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VOL. XXIV. NO. 171
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1918.
EIGHT PAGES
FIVE CENTS
AMERICAN ARMY I
VIENNA POPULACE CELEBRATING THE "GREAT VICTORIES
IN ITALY"
LAMED
HEL-PE
BARE-FACED FRAUD
Trade Commission Says It Ex
ists Among U. S'. Industries
TOopyrfcfct : 1918 : By John p. Mtdjeoa. J
Slavs Are in Helpless Struggle : ;
Against theXHermans
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MOMENT RIPE FOR
ACTION IN RUSSIA
OLD TEUTONS
Forces Are Units Shipped Di
rect From This Country
ARE NON - COMBATANTS
Situation, Says March, On All
Fronts Is Extremely Fa
vorable to Allies -
DISASTER TO AUSTRIANS
First National Army, Raised in
New York, Trained at Camp
Upton, Takes Up Sector , on
the Front.
Washington, June 29. The first
American troops landed in Italy yes
terday, General March, chief of staff,
announced today. These are not the
force sent by General Pershing, but
consisted of units shipped from this
country.
The troops consist largely of sani
tary units, but includes other special
organizations, General March ex
plained. On the whole, however, it is
made up mostly of non-combatant
units. The combatant troops will be
sent by General Pershing as previous
ly announced.
General March had no announce
ment to make today as to the total
number of troops shipped from this
country to France. Formal announce
ment, he said, would be made later.
Surveying the entire front, General
March said, the situation could be
said to be extremely favorable to the
allies. He would make no comment
upon the indications of an impending
German attack.
The first national army division has
taken up a sector of the front, Gen
eral March announced. It is the 77th,
raised in New York, trained at Camp
Upton and originally commanded by
Major-General J. Franklin Bell. It
was taken across under Major-General
Johnson.
Five American divisions which had
been briaded;with,the . British or-training-Have
been returned " to Gen
eral Pershng's command with train
ing completed.
One of these is the 35th division,
composed of Kansas and Missouri
troops; and commanded by Major-Gen-eral.
William M. Wright, when it left
the United States.
General March disclosed that the
official reports from the Italian front
place the number of Austrians cap
tured at 18,000 and a large amount of
war material. The line of the Piave
has been entirely restored by the
Italians and in some places has been
slightly advanced.
Military opinion, General March
said, found the Austrian attack faulty
because it was spread over so large a
front as to make it impossible to carry
through successfully.
The Austrian disaster which fol
lowed is valuable to the allies, not
only in a military sense, but psycho
logically, the chief of staff said, be
cause of its stimulating effect upon
Italian morale, both among the civil
population and the army.
The practical result in prisoners and
guns taken also was of course valu
able. During the last week American ac
tivities in France have been local in
character, but official reports show
that the Americans at all times and
places have more than held their own,
General March said. Fine examples
of individual bravery are coming in
he said.
Commenting upon the return to Gen
eral Pershing's command of the five
divisions brigaded with the British,
General March said it showed clearly
the success of the plan for using all
facilities to give American units their
final polishing.
It would not have been possible
otherwise, he indicated, to have se
cured so large a trained force under
Pershing" in so short a time.
MULLINS BOY IS
KILLED IN FRANCE
Mullins, S. C, June 29 The. town
"was saddened this busy Saturday
moraine: when George H. Yarboro re
ceived a teleeram from France to the
effect that his young son, Lieutenant
George H. Yarboro, Jr., was killed in
battle. Lieutenant Yarboro graduated
at the Citadel at Charleston last year,
and immediately after his graduation
joined the marines, volunteering. To
morrow two weeksago special prayer
services were offered at the Metho
dist church here for this young man,
"who was a most zonular lad. Lieuten
ant Yarboro was a classmate of Cap
tain Horace Cooper and of Seaman
George Hardwick of Wilmington.
Paris Was Unharmed
Paris, June 29. Paris was un
harmed by last night's German air
raid. None of the bombs dropped by
the several machines which attempt
ed the penetration of defenses between
11:30 and 12:30 o'clock fell on the
city.
FRANCO-BRITISH
HIT GERMANS HARD
Attacks Bring in 1 ,400 Prison
ers and Improve Positions
CAUGHT HUNS NAPPING
South of Aisne French Drove
Enemy Back in Amble- "
ny-Montgobert Sector
SALIENTS ARE TAKEN
Germans Show No Intention
of - Resuming Drive, But
Allied Strokes May
Spur Them On ,
Attacking the Germans suddenly on
two widely separated sectors, French
and British troops have improved
their positions greatly and captured
1,400 prisoners.
By their enterprise in taking the in
itiative unexpectedly the allies appar
ently caught the Germans napping and
realized their objectives in a short
time. The . British rectified their line
east of Halzebrouck in Flanders. South
of the Aisne the French drove the en
emy back in the important Ambleny
Montgobert sector, which bars the
tpen space between the forests of
Compeigne and Villers-Cotterets. The
fighting here continues.
Not only did the allies straighten
out their lines, but they took from the
Germans salients which would have
suited admirably as "jumping off"
points in future operations. Although
the . British attacked, on a front of
three and a half, miles ; and the
ettChjrnvottBTnd
each effort was intended as a purely
local operation to harass the enemy.
In the, north the British wiped out
the German salient toward the Nieppe
forest northwest of Merville and that
town now Js menaced seriously. Three
hamlets were re-taken in an advance
of one mile and the Germans lost 300
prisoners. Australian troops around
Merris, north of Mertville, made a
small gain and took 43 Germans.
After his check on the Noyon-Mont-didier
front the German crown prince
made a strong attack south of the
Aisne for the apparent purpose of get
ting in behind the forest of Com
piegne. . A large part of the gains
made then have now been re-captured
by the French. Important positions
were taken from the Germans whose
lines were penetrated at several
points to a depth of more than a
mile. The French bag of prisoners
totals 1,060.
Berlin reports the German troops as
striving to - eheck the Franco-Britis
attacks. . Merville is the fartherest
point west the Germans reached in the
Lys battle and the British gain there
lessens the peril to Hazebrouck.
No less satisfactory from the allied
viewpoint is the successful French
thrust south of the Aisne which also
relieved enemy pressure at a more or
less vital point.
The Germans show no intention of
resuming the offensive but it may be
that the French and British strokes
will spur them to action before the
allies regain other important posi
tions between Ypres and Rheims. Ex
cept in Flanders and south of the
Aisne, the western battle front ' has
been quiet.
Intense aerial activity continues
without a let-up. The Germans repeat
ed their raid on Paris Friday night
for their third night in succession but
only a few bombs were dropped. In
fighting in the air allied airmen have
accounted for 53 enemy machines,
while Berlin reports the shooting
down of 25 allied airplanes. French
airmen are bombarding ' military tar
gets in Picardy and north of the Marne
and British bombers' persist in their
raids into region- above Metz.
Fighting activity on the Italian
front is of minor character. Artil
lery duels have increased in vigor
along the front. Austro-Hungarlan
trenches on the Asiago plateau have
been penetrated by British troops who
took prisoners. ,
SHIP STRIKES REEF;
GOES TO BOTTOM
Boston, Mass., -June 29. The steam,
er Onondaga, Boston for .Florida
points, struck a reef off Watch Hill
last night and went to tne Dotxom
The crew of 35 was saved.
The Onondaga, a Clyde line freight
er, left here Thursday afternoon in
command of Captain Googins. Offi
cers of the line here said they had re-
reived no direct word of the slnKing
from the captain early today although
they learned later from naval author
ities that the crew had escaped.
TAKE WAR ADVANTAGE
Heavy Profit JVlade by Meat
Packers and Flour Mill
ers, Is, Claimed
WILL INCREASE PRICES
Price-Fixing by Government,
Says Report, Has Tended
to Prevent Market
Running Away
Washington, , June 29. Investiga
tions carefully conducted have lead to
the conclusion that profiteering exists
ambng American industries at the
present time, due in part to advan
tage being taken of "war pressure for
heavy production," and in part to "in
ordinate greed and bare-faced fraud,"
the" federal trade commission an
nounced today in a report sent to the
senate.
Outstanding features of the report
are:
The heavy profit made by the low
cost concern under a government
fixed price for the whole country.
The heavy profit made by the meat
packers and allied industries, and by
the flour millers.
The trade tendency to increase and
maintain prices against the forces of
competition.
The report is based on cost findings
by the commission for the war indus
tries board, the food, administration.
the fuel administration and other ex
ecutive departments or industrial sur
veys, and through enforcement of law
against unfair methods of competi
tion. The products investigated and
which the report covers are steel, cop
per, zinc, nickel, sulphur, lumber, coal,
petroleum and its products, meat,
leather and leather goods, flour,
canned milk and canned salmon.
Price fixing by the government,
preve
the market from, running away but at
the same time it strengthens the
strongest factors in industry in their
position and enriches them by profits
"which are without precedent."
While the price of the flour has been
stabilized by fixing a- price for wheat
and a maximum margin of profit for
flour, the report shows that profits in
creased from an average of 12 epr
cent, on the investment for the four
years ending June 30, 1916, to nearly
38 per cent in the year ending July 30,
1917.
The report declares that unpreced
ented profits are shown in a survey
of the packing industry. It says four
concerns pocketed $140,000,000 in
three years and that they have '"prey
ed upon the people unconsciously."
Investigation in the coal mining in
dustry reveals in the opinion of the
commission that despite government
price fixing large margins of profits
have been made.
In the oil industry large profits are
now being made in fuel and gasoline,
the industry being one where the law
of suppy and demand still operates.
Still companies made abnormal prof
its before the government fixed a
price for the product, and it is shown
that some have since made unusual
returns.
In practically every one of the oth
er industries, covered by the report,
it is shown unusually heavy profits
have been made in the last few years.
Abnormal salaries are also shown to
have been paid executive officials.
BOTH FOUND GUILTY
OF OBSTRUCTING DRAFT
Mrs. Kennedy and Dr. Howen
stein Gave Eyeglasses
That ImpairSight
Los Angeles, Cal., June 29. Mrs.
Idell Kennedy and Dr. Frank T. How-
enstein an optometrist, weer found
guilty in the Federal court here last
night of having conspired to keep
men out of the selective draft by
means of eye-glasses which temporar
ily would impair their sight.
Joseph LeRoy, who was alleged to
have visited Howenstein at the in
stigation of Mrs. Kennedy an dto have
paid 1,000 for subjecting his eyes to
treatment so that he could evade
military service, was acquitted. The
court sat next Monday as the date for
imposing sentence.
309 HUN PRISONERS,
THREE PLANES TAKEN
Washington, June 29. Capture of
3Q9 German prisoners and the des
truction of three German airplanes by
American aviators was reported by
General Pershing in an official com
munique today. v
PANAMA AND
COLON
ED BY TROOPS
Under Orders American Sol
diers Take Charge of Cities
WILL MAINTAIN ORDER
Urriola For Fear of Seri
ous Disorders
PROTEST BY OPPOSITION
No One in Panama Knows
How Long Troops Will
Patrol Cities- State
ment Issued
Panama, June 29. Upon orders
from Washington, American troops be
gan policing Panama and Colon at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The ac
tion was taken under the treaty of
1904 authorizing the United States to
assume this police duty whenever it
was necessary to maintain order. The
Panama government has protested to'
Washington against the measure.
Because the former administration
had refused to correct conditions in
the two cities soldiers in the canal
zone were forbidden to enter them and
the civilian employes boycotted Colon
and Panama until the mandate of the
military authorities was carried out by
the Panaman government. The new
administration, under President Urri
ola, began to clean up the cities, but
in connection with this work an
nounced that the elections fixed for
June 30 and July 7 would be postponed
for six months because of the fear that
serious disorders might occur if held
on the dates set by law.
The opposition party protested to
Washington against the deferment of
the elections, claiming that such a
move would serve no purpose except
to favor the candidates supported by
the new, administration. The Amer
ican state department advised Urtsi-
dent Urriola to hold the elections but
he replied that a fair electi6n could
not be held now and suggested that
American commissioners supervise the
making up of poll books and assume
charge of an election to be held late
in July or early in August which the
president said could be held in an open
and fair manner. No disorders have
been reported since it was announced
that the decree forbidding the elec
tions would be enforced by the-police.
The opposition party again protested
to Washington and yesterday the
American state department notified
President Urriola that because of dis
orders American troops would police
the cities until further notice. No time
limit being set, there is no one in Pan
ama whmo knows how long the occu
pation will continue. Dr. Ciro Urriola,
the president, yesterday issued a state
ment on the situation. It reads:
"Foreign Secretary Lefevre states
that at 11 o'clock this morning the
charge d'affaires of the United States
delivered a note informing him that
the United States, by virtue of article
seven of the treaty of 1904, has or
dered that its armed forces at 2
o'clock this afternoon would enter the
(Continued on Page Seven.)
BURYING PARTY NOT YET
ARRIVED
AT BOU H S
Juiet Answer of American
Officer When Asked Why
Boches Left in Village
'With the American Army in France,
June 13. (Correspondence of the As
socUvtedi&esslL last: night "by the- Germans. on ;Bou-
resches which the American troops
were holding was so violent that the
worst was feared. A report was re
ceived that the town had been occu
pied by the Germans and a major
was sent down from headquarters to
ascertain the facts. He fell in with
the officer who had been entrusted
with the defense of the village.
"Are the boches in Bouresches?"
he inquired hastily.
"Yes, sir," was the reply.
There was lurid interlude and the
staff officer was then understood to
say: "Was it not the order that no
Germans were to be' allowed to remain
in Bouresches?"
"Yes, sir."
"Then why the hell have you left
them there?" was demanded.
"Burying party not yet arrived, sir,
was the quiet answer.
TRAIN STRIKES AUTO:
THREE WERE KILLED
Car Hit at Haw River Crossing
of Southern Road Early
This Morning
Greensboro, N. C, June 29. Misses
Mary Windsor and Nellie Boland and
Raymond Barber are dead and Jeff
Burton is not expected to live as a
result of an automobile accident at
the Haw river crossing of the South
ern railway, two miles south of Reids
ville at 1 o'clock this morning. A
freight train going south struck the
automobile in which the party was re
turning to Reidsville from Greensboro.
Miss Windsor was instantly killed.
Barber died on the way and Miss Bo
land succumbed at the hospital. Miss
Boland and Barber, who was driving,
were o have been married. All were
from Reidsville.
MIDDLESEX MAN IN
MARINE CASUALTIES
Washington, June 29. The marine
corps casualty list today contained 39
names, 'divided as follows:
Killed in action 24
Died of wounds 8
Wounded severely 7
Killed in action: Sergeant William
J., Spire, 2100 West End avenue, Nash
ville, Tenn.; Privates Claude A. Babb,
Hampton, Ga.; Oscar Cottrell, Tusca
loosa, Ala.; James B. Deans, Middle
sex, N. C.; Harold C. Gaiger, Mount
Vernon, Ga.
Fair Next Week.
Washington, June 29. Generally
fair weather with temperatures some
what above normal was forecast to
dav 'for the southeastern states for
the week beginning Monday.
NO U. TRANSPORTS
MADE U
BOAT BOOTY
Deputy Haase Explodes The
ories of von Capelle
AMERICANS OVER THERE
. Vii.
Says Speeches of OtKer Ger
man Leaders Must Be
Taken With Mistrust
ATTACK IS VERY BITTER
Hun Efforts Make Peace Im
possible and German Peo
ple Must Take Matters
Into Own Hands
Amsterdam, June 29. The notable
speech delivered in the German reich
stag this week by Deputy Hugo Haase,
the independent socialist, in which he
vigorously attacked the government's
foreign policy and alluded to the grow
ing importance of the American mili
tary effort, is given considerable space
b the semi-official Norddeutch Allge-
meme Zeitung. Its version of the
speech is as follows:
"Dr. Helfferich and Admiral Ca
pelle," said Deputy Haase, "told us in
1917 that the United States would be
unable to take any further part in the
war and that its military importance
was ml. Today there are 700,000
Americans on French soil and nothing
has been heard of any U-boat booty in
the shape of American transport. The
speeches of Count von Westarp and
Herr Stressemann regarding American
powerlessness therefore must be taken
with the greatest mistrust."
Herr Haase, continues the semi-official
version of the speech, went on
with a bitter attack on the German
military rulers for their method of
conducting the .war, which was alien
ating the friendship of the whole
world. He declared their efforts were
making a decent peace impossible and
that the German people must take
matters in their own hands.
"The Armenians, the speaker de
clared, "are sending us affecting calls
for help against the brutal violence of
the Turks, who are aiming anew their
complete extermination. These calls
go unheard although the victims of the
Turks are numbered by the hundreds
of thousands, and we have the audac
ity to permit the handing over to the
Turks again of the districts of Ba
tum, Kars and Ardshan.
"In Livonia and Esthonia the Ger
man police force is treating the people
with an arbitrariness "of the worst sort,
as if the district were a conquered
country. Conditions in the Riga dis
trict cry to heaven. Ten year old boys
have been sentenced to long terms of
imprisonment for distributing procla
mations. In the prisons people are
tortured in a way resembling that of
the worst days of czarism.
"The German military power every
where in Russia has been active, as
the stranglers of democracy and the
oppressor of freedom. In Finland an
equal terrorism reigns among the
working classes.
"If things go on according to the
will of our military autocracy Ger
many will be rutaed, unless the peo
ple take the cause of peace in their
own hands,"
DOMINANT IMPORTANCE
Wilson Feels That Allies Muii
Have Free Consent of the ; .
Kussian reople UvMl
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WELCOME ANY ACTION!!
Believed Landing of Foreigtjj
T" 1V7 lift T- l 5.
i roops w ouia nave oad
Effect Agreement ' jfeiij
4
Being Planned
By FRANK P. MORSE.
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Washington, D. C, June 29 RussI
is occupying a position of dominant'
importance in conferences this weeic' ',.
between the Washington government
and representatives of Great Britain4
France and Italy. Definite proposal ?
that are being discussed at the con-'?',ti'
study that President Wilson has givea '
to reports received by the state .-'!!
partment from American agents sta;;j. I
tioneflnear ths scenes of greatest dli
All gllai Old. V uaUUU illlU -V ,
the innumerable suggestions present V
ed to the president by representative
Russians in the United States. v
A distinct understanding existi'. . :
here, as in allied capitals, that the mov
ment is ripe for decisive action in bW'V:'
half of the Russian people, who are - 'A
beginning to struggle helplessly
against German oppression and bolsbeft:;'i'j(
vik misrule. President Wilson ha "
not altered his belief that no effectlyei ;'. '
intervention in Russian affairs can bef -
undertaken without the full under-. l;
standing and free consent of the Rus
sian people themselves. Evidence is ;' :V;j:
accumulating, however, to support the ' ir
claim that an overwhelming majority;- ' . j
of the Slavs will welcome active) : ,1
steps taken under the direction of thci
United States. '' "X:I
Exactly wat jorm American. andC-"'
allied assistance to Russia will tak- i t
has not yet been decided, insofar as . :!!!'
m41Un - J Tit ' ; ' " ''
Is realized that the landing of for;-'..!
eign soldiers in Russia without a thorj ,S;
oughly worked out agreement might .; 5 I ;
have a bad effect on the very large eiej).'.jH
ment of the Russian people unfamiliar tv If
with the plans that are being fornvu5i
lated in their interests. '-..' H.:
On the other hand, it is felt that lm-'".
mediate material assistance can be'-'
supplied while negotiations are being ) .
conducted with reliable Russian rep-' i
resentatives. Effective suggestion'.: t
have developed from practical discus- I'Sjjl
sions between officials of the United : - in
states chamber of commerce and the
Russian-American chamber pt com-i
merce in New York. One important,
proposal, which has the approval of .
President Wilson and his advisors, is
to send a large number of Russian.
Americans to various sections of Rus
sia for the purpose of making clear
sist the reclamation of Russia fronV"
chaos and tyranny. C ' j ;
The primary purpose of American
to assist an oppressed people. Sucbj
action would not, however, be entirely ;
altruistic. The United States, in com.
mon with allied nations, is very much
in need of platinum and other mate-'
rials which Russia can furnish. ;In ex-"
change for these supplies the Wash-:-ington
government stands ready -t :
give Russia tools, railway equipment
seed ror crops ana agricultural ana:-, i;
mprTi a Ti1r.nl prnprts tn fl.ss1sf irt thn K
swift improvement of Russia's disrupts . '
ed economic life. ' -J
It is realized, however, that sucJlLf
assistance can be merely a prellml !
nary to active military operations la..
the country now being overrun by their
Germans. State department report's
indicate, however, that Russia is mak.
ing determined efforts to assemble
and organize elements of her fighting-
strength in Siberia and elsewhere fot- ji
an effective defense against furtheryii
Teutiyi aggressions. If these efforts V
are successful, allied assistance will :
be promptly provided. It will take the
form, at first, of swift supplies of war--
munitions. Later, if Russia makes the , '
request, allied troops will be sent toT-h if
join the Russian ranks in a common"I3 H
offensive against the German and Aus?v. i
trian eastern front. '
The Washington government Is lij"
close touch with London and is keenlyky H
interested in reports of the British i Jj
government's conferences with Keren u)-!
sky. It is possible that information
provided Dy tne iormer nussian pre-
mier may bring the Russian discus- i
. . . - t ' :
sions to a quick climax. In any event, Vj H
however, an important announcement- jf
of American plans to assist Russia " jf
may be expected in the immediate fu-v
ture. VSt
Ask to Increase Rates
Washington, June 29. The St.'
Petersburg Transportation company ,
operating between Tampa, Fla .and : ;i
neighboring points, applied to the in- if
terstate commerce commission today . ;
for an increase of 25 per cent in freight ) ! 'i
rates. M S
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