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A BOUT the only things which
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been done at all.
310.
WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1917
WHOLE NUMBER 39,130
VOL.
POLITICAL TROUBLES BREAK OUT
ANEW IN PETROGRAD, WHILE THE
RUSSIAN ARMIES STILL RETREAD
foreign Minister Terestchenko and
lister ol Agriculture
Tchernoff Quit
SMOCBATS WON'T COME IN
TTfiVi One THycpti.
tion, Resigned But Later
Withdrew Resignations
MOTHER GAIN BY BRITISH
Haig s en K,e--E,B,,a,ullBil Aucu
selves in Town of St. Julien
(Associated Press War Summary.)
Political troubles m Fetrograd
P 11 T '
the continuance oi me xvussian re
treat and a further advance by the
British in Flanders stand out from
the general war news.
Northeast of Ypres on Friday
the troops of Field Marshal Haig
re-established themselves in tho
tovm. of St. Julien. captured by!
them on Tuesday, but from which
they were driven by the Germans
on Wednesday.
Other Gains Recorded.
Additional ground was gained south
of Hcllebeke, near the center of the
line on which the Entente allied attacks
me launched early this week. British
artillery dispersed German forces pre
paring to attack near Ypres and fore
stalled any attempt by the Teutons to
cnarge against the British lines. On
Tuesday, the first day of the allied ad
vance, 6,122 Germans were made pris
oner by the Anglo-French forces.
.Vear Monchy le Preux. southeast of
Arras, the Germans on Thursday night
entered British front line trenches at
tro points. Desperate fighting ensued
and the British during . Friday re-took
most of the elements. '.
Except for the repulBe of a German
attack on a 1,500 yard front near Cerny,
on tfte Aisne front, there has been only
raids and artillery duels on the rest of
tie Western front.
Breach In Cabinet.
"ith apparently no let-up in the Rus
sian retreat along the line from Tarno-
poi tothe Rumanian border, there came
advices of a new political process in Pe-
eraa. Premier and "War Minister
Kerensky and his fellow cabinet mem
bers, except one, resigned, but later,
with the exception of M. Terestchenko,
"it:5n minister, withdrew their
agnations.
To defend himspif ninno- that
aenad been connected with the German
u staff, m. Tchernoff, the socialist
Mister of agriculture, has resigned,
worts to strengthen the Russian cabi-
Dy the inclusion of constitutional
oemocrats seemin3-lv havo f9lls on
,l w.., vnn ancnipi iu ruie
country with aides from the radicals
JM socialists.. General Krdni. rntiv
PPointed military governor of Petro
5J 15 rePrted to have been assassin
ate line of tho r-u,a vi
onfluence with the Dneister, has been
L""p,at several places by the Rus-
tohni7C ,however fought stubbornly
frin .tak the Austro-Germans. Be
Can"1!: ,the .?th the
toward ,v , " nanea in tne retreat
norder.
Cwnowitz is Occupied.
ina is almost entirely in the
Hand:
S thf 6 Tfcutons' again. Czerno-
me canitai i w - ,.-.
the Ger
,lclo uceii uccupiea Dy
", ma K mpolung, an impor
several mii onnth f u
Wthep" has been" evacuated
b Galiri "S- The German advanca
aimed at V"? Bukowina seemingly- Is
nom rueizPaoisKy, a fortified
ZTot n lister' and In the
on the Black s-T Russia's S""port
Etrm
1 p lllVICLTin
P.n-.:VI,E! IX RESIGNATIONS
w "utnr . i
ar Hin'it- -u5UFt 3. Premier and
!er mprnl;1" Kerensky and all the
Vice-PrPn,L! .m hls cabinet, except
?i?ht- I at,: -'ebrasoff, resigned to-
Tererht , w-ith the exception of
the5- wi;hH-"ko'.the foreisn minister,
ThA o.. meir resiena tions
fellow , v Premier Kerensky and
th - cornet members
.it
failure minister of aeri-
'he 1 '-omplete breakdown nf
tn,T T1'1" to brin
'
g the consti-
into the cabinet
reused of havine- h.n
staff. wu"
the German general
A
!?stru;t ..lempt WH1 be-made to re
W."u::i the
erenskv . tu.!niRtry under Premier
, x iciuicr
trie chief new members
"5 ex
111
i v -
"adical
from the '
n.irt n,.
tCut
' . i
' w - 1 1 1 . ... . .
T V I
W HIS Characteh !
11 .
'a;. August 3.:
M. TChemoffjJ
1 : . 1 i3 1-. n r
f,r of
esienpri v,f.
m tr;ru,t,jre in the Russian
ti, in a vlc Russian
Tche"" Jo ?rer Keren-
t0 ohtai ,:n .said he was resign-
uetn (l k.- , atll in or
;.uy that C"c iar-acter against the
" th n. "c nad been
connected
i
6 at the "l'"-eu me resig-
..fl :ctln that m
conv
' Lime JVTAeaf w m
in rf.hf. M; Tchernoff will
t,Vice-Preenab-nitating
(rcu Press tha
S himself
raskoff informed
tinJ ?j"Lthat some of the
Vli ase Bight).
WAR REVENUE BILL .
PUT III FINAL FORM
Will be Presented to the Senate as
a Bi-Partisan Measure
on Next Tuesday
TOTALS AROUND 2 BILLION
LaFollette Plan to Submit . Separate
Report Advocating Higher Levies
No Additional Bond Issues
Provided For.
"Washington, August 3. The war tax
bill, under revision since May 24, was
put into' final form for report to the
Senate today by the finance committee.
It provides for approximately $2,000,
000,000 in taxes to meet war expenses,
but makes no provision for further
bond authorizations.
The bill was increased $133,000,000
over the total as it passed the Housa.
About $327,000,000 was addecl during
the last week because of the latest
war estimates. Tne final redraft was
sent to the printer tonight and will be
presented to the Senate as a bi-partisan
measure Monday and probably
called up for debate Wednesday. Sen
ators LaFollette, Gore and Thomas
plan a separate report advocating
higher tax levies.
The new increase of $327,000,000 over
the committee's original draft is dis
tributed approximately among the fol
lowing additional levies:
On corporate incomes, $162,000,000;
additional surtaxes on individual in
comes of $15,000 and over $27,500,
000; distilled spirits. $95,000,000; beer,
$12,500,000. wines. $17,000,000; war ex
cess profit's, $5,000,000; bank checks,
$2,000,000; floor, or -stock, . taxes tn
sugar, coffee, tea and cocoa, $6,000,000.
Total, $327,000,000.
The additional levy on Incomes of
corporations applies alBo to partner
ships, joint stock companies and asso
ciations, including life insurance com
panies. The normal income tax i in
creased to 6 per cent, 4 per cent more
than the' present law, and 2 per cent
above the original House and committee
program.
The increased surtaxes fall entirely
on individuals having Incomes of $15,
000 or above. They range from 1 per
cent on $15,000 incomes to a maximum
of 33 per cent on incomes in excess of
$500,000.
An additional $1 per gallon tax is
imposed on disti.ed spirits withdrawn
from bond except those used for indus
trial purposes, increasing the tax on
distilled beverages to $3.20 per gallon
as compared with the present rate of
$1.10. The committee's prohibitory tax
on grain, molasses and other ingredi
ents of whiskey to stop further manu
facture also is retained.
Beer would be taxed $3 per barrel,
Unnhlo thA nrcaont ratfi. Wines would
bear virtually treble their present taxes.
The House levy was only $6,000,000 on
wines.
The $5,000,000 increase on war excess
profits was added by minor changes in
the J schedule of such taxes providing
for a total revenue of $528,000,000.
The $2,000,000 additional from bank
Checks would make $10,000,000 in all
from that source. - The committee origi
nally planned to tax only checks of $5
(Continued on Page Eight).
SUBMARINE DELIBERA TEL Y
DRO WNS MEMBERS OF CRE W
Thirty-Eight Sailors From the British Steamer Belgian Prince Mus
tered on Deck of U-Boat Which Later Submerged, Leaving
the Men to the Mercy of the Seas.
A British Port, August 3. Thirty -eight
members of the crew of the
British steamship Belgian Prince were
drowned deliberately by the German
submarine which sank her, according
to the account given by survivors who
have "reached British shores. The
chief engineer, who many times after
the steamer was' torpedod was near
drowning, gave the following narra
tive of his experiences:
"About eight o'clock on Tuesday
evening when we were two hundred
miles ort lana i saw me wo.n.e
approaching; torpedo.
PPVt a traocol era V A
,r?:if k-
a lurcn as sne mi auu j. tvo
- i m L .
to the deck among tne aeons. j-xus
vAaaAi n a ran ncHviiv n. nil an " -
the boats. ; .
. T. nrlorfl
'rnenea tne vessel ..T-
the small - boats alongside the subma
rine. "The skipper was, summoned and
taken inside: The others were, mus
tered on the deck of the submarine. -
"The Germans removed the life belts
and the outer clothing of all , except
eight - of us, smashed the lif e boats,
with axes, - and then re-entered the
submarine, and . closed, the ; hatches,
leaving us qb deck.' The submarine
went about ? two 'miles' and thensub
merged. . , , . .-'5 ' f " 'r? "
'I had a life belt. 'Near me was an
apprentice boy of ishotitlttg-for
SHIPS BUILDINb iO
BE COMMANDEERED
Most All the Vessels Under Con
struction to be Taken Over
by the Shipping Board
THEY NUMBER ABOUT 700
This Step Is Taken Preliminary to Com
mandeerlng All of the American
Tonnage Already on the Seas.
To Speed Construction.
Washington, Aug. 3. Immediate com
mandeering of most of the vessels un
der construction in American ship
building plants was decided on today
by the Shipping Board.. The step is
preliminary to the requisitioning of
American tonnage already on the seas
and will be taken to speed construction
so that the yards may be cleared for
building ships of which the government
has let contracts. '
There are building in the yards of the
country about 700 ships totalling more
than 1,500,000 in tonnage, most of it for
foreign account. Hulls and contracts
both will be taken over, the final dis
position of the foreign craft to be left
to negotiations between the United
States and the governments concerned.
The completed American ships will be
retained by the board for operation.
Commandeering the tonnage building
was one of the features of the program
for shipbuilding announced by Major
General Goethals just before his res
ignation as manager of the fleet corpo
ration was accepted by President .Wilson.-
Chairman Denman's blocking of
this program, was one of the things that
led to Mr.' tenman's removal by the
President
. General Goethals' plan for construct
ing two great government ship yards
for building fabricated steel ships will
be taken up by the board later. It is
understood Read Admiral Capps, now
manager of the fleet corporation, is op
posed to the form of contracts' proposed
by the general for this work and that
the whole scheme may be abandoned.
In that event the fabricated ships would
be built in private yards for govern
ment account.
The board probably will make no
move toward requisitioning American
tonnage already on the seas for several
days. Several .legal hitches are to be
straightened out before any ships are
taken over.
FIRE AT HIGH POINT.
Dry Goods Store, Undertakers
Shop
and Millinery Store Ruined.
High Point, N. C, August 3. The
large dry goods store of H. A. Mof
fitt, the undertaking establishment of
Loflin & Brockway, and a millinery
store were ruined by fire this after
noon. The Are started in the dry goods
store about 5:30 o'clock and despite
the hard work of the firemen, spread
to the adjoining building which housed
the two other establishments.
What the fire failed to do to the
stock of the dry goods store, the water
accomplished. The loss is estimated
to be between $25,000 and $30,000, but
was covered by insurance.
help. I went to him and held him up
until midnight, but he became uncon
scious and died of exposure. At day
light I saw the Belgian Prince afloat.
I was picked up after 11 hours in the
water by a patrol boat."
The second engineer also was a sur
vivor, and succeeded in reaching the
Belgian Prince before she blew up.
The Germans came on board and looted
her, he reported. He- was in HiSing,
but finally jumped into the sea and
kept jafloat on the wreckage.
The only other known survivor is
too ill in a hospital , to tell his story.
DRAFTED MEN WILL, HAVE
tUAStJS TO JJEUOJIE UFFICEBS.
.. -. - -
Washington, "Aug. 3. Capt. Arthur
Cosby, of the military "training camp
association, announced today that alt
men drafted or anticipating .draft will
have;the.chanc3 throughout the coun
try for, special- drilr so that they,,. may
become officers if they prove their fit
ness.' The plan, he said,' has the in
dorsement of the Washington authori
ties and of Major General Bell and was
in jine with : the announcement from
Washington that in the future, second
lieutenants in the national .army are to
come from the ..ranks of , the drafted
men the; regular xtrmy and the Na
' tinal ?uar: ,
KITHHIN AHACKS
t
SITES REVISED
MEASURE
Declares It Contains "Intolerable
Inequalities" in Favor of
the Wealthy
CITES "UNJUST" CHANGES
Stubborn Fight Indicated if the
Bill Reaches the House in
Its Present Form
Washinngton, August 3. Chairman
Kitchin, of the House Ways and Means
committee, declared in a statement to
night that "intolerable inequalities" in
favor of the more prosperous have
been written Into the war tax bill
by the Senate finance committee.
"In rewriting the ways and meant
committee's measure," said Mr. Kitch
in, "the senators have taken an enor
mous load of taxation from the big
business concerns and placed it upon
the shoulders of the farmer, the small
business man and others having mod
est incomes; have stricken out by
wholesale the House proposals for
taxes on luxuries, substituting levies
of necessities; have eliminated income
tax schedules from the incomes of the
needed millions from the incomes of the
rich; and have added a grossly inequi
table excess section which is impos
sible of administration.
Regrarded a a Warning.
The statement , of the House leader
generally was accepted as a warning
fcthat should the finance committee
amendments prevail in the Senate
they will encounter a stubborn resist
ance once the measure gets to confer
ence. The House bill championed by
Mr. Kitchin was drawn at bi-partisan
conferences of representatives, was
supported during debate by both Dem
ocratic and Republican leaders, and
passed the House by virtually an
unanimous vote.
Main Points of Criticism. .
Among Mr. Kitcjiin's criticisms are !
that "ft-4lnxicfe;c du
the1- Lenroot amendment- ' increasing
surtaxes on incomes of $40,000 to $1,
000,000, thus relieving large incomes
of taxation totalling $66,000,000 an
nually;; repealed the munition manu
facturers' -tax, relieving munition ma
kers of. more than $25,000,000 a year;
exempted all corporations from taxa
tion for dividends received from other
corporations, relieving the big corpor
atons of more than $50,000,000 taxes a
year, and eliminating the additional
House tax on the transfer of estates
relieving big estates and inheritances
of $6,000,000 the first year and $33,
000 or more yearly thereafter.
Taxes Taken Fr6m Luxuries.
The finance committee struck out
entirely, said Mr. Kitchin, many mil
lions of dollars of taxes which the
House had imposed on the manufac
ture and sale of automobiles .tires, ci
gars, musical instruments and numer
ous other luxuries, and shifted over
$100,000,000 to the owners of automo
biles and to necessities like sugar,
coffee, tea and cocoa..
The finance committee reduced taxes
on cigarettes, chewing and smoking to
bacco and ' snuff about $15,000,000, he
pointed out, and put that amount on
coffee, tea and cocoa.
The Senate plans to tax wax- excess
profits on the basis of the increase
shown in any corporation's profits over
the average for a previous war period
of three years the years 1911, 1912
and 1913 is declared by Mr; Kitchin
to be manifestly unjust, making an
undue discrimination in favor of the
fortunate persons or . corporations who
were highly prosperous during the
pre-war period. On that basis, he
said, a corporation of $10,000,000 cap
ital making $1,500,000 during the pre
war years and the same now would be
no excess profits tax, while a farmer
worth $20,000 making $1,200 during
pre-war years and now making $6,000
will pay over $1,800 taxes.
The Farmer Would Suffer.
"There are hundreds of corporations
whose annual profits each reach Into
the - hundreds Of thousands and, mil
lions," said Mr. Kitchin, "that will pay
not a cent of excess profits under the
finance committee's amendments be
cause being highly prosperous during
the pre-war years, they are making,
the same profits now and therefore
have no excess. Under the finance
committee amendment as to excess
profits and incomes,- the United States
Steel Corporation with a billion and a
half capital, making $270,000,000 an-"
nual pr6flts, while the little farmer
worth less than $20,000 making a profit
of $6,000 will .pay -$2,071." '
. ' Even Hit Blacksmiths.
Mr. Kitchin cited Senate d9mmittee
amendments which he said would., Im
pose excess profits taxes on farmers,
merchants, butchers and blacksmiths,
but would exempt lawyers, doctors and
others, including employes and agents,
receiving fixed amounts ;for. their ser
vices. The classification "employes, and
agents," he said, would include ''officers
of corporations I'ke Gary; of the United
States Steel Corporation;-Schwab of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Morgan
of J. P. Morgan & Company, and- Du
pont of the powder company. .' ' t 4 V
The excess profits taxes, is entirely
unworkable, Mr. .Kitchin -charges, be
cause it requires 'In 9t; cases out of a
hundred, physical valuation of all the'
assets' of each taxable, individual, part
nership or corporation," not only in the
year when, the taa vis coll Ifcted,' but for
each of the three years of. pre-war pief
iod. Such a stupendous ; task, it is de
clared, would take months t perform
and as mapped " out - by the; ' ? Senate
amendments would lead to endless con
fusion. - - , - - - - '
Many big business . concerns which
for years have .been. at. the .feet-of-Con-(Continued
n page .two.) k
Conference Reports On the
Two Food Bills Adopted By
House Almost Unanimously
ARM THEMSELVES
TO RESIST DRAFT
Groups of Men Numbering Proba
bly Four Hundred Gather in
South Central Oklahoma
RIOTS ALREADY REPORTED
Citizen-Deputies on Guard in Five
Counties Registers Principally
Negnroes, Indians and Gov
ernment Land Farmers.
v Oklahoma City,, Okla., August 3.
Groups of men numbering probably
four hundred in the aggregate, have
armed themselves and were gathering
in several places in south-central Ok
lahoma tonight, prepared to resist for
cibly their selection es soldiers under
the draft law. Discovery by officials
late tonight of the existence of a new
band of reslsters who are thought to
have established a' base near Shawnee,
a few miles southeast of this city, has
increased the anxiety of state officials
as to the probability of confining the
agitation within the five countes al
ready affected.
A hundred armed men are patrolling
the streets of Allen. Henryetta also
is filled with armed cit'lzen-deputes.
At the direction of Governor Williams,
who hesitates to use the National
Guard against the resisters, hundreds
of armed civilians have concentrated
in Seminole, Hughes, Pontotoc, Okmul-'
gee, Pottawatomie counties and will
make an effort at dawn tomorrow to
arrest the resisters.
According to late reports to Gov
ernpr Williams, ne" of the bands has
located-" near ' Sasakwa, another is at
Holdenville, and another at Wenoka
and the last heard from had gathered
at Rock Crossing on the South Cana
dian River. ...
' Several arrests have been made of
men charged with resisting the draft,
throughout the affected localities, ami
one, ' a. socialist agitator, was arrested
at Holdenville when it was discovered
he was carrying a grip filled with am
munition. : Sheriffs of the five coun
ties have informed the Governor that
the situation is out of their control
and state officials awai with anxety
the outcome of the attempt being made
by civilian posses- to arrest the men
tomorrow. The bands are composed
for the most part of negroes, Indians
and farmers, who are tenants on the
lands held by the government in trust
for Indians. It ha? not been deter
mined what influence was behind the
movement.
BIG CROWD GATHERS FOR
PURPOSE OF RESISTING DRAFT
Shawnee, Okla., August 3. One hun
dred and fifty men said to have gath
ered with the intention of resisting
the selective draft were reported hero
tonight to have gathered at Rock
Crossing on the South Canadian river,
the " boundary between Seminole and
Hughes counties. This point was ex
pected to be the resisters' base of op
erations. Roy Crane, a socialist agitator, was
arrested today at Holdenville. He
carried a grip filled with ammunition
and was heavily armed.
GERMANY KNE WOFA US TRIA 'S
INTENTION TO FIGHT SERBIA
Received the Austrian Ultimatum Fourteen Hours Before It Was
Delivered to Belgrade Z immermann's Admission Sets at
Naught the German Government's Repeated Denials.
Washington,' Aug. 3. Germany had
possession of Austria's ultimatum to
Serbia fourteen hours before it was
delivered - to Belgrade, according, to
positive information which has reach
ed officials here and which was made
public today for the first time.
It was stated that former Foreign
Secretary Zimmermann admitted this
himself, when pressed very closely as
to Germany's foreknowledge of the
action of her ally which precipitated
the European , war.
Germany has maintained consistent
ly ,in all her public documents that she
was not consulted" by Austria as to
the ultimatum which practically de nied
Serbia's independence and that
she did 'not -even .have knowledge of
the;step. , ,
Foreign Secretary Zimmermann's ad
jnission, however, is interpreted here
to show that Germany had full know
ledge of the note in time to stop ac-
t.i u if ana f1t it eRRe.ntia.l- Her
VIOIl V" ""V
inaction, however, is felt to have prov
ed er :ah accomplice of Austria, whom
she' had already told she would sup
port in any "decision she might mak.
- The admission was stated here to
bav been made when Zimmermann
was "pressed very closely as to Ger
many's .'knowledge, of the Austrian
ultimatum- For a considerable time,
it was stated, he maintained Germany
had Juiovfi nothing . at4 all : about .-it,
put; flttally,T when certain Information
" f , . - . "
" "- " , t- .
Not a Vote Recorded Against Con
trol Bill Scattering 4 ' Noes'
on Survey Measure
PATRIOTIC APPEAL BY KAHN
Republican and Native of Germany
Urges Representatives to
Stand by President
BOTH SIDES APPLAUD HIM
Predicts Great Success for the
Food Administration
Washington, Aug. 3. Conference re
ports on both the administration food
control and food survey bills were
adopted virtually without opposition to
day by the House. They will be taken
up in the Senate tomorrow, but proba
bly not adopted before Tuesday. Oppo
sition by Senator ' Gore, Democrat,
chairman of the agriculture committee,
who may file a minority report, now
appears to be the only dangerous
stumbling block.
'Not a vote was recorded in the House
against the report on the control biU.
Representative Powers, of Kentucky,
after an unsuccessful effort to recommit
it, voted in the negative and then
changed his vote. The only other show
ofopposition came from Representative
McLemore, of Texas, who voted "pres
ent." On the survey-measure the vote
was viva voce, with only a few scatter
ed "noes."
A patriotic appeal by Representative
Kahn, of California, a Republican born
in Germany, was the feature of the de
bate. Amid applause from both sides,
he urged united support of President
Wilson. He emphatically endorsed the
conferees' 'decision In eliminating the
Senate war . expenditures committee
amendment, opposed i by , the President
and favored by, some Republican House
leaders. '
"I want to congratulate- the House'
conferees, particularly for knocking
from this bill the provision for a
'snooping' committee", said Mr. Kahn.
"The duty of Congress at present Is
to present a solid front in standing be
hind, the President. He is the commander-in-chief
of the army and navy.
He will have to give an account of his
stewardship later. Let us not hamper
him now."
Mr. Kahn predicted great success for
the food administration.
Contrary to expectations, neither the
changes in the prohibition section, nor
the elimination of the war expenditures
committee provision, caused much dis
cussion. Representative Barkley, of
Kentucky,- one of the dry leaders, de
clared his satisfaction with the revised
prohibition sections, which would pro
hibit manufacture of distilled liquors
and give the President power to com
mandeer liquor and to prohibit the
making of beer and winea
SHERIFFS MAKE AN APPEAL
TO THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
Oklahoma City, August 3. Early to
night, twenty civilians with rifles, pis
tols and ammunition also were sent to
Holdenville and Weweoka by Adjutant
General Earp, following appeals from
the sheriffs in these, places who fear
trouble from draft registers. Guards
men would be used only as a last re
sort, the adjutant general said.
and faets were presented, Zimmermann
admitted Germany had had the text
for 14 hours before its delivery. This,
he seemed to think, was a purely neg
ligible time, which did r.ji allow the
possibility of action.
Thi". f-ct fi. to- v?ry closely with
tl.w iv.i-.-iiw .w..v-, iirst advanced
by Deputy Cohn in the reichstag and
since adopted by the Allied govern
ments, that German and Austrian lead
ers held a war council at Potsdam on
July 5 in which it. was practically de
cided to plunge Europe into conflict.
The Interpretation placed on thLs
council has been that Germany had
full knowledge of all Austria's plans
and stood "unreservedly behind her.
Germany, however, has denied the
holding of such a conference.
CHALLENGES GOVERNMENT
TO PROSECUTE DR. COHN
Amsterdam, Aug. 13. The Deutsche
Tages Zeitung challenges the German
government to prosecute Dr. Cohn, so
cialist member of . the reichstag, for
his alleged revelations regarding the
crown council held at' Potsdam July 5,
1914. The newspaper says it knows
the revelations published : in the Lon
don Times came from Stockhplm di
rect and from the German independent
socialists and it offers to give the. ful
lest evidence In case the government
desires to 'court martial Deputy Cohn.
The Liondon Times asserted, that a
conference was held in - the-presence
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POSTAL EMPLOYES
ARE SUBJECT TO
E IN ARMY
Exemptions Will be Asked Only
for Qualified Distribu
tors of the Mails
THE DEPARTMENT'S RULING
Steps Are Taken to Reduce Num
ber of Exemptions Because
of Dependent Families
Washington, August 3. A ruling to
day by the Postoffice Department
shows that department officials will
make few requests for the exemption
of postal employes from military serv
ice. Postmasters are instructed not
to ask for exemption for carriers or
laborers or for clerks in second-class
offices below the $1,000 grade, clerks
in first-class offices below the $1,10Q
grade, or any above these grades un
less they are qualified distributors of
mail.
The ruling is the first formal action
by an executive department in com
pliance with President Wilson's order
directing that department officials in
dicate exemptions and that the re
quirement of indispensibility be rigid
ly enforced. As generally constructed
the postal ruling shows the purpose,
of the administration to make the
government departments leaders in
freeing valuable employes for war
service.
Carriers Excluded From Exemption.
The entire mail carriers force, num
bering thousands of men of whom a
considerable percentage are within the
draft age limits, is excluded from ex
emption unless for physical reasons or
because they have dependent families.
Every portion of the country Ts reach
ed by the ruling as even the rural car
riers are included.
The department's ruling in regard .
to clerks leaves railway mail clerks
within the exemption class, as they
are highly specialized distributors.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
took steps today to reduce the num
ber of exemptions because of depend
ent families. Instructions were sent
to the governors of all states point
ing out that the minimum pay of sol
diers is now $30 a month and that local
boards must consider whether a man'a
dependents could be supported on that
amount. The telegram follows:
General Crowder's Telegram.
"Please call attention of local boards
to the fact that a soldier's pay is not
less than thirty dollars a month and
that all clothing, subsistence, medical
treatment and housing are furnished
him. Under the law he may allot any
portion of his pay to a dependent.
Many soldiers receiving thirty dollars,
a month are easily able to allot twenty
five dollars monthly to the support of
dependents. In case of death in line
of duty, the government will pay to
the beneficiary designated by the sol
dier six month's pay.
"Section four of the selective servica
act provides that those in a status
with respect to persons dependent
upon them for support which renders
their exclusion or discharge advisable
may be discharged, but it does not re
quire that they shall be discharged
in all such cases. The discretion of
local boards is invoked by this pro
vision and such boards may well take
the facts recited above into considera
tion in deciding claims for discharge
due to dependency with a view tc
determining whether as a matter of
fact, the person claiming such dis
charge will not be in as good or bet
ter position to support his dependents ;
after selection for military service
than he was before. If such is the
case, of course, the discharge should
not be granted."
Knotty Problem Arlalng.
Government officials generally are
beginning to take up the individual
questions that arise where government
employes are called for service. Secre
tary Daniels said today that knotty
problems were arising in the Navy
Department as to what individuals in ,
the clerical force, navy draughtsmen,
or skilled workers at the navy yards
are absolutely indispensible.
The number of exemptions asked by
the various departments will be re
duced to the absolute minimum, it is
indicated, even if some temporary de
rangement of the clerical force results.
. Gneral Crowder has suggested to
the governors that each assemble the
full membership of all district boards
in his state for a general conference
to Insure uniform proceedings regard
ing appeals. The governors were ask
ed also to appoint an official in each
local district to file appeals. County
attorneys were suggested.
LOOPS-THE-LOOP IN A
TWO-TON COMBINATION PLANE
Newport News, Va., August 3. Ed
ward Stinson, instructor at the Atlan-
tic Coast Aeronautical station, set a
world record oday by looping the loop
in a two-ton combination land and
water machine. Aviators and manu
fcturers have always contended the
feat with a machine of such dimen
sions was impossible. Stinson made
the record carrying a passenger with
him. -Edward Stinson is regarded as
the foremost fancy flier in 'the United
States. Katherine Stinson, famous
woman aviatress, is his sister.
GENERAL ERDELLI REPORTED
TO HAVE BEEN ASSASSINATED
Petrograd, August 2.- -General Er
delll, military governor of Petrograd,
says " the Bourse Gasette, . has been
killed. He was treacherously, shot la
the- back. .
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