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J HUM THE WEATHER TAB Complete Service of the Associated Press Fair Monday and Tuesday; gentle northeast winds. VOL. XCIX-TO. 333. WILMINGTON, K. C, MONDAY MORNING; AUGUST 27, 1917 WHOLE NUMBER 39,153 IERENSKY WARNS ANY WHO THINK THWART REVOLUTION - jnned Attempts Against People's Power Will Be Crushed 'With Blood and Iron.' RATIONAL COUNCIL OPENS premier Dramatically Declares Russia Is Passing Through Period of Mortal- Danger. ACCORDED AN OVATION Government Apparently Expects Further Attacks Today. Mosepiv, Aug. 26. Russia is passing through a period of mor tal danger, Premier Kerensky told the national conference which assembled in Moscow to consider the present situation of the coun try and plans for a new national government. Pie declared that any attempt to take advantage of :he conference for an attack on the national power, as embodied in the provisional government, would be repressed pitilessly " by blood and iron." Moscow in iilet. Notwithstanding the one-day strike proclaimed by the Bolsheviki in pro test against thi council ?is a counter revolutionary expert. r ion. the city is quiet. A few incipient attempts by the Bolsheviki street corner orators to organize demons'ri'.'ons were sum marily suppressed by the crowds and no serious incidtnf occurred. The grand opera house, in which the coun cil is meeting, is surr:ounded by a close chain of soldiers, with officers every few yards, the soldiers be'ng picketed men from regiments of the signal corps, or c.id2ts training for officers. The chambers under the buildings are occupied with fixed bay onets. Members and invited guests be fore being admitted have their tick ets examined, by nine different mili tary posts. - Kerensky Speaks. The proceedings be:in wirh a speech by Premier Kerensky lasting an hour and a half, pronounced in a nervous, impressive voice. The premier was greeted with applause, when early in b:s speech speaking of the dangers from the- extreme left, he declared: - "A'l attempts with armed force agamst the people's power will be crushed with blood and iron." Still more applause greeted him, nen hinting at a counter revolution notary conspiracy, he exclaimed: Let them be warned ' who think the time has come when, relying on the. oayonet, they can overthrow our rev olution." The audience arose and cheered this expression for five minutes. Premier Kerensky rebuked the Fin Miflers and other seceding nationalf '7 words evoking enthusiasm, a there as a menacing note in -his o.ce when he declared that their pre cisions threatened success of the rev olution. Jhe premier's speech indicated that ."government expects further at- aiwi Cmorrow by the military duma ,L Mosw deputies which he -enounced in advance. S? Who thinlr U , mAmf4- Do-L .r'vertnrfw the revolutionary w'lth bavonpts are malfintr a mistake: talfo -tverensKy, iei mem (531 IT IT , trr j . care, fnr . . . u : t ft n . the bnundless confidence of ho y milll0ns r soldiers 5rmoare- defei"ing us against the rman- invasion. rlnced thrV'Sional government is con htre -if1 a11 of you wno nave com ronr V 1 forBret everything except the rp 1 owar" your country and I'evp, n- The government be- lo onr-Uan tel1 the truth- not onlv aiur fr;enrls but also to our ene- Pav aiii ..I i t ... ... . . r.e mai 1 win niae otn- rOm vnn Llltr tfir tl.,. a . r,u fn 51 ume to speak to to tel1 "ou of the un" the ""hioh immense reRnmnsihilitv sv c tre hearine: dpsnito nil tViA ,.pPV"e receiving. C:ti,:H'Ml MOT1 Danger." -hro'icrU' state is passing I do d Ver'Mi of mortal danger. Hand. 'Kay more- for you all under- "In fe"t in Z W1Th the mother country, :'f an th'J11"31 as"irations- On top fte fw-'? rame shameful events at ?e-tine th . en Russian troops, for- a- witb3 dm-' to the country- sav'e e fnomv ' replS5tnce to pressure ot Pl r: ,ani thus forged for their "AVP cnains of despotism. lot frpo 30 10 w because we could 5er!tanrVnfr8?iyes fl"m tne fatal ln haf ht i ' old regime that, we yed beca"se we feared it. ::ber'v no when power rests on 5'ftedr,;, on bayonets, we are trans- ,r"6 hfr T uel'Knt. although there is 'iH-er -ea'tary distrust of this new -tern AVn.t... r j ?e povprl once trembled before narc:i nt f autocrats now bold- iiswean- I5tohtioal life the process of :ausine- r Uon is appealing, even R,Jh t tain nationalities living in :lr.s' , ?f'ek their salvation, not in (Cent ae government with continued on Page Eight) THEY CAN BULGARIA WILL INSIST ON LARGE ANNEXATIONS Premier- Radostavoff, of Bulgaria, predicts that the Central Powers will soon be united in a gigantic imperial federation of middle Europe and that the Entente will rue the day, if it does not accept peace. Premier Radostavoff Predicts Gi "" garitic'ImjiiaTTi'ed " of Middle Europe. CENTRAL POWERS VICTORS Declares Entente Will Rue the Day if it Does not Accept Peace Soon Will Be Seeking a Mediator. Copenhagen, August 26. Annexa tion of large amounts of territory will be insisted upon by Bulgaria, accord ing to an interview with Premier Raa ostavoff,. as published in a Budapest newspaper. The premier also is quoted-as s"aying that the formation of a great imperial federation of Middle Europe might soon be .expected. Each of the Central powers will re turn separate answers to the peace proposal of Pope Benedict, giving it's standpoint in concrete form, the pre mier says. Turkey also will state Us cafe, which will be agreed .o by all it s allies. Premier Radostavoff indicates Bul garia will demand the acquisition of Macedonia, the Dobrudja and tha Aeg ean littoral, saying that this is in i-c-cord with the proposal for settlement of the Balkan problem on the basts of right and justice as made by the Pope. The Bulgarians, he :jay-5, nave freed their brothers on the Aegoau exist, at Kavala, Drama and Seres, in Ser bian Macedonia and in the Moravia region of northern Serbia. The lib erated people, the premier asserts, de sire union with Bulgaria. , The Central powers, the premier de clares, are the victors, and without doubt will soon be united in a gigan tic federation .-f middle Europe. The Entente will -me tlv hy. re says, if it does not accept peace, and will soon be seeking a mediator. GERMAN AIRMEN DROPPING BOMBS ON THE HOSPITALS Several Hospitals of the Allies Recent ly Bombarded; Proof of Pre meditation. Paris, August 25. (Saturday). One of the hospitals behind Verdun on which German airplanes dropped in cendiary bombs a week ago ;s at Vadelainecourt, The fires caused by the bombs spread rapidly to the whole building and the glare showed up more plainly than ever the large red cross painted on the roof. The avi ator threw a second bomb, which de molished a pavilion in which were three crews of surgeons who were performing operations. The surgeons, nurses and wounded were obliged to quit the building. At about the same time a German aviator , attacked the hospital at Chateau Mont Hairons. The bomb exploded in a ward filled with wounded men, killing one of them. - Ten wounded soldiers were killed on the same evening at Belrupt by a German shell. Proof of premeditation on the part of the German authorities in making these attacks is furnished by a pho tograph found on a German aviator brought down at Dead Man's Hill, photograph represented the Vadelain court hospital, with the hospital, with the red cross sign Indicated clearly. BULGARIA WANTS BIG ANNEXATIONS JAPAN REAFFIRMS TO IRE ALLIES' CAUSE Ishii Places Wreath, of Flowers on Tomb of Washington, "Citizen of the World." MR. AND MRS. DANIELS HOST Japanese Mission, With Notable American and Other States men, Visit Mt. Vernon. Washington, August 26. Viscount Ishii, the special ambassador from Japan, placing a wreath of roses and crysanthemums on the tomb of George Washington at Mount Vernon today, claimed the right for Japan to hon or Washington's memory and reaffrm ed her devotion to the Allies' cause and the principles for which they wage battle. The members of the Japanese mis sion, with Secretary and Mrs. Daniels as hosts, sailed down the Potomac on the President's yacht Mayflower. Accompanying them were Ambassador Sato, Secretaries Lansing, Redfleld and Baker, Postmaster General Burleson, Speaker Clark, members of .the Sen ate and House, high officers of the army, navy and marine corps, members of the missions of other European countries and many prominent people in diplomatic and official life. With the red sun of Japan on a white field waving with the Stars and Stripes above him, the representative of one of the oldest civilizations on earth, on the soil of one of the young est, paid a remarkable tribute to the memory of the only man who has alike been honored and is honored by the nations warring for democracy. Viscount Ishii said: Viscount Ishii Speaks. "In the name of my gracious sov ereign, the Emperor of Japan, and representing all the liberty-loving people who own his sway, I stand to day in this sacred presence not to euologize the name of Washington for that wefle presumption but to offer the simple tribute of a peoples' reverence and love; ' - "Washington was an American, but America, great as she is, powerful as she is, certain as she is of her splendid destiny, can lay no exclu sive claim to this immortal name. Washington is now a citizen of the world; today he belongs to all man kind. And so men come here from the ends of the earth to honor his memory and to reiterate their faith in the prin ciples to which his great life was de voted. "Japan claims entrance to this holy circle. She yields to none in rever ence and respect nor is there any gulf .between the ancient East and the new-born West too deep and wide for the hearts and the understandings of her people to cross. "Comrades in Holy Cause." "It is a fitting place, at this time, when all the world is filled with tur moil and suffering, for comrades in a holy cause to gather and here re new their fealty to a righteous pur pose. "Japan is proud to place herself be side her noble allies in this high resolve and here, in the presence of (Continued on Page Two). SUGAR TO BE ONE AND A HALF GENT CHEAPER Beet Sugar Producers' Agree ment Announced by Hoover. Means a Saving? to 'the Public of $30,. 000,000 Between Now and the First Of Next Year Wholesale Grocers Agree. Washington, Aug. 26. An agreement by the country's beet sugar produc ers to limit the price of their prod uct so as to effect a reduction of about 1 cents a pound jn the present price of sugar was announced tonight by the food administration, with a notice to the public that this should mean a saving of $30,000,000 between now and the first of next year. It also was announced that the wholesale grocers had agreed to limit distrib uting charges to prevent exhorbitant charges. In the near future the administra tion will state the price at which wholesale sugar should be delivered at large consuming centers. The beet sugar price fixed is the equivalent of $7.25, cane sugar basis, f. o. b. sea board refining ports. "Owing to the holders of the re remainder of the Cuban crop asking exhorbitant prices for their sugar," said the administration's statement, "the price has advanced during the last few weeks by over 1 cents per pound. The new Cuban crop will not be available until the latter part of December. The beet sugar produc tion of about 800,000 tons begins to come into the market during the month of September and should fur nish the bulk of supplies between then and the first of next year, when the Cu'ban crop will be available. "This patriotic action of the dom (Continued on Page Eight). HER DEVOTION Germany Hard Presf To Obtain Men Thinning RarAn Army Copenhagen, Ay; & The diffi culty which Ger'is experienc ing in obtaini ,'Ten to fill the ranks is show.'"' ,in interpellation presented in th: Reichstag by Dep uty Davidson calling attention to the practice of the military au thorities in recalling to the service pensioners, who have been dis charged for disabilities. The in terpellation says men receiving pensions for fifty per cent or more of total disability and even crip ples to whom supplementary pen sions have been granted, are being constantly forced into the army again and 'that in some cases men are taken from hospitals before their treatment is completed. LONDON OVER-RUN BY U. S. SOLDIERS Everywhere the Americans Fra ternize With Tommies, Aus tralians and Canadians. LIONIZED BY THE BRITONS Women Hand Roses to the U. S. Sol diers Who are a Mystery to the Englishmen Can't Count Brit ish Money. London, August 26. London was over-run today with American soldiers and sailors. All the down town streets in the city, especially in the Piccadilly district, were thronged with soldiers, some walking, some in taxies. Everywhere the Americans fratern ized with the Tommies, Australians, Canadians and Scotchmen in kilts. The Americans, who had not been at liberty since their departure from the United States, were lionized. At some corners women were standing. handing roses to the soldiers who pin ned them on their hats. Every Amer ican group was piloted by at least one and sometimes half a dozen Brit ons. All the landmarks were pointed out and in , -many ' Instances' ; -mbced groups walked through the streets with arms locked. The American soldier is a mystery to the Englishmen. Those in London today, having just been paid, had their pockets full of money, which they were anxious to spend. They dined at the best hotels, some of them oc cupying tables adjoining those at which British officers were sea-ted. The only difficulty which they expe rienced with English money had to do with the value of the coins, to which they are as yet unaccustomed. They passed over pound notes in pay ment for small purchases 'and took back a handful of change without counting it. "What's the use of counting it?" said one. "We could count the number of coins that's all. So w just trust to luck." From the tops of crowded buses men and women waved at the Americans. It is agreed unanimously that London likes them as much as they like Lon don. RETAIL FOOD STOCKS TORE Survey to be Made of Stores in 43 Counties August 31. To Furnish Basis of Estimate of the Amount of Food Productr in the Hands of Retail Dealers Oth er Surveys Later. Washington, August 26. Pood stocks held in retail stores of city and rural portions of 3 counties in various parts of the country will be inventoried on August 31 to furnish the. basis for an estimate by the De partment of Agriculture's bureau of markets o fthe amount of food pro ducts in the hands of retail dealers. A detailed survey also will be made In New York City, which is to be handl ed as a separate problem. The survey of retail stocks, the plan for which was made public to night, is one of four branches of the great task of estimating the country's entire stock of food as of August 31, which has been undertaken by the bu reau of markets for the Department of Agriculture and the food adminis tration. Other surveys will cover stocks on farms, in wholesale com mercial establishments and storages, and in the homes of consumers. Local work will be directed for the bureau by agents of the bureau of chemistry and of the states relations service. Boards of trade, chambers of commerce, retail grocers' associations and farm-bureau agents and other state, county and city officials have promised their assistance. Blanks for detailed reporting c stocks on hand are being distributed locally in cities by local health and police officials un der the direction of the bureau of chemistry, and in rural, communities (Continued on Page Eight) INVENTORIED CONGRESS EAGES VERY IMPORTANT WEEK'S PROGRAM Senate Must Decide How Far Wealth Shall Be Conscripted in the War Tax Bill. HOUSE GETS BUSY TUESDAY New $11,638,000,000 War Credit Bill, Insurance and Other Big Measures On Hand. Washington, Aug. 26. This week's program of Congress promised to be one of the most important of the war session. A decision by the Senate on how far wealth shall be conscripted In the war tax bill, passage by the House of the $11,538,000,000 new war credit bill and the soldiers' and sail ors' insurance measure, and launch ing of a new deficiency appropriation bill aggregating between $4,500,000, 000 and $6,000,000,000 are among the things to be done. On Wednesday Senate leaders ex pect to reach the war profits section of the tax bill. Tomorrow the one cent letter postage and publishers' tax sections are to be taken up, with expectation of disposing of them Tu esday or Wednesday to clear the way for the bitter contest on war profits. House Gets Busy Tuesday. After a month virtually in recess, under a "gentlemen's agreement" to transact no business, the House will reconvene Tuesday prepared to remain of work until recess or adjournment of the session. Most of the leaders now think that hardly will be before October 1 or 15. The Ways and Means committee will meet tomorrow to consider the bond and certificate bill and the Interstate and Foreign Commerce committee probably will report the insurance bill Tuesday. All House members have been recalled for regular sessions be- J ginning Tuesday. Passage or tne bona Dili win oe comparatively easy, It is believed, be cause both Democrats and Republicans intend to support its general provis ions. A harder contest over the in surance bill is promised. With these two measures out of the way, the end of House work for the session will be in sight, unless new business intervenes. Next week it probably will pass the $6,000,000,000 war deficiency bill, leaving nothing of any importance on the House slate ex cept conference reports on bills be for the Senate. Slow Progress in Senate. Senate leaders have little hope of passing the war tax bill before next week, but tomorrow thy may endeav or to have a date set for a final vote. Disposition of the war profits section by Saturday is proposed but many speeches must be heard. A brief truce in the Senate strug gle will be taken Thursday for re ception of the Japanese mission. Vis count Ishii, the special ambassador, will address the Senate. SHIPPERS CO OPERATING WELL WITH RAILROADS Virtually 120,000 Cars f Space Saved in Month of July. Intensive Loading Movement Effective in All Parts of Country and In cludes Every Commodity, Says Harrison. New York, August 26. Shippers are co-operating so well with the railroads in their efforts to further freight movement through efficient aar load ing that the space saved in July alone amounted to virtually 120,000 cars, according to a statement issued here tonight by Fairfax Harrison, chair man of the railroads war board. The movement was effective in all parts of the country, and included every commodity from coal and iron to food. "Some conception of the efforts the shippers are making to help the rail roads in their campaigr to increase transportation efficiency and release cars- that are essential to take care of increased government and commer cial traffic, may be gleaned from re ports which come from various parts of the country," said Mr. Harrison. "In New Orleans, sugar, which was formerly loaded to only 50 per cent of the capacity of cars, is now being loaded to from 100 to 113 per cent of marked capacity. "At Mt. Libby, Mont., a lumber com pany, which in July, 1916, loaded an average of 22,268 feet to the car, last month increased the average loading to 26,383, an increase of more than 15 per cent. A rubber company in the Middle West which averaged 16,000 pounds of tires to the car before the campaign for . intensive loading is now loading 32,000 pounds. "A recent check of bituminous coal on an eastern . road showed that only seven cars out . of 540 were loaded be low marked capacity." ITALIANS CONTINUING THEIR DRIVE OF THE A USTRIANS EASTWARD - ITALY'S MAN OF THE HOUR 'DOING NICELY' GENERAL CADORNA E E BY ITALIANS Austrians Stubbornly Retreating at Many Points; Prisoners Increased tc 23,000. BATTLE STILL IS RAGING Many Messages From th Front 3ay Cadorna's Men Are Maklnjr "'vift Strides Toward Victory "Doing Nicely," Rome, Aug. 26. The Italians have made a further advance u. thu Isonzo front north of Gorizia, closely pursu ing the Austrians, the war office an nounces. Austrian cormtar attacks on the Carso were repulsed. The num ber of prisoners has been increased to more than 23,000, in addition to which a great amount of booty which har been captured. The battle "till ranges, wi'h the Aus trians stubbornly retreating at many joints, including fne lower Carso. Nu merous messages from the front re ceived by ministers say the Italians are making swift strides toward vic tory. When asked today for an ex pression of his opinion of the results thUL far aohieved in the battle Gen ral Cadorna, commander in chief of the Italia, forces, smilingly re plied: "We are doing nicely, thank you." The official communication on the result of the battle shows that the demorllization of Austrian troops is in part due to the extraordinary aeri al and artillery work of the Italians which has destroyed not only the lines of communication, but has resulted in the burning of all the main food sup ply stations of the Austrians, who for the last week hav beer starving at many points between Tolmino and the sea. This also accounts for the un usual number of prisoners and wound ed. The total Ictzzz of the Austrians from all causes are reckoned at near ly 100,000, the most important of which in the Cars-- region, have not yet been officially announced. It is said that among the losses of the Austrians are many men of the famous Twelfth division, popularly known as the "Iron Division." Monte Santo, the side of which has been scarred by many struggles in the last two years and whic is known in both armies as the spot where many men have "become heroes, was taken by the Second army corps under General Capello, who crossed the Is onzo and swerved around the base of Monte Santo, thereby cutting the Aus trian line of retreat and completely isolating the mountain. AWAITING1 DEATH IX THE HEART OF A JUNGLE San Francisco, Aug. 26. Bradly Jones and Daniel M. Wise, scientists and explorers for the Carnegie Insti tute, who left this country last year for South America, were awaiting death in the heart of a jungle near the head of the Amazon river on June 29, according to a. letter which reached here today. The message, mailed at Lima, Peru, gave no indi cation of the fate that met the two men. ID Daily Number of Prisoners Taken is Mounting; 600 Officers, 23,000 Men, Thus Far. WAT STORES ENORMOUS French Continue Their Gains on Both Sides of the Meuse in the Verdun Sector. LULL ON BRITISH FRONT German Advance Toward Riga Evidently Has Ceased. (Associated Press War Summary), With the dominating height of Monte Santo securely in their possession, the Italians are contin uing their drive of the Austrians. eastward over the Bain-Sizea plateau notwithstanding the vio lent resistance the enemy is offer ing with infantry, machine guns and light artillery. Here and also on the Carso front in proximity to the sea, where the battle again has assumed terrific proportions after Saturday's slight lull, the Italian airmen are still lending wonderful aid to General Cador na's forces, dropping bombs or using their machine gims with telling effect on troop concentra tions behind the lines. Kumber of Prisoners Mounts. The daily number of prisoners tak en by the Italians boA.h officers and men is mounting, the latest report showing that 600 officers and 23,000 men have been captured. In addition, the capture , of war stores by the Ital ians has been- enormous, including guns of all calibres and arms, am munition, horses and motor tractors. From the supply depots abandoned by the enemy in his flight, the Italians now are enabled tc replenish their troops fighting in the difficult country. French Continue Gains. On both sides of the river Meuss in the Verdun sector the French troops continue their gains against the forces of the German crown prince, on th6 right bank having captured positions over a front of two and a half miles to a depth of two thirds of a mile, taking the Fosses and Beau mont wood and reaching the environs of the village of Beaumont, and on the left bank having driven their ad vanced posts to the outskirts of Jethincourt and along the banks of the Forges rivulet. Th . Germans in counter attacks twice have endeavored to retrieve lost ground on the heights of the Meuse, but each time met with repulse and heavy losses. Aside from artillery duels, there has been little activity on that part of the line in France and Belgium held by the British. Field Marshal Haig's men have carried out several small trench raids with success and repulsed (lerman counter attacks. Advance Townrd Riga Ceased. Evidently the German advance to ward Riga, Russia's port and naval base on the Baltic, has ceased, for neither tho German nor Russian offi cial communications mention the op erations in this region. To the south, however, the Russians and Russo-Ru-manian armies, respectively, around Vladimir-Volynski and 1 nthe Ruman ian theatre, are keeping up their strong resistance against the Ger mans. At Moscow has begun the extra ordinary council upon which the fate of Russia as a factor in the war prob ably depends. M. Kerensky in ' his opening address gave warning to those who are opposed to the govern ment, declaring that all attempts with armed force against the people's pow er "will be crushed with blood and iron." Visit to Great Headquarters. An interesting report of the German chancellor's recent visit to grand headquarters, where he received per mission to form a sub-committee of the reichstag main committee to con fer with the government on peace and foreign affairs, is that the chancellor also was given the power to trans form Alsace-Lorraine into an Inde pendent federal state. STRIKES OF MIXERS REDUCE GERMAN PRODUCTION OF COAL Copenhagen, Aug. 28. Strikes of miners in Silesia last month reduced the German production of coal by more than 1,000,000 tons according to statements made in the debate in the reichstag main committee on the fuel problem. Vice Chancellor Helfferich gave an urgent and earnest warning against further strikes. The govern ment report stated that production had been affected by inadequate food sup plies. This was corroborated by speakers of various parties who said under-nourished workmen could' Mt do a normal days work, ' . . ' ,
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