North Carolina Newspapers

y,,..' PAGETHIl WEATHER. - t . h and South Car Fair tonight, ex !in .-In jxtreme east $.n: much colder; i.MaV- fS"" - XXIV. No 58.1 4altea i u.yj - Wednesday to Straignten Out the Lines - - y l x .-"I- s-i nUpS FEATURING vv ON OlntK rKuma Trench rvaias m ic Grow in Frequency With Both Sides Participating. Germans Active Tith the cessation of the German " dodIq tniHtarv nnprft- 7.1. in the European war fields are S confined to trench raids, artil- bombardments and corollary .prial activities. Both sides are muiuoi. cubuj tP in the newly developed raiding attics in which tue luuucij ij. o Lit 'employed by way of prepara- and Support. 1U jroiman a- hnwever, were somewhat more treressive than usual during the last jMjoun, according to the indications j. the official reports which reveal thrusts by German troops virtually all along the line irum iwuuwb lu wo Tosges. ,The artillery fighting along the French lines centered chiefly In the v.rdmi resion, where it was accom- fmied by raids which the French re posed. BOniDaranienuj aisu uao uj- Cjrred at various points m jjurraiuo, tat there is no mention of the Amer- ifn sectors in this district having ten further driven at by the German Infantry- v The German advance into Hussia ms suspended on TuesdayrPetrograd dispatches declare, and its resump tion on Wednesday appears . to have leen only to accomplish the consoli dation of the German line delineated to the peace treaty along-the Estho- lian aml.Llvonian borders. Addresses made at a Soldiers' and Workmen's meeting in Moscow indl cate that there is a full 'understand tog among the leaders of the' Russian masses, at least of the nature ot. the peace Germany has exacted from the Bolshevik government. One of the soakers edclared the new frontiers raatitute "a ring of iron around rev' iMonary Russia." which Germany mended to crush through her eco nomic demands. ENEMY RAIDS AT VERDUN REPULSED Paris. Wednesday, March 6. Ger Mn raids on the Verdun front last ight were repulsed by the French 3e Tar office announces. The com umcation follows: Rather heavv artillery occurred in regions of Cormicy and Rheims. t night, the Germans made raids mst our trenches at Avocourt wood ' northwest of Hill 344 (Verdun front). Our fire everywhere checked &e assailants and prisoners, lnclud m aR officer, remained in our hands. Our lines were bombarded Inter mittently today in the region of Avo-. tort and north of Douaumont. At times there was heavy artillery firing various points in Lorraine and Ai sace. On Panes Werp hrnncVit An-arn Vv rmr Ti- and two bv thp. firft of nnr anti- 'ircraft guns. Macedonian frnnt- Thoa wna TP.. peal artillery activity west of Lake "Wan in thf Porno VQT onl refill nf "onastir." OVERMAN BILL WINS IN THE FIRST TEST Yashin j.. . -o", luai I. .rt.UillI.Lll 3 Li a- , - - v " Ull JIX 111 3 W .JJ 'treneth in o i T..jtnv.r Uon? when the Overman bill, i5n by President Wilson to give nd ater Powers in co-ordinating lopnt.6 '0rganizing government depart- -bennies uunng me war. ID tn n il. .i. L s lOTfj, w 1 iue committee vorea of Ml. a solution by Senator Reed, , Missouri . . . , ifyg , cujucrat, to nave mem Mttee f cabinet inform the com lary ot leSislation believed neces WrJ ?esirabIe- Three Republi- eteat, . Jinea seven Democrats, fclhe. resolution. kiv , iacon regarded the vote as of action on the mittP . dbure or settlement of the T-Y- Senatn (-uniroversy over the bill, on noting for the Reed reso- 'eu omitn, of Georgia. ... Conferees Darfuu., V Vdh?' Marcb 7.-Conf'erees on --isiration's railroad control were Hdoii j quests . Loaay over 7and w-i ate makinS author ed for ti early agreement was r;.' tlle delay may prevent the fee!s befneport from reaching Con- C ADVAMC 0 uext week. v "f . Has Actld as a Leaven on Po litical Life of Dual Empire v OFFERS BASIS FOR PEACE DISCUSSION It is Argued That the Presi dent Proposals Should "Not Be Cooly or Con temptuously Rejected New York March 7. President Wi!- sno s address to congress early m January in which he defined 14 con ditions for world wide peace, has act ed like a leaven in the political life of Austrian-Hungary and the condi tions are reverted' to over and ove again as a possible or concrete basis for negotiations as appears from the discussions in the German newspapers of the latter part of January now re ceived here. ,1 x The President's proposals also have received considerable attention in Ger many. The papers- rthere explain the favorable echo the proposals have evoked in Austria by stating that the objectionable fparts of the Plresident's adress do not; &ppiy to Auattia as vn ily as theT do to Germany; , - Various members 6rtfie ' Austrian House of Deputies declared in the budget committee of .that- body- that it was a mistake to rejejet the Wilson proposals cooly and contemptuously. They expressed the belief that even at the present time, it should be pos sible to reach an understanding with the Western powers and referred to the contrast between the peace views of the politicians and of the military. A Polish deputy in a peace debate in the Austrian House on January 22 rejected tne iaea mat uermany nau saved Austria, Bulgaria, and Turk ay Germany would not have been able to fight off her enemies. General Arz vvon Straussenberf chief of the Austrian general staff, in an ' interview in the Vienna Socialist organ, the Arbiter Zeitungexpressed the hope that it would be possible to convince labor that the army command was not placing any-obstacles in the path of peace. He said the desire for peace was general and that no one contemplated annexations. Labor he said, may be assured that there is a sincere; intention to conclude peace as early as possible, but th3 people would have to be patient a lit tie while, longer. FINNISH -CAMPAIGN STIRS UP CRITICISM Amsterdam, March . Intervention by Germany in Finland and the conse quent ill feeding against Germany m Sweden Is criticised severely by in dependent Socialists and progressive members of the Reichstag, a Berlin dispatch says. Baron von Dem Buss-che-Haddenhausen, under secretary of foreign affairs, in reply, said that Sweden no longer raised objections to Germany's action, which was ' taken in response to jippeals for help from Finland. The occupation of the Aland islands as a base, he said, had not yet taken place. WANTS POWER TO SELL ANY ALIEN PROPERTY Washington, March 7. Congress was asked today by A. Mitchell-Palmer, alien property custodian, for leg islation empowering him to sell any enemy property in the United States within his discretion. Such legisla tion attached to the urgent deficiency appropriation bilj was requested by Mr. Palmer, before the Senate appro priations, committee, in supplement ing President. Wilson's recent request for authority to Acquire legal title to the German .wharves and property at Hoboken, N.J. Cost System for Motor Truks. New York,- March 7, The adoption of a standard, operating and cost sys te mformotor trucks is to be one of the important subjects taken up at the National" Truck Owners' Confer ence, which met today at the Waldorf Astoria. The conferenc will continue its sesriona over - tomorrow and ffet ur.dar. . 1 MIT A ESS HA E IN WILMINGTONNORTH !r M S - , . te Welcoming members of the Rainbow Division as they marched through the villages and countryside their way to their quarters at Base Camp No. 1, France. ., WOULD BREAK UP Plan to Destroy Outposts of German Kultur United States in PALMER ASKS POWER TO SELL PROPERTY Committee Readily ' Adopts Suggestion of Alien Prop erty Custodian Mil- , lions Involved Washington, March 7. Plans Viraolr iiti tTna vast Ti nlrli n C5 rf to .Ger- uuu. up o l man interests in the United States and place them in other hands so that after the war they cannot con tinue to be what have been charac terized as outposts of German kultur in America, ere presented to Con gress today by A. Mitchell Palme the alien property custodian, and unanimously approved by the Senate appropriations committee. Mr. Palmer asked, and the commit tee agreed, that legislation should be attached to the urgent deficiency bill empowering him to sell these proper ties to any private interests but not to the United States government the proceeds to be held in the treas ury until after the war. ' Whether the German owners would receive the money would be determined by the peace terms.' American property in Germany, the committee was told, is subject to such action. Like treatment of German property in the 'United States, Mr. Palmer told the committee, would hamper Germany and help the United States 'Win the war. The committee, by a party vote, however, with Republicans opposing, also approved an amendment to au thorize the President to take legal title to the German steamsnip piers and property at Hoboken, N. J. The Republicans opposed it, fearing that it might lead to government owner ship and operation of shipping facili ties after the war. In taking over other enemy prop erty and selling it, under the provi sion agreed upon today, the" price would be fixed by the alien property custodian. The valire of German property sub ject to such disposition -would run into the hundreds of millions. A GERMAN WARNING TO NEUTRAL STATES Amsterdam, Wednesday, March S. In an obviously inspired article, the semi-official Norddeutsche - All'gemine Zeitung warns neutral States in con nection : with the negotiations by the United States to acquire neutral ton nage and argues that vessels so ac-: quired assume a hostile character and j mut be treated as such, no matter j whether the tonnage is employed with in or without the barred zone. The j paper contends that such transfer of ! tonnage by neutrals is tantamount toj Indirect participation by neutrals' in economic war against Germany and; involves serious danger or compuca tons, "as already shown in the history of the United States during the pres ent war." - It adds that participation by neu trals ' in sueh negotiations ' is an "act hardlx consonant with neutrality, GERMAN HOLDINGS IN THIS COUNTRY (j0 as FULLEipTRE.Syi.CEi CAROLtNA THURSDAY, MARCH 7, J 9 fa. FRANCE SEESJHE RAirEOW AFTER Copyright, committee on Public information, Underwood & Underwood DEPARTMENT ADOPTS SIX JIVISION PLAN Basis for Organizing Ameri can Armies in Europe is ' Outlined Washington, March 7. Based upon the three line method of trench war fare evolved in France, the War De partment, it was learned today, bas approved a plan of organization which fixes six divisions. Three or more corps will constitute a field army and . the immediate pur- Tpose pfthdejwr tne organization oi tne nrst neicl army in France in the shortest possible time to give General Pershing the strength to hold a fully "Americanized" sector of the front. The plan leaves to Gen eral Pershing the determination of the numbers of corps and the number of field armies needed and also author izes him to recommend commanders for the higher units. By the six division army corps will occupy a front sector with two divi sions, wniie two replacement or re inforcement lines of two divisions each will back them up. The effect is to produce the line of depth necos sary for the type of warfare now in progress. F A Tells Russian People the At titude of United States Toward Them Vologda, Russia, Wednesday, March 6. In a public statement to 'the peo ple of Vologda today, on the interna tional situation as it affects Russia, David R. Francis, the American Am bassador, said: "America has no plans or desire3 for territorial conquest in Russia. While the present government has never been formally recognized by my government or any of the Allies,-both Premier Lenine and Foreign Minister Trotzky are aware, because I so ad vised them, that I had ' recommended to my government that it recognize any government the Russian people might select and would also earnestly urge that material assistance be ren dered to such government, provided that it would continue the war against the Central Powers. . "The success of Germany would re sult in the loss by the Russian people of all the liberties they have gained by the revolution. Conequently, the free peOple of the United States sin cerely hope that the severe terms of the separate peace imposed by Ger many wil lnot be ratified by the Rus sian people." ANOTHER RUSSIAN TOWN FALLS. London, March 7. The Germans have captured Jamburg, east of Narva, while the Turco-German of fensive Is continuing beyond Trcb izond, 'says a Russian official agency dispatch received here to day. . This, action, adds the state ment is despite the official an nouncement by the German high command " that hostilities againct Russia have ceased. ; AMBASSADOR RANCIS SUES STATEMENT THE STORM on E Charged With Murdering Man and Wif e Carried to . Raleigh for Safety Winston-Salem, N. C, March Napoleon Spencer, colored, 18, 7. was arrested, at midnight last night at the home of his father, Henry Spen cer, In the eastern part of this city, on a charge of being the murderer of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hester, the white couple shot and killed late Tuesday afternoon at their home, two A NEGRO ARRESTED IN WINSTON MURDER CAS miles east of this city.: The canturet' "?,V"r was menty ior-;tnosa or spenqer was maae - . by aw oi-jfcfiw aaa money iOtay ror lt- Mit-arXnTeior:6Tico Thomas, who did not bring their prisoner to the city, but instead hurried him through the country in an automobile, where he was being . taken to the State prison near Raleigh. This ac tion was deemed advisable, owing t& the sentiment prevailing in the com munity. Spencer, who has the rep utation, was found in bed by the offi cers with a 38-calibre pistol under his pillow. While the evidence against him so far is circumstantial, it is re garded as strongly incriminating Spencer was seen by various people in the vicinity, of the Hester home Tuesday afternoon, and it is charged had fired his pistol several times. He also answers the description given by two white men on the Byerly Farm of the man seen leaving the Hester home after the shooting COURT AUTHORITIES AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS Raleigh, N. C, March 7. Solicitor E. Herbert Norris of the Seventh Ju dicial District today stated he would make no further move to have Major George L. Peterson brought back to North Carolina, to stand trial on a charge of embezzling more than seyen thousand dollar's of State funds until Peterson has been arrested at Colum bia, where he is now serving in the quartermaster's department at Camp Jackson. As soon as Major Peterson is taken into custody by the South Carolina authorities requistion papers will be issued and an officer will be sent to Columbia to bring him bac to Raleigh. Mr. Norris wired General Mclver, commandant at Camp Jackson, last night requesting that Peterson be turned over to the authorities and fur ther asked that Major Peterson be not granted a leave of absence. No re ply to this message had been receiv ed at noon today. SPEAKER CLARK 68 YEARS OF AGE Washington, March 7. Speaker Clark celebrated his 68th birthday to day, ' receiving the congratulations of hosts of friends and being the guest of. the Missouri delegation at luncheon. - a Former Speaker Cannon told the House he hoped Mr. Clark would live to be 100 years and then "run a foot race intellectually , and physically." Speaker Clark responded character istically and the House applauded and cheered as the speeches began and ended. Burns' Detective Held. New, Orleans, March 7. Albert Bourgeois, Southern manager of the Burns Detective Agency, was held at a police station here today upon or ders of Chief of Police Moon ey, pend ing investigation by Federal author! ties. Bourgeois registered severa . weeks ago under the enemy iien act as a citizen of Germany. No forma charge was made. against him and the authorities declined to state the rea- sea. XpxJiia. detention. . ill 111 i i fTTIrara Food is Scarce. But Under Strict Rationing There is a Sufficiency An Atlantic Port, March 7. l5ue to better system of food distribution and more rigid control of food sun- plies by means xrf ration cards, the last winter in Germany was not so severe on the poor people as was the previus winter, according toTtfiss Eliz abeth MpCann, an American who with her three sisters arrived here today on a Danish steamship. Thev left Germany last December, site said, aft er residing in that, conntrv for 14 years and were on their way to make their home in Philadelnhia. . "The people are hoping for peace to j an enemy trench and captured him. come soon," Miss McCann said. "IiThe colonel with an American captain do not believe there will be an upris ing of any consequence as long as the war lasts, for Germans apparently have every confidence they will win. We made our home in Hamburg and we were practically interned from the day America entered the war. "The German people know America has joined the other nations against them, but they seem to believe what they have been told hat enough American soldiers to help the Allies to any extent wil not be able to crosa the Atlantic." Two other Americans on the ship? who left Germany the same month, were Mr: and Mrs. Fred Rente, of Detroit. Mrs. Rente, who was representative at Schoneberg, a town near Magdeburg, for an Ameri can manufacturing company, said that rood was scarce and -closely rationed, V.. X AW. 11. . . ANOTHER CADET FALLS TO " nc atm Fort Worth, Texas, March 7. Bur ton Hurlbut, Royal Flying Corps, ca det, whose mother lives at Prescott, Ont., was killed this morning, when he tried to make a landing. He was flying with an instructor at the time. The latter, in the back seat, escaped uninjured. Hurlburt is the thirty-sixth cadet killed here. DEATH OF REDMOND ALMOSUDISASTER His Influence Was All Im portant in Trying to Set tle Irish Questions London, March 6. The death of John Redmond at the moment vh?v: the convention which is to settle the future of Ireland is having its most momentous sessions, is considered in political circles to be almost a disas ter. During the weeks which the Irish convention has been busy trying to find a solution to the Irfsn -problem, to which he gave his life, Mr. Redmond exercised a great moderat ing influence and if, as dispatches from Dublin say, there is again a prospect of agreement, he must be given a great measure of credit for this state of affairs. In fact, since he took over the lead ership o fthe Irish Nationalists Mr. Redmond has been among those Irish men who fought for a settlement of the home rule question by parliamen tary means and when the act grant ing self-government finally became a law in 1914 it was a great triumph for him. The war prevented the act from being put info force and while this was a great disappointment to Mr. Redmond he nevertheless stood by the English government, or, as he would haye preferred to say, "the English democracy," in which he had great confidence and which he always! said would see that Ireland received justice. His speech in the House of! Commons supporting the govern ment's decision to enter the war be cause of the invasion of Belgium by Germany greatly enhanced his reputa tion in England, where he had been always popular and respected and gained many converts for the cause which he championed. The Irish convention adjourned for two hours today when it heard or Mr. Redmond's death- Later it passed a resolution of soTrow which said: Throughout the proceedings of the convention his wise counsel was an Invaluable aid for our guidance. ' He regarded the work of the convention of the Red Cross persons are not al and ittr outcome as fraught with the lowed to- -contribute packages fox" most vital interests of the Irish peo- transmission: overseas unless the pack Die and the -whole emrfre " aeres contain ciearettes or tobacco.- : ) . r Ann ISIBLjEiOlEOJCC . PRICE Fl American Officer Runs Acrosi ill 111 Lerman Lieutenant and V ri n ... m... . r ' 'MiW ormgs mm oacK ANOTHER RAIDING t ' PARTY DRIVEN (ftF Americans Refuse to Let -r Enemy Enter Trenches -Patrol Squad Spent Night iti- a Shell Hole S With the American Army in France;" Wednesday, March 6. An American), staff colonel while with a French raid4: ing party for the purpose of securing: information a few days before his men took up their positions in the new American sector on the Lorraine front, met a Prussian lieutenant in brought the Prussian officer back to the lines the Americans are now occuv pying. The German raid in this new sectcf occurred Monday night, a sharp fight & taking place in which the Germans suffered a repulse, with losses.- ; In it a unit which was among the .most recent arrivals displayed the custom ary American fighting energy and ajK parently gave the enemy a much! warmer reception than h expected. .: The American troops here are train ing with French troops as at th? Chemin-Des-Dames postlon. This) makes, the third American force no facing the enemy. ' ' -v During several days of the Ameri can service here, the casualties be been extraordinarily slight' as the sec tor is one of the quietest. The lihe$ are far apart and the position is held 4 b7-strag The Prussian lieutenant's capturaJ v was, the first instance of an "'enemy fj.-; otneer being taken prioner by the Am I s ericans and also the first occasion up on which an American officer had cap tured either an enemy officer or- soldier in this sector. An American patrol comprising one) f officer and eight men which had been 's missing since last night in the sector?; , northwest of Toul, suddenly emerged from a shell hole close to the German 1 lines today and made a dash across ;f No Man's Land, without a shot being nred at tnenr. Another Raid Repulsed. Paris, March 7. An official stats IS ment issued today by the French Wail h .'t.. a'-U . . m : fi l man raiding forces on trenches held by Americans in a new sector of Lor-1 raine says: ' "North of the Cti"emin-Des-Dame8 j and easts of Courcy, French troops.'' conducted successful raids on thd ) German trenches and brought bacslii about 20 prisoners. '; t "On the right bank of the riveC Meuse, there was violent artillefSf fighting in the region of Caurieres and Chaume woods. At the last mention ed Diace the Oprmans vPstrdiM-'' I morning delivered an attack but I ' were repulsed after spirited fighting. "Another German attack at Cheva : liers wood was completely checked by t ' the French and we took some pris-n oners. - f j In Lorraine a German raid OttS . .... . m . U trencnes nem oy American troops, was repulsed. Patrols of our allies operating in this region took somfll prisoners. . ' ':M "In the Vosges, the enemy mad several vain attempts to reach' thai rencn lines. PROHIBITION AND WOMAN SUFFRAGE r? . Chicago, March 7. Nation-widi nrohibition and woman sufrrar irtlE f ' be the leading planks in the platfornt of the new National party which ;rsj sumed session of its first national,! convention here today, augmented bf more than 100 delegates who bolted I the Prohibition party late yesterday when that party deadlocked over :irni ' proposed merger. The adoption of a t , platform was expected some time toJ day. - ."' I The Red Cross and the National f ' administration were scored from ths floor by Mrs. Frances Beauchamp, of I J Lexington, Ky., today, in an addreSw Mrs. Beauchamp attacked the Red f Cross for" Its policy of encouraging; the sending of tobacco to soldiers and; alleged it is unwittingly the tool the American Tobacco Company. Shs j asked the convention to appeal to tb.6 ! administration to prohibit this policy. : She said that under the present policy. I t w - - i, it. hit i1 : $ 1 it I i5 4 s'- m1 a ,' mm- Hi, ill ma Si'f.f. ' I i I -,: f:' r ... jr. V 1 I -1 'S i II kf3 mi m i : 1 1 it i: rr f : i