JjLXXV.NO. 41.
CARPEI
n A im IT nil lv.T7TlVTFh In . ' : ' ' '; 1 " " ' - & 4
GO BACK TO
Strike In lne Atlantic voasi
- T-tl A.I . .
Shipyards Is Declared At
An End
THEY RESUME WORK
PENDING ADJUSTMENT
Men Ot 1 oday Man iNot Been
Advised Or brotherhood s ,
Response To President's
Request
New York, Feb. 18. The strike by
carpenters in the Atlantic seaboard
fhipyard engaged on government con
tracts is over, John Rice, national
organizer of the United Brotherhood
cf Carpenters and Joiners said today.
Several thousand men who are still
idle are expected to be at work to-
Borrow moning. auuui o,uuu oi xae
strikers returned to work this morn
ing, Mr. Rice estimated.
In yard at Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Jersey City, Elizabethport, Newark,
and New York, about 6,000 carpenters
Luit work thif morning, Mr.. Rice an
nounced, because they were unaware
of the fact that William L. H. Hutche
m president of the brotherhood had
responded to President Wilson's let
ter of last night by announcing he
Tould endeavor to influence the strik
ers to resume work pending , settle
Bent of their grievances by the wage
adjustment board.
Many of these 6,000 were later in
formed of this situation and returned
to the yards, Mr. Rice said, and dur
ing the day every effort would be made
to get in touch with the others.
A mass meeting of mHkIngCaTpen-
tcrs has been called in Brooklyn, t5
day and at this gathering these .men
will be instructed to return, Mr. Rice
said. . ' 5
KB BILL GIVING '
fBIIENT FREE HAND
Designed To Give President
Authority To Reorganize
Executive Branches
Washington, Feb. IS. Considera
tion of the administration bill to give
President Wilson blanket authority to
re organize the executive branches of
the government was begun today by a
sub-committee, headed by Senator
overman, sponsor for the measure.
atone amendments to the bill to al
ia? oppositioa which already had been
Toiced in the Senate are looked for,
out approval of the main features of
"measure, designed to give the
President the wide authority he de
wes, is confidently predicted by Sen
ior Overman.
Renewal of the Senate r.ontroversv
'rer war efficiency is not expected for
enu aays, but Senators McKellar
J4 Shields of Tennessee, are prepar
es iaaresses respectively for and
W? the Senate Military comroit-
ieS bill tO estahlish a war- oiihinot
JJJ a munitions directorate. The
"Wtarv nnmit v.
t ri ji "'-w wujun apparently
ttead ocked in a tie at. present may
"wide to vnto vj-.t
llH this week
OLAND'S ACTION IS
RESENTED IN BERLIN
JT??;.Feb: 18 "Nothing less
Jnanv QV . 1 uu ot wr upon uer-
leipH tA,ustria " the nationsswhich
eased Poland "from the vnfro nf
hi A J?' 13 the way that Berlin Lo
Ml5K518er characterizes a recently
eram.irocIamatlon by the Polish
poliShT l. C0UI1cil, which, like the
4 tn?mistry' was recently report
wJVfigned' according to an
cPenh Telgrapl1 dispatch : from
called m5e?C. e Proclamation which
the Cent; i comment declared that
Karant Jf. Powers, after- having
H o,T j ine dependence ,of Po-
lts rrienrteif- laed the Polish State
"feverth p elp and' co-operation,
ion Xs r5used Pdland represen-
ltrencfl a restutovsk Peace con
bought peace tte
leteiv t a? Ing over a Province
t,iJ, wltnut consulting
S eanS ng iL Tne council pro
1 w5;8 ly a8alnt"the partition.
?anH tb DePle to maintain
PositT0lf1VTihe council'PPort
UUIl.. Thro cmmmoMr
Uroi
LS DnoU.-
K win iCl J , UA- LUJP
S,Paed yl , iven was tele-'
Varsav 'Anzeiger - from
9 .
tele-
Elt WORK
! ' . ... - "
Eleven Were Killeol Saturday
"i Night -and 16 Sunday
"V Night
FORTY-ONE PERSONS
. ON LIST OF INJURED
Majority of the Victims Were
Wbmen and Children
Six or Seven Machines In
Ust Night's Raid
" London, Feb. 18. Eleven persons
were killed and four injured in the
aerial attack on London on Saturday,
it is announced officially. The cas
ualties in Sunday night's air 'raid
were 16 killed and 37 injured, it was
officially announced this afternoon.
The official report on- Saturday
night's casualties reads:
' "The total casualties caused by" the
airplane raid: Saturday "night were:
"Killed,. tbree men, five women and
three children; injured, one . man and
three children.
"Six or seven airplanes took part
in the raid of Sunday night,; The
i first flw .-over Indoa; dropping
bombs in various districts. All - the
others were turned, back. The r follow
ing official report w;as issaed t&layr
v "Last night's air raid appears to
have been carried out by six or seven
enemy airplanes of which only one
penetrated Into London. The first
raider f passed the Ise of Thanet at
about 9:45 p. m., and proceeded up
the Thames estuary into Londdn,
crossing the capital from the south
east' to northeast. Bombs were
dropped, in various districts between
10': 40 and 10 : 55 o'clock.
'The remaining raiders which at
tempted to reach London from the
northeast across Essex or from the
east along the line of the river
Thames were all turned back."
GOETHALS COMPLETES
REORGANIZATION
Washington, Feb. 18. Re-organization
of the quartermaster general's de
partment along the lines proposed by
Major General Goethals soon after he
took charge s acting quartermaster
general, hasTbeen completed and some
official statement soon will be issued
explaining the duties , of the new
branches Created. Brigadier General
Chauncey D. Baker, chief of army em-barkation-.from
that post has plat;
ed the entire ambarkation section un
der Joseph TE. Lilly, a New York ship
ping expert, who recently became
chief adviser to the acting quarter
master general in all matters pertain
ing to shipping. General Baker will
be placed in charge of a new section,
having supervision over manufacture
of motor vehicles for the army.
fc
TROTZKY WITHDRAWS
REED'S APPOINTMENT
Washington, Feb. 18. Foreign Min
ister Trotikjr,: of the Bolshevik gov
ernment of..Russia, has withdrawn the
appointment of John Reed as Russian
on mil eeneral at 'New York, Ambas-
oarfor T?Yajieis at Petrograd notified
the State Department today.
Reed is now at Stockholm on his
way to the' Urirted States, where he
is under indictment for violation of
the espionage laws. His alleged of
fense was in-writing certain articles
against the enforcement of the draft
The question of his arrest has not
given rise ; to any controversy between
the United States government and the
Bolshevik, although threats are re
ported' toave been made that Rus
sians would hold Ambassador Francis
responsible for his safety.
. r
Railroad Employes Present Side.
Washington, Feb. 18. In response
to the invitation of the railroad wage
commission to v present any informa
tion pertinent to the demands of all
classes ;of 'employees "for wage in
creases, many railroad executives to
day, gave 4heir side of "the -question
John Gj Walter, spoke for the roads
of the -Eastern dif trict, J W. HIg:
gins. for. the?western roads, and iF,' W.
Brown- (ffKe?aouthni' districts
WILMINGTON, NORTIJ CARpUN MONY, AfTER NOplSBRUARY 18, 1918:
American Fitters
This sausage balloon ; is -being -
thorough training doing actual work,
captured type.
Declares It Gives The Presi
dent Unconstitutional And
Autocratic Powers
FOR SENATE DRAFT
OF RAILROAD BILL
Says It Is All Right To Limit
Control Of Roads To 1 8
Months After The War "
Favors War Measures
LasbiBgtox JbL8s-
I the "Overman bill giving 'President
Wilson wide powers to v re-ofganiae
the war branches of the government
were denounced as "unconstitutional"
and "autocratic" by Senator Watson
today in the course of a speech in
support of the Senate draft of the ad
ministration's Railroad bill.
"The Overman bill," declared Sen
ator fWatson, "confers upon the Pres
ident unheard of power, many of
which to my mind are entirely unjus
tifiable, but the most' reprehensible
feature of that measure, in my judg
ment, is the one that provides that
this authority shall continue for one
year after the termination of the war.
Why seek in that measure, as in the
Railroad bill, to perpetuate power
asked to prosecute the war into the
days when there shall be no war?
These are war powers. They have no
place in our peace establishments and
every patriot should qry out against
these efforts to take advantage of the
extreme ' necessities of war to seize
unlimited authority to be used for
some purpose in "the days of peace,-
"I am willing to confer upon Utie
President," the Indiana Senator con
tinued, "all the powers necessary to
win this war; I have voted for sever
al measures, the necessity of which I
doubted, - because he stated that the
authority sought was essential to the
successful operation of this conflict,
but I am not yet convniced that in
order to win this war, it is necessary
to confer upon the President 'these
tremendous powers for a period of
peace long after the conflict shall have
ceased."
Senator Watson approved . the pro
vision in the Railroad ' bill . limiting
government control over the . railroads
to 18 months after. the war), bijt op
posed the ' administration's original
proposal to leave this period indefinite.
Adoption ofvVthe standard of com
pensation provided, in the bill was al
so urged by Senator Watson. He de
clared it "better under existing cir
cumstances to deal, generously with
the roads than to have eighteen bil
lions of properties plunged into litiga
tion." .
"It may be necessary," he added,
"to carry out this vast project for the
President to raise Athe rates and he
should' be . given power to assume - the
initiative in this lindetraking. It fol
lows that their control and-operation
should be placed in' the hands of the
executive department of the govern
ment in order properly to finance the
operations of1 all the railroads."
v : Corporation Bill 'Ainended. " --
Washington, Feb. 18. Amendment
-of the war finance ,corporat!6n bill, so
as to 'give . President Wilson, instead
of Secretary McAdoo, ' the power to
appoint .the, directors of the corpora
tion, was . unanimously decided upon
today by" the. Senate Finance Commit
tee,
General Huason Returns. ? r V
: An Atlantic Port, JFeb. 18. Briga
dier 'General William V.JudsQn, ,for
merly head of the American Miytary
Mission toRussla and recently , re
called by Washington; arrived here
today s, otx ft Norvregiaiu Bteamship. N
USSSSSSESSS
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wti - - $mm
THE OVERMAN BILL
SENATOR WATSON
Get pL$efyatiou Trohiin iu Trench
used rbt American observers in Frane.
which:' is the only sure method of instruction.
X
Some :pf TTie Newspapers
Declare That Llpd-George
-SJpuld GetOut
..5 '
GOVERNMENT FACES
A POLITICAL CRISIS
Parliament Is: Expected To
Take 'Action, Which May
-" Cause ftetnfer To Quit
rThei Government '
to,
as to, the position of General Robert
son, whose resignation as chief of
staff ' was arinunced: last week, was
the principal subject . of discussion of
tne morning newspapers, which give
various versions- of the causes which
brought about a situation that is gen
erally regretted. . General Robertson
has reported . to the. newspaper his as
sertion: "I have-not resigned." He
has refused any further statement.
There seems-" to 'be 'no question,
however, that the difference between
the government's announcement and
that of the General is merely -a differ
ence in words, the government hav
ing interpreted his refusal to serve
on the Supreme War Council or to
remain as chlef .of ., staff , with limited
pdwers as. a resignation, while the
General, dissented from that interpretation;-
So far as is known there is
ho pTqbability of any re-arrangement
whereby General Robertson would re
main'as chief tit staff. Newspapers
hostile to. Premier .Uoyd-George be
lieve -he influenced the war cabinet
to tcause' General Robertson; to resign,
whjle elsewhere the fact-that the Gen
eral -was offered tire "post" on the Su
preme War ; Council ris held to "acquit
the Premier of any petsonal bias:
The. Chronicle's version " of these
events makes the whole matter turn
upon the necessity of . closer ' co-operation
among the Allies, which it says
the Premier always has advocated.
According to the Ghronicle's stSt?
ment. . it was the urgent deteand oL
Great Britain's allies, voiced at the
reqent Versailles conference, which
led to the adoption of the new .policy
f dr. strengthening the defense against
the threatened German blow on' the
Western front; a plan for greater uni
fication of action and command. The
Chronicle continues:
"This, policy was the policy of the
Premiers of England, France and
Italy, and of President Wilson's rep
resentative, as advised by the mili
tary experts. It was accepted by Gen
eral Fpch, by General Bliss and by
the deputy chief of the Italian staff.
General Robertson was present when
the - policy ; , was adopted,-- but was op
posed to the plan. " . . Field Marshal
Haig, on the other bands whose duty
It is to carry put the. pan, is not op
posed 'thereto, but oir the contrary,
accepts it "without reservation."
-The idea that the public is attempt
ing to dictate to the government what
their military policy shall be or who
shall be employed to carry it out, -is
deprecated by the B,ily Cronicle in an
editorial on- the situation- brought
about ; by the,, announqemeht . that
General . Robertson had been retired
as 'chief of the imperials staff.
"The task is one for the responsible
ministers," it says, "arid ' while it s is
open to Parliament to change the min
isters,, no circumstances have been
disclosed in. the present instance
which warrant such an upheaval."
sThe I Times, ''" remajkngy.thati tthe
Premier's recent "speech In the House
of Commons ..failed to carry complete
conviction, says the result ias been a
storm vof exagg eratlon t arid, poiltical
intrigues over what" seems ,to , have
been almost 'natural rVand coinmon-
(Continxied on x Page Eight). '
Ball.
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Th
Americans are getting a
This sausage is one' of the
Copyright, Underwood-& Underwood.
Commander In Chief Splashes
Through. Mud And Ice Of
Trenches
SOLDIERS MUST BE
WELL CARED FOR
Pershing To See That Hi
Men Are Properly Protect
ed Soldiers Say They'
pU Fed - '
WXtE4tonerfcairATmyrln
Sunday, Feb. lT.General
has completed a two dajrs ; inspectton
or the American sector northwest of
Toul. In a "tin hat" with a gas mask
swung over his chest at the alert posi
tion, tne American commander-in-
chief walked through all the first
line trenches, splashing -through the
mua and slipping on the ice. He drop-
pea aown into the dugouts, and visi
ted batteries busy hurling "iron ra
tions" at the enemy.
In all places the General asked in
numerable questions especially of the
men wiin regard to food, how they
were ana how they liked conditions.
AIL except one cook agreed that they
penecuy sausnea with every
thing. To the cook General Pershing
said: . : r. - '
"You are getUng enough to eat?"
"No, sir' the cook replied.
"What?" said the General..'. "You
tne cook and do not get' sufficient
food. I never heard of a cook" in such
a condition before." '
"Well,! sir,:I didinot. mean that "ex
actly. J mean not enoug variety."
General Pershing asked what he had
for dinner today. The cook . replied
that ..he had roast beef, ' potatoes,
onions, white bread, coffeeand ,rice
pudding
"Tjhat seems like a considerable
variety," remarked the General.
,j "What else . do you want?" '
"Well, I would like to have some
green ' stuff, sic." V; '
General .PersliihigK then turned to a
long line of soldiers with mess kits in
'their hands and asked:
"Do-you men get enough toeat out
here?" .
(Continued
on
Page Ten).
I DEVELOPMENTS IN-.
HERGENROTHER'S CASE
V - ' . -- -
Department's Findings' Will
Hardly Be Known For
Several Days '
(Special to The DispateJft.) -Washington,
D. C, Feb.-18. There
were" -no neV developments tqay in
ie case of A. E. Hergenrother, a
.postal clerk at Wilmington, cN C.v
B. B. Webb.of Statesville, a post
office inspector of . 'the, Uhited 5 States
Postoffice .Department hls. filed, with
the department ' his investigation as
to the alleged' disloyalty: of Hergen
rother. The exact nature of his flnd-
ingSrt whether" tbex ciwla,CFffliB fall
aown or oearoni tne aecusajnons-ot
Wilmington - ' citizens will nt . be
knwn for three or fojardays.
vTife Postoffice BpaVtnemv ol
course will ciiot divulge this inforxna
tion until, the findings j of the pbstof
flce inspector tiaa ' been thoroughly
sifted.
PERSHING MAKES
TWO-DAY TOUR OF
AMERICAN SECTOR
0!llilil
IN RUSSli
' . . . . - ! I .
eSSe
House Asked -to Appropriate
an Additional ( Sum For
Next Year
MORE THAN TWO
! HUNDRED MILLIONS
Considerable Increase For Nor
folk arid Charleston Navy
Yards lore For
Other Branches
Washington, Feb. 18. Supplemental
estimates for the navy for the next
fiscal year aggregating $230,077,152
for ammunition, reserve supplies,
pay and other purposes, were sub
mitted today to the House.
The supplemental estimates include
a new naval emergency . fund of $100,-
000,000, to expedite ship construction
and for purchase and construction of
destroyers, , submarines and similar
craft. -
The j estimates include $360,000; for
a railroad from Washington to the na
al . proving : ground at, Indian . Head ; to
e.1 built .by -some railroad icoinpany.
. The estimatealsoJwtai6 $2,000,
noe . -'fin "th NoffliTk bmt yarrt drr
cohnectIonsr
in addition to the $3,450,000 previous
ly edtlinated; and $1,150,000 for a;dry
dock: at the ; Charleston, S. C, navy
yard, with limit of cost $4,000;000, in
stead of merely providing $1,150,000
for extending drydock.
This naval emergency fund of $100,
000,000 is to enable the President to
secure the more economical and ex
peditious delivery of materials, equip
ment and munitions, and to secure the
more expeditious, construction of ships
authorized and for purchase and con
struction of such additional torpedo
boat destroyers, submarine chasers
and other naval small craft, to be ex
pended under the direction and discre
tion of the President.
The language of the estimates "sub
mitted by- Secretary Daniels author
izes the tempoarry increase of the
marine corps from the present 30,000
to 50,000 men and the pay of the ma
rine corps originally estimated at
$22,153,371, is increased by. $12,300,
000. It also Increases by $25,000 the
limit of cost of submarines authoriz
ed ' in the naval act of 1916.
The supplemental estimates include
reserve ordnance supplies, $17,000,000
increase over the previously estimat
ed $33,000,000; ammunition for ves
sels, $5,000,000 in addition to previous
estimate of $32,686,120; new batteries
for ships of the navy, $10,000,000.
WHEATLESS WEEKS
MAY SOONCOME
TIT T- a. M fS m-. . . 1
wminKun. r eo. io. fYneaxiesa
weeks msteaa of wheatiess
Imminent unless production is increiuxrkfaine,-42Q miles south or Moscow;
ed, the Senate Agriculture committee
was told today by C. H. Hyde, rep
resenting the Oklahoma State Council
of Defense who said that price fixing
by the Food Administration should be
extended to. wKeat substitutes.
Hyde suggested that authority to fix
prices be either increased by permit
ting price fixinf on all commodities or
curtailing the food administration's
authority to stipulate the price of
wheat and other food commodities.
A GERMAN ATTACK
ON FRENCH LINE
Paris, Feb. 18. -The Germans last
night 1 made . an attack on the Cham
pagne front, today's War Office, stated
ment .says. They gained a footing In
the Fj-ench. positions,: but after a spir
ited" engagement were driven out.
Mobile, Ala., Feb. 18. Harold J. Mc
Dermott of Birmingham, secretary of
the Southern Association for the past
season," has resigned, according to in
formation received In a telegram from
President R. H. Baugh. His succes
sor has not yet been named.
. ReJEWSftWAR' on russia:
Stoekholrn, 'Feb. 18. The Ger
mans resumed' war against
r)ussta tday, the Social DemokrsK
terttates.; Their firaTobjictiveMs
the seizure of Etthonia an Uvo
nla. It deelares.
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Civil War Tearing Out Vita!
aim vji-i many a iucmhciuugv
From the Qutside
SEVERE FIGkTING
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IN THE UKRAINE
m
Estimated That 4,000 Were
Killed and 7,000 WounSj
ed in the Battle at Kiev Si
Many Killed at Odessa
jji
Belated, dispatches from, Russia if ur ' I
msu lunner revelations or tne oisor
dered conditions prevailing through
out the former empire, : ravaged bj
civil war and apparently about tc b
by Germany. .
The thick of the fightirig has beeijj
m the Ukraine, from which ferule re :
gion the Central Powers, have been
confidently expecting shortly- to ise? J
curt? eupyues tJi looastuns to xepteni
ish their sadly depleted stoxjksc.t
Kiev, the seat of the : govertrmW
of the new Ukrainian republic whlcl
made peace with Germany aadAu&a
tria. is renbrted to have been. vicanM
tured by the Bosheviki February .!
after fighting in which the killed wen ;
estimated at 4,000 and the wounded, a
wo. . -um
About the same time there wasi i
battle in the streets of Odessa, thx1
great grain shipping port oa ;th,
Black Sea, in which hundreds of : per,
sons were killed and the city i waf
bombarded T)y warships. ' - rCi
On the other hand, the Bolshevist
are report edito have been defeated bj
the revolting: Polish troops in Npjth. i
era Russia, the Poles vwinmng a battli
at Bobrinsk, some $5 miles 8068;
ot Minsk and sending their forces oi;
towards Smolensk, v on- - the-To4d ' ti ;
east: Of: Minsk. .' .liU
. The communication with PetrogrJ ?
l i ii jr j. it". ll i. .
serious noting there and , Indication!
that the Bolshevik power I Js' waning!
An ultimatum again has been gent H
Rumania. This time the Rumanian!'
are asked to evacuate Bessarabia Ahc
to permit Russian Ut)Qpa: ,:t:.fi
tnrough Rumanian territory, and li-j
In the two air raids of Saturday ant
Sunday nights on IxndontheGer!.lU
mans killed a total of 27 persona "a&U
injured 41. In each ; case only; :onj(j
raider appears to have, been able Hi !
escape the Britishcbarrage snd rbonit j
London itself. s.Thft greatest harm Was J :
done bv the Smidar nirht raiders Oh
when bombs killed ' 16 persons and iji t
jured 37. " ' , ' ' ' 'l:r
Ml
PETROGARD HUEOI
First News in Two V,Weetil I
Comes From the Capital ' o f
Russia
Petrograd, Feb. 8. (Friday) A
battle was begun yesterday betwV'.l
the Bolsheviki and a wing of .the Cos
4Ba,cik. uruiY vk uenviw aimuu wwvsiv,
M 1 4 1 2 JW - ..V. I .
iMt - Tancing towara J&naricoy in iut
The Bolsheviki are -sending troops tflj
crush this newest revolution, but :reij
ports received here indicate that th 1
forces of Boris Savmkoff,' whovwaf
a member of the Kerenskv cabinet i
PRICE FI VE ICENTsj
in i mi linnrn m
riinilU.KIIIJLl rill
are ready to join General Alexieff." :'lUSt
Diplomatic reports indicate that the 3
Alexieff movement is obtaining less
support than its originators expected
Much friction exists among the force; i
in the Don. " ; t
The newspapers report that groni
of Polish troops is advancing again rl s
the Bolsheviki ' on the horthwestetE
front, and that another force Is mak
ing an advance s in the vicnlity (c!
Minsk. The Bolshevik 'ahve establish
ed .a staff at Odessa, ;f rom wfciclj
point they iare conducting efTTkjrin
ian and Rumanian campaigns. 'Aa
Odessa dispatch" says the ' Bolshevjld 'J
at Odessa have arrested -Rumanian of?
fleers, as well as a Rumanian; commit'.
tee, sent to take ' up peace negptia !j
tions. suDtequentiy tne , . cpmmittea
was releas ed arid; serif back.' with ; the
Warning that the,' Bolsheviki;; would
kill" one Rumanian officer for each
Russian soldier killed by Rumaniani
in Bessarabia. " .
Ensign Krylenko has. decided .W
come to" Pelrograd to raise an army
of. 100,000 Bolsheviki which he. will
command personally in operation
against ' General Alexieff.1:" -'''rk
rTelegraph 'communication fwitn Pet j .
rorad was - resumed .yesterday, ; after
an..interrnptjQn caused by the cuttlns ! i
rof telegraph Jines in. Finland- Sev-
eral: delayed dispatches .received yei i I
terdar-told of disordersin' Rirssis. i 1 .
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