4 " WEATHER: North and South Caro lina Probably rain tonight and Thursday. Coo'. '3 VOL. XXIV. No. 85 But at Any Hour the Storm May Again Break 'on the Plain of Picardy THE ALLIED RESERVE ARMY STILL INTACT British and French Confident That Enemy Will Make No Serious Breaks Point of Next Blow. Military operations are almost at n. standstill on the more than 60-mile front from Arras to Chauny, but it is an ominous calm. At anyHaour the ?torm of battle, quiescent for two iays, may again beat madly over the plain of Picardy. Their great attack -stemmed and their countless efforts to find a weak point in the, Allied line repulsed with heavy losses, the German leaders probably are preparing for another plunge toward Amiens. Where the next stroke will come is uncertain, but the Albert-Montdidier section of the battle line may be selected, un less the Germans, convinced that it impossible to look for victory on ifher side of the Somme, attempt to break through at some other point on the line, where, until now, it has been comparatively quiet. The cessation of the German on slaughts i3 welcomed by the British and French who are busy preparing i or the next great effort after. , their victorious defense against the stupen dous enemy drive. Both armies are confident that the, German efforts to varate the British and French will continue to prove fruitless. There is- rxyich significance in the anno'jncemeflt that'The Allied reserve p-rjy i. still intact. This is the army f maneuver of which General Foch ; H immediate command and which it vas thought might be used in a couhr '?; offensive. Meanwhile more than lvooQ American soldiers, eager for th? fray, are marching toward the front. It is announced that' American aivation mechanics have been assist ing the British airmen on the battle front. Tuesday the Germans made no at ."ks either North or South of the Somme. Near Sarre, North of Albert, 1 r-1- ; i "u n small opera tion and captured an enemy post, in ii" k:i me artillery bombardment "as heavy between Montdidier and Noyon while further East German de , faohrnent3 were driven back from the Oise. Small attacks haev been repulsed by the French in the Woevre and in T';tpor Alsace. In Flanders there has bern "rily the usual artillery activity: . f: rr.i; 7! guns have been bombarding v.t pran 5-rtor North wept, of Toul heavily. Inclement weather is : : n j,' operations on the Italian front and the artillery activity is slight. I DAILY CASUALTY LISTJSJJSPENDED War Department Awaits Defi nite Information on Baker's New Order. . -Washington, April 3. Major Gen eral March, acting chief of staff, to day directed that issue of the daily casualties here be suspending pend ing definite interpretation from Sec retary Baker as to whether it is for- FIGHTING IS -ALMOST AT A STANDSTILL ON IK WgSflSRN FRONT : . ; bidden by his new order providing j Fourteen' cities and towns which per fct General Pershing's headquarters j mltted the sale of liquor did not "hall issue all news relating to thfti change, and nine dry places rema.ned troops in France. , so. A The War Department does not be- lieve the order is intended tp preclude Chica? April 3. Results of tJ iwuing these lists in Washington and ship local option elections in, Illinois exnect tn rpsnmp them as soon as Secretary Baker confirms his under standing of the crdev. ' Officials here see no reason why Publication of casualties through the "ar Department should not be con timinu a--, forisieiiy If the lists a. -a to he given out abroad, and carried ver press cables, there will be great upMoation and an added burden on thp already overworked facilities. !i was pointed out that casualty Nsts from the forces now being am algamated with the French and Brit ish armies at the battle- front neces sarily will be slow in arriving. It my be weeks before the names are available, as the lists will have, to fi'ter back through British and French communication channels to American headquarters. For that reason, it is obvious, officials say, fhat publication could disclose noth ,B of military ralue to the nemy, The Wilm I I fkri ll (KCH REPULSE ATTACK. fsy April 3. A German at ta V't uth of Moreuil last night waCulsed by French fire and the enemy was unable to gain a footing in any part of the French positions", the War Office an announces, except -at one point. The French also broke up a Ger man attack near Rollot ami gained ground North of Pleumont. British Repel Assault. London, April 3. British troops after sharp fighting last night re pulsed a determined attack by the Germans in the neighborhood of Fampoux, the War Office an nounced today. EN ARE : JUKHBRR PEACE They Have Suffered More Than Any Oother Classs of People. New York, April 3. The German la boring class is for peace because it has suffered more from the war than any other section of the German pop ulation. This statement was made on February 22 in the Reichstag by Deputy Herzfeld, Independent Social ist, during the discussion of a Social ist motion requesting that the Reich stag exercise its right and demand the release from imprisonment during the Reichstag session of Deputy Wil helm Diddmann, a Socialist. Deputy Dittman was arrested for his activi ties in connection with the recent strike in Berlin and other parts of Germany and sentenced to several years imprisonment The January strike, Deputy Herz- feMdeclaretlr was caused by the de-. spair of the workingmen that there j would be no early peace, the laboring j class having gained the impression! from the Brest-Litovsk negotiations that the annexationists controlled the j government's policies. During the j strike,be added, the newspapers of j the working class had been gagged i and representatives, of the working men had been tnrown into prison whenever they were not sent to the trenches. Deputy Herzfeld was frequently called to order by the vice president, Dr. Paasche, who at the outset de GERMAN WORM clared he Could not permit a discus- sion of the politiacl reasons for the' Norfolk, Va., April 3. Indications arrest of Deputy Dittmann. Hugo ! this afternoon were that, following Hasse, Socialist, protested against 1 the action of the 4,000 strikers m vot limitation of the debate, saying the ing last night to return to their jobs, discussion would be only a farce and pending a decision by the army and would ' not correspond to the dig- navy, departments in the matter of nity of the Reichstag. their demand for an increase in The Reichstag decided that it had ' wages, the government construction no right to interfere in the Dittmann work at the various plants in the vic affair and the Socialist motion was de- inity of Norfolk and Portsmouth feated over the votes of the Social-, would be resumed tomorrow morning, ists, Danes and Poles. MORE TERRITORY POT IN THE DRY COLUMN Prohibitionists Made Gains! Yesterday's Election in Wis consin and Illinois. Milwaukee, Wis., April 3 In the contest between the wet and dry forces of Wisconsin in yesterday'3 election with the drys today appear to. have made some headway in territory gained. Nine cities and towns, including Superior, Ashland, and Beloit, which were wet voted dry. Three towns which were dry, voted to become wot. yesterday snpea gams , Saloon foVces. about 150 saloons being put out of business, according to ig turns, compiled today. Two of the larger down State eitlG.' Bloomington and Rock Island, voted out saloons. u ,None of the larger "dry towns voted to become "wet" but ' Aurora and A"lton decided to retain saloons. MEXICAN FEDERALS ROUT BANDIT FORCE . :: . Chihuahua City, Mexico, April UrjA Federal force under command of; a jor Antillon defeated Epifanio j Hol whflis' Monday at 'Las v.aras, eight miles east of Gallegos UUon. on the Mexican mia r. , V Mieuel fltolguln, brother of -the le, -Aw, and 10 the rebels were Kineq cor WILMINGTON, NORTH ALL MONEY TAKEN THE EVERETT Trio of Robbers Are Captured Along With all Their Booty MARTIN COUNTY BANK ROBBED YESTERDAY A Sum of $8,000 Recovered When one of Captured Trio Led the Officers to Their Hiding Place Rocky Mount, N. C, April 3. Re- : covery of the entire sum, represent ing approximately $8,000 taken from the Bank of Everett, Everett, N. C, yesterday afternoon by masked rob bers was made this morning when Noah Roberson, one of three men captured by a posse charged with the hold-up, led officers into the woods where the money had been left, and $1,200 in cash and $4,950 in govern ment bonds was found. This, aug mented by $800 recovered when the trio Were taken into custody yester- Hav is hplipvpd tr omfp.r thfl amount. taken irom tne Dank. The three men ; anfiep(i to havp. taken Dart in the hold up are Noah Roberson, Church oRb- erson and .CJlyde Bowen CARPENTERS' STRIKE HAS BEEN CALLED' OFF Men Accept Utter and Agree to Return to Work This Afternoon. iwith a full force on hand. j J. B. Overman, business agent of the local carpenters' and Joiners" union, this morning advised Major II. B. Gitchell, representative of the War Department, at the conference with i labor leaders here that the union had voted,' as a result of the conference. to request its men to return to the government plants and resume work inrt that everv man who had laid down his tools would report for duty not later than . Thursday morning. This action by the union, Overman explained, was taken under an agree ment reached with Major Gitchell that if ythe men returned to work by the time stated that an investigation of the v complaints of the carpenters would ' be instituted at once by the government. " Reports reaching the office of Ad miral Harris, chairman or tne war control board for the Hampton Roads district, showed that the men were today 'returning to work, and Admiral Harris expressed the opinion that full forces would be at work at all the Plants tomorrow morning. LENROOT HAS LEAD i I OF MORE THAN 10,000 'Milwaukee, Wis., April 3. Returns tq 7 o'clock on yesterday's Senator ial election show Irvine L. Lenroot, Republican, maintained his lead over Joseph E. Davies, Democrat. With 15 counties missing and many others incomplete, Lenroot had a plurality of 10,547. FEW ALIENS . ARRESTED FOR NOT REGISTERING I Washington, April 3. Less than 250 Germans have been arrested for failure to register in the enemy alien census taken in February and few of these have been interned, the De partment of Justice announced to day. The tabulation of Germans reg istered has not been completed, but it is estimated about 500,000 Ww - BANK mam INGTON FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 3, 7948 ENGLAND WATCHES INDUSTRIAL PEACE TREATY'S RESULT Comment on the Agreernent Reached Between American Capital nd Labor ANOTHER EVIDENCE OF DETERMINATION London Times Says the Treaty and Decision to Send More Troops Show America's Earnest Desires. London, April 3. The treaty of in dustrial peace between labor and capital in the United States, The Times says, in an editorial, coincides appropriately with the military de cision to bring. the American forces in France at once in the battlefield among their British and French com rades in arms. "Both moves," the editorial contin ues, "are an earnest manifestation of the determination of the United States to put all Its strength into he struggle. The effect of the peace treaty will be watched here with keen interest and with the earnest hope that it may be more successful than the corresponding agreement con cluded in our own war industries three years ago. - "A hopeful feature of the American treaty is the spirit out of which it comes and that it is due to an actual condition of affairs. The issue and nature of the conflict are understood as they never have been before. The fate of Russia, the accumulated evi dence of German- designs, t,he revel ations of German" character and con duct and the present military situa tion have opened the eyes of all men. "The whole atmosphere at the pres ent moment is different from that which the has carried on during the three years. At the back of our fail ure to keep the industrial treaty made in March, 1915, and of innum erable other failures, has been the general, complacency about thewar &nd over-confldf.nce in the result born of ignorance and government retic ence. A grand change recently has set in. Even those self-appointed out side advisers of 'labor' who consist ently have fostered suspicion, ill will and strife or now deprecating strikes and declaring them inopportune. The American industrial treaty comes into the world at this solemn moment of world wide suspense and we do not doubt that it is an ex pression of real intention on both sides. That is the best augury for Us success." A Dropped 1 7 Tons of Bombs and Downed 16 Enemy Planes. London, April 3. British aviators were very active Monday on the bat tlefront in France, dropping 17 tons of bombs and bringing down 16 Ger man airplanes and two balloons. The official statement on aviation issued tonight says that the night bombing squadrons dropped bombs on railway stations in the areas behind the Ger man lines. The statement reads: "There was good visibility Monday and our low-flying airplanes again were active. More than. 17 tons of bombs" were dropped and thousands of rounds were fired from the air 'at the enemy's infantry and other targets on the ground. Hostile aircraft also were active on the Southern portion of our front, some of their two-seated machines firing at our troops with machine guns from Iqw heights. "Ten hostile airplanes were de stroyed and six other's driven down out. of control. Another airplane was irought down within our lines by in fantry. Two hostile balloons were destroyed by our airplanes. Eleven of our machines are missing. "After dark, our night flying ma chines bombed enemy railway sta tions, billets, troops and transports, dropping many bombs on the Cam brai railway station, on the station Southeast of Doui, on the railway line South of that town, as well as on other targets. All of our machines re turned." "BULL DURHAM" FOR SOL DIERS. Ne wYork, April 3. The govern ment has taken over the entire output of the "Bull Durham" cigar ette tobacco, manufactured by the American Tobacco Company at the conpany's factories at Durham, N. C, and will devote it to the needs Of the American troops abroad, it was announced here to day. It was stated that the gov ernment will pay the same price for the goods as domestic-Jobbers have been paying. BRITISH MEN HAD AV MONDAY ADO T UP Official Announcement Along This Line is Expected at Early Date NO NEW DRAFT IS EXPECTED TO BE MADE The Only Effect Will Be to Hurry Up Call' to the Training Camps to Fill Ranks of Army in France Washington, April 3. Measures to b i r tne arart program are in Cv.wt. ation, and an official an nouncement is expected soon. The Intention is to meet the emergency in France. For that reason 800,000 called this year, will be called more rapidly than was previously planned. Arrangements to this end are in prog ress, but no suggestion that the S00.- 000 figure be exceeded during this year has been put forward at tne War Department. Reports that the draft would be raised from 800,000 men to 1,500.000 were denied. Officials do not regard it as pos sible that more men will be sent abroad. this year than the department already has arranged to summon, even with additional British shipping made available as troop transports. There are now under arms nere anc? in Europe more than 1,500,000 Amer ican soldiers. The number will have been raised to about 2,500,000 by the end of the year, counting drafted men, volunteers and special technic al forces, to be enlisted. If it is possible to get a, total of 1,500,000 men to France by January 1 next, the best previous hopes of the War Department will have been realized and there still will be a force of almost equal size in training here. The present effort is directed more towards getting the men to. .ance MEASURES FOR SPEEDING AR PROGRAM -..qrajrtji-rrFn-ftrf:jLrri.V."-irr:i arrrTirtlrryBareY 1 1. a .1 I roennn ea 1 r A maul nn i cies there than toward increasing the number to be sent during the year. Many factors, it was said, enter In to any.' proposal to increase the num ber of men under training here. They must be drawn largely from agricul ture and industrials and the Allies supply lines as well as the Ameri cans' are largely dependent upon Am erican food and supplies. SIX PERSONS KILLED IN Various Sections of the State Were Badly Damaged Last Night. St. Louis, April 3. Six persons are known to be dead, scores were injur ed and property damage totalling many thousands of dollars was done by tornadoes last night in Missouri, according to reports received here early today. A tornado struck Hun terville and Gray Rdige, small towns In Stoddard county in the Southeast ern part of the State, killing threa persons, two of them at Hunterville and one at Gray Ridge. In both places many persons were injured, some severely, and property damage was extensive. Farmers living near by reported barns and other outbuild ings swept ' away. At New Florence, in Montgomery county, 85 miles west of here, two persons were killed and at Mineo'o, also in Montgomery county, one per- son was killed. ITALY WARMLY GREETS The Secretary Spent Busy Day Conferring With Italian Officials - Rome, Tuesday, April 3. After his arrival from the Italian front today Newton D. Baker, the American Sec retary of War, called upon Premier Orlando. In greeting the Secretary, the Premier said' that he spoke in the name of the-Italian government and people who were so closely con nected with the United States in the past through emigration, and now are linked indissolubly in a sacred alli ance. Later Secretary Baker visited General Zupelli, the minister of war, and discussed the military situation with him at length. Finance Minister Nitti called upon Secretary Baker and renewed the ac quaintanceship formed in America. Secretary Baker said he was greatly touched by the genial warmth of the welcome extended ; him in Italy. MISSOUR TORNADOES WA WAR BAKER AWW . WAS 1A-HUNGA ON POINT CZERNIN BEGINS k NEW GERMAN :e offensive That is the Way Washington Views the Count's Latest Statement DENY THAT PEACE OFFER WAS MADE Statement That Clemenceau Expressed Willingness to Discuss Peace is Not Be lieved in America. Washington, April 3. Count Czern in's statement that France- had. sug-1 gested peace discussions with Austria- Hungary was characterized by offi cials here today as the beginning of a new German peace offensive with the Austro-Hungarian minister acting ! . , I cat 1 maLlj o UCliCOL. The speech of Count Czernin, it was declared, was a political man euver designed to spread the impres- sioh in the Allied countries that the Allied governments are fighting sole ly to" recover Alsace-Lorraine. rihe peace move, they said, was timed to follow the breakdown of the Teu tonic military offensive. Any Teutonic suggestions that the time for peace discussions is near at response in America. me oiaxe department maae it clear j today that officials of this govern- j ment do not believe the present 1 great engfaarement in EuroDe will re-' ni. 1 t-v t x 1 . ! suit in anv weakkenin Pither at thai capitals or among the people of the!a&ainst Serbia, the foreign minister 'vipi nations at war against Germany. Count Czernin's statement that Pre mier Clemenceau had indicated a will ingness to discuss peace was not 1 given credence. It was believed that. a wiirui misinterpretation naa Deen given to some statement of the French Premier for the purpose of se curing a favorable reaction in France. Count Czernin's declaration that Austria-Hungary almost was on the point of beginning peace negotiations with the Entente was branded by officials as false. It was said that no suggestions of such a discussion had j reached Washington and that if they , had been made this government armilrl have been informed. Officials characterized the foreign i minister's speech as a "feeler" which probably woul be followed by some declaration or announcement in Ger many.. ROLL PUSH BALL F Tfl M IU Uniniift Scheme for Selling . . . ' Libertv Bonds in New York State. OM BUFFALO YORK ! French desire for Alsace-Lorraine. New York, April 3. Rolling a huge The reply from Paris was that it was push ball from Buffalo to this city, a.i impossible to negotiate on this basis, distance of 473 miles, will be the i Thereupon there was no choice left.- . privilege of buyers of bonds for the "The colossal struggle in the West Third Liberty Loan, it was announced has already begun. Austro-Hunagriaa; today by the loan committee of the and German troops are fighting sheul Second Federal Reserve district. Thejder to shoulder as they fought ta ball will represent the district's quota i Russia, Serbia. Rumania and. Italy." and its movement will be symbolical j We are fighting together for the de of the progress of the rolling up, of I fense of Austria-Hungary and Ger? that quota. It will be put in motion ; many. on 'April 6, the day the loan drive! "Come what may, we will not sac begins, and is expected to arrive at rifice Germany's interest any mora Madison Square Garden here on May i than she will leave us in jths lurch. 4, having travelled at an average of. We are not fighting for imperialistic 16 miles a day. ' or annexationists aims for ourselves The ball will' be painted in the na-jor for Germany." tional colors and consist of steel and! The Austro-Hungarian . foreign min rattan, covered with canvas, and thejister, according to an Amsterdam diS custodians will be attired to repre-1 patch to the Daily Chronicle, declared sent Uncle Samuel and will carry a j also that he had an earnest desire for red, white and blue banner with the j peace and that his country wished to following inscription: avoid any further military offensive. "Help Push the Liberty Ball from I Aer referring to his reply to Premier from Buffalo to New York. Every Clemenceau regarding Alsace-Lorraine, Bond You Buy Is a Push Toward he said that Austria would insist on Winning the War. Keep the Ball the status quo, adding: ? Rolling." PARIS AGAIN SHELLED BY LONG RANGE GUNin- J!?!' Paris, April 3. The Germans again began to bombard Paris at 9:50 o'clock this morning- ' YHE STORE AOS ; Bring 'news reports from the: stores. Read themv. ' IT. v'-;: T PRICE FIVE CEN1S -fssb ; 4t;t Oft - m PEAWm Count Czernin Says the Wind " Veered and it Was All off . 5 A I QAPM ADD ATM 17 "Jt- '.Di-ld. HE CAUSED THE HrTCrt PCtS If Czernin . Declares -Premiei! -5 sv-.ii&$ Clemenceau Had. Approach! ed Austria Before the Big K' "Ml j Drive Started ."CZERNIN LIED." , Paris, April 3. "Czernin lied.? This is all Premier Clemenceau had to say when told today of. the Count Czernin that he had inqutr e through an iritermediatary whether Austria -Hungary was ready to negotiate if so on what basis. . - The Premier departed from Par is for the front, this morning. .nd learned of . Count Czernin's speech on his arrival there. 1 t 1 . .. n . - . . '--.Vr jjonaon, April 4. Ausma-Mungary . . was recently almost "on the point" of beginning peace negotiations with'tha &:V Entente. Count Czernin. the Austro i Hungarian foreign minister, declared, yesterday in an address to the Vieniia: Municipal Council. The wind vsud 5en?J. veeed'" he Jadd?d' the Ententa deciding to await developments in hir country "which caused it to hope that the dual monarchy would soon be de fenseless." The foreign minister words were: "Recently we were almost on th point of entering into negotiations with the Western" powers, when the wind suddenly veered around, and as we know with certainty, the Entente decided it had better wait, as partia-r mentary and political events in out country justified the hope that thV monarchy would, soon be defenseless ao not intena 10 go pegging .ler. f ? j or to obtain 4t by treaties vj'H r : , tiW- "Ldo not intend to go begging , let lamentations, but to enforce It by our .:-f. i -ma.m1 vifivVif a A tt r aaI arf Y V t' d - m0ral right and physical strength," - 1 Count Czernin declared. "Any other .v V tactics I consider will contribute to 'f the prolongation of the war." fkM " In regard to Bulgaria's claimS iicit A said "Bulgaria must receive from Ser bia certain districts inhabited by .Bui 1 erians wp. however, navo no oesira tft rtflRtrftT Serhia. Wa will , enable ' Serbia to develop and would welcome ; iNi closer economic relations with, her. . '.'Since I came into office," declared Count Czernin, "I have striven only, after. one aim, namely, to secure-an - ; honorable peace to the monarchy, and ..j1'.?:'! 10 greaie a Biiuauon wniva ww o cure to Austria-Hungary her free, de- velopment, and moreover, to do every thing possible to ensure that this ter rible war will be the last one; for time out 0f mind 1 have never spok en differently." Count Czernin added here, however, ":-;n'.4i:.; his declaration that he had no inten-:-,; :s '-! on or Deggmg ior peace Count Czernin declared that' Pre-. mier Clemenceau of France had ask-. ed Austria-Hungary on what basis she would negotiate peace, according, to a dispatch from The Hague to the -i Daily Mail. Austria replied that the ; was 'Alsace-Lorraine and Premier " sible to negotiate on that basis "Some time before the Western offensive began," Count Czernin said, "Premier Clemenceau addressed to me an inquiry whether and upon what, basis I was prepared to negotiate, la agreement with Berlin I immediate1 replied that I - plied that I was prepared to 'negoti- iate and that as far as France was. j concerned the only obstacle I could I see in the way of peace was "the uount uzernin aeciarea ue uia uuv believe that President Wilson in . his ; recent address really desired to cause -a senaration between Vienna and" LUO.L aUUU CL ll-Ll Jl WOO 1U1U0J1VV: Count added that President Wilson probably saw that Austria-Hungary was more favorable toward oeacSj than Germany, -'-J' - .-. Pii -i ... 3 mam '"111 mi r. K i, : .' ' i. --'hi -.t.YJ-UT? 1 L r - v ft ? ; Si Yi' l . "5 f. . Sri:', mm . .. - it; . - - ;H::' l! mm ' I.I . - - : Jt