North Carolina Newspapers

f-i.. UC4THFR mm North and South. Car; olina: bry occa sional tonight--and Friday; continued cool. TODAY'S HEWS JL Mi. v.j mniv : FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE 4 " Jtf ir VOL. XXIV. No. 104. .WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA; THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 25, 19 18.- PRICDFIVE'GENTS 'EMM AMEMCAN LEER St :c PAUL OVERTURNED - - ; mm Protests Sent to Governors and Othr)fficials :in he ': . ' , Suth Two Killed in Action, 6 Died of Wounds, 6 of Accident, 7 of Disease " '.. .J- -i. . n . . :. - .- r. .. v. ON . AV. i AGIST LYNCHING OF SOUTHERN NEGROES FORTY-NINE NAMES ON CASUALTY UST 4 mom AT HER PIER TODAIt MEET Enesiy's Fierce Drives Have So Far Netted Him Little Advantage' ARTILLERY PLAYING AN IMPORTANT PART 'Cermans Evidently Trying to Blast a Way Through the Al-j j lied Line Toward Amiens '. Only Progress at Hangard. i American. British and French troop? on a 20 mile front in Picardy are withstanding renewed German ef i forts to reach Amiens. Battling fu riously and with the help of "heavy ar tiilerv fire, the enemy infantry has gained but little and on most of the front his attempts are ' :ng repulsed 'ty the Allies. i Having forced the from Vil- jlers- Brettoneux, sou- ;ie Soinme and 11 miles east of .... .;ns, the en emy is facing the British on hill po sitions vrest and nortliwest of the vll . lag? American and French troops 'on the line from Hangard En Santer re to south of Castel are holding the Germans well in check. The only progress fce enemy has made here has been in Hangard, where heavy fighting is progressing in and around th? village. South of the Somme, the German were hurled hack by the British ex cept on the center of the line around Villere-B-etonneux, while north of the Somme attacks near the river and north of Albert were repulsed, the British taking prisoners. . , Against the Franco-American posi tions, the Germans, although in large force, had to be content with only , a j footing in Hangard and- in the woods' ;--iJf-t"aul? e5S, V?;here late yesterday, after a record- i5 SLTkJt arainst Rpnftpa.t wnnd ft.nrl Hill 52. in the region of ; Castel, L werajbreang triS JZ.P;Jn. fkrown back with-' nonmr-'foT the ;messagecarrieti by-ttie courier, Stef atiackers. The line Hattles and Cas- ansson told of being ill 50 days after isl is but three miles from the rail- . stricken witn typhoid and pneu way runnmg south from Amiens, i 6 Apparently the Germans did not re- mcmia followed by complications, sume the offensive with as heavily j A northwest mounted policeman massed forces a were used in the ana two Eskimos hare died of ty- previous battles in Picardy and last! rU5i . i v., ot-q in tho week in Flanders. Probably they are,poid" Whlle ' counting on the artillerv to blast ; messenger said,. away for smaller bodies of troops, the I A doctor is on his way to Herschel losses since March 21 in massed as- j Island from here starting several aults having necessitated economy in ! days ago upon learning of Steffans- iiiau-puwer. It is not yet clear whether the re newal of the fighting east of Amiens means another desperate attempt to reach that city or whether the Ger- mans are carrying out attacks on a lare front in an endeavor to straight en out their line. The German posi tions from Albert south to Montdidier have several small dangerous sali ents in them and the enemy may de sire to sweep them out. There has been some increase al so in the fighting activity in Flanders, especially at the apex of the new en emy salient. The Germans attacked east of Robecq and were repulsed while the British made slight gains west of Marville and around Meteren. Korthwest of Festubert, where the new line joins the old, the British have re-captured an advanced post, inflicting losses on the Germans. On the Macedonian front Allied troops have gained new local suc cesses in the continuation of the in creased activity in this theatre. Brit ish troops west of Doiran penetrated Bulgarian defenes on a wide front and in the Cerna bend, French and Serbian troops repulsed enemy at tacks. In Albania, west of Lake Presba, Allied troops forced the en-e-y to retire from the heights along the Vrba and captured two villages. Relations between Holland and Germany over demands made by Ger many are still serious and it is re Parted that little progress has been; made toward an agreement. Accorci- in? to an Amsterdam newspaper the Dutch minister to Germany and the merman minister to Holland have left -r posts and are returning to their ;P'otive capitals. MARINES LOSE HEAVILY. Washington, April 25. Marines ?hting in France have had a to 1 of l74 casualties, marine corps -na Jmarteijs announced today. rr; '-asuaities were divided as fol- Officers wounded, four; enlisted killed, 34; enlisted men 'MridF-d, 236. One company lost -! men killed and 140 'wounded 'ut of a total strength of 250 men. 'Hi is was the first official an-p-r"inrement that the Marines ai .' :' " an active part in the fight .e Marines were among the ' Miers to go to France, but ' ''! been understood they were " ''n used for police, purpc-ses , a r'f the fighting line. GERMANS REPULSED BEFORE AMIENS. . London, April 25. Three attacks made by 'the Germans on British positions east of Amiens have been repulsed,1 It Is announced of" flcially. : '.lV' British Gain Ground. London, April 25. Oh the Flan ders front late yesterday the Ger mans attacked French positions northeast of Bailleul and were re pulsed. Early this morning, after an Intense bombardment, they re newed their attacks in this sector and 'against British positions furth er east. The British regained ground around Villers-Bretonneux ' by counter attacks "and took prison ers. Germans Capture Hangard. Paris, April 25.- The Germans captured the village of Hangard, on the front southeast of Amiens, the War office announced today. ILL IN THE FAR f V,,U i IUCMCI,6W W1"v"5 w """i for Medical Aid for Explorer Fort Yukon, Alaska, April 2E. STEFFANSSON SERIOUSLY NORTH Bringing an appeal for a doctor bycity governlng authorities put their Vilhajalmur Steffansson, the Arctic gtamn of annroval umm the activ-io i explorer, who lies dangerously ill on ' Hershei island, a messenger reached son's illness. Probably Passes En Route. Seattle, Was., April 25 It is as tgumed that the messenger coming south, must have traveled by a slight ly different route from that taken by Dr. Burke, of fhe Royal Northwest Mounted Polce, who left Fort Yukon April 16 to go to Steffensson's relief. COUNT VON HERTLING A Deutsche Zeitung Severely Criticized Chancellor's Ne gotiations with Rumania London, April 25.--Count von Hert ling, the Imperial German chancellor ; according to an Exchange Telegraph j dispatch from Copenhagen, is officially i reported to have brought a suit against : the Deutsche Zeitung of Berlin for an , article published Wednesday in which; Dr. von Keuhlnmnn, the German for-j eign secretary and Count Czernin, the former Austrian foreign secretary, j were attackakd. The newspaper as- j sorted that the two statesmen during! the negoions a Bucharas acted in a manner which abased their countries.: Secretary von Keuhimann, it was rep- i- , resented, as seen often with a well , known mmber of the underworld; ; while Count Czernin every evening j ' visited a theatre where dancing girls were among th eperformers. j The German Liberal newspapers, it : , is added, sharply criticized the j Deutsch Zeitung saying that Dr Keuhl- j ! mann has not done anything worse! ; hari is often witnessed by the Ber-j I Hn nrmnlation when the annual;.. j meetings of peasants are held in the German capital. Bombardment of Paris. Paris, A'-iril 25. The long rare bomba-A-nent of Paris was resumed; again Cis morning. SUES NEWSPAPER NEC mm ROADS STREETS TO B C ' VTMl council Will VO-operaie m Every Way1 With Ship- ; building Companies SPECIAL SESSION WAS HELD AT NOON City Attorney Instructed to; Draft Ordinance Covering Regulation of Jitney , Service Assurance wait given government i agents and officials of the Liberty Shipbuilding Company, holding con tract for the construction of a model yard for the building of concrete ves sels here, that all necessary streets and roads leading to their plant, L which ie being built within the con fines of thf ritv. will h cnnstmotPrl and kept in good shape throughlhe 1 4.- i..4! A vi -tt.-i auuuuuu ui it i;siiuliuii u i.iiis i adoption of a resolution to this effect i at the Thursday noon special session of City Council, first called as a con-1 ference but later decided upon as a AND CONSTRUCTED of the, Liberty people and let it be;shPs- Omcs decline to say -vhy .known tliA; the city is standing reudy lS5J5 P. m every, pot- sible manner. 0$hi$ Jjuiness pretaining to the tin usual activities in pTOgreflse- here was also transacted. The city attorney was Instructed to draft the proper ordinances covering the regulation of jitney service in event corporations and companies decide to institute service of this .nature in the city, There is a feeling that ere long jit- neya will be cutting back and forth across the city, headed "particularly in the direction of the concrete yards, and City Council wants to have the proper "legislation in working order governing activities of this nature. Council also discussed the advisa- bility of permitting operation of one-j man street cars in event the Tidewa- ter Power Company is unable to get j amount of Thrift and War Savings the necessary number of men for car ( Stamps sold was S217.75, making a operation, but no action was taken (total of ' $418.37, stamp money for on this matter. In all probability i which the club is credited, this will be acted upon at the next' This club was organized April 5th, regular session of the board. BOTH SIDES USED TANKS. London, April 25. Both British and (Jerman tanks participated in the fighting at Villers-Bretonneux. The British tanks, the correspon dent says, got among a mass of Germans and did great erecution. THE MUSICAL TEAM OF ONE OF - .. .... -- . .... . r. . ... ... .. New York. Apnl 25 Telegrams protesting agafnst recent lynching in Louisiana . and4? Tennessee v were mle public itere ; todajy by John R. Shillady,'secr?ta?yof the National As- sociatioii fdr. ihefdyah'cement of Col-' i ored People, aftef haying been sent' to Governor JPiesant of Louisiana, and the chaipbeipf commerce, of Ba ton Rouge and tMonroe, La and to Governor Thomis; 6 . Rye and the chambers of commerce of Chattanoo ga, Nashville, Renville and Memphis, Tenn. Vft?;" 'i he telegram .. Governor urges that lynchers be -.Apprehended; that! inquiries be ma3&rto determine wheth I er sheriffs exercised their full now- i ers; that the Governor issue a proc- l.amauon caning:. on .citizens to obey r the laws and that the Governor re quest President AVilipn-to "reinforce i your appeal by 'statement to the 'nation." ..v. " INVESTIGATING TH1 TV.VCTt?D Tvi to nhp mioi.uiMvuj rilVJLO -7T L Lima, Ohio, April 25 - ttgeuis wuaj anf,:mBBugaung mres fires which broker out simultaneously in the Lake Erleand Western rail road sops h ere. night' and prac tically destroyed jfte plant, Valued at $500,000. One arrest has been made and it is said others may be made during the day. -V ' Property loss Included at least 10 locomotives, a new train of troop coaches, just compdeted and a score of other coaches, .s Ten thousand dol Jar s' worth of MBc tirviiR were burned in the nffirA nf hi . snPs- For some time , a considerable part of Lima was threatened by the fire. The man under arrest is Will Pan- tius. who 0Ine Is Cicero, Ind. He was an employe of one of -the he is held. OVSTER ROASTS .SUCCESSFUL, People of Myrtle Grove Are Both Pleased and Appreciative. Another oyster roast was held at Myrtle Grove school, house Tuesday night, April 23, for the benefit of War Savings Stamps. This is the second roast held there within the- last two weeks for the same cauae and the War Savings Club of this oommunity feel very much encouraged in their work and wish to thank the public for their many kindnesses and liberal j contributions in various waya. ine local amount realized lor tne two nights after all debts were .paid was $200.62, which will be used to j purchase War Savings Stamps. The it being the last of its kind organiz ed among the whites . Archbishop Ireland Improves. St. Paul, Minn., April 24. Arch bishop John Ireland who recently suffered' a relapse after recuperating from a physical breakdown, was somewhat improved today. It was etated at his home that the archbish op had had a very good, night and was resting easily. , THE AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE . FRENCH ARMY. Washington, April 25. The casualty list "today contained 49 names, divid ed as follows: . Killed in r action, . two;, died of wounds, six; died of .accident, four; died pt disease,; s-3ven; died other causes, one; wounded severely, five; wounded slightly, 24. Lieutenant. Laurence S. Ayer is in cluded ramong the killed" in action. Lieutenant James Calder Marquard died of an accident. The list follows: Killed in action:. Lieutenant Lau rence Ayer, Private Frank McCall. Died of wounds: Sergeant Emil Sen- ger, Privates Clarence S. Eston, Giu seppe Molinari, Frank Alakno, Horace G - -MrDennott. Samuel Roach. of disease: Private Charles H-' Clough, Elmer B. Jonnson, Albert - 811 warvey a. Mcreau, George Moore, Earl Burton. Rathburn, Elmer George Zuschleg Died of accident: Lieutenant James Calder Marquardt, Corporal 'Damel J. Scanton, Privates Donald R fter, Robert Sammons. gM&nded sevesly: Corporal Carl Stf lSP. privates umer A. odln 'irm "Emmons. Napoleon S Ohc fge W. Williams. txr ""itt'W. i r. 4. i . ci . Tr TJolari PUmni.!ilB Till Camiml Tnlr ingham, Fred D. Christianson, Edward P. Joyce, Bugler Nicholas Angelo Privates Earl W. Barrows, Walter F. Berry, Walter B. Birkland, Everett E Bristow, John M. Corbitt, Cnarles F Groodnow, Roy Gulickson, Nasib Had dad. Harry A. Kane, Leonard V. Le ,gall, Theodore! Rand McCabe, Steve is. JViejuck, Artnur K. Moulds, vvuliam J. Mullaney, Harry A. Murray, An drew J. Nett, George M. Powers,- John E. Seifried, Patrick. M. Stanton. w Jvine. private nector noiiman Died of other causes: Private Jesse . ij previously reporiea missing, now re ported prisoner in Germany. TWO KILLED WHEN CAR JUMPED TRACK Birmingham, Ala., April 25. Two men -were killed and .six injured when, anontbound . street car Jnthe haan Railway,- tiight and Power Com- pany, jumped the track today after descending a long hill near Tuxedo Junction, at a high rate of speed and nlunged Into a ditch. The car was demolished. 1 TWO MORE QUAKES AT SAN JACINTO San Jacinto, Cal., April 25. Two more earthuake shocks occurred dur 4 iat irTit rmo at s n'rim-ir and j 9nnfhBr midnight No damacn was i done w the severity of the earlier tremor caused many people To run out of buildings and houses. FEW AMERICANS KILLED Washington, April 25. The num ber of Americans killed in the German attack or April 20 near Seicheprey was less than a dozen and number of injured was about 20. These figures made known today, appeared to give support to the German claim that 183 Ameri cans were captured, since it pre viously had been admitted that the American casualties were around 200. ; ,..,; SECTIONS SERVING WITH THE MM WAS NOT AS SURPRISED AS Evidence Indicates Prepara tions Long Before the Act- , ual Outbreak SOUGHT INFORMATION ON WRECKING ROADS More of Capt. von Papen's Correspondence is Revealed. . . . ! L.laim or Germany is Shown ! th to Be Untrue. Washington, April i5. Repeated declarations, of the German Emperor and Hindenburg and Ludendorff that tie war was forced upon Germany, I and assertions from the same sources that Germany was taken by surprise by the Russian mobilization, attaches paricular interest to certain papers taken from CaDtain von Paoen. latelea German military attache at Washing ton. Among the papers which have been published by the British government in a white book appears a letter from R. von Wild, of the German war min istry, in Berlin, to Captain von Papen seeking information regarding the best means of blowing up railroad trains "in the event of a European war." The significant point is that this letter was written March 12, i 1914, about five months before the outbreak of war. This letter says: "According to newspaper reports several railway trains, were blown up by revolutionaries during troubles in Mexico, In order to , form-an opinion i?enffrce war, ; -explosions " of this kind " would have to be reckoned with, it Is re quested that, if possible, information should be obtained as to how these attacks have been carried out." - Captain von Papen replying from Mexico, where it is now known that he was industriously planting the seeds of German propaganda and es tablishing connections for Germany to use in the event that she should war upon the United States, did not re gard the operations of the Mexican revolutionaries as of any particular value. . Another letter to Von Papen from the manager of the Potsdam branch of the Disconto-Gesellschaft, has this postscript: "P. S. We have never before seen such preparations for war as are be ing made at present. German govern ment . stocks fell today one per cent. "Kind regards. R. MIMEL." . This letter was regarded as of par ticular interest by the British com pilers of" the correspondence in view of its date July 25, 1914, while ne gotiations were still in progress to avoid war. Evidently Dr. Dumba, Austrian-Hungarian minister to the United States, recalled at the request of this gov ernment, did not appreciate until the last moment the danger in which he was placed by his own machinations, for optimism characterized his last letter to Von Papen, dated at Lenox, Mass., September 1, 1915. "Things are going splendidly in Russia," wrote Dumba, "if only the Dardanelles hold out. Everything hasi ended happily in Washington and fhe people already think they hear the bells of peace ringing. We have not got that length yet, but it just shows what a good effect it produced by good words and a light hand." ARGENTINE TO STOP FOOD EXPORTATION Buenos Aires, April 25. The Ar gentinian cabinet held a special meet ing last night to consider curtailing, and probably prohibiting,' the export of all food stuffs in consequence of the increased cost of living in Ar gentina. It was decided to make no final decision in the matter until Fi nance Minister SaJaberry has submit ted a report which he was requested to make. THREE DEFENDANTS UP. Two Charged With Violating Speed Regulations Judgment Open. But three defendants faced Record er George Harriss at the x Thursday morning sesion of Recorder's court and neither was charged with viola tions that' could be classed as hein ous. Ed Irving was fined $5 and tax ed with the cost following conviction on a charge of violating the speed law. Hoyt Kennedy was adjudged guilty of a similar carge but judg ment was left open. Jasper Cumber was adjudged guilty of operating an automobile without license. Judg ment was left open. LEADERS CLA MED Big Ship Had Been Undergo ing Repairs at an Atlantic Port I BELIEVED THAT MANY 1 MEN WERE TRAPPED Some 500 or 600 Workmen . - . Were on the Ship When She Turned Over, and Reported That Some Were Imprisoned An Atlantic Port, April 25. The American line steamship St. Paul overturned ' while being warped I around her pier, here today after com iing from a nearby drydock. !t is believed that all persons on bard' between 500 and 600 workmen, saraped, but the vessel lies two,- : iitU irds submerged with her bow on the bottom and her stern high in -the air, the military authorities were un willing to announce ,that anyone had perished. . It was considered possible that some 01 tne men mint nave bsen caught in the interior of the ship and drowned. Whether the St. Pauls seacocks were leff Pen or their ballast slii$V remains to-De determined. It was learned that the ship had been brought along side the pier. She listed suddenly to port. Masts Nind '. funnels came in contact with the foot jof the pier shed, this apparently pre- venting her from turning over en tirely. While workmen were jumping into the water or climbing to the pier other laborers hurried to the roof and endeavored to make fast the masts and funnels. These snapped, one at a time, however, and the bow settled on the bottom, leaving only about 150 to 200 feet of the afterpart of the ship above .the surface, The military authorities revoked all zone passes to Jth.e Piers. "Agents- Justice' and' otnef . government bureaus began an Inves; tigation. Police reserves were call ed and approaches td the dock were blocked. Ambulances also were summoned and four men found to be injured were attended to by sur geons. The St. Paul registers 11.629 tons gross. For many years sne nas pn in tran-Atlantic service. i Many workmen appear to have 36ft imprisoned in the hold of the" St. Paul. Observers from the tops of buildings overlooking the p4er saw rescuers cutting holes in the part of the hull above the water, letting down ladders and bring up the men who had been imprisoned. Passengers on a passing vessel also reported that they could see men at work on the exposed part of' the hull cutting holes through the side with gas flame torch- ? es . Police and fire boats prevented the approach of other craft. It was reported that soon after the St. Paul overturned fire broke out in an sub merged part of the vessel which, th fireboats fought and extinguished. DR. JOHNSON'S CASE AGAIN CONTIPirUED Ricnmond. Va., April 25.. Motion for a postponement until May 15 of the trial of Dr. Lemuel J. Johnson ? the young dentist charged with mur dering his bride, Mrs. A ice Knight Johnson, on the night of December 15, was granted by Judge Richardson, in the Hustings court today. John E. Wbodard, of Wilson, N. C, and H. M. Smith of Richmond, coun sel for the defendant, asked that the trial be postponed on account' of the inability of the defendant's father, R. D. Johnson, of Midllesex, N. C, who has been ill, to be present and tes tify at this time. BITTEN BY BULLDOG. Dr. Slocum Advised That Animal Be Brought to His Office. ( Mr. E. W. Hall, of 1511 Orange street, was bitten by a bulldog own ed by D. B. Branch, 1604 Market street, last night about 8:40 o'clock, according to report filed at police headquarters which requested that the matter be given attention. Dr. R. B. Slocum, acting head of the Health Department, issued instructions dur ing the forenoon that the dog b brought to his office. A MANY GUNS LOST. London, April 25. The British have lost nearly 1,000 guns be tween 4,000 and 5,000 machine guns and the total manufacture of ammunition of between one and three weeks since the present bat tle in France began, Winston Spencer ChurchilL -minister of mu nitions, told the House of Com mons today. 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