Newspapers / The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, … / June 8, 1918, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
- T .. " - VOL. XXIV. NO. 150. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLlH SATURDAY EVENING, JU NE 8, 1918. FIVE CENTS WHOLE WRIGHTSVILLE MAY 3 r HE OAIHHT KILL, ALONG BEEN BR Baker Wants 1 3 Airplane Degf rn-rs A Inn or A fln-nfii- fna.f 4'-! weather. . r. tt ,Tr-rr-4 wTv-'T'" " r: ' - n fV ' . . , , ? . - 1 1 i : GERMANLlM MARNEMVl 1-.- . : i ii in nur ATinnn ii n i i n i ii ni'v-i IVEN BACZ Allied Pressure Now Shows No Tendencyto Relax NOW ASTRIDE CLIGNON front of American and French Attack Extends Over Seven Miles BOCHE LOSSES HEAVY Huns Retire, With Wedge in Line, Through Danger of Being Trapped by the Ad vancing Allies Allied pressure against the German lines nortnvrest or nateau xruerry shows no indication of relaxation. The enemy having yielded readily to the first thrust against him on Thursday, the entente forces have pursued their advantage and are realizing new prog ress in a series of local operations. The whole German line at tip of the salient driven into the allied front has been pushed back in this process. The allied line is now astride the Clignon river and points of vantage have been secured north of Jthat stream. According to reports from the front the attack of Thursday began over a front of about three miles, but the re action has spread until now it extends from Hill 204, west of Chateau Thier ry, to Dammard, over seven miles to the northwest. Along all this line the lilies have won ground with encour- ipng rapidity. The official statement issued by the tench war office mentions two vio U attacks agalnstne Bouresches Le-Thiolet line. It is on this section of the new battle line that the Ameri can marines have been in action and they probably are still operating there. Tie fact that both German assaults were repused with heavy losses indi cated that these Americans are still fighting with their initial vigor. . According to official statements, the heights east of Hautevesnes have been taken by the French, which may indicate that a wedge has been, driven into the German lines north of the Clignon and that the retirement oX the Germans further north, at Chezy and Dammard, may have been accel erated by the danger of being trapped the rapidly advancing allies. further north the French have im proved their positions in the neigh- Dornood of Ambleny, while at Faver olles in the Villers-Cotterets area a violent bombardment is reported. ratrol engagements of a minor na ture are reDorted from thA British front . Along the Clignon river the Amer icans have taken Torcy and Bour esches and the French Veuilly La Po terie and Vinly. The extremities of advancing line are marked by Bouresches and Vinly. Friday the fighting was of a more desperate character than on Thursday, uh me Germans were compelled to ?Jve ground, the Impetus marines and ieacn being too much for them. Ger man prisoners taken now exceed 300. 3 a result of the advance the enemy been driven back on the river and icross it at Vinly. He no longer men ses the height positions south of vuilly, whic hform an important part 01 the barrier holding the Germans 1U a closer approach to Pans. On the heims the French have completed J capture of Bligny. - Elsewhere on Jie salient the infantry fighting has Sen at a minimum anrt nnwhp.TA havft 5H-i,Germans essayed attacks. The artillery duel is violent west of the Ourcq. "1 reDOrtine' nn ho firlHnir nrvrt. 2'0f Chateau Thierry on Thurs Berlin says "local attacks by the van 7 Were rePulsed." A German ad anrt?i. near Sarcy. between Rhelms , o the llarne, in which- 300 prison frs ere taken, is reported. nnT troPS on the Flanders sali- nave improved their positions near rencan troops took prisoners in a Ln!ie,re and in the Woevre and in ErPnnes have been active Anglo- ed fn 0 liilc" ,on l nursaay accoum dozptf "v German airplanes and a halt to !; observation balloons, in addition bohTk s more tnan 60 tons of P'Hes taj6ciB uenma me enemy uarda and the Piave, Italian Wan Va . t1"008 captured more 1 - 1U Poods ; Uilcia- Ausiro-iiunganan a .. 4,8 attemDtert aHvanou nn n1OrfnM a a t Kt SeL ,teau' onlT to be beaten back, font f points along the mountain Msert Se my Patrol parties were re 8etl by the Italians. Another Hun Drive Would Imperil City, Says Brunet UNDER PERMANENT FIRE Shoulcl Consider Everything Until America Can Turn ' the Scale NEVER ABANDON PARIS One Duty Is Imposed Fight and Conquer So Long As Germany Seeks to Im pose Domination Paris, June 6. In an article in The Matin dealing with the recent appoint ment of the Paris committee of de fense, Frederic Brunet, a sdcialist dep uty, says: "By another drive made without re gard to sacrifices, the Germans, if they did not enter Paris, perhaps could approach near enough to hold the cap. ital under the fire of long range guns, not, as now, for an intermittent bom bardment, but for methodic, perma nent fire. "Such conditions would render life impossible and the government's will to resist must not be influenced by the fear of sacrificing the lives of non-combatants or by fear of the con sequences which a cessation of the output of the munition factories sur rounding the capital- wpuld entalL! M,Bruiie! Tftghly" approves the ' for mation of the committee. "Even the most unlikely, the- most extreme possibilities ought to be con sidered," he, says, "until American contingents ;an turn the scale of effec tives . in. our. favor. Although I am convinced that our armies will keep the. enemy far enough from the capi tal to prevent the horrors of an inten sive bombardment, all measures should be taken to fortify the defense and insure the safety of the aged and the children. "Paris cannot be abandoned. It be defended with energy, for it is a supreme retreat where the fate of the country might be decided and everything ought -to be subordinated to its preservation. So long as Ger many seeks .to impose domination .by (Continued on Page Seven.) HIE OF SODA WILL BE SOPPLIffl FARMERS Three Ships From Chile Just Unloaded at Wilmington, Another Coming 1 By PARKER R. ANDERSON. Washington, D. C, June 8. A state ment issued by Senator Simmons shows that he has taken up with the department of agriculture the serious problem of furnishing an adequate sup ply of nitrate of soda to North Caro lina farmers. Senator Simmoiis told the department of agriculture that many farmers have relied on them for a supply of nitrate and have not made arrangements elsewhere, although they were advised to do so by many private concerns handling nitrates. Senator Simmons' statement follows: "The department advises thai three ships from Chile, to wit, the Marga ret, the Sutherland and . the Sacra mento, have just discharged cargoes of nitrate of soda at Wilmington, and the same are now being distributed to North Carolina . farmers. At the . re quest of Senator Simmons the depart ment today , wired its agent at Wil mington, instruct!) g that , shipments to the section mo -1 in need of fertil izer be f acilitatec; in every way pos sible. It is the r apartment's opinion that it will be alle to supply 45 per cent, of the quantity called for by North Carolina farmers and an effort is being made t the Department of agriculture to inctwaie the amount available for this purpose by diverting shipments originally intended for other departments applying them to further satisfying the reasonable de mands of the -farmers. No assurance Is given as to the success of this ef fort to divert supplies. One other ship, the Redondo, has now left Chile for Wilmington with a cargo, of ni trate, but the department, on account of war conditions, is unable to guar antee the certainty or date of its ar rival. CONSTANT VIGIL IN AMERICAN WATERS Plans, Formulated Some Time Ago, Now Set in Motion EXPECT FUTURE VISITS Steamer Vineland. Sunk Off Vrrgima iape, Is the Latest Victim SUBMARINES ARE FOILED Attempts Made Against Con voy of American Ships Carrying Troops and Red Cross Workers Washington, June 8. Plans of the navy department for constant vigi lance in American waters against fur ther depredations by German subma rines were believed today to be set in motion. Putting into effect of the home campaign .known to have . been formulated sometime ago, has only been hastened by the visit of raiding U-boats to the Atlantic coast, it was intimated, and the present efforts are but a part of long contemplated pro gram. Future visits from the German raid ers may be expected, it was said and Atlantic coast waters must not hence forth be considered as submarine proof. Navy department would not ven ture' a' prediction today as to whether the craft which preyed upon American coastwise shipping nearly in the week, might still be lurking in waters on this side of the -Atlantic. It was-said that the vigilance of patrols had not been lessened nor would it be de creased even after it was safely as sumed that the submarines had re turned to their home ports. The last dispatch made public by the navy department concerning the raiders was the announcement last night of the sinking late Wednesday of the Norwegian steamer Vinland of 1,193 tons, 65 miles off the Virginia capes. The crew of. the Vinland .was landed safely at Cape May, N. J., yes terday. The sinking of the Vinland followed that of the British steamer Harpathian'by nine hours and occurr ed 35 miles nearer the Virginia coast. Bombs were used in the attack on the Vinland.. Attempts Failed . ' London, Thursday,' June 6. German submarines were foiled in their at tempts against a convoy which includ ed ships carrying American troops and American Red. Cross workers, accord ing to Rev. Father Joseph Wareing, of Baltimore, one of the Red Cross party and who arrived in London.yes terday. The protecting destroyers got into action quickly on two occa sions last Sunday, but Rev. Wareing did not know whether any submarines had been sunk. To the Associated Press Rev. Father Wareing, who had a trying ex perience . following the torpedoing of the British steamer Laconia in Feb ruary, 1917, said: "Soon , after we reached the danger zone bur convoy was attacked by Ger man submarines and for a few min utes I thought I was in for another experience of the same kind as I had on the - Laconia. - The - exact number CONTINUE PROBE OF ACTIVITY OF SEVEN AGENTS OF BERLIN New York, June 8. Investigations by agents of the department of justice are being continued into the alleged activities of the seven persons against whom indictments charging conspir acy to commit treason and conspiracy here yesterday by "a federal gtand jury. Meanwhile five of the seven are being held without bail to await trial. The one woman indicted, Madame Maria de Victorica, Is a prisoner on Ellis Island, while four of the six men, Carl Rodiger, Willard Robinson, Al bert P. Fricke and Emil Kipper are in Tombs prison. Two others, Jere miah A. O'Leary, prominent American Sinn Feiner, and John T. Ryan, a Buffalo lawyer, are fugitives. The in dictments name two others, Rudolph Binder and Hugo Schweitzer, both of whom died last year. Foremost among the five who ap peared in court was Madame De Vic torica, also known to the federal au thorities under various different names. She is accredited as a bari ness and reported to be related to the empress of Germany. Since her ar rival in this country, shortly before the United States , entered the war, Madame De Victorica has maintained suites at many prominent hotels and it is said, dispensed money with a reckless abandon. To federal authori ties she is known as Baroness von Kretschman, Maria von Kretschman, Marie De Vessiere, Marie Victorica and Miss Clark. She and Rodiger are accused of being German spies. Rodi ger's aliases included Carl Rodiger, Herman Wessels, Haro Schroegers, H. Schmidt, P. Stamm, H. Stamm, Dillon and Hudson. It is said he was former ly a lieutenant commander in .the Ger man navy and entered this country by means of a fraudulent passport. Members of the group are accused of assisting Madame.de -Victorica and Rodiger in establishing means of com munication wth German and procur ing chemicals, and other ingredients for the manufacture of bombs to be placed on docks, transports and vesi sels carrying military supplies. Two indictments were filed against the defendants. One charges them with conspiracy to commit espionage, which provides death as" the maximum penalty, or 30 years imprisonment. The letter indictment charges con spiracy to commit treason, which is punishable by two years Imprisonment or a fine of $10,000. . . of the enemy U-boats was not deter mined, but at least two were seen. - "We had a lively escort of. British destroyers, however, and they were on the trail, of the periscope like a flash. Guns and depth charge's began pop ping like giant firecrackers on the Fourth of July. Fifteen depth charges were dropped into the nest of German submarines. Whether " any subma rines were sunk I cannot say, fo rwe were on a fast ship and enveloped in smoke, but I know we did not lose a single ship. Our convoy carried a large number of American troops I cannot tell you how many. "Discipline on board was superb. The troops behaved as if a submarine attack was part of the every day rou tine and .there was not the slightest flurry anywhere on board. For cool ness in time of emergency I do not think you can beat these young Amer icans. .Their nerves are like- steel." . Among the members, of the Red Cross party was the Rev. Robert Couplandj of New Orleans. SWIFT RETALIATION BE n HUN PRISONERS America Lets Germany Know SJie Must Not Mistreat . Citizens There Washinton, June 8. Mistreatment by Germany of American prisoners will bring swift retaliation from the United States. This was made clear in the answer of the state department today, to the note of the German gov ernment transmitted through, the Swiss embassy, offering to exchange Siegfried Paul London, a German born naturalized American citizen, now serving sentence in Germany for acting as a Russian spy, for Franz von Rintelen, imprisoned in Atlanta, in connection with bomb plots. The German note, intimating :that should the offer of exchange be re jected by the United States mistreat ment of Americans in Germany might follow, brought a statement from Sec retary Lansing that Germany's action would be met promptly. In connec tion with the publication of the Ger man note and the American reply a statement issued by the war depart ment shows that there are at pres ent 133 American soldiers in German prison camps and 216 American civil ians interned there, in comparison with approximately 5,000 Germans in terned in this country, including 1,310 prisoners of. war. Secretary Lansing, however, made it plain that the Un!ted States does not recognize reprisals of physical suffering, but upon plain ag gravation by Germany might be brought to adopt such measures. 100 CHURCHES RAZED: Havoc Wrought by Germans in the Bishopric of Soissons Paris, Friday, June 7. The bishop of Soisosns, who is now in Paris, to day described the havoc wrought in the bishopric of Soissons during th recent, off ensire of the Germans. He said 100 churches had been razed to the ground by the Germans and that at least 100 others had ' been pillaged and partially demolished. The famous cathedral in Soissons suffered severe ly. The bishop added that the Germans knew neither faith nor law; they knew nothing but war and pillage. They were methodically stripping and carrying away everything, he said. The bishop also asserted that wom en, children and old men had been brutally murdered by German avlatora. who flew, over and with their machine guns fired upon long lines of refugees on country roads. OTHERS PILLAGED CO-OPERATION FOR FAR EAST DEFENSE Tokio Explains Agreement With China Entered IMPERATIVE NECESSITY Caused by Penetration of En emy Influence Toward Far East PLANS MILITARY SECRET Various Rumors About Hold ing Chinese Forts, Ship yards, Arsenals, Rail ways, Denied Tokio, June 8. The -official state ment issued by the Japanese govern ment explanatory of the Chino-Japa-nese military agreement, declares that this agreement relates only to co-op-operation by the two nations in de fense of the peace and welfare of the far east, and explicitly denies various rumors to the contrary, ie text of the explanatory statement which ac companied the notes exchanged be tween the two governments reads: "Having regard to the steady pene tration of hostile influence into Rus sian territory, jeopardizing the peace and welfare of the far east and recog nizing the imperative necessity of co operation between Japan and China, adequately to meet the exigencies of the case, the governments of the two countries, after a frank interchange of views, caused th annexed notes to be exchanged on March 25 between the minister of foreign affairs and the Chinese minister at Tokio. 'In pursuance of the purpose of the notes, the imperial government subse quently sent commissioners represent ing the imperial army and 'navy to Peking, w'here they held conferences witiU the authorities of the Chinese ariny and navy. The . negotiations, progressing smoothly, two agreements were concluded, one relating to the navy on May 19. Agreements em body only the concrete arrangements as to the manner and conditions , un der which the armies and navies of the two countries are to co-operate in the common defense against the ene my on the basis of the above mention ed notes exchanged on March 25. "The details of the arrangements constituting as they., do a military secret, -cannot be made public, but thty contain no provision other than those pertaining to the object already defined. ' "Currency has been given to various rumors alleging that the agreements contain, for instance, such stipula tions as that the Chinese expedition is to be under apanese command; that Japan may construct forts in Chi nese territory at such places as she may choose; that Japan will take con trol of the Chinese railways, shipyards and arsenals; and even that Japan will assume control : of China's fi nances, will organize China's police system, will' acquire the right of freely operating the Chinese mines produc ing mterials for the use of the ar senals, etc. "It cannot be too emphatically stat ed that these and similar rumors are absolutely unfounded." 7 . -4'?: i PROTECT FROM U-BOATS - ; i Secretary Also Asks For 20 Permanent Balloon Ofa servatipn Stations V 1 PROMPTED BY SUB RAID Ii Godwin and Simmons Ar8 Expected to Do All They Can to Secure Stations For North Carolina By PARKER R. ANDERSON. pi Washington, D. C, June 8 Secre- i; N tary of War Baker's estimates sent to 1; ! dongress yesterday asking for appro-' ' 3 priations of approximately 128,000,000 to establish airplane stations, most of which will be on the Atlantic coast, , means, in the opinion of Congressman Godwin and other North Carolinians, it is almost certain that at least one V '4 of the stations will be established along the North Carolina coast, prob- 1' ably in the vicinty of Wrightville or l T Carolina Beach. With submarines operating along . ' the southAtlantic coast and at times - V within dangerous proximity to WU- . mington, where the government is now ";;7 building concrete and steel ships In permanently established government : -yards, it is believed that at least one . of these stations will be established . , - in that vicinit. . The secretary's estimates call fof the construction of 16 permanent . coastal stations, 13 to be located on -; the Atlantic coast, with three in Ha v: wall and four in Panama. ; -, In addition the secretary wants 20 .V permanent balloon observation sta- M tions and many of these must go on S the Atlantic coast. Concerning the ex- -tent of North Carolina's coast line it V is almost inevitable that one and prob. i ' ably two stations will be established on North Carbuna aoiL:. ;,v; Representative Borland, chairman t the appropriations sub-committee, ad ?? mitted today that the emergency ap propriations asked by Secretary Baker . were prompted by submarine depreda tions in the Atlantic. For the perma nent airplane stations the secretary asks $16,000,000; for permanent balf : loon stations, $2,500,000, and for sta-W tions in Panama and Hawaii $9,820, -r- 000. In an interview with The Dispatch "'. Representative Godwin stated that ' r he has taken his coat off for North : Carolina and that he will not stop un . til he has secured at least one of : these stations along the North Caro lina coast. Senator Simmou could not be reached last night, .mt It is known that there is no plat In the stata where he believes ere. r opportune ties are offered than Ei item North ' Carolina and that he, standing as he '' does so close to the administration,, will be able to exert a strong Influ ence with the war department in be half of the state. Discussing the need for these stations in view of the pres ence of German U-boats, Chairman Borland, of the appropriations sub committee, said today: " "The presence of German subma rines off the Atlantic coast is doubt- ' less responsible for the submission of these additional estimates. These v stations may be quickly built, I believe it takes about six weeks to construct them. In the original estimates for the army I understand provision waa. -made for several airplane stations t ; be provided out of a lump sum ap- s propriatlon but the estimates submit ted today are specifically for that pur- pose, and the appropriations commit -tee has jurisdiction to include the . amount in th efortlfications bill. The larger amount asked becomes neces sary because of the aid airplanes and balloons may render in hunting down ;; the German U-boats wherever thy -'d may make their appearance." Mr. Borland said no information ':. could be furnished of the sites select- -ed at this time. With 13 airplane stations on the At-. J ' lantic coast, which number will ba . , ' increased by the establishment of bal , -.: loon obervation stations, this country ... will have wfyhin reach for observation .; and bombing at almost any point air- -planes, hydroplanes and balloons. . These aerial submarine chasers win -. patrol the seas and make doubly hazardous the work of German U- ; There Is little doubt that the futt'-. amount asked for by Secretary Bakejr; will be allowed by congress. The se re tary wrote a letter to Mr. BorlanO .; stressing the Importance of making immediate available funds for the es tablishment of a large number of per manent bases for ' aerial observers. This letter was not made public, but it is understood to refer to the sub-- -marine menace and plans of the war department quiuuclkuy utuo ubuildthe t; sary stations. , : - Call for Registrants. " Washington, June 8. A 'school can for 931 white and 252 negro draft reg- . Istrants of grammar school education 'S'f was made today by the provost mar- ; ' shal general upon the states of Ala bama, Minnesota, Texas and the Di trict of Columbia. ... ,J .' . . ? ., i -
The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 8, 1918, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75