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, I ! MMPMM , i " -it f ' , i ' . f . , . t . WEATHER. i HOLIE Ncrt:i and South Caro-4 .jna: partly- ciouay tonight and Saturday. "t ji EDITION ; - .s VL.XXIV. NO. 135. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA; FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1918: : SIXTEEN' PAGES FIVE CENTS V&JgM JE&i HOMAGE TO BE Pffl CARTQQNS OR THE DAY aMnBla""a,IMVIH,llMMIHIBmHMAB-Hi1 CvvTite-l: 1918: Br JoWT. cCottdSaten. 1 TO BATTLE G.V. VON HINDENBURG 1 Will .MIM(T HUN PLANS READY TO AMERICAN DEAD RESUME Huns Strain Every Muscle to Reach Goal First EVE OF GREAT ATTACK Lloyd George Says Allies Are Confident of Final Result RUSSIA AID TO ENEMY Premier Is Most Optimist Over Sub-Situation Ships Being Built Faster Than They Are Sunk Edinburgh, May 24. For the Ger mans, as well as for us, the next few weeks will be a race between Hinden burg and President Wilson, said Mr. Lloyd-George, In an address here to day. "The Germans are straining every muscle to t goal first, on the eve of Amelnnection wltloming available for theory. The com j "I can honsetly sa-i premier de dared, "that the government has neg lected no possible means of finding out whether there is an honorable out let of this war, its horrors and trage dies." Mr Lloyd-George's address was de livered in connection with the conferr iss of the freedom of the city upon him. . ' . , , "We are on the eve of a great Ger an attack," the premier -.asserted. Tnose wno Know oes wnat tne pros pects are feel confident about the re rait" . -. Speaking of the time necessary for the United States to prepare for full participation in the war that premier aid that after all her exertion Amer ica, at the present moment, 1 did not iave what was equivalent to one-fifth of the fighting strength which the enemy had received" owing to the col lapse of Russia. He added that It took time to train and equip armies, and that American. help could not . rec cned on for some time, v The premier's, statement about the submarine sitnati!$r'6litprl mistic. He said t Mt of shiorrfnir. ftis. eeeaea tne Josses-K ..Vr ' : Mr. LIoyd-Georg wieeelved with great enthusiasm.' the people prising and cheering again and again. Since he had taken office, he said, Great Britain and her. allies had had to deal with two adverse circum stances. The collapse of-Russia had been, of enormous help to the, enemy at a time when the man power of all tie belligerents ; wasalmost at the point of exhaustion. . The other ad vene development was unrestricted submarine warfare-1 a perfectly unex ampled proceding which the allies had bo right to expect, even from Ger many. In the whole history of piracy, ie remarked, there was no example of conduct like that- Mr. Lloyd-George read a report' he hid just received from the admiralty in which it was said: "As regards the matter of enemy submarines, that is going satisfactor ily." That, said the premier, , had been the official language since the begin ning of the year. The naval staff was confident that the allied navies were sinking more submarines than the enemy was able to build. As a means of inflicting injury, the submarine was still formidable, but as a danger which Might mean the losing or winning of the war, he declared, the allies could rule it out. Not only were submarines being sunk faster than the Germans could build themt but the allies, as a whole, were constructing merchant ships faster than the Germans could destroy them. Mr. Lloyd-George said he felt hap pier than at any other time during the ar over the prospects of making the most effective use of the whole forces of the alliance. f , "We are dealing with a ruthless Prussian despotism that is otat for Plunder, loot and pillage," he - said. Treaties restrain them-just as little ay, as m the day of eBlgium. They do not intend to bring the war to an end until their basket is as full as it can hold." Film the data at present available, uie premier told hisTiearers, the ad miralty was of the opinion that in April a record had been made in the destruction of enemy submarines. CONVICTS BE SENT TO WESTERN FRONT taWaBh'ngton, May 4. As an indica jon of the strain being made by Drmany t0 met th strain on her man J, - convict battalions are being J?- according to a dispatch re qnrvM y thR state department today 3raPg a reutral newspaper. Other ir lc measures being taken, accord p.;W fthe art'cle. include the strip ,1,;. of munition factories of men and ' . substitution of women, children ' Pmoners. and the moving of i t ;'s .from th eaxrisons along the l-0 Ln frontier and from the Rumania hav I0 the west- The latter troops for in desc"fced as being unfit "soft action because of the JODthZ!1' of recent months on the "mem front. TO BECOME Soil Nearly Million Has Been Rais ed For Anti Conscription TO INFLUENCE ACTION Has Greater Financial Power Than Any Political Body In Ireland FROM MODERATE MEN Subscribers Are Firm Support ers of War and Equally Fim Opponents of Sinn Fein Movement Dublin, May 24. The anti-conscription fund which in less than a month has grown to nearly $1,000,000 bids fair to become one of the most impor tant factors in the development of the internal political situation. It is the largest fund ever raised in Ire land for political purposes and being in control of the Mansion house con ference, that body finds itself in a position of greater financial power than any political organization in Ire land today. Thus the conference said if it was managed scrupulously it would be able to influence tremendously the action of any nationalist political organiza tion; This opens many dangerous pos sibilities to which the moderate lead ers ; In. Dublin have devoted anxious attention. Many ' subscribers are . .moderate Irish men and, women, who while ob jecting 5 to the forcible application of conscription, are firm supporters of the war ,' and equally firm opponents of -Smn "Feliler and verrthine for AprUI'lchlt istands. But' should the rep 3cesentative ef th 7L . -'-i' iT m ' - ' '" ' 4k I attempt"! restrain, thelf extremist col leagues it is evident a- situation might arise where the resignation of the moderates would be" inevitable. Serf ous problems regarding control of the fund then might be . presented. s- The resign - ti moderate delegates to the conference would be regarded as a tremendous victory for the Sipn Fein. and Sinn STeiners may do all in their power -to embarrass their Nationalist" opponents. This is the reason the situation in which John Dillon and Joseph Devlin find them selves, is one of the most delicate in the history of Irish politics. Unionists' critics, alive to the situa tion, are doing their utmost to make capital for themselves by pointing out a moral to the Irish. The Irish Times, referring editorially to the decision of the conference to use the fund for aid ing the dependents of "men whose activities are gravely incompatible with the r safety, of. the nation," asks if Dillon and Devlin were to sit silent while the conference "resolved away Ireland's honor," and asks if the bishops have nothing to say about the use of the fund US. ITS WAY TO JAPAN Is Headed by Prince Armur of Connaught - To Call on Wilson An Atlantic Port, May 24. Prince Arthur, of Connaught, son of the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, former governor general of Canada, and a cousin jof King George, arrived here today from an English port as head of a British mission to the United States. The mission made the voy age aboard a British cruiser. The prince and his party were met by Assistant Secretary of State Long, Colonel E. M. House, General White, head of the British recruiting mission in this country, and Clive Bailey, British consul general and other Brit ish and American officers. On Way to Japan. Washington, May 24. The mission headed by Prince Arthur, the state de partment announced today, is on' its way to Japan. It will come to Wash ington to call on President Wilson. Resumes Presidency. Philadelphia, May 24. 'Announce ment1 was made today that L. E. Johnson .has resigned the' presidency of the Norfolk and Western railway. N. D. Maher resigned as president and a director effective June 1 to be come regional director for the newly created Pocahontas region. This ac tion was taken at a meetin gof the di rectors of the company in this city on Wednesday. MISSION RUCHES Commanders Will Pay Tribute" To! Fallen Memorial Day FREPlWILL ASSIST i Faded Be Re, TO D; CM P c CO ma otnpes will 1 O . IWith New Flags i TE GRAVES i Tri-Col Glory r. T 4 single Over Re- mains -of Heroes Buried in French Soil With the American Army in France, Thursday, May. 23. The American dead, sleeping in the soil of France, will receive the homage of the Amer ican army on memorial day. Many of those who have given their lives for their country are buried in graves over which shells and bullets are fly ing close to where they fell. But wherever they are resting their com rades will bear them in mind and pay tribute to their memory. To many Americans now fighting in France memorial day heretofore sim ply has meant a holiday. In a vague way they appreciated the meaning of the decoration of graves by the sur vivors of Civil War days, but now they regard memorial day in a differ ent light, for it means honoring the memory of men they have known, bunked with and fought with. Throughout all the zones in which there are American soldiers plans have been made for ceremonies, in which the French will largely partici pate. At one place is a row of mounds under which lie sons of New York. Men of the same regiment will gather there to replace the faded American flags with new ones and depo&it wreaths of fresh flowers, and others, which will withstand time and weath er. Similar ceremonies will take place at the graves of boys from other states. In the same locality roadside graves of French soldiers, buried where they fell in the earlier days of the war, will be decorated by Ameri cans. At general head iTajrters all .graves of American andij'encn.loldlers in bar, decorated with nWAMM ikjl A -B-"k M -"fc3 Arts . 'V A CiA flowers and crossed ! flags the Star Spangled Banner and -the Tri-Color of France. Led by a band, a body of sol diers will march to the main ceme tery. There the troops will be drawn up while American and French army chaplains repeat prayers for the dead. A squad will fire a salute. All the other ceremonies will be similar. In the sector northwest of Toul, they will be held at several lo calities. . Men of the- new and the old armies lie there, some in cemeteries exclusively American, others beside French soldiers. The heroes of the air who have given their lives will be remembered suitably. At various points along the battle front there are little groups of Ameri can graves and single mounds, mark ing the resting places of men from units wnicn nave raced tne enemy there for a time and then moved elsewhere. Efforts will be made to decorate every one of these graves. A Annual Session of State Bank ers Closed Today Mc Adams' Great Speech (Special to" The Dispatch.) Raleigh, May 24. The North Caro lina Bankers association concluded its business session here thi afternoon at 2 o'clock, and adjourned without nam ing a convention city for next year. However, it is the generall yaccepted belief that Greensboro will be the choice of the executive committee, and that the, occasion will be used for the purpose of chirstening the new O. Henry hotel. The following officers of the asco ciation were elected: President, James, A. Gray, Jr., of Winston-Salem. First vice president, James B. Ram sey, of Rocky Mount Second vice president, Edwin Slu der, of Asheville. Third vice president, A.M. Dumay, of Washington. Director of State War Savings of Virginia McAdamS made one of the most whooping up speeches this morn ing ever listened to by a staid body of bankers. Even the republicans in at tendance cheered Mr. McAdams dec laration that Woodrow Wilson is the greatest president the country ever produced. The speaker also declared that bankers should not lend a penny to any man who made disloyal re marks about his. country. Tonight the bankers will hold a so cial session at the Raleigh Country club, concluding with a dance. As the convention closed, Col. W. A. Blair, of Winston-Salem, on behalf of the association, presented a beau tiful silver tray to retiring president, W. B. Drake. JAMES GRAY HEADS BANKERS ASSOCIATION ,1, ' ' - O-VER THERE! ' - ' ' THE COLONEL TJ&iM0DQOk IS PROHi LEADERS PLAN Would Stop $6,100,000 Ap propriation Unless Wilson .Forbids Use of Foodstuffs - Washington, May 24. Prohibition forces in congress laid plans today, to UU.-.1U oouttw ttvviu,ai au. iiuicuu-i ment to the food production bill, with- j noiaing tne main - appropriation or.; $6,100,000 unless President Wilson , is-1 sues a proclamation forbidding the use of foodstuffs in the manufacture of liquors. The amendment ' to the bill, which carries a total appropria tion of $10,864,400 to increase i food production, was attached by the anti liquor advocates of the- house by a vote of 177 to 133. The appropria tion contained in the amendment -is for salaries of county agents. ' s Another rider to the bill as passed by the house provides that none of the appropriation "shall be available for salaries of -men of draft 'age em ployed by the department of agricul ture who have been given deferred classification because of their work. JOHNSON TAKES STAND Denies Emphatically He Gave Poison to His Young ' Bride ' Richmond, Va., May; 24. Dr. Lem uel J. Johnson, the young dentist of Middlesex, N. C, on trial here for wife murder, went on the stand in his own behalf shortly before noon today and denied all the damaging, evidence that has been offered against .him. In a clear and collected manner, Johnson denied' that he was engaged to Miss Ollie White of Zebulon, N. C, the "other girl in the case," but ad mitted that she was. a sweetheart of his boyhood days. He did not deny giving her a diamond ring, however, and told in a clear manner -how he had planned to have his bride, the former Miss Alice Knight, of Rich mond, join him in his home in Middle sex. He said he had looked forward to a happy and successful future there. Johnson was especially em phatic in desying that he had planned to get rid of his Richmond bride by giving, her poison in order that he might wed the North Carolina girl. He said that both he and his bride had planned to make their home in Middlesex as soon as he could" estab lish himself in practice there. Reyes Reaches Tokio. London, May 24. A Bolivian pleni potentiary,, Muno Reyes,, has arrived in Tokio to arrange for Japanese emi gration on a large scale . to Bolivia, says a dispatch from Tokio to The Daily Mail. IN HIS OWN DEFU SE J! ill nrQULD FIT THAT HOLE IF ANYBODY COULD ALWAYS OPEN WIDE E1TOUCZT FIFTY THOUSAND Biggest Contribution of Day Not Entered in the Records; However Today's noon reports of the various teams and neighborhood , solicitation committees, worsmg m tne interest oi the second war fund drive of the Red Cross, boosted the grand total to date daneerouslv close to the $50,000 mark almost doublet the quota asked. An additional 5,670; was reported at the noon luncheon at the Y. M. C. A., run ning the total up to $48,129.54. The luncheon was not so well attended bet cause of the showers that preceded it, many being kept away and "conse quently many teams did not . report. Had all teams reported it is believed that the total would have gone; beyond the $50,000 figure. Todav's luncheon was served by the women of the Presbyterian churches and was a de lightful affair. The biggest subscription of. tie day, however, was not entered in the rec ords. It was a penny contribution made by a little boy who chanced to overhear conversation between two women workers and the 'proprietor of the store which he was visiting for the purpose of investing his entire for ttfflt In chewing gum. The chewing gum sale was not effected the Red Cross received the child's penny and many could learn a wonderful lesson from the incident the lesson of giv ing, not what one can without incon venience, but until it hurts. That con tribtuion hurt. Dr. Milton was moral ly certain of it, for who has not been a child and seen some coveted article go aglimmering an article that could have been used in a pinch for sev eral days, in the opinion of Dr. Mil ton. Another incident of the morning was a similar gift by a half-witted boy whose mother was being solicited bv one of the neighborhood teams. The meeting was addressed by Rev. T. P. Noe, who outlined graph ically the work that is being done by the Red Crossnot alone for the boys -in the trenches and the poor maimed fellows who have been moved back behind the lines after injury, but. for the mothers and wives and other dependents of the men in the service. Mr. Noe noted several cases where , aid had fbeen given wives who had not received their government al lotments for. their husbands" services Continuing he said that the organiza tion was just now, preparing to . send a youne colored woman to Illinois in order that she may visit her soldier husband -a selectman who lays dan gerously ill in a hospital there, hav ine been obliged to undergo an oper ation. It is work of this kind that the Red Cross isdoing, continued Mr, Noe, and all should consider it a Pleasure to give The meeting was also addressed by Dr. E. C. Cronk, present as a visitor, who said that the person who would hoard money now was unpatriotic and (Continued on Page Sixteen.) II II -I .llH wir n ii ii n WJOR ONE OF THEM, SIDE-STEPPED REAL .-iocii;ii -100UL Senate Bows . to Wishes; White House in Probe of War By FRANK P. MORSE. Washington, "D. C, May 24. clever . exhibition of side-steooinK a jif ie. with PrBMo7.t wiienn was offered by the United States sen- ate when the committee on contingent expenses secured the unanimous adop tion by the senate of a substitute for the Chamberlain resolution. By elim inating the earlier proposal, to which the president took exception, the ele ment in the upper house favorable to continued investigations by the senate military affairs committee obtained prompt approval of an expedient for financing the investigation. The resolution allows a diversion of money from the contingent fund of the senate for traveling expenses and the employment of experts to as sist investigations. Specific authority for the investigation is granted under a previous resolution that authorized the comn.iltee on military affi! or any suDcommittee "to send for persons and t. pers" and print reports of hear ings in, connection with any subject Dendiujc bfore the committee, it aso authorized the comoilttee to continue 1 its activities during recesses or the senate Thi .act that the -new resolution was gasped unani hourly is ticc-ptea as proof that it will not arouse objec tions from the white house. As the case stands, the senate has sent the famous Chamberlain resolution into the discard and practically announced that the upper house bows to the wish es of the administration. As a matter of fact, however, the senate military affairs committee Is now in a position to continue investigations" into "the MiirniiLoim conduct of the war. There is no doubts empowering the president to call out that the plan to send sub-committees -draft registrants as fast as they can on tours of investigation through air- be handled by the war department craft and munitions factions factory, a The committee promptly voted such plan that was held up by the disputi uthorization into the bill and corn over the Chamberlain resolution, will pleted the measure to provide for the now be put into effect. The proviso pay of 3,000,000 men and carrying ord about traveling expenses; emphasized nance appropriations on the basis of im today's , resolution, unquestionably was inserted specifically to meet the cost of such tours by the sub-com mittees. . Future activities by the senote rnili tary affairs committee' will be followed with close attention by the adminis tration. The government welcomes assistance and constructive criticism appears to be a grave probelm. The froxe Senator Chamberlain . and his committee associates, but the presi dent will not countenance obvious en croachments by the committee into a domain that belongs purely, to the ex ecutive branch of the government . Allies Confident in Ability W Meet Shock of Enemy ARTILLERY NOW READY German Leaders Seem Not Prepared to Test Their Fate Yet MORALE MuSffWE Berlin Cletims Three American Airplanes Were Downed , on Lys Battlefield Is First News Heavy fighting operations on th. western front still are in the staze of anticipation. Continuation of th6 present calm much -longer is hardly possible, with both sides prepared for a renewal of extensive ' onerationa. The Germans are known to have com pleted their preparations and the al lies are confident in their ability tq meet the shock of enemy attacks, . whether and whenever they maV ; come. , ..;' What really is going on behind 4h German, lines is uncertain, but it Ui known the enemy has large nunjbetl oi men along the front fron Ypres Kneims. His artillery is in position and weather conditions have' been fa vorable, but the German leaders ar not yet ready to test their, fate, or. at least, they have, given no indica tion of doing so. The German morale is reported to be much weaker than- before the attack of March 21. Meanwhile, the allied mastery of th air i& production of much damage to German billets , airdromes, artillery concentrations and other military tap gets. For more than a week now British and French airmen have-been dropping ton after ton of bombs in the area immediately back of the German, lines. . In aerial fighting the German fliers have been bested and on Wed nesday British aviators accounted foe 15 enemy machines, while losing three of their own. --. Balds intaK Germany continue ,in4 : v' visitea-mannneiizi. on tne -Knine wfretWo Area. were cAnsed'a; elect -'I J ? tri ,jpowerx station 'near-Saarbracken . m uciiunji iwiiiuuo. was - UC-LUAKOU i-- AM4'1T-M T m.m 4w. - w.n M . J 1 vrelj Tuid mor explosives have beenf dropped on raiiway stations at Met. ; ueriin claims tnat tnree - American airplanes have been brought down the, Lys battlefield. This is the first. indication that American airmen were with the American troops on this; front. Infantry raiding operations and ar- tillexy tfiring is at a minimum along tne North sea. Actiyity on the Amer-, ican sectors has been below normal. Italy begins her fourth year of -th war today. As in France, the enemy. withholds his offensive operations her-" aided as certain some weeks ago. On the mountain front there has been no fighting of moment, while along the Piave the Italians have repulsed an other Austro-Hungarian attack against-' the new bridgehead of Capo Silev i BILL READY TO PRESENT TO CONGRESS Two Important Steps Taken tJr ' Put Nation on New War Basis Washington, May 24. The army ap , propriation bill giving President Wlfc', son authority to call to the colors all men of draft age who can be equipped nu iramea, stooa completed today Dy ready for presentation to congress. ! Perfection of the bill constituted ! one of two important steps taken yes- ! terday putting the nation on a new war basis and the committee's action came soon after Provost Marshal Gen- ' eral'Crowder had promulgated a dras--' tic amendment to selective draft reg ulatlon& requiring every man of draft age to work or fight. " Secretary Baker addressed the com- -mittee in executive session and recom- , mended the increase in the army by - an army of 4,000,000. The bill will be laid before the house with an actual total appropriation of $9,569,129,000, and an aufhoriztion for contracts amounting to $2,464,416,000 more. Protests Against "Birth of a Nation." Columbia, S. C.,. May 24. Protests' having been filed with the state coun cil of defense and city council against the presentation pf tne picture, "The Birth of a Nation," scheduled for one of the local theaters next week, an- nouncement was made today that the t engagement for the picture had been cancelled. , ARM i . V!: 4 ii : t V5 h . .! 1 1 - ft i- i l - if Xi V i f 1 f I Ii nil ii i i if I ', I 4 r 12' if- n : , ' r - ' t 1 1 . , r 1 1 i i I r. r .3- -1- - i e - .