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:JL WEATHER. North and South Caro lina: Unsettled tonight and Tuesday. HOME EDITION VOL. XXIV. NO. 159. .WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1918. FIVE CENTS WAR HAg mOWBD OVER HERB TRAINED FOR RAID Attack on Xivray Overturned Outcome of Austrian Drive Is by American Artillery Firs Viewed Hopefully ; wmm TTT 7MB ON GAINED E Y AUSTRIANS 4S DRIVE ALONG MAM Enemy Held in Check and in Some Places Hurled Back ENCOURAGING REPORTS Teuton Invaders Made Three Attempts to Cross Over the Piave River RESULT YET IN BALANCE On Front in France Fighting Has Been Limited to Local German Attacks at Isolated Points . Although the situation along the great crescent-shaped battle line in nirthern Italy remains somewhat ob scure, it seems that the Austrians have accomplished little at the incep tion of their drive against the Italian and allied armes. From the lower Piave river and northward along that stream come encouraging reports tell ing of the enemy being checked and at some points being tujrled back across the stream. From the Piave to the Brenta, where the Teutons advanced through mountain ravines in their attempts to break through the allied lines, the situation appears to be well In hand. It now appears that the Austrians made three unsuccessful attempts to cross the Piave. One was south of Uontello, where the battle line leaves the Piave river and mounts to the westward into the Alps. One was be tween Canedlu and Zenson loop where the Austrians effected a crossing last November and held a bridgehead for son e time. The other was at S. Dona Di Piave, about 11 miles from the mouth of the river. At least some of these forces have been driven back icross the river, while the others have sot been able to dvlop any advantage torn their early success. ' ' v. ' "' Reports of the battle show that the taffies followed by the Austrians. were jmilar to thoseqh.Jfht ac cess 10 tne uermans in tne isomme ana Aisne offensives. The enemy advanced under cover of a smoke barrage from bombs and smoke apparatus, in comparatively small parties. These were directed against portions of the line believed to be lightly held. In France the Ger mans succeeded by this method in gaining the- rear of strongly held por tions of the line which had to be evacuated quickly by the allies. Along the Italian front, however, the foe was not able to penetrate far Into the al lied positions and counter attacks soon drove him back to his lines. The result is as yet In the balance. So far German troops aie reported only in one sector on the mountain front, but it is not Improbable that they will be dispatched to . aid . the Aus trians if they can be spared along the French front. Furious fighting is said to be continuing' and it is probable that harder blows will be launched by the enemy. The" fact, however, that the first onset did not result, in a vir tual debacle such as ensued when the Germans and Austrians attacked along the Isonzo last October speaks vol umes for the Italian morale, and late Reports give reason for belief that the Mow at Italy is not being launched ith the force that has characterized the offensives of the Germans in France during the last three months. Premier Radoslavoff, of Bulgaria, has tendered the resignation of his cabinet, which has been acepted. This results from criticism of Radoslavoff, resulting from some features of the treaty of peace forced upon Rumania. In two days of fighting Vienna claims the capture of 10,000 prison ers on the Piave and 6,000 in the mountain region. Fifty guns were taken along the river front. In their counter attacks, begun Saturday jSht, the Italians already have cap tured 3,000 of the enemy. The Austrians' plan apparently was strike heavily on the north and on the east at the same moment in the JPe that on one of the fronts large jorces could be thrown on the Vene tlan plains between" Bassano and Tre- orce and with heavy bombardments jhe Austrians' effort seemingly has fallen short of its purpose of shatter t 6 the Italian front and rolling it back ard the Adige. pm the front In France the fighting activity has been limited to local Ger JJ an attacks at isolated points. Against pne "ench along the Matz river the enemy failed. The result attended a strong effort Penetrate the American lines at ra v coo m - i . m . ra, east of St. Mihiel. The Amer- ican attarvrt y fire broke UP the enemy small WLth heavy losses and only a whir .detachment reached Xtvray, iCae 1,:-Bras wiped out by the ftmer AnuTrf attempt to raid the new Z Taf sector in Alsace Sunday rifle fire "P machine gun and in Jhee Jys salient in Flanders is be s subjected to a Timw n,por, 0- (Continued on Page Seven.) iT BATTLE HAS (6 Y JUST STARTED Has Failed to Pass Ital ian Area at Any Point Made Under Cover of Artificial Fog of Bomb and Smoke FRUSTRATED BY FIRE British Had Been Surrounded, But Counter Attack Freed Them and They Cap tured 30Q Prisoners Rome, Sunday, June 16. The situa tion on the Italian front In its entirety seems very reassuring, says a semi official note issued tonight. It is add ed that the great battle which broke out Saturday has but begun. Although having a strength of 60 divisions, the enemy attacking forces have not suc ceeded in passing the Italian advancea area at any point. , Austrian pressure continues very strong alone the entire front The enemy is concentrating most powerful and fierce attacks astride the Brenta and across the Piave and It is still possible for the fighting line to flow backwards or forwards. The enemy based his enterprise on various factors to assure him a vic tory, says the semHifflclal note. -There was a. relatively, brief but extremely violent artillery preparation with a large number of gas shells. " This bom "bardment was tot fee purpose 'of de- jrtroving stha rltalfffx&t-JJniufcnd-paaif aiyzing tne Italian artillery. Then under cover of an artificial fog from bombs and smoke apparatus the enemy in opening formation ad vanced to .the attack. The enemy placed such faith in this preparation that he fixed his objectives for the first day's fighting more than 15 kilo metres in advance and planned to de scend from the mountain area and also reach the' city of Treviso from the Piave river. The enemy's bombardment was frus trated by the formidable fire from the Italian artillery, which destroyed lines an dshelters and made full hits on masse troops as well as drenched his battle emplacements with gas. When the enemy infantry advanced into! the front "line zoes, they found that re sistance had bee prepared for by the Italian machine guns and had to meet a counter attack from the Italian sup porting troops. This resulted in- the logs of a great part of the advantage he had gained and he left prisoners and machine guns in the hands of the Italians.. This is what happened to the Aus trians along the whole front of the attack. North of Cesnuua, an advance group of British which had been pass ed and surrounded by the Austrians, resited until a counter attack freed them and at the same time captured 200 prisoners. Southwest of Neunar, the French re-captured a strong point and took 185 prisoners. From Moschin to Monte Fenera the fourth army com pletely regained its advanced positions on Asolone, Pertica, Solarolo, Porte Di Salton, where the enemy had made slight progress. A storming detach ment retook Col Moschin, with 250 prisoners, in 10 minutes. The prison ers Included 25 officers. Altogether, between the Brenta and the Piave, 959 prisoners were cap tured.. South of Montello the enemy crossed the Piave with considerable forces, but is being gradually pushed toward the river by the Italian reaction. On the lower Piave the enemy passed the river between Candelu and Zenson loop, in the regions of St. Dona di Piave. The enemy .was immediately checked and driven back by a coun ter attack to the bank of the river. One thousand five hundred and forty- five prisoners were taken. Two majors and 42 other officers were made nrisoner by the third army. Al together 3,000 prisoners, including 69 officers, were taken by the Italians and their allies in the" first day of the struggle, which was to have been a great success for the Austrians, but which resulted in a dismal failure. The Italian army was prepared fo the Austrian attack and there is con fidence that it will be able to break the force of the blow. Throughout the country there is a feeling of tense expectancy. The grave, solemn faces of the people are expressive of the special seriousness of the hour, but also of the pride which is felt in the army for its splen did stand all along the difficult battle- front. The churches were more K S Enwsrir (Continued on Page Seven.) ' 3Z R- LONG TERM SENTENCES 18 Months to 20 Years Im posed on Conscientious Objectors to Service Washington, . June 17 .Sentences ranging from 18 months to j 2.0 years imprisonment imposed by courtsmar tial upon socalled conscientious ob jectors who refused military service at Camp Upton, N. Y., and Camp Gordon, Ga., were approved today by Secretary Baker. Moist of the men objected to fighting against Germany or Austria because they have relatives theT. In approv ing the findings of the courts, the first of the .kind to reach the depart ment, Mr. Baker "went on record as favoring the return of such men "to the countries of their preference" after the war. Twelve objectors were sentenced as follows: Hyman Polkes, 15 years; William J. Seider, 20 years; Joseph White, 15 years; Szoldak Zsoldalk, 10 years, Ju lius Leinthal, 18 months; Louis Silver man, 10 years; Mayer Sufferkind, 10 years; William Charles Schwab, 20 years, and Michael Ciupa, 10 years. "In my judgment," said Secretary Baker's approval, "the sentences should be executed and if after this war is over some process can be de vised by which those entirely unde sirable citizens can be returned to the countries of their preferences, it would be highly desirable from the point of view; of the'Untted States. "I have not the least doubt as to the propriety , of the procedure in the"se cases, nor am I uncertain as to the correctness of the results reached. "The soldiers in all these cases were either naturalized citizens of the United States, or native citizens of the United States, born of parents of countries with which the United States is now at war. They were properly members of the army of the United States pursuant to the selec tive draft law. "These men were full citizens of the United States, most of them by the voluntary act of naturalization. They were full citizens in the sense that they had equal rights and privi leges with all other citizens. They have also equal responsibilities Among these duties and responsibili ties is to protect the Unted States against all its enemies, domestic and foreign. No right is extended to a naturalized citizen to pick and choose." French Aviator Missing. - Paris, June. 17. Adjutant Quette, the French aviator, who has a record of having, downed 10 German afrv planes, has been missing since June 5. He was officially proclaimed an "ace" on June 4. ' . . .., nnr AffllEB Ul II 1L. 1322? fSSSmT H- NOW JP$7&:--TP?f: V t 1 feifc zrfev. nun iTimnHfi uni i 4WNI r r Hi r r im ft m uiHnom W LL Declares He Leads the Most : Capable People on Earth HE HAS RULED 30 YEARS Past Four Years Have Seen Hardest Struggles History Has Ever Recorded ARMIES ARE INVINCIBLE Prussian Rule Has Given Ger many's Sword and Ger man Nation Strength to Triumph Amsterdam, June 17. Prussian mil itarism will bring victory to Germany, says ' Emperor William, in reply to a telegram of congratulations on the thirtieth anniversary of .his accession from Chancellor von , Hertllng. .The emperor declares that he leads "the most capable people on earth," and expresses the hope that the German people will have strength to bear their sufferings and privations. The tele gram reads: "I express cordial thanks and kind good wishes to your excellency and the state ministry on the day on which, 30 years ago, I ascended the throne. When I celebrated my 25 year jubilee I was ruler I was able, with special gratitude, to point out that I had been able to do my work as a prince of peace. "Since the world picture has changed, for nearly four years, forced to it by our enemies, we have been engaged in the hardest struggle his tory records. God, the lOrd, has laid a heavy burden upon my shoulders, but I carry it in the consciousness of our good right, with confidence in our ship, our sword and our strength and in the realization that I have the good fortune to stand at the head of the head of the most capable people on earth. Just as our armies under strong leadership have proved them selveB invincible, so also will be the home land, exerting all its strength, bear with strong will the sufferings and privations, which just now are keenly felt. "Thus I have spent this day amidst my armies and it moved me to the depths of my heart, yat niled with the most .profound gratitude to God's mercy. "I know, that Prussian militarism, so much abused by our enemies, which (Continued on Page Seven.) -. . i capture oe mm BE FOLLOWED BY OTHERS Irish - American Leader Was Caught in Cabin in State of Washington Washington, June 17. The capture of Jeremiah O'Leary, Irish-American leader, under Indictment in New York, in a mountain cabin in Washington, will be followed soon by the arrest of a number of other Irish agitators in the United States on charges of treason or espionage. The government has considerable udisclosed evidence against O'Leary and his companions, it was learned to day, and arrest of his co-workers has been deferred only pending his appre hension. Officials intimated today that the government might not press its charges against some known conspira tors if .they disclose what they know of past relations between a group of Irish radicals in this country and agents working in the interest of Ger many to promote rebellion in Ireland. O'Leary is now on his way back to New York in custody of department of justice agents. CONNIE MACK GOES TO COURT FOR PERRY Cleveland, June 17. The. national baseball agreement between the Amer ican and National leagues is in danger of being abrogated as a result of a suit filed in common pleas court today by Manager Connie Mask, of the Phil adelphia Americans, asking for an in junction restraining the Boston Na tionals from interfering with his play ing Pitcher Scott Perry, awarded to the Boston Nationals by a majority vote of the national baseball commis sion. Perry was purchased by Boston from the Atlanta club last year, par tial payment being made. He was not on the Boston reserve list last winter and Manager Mack signed him as a free agent. Manager Mack refusf s to abide by the decision of the commission, and says; he will fight to hold Perry. Judge Morgan granted the restrain ing order, allowing Philadelphia full and uninterrupted use of Perry, pend ing final hearing of the suit. Probe Debs' Speech. Washington, June 17. Depart ment of justice agents today started an inquiry into a speech of Eugene V. Debs, former socialist candidate for president, at Canton, O.,- yesterday, to be determined whether he mae dis loyal or seditious remarks., United States attorneys at Cleveland and Co lumbus are in charge of the investiga te11 . L,-JL. THEIR PLAN DISCLOSED Raid Planned Week Ago and Troops Rehearsed Be hind the Lines CASUALTIES ARE HEAVY Original Scheme to Reach Vil- .lage From Three Sides One Division Was Badly Cut Up With the American Army in France, Sunday, June 16. In their attack on Xivray on the Toul sector today the Germans hoped to enter the village and carry off a large number of pris oners, but the alertness of the Ameri can artillery observers completely overturned the enemy plan. Examina tion of the Germans captured in the fight disclosed that the enemy planned the raid a jcreek in advance and that the 600 special troops who took part in it were rehearsed behind the Ger man lines. J The enemy plan was to send for ward a large party without prepara tory artillery fire. This party was to take up a position near the American barbed wire and then send up a sig nal rocket for a box barrage to cover Xivray village and the approaching communication trenches while the heavier artillery was to bombard the village in the rear. , American artillery observers saw a large number of Germans creeping about in No Man's Land and thinking they composed a large working party the artillery signalled for a barrage. The American artillery and machine guns went into action Immediately and before the enemy barrage could get started, had inflicted heavy cas ualties on the unprotected Germans in No Manx's Land and played havoc with the clans for the raid. - - ' "The original" enemy was for the attacking party to 'divide into three sections and to . enter Xivray from three different directions. Only one section actually reached the out skirts of the village, but only after it had been cut up badly by the American barrage fire. Of these, only a small group got into Xivray, where they were quickly -surrounded by the Americans and either captured or killed. Eight prisoners, including a lieutenant, remained in the American hands. A majority of the American casual ties, which do not include any miss ing, resulted from the German arti llery fire. Casualties among French civilians occurred when a German shell burst near a church as' a procession of vil lagers was emerging from mass. Many of the French wounded were cared for in American hospitals This afternoon the American artil lery opened a retaliatory fire against the area behind the German lines while the Germans apparently angered by the failure of the raid, bombarded villages as far as eight miles behind the American lines. The whole Toul sector is now echoing to the heaviest gunfire in many weeks. WATER FROM DANVILLE TO FIGHT FLAMES Danville, Va., June 17. Three yard locomotives were used this morning to haul water from Danville to Pelham, N. C, to fight flames which threaten to consume the Southern Railway coal chute and water tower at that place. The Danville fire department responded to a call for aid. As there was no water 8 Pelham with which to combat the flames, the TJanville lo comotives ran to and fro continuously, ten miles to the scene, the water in their tenders being used to fight the fire. Traffic on the main line of the Southern was blocked several hours. On Eve of Revolt. Washington, June 17. A dispatch reaching the state department today from Stockholm quotes a report from Petrograd saying the whole of the Uk raine is on the eve of a revolt against Germany. Plane Crosses Kent Coast. London, June 17. A German air plane crossed the Kent coast of Eng land soon after noon today,. It was chased back to sea by the British anti-aircraft guns. Premier at Front . Paris, June 17. Premier Clemen ceau spent Sunday at the front The etit Journal says the premier refused to talk but that he smiled when he de clined to discuss the situation. Austrians Driven Back. With the Italian Army, Sunday, June 16. Austrian troops which forced the Piave river have been driven back. -The fighting along the river is intense. BE FAILURE FOR ENEMTm No Teuton Offensive Begun; So Badly As on the Italian Front r&ISIpy.i is direct connection: Gamblers Throw the Most Desperate War Has Yet . Seen, Is Opinion Daily Express . ! London, June 17. The outcome, of the Austrian offensive is viewed hope Sftl I fnllv. evPTi eonfirientlv. hv t.hft tipw'.. ! the staunch resistance of the allied V" defensive and the failure of the en- ,s ! ; emy to make anything like a big sue-; i cess in his initial advance. J i It is admitted that some days must pass before the results of fighting oai':o., such a great scale can correctly heti'V 'J judged, but the conviction is firmly ;-' .; expressed in several quarters that it '" will end in failure for the enemy. vy "Failure," says the Daily News, "on V the first day of these attackB as con-5 ducted on the modern German plan., ; has hitherto been fatal as in the cara : of Vimy Ridge, and in the present. i case, the fact of failure can hardly. be doubted." - ;. d The newspaper cites the opinion of "M;, t its correspondent on the Italian, front ; r that no enemy offensive up to this ..j time has begun so badly, and adds: V Ifei "There is strong ground for believ . ing that an enemy failure Is .immi- f ' nent" . The opinion is expressed by several papers that there is a direct connec-c 1 ? tion between the initiative 'of the of-"K&rj tensive and internal conditions n Aus-0 7 tria-Hungaryi The Daily Express deV scriDes as ar1 gammers tnrow tne . most desperate that the war . hai.; has seen while "the. Times declares, ."r; it. is "a desperate attempt to keep upf"' the waning spirits of such elements ' ' r of the population as still remainr faith-k .1 ful to the established institutions of $: the Austro-Hungarian state." - f The Daily Mall and others predict .; , that an Austrian failure to gain a de-'-": -cision will have serious internal ef- - fects. Germany's hand generally is ; ' seen behind the move. The Daily . News believes that it is an offensive ! v "imposed by Germany on an ally ; ; which long ceased to .have any part in; !'-' the struggle and which is sinking tor ' ' a condition of internal disintegration . and despar." ..- The Daily Mail says: "It can hardly ' . . escape the Austrian peoples that' they :. are being driven to slaughter for the) '"v . profit of Germany." v5v TWO GERMAN CLUBS AT TO Will Go Out of Business on! the Advice of Lutheran , Church Pastor ' f Savannah, Ga., June 17. Acting -upon the advice of Rev. Willianr4 Hoppe, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Ascension, special meetings have been called of the German ' Friendly society and the Country club, '' formerly the German club, for the pur- pose of disbanding bot horganizations.--. Dr. Hoppe told the members yester day it was their patriotic duty to do r this. W. H. Eskedor, president of ' both organizations, says the property of each of them will be placed in the hands of trustees for the duration of the war and he anticipates the funds - on hand will be donated to the Red v Cross or invested in Liberty bonds.'. The German Friendly society has about $25,000 in cash and the Country; club realty is very valuable. - American Gets French Cross. ; Washington, June 17. Award of tfc French cross of war to Private. W. J 4 Guyton, as the first American soldlef to be killed on German soil, is an- -nounced by General Pershing in a con- " tinuation of yesterday's communique received today at the war department Guyton belonged to the American . force operating in the Vosges. , SAVANNAH DISBAND Are Made Commanders. Paris, June 17ACaptain David -McKay Peterson, of Honesdale, Pa ' s and Captain Kenneth Marr, of San -Francisco, have just been appointed v to the rank of commander of squad rons of American flying machines. Crops Requisitioned. Amsterdam, June 17. All new crops -have been ordered requisitioned by ; the Hungarian government according to, a report from Budapest All flour mills have been put under government ' supervision. . 4.- !
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