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: 4 - WEATHER North and South Carolina: - Fair tonight and probably jSatUrtay,: .- VOL. XXIII. NO Mm MliiiilliSt m iV 1 li " li'Wl I V AY no . -ujj v m m vu iv ;y - ' ;:' :X ' .'''v-'.' :, V-; - A-". . . ' ' - ,.;- . ;' r" ' "-j , In Formal Statement Issued by, Roman Catholic Centrist Party of Germany. ' DECLARES THE REPLY IN OFFENSIVE TONE Charges the President With Ignorance of the Conditions in Germany - Pronounces Mr WW cnn n ITU. xowi v I'lViv 41 I i cratic Kuler 1 han the t.m-r d'.y Associated Press.) Berlin, Thursday, Sept.; 6. (Yia London. Sept. 7). The Roman Cath Cath-S - for-t Pros'-' olic CVntrist party has issued mal st itt mcnt dealing with . Pi" "r.?"'8.. "l ItJt granted that it reflects the official view of its sponsors. , . . It urpes that the President's ' mes sage, although phrased in a tone which is considered offensive, should .be con sidered wholly in the light of its es sential and objective principle. .This, it is pointed out, gives a . different picture from that, reflected in the, early press comment. " The declaration of the Centrists turn i-'u.pom lut , uwuuw " - tween the war aims set-down in Pre s- ident Wilson message and those . proclini(pd by the Entente1, adding that in this respect, Mr. Wilson's re-; ply cmrht to prove acceptable. The statement then deals ; with the ..Pres- 1 j stand surety, for their government. onm;- nniv Amvnota - ed the helDlr ss ignorance of this lying: vX i5Vr. :V ' '.' -:t?4r ('f VI UCaoont.40.0AM0;v$4 cprmtr tfre democratization" of.- ihe OTOort.ioma.v; : : f - ' learned Prcident pf the United-high Staf'es '3PS not i seem to have the ct conception of German cond iherwise he would have avoii '.pnnection with such a momciu Message, conjuring up a comaarisu) between methods of gov ernment ol he German empire and those cbiiwnuig at Washington. "Where fc- to .Ishingt 'oii'y at '.'Where -s. the more democratic sys- be found today-Berlin or igton? If in truth there stands the head of any belligerent lauon a ouid in real autocrat, he may be the United States. . Nor ,yiere else has a ruler attempted to i : 1- euppress the right and desire of the 'i ; i. k people to eo-operate j ment. Is it necessary to remind the president that the accredited repre 'iantativf s of the German people on uly 19 of this year solemnly partic- ipated in the rlisnnsiHnn rf their dps. tinies? And is it further unknown to him that the German chancellor has summoned seven members from 'in Alii C.l - ui ui tne ranks of Parliament to con kt and collaborate with him in for mulating the reply to the Pope? "In no other country does a similar institution exist and no other so-call-ed Parliamentary system of govern ment )o:;:-esses a similar body of con sjitutf.i representatives of the peo P'e which wields equal influence up on the shaping of policies in respect 01 an important international prob km. Lon- before Mr. Wilson ad flrpSSfMl this loinnTi tn tha Pnno iUa rn' poonle backed jd their eov - 1 1 1 1 1 1 r . 1 -i-A-i 1 a il 1 ii 1 :-'uuu surety uiai meir n'ii pi 1 assert itself in the enact- of fatPful resolves involving future T 1 e n TTTM ment fu.v:. tuture. Long . before Mr. Wil u a r, f.d lo himseif tne right to rra;ini democratic reforms in Oer- any. our government had. granted ;,Uj'"!ii 'lcctoral reforms and . we Kin;?',, neldee "that th eren- eral lil'ePt ininl nnj' Vnlln u ' emu occuri uanui, . ""-' liberal electoral franchise IU. tne world will no wbecomo an in- - , u n i H Prussia. W p a:so . have lnr n flni, Prmlse of the chancel- ' ' - iMichaelis, that he : will seek more Intimate contact with i'arlia Mr, "aUV fW V.J 1J 1 ' A 1 I SOI! m mr . 1 1 . 11. ni I - v X- - CD " X whatr ltnL .suitsu iuhi man,) '"buuc. iu ue me uo- , hour we will accent of our rnv" volition. -Hp will Kiirelv bav. t)l : uus mucn rrom nistory (orcp . i,ny at,oinPt from without-to i :tiong aU(j mighty people to '"nlinued on Page Three). .'-V - ATTEMPT TO BRIBE DRAFT OFFICER i (Hv f-H., Sept. ; 7. W. . R. h'nnrait, Emanuel county, !;'y afternoon herd for Fed- o! !i.f( no . ' ' ' uo, under a bond of D. d s: ".fllPRt-d attempt to bribe Dr. ilitarl''11 ' of the Emanuel ; c'ounty ; stau,, P (-XejnPtion board. ;Dr. Smith P-.v -, :n sent him. word he would iy. ''afit for service in, the ar- . ' i ;'r 'V;' - ''Ki .;..'i V Vv i.. 'Hn""v 'j' ' -S-Vf ;-;-JfXii; I - I I i ' A 1 1 It 1 "&" """""rrr0. ""s L-ast ctt or t (at W ealth Conscription THEY CENTER ATTACK . niMiTUC nip iKTmtiro UIN, 1 Hb BG INCOMES Rnal Vote on Tax Section Ex pected to be Taken Late This After noon. ; ? (By Associated Press.) Washington,, Sept. 7. With .the fin-i al vote on the income war tax section j this' afternoon. Senate high tax advo- cates todny made their last stand at ronl)I, -nr.c-nv.lninr. Tlifitr concen.' . - . trated their - efforts on attempts to ; raise the levies on big incomes.' . It was expected that 'the final vote i i" . , - -, - mis .airernoon wouia, resuic-in .reien: i j j j ... .i tioq of . the Finance M come tax; provisions Trv, c- i o J LaFnllette. Hollis i and i others'" nf..thfii tax 'group were prepared to in- trbduce amendments providing for va- rious increases in the levies on in- comes. INSURANCE Bill I.nis Administration Measure ! ..T,1'l' II. n. . Tt II Today. (By Associated Press. Washington, Sept; 7. The admin- listration's $176,000,000 soldiers and 'sailors' insurance bill was taken un the House toda v. - - W Opposition to the bill's 'optional in-, surance features, opposed by private insurance companies, is anticipated, but its passage is expected. - Representative , Adamson, of Geor gia, .in charge, of the bill, opened the debate) with a . detailed explanation of its p'rovisions. ' - At President Wilson's request, Mr Aaamson " will seek to have a $10,000 . maximum ..optional policy, reduced in !: - A ::' pp: ntn a ' ' :ommittees ;.in- W 1 "'? -v--J . ; '- r I What I am concerned about Imost, I ing north at Gum Branch; ! some dis-, each and every; prisoner. r to, wtt: ti-andVhv a vieoroua "effort 1 save FOR . ,.,1, r,-,,. u..i.i!4 Ger-CAN T BE BOTH SOLDIER I -Am TV. a. m V twm trm-m m A m' AND CONGRESSMAN ': ' . .I (By Associated Press.) - " '.: Washington. - Sept. 7. A Congress- man who joins the army automatical )4 ,ly vacates his seat and is not en-!fr titled : to- further Congressional pay.4 ,'Sergeant-at-Arms Gordon, on the ad-j4 .vice - of attorneys, has so decided 'in : the case of, JKepresentattve LiaGuardia. jip of New York, who Joined the signal corps late in August and now has '4 ciaimea nis pay lur me iiiunin. - 's" "If the . Germans don't get me, 111 v. Knf' now ' T .ofllinlo tnAnvv rt . ... . - . O'' til(t v )JJ.J f . V ... J 1 . 1 . . . . . ciaieo. i H' laKe me ease up at tne ciose oi me war. WAR BOND BILL z SENT TO SENATE '.-;:. (By Associated Pres.) : " -Washington. Sent. 7.-The Senate f day received the House $ll,53S.45,4eso war bond and. certificate bill and wiit begin its consideration, according to rpresent; plans, immediately alter, dis posing of the pending war revenue bill. . - , ; The bill, passed, the House late-'yes-rday by unanimous vote after only three-days consideration. Despite Re nublicjnv attacks on various features, the 4ill was not -materially amendeu.' Efforts to create a congressional war expenditures committee land to limit the control' given to the, Secretary of theTreasury over bonfts ana certin BiiiiiiiiiEiiiis SDiHiillilllflillliiiisflluif i Bl LLUYO-BEOREE; I VACANT HOUSE1 BY THE GOVERNOR ierman Sutmines U Beat; Down the Hopes of vj HARMFUL EFFECT : : J OFrRUSSIA'S FAILURE! (Not So Great on That Coun - try As to The Cause of S- Democracy Lin v The - World.; & .1 By Associated Press.) Birkenhead, Eng., Sept, 7.-Premier Lloyd-George, in a speVch here today-of $20 or more & a yecant house bc-J1 State convicts by- the Governor on receiving the freedom of the city,, longing to. Mr. Grover Bordeaux n9 dectod t the wh6le,allied. cause and the freedom of world depend-;0? interested - : ' cd on supremacy at sea and that Jhe-Bay, a body of watera fewmiles west " Te. firs o. thea,e surveys .resulted was certain it would be 4 maintained, t of . the scene or the alleged crime, this !n he Pardoning of a number of men Gernian5statesmen,he at;- great pains to impress upon their r f? careless , commonwealth. : has , been people that the submarine figures . giv-' j. sai$ Q e closing in On' the black en out ; by . him in the House of Com- determined to prevent his escape at -:--r.-'-. -ttXVjiII.: hnanrris . ThP r.oiir natrni wn D CC cV.vy0 U5u CI c auamutwjr i correct and : that they put an end . to all hopes of the enemy to win. . ; The Premier asserted he was abso- lutery convinced that the German sub-, mari - never-would be able to beat down the strength of . the British em pire or beat down the hopes of the al liance by means 6f all the efforts the Germans could make with the subma rine. 1 . The Premier said that the news from Russia in the last few days had not been good. He thought when the revolution ' came .that it would have he had expected an earlier recovery. "However, through all, we must ex- ercise patience," he added. I air. juioyq-ueorge saia tnat the uus sian leaders, all, brave and patriotip men, knew the enemy attempt in the f Riga region , involved the fate of the t..4s iL. li. 1. i rtr v 111 iiiiiiii. in iiiiiix .fir wriiin t n m v ' v vm 7 , . : r" 1 thfi rTpmier , went mi ' "is nnt t hr . f-1 - icui vviiicu. me iaiiuro ul xvussia would have on the war, but the-ha'ri- f"l effect it would have on the cause of democracy in" the world." V.J ! . ii.iuuti a. tuug -iimesaiu air. idoyQ.7 I George, , for oppressed people to get accustomed to freedom, as it did for j free people to get accustomed to op- tpression. - : -.' . J ' j "One thing gives me satisfaction," t he continued.' "German attempts to sow 'dissension between Allies in east ,and the Allies west failed. Germany invade Russia, with only decided to invade Russia, with the sword because all her other meth- 4 ods and machinations failed. designed to bring 4 whe, machine; wfiich :had broken I 'The " nekro twas first -'seen or; -re- r?9ted the prison authOTines to maKei . . f nmmnt YUUK bPM III! MI nnrnn nnnmn m wnni hU hV V lu IL.I IIU Bu IUIU I IU I UUi - " 1 You Can Make it Pay You W ell by Entering The Dispatch Circulation Contest and wi nning the $775 Briscoe . Automobile, or One of The Other Valuable Prizes. . .'' THE PRIZES. ' $775 . Briscoe Automobile. - Ford Touring Car. '- $200 in gold. -$10-0 in gold.- , r -' $93: furniture suite. $75 Columbia Graf onola. $50' merchandise order at J. W. H. Fuchs' Department Store. '.. $25 .wrist watch. . Two $60 diamond rings. T?n , per- cent. commission - to who : remain for new sub- all ' non-winners, active,, on money scriptions. - ' 4 4 The' old expression, "Time is mon ey' can; be . proved to the satisfac tion,. of all-who ' will stop to consider he adivantages now placed before t 'ifem by. The Wilmington Dispatch. In nlost cases time is NOT 'money, due to the fact that it is left to a few to real,"ze and grasp an opportunity when it is presented , to them.-- "Turn your spar-5 time Jnto money," by entering The O'spatch contest and winning the $775 - Brfscoe Automobile, " or one of the! other valuable awards.- " t Some ambitious woman or girl liv ing in l Wilmington or vicinity, is go ing. -to .ffet' a $775 Briscoe Automo bile;by making use of her spare time, during the next nine . weeks, securing! subscriptions to The Dispatch.r Do you khOwy of an'ng else you' could - do that Hvor.i ;-k:vyra- c.s . well' for just your spare time?! '.'' ' - A Ford Automobile,: $200 - in gold, $100 in g6lds, $93 furniture suite. $75 ; Years Ab Had :r While! Inspecting NEGRO THOUGHT TO - lHAVE BEEN LOCATED r Sheriff V: and Large : Posse Searched Woods " Near Sunset ParJAili VThe negro' ; yli6 ; is iaileed; ta; have v mtrt na mhW. Mr m TSn being held on :the Garolina Beach m , i; . .. . f. . . X VCXVX CLb VUUV . .XXXXti -X. UlLA UWU - CI L f ' - , - - 'a point opposite the Be eyf rBaytne prison walls than ; they, have ;liveq section, the driver: expecting the ar- without. In one instance a fJew Han rival of the officers with their man at , over convict, John . Perry,; is. released anytime. - " r ; '" after; having spent taore than twice as If the negro had been located, and..And perry was sent ; to u the peniten he had, it was tha result of one of the.whfin w was 13 years old. The most aeiennmeu muii nunis ever siag- -.A. . X A. I - J 1- A.. J. a iu -.ix w nduu v . uuauty imme- sejitnces imposed -upon i infants: be, diately after it was learned - tbar; ladl hi l bee &tcei and roughly- neard frDm. . . . .. : handled. by a black, automobiles load-, lnmgryanting, tnge pardons, Gover ed with armed men put out from the'nor BBickett ets . back ;to firstPrin city,.and joined Sheriff c his deputies andmb statemei: highways in the southern- section of I 7" ri,"" -x-VTiu the county were patrolled in a deter- tnonnoi' on? --mitrimAhila "off at atubmobile loaded with armed , men put off into' the bushes. The hunta? Y "h was pushed .across the-southern - part of the country from the river . to Lin- i go City, members of lhev posse ? for- -r.i. ji..!. j! i" 1 1 1 1 1 i iipir fiiiiiivfr ftii iiti Hrm iTiFfi i ------ --,-- :--"- , Tr 1 ance f aontn or t.nf alleeed enne: ThR ucm icpuntui uis wueieauuuis was: when hp ws simnmspd tn lio innatbiT (Continued on Page Eight). 4. , 4 . ; -4 .i ' f "J 4 fr 4. fr COL ALEX. FIELDS ELECT Vj. ED STATE -LIBRARIAN. personally conducted an investigation , 4. in regard to the circumstances under (Special to The IDispatch). 41 which the crime for which each" pris Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 7. Col- . oner mentioned below was convicted. onel Alex. J. Fields, editor of The'As a result of the study of. this sur- State Journal, was today elected V State librarian for two years. 4. t 4l nrder $R0 Hiamnnff Htifr Vnt o. 9K t I wrist Watch are additional awards in !( this big "subscription campaign. Any ' one ' of these valuable prizes is well worth anyone's time. - The summing up of this big circu-1 illation campaign is, that your "Time is . money," to you, if you will only realize j your opportunity and take advantage of it. BV entering the contest vourl time will be money to you in every ' sense of the word. And then, too,, it old, served 9 1-2 years of 25. Lost an j will not" cost you One cent to enter eye in" a Whitney explosion, r - v jthe contest or to win: any one of the" ; Caesar,. Collins, Edgecombe county. Drizes. ' . iburglary in- the second degree, 30 What are j'ou joing to do abont it? Will vou be the , laecard and let oth- crs win these prizes, which in each case means money? rjWiir you have I it said of vOu bv your friends. "She ' merely works," she does not really do I have made an : investigation ' in the things?" If that is as far as you can county where the crime . was commit See; you will not take an interest in ted. and, the authorities say in, their this big contest. Otherwise, you will opinion -that in view of the good rec be out amon your .: friends, telling ord and.the long confinement of this them of : the wonderful' opportunities prisoner, he has been , punished long that are now presented to you and enough." L-r ' V, -r. that you intend, to take advantage of Van .Funer; Orange county serving them. ; You will "tell 'them .that your 30 years for arson. went tor prison 15 "Time is money," and jthat you intend years ago.T: He is'-70y has 053 days ,:to to make ' somethings of your time. ' - (his v credit' and no black marks.- "I ".At the end of the contest when the' can see no reason -for keeping a man judges will have 'counted the votes jthat is : 70.. years told 15 years longer and aw?rded i the prizes, you , will 'be in'' confinement when ; he has , obeyed able to say that you did your west and everv rule and regulation," says the tuat your time which meant money to Governor. 1 t' lT . -T?1! youhad not been wasted. Take this' John Watts. Martin county, 20 years idea to, vourself and -then go ahead for manslaughter;-served" 15 1-2 with Are yoU' going tomake the' try? " - Alt that is necessary to make the Btart.ls.no Clip out the -nomination rrtunon. r which anpears elsewhere i in the paper, fill it outr and bring, mail, nr- send it to The Dispatch. There Is nothing 'to loseV There is no expense, Been Sentenced W hen Mere Children FORGOTTEN BYAUiSlSS - BUT PRISON OFFICERS 'List, of Pardoned; Ones With Circumstance of Convic-' V tion and Reasons " ' For Pardon. J CSneclaV. to The Disoatch.) - , Raleigh, Sept. 7.-The pardoning of iNortn Carolina, the second .'; pretty yearly convicts of ; criminal ;indiff er- j ence. Governor Bickett 'releases some . jWho are: baxely yet. men,,butpri ers who have spent more years in na nnf iwlhSflVftnv: life soon after, I , came "into: office l ,was convinced that there were men and women in the State5 prison who ought n0V bth!ri J!11! !L ou. nl?h .cause no human beiner had any. inter-' . . .- w . - i in'thpir" rplpasp As a" -result of ,..- . . ume ne nas servea: - nis Denavior while : a prisoner; his .age and ;his physical condition.' ' " ; . ; "A further report of thie survey is fr'now before me. I have made a most . : ' 'm ' - . a W , - : J 1 CareiUI stuay. 01 ine; sam?, ana uave ivey, and of the investigation made by me, pardons are granted , to the 21 prisoners mentioned Deiow. -The first released' is Josephus Wil liams, Martin county, sentenced wnen 12 years old, to 25 years for burning a store, ne nas served 10 years, two longer than he - had previously lived, has 909 days to his credit and is giT-' en full pardon. - ; 1 (ieorge jonnson, xsasn county, ' .sv: years for burglary committed when j jl5 years old, served 15 years and has 815; days'. , ' . : Melissa Clegg, Cumberland when I 1 lb years . 010; was convicieu oi mur- der in' the second degree and sent up for 20 years. She has served 16 and has 1,033 days for good behavior. Will Germane, Greene county, crim- inar assault when 12 years old. gets off after serving- 11 years with 744 days to his credit. lie was sentenced to 15. years.' r , t , " N Elwell Overton, Pasquotank county evidently " a most desperate criminal, when; 11 years old; broken ino a, house and; went up-for; 20 years, is pardoned after 11 years. He . has ; a credit of 646; days. ' Oh", that 11-year- old beast! . John Perry, New . Hanover ' county, We sentence for burglary, convicted when 13; served; 27 years. . Perfect record .in prison. , ., , ;, - , James Baker, Gates, county, murder in the second degree when 18 years years sentence, served -21. "On one occasion." says the Governor, when a guard was paralyzed by. a stroke of- lightning, this prisoner .came, to nis rescue and V:- virtually ; took his ;; jplacey. 985 -days to his credit- , county, j- ; Gabriel . Thomas. - Famnco 30 years for murder in the second de- grree. T served 21 1-2, has 1241 days to his credit. He is 56 years old.,, - WllianlSmarr, .Cleveland countr. burglary, for life. He gets condition- ... : i irtaintv as ; to ; uerman Movement After Fall of '" - , (By Associated' Press. ' ; v.v . Petrograd, . Sept. .7.-r (DelayjedJ) Although" Petrograd, In the opinion of various military authorities, is in no immediate danger on account of the fall of . Riga, - preparations r are being made against the l eventuality " of an unexpected descent by the Germans. The temporary government has" ap pointed ; a special civil commission with authority to , preserve order, sup: press , seditionary meetings, " suspend the publication of : newspapers and, where desirable, clear the city of un desirable elements. The cabinet has decided that there is as yet no need for the government to be . transferred elsewhere. : -' -.;."-.:V. . . : .. :-!Although j there are ; rid signs of a panic, - there are - elements in the population,- particularly, members of the wealthy class who are leaving, or at tempting to leavel In : large' 'numbers, Many .business firms are. considering transferring t: their headauarters . to sur-Uw C5!1i nv - , J other provincial city. According to the newspapers, the present Russian front represents v the arc of a circle from the mouth of the river Aa, , southeastwardv : about r 40 miles from Riga. Dvinsk, according to reports,: is still holding out; : t, .The. newspapers of all. shades of opinions, V shelving : other questions, comment extensively on the'Riga dis aster. The Socialist paper s - publish articles" in -almost identical terms call ing on the workers to perform their duty, in defending the revolution. .The the Rabotchayor Gazeta, workmen, not to wait . .. fr. v mnm Tt- -txryi ay h a t (rn - rt eo o iV" tAO" i6a.u.Dao the country and the revolution. The Bill totPerrnlt V JHi Ar gued Before House Mari time' Committee (By Associated Tress.) Washington, Sept 7. Hearings, on the shipping board's bill to authorize the President to permit by proclama- jtion foreign vessels to engage in the American coastwise iraue aunng me war began yesterday 'before the House Merchant' MarnieV committee. Alfred : Huger, admirality . cpunsel of the board, urged it-asa war . measure .ior relieving iramc congesuua. 'Edward C Plummer, . of - Bath, Me., representing the Atlantic Carriers Association, said; the bill .was : too sweeping "in view of the isolated cases fit was contemplated , to meet and that requirements r that : had , ; proved ; their efficiency for. a; century should not .be repealed. He added that 1 if the bill were enacted it -meant , opening the coastwise traffic to' foreigners and pos sibly ever" closing it because of in ternational . : .questions . that i might arise. '. ;: . :' r---i '' :y-:- Fear that the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk, lines would . grasp the United States maritime .trade with Al aska, if American; coastwise vessels were diverted bver-seas and the coast wise "traffic; opened to foreign compe tition. .; was expressed by John i Bunch, of ,Seattle,tranlcc manager 'of said the Canadian : lines v were waltini to divert Alaska's $100,000,000, annua) commerce to Canada and that this in volved ' war supply problems, in view of the immense output ;.bf copper' Ore and canned salmon which American phrps are now bringing to the United States. ' " -' 1 f NATION-WIDE PLOT AGAINST GOVERNMENT v (By Associated Press.) - -J . -Washington, Sept. -7. Reports: and disclosures made to officials ; here in connection : with the - seizure Wednes day of I, W. W. documents through out the country, indicate, it was said today, that there has "existed fof some time :a nation-wide conspiracy , to ham per the government; In ; almost every conceivable way in carrying on : the war. ,''' " '"' " ; Opposition to the draft Iawr burning ,of crops, some of the so-called; labor disturbances,'; and "attempts Ho. curtail production in warindustries, .reports "S leeed conspiracy, whose prime motive was thought to be the ' crippling , of the government s activities , in every wav possible -short '-of .interference W possj uie rPations BY PETROGRAD PEOPLE PREPARE TO LEAVE Uncc FOREIGN VESSELS .V: To Prevent : Italian f Complete , Dominance of .the Plateau . Country " to the South; FEARFUL LOSSES : r; ' SUSTAINED BY THEM In Their Desperate: Efforts to ': Prevent Italian Capture of c -' Mont San Gabriele -Rua-1 A sians Continue to; Retreat.1 V Press Urging United fAcrT !-;.".:. lion, r : , ; : . , .; ,.. . ; ;;r . : -Jf GERMANS BOMB ; 'AMERICAN i"' r 'W:"0K HOSPITAL. ; -V : ; 1 . . rp t'':'!"V.1 -V . , (By, Associated Press). ' ' . ' ; London;: Sept, L 7 The Germans yesterday made ari; aerial attack, 4& upon the American hospitals ' oc- ; supied by St Louis and 'Harvard: ; contingents, situated in a coast "village, lcilllng one Officer of ttie; . . - American army ; medical corps ,; and wounding 3 others severely . Reuter's correspondent, at British fc headquarters' in . France ; tele-; graps today. , .: : " .". '"A. s - : :; - Two others of the rankrand filel ; ; were killed and 16 wounded,' 5 of . the latter -being Americans.:- ;.-. :;''c. ' ";;;- i'r:- ? v- - : ; still retain, a precarious ; hold ; uponV : ? Monte 5 San Gabriele.i their ; lastre : maining mountain . stronghold .; north east of Gdrizia, the end is in sight for them, in this region, according to the' Italian belief. . - V : ; f General Cadorha's - report 1 today; , shows the C Austrians'' still resisting ' desperately, but staggering under' the ' : heavy- losses which, the incessant. Ital- ': , ian pressure "of the-last-f ew days has ( ; inflicted upon them, .-This pressure" Is being maintained and is becoming de. cisive, the commander of the attack- : ing, forces announces. ': 'A Thj Italian ' reports ? are Invariably conservative and , ' it has '; uoen, noted i V that General; Cadorna has a" habiUof ;: withholding an 'announcement Until; he- ; is sure" of his ground; ;The confident". -; ;j;onpi9dayikwmunjqUe front K -f: r Romel: therefore, Is considered : signia j ,cant.;;f,U ' ! ! V According to the strategical 'experts, ; General Cadorna . has '. only to obtain; " a secure hold on Monte San Gabriele toi give him - complete dominance of the Bainsizza. plateau, and the coun try far to the south, making;' it pos- sible to push his way Into tbe Chiap- : , ovano valley, and drive a wedge" be- tween the two; Austrian armies, vlr-j tually Isolating the southern army which directly bars his way to . Trieste.? Several times the SUn Gabriele peak i' has ; been ; in Italian hands but thei , Austrians have battle desperately; fori , this vital position 'and each time surg-J ed back again. . There ? has been, no J -let up in; the Italian pressure, - how-; ; ever and it now seems as if, the de- s cisive phase of ! the; battle had. been . reached. ' .. ''.N.r -i f ; The continued retreat lof the - Rus sian armies has not , ye '., caused - the'. Russian authorities to fear seriously for Petrograd, according : to , current' f advices, but apparently has had the effect of awakening" most of the radi cal ; elements in the capital to the necessity of strengthening Russia's ;: powers of resistance. Their : newspa- pers are now urging 'the dropping of internal , political quarrels, enforcing discipline -and presenting a . united front to the enemy..c:. LABOR ELEMENT V WORKING FOR LOYALTY ? ' (By 'Associated-Press.) -:Ji';X &l Minneapolis,, MimWJ Sept. .7. The: American Alliance" for "Labor and De-;;; mocracy expected to conclude the bus? Iness of its v three-day loyalty 'meetihs Jate today t.and adjourn.tonight after a ; public mass meeting. ". ? , ,: V ; Most of the Eastern, delegates wllf return to 'their homes on the YR&dit tWhite and Blue" .special train. . Liter -; ature will be ictributed ; along the way. isl;: ir ai ne worK accompusn-,;. aaqtn Irst drive of the big canxqv i oi .vjAke, American Alabor ;;; loyalV pus p 1 the land of . pro-Ger-. man prtvua 9psts '-.;; -';- V. :';: ;'';-. I forward . ran t- and; those in charge J nrortirtefl p r Rtatft would . have bn- reaus-wlthi: bureaus wi weeks.; 'These State 'ervise ? the establish" ."thent of co nd 1 town, bureaus. THE SHIirjING BOARD ; i KEDUdOCEAN RATES (By Associated Press.1 .. 1 ' . Washington, . Sept. ;; 7.. Immediate control of ocean .freight rates charged -by: American vessels will be assumed by'the shipping board, which announo- . ed today it would appoint- a general chartering board to which all charters must be submitted for approval.'. The new scale.calls for reductions of from '65 to 75 per cent from present tariffs; Nothing was said as to a reduction in ' rates charged by allied and neu-: ' tral . ; vessels; plyihg ; from American parts, but the , ;v chartering board ' through .operation of the ' export and bunker coal control will "have t yow er - to reeulate these, V too. An early agreement between' the shipping na tions for a Joint rate scale was pro- dirted rf 3 t . ii j t ; . i?-w'j cates were ineffecttxaL ' 1 ' (Ccntin - - " .,' .- ..',...,: ., i ' " I ' - . , , , . . v -' f - '-v ;:,; ;i