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SPY SYSTEM IN
IS
GERMAN SPIES SHIPPED HIGH
POWER WIRELESS OUTFITS
TO MEXICO.
MAIL WAS SENT TO GERMANY
It Was Intimated That Through This
System Germany Learned of Ameri
can Destroyer Fleet Movement to
England.
New York. Evidence that two com
plete high-powered wireless installa
tions, assembled here from various
sources, were shipped piecemeal to
Mexico, supposedly for use of a Ger
man spy system in this country, was
unearthed in connection with the ar
rest of three men on charges of con
spiring to send mall containing mili
tary information, surreptitiously from
the United States to Germany through
members of Norwegian ship crews.
It was intimated by the United
States Commissioner, before whom the
alleged plotters were arraigned, that
it was through their instrumentality
that advance news of the impending
arrival in England of the American,
destroyer fleet was sent to Germany
before it even became generally known
in this country that it had sailed.
With only a scratching of the sur
face of the mass of evidence in the
Government's hands, indications have
been found that the secret mail sys
tem was operated both ways between
the United States, Germany and Mex
ico. Several hundred letters have
been seized, written in English, Ger
man and Spanish, and some apparent
ly in code. They are being translated
in the expectation that they will open
the way to full revelations of the al
leged spy plot which is said to point
to other persons besides those under
arrest.
The prisoners are Harry F. Perissi
and Irving Bonaparts, both said to "be
American born, employed by a Ger
man electrical company here, and Axel
B. Melcher, said to be a naturalized
citizen from Sweden.
PROHIBITION TAX IS NOW
PROPOSED ON WHISKEY
Committee 'Measure Would Prevent
Manufacture During Period of War
Washington Prohibition legislation
was approved by the senate finance
committee as a new feature of the war
tax bill.
Prohibitive taxes upon distillation of
whiskey and other spirits for bever
age purposes, with a ban upon their
importation, were agreed upon by a
substantial majority of the committee
Taxes fixed by the house on beer and
wines were left unchanged though they
have not yet been finally approved.
General suspension of beverage pro
duction by distilleries and use of
liquor now in bonded warehouses prob
ably would be the effect of the new
tax section if enacted into law.
Curtailment of liquor consumption
during the war and conservation of
foodstuffs used In manufacturing dis
tilled spirits, Chairman Simmons said
constituted the dual object of the com
mittee in adopting the substitutes for
the house rates.
In addition to the present tax of
?20 a gallon on the liquor, a tax of
$20 per bushel (from $5 to $9 a gal
ton) upon all grain, cereal or other
Jrwdstuffs used in manufacturing whis
key or other distilled spirits for use
as beverages was written Into the
bill. Senator Simmons said the In
creases would be prohibitive upon
manufacture while the law is in effect
or during the war. Increased taxes of
J5 per gallon upon molasses, syrups and
substitutes used In distillation for bev
erage purposes also was agreed upon.
Permits for exportation would be given
only for war purposes upon applica
tion by a nation at war with Ger
many. As supplementary legislation,
the committees further approved an
amendment prohibiting Importation
into this country, Porto Rico, and the
Philippines of distilled spirits made
from any foodstuff except for indus
trial, mechanical or scientific pur
poses. AVIATRIX BOOSTING
LIBERTY BONDS SALE.
Cleveland, O. Ruth Law, aTlatrix,
in a biplane, circled over Cleveland
and environs dropping "liberty loan
bcuibs." She has been secured to make
another flight, but the weather was
so fine she decided to make the trip
now She started from Nela Park In
East Cleveland and flying at a height
of 5,000 feet, dropped liberty bond lit
erature. Thousands watched her flight
a3 she circled along the lake front
MORE TRAINING
GAMPS ORDERED
EIGHT CAMPS TO TRAIN OFFICERS
TO BE ESTABLISHED IN
JULY.
MATURE MEN ARE WANTED
Volunteers Between 31 and 44 Will
Be Trained to Officer Second Incre
ment of Half Million Men to be
Ordered.
Washington. A second series of of
ficers' training camps will be held be
tween August 27 and November 25 in
eight locations, to develop officers for
the second Increment of 600,000 men
to be called Into service by the selec
tive draft, Adjutant General McCain
announced. In general, quahflcatkma
for admission to these camps will be
the same as for the first series, but a
strong effort win be made to obtain
men above 31 years of age and the
number admitted to training will be
smaller than in the present camps.
Applications must be sent to the
commanding generals of the depart
ment in which the applicant lives, be
tween June 15 and July 15th. Citi
zens between the ages of 20 and nine
months and 44 years are eligible.
The camp sites chosen and the areas
from which applicants will be assigned
are as follows:
Fort Myer, Va. Vermont, Maine,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Del
aware, Maryland, Virginia and the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Fort McPherson, Ga. New York
City and continguous territory. Ala
bama, Georgia and Florida.
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. The greater
part of New York State, the northern
part of Pennsylvania, Tennessee,
North Carolina and South Carolina.
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind. The
southern part of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky.
Fort Logan, H. Roots, Ark. (or oth
er place to be designated) Wisconsin,
Michigan, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Arkansas.
Fort Leon Springs, Tex. Illinois,
Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Okla
homa. Fort Riley, Kan. Minnesota, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa,
Kansas, Missouri and Colorado.
The Presidio, San Francisco Utah,
Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nevada,
Oregon, Washington and California.
SENATE PASSES BILL
PROVIDING FOOD SURVEY
Already Passed In House and Now
Goes to Conference.
Washington. The first of the ad
ministration food bills, already pass
ed by the House, passed the Senate
without a record vote. Numerous
amendments were attached to the
measure, which provides for a food
survey and crop stimulation, and it
was sent to conference where the dif
ferences will be threshed out while
the two houses are considering the sec
ond administration measure, providing
for food control and price-fixing.
The bill, as finally accepted by the
Senate, provides for a comprehensive
survey of food resources, and for the
stumulation of agriculture, and re
stricts drastically the storing of food
stuffs, fuel and other necessities and
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provisions were aaaea Dy me aenme.
Hoarding or storage of food, fuel
or other necessaries of life in order
to limit the supply or affect the prices
would be made a felony under the sen
ate hoarding amendment, but farmers
who hojd their own products would be
excepted.
GREY VETERANS HONOR
MEMORY OF THEIR FALLEN
Washington. Confederate veterans,
here for their annual reunion, went to
Arlington and paid tribute to the
South's dead. President Wilson and
Mrs. Wilson attended the services,
but the president did not speak. He
received an ovation from the old sol
diers, however, and many shook hands
with him.
The exercises held in the shadows
of the monument erected to the Con
federate dead by the women of the
Confederacy, were opened with the
sound of the assembly call by the
Marine Band and the singing of the
"Star Spangled Banner" by a special
choir, the old soldiers and the audience
helping to swell the refrain.
Flowers were strewn on the graves
and special services were held at the
tomb of the unknown dead and the
grave of Gen. Joe Wheeler.
Gen. Bennett H. Young, past commander-in-chief
of the veterans, and
Clark of Florida were the orators.
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DEFEAT CENSORSHIP CLAUSE
MEMBERS DECLINE TO ACCEPT
PROVISION IN MODIFIED
FORM.
Espionage BUI Will Be Reported to
Both Houses Now With Censorship
Measure Omitted. House Vote 184
to 144.
Washington. The Administration's
fight for a war censorship on news
papers was lost in Congress, at least
for the present, when the House re
fused by a rote of 184 to 144 to accept
even the modified, censorship section
written into the espionage bill in con
ference. As the Senate already Is on
record as opposed to a censorship, the
leaders in Congress do not expect any
further Administration effort to enact
one in the Immediate future.
The test in the House came on a
motion to recommit the espionage bill
with instructions that the censorship
regulation be eliminated. Despite a
determined effort by Democratic man
agers to line up the party strength be
hind President Wilson's demand for
censorship, 37 Democratic Represen.
tatlves joined the Republicans voting
for the motion.- Eleven Republicans,
disregarding their party's caucus de
cision, voted in the negative.
Conferences for the House will re
port their instructions back to the
Senate conferees and the bill, short of
the censorship provision, probably
will be reported to both Senate and
House within a few days and finally
accepted. It carries important modifi
cations of the spy laws and authoriza
tion for the .President to lay embar
goes In war time, but most of the con
troversy regarding it has centered
about the censorship proposal.
No comment on the outcome in the
House was forthcoming from the
White House. The section which had
been agreed on by the conferees was
somewhat similar to one which the
House had substituted during first
consideration of the bill for the more
sweeping provision drawn up and sub
mitted by the Administration. The
Senate, while the bill was under de
bate, threw the censorship section out
entirely by a vote of 48 to 34.
In the House debate opponents of
censorship argued that a restriction
such as the conferees proposed would
violate the right of a free press. The
voluntary censorship under which the
country's newspapers now are work
ing was pointed to as demonstrating
the patriotism of editors and as prov
ing that no legal restrictions are
needed.
FOURTEEN MEET DEATH
IN MISSOURI STORM.
Wayne County Is Devastated By Tor
nado. Scores Injured.
St. Louis, Mo. Fourteen persons
were killed and scores injured in a
tornado that devasted Wayne County,
according to a telegram received from
Piedmont, Mo.
Rumors that more than a score of
persons were killed in Bollinger coun
ty, Missouri, could not be confirmed.
It was known that at least thcee per
sons met death near Zalma and ad
vices from Cape Girardeau said that
a family of seven was drowned when
their home was blown into the Castor
River.
The tornado evidently began near
Salem, Mo. Some property damage
was done, but there was no loss of life
until the" storm reached Mineral Point,
in Washington county, where four per
sons were killed and twenty-six in
jured. Relief has been sent to stricken
points from St. Louis.
WILSON SPEAKS AT ARLINGTON
DELIVERS MEMORIAL DAY AD
DRESS AT ARLINGTON NA
TIONAL CEMETERY.
There Great Work For Liberty Accom
plished While We Are In the Midst
of a Work Unfinished, Says PresI
dent.
Washington. America's response
to the call of liberty In the struggle of
the world will hold the attention of
all mankind, President Wilson said in
a Memorial' Day address at Arlington
National Cemetery. In observing tho
day, he said, the natural touch of sor
row is tinged with reassurance be
cause, knowing how the men of Ameri
ca have responded to the call of lib
erty .there is perfect assurance that
the new responses "'will come again
in equal measure, with equal majesty."
The President spoke in the natural
amphitheater in the cemetery at a
meeting arranged by the local G. A.
R., and attended by a crowd of thou
sands. He said he did not pity the
men in whose honor the ceremonies
were held.
"I envy them, rather." he went on,
"because theirs is a great work of lib
erty accomplished, and we are in the
midst of a work unfinished, testing our
strength where their strength has al
ready been tested." The time for
action, he said, has come, "and in the
providence of God, America willcome
once more to have an opportunity to
show to the world that she was born
to serve mankind."
ENTRY OF JAPAN INTO
WAR WITH ALL RESOURCES.
Is Necessary to Insure Safety of Amer
ican State Say Chilean.
New York. Alejandro Alvarez, of
Chile, secretary general of the Ameri
can Institute of International Law, ad
dressing the conference on foreign re
lations of the United States at Long
Beach, declared that "the safety of the
American State demands that Japan
should enter the war with all . re
sources." "Japan," he said, "has already reap
ed important material advantages, and
is exercising certain supremacy on the
Asiatic Continent. The American
State should not be left to exhaust her
self to the point of falling under the
menace of another's domination."
Prof. George Grafton Wilson, of Har
vard, speaking on the status of the
Monroe Doctrine, said that In a broad
sense, the principles of the Monrae;
Doctrine as supported by the United
States "have made the Western Hem
isphere 'safe for democracy.' "
WAR TAX BILL NOW
ASSUMING DEFINITE SHAPE
Washington. The war tax bill as
sumed rough but nearly final form in
the revision of the $1,800,000,000 house
measure by the senate finance com
mittee. After working all through the holi
day with treasury experts, recapitu
lating the committee' srevision, Chair
man Simmons announced that as re
drafted, the estimated revenue to be
brought in by the bill now totals $1,-
450,000,000. A bill aggregating slight
ly above $1,500,000,000 now Is gener
aly expected.
Germany Looses Many Prisoners.
Although Field Marshal von Hin
denburg and Emperor William assert
that the Anglo-French offensive on the
western front has failed after seven
weeks of effort, a French official state
ment declares that the Germans lost
more than 52,000 prisoners alone dur
ing the French and British drives
-rainct the German lines-
REVISE PLANS FOR
TRAINING WAR ARMY
SIXTEEN CANTONMENTS INSTEAD
OF THIRTY-TWO WILL BE
LOCATED.
PLACE MANY UNDER CANVASS
Shortage of Funds, Material, Labor
and Transportation Facilities Caus
ed the Number of Cantonments to
Be Reduced.
Washington. Important revisions in
the plan for training the war Army
have been made by the War Depart
ment, which announced that the half
million men to be called to the colors
in September will be concentrated in
sixteen cantonments instead of thirty
two, and that many of the forces prob
ably will be put into tents instead of
wooden barracks.
Lack of funds, material, labor and
transportation facilities, Secretary Ba
ker said, caused the decision to reduce
the number of cantonments. The lar
ger number seemed practicable, but
that would have made a much greater
demand on the overtaxed resources
at the Department's command.
Although the change will upset all
the tentative plans for camp locations
made by department commanders, It
is not expected to delay beyond Sep
tember 1 the mobilization of the great
draft Army. Four of the sixteen can
tonment sites provided for under the
new plan already have been selected,
and choice of the others Is expected
scon. Secretary Baker indicated that
building would proceed as rapidly as
possible. The four sites selected are
at American Lake, Wash.; Atlanta,
Ga.; Ayre, Mass., and Wrightstown,
New Jersey.
A more plentiful supply or canvas
than expected made it possible to put
some of the troops under tents. Most
of the tents used probably will be
placed at Southern camps.
In making the announcement," Sec
retary Baker said also that forces in
excess of those which could be cared
for In the sixteen cantonments would
be placed under canvas. This was
taken as referring to National Guard
divisions, although the Militia Bureau
has received no instructions In this
regard.
There is no indication of an inten
tion to alter the plan for formation of
sixteen divisions of the guard. The
questions of filling these up to war
strength probably will not be settled
until selection of men for military
service in the draft Army begins.
Under the law, either .he Regulars or
Guard can be filled up with men from
the selected lists if that is desired.
MANY LIVES LOST IN
STORMS IN MIDDLE WEST
Towns in Kansas, Oklahoma and Mis
souri Are Stricken.
Kansas City, Mo. Twenty-one
known deaths, more than one hundred
injured and unestlmated property dam
age resulted from a series of torna
does that swept several towns and
sections of south-eastern Kansas, north
central Oklahoma and southern Mis
souri. With 400 houses reported destroy
ed at Coalgate, Okla., a town of 3,000
inhabitants, and possibly 200 at Cof
feyville, Kan., it was feared that the
death total at these two places woul
be high. One message said that
bodies had ben counted at Coalgi
and that the business section of
town was virtually destroyed.
Three persons were killed,
seriously injured and much
was damaged by a torn ad
struck Moore, five miles soirf
Olathe, Kan.
Unconfirmed reports fro:
Mo., told of considerabi,
there. Another storm was
have passed between Sptf
Lebanon. All wires were!
directions. 2
Nine persons were injum
i
sons fatally, Dy tne ton.j
passed north of the town of
Okla. Much livestock wasV
crops in. the path of the st
badly damaged.
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THREE AMERICAN SHIPS
ARE SENT TO BOTtUtW
London, The sinking of three
American ships wa.s announced. The
vessels were the Dirigo, the Frances
M. and the Barbara. All were shelled
without warning and then sent to the
bottom with bombs, but the only loas
of life reported was that of Third Mate
John Ray, of the Dirigo, who was
drowned while attempting to enter a
small boat. The Dirigo was sunk May
31, the Frances M. May 18 and the
Barbara May 24-
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PROBLEM FOR ALL
PEOPLE HAVE HAD TOO MUCH
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List of Recommendations Made to
Farmers, Housewives, Gradeners
and Citizens Generally.
Raleigh. John Paul Lucas, execu
tive secretary of the North Carolina
Food Conservation Commission, in re
viewing the food situation in this state
gave out a lot of good advice In his
suggestions of ways every person can
help Improve the food situation.
Mr. Lucas wrote as follows:
Too many of our people are regard
ing the food emergency, which is real
ly Just In Its lnciplency, as a prob
lem for the farmer, the trucker, their
neighbor or someone else more or less
remote from themselves. There is
something of .the spirit of "Let George
do it." Fortunately, this spirit has
been rapidly disappearing and it is not
too much to hope that all the people
of North Carolina will quickly realise
that, while the farmers' responsibility
and opportunity are greatest possibly,
each person has an individual duty
and responsibility.
A large number of people who real
ize their individual responsibility hare
asked themselves and others, "What
can I do?" In answer to this question
and for the information of others who
may have given the matter no thought
I am giving below a list of recom
mendations that are being made to
farmer, housewife, gardener ,and citi
zen generally. I can think of no one
In any position or condition to whom
some of these suggestions are not ap
plicable. Here they are:
Cultivate and fertilize every avail
able foot of tillable land that you can
possibly take care of. Cultivate more
carefully and fertilize more heavily
than under normal circumstances.
Put stubble land in corn, soy beans,
peas, potatoes or sorghum as soon as
the grain is off. Here lies one of our
greatest opportunities for increastog
the acreage in food and feed crops.
Where there is a poor stand of cot
ton replant with soy beans or peas.
Also plant these crops in corn.
Save all the clover and vetch seed
possible. Both are going to be un
usually scarce and high priced. Vetch
can be threshed with oats or by them
selves. If you don't know how to har
vest clover seed write the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture for Farmers'
Bulletin No. 656.
Breed all sows and gilts for fall pigs
and be sure to raise sufficient feed
for them in the form of pastures
principally. Raise meat not only for
your own demands but for the market.
Prices are sky-high.
Raise all the chickens you can,
whether you live In the country or In
town. Shut up the cocks and cock
erels and preserve your surplus eggs
In water glass solution.
Raise and eat all the fresh vegeta
bles you can and can all the surplus
you can't eat. See that every glasa
jar is filled with vegetables and fruits
and if you still have surplus buy more
jars or cans.
Don't throw away scraps of meat
and fat. Use meat in soup, hash, cro
quets, and fats for frying and short-
Sening.
Cook potatos in the peel. Test
have shown that 20 per cent Is lost
when potatoes are . peeled before
Rooking.
c.Dont waste bits of bread. Use them
tjuddings or to dressings for meat.
't despise eklm milk and butter-
They have a high food value
generally cheap. Use them
especially for children.
all labor as well as food-
pronerly used. The farmers
.pped for lack of labs,
wn and city
or of vrir-s
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Washington. iv ,
fklm r ona rm p.nt D A
Bt
i'Vothern
Railway System more c"'.Jy in touch
with the shipping public to the end
that quicker action may be had in the
adjustment of freight claims, a central
freight claim office will be established
at Chattanooga. Tenn., effective June
1, with branch freight claim offices at
Charlotte, N. C, Atlanta, Ga-, New Or
leans, La., and Louisville, Ky. The
present freight claim offices at Wsah
lag. D. C, and Cincinnati, Ohio, win
le continued.
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