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Complete Service
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Fair Saturday '.and probably Sunday.
WILMINGTON, K. C, SATTE&DAX MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1917
WHOLE NUMBER 39,158
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0 GERMANS AGAINST
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Destroyers and Other War Craft
Operating in - Waters Adja-
cent to. Gulf of Riga
AERIAL ATTACKS f ARE MADE
Kalians Continue Advance North
0f Gorizia Renew Drive in
Caxso Plateau j Region .
600 MORE PRISONERS TAKEN
ATnmrr Ttaipls 0wnr in
Violent aiw"w.r
Belgium anal UTance
(Associated Press War Summary.)
Having failed in all their direct
attacks by land to break the Rus
sian front and capture Riga, Rus
sia's principal naval base and ar
senal on the Baltic, the.-possibility
that the Germans are now prepar
ing for an offensive by land and
sea is forecast in the maneuvers
of their -torpedoboat destroyers,
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submarines ana mine sweeping
trawlers in adjacent waters and
in aerial attacks' in the Gulf of
Riga itself.-
-Russian Harbor Raided.
Forty airplanes of the enemy have
winced their flight ovr the waters of
the gal?, dropping bombs. Ninety of
these missiles wer-. loosed Thursday
upon itisfian warships and harbor
works and raids were also carried out
against islands in the gulf. What dam
age, if arty, resulted, is not. seated in
the Russian off ;a! communicat!o.i.
Neither the Russian nor Berlin war
otice ha announce! the recommenoj
ment of infantry activity la. the ma-shy
district west of R::ra. where rjoe.i'.ly
the Gemans made advances, although
Berlin sas that- i'o-:nwest of Dv'iisk,
in -the reijioa of Illukst, the Ruii;ans
have taken Hie offensive and ars car
rying out raiding derations. The sit
uation on th'i other sectors of the Rus
sian frn: has not changed matsriaUv.
Italian Continue train.
The Italians are still malting gains
on the Bainsdzza plateau, .north of Ga
rcia, and also have renewed their of
fensive on the Carso plateau. More
than 600 additional Austrian prison
ers and five machine guns have been
;aptured in the Bainsizza region. South
of this region, on the dominating: peak
of Monte SangabYiele, more ground has
teen taken.
On the Carso. the big: Capronl air
Planes are aiding in the attack.-
Aside from artillery duelB which are
violent at various, points along the
front held by the British and French
troops ir. Belgium and France, onlv
nbr operations , are taking place.
- mere has been a return of rather
avy fighting on several sectors of
we front in Macedonia, where ithe
J'"ch have repulsed Bulgarian at
tacks in the ,,?;' r-, t 1
m west of Monastir.
HENEW FIGHT FOR WAR
EXPENDITURES BOARD
Hnblioa,,,, to Try JKato For Con.
5Mtfoal Committee Bond and
Certificate Bill Approved.
Yashin
bythp ! votins ot a favorable report
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KUtrt.r.0'0' . war Dona
retarv v.Vi111 tua"y the form
&nieB;o, wrote it, jtepuDii-
Uer. iJf ln tne -House announced
creation, W tneir flght for the
PenditiL0" a Congressional war ex
Thi committee...
ee nfFoI05ose(i expenditures commit
. onered bv Ticnr
"a-'ty u ' was vted' down along
nBn,""!s. ln committee, but sever-
kit,l7"s expressed their approval
ucyuDiicans are hor.fnl that
cratir Ch ine' noor some Demo-
eflW ;W1 1 elop.. V
Plthp, Deen niade in draft-
of p edment to meet the object-
hrn,.:.. res!dent. Wilson that o aimllur
troihp,PrPosed during the food
ElR in th UCUdte wouia embarrass
stead r"duct of the war.
"?turiv auinorizing a committee
Jr-' I'ko Ptr,obIems arising from the
3e draft former proposal, the
s;tte -to Would Proviae; for a corn
et i c-operate with the Presi-
stins-. emciency and pre-
PSdurt r .? and extravagance in the
. .
-Hat V ine war." As indieatine
in ':urn .
e5Hcan , mittee 18 needed the
1 waste-a" j " to Point to reports
PPearert extravagance which have
ProviMon ,newsPa-Pers. Anoth
lees thTt df3iSned to forestall
Perr; 6 mo7 18 .Political
blL611 Democrats and six
Persr", .compose the commit
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nas and Investigations at
of nQO.ooo; appropna
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Glf -lvea m the vicinity of
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MJil VIL
WILL PUT: POLISH
TROOPS IN FIELD
This Move of Central Powers is
Prompted by the Vigorous
Attacks of Allies
VIENNA REPORTS DECISION
Dispatch Say Negotiations For the
Establishment of Polish Govern
ment Are Approaching a Con.
elusion.
Amsterdam, August 31.-The Central
Powers have decided to put Polish
troops In the field against the Entente,
according to a dispatch from Vienna
received here today. The move was
prompted by the vigorous allied at
tacks. The dispatch reads:
e7? -Vlew f tho general offensive
of their enemies, Austria-Hungary and
Germany have decided to utilize the
Polish auxiliary corps under Austrian
command. As soon as the war situa
tion permits this corps will again form
the kernel; of the Polish arm v. Moon.
while, the necessary, training and re-
bruiting starr. consisting of Austrians
and Polish subjects, will remain in
Poland.
"Negotiations between Austria-Hungary
and Germany for the establish
ment of a Polish government." adds
the dispatch, "are approaching a con
clusion and It is expected that within
a short period institutions will be es
tablished whereby the country will re
enten the list of independent states."
The Polish troops referred to are
doubtless those raised in Russia Po
land, after it had been conquered! by
the Central Powers, and the recruit
ing of a so-called Polish army begun
Polish enlistments in this force are
understo6d to have been limited and
recently some of the units resigned
rather than be put .into the field un
der Austro-German command.
GERMAN GOVERNMENT IS
GIVEN FURTHER WARNING
Majority. Parties Will Be Forced to
Take Steps Unless Demands For
Reforms Are Met.
Copenhag-en, Aug. 31. A warning
that unless the German government
heeds demands of' the reienstag for
reforms the majority parties will take
measures' was given before the reich
stag main committee on Wednesday.
Resolutions of the majority, introduc
ed by Dr. Karl Heine, socialist, de
manded for the fourth or fifth time
abolition of the political censorship,
and limitation of .the military censor
ship 'to facts connected with the con
duct of the war and criticism there
of. This was held to be necessary be
cause it is notorious that the military
authorities exercise a sweeping poli
tical censorship .of the German press
on the pretense that publications of a
political nature may affect the mili
tary spirit of the people.
Dr. Heine gave the government four
weeks until the asembling of the
reichstag, to mend Its ways. Other
wise, he said, the reichstag majority
would be forced to take steps. The
government has received some half
dozen earlier warnings' of a similar
nature and its response in the present
intance will not be an unfair test of
the influence of the ' present majority
fn the reichstag.
Speeches and pronouncement of
Emperor" "William were criticised in
the debate on the censorship.
OFFICIALS CONFIDENT THE
DECISION WILL, BE REVERSED
Washington, August 31. Federal
officials regard the decision of Judge
Boyd holding the chiie labor law un
constitutional merely as a vehicle for
getting the question before the Su
preme court, where they are entirely
aonfldent the action of Congress will
be sustained. . It had been assumed
when the law was passed that the mill
ing districts would not permit its
enforcement without a vigorous ,fight.
The law becomes effective tomorrow
and the decree at Greensboro affects
only the North Carolina district, ex
cept where the courts interfere it will
be enforced. Under the statute's pro
visions no child under 14 may be em
ployed in any factory, mill, workshop,
or cannery whose products are shipped
in- interstate commerce, and no child
under 16 may work in any mine or
quarry. Children under 15 are not per
mitted to, work longer than eight
hours a day.
USE OF GIANT AntPLANES
' AGAINST U-BOATS URGED,
Newport, R l.f Aug. 31. The use of
o-jcranVLnlrTvlanes" which the Italians
are now' building as the best means of
ending the submarine menace Dy at
tacking German naval. bases, was urged
hV MiAr R. Perfettl. head of the spe
cial Italian aeronautic mission to the
TTnlted States, at a benefit theatrical
AfmoTa for American aviators
uc iwi umvw - -
here tonight.
nr, -plrfottl a.id that aircraft car
i-iriTio- 25 or more men could be built In
large numbers ' in tteis country where
materials are abundant, flown across
the Atlantic and used on the other side
against Germany and her allies. -rrmanii
Re-OocnPT Ground.
Berlin", Aug. 31, (via London). A
portion of the ground recently gained
by the British south of L Catelet
has. been- re-captured by i the Germans,
the , war office - announces..
MOLLIS READY TO
TAKE NEARLY ALL
OF
Says They Are a Trust Fund and
Government Should Not Hes
itate to Take Them
FIGHT WILL BEGIN TODAY
Johnson Proposal Providing Gross
Levy of 80 Per Cent Will
Come Up First
Washington, August 31. Voting
probably will begfn in the Senate to
morrow on the war profits section of
the war tax bill.
The situation clarified so rapidly to
day following yesterday's abandon
ment of cloture plans and agreement
for final disposition of the measure,
that just before suspending today all
was ready for a vote on the first of
the amendments to the war ptroftts
section the proposal of Senator
Johnson, of California, providing a
gross levy of eighty per cent. Ab
sence of a score of senators prevent
ed an immediate test of strength.
Senator LaFollette expects to make
tomorrow a lengthy war profits speech
on which he has been working for
several days, but Senator Borah, a
leader of the group demanding high
er taxation, said tonight this would
not J interfere with prompt action -on
the Johnson amendment.
Spokesmen for those favoring and
opposing higher profits rates divided
today's debate. Senators Harding and
Smoot urged retention of the finance
committee's provision while Senators
Hollls and Gronna urged greater
levies.
Senators Harding and Smoot warn
ed that much higher taxation of war
profits probably would result serious
ly to business. Senators Hollls and
Gronna contended that the bulk of the
war's expenses should be obtained
from war profits.' TSenatbV Hollls ,Jop
posed taxes proposed, and insisted that
the bill be increased to - 53,000,000,000
by levying upon war profits. ,
"I am ready to take practically all
war profits," he declared. "They are
a trust fund in the hands of thpse that
make them and the government should
have no compunction in reaching out
and taking them."
By a stragetic move the senators
making the flght for a higher rate
on war profits got Senator Johnson's
amendment placed in position for the
first vote. Both sides expressed con
fidence tonight, but the plan of the
high tax group is to offer Senator
Johnson's maximum levy provision
first and if that is defeated, to follow
with other propositipns to Secure ac
ceptance of the highest possible rate.
WILL DISCUSS POLITICAL
UNION OF FIVE NATIONS
Prospects Appear Bright tor Gathering
of Conference of Central Amer
ican Republics.
La Llbertad, Salvador, Aug. 31.
Prospects appear bright for the gath
ering of the conference of the Central
American republics to discuss the po
litical union of the five states. The
Honduran government, when the proj
ect came up of assembling a conference
to renew the peace agreements con
cluded in 1905, whose 10-year period is
about to expire, suggested that the
scope of the conference be enlarged to
take into consideration the closer un
ion of the five countries. '
The invitation of Honduras for the
calling of a Central American cbngress
to this end has been replied to ravora
bly, it is now understood, by the presi-A-ntu
nf fh other republics. Salvador.
Guatemala, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
and Honduras has already appointed
two delegates as a preliminary move.
TrAs)riATit Melendez. of Salvador, has
announced himself as heartily in favor
of the project, declaring that ne would
resign from the presidency of the re
niiKMn" if it were necessary to bring
the unification project .into being. His
action was enthusiastically acciaimea
In Honduras where a demonstration in
his honor took place in front of the
Salvadorean legation at Tegucigalpa.
THIRD N. C. ENGINEER HAS
ARRIVED AT CAMP SEVIER
Troops Beginning- to Pour ln by Thous
ands Nsnv.
..(Special Star, Telegram).
Greenville, S. C, Aug. 81. Practi
cally "the entire. Third regiment of In
fantry, North Carolina National Guard,
and a part of the First regiment and
several companies of the Tennessee
National Guard arrived at Camp Se
vier late this afternoon and tonight.
Three special traVns handled the troops
There -was considerable confusion
incident to the detrainment and a hard
rain made the first night in camp dis
mal and "wet for several hundred who
were forced to sleep under their dog
tents. Troops are beginning .to pour
in by the thousands now. instead "of
filing in singly by companies. Fifteen
hundred from Tennessee are scheduled
to arrive here tomorrow.
Plots Asalnst Conscription. .
Montreal, Aug 31. The finding of
1,600 rifles, thousands of cartridges and
some sticks of dynamite in a house on
Chafceau-Briand street, was announced
today by "the police. The discovery . is
associated by the authorities with
threats made recently to organize re
alstancs toother conscription bill, r-
WAR
PROFITS
CAN BE BUT VERY
SM REDUCTION
BREAD PRICES
The 'st the Public May. Expect
16-Ounce Loaf for 10
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ANNOUNCEMENT BY HOOVER
New WheatiPrice Makes It Possi
ble to Reduce Family Flour
$2 to $3 a Barrel
Washington, Aug. 31. Prospects for
an early and radical reduction in bread
prices apparently, vanished tonight
when Herbert-Hoover, the food admin
istrator, announced that the best ihe
public may expect is a 16-ounce loaf
for ten cents or possibly eight cents.!
The eight-cent loaf of 16 ounces is
possible,' Mr. Hoover said, only if bak
ers, retailers and consumers unite to
eliminate ; wasteful distribution meth
ods and co-operate to obtain a stan
dardized loaf.
The price of family flour, Mr. Hoo
ver said, should be reduced at the pres
ent price of wheat at least two or thre
dollars a barrel. Bakers iiour will
sell little cheaper than at present.
C. I. Corby, who is serving for the
bakers of the country as a vountary
aide to Mr. Hoover, said tonight that
a 16-ounce ioa.for ten cents would
represent a slight reduction in present
prices. Standardization, he said, would
be hard to bring about, since varying
costs in ingredients that go into bread
have made it nefcessary to increase or
reduce the i size of the loaf.
No move will e made towards price
reduction. Mr. Cotby said, until the food
administration his announced its plans
for. dealing with? the baking industry.
It may be a month before the program
is ready, it was Idarned tonight
Members of th wheat price commit
tee which ,rjoHpaB4
$2.20 fixed by 'President Wilson for
wheat declared after their work was
ended that the committee was convinc
ed it was possible to make and sell a
14 -ounce loaf of bread for five cents.
The country's millers have agreed to
hold their profits on flour to 25 cents
a barrel. Under this agreement, Mr.
Hoover said, flour should retail in New
York at from $11.75 to $12.75 a barrel.
The price of bakers' patent flour to
small bakers and retailers, he said,
should be from $10.33 to $11.25. The
average retail price of family patent
flour in New York "from April to August
has been $15.36. At present bakers'
patent is selling ln New York to job
bers at $10.65, which would make it
cost small bakers and retailers about
$11.00.
Mr. Hoover made it cTear that under
the food control act, except in isolated
instances the food administration has
no control of prices from the time flour
reaches the wholesaler until it is sold
by bakers and retailers as bread. A
price reduction can be accomplished
only by voluntary action by bakers
and retailers and by the assistance of
the public ln eliminating waste.
WILL BEGIN TO BUY AND
DISTRIBUTE SEPTEMBER 4
New York, August 31. The food
administration grain corporation on
September 4 will begin to buy and
distribute the wheat crop of the Unit
ed States, at the base price fixed
Thursday night by President Wilson
$2.20 a bushel fqr No. 1 northern at
Chicago. This was officially announc
ed tonight at the headquarters of the
corporation here.
SAYS NO REDUCTION WILL
BE AVAILABLE FOR 30 DAYS.
Memphis, Aug. 31. No reduction in
the price of bread will be available to
the American public as the result of
fixing the price for wheat for at least
30 days, according to S. F. McDonald,
of this city, president of the National
Master Bakers Association, who re
turned today from Washington. As a
member of the bread commission of the
national defense council, he attended
the conference of the committee 'with
Herbert Hoover.
WILL OUTLINE POLICY ON
COAL CONTROL NEXT WEEK
Dr. Garfield Announces That He Will
Issue a Statement.
Washington, Aug. 31.-The govern
ment's complete coal control policy will
be made .public next week, Dr. H. A.
Garfield, the fuel administrator, an
nounced today. 'Dr. Garfield left to
night for Williamstown, Mass., to spend
several days and will prepare a state
ment on the subject while away.
JBefore leaving Dr. Garfield conferred
with Robert S. Lovett, director of pri
ority of transportation for the govern
ment, on measures of co-operation to
relieve threatened, coal shortages in
various parts "of the country.
One of Dr. .Garfield's first moves may
be to fix a scale of retail coal prices.
Many .officials believe there is. no
chance of bringing down coal costs to
the consumer .until. some step is taken
toward controlling retailers. ; .
SECURES RELEASE' OF. TWO
AMERICANS FROM BELGIUM
Washington,. Aug. 31. -Persistent
efforts of the State Department to se
cure , the release from Belgium of two
Americans, C. C. Clayton, of the West
ern Electric Company, and
Whipple, of the Bell Telephone Com
pany, have been successful, accord
ing, to a report to the department to
day from The Hague. The men have
arrived there from Antwerp where
they have been ' detained - by Germans.
Their case was. . similar ; to . many . oth
ers; the German ' government ' refused
to--issue passports. , - - "
ft -Si
Federal Child Labor Law
Is Held Unconstitutional
In Decision By Judge Boyd
Enjoins the Government From Enforcing Provisions of the Act in
the Western District of North Carolina Case Will Go to Su
preme Courts-Suit Was Filed by R. H. Dagenhart
and His Two Minor, Sons, of Charlotte.
Greensboro, N. C. August. 31. Fed
eral Judge James E. Boyd of the West
ern District of North Carolina, today
held the Keating-Owen child labor law
unconstitutional and enjoined the
United States district attorney. Wil
liam C .Hammer, and his "successors,
assistants, deputies and agents" from
enforcing in the district the provis
ions of the .act of Congress which were
to become operative tomorrow.
The decision of Judge Boyd came at
the conclusion of three days of argu
ment on the- constitutionality of the
'act. The attack on the constitution
ality of the Federal child lobar law
came before Judge Boyd on injunction
proceedings brought by Roland H.
Dagenhart and his minor sons, Reuben
and John, of Charlotte, who sought to
restrain the Fidelity Manufacturing
Company from discharging the two
boys from the company's cotton mills
at Charlotte.
Arguments Ably Presented.
Preliminary to announcing his de
cision Judge Boyd said that the argu
ments by counsel had been ably pre
sented and that he came to the task
he had to perform as fully advised
and informed as he reasonably could
expect to be. He stated that he was
gratified by the candor of Professor
Parkinson, of Columbia University',
representing the Department of State,
who asserted that Congress had used
its power over interstate commerce for
the object' of regulation of local con
PLANS LAID FOR
Opening of Next Liberty Loan
; Campaign Tentatively Set
to Start October 1st
MAY TOTAL THREE BILLION
Government Is Considering Whether or
Not to Advertise the Loan by the
Extensive Use of News
paper Space.
Washington, Aug. 81. The opening
of the next Liberty Loan campaign has
been set tentatively by the Treasury
Department for October 1. Subscrip
tion books will close, November 1, un
less the program is' altered.
The amount, the interest rate, th
denominations of the bonds and other
details will be announced -after Con
gress disposes of the pending bond bill.
Indications are that the next offering
will approximate $3,000,000,000. Wheth
er it will be advertised by the govern
ment through paid newspaper space it
under considerations, but Secretary
McAdod said tonight the cost of such
an undertaking would exceed the ap
propriation now available for the pur
pose. He added that there could be no
action until more light had been re
ceived as to the cost of an effective
advertising campaign and until Con
gress had decided what amount will be
allowed for advertising fSr future
issues.
Under the war revenue bill passed
last April, $7,000,000, was made availa
ble for expenses of floating $5,009,000,
000 in bonds and $2,000,000,000 in short
time . certificates of indebtedness. It
is reported that about half already has
been dispersed in connection with the
flotation of the $2,000,000,000 Liberty
bonds first offered and the certificates
of indebtedness put out in advance of
the loan.
In announcing the tentative program
for the second campaign, Mr.. McAdoo
appealed to the Liberty Loan commit
tee to perfect their organization and
prepare for the next campaign by
getting in touch with the various Fed
eral Reserve banks.
HARDWICK ANTI-DRAFT
BILL MEETS ITS DOOJV1
Senate Military Committee Renders
Adverse Report, Which Was
Adopted Unanimously.
.Washington, Aug. 81. Senator Hard
wick's bill to prohibit the sending of
American drafted troops abroad with
out their consent was reported adverse
ly today by the Senate Military Affairs
committee.
. Favorable recommendation was giv
en Senator Fletcher's bill providing
that enlistment of Americans with
forces of nations at war against Ger
many shall not cause loss of American
citizenship. . .
Senator Hardwdck made a lengthy
statement In favor of his bill. The
committee declined to hear any other
witnesses. The Georgia Senator de
clared that it was unconstitutional and
improper; to send drafted troops abroad
except voluntarily. The vote against
the biit wsAunftnlmjous., y
ditions within the State 'and the dis
couragement of child labor. Judge
Boyd said this admission left the is
sue clear and' brought forward the
question: "Can Congress do by in
direction that which it undoubtedly
cannot do directly?"
"Congress," he said, "can regulate
trade amone the states but not the
internal conditions of laJaor."
Judge Boyd expressed his approval
of laws tending to elevate the condi
tion and moral state of all the people
and made it clear that his judgment
bn the act was based upon his inter
pretation of the constitutional limi
tations of Congressional power.
The Court's Decision.
The decree signed by - the court is
entitled: "Rowland H. Dagenhart and
Reuben Dagenhart and John Dagen
hart, by Roland H. Dagenhart, Proch
ion Ami, Plaintiffs vs Fidelity Manu
facturing Company and William , C.
Hammer, United States Attorney for
Western District of North Carolina,
Defendants," and after a preliminary
recital of the facts that presented in
equity and the complaint filed by the
Fidelity Company admitting the facts,
and the motion to dismiss the suit
filed by District Attorney Hammer be
ing denied, says:
"The court being of opinion that the
said act of Congress is unconstitution
al and without the power of Congress
to enact, it is now on motion of 'coun
sel for the plaintiffs ordered, adjudg
ed and decreed;
"First: That the motion of Wil
liam. C. Hammer, United States' district
attorney for the Western District of
(Continued on Page Two.)
Remarks as to Kindly Sentiment
Expressed and Humane Man
ner Used by President
BUT HE IS DISAPPOINTED
r
Had Hoped First Reply Would be More
Receptive to His Proposal Is
Evident He is Not Content
to Cease Efforts.
Rome, Aug. 80. (Delayed) After
President Wilson's answer to Pope
Benedict's peace proposals was pre
sented at 12:30 P. M. by the Brit
ish minister at the Vatloa-n, Monsignor
Ceretti, newly appointed ass'stant sec
retary of state, Immediately took the
document to the Pope. The Pontiff
does not read English, but he had a
rapid verbal translation made and he
was much touched by its wording. The
Pope remarked as to the "lofty senti
ments expressed and also the kindly,
humane spirit and manner" used by
the President in rejecting the Vati
can's proposals, but as this was the first
answer received he was unable to re
press his disappointment that his ef
forts as yet were unsuccessful to
check the war.
This afternoon Monsignor Ceretti
translated the document and the Pope
will consider it at his leisure. It is
not yet known whether he will make
immediate answer to certain points in
the note or wait until all the powers
have replied and then give the same
general answer to all
The point emphasized in President
Wilson's note that no one can have
faith in the honor of the German rul
ers or accept their signatures to a
peace treaty is a problem that has fo
cused the attention of the Pontiff. To
night It was evident that he was not
content to cease his peace efforts but
would continue their discussion in fur
ther notes. v
12,499,000 BALES FORECAST
Cotton Production Prospects Improv
ed 450,000 Bales in August.
Washington, August. 31. Cotton pro
duction prospects Improved to the ex
tent of 450,000 bales during August and
orought the estimate of final outr-turn
to 12,499,000 equivalent 500-pound
bales. That quantity was forecast to
day by the Department of Agriculture
on the condition of the crop August
25, which showed a . decline of 2.5
points compared with a ten year av
erage of 6.6 points decline. Acre
yield was forecast at 174.6 pounds cem
pared with 166.9 pounds forecast from
July 25 conditions.
Condition- by states . include: Vir
ginia, 76; North Carolina, 69; South
Carolina, 74.
GOVERNOR PHILLIP WISHES
THAT NO MEETING BE HELD.
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug.' 31. Governor
Phillpp tonlg-ht wired Sheriff McMa
nus that should delegates of the Peo
ple's Council of America for Democracy
and Peace arrive in Milwaukee they be
Informed that it is his wish that no
meeting be held. The sheriff was told
to -"telephone for Instructions' after
this. was don , v . .
POPE IS TOUCHED
BY WILSON'S NOTE
HOI LWEG
DENES
REVELATIONS AS
i-
E BY
Thinks Former American Ambas
sador Has Drawn Too Free
ly on His Imagination
IN DISCUSSING WAR AIMS
Talks to the Associated Press Con
cerning Conversations Held
Last January
Berlin, Aug. 30 (via ondon, Aug. 31)
Dr, von Bethmann-Hollweg, the former
imperial, chancellor, today asserted that
it was his impression that James W.
Gerard, former ambassador to Germany,
in writing his revelations of Germany's
war aims, gave a somewhat free rein
to his imagination. The statement of
the former chancellor was the result of
his, reading in a London newspaper Mr.
Gerard's version of a conversation
with him last January in which it was
alleged that Germany's peace terms
were set forth. " .
"In his published report of this par
ticular conversation,"" l)r. von Bethmann-Hollweg
told the Associated
Press today, "Mr. Gerard attributed ut
terances to me which may have been
made in other quarters ln Germany
and to which he frequently referred in
the progress of our conversation but
which" were not my own. This applies
especially to his reference to Germany's
alleged intentions to seize Liege and
Naraur and of Germany's plans to take
possession of the Belgian ports and
railways and establish military and
commercial dominion over that country.
"I never unfolded such German war
aims to Mr. Gerard. In the course of
my several conversations with him J
stated that Germany would exact pos
itive guarantees that Belgian territory
and policies would not in the future be
exploited as a menacing factor against
us.
"In trie progress of our conversation,
Mr. Gerard suggested that the realiza
tion, of far-reacning aspirations in Bel
gium would give King Albert merely a
sham authority and asked whether it
would not be better for Germany to
forego such plans and instead of them
endeavor to acquire Liege, which Mr.
Gerard thought possible of - achieve
ment. . t '
"Perhaps this suggestion was a bait,
intended to provoke a reply from me.
If so, the attempt failed. -
"Mr. Gerard's memory would seem
also to have served him faultily when
he - wrote down what was said about
Russia. He dealt but superficially with
Germanys eastern war aims, observ
ing that the United States' interest in
this direction was very limited and that
Germany undoubtedly would have a
free hand: there. For Rumania and
Serbia he also revealed very slight
sympathy. Mr. Gerard did not obtain
out of my mouth any of the. statements
concerning these countries which he
attributes to me.". 1 .
The former chancellor then touched
upon what he regarded as the ethics
of Mr. Gerard's disclosures as compar
ed with thev European Idea.
"You Americans are an impetuous
people," he said. "You do not seem to
permit even your retiring diplomats to
observe the traditional silence. nor
have you the patience to abidfr the
post-mortem publication of their nyem
oirs. "In Europe, however, it would seem
that publication of such matters, by
common consent, is' postponed to later
periods when-judgments are both calm
and more mature. Mr. Gerard, how
ever, may hold the special license con
ferred by 'shirt sleeve diplomacy, as
you call it, and I shall not dispute his
prerogatives. But he must not give
his Imagination too free rein."
MAKE PLEA IN BEHALF
OF THE NEGRO TROOPS
Committee of Educator Protest
Agatns Segregation Or Distinctly
Different Treatment.
Washington, August 31. Protest
against segregation or distinctly dif
ferent treatment of negro troops , iil
training camps was made to President
Wilson and Secretary Baker today by
a committee of negro and 'white edu
cators, After the . conference at the
War Department it was said that a
unanimous opinion was manifested and
that Secretary Baker shortly would
make an announcement concerning
treatment of negro soldiers.. Members
of the committee expressed the be
lief that the War Department's at
titude would be agreeable to them.
The negro leaders promised to co-'
operate to, eliminate as far as possible
danger of .race riots near negro con
centration camps. They made no de
finite objection to the movement of
negro troops to northern states, where
this danger probably would be lessen
ed, other than to obpect generally to
different training or treatment of the
Among the white members of th
committee which called on Secretary
Baker was Prof. E. C Branson, of the
University of North Carolina.
URUGUAY WOULD SEPARATE
THE CHURCH AND STATE.
Montevideo, Uruguay, Aug. 81. The
Commission which is revising the fed-,
eral constitution has adopted a clause
seDaratinsr the church and state. .The
confiscation of . chinch property, f . pro.
videdtfor. The draft, of the instru.
ment will go to congress for final W
.before becomlna: efftctlve 1
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