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" ... " "V - WEATHER. h and South Car- Probably local '''tonight; Saturday .'..mewhat colder. XXIV. No. 52. IERESENTATIVES OF ALLIED LEAfE P arc American Consul nas roi lowed the Embassy BRITISH AND FRENCH AMBASSADORS LEAVE i--n . .1 TT C a. Reported 1 nau ine i nree rcat Entente INations are inow Unrepresented in the Rus jjan Capital ARRIVE AT VOLOGDA. Voloada, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 28. The American and Japanese ambassadors arrived here today m a special train. Their trip was m uneventful one. HthoUKh the American, British and I Tflich embassies nave leix i'eirograa gjer the menace or me uerman aa isnce, the- Bolshevik government is Wed as Intending to return to its . J t X .11 X l . quarters m mai cuy aiier nav- l temporarily leu me capnai. Apparently the Japanese ambassa ,r is still in Petrograd, having post- mned his departure, an agency dis jttch states, because of negotiations Bine on between him and the Rus- jian government. Wether these reported negotia- . iVi - :iu it.- iocs nave anyimng iu uu wnu uie ijanese proposals for intervention Siberia, now apparently a topic of lie most earnest consideration in the tote capitals, and in Washington, not evident from the meagre ad vices received. Meanwhile the cur rent reports from Petrograd indicate renewal of, the German forward movement in Russia, although at a lore measured pace. According to one account, the Ger- Bans are reportecK in possession, of Pshov and are reported to be moving ilovlr towards Luga, midway be tween Pskov and Petrograd. They ire also said to be advancing in other sectors in Northern Russia, notably north into the region northeast from Wnsk, in the general direction of tie Petrograd-Moscow railway. Francis Leaves. Stockholm, Thursday, Feb. 28. The imerican consul at last has left Pet rograd, where he remained after the American embassy's departure, ac cording to information reaching the American legation here. The consul Ke has been taken over by the Nor 'e&ian consul. Gone Eastward. Washington. March 1. A dispatch torn Stockholm to the State Depart ment today announces the departure tne American consul from Petro- but makes no reference to the wparture of Ambassador Francis or to other diplomats. - ne latest dispatches from Ambas- ' Francis came in todav. having a sent from Petrograd, February It Said the Amhassartnr woe r1an. 5 to leave with somp of the other ions aTHi g0 eastward. ine dispatch from StruMrVmlm ftii KnB" referr'ng to the departure of """can consul Treadwell, said he m gone to Vologda, to the eastward. British and French Go. ,1 embassies have left Petrograd, r-uroinsr to a telezram from the Rns- l ry am. . - - 1 OHlClal nOTl'O nrrrms.-- J T".. ' 1 and which bears no date. Amho j "iUJLu irom atocKnoim, toH . r Francis has left Petro idd pv departure of the British it. ?n.ch embassies, takes from . wisneviki canitat- tH?. rpnrPAP.n fctPtit e three most important Jd, countriPS. Sir George W. ' oiiiisn amoaseaaor 10 aeo left. Petro- n a leave of absence; F. O, 'j. tna' nnii ...mi . - 1 1 FrenT bee" charge d'affaires. The rw i ' ambassador to Russia i3 Lau- aicuiogue. Commissioners Return. lOCrtftn cunci, 7f o ,ctl 1 The Russian Wd t PeopIes' Commissioners has 1 Russia!? tUrn t0 petrograd, says Sere trviT ltlLiai statement receiyen 'thp , ne removal of elements 'use nf l 11 vaiueiess in tne ae- V how' 0?Pltal is being c0n" e 8hinr!LJ0ther valuables continue to ktemprr Awa frm the city, the duos. Nles,reJi0Us indication that the fad C "Issloners na le" Pe- . flaS noon J. . ! . . sian tumainea in tne !HlZlice.8- These commission- f body r 1Se the Russian govern S hw the Bolshevik regime aolny inJSf1 r headquarters at the !stches S ! ? in Petrograd. Dis- vys datp irograd bearing Mon 4e tnilitarvreported the removal of N to a actiyitles of the govern Jt stated .vafp outsiie Petrograd, Selveq the commissioners inafuTire exPected: to -remain PRESIDENT JAPAN'S Suggestion for Action in Si beria Crowds Out All Other Matters NO EARLY REPLY TO VON HERTLING President Will Consult Allies Before He Answers Ger man Chancellor Must Protect Rich Stores Washington, March 1. Japan's pro posal for action in Siberia has crowd ed German Chancellor von Hertling's speech into second place in the con sideration of officials here and there were indications today that decisions 10 TAKE OVER LUMBER May Commandeer Timber and Lumber Needed for Army and Navy Washington, March 1. President niandeer timber or lumber needed for the army, navy or shipping board un der a bill ordered favorably reported today by the Senate Military Com mittee. The difficulty encountered, particularly by the shipping board, in securing lumber for shipbuilding, and by the army aviation corps' in getting spruce for airplanes, are the immedi ate situations which the bill is de signed to remedy. The measure was introduced by Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the Military Committee, and today re ceived the committee's unanimous approval. An amendment added by the com mute would authorize the President to delegate his authority in comman deering either timber or lumber for the three government departments to some one department or agency he might designate. BOMB FOUND IN CHICAGO BUILDING Chicago, ) March 1. Discovery of a bomb in the Federal building has fur nished a mystery on which a number of government agents are working to day. The bomb, a steel cylinder, was found yesterday partly hidden under a pile of rubbish in one of the rooms occupied5, by lawyers in charge of the I. W. W. prosecution. A fuse in one end had not been ignited. Experts of a powder company found the cylinder contained a number of metal slugs and an explosive powder. They save it as their opinion that the explosion of the bomb would have wrecked the entire wing of the Federal building. ANOTHER APPEAL TO RUSSIAN PEOPLE London, March 1. A Russian wire less message gives the text of an other proclamation to all Russians apepaling for the utmost resistance to the Germans and ordering the food producing provinces to - immediately send as much food as possible to Pe trograd and Moscow. The appeal says t The capital of the revolution will have to resist a long siege, but it will not capitulate until the last moment. To this end it needs the utmost as sistance in regard to food. You must not permit the starvation of revolu tionary Petrograd." Nine Asphyxiated. Denver, Colo., March 1. Nine men, all equipped with oxygen helmets, are reported to have been asphyxiated last night in a mine at San Antonio, N. M., 85 miles south of Albuquerque. The report was made today 6 offi cials of the government bureau of mines here. Senator Smith to Retire. Washington, March 1. Senator Wil liam Allen Smith, of .Michigan, a Re publican leader in the Senrfte, an nounced today he would not be a can didate for re-election but would leave the Senate when ' Ws.? term expires WILSON EMPOWERED 0 WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARQ, 1918. POWERS ETR06SAD ST UD1ES PROPOSAL were being formed which soon would i 1 1 , snow inemseives in some arrange ment of an international character to prevent the vast stores at Vladivostok and' control of the trans-Siberian railway from falling into the hands of the advancing Germans. The expectation that President Wil son was planning to address Con gress very soon in reply to Von Hert ling's speech was dissipated today bj evidences tnat tne President is mak ing no such plans at this time, and probably does not consider it neces sary to reply to the German Chancel lor, for the present, at least. Before the President speaks there doubtless will be an interchange of views with London and Paris, so that if Mr. Wil son speaks he will express the view of all the co-belligerents as on previ ous occasions. Outward indications today were that the President was studying the ques tion of American participation with the Japanese in Siberia to the exclu sion of other subjects. GREAT BRITAIN HAS E Her Man Power for Fighting is Rapidly Nearing the Zenith New York,. .March l.-Speakinglast night before the Lotus club Sir! John Foster Fraser, chairman of the r Brit ish war'lectures committee, said that Great Britain could not put more than another 750,000 men in the field. The assertion that Great Britain could raise additional armies of 2,000, 000 men, the speaker characterized as untrue. "I know that I am talking about when I tell you that if our necessary industries are to be maintained we cannot raise more than another 750,- AU t, M Ol. Tnlin ' UW LUC 11, SttlU Oil J "That will bring us to the top point of our man-power and we will be reaching it this summer." The speaker added that while British were reaching the zenith of strength it was known that the Ger mans .were in greater force than ever, but that their quality had deteriorat ed. He said there should be no alarm about the result of the reported -com ing German offensive on the West era front. "No onejean say exactly where the blow will be struck," said Sir John "but though at terrific sacrifice the enemy may bend our line, he wil never break it." ENGLAND'S PRIMATE ARRIVES IN AMERICA New York, March 1. The Most Rev Cosmo Gordon Lang, archbishop c: York and Primate of England, who ar rived at an Atlantic Port last night came to New York today, en route to Washington, where he will call on President Wilson. On Thursday, the British prelate who has jurisdiction over the entire North of England, wil be greeted in Carnegie Hall in this city at a patriotic mass meetrng Among the speakers will be Governor Whitman, the Right Rev. David H Greer, bishop of Ijlew York, and Eliha Root. The- lord archbishop's visit to Am erica, it is announced, "is mainly for the purpose of aiding the movement now under way to further unite the English-speaking peoples of the world in common cause of liberty and jus tice." ALHUCEMAS STICKS TO SPANISH CABINET Madrid. Thursday, Feb. 28 The Marmiis de Alhucemas notified the King tonight that he definitely ac cepted the offer to remain in power The Premier has appointed Count de Garalt, a Catalinist Minister of Fin ance. and Louis Silvela, minister o public instruction, in place of Senors Ventosa and Knojjes, wnose resigna Hrms broueht about the collective withdrawal of the cabinet early today The other members of the cabinet re tain their portfolios. Redmond Under the Knife. London, March 1. John Redmond tne Irish leader, was operated upon in ' London today; His condition r li 0.000 M0 TROOPS, FULL LEASED - WIRE SERVICE E BY THEJAPANESE Many Newspapers Say Japan Should Have a Free Hand in Siberia SOME DISSENTING VOICES ARE HEARD The Newspapers Think Ja panese Should Be Permit ted to Protect Allied In terests in Siberia London, March 1. Japan's propos als with regard to Siberia and their reception in Washington has brought the question of Japan's active partic ipation in military operations to the forefront here, the developments dom inating the vnews columns of the pa pers. A Reuter cablegram quoting an Associated Press dispatch from Wash ington is given great prominence in type and position by the morning newspapers, and is commented on ex tensively. Some papers display con tributed articles setting forth the Jap anese view of the situation. The bulk of the opinion favors Ja pan's proposed action without quali fication and the plea is made1n some quarters that she ought implicitly to be trusted and given a free hand. The Times says that while the at titude of ; President Wilson and the American State Department does not seem to te officially defined as yet, It is clear from the important As sociated Press statement that it would be a mistake to, regard President Wil son's attitude "as decidedly averse to Japanese intervention." "Whatever view the American gov ernment may finally adopt," it adds, It is certain to be received with the utmost deference by the Allies." The Morning Post says: "Just as the United States was forced to a policy of intervention by the German menace -In the Wast, sn Japafr fe.?uaetf to actMty bY the" Ger man menace in the Bast. Japan is en tirely justified by the danger which threatens her in taking steps to pro tect her interests in Manchuria and Siberia. It is to be hoped that the Allies will treat Japan with confidence and the hearty spirit of co-operation which she has the right to expect as an ally." , The Daily News is not surprised by the widespread cry raised for Japa nese action, but hopes the Allies will carefully consider all that is Involved in her proposal. It contends that the intervention of Japan on terms of con quest would be a crime, and that what ever is done, must be with the inten tion of conserving Russia's interests An article of a diplomatic corre spondent in The Daily Chronicle strongly supports Japanese action. It says the logic of events is so forcible that it is difficult to conceive of the Allies failing to give the requisite in vitation. In regard to American nar ticipation, the article says: "Amerca has .he- hands full on the Western front, and any attempt to divert men, munitions or tonnage from that great objective is to be condemn ed. Moreover, any linking of Amei- ica with Japan in this vast enterprise would be resented by Japan as a mark of distrust in her ability and disinter edness." ine uaiiy Man in tne course oi a statement purporting to present the Japanese view says: "Every intelligent Japanese thinks the mandate for action should be bas ed on the broad principles of trusting Japan and that she should not be han- discapped by any entangling advance conditions." Some of the. newspapers back up their arguments for Japanese action by emphasizing the danger to British interests in Asia from the threatened Germanization of Russia. The dan ger, they say, is equal if not greater than that menacing Japan, and the pa pers recall the terms ot the Anglo Japanese alliance by which Japan un dertakes to safeguard peace and tran quilty in the Far East. WILL ACCEPT ONLY A REASONABLE PEACE jJassy, Rumania, Tuesday, February 26. An official note announcing that Rumania has decided to enter into peace negotiations with the Central Powers- declares reports that Rumania will accept peace at any price are un true. The government, it ads, will only enter into negotiations if assur ed that they will be conducted on a basis acceptable in every respect. WANT A RATE ON ; COTTON SERVICES Washington, March 1. Ten rail roads Operating in cotton States to day asked the interstate Commerce Commission to fix a rate of two centk formed at . intermediate -points in con nection with the operation of concen trating, compressing and jre-shipping NGLAND FAVORS kJeottpn FRAN DEPARTED v F T The Ambassador and His Staff Left Russian Capital for Vologda WILSON'S ADDRESS WIDELY CIRCULATED Millions of jCopies Distributed in Russia, and Thousands Went Through to Aus trian s and Germans Washington, March 1. The Com mittee on Public Information today announced official advices from its' representative in Petrograd that Am bassador Francis and his staff, the American consulate, the military mis sion and the Red Cross representa tives', all left Petrograd for Vologda, on the night of February 27. The advice came by cable from Ed gar G Sisson, the committee's repre sentative in the Russian capital. Representatives of the Information Committee, its was said today, will remain-in Tetrograd for the present to carry on the educational and in formational work with which they are charged. Last reports show that the circulation of the President's ad dress of January 8 is practically com pleted throughout Russia. The total, it is said, is over 4,600, 000 copies, including separate print ing and distribution at Tiflis, Vladi vostok, Odessa, Rostov, Omst and Chita, but not including the 1,500,- 000 newspaper circulations and an -in calculable amount of partial printing and editorial comment which automat ically followed. In addition, it was said 1,300,000 messages printed in Grman went through the Northern lines of the German army. About 300,000 were successfully worked through the Southern and Central fronts. Tbfe committee also said that Ger man .nd Austrian prisoiteM -ta Rus' sla were provided with copies of the address. SPECIAL RATES FOR VETERANS' REUNIONS Washington, March 1. Director General McAdoo has decided that the Confederate veterans shall have spe cial rates and no interference of transportation to their reunion this summer at Tulsa, Okla., and that the Grand Army of the Republic shall have the same for its meeting at Port land, Ore. Because of the congested condition of the railroads, and also as a war measure, there was some probability that transportation facilities and rjLtes might be denied to these special trains. The situation has cleared, however, and is expected to clear fur ther before the reunions are held, so Director General McAdoo decided to day that he could promise train fa cilities and special rates of one cent a mile. EIS GROWING TWO A DAY Six Months Saw 399 Sea Go ing Vessels Added to America's Fleet Washington, March 1. The growing American merchant marine was in creased by 399 sea-going vessels in the last six months dt 1917, govern ment officials said today, or an aver age of more than two a day. Many of the vessels were built in the United States, having been under construc tion for foreign accounts and taken over by the American government. Others were interned German ships, but the large steamers like the Vater land, which were commandeered by the navy are hot included in the total of 399. Figures previously made public showed that more than 1,000,000 tons of shipping were added to the Amer ican merchant marine in 1917. TWO MORE BRITISH SUNK BY U-BOATS New York, March 1 The British merchant steamship Tiberia, of 4,880 S" : TT :x :ZW' V, ROM TROGRAD WEDNESDAY NIGH MERCHANT MARN w l-77i".fe a negro, giTlns W. age aS about February 27, while bound for this port, according to information re ceived in shipping circles today. The crew was rescued. Sank Near American. An Atlantic Port, March 1. The British freight steamship Manhattan, of 8,004 tons gross, was torpedoed and sunk while in convoy of warships and within hailing distance of an American merchantman, it was learn ed today, upon the arrival here ' of an Americanoil -tanker SPATG RETRIBOTION HAS FALLEN UPOM Cologne Gazette Gives an Amusjng Story of Ameri ca's War Fever HOBOKEN IS NOW A DESERTED PLACE New York Guarded by 50,000 Troops Unusual Precau tions Adopted at Chica go, Reports Gazette New York, March 1. German news papers have informed their readers that New York City has girded itself with .a barbed wire fence 625 miles in length. The Germans also have been tod that 50,000 soldiers are guarding the port of New York, that rigorous measures have been taken in Chicago and elsewhere and that Hoboken is deserted. Under the caption Amer- ican War Fever," The Cologne Gazette of January 16, a copy of which has been received in this city, publishes the following dispatch under an Am sterdam date: 'Tt.iflL reposed f rasau NewYorX that a barbed wire fence of over 1,000 kil ometres in length has been drawn around the docks and piers of New York. This gigantic fence1 encircles the whole of New York and also the adjoining cities of Brooklyn, Hoboken and Jersey City. No one is allowed to pass through this fence without per mission, especially no enemy alien. "Fifty thousand soldiers have been 3 X 3 4.1- . 4- 4. 1 ueLitiieu gua.ru me pun lci 1111110.1-5. Any person found loitering in the vi cinity of the barbed wire fence is im mediately shot. All Germans who either reside or work within the barb ed wire zone must vacate the district immediately. "In Chicago alorie 23,000 Germans have been forced to move out of the harbor district. These rigorous regu lations have caused great excitement among the business men df the entire country because they are compelled to do without their German employes if their places are near the docks. A delegation of master butchers - have vainly pleaded for an alleviation of these regulations. "The Germans, who in Hoboken had built up a colony resembling a littJe piece of Germany, have all ben forced to leave and that port, which already had suffered heavily from the war, is now absolutely deserted." FEDERAL PRISONERS TO MAKE CLOTH Washington, March 1. The Sherley bill to equip the Atlanta penitentiary for manufacture of cotton fabrics to supply the government with cotton duck for tents and canvas for mail sacks, was endorsed at a hearing be fore the House Judiciary committee today by William C. Fitts, assistant to the attorney general, and Francis H. Duebay, Federal superintendent of prisons. Albert D. Scott, of the war indus tries board, said 10,000,000 yards of nrttrn Hnrlr oro ronnirod fn-r war nnr. poses and that the country's capacity 13 8,000,000 yards a year. y ro, BOM f ,rnHno ,ea,la f ola f NEW YORK GIRDED WTH BARB D W SAYS NEWSPAPER if.Si Xt 1 . i sible to suppress and other inform-, and more than pay for itself. He said'. . certan there were from 1,200 to 1,400 pris- tl0n maKe "is certain. , oners at Atlanta, that if employed each one would work only half the number of looms that one person ordi- narily looks after and that the prison- ers would be paid for the work. . NEGRO WANTED IN ASHEVILLE ARRESTED . Asheville. N. C. March 1. Willie: 1G today was turned over to county authorities by the Asheville police de partment, charged with attempted criminal assault on a young white woman on the evening of December 26, last, just outside the city limits. The young woman identified him as her assailant The negro will be placed on trial Monday morning in Buncombe county superior court. A reward of $1,000, raised by city, county and citizens of Asheville, was offered for arrest and-conviction. TODAY'S HEWS TODAY PRICE FIVE CENTS American Gunners Obliterate German Minenwerfer Bat teries in Short Order HAD BEEN ANNOYING AMERICAN TROOPS Airplanes Located Hun Guns;, and in Half an Hour theti American Artillery Had! Done its Work j j With the American Army in France, Thursday, Feb. 28. Swift Tetribution. has fallen upon the German batteries- which this week bombarded the Am eijican Urenches northwest of Totil with gas shells. American heavy ar tillery concentrated its fire on the German minenwerfer batteries for half an hour today and obliterated the position. Many direct hits with high explosive shells were made by the American, gunners. Timbers were thrown high in the air and explosions, probably ot enemy ammunition and gas, resulted. The ground about the German batter ies was churned upside down, and If there were any German soldiers there, they certainly suffered death. Thus far six men have died from the effects of the German gas shells. More than 80 are in the hospital uf fering from gas poisoning. Most, of the cases, however, are slight and. only one- man is reported to be in a grave condition. Airplane photographs aided the Am erican eunners in their, destructive fire against the German.iatfeiies. !fh photographs, taken yesterday, c5sclc4 i . i . i . A n xi I . ' ! ea tne exact location ot liio nnntiii werfers with the result that it did- not take the gunners long to even up the score with the enemy. While the number of enemy sheriff falling within the American lines has decreased slightly in ,the past 24 hours, nevertheless the artillery fighting has been lively. While an empty American ammuni tion train was halted at a place called Dead Man's Point, a stray enemy shelt dropped nearby and killed two men, two horses which had run away, and wounded four men. In a certain town behind the front, a German shell exploded near the door leading to a telephone dugout blocking the passageway. The oper ators in the dugout, although in con siderable danger, continued to worfc the important Mine, at the same time calling for help. Soldiers were sent to the dugout and the passage was re opened. ; The American artillery has kept up a constant harassing and destructive fire on many vital enemy points such as cross roads and towns. German; working parties were dispersed effec-j tively and once the 75s fired vigor- ousiy on a number or Hermans in a first line trench, quickly blowing iny the entire trench system. Ground mist and rain have prevented free obH servation but the guns have the en emy targets so well registered that they have been able to work effective' iy. Late this afternoon the Germans at tempted to retaliate for the destruc tion of the minenwerfer batteries. They bombarded the American heavy artillery with their biggest guns but their shooting had little effect. American patrols were all over No Man's Land last night, but did not enf counter any Germans. j' The American sector is now an ocean of mud and constant work is necessary to keep the trenches,' gun pits and dugouts free from water. From information reaching the Am- an. lmes' 11 s parent the enemy ! s taking advantage of the-low yisl- iwuty to do much work in his posl- tlOI1S- Many n18eS f kmdS ImpOS- Call Skilled Men. j ' Washington, March 1. Without di92 j cussion, the Senate passed a resolcvf; !tion authorizing the President to call' Jinto immediate military service skill- ': ed experts in industry or agriculture jr To Buy Corn Washington, March 1. Corn to the amount or rrom &uu,uuu to 75U.UUU j " a dfy ,e phased ar,,; ing the next three weeks at the vari ous middle western exchanges by Fed- 4 eral committees for use abroad, it was announced here today. Draft Law Amendment. Washington, March 1. The admin istration amendment to the draft law to bring in as they reach the age of 21, was brought up in the Senate to-, dayas emergency legislation for. Im mediate passage, but finally was ' put over until tomorrow. 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