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The Weather Fair Friday, preceded by showers east portion; Saturday fair. TOL.XCIX-NO. 246. TO DECIDE WHETHER U. 5. CITIZENS NO W ABROAD MUST ENROLL Brigadier General Crowder Asked for An Opinion on This Phase of the Registration MANY LEAVING COUNTRY justice Department Considers De parture of Young Men an Evasion of the Law TO VIGOROUSLY PROSECUTE Steps Taken to Put Quick End to Anti-Draft Agitation Washington, May 31. While the legal machinery of the gov ernment was operating today to stamp out agitation against the army draft, the War Department took up another phase of the mat ter, dealing with the status of Americans now in foreign coun tries. Secretary Baker called up on Brigadier General Crowder, Judge Advocate General and Pro vost Marshal General of the Army, for an opinion as to the effect of the new law upon Americans of military age residing abroad. To Await Crowfler's Decision. Department officials generally have presumed that the privileges of citizen ship would carry with them a duty for military service not affected hy foreign residence, but no formal ruling will be made until the opinion of General. Crowder har. been received. The ques tion involves to some degree the speci fic terms of the extradition treaties between the United States and other countries. Many Americans of military age now abroad have been eager to enroll. Reg istration cards have been furnished to every American embassy, legation or consulate, and diplomatic consular of ficials have been authorized to act as registration agents. Meantime, the Department of Justice is proceeding on the theory that the de parture from American soil of any citizen subject to the draft is an evas ion of the law. It was revealed today that steps already had been taken to prevent such departures, and that at tempts at this form of evasion would be met by vigorous measures. To -Quickly End Agitation. Department officials also made it clear that they would back up to fhe fl extent of their authority the efforts iutdi omeiais m the various com munities to put a quick end to agitation against the draft. The arrests made during the day throughout the coun try were in accordance with instruct ions sent from Washington, directing federal agents everywhere to take prompt legal steps against anyone Peking to influence eligibles to refuse l register. Discussing reports that many young men were leaving the country to avoid muitary service, Secretary Baker said Luaay ne did not believe "and substan tial number of Americans" would take tne course. He added that the law was i such vigor that it would be found lnat anv evasion o-Ti-ioj i v. . 1 Minbu in ljiio a; "as only temporary. Anorher aspect of military registra wa came up during the day when reg wration officials throughout the coun- l Tere infrmed that answers would not be required to the questions on the Mrto uon card- as to whether the in frm l claims exemption and on what th! T1' department has reached conclusion that no man should be quired to claim exemption. There who d0 not care to do so, and w LHP non: toiI - " n i Ullll lg none will be re- 'Jired -o state his nosition until he is Jaime toned' for antoi j U3 before. th OYO.; , j . ..V nip tlUiL uua: u. Appeals to the Press. J- nrnn p-Vi u - ... fotm." committee on public in- (. nation, General Ornwrfer 9nni S;vp "e cuniry today to line ?,ronS!Inent place daily to an out toeL .-es8entlal facts in regard the fit Ion- The statement from fhien u tee outlines the facts for I JetnM L "lc "luaest sort is ''UO miief : i ... sons feu- ,c5tw.er.' ah mate per- the mvm aliens) born between fifth'n, iay of June, 1886, and th a8ivB June' 1896 both dates in- nr L , fore 01 any duly organized allerj y or naval subject to be 0r nav- ' orarted into military ktindin M rvice of the United States; fthe rf i ofncers and enlisted men serve 0f?U'ar army- re&ular army re toen',' ers reserve corps, enlisted 6at:.,nc e corps, national guard and ritia V . r reseive recognized by '-irctu, ine naw thp -morinA suard, naval militia, naval . marlno nrno . " ) . 111 U S,f0rce' mar in ionqi -" icsoiyb, ana Fthev-.. 1 VOIunteers, recognized ne Navy Department On Tuesday, 1 Sen 7 "vtv ouiic o, v i, T C ft -i n "Hot. o ' In your home precinct. I'strar j0 n Persn, June 5, to the kM "Vn Pace of your home nre- Ie 3rL ycU expect f be absent from It ne 5- SO at once to the elerW nf (Cont,Where yQU now haPPen to tcoatiauea on page Ten). in VIRTUAL INACTION Id ALL THEATRES Only in the Champagne Region of France Was There Fighting of Note Yesterday FRENCH GAIN LOST GROUND Official Statement Place tke Rriti.i. Casualties During April at 112,233 Killed, Wounded and Prisoners. A state of virtual inaction prevails on all the war fronts. In only one theatre has there been any fighting worthy of note. This was in the Cham pagne region of France, where the French, counter attacking heavily against positions northeast of Mont Haut, where Wednesday night the Ger mans in a violent offensive had cap tured trench elements, drove out the Teutons Thursday and re-established their former front in its intirety. To the west, In the region lying be tween Soissons and Rheims, there has been a continuation of the spirited ar tillery duels on various sectors, notably Vauxaillon and LafEaux, and south of Berry au Bac the Germans, for the first time in several months, carried out a sapping operation. This netted them portions of trenches which were blown up. The intensive fighting along the southern portion of the Austro-German front has apparently entirely ceased for the moment, the Italians probably be ing engaged) in consolidating positions won and in bringing up their guns for further operations in their compaign against Triest. Along the Isonzo line only artillery duels have been in prog ress owing to bad weather conditions. There has been a renewal of activ ity by the Italians in Albania and sev eral villages in the southern part of this theatre have been taken and held successfully against counter attacks of the Teutonic allies. Eastward, on the. entire Macedonia front artillery duels are in progress. An indication of the heavy fighting during the month of April is given in an official British statement of cas ualties during this period, showing that 112,233 British soldiers and officers were killed, wounded or made prison er. Included in the aggregate are 5,902 officers. At the opening of the Austrian par liament, Emperor Charles in his ad dress from the throne said it was his unalterable will to exercise his right as ruler in a truly constitutional spirit and to preserve to the people their share in carrying out the will of the state as provided for in the constitu tion. The monarch asserted that the welfare of the state could not in time of peace be more securely rooted that in the unassailable rights of a mature, patriotic and free people. The mon arch was cheered heartily when he made these statements and again when he referred to the heroic achievements of the Austrian army on the battle front and spoke of Germany as "our faithful German ally." RAILROADS' ARGUMENT HEARD BYCOMMISSION On Petition for Increase in Intra state Freight Rates Mr. J. W. Perrln, for A. C. Is.i C. R, Capps, for S. A. L., and Others Heard Agreement to Await Action of I. C. C. (Special Star Correspondence.) Raleigh, N. C, May 31. The case for the railroad companies was presented to the Corporation Commission today in the petition the North Carolina carriers have filed for permission to make radi cal increases in the basic schedule of rates for intrastate traffic in this State, and there remains for the representa tives o the North Carolina shippers to come to the bat in answer and opposi tion to the proposed changes. It is expected that there will be an allowance of some proportion of in crease, but the extent to which these will be permitted by the commission la the issue and also as to whether the commission will permit a complete re vision of the basic schedules such as is proposed on the plea that uniformity in all the States of the Southeastern ter ritory is aimed at. The hearing opened at ip:80 o'clock with the audience room of the commis sion well filled with railroad .men and shippers and representatives of commer cial organizations. Vice President C. R. Capps, of the Seaboard Air Line, open ed for ithe railroads with a comprehe slve paper elaborating the position the railroad companies took- in the petition and presenting the oase from the view point of the operation of his own rail road, both as to the proposed basis rate (Continued on Page Two). TVrC 1 lTAT? I 1 A PAGES TODAY -Mrj daMBBSHBBI I f rC m one section WILMINGTON. N. CL FEIDAY THOSE ACTIVE III ANTI-DRAFT PLOTS Several Suspects Arrested by Fed eral Authorities in Mis souri and Kansas JUDGE DENIES RESTRAINT Upholds Draft and Says It is Best Means Ever Tried in Amer ica to Raise Army Kansas City, Mo., May 31. Federal authorities of western Missouri and Kansas began late today arresting per sons suspected of being participants in alleged anti-conscription plots. Four men and one woman were taken into custody here and three other men and a woman were arrested in Topeka. Two of those arrested here Ray mond L Moore and Thomas Sullivan earlier in the day had sought unsuc cessfully to obtain an injunction to prevent Governor Gardner and other of ficials from enforcing the registration next Tuesday. Judge Bird, of the circuit court, had denied ail points in their petition and their attorney, J. D. Shewalter, was ob taining a certified appeal petition when secret service agents arrested them in the court house. Rapidly the Federal authorities ar. rested five others, two of whom later were released. Of the additional three held, one was Moore's wife. She was Miss Leonora Warneson, the public school teacher, who came into conflict with the school board authorities here recently after she had written anti-enlistment mottos on the black board of her school room. The other two were Elea Luboshey, a photographer, and H. D. Kleinschmidt, of Corder, Mo. They were arraigned before the Federal com missioner and held in default of bonds of $5,000 each. Those arrested in Topeka were Dr. Eva Harding, of that city, who recently was an independent candidate for Con gress; Ike G-ilberg, Fred Felten and Er-J nest Newman. They were taken into custody in connection with the inves tigation of an alleged anti-conscription meeting held at Topeka Sunday night. The flVe held in Kansas City were charged specifically with having dis tributed circulars urging non-compliance with the draft registration, with having conducted a public meeting ad verse to conscription, and with having written letters advising persons against enrolling under conscription acts. Their attorney announced that he would go to St Louis tonight to institute habeas corpus proceedings in their behalf. Judge Bird upheld the draft law, characterizing it as the best and most efficient means to raise an army that ever had been tried in this country. Shewalter had declared state, county and city officials could not carry out the draft provisions because they would act thus as Federal officials. Judge Bird held such service to be legal dur ing war time. From the bench he recommended that Thos. Sullivan and Raymond I. Moore, the petitioners, both of whom are eligi ble for registration, seek out the first enlistment place without attempting to evade the registration law. CHARGES OP TREASON ARE FILED AGAINST THREE MEN Columbus, Ohio, May 31. Charges of treason were filed by United States Dis trict Attorney Bolin tonight against three men who, with several others, were arrested during the day, in con nection with anti-registration plotting in Columbus. Those charged with treason are: Am ed States Commissioner Johnson tand were "held under $25,000 bond to await perliminary hearing Saturday morning. A Federal grand jury will be assembled Tuesday to investigate the arrests. Those charges with treason are: Am nion A. Hennacy, a junior last year at Ohfo State Universary; Harry E. Town sley, a printer; Cecil W. Bailey, me chanic. Others under arrest for investigation are: Olb Wulnestro, Bast Columbus, a tinner, and John Lewis Hammond, a miner, arrested at Marietta for distrib uting anti-registration literature. Townsley conducts a print shop. Hen nacy has been a socialist worked in Madison and Milwaukee. A great stock of brilliant posters, some four feet wide and ten "feet long, were confiscated from Hennacy'a resi dence. It was reported the posters were printed in Washington, D. C. Uniform Jury System. London, May 28. When the bill to reduce, during the war, the number of jurors at coroner's' inquests from twelve to seyen, is passed by parlia ment, the lack of uniformity In the English jury system will be marked. A jury in the Royal Courts of Justice will consist of twelve, a country court jury of eight and a coroner's jury of seven. England to Produce Sugar. London, May 28. A committee of ex perts in industries connected with sugar throughout the British Empire has been formed by the Society of Chemical Industry, an influential body, to inquire into the question of providing a supply which should render the em pire independent of sugar from foreign sources. War Savings Popular. London, May 30.$Var sayings certi ficates, which can be bought, at any postoff ice for 15 shillings and sixpence, yielding one pound sterling in .five years, are becoming increasingly popu lar and are being purchased at the rate of 1,500,000 a week. The total sold since February 1916, is considerably over BEING ROUNDED UP jlOO.000,000, ' - , u-u x, rji WHOLE VrTMBER 39.965 i . : - PRESS CENSORSHIP PROVISION VOTED ODT IN THE HOUSE Senate Having Already Acted, Ad ministration Fight is Lost at Least for the Present BOTH PARTIES SPLIT VOT33 Espionage Bill is Expected to be Finally Accepted Within the Next Few Days Washington, May 31. The adminis tration's fight for a war censorship on newspapers was lost in Congress today, at least for the present, when the House refused by a vote of 184 to 144 to accept even the modified cen sorship section written into the Es pionage bill in conference. The Senate already is on record as opposed to a censorship, and leadfers in Congress do not expect any further administra tion effort to enact one in the immedi ate future. The test in the House came on a motion to recommit the Espionage bill with instructions that the censor ship regulation be eliminated. Despjte a determined attempt of Democratic managers to line up the party strength behind President Wilson's demand for censorship, 37 Democratic representa tives joined the Republicans voting for the motion. Eleven Republicans, dis-' regarding their party's caucus decis ion, voted in the negative. Early Acceptance Expected. Conferees for the House will report their instructions back to the Senate conferees tomorrow, and the bill, shorn' of the censorship provision, probably will be reported to both Senate and House within a few days and finally accepted. It carries important modi fication of the spy laws and authoriza tion for the President to lay embar goes in war time, but most of the con. troversy regardingSf has centered about the censorship "pjroposal. No comment on the House vote was forthcoming from he White House, The section which had been agreed on by the conferees was somewhat simi lar to one which the House had sub stituted during first consideration of the bill -for the more sweeping pro vision drawn and submitted by the administration. The Senate, while the bill was under debate, threw the cen sorship section out entirely by a vote of 48 to 34. Editors' Patriotism Demonstrated. In the House debate today oppon ents of censorship argued that a re striction such as the conferees propos ed would violate the right of a free press. The voluntary censorship un- der which the country's newspapers now are working was pointed to as demonstrating the patriotism of edi tors and as proving that no legal re strictions are needed. Among the Democrats who spoke and voted against the conference cen sorship section was .Representative Gard, of Ohio, author of the original House censorship amendment. The time has not come, . he , "maintained, when newspapers should have to wait for a presidential proclamation as pro vided in the conferee's proposal, in order- to print news concerning the movement, .numbers or disposition of armed forces. Judiciary Committee Divided. Members of the judiciary committee, which reported the original bill with the first administration proposal in cluded, were divided today. Leading the fight for the conference proposal were Chairman Webb and Representa tive Carlln. Representative Graham, of Pennsylvania, a Republican member of the committee, led the opposition. Mr. Webb argued that some papers, (Continued on Page Ten). President Invests In Liberty Bond SENDS SUBSCRIPTION OF" SIO.OOO TO SECRETARY McADOO DANIELS ASKS NAVAL MEN TO SUBSCRIBE. Washington, May 31. President Wil son today joined the ranks of partici pants in the Liberty Loan by subscrib ing for a . $10,000 bond. Writing to Secretary McAdoo, the President said: "May I not send you personally my subscription to the Liberty Loan which I make with great satisfaction and with the wish that it might be a great deal larger?" Seoetary McAdoo today announced the .Itinerary for his second speaking tour in support of the loan. He will start in New York Monday and before returning to Washington a week later will visit Boston, Detroit, St. Louis, New Orleans, Birmingham, Chatta nooga, -Louisville, Cincinnati and Pitts burg, i Leading Canadian railnsad men and bankers were- among 'those who -notified the Treasury formally today of Liberty Loan subscriptions. An appeal tq the 173,564 enlisted men, officers and civil employes of- the navy to buy Liberty Loan bonds was issued today by Secretary Daniels. "A-s the navy must be first in de fense," he said, "let it be first also in making investment in bonds which will aid in making the world safe for democracy." 5 ENTRY JUSTIFIES CAUSE OE ALLIES IN WAR Prince of Udine on Floor of Sen ate Delivers Message in the Name of Italian King " - .'.-.-ww f -jnf;. HIS ADDRESS IN ENGLISH Financial and Economic Commis sioners in First Formal Meet ing Second Loan Soon Washington, May 31. The Prince of Udine, head of the Italian war mis sion, on the floor of the Senate today, delivered a message to the American people in the name of King Victor Em manuel, welcoming the entrance of the United States into the war as the final moral justification of the cause for which the Allies are fighting. The message breathed confidence in ulti mate victory and stressed the necessity Of destroying the prestige of a pervert ed German science and philosophy. "Italy," said the Prince, "wants the safety of hr boundaries and her coast, and she wants to secure herself against new aggressions. But Italy has not been and never will be an element of discord in Europe and as she willed her own free national existence at the cost of any sacrifice, so she will con tribute with all her strength to the free existence and development of oth er nations." The Prince said Europe had been plunged into the war "without any justifying motives, perhaps without any motive at all beyond the will of a small oligarchy" and that little, guiltless nations with masterpieces of art and treasuries of industries within their territory, had been barbarously sacrificed. Of the entrance of the United States after the violent offenses against right had become clear atvd the American flag had been insulted, he said: "You bring us the sacred recogni tion of our right, you bring us moral confidence, and the conviction that our cause is holy and that the great free democracy shares our feeling, our spir it and our hopes." The Prince was received with great enthusiasm by the SenStfr, to -witdm he was introduced by Vice-President Marshall. He 'appeared in the full dress uniform of a naval' captain and was accompanied by the other leading members of the mission. The senators, many members of the House and offi cials, followed his slow English with deep interest. The financial and economic members of the Italian mission this afternoon held their first formal meetine with , American officials and discussed the merging of the present intricate Italian purchasing system in this country into the general central committee propos ed for all the allied nations. A second loan of $100,000,000 is to be made to Italy for June and an nouncement is expected shortly. Of the original $100,000,000 about $60,000, 000 already has been expended by the present Italian purchasing agencies here and the balance is expected to be used up in the next few days. SUPPORT PLEDGED TO THE SLACKERS "Committee on American Liber ties" Galls for Referendum on War and Draft GOVERNMENT IS ASSAILED Ex-Senator Works Says Nation 'm At War Without Jnst Cause Lai . -lette's Daughter Taking Active Part. New York, May 31. A report 'of its "committee on American liberties," which pledged support to all "con scientious objectors" to the conscrip tion law, and a telegram from Fromer United States Senator John D. Works, of California, in which he said, "we dishonored ourselves by declaring war without adequate or reasonable cause," were features of the afternoon session here today of the so-called Fifst Amer ican Conference on Democracy and terms of peace. Several speakers se verely criticised the government, ojie declaring that "within the last 60 days we have completely transformed our government and the people have had nothing to say about it, so far have they been removed from control of their government." Tne same speaner, Gilbert E. Roe, president of the Free Speech League of America, added that "somewhere along the line the voters of this country must have a chance to express themselves." Norman L. Thomas, addressing the meeting on "conscription and the con scientious objector," charged that the attempt to force a man to fight is worse . than the imposition of chattel AMERICA Jj&lavsry; l . Z M'ADOO TO VISIT SOUTH Washington, May 3t. Tns lanerary of Secretary McAdoo's second speech making tour for the Liberty Loan has been revised to include speeches at New Orleans, Birmingham, Louisville, Cin cinnati, Pittsburg, Detroit and Sr. Louis. Mr. McAdoo will visit New Or leans June H and Birmingham June 9. He will spend Sunday, June 10, in Chattanooga, and will be accompanied by Governor Harding of the Reserve Board. TAX BILL IS Several New Sources of Revenue Are Added Substitutions for House Levies TAX ON PARCEL POST MAIL This Will Also Apply to Express Pack ages So Definite Decision Yet Reached on Proposed Post- " age Increase. Washington, May 31 With further trimming of the $1;800,000,000 war tax bill, the Senate Finance committee's re vision work today reaehedVhe stage of detailed drafting, with completion of a measure aggregating a"bout $1,590,000, 000 next Wecnesaay or Thursday in prospect. Several new sources of reve--nue were drawn upon today; other House taxes were reducedSind further substitutions adopted. The principal changes affecting the general public included: A new tax on parcel post packages of one cent on each 25 cents or fraction paid by shippers and adoption of the same rate for express packages as a substitute for the House levy of six per cent upon express transportation. The shipperwould pay the tax: . Reduction by 'ohe-ha.lf, or to five per cent, of taxes on amounts, paid for land or . water transportation, including charges for berths or parlor car chairs, entailing a loss of revenue of $35,000, 000.' Adoption of -'excise, or consumption taxes, payable eventually by tbe con sumer, of "one-half - a ' cent a-pound on sugar, two cents on coffee, five cents on tea and three cents on cocoa. Repeal of life existing law levying a 12 per cent tax on war munitions, now (Continued on Page Ten). VETERANS ill HEAR PRESIDENT TUESDAY Accepts Invitation to Speak at the Annual Reunion A. P. Hill Camp, Petersburg, Va to Act as Escort May Also Attend Serv ices at Arlington ' National Cemetery on .Sunday. Washington, May 31. President Wil son has accepted ah invitation to ad dress the United Confederate Veterans during their reunion which begins here Monday. He will speak Tuesday, and Wlllbe escorted to the convention hall by A. P. Hill camp of PeArSburg, Va. Confederate memorial service at Ar lington National cemetery Sunday, pre liminary to the veterans' reunion, prob ably will be attended, too, by President Wilson, it was announced. Represen tative Wilson Frank Clark, of Florida, and Bennett H. Young, of Louisville, former commander-in-chief of the Con federate Veterans, the municipal speakers. The court of honor, Pennsylvania avenue, before the White House, erect ed for the reunion week, was virtually completed today and will be lighted Saturday night tor early reunion arriv (Contlnued 6a Pftg Ten). I --VmCKiaSKJB BBS??:: m FURTHER TRIMMED HOARDING OF FOOD TO DOOST FRIGES WOULD BE FELONY Provision Inserted in Conservation Bill Also Applies to Oth er Necessities PENALTY IS IMPRISONMENT Amendment Offered to Promote Use of Fish as Means of Re lieving Food Shortage Washington, May 31. Hoarding, storage or destruction of food, fuel or other necessaries of life to limit sup ply or affect prices would be a felony under an amendment of the govern ment's first food bill adopted in the Senate today without a record vote. Several senators protested that the provision was too drastic and would prevent legitimate storing to equalize markets, but all efforts to modify it failed. When Senator Fall proposed the Federal Trade Commission be em powered to decide whether storing is reasonable. Senator Poindexter. author of the amendment, insisted that any such change would weaken the effec tiveness of the measure as a weapon against speculators. Violation of the section would be punishable by imprisonment in the pen itentiary for not less thart six months nor more ' than, three yeaTs. Holding by farmers or others of the products of land cultivated by them is ex empted. Consideration of the administration bill which provides for a food survey and stimulation of production neared the final stage today, but the intro duction of a number of amendments shortly before adjournment probably will prevent a final vote before Satur day. . An amendment which would author ize the Secretary of Commerce to take steps to promote more general use of fish to relieve the food stringency, was offered by Senator Fletcher. It would, permit the Secretary to catch and market fish. A letter from Sec retary Redfleld in support of the pro posal was read. x Senator Wadsworth objected on the ground that it would put the govern ment into the fishing business, ' and Senator Pittman moved to eliminate the marketing section. The amend ment will be discussed again tomor row. At the opening of debate today, Chairman Gore, of the Agriculture committee, asked that the Lever bill, already passed by the House, with the amendmentsmade by the committee, be substituted for the similar measure previously under consideration in the Senate. This was done and will fa cilitate final enactment. The second of the food bills, thfl measure to authorize a food adminis tration and price fixing, was discussed today at an executive session of the House committee on agriculture. NAVY OFFICERS OF GERMAN DESCENT ARE NOT DlSLOYAfi Daniels Denounces Newspaper Reports in Sharp Language. Washington, May 31 Secretary Dan iels denounced in sharp language to day the circulation of reports reflecting upon the loyalty of navy officers who.se names indicate that they are of Ger man descent. "It is contemptible almost to th point of treason at a time like this," he. said. "Such srbries arouse by indigna tion1 as nothing else would do." At tention was called to a newspaper ar ticle asserting that Rear Admiral Win terhalter was being considered to suc ceed. Admiral Mayo as commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, and discuss ing the possibility that Admiral Wirir terhalter's descent might raise a ques tion as to his loyalty. Besides denouncing the suggestion as to Admiral Winterhalter, the secretary said it was untrue that he was planning to -displace' Admiral Mayo. SOUTHERN RE-ORGANIZES FREIGHT CkAIM DEPARTMENT Washington, May 31. The Southern Railway announced today the re-organization of -its freight claim depart ment, effective tomorrow. A central office has been established at Chatta nooga and there will be branch offices at Charlotte, N. C, New Orleans and Louisville. The change has been made, the road announces, in an effort to fa cilitate quicker settlements of freight claims. In connection with the change Comp troller A. H. Plant announced the fol lowing appointments: J. J. Hooper, assistant to comptroller, Washington, and the following agents: J. A. Baumgardner, Washington; H. T. White, Chattanooga; George Greaves, Cincinnati; J. N. Trouting, Jr., New Oryeans; J. C. Emmert, Charlotte; Bond Anderson, Atlanta; P. G. Cropper, Louis ville. Slacker to Arrested. Los Angeles, Cal., May 31. Frederick W. Fay. of San Francisco, was taken from the Pacific Mail liner San Juan, 50 miles off the California coast, today by Federal authorities in connection with the enforcement of the selective draft. United States officials say Fay was on' his way to Mexico to avoid army serv ice. Fay was taken aboard a United States coast guard cutter. He formerly, lived in Germany. Regulate Coal Prices. London, May 28. :The government ii considering the rigid regulation of the supply and price of coal. It has taken over the coal mines but finds that there is much wastage of coal among house holders and plans to 'extend its powers over its distribution. iw' j '- -.r -j
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