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RUSSIANS ADVANCING
NEARER LEMBEliG ON
THE GALICIAN F&ONT
lawn of Halicz Already in Flaihes
is Being Stubbornly De
fended by Teutons.
BEING HEAVILY BOMBARDED
Over 20,000 Rumanian Prisoners
Taken by Germans and Bulgars
in Fall of Turtukai.
MORE THAN 100 GUNS TAKEN
Heavy Fighting Continues South
of the Somme River.
In Galicia the Russians are still
actively in quest of Lemberg, keep
ing up their pressure against the
Austro-Germans westward from
the regions of Brzezahy and Ha
licz. Near Brzezany the Russians
have driven back the Teutons from
fortified positions arid, advanced
to the Xaraiuvka river, a tributary
of the Gnila Lipa, and at some
points have crossed the stream.
Xear Haliez the railway line ha,s
been cut by the Russians, who now
are heavily bombarding Halicz,
which, although in flames, the
forces of the Central Powers are
still stuDoorniv aeienamsr.
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In "Wednesday 's fighting in the
Halicz sector, 5,645 - officers and
men of the Teutonic allies were
made prisoner. Both Berlin and
Vienna admit retreats between the
Zlota Lipa' and t)neister rivers. h.
Further Advance by Rumanians.
Likewise Vienna concedes a retreat
of the Austrian forces before the Ru
manians near Olah Toplitza, in East
ern Transylvania 20 miles from the Ru
manian border. The retreat was made
in the face o fa theatened envelop
ing movement. To the southeast of
this same region the Rumanians have
occupied the Gyeyrgyo-Ditro-Orsova
pass.
$20,000 Rumanian Prisoners.
In the capture of Turtukai fortress
the Germans and Bulgarians took more
than 20,000 prisoners and more than
100 guns, according to Berlin. Buchar
est says the fighting in this vicinity
is of great violence and that the losses
on both sides have been heavy.
The Russians in Turkish Armenia,
near Ognott, continue tb drive the
Turks from their strong mountain de
fenses, according to Petrograd, and
also have put down a Turkish offen
sive Tvest of Erzingan. On the Mace
donian front and in. the Austro-Italian
theatre the fighting is still beeing done
mainly by means of artillery.
In German East Africa two addi
tional ports Kilwa Kivinje and Kilwa
Kishvani south of Dar-Es-Salaam,
have surrendered to the British.
French Make Gains.
The infantry of the belligerents In
the Somme region of France was in
active Thursday except south of the
river, where the French, to the east of
Deniecourt, captured elements of
trenches from the .Germans and
brought forward their frjjnt more in
alignment with their newly acquired
in 2 running through Belloy-En-San-
terre and Berny-En-Santerre.
The day, however, was a continua
tion of the violent bombardments
hich always precede attempts at
Frenc hadvances by the Entente Ai
Hes. in addition great aerial activity
n;as shown by French and British ae
rial squadrons in bombarding points
3f vantage behind the German lines.
Inable to Counter Attack.
South of the Somme so violent was
t-ie French artillery fire that under it
the Germans were uable to make their
customary counter attacks, according
to Paris.
The Germans are heavily shelling
the French in the old first line German
trenches, a mile in length, between the
Vaux-Chapitre region nad the town of
Chenois, in the Verdun sector, which
v'ere taken by the French Wednesday
4 r.isfct.
more than 20,000 rumaniah
PRISONERS ARE CAPTURED
Berlin, Sept. 7 (via London).- More
than 20,000 Rumanians were taken
Prisoners when Bulgarian and German
troops -captured the Rumanian fortress
. Turtukai, says the official statement
ipRued today by th e German army
hearlriuarter8- . ,
The official statement says that In
th capture of the Rumanian fortress
more- than 100 euns weer taken.
i he
official appnnnt of onerations- in
the Balkan war theatre also shows
LI;at strong Russian forces have reach
Southeastern Rumania' hear the
Bulgarian border, where they are now
enaged with the Bulgarians and Ger
mans. The statement follows:
"The. victorious German and Bulga
rian forces have taken the' strongly
lortifiej town of Turtukai by storm.
The
number of prisoners taken by
the
"i, accordine to accounts already
received, exceeds 20,000, ' among whom
are two generals an4 more than 400
f-her officers. More . than 100 cannon
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GERMANY PLANNING
FOR A. TRADE WAR
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Preparing Herself to Actively
Meet Competition of Allies
After the Struggle.
MANY SHIPS BEING BUILT
Plans 'Being Made to Re-Equip Manu
facturing Plants With Machinery
of Maximum Efficiency,
Reports Say. ,
Washington, September 7. Germany's
plans for rehabilitating her foreign and
domestic trade are not being made with
out regard for the trade war her ene
mies propose to wage when the' armed
conflict Is ended. Official dispatches
received here today telling of Germany's
plans make it certain that the allied
trade drive will be met with the ac
tive competition of Germany.
While industrial Germany is reported
as regarding lightly the threat of a
trade war there are many evidences of
the physical preparations being made
to meet it. Large numbers of freight
and passenger ships are being built, the
reports say, and plans are being made
on an immense scale to re-equip man-
uiacturing plants with machinery o?
. ; " 1
One effect of the
maximum efficiency
war, as seen in Germany, has been, to
improve processes and cheapen produc
tion, v ' ,
Wide . publicity recently has . been
given in Germany, the reports say; to a
combination of several leading dye-stuff
and chemical concerns in the interest
of better equipment and increased effi
ciency to meet the new commercial
competition. Standardization of factory
processes and questions of marketing
and raw products are among the fore
most considerations. . . : -jj .
Recently i'it1. was" announced in GeN
many, , the Krupp's - acquired' several
large and valuable mining1 properties
in different parts of the empire, and
made plans for large extensions of its
business . with increased supplies of
coal, copper and other ores.
BEGINS TO SELECT MEN
FOR TARIFF COMMISSION
President Does Not Wait Until the Bill
Becomes a Lavr.
Washington, Sept. 7. While Congress
was still debating the Revenue bill,
creating a tariff commission, President
Wilson today .began the work of se
lecting the five men to compose the
commission. Among those under con
sideration are F. M. Halstead, chief of
the customs bureau in the Treasury
Department; E. E. Pratt, chief of the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic- Com
merce in the Commerce Department,
and Professor F. W. Taussig, of Har
vard University, a political economist
and tariff authority.
PLATFORM IS ADOPTED
BY THEUFFRABISTS
May Submit Federal Amendment
to State Legislatures.
Plan of Campaign Outlined by National
Association Propose to Raise $1,
000,000 by October of Next
Year.
Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 7. After a
long debate which carried the after
noon session of the convention well
Into the evening, the National Ameri
can Woman Suffrage Association today
adopted a platform outlining Its plan of
campaign for securing the submission
of the Federal Suffrage amendment to
the state legislatures for ratification.
It was' decided that the next annual
convention in 1917 be held in March
or "thereabouts;" that a lobby be con
tinued at Washington and that the as
sociation conduct a nation-wide cam
paign of education, agitation, organiza
tion and publicity in support of the
Federal amendment. A million dollar
campaign fund is to be raised between
October, this year, and October, 1917.
4 It was further agreed by the conven
tion that no state association shall ask
the le-cislature of its state for the sub
mission of an amendment or referen
dum to the people until the National
Board or Executive Council of the As-
sociatlon shall have been given the op
portunity to investigate conditions and
give consent.
The platform was adopted without
amendtment, after parliamentary tilts.
Debate on the resolution of President
Carrie Chapman Catt, presented yes
terday, which interprets the constitu
tion to mean that the submission of
the Federal amendment is the imme
diate and principal aim of the associa
tion and that all state work is merely
in preparedness to that end, f ojlowed.
- Many of the delegates became weary
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ratified Present session
TREATY
ISLES
Favorable Action Taken by Senate j
With Less Than Half a Doaen
Votes Against It.
URGED BY ADMINISTRATION
Ratification by This Country May
Have Much Influence on Situ
ation in Denmark!
Washington Sept. 7. The treaty pro
viding for the purchase from Denmark
of the Danish West Indies for. $25,000,
000 was ratified by the Senate tonight
by more than a two-thirds vote. There
was no roll call and less than half a
dozen senators, including Senators Nor
ris, Jones and Clapp, voted against it.
Favorable action on the treaty at
this session of Congress had been
Strongly urged by the administration,
particularly because of the influence ft
might have upon the situation In Den
mark where the lower house of parlia
ment has approved it and, a fight is
being made ;:f or ratification in the up
per House. Jj$t0ffi -
Re-Convenes Without Invocation.
The vote tonight followed several
hours of debate in executive session
while the Senate was awaiting the con
ference report on the Emergency Reve
nue bill, the only obstacle to adjourn
ment of Congress. Finding that no
serious opposition developed adminis-
tration leaders arranged for a recess
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O.XU O.OU U t.J. IV UU IUU11U Uf
a quorum and force final action. By
mistake adjournment instead of a re
Cess was taken, causing a few minutes
delay while the sergeant-at-arms look
ed for a minister to offer the invocation
required under the rules, but when no
minister was to be found a- precedent
was. established by dispensing with the
Invocation and voting began soon af
terward. An amendment by Senator Norris to
reduce the purchases prlce-.froini$25,0;0,0,!i
609 - to, $10,000,000 was dofsfct d Sy
'Overwhelming vote," and the treaty , was
approved just as it was signed by Sec
retary Lansing and Minister Brun in
New York, August 4th. . ' .
Negotiations Cover Half . Century..
""Negotiations for the purchase of the
islands, a-rlitle group. east of Porto
Rico, have been in progress intermittently-
for half a century. Because of
their strategic value, particularly since
the construction of the Panama Canal,
the American - government has been
anxious to acquire them, but to pre
vent the islands from railing into the
hands of any foreign power. German
interference was credited with block
ing negotiations on -the subject in 1902
after the United States Senate had rati
fied a treaty. ,
Practically nothing was known about
the recent conferences between Secre
tary Lansing and Minister - Brun, and
there was no annoucemet of the fact
that the egotiations had been renew
ed until shortly before the pact was
sighed. ' Even the terms of the pur
chase were kept secret until one of the
confidential copies of th'e treaty sent
to the Senate had disappeared and its
substance published.
Political Crisis in Denmark.
In Denmark the treaty has developed
a political crisis, that may result in a
new general election of members of
parliament and re-organization of the
cabinet.
Under the terms of the treaty Den
mark would' sell to the United States
the islands of St. Thomas, St. John and
St.. Croix, together with adjacent is
lands and rocks.
St. Thomas and St. John are a part
of the Virgin islands, so named by
Christopher Columbus. St. Thomas, an
important coaling station and depot of
trade with an excellent harbor, is 12
miles long east and west and from one
to three miles broad. The only article
of -export is bay rum.
St. John is eight miles lorg east and
west and of irregular breadth- Its
area is about 40 square miles. It oc
cupies an excellent position near St.
Thomas and Its port of Coral Bay on
the east side is said to be the best har
Jjor of refuge from cyclones in the An
tilles. .
St. Croix, also named by Columbus,
is 19 miles long, of Irregular breadth,
and contains 51,890 acres, of which
over 16,000 acres are devoted to the
cultivation of sugar.
j gnrisiiansiea, cummuuiy ca-uea ine
Basin, is the capital city or the Dan
ish. West Indlee and is situated at the
head of. an Inlet on the north side of
St. ' Croix. There are harbors at the
capital and. at Frederikstead, is the
second largest town.
The islands : are inhabited mostly by
free negroes engaged in the cultiva
tion of sugar cane. .
TO NAME COMMITTEE OF 30
TO CONSIDER SALE OF ISLES
Copenhagen, September 7 (via Lon
don) The proposal of the Conservative
party for-tbe appointment of a parlia
mentary committee of, thirty members
to consider the negotiations for the sale
of the Danish West Indies to the United
States was agreed to tonight by the rep
resentatives of various parties in the
Rigsdag, after a lengthy meeting. The
representatives also agreed to the con
servative proposal for a plebiscite under
the" new ponstltution, when the .com
mittee makes its report.
No agreement, however, has yet been
reached concerning the. formation of a
coalition' cabinet. That matter will be
discussed -at : another meeting - of .the
representatives tomorrow. ,,' - .
:no diidpua
l ull runiiitv;
Or CONGRESS W LL
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Both Houses Last Night Adopted
a Resolution for Adjournment
at Ten O'Olock.
AFTER 9 MONTHS SESSION
Conference Report on Revenue Bill
Approved and Measure Goes
to President Today.
Washington, Sept. 7. Congress will
adjourn tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock. After nine months devoted to
legislation,, both Houses, held protract
ed sessions tonight to wind up their
affairs by approving the conference
agreement .on the emergency revenue
bill to raise approximately f 200,000,
000, desired by the administration to
meet the extraordinary appropriations
for national defense an dthe Mexican
emergency;?
Only the. physical impossibility of
engrossing the revenue measure In time
for the President's approval before to
morrow morning, prevents final ad
journment tbnight, despite the warning
protests of '. members of both houses
who threatened, but did.. not execute
the threats, .to prolong the session by
demands for action on measures which
were forced over until December.
Scores of Members Leave.
Leaders of the Senate and House
agreed upon a concurrent resolution to
adjourn at 10 o'clock in the morning
and scores of members left town on
midnight trains eager to reach their
homes for participation in the national
political campaign.
The last appropriation measure, the
General Deficiency bill, was adopted by
both houses while waiting' for the con
ference report on the Revenue bill and
the Senate ratified the Danish treaty
to provide for purchase Of the Danish
Wst Indies 'for J25.000.000. The; cor
rupt . practices hjil, - to limit campaign
aI.xpen4itur - a dth'irnmigsaXis 11 ' bW
which President: WflaoB;3iad announc
ed he would veto If "parsed, were put
aside and will be takenup and pressed
to a vote early in the--December ses
sion. '
Provisions of Revenue Bill.
The Revenue bill, as it-will go to
President Wilson for approval tomor
row, contains drastic' provisions em-.
powering the President to , retaliate!
against foreign' Interference with"
American commerce, creates a non
patrisan tariff commission, increases
the duties on dye6tuffs to encourage
their manufacture' in the "United States,
provides means ,to prevent "dumping"
of cheap foreign-made goods into
American -markets . after the war, and
provides for income, inheritance, mu
nitions, corporation stock, liquor and
miscellaneous Internal revenue taxes.
Gardner Charge's " Hypocrisy.
During consideration ;;of the report
in the Senate. Senator Chamberlain, of
Oregon," protested .vigorously against
elimination by the conference commit
tee of a retaliatory provision against
(Continued "pn Page Two).
GRADUAL MODIFICATION
OF BLOCKADE EXPECTED
This as Result of. Reprisal Provis
ions of Revenue Bill.
Some Official Believe Passage of This
Legislation Already Has Had Soft
ening Effect on the A1-"
', lies Attitude.
Washington, Sept. 7. The expecta
tion of officials here issthat any change
the Allies may decide to make as a re
sult of the ; trade reprisal provisions
in the Revenue bill will be made grad
ually rather thanJn the form of a blan
ket modification of the blockade. By
exercising 'greater; leniency iri cases of
detained cargoes, by. less rigorously
enforcing the blacklist, by permitting
mails to pass, through ftiore quickly,
and by similar means, it. Is pointed out,
a great past: of the annoyance to Amer
icans could, be eliminated without a
formal acknowledgment t of defeat , in
the diplomatic controversy.
Some officials believe passage of the
legislation .-already hasr had a soften
ing effect-on. the AUIed attitude toward
American trade interests. Official and
unofficial dispatches : from London- in
the past few7days,.they point out, have
not reflected such an uncompromising
sentiment, as has gverbeen apparent
heretofore. ; ; ; W itn tne - retaliatory , au
thority ..in , the jhand of -the President,
these - officials , predict, . the -; Allies r will
realize more -fully. wha,t sweeping,, ef
fects their j restrictive -measures have
had on thisVide of the Atlantic and im
portant modifications quietly will Ije
put into effect:". Just that, ;it Is under
stood, was , the purpose which the. State
Department ' hoped to 'accomplish by
proposing i legislative action.
No protests have come from . any
country, according to Secretary Lan
sing today,' although the bill has been
discussed informally ..-with. - Sir. -Cecil
Spring-Rice the British ambassador.
END
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SPENDS BUSY DAY
Congressman Small and Dr. Poteat
Also Speak at Greensboro's
" Conservation Dinner. "
GIVES HIGH POINT A CALL
Secretary of War Addresses Large
Political Gathering at Winston-Salem.
(Special Star Telegram.)
' Greensboro, N. C; Sept. ,7. -Secretary
of War Newton D. Baker was the -honor
guest and principal speaker at the
"Conservation Dinner" given by the
chamber, of commerce - here . tonight.
Other speakers present were Dr. W. L.
Poteat, of Wake Forest College, and
Congressman John H. Small. Mr, Ba
ker arrived from Washington this
morning, took breakfast with A. L.
Brooks, visited Guilford, battleground,
then, went to Winston-Salem where he
spoke on political lines .then to 'High
Point and back here for dinner in the
State Normal College dining ream this
- ... v 'iff - -
evening. - EH returned to Washingon
on a lale .trln. -.
1 Fifty students of the State Normal
College served the ;elegant dinner fn
a most acceptable manner; and there
was prolonged applause when they
marched from 'the dining hall in two
lines by either aisle.
Toastmaster A. L. Brooks proposed
a toast to the President of the United
States which " was responded to with
great enthusiasm, as was the toast to
Secretary Baker a few minutes later.
The diners then rose and sang "Caro
lina," the chorus of which was sung
by several hundred men.
x Behind Secretary Baker, as he spoke,
was a . large National flag, while he
faced the North Carolina colors. . He
congratulated "the college and chamber
of -commerce upon bringing together
uehalarge company of men. Cham
bers . of commerce were described ' as
one- of the. Nation's greatest progres
sive and. organizing forces. -"Human
Conservation."
The speaker's subjects was "Human
CohservatIon."r - Two-thirds ' of the
world's people he said, still: live in
houses ''ot:'-baB'o6f41t7:ated
how many of the - world's people still
live in a primitive condition and use
primitive tools, by stories from tho
Philippine Islands.
Civilization he defined - as -the giv
Ing- up of- some liberties -for the good
of the people as a whole. In primitive
corfntries questions are settled by
Might, while in civilized communities
they are settled by' common agreement
Or 'concessidns or by organized govern
ment. J
Changes 0 present 'means of living
and' conditions In the larger cities
were discussed.
His reference, to the phild' labor law
received applause. The speaker want
ed the health and minds of men con
served, but hoped that neither he nor
any of his successors in office, would
befs called upon- to rally these men to
the 'defense of the nation against a
foreign foe. ' '
" "One of his epigrams was that if a
man wants to do a thing all' at once
he is a radical; if he wants to put it
off forever he is a conservative; He
urged playgrounds and parks and de
clared there must be recreation for the
men" and women who do the world's
work. He urged the restoration of
neighborhood control.
The only statements ; made by the
speaker that could be considered of a
ppliticaj nature were his declaration
that' the water power" of the country
should be owned by the government
for the benefit of all ' the people and
jthat the Congress just adjourning had
put into law nearly all of, the progres
sive platform of four years, ago:
it was 11 o'clock; when Secretary Ba
ker concluded. The banqueters then
sang 'America," after which' Congress
man Small sp.oke on the "Conservation
of Waterways." "Dixie," was" then
sung. , . . -'
President Poteat concluded with
powerful appeal for conservation' of the
natural resources, of the State and the
opportunity of all the people or the
etate lor a iai.r cnaucc.
REVIEWS ACHIEVEMENTS OF
THE WILSON ADMINISTRATION
"VVinston-Salem, N. C. Sept. 7- ;Secre
tary of War Newton D, Baker address
ed. the voters of ' this ; county . in the
court house here ' today. ' His .'speech
was an able exposition of the policies
and achievements of" the Democratic
administration. ' Secretary Baker laid
great stress on' the fact that America
was still . at, peace at a time when
world-wide strife was prevailing. He
pafd high tribute to Wilson's- diplo
matic victories, saying tnat tne great
est military, nation that, the , world has
i ever seen had admitted herself, in error
and' conformed to the. dictation bf Wil
son. . : ; ... ;
V His statement that the passing of the
Child Labor bill was one of many'em
ocratic victories brought prolohged ap
plause from the crowd. He'pausea and
then said: . . ." fcJr ' .
. VI am glad to hear that." I. am glad
to hear that.' I. have studied the ques
tion for 20 years "and "I am proud that
4' pemocratic- Administration passed
thkx 9-ift."; . .. -rv,,,
; He stated that, Wils'on's. Mexican pol
icy, was. ho more ..'than .admitting . to
Mexico the' saqie' principles' for" which
Are, Idught'.' in 'the "Revolulfbhary war
tContlnued, on Page TrUKfj - '
d " t J1 frit .
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
BEING MUSTERED OUT
OF FEDERAL SERVICE
INQUIRY MADE INTO
FERTILIZER TRUST'
Methods of Competition Found to
be Detrimental to Smaller In
dependent Concerns.
WILL MODIFY PRACTICES
Small Firms Actually . Operated by
Larger Concerns .Will Hereafter
be Fully Idenrifted ' With
Parent Interests. '
Washington, Sept 7. "Independent
firms in the -fertilizer industry actual
ly operated -by larger, concerns, or the
so-called "fertilizer, trust." will here
after be fully identified with the par
ent interests,, according to a report
made public today by the Federal Trade
Commission- -which has been investi
gating the fertilizer, situation. The re
port- says the companies concerned
have agreed to show their various re
lationships on their containers and let
ter heads.
The commission's: investigation was
made in compliance with .resolutions in
troduced last, year by Senator Simmons.
of , North Carolina, to whom farmers
had complained regarding the high
price of fertilizer, $150,000,000 worth of
whjch was consumed by the American
farmers in 1914, In a. letter of submit
tal to the Senate, accompanying the
report, the commission: asserts that
there are In the United States 800 con
cerns operating, some 1.200 plants, but
that seven of the. large companies, the
largest being the Virginia-Carolina
Chemica,. Company. ,and the American
Agricultural Chemical. Company control
58 per .cent . of - the - total output.
It ' is." asserted "that . the : nriees
paid by tariners for - mixed ferti
lizers ha've :henj;high In compari
son with ..the cash . value Of . the con
stityent , element s, partly", 'because of
credit conditions and expensive distrib
uting methods ':Of the large companies.
Credit.' Conditions 'Rurdensome.
"Credit: conditions Affecting farmers,"
the: letter Continues,, ;"areYso burden
some that- some . action; legislative or
otherwise, should -bei taken ' to remedy
them. Any, action .that would . reduce
the . high interest rates -on ; agricultural
credits, particularly on .-.short time
loans, would tiend-tor -reduce- the farm
ers', prices, both oh - fertilizer materials
and mixed fertiltzfer:5-"
. By the practice " of concealing the
identity of controlled companies, which
the commisslonc'has scheduled in hav
ing discontinued; Vthe large . corpora
tions are said in tfceV report to have been
enabled to get more dealers in a given
locality and . thus; .irtcrase.'their sales
to the detriment: 6f th smaller com
peting concerns y in addition, it has en
abled , them . to vJoeheftt-.financially from
business wh ich' - they icold not get un
der their ownnamesr trjeJl-to farmers
who are dissatisfied" withr the same
(Continued , qn 'Page Two.)
IS RETURNING SAFELY
Exploring Ship : Clnett Reaches
Battle Harbor, Labrador.
No "Crocker Land" Was Found by the
Expedition Admiral Peary Was
Apparently , Deceived by
a ' Mirage. -
Battle Harbor, Labrador,; Sept. 7.-
The exploring ship -George B. Cluett,
bearing the Crocker ' Land Expedition,
headed by Donald JB. McMillan, enter
ed Battle Harbor today.
Donald M. McMillan, the Arctic ex
plorer, left New York; July 2, 1913, in
search of "Crocker Land."
..With , the explorer went Ensign Fitz
hugh Greeir, U.;S. N.,' engineer and phy
sicist; W. & ' Exbiaw,- geologist and
botanist; Maurice O.-Tanquary, zoolo
gist; Dr. Harrison J.-. Hunt, surgeon,
anl Jerome Lee Allen, wireless opera
tor. - '.,'.' ,-'' '
After establisKih"g their base at Etah
in the spring " of -.1914, McMillan and
Ensign Green made; a dash of 130 miles
across the Polar - ice - to -the supposed
Crocker land, which Admiral Peary
after returning from, the" North Pole
said he thought he had seen. Led on
by the mirage' that apparently had de
ceived Peary,, they continued . unsatis
fied that there was ho land in the lo
cation descrlbed by Peary. They then
returned. Ensign Green having barely
escaped death , in an avalanche of
snow." Within .24 hours after they had
left the ice field on which, they had
traveled for days,' according to reports
sent by McMillan to civilization, be
came a seething, boiling mass of ice.
McMillan" then attempted a particu
larly dangerous journey across the ice
to' Finlay land, 1,00 ..miles away.
For many months nothing was heard
from him-and in Ju.ly,-1915,-the schoon
er Georger iB.r 3ue-tt'"feftf5t:- Johns, "N.
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CROCKER Ui PARTY
Twelve Regiments, Comprising
Over 15,000 Men, to be Dis
charged Soon as Practicable.
ALREADY IN HOME STATES
Paratyphoid Epidemic Delaying
Discharge of Members of 14th ;
New York Infantry.
OTHERS TO 00 TO BORDER
Troops in Mobilization Gamps to
be Moved When Ready.
"Washington, September 7.
Orders were issued by the War
Department today for the dis
charge from Federal service as
soon as practicable, of 12 National
Guard regiments, comprising about
15,000 men recently withdrawn to
their home states from the Mexi
can border, and a number of small
er organizations of some 1,500 col
lege and university students.
Paratyphoid Epidemic.
Orders for the mustering of addi
tional units are expected to follow
soon. The first regiment to leave the
Federal service will be the 14th New-York-infantry,
now at camp near Fish
kill, N. Y... which will go as soon as
itr members are freed from danger of
paratyphoid contagion.
A number of cases of the disease al
ready have been reported in that regi
ment, and it will be-held as a-matter
of precaution in ' the camp1 until the
infection has beeh eradicated. Suf
geon General Gorgas 'said today a vig
orous' campaign against the disease
was being waged and that he expected
to see tt stamped out promptly. , A spe
cial paratyphoid serum is being manu
factured and special precautions are
taken to prevent the infection from
spreading. There are about 40,000
guardsmen still in State mobilization
camps arid these probably will be dis
patched to the border very soon to re
lieve men now serving there. Secretary
Baker favors giving all the state
troops a- chance for the training to be
acquired on. the patrol line.
: Withdrawal From Mexico f
Today's orders were construed by
some officials, as a preliminary move to
the withdrawal of General Pershing's
regulars from Mexico. Officers of the
general staff "insisted, however, that the
release of the guardsmen resulted
principally from the improving condi
tions on the border.
The original. order for all guardsmen
in the Federal service to move to tho
border as soon as possible, although
held in abeyance by General Funston'a
request, received by the department
when the railroad strike was imminent
has not been revoked. Secretary Ba
ker is expected to lift the suspension
shortly and permit the troops waiting
in, mobilization camps to move as soon
as they are ready.
The order releasing the colloge men
requires them to go to their home
mobilization camps for mustering out
and resuming their statuses in the state
guards.
FORD SUES THE CHICAGO 1
TRIBUNE FOR $1,000,000.
Asks Compensation for Personal Dam
ages .as Result of Editorial.
Chicago, Sept. 7. Suit for $1,600,000
was filed by Henry Ford, the Detroit
manufacturer, against the Chicago
Tribune in the United States district
court here today. Mr. Ford asks for
personal dariiages as compensation for
an editorial printed in The Tribune
June 23, which, it is charged, called
Ford an "anarchist."
The bill charges that The TribunO
"sought to bring the plaintiff into pub
lic hatred, contempt, ridicule and flnan
ical Injury," by publishing the edi
torial.' .
The editorial,' it is charged, referred
to Mr. Ford as. "ignorant, a deluded
human being," and "an anarchistic ene
my to the , nation which protects him
in his wealth." .
The editorial also charged that em
ployes of Mr. Ford's would lose their
positionalf they went to the border as
members of the National Guard.
CONSULS ASKED TO FORWARD
ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION
Investigation as to Sinking of Vessels
With Americans Aboard.
Washington. Sept. 7. American con
suls ' at Glasgow and Barcelona were
directed today to forward all available
information, regarding the sinking of
the British steamer Kelvinia, from
which' 28 Americans were rescued.'and
the-'Italiah bark Stella Del Mare, which
had two ' "presumable" Americano
among . her crew".' The . State Depart
ment asked particularly whether th
Kelvinia was- sunk by a torpedo or
mine arid ' for Lthe circumstance's of tho
alleged submarine attack upon the
Italian vessel. " ' -
A message received today from Con
sul McC'unn at Glasgow' said the . 28
American survivors of the Kelvinia
would leave Glasgow tomorrow .for
New York on the liner Tuecania. Their
affidavits will be secured by Federal
agents "at New 'York Mf the Glasgow
consul is unable to 'take the testimony
before they saiL
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