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ueATHER: . afld South Caro Nprobably local inV Monday, fair, (Older. FULL LEASED WIRE 5ERYICE XXIV. No. 6 1 VOL. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, r SUNDAY, MARCH 1 0, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS M G WAGES; n i.i am it l ii i ii II' n - .v i.i ii ii ii ) m m m a a m mm m a mmm m mmm mm I - I m MMffiS Nm: WMM HANS , ANNUKtliNI U N """" G mm American Troops Are Train- K! . O I. M Swiss Border flffMy ARTILLERY GROWING VICIOUS (Terrific Shell Fire is Poured on the Americans ivro Signal Men Displayed Great Bravery fllth the American Army In n-re March 8. American troops, Enf on a new sector near the' : border, have been under heavy Qardment hy the Germans for m days x iThis announcement is auccyMJu s Amencans. Druuaoiy lur mw tet time, may be fighting on Ger ... The Western front, for Lgt 50 miles north, from the Swiss Mtr, is in Germahi4erritory. The tjr Department at wasnmguin ax Uy night announced a casualty list i dead and 40 worn sd. The an- C(meiit did not asignate the Cof the casualties nor the sec- ts enemy artillerying reached a Wendo today and tonight. Despite Se terrific shell fire the morale, of Kg Sammies is excellent. . The American troops In this new wtor, the same as the forces on the Orleans' own front. In the St. pel sector, have no airplanes of leir own. . - The shelling of this position con tained throughout the day and only itased for a short interval this even- Two signal corps men distinguished iemselves by maintaining communi cation with the rear defenses despite fee fact telephone wires were re-. jeatedly broken. A Wire- was, torn pm. one of the men's hands by a ;iece of shell, but. the interruption :erer feazed lhern. When the sbell- x finally ceased they had their re- pi's completed. The bombardment on this sector ring the last two days has been ree or four times as heavy as it as on the St. Mihiel sector. This afternoon a big shell struck tarely on a dugout in which more fan 30 men were sheltered.- They lifted out and into another dugout, 3lj to have their new refuge dempl M by a shell a few minutes later. One German is known to have been pled to a patrol encounter In the sec- T occupied by Americans on the pmln des Dames front. It is prob- jtiethe enemy suffered other casual- p. There were no American losses. mRPENTERS STRIKE AT BRUNSWICK YARDS wick, Ga.. March 9. Work at Plant of the American Shipbuild- Company was completely tied up afternoon by a strike of 750 union J-Tenters. The walk out followed a jreement between the company rs ana rresiaent Sherod of the Pinters' union over the discharge one of the union workers. The 'urel Union alcn wont nit 4V. Via Wernment contracts. citor Norn's ThrMM AAA Vmm uo to Wilson to Get the Major ij"' N C, .March 9 Solicitor W t Xorris today declared his 10 carry the Peterson embez- "C ra . . FWa- Vr0 rresiaent wuson, n h th' "fPartment declines to turn L l"e Major to the civil authori- Jr PeterSOn i in romn TaVaAn KcterT ms caries on an un- irv :4Vl'orre8Pondence with the hiR -"1Ui"es wno will not ans- 'J on .rvlms. me army officer : -l I d o-mm "ii I T T I 1 - . Mmw slclley rights and the W .""J trouble is nohodv een a suggestion' that f Ul a Rt uviiig mure tu 'Son;R f;a e. than Canp Jackson. w. raav ha x is set for March 15. enl:. dlch 9. Failure of attmnt. Is cuM-.rHJd aain3t Boisprectre Heillon UN'S CASE MAY H THE PRESIDENT ''Cl&jlv k ' ''lounced tonlcht. ' V CzerninY Attitude" Toward Rumania. is Being Round- ' ly Condemned PUTS A PUNCH IN WAR PREPARATIONS United States Seems More Determined Than Ever to Push the War to a Sat isfactory Conclusion Washington, March 9. American government officials have abandoned, temporarily at least, the thought that Austria can be" weaned from Germany and a separate peace made with her. Count Czernin, relied upon as a hopeful prospective source for a sep arate peace, is now the object of con demnation in high quarters. One of the foremost officials tonight ex pressed his surprise and indignation at Czernin's recent highhandedness toward Rumania. His threat to par cel out part of Rumania to Hungary, and to break up the dynasty, if peace were not concluded, was character ized as one of the most astounding demands one civilized nation ever made upon another. News that Rumania had abandoned the peace negotiations '-came as no surprise. The German, terms were re garded the haughty demands of a strong nation with a hopelessly help less nation in its grasp. That Ger many will wreak vengeance on Ru mania for breaking the negotiations is deemed certain unless Rumania yields, as she probably will later. The government s viewpoint for the moment is that Austria's head Jias been turned by the Teuton "suc cesses" in the, near East recently. She has apparently, been, promised by Ger many that she shall have part; of the spoils which come out of Russia and Rumania, and having fed for three years on promises and disappoint mentsshe is manifestly becoming more brusque and uncompromising jto her weaker neighbors. The fact thfit Czernin has omitted thus far to re ply to President Wilson's last peace message is deemed significant of this new spirit. As matters now stand there is a stiffer war spirit here than at any time since the struggle started. Russian developments, far from dis couraging the capital and the nation, have put a determination and a punch into war work which has hith erto been more or less absent. And, if this new spirit is any criterion as towhat President Wilson will do, it is likely that furthei overtures to Austria will be lacking for some time. Germany's moyes in the near East continue to be unmasked, showing that her purpose is solely conquest. S. Nuortejre, a Finn, representing the provisional government of Fin land, declared today that Germany is acting in collusion with the reaction ary group in that country and that.4s talk of a request for intervention from the "government" means only the union of the Finnish and the Ger man "junkers." SMALLPOX PATIENT ON A RAMPAGE Mobile, Ala., March 9. Armed with a hoe, A, C. Anderson, of Theodore, Ala, crazed with smallpox, terrorized inmates of the Mobile county pest house today for several hours. Dr. S. F. Hale, was badly beaten and a patient is-, believed to be dying from fright. Anderson was finally " over powered by six police officers. ! Upon being placed in the pest house today Anderson became a raving maniac-He- drove" 7the hospital attend ants rom the building" and attacked the Inmates with a hoe. Dr.. Hale, who attempted to overpower the crazed man, was knocked -unconscious with a coffee pot. Andejreon then gathered some hay! on the housefloor and made an attemnt.to set the building on fire. When the -police, responding to v a riot call, arrived they found the place filled with smoke and the lire gain ing headway. Anderson defied them to enter. After nearly a half hour's battle the crazed man was 'overpow The fire was extinguished be- fore doing any serious damage to the building. f Anderson is ;, now confined ' in the a A AAitntv -fall linriftr a heaw i WIUU VI LIA uuuu. . iKuardv '--'" SEE WASHINGTON AGAIN Prospects Good for Extending Railroad From Southport to Fort Caswell OUTLOOK GLOOMY IFOR RIVER MONEY Simmons Will Do All He Can to Get Increased Appro priation, But Offers no Encouragement (By George H. Manning.) Washington, D. C, March 9.-tA party of Wilmington town and port boosters spent what they considered two very profitable days here Friday and today, and left for home tonight thoroughly satisfied with the results of their efforts and the outlook for improved conditions in Eastern North Carolina. In the party were Col. Walker Taylor, II. C. McQueen, M. W. Devine and M. J. . Corbett. On Friday they held a conference with General Goethals, quartermas ter of the Army, with relation to the establishment of a large concentra tion and embarkation camp at Fort- Caswell. They explained to him the advantages of Fort Caswell on ac count of its isolation and access to the ocean as an admirable place for concentrating American . troops and embarking them ior Europe. They felt convinced they had made a good impression on General Goethals and that there is more than a fair expec tation that the proposal will be car ried out. General Goethals, as quartermaster general, has charge of the equipment of troops before their departure, and their embarkation, and has consider able to say in regard to the point from which they shall sail. Today the party talked with offi cials of Director of " Railroads Mc- Adoo's bureau, in regard to extending the lines of the Wilmington, Bruns wick: &; Southport Railroad to Port Caswell. The same men who com posed this delegation, together with several others, were here about three weeks ago and received partial assur lances that the railroad would be ex tended and that' Fort Caswell would be put on the map. They found to day that the government has al ready begun the preparation of the plans for carrying out this railroad extension, and that in all probability actual construction of the railroad extension will soon bebegun. The delegation also talked with Senator Simmons, a member of the Commerce Committee which has charge of the rivers and harbors bill, to urge upon him the Importance Wil mington attaches to getting alarger A - Tt . . appropriation irom tjoDgress uns year for improving the Cape Fear river than is provided for in the river and harbor bill as reported to the House by the committee. The House bill provides $30,000 for maintenance r Cape Fear river at and below Wil mington, and $12,000 for maintenance and $40,000 for improvement of the river and locks and dams above Wil mington. Senator Simmons said it would be a very difficult task to ob tain increases in appropriation over the House bill this year, which fol lows closely the recommendations of the board of engineers, but that lie is fully jalive to the situation and will do his best to see tha Wilmington gets adequate funds for its waterway needs. Charged With plotting to Re store a Monarchy in Russia Petrograd, March 8. (night) The Grand Duke Michael, brother of thw former Czar, was arrested here af ter discovery of a German plot to re store the monarchy and place him on the throne. A number of Russian officers and Georgian Cavaliers also were arrests ed. The-plot is said to have been form ed when German occupation of Petro grad seemed imminent. - The Grand Duke is a prisoner in Smolny Institute. His part in the conspiracy is not known. The -Grand Duke Michael Alexan dre vitch is - 40 years old, 10 years vounrer than his brother the Czar. For 10 years before the outbreak ofl the war his name was-foremost in the royal scandal of Europe. His es capades including two morganatic marriages both of which were annull ed. Michael often openly opposed the German influence in the Russian Im joerial family.. . . - GRAND DUKE MICHAEL HAS BEEN ARRESTED JAPAN'S This Week Will Probably See Important Siberian De- velopments MIKADO'S ARMY IS READY FOR THE FIELD Oriental Ally is Ready to Plunge Into the Fray at trie First Sign of Consent by Her Allies Washington, March 9. The coming week will doubtless ee concrete de velopments as Japan's" course toward Siberian intervention. Indications about the Japanese and other Allied embassies today were that : an early decision is expected. This decision will be communicated to the United States' before interven tion is undertaken but the trend of indications was that Japan is even more anxious than a week ago to get into the world war with a military force in Siberia. Lord Cecil's state ment of the, German menace to Si beria and his advocacy, of Japanese action inclined some international students to believe .that he is paving the way for open British approval of an Intervention, already thoroughly decided on. Such approval, despite American lack of assent, is entirely possible and could be based on the ground- of necessity. Official information that Lenine is an actual German agent, plotting with Germany to stir up strife in the United States, Japan, and elsewhere, plus the reported resignation of Trotsky might, in fact, be seized by the British as justifying Japanese ac tion ait this time. The Japanese press and persons close to the Japanese embassy N are now stressing again the danger that Japan sees in the situation. This is taken as an indication that: Japan h9r. self is preparing for a step in - Sibe ria, which she, too, will labe 1 as based on necessity and potential dan ger to herself J , Japan is Well prepared for any ac tion now contemplated. Her army Is we)l developed and she is wellup plied. And her emphasis upon the danger from the Germans freed from Siberian prison camps, and her sug gestions of German air aggressions over Tokio, are regarded as straws showing that the wind is blowing to ward intervention. I. Thus far the Statg Department pro fesses to have notSTng as a guide to Japan's plans, though it was said sig nificantly today that the department doubted that any troops had been landed yet in Siberia, meaning ap parently that this step will not be taken without advance notice to the United States. GENERAL PERSHING PUZZLES GERMANS Unable to Prepare for Any Of fensive Americans Might Inaugurate SAMMIES ARE FOUND IN MANY POSITlbNS Germans Encounter Ameri can Troops on Both Ex tremes of French Front and at Points Between, too New York, Mar. 9. Occupation this week by American troops of a new sector of the French fiont near the Swiss border is a continuation of General Pershing's successful efforts to conceal the area of his forthcom ing offensive from the German gen eral staff. The alignment not only puts Amer ican troops on German soil in South ern "Alsace, but also puts them within possible striking distance of the Rhine, about 15 miles away. Von Hindenburg has now discovered Amer icans at both extremes of the .French front and at several places between. His plans for concentrations 6f re serves to meet " the V American offen sive must, In consequence, be Tn a dis organized condition. The' German militarists dictated pre liminary peace agreements this week to Rumania and " Finland,; making these countries German yessals. Ru mania's outlet to the Black Sea is now dependent upon Teutonic good Will, and the vast Dobrudja district has been separated from Rumania and made a ward of the Central Powers. Bulgaria's claim to Dobrudja, which she lost during the last Balkan war; has not been recognized by the Ger- Louisville, Ky., March 9 Ad vices received here are to the ef fect that fifteen persons -were kill ed and more than " 100 ' injured, some seriously, when the walls of an adjoining building collapsed and crashed down upon a moving picture theatre at Winchester, Ky. Rescuers were said to be at work removing victims from the debris. MO POST FOR THIS STATE Network of Motor Routes to Be Operated by Postoffice Department (Special .to The Dispatch.) Washington, D. C.rMarch 9. The United States Postoffice Department has definitely determined upon the network of motor truck parcel post routes that will re put in operation in North Carolina. The routes have been inspected and there is an univer sal demand for the service according to statement made G3y by -a post-office- official. A bushel of apples, a basket of to matoes,, or a crate of eggs may soon be traveling over these motor truck routes, pictured the Postoffice Depart ment man. The links in the North Carolina chain of motorized parcel post routes are thus itemized by the department: From Raleigh to Cheraw, S. C; Winston-Salem to Charlotte; Statesville to Concord; Greensboro to Salisbury; Lynchburg to Salisbury; Charlotte to Camden, and Camden to Columbia. The routes vary in length from 50 to 125 miles. NINE PERSONS KILLED IN RAID ON PIS Many Enemy Planes in Raid. Fri'fcrh Planes Gave Them Battle Paris, March 9. Nine persons were killed and 39 injured in last night's raid over Paris, it was official ly announced tonight. Between 10 and 12 enemy squad rons participated, successively, in the raid. They approached the city by way of the Oise and Mare valleys. Sixty-one French airplanes ascend ed to meet th German fleets and stopped the greater number of them before they reached the city. Many of the bombs dropped by these planes that did reach Paris did no material damage. ' French airplanes bombarded enemy camps at the same time the raid on Paris was underway. mans. Distrust -evidently prevails at Berlin concerning Bulgaria's future attitude. After displaying this spirit of ar rogance toward a former ally the Germans brusquely adopted an atti tude in , Finland that has given seri ous offenses to Sweden the only na tion among the European neutrals that has shown friendship for German. As payment for having placed their dip lomatic corps at Germany's disposal, they have now been humiliated by having been wholly 1,-rnored in Ger many's settlement of4he Finnish ques tion. Von Hindenburg sent an army Into Finland this week and with its aid set up a paper government, Thl3 government has ' signed a document curta'Iing Finland's soverignty n-l recognizing Ge;manr as the suzerain rower. The week's deelopinents'Tn Russia have increasingly suown that Ger iiany will not be able to make a pai-e agreement .of lastir.-s: value with (be Bolsheviki. There are indications that, a new revolutionaiy government may (ome into pover inRussia at aLy time. He woaM be a shortsighted statesman who should now advocate retaliation against Russia for drop ping out of the war. The American government, maie claar this week its disapproval of a Japanese expedition into Siberia. ' "Ja Iin's European a'Hes have shovn more consideration ior- the Japanese point of vie v.- But; since the' Al lies have tactically agreed to recog nize President Wilson's leadership in the diplomatic offensive for cause of international democracy, the Pres!-Jo-t's views on he Siberian question slotf Id be fina'. i is' risking less to assume the Germans cannot develop a military movement' in Siberia than to take chances tnat the influence of uehtern democracy on Russia wUi withdraw the shoo of Japanese or9 rass on Russia vi soli. THE ffiENCi 01 I Gill PUBLICATION-: : THE SHIP BUIL FINALLY Thirty-one Ships Turned Out During January and February BUT THE REAL WORK lb ISOW.UNDE1RW AY1 More Than 700 Ways in 1 32 Yards Completed or Be V ing Constructed Re organization Likely T Washington, March' 9. Thirty-one ships 190,400 tons were completed during January and February for Am erica's merchant fleet, the Shipping Board announced tonight. In the present month 35 more with an ag gregate, of 220,951 tons Will be placed in service. Although the number of launchings was disappointingly low in view of rosette statements made last fall, of ficials of the United States Shipping Board believes the ship building pro gram has hit its stride at least. The snipping board is directing its efforts "how at completing the more than 700 ships ill. the 132 yards under operation . by the government". "Of 'this 1 number;; 27 can be. considered as Sen- wiv3,jgif, oinc utey were esjanusar ed since April, 1917. Chairman Hur ley reported the new yards average 65 per cent, completed. '. "I don't like to deal in possibili ties," Chairman Hurley said tonight.. "I like actual figures. But I believe the output of ships during the last half of this year will more than double that of the first half. Our expecta tions for production for the first two months were not ralized but the work has progressed this month to a point where we feel an estimate of thirty five launchings is decidedly conserv ative." It was reported in authoritative cir cles here that further house cleaning is to take place soon in the govern ment yards. One official was quoted as having said many of the yards were carrying "deadwood" as officials and and that such incompetency must go. While none would predict how far the re-organization would go ,it is known the loping off of heads' will take place first in the yard construction branch of tfie service. The 185 ship caulkers employed in ship yards in the Seattle district were standing together on their refusal to permit the importation of additional men into that section. Vice Chair man Piez, of the United States Ship ping Board, reported tonight. Offi cials of the Shipping Board believe the men who are blocking the com pletion of the wooden ships around Seattle will soon agree to let the work be pushed. Representatives of the Shipping Board have been tefifflew ing the men personally and it is be lieved the "unpatriotic attitude" they haye assumed will be changed with out coercions PROHIBITION FIGHT IN NEW YORK STATE Albany, 1ST.- Y., March 9. The pro hibition fight in the New York State Legislature will approach its climax Monday when Senate hearings are held on two dry bills. One of the measures calls for war time prohibition. The other provides a dry amendment for the State con stitution.. Ratification of the Federal prohibition amendment is also com? ing up. Governor Whitman is determined to veto the, bills now pending calling for a referendum on . prohibition. This bill' is the wets' strongest card. Through it they hoped to send the liquor issue to the polls. On all wet and dry issues the drys claim 24 votes in the Senate, where 26 are needed :to win, and 78, or over half the membership in the assembly. SENATOR GOUGH ON STATE PRISON BOARD (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, N .C March 9. Governor Blckett today appointed Senator Frank Gough, of Lumbertpn, member of the State Prison Board, to succeed C. B. Armstrong, of Gastonia, who has resigned. Senator Gough was a member of the 1917 upper House. DING PROGRAM STRIKES ITS STRIDE i. mm System of Announcing Castx j ality Lists Gave E nemy i j, Much Information NAMES WITHOUT ADDRESSES GIVEN A Deleted List of Names Post ed Order Was Issued UpOtt - Request of the rench Gov-J If : ernment v the French government was the basis publication of home addresses of ck i uttii. nolo, vU-iei. ui oiau iuai v;u jj- t -i vealed tonight. ' ". The fact, hidden last night when ttfo&i , order become known, was passed on ' ment was taken at once.- The Pub- yjt 1;,, . lie Information Committee refused . Jt&4 w t day to handle the deleted lists, so the,-. r ' ., department undertook to publish the1-?;! i) i !r lists itself. The lists for the past twoMJJi J days were followed tonight by a list ViVj of 16 dead and 40 wounded the largjjftfi 't est single casualty report to date. ' - .' ; France objected to the form of' the', .-j aouaii auuyuiiVCUiciiis uciMTrvo , made, General March explained,. on - t the ground that it furnished informa- . ; , ' tion to the enemV. The French 3aid i the system of mentioning the date; ot;'r) action and the cause of death such -as "gassed" gave the Germans " j.ust. " what they wanted to know the ro- ' suit of an attackrand a basis for khow-fj'; ing what to do next time. The Ark- - i ; ; action connected he. whole thing up.!; for -the -Germans, some douot was lft njj.tn whether th TTVftnp.h ai?tiftttr & requested elimination of home ; Wit: aresses. . . - , w i J Mflrr.h nnnpnTfid in flift, nrPR Jo ek--' - up Pershing Jn the, niatter ' on t tbAz i ground of patriotism. And he pointf : : ed out that France does not publisbj : any lists, merely having the mayor of : a city or town inform tlje relatives' of 't i th- deceased. , "; i- Committee on Public Information members still insisted that the Hsts3:: now given out would be identified tb-: C,".: a greater or lesser, extent in the men!r .'.'i'. ; home towns, and that local pape'rs :i itt a. . . 1 tTTl.i 9r tV Tirrrl. t nit Ti .1 nt. 1 .4 I lwf.it nuuiu uiiui lauts nutvu rr uuiu ii!B. .-.ri , the enemy as much or more.nforma' ) tion than the dlHBtem- of uDlish4 jji 1 ing the address from Washington; J - ! Senator New introduced a resoliiv ;S J . t tion asking the department to state the authority upon which it acted, but ' : he could not get consideration of th ' resolution today. V ' ', i The War Department announced that next of kin would be promptly no-. r tified of casualties and said that per sons with kin whose names were sim ilar to those printed in the deleted Pf i list could rest assured of the safety of their soldier men if they' had no, d-V partment announcement quickly.' " The latest casualty list is given herewith: - , Killed in action: Captain Harry C,y' McHenry,. Corporal Dean Parish, Ser- i I geant Walter J. Porscid, Privates: Al- .. I, berf E. Foschler, Edward Nash, Glen"? . Ed. Pederson, Clifford J. Worden; Cof-i"! poral Donald H. MacRae, Sergeairt t James W. Weddiner: Prl vatea A Raah - . - Davis, Bryon Kan Raiden, Guy O. Wor? i ? ley, John F. Ellis, Russell L. Selix, El-- '; :- mer James McDonough; Sergeant I Alva F. Eaton. , x L ! Those wounded in action are: 86?$ V.- ' ond,. Lieutenant Alex. W. Terrell, Prig .i1f;..!f! vate Mofford T. Breese, Corporal Marv" j " 1 vln Dunn, Corporal Lewis Allyn . Si- mons, Corporal Lewis E. Deltz, Fp vate Raymond L. Closson, PrlTate;s;;h! Dan P. Bracelin, Fred A. Pintz, Mf j.: ;j rell B. Rlsson, Robert L. Clausen,. IrjCvn;!; J. Rogers, William T. Smith; Ray C.y2: Walden, .Arthur M. Shorten, Jerry jw; Nichultz, John Vomacka, Emit FJ'.. . j Kraft, Louis Holmes Lawrence Wen ' j ell, Joseph Cltchowskl, Fred S. Becfe ' j: er, Burton, M. Baker, Ernest J. Roon ey, Leo J. Miller, Clarence W. Daw son; Sergeant Pearl Edwards, Pri-' vates James F. Albert, Glenn H. Cray,' : t Aipm uerneK, Arcnie t. ivinaig, jnas.' w. MCLiaugnun, sjoob. unaries uaniei son, Privates Walter G. Smith, Otto.r M. Swanlurd. Kenmore Thorsen. Hur-S a i r n i t t i a w I m John McGurl, Sergeant Raymond" Quia . Ian, Private Nicholas McQhaghran. - The following five deaths from nat-;; ural causes also were reported Ifirst, Lieutenant George Adelbert Ward;? Privates William Flyall, Dock Max-I well, Joseph H. Tremblay and .Ser. ; geant Samuel Torance. Jt: ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO FORM CABINETS Madrid, March 9. King Alfonzo ht entrusted Garcia Pria with the rftcoar. : i structlon of the cabinet. ' ;.:-hv Resignation of the Spanish cabi&eft- was announced yesterday. mi ... - ft: 1 -f(. -ill ';t it It if "- 1 't . 'I i-'
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