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VOL. XXIV-
No. 53.
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA; SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1918.
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Woman, 102 Years Old,WJB?ers for Her First Vote
ous German "Shock
Troops" Met for First Time
and Outfought
Umy driven back
WITH HLAV I LAJdDEO
Reached American Lines But
Were Driven Off After a
Fierce Hand to J-land Fight,
Leaving iMany Dead
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IVIILIInKI AUVAMAut
Germans Admit Raids on Lon
don Are Wrong Ameri
cans Treated Well
Amsterdam, March 2. The Nieuwe
Rotterdamsch Courant prints a long
interview with a "personage who re
turned recently from a week's visit
to Berlin," where he talked with a
number of prominent persons, Includ-
jmerican soldiers on the firing line
I. vraiice have met tne tamous uer-
Ui "shock troops tor tne nrst time lus vuu uem uusscne-naaaen-
Fm I. t -illi. hausen. under secretary for formem
Wbave outrougnt iniu. in pm'sai&n minisr-
ktors-nortni ui iuu tuu uU6 of tbe interior . Dr. Solf minister for
bChemm ue i-x" "olula colonies, and Lieutenant General von
hoed in attempis iu peueuaie m stein Prussian minister of war.
I . hnlri nr I IIP rt, lilt-".! ii:LIlH. mi t
HBiuuua iitm Aue consensus 01 opinion, tne vis-
Be ngni Y"fc . OT gathered,, was that the greatest
U in a desperate nctnu-iu-imuu jirus- difficulty in arriving at peace nego-
jie. Te Germans reacneu ue amer- tiations is .that Germany dare not or
anlmeoni io w uuveu m.u win not relinquish any military &&-
tav ; niv. ie " vantage unless certain that peace ne
lie American trencnes ana many en- gotiations have a chance for success
He adds:
"They agreed perfectly, for in-
WATER POWER BILL
AS A STABILIZER
Measure Would Encourage
The Building and Exten
sion of PlantyB
POWER DEVELOPMENT
IS URGENTLY NEEDED
Secretaries Baker, Lane and
HoustonSend Letter to
Chairmanbf House
Committee
Washington, March 2. Changes in
the pending administration water
W bodies were scatterea ovr JNo
feaii's Land. An American' captain, a
"fist xuiiii- auutiic . l stance, with my objections aealnst power Dill to more clearly emress
I 1 1 x 1 Z 4- XI " - -
wmagaiiani exyiui . uea ui -bombing Lbndon, and admitted that i the intent of the legislation
ion lie led a pariy oui in iront oi thev stonnp.d
Jie Tire entanglements ana aitacKea ; must continue for military reasons.'
ie enemy from the rear as they re-; Anion other thines the visitor. aD-
parently Dutch, said:
- inxr rp of the bill so as to stabilize' the pow-
members of the American colony. To. . , tnA.r A ,.
my surprise the Americans in Berlin 1J,-B -cl . U1
enjoy the greatest freedom. They are
eated. On the other sector the
Kenuans were driven back, but not
atii after they had captured 10
American prisoners. In both attacks
be enemy left prisoners in American
lands.
The French in Champagne have
Been hotly engaged with the Ger
mans. Alter being repuisea m at
were
! fer.thf.s5kf rt? be"!r recommended today to Chairman
A.ifrlr: 3 : Sims, the House special water
power committee, by Secretaries Ba
ker, Lane and Houston, who drew the
measure. They urged speedy passage
acks southwest of the Butte Du accustomed. No objecUons are raised i PHc in the national resources but
Mesml the enemy attacked again and against the speaking of English by
hjwasjlriyen, byrtteiaioi- for .fbter : waiters" object to
speaKing Kngiisn witn tneir Ameri
can customers."
tbtained
lion from
lie French more than two weeks ago
pnd which he had been trying to re
run since. The artillery battle on
tie Champagne front has been of
treat intensity.
No decision has yet been reached
!s to Japanese intervention in Sibe
ria. Negotiations between the allied
tve-nrents are proceeding. Accord
age the building of extensions to ex-
1 lermflF niAiotra
quite satisfied with their treatment i i0 v-
and apparently are possessed of suf- L ' Water power legislation' said the
ficient means to live in the comfort-! ft "slt hav? J? vi?T.not,?iy
able style to which they have been; ,1 "IT" "L
a footing in part of the posi-; them in iotels.. and rstaiirants, laby such t resoi
a which he. waa driven, .hr--mirh-h -w -WJArsr' fiiilpW tn i mBftiiop- TJflr- before
NORTH CAROLINIAN
KILLED IN FRANCE
J
Mrs. Sally Gold is 102 yearH -old, but never in her lifetime has she
ever registered for voting. Mrs. Gold is not a feeble woman despite her
age, and does not appear to be within thirty or forty years of her age. She
is able to do home work and she is shown here washing. Two children
and seven grandchildren accompanied her to" the registration place.
r:. ' jCopyrigl:, Underwood & Underwood.
GEMS CARRIED OUT
RAID
ON WIDE FRONT
Washington, March 2. General
a London report Japan has ! Pershing has reported to the War Be! tion
'4 !o
eeuecjatstpd to do all that is neces- partment tnat corporal Myman itoes-.
ryto raard allied interests in the en- of Chicago, and Private Clarence
ar East. This has not been con- Mooney, infantry, of Gastonia, N. C,
Pied officially. were accidentally killed February 2i.
Story of the Battle.
With the American Army in France,
No details were given. i
Private Harry Taylor, of Spring-
arch 2. American troops repulsed field, Ohio, was severely wounded and
strong German attack yesterday Second Lieut. James C. Wemyss, of
"niing in the salient north of Toul. Tarboro, N. C, and 23 men were
aere were many American casual- slightly wounded in action February
ps- one of the killed being a captain 23, the War Department was advised
ms graduated from West Point bv General Pershmg. The message
P 1-17. io-Q-iro nr retails, hut it is not believed
fte ;?id was a comnlete failure. th mes were victims of the German
(e Gorma-i prisoners remaining in gas attack that day, as in previous
ff, wniIU- me grouna in iront casualty reports ueutfiai jreismus m-
v, A. 1 I
cj '
l i . .
iurn-inL' et snnw wa fallinp- thia
r'uias. wnen the Germans
H1; nn .
weapon
opened
salient with
TO MAKE TEST OF
LIBERTY MOTOR
at thfiir command.
foil f 11 CiiCllO feao
American trenches for half ani Buffalo, N. Y., March 2. The first
iimnortant test of the Lioerty -lz-cyiin-
At the san.e time enemy shells in der airplane motor fitted to a combi
T;at inmibf ; s u-Pro Hmnnino- tv,Q nation of the Bristol and the Curtiss
v- v-- uiuppiiif, tilt .
r.attory positions. The Gev-!type
also the adequate protection of pri-
resources
you
seems to do both. After careful con
sideration, howfey.er, it is believed that
certain changes in language could be
made which would more clearly ex
press the intent of the proposed leg
islation.
'It is particularly important that
the conditions which affect the dispo
sition of the prdperty at the termina-
of license should be so definite
that uncertainties will be reduced to
a minimum. If the properties are not
taken over the conditions under which
a new license may be secured should
be entirely clear. If the properties
are taken over, the price to be paid
should not include alleged values not
represented by investment, or, on the
other hand, require needless amorti
zation of capital during the period of
the license in order to protect the in
vestment. It is therefore believed ad
visable to define in specific language
the items which should not enter
into the priceVo be paid."
Development of water power is ur
gently needed, the secretaries wrote,
if the United States is to maintain its
proper place in world trade after the
B'ar, or even to supply its domestic
needs. It also is necessary in-order
to reduce the drain on the nation's
coal and petroleum supplies, particu
larly the latter
"The industrial expansion which
has been necessary in order to pro
duce the materials and equipment
needed xn the prosecution of the
Attacked Portuguese But
Were Driven Back One
Party Annihilated
JAPAN IS MADE NO
DEFINITE PROPOSITION
Stands Ready as Protector of
the East to Meet
Menace
GERMANS TO
MEET STIFF
41
TANG
GUNNER S MATE
COMMENDED FOR
SINKING U-BOAT
Victory Carrie After a Battle
of Two and One Half
Hours
FORMER GERMAN
VESSEL ATTACKED
Rnlsri
and Roads and Gather
an Army
4
FEACE NEGOTIATIONS
AGAIN CALLED OFFJ
Hun Ambition Not Yet Sat
iated German Armies Are
Now Reported Within 80
Miles of Petrograd
Submarine Opened Fire on the
Nyganza, But Was Sunk
by the Gun Crew Fol
lowing a Hard Fight
it
German .
s ev-.tl-ntly thinking the Amer-The speed of
, J m i;i:3 section, having had one at 140 miles i
r L.ot gas a few davs asn. would any airplane
'""it now. t lnn trroct m,ontiH 1 TTnit.fid States. Major Davis of the
nr - . ' ' UUUUlltJ
i)"iMi;ioU:- f ar- huf v. w, 4. iRTificli flvine- corns m
ilOU
r";(1 'y it.
Rt the
Tc ....
- uu pieces.
o'clock the barrage fire lifted
mv n me rignt or tne
P V , " uermans numbering 240
;,'r;v'.,vr'!r)ff forward under protec-
. f' r They came forward
bi U1,",1,,ing to make a big
tV r-''lJ int0 what was left of
th. s,"' b"t there instead . of
'tDPril", '"i'-' anticipated found the
Aid uk. . 1 ready for battle. Fierce
n ' "UJQ nhtin-
bi-planes will be made today, war, tne letter conunuea, uas
' the bi-plane, estimated ' piacea unpreceaemea uemanus uyuu
an hour exceeds that of 1 the electric power industry to such
made heretofore in the : an extent, in iaci, mat iue uutyui
commercial central stations nas in
creased more than 60 per cent, since
1914.
"While the form of the bill which
has been presented for your consider
ation is directly concerned with water
power development only, an adequate
solution of this prooiem will have a
. ! favorable and stabilizing effect upon
Washington, March 2. Generally : th wh0ie power industry. Probrifcly
fair during the week including tun-. nQ considerable increase in new wa
day, is the forecast for the South At- j ter power development can be expect-
.
ar, hut thP mpn nut nn British nymg corps prouaDiy win yi-
nd only a few were af-!lot the machine.
Sa intense was the fire i .
ooas back of the salient
GENERALLY FAIR
FOR NEXT WEEK
began.
titwffVCan caPtain rallied the
?Dt Lhvou h macnine guns and
i?pmrmt . nuicHuau wire en-
"n in'0 .Nn Man's T jtiH nnd
,c'e n t i-. " """" ""
-iui me enemy, whom he
w ue dnvpn nut Vitt v,ia
ft.).
lb uue benches
itenrj'P1' 'or soon
JJoiir, tor soon groups of
parted back through the
The Americans
the
C-.r :
. " "1 a r'PQrll,, C -I ...
uniortu
H liRht u n was kilIed during
h lni7 p 18 The first member of
Cilel uass at West Point to be
'v pivn " c 1JJ. iiuui
011 ks J-uSlevrts and
5 Amori.'o! , Anting desperately,
I'in? v D arrage fire began
ay ruim r lUB catching
h , f Prussians who had
frajp .... American methods. The
Pt back and forth, making
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on -Page Seven).
lontin onri THast Gulf States. There
will be no decided temperature
changes.
Disputed Points Still Unsettled.
Washington, March 2 Virtually all
disputed phases of the War Finance
Corporation bill remained unsettled
when the Senate resumed considera
tion of the measure today, but leaders
agreed on the importance of speedy
enactment looking for a final vote be
fore adjournment.
PETROGRAD THREATENED.
Londoii, March 2. German forc
es are moving on the town
of Bologoie, on the Mos
cow-Petrograd railroad which place
is the chief freight center for the
feeding of Petrograd, says a dis
patch from Petrograd under date
of Friday, received by the Exchange
Telegraph Company. The Germans
probably Intend, the message adds,
thus to cut off supplies for Pe
trograd and to compel the capital
to capitulate by famine.
ed immediately, but legislation is ur
gently needed in order to put exist
ing water power developments which
have been made under inadequate
aw. into a position of security which
will enable them to make extensions
and to meet maturing obligations up
on favorable terms."
WAR IS COSTING US
A BILLION A MONTH
London, Friday, March 1. Reuter's
limited has issued the following state
ment from an authoritative Japanese
source in London: .
"Japan has put forward no sugges-
a o tt. X tions regarding any action that may be
A counter attack ejected , . r
London, March 2. German droops
carried out a raid on a wide front
against the Portuguese trenches in
Northern France early this morning,
today's British war office statement !
announces
the Germans and left the situation as
it was before the raid.
Several raiding operations by the
Germans were conducted last night.
In one case near Hargicourt every
German who succeeded in reaching
the British trenches was either kill
ed or captured.
British troops took prisoners in
raids in the Armentieres region and
near Arelux En Gohelle. The . state
ment reads:
"Norfolk troops carried out a suc
cessful raid last night south of Arm-
entieres. They killed or took prison
ers a number of the enemy. Prison
ers also were brought, in by our- pa
trols in the neighborhood of Arleux
En Gohelle.
"Raids were attempted by the en
emy during the night at several points.
Two hostile raiding parties succeeded
in entering our lines in the St. Quen
tin sector. A few of pur men are miss
ing. In a third attempted raid by the
enemy in the neighborhood of Hargi
court a .few of his troops also-succeeded
in reaching our trenches
where they were all killd or captured.
"After" a heavy bombardment car
ried out early this morning oh a wide
front from Neuve Chappelle, north
ward a strong hostile raiding partv
attacked and entered Portugese front
trenches in this area. The enemy
necessary as a result of the Russian
situation. The plain racts are that &
few days ago Japan addresed inquir
ies in thp nlliarf erwp.rnmpnts fl.skiner
for an expression of their views ovA
the latest developments in Russia.
There has been no proposal, military
or otherwise, by Japan.
"It is pointed out that Japan did
not enter the war under any terms or
agreements with thB Allies whichS
would suggest that there had ven
been any qustion of aggrandizement
in the mind of Japan. There was no
such" thought when Japan embarked
on hostilities and if she has to extend
operations, her object will not be ag
grandizement. "The new menace' is one directly
threatening the Far East and imme
diately involving Japan's security.
Japan's interpretation of her position
is that she is responsible for the main
tenance of peace and security in the
Far East. A German menace already
exists m East Siberia and was well
known to the Allies, even bf ore the
latest German advance J into Russia."
A Triple Lynching.
Rayville, La., March!. 2. Three ne
eroes, whose names were given as
Jim Lewis, Jim Jones. and Will Pow
ell, were lynched by a mob of white
men near Delhi, La., in an isolated
Washington, March' 2. Benjamin
H. Groves, a chief gunner's mate, has
been commended by Secretary Dan
iels for his zeal and efficiency on Jan
uary 13, when the American ship
Nyanza, on which Groves was com
mander of the armed guard, sank a
German submarine, in a battle lasting
two hours and a half. Groves' home
isln New Bedford, Mass.
After the Nyanza had fired 92 rounds 1
and the submarine approximately 200
rounds, Groves got the U-boat's range
and fired four shells in quick succes
sion, causing the sfcbmbarine to come
broadside and keel over. It then dis
appeared just as it was in position to
discharge . lts4destBriyJn,ahat the
ship. The U-toat, Groves said In hia
report, did not quit from choice, but
from necessity. .
The Navy's commendation announce
ment says:
"The promptness with which trie
periscope was picked up and the ac
curacy of fire denotes an efficiency
on the part of the armed guard for
which Groves as commanding 'officer
was responsible."
Was Formerly a German Ship.
New York, March 2. The American
steamship Nyanza reported to have
sunk a i German submarine in a two
and a half hour fight, was formerly a
German vesse under the name of
Essllngen and was one of the ships
seized in Pacific waters when the
United States entered the war.
A brief report of the fight received
here was that the Nyanza "carried on
the battle with the U-boat alone and
that four German shells landed aboard
but without doing any serious dam
age. The American shell wliich put
the submarine out. of action was de
scribed as "a fair hit," and indica
tions were that the U-boat was de
stroyed with all on board.
coptinn nf Riohlnnri 'ParicVi TnoaHav
was promptly ejected by an immedi-jThe tri le lynchm& is said t0 havG
ate counter attack which, complete y , eeQ the outgrowth of , trouble . be-
resiorea me snua-Liuii. vainer nosuie :tTITQQ on nooTrtoonoo rih;
I t, TV TT 111 tVO UUU, A WkJ UUU1 Villi
white farmer and
raids in the neighborhood of the
Ypres-Comines canal and south, of
Houtholst forest also were repulsed
with loss to the enemy. We captur
ed a few prisoners and a machine
gun.
"The enemy's artillery has- shown
considerable activity during the night
in connection with his raids and also
in the Passachendaele sector."
EXPLOSION KILLS
MANY GERMANS
Washington, March 2. The money
cost of the war to 'the United States
still la runnins: near a billion dollars
a month. Despite official forecasts uf
steadily increasing expenditures from
month to month, the government's
outlay in February, according to a
treasury statement, was slightly less
than in either January or December
and would have been approximately
the same if the month had been as
long as other months.
Expenditures amounted to $1,002,-8.78,608,-of
which two-thirds was for
ordinary war expenses and $325,000,-;
000 was in loans to allied govern;
ments.
Amsterdam, March 2. In the cap
ture of Pskov, by the Germans, one of
the German battalions suffered heavy
losses through an explosion caused by
the retreating Russians, according to
a Berlin dispatch printed in The Volks
Zeitung of Cologne.
Sunday when a
neTO were killed.
Wan4 Ferdinand to Quit
London, March 2. The peace terms
submitted to King Ferdinand of Ru
mania by Count Czernin, th Austro-
Hungarian foreign minister, included
the King's abdication in favor of his
brother, Prince William, or the tak
ing of a referendum in Rumania re
earding his successor, according to
a Berlin dispatch transmitted by the
Exchange Telegraph correspondent at
Amsterdam.
Peace negotiations between .Ger
many and the Bolsheviki government
apparently have been broken off again
Resumption of the German forward
movement and the fact that the Rus
sian peace emissaries have asked
that a train under military guard be
sent to meet them near Pskov indiv
cate that Teutonic aggresion has not
yet been satiated.
The Bolsheviki are making strenu
ous preparations to meet the" German:
advance and Premier Lenine is send
ing forth proclamations urging all
Russians to save the revolution. Mos-
cow and the interior of Russia have
declared against a separate peace ant &'A
the local councils in the interior are';i
luaitiug reaay to resist tne lnvaaers-i
Belated dispatches from Petrograd
say the Bolsheviki are destroying :
strategic railways, bridges and roads'
and are sending large forces to tho
fighting front. The Germans are said" ,
to be within 80 miles of Petrograd on i
the southwest and are approaching '
Orsha, on the same meridian of longi- r
tude as Petrograd and 300 miles west,'
of Moscow. Vitebsk, 75 miles norta.
of Orsha, also is threatened. In the
Ukraine the advance of the Germans
and Austnans who. now hav loined- .m
their ally, in driving the Bolsheviki!
rrom tne newv repuDiic, goes on ap
idly. Kiev, the capital, which haaf
been in Bolshevik control, is in. dan
ger. Vienna reports the surrender of
10,000 Russians and the capture o
much war material and railway rolling;
stock.
WIRELESS MESSAGES
FROM FAR NORWAY
Christiana, Friday, March 1. A n en
wireless station just erected at Stav
enger has succeeded in communicating
easily with American stations daring
trial. Regular trans-Atlantic service "
between Norway and the United Stated
will be started whengver the Ameri-
can government grams permission.
Stavanger is on an inlet of th
North Sea on the West coast of Nor
way and 100 miles south of Bergeiu,
From Stavanger to the nearest Ameri
can soil is about 3,300 miles.
HUME
AMERICANS
LIEUTENANT GRANT
SECRETLY MARRIED-
THE PRIZE VESSEL
Wife and Daughter Were
Prisoners
Spartanburg, S. C, March 2. Lieu
tenant U. S. Grant, the fourth, who
has been stationed at Camp Wads'
worth has been transferred to thel
ordnance department and left today:
for Washington. Before his depart
ure Lieutenant Grant announced that
he was married in SDartanbure on
"w October 4 to Miss Matilda Bartikot-
. e , sky, of New York City. The mar-
Captain or a ocooner and His riage had been kept secret, the groom
i prevailing upon the judge of probata
for this county, not to file it on tha
records until today.
Miss Bartikof sky arrived in Spar
tanburg' early on the morning of Oo .
tober 4 and was met at the station by :
Lieutenant Grant, who was at that
time a private. During the day they" :
Copenhagen, March 2. John Cam
eron, captain of the American schoon
er Beluga, his wife, Mary, and their
four-year-old daughter, Janita, of San were married by the probate juflge in
Bandits Rob Cashier.
Toledo, O.,; March 2. Four bandits
in a high-poWered automobile held up
and robbed, the paymaster - of the
Doehler Die-Casting Company of
$8,900 in cp.sh today, near the factory
in the wet- .era outskirts of the city.
The paymaster was returning from a
bank with the .cash. A guard who ac
companied him. was shot. The ban-
Schupp Signs Giants' Contract.
Louisville, Ky., March 2. Ferdi
nand Schupp, of Louisville, will again ; dits escaped in their car
be a'-member of the New York Na
tionals' pitching staff, according to
announcement here today. Schupp
recently announced that he had re-l
turned" his 191$ contract to Manager!
McGraw with a dema.na for an ad
vance in . salary. McGraw - came to
Louisville and conferred with Schupp,
who; it Is said unofficially, will re
ceive $10.00 0 for the season. -
COTTON BURNED.
Wagner, S. C, March 2. Approx
imately $100,000 worth of long
staple cotton was destroyed in a
fire which destroyed -a cotton ware
house here early this morning.
Francisco, were the only American
prisoners on board the Spanish steam
ship Igotz Mendi, which went ashore
on the Northern extremity of Jut
land, Denmark, while attempting: to
reach a German port. Captain Cam
eron says that the Germans fed and
treated all of the prisonej-s well until . NAVAL TUG MARINER
a. japaufBtj Huuetiesueu in escaping ai-I
ter which all were kept below for 28 1
days. v v
A German official statement of Feb
ruary 25 stated that the German aux
iliary cruiser Wolf had returned home
after 15 months in the Atlantic, In
dian and Pacific oceans.
A British admiralty communication
of the same date said that the Wolf
sank 11 ships and a number of sail
ing vessels. Later reports
his office at the court house and at..
6 o'clock that evening Mrs. Grant re
turned to her home in New York.'
Lieutenant Grant's age is given o$.
the marriage license as 24and Mrs.
Grant's as 22.
LOST IN HEAVY GALE
Washington, March 2. The naval" '
tug Mariner was lost in a heavy gale; -on
February 26, the Navy Department
today announced. All her officers ind
crew were rescued and taken to pdrtr
arriving yesterday.
The Mariner, formerly the Jack TV
Scully, of the Neptune Line, was tak-
showed en over by the navy last September
that the Igotz Mendi after her capture land commissioned at New York In De
last May wr placed in charge of a!cember, after repairs to the extent ofV
prize crew and a number of prisoners j $3,000. She was a wooden craft of ,
from the sunken vessels transferred 220 gross tons, 110 net, 109 feet long.
to her. The Igotz Mendi followed the
Wolf for four months until they were
separated south of Ireland. The Ger
man prize crew has been interned.
Ten Americans Captured.
Berlin, via London, March 2. Ten
Americans have been captured by the
Germans near Chavignon of the
French front, army headquarters announced.
and formely plied between New York
and Bangor, Me.
Bank Condition. "
New York, March 2. The actual
condition of clearing house banks and.
trust companies for the week shows
that they hold $12,510,810 reserve in
excess of legal requirements. This is
a decrease of $45,275,230 from last1
week. :
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