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VOL. XXIV. No. 107.
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 26, 1918.
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AT ZEEBRUGGE
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British Official Report Says
Enemy Has Gained Foot"
hold on Hill
ALLIED LINE HOLDS
AT OTHER POINTS
German Possession of Peak of
Mount Kemmel Might Force
British to Give Up the Yprea
STORM WARNINGS ISSUED.
Washington, April 26. North
east storm warnings were ordered
displayed today on the Atlantic
coast from Charleston, S. C, to
New York. Weather Bureau . re
ports indicated that a disturbance
oft Charleston, moving northeast,
would be cccompanied by moder
ate easterly gales on the' coest
this afternoon and tonight, be
coming westerly Saturday.
SEVENTY-FIVE N1ES
KUAtlUST
Nine Were Killed in Action-
Seven Officers in the
List
Crews Sacrificed Themselves
in Order That the Attach
. Might Succeed
GAVE DRAGON'S TAIL
A POWmJL TWIST
Salient.
London, April 26. The
Germans in their attack on the
Northern battlefront have oc-j
cupied Kemmel Hill, General
Oelma Radcliffe, chief director
)f military operations at the
war office stated this after
noon. General Radcliffe declared
it was perfectly possible for
the Allies to hold on the Ypres
s;ctor even with the Germans
on Kemmel Hill, but that it
was not convenient to have
them there and it was hoped to
eject them. At Kemmel Hill
continued the general, the Ger
mans gained 2,000 yards on a
front of about 1,200 yards, in
eluding the important tactical
feature of the hill itself, vhich
important observation over all
the ground to the north.
Nothing Decisive
Lionaon, prn xo. inc
fCmmel front, the army: has
made consirerable progress
says a review of the situation
in the,We8tern battle area,' ob
tained from an authoritative
.1. r. ti
fiourca tnis attemoon. l ne
latest inforrrration is still in
romplete. but there is no doubt
OflE OF LO
GUNS IS
K RANGE
ESWEO
Washing-ten, April 25. The casual
ty list today contains 75 names di
vided as follows:
- Klllfid in action, 9; died of wounds,
5; died of disease, 3; wounded severe
ly, 83; wounded slightly, 25.
Seven ofScer3 were namea in to
day's casualty list, five of them be
ing reported severely wounded and
two slightly wounded. They were:
Commanders Drove Vessels
Through a Perfect Hail of
Shells Right Up to Mouth
of the Canal
. '
Hitch in Plans for Concrete
Yarcl Removed School- ,
man Advised
FERGUSON WAS HERE
TO SETTLE MATTER
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London, Thursday, April 25. (To
Reuters Ottawa Agency) Captain
Carpenterrof The Vindictive, says
that fcefore starting on his dash for
Zeebrugge, Admiral It$yes signalled,
'St George for England" The Vin
dictive replied: "May we give " the
dragon's tall a damned good twist."
More Stories of Heroism.
London, April 26. (To Reuter'a Ot-
;tawa Agency) Details of the British
Few People in the City Dream
ed That There Was Hitch
Yard is Now
Assured
Severely wounded: Captain Henry
Two of the Weapon? are Still Wcrthington end Lieutenants Or-' rjdd on thQ 0enaan marino
. i , iLP-y-l'.baae at Zeebrugge as contained in
at WOrK, ana lviore to De Jonn J. Hyae anu narry jr. is.eiiy.
ryt j Slightly wounded: lieutenants Wii-;
riacca jHani H. Kirk and Alfred P. Kivlm.
j In addition to the seven, ofQcei-s
Paris.- Anril 26. One of the three. named, another Lieutenant Julien
.... L HLli Mill Biat;i liiVOl,
German long range guns which have ; N . Dow--prevIously reported inuea , attention of
been bombarding Paris has bem dc- action, s '1,!' three crulsei
normanv a-nrt siiTTPrlTl from a. RflVB.'J . .
stroyed, according to Deputy Charle? wound
Leboucq, of the' Department of the The list follows":
Seine. The deputy said he had talk j Killed in action: Sergeants Harry
ed with the general commanding th?,T Corbin, William R. Knapp, Cor
sector near Crepy En Laonnoi5.ipQj.gi Louis M. Holnie3, Privates Hav
where the big guns are stationed. Thory j AikinS, Delmar J. Warner, Jo
enemy, he declared, is constructing sepfl nimarco, Charles G. French, Jc
new emplacements. ( j s6pn p Gaudette, Ralph Palumbn.
"As one of the deputies of Paris, j Dled of WJna3: Privates Albert
said M. Leboucq, "I was anxious to:AfiHnSt George J. Duto, Benjamin Ka
aasure myself personaHy of the meas- slci clarenco f. Pyrsh, Charles L.
ure taken to counter attack the can- gnuu
non bombarding Paris. I went to see , of dieease: Sergant Coopr
the general commanding a certain sec- D wells, Mechanio John L. Ehrle,
tor who showed me photograph and Ge0rge C. Ross.
gave me au ine lnrormauon no naa., Woun(je(i severely: Captain Henry
runs are piacea exacuy
that tho
between
Orepy-Bn Jiaonnois station and the
connfcer-forts known as ;ftVoy Hills-
Two sirar-lines start from the station.
On these the heavy guns are moved
to the firing platforms.
"The first spur has a branoh lead
ing to a platform which is still occu
pied, but the center platform is emp
ty. Its gun has been destroyed. Two
more spur lineB are under construc
tion, showing that further cannon
are expectea
ti: 1 n niotfnrm on
ills eiiiyiJCiu.em. Wo,vr. i - -in i. tr 1T11 r&.. XXA.
pii.. uui lucre ii uuuuuui' ... 4v tn.0 lnlns thm rir-!"ayi, Jiaiut r. i.iowuu, x
Aat A- Germans .urc.cded in'SStr th? a.roconf th, M& SlJSTiS..
At tne moment vi ""77, ' '
Jfirjug 10 heavy guns are nrea oy a ; T.,,-.f. wn-
occupying kemmel a cec-!;-"rr flrA bv ai.W.
.r irT-c-,Wir!Qr kotn Fr,-nr!i sunrl ! c -nnrana tn raTnrmflE.Sre the Wounded Slightly
'fish troops.
TV
Cm 1 v v
tirr nothms: clr-??!' I h sane -time thick clouds or smoke
wi tJ:u I from surrounding heights protect the
. j '.v.n irom aeropia.ua uubbhouuu.
r.r.: r the m03t ir:iTor-;
sound of the big gun, so its location
m n A A A
rennet oe juagea irom tus nuuuu. m
'cent
geant Charlw Smith, 'Corporals Rob
ert P. Barrett, Harry S. Gallagher,
Martin O'Reilly, Mechanic Charles O.
Thless, , Wagoner John Mastrandla;
'rlvates Harold P. Archer, John Bog-
- . ... ... M An VUAltlH KATO IT W .! T Pr I ;H.rB.sT.
nnt Ipciicai features as the hill not new to tne uermans ana vw
back, George W. Ford, Charles G.
1 . . . r 1 1 ui.-slou m uj juDiu u
.i uuw . tempi iu cayiu.ro nciuuu m jwco
fh- ground to the north. It stilly. t ." WUTW'lSS:
r.inms to be seen however, emy trlea to gain his objective by ailvie June Lusardl, John Madere,
rather it will remain in the
enemy's hands.
Our line to the north is all
right and it is entirely possible
to hold on to the Ypres sector
even if the enemy is on Kem
mel. But his presence there is
not convenient and we hope to
get him off."
Heavy fighting is still la progress
today along the ridge line of the
Flanders front, where the peak of
Mount Kemmel is the German objec
tive. The line seems to hare held fair
'T Treli to the Southwest of Mount
Hemmel, which is virtually Impregna
to to frontal attack, but to the North
man the Germans were apparently
tble to push forward far enough In
tTte rs?ghborhood of Vleretraat to en
a; them to approach the height of
b Tank.
The Allied effort naturally will be
concentrate una, enwiuy weugo w
fi'i? it back again" sufficiently to ease
tte pr&ssure on the Easterly side of
V'Junt Kemmel.
The fighting on th9 Somme front
fas died down to artillery fire, fol
"ng the successful execution- yes
lerdav of tho British coup "which re-
rielnnd the village of Villers-Breton-tf;ui
from -the Germans. Th British
t:oor3 last night completed their op
'3.t'.on ere for the-tline beings by
cut hostile posts which were
. . m it. -
out to tho soutneast ci wv
This established the British
fa !nor8 well on the high ground
a's sector.
Enable to make appreciable prog-
r-s e?n?t th Afftnae of the Brit-
Frencb. sni American troop3 on
(',
US i'lo 9n-l, Vi HrtFimn fn Pic
Ui fc V i ..... w
'i? "oniiern battle ground. As on
'Kr.rsv his first assaults on .the
"--ir:i,. front from Bailleul to Kem--c1
'o V'ytschaeVe were successful,
i tr. A:id troop?, vero compelled
thoir first defense line.
Aae tactics of switching attacks Is
tacktner first on the right bank and
then on tie left. Apparently the I
Germans are now trying the same
method by alternating between Pic
ardy and Flanders In attempts to
reach Amiens and Wipe out the Ypres
salient.
It is not Improbable the Germans
may be niaking strong attacks on vi
tal sectors in an endeavor to cover
preparations for an effort some place
else, but it is significant that they
have attacked on the most important
sectors on either batUe front.
South of the Somme the Germans
have been driven from the high
ground and village of Villers-Breton-neux
by the British with the loss of
600 prisoners. Further South they
held Hangard. On this front; heavy
artillery duels are in progress. Amer
lnoTi wounded in the fighting on the
French sector from Hangard to Cas-
tel, are arriving in Paris,
tn the WoevTe, near Regnieville,
ia five miles Northeast of
f.h-Drev. where General Pershing s
men were attacked heavily last Sat
urday, the 'French have repulsed a
strong German attack. The enemy
gained a footing in advanced elements
but the French line was later re-established.
Complete success, it is authorltatlve
lv announced, attended the dramatic
and courageous ram
submarine base of - Zeebrugge. The
enemy, it is said. ,111 be compelled
for some week to 'use Ostend as. a
base and the British then can deal
more easily with the Gorman war
ships arvd submarines. The channel at
Zeebrugge was blocked and much
damage done to tne enemy
and shipping.
A change of wind prevented like
success at Ostend, the Germans dis
covering the raiders before they had
time to begin their allotted tesk. The
fSortance of the raid is ' J
the fact, that Emperor Wlllam Ylat
S Zeebrugge immediately to. ascer'
in the damage which Berlin insists
Vt ortod that the Vice Ad
miral, i?.,cr.mmand at Zeebrugge, y.
been dLea rf&vx.
base at Zeebrugge
the official narrative, issued by the
admiralty, show to what lengths the
Screws of the0 cruiser Vindictive and
Ithe Liverpool ferry boats Iris and
Daffodil sacrificed themselves to draw
the .Germans from
cruisers assigned to block
the canal. Concerning fthe engage
ment on the mcle, where the Vindic
tive landed storming parties, the ac
count says: - .
"The Daffodil, alter aiding to berth
the Vindictive should have proceeded
to land her own men, but Captain
Carpenter ordered her to remain ao
she was with her bows against the
Vindictive Quarter, pressing the latter
ship into the mole. Her casualties,
owing to her position during the
flsht. were small, one killed and eight
wounded, among the latter being her
commander. Lieutenant , Campbell.
"The Iris had trouble.. Her own
first attempts to -make i. fast dto the
mole ahead of the Vindictive." failed
as her T gragnel , . werjeJWUrge
enough to span the parapet. Two
officers. Bradford and Hawkln3,
cHmbed ashore and sat astride the
parapet, trying to make the grapnels
fast, till each was killed and fell down
between the ship and walls. com
mander Gibbs had both legs shot
awar and died next morning.
Lieutenant Spencer, thougn wound
ed. took command and refused to bo
relieved. The Iris was obliged at last
in rlianre' her Dositlon and fall in
astern of the Vindictive. She suf
fared very heavily from the fire. A
single shell plunged through the up
per deck and burst below at the poim
where W marines waited the order to
t-o to the gangways. Forty-nine were
killed, ithe remaining seven bains
wounded. Another shell burst In
wardrobe which was serving as a 'sick
bav.' and killed four officers and' 23
men. Her total casualties were eight
officers and 69 men killed; 102 men
and six officers were wounded,
" "The storming and demolishing
arties upon the mole met with no
resistance from the "jGermans other
tban intense and unremitting fire
The geography of the great mole was
already well known and the demon
tion parties moved to their appointed
work in perfect order.
"And while they worked and de
strored. the covering party below the
Paris Bombarded Last Night. (parapet couia see tne - t
Paris, April 26. The long range dwcic snips majucs uuwi
bombardment of Paris was resumed , the canal. The Thetis came i first, run
.K. TTt tft A n'rlnnV Inlnv into a tOTTl &UO Of ShellS. TQ6
fot. oa nmiM hA fisftrtainod Tiobnrtv.crew. save a remnant which had ro
had been hurt and the damage done'mained -to steam her in and sink bar.
was not appreciable.
H. Worthlngton, Lieutenants Orland
C. Brown, Edward M. Freeman, John
J. Hyde, Harry Kellyy Sergeant
Fred R. Hlfees, Abe Rjiskih," Corporal
George W. Sterling, Cooks! Frank An
ker, Joseph N. Wood; Privates Alex
ander Allerdice, Joseph Amedeo, Leon
K. Bard en, Hugh Carroll, John P.
Obttingham, Ralph J. Cullinan, Mal
vern Davis, Michael J. Dillon, Harper
H. Faulkner, John Gawlak, John Gi
guere, John F. Granger, Basilio Oui
dora, eorge B. Hight, George Alfred
Hopkins, Robert L. House, Julius Kul-
Deflnite instructions were received
from Washington this morning by
Max Schoolman, treasure fof the Lib
erty Shipbuilding Company, which
holds government contract for the
building of several concrete tankers
for use in the Mexican oil trade, to
proceed with the construction of the
Wilmington yard and that the force
of workmen employed be multiplied
from every available source, oday s
message to Mr. Schoolman removes
any possibility of the yard going
elsewhere or any hitch that is jjossI-
le in any undertaking. The matter
was virtually settled two days ago
by Mr. Ferguson, but it was nece.s
sary for tne Liberty people to get
Instructions from Washington before
pr&ceeding. ;
The great majority of the people of
the city were blissfully ignorant of
the hitch that occurred which was
only a little matter as regards the
site selected, but all this has been
straightened out, and assurance is
now given that the yard will go
through and that it is to be con
structed at the earliest possible mo
ment and the building of the tankers
begun Immediately upon completion
of the yard.
liara H. Kirk, Alfred P. Kivlm, Ser-
George W. -Marble, John. Norman,
Aaurice D. O Me are. Privates Thos.
Connelly, Charles A. Wiggins and
Michael K. Holmes, previously re-
orted missing in action, now report
ed wounded in action.
i iii ii iTT i ir Tir ii i i ir n r i tt if n m n
I . iffi4vfl.,'.7vw...wr-v
Has 53,000 Miles of Wire and
660 Operators Heroic
Feats Performed by Staff
Men in Getting News
These Men Had Been Thera
Since the Big Fight of Last
Saturday
AMERICANS WERE
OUTNUMBERED 8 to I
One Machine Gunner Held Of!
a Charge Two Guns
Broke Up Enemy Forma-
tion Other Deeds
of the board of directors of the Asso
ciated Press this year is considered of
such unusual interest 'as to warrant
New York, April 26. The report
publication. It refers among other
things to the experiences of "some As
sociated Press men in. the foreign ser
vice and in making this part public
the board authorized the insertion In
parenthesis of the name of theman
concerned.
The report follows:
To the Members of the Associated
Press:
In earlier reports we have endeav
ored to summarize briefly the most
important news events of the year.
With the American Army In Franca
Thursday, April 26. Two American
soldiers, wounded in the engagement
aroundt Seicheprey last- Saturday,
were found alive today in a dugout In
No Man's Land.
The dugout had been badly smash
ed by German shell fire and how the
men managed to keep alive in the
rain and mud and under continuous
German bombardments, the physici
ans say is little short of miraculous.
Another soldier, Raymond Demun
sky, of New Haven, Conn., was buried
alive for three days when he crawled
to the surface. Demunsky was found
by American Red Cross stretcher
WORK OF RIGHTING
ST. PAUL HAS BEGUN
An Atlantic Port, April -26. While
the Investigation of the 'causes lead
ng to tfce-tariJsttfftgef
line passenger steamship, St. rani,
at her dock here yesterday, was being
continued by representatives of the
United States navy and the owners,
actual work of righting the ship to
restore her to overseas service was
well under way, today.
Five large wreckers with the assist
ance of a soore of divers were at
the scene of the accident and by noon
heavy chains had been placed around
the overturned hull ana pontoon
barges were being warped In to place
preparatory to lifting her to an even
keel. Divers up to noon had explored
a considerable -portion of her interior
without finding bodies or indications
that any of the men on the ship were
trapped when she turned over.
ihftflrpra who wftnt Irvin No Ma.n's iAnd
We make no such attempt this year.i
rrv t. V. WWS llB
more-epoch-making news has develop
ed than during some previous years,
and all newspaper men must wonder
whether we shall ever return to for
mer standards of news values. Nor
do we enlarge in this report upon
the news-gathering achievements of
the organization. With those achieve
ments have come many inevitable dis
appointments. Overtaxed cables, mud
dled censorships,, and similar exigen
cies, of war often have upset our
plans and frequently neutralised the
resourcefulness of our staff. Tet we
have Incomparably the most compre
hensive machinery for collecting and
distributing news tLat the world has
ever known.
tf our men abroad, we gratefully
acknowledged our appreciation. Tor-
The Germans fired on
the Red Cross flag but the stretcher
bearers kept waving It and the en
emy fire stopped.
The American troops in the Seich
eprey fight, additional details show,
were outnumbered, in some instances.
8 to 1. The latest advices are that
the American casualties are "much un
der the first estimates.
Edward Jacques, a New Haven boy,
told the correspondent of 150 Ameri
cans who at one time' were almost
eurrounded by at least 800 Germans.
French troops came to their assist'
ance, Jacques 6ald.
Sergeant John A. Dickman, former
ly a printer of Somerville, Mass., and
who Is now wounded In a hospital,
tol". a remarkable story. He and. his
men had charge of two Stokes guns,
Their escapes amid danger .
CARNEGIE MEDALS FOR
26 ACTS OF
HEROISM
Father of Hugh F. Proctor, of
Colon, N. C, Awarded a
Silver Medal
had already been taken off by launch
es. But the remnants spared handa
Tinned to keen her foreguns going.
It was hers to show the road to he
Intrepid and Imphigenia which roi
lowed. She cleared a score of arm
ed barres but fouled her propeller on
the net device which flanks its shoro
side. The propeller , gathered In the
net and rendered her practically ttn-
manasreable. The shore batteries
pounded her until she bumped Into
the bank, edged on ana icrana ner-
self in the channel again, still some!
hundred yard. from tne mourn of
the canal. While in .practicaly a sinK-
ln condition as she lay there she
eignalled invaluable directions to the
others , and her comaoanaer, s?ieyert.
accordingly Wew changes and sank
her. The motor laaach raced along
side and took off her crew. Her loss
was five killed and five wounded.
"The Intrepid, smoking like a vol
cano, with all her guns biasing was
followed by her motor launch which
failed to get alongside in the outside
harbor, and she had men enough for
anything. Straight Into the harbor
she steered.
"Lieutenant Stewart Bonham Car
Iter nlftced the nose of his ship neat
rttrw MAHRirP SENT TO THE tcs u Ul
BATTlS ?RONTMalor Gen. ed He oraered the crew away sad blew
erick Barton Maurice, chief director vessel.
of rariSS ? operations in. the War "Lieutenant Billyard Leake com
OffiS S las been in France for manding the IpMseida, beached her
the fe days, has-been sent to on the eastern side, blew har up and
field He Irobably Will be assigned saw her drop nicely across the canal
to wbrk in ;elat5cn to the united com- and . left her there vdth hcr engines
J nr thn Eritiah . and , French still going to hold her in position un.
rnVr ' I til
Pittsburgh, Pa., April 26. The Car
neite Hero Fund Ckwnmission""rec6g-
nlzes 28 acta of heroism in Its spring
meeting held here today. In five cases
silver medals were awarded; in II
ran a bronse medals. Two of the he-
rMR !ot their lives. To the depen
dents of one a pension of $860 . a year
was granted end to the other the sum
of $1,000 to be applied as tne com
rM a n ran may sanction. Two.of the
heroes sustained Injuries which dis
abled them. In theee oases aisawe
tnomt benefits were granted.
In the South, bronze meaais were
warrled aa follows:
RniiT. BrtttiMham. 1358 - Broad
treat. AuKUta. Ga., saved' Margaret
Vc. O'Leary from drowning at Augusta,
InnA 90. 19K.
w nnnmn Samuels. 929 Seventh
rt- Aueusta. Ga., eaved Peter S
Basenos from drowning at Boneville,
Ga., May 1, 1918. v
A silver medal was awarded to he
father of Hugh F. Proctor, deceased,
of Colon. N. C who died while it-
wnntlflc to save Floyd V. Shipe from
being killed by a train at Clifton, Va.,
May 7, 1917.
ZEEBUGGE OFFICER
TO LOSE COMMAND
; Copyright, Underwood A , Underwood. Ibottom,'
Amsterdam, April 28. Vice Admi-
i anyaAT tha commander at
ru uui w
7B.Kr,-rin rcordinar to reports reach
o. -ctrfll be deprived of his
command for being taken by surprise
by the British Tuesday.
nr-man niwsTiaT)er3. in commenting
upon the raid at Zeebrugge, generally
take the nm: iven m '
norts at Berlm. and represent tho en
tT,H! at havine been a failure
she should have settled on thelsqme. however, admit that the attacg
was maaewiia gro. ww
i the! !
them.
have been countless. One (Frank M.
America) was knocked down by a
Zeppelin bomb in London, but worked
all that night as .usual merely an
ncident of the day's work in an offiee
building which has itself been hit by
such shells; another (Robert t.
Small) fell into the icy Somme, but
rode 85 miles to cable the story of
the first American in Peronne; an1
other (Charles T. Thompson) was on
the highest rampart or the Castle of
Gorizia when a shell buried him un
der earth, but on that afternoon he
wrqte a story which thrilled the press
of Europe as well as of the unitea
States: another (Walter Whiffen)
was shot in the knee on a Russian
observation post; another (Charles S.
Smith), after a bayonet and fist en
counter at Harbin, escaped with pain
ful lacerations; a: er uamesj
Hickey) was blown tluough a glass
door by the Halifax explosion, but be
ars dressing his wounds was re
sourceful enough to find in ademol
ished building the terminus of the
cable to the West Indies, and sent
by way of Bermuda and Havana to
New York the nrst airect messages
out of Halifax. Such incidents are
not unusual in the service of your
organization.
Through the year the Associatea
Press has, by maintaining its stand
ards of accurate reporting, preserved
the best traditions of Jouroatfjim. The
good name oi the Associatea tress
has not been Impaired. The publio
confidence in our dispatphes has
steadily grown until millions of read
ers now hesitate to give credence to
many published reports until assured
that they were carried by our associ
ation. The sensational Zimmerman
note, with its report of diplomatic in
trigue in Mexico, was universally ac
cepted as genuine because the Ass o-
.i.td Press said it was. xne oom-
mah was wounded, but kept pouring
a hot fire in the German attack! ag
waves and broke up the formation.
He and his men retired only when
their guns became jammed.
"Machine Gun" Parker, who mann
ed a gun by himself, was asked by his
superior officer at one stage of the
engagement whether he could hold
the line. He replied that he could, -unless
killed, and he did.
Father William J. Farrell, of West
Newton, Mass., a regimental chap
lain, proved such a good, fighter that
a high officer offered him a commis
sion In his command. Father Farrell
went to the assistance of a battery
when four of the American gunners
were killed, carried up ammunition
and helped the crew to. keep the gun
working. He was wounded slight'..'.
Raymond Connor, of New Haven,
a sanitary squad runner, was another
hero. He was one of eight men cap
tured by the Germans who escaped
and went to Seicheprey. They took
charge of the first aid station there
until a doctor arrived, oonnor men
went to the rear and organized a new
squad, returned to the front and was
wounded.
NEGRO CONFESSED
BEFORE EXECUTION
Raleigh, N. C, April is. Convicted
at the March term of the criminal
court of Buncombe county on a
charge of criminally assaulting a
white girl. Willie Williams, aoung
negro of Aehevllle, was electrocuted
at the State penitentiary here this
morning. The negro, according t
Warden Busbee; made a complete
confession of his guilt.
The execution of Marcus Edwards,
a white man of Raleigh, set for today.
vaa at varl np.nrilncr an anneal to the
bardraent of Paris at long range asjNortn Carolina Supreme Court foT a
ridiculed oy otner press associations nQW Edwards was convicted in
and by ordnance experts, but the Paris Wake nty on a charge of slaying
bureau of the Associated Press which tig wIfg
Tor two days aiuuo reyuriou uiisr
utiirtlinK development of the war to
American readers, convinced the skep
tical quite as thoroughly as did the
official confirmation of its report.
When the ppvernment's action in tak
ing over the Dutch ships In American
harbors was reported in Europe chan
cellories inquired in European capi
tals whether the Associated Press an
nounced this fact. This reputation
PROPORTIONAL RATES
GRANTED THE S. A. L.
Washington, April 26. The Sea
board Air Line railroad today was
authorized by the Interstate Com
merce Commission to establish from
Portsmouth and Richmond, Virginia,
1 reVUUtUUUI nr,T r,., rxn MhiTnonniK rrt.il
the Awoclated Plees la recognized J"" irrltoll m.i.
abroad as It is in the United states, "- -"IT,T" J 7 1
and It is an asset of membership in. Pe.1 "'.T A ,
this organization that is of the utmost
value.
During the last year the war has
naturally drawn heavily upon our
staff) It has been the policy of the
management not only not to seek ex
emption from government service on
behalf of its employes, but to encour
age such service,.
ago were serving
are
The
tariffs would be the same as the pro
portional rates established on antb in
cite coal
Reply Unsalsfactory.
Montivideo, Uruguay, April 28. It
is rumored here today that the reply
to Uruguay's inquiry to Germany as
Men who a year i to wnether tne uennan goverumeui
v. orp-flnir-itloTi i considered that a state of war existea
now bv hundjeds in the military j between Uruguay and Germany is an
and naval ana other ' service
of thJ , unsatisfactory one. it is eipesieu
.i i s-i t-i t r fB: fill rv
l - ill a. I iu ju.ixai u-.iti.' u .
I (Continued on Page Ten), iect will be issued tonight. A i,rMi, mrtih.'
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