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VOL.XCIX-NO. 225. ML MALE VOTERS FF JM 21 T&30 YEARS OF AGE, INCLUSIVE: WILL BE SUBJECT TO SERVICE IN ARMY cenate and House Conferees Break Deadlock and Reach Agree ment on Draft Bill COMPROMISE IS EFFECTED provision for Roosevelt Division Killed Prohibition at Army Posts is Accepted QUICK APPROVAL EXPECTED jegistration May Begin in Little More Than Two Weeks -"Washington, May 10. The long deadlock of Senate and House con ferees on the selective draft mili tary bill was broken today with agreement on a compromise meas ure linder which a great war ar my would be raised by selective ennscrintion of men from 21 to 30 years of age, inclusive. Authorization for recruiting Colonel Roosevelt's proposed vol unteer division for service in j France, written into the bill by the ! Senate, finally was thrown out on the insistence of House conferees. In return, the House yielded to the Senate's proposal for prohibi tion at military posts. . Early Approval Expected. The conference report is expected to lie approved by both Senate and House in a feu- days, and within i-twr weeks j after the President has affixed -his sig nature registration of those eligible for conscription will be under way. through out the country. The War Department las erected a vast and intricate war machine for assigning and organizing the conscripts. They win be assembled at training camps in September. The compromise bill is understood to be generally satisfactory to the admin istration and to the army general staff. The most important change made in Congress was in the age limits, fixed by the staff at 19 and 25, inclusive. The ...tu. . nviii ettiu. 4 I auu Lite House 21 and 40. The ages named in the conference agreement makes the toft applicable to all male voters un der 31. 'With the Roosevelt proposal, the con ferees also threw out a Senate amend ment under which three regiments of volunteers could have been enlisted for service on the Mexican border. Exemption Applications. .The section dealing with exemptions mm draft was re-written in part by 'ne conference committee, and provision as made for hearings in exemption applications before local civil tribunals ith the right to appeal to a second tnbunal and finally to the President. Republicans in the Senate who have tavored giving Colonel Roosevelt au- inority to raise and take American 'oops to France, declared tonight that tnh would be made on the floor j nave the Senate insist on the reten on of this feature. The general ex tl ,' how'ever, is that the confer- uecision will prevail. prohibition provision as agreed n , es li(iuor beer and wines from n milnary post, but does not forbid in r giving tnese beverages to ;,;ers excpt when in uniform. im?L conferees Put into the bill an to nr ment sivins the Resident power End paani,ze and equip for each infantry coL y briSale three machine gun Panics, and for each . division, of PanincSeniCes' four machine gun com ing m addition to. those, comprised u"cn orsanization of these units. He one 3S S1Ven authority-to organize tomDanvrd motor car machine gun "ipan f0r e h , , Those Absolutely Exempt. smp :ons from the selective draft nnJh" "ually as originally sug ffi,.;., Dy tne general staff. Those ab- Init'!, o.eXempt delude officers of the rC an!i any state or territo Wtv ers students of recognized fwll r. tneologcal schools and lous srhr r el1 recogmzea reilg Rani r realization at present ' V l ', fT 1 --, ...11 . - . t'fl J ose fls Participation existing creed" for in war. The last tan't serv:"0t exemPt frm no.n-comba- servi.-0 ?-aMiiion. th lza to e President is author- efniiT; e or aischarge from draft Scerc bounty and municioal of rTt-- n 's l?s house clerks. postal cm tiais or ,"rknien in navy yards or arse ernmJ'n?.0riCS' others in the Federal , V1 it infant . Cer . "-a'snate; pilots and mari ternn iy eiT1Plo"ed in sea service-1 years ago, constructed mostly of mar ... 1,5 tnganefl in in.,..i.. i-, JS ' . . . ... 'hem'"; found to bo necessary to "LC"ance of the militnrv HtaK "-iiL or -tj.t - 1 rf military fore ?es or the maintenance x v uviuii j x, emer- dependent those found - uencieni. .nil.. 1 - - . The . "" s ,n Bach Cunty. har.- CLion relating to tribunals tn :sar hi. hre fce 1, exemPtions provided that 'rih 1V11 anl not military hearines. Jp;i. (Contin,, cautuusnea in eacn ncy. r mterest during the 1 1 d T : r vi 1 "fcm t'hl. 1,avin& Persons to bi " - " 1 .lor support; and Must Be No Favoritism In Administering Draft System Made Virtually Impossible by Explicit Terms in Which Act is Drawn. Registration Officials Warned That Such Practice Could Easily be Detected and Severe Penalty Inflicted Washington, May 10. To dispose of any fear that county and city .regis tration boards will exercise favoritism in enrolling soldiers under the selective draft act, Provost Marshal General Crowder issued a statement tonight declaring such practices would be vir tually Impossible because of the expli cit terhis in which the act is drawn. He warned registration officials that favoritism easily could be detected and would be. punished with heavy penalty. "Every precaution," said the state ment, "will be taken to make it certain that the registration will be conducted with exact justice. "The law is specific and allows I no J iautude to the boards, either in the matter of registration or in the lat er matter of exemption from service. In fact, the law is self-executing. Ev ery man within the age limits fixed by the selective service act . must reg ister, and the penalty of the law for evasion of registration will fall, not US BY HOOVER With It, He Declares Price of Flour Can be Reduced Forty to Fifty Per Cent " NO OCCASION FOR PANIC Declares That Even Now There Abundant Surplus of Wheat Without Federal Control j Price Will Soar. ia New York. May 10. Herbert C. Hoover, who recently came from Eu rope to advise the government on food conditions in Europe, says that 'with out control we may see flour at $20 a barrel before the waris over, i but that with control "the present price of flour can be reduced 40 to 50 per cent and at the same time the producer be treated in a liberal manner." Mr. Hoover thus outlined food con ditions in a statement to the Associated Press today: Outraegou Price Unjustified. "There is absolutely no occasion for food panic in this country nor any justification for outrageous prices un less the opposition of special Interests defeats the President in obtaining the necessary powers to control the na tion's food fully and adequately. Am erica's problem is not one of famine, for we have now and will have next year a large surplus. Our problem is, after the proper protection of bur own people, to give to the allies the last ounce of surplus of whicn we are cap able. "Therefore, the nation needs a food control for two purposes: to regu late prices' and increase the surplus. After providing-for our normal con sumption, we will have, together with Canada, a surplus for our allies equal (Continued on Page Two) HEW YORK CITY HALL IS DAMAGED BY FIRE Historic Structure Threatened With Destruction Flames Started in Clock Tower and Ragred For About An Hour Be- fore Being; Checked Losa About 925,000. New York, May 10. New York's historic City Hall, built more than 100 ble and considered architecturally one of the most beautiful buildings" in the country, was inreaieoeu wim ucau ui. tion by Are today. Flames broke out in its wooden clock tower, after an hour's work by the firemen they were under control and later were extin guished. The loss was estimated at $25,000. City; hall was the scene yesterday of the reception to the French commis sion by1 jhe city and was ' brilliantly (Continued on Page Two). . OD 0T0 URGED WILMHSTGTONj N.;CME0fe:MOR;M:AY 11, 1917 only oh the man who fails to appear, but on any member of a registration board who may be shown to be in collusion with the person who attempts to escape his duty.! "Further from this, the registration boards will never act as exemption boards except in certain specific cases, such as where a young man who has registered shall claim to be employed in a Federal, state or local office, and thereby does not: come within the ex emption clause of the statute. In cases .like this the facts jmust be entered offi cially and attested. "So far as the other reasons for ex emptions under the law are concerned, exemptions for men' engaged in pur suits in which their work is more val uable at home than in the service, the authority ; will " lie; with a board of higher jurisdiction; "The-law provides the penalty of im prisonment with no alternative of a fine for any official or j any registered man who shall make a jfaflse return or con nive at such . a practice. The safe guards against favoritism or evasion are ample." j ' MACEDONIA SCENE BATTLES Expected Offensive Alongrr the Front There Apparently, C " Starte'd With Vigor & .i - SCORE ALLIES4 SUCCESSES Germans Still Uoldingr On To Fresnoy But Have Failed to Drive British Back Marshal Halg's Men a Step Nearer Lens The expected general offensive along: the Macedonian front apparently has been started with! full vigror Numerous big: battles are in progress, ' with the Entente allies the aggressors. Southwest of Lake Doiran the Brit ish have captured Bulgarian trenches at one point on a front of two miles to a depth of about five hundred yards and held and consolidated the ground gained, despite counter attacks. Northwest of Monastir, and on va rious other sectors -the Entente forces are. carrying out heavy operations. . In the famous Cerna river bend the Russians have captured several enemy trench elements,! while in the upper valley of the Moglenico river the Serb ians have taken two points of support and many prisoners. Germans Continue Offensive. The Germans continue with great in tensity their offensive against the Brit ish around Fresnoy and to the east of Bulloeourt, but are being hard held by Field Marshal Haig's forces. The vil lage of Fresnoy apparently remains In German hands iafter its re-capture Tuesday, but the: Canadians and South Englanders are still, holding vantag-e points around it, ! from which the Ger mans are endeavoring, to expel -them and put an end to their harassing fire. To the east of jBuilecourt, where the (C6ntinued I on Page. Two). STEAMSHIP GDMPAN IES URGE RATE INCREASE i v " -' " Coastwise Lines Say 15 Per Cent Advance j is Necessary Representatives of Western Railroads Also Second the Plea of Carriers From Other Sections of the Country. Washing-ton,' May 10. Spokesmen for steamship companies operating along the Atlantic, and ' railroads in the West, appeared before the Inter state Commerce Commission today and, seconded the plea ' of carriers in other sections of the country that an increase of 15 per cent" i in freight tariffs is absolutely necessary if bills' are to .be paid during the coming year. V Statistics presented to the commis sion on behalf "of seven coastwise steamship companies, purported to Show tnat oecause oi . me rise in in price of material" and labor- the-, con cerns faced a deficit or more than Two." ;vr (Continued on -Page OF HEAVY JOFFBE PLACES 1 WREATH UPON THE GOFFtH OF GRANT There is Impressive Stillness as the Hero of the Marie Walks Slowly to the Tomb THREE DRAMATIC EVENTS Viviani Declares France Will Fight Until Alsace and j Lorraine Aire Restored " New York, May 10. -Three dramatic events which will become historic in the I annals of New York marked the activities, of the French war mission here today. In their chronological or der (they were: , The address of Rene: Viviani, vice president of the council' of ministers andj head of the mission at a luncheon of the Merchants' Association when he declared France never would cease fighting until Alsace and! Lorraine were restored to her, and when he proclaim ed that the Stars 'and ; Stripes never would attain their fulPsignifieance un til they floated from the trenches in France. ' ' f :' ' ' . 1 I-: The placing by Marshal Joifre of a wreath upon the sarcophagus of Gener al Grant. The reception to the French residents of phe city at 4 the. public library to night, when Joffre, Viviani and their colleagues greeted 'their compatriots, including several hundred blue-jackets from French warships. , j , j An Impressive Spectacle. The spectacle which appealed most to the popular ' imagination was that enacted at Grant's tomb. There was I an impressive stillness among the many thousands of spectators - as Marshal Joffj-e walked slowly along the wide I pavement leading to the tomb. -The memorable words of . the man whose ashes have long reposed , within, carved in the granite above the kingly tomb, a grateful nation ; gave him-, seemed once again' to echo their solemn . admb- nition: "Let ,us bav. peaoe." - ' ThatMs i0UgmTItfhtrtgTi remote of achievement' was in the mind, of the gallant- French soldier, whose fullness of heart has., so : endeared him to his own men that , they revere him as a father, was evidenced by, the tears that glistened, in his. kind eyes. f Here, if ,teverr in " theS nation's great i bustling metropolis,- silence was more truly, expressive . than words. " Here also! was a tribute of one of the world s great heroes to the memory of another, whij;h was unmistakably genuine and sincere. . . ... The thousands who ' had paused : in their daily duties" to honor the victor of the Marne and his colleagues, appar ently realized - the 8iglncance of the moment. Where there had. been a veri table canopy of " small , flags fluttering above them, now were bared,.- heads. Where there had been a remarkable manifestation of a 'great' city's joy in welcoming the living, j: now there was honor for the dead. . i Jdffre, the soldier! Viviani, the statesman; Chocheprat, ;the,admiral ; de Chambrun, the nobleman, descendant of LaFayette, 'all were visibly affected. Salutes the Dead. - j j Passing into the dimly lighted ro tunda of the tomb, Marshal JofEre doffed his the cap and advanced' silently- toward stairway leading - to the sarcopha He clambered' over the stone bal gus, ustrade, mounted a step ladder and, with one hand resting bn the huge cof fin of General Grant, placed there with his fother hand the evergreen , wreath, with the tri-color entwining it. Then standing erect, he saluted, while the hundred or more others who had been permitted to enter the tomb, looked on, heads uncovered, from the' balustrade above. ' " '.' ' ' ' 1 - -: Then followed a review of the Sev enth regiment, New York National Guard, in .front - of the tomb, after whiph the visitors were taken through Riverside Drive to the Joan Jof Arc statue. Where a brief stop was made. All jalong the route, extending several miles, were great throngs of men, wo men and children, cheering ;the city's guests. i . 1 . ;j At' the Joan of Are statue, a delega tion, from the Daughters, of the Ameri can Revolution presented Marshal Jof -fre with a check for 28,000 francs to be used at his discretion for - charitable purposes. " ' . A wreath of white laurel wasNhanded to JMarshal Joffre and "he placed 'it rev erently at the base of the statue while the crowd stood silent. MAPS AND FORTIFICATION PLANS FOUND ON DESERTER. Lieut. Wolf, of U. S. A-natlon Corps, J - Arrested and Interned. San Francisco, May 10. Lieut. Frank F. Wolf, alleged deserter from the Unit ed States ayiatiopv corps at San Diego and1 said to have -been a lieutenantrln the) German aviation corps .early in the war, was arrestedriarid interned here today by FederaJ authorities. , In .Wolfs effects Federal - fLuthorities said were found maps of roads f and highways about San; Francisco and the bay! cities,.and complete plans of fortifl- -i: n Con Pranp.l?Pn Rav BOMB ALSO INTENDED FOR' . . j-. . U. S. MINISTER GONZALES. Was to V -Exploded. "WTille He Was I Calling on Cuban President. ...... ,l Havana. May v lO.-An attempt was made last night to assassinate President Mehocair of Cuba ,by means of a bomb explosion. t; Nine arrests were maBe be fore, the; conspirators could carry out their plan- The bomb, "it Is officially .stated, was ito be timed so as ' fo" explode -when the J American minister, ' Wm. Gonzales, was 'ih the 'plSce wltir "tnevpresIdentT ''vr '" WORK OF BRITISH ABOUT COMPLETE Will Leave Today for New York to Join the Frenchmen for Big Reception There VISIT MIDDLE WEST tiATER Military and Trade Problems Are ! 1 Dominating Questions Still to be Discussed Washington, May 10. The British war mission, its conferences jhere about concluded, will leave tomorrow for New York to join the French mission for the joint reception to be givfn them by America's financial capital. Practi cally the whole body of British states men will make the trip .in! a special tram "placed ; at thefr . disposal by the Federal 'government. ' The distinguished .visitors are look ing forward to.' the remainder of their stay in the United States as largely a period of relaxation. They jwill return to Washington Sunday night and later will' visit , the Middle West and Canada. Some of the British officials may re main in this c-ouatry after Foreign Sec retary Balfour and the other leaders have-returned to England, while some members apparently are preparing to stay permanently. . Diplomatic and financial questions are understood to have been pretty well threshed out, while naval subjects are mostly under negotiation in London. Military and trade problems predomi nate among those still to be determin ed, i The'm'ission today met with the Council of National Defense, Mr. Bal four and J. H. Thomas, a British labor leader., explaining the relationship be tween union labor and the government in England during the war. Mr. Thom as discussed the methods taken to -prevent disputes, to stimulate' labor's in terest ln'uray work, to secure priority 4 Q;.wjLr .mJajujjEacturcrs--andl o unite-te" patnotic efforts or. capital and labor. Mr. - Balfour" talked this . afternoon with Justice Brandeis, of the Supreme court who is interested in jthe move ment to establish a Zionist republic in Palestine. - I RUSSIAN COMMISSION IS COMING . T0J THIS COLXTRY Washington,; May; "i0.'--Ofiicial an nouncement was made tonight of the coming of a commission from Russia, the "personnel of which will be an nounced later. It was announced that Elihu' Root, heading the American com mission to' Russia, will " go with the distinction of being a special ambassa dor. The American commission .will; depart very soon. " FATAL WRECK. ON SOUTHERN WAS CAUSED BY A DULL Asheville, N. C, May 10. Lloyd K." IJnloe, a fireman on the Murphy divis ion' of the' Southern,, was killed, and three other-trainmen were injured I yesterday when two freight i engines. r , i - , . , i i were aeranea near junaiusKa oy a uuii, one engine turn'ng over.. Enloe was caught, in his cab and was crushed so that he died a few miriles after being removed. He was in the second engine of a double-header,-and "hisj cousin, A. E. Enloe, who was engineer,! was unin jured, save for a , f ew bruises. En gineer, C. Burke- and -Fireman O. H. Bjradshaw, on the first engine, were also slightly bruised. . j PLANS FOR BRINGING GERMANS TO N. CAROLINA ARE i HELD UP Washington, May 10. A dispute ov er property rights halted today the La bor Department's plan for establlshi' u" Ja. colony at'Kanuga Lake. lN. C, .or Interned German sailors and, alien", de tained "by the immigratipn service; A Qommission of immigration fticials will 'go to North Carolina tomorrow to try to straighten out the tangle. The de partment held ..up; by wire 200 aliens who were to start to the colony today from New-York. - i ERS TO FIGHT FOR FAIR TREATMENT War Tax, Provision Would Mean Disaster to Some With Advertising Taxed and Increas ed Postagre Rates, In Addition to ' High Cost of Papeir, Many Would Have to Suspend Chicago, May 10. Many newspaper WARM publishers are en route to Washington Washington, May 10. President Wil to attempt to procure fairs treatment son created a "War Council of the Red for their business under the proposed . - - .,' war tai," it was announced( tonight by Hopewell L. Rogers, president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association- In connection with the pro posed ; Increase in postage. President Rogers-made this statement:.. "It is difficult to understand the pol Icy of the government in (placing so heavy a tax on the . newspaper busi ness, ,vwhlch probably has .been more severely affected ;. in . the last year through dncreased prices than any oth er industry.. In .time of war.newspa ' (ConUpued-: on 'PgeTwo). - IS HE A GERMAN SPY? JSMsy:.aa.maeinr rwrrnmrimrm aMWBaaiPClirti New Bern .N: C, May 10: Pacing his cell from early morning until late at night and . crouching into a corner when a visitor is heard approaching, J M. Hall, alleged German spy, who 'was taken ' into custody here several days ago after he had been acting in a most suspicious manner, is being held on a technical charge of larceny while the authorities are endeavoring to ..find SOmeont whn ran irlpntifv the man "For God's sake don't have my pic- tore printed in .the newspapers," h said to Sheriff R. B. Lane when the photographer was carried into his cell to make a photograph of .him. "I am not a Germ'an spy .but.af that picture ij seen and "recognized by a certain party they will hang on my trail until I am dead." The only clue as to Hall's identity is a telegram from Port Richmond, Cal., stating that he was convicted of grand larceny at that place in 1906 and sent to the. State prison for five years and that he served his Ui-e. ''. Hall is apparentlyof German parent age, in fact he doesn't deny that.; IS HOOVEB TO BE There Are Definite - Indications That Such' a Ppst is Planned . i by. the Administration ' ; ' FOOD SITUATION DISCUSSED President Confers With Secretary Hous ton and Representatives Lever nd Haugen Prompt Pas sage of Bill Urged." Washington, May 10.- Suggestions that Herbert; C. Hoover, may, be made American food controller were given weight today ' by' ..definite, .indications that the-administration plans the cre ation' of. an: emergency-food organiza tion' to direct food distribution during the war. . President Wilson, went oyer the food situation fully with Secretary: Houston, Chairman Levef,of the House agricul ture' committee, - and . Representative Haugen, a Republican member of the committee. He urged immediate pas sage of "the administration's food bills, one of which would empower the Presi dent to take drastic measures to deal with the food situation. t . . While .plans -for -a'n emergency agen cy to handle food problems have not been completed, it: is believed the Presi dent will name one 'man to be directly responsible for carrying out. emergency provisions. - ;This man would adminis ter regulatory features of the laws governing-distribution and pr:ce fixing, leaving to the Agricultural- Department .(Continued , on Page, Two). RED GROSS OF WHO OUICIL ; iS CREATED , Is Forir :d for Purpose of Direct ing Relief Work' President Appeals to All Those Who Can Contribute Large or Small , Sums Henry P. Davison Heads Council., rvroa" tilav t ArfKt rpl:f work liif- ing the war and made a public appeal for Red Cross contributions from "All those who can" contribute either great sums or small to the alleviation of the suffering and distress which may in evitably arise out of this ngiit tor hu manity and democracy. - The head of the war council is Henry P. Davison, of J. P. Morgan & Company, who said In accepting the post that all the vast facilities of the Morga firm would . stand . behind the Red Cross f6r ithe duration of . the. war Former. Presi (Continued on Page Two). WHOLE N" IT MB ER 39,944 WAR TAX BILL IS A 1ST GREAT CONFUSION Committee Members Kept Busy Explaining Intricacies of In come Tax Provision STRIKES MUCH OPPOSITION Kitchin to Shut His Eyes and Vote for It Because ' ' Government . Needs the Money'! Washington, May 10. The $1,S00,000, 000 tax bill carrying wa: time "assess ments on a' multitude of every day ne cessities and luxuries, was taken up . in the House today with leaders of bqrh parties behind it, but with scores of members objecting vigorously '.to indi-; yidual sections. ' .. ; ' . Democratic Leader Ivitchin, in a four 1MJur sl,eecn urging prompt passage. said that while some items seemed un just and excessive when considered "s'p- ' arately the only answer was that "the government needs the money." For his part, he said, he was willing even to swallow his life-long tariff convictions in the emergency and support" the bill's high tariff section. - .-. "I r.m going to shut my eyes- and vote for it," Mr, Kitchin declared. The debate developed a dearth of ex pert information on the question of just what is provided by the involved legal language of the measure, and through out the day there was a rapid fire of ' questions from perplexed members. The income tax section raised a cloud ol , confusion, and' members of .the ,VVays and ;Means committee were kept busy expounding the intricate workings of the, proposed schedule of . percentage and super-percentages. ' SIore Tnxes May Follow.' . . Mr. Kitchin said the bil would raist f more "additional taxes thart "any "that Vlias ever been presented to any legisla tive body in the history of the world," and that more tax burdens might fol low. He estimated that all told the war expenditures to the end of the next fie'eal year- would total $5,006,000,000. "The" men who must sustain the gov ernment by a tax," he said,' "must un derstand that they must enduse these ; hardships in dollars and cents while ; the others are enduring the hardships in tears, stress and blood." v Referring to the petition o f the rail roads for a general 15 per cent, freight rate advance, Mr, Kitchin continued: "We will have plenty of chances to get some of that back for the American : people in the way of taxes. We will have other bills coming along. If the commission or any other board permits the railroads to raise-their freight "rates 15 per cent of their gross receipts, I am willing, to come in here with a tax bill and, tell them to payf some of that to help support the; government.". Defends Postal . Increase. Defending -the bill's proposal to ad vance postal rates, Mr. Kitchin declar ed that it cost's the government $100,. 000,000 a year to carry and handle sec ond-class matter, and' it gets back only $11,000,000. The proposed increase, ''he said; will'br.'ng in $31,000,000. Repre sentative Chandler, of New York, op posed the increase, declaring- a number of magazines would be put' out of bus iness. : ' ' Representative Reavis, of Nebraska, interrupted Mr. Kitchin with several quest'ons about the income tax sched ules, and finally launched into a general attack on the section because the levy oh big' incomes was . not made greater ."You are taking a creat deal so far as actual dollars and cents are concerned." said Mr. Reavis, "but in the proportion-ate-sacrifice that the men who pay will make, you are taking a gcrat deal more from the married man with $2,000 who Has a family to support, than you are fro m l he $10,000,000 man. : "' ' Sacrifices Out of Proportion. "The man whom, you tax with an in come of $2,000 has to pay this itax from the' very necessities of life, while the man. with the income of $10,000,000 'is paying that income out of funds that he can use only in the way" of Invest ment. . The relative sacrifice is not.to be compared." " Mr. Kitchin replied that the commit tee d'd npt go over 50 per cent in tax ing incomes because "if we tax 'these men of wealth exhorbitantly in their industry and income they would no doubt put money into the rural credit bonis and get 4 per cent and not pay the government any war tax. "The committee thinks in reference to the income tax," said the Democratic leader, "that it has put on about, all the traffic -will bear." ' NEWSPAPERS ARE WARNED. Speculation as to U-Boat Destroying Devices "Doubtful Propriety.' , New York, May 10. A statemetot characterizing reports of indentions de signed to combat the submarine men ace as "dangerously near to lending aid to the enemy." was issued tonight by Thomas Robbins. secretary and official spokesman of the Naval Consulting Board. ' "I think it ought not to be neces sary," Mr. Robbins said, "to call the at tention of newspapers to the fact that the" publication of either facts or sup pos'tions in connection with the plans of the navy to defeat the submarine is very doubtful propriety. A reporter who makes a wild guess as to what is being " done may convey a hint that would-be of masterful assistance to the enemy. The discussion of such matters comesi dangerously near to lending' aid to 'the enemy," . ; ;vw-.:. .-.;.; ':; TAKEN UP r ,1 ; i I Mi. m V Si h I'1 t Si 1 PI"
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