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WILiMEN'GTON, 2. THUBSDAy MOBiaQ, AXTGUST 24j 19T6
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weather'
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EXECUTIVES
KNOW HOW TO RAISE.
ADDITIONAL REVENUE
jhree Railroad Presidents Go to
White House to Get Mr. Wil
son's Reply, It is Said.
HOLD A LONG CONFERENCE
President Discusses Situation With
Senator Newlands and Rep
resentative Adamson.
FLEDGE AID OP CONGRESS
Employes Show FlIITl;.rSi
ness Over Delay.
"Washington, August 23. In
another effort to aid the presidents
of the country's railroads to find
some way in which to accept an
eight-hour day for their trainmen
and avert the threatened strike,
President Wilson tonight conferred
for an hour and a half with Presi
dent Hale Holden, of the Burling
ton: Daniel Willard,of the Balti
more & Ohio, and R. S. Lovett, of
the Union Pacific.
Conference Not Discussed. .
Neither White House officials nor the
presidents would discuss . the eonf er-
ence.
It was said on authority, how-
ever, that the three executives went
to the White House to receive an an
swer to the suggestion, they 'made to
Mr. Wilson last night "that he give
them more specific information as to
ho-sr the railroads may get additional
revenue necessary to take care of the
greater pay rolls that will cone with
the S-hour day.
Earlier in the day President Wilson
discussed the railroad ' situation at
length with Senator - Newland : and
Represfcaiative Adamson, chairman of
the two committees of Congress in
charge of legislation affecting ' inter
state commerce. Their visit was the
consequence of that of , the, railroad men
. last night. The two. chairmen are said
to have agreed that the President's 'p6
sition in the present situation 1 was
right and to have said that every ef
fort could be expected-in Congress to
pat through any " legislation ? which
might help to solve the present diffi
culty and provide for the future.
Congress Might Take a Hand.
- One of the means of recouping sug
gested by the President to the rail
roads in his public outline of his posi
tion was through an increase in freight
rates. It was pointed out tonight that
the President cannot directly ask the
Interstate Commerce Commission Mo
grant increases to the railroads. Con
gress, however, might pass a resolu
tion directing the commission in view
of what it considers an unprecedented
situation to grant higher rates. -".'-.
Congress also might pass a resolu
tion directing the commission to in
vestigate all matters involved in the
present controversy and the whole
subject of the relations of railroads
and their employes. One result ex-:
pected from today's conference is an 1
early effort to pass the bill introduced
several months ago to increase the
commission's membership from seven
to nine.
It became evident tonight that most
of the railroad executives have come
to believe that there can . be only one
Tay of preventing a strike and that is
ty accepting the eight-hour day plan.
The chief effort in their own confer
ences today .was to find some scheme
tr which an eight-hour day may be
Put in operation on all the railroads
at the least added expense. Many sug
gestions along this line have been
de by presidents, but no one of them
has proved feasible when submitted to
,the a ciri test oZ operating officials. ,
Mr. Holden's Statement.
At the conclusion of their conference
tonight with the presidents and man
agers, Hale Holden, president of the
Burlington and a member of the com-p-ittee
of eight, gave out the follow
iRg statement: ' -
' The railway executives who have
here at the request of President
v -ilson ,are proceeding as rapidly as
Practicable with their 'work. " It must
ke understood, however, the problem
'th which these men are wrestling
13 the most important and gigantic
""er pre&ented to. any boy- of men in
r-e industrial history of thi country.
'They cannot, therefore, consistently
'th. their duty to their security hold-r
"s- their employes, or the public, reach
final conclusion regarding what ac-
"on they should take without much
"J'scussion, study and - thought. Their
liberations, participated In by prae
l!cal!y ioo men suddenly caJled togeth
er from all parts of the United States,
r'i'!ir--; time. ' . ;
"If our deliberations seem to pro
cee'l slowly it is due to the facts that
i have mentioned. For us to act has
n'y would be a hetraval of the ereat
responsibility we owe to all the par.
es concerned and most Of all to the'
Public." r ,
The Principal Difficulty. "
.t As the conferences' continued today
became more evident that . the prin
cipal difficulty of the situation is. -to
. r't a plan of action acceptable to
the railroads. Many suggestions
a-e come from the 60 or more presi
ents here and have been laid before
-e managers. In every instance they
ave been rejected as impractical,, and
executives take, the ppsition. that
0 Pln which the managers do not de
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WANT TO
SEWALL'S POINT !S
'RAIDED' BV A '(ilOB'
Stores. of Supplies for the " Blue'
Fleet Theoretically Destroy
ed and Piers Burned.
A FEATURE OF WAR GAME
Fleet From Landing oi
American Soil.
"Washington. Aug. 23. The Navy De
partment was taxing its resources to
night to fill up the first hypothetical
gap in the country's defense which
has developed in the naval war game
in progress off the Atlantic coast. The
oretically a mob of un-uniformed men
today overpowered the naval guard at
the piers at Sewall's Point, on Hamp
ton Roads, destroyed great stores of
coal and supplies collected there for
possible use of the "Blue" defending
fleets and burned the piers. , .
To ' add to the realism of the game.
Rear Admiral Benson, chief of opera
tions, formally communicated the hy
pothetical disaster at Sewall's Point -to
Paymaster .General McGowan, whose
duty it would be in war to cope with
the situation there. The paymaster
general immediately -set his forces to
work to locate new stores of coal and
supplies and to find means for sending
them - to some point on the Roads at
the - earliest possible moment. '.The
problem requires that -actual supplies
be fqund and the possibility of getting
them forward promptly be figured out
in order -to' test the machinery of1 the
department..
While naval forces ashore were d.eal-
iing with, tbisjangle of the game, Rear
Admiral HelM stilly was sweeping the
seas with his scouts in a southeasterly
direction from Narragansett.; the base
from - which. -he", sailed yesterday morn
ing, in an effort to repel Admiral Ma
yo's "Red" fleet. Presumably the ?'Blue"
scouts were within 300 miles of the
enemy's last, known position at day
light, but no report that "Red'V battle
craft had been sighted reached the de
partment up to a late hour. V : 1
' Officers here say Admiral Mayo pro 0;
ably has changed his course and is en
deavoring to slip around the end of the
600-mile line of scouts with his 15 bat
tleships and 30 transports. If he can
reach" a point between Cape Hatteras
and Eastport, Me., without . having
been sighted he will be able to employ
his fleet to hold off the "Blue" squad
rons while a landing is affected.
The Sewall's - Point base was only
one of a number so scattered along
the coast," that -the. defending fleet
would have .quick access to any stores
it might need. Should the department
fail to repair damages before Admiral
Helm calls upon it for aid from that
particular base his ships will have . to
go far out of their way to coal and
take on ammunition and supplies.
SHOWER BRINGS RELIEF.
Temperature In New York Drops From
"00 to, 77 Degrees. '
New' York, August 23. A thunder
shower followed by fresh breezes,
brought relief late today to New York
ers who. for two days had been swelter
ing in inten.se heat. The temperature
dropped' from 90 degrees at 1-p. m. to
77 degrees at 5 p. m. Five persons died,
from the heat in Brooklyn earlier in the
day, and many prostrations were re
ported. ' '.' ,J.
GREAT BRITAIN LAYS
El
Bars Shipments hrough Neutral
.Ports to Central Nations.
Embargo , Modified Ten Days ?Ago Re
Established, Effective August 31.
Exporters to Loae Million.
Overman to protest. ,
. (Special Star Telegram.)
WashWngton, Aug. S.-u'rprise was
created in - government circles today
when the British embassy announced it
had received a cablegram from Xohdon,
saying an embargo will be laid on all
AmericahV tobacco shipments t to Ger
many and Austria through neutral Eu
ropean ports after August 31st. It
was stated that shipments bought and
paid for to August 1st will be allowed
to go forward through Holland.
Ten days ago Great Britain modified
her order blacklisting American tobac-
co shipments to the ' Central ; Powers,
in order that Virginia, North Carpiina
and Kentucky exporters might , fill
their contracts with the Teutonic pow
ers. Her action-in re-establishing the
embargo means the , loss. 6f millions of
dollars to American ' tobacco exporters
who had made contracts .with German
and Austrian concerns . when Great
Britain announced a year . ago tobacco
shipments -would he allowed'; to go
through to those countries.- 4?. C :
Senator 'dveriiun' will make, a' vigor-
nils DrULCUl LUUiV&lvn,
iARGO
Oil TOBACCO
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DISPLAYPESSi'l
Are Flooded With Information
Concerning Rumania's Taking
.-. -Sides With the lilies.
ABSORBS PUBLIC INTEREST
One Expert Says Rnssia's Free Use of
3few Territory. VoId be Chief
V' ' : vTPacov464l' Pow
ers Would Face.
London, jAug. 23. The Hungarian
newspapers are being : flooded with
pessimistic information concerning
Rumania which is absorbing the pub
lic, according to a Budapest dispatch
to the Morning Post. The Hungarian
public believes, says the dispatch, that
the liberty they' enjoy at the hands of
the censor is designed to prepare thp
people for the worst.
The military expert of the Pesti-Na-plo
says:
"The entry of Rumania into the war
will not at first jiffect the military
situation in the Balkans, for the Ru
manians will have to adhere' to the
united strategic plan of the Allies and
will not be permitted to go straight
for Transylvania. Dobrudja and Bul
garia will be their immediate aim. Five
hundred thousand or 600,000 men of the
Rumanian army are hot the chief fac
tors for the consideration of the Cen
tral Powers,; but rather. the problems
presented by the new territory1 which
the Russians will be allowed to use
freely in the invasion of Hungary."
Meanwhile the anxious hours are not
being spent in idleness in Transylvania
when every able bodied man suspected
of Rumanian sympathies v is being
shifted. to other parts of the country.
The Rumanian newspapers in Tran
sylvania are under' the strictest con
trol and Rumanian priests and church
es are under military supervision. All
aldng the Rumanian frontier the mil
itary forces have, been reinforced, de
fenses strengthened and every precau
tion, taken against Rumanian interven
tion. .
WIISON CRITICISED FOR HIS
"CHARGES" JW ANNUAL MESSAGE
German Roaa Catholie CentralVevetn
" PnMMea 'Resotirtlon. ' - "
New York, Aug. 23.- President Wil
son was criticised tonight in- a reso
lution passed at . the. closing sessing
here of, the German Roman " Catholic
Central-Verein " for having " "preferred
charges''lnjlits' message .to Congress
"against a part of our citizenship, who
theretofore enjoyed the proud distinc
tion of . unquestioned f loyalty and pa
triotism." Action on . the , resolution
was taken only after . there had " been
a heated debate on the question of
propriety of a . religious organization
"entering, into political fields."
The resolution was presented by a
committee headed by Joseph Matt, of
St. Paul, Minn. .
Joseph Frey, , president ' of the Central-Verein,
-.objected to the jar3olution
on the ground it ..would be construed
as an attack on the candidacy, of . the
President.
The annual convention, of the Ameri
can Federation of Catholic Societies
adjourned today. . '
ODD FELLOWS TO MEET
IN DURHAM NEXT YEAR
Grand Encampment Elects Officers
and Adjourns.
Mr. John E. Wood, of Wilmington. Re
Elected Grand Treasurer ; H. T.
Greenleaf. of Ellaabeth City.
Grand Patriarch.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 23.- Durham gets
the 1917 session of the North Carolina
Grand Encampment, L O.' O. F.t that"
city having been selected in the clos
ing hours of the convention here to
day. New officers" elected and install
ed were: , : .
' Grand Patriarch, T. A. Green
leaf. Elizabeth City; grand high-priesSt;
Col- J. C- ' Besant Winston-Salem;
grand warden, J. D..Be'rry,' Raleigh, arid
John L: -Wade, FayetteviUe ; . grand
scribe, Li. W. ; Jeanneret, Asheville;
grand treasurer, '; John E.. Wood,. Wil
mington; grand marshal, O. W. , Jones,
Winston-Salem; 7 grand . sentinel, . W.inr
ston Davis, Raleigh, and T. W. Phil
lips, Washington; . grand .representa-:
tive, W. B. Bagwell, Durham.
The grand encampment, turned. py$r
to trustees of the Odd Fellows Or
phanage, polds,boro, funds raised for
erection' of a modern dairy barn.-
With Grand Patriarch W. B. Bag-
well, of 'Durham, presiding, the sixty-
ninth " annual grand- encampment of
the y North Carolina. ; Odd . .'; FeUdws
convened in Odd , Fellows' hall here
last nigh! and cotnpleted: the pre
liminary work ready for the busi
ness oI;the session to be taken up this
morning. The encampment will be in
progress through, Friday of this week-
There was the conferring .of the
the conferring. of the de- standing total risks of about $11,000,
number of candidates vlastl O00L .: -- 'f : k- ---. ' . -w "r'i
Ls6-the- appointment "of ' the' ' " " " ,:' ' . ,.- 7 .; '"'":.,' ;
grees on n
night and also-
working committees - tor the conven
tion. The-Encampment is meeting here
instead of Ashajiille, ,on,; account of
eacHes German Waters
' Berlin,' August 23 (By wire
less) The merchant submarine
Deutschlind ' arrived at the
mouth of the Weser on August
23, according to - the Overseas
News Agency. - The agency,
says that the Deutschland arT
rived oh 'the afternoon of Au
gust 23, and anchored before the
mouth-of the" river. All on
board were well. .
Ths Deutschland, a German
super-submarine built for car
rying, merchandise, ; arrived at
Baltimor&ffrom Bremen on July
9 with a cargo of dyestuffs and
mail. Her arrival was hailed
in Germany as the beginning of
a regular submarine merchant
service - between the United
States and ; . Germany, which
would be able to defy the Brit
ish blockade. It was announc
ed that she would be followed
shortly by the Bremen,1 a sister
ship. i
The -Deutschland left Balti
more on her return journey on
August"!, with a cargo of rub
ber and metal, and passed out
of the Virginia ctpes on the
night of. August 2 . 1
SOME PARTS OF BELT
Is Stpl Unsatisfactory in Practi
cally All Gulf States.
Damage by,. BoU Weevil Continues. In
the Central and Eastern . Gulf .
State, i Snwmary by the
Weather Bureau.
- Washingtoni Aug 23. -Cotton contin
uesin - .very" Asatisf actory - condition
In practically 'allVf the' Glilf 'Statesi but
showed some improvement during the
week which ended yesterday, .accord
ing to the national -weather and crop
bulletin issued today by the Weather
Bureau. Reviewing conditions for the
week the bulletin says vj ; ' ; .
'There, was - some . improvement in
cotton in central and- southeastern dis
tricts arid - the abundant- sunshine and
small amount of rainy weather pro
duced favorable . effects 1 most eastern
sections. The - crop is still in a very
unsatisfactory condition, - however, , in
practically ;:aU of the, Gulf States, due
to the earlier . excessive rains. - The
crop deteriorated steadily in Oklahoma
and the growth i was almost entirely
suspended. Hot. and dry weather in jur
ed the crop, in' northern Arkansas also,
but in .other .portions, of that, state cot
ton is considered good . to excellent.
Frequent showers in south. Texas pro-;
duced favorable effects in most eastern
ton.. The bolls are opening premature-'
ly in Oklahoma, -and shedding . is . re
ported in nearly all Western and South
ern states. . .' '' " . 1 . .'
"Damage by weevil continues also in
the ' Central . and x Eastern . Gulf states.
Much opened cotton was blown away
in extreme- south Texas by; the- wind
accompanying the Gulf storm of the
18th-19th, :". but fortunately the high
wind did not extend ..into , central and
northern parts of the State. . The work
of picking and ginning is progressing
in the central and southern portions of
the Gulf States, ad the bolls are open
ing in the more northern aprt of . the
area. Picking was delayed in Arkan--sas
because of the excessive -heat
"Corn is maturing rapidly in South-,
ern states.
"Sweet potatoes were benefited by
the. weather Tn the Southern states' and
the crop is" promising. They : are be
ing harvested in Texas and are nearly
ready for harvest in Georgia.
"Gardens, and truck crops in South
ern states suffered from' dry weather
"Peanuts made good growth and are
doing well. This crop, is being dug in
Arkansas, with good yield,, t
"Rain is needed for tobacco in west
ern Tennessee, otherwise the Weather
was favorable for the crop and 'the
condition and -outlook are good. Hous
ing and curing are going on in all
Southern areas. In Virginia the crop
is curing up -well vith ; a' good bright
color." ' ' '.'.'. . - ' '-
WAR RISK. INSURANCE BUREAU ' .
' ' BRINGS PROFIT TO TREASURY.
More Than' 1,500 Policies Issued Since'
J. .Its Establishment. I
:s'T''-
Washington, Aug.: 13.-Since its ch
tablishment'; nearly two years ago the
bureau- of-""war risk -insurance has
brought a 'net profit to ;' the Treasury
Department Vf of 12237,859- Secretary
MrAdoo i RoV announced todav in mak-
lng pubiic reductions in rates on sev-'
eral classes :, ox i insurance ; lor. -Amert
can, steam vessels and non-contrabnd
cargoes.---: -' -'.':'-' ; ,v .- :
M6re than 1,500, policies have been
issued by the bureau, covering a total
of $141,415,302 insurance. -Known loss
es have amounted", to 3771,39, and of
this $58,811 has been recovered in sal r
vage. At present the bureau has out
, -.Waynesboro, Va., Aug. 23. Mrs.
Grant Herring, and Nelly .Gardner, a
child. were - killed " by the same " bolt
of "lightning during an electric storm
COTTON
IMPROVES
V ILA'S PRESTIGE
IS BELIEVED LOST
Pershing Reports He ' Was Last
Heard From Making IJis Way
South Into "Durango.
HAD A SMALL FOLLOWING
Lanatngr and Arredondo Tentatively
Aa-ree on Meeting of Joint -Com-
' - mltMon at, .Somr;laee 'o:
-at Some . Place ".on: -'-; -'
r Enand"cSaa
New
-Washington, Aug. 23. In a telegram
to the War Departmet today Briga
dier General Pershing reported that
Francisco Villa, when last heard from,
was making his way south into Du-
rango with a small, following and that
the opinion was general that his pres
tige was gone and that he never again
could become a serious factor in Mex
ican affairs. : General Pershing said
that until recently Villa had been se
cluded in .the mountains of southern
Chihuahua, where he was driven last
April by American" troops.
JOINT COMMISSION TO MEET
THE FIRST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER
Washington, ; Aug. .23.- Secretary
Lansing and Eliseo; Arredondo, Mexi
can ambassador, designate, today ten
tatlvely , agreed . that the joint com
mission to discuss border problems
should, meet at some place on the New
England cpaat during the first week jn
"Mr. Arredondo called at the depart
ment to receive, formal notification
that the American commissioners had
been selected-and were ready to-meet
the Mexican members as soon' as the
time and place could be arranged. Both
the embassy and the department -were
in communication with Mexico City
tonight, in regard to fixing a date for
beginning the sessions.
GOVERNMENT ADDS 6280
ACRES TO FOREST RESERVE
Large Portion of This Is in Western
.. . . . .
" North" Carolina.
Washington, Aug. 23. Addition of
62,880 acres to the government's for
est Preserves in -the Appalachian 'and
WhiteJTfidurrtains, bringing total area
purchased up to 1,396,367 acres, was
. announced tonight by the National For
est Reservation. Commission. .Fifty
nine tracts are comprised In the new
acquisitions, .the largest being in the
Kilkenny Purchase area, in New Hamp
shire, and covering 36,000 acres. About
"17,000 acres '.axe -'in' tb ?&$lj&'&6kin
tains, making the totaI? acquired there
698,086 acres.
'Smaller -tracts were purchased in the
Southern Appalachian mountains, the
largest total on any - area being that
of ; 7,678 acres, in Transylvania oounty,
North Carolina, on -the Pisgah . forest
Other tracts in Avery, Caldwell, Macon
and1McDowell counties, North Carolina,
ori vthe Boone, . Nantahala and - Mount
Mitchell areas, aggregate 1,870 acres.
Approximately 2,000 acres of ; the ap
proved lands are on the Potomac, -Shenandoah,
and Natural Bridge -areas in
Virginia; 956 acres are in.. Rabun and
Union counties, Georgia, and the re
maining 586 acres are in Monroe and
Sullivan counties, Tennessee. - - v
NO COMMUTATION FDR
'ilELEOWIGGINS
Graham County Murderers to Pay
- Death Penalty Sept., 1.
Governor Craig Denies Flea and Gives
' Reasons Therefor, Citing 'Atro
cious Nature of the Assas
sination. (Special Star Telegram. ;
Asheville, N. C, Aug. 23. Governor
Craig today denied the plea' of com
mutation of sentence for Merritt Mil
ler and Hardy Wiggins,-under sentence
of death for the murder- of Phillip
Phillips, of Graham county. , The- men
had ..been granted reprieve until "-Sep-teraher
1, and will "be executed on-inat
date, unless the Governor grants an
other respite. The prisoners were said
to-have belonged to a gang of which
Ed Williams, son-in-law of Phillips,
was the leader. . Williams is serving a
lite' term for the murder, of three' other
nteinbers of the Phillips family,
f. Governor Craig issued a lengthy
5tit.ement giving his reasons for refus
ingi to comniute the sentences ; of the
two1 men, his . principal reason being
that Phillips, after" being . shot, had
tied the mule he was riding; and when
ills -idaughterV found him... .told her; that
it 'was no use to go fdr a doctor," that
hewas -dying, and that Merritt MiUer
and -Hardy Wiggins had. attacked .him,-
MiUer ; shooting him. Her;, described
where they had itpod. and repeated
his assertion on several occasions be
fore' his death. This, coupled- to' the
fact? that he was -shot .'from behind a
l$g'f where the ass&sslns- were 'con
cealed .and that, blood hounds ! trilled
th -two men; to .'some extent, followed
pv V'their i, conviction and . jths refusal
of ;the Supreme -Court", to set aside -the
verdict, the Governor says, leads .him
lo'ref use-to commute th,e-6entenoss of
PENROSE ATTACKS
REVENUE MEASURE
Urges Industrial Preparedness as
Protection Against Trade War
fare After the War.
RESPONSE BY UNDERWOOD
Alabama Senator Speaks at Lenjrth In
Defense of Existing Tariff Law
Produce Multitude of
Statistics.
Washington, Aug. 23. Debate in the
Senate on the Emergency; Revenue bill
today was featured, by a long . speech
by Senator Penrose, urging industrial
preparedness to safeguard the country
against commercial warfare at the
close of the European war and vigor
ously attacking" the pending measure.
He questioned the legality of the pro
posed munitions tax and criticised the
proposed inheritance tax and the gen
eral Democratic advance toward sub
stituting direct taxation for the pro
tective tariff.
Senator Underwood, Democrat, au- j
thor of the present tariff law, and
Senator McLean, Republican, also par
ticipated in the discussion, the former
defending the tariff law against Re
publican attacks and the latter charg
ing the Democratic ; administration
with extravagance' and deploring its
tendency to resort to sources for Fed
eral taxation that should be reserved
to the states. ' -
"This question of "industrial prepar
edness," said Senator Penrose, "has re
ceived definite- ; recognition in the
pending bill in the provision relative
to the dyestuffs. :
"If .dyestuffs require' a protective
duty,-and if thqy' are" essential to our
industrial independence, I conclude
that the same, argument can be ap-i
plied all along 'the line," he said.
"We are drifting 'tvoa system of di
rect taxes at a- time- when nearly ev
ery civilized nation Js, going, in the
other direction," he said, r
If a munitions tax 'is to be imposed.
Senator Penrose" declared, it 'should be
applied, to . all" ' who sell : contraband
goods to . nations . at. war. .
Senator Underwood spoils, at length
in defense of the existing-tariff law.
He approvedthe pending revenue bill
ih its main features; ".he ' said, . but did
hot concur -lnthe" recommendation forJ
a tariff commission . afid increased
duties in Ayestuffs- - After reviewing
the ' operations. , of i the; . tariff law and
submitting . a multitude ot, statstics,
Senator Underwood- said' .that he had
"conclusively vdemonstrated .that tar
iff taxes' now, on j the statute books
do not Jeopardize American industry or
threaten - American 'labor.".. The law,
he- declared, ;ws .'written to provide
revenue arid.in-reRudiation of the Re
publican doctrine- which -levied taxes
primarily for the-purpose of maintain
ing protective tariffs to , foster and
build up special- Industries. .
CHARGES PACKERS HAVE HAD
- ' v: -
HAND IN HIGHER BREAD PRICES
Renn
ntative Ralney Appears Before
Trade Commission.
Washington, Aug. 23- Charges that
packing companies seeing; a possibility
that meat consumption - might increase
if prices for. bread- were , raised, have
had a hand in", the ' movement for
higher bread .pr&esiwerife made by Rep
resentative Rainey of -Illinois, today
before, the Federal vTrade; Commission.
He declared ohe-of . the-bistgest Chicago-bakery
companies" advocating price
advance is . controlled.' by packing in
terests. He also charged ; that bread
buyers are being deceived by a wide
spread practice of-mixing an excess of
water with the dough and then giving
the loaves a quick crust to retain the
weight
DAMAGE TO BATTLESHIP
TheWestf alen Was Hit Saturday
by British Torpedo.
Seml-Offlelal Telegram Says, However,
the Battleship Continued Capable
of Maneuvering and Will
Soon be' Repaired.
London, Aug. 23 (8:20 P. M.) The
German battleship .Westfalen was hit
and slightly damaged on . Saturday by
a British torpedo, it was admitted in
a semi-official telegram from Berlin
today, according to Reuter"s Amster
dam correspondent. The Westfalen,
however, it ia declared, "continued ca
pable of maneuvering and will shortly
be repaired. .A, second torpedo missed
the battleship, the . message asserts.
A British announcement yesterday
told of an attadc by the British subma
rine - E-23 on' a German battleship . of
the Nassau class in ' the 'North Sea. The
submarine 'commander. , reported that
while the ship was being escorted back
to port in a damaged condition he at
tacked again arid, struck her with a
second torpedo - and ; believed she was
sunk. '" ' ' ';':-'.;
-' The Westfalen-rls ' one, ; of .the Nassau
class, displacing 18,602 tons. - She was
at first reported' sunk In the -Jutland
naval engagement last Hay. : '
BERLIN ADMITS SLIGHT
BOTH LONDON AND
Have Advanced Along the Struma
and Entrenched Themselves
at Various Points.
BRITISH GAIN IN THE WEST
Berlin and Petrograd Make Con
flicting Claims as to Fighting -on
the Eastern Front.
With no important changes in the '
main war theatres, interest remains
centered on the new Allied offensive
on the Saloniki front .The latest des
patches, however, throw little right
on the situation, and the Allies' plans
are somewhat obscure.
London reports that the Bulgarians
have advanced along the Struma val
ley and have entrenched themselves
at various points. Berlin also reports
further advances for them on the right
wing, where they face the Serbians.
Apparently, however, no action of first
importance has yet developed.
Interest in the attitude of the Greeks
has . been heightened by dispatches
telling of the determination of the
Greek commander at , Seres to resist
the Bulgarian and of 'volunteers being
organized for his assistance by the
Venizelo leaders at Saloniki. There
has been no further . development in
the .Rumanian situation. The last re
port from Berlin maintains that Ru-
, mania has not reached a decision. .-.
On the west front thfr French are
apparently marking, time, while ths
British push against Thiepval and
Guillemont. London reports a fresh
tightening of the ring around Thiep
val. in, the capture ,of 200 yards of
German trenches south of the town.
Bitter fighting is going on in this sec
tion. The Germans succeeded in en
tering some British trenches, but,
according to London, were immediately
evicted.
Conflicting claims are made by Ber
lin and Petrograd on the fighting on
th " eeas-terh front; r Both report - the
capture ' of positions near Jablonitza
pass, where a violent struggle has beep .
in progress several days on the crest
of . the Carpathians. . Berlin also
claims the sanguinary repulse of Rus
sian , attempts to . cross the Stokhod
and " apparently' desperate fighting is
going on. , '
Both Berlin and London continue to
make claims and counter-claims in re
gard to the recent fighting in the
North Sea. Berlin admits that the
battleship Westfalen was struck by . a
torpedo from an . English submarine
but maintains that the damage was
slight. The German admiralty reit
erates that British battleship was heav
ily damaged, by a German submarine.
This is emphatically denied by the
British admiralty.
BERLIN SATS BRITISH WERE
UNABLE TO MAKE ADVANCES
Berlin, (via' London), Aug. 23. The
British have kept up their attacks on
the Somme front between Thiepval and
Pozieres but have been unable to make
any gains; according to today's, offi
cial announcement by army headquar
ters. South of the Somme the French
have been driven out of some por
tions of a trench which they had held
since Monday, says the statement re
garding . operations ' on the westers
front, which reads:"
"Between Thiepval and Pozieres Brit
ish attacks were vainly repeated.
"North of Ovillers fighting continued
at close quarters through the night.
Near Maurepas, enemy grenade attacks
failed.
"The enemy artillery on both sides'
continues to display great activity.
"South of the Somme, near Estrees,
small portions of a trench in which,
the French had maintained themselves
since Monday have been cleared and
three officers and 143 men fell into
our hands.
"On the right bank of the Meuso
(Verdun front) we repulsed enemy
hand , grenade attacks in the Fleury
sector. Minor infantry attacks in the
hilly wooded region went ' in pur
favor." . - '
further' advance for THE i
BRITISH EV THIEPVAL REGION
London, Aug. 23.- A further advance
by the, British in. the region . of Thiep
val Is recorded in , the British official .
statement' this, evening which says
that 200" yards of-.a German trench
have been captured ' there. The silenc
ing of German artillery at three-dif-'
ferent points: also is recorded; - The
statement says: .:-.':- i.;-
"South of - Thiepval .(in the' Somme
region) we gained a further 200 yards
of a German trench which has
strengthened our line and improved our
position. - '
"The enemy's artillery which had
been showing much ' activity, was si
lenced in three diff efeilt areas by the
counter-battery work of our' heavy
guns, which appeared . to be very ef
fective. '."''-
"When the weather, cleared yesterday -,
evening. , enemy aircraft, . which had
displayed unwonted enterprise, were
engaged - in largo ' numbers- with most -satisfactory
results. The fighting was
continuous until . dusk. At least four
hostile machines were destroyed and
many others . were driven . down dam
aged and apparently, out of control.
Others - wears. , pursued at the - aero-drome-
We suffered no casualties.
,: "pesplte the r continual ,. fighting, a
reconnaissance was, completed success
fully . and bombing raids .were carried
out , against 6undry points of tmpor-
tanoa.
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