspiring. On -the .firing platforms the men stand near their rifles. Oth ers splash through: the trench, some times slipping into water above their knees. They are probably going out on patrol. If the position, is near tne enemy's lines wheri a word is neces sary it is spoke in a whisper. Far away to one side of the 'position a white stream shoots up to the sky and breaks into white balls that throw a light as if from pdVerful electric batteries.. The reflections show wire entanglements and scrub by bushes on the hills nearby, then the lights die out. All the while there is intermittent roar of guns and a whistle of express trains as projectiles of different cali bres go rushing over the American trenches seeking a. German target. The American soldiers have become so accustomed to such . sounds that now they apparently pa.y;no. attention to them. Every man in the line; at' all times has his eyes open for v two kinds of colored rockets. One is green and the other is red. v .The first means asphyxiating, gas and the other calls for a barrage. Intermitteritay duriwg the night there comes from different parts"' of the line the single crack "of a rifle, as a sniper fires or the rapid spit of a machine gun : at some suspected point or object, for the machine gun ners shoot first and ask' questions af terwards. In the day time it is different, be. cause the men in HnX can see' what is before them, and there are no de ceptive shadows. '- i During the past- few '4ays there has been no aerial activity because of the fog, but during te;'cHar "days pre ceding the bad weatbfer the men in the line witnessed -many thrilling fights In the air. German airplanes, coming over at a considerable height on observation trips, would be shell ed vigorously as thejr- cime' within range. Usually they-fly In groups of three, but they separate when, the shrapnel puffs begin tc break among them. A trail of smoke from bursting shells follows the ; enemy planes across the sky until they are but. of range.. . . -'.. ;: ',' - . If the Germans afteV ducking and dodging Bhrapnel ' get back ; of ttie American lines, French1 aeroplanes climb up after them arid 'after a time the: Qermans turn tail -end retire. " V At other times our men watch the French ajlrpliies under the fiTe of German anti-aircraft . batterlesi ' The planes dodge 'this" way- and that, ' if flying low, or continue straight on their course Jf they are high fn the air. -Sometime the shrapnel -burst close to the plane and If it -4s a Gerr V&n paohln. e every viixt : fn th4fiie forgets' wnat he idomgfoT th-mO' some Places is on- hiffher i the; American aiioV within sight p oneVounds- observation .'ppst PRICE FIVE - GENTSJ. Lively Duels Bernfmtrg cans and Germans :Duringj ' -It Few Days - ; :iEf AMERICAN GUNFIRE v HIGHLY So Lively Has Been Rifle anW iviacmne Vaun worK inaT V armaria Ar - coming JUmpy A: H-iS- With the American Army in FranelR TiVh 1? A to rf can - dinners ' and'rfSftfi 't i men have made it hot for enemy sp Lers during the last 24 hoilrs.iCiieJ!ki German sniping post, discoveredbyi Vk a patrol, was obliterated cbmpletelyt- I' oy our arunery- nre. An .enemy. ;ma, chine gun secretly placed during fog where it could enfilade our. linesyj ; i had to be withdrawn. AmericanlTnatl? a nest of busy enemy snipers iiid -compelled; them all. to , seek saf ercqyi f er. American artillery sheUed v ;tha . enemy first lines accuratelycto;ldjh1j 1from ; the front, line when .'.-thfi mraiil' - - 'r- there saw movements on the ?othrf id of ;the wire: When the artUIeVy V fiM LaeaA (i . .im r- w' r ..i f"l ? uu ttC"" .""f " j : . n mu u ciini. i u u uj sar-n i . ramn . i z-s . . . re causea oy acciaepxaii oiuieji : tn las night: ? After bne' series", the : Americans got their?;firsfcrjBxp with the- enemy ".flying ;.gs!,' 'a. huii-; ber of which -were aimed at in ;ob During the early, hours -today tSe' enemy attempted to set up a machine i , r , gun m a posiuon ciqse; w a ceiicim American trench. EffeeUve usev '-Of ; rifles and grenades forced the-Ger- mans to withdraw. .. . -i'ivir.' V- . . Two American patrols . had ; hard luck yesterday. One was discovered i : by Germans in hiding and subjected. m o rYi lrta mm VivT-f TmnAh r i5fc-V Americans were hit. One group ?of American ' snipers discovered enemj ; snipers and fired so well that the en emy retired hastily. It is ' believed; " some German casualties were caused ' ' ;L:- To Consider Foreign Credits; Bos' on, Mass., Feb.- 2.H-What Is.ver '' pected to be the largest meeUng erf held in the United States to consider foreign' credits is scheduled to'"be. held at the Boston City Club ttext ! Monday evening. Attendante of 'rep resentatives of leading financial and f industrial houses throughout , u the f country is assured, ' including delega . tions from New York, Philadelphia, -Washington, Baltimore, ' Cleveland Euffalo, Chicago, St. Louis,- Kansas v City and other' large cities of tbe West and South. . ' ment, hoping, that .a piece of . shrapnel . will find Its mark and the enemy . win lash to the ground. On at least one occasion he .mea have seen a machine come down.' ' It fell within the perman lines,, but ! by-.' the way it tumbled-from thesky there . was ; no mistaking what.' had happened to its occupants and cheers ' and yells arose, from one end of Jha ' line to the other. ' ' -V-;.;' Today the whole American position -ii bathed in white. Fog has ' .frozen . the. trees, bushes, poles, wire and . the ground. In some places the ice coat ing is nearly ah inch 'thick. -v .r. ' All the men apparently are -'well ' satisfied with the- food. rTwo meals a i day are Always served and sotnetlxnej ; ' there are three, j For breakfast Vtha ?, 1 -men frequently .. get -na ': large . botfly of 0 1 oatmeal as the principal dish; ,whlld''-. ; at dinner there is beef or some other- . meat and vegetables! ..Supper, some-. times brgs bacon cprned beef-liasfi '; ;-r or canni salmon. -, There., is -, always ; , -ood white bread made of American ; ; flour and plenty of itv :fA v' The American . regimental :liead , quarters just' back of the line is es- tablished in "dugouts 'under thrulns " ! of -houses long since knockedtdown by German shells- It is never known yrtieiT the, enemy may agalzi ' i&uC'ift:$ . notion to throw V few shells 'tliitd the town, so the American comman-. : ders were determined their headiuari ters should be well protected. Within a certain . radius of the -; ? i front line every -; member of ,the American force is now required to t wear his -gas mask- at alert-positloai , a4 never - be ? without hisEhrspnelt helmet.--. ' ' r! I1 I 1 1 i -- u.rA'. A :