North Carolina Newspapers

IJV MMBENSURG'S M- Probably Be Renewed Simultaneously With Aus tria's Drive in Italy. ALLIES CONTINUE TO ; IMPROVE POSITIONS Counter Attacks Strengthen British and French Lines. Fmperor Charles Goes to L.dian Front-. . s not yet taken up, the he west- and probably against the allied arm abeyance to be made with the heralded crfeasivP ;'- a2fithpr effort jc.; is held in e:.. drive agaiust the Italian- ;, ..reparation for further enemy at-k: on the Flandrs battlefield, tv Cviiisu and French have been im pn!.i;i5 tlicir positions in local oper- The liiiod J.vrop? in- an attack, be t..vi; l.ocre nn-.l Drauncourt have ad- Tali' v', i;r'r 500 yards ona front 1 1,00 y !';. gaining positions -t 'o'.i.'i.hn the important sec- tm of hi front between Scherpen t, r; md Mont Rouge. German coun-t-r'attark were repulsed with loss y.. -tin, -"porting on the same fight it;. attTipts to make out the attacks T--. nade in 'arge force. It says fie v - o -HT,ulsed and that "the r;r--ii ' t "f0 prisoners. h the ? v.thern leg of thd Iy5 sat tn. vY'h rs the one the "Germans r.'t tftack if they wish to connect ha'tlrfield with the one In Pic n'y b7 wiping out the Arras salU at. t'e Germans have made no further attempts o push back the British on their fjains at- Hinges, . earlier tfforth having failed. The artillery fr" continues most intense on both Ira of thcLys salient uad south of jhe cotaing of a strong pttsa m;tneeen suDscnnea tor against the conn Man front is heralded - officially from Vienna, vrhich - announces that Fi;peror Charles attd 'his-military id risers are jiow on the front. In the Trentino and the Tyrol ,. there 'have reen large movements of enemy troops. Rome does not report any marked infantry fighting, nor does Vienna, but the Italian war Office notes a great increase in the violence of the Austrian artillery fire, espec ially on the Trentino front, where tha new attack probably, will come in an effort to force the Italians from the Have line. Aerial activity in North ern Italy is intense. Emperor Charles leaves his capital for the fighting front at a time when iustria is" seething with political unrest. In Bohemia, and all .parts of his domains the liberals are protest ing against his action-in dismissing rarliament. It is announced in a pan fWman Berlin newspaper that the German food department has taken "cr control of most of Bohemia "in response to the demands of the Ger E!" Population." Three members of the Austrian cab inet are reported to have resigned. American troops on both "the -Toul and Luneville sectors have been more busy than usual with' the Germans. Northwest of Toul the Germans at tempted to occupy a trench ..formerly nsld by the Americans and which was evacuated a month ago. The Ameri can artillery broke up the German ef fort, but further activity is not unex Ewted. East of LunevMe the Ger jns have been driven from their. 0nt line positions by the" American nofire. The patrol has penetrated m yards in the enemy lines. The Americans met a German party of seven. Three were killed and the ners T-'"o taken prisoner. MRS. POTTER PALMER DIED LAST NIGHT Sarasota, Fla., May 6 Mrs. Potter of n!6r' knowu for many years as one l ine social leaders of Chicago, died ion? n5ght at 9 : 15 -o'clock, at her inrrnrv Irs' Palmer owned nearly J.w acres of land in Manatee coun- Snni Vllich she llad a sreat cattle well She had been m for several eks. Death was due to pneumonia. w ,0fIy be takeii w Chicago, uie Dunal will take place, Menih ei-s of her family refused any details as to the cause of her death vL atten(ling physician left for , . liiimeiuiiieij. Bosn V113 Chicago international ex lh. ! w . 1a,nier as president of hi ' v,'!'(1 r 1a(1r managers and .'vis fi.t', ''u(.'ope. fur the ffTTfpose of inter fair ,!!,vean governments in the Cie i 1 ":tl1" she was appointed by the onlv "'-'m oE thc United States .as '.the fanrnTnal) mral'er of the Ameri tion S.mi3s!n to the Paris exposi meniKl:',10 was th'' possessor of a fardel T Vi thp LegioiJ of Honor' Por i French government. let ..j ears Ir- Palmer had spent is coTPrs at her ftome aere, which Flf ne o the most beaatl- ABEYANCE BRITISH LINE ADVANCED. London, May 6. The British line has been advanced on a con siderable front between the Somme, and ' Ancre rivers," west-southwest of Morlancourt, says the official statement from Field Marshal Ha Jg'a headquarters, . The' Britisli' positions in the neighborhood of Lacon and the Lawe river, on the southern leg of the Lys salient in Flanders, have been improved as : the result of, local fighting. TY WENT OVER THETOP;WIARKETED FULL QUOTA BONDS Announcement Was Made to - This Effect by Central Committee Today. RETURNS AS YET STILL INCOMPLETE Per Capita Subscription to r Bonds Throughout the - County- Was Unusually . Large. Wilmington and New Hanover coun ty, "went over the top", in liberty loan subscriptions.. Incomplete returns early, Monday afternoon showed that iy'is" allotment- of $t,72T8O0 and mem bers of the central committee , were confldeht that complete returns from all agencies would boost the total fig ures even higher. It is not improb able that the two million mark will be approached, although such, a total has not been at any time nor is expected now. When One considers the per capita subscription that New Hanover has made . to third issue bonds one can appreciate what has been accom plished here in defense of right and democracy. . ... . Saturday night it looked as though the county was to fall short of her quota that New Hanover for once would fail to measure up to govern mental expectations, but because New Hanover 'had given the best she had the central committee felt no humil iation because of the apparent fall down. In a statement given out the chairman of the committee thanked all for the generous support that had been given bonds and for the tireless efforts of the committee members and liberty loan workers. But this morning's returns put a very different appearance on tne bond situation and it was with" a deal of pleasure that he chairman of the central committee - announced this afternoon that the county had "gone over the;" and that the' new grand total wcfild probably be added to in a substantial manner. CASUALTY LIST TODAY CONTAIM. NAMES Among the Names is Richard erson, of L.aurens, S. C, Died of Disease. Washington, May 6. The casualty list today contained 88 names, 'divid ed -as follows: , killer in action 6. ' Died ot wounds 3. Died of accident 2. Died of disease-!)., - ' - Died of other causes 1. Wounded severely 4. ' Woundedl slightly 48. Missing in action 15. Died of wounds: Lieutenant Joseph Queensbury, Las Cruces, N. M. Died of Disease: Major Charles G. Baird, Richmond Hill, N. Y. Died -of accident: Lieutenant Rob ert P. Cross, Buntington, Mass; Lieut. Chaster A. Pudrith, Detroit Mich. Died of other causes: Lieutenant Joseph W. Wilson, Logansport, Fla. Wounded severely: Lieutenant CJifford R. Livingston, Merrill, Mass. -Missing i in Action: t4eutenant William L. Staggers, Benton, Ala. Sergeant Harry G. Bruce, R. F. D. 2, Elkton, Va., Corporal Gus Chretien, of Phillips, Okla., killed in action. Privates Richard Henderson, Laur- n nnolo Mania Pinp. Bluff. 'Arfc; --trAi)rahamiJp.sephc9-j Point, jctos.. ai aoi uiBew. METHODIST HAVE CALL : mm service Request's V "r Chaplains .in Army. A, a Navy. Have Been Complied With. GOOD REPORT ON HOME MISSIONS Would Change Name of Ger , man Mission Conference. Against Use of Unbe- coming Language.. Atlanta, Ga., May 6. Southern Methodists have met every call for chaplains for' the army and navy, ac cording to the report of the depart ment of home missions, niade at to day's session of the general confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, which started the sec ond week of its deliberations here to day. Bishop E. E. Hoss, of Muskogee, Okla., presided and the morning devo tional exercises were . conducted by the ftev. F. W. Brandon, Gadsden, Ala. .The Rev. John M. Moore, present ing the" home mission report, stated that 200 applications, from, ministers for appointment as chaplains had been received and that the quota asked by the army and navy departments had been filled at every call. The Meth odists of the country were - allotted one-third of the Protestant chaplains, two-fifths of that number to be sup plied by the southern church. .Ws' department for 1917 to be the largest in -its nistory. ;rne . assess ment for the year yielded $131,158 and the total amount raised for home and conference missions $568,536. The department asks for $5,050 and. to be raised in the five years of the centen ary eelebraUon of the organization of the board of missions. Among the memorials presented was one requesting the change of the name of the German mission confer- to reach; 13erical members of an an nual conference guilty" of language unbecoming & minister. A. memorial was submitted" from the Florida conference requesting that a new hymnal be compiled. The Rev. H. K. Carroll, of the Meth odist- Episcepal church, was vintro duced torthe conference and addressed them briefly on the Asbury Memorial association and the Ecumenical Meth odist, commission. , America "and France Asked to Recall Consuls at Vlad ivostok. Moscow, April 28. Bolshevik de mands that the American and French consuls at Vladivostok be recalled have . brought no Official statement ffim Ambassador Francis and French Ambassador Noulens. The definite demands made by Foreign Minister Tchitcherin were co-incident with the arrival of Count von Mirbach, the German ambassador, h Moscow, Re gardless of the strong pressure put on the entente embassies in the last few weeks to recognize the Soviet government, which is making full use of the Siberian incident, the po sition of the embassies remains un changed. ' : The Bolshevik demands on Ambas sador Francis Were, first, the removal of John K. Caldwell, American consul at .Viadiyostok; second," investigation of his part in the alleged negotia tions with the American legation at Peking, and third, the attitude of the American government toward the So viet republic. Ambassador Francis has sent a communication to the Bolshevik gov ernment regarding the alleged partic ipation of American, French and Brit ish in a Siberian counter revolt plot in connection with whiclr the Bolshe vik put plainly the question of the recognition of their government. The American embassy,' the note says, carefully scrutinized the documents submitted by the Russian govern ment. In the American viewpoint, the documents failed to show any con nection of American officials in these plots. The American embassy, the ambas sador .continues, interprets, the doc uments to show only the persons planning a counter revolt contemplat ed asking the assistance of t Consul Caldwell. Admiral Knight, and the representatives : of the allies iri Pe king, including the American minis ter, but failed .to show either the consummation of the hopes of the revolutionaries in this direction 01 that the Americans participated or promised aid in any way. It is deem ed unfortunate in me meacui, oui.i.b of aRffiSfen international' reiauons, that such flimsy charges should arise. METPERY n DEMANDS AE GERMAN N ID LOCK APPEARS TO IFISCAI C0N0I1M BE DOING AGAINST OF THE NATION IS 1 THE HLfpVIIES QUITE . t ....... ." Prussian Commanders Work ing Hard to Reorganize Their Forces. ; . SPIRIT OF THE ALLIES AT A HIGH PITCH Enemy is Facing a Confident Force on Western Front. People at Home Want ! to See Peace. With the British Army in France, Sunay, May 5. Luck seems to be go ing against the Germans along the crucial northern battle front. Sunday still ' found the Prussian commanders working desperately to whip their organizations into shape for a renew al of the delayed offensive while the allied forces aided by the weatfcjr continued Counter operations which are most disconcerting to an enmy playing against time. It was quite apparent the Germans Intended another, assault in Flanders yesterday morning, but the arrange ments were upset by a combination of events. There were the allied, op erations, and the heavy rain which converted the ground into mud flats over which it was difficult to move either Infantry . or artillery. There was also confusion arising from wholesale reliefs and thearrival , of strange troops in the eGrman area. The allied artillery has been main taining an incessant . bombardment of enemy teritory and Friday night,, before the projected German attack, the, French and British gunners play ed ihaVoc with the, German prepara-. tions.' The alliedfwbops also ".have been, carrying ; out local . operations Which improved their lines and upset enemy schemes. , . ' ' Yesterday, the allies occupied a large number ojf important positions at various points along the front of 4,0QQ yards west of Kimmel. The British:-also mada anladvanc of 00 yvdslJaJbasdihe northwest of Locen,' thereby gaining a number of pdsitionls. which had been contested many days. .This morning the- Germans tried to regain some of these positions, but ere repulsed. Ap . enemy ' attack yester day morning in the Locon area un der, cover of a heavy barrage was likewise smashed. On the southern ' battlefront,- the British last night near Sailly-Le-Sec advanced their line in a minor oper ation without casualties. The Ger man prisoners taken in all these lo cal engagements make a consmeraoie total.- The spirit of the allied troops re mains at' the highest pitch. Interesting comments by Germaa civilians have been furnished from an enemy mail bag captured by the British on a section of the Flanders front. Almost without exception ref erences are made in the letters to the stoppage of leave and the parcel post from the front. The tone is resigned rather than recalcitrant. One letter from Berlin dated April 25, said: . "Peace does not seem to be coming along as we fondly hoped. All this in the west is too wicked for any thing Four years of it. now and no sign of the end. We hope every day u will come to a decision and that the British will be . driven into the North Sea but they stand nrm. "We have such a scarcityoJE jshoes in TCttlineen. it is impossible to- get them. If there are any in Belgium please send me a pair says a let tor dated in Ettlingen on April 26. "Are you not coming home on leave SOOn? HOW mucn lunger is il sumfi to last?" reads a third letter. A note from Rhumsfringej dated April 23, says: "The mustering of the 1920 class took place here last Friday. Most of them were accepted." Further details are now available from various sources regarding the new German tanks, several of which made such a poor showing .at Vh lers-Bretonneux on April 24. The machine weighs 45 tons and is so unwieldy it is unable to negotiate h-mnA trenches and canot move over ground torn heavily by shells. The tank is pointed at the ends. It is aprpoximately Ti reet long, i-t ieei wiri and 11 feet high. The armor is of a poor quality of steel and varies in thickness up to 30 milimetre. A direct artillery hit will put ono out of action. The armament consists of a 2.2 inch gun forward, which fires hieh explosives and case shot; sx heavy machine guns, two on each side and two in the rear. It is equip ped with two 100 horse power four cylinder engines with an elctric starter and one man can control and drive it easily. Its top speed on good ground is 10 miles an hour. A crew of 19 is cairied, consistiiv.; of ote oftlcer, three gunners for the forward gun, two drivers, two mechanics, 10 machine gunners and one signal niart The drivers and mechanics, are Volunteers from motor transport units and the gunners are drawn from" the -artillery and infantry. These volunteers are promised dou ble pay1 and rations. - - - (Continued oh Page Seven).' : GRATIFYINL Senator Simmons Bays Coun try's Finances Better Than Had Been Expected. NO MORE LIBERTY LOANS UNTIL FALL Will Be No Bond issue for Several Months- No Fur ther Tax Legislation for the Present. (By Frank P. Morse.) Washington, D. C, May 6. In an terview Here today Senator Simmons, of North Carolina,' chairman of the senate committee on finance, asserted that the fiscal condition of the coun try is quite gratiryinfc and the na tion's finances are "' in better shape than was anticipated wheu the war revenue bill was passed. Two things are chiefly responsible for this satisfactory financial condi tion, the North Carolina senator ex plained. One is the generous re sponse to the liberty loan campaign; the other the unexpectedly large re turns under the income and excess profits taxes. Chairman Simmons does not believe that another liberty loan will be nec essary until late in the fall, and he chinks there is certain to be no more taxation legislation at this session of congress. The country's finances are now r in such shape, he said as to make possible a, safe prediction that there will be no further tax legisla tion for the present. Although definite figures are not yet available, it is known here that the returns under- the-? income and excess profits taxes j&ive been , far in excess joff the expectationa of the seoatp andLhpuse committees framing the war taxigiws. . "I am gratfiied," said Senator, Sim- mons py tne snowing we nave . made.: fldng the-me-dwfgffith 1 Which haVe elansed 1a tho $tmaaiiH-4L4--.K. Which have elapsed since the piaeage 01 tne war revenue act. "There is every reason to he hope ful as well as grateful that conditions are as they are, and Indicate they will so remains "The returns under the war revenue act are yet indefinite, but already , it is apparent that the government will reeeive several hundred million more than was anticipated by r the framers of the act. The commissioner of In ternal revenue is confident that" both the income and excess profits tax will yield encouraging - excesses of the amounts originally estimated for them. ' "Another thing that . contributes to our satisfactory financial condition exclusive of the response tQ the lib erty loan campaigns is the fact that we have not spent as much money as we expected during the current fiscal year. A little less than a year ago our estimates of expenditures for the first year of the war were placed at $21,000,000,000, but with the fiscal year drawing to a close indications are that our expenditures will fall ap proximately five billions short of that figure." w Senator Simmons said the condi tion of the treasury which could be definitely stated as the tax returns ocme in probably will make unneces sary another- liberty loan campaign Wfrt several , months, possibly until next winter. There was, also a, prps pect, he said, that additional tax leg islation may not have to be consid ered before the close of the 65th con gress next ' March," although this de pends on future developments. How ever, the North Carolina senator was certain there will be no more tax bills at the session of congress now on. "It can safely be said," Senator Simomns -explained, "that there will be no tax legislation of any sort at the present session of congress. It will hardly become necessary, unless affairs undergo a material and unex pected change, to resort to tax legis lation at the ensuing and con chid ing session of the 65th congress, which convenes next December. Gratifying tax returns make it unnecessary to begin even a preliminary considera tion of further tax measures at this time. Our nation's finances alto gether are most encouraging." AGREEMENT BETWEEN DUTCH AND GERMAN The Hague, Sunday, May 5. In an nouncing to the Du'ch' chamber to day that Holland and Germany had reached an agreement Foreign Min ister Loudon explained the settle ment of the German demand for transport over the Dutch railway by way of Roermond, Germany, he said, had agreed to exclude from transport airplanes, arms and munitions whiln there never had been any question of the , transport of troops. .The foreign f minister said Germany j had undertaken to limit sand and gravel 'sent through Dutch water ways to a maximum of 1,600,000 t.on and had promisedChot to use" the mat Cor military nujrxuiRaa- BORGLUM CHARGES TO BE INVESTIGATE!! STARRETT RETURNS BRINGING REVISED PRINTS FOR YARDS Blasting Operations Proceed ingStart Grading With in Two Days. COWAN CONTINUES LISTING OF LABOR T Carpenters Are Expected to Be Put to Work in Large Numbers Wjthjn Next Few Days. General Manager Ralph tarrett, of tbe Carolina Shipbuilding company, returned to the city Monday, bringing with him the revised print?, of the plans tor his. company's yards where fabricated steel ships are to be con structed ror trans-AUantiq service and it is understood that ho is to remain on the job continuously in the fu ture. A call was made tor teams this morning and they were supplied through Industrial ..Agent. James H Cowan. Actual grading of the site will be started within the next two days and a force of carpenters will be put to work within the coming seven days, it was learned. Blasting was begun Saturday and with, the removal' of the .troublesome stumps that dot the site the work of grading will ber hurried to completion. Work on the buildings that will com prise the plant will be started the moment grading operations have pro gressed sufficiently far to permit. Dy namite shipments of which were re-1' ceived Saturday, is being used freely fP W TridnRtrlftVsQliwttt. rimw wiimniws ing with workmen, 'particularly skill ed mechanics, who have left here be cause of their inability to secure em ployment and who are anxious to re turn. He is doing a regular land of fice ; business at the chamber of com merce, and when actual building op erations are weir underway and skill ed labor is needed the heads of both the shipbuilding companies operating here will have lists of eligible work men, to pick v from that will insure early . launching?. One gentlemen, who left here sev eral months , ago and , who has since been engaged in ship construction at Newpdrt News called , on Mr. Cowan this morning and advised' him that dozens of .Wilmhigtonians now located in -Newport News had urgedhim to bring back, all available information; that they were all anxious to return here and' that they would pack their bags and , travel tbe moment they were, advised that employment was to be had in the city. HUSBAND HELD FOR DEATH OF BRIDE Roanoke, Va., May 6. decil Sur ratt, of Wythevilie, whose bride of six weeks was killed by a pistol, wound, in their home Saturday night, was. held today without bajkigr ;the action of the grand jury. The ver dict of the coroner's jury was that Mrs. "Surratt came to 'her death as the result of a pistol wound, he wea pon being in the hands of her husband.- Surratt claims the fatal shor was fired accidentally as the two were struggling for the possesion of the pistol. , MASS MEETING TOMORROW. Wilmington is going forward and every push that will send the city towards the big gpal of success should and will be realily given. The response of the citizens of Wilmington inNhelping and co-operating with the United States government hasalready brought Inch rewardjand call ed forth he admiration or the outside world. Jut at this hour addU tional impetus Is nesded, so there will be no slowing down of the pace.' To give this, in order to meet new conditions an imperative need a mass meeting of the citiiens of Wilmington is called for tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at the court house. The call is urgent, the need vital and action must be quick. It is nothing tfie people of Wilmington cannot solve, but the solution can only come through a thorough undsrstar.dir.g and by close co-operation at this time. It is your duty r.3 a citizen of Greater Wilmington, to be present tomorrow morning at :he hour spec'fi-sd. . '. , t. C. CHADBOURN, ' " Chairman Executive Committee. v E. T. TAYLOR, Chairman Labor Committee. S. M. BOATWRIGHT, " - - hairinan Gity Beautiful Committee. P. Q. MOORE, Chairman Reception Committee. J. HAUGHTON, JAMES, , . 1 I b"' "'in cf Investment Committee. : ft iMAM STnUTHERS. JR.-,- ' V lairman Buildins Connnittee. ' ' V oKER TAYLOR, Chairman Comir.htee on Favorable Public Sentiment - . - - - - rr ?MARSDSNy BELLAMY; - , Chairman Committee cn Housing and Rents, . - J HB. BRANCH, "u ' ' .. .,CUainCoaUt2.jc,Pib!c. Information. President Orders the Depart-. ment of Justice to Make the Probeh. . HOWARD COFFIN ASKS FOR INVESTIGATION, Seriousness of the Charges Aroused Congress and the Country, Leading to a De mand for a Sifting. Washington. May 6. A depart- j ment of Justice investigation of the Uhargn. of graft in aircraft produc- I tion made by Gutzpn Borglum, tbo sculptor, was ordered today by Presi dent Wilson. Borglum's charges of pro-German influence also will be investigated. Demand for a criminal investigation was made in the senate recently. The investigation was requested of the president by Edward H. Coffin, formerly chairman of the aircrafi boa?rd who declared he requested 'it that the reputation of innocent men might not be ruined by charges that have been made. At the same time th order for in vestigation was ' announced President Wilson's correspondence with Gutzon . Borglum, the sculptor, who niade an. investigation of the aircraft frqduc tion situation, was given out at tile White House. It-disclosed that the president last month advised Borglum . he never considered" T- him an official investigator and practically disposed of his services. The president's correspondence with Borglum began last December, when the sculptor after having" first called on Secretary Tumulty, who made a report to President Wilson, received a letter from the White House saying . the president.. wits much disturbed by ' his views of? the aircraft situatiotf'and asked him1; to be more specific jh T his - 1 1.! : . ' Tm T. .AflHon V Secretary Baker, invited 3orklum;to. Jay' the 'whole rna ter -before the war department, and " gavehlm . the advantage ot having a menthetu of secretary's staff - detailed to assist' him in looking uf facts. J'Every facility of inquiry will be placed at your disposal," the president Wrote the sculptor, adding that if dif- c j,,Jiwv,Mfil .amdlnfi -: Via wouki be. glad to have a feport from Borglum. In February the correspondence shows Borglum had made a prelim? inary report and the president trans mitted it to Secretary Baker. By March Borglum evidently had in quired about the fate of his report for the president wrote him saying the whole aircraft situation was "un dergoing thorough review," and 'that Borglum's report had been placed be fore the investigators. - In April evidently there were letters from Burglum.to the, president noi given out at the White Hiuse, for on. April 15 the president Wrote the sculptor ' declaring he was "under a . serious misapprehension." Borglum evidently had complained he was not supplied with expert as-j sistance necessary to an investigation. "I never at any time cojurtituted you an official investigator," wrote the president. "I merely gave you the right to look into the matter of your own motion and I am sure that the letter which the secretary of war pro-" vided you with he gave you with the same purpose and idea. - We have , wished at every point to assist you and to make possible for what you wish to do, but we hve at no time regarded you as the official represen tative of the administration In making . the investigation. f I had so regard- d you I would, of course, have sup plied you with such assistance as yos feel you have lacked."