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' . .... ..... I. ' - -, i t " , WEATHER. N9rth and South Car olina: Probably aJn tcnlflW and Sunday A --k- i i '. i n -i -- . TODAVSIIEWS VOL. XXIV. No. 10U kWILMINGTON; NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY ;ArTTRN56Nj APRIL 20, 1918. 1 , jr'-K'i'S,', I PRICE FIVE CENTS STOCK MAIKET; CLOSES A MUCH CETTED'n ' f- - Better War NeW.: Rralc in Cotton and4; Schwab's Ap pointment: Helped ; OF DIVIDING ALLIES German Officers Wagered AT BIG GERMANS SURE LID OF SECRECY If OFF WORK : ; mPYARMIM They Would Go Through .in a Fortnight London. April 20. Before the pres - " - . f-z r ' - . ; , British Troops Take the Ag gressive With Quick and Decisive Results' . ANOTHER PAUSE IN WEST FRONT BATTLE 'Both Sides Preparing for Re sumption of Heavy Fighting. r: Vith the Tidp Turning To-! ward the Allied Armies. v Field Marshal Half's trooi took Hggressire last night on the Southern tide of the Lys battlefront with quick and decisive results. They compell ed the Germans to give up the small bits of ground in the Givenchy-Festu-bert sector which were all the eneniy had to show. for. his costly all day attacks on Thursday on this , front. The British counter-blow resulted In the attainment of all the objectives sought and yi the complete establish' ment of theTBritish line as it existed before the Germans struck on Thurs day. ' ' ' The only official action of the GerS man side reported from the BritHj lront was on the Robecq region, near the westerly tip of the Lys salient: southwest of Merville. The enemy mw bo success in this local operation, thr British driving him back to ,his- pd utions. There is possible ignVScance In raiding operations carried out by the British south along the line below the Scarpe river, just to the southeast of Arras. Apparently, jt was a: feeling; out operation to develop .what forces' the Germans have ready for an at-" Jack In this region. 'It resulted . in the taking of prisoners' and a collec tion of machine guns and trench mor tars. A German counter attack was repulsed. - ". ' It seems not improbable that the enemy will again essay a drive around, Arras, althoiig2fcB fan there in me uw,Vt . v. . -.2 In sdme waythe Germans have got io force back the British lline te twen Arras and Albert before they can go much further ahead in their pusn on tne ssomme Dattierront, as their right flank is held fast by the British from VImy Ridge to Albert and has not-been able to keep pac? with their left, south of the Somme. The British anchor point on this line is VImy ridge, north of Arras, the turning of which from the north Has been assumed to be one of the Ger man objectives in driving in the sa lient along the Lys, whence they ap parently hoped to work, southward. Stopped in this attempt by the British In the fighting on Thursday and yes terday, they-must either strike here again or attack with similar purpose elsewhere if Vimy and the line it supports is not-still .to stand In the xvay of their, southerly drive. In the sectora of the Southern bat tlefront, held By the . French, there -as a continuation of the heavy artil lery action betwen .Lassigny . and Noy on toward the French right flank. The only infantry operations was a raid ing attempt by the Permans near Hangard, southeast . of Amiens, in iiich the advantage was with the French, who took prisoners, including tn officer 1 v Active fighting operations on a large scale have halted for the, time being while each side prepares for the next onslaught. ' It is not im probable that the Germans again will fttack, -either in Picardy or In Flan kers -Artois, while over every move they make hang3 the menace of the Allied reserve army and a counter of fensive ' : ' t"nfavbrabl weather has settled -t up to the present fhe Germans 1;ave selected mist and rain tnd cold rriods as opportune for striking and the lull in their attacks ra due more Probably to their appalling ' losses, vhich in the past ten days have caus such depletions. In organizations ftat offTiRtvp tactic. must wait the BO. - .a srrival of new troops. The enemy Is woving up new troops ' i u'"s ' ong the Lys river and these are be ng bombarded heavily by the 'Brit Germany probably still has many Reserve divisions and there Is little doubt that her masters will use up too last division in their attempts to rmsh either the British or th6 French. The British have borne the "runt of the present campaign, which 'ill end its first month today, and Pir line in still unbroken. The en "iy has not. been able to pierce it i roll up ono side as he apparently Intended. ' Facing them toJ?y on the Western If0" the Germane find Btish. I rPnch, America'i, Belgian, Portugese and Italian troops. The number is "creasing constantly while the Ger nns undoi:brelly have used up thlr 'TPT, divig;on? !n Jlie battles of tho wt month. ; ( r Qfixoaju cannot lult now If OUR LIBERTY LOAN MUST EXCEED HUN'S: German People Have Sub scribed $17,343,006,000 to Their Government : AMERICA IS ABLE TO DO MUCH MORE Germany's ; National Debt is $379 Per Capita, While America's is $75 We Must Meet Germany's Efforts Washington, April 20. While Amer lean arms are meeting German force on the battlefront in France, Ameri can Liberty Loans must match and overtop Germany's, popular war cred its, said a review issued today by Na tional Loan headquarters with the loan campaign half finished. As compared with the United States' two war loans, the first for $2,000,000, with $4,500,000 subscribers, and the second for $3,808,000,000 with 9,600,000 or more subscribers, or a otal of $5,808,000,000 for the two, the German people have subscribed the equivalents $17,343,000,000 in seven loans, the greatest number of subscribers in any one of which was 6,768,000. ThTa2ras the sixth, loan, floated after ; more' than two years, of war,- and afuone ;in. every 10 of Germany's peculation bought bonds. In the. United ite about ; one in seven subscribed 'p; the second Liberty-Loan. .-4fc-W' ' v ' For the thirdKIoan, now being of feredjhthe Ttei$v.rft J hopes to get 2,000,H)0 - subscribers and double P?iciy's befif jnecrd for wide dis- tflbt:; i oTxhe; cc venimenwarse: debt on account of the war than the United States," says the Liberty Loan Review. Yet her population is only , two-thirds as great and her national wealth is estimated at about one-third of the United States. At the end of 1917 every man, woman and child in Germany bore on an average $379 of public debt, while the per capita pub lic debt of the United is about $75. Germany's national debt last De cember was reported as $25,408,000, 000, of which $24,343,000,000 has de veloped since the war started. The United States public debt before the third Liberty Loan campaign started was about $7,758,000,000, of which the $5,808,000,000 of the first and second loans represent the bulk of the war debt. Austria-Hungary's public debt re cently was $19,018,000,000, of which all but $3,985,000,000 has grown up since the war, and most has been raised from popular loans. America's Allies also have had "Liberty7 Loans" of their own, and all have raised proportionately more than the people of the United States have been called upon to produce. Great Britain's public debt, is above $27,836,- AOrt.nnnf Franpfi's $22 297 nnrt IWrt i Italy's $6,676,000,000. War has caused the bulk of these, and from the pock ets of the people has come most of the money to keep the war machin ery going. Sammies to Celebrate. Paris. April 20. Plans for the Mem- i'oria-i Day celebration are . already be ing made by the men of the American expeditionary forces In and around Paris. It has been arranged to hold a big athletic meet in the suburbs at Colombes on May 30. they would attempt to crush the Al lies while they themselves yet have strength. Field Marshal Haig's fa bian tactics have been more than a match for the strong, head-on rusher? of the Germans. In a month of the heaviest fighting of the war, the Ger mans have gained nothing the Al lies could not afford to lose when, at the same time they could inflict loss es more than commensurate with the value of the positions sacrificed. In fact, the Allies are now in a better position for an over-powering off en sive than they were on March 21. v In Flanders and in Artois, north of Arras, the oposlng gunners are ac tive. the Germans especially so, north of Merville. the apex of the Northern salient. On the Picardy battlefield, the German artillery .fire has bsssi lively between the Somme and Mont didier. ' On the right bank of the Meuse, probably on the American sector south of Verdun, American and French troops have carried out a. smal raid Into the enemy trenches. Several casualties were Inflicted" on the Gf-mauR, but their positions were fnnnA unnrrupied. The German ar tinVrv ftVwoS active in" ts.iBriUshi.are,sWJ.. clinging .to, the we; . ' 1 bm in defense of Mount KemmeL. Just o 0 i. Urn ML CAPTAIN ALFRED HEURTEAUX, called France's foremost living "ace' who is now in this country. He his an unofficial record of sixty German machines downed, and is wearing the Cross of Leopold 1st, the Belgian Waj Cross, the Cross of the Legion of, Hin or and '; the French War . Cross, with seventeen palms and two stars. PRESIDENT. WILJSONy - BURNS HIS HANDS receiveu uy irrwweux. vviistw yester day when he grasped a hot exhaust pipe as he climbed from the fighting tank. Brittania, aftr a ride around th'e White House grounds,, will prevent his playing golf for a month, it was said today. The President plays golf i almost every day. Tne burn was giving the President some pain today,. THE EIGHT DAY CAMPAIGN FOR the Germans the evening of each day New yorK,, Apru,zu.- setter war news,- the break in cotton? after, a sen sational advance, tfhich.braced ithe other markets ., and, ,.,Charles.; M. Schwab's appointment as head of the government's shipbuilding ; enterprises ',--;r the 'main imtehces in this week's a, tly improved- jstock market .ices showed .grbss' gains of 3 to o ints in leading shares; and in sev Hi important instances, prices were 5 highest levels rsihee te, beginning g the Teutonic arrr. -K , , t : t , v? iluch of this'-, advantage . was sac- ced to expensive realizing for prof- but th emariters undertone and ftreased activityjleft Htle doub of I dispasition o make , headway under .vorable .encouragement, circum stances. Some of the -week's 'developments offered less encouragement, howwer. notbly the progress : of .the - Libertv Loan. Disappointment was expressed at the result in the local district, which fell Tar behind - in percentage of subscriptions. Money market-conditions were un changed, despite thjp heavy withdraw als rsulting from: the " Liberty .'Loan drive. Time funds -relaxed slightly on the less urgent demand and the rap id turnover an thft heavy' offering of mercantile paper The next fortnight is expecte to bring' another adjustment of price schedules by the ; war trade , board. Copper and rubber : are , among the commodities subject? to" ealy revision. THREE SHOTS FIRED ON PARIS FRIDAY Paris, April 26J yesterday's long range bombardment rhlch consisted of . three shots at w)4e intervals, re sulted In no casualties and did little amage. One shell went through' the ropf.iof a house; , penetrating, a work shop on the sixth:; floor an passing thrchthe " Mckwalls crbssed the court yard and intd; a building in the rear, finally bursting jonthe staircase.! A ntmber . of nperople were employed . but; all had. teft vthe building a few mmutes Deiore-inesneu reu. FRENCHfDRIVX3FF j- UxUllAH -RAIDERS Paris, April 20. German troops last night launched1 a raiding operation against the French lines in: the region of Hangard-En-Santerre, Southeast of Amiens.' The effort was a ?;f allure, the War. Office announced today. The French took prisoners in local action. The. artillery has been active along the Southern battle line between Las signy and Noyon. - MESSINES RIDGE The above map tey started their ArmentiertB era slopes of the ridge, but it appears ju; Ntu ve.t - , . - - ent German offensive began German officers in neutral countries were pre pared to wager; that the Germans would succeeu in dividing the forces of the Allies within a. fortnight, Lord Kobert Cecil, minister of blockade, de clared in a spech last, night at Hitch- in. . "A month has . passed and the Ger mans have not. succeeded," Lord Rob ert continued, . ."but we . would be wickedly foolish, if. we helieved the battle had ended. We have an indef inite period of terrible and strenuous struggles before us." Lord Robert did not think that the enemy's formidable advantages would decide the battle in his favor, but the Allies must not come under the sway of a too easy optimism. The minister of blockade referred to the revelation of Prince Lichnow sky, former German .Ambassador to London, and other .proofs showing that Germany was absolutely, -unchanged since she strove to- lull the world to sleep by talk of-peace- while planning this attack. Since -the battle has be gun there has been -no- talk of peace and nothing has been heard but talk of. German annexations, indemnities, increase in the power of the German military caste, and the slavery of the rest of the world. ' He concluded: "We are fighting indubitably for the freedom of the world. Anyone Who says the Germans desire to live in peace with their neighbors and are ready to make a just and righteo'us r-, I 1 3 1 . , . yeaue is muuiging in voiuniary seir deception." ' BLAMES MONT BLANC FOR HALIFAX DISASTER Halifax, N. S., April 20 Blame for the collision between the Norwegian steamer Imo and the French muni tions ship Mont Blanc which result ed in the loss of 1.800 lives here on December 6, last, was "placed on the Mont Blanc by Justice Drysdale, in a decision filed in -the- admiral court today in the libel and counter suits brought by the owners of the two vsssels. The question of damages was referred to a board consisting of the .regiter of hipping and two mer- r Women t-Move"V;or Peace Berne, Switz.,, April 2'fcr-The Inter national conference of women,; com prising for the most part women res ident, in Switzerland, has deeided to addres to the women of all the conn tries'. of - the world, a request for col lective action for peace, the freedom and independence of all nations, in ternational concord and woman suffrage.- shows the approximate, position of offensive Tuesday, April 9th.. The probable . that their-nexx staro wm - - ; - - 1 J? " 1 cSfor bravery In the Official List Issued To- day 42 Separate. Citations Are Noted Washington, April 20. An official list of the individuals and sections of the United States Army Ambulance Service cited by French army com manders for bravery was received today at the office of Surgeon Gen eral Gorgas. Forty-two separate cita tions are noted. In two instances en tire sections were commended. Section No. 646, commanded by Lieutenant E. T. Drake, was com mended on two occasions and finally was given the right to wear' the "fourragere." It is the first Ameri can organization tor receive this hon or. The other American' section com mended as a unit was No.. 623, com manded by First Lieutenant Allan H. Muhr. Five other officers listed are Lieu tenants Robert L. Nourse, Henry L. Bibby, Joseph R. Greenwood, Allan D. Kinsley and Otka P. Dokes. The enlisted men cited are as fol lows: Sergeants Newman Ebersole, Milo S. King, Corporal LeRoy G. Clark, Mechanic Harold A. Stewart, Privates Carson S. Ricks, Way Spaulding, Al bert S. Strehlke, George W. B. Hart well, Willard Swartley, Summerfield Baldwin, Edward Kirkland, James E. Moore, Charles B. Cummings, Stor mont Mathews, Frederick Payne,, Al fred Skinner, Charles Kendall, Joseph Brown, Louis E. Timson, .Alien sE Lees. Emerson R.- Miller. John :vB. yAnderbilt,iArthnr Crosby.Johfi Fitzpatricki'Rdbett E. Graf, Jr., James T. Jones, ojhn H. Wood, Rich ard H. Baker, Jr., Charles V. Tomp kins, .Richard Buel,, Ripley Cutler, Arthur P. Coe, Peter U. Muir and Wal ter H. " Wisstrand. BLIND GIRL SAVES LIVES OF 16 OTHERS New York. April 20 Ross Cohen, nine years old and blind, saved the lives of 16 other blind children at the Blind Babies' ' Sunshine Home in Brooklyn early today. - - Awakened by smoke from a fire which started in the kitchen of 'the home, the girl's and boys room on the nernnd floor, aroused each sleeping child and quietly marshaled them in to the corridor, later leading them in to the court yard in the rear of the house. Officials of the home were not awakened until- the children were passing out of the blaing build'.ng. Two floors of the home were burned out. , CANADA NOW HAS MAN-POWER LAW nttfl-wa. nnt.. Aornfl 20. The gov ernment man-power resolution which aTinHsTies exemptions under the Mil- itarv Rprvice Act in the ages .speci fies and gives the minister of militia power to call men to the colors as necessity demands, passed both Houses last night. The passage of th measure wil be folowed by -the immediate calling to the color3 of all unmarried men and widowers with rmt children between the ages of 20 and 22 years, inclusive, and if enough men are not secured in this call those between 19 and 23. unmarried or wid owers without children wil next be called. Military Service for Women. London, April 20. Sir William James Bull has given notice that he will submit to the House of Com mons a resolution to extend the mili tary service act to all unmarried women between the ages of 19 and; 30 for work of national import. Sir William is a Unionist member for Hammersmith. Round Up of Evaders. , , Flint." Mich.,. April 20. Of 154 men taken, in a general round up of sus-j pected draft evaders Thursday night j. and yesterday, all but thirty ha beenj released toay, having given stisfac-! tory explantation of their lack of ! classification cars. The thirty held in jail here are said to be wanted in other cities. v Spain to Honor Columbus. Madrid, April 20. The Spanish gov ernment has decided to' make Octo ber 12 the date of Jbe discovery of America by Columbus In 1492, a na tional holiday . hereafter. This action is taken at t,he reuest of the Spanish American republics. - ' '5 of Destroyer J --- - - -" ALSO LAID KEELS tl Secretary Daniels Attends th . . . . ., ... . .'. j . . .. ' Secretary Pleasantly Surprise at What vHe Saw a th Big Bethlehem Plants Address es the Workmen Quincy, Mass., April 20, It tookuno less a' person than Josephus .Daniels himself to pry off the lid of secrecy J .rM wnicn, .upon tne declaration or war; was clamped down by the Navy.D. partment upon the activities of ' the Bethlehem Shipbuilding' Corporation at its Fore River plant and XSquantum works. The Secretary "of the Navy came here on a tour of inspection of these yards. With Mrs. Daniels, Gov ernor McCall, the Mayors of. Boston and Quincy, and other guests, he a!. rived at Fore River early in the morn; ing. v General Manager S. W Waktf man escorted the party to the slip ways. Here was a launching stand over which one of the latest type of destroyers being turned out at Fore River poked her sharp cut bow. At the screeching of a siren several ::i rj thousand workmen1 came pouring out l of the shops. The Fore -River -band , j played the "Star-Spangled BannerV and Mrs. Daniels gracefully dis- ; ! charged her office as sponsor as tho 'r: A latest of Uncle Sam's warships took '. '' -' ths water to the ('hearing' :of a con- S stantly augmenting -inass of grimy ' ' ,V shipbuilders. " - f .-. .-. : Mri Daniels appeared tremendously ' impressed, for the yard he knew when -Sf '.I last he visited, had--SjBOO .mena.-AH work. Today it nalSJWO-is ftee stroystJiad munched the shipbuilders called on rfi-y f Mr.- Daniels for a speech. . - . , "The most gratifyingr thing about this war," he said, "is that thebulk: of men of all callings have besa rady to make wualcv&r sacrifices the au thorities have asked, them to make. '', . There has been a hearty response by the American people m all directionav The spirit of America is that there will be no profiteering and no tolera tion of slackers either in ; the .mill- V . tary service in munition plants, :in ( the shipyards or anywhere else". vThe V men who are turning out destroyers-1 and munitions are just . as brave i&. ' men who . are at the front Unless i h their courage and willingness makes a -' . sacrifice to furnish the implements of , war the brave men at the front Will .- give their" lives without the agencies which will enable them to win thejO v war. "' "The greatest disappointment ofiihe! Kaiser has no? been the failure ot the ) U-boat warfare to starve our1 Allies,''. although that was keen disappoint- ' , ' ment. The greatest disappointment . -' was the falling down of the welU ;, planned propaganda to foment social .' ;.' revolution in America- The greatest disappointment of all is that the f . forts of his . paid spies and emlssa ; ries, whispering in the ears of any -' ' laboring man who would listen, arev : : worse than wasted. Labor in America ; understands that it depends for Its -lit !'-",'".: and progress and future victories upon overcoming German autocracy in -this war. , - ' "It is easy for me to understand . 1 the suspicious and ' distrust that crowds the mkd of the average work er in conection with war. From the first dawn the masses have ' been pawns in every struggle and warfare' has ever been made an excuse for setting back the hands of progress' It is -not so today. There is not at single body in-this country with .stnyj executive5 power that does not have upon it a representative, of Iabtjr,. siV ting side by side with' representatives of employers. . A trade unionist Wft liam B. Wilson, is Secretary of Laborf Samuel Gompers is -a member of th advisory committee of the Council of National Defense, and the president of; the Building Trades Union is'on the Emergency Construction- Board "tlu. builds our ships." '' . Mr. Daniels announced; that the nevf; destroyer had been- chWstened - th; Bell in honor of Rear -Admiral Henry ' .H. Bell, a native of North . Carolina j who commanded a division of the' United States fleet under Farragut in the Civil War. He lost his life by; drowning in Japan in 1868. ? Mr. Daniels' party then visited th Squantum works, where "a great sur prise awaited thim. - Where .afe; months ago was a quagmire today there stands a great ; shipbuildini yard. . . . .'. The visitors were conducted direct ly to the slips in which lay the keeJ blocks only.- Under the guidance of Superintendent J. J. Nolan, a veteran; shipbuilder, Mr. Daniels laid the ktell of five destroyers almost slmulta neously to the cheering accompan ment of the entire Shipbuilding ford, of the yard, . " ' r '"" " MM ... m 4' ' 1 -t"'t 4 - ' 1 1 t '
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