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VOL. XXVH. PLYMOUTH, N. 0., FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1917 NO. 51.
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EIIT GREETS
BELGIAN'S MISSIOH
PLEDGES RESTORATION OF BEL.
J3IUM TO PLACE SHE HAS
WON.
PRESENTED AT WHITE HOUSE
Baron Moncheur Brings Letter From
King Albert Which Expresses Grati
tude to America. Lansing Enter
tains Visitors in Washington.
Washington. In greeting Belgium's
war mission, President Wilson ex
pressed America's "solemn determina
tion that on the inevitable day of vic
tory Belgium shall be restored -to the
place she has so righly won among
the self-respecting and respected na
tions of the earth."
The commissioners spent their first
day in Washington paying official
calls. Secretary Lansing accompanied
them to the White House, where Bar
on Moncheur, head of the mission,
handed to President Wilson a person
al letter from King Albert and ex
pressed in a short address Belgium's
gratitude for America's aid.
"Since the first days of the greatest
tragedy which has ever befallen hu
manity," said the baron, "Belgium has
contracted an immense debt of grati
tude to the generous American na
tion." In a magnificent outburst of sym
pathy for the little country which had
chosen to delay a powerful and piti
less enemy rather tnan to tarnish its
honor or forswear its plighted word,
the initiative of American citizens
gave to the unfortunate victims of
German cruelty in Belgium the most
splendid evidence of generosity.
"But the chivalrous sentiment
which animaate the people of the Uni
ted States went further than this when
President Wilson, giving an admirable
example of disinterested power, ut
tered the words well fitted to make us j
tremble with hope and to cause us to
fix our eyes confidently upon the starry
banner which has become more than
ever the symbol of strength placed at
the service of the highest and most
pure principles.
"Yes, Belgium will again take her
place among the nations. The enemy
brought us massacre and devastation,
but there still remains to the Belgian
people their soil made fertile by the
toil of their ancestors; there still re
mains to Belgium an industrious po-1
ulation of unconquerable energy.
"Leaning upon the young, strong
and generous hand which the Ameri
can people holds out to her, Belgium
once she is delivered from the oppres
sion of the enemy, will arise and
throwing aside the odious weight of
foreign occupation, courageously and
proudly resume the path of progress
in the light of the sun of liberty."
ADMINISTRATION FOOD BILL
ENCOUNTERS OPPOSITION.
Group of Senators May Make Early
Adooption Impossible.
Washington. Opening of debate in
both branches of Congress on the sec
ond administration food bill, for gov
ernmental control of foodstuffs and
other necessaries, disclosed determin
ed opposition, particularly by a group
of senators, which threatens to pre
vent its enactment by July 1, as ur
gently requested by President Wilson.
Passage of the bill by the House
within a week is confidently expected
by administration leaders. But advo
cates as well as opponents in thft Son
ate say debate will be protracted there
for several weeks, and iftiless the
President adopts some extraordinary
steps to hasten action, the law hardly
can be enaoted in time to set up the
food administration -before harvesting
begins.
Administration supporters privatelv
expressed fear of a Senate filibuster.'
In the initial discussion of the MIL
administration spokesmen urged that
mobilization of America's food power
in the war demanded radical steps
and vesting of new and wide powers
in the President. ,
GERMAN CASUALTIES FOR
MAY ARE REPORTED
London. The German casualties as
reported in the German official cas
ualty lists in the month of May fol
low: Killed and died of wounds 01
sickness, 22,000; prisoners end miss
ing. 26,562; wounded, 62,394. Total
110,956. These casualties added c
-those .previously reported gave the fol
lowing. Killed and died of wound
or sickness, 1.068,127; prisoners anc
missing, 557,419; wounded, 2,731,223;
total, 4.356,760.
PRESID
COL. C. B. BAKER
Col. Chauncey B. Baker Is in charge
of the transportation division of the
quartermaster corps of the United
States army.
REVEALS GERMAN SECRETS
PRESIDENT WARNS AGAIN8T
NEW GERMAN INTRIGUE FOR
PEACE.
In Flag Day Address at Capitol Wll
son Tells Why Our Flag Is Being
Sent Cross the Waters to Face the
Fire.
Washington. America's reasons for
sending her flag against the fire of
the enemy across the sea and the pur
pose she seeks, were stated anew by
President Wilson in a flag day address
beneath the Washington monument.
Germany's military masters denied the
United States the right to be neutral,
the President said, and by extraordin
ary insults and aggressions 'left us no
self-respecting choice but to take up
arms in defense of our rights as a
free people and of our honor as a sov
ereign government."
Now that America has been forced
to war, declared the President, she
bids her young men go forth to fight
on fields of blood far away for the
same old familiar, heroic purpose for
which it has seen its men die on every
battlefield upon which Americans have
borne arms slncje the revolution
democracy. A sinister power, he said,
which has the German people them
selves in its grip, "now at last has
stretched forth its ugly talons and
drawn blood from us."
"The whole world is at war," he
added, "because the whole world is
in the grip of that power and is try
ing out the great battle which shall
determine whether It is to be brought
under Its mastery "or fling itself free.'
New Intrigues for Peace.
In giving warning that the Germans
actually have carried into execution
their plan to throw a broad belt of
military power across the center of
Europe and Into the heart of Asia,
rejecting the idea of solidarity of races
and the choices of peoples, Mr. Wilson
spoke of the "new intrigue for peace"
now appearing in many guises at the
behest of the Berlin government.
"It cannot go farther; it dares not
go back," he said. "It wishes to close
its bargain before it is too late, and
it has little left to offer for the pound
of flesh it will demand."
"Peace, peace .peace, has been the
talk of her foreign office for now
year or more," Baid the President "A
little of the talk has been public, but
most of it has been private. Through
all sorts of channels it has come to
me and in all sorts of guises. The
military masters under whom Ger
many is bleeding see very clearly to
what point fate has brought them. If
they can secure peace now with the
immense advantages still in their
hands which they have up to this
point apparently gained, they will
have justified themselves before the
German people; they will have gained
by force what they promised to gain
by it."
The President reiterated again the
German aggressions which drove the
United States to war. He declared
the purposes for which American sol
diers now carry the stars and stripes
to Europe for the first time in history
are not new to Ameriman traditions
because realization of German's war
aims must eventually mean the un
doing of the whole world.
JAPAN TO 8END MISSION
TO THE UNITED STATES.
Will Have Broad Diplomatic Powers,
Washington. Japan vflll send a mls
siono to the United States. The mis
sion will have broad powers especial
ly in diplomatic consultation, and is
txpocted to leave Japan during the
rst part of July.
I OF SPAIN IS
ON VERGE OF REVOLT
SITUATION IN CATALONIA IS
GROWING MORE SERIOUS
EVERY DAY.
NUMEROUS THREATS MADE
Acute Problem For New Ministry.
One Faction Demands Peace at Any
Price, However, a Solution Might Be
, Found By New Premier.
Paris. Some light is now thrown
on the present situation in Spain,
which has been the cause of misgiv
ings recently, by a special correspon
dent of The Petit Parisien who has
been making an investigation there.
He wires the following summary of
the situation which made the position
of the late cabinet untenable and pre
sents an acute problem for the new
ministry:
First of all, the situation in Cata
lonia (a district of about 1,200 square
miles in the northeast of Spain, with
a population of nearly 2,000,000, whose
capital Is Barcelona) is critical. The
inhabitants are aroused against the
Spanish government and are agitating
inoistently for complete independence.
One faction openly declares in a Bar
celona newspaper that It will obey no
law not passed by the Catalonlans for
Catalonians, and demands independ
ence at any price.
Aside from this local situation, the
correspondent finds that the economic
stae of affaire in genertl demands
speedy action by the cabinet. Strikes
are imminent, especially in Asturiae
(an important district In northwestern
Spain on the Bay of Biscay). Strikes
are under discussion by all railroad
employes and most of the industrial
workers.
The supply of coal is so scanty that
it is almost impossible to operate the
trains. Stagnation of the export trade,
owing to the submarine warfare, is
resulting in growing irritation. Finally,
there is the external situation, which
everywhere is recognized as grave for
Spain, and which, the correspondent
says, is made infinitely more trouble
some Sy German espionage, German
intimidation and the Germanophilo
press, which has wounded and antago
nized Spanish pride.
Notwithstanding these difficulties,
the correspondent wires, Spain be
lieves confidently the new premier will
be able to find a solution.
MISSION FROM BELGIUM
IS NOW IN WASHINGTON
Come to Express Gratitude for What
America Has Done.
Washington. Belgium's diplomatic
mission came to Washington to ex
press its gratitude for ell that the Uni
ted States has done in the past to re
lieve the suffering of its people and
to discuss with American officials the
reparation that is to be demanded of
Germany for her violated faith at the
beginning of the war, and internation
al crimes which have followed it.
The representativs of King Albert,
who has clung tenaciously for nearly
three years to the last free fringe of
hte country, were received with all
the courtesies and probably with deep
er emotions than the official missions
of the greater nations who preceded
them. Secretary Lansing, Counsellor
Polk and Assistant Secretary Phillips
of the state department greeted them
at the station, after which, escorted by
two orcnrpaiEtes of cavalry, they motor
ed to the homeof Larz Anderson, form
er minister to Belgium, which is to be
their headquarters.
Boron Ludovlc MoncheuT, chief of
the political bureau of the Belgian
foreign office and for eight years min
later to this country, is the head of
the mtesdon. It is understood he ex
pects to confine his efforts in the
United States largely to the ultimate
re&ce questions rather than to imme
d ate war needs. In the latter, he will j
find his wishes already met, for the
United States shortly after its en
trance into the war, took over the en
tire cost of the relief in Belgium.
Each month the treasury department
advances $7,500,000 for this purpose.
EXORBITANT PRICE
WILL NOT BE PAID
Washington. Suggestions that the
country steel m31s wiE hold for a
price of $95 per ton for steel that goes
Into the great fleet of merchant vessels
to be built by the government, drew
from Chairman Ben man of the ship
ping board the statement that a price
that hifrh would not be paid. "I shall
sign no contracts at that figure," said
Mr. Denman. "The price is absurd
wfcen the navy is getting steel at $30
PAR
EM1L GATHMANN
id AWf4'M'WK
Among the many American inven
tors who are devoting themselves to
the solution of the submarine prob
lem is Emil Gathmann, a Baltimore
engineer. He says the U-boat menace
will disappear In a few months.
Y KILLED IN AIR - RAID
ONE HUNDRED ARE KILLED AND
OVER FOUR HUNDRED ARE
INJURED.
Principal Damage on City's East Side
and Main Result Was Killing of Civ
ilians. No Military or Naval Dam
age Done.
London. In a swift and deadly raid
on the city of London, German air
planes took a heavy toll in killed and
wounded. Other places were attack
ed, but so far as known, the heaviest
losses occurred in London itself. At
a late hour the casualties as officially
announced numbered 534, including
ninety-seven killed and 437 wounded.
Fifty-five men met death and 223
men were wounded. Sixteen women
and twenty-six children were killed
and 122 women and ninety-four chil
dren were wounded. J
The German squadron consisted of
about fifteen machines and the down
town section of London was the chief
objective. Many bombs fell in the
east end where buildings were de
stroyed and others badly damaged
and scores of persons fell victims to
the explosions. In one instance alone
ten children were killed in a school
and fifty were injured.
Bsith airplanes ascended imme
diately the signal was given that hos
tile machines were coming, but the
Germans remained at a great height
and flew swiftly and evidently the
British fighters had difficulty in the
pursuit, for the loss of only one Ger
man machine has been recorded.
Others are reported to have been
brought down, but there is no official
confirmation of this. The anti-aircraft
guns of London seemingly were
unable to reach the Germans.
While a great many small business
houses and the homes of the poor in
the crowded districts suffered great
damage, " Field Marshal Viscount
French, commander of the home de
fenses, announces that no damage of
a miltary or naval nature was done.
ROOT AND PARTY ARRIVE
SAFELY IN RUSSIA
Also Russian Mission to United States
Has Reached Seattle.
Fftrograd, via London (Bulletin.
The American mission, headed by Eli
hu Root, has arrived here.
Washington. Russia's mission to
the United States, consisting of forty
members, has arrived safely at a Pa
cific port after an uneventful voyage.
Boris A. Bakhmetieff, special ambassa
dor to the United States, heads the
mission.
After a stop at Seattle, the mission '
will proceed at once to Washingotn.
Lreckenridge Log, third assistant sec
retary of state, will join it at Chicago
&e the representative of President
Wilson and the department of state,
and courtesies similar to those extend
ed to other mlslons will be offered.
SHIPYARD EMPLOYES
DEMAND HIGHER WAGES.
New York. Employes In fortyone
private shipyards in this vicinity have
demanded higher wages, it has been
learned. Compliance is requested by
June 23, and unsatisfactory responses
or no responses at all would result
automatically in a walkout on July 1
by 20,000 machinists, boilermakers
and pattern makers according to the
men. It is reported federal mediators
are endeavoring to effect a settlement.
AMERICAN GUNNERS
MEET FIST DEFEAT
ARMED AMERICAN STEAMER IS
SUNK AFTER RUNNING FIGHT
WITH SUBMARINE.
ONLY FOUR LIVES ARE LOST
Hundreds of Shots Fired Before
Steamer Goes Down. Survivors Re
scued From Life Boats. Treated
With Marked Consideration By Ger
mans. Washington. American naval gun
ners have met their first defeat in
open fight with a German submarine.
Official dispatches announced the de
struction of the tank steamship
Moreni, abandoned ablaze June 12 by
her crew and armed guard after a
desperate running fight in the war
zone, which cost the lives of four of
her crew.
Half an hour after the tanker had
been sent to the bottom, her forty
three survivors, including all of the
members of the armed guard, were
picked up with their life boats by a
passing steamer. The German com
mander had set them adrift after con
gratulating the American skipper up
on his game fight and having the
wounded men treated by the submar
ine's surgeon.
The submarine began the action at
a range of 8,000 yards, four nautical
miles, when she hardly was visible to
the steamer without glasses. Present
ing virtually no target hsrself, she
sent two hundred shells at the big
tanker, making many hits, while the
American gunners wasted 150 shots
without harming the speck from
which the deadly hall came.
Naval officers assumed that the sub
marine was armed with the six-inch
rifles mounted by most of the newest
undersea boats. No statement was
available as to the armament of the
Moreni. The failure of the gunners
to get the submarine was attributed
generally to the long range and small
target.
The action of the submarine com
mander in treating his vanquished op
ponents with such unexpected cour
tesy was the subject of much com
ment. Germany has proclaimed her
intention to treat British armed mer
chant crews as pirates.
LIBERTY LOAN OVERSUBSCRIBED
MANY MILLION OF DOLLARS.
Washington. The American peo
ple have responded to the govern
ment's call for funds to finance the
war with an over-subscription to the
$2,000,000,000 liberty loan of propor
tions so huge that officials are buried
beneath a landslide of untabulated re
turns. It was overwhelming beyond the
most sanguine hopes of treasury offi
cials, though not one of the twelve
federal reserve banks, reginal head
quarters of the loan, could hazard
more than an estimate of its total.
In the country's answer to the call,
the dominant note was the voice of
the small investor. His money talked
the last day of the campaign In elo
quent terms. The hope for a wide
spread response of the average man
with the average income was more
than realised in the multitudes that
flocked to the banks. It appeared that
all previous estimates had gone by
the boards, and that nearly 3,000,000
men and women have bought thfl
Donas.
In the absence of official
officials hestlated to predict ho
the total would soar. It
every hour to new heights ai
ed such proportions that the
apparent inclination to a1
some allonwances the roBj
of local liberty loan commix
their totals of their district!
At the treasury, a note oQ
tism was sounded concernii
timates. It was feared thai
mittees, hushed with succ
be over-optimistic, and the
manifest unwillingness to a
final any estimates unverm
actual tabulations.
GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE
OVER MERCHANT SHIPPING
Washington. The vast amount of
steel merchant shipping under' con
struction in American yard3, probably
2,000,000 tons, will be taken over im
mediatey by the government under
power granted in al provision of the
war budget bill signed by President
Wilson.
The annuoncement was made at a
conference of the country's steel ghip
builders with the shipping board and
its emergency fleet corporation.
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FAVOR DRAFTING
PHYSICIANS ALSO
NEED FOR MORE MEDICAL MEN
IN THE ARMY IS VERY
IMPERATIVE.
DOCTORS NOT VOLUNTEERING
Medical Section State Committee on
National Defense Sends Resolu
tions to National Board.
Greensboro. Recognizing the im
perative need of more medical men for
the army and in view of the fact that
doctors are holding back and not vol'
unteerlng as they should, the North
Carolina State Committee on Nation
al Defense, medical section, in ses
sion in Greensboro, passed a resolu
tion recommending that the plan of
selective draft in order to secure ade
quate medical service for the army
be adopted in Congress. This for
ward step on the part of the North
Carolina Committee was taken for
two reasons: first, because it would
give an adequate medical service to
the army, and, second, it would re
lieve individual physicians of the re
sponsibility of a decision.
The members of the State Committee
who met in Bession were Drs. J. W.
Long and Chas. Banner, of Greens
boro; Robt. L. Gibbons and I. W. Fais
on, of Charlotte; H. F. Long, of States
ville; M. IL Fletcher and J. M. Lynch,
of Asheville; D. T. Tayloe, of Wash
ington; Chas. O'H. Laughinghouse, of
Greenville; B. H. Hays, of Oxford; H.
A. Royster and W. S. Rankin, of Ral
eigh, and M. H. Biggs, of Rutherford
ton. The action of the committee at this
point was not influenced altogether
from the fact that North Carolina's
list of medical volunteers is far be
low her quota, but from the fact that
the whole country is falling far short
of what is expected of her or is needed
in the way of medical care for her
soldiers. Out of the 100,000 doctors In
the United States, only about 2.100
have accepted service. The number
in North Carolina to apply, not to ac
cept service, is about 300 out of about
1,700 or 1,800 doctors. Right Honor
able, Arthur J. Balfour, on his recent
visit to America, said that the great
est war service this country could
render was the sending of medical
men immediately to France. He fur
ther urged that America avoid ' the
mistake made by England of falling to
provide medical care for her soldiers
at the front.
The resolutions passed by the com
mittee are as follows:
Whereas, the justice, wisdom, and
effectiveness of the selective draft
have been recognized by Congress in
raising a strong army from our civial.
ion, and
Whereas, the advantages of the se
lective draft apply '.with equal force
to securing adequate medical service
for the army; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the North Caro
lina State Committee on National De
fense, Medical Section, recommend to
the General Medical Board of -the
Council of National Defense that the
said board use Its Influence with Con
gress in having the principles of the
selective draft adopted for securing
an adequate medical service for the
army.
Lawyers to Meet In Asheville.
Wilmington. Thomas W. Davie an
nounced here the program for the an-
hual convention of the state bar aseo
atfn at the Battery Park HoteL
Jeville, July 3-4.
The address of welcome will be
Tbday night, July 3, by A. Hall
1jn, of Asheville; response by
V Allen, Golds boro, followed by
Ait's address, Hon. A. L, Brooks
fnsboro.
ln.w mAm1n Till T A o fV,j
K. in. Sims, jaS
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m j mora
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Nine Guard Ci
Washington, D.
-6.ftment
in regard to the establishment of can
tonments and national guard sites in
sSorth Carolina, ascertained that three
rantonments will be established i
General Wood's division and there will
be nine national guard camps estal
lished in the eastern states. The sea
ator hopes that either one of the can
tonments or one of the national guard
camps will be established In North
Carolina, Each of these camps will
rAve about 20,000 men.' ,
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