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-4.1 - j c.nh Car- ana OUM"" TODAY'S HEWS . Sen hablv rain to- olina" Saturday: V TODAY FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE Twiv No. 45. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, FEBRU&; v 22, ,1918. Vol. - PRICE FIVE pn, If BOIMEIEff TO KSIST GEgANlBVAMCH fOSSIAlS SDiHONEDi Ptra" em , THE BRITISH' I IU MIMlY M flr UAOUlMPTflM TUAT M" A WIPTQD - ? a proclamation Issued Calling on the People to oppose Invaders Urograd is in A STA lt Ut iitUL all to Arms Signed by Len- ine and Krenlynko Re ported That Trotzky Has Resigned DEFENSE TO THE DEATH." London. I-b. 22. "Defense to the death against Germany" is ordered in the proclamations or aie Russian commissioners, Reiner's Petrograd correspondent tele7 jraphs. The commisioners ap peal to the soldiers to destroy rail ways and provisions ana compel the Bourgoise to dig trenches un der penalty of death. The commissioners appeal to the country also intimates that the Ger mans plan the capture of Petro grad. "The German generals," it says, "desires to establish theirown or der in Petrograd and Kiev. The republic is in the gravest danger. The duty of Russian workmen and: peasants is defense to the death.. of the republic against the masses' of the republic against the masses of Bourgoise and.. fctoMgad Germany. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch irom Petrograd says the evacuation A Finland has been ordered by the commissioners. Gerniany is advancing into Russia o restore the. monarchy and the ffriv :e?es of the land owners and the capitalistic classes, the Bolshevik gov- fflment in Petrograd declares in a proclamation to .the people, and it ills upon them to resist the German Mies and defend the republic "to ae death." All Russians must co-operate in the sense, the bourgeois classes by j compulsion, if necessary, the official proclamation declares. Petrograd fin -fc been declared in a state of siege. uphcit instructions are given the Peasants and workers to take all measures to prevent valuable prop erty from falling into the hands of ae Germans. Railroad rolling: stock tod food supplies are particularly atntioaed. Everything must be fine, the people are abjured, to keep raian militarism from crushing the forking classes in Great Russia and Ukraine. As the German army advances, the 'Tffian navy is siding in the cain :l!in against Esthonia and Petrograd p inventing Reval, the second in im- Ftance of the naval ba.Kes on tho Nthen: coast nf tho rtnif f Win. 430. ''C'":1;ti tmnns Vig Koan loiirl.!inT I, 1 ' ''!' IlU,f C UUU JUUU j Earing ; :i ruor. The Russian na- hov.-c- probably will offer little cm. . t PPletely flisnrp-nni -PlT.Ont and morale T7omrkva1 of 1 S'OrS tO KmnutllH in r.-nAr.-A because they have been idle 11 takin? Mind, r, j . 5'Ofhiro- ru xiuvuu auu in ,., '"ft Tneir cumnaitm oiiriitHir rn actions .,f tho ies of apLuieu large quanu itoi -ft.r inaleris, including more the fact t h i y l. resi?n y itoa tn iS Uitpe is missing 4e Gpm w"4llUfl oraermg tnat UTiii. .dn advance be resisted. IrZl Unmeant all mve hen 111 uie present crisis 8inp t . ea by Trotzky and th 'Ky ls reported to have IP... . . 'UC MP ciding vote in favor of p4nw,!:a German Peace Wrttton ation Of the apntanne nf poo e terms has passed the wwk' VMUVV VS J. ch ;;fu; according to Berlin, s thaf ti. s Uisyoses 01 ru- "uus nst th,. ji b 56at hs a V , ljemne-Trotzky govern- , UdU fallen n Prance fifhf!" the general situation on Wrv Is , ronts- Small raids and activ f h continue, as does the been I " German artillery fire vy north of th Aisna erin "imDaene. on tn f'V, conector the tense artillery Vunues with the cSiiH .the most damage. govprnJ: AU3tnan Socialists that . On 7 uient begin peace negotia- ra"uo Dasis of President Wil froi, 3?essage has brought the UIQ the Emperor that ha will M FATMRLMB IS ADA! William B. Gray Made a Per ilous Ice Trip to Roanoke Lighthouse , V Washington, Feb. 21. William B. Gray, of Avon, Dare county, North Carolina, ship's cook, VTJ. S. N., R. M., has been commended by Secretary Daniels for bravery and skill in mak ing a perilous trip over the ice of the North Carolina sounds on January 11, and taking provisions from the ship to the light house keeper of the Roa noke marshes lighthouse. The cur rent through the sound was strong and irregular, the department's an nouncement today -said, and Gray's trip, made in a ship's boat to which runners had been attached, was dan gerous and difficult. He enlisted in the naval reserve October 27 last, at New Bern, N. C. WANTS RUSSIA TO EVACUATE FINLAND Stockholm, Thursday, Feb. 21.- Swe- den has iraersrested. to several powers in Petrograd to obtain the evacuation of Finland by Russian troops, Premier Eden announced in the Riksdag today in a supplementary statement on the Finnish situation. Some of the pow ers have sent favorable answers while others have not yet replied. The Finnish government, the Prem- ier added had refused a Swedish of- fer to mediate between itself and the revolutiomsts and the possibility or a peaceful understanding seemed to 1 be excluded. Nevertheless, Sweden; was still ready to use her good offices. ; Recent reports from the Aland Is lands have encouraged the hope that Sweden will succeed in saving the is- lands from the Bolsheviki and spar- the inhabitants further suffering. AMENDED LIQUOR N RULES EXPLAINED Washington, Feb. 22. Secretary Bakefv explained in a statement today that the newly amended regulations governing sale, gift and serving of liquor to soldiers in uniform do not relax the government's hold of-the sit uation but on the contrary are intend ed to strengthen it as they will facil itate detection and conviction of boot leggers The exception which permits serv- liniinrc. in rrivntf hnmei tn hnna lllg 11UU1 kJ- 111 fJM. . . " " permits no subterfuges, and he gave warning that if the exception were abused he would deal with it promptly and vigorously NINE IN ONE FAMILY BURNED TO DEATH Peabody, Mass., Feb. 22. Nine per sons, all members of the family of Morris Miller, lost their lives in a fire which destroyed the Miller .home near here early today. - Reuben Miller, a boy of 19, who was employed on a neighboring farm, was the only member of the Jamily who escaped. The blaze was discov ered by a neighbor and when firemen arrived the house was in ruins Mil ler, his wife and seven, children, ranging in age from 20 years to a baby girl of two months;, f ell victims to the flames. .... Death or Victory. Petrograd, Feb. 22. "If ttife ' Ger mans refuse peace to Russia, 'ja strug gle to the death or victory for . us is inevitable," says an official statement issued today. "The peoples terrorism must be opposed to the, advancing en emy,' It is declared. dismiss parliament if - the budget, which the S6cialists have it in their power to pass or defeat, is not? given a majority. Not only are theSocial- ists dissatisfied but the Czechs, Slav and Polish deputies in the Austrian Reichrath are openly hostile to the government in its war and peace poli cies. The Socialists have called mass meetings to support a demand for the opening of peace negotiations with the Unfc3 States DANE COMMENDS COUNTY MAN ESTHONIAN REGIMENT GOES OVER TO GERMANS Berlin Reports Much Progress by the German Army of Invasion Berlin, Feb. 22 (Via London). A regiment of Esthonian troops has gone over to the Germans, the War Office announces. The German troops advancing in Esthonia, have captured Hepsal on the coast near the entrance to the Gluf of Finland and advanced beyond Ronneberg, Wolmer and JSpandan. They marched into Rieshitza, about 100 miles southeast of Riga, and were received with rejoicing by the inhab itants, the statement says. Further south the Germans pushed ion to Louzin. Minsk also was occu pied. - At Novogorod-Vblhynski, the Germans came into touch with Ukra nian and other columns marching to the Volhynian fortress of Dubno. Esthonia is one of the Baltic prov inces into which the Germans began an advance en the resumption of hos tilities, giving the official explanation that these provinces were largely Ger- f man and that the Bolsheviki were persecuting the inhabitants. Troops fom vMooiu Island Jroased to the fiom Mooii I hiah' towns and . ariotner force wi taken by boat to RevaL Should Take Over Shipyards. Washington, Feb. 22. Philip Man son, of New York, managing director of the Pacific and Eastern Steamship Company, told the Senate commerce nnmmittaa tnAaxr fVl O irnVOTTllTl on t h d take over all ship yards and b t all g contracts to op- rat them as an adjunct to the.gov- ernment " . MAKE MOVEMENT STATE-WIDE AND GET OUTSIDE HELP Business Men Think That Wilmington Ought to Enlist Assis tance of Other Cities of North Carolina Consider That They Would Be Glad to Help Action Expected "In her efforts to land a shipbuild-1 ing plant, Wilmington needs the active ' co-operation of the people in the other . cities and towns of North Carolina and I helleVe we could get this assistance if we tried," said a prominent busi ness man this morning in discussing the question of whether or not Wil- !r.JL- 00 .m, r,r crot. mington stands much chance of get ting a smpouiiaiug piaut. It is known that the money for financing the proposition, even outside of he. subscription of the Wilmington business men, is available, in the event the government sees fit to giv out : a contract for the building of ship here. With the amount sub scribed by the Wilmington business men, together with the other finan cial arrangements that have been made, and the assurance also that sufficient skilled labor can be had, there appears to many people in Wil mington no real reason why this city should fail to get tne ship building plant. - Wilmington, as has often Been point ed out, has had all the disadvantages of the world war and is practically the only city, especially cm the coast, that has not felt some of the prosperity growing out of the war activities. "I would suggest," continued the business man quoted above, "that a leading business man from Lumber ton, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Ashe ville, Salisbury, Greensboro, Durham, t a To rh-Fvetteville. Rocky Mount land other places in the State, be ask- ed to go to wasaiugwa wim a com mittee from' Wilmington to urge the claims of this city. It would then be a State figit: I believe we would have Getter , chance In Washington if it could be, 8&ow& to be a fltate-wido movement Tfc other cities of North Carolina-could,' easily be interested In Ul HrWIIlMUIUII lllnl Ul n V IU I I Presence of Soldiers Gave the Celebration a Decided Mil itary Appearance FRENCH AMBASSADOR JUSSERAND'S SPEECH Presents Washington's Con duct as a Model to Guide Nation During Present World War Washington, Feb. 22. Washington's birthday was observed in all army camps throughout the country with various exercises and the soldiers en joyed a rest f rim military training. At camps where there were ,ho . formal celebrations, the men engaged in hol iday festivities, many of them being granted leave. The commission on training camp activities made provi sion for entertainment in all camps. The memory of Washington was ex tolled by M. Jusserand, French am bassador, in an address delivered at a commemorative mass meeting held here today under the auspices of the Sons and Daughters of the American revolution. "Everybody," said M. Jusserand; Ttnows the unanimity of feelings of all French people who ever met Wash- ington; how, during our revolution French citizenship was bestowed on him as bejng one of the benefactors of humanity, and how, when he died the French nation went into mourning, officers wore CTepe d &ur' flags were flown,; at half lnast ' ; ;: f task in 'days ot anxiety. In rboth Washington stands a model. He knew all the trouble which may result from delays, mishaps and mismanagement, but never thought of a patched up peace." ' The ambassador said that Frederick the Great, who while entertaining American envoys sent during the revo lution to arrange a commercial treaty, wrote his brother. Prince Henry, that (Continued on Page Seven). Soon our behalf, if the proper effort were Vnt forth. The way to do it would be mmt nrnnaT acauaintances in these different towns and after the r --x - names of all had been submitted let a local committee go over the list and select a man in each city whom it is desired to join our committee in going';"."; " v lif" n whlnttnn Th .TA,n9M nf alii111011 m hls Partv he probably to Washington. The expenses of all B people of Wil- mington. I would suggest also that!. r Wilmington send a brand new com- ? rf?Lt""ide "P1186? bth .i ? ,xr, T,f 1oQQ ,. their enemies and friends and threw mittee to Washington, or at least putjth j supporters into confusion. The on this committee some new mem- . c,c,. o " ,1 " , T , , . . foreign embassies, accordme to The bers, not that I have anything to say.Tim c6a nn' . Jl. . against the committees that have been going, out a cnange sometimes aoea good. My idea is that tthis thing ought to be followed up right now and we should get together and invite our friends in other parts of the State to help us. They will be glad to do it if approached. The trouble is Wilming ton has been living too far away from the other part of North Carolina. Other North Carolina cities are will ing and anxious to go to the limit for us if we will only ask them. "Now is Wilmingtons time and I hope that our efforts will be re doubled." Many other citizens voiced the same view. Mr. I. Shrier, a public spirited cit izen, who heard the conversation, said that he could be put down for $150 to ward paying the expenses of such a committee to Washington. He sub scribed liberally to the fund to under write the industrial plant for Wil mington and he says he is ready to pay over every cent right now if it is necessary to get the plant, although the plan is to pay in only 5 per cent. when the company is ready for bus iness. - - Invaders Making- Their Own Pace and Securing Rich Stores PROFOUND DISGUST FELT IN PETROGRAD Shameful Surrender Causes a Feeling of Shame Among the Russians People Lose All Hope London, Feb. 22. The German ad vance into Russia is not the march of a conqueror, for nowhere up to the present have they met any serious op position. The comparatively rapid progress is ascribed to the fact that the Germans found a celar passage. Special dispatches from Petrograd, none of which are dated later than Wednesday, indicate that the invad ers are making their own pace in col lecting immense stores of weapons, munitions, . food and other valuable property, which the disorganized Rus sian armies -abandoned. The strength of the German advancing army is not believed to be great. A Petrograd Gispatcn to tne Morning Post says ere s only one division of cav- airy and one division of infantry. Germany's ultimate objective, of course, can only be speculated upon, but according to the correspondent there is nothing whatever to prevent them from reaching Petrograd if they wishr for the demoralization of the era td resist the lntaslbnjwuld?be impossible of execution.. ;' jf0reover, the enemy, could easily reduce tjie cap ital to famine, which already is clos ing its grip on the people.. The Bolshevik capitulation to a Ger man peace and news of the German advance was received in Petrograd in various ways, according to Wednes day's reports. The correspondent of The Times says profound disgust and shame was felt and uttered by seri ous and indignant people and was re flected in the non-Bolshevik newspa pers. A report to The Morning Post says the saner element of the popula tion call for closer relations with the Allies looking to the unification of Russia and the abandonment of the dreams of amateur statesmen. It is reported in this connection that the non-Bolshevik and non-Socialist parties will try to re-assemble the Constituent Assembly with the view of appealing to the Allies. The Petrograd correspondent of Tha Dally Mail describes the attitude of the people as mostly one . of apathy and fatalism. He says that a major ity would welcome the arrival of the Germans, in the hope thatthey would restore order, the feeling being that anything Is better than the present condition. As. to the decision to surrender to the Germans, accounts differ. Somel say that Premier Lenine, and others that Foreign Minister Trotzky, was responsible for the capitulation. The correspondent of The Daily News, who has been in close relations with the Bolsheviki, says that at the meet- linn rf thn n , 1 rP D,n1n : ing of the Council of Peoples Commis saries which voted on the question, Trotzky, who had been in favor of ; early yesterday morning against posts fighting to the last, unexpectedly went!neld h7 Belgian trooos in the Merck- to the other side. This caused indijc-!em j """"" a " 1 W1" :esign: ; : capitulation until Tuesday night. They believed the Russians intended to resist the German advance at all hazards. "Whatever happens, it is regarded as probable that the Germans will stiffen the peace term's offered at Brest-Litovsk." C Celebration at Camp Lee. wPeteriburg, Va., Feb. 22. A' cele bvationf of Washington' s birthday is being -held at Camp Lee today. The ,day is being observed as a holiday Land the soldiers are enjoying a rest from strenuous jailitary training. The celebration is being held un der the auspices of the Knights of Columbus and began with, military mass and a sermon by Bishop Dennis J. O'Connell, j)f Richmond, followed by a patriotic address in the after noon by Dr. Palen, a distinguished educator of New York. Dn Palen was introduced by Samuel L. Kelley, of Richmond, whotookv an active part in the celebration, which was held in the Knights of Columbus audito rium. A feature was -t the singing by a large cfcorus of national anthems and music by a band. ENTER OF n ROM BRITISH STEAMER HAS LANDED Vessel Foundered in Storm Two Days Ago and Went Down No Lives Lost Forty-seven members of the ill-fated British transport Eturia, that found ered and went down with all her car go two days ago off the Atlantic coast, were landed at an Atlantic Port today by a coast guard cutter and quartered in hotel, none worse for their exper- ience. The skipper of the lost vessel talked interestingly but cautiously, not caring to say just where misfortune befell him. Neither was he willing to make known thenature of his car go. It is now burieu off the coast, to gether with practically all of the per sonal belongings of the crew. No loss of life was occasioned by the disaster. All members of the crew were in good spirits, but none willing to talk, all inquisitors being referred to the skipper. The distress call of the ves sel was picked up by the cutter which hurried to the assistance of the - dis abled steamer, but arrived too late to d anything other than take the crew from aboard her.- v HEALTH CONDITIONS BETTER AT CAMPS Washington, Feb. 22. Health .con ditions in all American army camps showed decided improvement during the week ended .February 15, and for that week there was lower death rate In all camps than at any other time since last November. Deaths in all camps, Regular Ar my, National Guard and National Ar my, for the week, totalled 177, of which 96 resulted from pneumonia. Fewer new cases of the more seri ous disease, especially pneumonia and meningitis, were reported as compar ed with last week. The regulars show the highest death rate 12.9 per thousand per year, and their non-effective and admission rates show slight increases over the preceding week. Measles is now relative more prev alent among the regulars than any other ; troops, this being especially noticeable in the Southern camps. GERMANS CAPTURE A FEW PRISONERS London, Feb. 22. "Early last night a large party of the enemy raided two of our posts in the neighborhood of the Ypres-Roulers railway and a few of our men are missing," says today's war office report. "On the remainder of the British front, there is nothing special to re port. A raid attempted by the enemy sector was repulsed by artillery and machine , a machine gunfire. AMERICAN PATROL IN FIGHT. With the American Army in France, Feb. 22. In a patrol fight Americans 'from units under in struction in the famous Chemin Pes Dames sector, kilted one Ger man and captured another. One American was slightly wounded. This is the first time it has been ermitted to reveal the fact that tew American units have entered the line. The troops - have been there for some time, suffering Slight casualties, but their pres ence was kept secret until it was certain the enemy knew they were Jiere. Details of the patrol fight are s yet unavailable, beyond the un official report that the prisoner (aken was captured single-handed by a young American from one of the New England States, who, during the engagement, droppeo. into a shell hole on top of a Ger man hiding there and later brought him in. The. American forces entered thefline on one of the darkest of nights through a shell-pitted region dotted with shell wrecked towns. The French general commanding the sector, a hero of the Marne, greeted. them as comrades in arms and kissed the American flag. CITY ERICHi Australian Troops Marched 111- to Palestine City With Little Opposition TURK'S HOLD ON HOLY LAND IS WEAKENING Jericho's Importance is Mostly Historical, it Being Only a Town" Now With About 300 Inhabitants - London, Feb. 22. The British hare captured Jericho, in Palestine, th j war office reports. i The city was entered by Australian, x i. a t 'ill - 1 x l , ixoups yesieraay. ljiiue opposition . was encountered. Later the Austral vS ians established themselves on ' th 1 ?; line of the Jordan and the-.Wadi ' Auja " I TVio riffintal eta tomont ronnre VT J tinuation of bad weather. North and i northwest of Jerusalem the British ad- ? vanced positions were extended slignt-'.t ly and rendered secure. During fighting of Wednesday the casualties; qi me isnusn troops were again busbu Since the capture of Jerusalem tliflt British have been pushing ahead steaS -; f ily, striking out to the north andstl Official statements from London-fn,4;; the last few days have reported !rapiJ progress,, and apparently the Turk bave offered no determined resistaiite'.?!! A8idefrom its historical iniportancat "? I; British plan" is ; to 7 free tbe Holy Land from domination by the Turks. The capture consists merely of a group of squalid hovels and a few shops With !i about 300 inhabitants. Its chief strat- ;; egic value lies in the fact that it give$V I the British domination of the vallejr of Jordan and also control of a net work of highways radiating from the town. A further advance eastward of 25" miles, however, would take the British to the railway from Damascus i to Mecca which would cut off the Turks' line of communication with Arabia and greatly assist the revolt ing Arab tribes which are co-operating with the British. Jericho is near the northern extremity of the Dead Sea, 14 miles northeast of Jerusalem. The ancient Jericho which was sit uated to the west of the modern Jer icho, was a town of considerable sizel It was the first Canaanite city to be reduced by the Israelites, who, th Biblical story relates, encompassed its destruction by the blowing of trumpets. RALEIGH OFFICERS TO HOLD HERING Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 22. Federal agents in Philadelphia have notified the United States marshal's office here to hold Henry Hering, a stranger arrested several days ago," pending an investigation to determine whether hs is not Richard Buckle, a German chauffeur who was employed by John B. Wanamaker three years ago. According to information received here, Buckle leff Wanamaker's em ployment about three years ago and went to Germany but since has return ed to the United States under dis guise. , The man giving his name as Hering aroused the suspicions of the author! ties. He claims he was employed to j act as highway pilot for Louis Gerdes, j Wanamaker's present chauffeur on a -i trip from Philadelphia to Palm Beach, , Fla. MEATLESS DAYS SAVE j 140,000,000 POUNDS BEEF Washington, Feb. 22. Meatless days in the United States have saved 140 000,000 pounds of beef in four months, the Food Administration announced today. During this period 165,000,000 pounds of beef were exported to the Allies together with 400,000 pounds of pork products. The figures were made public in a statement explaining why the food -administration refused requests of cattle and sheep growers to remove beef, mutton and lambs from the con servation rules with regard to the meatless day. The administration again declared that meatless day was established for the purpose of enab ling the United States to feed the Al lies by saving on meat consumption. Abandons German Language. Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb. 22. Aban donment in all educational institutions v in South Dakota of the teaching of the German language was ordered br the State Council of Defense todj I ..V. -: ''; . V4 -1 J i if: f 1 A-''- 1 if. .,B fit:; 9 I mi V, . t t'r Hi ;! 1;'!) ' 1! I if I 4 t - iL ,3 f.
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