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VOL. XXIV. No. 89;
FROM
Nation's Chief Executive Ad
dressed Great Throng in
Baltimore Last Night
A FINISH FIGHT IS
AMERICA'S RESPONSE
The President Hurls Defiance
to the Teuton Challenge on
the Plains of Picardy Only
a Righteous Peace.
- Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore,
April 6. "Force" was the answer
President Wilson sent across the
seas, tonight to the Teuton challenge
on the plains of Plcardy. ,
"Force without limit righteous and
Triumphant is America's one re
sponse,' " he said, to "make right the
law of the world and cast every self
ish dominion down in the dust."
Cheered by a giant throng that
Ticked, the great . armory, where he
wis -first nominated for the nation's
highest executive ofticefc.thePyesl4ent
stripped the mask . of hypocrisy ; from
the face " of Teuton militarism and
spoks out for a finish fight. f
He came here to -open the Liberty,
Loan campaign, but that ,he aaid,
was unnecessary, The people ,he. de
clared, are awake, ready for the sac
rifice, alive to its need. The "cause
we are fighting 'for stands more
sharply revealed than at any previ
ous crisis of the . momentous strug
gle." . -
Germany has once more' declared
that force and force alone shall de
cide whether right as America sees
it or dominion as Germany sees it
shall determine the destinies of
mankind, he said.
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America accepts uie vjieuieiiBG,
henceforth everything ' she says oir
does must resound, he said, to this
answer until "the majesty and might
of our concerted power" shall- defeat
those who "flount and misprize what
we honor and hold dear."
The President's address . was by
far the strongest pledge he has yet
made to wage the war to the bitter
end. He reflected at -once his disap
pointment and bitterness at the rav
ages of the Teuton war lords in
their relentless policies . toward the
weakened and overrun nations of the
near East.
"The real test of their justice and
fair play" came, he said, in Russia,
Finland, Ukraine and Rumania.
"They are enjoying in Russia a
cheap triumph in which no brave or
gallant nation can long take pride.
"It obviously is now a part of the
German purpose," he warnedl "to sub
.kct to her will all the. Slavic peo
ples, the ambitious nations of the
'misrule' and create -a dominion
Baltic and the lands under Turkish,
which eventually will-master Persia,
Mia and the peoples of the far
East.
"If that; dream is fulfilled," he
rWged America "and all who care
r dare to stand with her," to. start
from the beginning again, "the old,
age-long struggle for freedom and
risht. , '
"Preposterous and impossible as
this may appear," he said, . "I judge
nly by what the German arms have
accomplished with unpitying thor
oughness throughout every 'air region
they have touched."1 i
That they would do the same . things
at their Western front were they not J
opposed by armies they "cannot-, over
come" he believed assured. . Hence, it
fhey are checked and suggest peace
!ater, "could they blame us if we con
cluded they did so only to assure
themselves of a tree ftand in Rusaia
and the East?' ' . w
The President said; however, he is
ready even now"to""discus sa fair and
honest peace when "sincerely pur
posed" a peace in which "strong and
eak shall fare alike," ? and this was.
regarded as, his notice that he .would
not recognize the plunder pacts im
posed by the Teutons on Russia and
Rumania. '
The President's address tonight ap
peared to more closely knit Jthe .diplo
macy of the Allies than any ,xpres-:
flon he has given hitherto. It follow
e1 a speech today by Foreign Secre-
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MASK OF HYPOCRISY
1
THE
THOUSANDS
PRESIDENT WILSON
A Great Audience Heard Him
Accept Germany's Guage
of Battle
WITNESSED IMPOSING
PARADE OF SOLDIERS
Commander-in-Chief Yester-
terday Afternoon Reviewed
.
1 2,000 Tanned Troops
Patriotic Scenes.
Baltimore, Md., April 6. Flanked
by miniature trenches in an atmos
phere that smacks grimly of war.
President Wilson tonight in the "Ovejf
There" cantonment voiced a war mes-sage-r-a
message that accepted the
GermairgauTge ofiattJe.; "scrapped
peace talk anL 'preached- the ; use a
unstinted force to achieve the right.
- It was - the close of America's first
war year and the end of a solemn
day for the President.
In the afternoon he had seen pass
ing before him for the first time draft
ed men he called out only a few short
months ago as their commander-in-chief.
Today they were bronzed with
sun and wind, deep of chest, stalwart,
square-jawed, clear-eyed fighting men
ready -for the fray. "
Twelve thousand of them passed
proudly.
Intently the President followed
them. Now - and then he smiled, a
sort of smile of comradeship gener
ally, some times with a touch of
amusement at unusual occurrences in
the line, but mostly he saw with
grave eyes the platoons that stamped
by, the wagons and guns that rat
tled up. There was a hush on the
crowd as the 12,000 picked troops
from Camp Meade trudged to martial
airs.
Wild cheering, gay flag waving had
greeted the " commander-in-chief as he
and the party sped from the station
to the reviewing stand. His recep
tion was heartening. But as the pla
toons wheeled up before the Presi
dent and General Kuhn, a strange si
lence .settled, broken only occasional
ly by cheers or by the blare of
"Maryland, My Maryland," "Over
There," and others that set the mar
tial spirit tingling.
Flanked by soldier guards the
President doffed his silk hat as the
battle flaes Droudly floated before
oatue nags vJ m m Wil immense gathering, at which a re
each section. Beside him Mrs, Wil-T ctat11i0 nf T.wtv wstc
son, dressed in stunning purple,
watched seriously. Several thousand
negro troops were Included in the
review.
A negro drum major with all the
"swank" in the world almost cake
walked in his pride at passing before
the President. "Over There," played
by his band, sounded like a dance
tune and if ever a mortal was ready
to burst with sheer Joy and pride it
was that tall, black major with the
big chest.
He made even the President smile.
And there were more like him who
lightened the seriousness of the affair
and gave It a touch of brightness and
6f comedy. . A balky mule, too,
amused; the President. r
Special care was taken to gtfard
the President. Maryland State Guards
men, soldiers and secret service men
blocked off all entrances to the re
viewing square,, while on apartment
ment house roofs along the streets
sharpshooters were ready for any;
troublemakers.
Done with the parade, the Presi
dent dined in his special train and
rested for the night. His speech was
in the Fifth Regiment Armory, which
haU been" concerted into a cross-section
of a .battle line, trenches, air
planes, guns and soldiers made it
martial, and1 his speech attuned itself
to that setting. Before; a replica of
the Statue of Liberty the President
uttered ; his' message, a thrilling. war
etatement,: marking the inception i of
the third, Liberty Loan, the .close of
the first year of the. war, and a den-
WILMINGTON; NORTH
TEUTON
CHEER
OUT ITS DOLLARS
Liberty Loan Campaign is
Launched With Unprece
dented Enthusiasm
MUST BE NO LET
UP IN TOP VpfUC
While MilKons of Dollars Axe
Subscribed on Opening Day
Officials Warn Against
Over Confidence
Washington, April 6. America to
night was pouring out its war dollars
as never before.
Launched with unprecedented en
thusiasm throughout the land, . the
third Libery loan was rolling up tre
mendous totals at the outset. Re
ports to the treasury headquarters
early in the evening indicated well
over 200 towns and counties in the
United States had already reached
and passed their goals with heavy
subscriptlonsV .President Wilson's
ringing call at Baltimore for "our ut
most sacrifice" in lending and his
warning that the nation will "look
with contempt upon those who can
and will not" subscribe, sounded the
nate for the campaign.
The .unexampled first day response
to the loan testified that never sines
the United States entered th war had
the nation been so united for victory,
officials here held tonight.
The day was one of unnumbered
pa-triotic demonstrations, many ex
tending into tonight. Every city,
town, and hamlet in the land paused
in some way to speed the big loan on
its 28-day run.
The President spoke In Baltimore
tonight while Treasury Secretary Me
Adoo opened Philadelphia's drive at
plica of the Statute of Liberty was
unveiled. Secretary of the Navy
Daniels addressed a throng at Cleve
land. Besides the higher government
officials, national and local public
speakers in every State itook the
stump, while newspapers and organ
iatlons of every character . gave aid.
While all energies were straining
to push the drive to early success,'
the Federal Reserve Board issued a
timely warning against putting too
great reliance in banks on long term
securities and counselled investment
in the government's own Liberty
bonds. ,.
Official and diplomatic Washington
was highly pleased at the results of
the first 12 hours. Predictions were
freely made that the nation will re
cord a staggering total an unan
swerable pledge to the men In France
that the country is with them to the
limit. That the German thrust at tbe
West front had done much to steel
the nation to the' utmost sacrifice re
quired to crush Teutohism was un
doubted. While high confidence marked the
close of the opening day, there was
no hint tonight of relaxation of effort.
Officials particularly warned against
any . oveff-assurance which might
slacken the force of the campaign.
For this reason, it was officially em
phasied . that while early indications
gave every reason for confidence, the
real surface had only been scratch
ed, and vast work remains to he aone
COUNTRY
POURING
as never en
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FUIJUIJEASE
CAROLINA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1918.
HIGH SPOTS OF PRESIDENTS SPEECH
If the war should be lost America's place in the world
would be lost with it
There can be no difference between peoples in the final
judgment.
Germany seeks not justice but dominion.
Their purpose is an empire as hostile to America as to
Europe.
They are enjoying in Russia a cheap triumph.
I am ready to consider an honest peace, sincerely pur
posed. But the answer when I proposed such a peace came
from the German commanders in Russia.
To their challenge there is only one answerforce to
the utmost. s ;
MIMDENBURG
STILL
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Hlndenburg's desperate effort to
storm the British positions along the
Ancre valley between Albert and the
Somme, apparently has not succeed
ed. " .; . '
I The latest, stair dispatches from
tack" In force5 along that front, with
the heaviest fighting between Corbie
at dawn Saturday morning.- William
Phillip Simms, United Press staff cor
respondent, said that inquiries at bat
tle headquarters Saturday atfernonn
failed to elicit any information on the
outcome of this assault
Haig in his official report Saturday
night, failed to mention specifically
the outcome of this tremendous bat
tle, and said that Saturday's infanry
action was confiined jto "local fight
ing in the neighborhood of Aveluy
wood," two miles North of Albert in
the Ancre valley. .
This may indicate that the battle
for possession of the railway embank
ment of the eight-mile front between
Albert and Corbie has died down.
Corbie, where great writes of German
infantry had pressed to the Eastern
outskirts at 5:30 Saturday and ac-
cording to staff correspondents dis
REPULSE
A RAIDJUERMANS
Two Boche Prisoners Were
Taken by the Scrappy
Sammies
Witjh the American Army in
France, April 6. An attempt by Ger
man troops - to raid American v posi
tions northwest of Toul was repulsed
today and two Germans, one a ser
geant wearing an iron cross, were
captured.
As soon as the enemy raid was sig
nailed back to them, American bat
teries laid down an ecective counter
barrage which quickly broke up the
German assault in which 40 Boches
participated.
A corporal captured the enemy ssr
geant and a private brought in the
second prisoner.
GERMAN TROOPS
LEAVING ODESSA
Petrograd, April 4. German troops
are being transferred from the Odes
sa region to the front in France, it
was learned 'here today.
Odessa only recently was claimed
to have been re-captured by the VJk
rain Bolsheviki, together with Nik
olaieff. They are most important
cities on the Black Sea and the big
gest food centers in Russia. Relin
quishment of any attempt by the
Germans to re-take them at htis time
is accepted as evidence of Hindan
burg's desperate need ' for ' rinf or-e-ment
on the West front. " .
F0
AMERICANS
TRYING
AMIENS
patches apparently remains in pos
session of the British.
"The German official statement Sat
urday night said the Germans had ex
tended their "bridgehead position on
the west bank of the Ancre astride
Albert." Since the enemy captured
Albert on Mar?h 27, 'the British have
held the western outskirts.; The city
is located on the east bank of the
Ancre. The German communique
would indicate the enemy has pushed
the British out of the city and back
a short distance from the west bank.
French attacks between Monulil
and Montdidier a distance of eight
miles, broke down "with the heaviest
losses" Berlin said.
The German report that Amien has
been shelled, confirmed a United Press
-dispatch from Willam Phillip Simms
who said the famous Cathedral there'
was in danger of demolition.
Successful local fighting near Bue
quoy and Hebuterne, midway between
Arras and Albert, was reported by the
German war office.
Increased artillery fighting was re
ported in the Verdun sector, where
American troops have Telle ved French J
units for participation in, the Picardy
- battle.
A
Tells Overman That Mob Law
is Probable Unless Con
gress Acts
Washington, D. C, .April 6. "While
championing the merits of a bill to
punish disloyal utterances and fer
ret out eGrman spies, Senator Lee S.
Overman told the Senate that a
United States marshal in North Caro
lina had reported to him that unless
Congress did something mob law
would break out in the State probably
i-soon.
i "I want to say that I have mes
sages from my own State," said Sen
ator Overman, "where the Federal
court is in session. A man was on
trial who said he cared nothing for
the American flag; that he loved the
German flag better, and would rather
fight under the German flag than the
American flag, and he hoped Germany
would win."
While the North Carolina Senator
did not disclose the identity of the
court, it is supposed that he had ref
erence to the Federal court of West
ern North Carolina. It is thought thit
the United States marshal of Ashe
ville conveyed the information to
Senator Overman.
NEWBERRY CITIZENS
SHOW THEIR LOYALTY
Columbia, S. C, April 6. Forest
Butler was forced to kiss the Ameri
can flag and publicly retract -state
ments he was alleged to have madeJ
against the government by a body of
citizens composed of employes of the
Newberry Cotton Mills, at Newberry
this afternoon. . He was forced to de
clare his intention to lend the gov
ernment his loyal support,'
NORTH
CAROLINA
MAN
SOUNDS
WARNING
AMERICA REPLIES
TO ALLIES' CALL
FOR MORE TR00PB
AMERICA HAS 150
SHIPS ON DUTY IN
EUROPEAN WATERS
AH Branches of the Navy Rep
resented in Chasing Sub-
mannes
SECRETARY DANIELS
REVEALS NUMBER
In Liberty, Loan Speech in
Cleveland He Discussed the
Great Work the Navy is
Doing in the War
Cleveland, Ohio, April 6. American
battleships, cruisers, submarines, gun
boats, cutters, tenders and special
service vessels have been sent
abroad, supplementing the. destroyer
fleet, Scretary of . Navy. .Daniels re
vealed "here tonight ,
More than 150 ships, not including
chasers, with a complement of 35,000
men are now on European duty.
Making a war anniversary speech
here, he let out the secret of Am
erica's increased part in guarding the
U-boat zone and pictured a record
of achievement for the navy the past
year.
That the zone of operations has
'been extended with the increase of
the fleet was indicated.
Of American achievements In
wrecking or crippling German U
boats, the Secretary declared.
"You may rest assured that our
forces have inflicted telling losses up
on the enemy."
He characterized the war - as fne
of self-defense as well as a struggle
in behalf of civilization and democ
racy. "Make no mistake," he said. "It
is true that we fight in behalf of-all
civiliation has taught us to hold dear,
that we fight as champions of the
oppressed of the earth and that the
liberal nations of the world are our
comrades in arms, but none the less
this war is a war of self defense,
fought to decide our right to live as
free men in a free country. The
sword is in our hands and we may
not lay it down until we have accon
plished our declared intents."
Turning to navy accomplishments,
te revealed the battleship secret, add
ing: "Our forces have played an impor
tant part in the war against the sub
marines and have aided materially
in the marked reduction in sinkings
of merchantmen as compared with
the number sunk in the correspo id
ing period a year ago and in the ni
less notable increase in the number
of submarines destroyed."
The Allies are much impressed
with the cooperation and work of the
American navy, said a letter Daniels
read from Vice Admiral Sims, United
States Commander in Europe.
"I am very glad to report that our
forces are more than coming up to
expectations," Sims wrote, adding
that they are bright, strong and hus
ky and not staled by the hard serv
ice in the gale-ridden Atlantic.
Daniels -revealed also that four rear
admirals are in Europe on special de
tail, Wilson in France, Niblack in 'the
South, Rodman in command of battle
ships and Dunn on special duty.
Startling figures as to one destroy
er detachment showed thfyt in six
months it has steamed 1,000,000 miles
in 1 the war areas, had attacked 81
submarines, escorted 717 single ves
sels and 86 convoys. The destroyer
fleet arrived abroad on May 4, 17 and
24, and the naval strength has been
augmented continuously until now
there are 150 navy vessels not includ
ing a considerable number of chasers
on patrol in European waters.
The Secretary told of establishment
of schools and barracks abroad, avia
tion bases, recration rooms, theatres,
gymnasiums and other places for Hie
sailors' comfort and amusement.
He regarded the loss of the Jacob
Jones, the converted yacht Alcedo
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States to Move Men to CampsSf
May 1,
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NORTH CAROLINA'S
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In the Call are 1 16,700 Whit f
and 33,300 Negroes Total
Called Since March 29. . i4 ') "i j
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wasmngton, April t. America m;
augurated her second year of the
great war tonight with a call to
service of 150,000 men. i ;l :
Orders were sent out by the Pnj v
vost Marshal General to every Statev"-.
asking that quotas be ready to movef , i j
to camp between April 6 and Mry lV;? I .
The call includes 116,700 whites anm ir& j f
33,300 negroes the largest slngle( . ..
draft mobilization of the war.
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Th rn.11 laid srim ArrmTmnfR nnnni
President Wilson's, address in Baltij rf; fH
more tonight when he answeredJnfcl)
kind Germany s threat of peace byji--- '
force. .-. - . - , ; 'i i -"! j s
The order practically winds up the
first draft In all' States, Including tha
South where" tfie movement of. ne
groes has been delayed until wana
weather. And it fixes Jn April a'stir
ring answer to the French and Brlt
ish appeal for more men. Between
March 9 and May 1, just 253,130 men
will have responded t othe service
call.
O this number 345,000 for the gen tt
eral run of the draft regular fightj i
ing men while l$ne remaining aire
for mechanical students and photog '
raphers. Special calls are coming int
daily and the number may be in-f
creased several thousand before the
month is over. ' ; '
The mobilization of the first big i
general call of the month for 95,000 r
men wag completed today. Co-opera!
tion with the National railroad hair.
dexveioped such a smooth working)
system that few delays to mobilira
tions are now experienced. Pennsyl
vania will send the largest number
under today's order, followed closely .
in this respect by Ohio and . New.
York. The Pennsylvania allotment IsL
10,956, Ohio's is 10,302, and . New,
York's 10,171. ':--;y
Following are the Southern Stateij' " ;:
quotas: Alabama 3,301; Florida, ..
3,350; Georgia, 6,356; Kentucky 3396- ; '
Louisiana 4,549; Maryland, 2,120; Mis-. ,"
sissippi, 2,004; Missouri, 4,078; North - V . !
Carolina, 5,054;' South Carolina l,96?4".Vj "
Tennessee 4,751, and Texas 7,817. ' j :
Following his usual policy, the ':' :
Provost Marshal General refused to. .. . '
give the camps where the men of '
each State will be sent, excxept to .- . . - .
State that the enire mobilizaion will " , ; '
be either rather generally scattered ( ,
over all the camps of the - country., ;
Most of the Southern negroes will y ' '
be brought to Northern camps, and ' , .
many Northerners will spend the y v -U
spring in Dixxie cantonments. -.. '
With the mobilization order Gen
eral Crowder sent a notice calling '
the attention of local boards tO 'ther.l
ruling that the Induction of necessary
farm labor should be deferred after '
harvest.
CASUALTIES AMONG '
AMERICANS SMALL
Washington, April 6. American-? .
casualties on the West front during' :,
the last four days have been of a' " .
minor character, the War Department j t ,
announced this afternoon. Following -receipt
of the cablegram from Secre- J
.tary Baker, the War Department an-1;
nouneed that it will promptly maks -fti
public any losses of a serious nature ?
in Pershing's forces In France" ' C'-iVi
and four small vessels as compara-, ' - '
tively small In view of the numbers -.
Involved and the hazards run. t ; He'.'v
praised the men of the naval craft V
and the armed guards of the ' mer-'.' -chantmen,
revealed that the . latter x
are now operating guns of larger cal-... ,V.
iber than heretofore, and commended
the navy's transport service for get- t
ting. all-troop ships to France Safel.. .
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