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IYjr 1 r A m the corner" Are yu quali" WEATHER; Generally fair Thuradayiand Friday. VOL. XCVm-MQ. 168 WIXHINGTO, IT, C, THUBSBAY MORXIXG, SEPTEMBJEB 7, 1916 WHOLE DUMBER 39,696 FRENCH DRIVE THEIR WEDGE FURTHER INTO E CONGRESS NOT TO I HE OPENS THE CAMPAIGN IN NEW HANOVER. " " 1 i ..... . i , , , . . ", i ii i III i m l . ; 5 i - y - : . . . : i 1 " 1 1 . i 11 ALLIES ATTITUD NEW YORK FACES ANOTHER STRIKE TO BE DETAINED Americar vvae Legislation to be Diso a Before Qrand Trade Council at Paris. ADJOURN LINES OF THE ENEMY 4. Germans Forced to Give Up Por-j tions of Towns of Vermando villers and Ohaulnes. LOSSES AT OTHER POINTS Berlin Concedes Victory to Russ ians on Front of Zlota Lipa and Dneister Rivers. NO GAINS NEAR LEMBERG Rumanians and Teutons Still Are Fighting in Dobrudja Region. While their compatriots were busy "Wednesday north of the Somme. warding off German coun ter attacks or engaged in artillery duels, the French south of the ri ver drove their men farther into the German lines for noteworthy gains. In stubborn fighting over a front VormanHn. m XULli ' villers and Chilly, the (jrermans t have been forced to give up the northern portion of Vermandovil lers. while the French h'aVfe occu pied the outskirts of the railway junction town of Chaulnes and thrown their forces along the rail way running from Chaulnes to Roye. between Chaulnes and Chilly-other Gains for Frencb. To the north the operations of the French with Barleaux, and ultimately Peronne, as their objective, also, met with success. Southeast of Belloy-en-Santerre further German trenches were captured and most of - the village of Berny-En-Santerre fell into French hands. Paris says the. number of pris oners taken apparently was large. Berlin admits the loss of Clery which ies a short distance northwest of Pe ronne. In Galicia, on the front of the Zlota Lipa and Dneister rivers, the Russians have driven the Teutonic allies from fortified positions and have taken 4,500 prisoners, among them about 2,000 Ger mans. Berlin concedes a victory to the Russians in this region. Violent fighting continues around Brzezany. southeast of Iemberg, but here Berlin says the Russians have suf fered heavy losses and have made no advance. Russian attacks near Zbo row, northern Galicia, and in Volhynia, also failed, according to Berlin. Fight ing is still going on in the Carpathians, where the Russians claim the capture if additional heights. In the Rumanian theatre German and Bulgarian troops are still engaged with the Rumanians in the Dobrudja region. Berlin reports the capture of eeven of the utrakan works, together with their armored batteries. The Ru manians claim that they have re-taken all the Dobrudja frontier east of the Danube between' Bulgaria and Ru mania. The towns of Islacx and Kala- fat on the Danube have been bombard ed by the Teutons. The Russians in Turkish Armenia continue their progress against the Turks near Ornott inflicting heavy casualties on them, according to Pe trograd. On the Macedonian front only bom jg; oardments are in progress. In Albania the Italian advance has been stopped, says Berlin, and the Teutonic allies have re-captured all positions taken from them recently east of Avlona, SIT GAR. IS CHEAPER. larger Refiners Announce Drop of 75 Cents Per Hundred. San Francisco, Sept. 6.rThe larger sugar refineries here announced today a drop of 75 cents per 100 pounds in refined sugar in consonance with re cent decreases in raw sugar quotations. It was said to be the most important change in refined sugar since Euro pean demands shot prices up to 7.85 Per 100 pounds. TO DEFY AD AM SON LAW. Will Not Comply With It Until Made to Do So by Supreme Court. Topeka, Kas., Sept. 6. E. P. Ripley, President of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, declared in a for mal statement tonight that the Santa f r does not intend to comply with- the Arlamson 8-hour law, recently enact ed by Congress to avert a threatened "ailroad strike, until ordered so to do iy the United States Supreme Court. GASOLINE AGAIN DROPS. Another Reduction In Price of One Cent Per Gallon. New York, Sept. 6. Another reuc "on of one cent a gallon in the price of gasoline, making the wholesale Pce now 22 cents a galion, was an nounced today by the Standard Oil -ompany. The reason given, was the hea.vy increase in the production of "we oil. WILL NOT CHANGE SUFFRAGE POLICY National Association Votes to Con tinue Pight Through State and Federal Sources. BE NEUTRAL IN CAMPAIGN Thia la Favored by Virtually All the Speakers Before the Convention Novr In Session at At lantic City, Bf, J. Atlantic City, N. J., September 6. The National "Woman Suffrage Associa tion by aa overwhelming: vote today, decided to continue its present policy r of working for equal rights through both National and State legislation. The vote was taken after a long de bate and no sooner had the applause that greeted the announcement of the action taken ceased than a resolution was presented which threatens to again open the whole question tomorrow. Virtually all the speakers declared Jfor strict neutrality in the presidential campaign and to continue the non par tisan enorts or ten association to. Dnng about equal suffrage throughout the United States. Women from every state in the union are attending the 48th annual conven tion of the association, which was call ed two months in advance of its regular meeting because of the national polit ical campaign. The question of contin uing the present policy of the associa tion came before the convention in the form of two proposed amendments to the organization's constitution. One proposed that the association drop work on state legislation aifd concentrate on the proposed amendment to the Federal constitution. The other provides, that the association cease its activities to getting woman's suffrage by states. The amendments were .defeated by a viva voce vote in which few affirmative voices were heard. Then Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the associ ation, presented the following resolu tion: "That the 48th annual convention of teh National Woman Suffrage' Associa tion interpret Article II of the consti tution, which pledgtes our auxiliaries to secure teh vote for women by appropri ate national and state action, as mean ing that the Federal amendment is our immediate and principal aim; and that all state campaigns, whether legislat ive or referendum, are preparatory to this end" The resolution stirred up opposition and there was every evidence of a stormy session, when on motion the resolution was made a special order for 11 a. . m. tomorrow. There -was a three cornered debate on the policy question. Miss Clay led the forces who favored exclusive state action; Mrs. Ida Husted Harper, New York, was the principal speaker for concentration on the Federal amend ment and Mrs. Raymond Brown, New York,, made the principal address in favor of no change in policy. Mrs. Catt said that she believed both presidential candidates were sincere and honest, and declared that both (Continued on Page Two)., - GERMAN SHIPS TO BE TAKEN FROM NORFOLK Auxiliary Cruisers to be Transfer red to Philadelphia. Prlnz Eltel Fried rich and Kronprlnz Wilhelm Will be Convoyed to Their New Station by Amer ican Warships. Washington, Sept. 6. Convoyed by American warships and flying their own flag, the German auxiliary crui sers Prlnz Eitel Friedrich and, Kron prlns Wilhelm, now interned at the Norfolk navy yard, will be transferred to Philadelphia some time between tifi 20th and 30th of this month. The American escort will serve the double purpose of guarding against attempt to escape and protecting the German boats from attack by Allied .warships, as it wUl.be necessary for the squad ron to pass outside the three-mile limit. . . The State Department will notify the German ambassador of the change, but it will not be necessary to ask permission, as this, country has become responsible for the ships and may do whatever it believes necessary. Th'o transfer is . to be made because con struction of a new dock at Norfolk has reduced avertable space there. ThereJN 324 officers and men on th Prins "Ettb Frledrtch and 420 on the Kronprinz Wilhelm. Tbye -facilities at Philadelphia will allow greater lib erties to the' interned seameh, who aro (kept under close surveillancet NO PROTEST IS EXPECTED Formal Action .Will Possibly Not be Taken Unless President Wilson :'V'AFtallatory Measures in Force. Washington, September 6. What shall be' the attitude of the Entente Al lies toward American trade legislation will be determined by the grand Trade Council of the ten belligerent govern ments at Paris. Entente diplomats here said today no action would be taken until authority had been received from the council and in the meantime all in formation on the subject obtainable was being forwarded to Paris. Formal notes of the protest from the various governments are not expected. L.. .,, , . , 4V. t-, taction will be taken unless the Presi- dent actually puts into force the discre tionary powers of refusing clearance papers to ships discriminating against Ameircan goods, withholding the use of telegraph and cable lines from subjects of discriminating governments and de nying important privileges to countries which restrict American trade. Now that the legislation is certain of enactment, there Is a tendency in di plomatic quarters to minimize its im portance. It is realized, however, that with such powers actually on the stat ute books, pressure will be brought on the chief executive to use them. Explaining the position of the State Department today, Secretary Lansing said it was not felt that the resources of diplomacy had been exhausted In efforts to remove illegal restrictions upon American trade and indicated that there would be no disposition to put into effect the legislative weapons un less an impasse actually was reached and the attitude of Great Britain and her allies had to be regarded as "un friendly." It also was explained officially at the department that specific approval had been given there to 'only one of the amendments, .to ttif. j?evenue bill, that giving authority to refus clearance to vessels declining to carry American cargoes for any reason other than lack of space. It was pointed out that the new legislation represented a crystal lization of views growing out of months of discussion between members of Con gress and aim in istra ton officials. COLONEL CHISHOLM ELECTED. Unanimously Chosen Commander-in- Chief Spanish War Veterans. Chicago, Sept. 6. Col. Daniel V. Chisholm, of Washington, D. C. was unanimously elected commander-in-chief of the United Spanish War Vet erans at the annual reunion here today. The next reunion will be held in Cleve land, O. BREMEN TO ARRIVE SOON? Reported In London She Will Reach America Within 10 Days. London, Sept. 6. It is reported here that the German submarine merchant man Bremen n.ay be expected at an American port within ten days, prob ably at Ne ,v London, Corn. JUNIORS WILL MEET NEXT IfUSHEVILLE Some of the State Officers Were Elected Yesterday. Balloting for the Other Officers Contin ued Las Night W. E. Yopp is l Chosen One of National Representatives. (Special Star Telegram.) Goldsboro, N. C, Sept. 6. This after noon Asheville was selected as the next meeting place by the State Council Junior Order United American Me chanics in session in this city, followed by the nomination of officers which re sulted In a lively debate concerning some of the officers, but the conven tion remained in perfect harmony. Af ter debating for a short time, the fol lowing officers were elected: State Counclllbr, C. F. Alexander, Charlotte; secretary, Sam F. Vance, WinstonrSalem; .treasurer, George V. Fulp,. KerhersviUe; fchaplain, Rev. J. A. Koons, Rockwell. National Representatives: W. E. Y6pp, Wilmington; C. E. Sands, Relds-,ville;vJ- W. Sechreet, High Point; D. Cobb, Goldsboro; W. A. Cooper, Ra Lelgh; L.. T. Hartwell, Concord. Ail "of the officers were unanimously elected, After a lively debate following the election of thes officers, no nomination could be made for office of vice coun cillor, assistant secretary, conductor, warden, inside sentinel and outside sen tinel and tonight the balloting was again resumed but it is predicted that it will, .be a late hour before a selec tion wi.h hfe made. j Union Oar lien on Interborough Subway and Elevated Lines Vote to Quit at Once. OARS ARE STILL RUNNING President Shonts Says With Adequate Police Protection Transportation to the Public Will be Guar - anteed. New York, September '6. A strike was declared'earljj tpnight.by unionized employees of the -subway- and elevated railway lines dperated "by the Inter borough Rapid Transit Company. About 1,500 of the 1I,7jOO. car. men in the com pany's pay Voted at a mass meeting to quit work immediately. Union officials asserted that, with ,the possible exception of the lines in Brook- i lvh. New York's electric transportation facilities would fee completely paralyzed by morning. They were confident, they said, that the: motormen and conduct ors in the surface lines in Manhattan, Harlem and the Bronx also would strike through sympathy. Theodore P. Shonts, president of the Interborough Rapid, Transit . company, declared that with adequate police pro tection the company could cope success fully with the situation, and. "guaran tee transportation to the public." He said that only a small number of the company's employees had become un ionized. Trains were running on regular sche dule an hour after the strike was an nounced. Mr. Shonts Issued a statement declar ing the company would "fight the union to a finish." Five thousand patrolmen held in sta tion houses in anticipation of the strike were pressed into service. Preliminary details called for policing each subway and elevated train and all stations. In the event of a strike on the surface car lines, it was Said one patrolman would be placed on each car. Special squads of policemen and de tectives will guard power houses and car barns, in many of which strike breakers have been quartered. . Oscar S. Straus, chairman of the public- service, csommissjon.. at a con ference dtw4ng,rthe day with represen tatives of the union requested that the strike call be held up, pending another attempt by himself and Mayor Mitchel to settle the trouble. The labor lead ers declined. Union leaders declare many workers were discharged today because pthey refused to take off their union badges. Interborough car barns gave the' ap pearance of barracks. Approximately 4,000 men have been housed and fed in preparation for the anticipated strike order. Most of them were hired by strikbreaking agencies at the time of the railroad emergency and were taken over by the Interborough. Employes on the "Green Car" line of the New York Railways Car Company also voted tonight to strike. This is one of the most important of the city's surface car lines. The men acted through sympathy for the subway and eleyated railway employes. The Interborough employes demand an annulment of individual contracts binding them not to seek wage in creases for two years. Should the strikers succeed in their purpose, more than 12,000 employes will be effected and New York will face the worst tie-up in its history. Thus far the union has confined its demands to the Interborough and its subsidiary (Continued on Page Eight.) TWO VESSELS CARRYING AMERICANS ARE SUNK Reported to State Department by Consular Officers. However, There Is No Information to Indicate Either Vessel Was At tacked Illegally To Start Investigation. Washington, September 6. Sinking of two vessels In the European war zone with Americans aboard was re ported to the State Department today by American consular officers. The State Department will investigate both Incidents to determine if American rights have been violated. There Is no information now at hand to indicate that either vessel was attacked ille gally. , ' . . - '-. ' - A dispatch from Consul McCuhn, at Glasgow, announced" that there were 28 Americans on board the British ateam er Kelvlna when she was -sunk by a mine or torpedo, September 2, while bound from Newport News, Va., to Avonmouth and Glasgow. All of the Americans, muleteers, -were rescued and are now in Glasgow. Consul Hurst, at Barcelona, Spain, reported that two "presumable" Amer icans, James Andrews and Lon Bruce, were among tne crew of the Italian sailing vessel Stella Delmare, which was sunk by a submarine off the Bal earic Islands on August 29. The mes sage did not state whether the crew was saved nor give the addresses of the two members believed to be, Amer ican citizens. ? H iVRSp3iIIHMMBjr h SB m JflH 1 Hon. Thos. W. Bickett, Democratic nominee for Governor of North Caro lina, who spoke at a big raHy of Democrats in Wilmington last night. He will speak this morning at 11 o'clock at Burgaw to' the assembled hosts of Democracy in the progressive county of Pender. OWEN BILL BRINGS POLITICAL DEBATE Corrupt Practices Measure Causes Clash Between the Republi cans and Democrats. SOME HEATED EXCHAIIjGES Senators Curtis and Ashurst Furnished the Excitement of the Debate Per v sonal Encounter Looked Im minent. Washington, Sept. 6. While the Sen-" ate was Waiting today on the revenue bill conferees, the Owen corrupt prac tices bill was taken up and made the vehicle for several hours f- acrimo nious political debate. Democratic and Republican senators indulged in per sonal exchanges .and regaled, their fellow- senators with accc-unts of cam paign contributions and . the rewards given some contributors" in ' the past. The vote ito take up the "bill was 32 to 14, nine Republicans voting with the ma jprit yto consider the measure and seven Democrats VQtiu'g' against it. Seantor Owen, its author, tonight can celed a speaking engagement tomorrow before the Ohio Democratic conven tion to remain here to fight for its adoption. It probably will be taken up again before noon tomorrow and the Oklahoma senator intends to keep it before the Senate until a vote is se cured or, what Is more probable, ad journment is forced by the leaders. ' Senators Curtis, of Kansas, Republican,- and Ashurst or Arizona, Demo crat, furnished the excitement of the day's debate in an interchange which looked for a few minutes as if it might result in a personal .encounter. The bill would -restrict campaign ex penditures of candidates for the Sen ate, the House and for the Presidency and vice-presidency to a greater ex tent than existing law. Senator Curtis argued that such a measure passed when a campaign is half over might work unfairly- against men who have already spent the stipulated amount. He advocated a more stringent law than that proposed, and one that would particularly restrict the use of the con gressional frank to -prevent senators or representatives from sending out campaign appeals, at government ex pense. He read -a -latter .from Senator Ashurst to a constituent . reciting his J record as a basis .far. .support and said j he understood, that. 70,00.0. .of these had . been franked out, in violation of the privilege. "If the Senator charges, that this is a violation of the law," said Senator Ashurst when he got the floor, "he has sweet bread for brains.". He explain ed that his letter had ' been submitted and approved by the Postmaster Gen eral and oneof his assistants as being matter which cOuld be franked and told how former President Taft, when in the Philippines. hd th, then Secre tary of War Root exchanged cable grams at 52 cents a vord paid by the .eevernment to discuss Jlr. Taft's health hand a horse-back ride. Calling Sena tor Curtis the "Pharisee frpai Kan sas," and brushing aside several ehalrs, he strode across the center aisle and shook nVp finger u'rlder " Senator. Curtis' nose. Senator Swdot seated " Just be tween the Jtw'o.v moved bfek. in mock alarm as Senator1 Ashurst approached. (Continued on Page Twd RATIFICATION OF TREATY PROBABLE Senate May Approve Purchase of the Danish West Indies at the Present Session. WAS INDICATED LAST NIGHT Another Executive Session of Senate WU1 be Held Today and a Vote Asked Over ' TwoTfcirds Favor Ratification. Washington, September 6. Adminis tration Senators tonight had hopes of ratifying at this session of Congress the treaty to purchase ttt Danish West In dies for ?25,OOO,0OO, After several hours discussion in executive - Session, there were clear indications that more than two-thirds of the Senators favored the purchase. , ... . , . Senator Stone, chairman of the For eign Relations committee, asked for a vote tonight, but yielded when inform ed that Senators Borah and Cummins, who .were absent, deslr jd to discuss the treaty before any vote was taken. A few Senators, including Senators Nor- rls. Nelson and Thomas said they thought the price to be paid was too high. Senator Nelson, however, said he thought the price ought not to prevent the purchase. Among Republican, Senators, who urg ed ratification of the treaty, was Sen ator Penrose, who declared the islands should be acquired by -the -United states at once, and said the price was not too great to pay. - Senator Lewis urged immediate rati fication of the treaty and acquisition of the islands as soon as possible. Whfen the Senate adjourned it was with the understanding that another executive session would be held tomor row, and a vote on the treaty asked. Several Democratic Senators said they believed ratification would follow. Sen ator Stone would make no predictions. PROPOSE DE-CONSIDERATION OF THE SALE OF THE ISLES. 'Copenhagen,. , via London, Sept.' 6. Representatives of- the four political parties in the Danis.h parliament met today and heafd the conservatives pro pose that, simultaneously, with the formation of a coalition cabinet, a com mittee of 30 members, 15 from each house, be appointed to re-consider the sale of the DanisSf- West Indies to the United States. The conservatives pro posed further that the committee should make. a. report and that the convention with the United States then should be submrttefd to a plebiscite un der the new constitution. The proposals also provided that if the plebiscite, showed that less than half the electors jare against the sale treaty it shall "Jte re-submitted : to the Rigsdag, and if more than half are against it the United States shall be informed that the convention cannot be ratified. The proposal will be dis cussed tomorrow. 3 i- Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept. 6. Al bert A. Nostrum, of Colorado City, died today of injuries sustained when a por tion . of the bleacher seats collapsed Monday at the Werth -White fight. At local hospitals it Was stated that all of the rereainirig injured probably w.lll recover. - ; Conference Committee Finds It Difficult to Reach an Agree ment on Revenue Bill. WORKED FAR INTO NIGHT Adjournment May be Delayed Until Sat urdayA Filibuster Develop Aaglnst Corrupt Practices ActOther Troubles. ELIMINATION OF ALL THE STAMP TAX AGREED UPON Washington, Sept. 6. Elimination of all stamp taxes in the Emergen cy Revenue bill, seriously objected to by the House, was agreed upon late tonight by the conference com mittee, House conferees yielding in exchange for this concession their demand for restoration of a tax on refiners of copper. To make up for the loss of about $5,000,000 revenue in sacrificing the stamp taxes, the conferees are agreed to a suggestion of House members increasing the net profit on manufactures of munitions of war be increased from 10 to 12 ljT per cent. Washington, Sept. 6. Plans Of ad ministration leaders to adjourn Con gress tomorrow, night were abandoned tonight when the conference committee on the Emergency Revenue bill Indi cated that it could not reach an agree ment until, some time tomorrow at the ear-liest. There is a possibility that the report may not be ready before Friday, and that adjournment may be delayed until Saturday. Although the conferees worked far intb the night, much of the bill wae left for consideration tomorrow morn ing. Senator Simmons, chairmaraof the Senate conferees, said he believed an agreement would be reached in time for presentation' to the House sobn af ter it meets at noon. But the Revenue bill is not all that is delaying adjournment. In the Sen ate a filibuster has developed against the passage of the corrupt practices act, and various senators are clamor ing for consideration of minor bills. The general deficiency bill still is be ing held up in conference until a re port on the revenue measure has been made, and in addition to these obsta cles, leaders of both houses expect that. general debate on the Revenue bill conference report will occupy many hours. Senator Kern, the majority leader, said, after reviewing the situation, that lie did not look for-adjournment before Saturday. Some of his colleagues, however, insisted that nothing could hold Congress later than Friday night if the revenue bill was disposed of by that time. Although Senator . Owen Is keeping up a fight On the corrupt prac tices bill, there Is a general under standing among the leaders that no vote will be taken because that would result in calling back to Washington a quorum of the House and postpone adjournment indefinitely. After an all day discussion of the Revenue bill, the conferees had not completed consideration of amendments to the income tax section when they adjourned for dinner. Administrative features of the income tax provisions were the stumbling block. They had settled the rates of taxation, however, and agreed finally that the normal tax on incomes should be 2 per cent, and that the Senate amendments increasing the surtaxes on large incomes should be retained in the bill. After dinner the conferees resumed their work, de termined to speed up with a view to reaching a complete agreement some time tomorrow morning, if possible. Constitutionality of the Senate amendments empowering the President to retaliate against British interfer ence with American trade and Ameri can mails had been discussed informal ly in conference. There was no dispo sition to eliminate any of the provi sions which have aroused diplomatic representatives of the Allied powers in Washington, but it was stated that one of the amendments might be re vised. None of the conferees would in dicate what change was contemplated. There were reports during the day. that representatives opposed to the retalia tion features would demand a quorum of the House to approve them. This was denied later, however, and Repre sentative Gardner, of Massachusetts, leader of the opposition, stated that he would not demarfd a quorum unless as sured that he could defeat the amend ments by such a step. Of this he had no hope. Objection by Representative Fftz gerald, chairman of the House Appro priations committee, to the $300,000 continuing appropriation for the new tariff commission, would result, itwas repbrted, In eliminating this provision. Representative Fitzgerald is refusing to participate in the conference on the general deficiency appropriation bill until assured that the Senate has yield ed on this amendment. STORM MOVING NORTH. Was Attended by Moderate Galea Off the North Carolina Coast. Washington, September . The storm reported Tuesday off the South Atlantle coast was central tonight over the 16w er Chesapeake bay, and moving north ward, weather bureau repdrts said. It has been attended by winds of moder ate gale force off the North Carolina coast and rains in the Atlantic states, from the Carolinas northward t Maine. ;
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