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,-,..a . '"v ; -" ' ' 1 1 WEATHER- North and South Car -v TODAY'S HEWS TODAY : Aiina: Pair ana ngnv cooler tonight; "y Tuesday, fa'r. FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE! VOL. XXIV. No 103. WILMINGTON,- NORTH CAROLINA. MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 22,191 8. PRICE FIVE CENTS A OF SEVENTY-ONE LOW-FLYING TOWNS Wi ENEMY YEA I -"VI i V- i I' ' " 1 MmmMm - MmMME A GASIJALTY LIST mm M TW0 CALIFORNIA f TWO lill ; ENEMY AIRPLANES Germans Occupied Advanced Works, But Were Soon Thrown Out HINDENBURG HALTS ATTACKING MOVEMENT Apparently Enemy is Trying to Decide Where to Strike Next Allies are Prepared to Meet It. Having; withstood a violent Ger man infantry attack in force, the American troops, on the American sector northwest of Toul have driv en the enemy from the positions he gained Saturday and have restored the position completely The main positions held out against ihe enemy but he occupied advanced elements from which he was ' ejected Sunday by the Americans in a counter at tack. To the east the French lines also have heen re-established. Indi cations are that the Germans intend ed to make the attack the start of ijl effort to separate the American and French troops and perhaps, wipe out the American sector. General Pershing's men, however, fought des perately and only retired from Seich prey before overpowering numbers. The enemy was not able to hold the Tillage and soon evacuated it. After the Americans had driven the Germans from the occupied advanced posts, the enemy did not attack again and Sunday was comparatively quiet east of St. Mihiel. The German of fensive which persisted throughout the day and into the night, was pro ceded by most violent artillery ftre, but the Americans were undismayed and stuck 'ttVir suns and trenches to meet the -my storming ttoops. Two German i -plares ; ite brought 4own bx meriR j;je .gwneraJ Berlm in its o racial statement, ae 6cribB Saturday's . action lengthily . Admission, is made tha.tr the fighting was severe and it is claimed that 183 Americans, including five officers and 25 machine guns, were captured. Heavy losses, f is saw, were in- nicted Dy tne uermans. mat ine ei- fort failed of its purpose is indicated by the announcement that the attack ers returned to their own positions under cover of night. Berlin makes no mention of French troops having been engaged in this region. On the Picardy and Flanders bat tlefields the Germans have not resum ed their attacks and apparently are waiting" for the high command to de cide where to strike next, while fresh troops and new supplies are being brought forward. Meanwhile, French reinforcements are pouring in -behind the Brftjjsh lines. French troops are now with Field Marshal Haigs men on both the Northern and Southern legs of ihe salient south of Ypres. Near Robecq, on the Southern leg, the British have driven the Germans from some advanced posts. In this area, where strong German attacks were repulsed, sanguinarily last week, the enemy artillery is most ac tive. Artillery duels continued vict lent along most , of the Picardy bat tlefront, where the Germans are us ing guns of the biggest calibre. Today the German offensive begins its second month without having sep arated the British and French and "rith th British army .U intact. Where the next blow will fall is un certain, but the Allies are prepared to meet it as they have met theLearrfc for a irl friend who Rhe do- others. It is probable the Germans ! are not willing tovend the Flanders attack without making another effort to drive in the northern leg and get behind Ypres. Enemy activity south of Arras also has been noticed. BERLIN SAYS FIRE WAQ VAT JFRiniT? gu iy general cnarge in tne WA3 iNVi OtlxIvHJO Fongp that T hold views and am capa- ble of practices not approved' by our Amsterdam, April 21. A fire on eocial traditions. April 13 at Frledrichshafen involved; The professor and Mrs. Granger n old Zeppelin hangar and was quick-: were acquitted of a rhprgo of disor ly subdued, according to an official derly conduct in the Municipapl statement issued in Berlin. The dain Court last week. age was slight and work In the Zep Pelln yards was not hampered. A dispatch from .Geneva on April 16 reported that enormous loss was caused by a flrepn the preceding Sat uray in the Zeppelin works at Manzel, near Frledrichshafen. The plant was destroyed andvast quantities of raw Material was burned. Two large Zep pelins and 40 airplanes also were 'lost, "he number of victims was said to be considerable. The fire burned for more ,han 24 hours and was Interspersed y frequent explosions which could e heard in Switzerland. Duke Frederick Dead. Amsterdam, Anril 22. Duke Fred rick II.. mier of the Germany Duchy Castl ;, is ueaa at tne uamensieat e. He was 61 years old. LIBERTY LOAN IS HALF Only Half of the Minimum Amount Sought Has Been . Taken OREGON HAS MADE A GREAT RECORD Every Town and Every Coun ty in State Has Subscribed Quota A Bond in Every Home in Wyoming Town. Washington, April 2. Half of the three billion dollars minimum sought for the Third Liberty Loan remains to be subscribed in the remaining working days of the campaign. Early reports today to headquarters indi cated that the total has been raised above $1,500,000,000. Reports al ready in show $1,456,583,190. This covers only part of Saturday's business and represents an increase of $85,000,000 over the total reportel Saturday night. Local committees in hundreds of communities sent word today that they would try particularly hard to make this the record week of the campaign and they counted strongly VfllLBE READJUSTED Put Under Direction of OneMan Washington, April 22. A readjust- ment 0f the aircraft program has -Jrjen decided on definitely by President Wilson and Secretary Baker has been directed to carry It out. It was indi cated today that a man not heretofore mentioned will be given full charge of production. Secretary Baker was working today on reorganization plans and announce ment probably will be made within two or three days. It was not indi cated today what changes in person nel might be made or whether the air craft board itself would be reorgan ized. It was intimated, however, that pro duction would be put in the hands of one man, whose name was not given PROFESSOR THOMAS MAKES STATEMENT Chicago, April 22 Prof W. I. Thomas, recently dismissed from the University of Chicago, after being ar rested at a hotel where he had reg istered with Mrs. R. M. Granger, wife of an army officer now serving in France, Issued a statement made public today in which he gave his ver sion of the. affair. Prof. Thomas said that Mrs. Granger had literary arabi tions and that she came to Chiracs in clarnd had n. "remarka.h1o hatn j ShB waa to have met tne profeggor wltn the to discuss the ease at the Itfrrifl nf their arrest Vint aha hail haan unable to find the Kirl and had Uio" .hfi said. Thp. statement "I am therefore not guilty of the charge as it is understood, but I am i n a i i i FORMER AUSTRIAN PREMIER DEAD Amsterdam, April 22. Baron Gautsch von Frankenthurn, former Austrian Premier, is dead at hia home in Vienna, says a dispatch to day from the Austrian capital. Baron Gautsch von Frankenthurn had been three times Austrian Prem ier, his last term in that office, a brief one, coming to a close late i 1911, nearly three years before the outbreak of the European war. His name hex not figured ' . frequently since it Austrian political chronicles. He was 41' years of age. THE AIRCRAFT PROGRAM SUBSCRIBED on patriotic celebrations Friday, des ignated by President Wilson as Lib f rty Day, .to swell the subscriptions. Railroad employes of the whole coun try are subscribing freely. R, H. Aishton, of Chicago, regional director of west of the Mississippi; reported today subscriptions of $29,016,000 frm railroad men Jjq Ms, territory Latest reports 'M ' :e that the State of Washing?' s exceeded its quota. !-'--? Oregon Liberty"?- . campafgners now claim a net -ord on the ground tnat at tn week, every towig in the State has Indications tods? uri had gone ov " 19 counties have 2 of the second 2 every county jbed its quota bd e that Misso - w, top and that awarded the honor flag. ;i Sunrise, Wyoming, with a popula tion of 672, has sold bonds to 361 persons, doubling its quota and plac ing a bond in every home. The special exhibit trains operat ed in the Federal Reserve district have gathered $2,000,000. Glasscock, Ga., which recently reported hotbed of anti-draft sentiment, has oversub scribed. New York District. New Yorkk, April 22. Official sub scriptions to the Third Liberty Loan totalled $385,200,000 at 10:30 a. m. today, through the Second Federal Reserve district. This represented a gain of $12,260,800 as compared with Saturday's closing figure CHAMBERLAIN'S BILL y ' r i i H - . Sedition 4-aws Tried by Court-martial. . Washington, April 22. President Wilson came out today in opposition to the Chamberlain bill which would try violations of the sedition laws by courts martial and in a letter to Sen ator Overman, of North Carolina, de clared his belief that the measure Is unconstitutional. If enacted, the President declared, the bill would place the United States on a level with its enemies The measure, he said, is opposed to the spirit and purpose of the espion age laws. Enactment of the Chamberlain bill has been urged before the Senate Military committee as necessary to stamp out German propaganda. Vig orous opposition to its passage has been developing and Senator Borah has sought support of Senate leaders in his efforts to defeat it. The bill has not had the support of the Dw partment of Justice and Charles War ren, assistant attorney general, re signed 'last week, after, it was said, his advocacy of the measure failed to receive the support of the attor ney general. The President's letter follows: "My dear Senator. Thank you for your letter of yes terday. I am heartily obliged to you for consulting about the court mar tial bill as perhaps I may call it for short. I am wholly and unalterably opposed to such legislation and very much value the opportunity you give me to say so. I think it is not un constitutional but that in character It would put us nearly on the level of the people we are fighting and af fecting to despise. It would be alto gether inconsistent with the spirit and practice of America, and in view of the recent legislation the espion age bill, the sabotage bill and the woman spy bill, I think it is unnecs sary and uncalled for. "I take the liberty, my dear Sen ator, of expressing myself in this em phatic way because my feel:ng is very deep about the matter, as I gath er your own is. "It is admirable the way you have been handling these Important bills and I thank you with all my heart for standing by the bil lwhich bsars your name without any compromise of . any kind. "It gives me the greatest satisfac tion to tell you how much I have &p preciated what you have been doing. "Cordially and sincerely yours, "WOODROW WILSON." Secretary Daniels pleased Washington, Apurnil 22 Retumins to his desk today after a three day sppeaking in New England, Secretary Daniels expressed himself as hisrhlv pleased with the evident progress maae in tne snipmiilding plants he visited. PRESIDENT OPPOSES Killed inaction 10, Died of Wounds Five, Other Deaths ; Seven " '.iT , coloneiSbolung AMONG THE DEAD All the Men Killed in Action Were Privates Boiling Had Been Previously Reported As Missing Washington, -'April 22. The casu- aity list today ; contained 71 namesApril 22. Two low-flying German air- divided as IOllOWS: Killed in " action. 10: wounds, five J died of accident, one; died of disease, four; other causes, two. ' Wounded severely, seven; wounded slightly, 42. , The men killed in action are all privates. Lieutenant Stanley Hugu- enin died of accident and Lieuten ants Marland C. Hobbs, George Peck, Arlie Alfred Schardt and Edward B. Wilcox were slightly wounded. The list follows: Killed in action: Privates Herbert F. Akroyd, Elmer G. Dawley, Ray D. Kreager, John J. Larkin, Manuel Martin, George H. Norsignian, Her man Salner, John F. Slaton, Charles Waldron, Bugler Grover K, Tanner. Died of wounds: Corporal Frank B. Amaral, Privates Henry J. Bergaron, Walker Hammett, Charles A. Henry, LeRoy S. Wells. Died of accident: Lieutenant Hu- guenin. Died of disease: Sergeant Frank C. Cataldo; Corporal Theodore Peck; Privates Joseph, L. Mattingly, James T. Welch. Died of other causes unexplained: Privates Frank ; J. Watson, Arthur Williams. Wounded severely. Sergeant Ed ward G. Smith; Corporal Joseph T. HlfaulV Privates John L. Brock, Wil- Ham J. Dillon, Abraham A. Flescher, ChJtfleV-H.lIaJrrlngtbiW George - KOTHTere-ftre' lmgel-:4n-iie Wounded slightly i Lieutenants Marland C. Hobbs, George Peck, Ar lie Alfred Schardt, Edward B. Wil cox, Corporals - Dobert S. Albacki, Timothy J. Barry, Walker B. Board man, Privates John V. Benoit, Har old W. Berry, Glen H. Cole, Samuel J. Coskery, Edward L. Damruch, Thomas N. Elukevich, Pasquale Fer rugano, John Fraso, Tony Frisco, Charles Germain, Phillip H. Goss, Harry Gould, Charles J. Hogan, Ed ward Boscoe Klllion, Joseph A. La coy, Oclide Lavelle, 'Armand Lemi eux, Lawrence R. Loveland, Harold McDonald, Edward L. McFadden, Charles F. McLean, Lawrence J. Mc Namara, Freddie B. Moreau, Joseph Nuzrsky, Daniel J. O'Leary, George W. Russell, Frank St. John, Elwin A. Sheldon, Charles J. Sheridan, Frank N. Sincoskl, George H. M. Thomp son, Aaron Torsian, Merwin 41. Tut tie, Peter Viola, Alfred S. Yaffe. Previously reported missing now reported killed: Major Raynal Caw thorne Boiling. The list carried the first official in formation that Major R. C. Boiling had been killed. In a previous list he was reported as missing in ac tion, although later Assistant Secre tary of State Phillips, his' brother-in-law, was informed in a dispatch from the American embassy at Paris that his body had been found with a bul let through the heart. The list gave him the rank of ma jor, but he had been promoted to colonel. DEMAND FOR SILVER AGAIN STIMULATED New York, April 22. The govern ment's plan- to melt several hundred million of silver dollars now in the treasury vaults, fixing an arbitrary price of $1 an ounce has again stim ulated demand for that metal in the local market. Two weeks ago bar sil ver was quoted at 91 3-8 cents. By steady degrees it has climbed to within a fraction of the priee fixed by the treasury department selling today at 99 1-4 cents. Dealers in sil ver say that the extraordinary de mand for that metal from India and China is chiefly responsible for Its recurrent strength. The silver market has had many irregular movements since the begin ning of the war. From its normal price of 63 to 65 cents an ounce, sil ver advanced last . summer more than 75 per cent. Later there came ajnother decline .on a reduced in quiry. Governor Manning's: Son Enlists. Greenville, S. C, Apr! 1 22 Vivian M. Manning, the seventh sop of Gov ernor Richard I. Manning to offer his services to the United States; will shortly sell his business here and en ter the army as a private, he an nounced today. Machine Gunners Stuck to Their Posts and Surprised The Hun SAMMIES DISPLAYED REMARKABLE BRAVERY Smoked While Repairing Wire Communications Under a Hail of Shells Salvation Army Under Fire With the American Army in France. nlanpo wot- V,o-v,f c!o;,r a,uj,Vj1 X YLA,I I 111 n l il I I in CM K K II II I I i I tf. the German attack in and about Zicbc prey, northwest of Toul. The machine gunners had been ordered to retire, but they remained in their position and fought effectively against the en emy aviators. During the engagement the Ger mans concentrated their artillery fire on tbe American telephopne and tale graph wires. Couriers were forced to pass through two or three barrages in order to maintain communication. In the meantime the men of the signal corps, many of them smoking cigar ettes, in face of a heavy bombardment, restored the wires almost as fast as the enemy shells disrupted them. Ambulance men ventured into No Man's Land during the thick of the fight and did heroic work in gathering up wounded. One German who had offered to surrender, attempted to ex plode a bomb on the ground as three Americans approached him. Another soldier discovered the trick and hurl ed a grenade at the German. One of the German's legs was blown off and he died later, a prisoner of the men he attempted to blow up. A village near the front lines which the correspondent visited todajc tells a mute tale of Saturday's fighting streets and parts of th church iLrid other buildings were blown off. Tne fire became so hot that the Salvation Army girls, who had been serving coffee and doughnuts to the Ameri cans, were forced to leave. The gh'ls protested, saying they were not afraid of the Germans, and wanted to stiy in their dugouts', but the officers did not wish to take tEe responsibility. As they left the girls were cheered by soldiers returning from the front lines. McADOO'S HOARSENESS UPSET THE PLAN Washington, April 22. In every American home with a talking ma chine a Liberty Loan speech by Sec retary McAdoo was to have been a feature of . the present bond-selling campaign.. Weeks ago Mr. McAdoo made the spepech in th privacy of his office with a virgin wax record as1 an audience. Manufacturers of the rec ord arranged to sell It a nominal price as a patriotic duty, and publicity man agers heralded the speech. The record did not appear and investigation to day showed Mr. McAdoo had a severe cold the day the speech was made and manufacturers declined to reproduce a record that was hoarse. A1T0RSH0T DOWN Captain Baron Von Richthop en Killed in the Somme . Valley London, April 22. Captain Baron von Richthofen, the famous German aviator, has been killed, Reuters cor respondent at British headquarters reports. The captain was brought down in the Somme valley. His boly was re covered and will be buried today with military honors. Since Captain Boelke was shot down in October, 1916, Captain von Richthofen has ben the most prom inent and successful German aviator. On April 8 the German war office an nounced that he had achieved his 78th aerial victory, although in this as in previous citations, he was not credited explicity as having brought an allied airplane. Captain Von Richthofen first ca&e Into prominence as leader of the "fly ing circus," a squadron of German aviators which fought in a peculiar circular formation following each other around ao that in -casa one was attacked the next flyer could sweep the antagonist from the rear. Re cently Emperor William conferred Up on him the Order of the Red Eagle. AMOUS GERMAN GIVE EMPLOYES OF CITY SUBSTANTIAL NCREASE OF WAGE Cannot Be Done, However, Until New Budget is Made Up in June MATTER DISCUSSED IN CALLED SESSION P . XT " i committee Named to Detef- mine if Wages Can be Le gally Increased Before Next Month Substantial wage increases are to ! oe granted citv pmninrM rv,u Of thp ctroQt I 4. a. - . .. ucyaHiuem ana tne uce ana nremen-in June, and relief in wie nature of nerpaaoH j i h . . , , Jf"--' io i-" h . Jf-"J A Pl VQM nTiiM i.1 J- - c-.v. ixui lu uiai time in event It can be lesrallv rlnno a ,-,s tee composed of Councilmen Merritt,; ed aq rnmmifVr T ea as a committee tn mvpst m oi DUIlLin? fl.n1 MP g ir hovn thorouehlv nTe nv!stite!a retired manufacturer, of this city, tnoroughly and determine if there is; who was drowned when he fell off a ' beyieS,lve W,Wch mney Can pier at Sa Monila a beach report : ai eS ynfP TUred fr meeting thenear here. Hundreds of pleasure : ' first of June whn fh 1 Reeker" pier made a wUd dasS V new v J ' a n the budget for the : for solid ground when, the shoclc -new year is made up The commit- came at 3:33 p. m.. and Darnell was ' tee meets omght at 8 o'clock This ; swept from his feet. Persons iti : was the action taken, at today s noon; scores of theatres and motion picture . -meeting of Council, called to devise j houses in this vincity Tvere. frighten means for meeting the labor shortage Jed and many suffered slight injuries:- -situation caused when a bie ner . in thoir . - -.v cent, of the street department em ployes failed to report this morning. uunciiman Merritt was ior Dor- into order had been restored and or-" " rowing the money and giving all em- ganizations of home guards patrolled ployes salaries commensurate with the streets. Four blocks of Saft-.Jac-i what they cdvsecure elsewhere 1 ints'sp.- distficO-were ' wrecked bur ' 6rmcirman - McCaig" objected,- fand on? bloO: at Hemet. Three dls-' ! saying that such a course would be'tinct ehocks"were felt at San Jacintoi 4 Illegal and that he would not certify j The first threw to the ground a num- tne x note put tnat tne city attorney could if he cared to. Mr. Merritt was for violating the law if it was neces sary in order to hold the depart ment intact and keep them at their present state of efficiency and his motion to go ahead and borrow the money necessary for the proposed in creases was seconded, but later with drawn after Council had been ad dressed by the city attorney. The latter urged that the men, be told that everything within the pow er of Council would be done for them when the new budget was made up and that they should stand by the city until that time. If the new scale of wages does not meet with their approval, the city attorney said, they will be at liberty to quit and no one will blame them. Representative L. Clayton Grant appeared in behalf of the firemen and said that $100 should be considered as a minimum monthly wage for these men who risk their lives In the protection of property that Is only assessed, in many Instances, at one-half and one third values, receiving in some in stances less pay than the unskilled negro laborers who push a truck on which Is loaded a sack of fertilizer. Mr. Grant was inclined to think that there Is a lot of taxable property in the city that fs not paying and ven tured the assertion that he coiljd. find $100,000 worth of mortgages' on which not a penny of taxes is being paid although they are subject to taxation. Mr. J. L Croom, a member of the fire department, offered Council a list containing twelve names men . who have already filed application for work at the shipyard and he stated that his own name topped the list. Continuing, -he said that many of the men of the department were obliged to see their wives, work in the cot ton mills in order to make both ends meet and that unless wage increases were granted that they would be obliged to accept other employment. In speaking for the police, Chief Nathan Williams stated that the men of his department were not mak ing any demands on Council today; that they were accepting the board at its word and would wait until June 1 and that if the recently promised increase was not provided for at that time that they would seek other em ployment. It was shown during the session that it is not -only going to be neces sary to increase the wages, but that it will be necessary to put additional men on the force, because of the in crease in the population. The num ber of the force will, in all proba bility, be swelled to about 70. Chairman W. A. McGIrt, of th Board of County Commissioners, urg ed that every effort be bended by Codncil in an effort to hold the de partments as they are now constitut ed, paying a high tribute to the san itary and street cleaning depart ment. . - (Continued on Page Eight). Damage Done at San Jancinta 1 and Hemet More Than ' : $100,000 CNE LIFE KNOWN ' :i TO HAVE BEEN LOST People in Streets Thrown from Their Feet by Tremors Sud den Flow of Water Started. Other Towns Shocked. Los Angeles, Cal., April 22. More than one-third of the business dis- trict of San Jacinto and a smaller proprtion of that of Hemet, both in Riverside county, about 70 miles e$t'M; ' ere m rums t0iay and -i scores of residences in the two little ruins today and , towns were wrecked by a series earthquake shocks which caused all ; - of Southern California to tremble . late yesterday. The property dam- . age is estimated at $100,000, to $150,- -'J 000 in the two nlares. Half n Hnn " ; other town3 and cities including Los' ' Angeles, suffered minor daniasre. con fined mainly to plate glass windows po-ianrl Rhnttpr nnA. Het San , ' " . "-v. "a.c pu- uiauons or i ess than one thousand V are abotf; three miles K?.- each They Oniy one life wa vnm, t I. " " " ? Deen lost that of Frank E. DarnelL t.-..j . . ... . When night fell over the partly mined towns nf Tbmpt nnrl San Tattl i ber of persons and horses. At the ,v second1? shock', all the buildines on the 4 southside of ' the main street began 5 ; to collapse and the third shock tore J -down those on the north side. Electricity failed immediately and X within 10 minutes the breaking of ;' the gas mains made it necessary to:' shut off the supply. The water ,;"; mains were not much damaged. ' v : ' One of the freaks of the earth quake was the sudden flow in wells.; Many artesian wells, dry for years; ;: showed a sudden free supply of wa- " . ter. This sudden increase of water ; manifested itself particularly In the San Jacinto river. Before the earth-, quake It was dry. Immediately after- the tremors the river at a point be-; low the town showed a flow of 12-" inches in depth and 40 feet in width.'! ; Fear was expressed in Los Angeles - v that several large office buildings had t been thrown out of piumh. A sur ' vey wil lhave to be undertaken ' to . learn the truth. The Washington building, a large business structufe; on Spring street, was perceptibly sep. , arated from the Currier building, . fan- ' mediately adjoining. '. ", Scores of plate glass windows were '.' broken at San Bernardino and cracks . developed in several brick walls. ' :. Concrete roads and highways lead- '. ing from Perris to Hemet and to San Jacinto were upheaved. , A. The earthquake"4 was felt oyer a " -. wide area in the west. Its most northern extremity apparently was ' Fresno, Cal. Tremors also were felt' at Phoenix, and Seligman, and at Mil- .. ford, Utah. ,' ' BOMB FOUND IN ' "Lire" BUILDING , New-York, April 22. A bomb con taining five pounds of dynamite and declared by Owen Egan inspector of ' the bureau of . combustibles to be one of the most dangerous he has ever ex amined, was found today -fn the door way of a. four story building owned ? ? and occupied in part byLife Publish- ing Co., publishers of Life, In West . 31st street. The contrivance weighed twelve pounds and was a foot long and half a foot wide and was wrapped v in a Philadelphia newspaper of April . 21. ; . - - - : FOOD SHIPMENTS GO TO BELGIANS Washington, April 22. Food shlp ' ments to the civilian populations' of;, the Allied countries will be suspended v for 10 days to move three million bushels of grain to the Belgians who ; are declared to be in desperate straits. . Stiff Trying to Get a Jury . Chicago, April 22. The fifth week of the task of selecting a jury to try 113 members of the I. W. W. for al leged violation of the espionage vact began today. It was hoped that, the Jury could be sworn in this week, ' r,