North Carolina Newspapers

Rather forecast worth CaroJiia Fair, tonight and t -I hast portion.. ' . -Bi.5h Carolina Fair tonight; and ilTidi . XXIII. NO. 3.18. ':: , " VOL Wilmington; north carciSthi'rsday mm - V: A 4'rv . 1 .;. V. ,i -Hi- . GETTING f Sll ol. nil I' a1 " " II Iff II .'. II II I A II II f i ''..11 , 4M 1 'I II v YKi: K.ft l W V L U A 1 ; Forl-his State Getting Re sSrfe 11 III eu 7 ' l.,IMI. ' nw.Tur urrunAVo I '9t'7 tt Xn V ,i - -.w-.""-."W";v.-. ' m-u r , 1A r-n WW r V i E 1 ' I I I I 1 1 i-.. . -V 11 1 I I I - 1 f I f ' : X 1 I Inaugurated by German Chan- cellor r or r urnismng inror matioh to Berlin Press. - " EACH DEPARTMENT TO HAVt. riUKtlAU I AH to be Under Press Agent of Chancellor l he Press Pleased That This Service is Taken From Press Bureau of Foreign Office. . ; . A . (liy Associated Press.) Coponhagen, Sept.: 6. The Berlin press IS Uf ciueuijr - uuu-uuxuxuitLiu - its to the promised blesiirig of the press bureaus wtiicn, are ,w . De estanrsnea in connection witll; etery . departinrt of the governments rejoicing dnty that the direction of matters will be taken from the press bureau by . the . foreign office, hitherto the organ or jnSpira- r tion Tor editorial comment in regard to both home and foreign affairs. The press bureau for directing the demo cratic policy is entrusted to the minis: try of the interior. - : . The system of Chancellor Miehaelis is based upon- the idea ; of : enabling newspaper reporters -.'.to obtain : news direct from the information bureau of the various ministries, all of which the Chancellor's press chief. Baron Ton Braun has been selected for that 1 post. He explained : to newspaper) Hen that the Chancellor, of course, , had fio thotighL-orrtfempting; tct- fluence tne pressana jesirea , mereiy to guard' against unfounded-; criticisr under which the government has suf fered often in the past and. to keep control of the Tvhole publicity organ ization in his own handsv" ; The Chan' I'or was responsible, the barcn explained, for the entire policy of the empire, and therefore was en title to demand that all the press de partments of the various , ministries should instruct the press' along the lines of hin policy. The divergent policies of the-. va rious preps bureaus particularly, well illustrated in the open campaign of the admiralty bureau in Admiral 'von Tirpitz npiainst Chancellor von Beth mann Hoilwcc:, have been a feature of German politics in late years.; On this account considerable interest- is Bhown in the outcome of the attempt of Bnron von Eraun to establish dis cipline and extend the Chancellor's J authority over the army and navy press agent of the ministry of the in terior, enjoyed the esteem of the Ger man press and the few correspondents with whom" he came in contack. ' EARLY ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS EXPECTED (P.v Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 6. Several; let ters have been written by Wilson to members of Congress endorsing 1 the view that it would be a fine thing if Congress were to finish its work in the near future aud its members re turn to their districts to shed "full light" on the war and its objects. Administration officials said today they were hopeful Congress might finish about October 1, after passing the war revenue bill, the new .credit Ml, and soldier's and sailor's ' insur anof. legislation. ' .J'V r The President, however, is notex PPcted to exert any pressure to bring about an adjournment.. REMEDIES TO CHECK " LIVE STOCICDECREASE , , iR7 Associated Press.) 7 vvashmgton, Sept. . 6. The national conferenee of ive stock raisers,- call ed by tho I)epartment""of Agriculture and tho Food Administration,.' coxttln Ued its sessions today with discussion centered on remedies to check the steady decrease in the nation's cattle s"Pply. The m,eeting has-developed ln a menacing depletion has taken Place in the beef reserve. s DEMANDS. PRESENTED ' v BY RUSSIAN POLES -iV.y Associated Press.) -oppnh;gen, Sept. 6. According to cf ??':! from Cracow. Count Ronikef, (,I .;II!!ni1nf' rtHSRfan Poles, has. pre 'S ) ,ho German; government a ; ,,! ,!f "lands. These include, aboli- . n of i!10 frontier line between, the . cn'7? n '' n(1 Austrian spheres - of " oc Pttion in Russian Poland; Cessati6n m 7 1 iTirm.. .' i . - ' tlll, '""-"ions m Poland, the expendl ithi c-C0.0O0,00fli marks t'o ' repair mpnt ,Ji war ana tne appomt- Dion a lll""iistrauon or : tne occu red districts. ' ' ' flew n,lll.i1. . .. - nv. ;-; o ' r. : : j ir MAltfY PAKUUNLLI BY THE GDVENOR Prisoners : Sentenced A5f hen Children Years Ago -Two From New Hanover. , . . - (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 6. Governor Bickett today issued - pardons to 21 State convicts, all long termers and among them; children who were given 20 and 30. years while under 13 years. Among i them are-Josephus William . Marttluiiity ise'rvifig. . 26years for burning; a . store when 12; ElweH Ove r ton;' PasqTjdtank, serving 20 ; for- bur glary oominitted when 11, and Melissa :1,1mlini-loil1 rx-n-; nrhnn 1f. :of second degree murder. " Some nave served longer In prison thatn without: James Hawlins,.New Hahover, serving 21 years after 16 years imprisonment gets out He -had 591 days to - hs credits John Wallace also New Han dover, after 16 of his 30 years with 971 days credit, gets conditional pardon. John -Perry New Hanover, convicted jf burglary -when 13 serving life sen- fence pardoned after 27 years. ; ' . ' ' H : A Mrn T c. n nno J?l:-l1lcavvA i-VlVO STRANDED ON ' ' (By Associated Press.) . "An Atlantic Port, Sept. 6 The Nor wegian steamer KongslI was torpe does 20 ' miles off New Amsterdam, on the night of. May 12," according to James Potter. of Maiden, Mass., - who arrived here today ' after:; being stran ded "in Holland. The secund mate'lost his life, but the ship later. was towed ashore by Dutch-' fishermen; Potter . says. ... .; . :. "The German U-boat gave no warning and was no: seen until she switched ; past the steamer after :) the torpedo, had been fired. The captain and the crew took to the boats. The Kongsli was kept afloat by watertight bulk heads. Potter states. Potter and the other members of. the crew rowed ashore. There now are nearly 100 American seamen living on the beach a New? Amsterdam, waiting - passage home and picking up a living as best they. can. The seamen; says Dutch shipping is completely paralyzed and that ;he had to . wait nearly 3 months before he secured passage back to the United: States." - " J -. t SAILOR ON THE EMDEN DRAFTED IN ARMY - (By. Aftsoclatea rt?ss.j i -Memphis, .Tenn Sept- 6 -Frederick Nelson, who claims to have been a member of the crew of -the German Vaider ' Emden, and who has- - beeni drafted -for - the new ? national army from Lauderdale county, Tennessee, ' today asked; the district, board of ap- peals? of West -Tennessee to exempt him from service. " He informed the board that he ! let t Germany 10 ' days .before the outbreak of, the war, as a .member of "the crew of the Emden. While vthe -'.'.cruiser was cpalipg 7 in, a Porto Rica,: port, he .was given, shore leave ana overstayed "his leave. -Wheniim-ngtoTr.:andi.yicinity.:in'-.'the-i'last nate enough : to win will never cease t expected this afternoon .and tomor he; returned to the dock the Emden itnree or four days, which vik the great- to congratulate" themselves on .their row". . v .. ; ' -:-;-. nad departed.. He worked his. way to New 5 Orleans and ; drifted : nof th to Lauderdale ; county,- where he is em ployed as a farm laborer, .His .was one of the first numbers drawn in the se- tective arait. , iNeison pieaas agricui-iear turaii i-'ui Huiia a. vaaia 101 vAeuiyr f tion, , X i NO AMERICANS LOST -! - , WITH STR. ARGALIA (By Associated Press.) - n . ? Newnort News Va Sent 6 Neither captain Morris nor W AmencwF were lust wnen me unusu sieamer Argalia'was torpedoed and. sunk a few weeks ago, a6cording s to official in formation received here. Two Scotch menJFourth Engineer Livingston and a : donkey, man named Wilson, . were the only men who went down with the .ship, the of ffcial , message - from Glas gow states- . -;--,? It was at first reported that Captain Morris and 10 'Americans had perish ed with Jthe'Bhip. No details of : the sinking were given at i that time and they are still lacking;5-' : The Argalia was out ' from an At lantic port, for ayB'ritish port" with. a cargo of horaesjwhen she i was sent down by thkXJerman ;U-boat Where pie men, were taken, j or how Ltbjsy were saved Is "not stated in the ad vices received -here.' " .t - , wi (i jus widic Aucuing jvcauy to Open Vigorous Cam- Tj,, iv urorttuinu- Wake3 Commissioners Deter mined on This- Preacher yy uu c 'lyiauiai kcu , uv ; - Federal; Court; , " (Sneclalto Thifr T)lsnnt.ih 1 - A ' Raleigh; ' Sept . 6. J. Paul Lucas, retiring; secretary of the North: Car olina Food : Commission; 'has become assistant, to Henry A;' Page, food com missionef of North Carolina .and; Will report for 'duty next week. : Mr Lu cas ran the office Jn Raleigh through a period of 4 months and must have done ' it welL Dri . H r Q ; Alexander, of the Farmers Union, , thought the farmers had been so thoroughly ha rangued on their duties -in planting as c to :make further preaching t un necessary. :.; That did not , cause 'the commission to abdicate ; and . dissolve. It was then discussing a longer pro gram .- - - ; Mr. Page Is organizing "the State for work now and seeks an assistant who can do the detail wortc. He caught Lucas . i last afternoon ; by long distance " and tied him with - copper wire.;. The XJharlotte farmer, who has done - newspaper ' work - much of .. his life, will be here Monday morning to begin the J organization of the office. Meanwhile," Mr. Page is getting, the materials for - his campaign together to begin a campaign that will "end when the war ceases. " ; - ' President; Joseph H Young, of the Norfolk Southern; was here yesterday and discussed' his .railroad which is now receiving jthe first assignment of freight , cars ordered earlier Mn the year- . The- ciwnpany ordered for its, business 500. box cars and ,250 gon dolas. Nearly one-third of those have been delivered. 'SMrl ""-Young declares that the bnslness of the road is about normal," little increased by the - war which has made a steady; demand for lumber. The company recently dis? cojiHnuedfits Jew Bernr division and dropped xfsome of lltsoalXatuable mpfjn$hjat economy. Just now ltris uncertain whether it will maintainsits headquarters in Washington or Nor v ' (Continued 03 2-age Eight.) Women and Girls of Wilmingt - aie Alive to Opportunities ;: v Increasing Daily First About Next " . . THE PRIZES.' V $775 Briscoe Automobile, v, Ford Touring Car. - 200 in gold. ' ..' $100 iri gold. I r $93 furnitUTe suite. $75 Columbia Grafonola. '$50 merchandise order at J. W. H.; Fuchs' Department Stbre. j; ' . : $25 wrist watch, y ,. , Two $60 diamond rings, . Ten per cent, commission to OF THE DISPATCH OFFER all .non-winners, who remain . out the entire field. . . at Petersburg, where 47,500 soldiers active, on money for new "sub :. The rapidity ; with which- votes will are' . to be housed, was the scene of scriptions.; u l ' ; .' accumulate and the effort necessary -'great" activity, draft; quotas from Vir 4f' .'..-.-. w V - x W . for the winning of one of the prizes ginia and West Virginia having ar- ,,: ' jl ; ';' - ':. ' Will be inconsiderable - compared: to rived there yesterday: -whilei those ptp -hWq heen an 1 awakening in the value, of the prize. Those fortu- front Delaware and Pennsylvania are est of its kind that he Dispatch has ever been responsible for. But, it is ohiv natural y that the i offer; to ;giver: away absolutely free of charge a $775 Hriscoe automobile, sl Ford touring 2oo in gold ' $100 in gold, $93 .R0( mahogany furniture ; SUlte," "$7j ' Columbia Grafonola. $50 worth of mer- chandise at J. -W. H. Fuchs' Depart- ment 'Store, $25 wrist watch and two $60 diamond rings, should arouse the greatest and .keenest; enthusiasm. nnii nicnoph a. pnimerori . in .... ...u.' .j-u tenaing lts.aireauy large auu?criv.uuu QOeiatiT,r it will rpnav them one V " , . fl " " ' -'Ji iinnarea ioiu -witn rewarus ui maguii.- uci .ue ...,,, wt.w uiu.uiyu.,' . -v icent value. iThose who desire to ben- length of the subscription and wheth-.ia command of the camp until the. ar efi f - by the Opportunity , will secure er. it is new ox old Is glven The ten rival ..of . MaJor-rCronkhitekV from .. Pan votes, and those ,vote3, if superior in vote ' ballots ( clipped from the issues ama, expressed himself as being well total value tb- those ? of any, rival will of. The Dispatch will, of, course, help pleased with the men who were com? secu"T,the attractive : awards. :to swell the totals but , the biggest fac-. mended as to their' physical fitness for "Do vou know what this- centestrtor will be the Special Ballots - given army service. - : - means' "'--' - 5for. sub"et?ption payments, " - 1 , : t It means that The' Dispatch is .go-1' Get in and win, But first telephone -REMOUNT STATIONS' ' -ins" to give away hundreds of dollars" or call upon the contest manager for. , A . rTlMTTniMlUri? MTQ worth of prizes. - - j . . - 1 f ull information .boti,t the- contest . AT ALL CON 1 UINME.IN 1 0 . rt mpanci that The-Disnatch'is mak-'.and JustJ how best . to . set ' about the - ..t- . . - - j on -ha wnmon nf.wil. ins au. uC..w 'j f mington ana vicimty ti;gaoa cnara ter. married single. 'such as is sel - tit meaii3. thatUhere is getting n - der wy one of the merriest races ev- S SSS; V 7 ' T lCT--V-!that . ' a . m . j m. i m ... J t X M Unknown Partyr Froni aen , Hot,Spnng&tQ package kuhhio s BYRAItJlOADf MfeKf Two Men ArrestedThe Dia- it ririv. 1 nuusunu, vDollars; .- ' (By Associated Press.) - ' .11" ; : y Cincinnati, Sept,:j6-yAshqe box Julu; of glittering diamonds and; other jew : cis, saxa to po vameu;. r.rrom ?&u,vyy, to , $100,006, , traveling: ' as ordinary t freight on Chesapeake add Ohio trains was tne jure tuataasi euruary worn-1 ed its effect on the trainmen in whose keeping it had been placed to be car-. ried from .Hot Springs,' Ya", to - Salt ' LakeCCity, Utah; '..r' - -Baggage' Master Albert G. . Decker, of Chicago, was : tooay ' arraigned : be fore United States Commissioner Al xder and placed un;der: $1,000 bond V to face the Federal grajautury here next month on the charereVof rifline ?the ! package : ' ' .v.;'.'- .. - ;. - j proximately, 45,000 men will be, train- The chief witness instinini wa Express Messengers .FTe;JGibbs;--'i6rn"'rst':.uofa- from tne city,1 but Cincinnati, who was on$he same trainwas Placed at the head of the list- at with Decker; r: He testifiediihat DecerSvP? request.' . i:-- gave" him a diamond vClusterf ?containfig i " All of the incoming men . appear Vto. Rtnan-one to sell inhfcitv MRJbhs and Decker were : arrestea - several, weeks -ago;. - - :V '" ' Mystery hangs OveHjthia ownersfilp of the rifled box of diamonds arid "the i fleer, who was at : the " station to meet reason for. their beingent as common.?tlie meni - ' -J 'J- - A ireigm. inormauuu rawu ws xn ;pu-uA.a tne various contingents arrive lice is to the effect that thef geraSi ih"-.:.Columbiau ' they; are pjaced .-'in were stolen V front guests at fashion-1 Roup's .!an4dispatcn"ed-'-torcapv;jacki able" Virginia? hotels ;"arid . were 'being sorf 0jhsliuttle trains Officers at shipped westward in; the, hope of ; di- taqhed to . the staff travel ,onlv the the guilty parties. --'- . r . ' STOCKHOLMMEETING OF WOMEN POSTPONED i oweg noun;-. epi.o--ii fieiCouxereut:hr - -ifrT,; r5-a T,-'-fc br vomen : of belHgereni, anavneutral ?e?: uniries iks-BeetfTpon unUl?th, v t, t pm n t ir.ri n i Snri n i i t '"fvnf m- -is Ifc-is runderstood that; uniforms:; and hpiA . -v,. .- - . on and Surrounding Territbry Interest in Big Contest is, Publication' of Names Saturday. It- means that there are any" num-J ,ber of young ladies alive to opportu- nities . and Teadyx to take advantage of them 'rom everywnere tnat news ot,.iue great piau ua. yicu "ve,mg for camp Gordon, i at Atlanta, come . letters of nomination and . in-nere were 6 of them all coming from quiry. . There is no speculation or Chatham county, outside the ycity of chance , about the winning- of these savannah. Every: ; man: appeared spieiiuiu . yi iaes. miici o ucwmc i Winners only ny worK persistent, en ergetic' work. . ,: . ' '. ; '; .;-. Interest, in. the venture is increas- ing daily, as the rapidly growing num-J ber lot nominations shows. It is to j no particular section . that the interest. 'is confined,, for it. is general through-', alertness in taking : advantage or the , a distinctive ) feature of ; thev arrival offer. v 'i , " v' Mof the Virginia , contingent was the The voting coupons pubiisned in tne issujp" of The Dispatch for: the . first- four weeks ."of the contest have -a value ; 01 ten votes eacn ana every comesiam is--- yvruuiiou w rvatn. many of these ballots each day as she can secure.' , ai ine euu 01 , tue ursi four weeks the value of these ballots will be decreased, to five votes each. ' A large vote can be piled 'up most nuicklv and bv' the least effort by se-; nf ' thA far- Rutins ouoi.ik- Special Ballot good for a great num- v" nf ,rrtfa nrnmrfinn in the wnrt nf winning the splendid prizes. J " " . , i run tivar r nil rii m'.m.i ri.iii ni : uk t iiiuuca . u,uit. of those who, have been.Wnated.i will ;be maae ,acout : saturaay. i lu,u6v0uV;, .;.-.--- tS,' A 1 your 4ame" or . the . name i of , the -one transection, orders Vere issued to yourjid.iutr, .j,- the. ootsih Uhmpnt of remount yourJiame", or for whom jou wouia iKf to ? u n wiS be in ttTSriVirpTinted,. not been sent in,- seuiua m tuuajr,.ny urnmim iTheA Drafted Men Reporting splendid physical CONDITION OF THE IViEN Tar Heel at Cot .Ready to Begin Train .: - mg. rjr r,,'"H; fOtr Aaarrtat-aA Vraao . Columbia," JSr C., Sept. 6. Over 6 men;v- comprising the.' first quota's pt the ; Carolinas, are in .camp .: at Camp Jackson today - and three score more 'were expected ' to, arrive this mo? jng - from Florida. Souths varolfna,s first quota of per cent, was mobilii . embryonic troops from North Carolina and Florida are arriving in smaller incre ments;- ; David J. ; Griffith,, son ..o " Mayor Lewis A Grifiith, of Columbia, was the first man to enter the new : nation al .armyj! at' the; local ' camp, 'where ap- ai -army at tne. toe m i i v - Pf v cellenf snirits v Manv arVWAd Rinfflnffl: " songs derisive of "Kaiser Bill'. "Such a.(spirit will make the finest army on earth," declared a prominent army of- ments so ; that " the - mustering-In " serv ice at the; camp , is ' completed ' with a minimum;-;of -dlnulty..''tv&!fv' Few incidents-have occurred to mar ; the mobilization.! One South, Carolina J - nnnntv liJ'nnf EAnd -all 'Ita nnfj!i rf Ana jother equipment for the' drafted men have not yet arrived. Start Training immediately. . ' Atlanta, Sept. G. The first men of the national army i who came to Camp Gordon yesterday . and continued to arrive : today, were .immediately start ed in " training work.: Before f. some of yesterday's arrivals : had ; obtained : a full' "view of the 'vast " cantonment, they were at work . handling supplies and ; attending" to other duties. 'l ;As soon as the men report they are assigned to command and quarters. jNo; uniforms or other personal equip ment will ; be , issued for a few ? days, it is stated ; but . the reason .for this has not been announced by the of ficers." The men ; will get their first training in 'i: civilian ; clothes. Final physical examinations had not been started - at Camp Gordon today,; but each recruit will undergo rigid tests1 i by army surgeons. ''-'-'H -;-""'" ' ' . All P.nnpt.rl nn Tim. '.';-. .. savannah. Ga.. s Sept; 6. The- first I n the men selected from the draft list for the new American army tol ieave Savannah, got away this morn- f promptly . on time, ana tne alternates chosen to takekttie-places - of": thosefenteto Purchase , or. charter; Ge . f . - -. . man oninc wnipti wars caiaii nr tna who did not respond returned to their homes Confederate Veterans as Escort, Richmond, Va., Sept.-; G.--With : the barracks contDleted1 and the grounds m fairly: good condition, Camp Lee,' manner in which it was escorted from Petersburg to the : cantonment. ; Gov- '.ernor Henry Carter Stuart headed the rescort or nne Kicnmona ! quota. : t or- tmer .uovernor'.- wuiiaiu: jnuugei wauu, and the A. P. Hill Camp, Confederate veterans 01 reiersourg,- esuurteu . uie Petersburg mem ; .The ,47th. New. York Regiment acted s as military t escort,, the band' of -this regiment, furnishing music. - v ' ' I '. .- .:- ' -v.wm - , - . name, has been busy today mustering i tha Pr,V nPn Hall , who is " (By Associated iress.) Wn;hinffton. - SeDt 6. For "supply- '"j.: : r- - hnT(!M, to tyhp armv. without dis- ; visional camp and rr " A.. t a,ta 1 cantonment in tU United States.; X iiSlliapil isgsifasijfwe iiiill Jlllilii mm - V All Republican i Ameridmehts Yesterday Voted Down- . Further Efforts Tpday. rt.v : ' '! (By Associated Press.) . . .' '. Washington, Sept; ry The $11,538,- 945,460 war; boncT and ; certificate ' bill again today was ; the subject of , de bate in the House with a continuance of Republican attacks' on; certain 'tea-', 'tures j,ofr the measure Their . oppo jsition to J ; the, C provision . delegating d.;-ittthprity;.tp'the;.Secretary of tho Treasury in: making loans to the Al- yesterday: Its passage without". ma terial amendment by tonight seemed assured, however;' .---i . : ' . ' '- The Republicahs.were prepared tc day( to ;inake a 'final' effort to secure the adoption of an -aineridment to pro vide for-' the ; creation bf ' Congres sional ; war expenditure conimittee. Prospects were; however, that : " the House would defeat all. such-proposals' as it did yesterday. ! -"-' . i DENMARK TAXES TO BE INCREASED 4 :,: (By 'Assoctated'Preg.) This provides for a special . tax on wines: equal to eretail; price t per bottle, exactly-doubling the co"st to the consumer and almost doubles the tax on beer, making it, according to the president of the Brewers' League, the highest. m the world. , ' . , . , The : measure increases vthe,; tax on cigars, cigarettes and tobacco, from 20 to 33 per-cent of the retail, price. It fixes a special , tax ; of 10 percent, on all sales of jewelry and precious stones. The income tax-on incomes of more than 6,000: crowns is increas ed by 33 to 75 per cent. The property tax on property of the value, of 15,000 crowns, and upwards is virtually : doub led. -;--i :,f"W-:'':-:'. :'-Uy A 25 per cent, increase in railroad passenger and freight rates is ; pro vided. r":'-:-" ys.y? 'l ' ;''';'4-v. The minister of finance, in introduc ing the measure, said -that, the govern ment would not have resorted to it if any end of the war ' were in sight but as conditions are at present, the measure was an imperative necessity. CHINA WILL RETAIN . GERMAN yESSELS (By Associated Press.) -r Peking, Monday, . Sept 3. (Bv layed) The offer of the allied govern- man ships which .were seized by the Chinese, authorities on the rupture of .relations between lermany- and China lias been declined by, the government. iThe ships are being turned oyer to a 'Chinese ;- syndicate for the 'ostensible purpose-of augumenting- China's mer chant marine , - V- iyx v - '? TO PROTECT SOLDIERS IN THEIR PURCHASES V :'.'" ;:" -.:' - (By 'Associated Press.) - Washington, Sept. 6. The efficien cy system1 is to be extended by , the War Department to n the point - where even ti e personal ; expenditures of the men ' in - the army - may. be protectee. By a general order published today, an officer of the quartermaster depart ment will 1 be assigned to ; every., divi sion to supervise the exchanges that. are conducted for the convenience of soldiers-who wish to make small pur chases.' -The I profit ; of the exchanges will go to. the men.'and. it' will be the duty of the supervising, officers y to prevent; unjust, charging and mal-ad-ministration. , . ' . . v :r " AGAIN PREDICTS ' EARLY END OF WAR (By Associated Press.) ... ; Copenhagen, Sept. 6 Herr von Heyr debrand, the V Conservative ; leader whose ill-fortune with an earlier pro phecy that the submarines -would crush England within two months and nd the war fresn. in. mind.has again ventured a forcast- This time' he pre dicts that the war will notlast through the winter and probably will be ended by- the new year. He is opposed - to any extension- of ihe war to present neutrals, ' saying that Germany " now has enemies enoughs and dare npt let other. States submit' pressure- as :ene- mies'V . : ' - v '; ..(nhage Derimarkiuridet ' tii .new; taXatfon-proV tcf'.Retal.vf here the Russians warsir 3 tram" just - introduced ' ih Parliament; are'; congregated.;; ThevSUga gtilf. I ifplill GermanWaMhips - Soon to Co-operate With r V '-.the Land Forces. v .;. ..vi. ; GERMANS MAKING .1 4' ENERGETIC ADVANCE On Forty-Mile Break in; Rus: ' ;-;: sian i FrontRussian ;: Re- t " treat Orderly Fierce Battle von Italian; Fr?ht Reported ; ;; Capture of San - Gabriele ; " Premature. V. t With the ..appearance of German ! fleet in the- Gulf pt Riga, - eriflicuK tied '..fit., the.j problem facings tne Rns-J jSians in theloperationsonj their tortb.H em i front aref accentuated. '''Nof-"onl'; ?s th satfty, of their armiesconcernn ed, but Jlpprehensions - are excited; as r to i wfiait' will happen' to . the . Russian ' ; fleet,' iV. the-' German nayal forces:' ate," ; given.; fujilswinginf the " altic' jbniir ; submarines . so far are operating.. ' against, the Russian right flank as-.it -falls back along the Gulf of Riga; cbastf The vwarshlps; now bid fair - to take V' part in the ;, activities;- increasing tha. .: troubles .of; the Russians In the task of . keeping their' flank (protected.;; Aj? to actual- operations against the Rusgianeet..'itY-oe3tb't "ap'pean to bet expected -.thatV.they will develop J until the land campaign has progress ied further -arid At -isv seen what, sue? : : .c$&8 the; Russians will have in' theii' eff orV-co majt stand on ,a.new lip v however,; would'offer? a favorable -base for purely;- naval operations ; agalnbt Re Y&&-yst-j .:iL.Il: ,2 '-"';"vi V7""'' ' ;r'" r ' On :the 4Q-mile f front71 of he;- break in the Russian land lines, : the j Ger mans are pushing xV their - advantage; and have ) as yet ntet with ho effect-j ive : resistance. It : is declared, hows ever, r that ; the Russian V retreat,, ' is by nd means : a rout and that- a well de fined plan is being carried out In the,; retgrograde movement. y y-':"' Its success - depends '.upon ; the i be-! havior of the Russian troopsV' whose 1 nioralef on "this front is now reported ; to be better than the 'earlier accounts t of .the retreat seemed to indicate. ; The Italian campaign' forTrieste js . being1 vigorously ' pushed In " the facer of vast concentrations of Austrian 'Inf fantry and artillery, and General Ca- jdorna continues to report progress; It seems ; that the,, unofficial reports' of the : capture of San :. Gabriele by the Italians , were ypremature.: judging from , the latest advices from, the front, but ultimate " reduction of this last re-- maining stronghold of Hhe Austrlans . in the Gorizia' hills is accounted a cer tainty by the military writers in view of the steady Italari progress through . the protecting works. V ; ; ': . : i ; Germans' Energetic Pursuit. Petrograd, Sept. 6, During the last two daysc the Riga - front has been broken on a width . of sixty " versts .. Throughout Tuesday ; the Germans, en ergeticallypursued their offensive1, particularly north of UxkulU In order to cut the Rlga-Venen railway. Desperate Battleoh Italian Front.-; Rome, i Sept. 6.fThe desperate bat tie for possession of vital posijtlons in the district, northeast or uorizia om the Austro-Italian front, is continue- ing, according to today's war ofilco statement:.' The; Italians yesterday took more than,; 500 .additional prisod ers. . .' ; -s' - :.., . ' - - Austrian Reinforcements from'1 the ; : .-. .. -' .-.East.;' '''v;:;-.' yy Udine, Italy, -Wednesday Sept., G. ; The Austrian' command has succeeded in concentrating again such numbers of fresh troops and artillery, removed from the . Russo-Rumanian and Balkan fronts, that the battle Is: raging again more v fiercely , than; ever,' especially east of , Gorizia 'and northwest or the Hermadain, the Carso area,. ' :. In the Hermada . sector, the Aus- trians . have, gathered - the flower , of their force, considering it the advance guard of Trieste,. Thus their counter attack around the. village Of Selo was very desperate. The ; Italians - offered a :. strenuous defense along tb? Bres tovizza valley. Attacks ' and . counter attacks followed ; in, telose succession; Several .fortified positions, frequently changed hands, but , the Italians final ly remained masters .: of ithe'j situation. GERMANS BOMB V - & ' i;IHITHREE HOSPITALS ; " (By Associated Presi)"-' --' ? London,: Sept 6-r-MOn the night of September : 4-5 German aircraft drop? ped bombs on three. -hospitals", says: today's official communication. ; Local fighting' and natrot encounters .occur red during the night, southeast of X ! , Julien and east of Fleurbalx !: jt- jr. - -v