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, c - - WEATHER: North and South Car 0lina Probably rain tonight and Tuesday cooler Mm. ADVERTISEMENTS are a part of the news. They contain facta and Information of Immedi ate news'Talue. -: 'f . I':'-- I.' FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE; VOL. XXIV. NO. 89. WILMINGTON. NORTH CAROLINA. MONDAYv AFTERlsiOON, APRIL 8, 1918. PRICE FIVE CEN1S V ' s'"'" i' I HUN Enemy Efforts For Past' Sev eral Days Checked At Most Points SIGNS POINT TO AN EARLY RESUMPTION It is Believed Germans Are Preparing For Another Drive to Reach Important Position of Amiens. Germany apparently la preparing for another big effort on the wide battle front in Northern France. Heavy drum fire, such as usually pre cedes an attack is reported along ex tensive sectors held by the British Trhile the Paris war office also an nounced violent artillery actions along the French front. The most intensive German fire seema to be in progress south of the Somme, where the direct drive to ward A-miana Is on, and north of the Scarpa river towards the British left flank. In the Somme sector, the Brit ish have evidently been' trying- to bet ter their position in anticipation 0 the next German push, and Field Mar shal Hale reports today & alight ad- Tanca of his liner on the south bank of the Somme, east of Valrs-Sous-Ccir biei . ' - - -. . ? The Increase in the artmery fire Tiorth of the Scarp rtver may mean a renewal by the Germans ; of thejr thrust towards Arras, which, broke down utterly- earlier in the battle uzamst the ' Southern approachea to imy Tidge. They hare shown their Intense' anxiety to push forward their Vnes in the northern jTt of the bat tle ,rvmi3&m ftelf salient t6 the South in an!-; lied counter -blow; but have found thei British line virtually Immovable all a'.ong the front from Albert north- j -ward. i A still further extension of the bat tle northward may be Indicated as vrel in the beginning of a heavy at tack -with gas sheUs-Upon the British line? on the six mile front between lens and LaBasse canal and east of Armentiers, a dozen miles north of LaBassee. The Germans are likewise pound ing the French lines south of the 0i5e. the extreme Allied right on the, present active fighting front. The French have retired from their dan gerous salient here, however, and are reported well established in position "which had been prepared along the Ailatte river which offers an excel lent holding point. Checked at moat points along the front from Arras to Coney, north of Soiesons, the Germans are nibbling at the Allied line in an effort to find a weak spot, go tar the enemy has been repulsed along the Western leg cf the "elbow1 salient. In the Chauny Ooucy-LeFere triangle along the Oise, on the extreme Eastern end of the Southern front of the battle line, the French have retired to high er ground. Correspondents at the front in France say signs are not wanting that the Germans are geting ready to launch another heavy attack on a long front in an endeavor to reach Amiens. Enemy efforts North of the Somme recently hare been solely In 'an endeavor to capture artillery posl tiorxs, but the Germans have not gain ed their objectives- Aerial fighting continues heavy. French and British aviators have brought down 31 enemy machines, while Berlin reports the destruction of 18 "entente airplanes. From Arras to the Somme the British line still stands as it did 10 days ago. The latest enemy attempt to attack as made in the region of Bucquoy, 20 miles Northof the Somme, but both efforts were broken up by the British artillery Are.' Immediately South of the Somme there has been nly local fighting with no change in -ne position of the battlefront. General PetahVs men still maintain tneir splendid defense East of; the Amiens-Paris railway. The Germans have tried to advance North of the Amiens-Roye road In the region of ttangard, but the French artillery fire as sufficient to break up the at tack. Berlin claims further advances In the region North of Coucy and around the lower forest of Coucy. No Mention of fighting here Is made In paria. South of Chauny, the ground 5s lower and marshy, especially along Oise river and the Olse canal, folembray, 65 miles Northeast of aris, ari(j Pierremande, reported cap tured by Berlin, are on the lowland between the forest of Coucy and the Lei?hts North of the Aisne. - American troops on the front iNorthest of Toul have successfully countered German attempts to raid iaelr positions. Two raids were made at two different points Sunday, but as dealt with efficaciously with machine guns and automatic rifle .1 vui.iu; auruiviiufi i" mPARim 'HER BIG ALLIED CAVALRY HEAVILY ENGAGED IN THEJIG BATilE Work of Horsemen One of Brightest Spots In De fensive Work CALLED MANY TIMES TO BEAT BACK ENEMY The Desperate Charge of the Cavalry Time nad Time Again Broke Up Attacks With the British Army in France, Sunday April 7.-r-No finer chapter haa been provided from the story of the British, defense since the German of fensive began than that furnished by the, cavalry. i ".Never -during the present war had horsmen been given the chance which they had in this more or less open warfare and J they made the most of it 1 They have- been here, there and eTerywhprei filling in gaps, strengthening the lines and covering the retirement of "ItLfaajdrji Their work. ' has been, briUfcni al they thoronghly -eajoyedU '..y: nalnute of i despite; the : gruejarng . engagementsi of cavalry ' on the road yesterdayi They were battle-worn and plainly showed the marks of; ,ad fighting. More thna one trooper led a riderless horse.- But the men's heads wero up and their lances described defiant cir cles, while the horses cavorted as though they too were ready for more trouble. " In the first three days of the Ger man drive the cavlary fought mostly on foot and did valuable work. It was dismounted cavalry that held the OUezy-Ham line on ' March 22, while the infantry withdrew. There was fSerriflc fighting here. One party of dragons was out off all night dur ing which they were out in the open battling for their lives. Finally they cut theriw ay through the German lines at Juesy by main force. On the 28rd the cavlary came into its own for the horses were brought forward and the troopers began a se ries of spectacular feats. When Noyon was first threatened cavalry was sent to hold-the line of the Olse, west of the town. The British infantry was forced to fall back on he1 26th and the cavalry was pulled back also with the intention of occupying the ridge near the vil lage of Porquaricourt in the vincity of Noyon. The Germans also were' after this hill. "A race developed between the horses and the enemy infantry across the rolling ground. The Germans reached the northern part of tho wood, but the cavalry arrived at the other side at about the same time and went rushing through the forest against the Germans. An Intense battle at close quarters ensued and the cavalry was doing great execution when the order came for them to fall back in order to cover the retirement of thefttfantry which had succumbed to pressure at other, points. The troopers withdrew from the wood an brought up the rear, pausing often to fight rear guard actions with the hot ly pressed enemy. The next big action was on March 30 when the Germans- got into a wood northwest of Moreuil. Word came from the British command that the wood must be cleared out. The position was filled with enemy infan try who had brought forward great numbers- of machine guns which were mounted in every available vantage point, even in trees. The cavalary was called upopn. Here a part of them dismounted and went in 'on foot but the Canadian horesmen tore on Into the forest and hurled themselves on the enemy. As one trooper later put it: "There was a hell of a fight." ' Step by step the Germans gave way 'before the onslaught until the west 1 ern part of the wood had been cleared between Moreuil and Demuin. The 'cavalry held it until next morning, 'when the infantry took over the po sition. Had to Abandon , Freaflh-terv An Atlantic Port, April 8. Lack of coal made it necessary for a steamer arriving here today to abandon an effort to tow ,to this port a disabled freight steamer which was picked up on March 29: A-relief vesseT has to aid the . ireiguier, wuxu. c , ALLIES TWO ATTACKS ON AMERICAN LINES WERE REPULSED Sammies Not Only Drove Off Boches, But Chased Them RAN GERMANS OUT OF FIRST LINE Waited Until Enemy Reached Barbed Wire, Then Opened Up On Him, Following 'With Counter Dash With the American Army in France, Sunday, April 7. On the front North west of Toul, Friday night, the Ger mans attempted two raids but both were repulsed. American infantry men went out of their trenches on the second occasion and chased the Germans from the German first line trenches into the support trenches. Details of the action were made public in the following official report. issued tonight: "The enemy raided our trenches at two points. The first attack was re pulsed easily. In the second the en emy was, allowed to reach our wire entanglements.1- Then. our. fire opened 1.": .a moment , later, me Ameaa driving back the foe. The pursuit was coztthMied until the first enemy trenches were emptied and. the Ger mans had been driven back to their support trenches. "l&iemy artillery activity was fol lowed by extremely active shelling by our heavy artillery, which si lenced two enemy batteries." DUMPING HOT SLAG CAUSED EXPLOSION Baltimore, April 8. Hot slag being dumped Into the river at the Spar rows Point works of the Bethle.hem Steel Company early otday, caused a terrific explosion which shook the lower part of this city. It was at first thought there had been a serious ac cident and this feeling was heighten ed" by the refusal of any information at the steel works when; inquiries were made. Later, Chief of Police James Robb, of Sparrow's Point, said that hot slag caused the explosion and that no ac cident of any kind had occurred at the steel plant. The dumping of slag into the river is a nightly occurrence and it is generally accompanied by an explosion. This time, however, it was unusually heavy. POSTMASTERS FOR NORTH CAROLINA (By George Manning). Washington, D. C, April 8. The following presidential postmasters in North Carolina havet been re-appointed for another four years by the Pres ident and commissioned: Robert S. McRae, Chapel Hill; Ste phen P. Wilson, Fairmont; Ira T. Hunt, Kittrell; John R. Swann, Mar shall; Robert P. Gardner, Mount Hol ly; George W. Waters, Plymouth; Samuel V. Scott, Sanford; Cepha L. Harris, Thomasville; John F. Saun ders, Troy; George W. Hill, Vine land; Otho K. Holding, Wake Forest, and Robert S. Galloway, Winston-Salem. Puts It on Clemenceau. Vienna, April 8, via London. Pre mier Clemenceau in January this year took up discussions with Austria re specting the possibility of peace nego tiations, says an official statement is sued here today in reply to the offi cial denials at Paris that France had taken the initiative In the exchanges. The statement says the negotiations were begun when Alexandre Ribot was premier of France; that they were broken off and again taken up by M. Clemenceau. Unjustified Cancellations. Washington, April 8. Proposed cancellations of the fabrication in transit arrangements on iron and steel at Baltimore and Washington, which would result in increased rates on .structural iron and steel from points in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania to points on or reached by. way of the Southern aRilway was found today by the Interstate Com merce Commission to be unjustified PAY NO Sk TO COST OP DRIVE Men are Hurled 6;Sla6ghfcr With Utter DegardJl -Of Lok-- 'v USED 25 DIVISIONS 5 f AGAINST MeNCH Massed Attacks!vlowe3 Down French Are UsingvMini-, - V. mum rsjumtSeror Soldiers : "; ;f With the French Army in France, Sunday, April 7.Tweufy-&ve" divis ions have been used by the Germans in the last four days in ; efforts to break through the French 4 line and reach the railroad running south from Amiens. All attacks have been check ed by the wonderful resistance of the French, some of whom were . thrown into the line as soon as they arrived on the battlefield! The Germans are obtaining only in significant results in their attempts to . advance, considering the, -number force -is at least three times as great as the number of French, defenders. The cheerfulness ' and confidence with which the French troops go in to action is remarkable. They feel they are better than the enemy and make light of the' German superiority In numbers. The French command continues to stay-; the German rush, thus retaining the; reserves for pos sible attacks some; place else.- Powerful trench :mprtars have made their appearance behind the German Infantry, but up;t this Ome. have not influenced the situation to any extent and in some places -the guns have been unablo approach with in an effective rJngeSt On the .othej hand, an . enormous number of ma chine guns pour 3&n intense barrage into, the French lines and fet. the same time thei Qrntoinfa; Tuider-cor.iih to the French, line in 'small; groups and establish pockets from which to leap forward at. the proper moment. This procedure waa quickly neu tralised by the French and the Ger mans are now resuming massed at tacks in which their men come under fhe; dstrect fire of French machine guns. -rifles, grenades and 75s, which Inflict terrible losses. The 75s do ter rifle execution, cutting wide lanes through the enemy ranks. The enemy commanders appear to pay little attention to this slaughter, their aim being to reach the objec tive whatever the cost. Late last night the enemy again at tacked in the region of Grlvesnes, but were repulsed sanguinarily and auu forced back to their own lines with greatly diminished numbers. Further south in the vicinity of Noyon, they at first succeeded in entering the French positions. La ter, after the most severe fighting they were compelled to-retreat, leav ing the situation unchanged. Mont Renaud, near Noyon, saw re peated attacks from the Germans throughout Saturday, but all were equally futile. The hill was the first point where the French barred the German advance through the Oise Valley towards Compiegne and Paris. When the Germans first swept down from Noyon, the hill changed hands repeatedly. The ground thereabouts shows striking evidence of the fear ful nature of the battle in the number of German bodies that can be seen. Since March 30, the French havo not budged. In fact, they have gain ed some ground, on the northern slope of the hill. The Germans occupied two hills overlooking Mont Renaud, which possess little practical value, although they afford a view of what is going on in Noyon and slightly be yond that town. Further eastward, along the Olse, the French fell back Saturday from the dangerous salient north of Am igny. Fighting all the way, they re tired to better positions which had been prepared along the Ailette river. COLUMBIA REPORTS A HEAVY RAINFALL Columbia, S. C, April s:ince 8 .o'clock last night 2.7 inches oY rain has fallen here and at 10 o'clock this morning there was no indication of a let-up in the down-pour. The local weather bureau stated that the Santee river might reach the flood stage to day. . VIOLENT ARTILLERYING. Paris, April 8. Violent artillery engagements .occurred ast night, especially on the left bank of the Oise river, says today's official re port. BRITISH MAKE ADVANCE. London, April 8.- On the South ern bank of -the . Somme, the Brit ish last night made a small ad vance, it Is announced officially. - 10 CABINETS ARE NOW WORKING WITH PRESIDENT WILSON One Handles Political Prob lems and the Other War Questions MORE EFFICIENCY IN WAR MAKING Closest Harmony Among the Various Organizations For Speeding Up Fight for Democracy Washington, April 8 The nation'3 war-making agencies have achieved a close harmony of action in the last two weeks through the Wednesday conferences at the White House which high officials said today has speeded the prosecution of the fight for de mocracy to the point of greatest ef ficiency yet reached. The President now virtually has two cabinets, the first of which ad vises him on diplomatic and political questions, while the second discusses with the chief executive the problems of mobilizing the industrial powers of the nation without which there could be no war. The cabinet proper meets every Friday. The "war cabinet" or "industrial cabinet," as it is coming to be known, gathers at the White House every Wednesday, the Director General of Railroads, the chairman of the Shipping, War Industries and War Trade Boards, the Food Administra tor and Fuel Administrator. At times when the Navy or Army has a special involving industrial questions, Secre tary Daniels or Acting Secretary Crowell attend. The War Cabinet at no time' li&s touched on political questions. This was learned today from a very high source. All of the war cabinet's work has been to further the preparation of -America to throw her entire resources -into TJie scaie aeamsi ue nun. 1 A . T T vtuHmnnta 1 T, . iTj. , lys J-"- uoKun tuy fignng jb Dearer i4So,H,Impoctant5-has been. .the;,worli.ditlon.than .-m: xr bewbine that th -prosecution of the war, except for direction or actual mil itary and naval movements, now is entrusted to the little group of six men, representing the factors neces sary to providing the fighting men with all they need to bring Victory as quickly as possible CORONER'S INQUEST OVER PRAGER TODAY Collinsville, 111., April 8. The in quest today over the death of Robert 'P. Prager, an enemy alien who last jFriday morning was hanged by a mob, is the first formal step in an UnvaqHrnHnti nf the n-rima Yiv Htata TQ,Qe,i v torney general's office and the adjut ant general's office have announced that if the coroner's jury names par ties responsible for the hanging, pros ecution will be started immediately, probably next week, when an adjourn ed session of the grand jury Is sched- huled to meet. MINIMIZES LANDING OF JAPANESE TROOPS Moscow, Sunday, April .7. The Jap anese representative at Vologda, where Allied and neutral diplomatic missions are stationed, has sent a communication to M. Tchitcherln, the Russian foreign minister, minim izing the significance of the landing at Vladivostok, according to The Is vestia. The communication said that the incident was local and that Ad miral Kato acted on his own initia tive and without specific orders from his government. M. Tchitcherin, however, is reported to be skeptical. Reports received here from Vlad ivostok Indicate that the Japanese have not interfered with the life of the city and that they only patroll the stasis. Admiral Kato visited the mayor and the president of the Zemstvo, who protested against the landing. The municipal council al so passed a resolution of protest. ALLIED POSITION IMPROVES DAILY Washington, April 8 Every day finds the Allies in a better position to resist with definite success the great German offensive, according to an of ficial review today by the British military attache. The French, Brit ish and American reserves are pour ing in daily to defend Amiens, the review declares. Shot at Moving Picture. Davenport, Iowa, April 8. Durina the performance here last night of a photoplay depicting German atroci ties, a man who gave his name as E. J. Kelly and his occupation as a trav eling salesman, fired two shots at the screen when an impersonation of the German Emperor was shown. Kelly was taken into custody,' but today it was announced he would not be proa ecuted. -- - FIRST DAYS IN LIBERTY BOND SALE WINTER WHEAT CROP IS The Government's Forecast Estimates Crop at Only 560,000,000 Bushels Washington, April 8. Winter wheat production this year will be about 560,000,000 bushels, the Department of Agriculture estimated today in Its re port showing the condition of crop on April 1 to be 78.6 per cent, of a normal. Rye production will be about 86,- 000,000 bushels, its condition April 1 being 85.8 per cent, of a normal. Condition of winter wheat In the im portant growing States follows: Ohio 80, Indiana 94, Illinois 88, Mis souri 92, Nebraska 75, Kansas 67, Ok lahoma 63. Widespread interest centered in to day's production forecasts of this sea son's winter wheat and rye crops, es timated by the Department of Agri culture from the condition of the crops on April 1. Winter wheat, sown on 42,170,000 acres, "the largest area ever planted, entered the winter with the lowest condition of record on December 1. In Its December forecast the Depart ment of Agriculture estimated the crop would be about 540,000,000 bush els. The government had aimed to have a crop of 672,000,000 bushels of winter wheat and relied upon farmers to plant enough spring wheat to bring the country's wheat production this year to more than 1,000,000,000 bush els. Wheat conditions through the win ter have not been adverse to the win ter grain crops and early reports in dicated that the winter wheat and rye -u j 1 , .-l. . - . . wra felt from these indications that the production forecasts today would be larger than those estimated as a result of the December conditions. Rye acreage last autumn showed a 36 per cent increase over the previous year, with 6,119,000 acres planted. The condition of the crop on Decem ber 1 was 84.1 per cent of a normal and the forecast of production made at that time was 85,000,000 bushels BOLO PASHA IS GIVEN A REPRIEVE Paris, April 8. Shortly following the action of President Poincare in refusing clemency to Bolo Pasha, ooa victed of treason in acting as agent of German propaganda in Francs, which caused the expectation that his execution would not be long delayed, it was announced today that the mil itary judiciaries had granted Polo a reprieve. Their action was based on the representation of his attorney, Albert Salles, that the convicted man had revelations to make to the au thorities. The length of the reprieve is not given in the official announcement which, in making the fact of the re prleve known states that it is grant ed "for the moment' AUSTRIA SAYS FRANCE STARTED PEACE TALK Amsterdam, April 8. The state ments of the French government and ex-Premier Painleve that it was Aus tria, not France, which took the ini tiative resulting in the conversations in Switzerland, concerning the possi bility of opening peace negotiations, are denied by the Austrian govern ment, which insists that France took the first step. An official statement issued in Vienna says the accounts given by Premier Clemenceau and M. Painleve, of the meetings In Switzer land between Counjt Revertata, the Austrian representative, and Major Armand, representing France, deviate from the facts in many important par ticulars. It asserts the initiative was taken by the intermediary acting in the name of the French government. RUSSIAN SHIPS WERE PURPOSELY DESTROYED Washington, April 8. The Russian warships sunk by their commanders off the Southern coast of Finland, to keep them out of the hands of the Germans, reported several days ago, were blown up after German ships had opened fire on .them, according to a dispatch to the State Depart ment today from Stockholm. Three of the Russian vessels were battle ships. Representative Jones 111. Washington, April 8. Representa tive Wyiiam Atkinson Jones, Demo crat, of Virginia,' chairman of the House Committee on Insular Affairs, is lying in very precarious condition today, following a stroke of paralysis last night. Mr. Jones has been in very feeble health for some years. CONDITION DRIVE $250,000,000 ' Wp: Reports May Not Be Givert s0t 11 Out Except Weekly or Bi" Weekly . THIRTY THOUSAND FLAGS DISTRIBUTED; Hundreds of Towns Will Soon Be Flying Honor Flags New York Subscribed Ove2 $105,000,000 Saturday. j Washington, April 8. Unofficial re ports to the Treasury today put the ; first day's subscriptions in the third Liberty Loan campaign at ?250,000f 000. Officials said this probably was somewhat too high, though, as first, reports usually are optimistic. vl After planning a system for gath! rring reports of subscriptions day of day, officials in charge of the cam- paign now are considering withhold ing tne reports or giving them out f : to make public only figures reported L federal Reserve banks, based on receipts from initial payments on sub scriptions. Several hundred towns within a day or two orobablv will flv the honor flag of the third loan. Thirty thou-) sand flags hav,3 been distributed to'- i VUUilillltTOO VV 111 C. VV CI 1 Ifc -, j trem to communities reaching or ex-' -. f ceding their allotments. Without '. .;j waiting for determination of which.' : ?s community won the honor first sinca , f cui icyuiicu, wiiuiu, a. lew uuuuios i after the camDalfm officially oDened--i some district headquarters forwarded." ' the flags to honor roll towns today. 'V in an effort to clear up which corn-' .' munities actually are entitled to flnfc;!"-! honors in the flag .competition,- heaoW,! i . i quarters today took steps to obtain " affidavits from local 'committeea to' '.t he checked -up with telegraph xmWMJ ! from Federal Reserve district organI ? ; zatione. ' New York Had a Good Day, f V,' New York, April 8. Subscription1 : to the third Liberty Loan in the Nexj." York Fede.al District, aggregating $105,394,600, had beer officially report,' ed to tre district's loan committed up to 11 a. m. today. This represent a gain of more than $31,000,000 as compared with Saturday's closing figl ures. J' Chicago Reports. .1 Chicago, April 8. The second dayi . ;! ; of the third Liberty Loan drive open-4 .V : ' ed today with unofficial reports front 3 the five States in this district that' ? ' more than $40,000,000 in subscriptions : . r had been made on the first day. . - i ::" f In Chicago unofficial reports 8how-V ed that $20,000,000 had been sub5:- .:'r scribed. ,. ?';-' Colonel Guthrie Dead. Pflmn 7athorr To -vrli-i-r" XT- A v41 O Col. William L. Guthrie, 309th En gineers, widely known in army cir, cles, died of pneumonia at the base . hospital here today He was grad: . uated from West Point in 1901. ' Mil iTAnv nnuirn m m iiiiLiiHiu ru hi mm GERMANY IS DOOMED!! London Newspaper Says Pres-, '-'! -, ident Wilson Sealed the Kaiser's Fate London, April 8. The doom of thtf( military power in Geimany was pro-' nounced by President Wilson in his spetch at Baltimore, says the Morn ing Post. 'Whether or not the Allies ari strong enough to bieak in pieces the German military poer remains to! bo seen," it adds. "But that given time America . is " able to defeat the enemy is as little 1 doubtful as that she is resolved to f do it, however long the work may; take. It is a gigantic enterprise, for--the defeat of the German armies in, the field is not all that America has I ' promised, but she purposes to go fur ther. ' "Amid the stress and suspense of the great conflict now raging on the -Western front, we can assure ourj. American friends that their brave ? and simple declarations are Inexpres- sibly encouraging. They look uponr the war from a point of view which,'1 after nearly four years of stupyin vicissitude, we have lost. has insisted that before all it is ajl, moral Issue. There are millions oil. men among the Americans and the(: forces of the Allies who are fighting1 ' in the simple faith that they ara. . ' doing duty in a good cause. '!: .1. "It has fallen to President Wilson f -to put into stern practice - the convic- J tlou, which the greatest among Amer-;-lean poets affirmed in every line of t- his rough-hewn verse, that the spirit of liberty is lnTincfcle." ;-. ifc-T rU: -.V- !.: ' ml m k 9 t . ; !'; f- . "I; A i 1H - . r f ... - I; ' - - - f" i me outposts. its tail 'i'.
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