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VOL. XCIX-NO. 347.
WILMINGTON, C, MONDAY MOENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1917
WHOIxE NUMBER 39,167
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EXTREMELY HEAVY FIGHTING IS
AGAIN GOING ON IN THE VERDUN
REGION; FRENCH HOLDING GAim
German Efforts to Recoup Their
Losses of Last Week Fail
With Heavy Casualties.
DEAD COVERS THE GROUND
l Various Points Haig's Men
Make Advances Guns Still
Roaring In Flanders.
GERMAN DRIVE SLACKENED
Enemy Stopped By Russian Stand
At Several Points.
(Associated Press War Summary).
Again the French and the Ger
mans are engaged in extremely
heavy fighting in "the Verdun sec
tor, with the Germans trying to
recoup their losses of the end of
last week on the right bank of
the Meuse, but with General Pe
tain's forces holding them back
almost everywhere and covering
the ground with their dead.
Germans Renew Attacks.
Ovar a front of nearly two miles the
Germans Sunday morning following
unsuccessful attacks Saturday night in
the sector of the Bois des Fosses and
the Bois des Caurieres, returned to the
fray with renewed vigor, especially
around Hill 344. ' At some points
French troops were captured by the
Germans but they later were driven
out and th French line was entirely
re-established- In the -fighting around
the Bois des Fosses Saturday night the
Germans left nearly 1,000 dead on the
ground before the French positions.
Haig's Men Advance.
At various points on the front held
by Field Marshal Haig the British
troops have delivered successful at
tacks, especially northwest oft St.
Quentin, where German positions on a
front of several hundred yards were
captured and prisoners taken.
In Flanders the British guns are
still roaring in the mighty bombard
ment that has been in progress more
than a fortnight, but as yet; the infan
try has not been loosed for the im
pending -flash into the enemy terri
tory. The Berlin war office reports that
northeast of St. Julien the British
delivered an attack Saturday night
but met with repulse. Likewise, .says
Berlin, strong British reconnaissances
south of La Bassce canal and along
the Scarpe river were without suc
cess. The British official communica
tion makes no mention of the forays.
German Advance Halted.
There has been a considerable slack
ening in the German advance in north
ern Russia, due sin large measure to
the Russians making stands at sever
al points, particularly on the front of
the PskofC railroad line leading east
ward from Riga. Here the vanguards
of the Germans and Russian cavalry
are engaged in fighting, the result be
ing that the invaders are held back
while the Russians are preparing de
fenses to make a stand.
On the upper Aa river the Germans
have thrown pontoon bridges across
the waterway and are gathering their
forces for mother onslaught. Concen
trations of Germans also have been
discovered in the regions of Jacob
stadt and Dvinsk, probably indicating
that Prince Leocold of Bavaria pro
poses extensive operations against the
Russians in this region.
On the lower end of the line in Ru
lanu the Russians and Rumanians
continue to hold the Austrian and
Germans for no gains, notwithstanding
Solent attacks which have been pre
ceded by heavy artillery Pre
San Gabrtele Battle Continues.
Although terrific storms have
woken over the Austro-Italian front
wising the rivers to overflow their
"inks and turninsr the nlains into
I Quagmires, the heavy battle for Monte
we Italians violently attacking, but
'th the Austrians still maintaining
tii ?osltlon- Or. the Carso plateau
Je battle has again lessened in vio
'e!jce. only artillery duels and patrol
Actions taking place.
GERMANS MAKE GAINS BUT
ARE LATER DRIVEN BACK
Paris, Sept. 9. Strong German forces
r-Kea the French positions on the
'snt bank of the Meuse over an extent
nearly two miles and succeeded in
wining a foothold temporarily in one
Bt9r0n of tne line according to the
nitiement issuei by the war office to-
, ,1, drench counter attacks event
Germaregained a11 the Psltlons- The
Ch new French positions north of the
urne Wood but without success.
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OF NEW "PATRIOTIC PARTI"
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noun allsche Zeitung, of Essen, an
trinr the formation of a new "pa
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Baron Lowen Denies Sending
Cipher Messages to Berlin
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Swedish Minister at Buenos Aires Says Ho Has Cabled His Govern
ment to "Clear Up Matters" Argentine People Regard
the State Department Disclosures Gravely.
Buenos Aires, Sept. 9. The Swedish
minister to Argentina, Baron Lowen.
today denied that dispatches In cipher
had been sent to Berlin by the German
charge through the Swedish legation at
Buenos Aires. He declared:
"I have not sent nor caused to be
sent by the legation under my charge
any telegram from the German lega
tion. The news is a great and disa
greeable surprise. I have cabled to my
government to clear up matters. In
the United States they are very excit
able."
Situation Regarded Serious.
The official announcement issued at
"Washington saying that communica
tions irom uount LuxDurg, German
charere at Buenos Aires, had hspn apnt
to the Berlin foreign office through the
Swedish legation here in cipher, caused
a sensation and was the orineirjal tonlo
of discussion throughout the city. That
the situation is regarded as serious was
evidenced by the fact that the popu
WILL VOTE TODAY
ON WAR TAX BILL
Final Actioji . Will. Be TakeiuOxt
Measure In Senate After a
Month's Contention.
ADJOURNMENT FEVER HIGH
However, Several Important Adminis
tration Bills Are Still on the Calen
darPeace Discussion is Un
likely. Washington, Sept. 9. Passage of
the $2,500,000,000 war tax bill late to
morrow by the Senate, after a month's
contention, is the first major item of
an adjournment program being framed
by Congressional leaders.
The adjournment fever is in the air,
with general acquiescence in speeding
up process. Leaders are endeavoring
to reconcile the widespread desire at
the capltol and the White House to
close the session next month', with the
President's legislative program, with
the soldiers' and sailors' insurance bill
as the principal stumbling block.
Chief features of the program be
fore Congress are:
The war tax bill, which will go to
conference this week and probably to
the Piesldent within a fortnight.
The 111. 509.000.000 war credits bill,
which will be taken up Tuesday by
the Senate Snence committee.
The $4,SOO,C03,000 deficiency appro
priation bill tefore the House.
The insurance measure, due to pass
the House this week.
The administration trading with
the enemy bill, which has passed the
House and is awaiting Senate debate
Tuesday.
As u f ual the pre-adjournir.ent con
gestion Is on the Senate side. The war
tax bill is definitely set for passage
there tomorrow. While it is in con
ference the Senate hopes to pass the
radirfg with the enmy and eleven bil
lion dollar war credits bills, possibly
within a fortnight, leaving the insur
ance measure and the mammoth appro
priation bill as the final features.
Senate leaders are endeavoring to
secure agreement of administration
leaders to postpone enactment of the
insurance .bill until December, on the
theory that few, if any, American sol
diers will be actually in the trenches
by that time. The President and Sec
retary McAdoo so far have refused to
agree to its postponement and are
urging its prompt passage. This may
upset hopes of a vacation before the
regular December meeting.
Several further changes are expect
ed in the war tax bill tomorrow.
Strong fights are awaiting the con
sumption taxes on sugar, tea, coffee,
and cocoa; the three per cent tax on
freight transportation; the second
class mail rate Increases; proposed re
peal of the sugar "draw back" and the
provision taxing corporations' undi
vided surplus 10 per cent.
Agitation for a general discussion of
peace after passage of the tax bill ap
parently has subsided. Senator Tja
Follette 1 undecided when he will call
up his resolution proposing a state
ment of American peace' terms. The
President's reply to the Pope's peace
note has dissipatd Interst in peace de
bate. Senate action is planned during the
week on bills to curb Industrial -Workers
of the World and other activities
Interfering with the conduot of the
war.
lace, usually gay on Sunday, were re
markably quiet and sober faced. Danc
ing girls, waving Argentine flags and
decked with American and British
flags, were greeted with silence at the
matinee after being wildly applauded
all week.
The government offices have been
closed since Friday evening-, but when
the officials return from the week-end
tomorrow the revelations from Wash
ington will be the first matter consid
ered. The president of the republic
has already called on the foreign min
ister for explanations.
Sensational Diplomatic Scandal.
The Buenos Aires papers refer to the
exposure as an unusual and sensational
diplomatic scandal. La Nacion says:
"This sensational revelation, which
compromises the faith of the German
foreign office, must modify many opin
ions regarding the situation. It clear
ly shows the contempt with which the
two diplomats involved regard the Ar
gentine foreign office.
"Diplomacy in this war has given us
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U. S. DIPLOMACY
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Disclosure . of the- -Swedish Minis
ter's Practices Creates Sen
sation in London.
SWEDEN WAS SUSPICIONED
Develoment That tne Government Was
Aetingr Aa An Intermediary For
Germany Is Not Itself Such a
Big Surprise.
London, Seipt. 9. The Washington
State Department's revelation of a
Swedish diplomat in Argentina acting
as an intermediary for transferring
German messages to Berlin has created
one of the greatest international sen
sations of the war. The development
Itself is not, however, a great surprise,
the chief surprise being that the
American officials were able to obtain
the messages as they did the Zimmer
man note of last winter regarding
German overtures to Mexico.
The Swedish government, with the
monachy, the aristocracy and the army
officers, has been rated strongly pro
German throughout the war, and
Queen Victoria, in several public utter
ances, has proclaimed ner German sen
timents as strongly as any German
could. The Swedish people, on the
other hand, are reported as leaning
strongly against Germany in the more
recent stages of the war, particularly
since the unrestricted submarine cam
paign began.
Expected Change In Feeling.
Sweden's leaning toward Germany
was Regarded "as a natural comple
mentto her old fear of the Russian
autocracy, but the entente nations held
the hope that when the cause for that
distrust was removed by the, revolu
tion Swedish feelings might undergo
a radical change.
The suspicion has been current in
England throughout the war that
Germany was obtaining much infor
mation of military movements whioh
could not be secured through ordinary
spies, Che spy industry having been
pretty weil stamped out here for more
than a year past after several execu
tions In the Tower of London. The
belief that Lord Kitchener' death
when the Hampshire went down was
the result of information transmitted
to Germany of his departure has been
persistent.
American Diplomacy Complimented.
Compliments to American diplomacy
for the skill displayed in securing the
messages are a part of all the com
ment on the affair. Incidentally there
is much discussion as to whether in
view of the British and Argentine
experiences with Sweden, the right
,of sending messages should be given
to neutral diplomats during the war.
"The discovery and deciphering of
the present series of telegrams is due
to the watchfulness and skill "of the
American intelligence service," says
the Sunday Observer The . newspaper
continues:
"It must cause some ground for re
flection to the German government
that one of the first acts of their new
enemy, whose activities and value in
the prosecution of the war they have
affected to despise, has been to expose
a procedure which affords damning
evidence against themselves . and
against a neutral government which
it is charitable te regard as their
dupe. T;
Limits Faith in Germany. .
"The contents of the published tele
grams can not but show neutral gov
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Sensation Such As to Sweep
Nearly All Other War Sub
jects Aside In Washington
RIVALS ZIMMERMANN NOTE
How Argentine Will Receive the
Insult Is the Subject of
Much Conjecture
Washington, Sept. 9. The govern
ment's exposure of how Sweden's lega
tion in Argentina acted as a secret
channel of communication for Count
Luxburg, German charge in Buenos
Aires., and the Berlin foreign office, has
created a sensation which absorbs the
diplomatic corps and all official quar
ters almost to the exclusion of all oth
er subjects connected with the war.
As a revelation of the German di
plomacy it takes rank second only to
the celebrated Zimmermann note plot
ting war between the United States
and Japan and Mexico.
State Department officials today
continued their policy of absolute sil
ence, but it was plain they deplored
any attempt to color the incident aa
forecasting a diplomatic break be
tween the United States and Sweden.
No such development is even thought
of at this juncture. At the present
stage it is wholly a matter between
Argei.tliia Sweden and Germany, with
the United States, her allies and the
rest of the world interested onlookers,
eaper to know how the most remark
able train of events will be explained
or dealt with by the three govern
ments. " t
German Amends Probable.
?i!ZLPfol)a $1S- HtCtltoJajnftS
or less discounted. Anxious to retain
the friendship of the few nations
which have not gone to war with her,
it is expected that amends will be of
fered to Argentina for the German
charge's references to the foreign min
ister as a "notorious ass" and his rec
ommendations that Argentine ships be
destroyed "without leaving any trace."
This might take the form of Luxburg's
recall and a repudiation of his action.
How Argentine will receive the in
sult, coming close on her "diplomatic
victory" with Germany, and apply it
to her determination not to join the
United States in the war, or, even to
sever diplomatic relations, is the sub
ject of a good deal of conjecture. Un
doubtedly public opinion in Argentine
will go toward determining that point
and there has not been time for it to
crystallize.
X. S. Hopi for the Best.
To Sweden, however, the United
States, and its allies as well, look for
action which will purge the Swedish
government and the Stockholm foreign
office of the stigma of knowingly hav
ing been Germany's tool in her newest
intrigue. American officials would like
to believe that Sweden officially dis
countenances any such encroachments
on her nutrallty; that the guilt was
personal to some particular officials, or
possibly that " Sweden's legation was
imposed upon by Luxburg and sup
posed that at the worst he was lending
the inviolability of the legation's dip
lomatic privileges to an attempt to
preserve peace rather than to recom
mendations that Argentine's ships and
seamen be destroyed, "without leaving
any traces.'
Officials and diplomats entertain the
possibility that the legation may have
transmitted Luxburg's dispatches
without knowing their exact contents,
taking the German charge's word that
they were no breach of Sweden's ob
ligation to Argentina. They also en
tertain the pDssibility that Luxburg,
with a diplomacy of which the world
has learned more since German se
crets began to leak out, may have
told the legation one thing and writ
ten another in his dispatches.
Whatever becomes ti e accepted ex
planation, officials and diplomats here
are unanimous in their belief that
Sweden must disavow any such posi
tion and responsibility and take ap
propriate steps to show her good
faith.
Difficult Task-for Sweden.
This may be difficult because of the
international situation, where the up
per circles are admittedly pro-German;
because of the fact that Sweden,
militarily a weak nation, lies at the
mercy of Germany at her borders, and
also because Sweden may wisfi to
adopt one course. while Germany may
wish her to take another.
Jt .8 thoroughly Understood that in
Stockholm the pro-German classes are
the court, the professors in the uni
versities, the bankers, the officers or
the army and the Journalists. The
most intense Germanophile is the
queen, who is a cousin of the kaiser,
while the king has little- to say, but
in spirit of contrary opinion at heart
favors the English. The government
is in the main neutral but the lavish
bestowal of the reward in shape of or
ders and decorations has won over
certain officials to the -German side.
RE-EXAMINATION ORDERED . .
FOR REJECTED APPLICANTS
Fort Oglethorpe, Sept. 9. Orders
were received at Camp Warden today
that all candidates for the training
camp recently rejected be re-admitted
at once and again examined. . No ex
planatio is made of the order, which
was Issued by the War Department,
but the 200 candidates rejected will be
notified to appear Immediately. This
order follows one received Saturday di
recting the commander at camp not
to admit men ' .examined and accepted
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ABSORBS OFF A
Chancellor Michaelis Says
Germany Will Soon Be Able
To Announce Peace Terms
What Purported to Be An Outline of the Terms Has Been Circu
lated Among Diplomats In Washington Within the Past Two
Weeks, But Is Regarded By Entente and Most of the
Neutral Envoys to Be a "Feeler."
London, Sept. 9. Germany will
shortly be able to publish her peace
terms, according to Dr. George
Michaelis, the German chancellor Dr.
Michaelis in an interview said he had
so informed the reichstag main com
mittee, an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Copenhagen today states.
The main committee, said Dr.
Michaelis in the interview, had "tried
to make final arrangements regarding
peace conditions, and tL -"'4-tion of
Alsace-Lorraine, but no decision has
yet been taken. The question, how
ever, was eagerly discussed and Ger
many will boon be able to publish
her peace terms."
PURPORTED OUTLINE OF
TFiRMS GIVEN TO ENVOYS
Washington, Sept. 9. What pur
ported to be an outline of Germany's
peace terms has been circulated among
diplomats here within the last two
weeks, but has been regarded by the
entente embassies and most of the
neutrals as a "feeler." The origin of
the so-called terms was not disclosed
but they are said to have been "writ
ten by Foreign Secretary Von Kuhl
mann before his visit to Vienna, which
since has been pointed to as strength-
PRESIDENT VISITS
COL E. M. HOUSE
FresicTentfal Yacht." 'Mayflower
Makes An Uexpected Call at
Gloucester, Mass.
PARTY TAKES MOTOR TRIP
Colonel and Mrs. House Are Later
Guests o fPresident and Mrs. Wil
son at Dinner Aboard the
Mayflower.
Gloucester, Mass., Sept. 9. Presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson made an unex
pected call here on board the presi
dential yacht Mayflower, motored
along the picturesque north shore two
hours with Colonel and Mrs. E. M.
House and tonight dined on board the
yacht with Colonel and Mrs. House as
guests. Colonel House, who has a
summer home at Coolidge Point, Mag
nolia, assured all inquirers that the
visit of the President was purely so
cial. While the Mayflower was familiar
in these waters during the administra
tion of President Taft, this is the first
visit here with President Wilson on
board and his arrival was a surprise
to the north shore summer colony. The
yacht slipped into the harbor this af
ternoon unostentatiously and dropped
anchor at a point opposite the estate
of John Hays Hammond.
In a few minutes President and Mrs.
Wilson came ashore in a launch at
the public landing where Colonel and
Mrs. Hou'se were on hand to greet
them. The Mayflower came here from
New York where President and Mrs.
Wilson boarded her yesterday morn
ing. It was said then that the Presi
dent had planned to take a cruise of
a few days in order to get a rest,
keeping in touch with his executive
offices by wireless.
SYRIAN CONSCRIPT AND
WIFE KILLED BY POSSE
Barricaded Themselves in Store After
the Syrian Had Assaulted Exemp
tion Board Member.
Hawkinsville, Ga., Sept. 9.- Thomas
Simon, a Syrian, called for the draft
army in spite of his claim that a
brother in the Turkish army made
him an alien enemy, was killed with
his wife here last nigiit while resist
In garrest for assaulting a member of
the exemption board. After the as
sault Simon, his wife and a brother
barricaded themselves In their store
and greeted a posse of officers and cit
iens with a volley from rifles and pis
tols. When the fire was returned Si
mon and his wife fell dead, the latter
still grasping a revolver which she
had emptied. The brother escaped
through a back door. Three members
of the posse were wounded, one of
them seriously with a bullet in his
lungs.
BRITISH FORCES ADVANCE
TO THE EAST OF VILIrERET
London, Sept. 9. British troops
holding the line east of Villeret,
-southeast of Haricourt, attacked early
this morning and succeeded In" enter
ing German trenches on a front of sev
eral hundred yards, taking a number
of prisoners, according to the war
office statement. Enemy trenches
also were successfully raided during
the night in the neighborhood of Gav
reUe and east Qf Vermelles. jJ
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Briefly the so-called terms were as
follows:
Restoration of Belgium and north
ern France, to be paict for out of the
sale of Germany's colonies to Great
Britain.
Alsace and Lorraine to be inde
pendent states. (High French officials
recently have stated anew the de
termination of France to be satisfied
with nothing less than the recovery
of her lost provinces).
Trieste to be a free port.
Seroia and Rumania to be restored
and Serbia to have a port on the Adri
atic.
The Balkan question and the status
of Turkey to be subjects for negotia
tions.
Disarmament and international po
lice.
Freedom of the seas with Great
Britain In control of the English Chan
nel until the projected tunnel is built
between Dover and Calais.
This outline of terms, circulated
without definite stamp of any official
authority, it will be noted, bears in
many respects a resemblance to the
general tenor of the peace proposals
of Pope Benedict.
By some diplomats such an outline
is regarded as presenting something
susceptible of discussion. It is dls
(Continued on Page Three).
WORK IS REVIEWED
Has ReducedTCar Shortage 70 Per
Cent and Increased Efficiency
16 Per Cent.
STATEMENT BY HARRISON
Shows What Has Been, Done In Speed
ing Up and Increasing Govern
ment Transportation As "Well
As That of the Public
Washington, Sept. 9. Accomplish
ments of the railroad war board in
meeting transportation requirements
since its organization four months ago
were set forth in a statement tonight
by Fairfax Harrioon, sits chairman
The board is operating the nation's
693 lines as one continental system.
What it has succeeded in doing is
set forth in the follovrtng summary
Reduced the car shortage 70 per
cent ana Increased the general effi
ciency of the roads In moving freight
16 per cent over 1916. '
Saved 20,000,000 miles o ftrain ser
vice annually by eliminating passen
ger trains considered not essential to
pressing war needs.
Averted freight congestion by mov
ing promptly empty cars from one
road to another, irrespective of owner
ship. Saved 50,000 cars by pooling lake
coal and ore and 133,000 cars by pool
ing tidewater coal.
Increased generally the loads here
tofore oarried by cars of all classes.
Besides increasing the general effi
ciency of railroads the war board, Mr.
Harrison points out, has assisted the
government .in solving- military prob
lems. The tatonent says:
"Skilled and experienced Railroad
men have been aent to every.TDanton
ment to assist the constructing- quar
termasters there in the movement of
supplies. A trained executive has been
stationed in Washington to aid the
headquarters of the supervising quar
termaster that every car used in the
transportation of government supplies
might be available when needed.
"At th request of the government
plans have been perfected whereby
one miHior. men are to be moved from
nearly 6,000 different points to the 32
training camps tor the national army
and national guard by October 20.
About one-third of these men already
are under way and are carrying their
tents and equipment with them. This
means that in addition to the coaches
and tourist sleepers occupied by them
more than 12,000 freight cars must
be transported.
"Freight generally is moving in un
exampled volume. Practically every
factory in the country is moving to Its
capacity turning out supplies.
"If the maximum amount of trans
portation is to be obtained the ship
ping and traveling public and all
railway employes will have to continue
to co-operate, in many ways, submit
to many Inconveniences and some times
even bear losses due to changes in the
transportation service."
FRENCH FACE A VIOLENT
COUNTER ATTACK AT VERDUN
Paris, Sept. 9. Violent counter at
tacks were made last night by the
Germans on-the positions taken yes
terday by French troops in the Verdun
region. After a hard struggle in
which the French artillery played a
telling part, and in which the infan
try surged forward again wherever
temporarily 'driven-back, the French
positions were left Intact. .
RAILROAD BOARD'S
AV REVIEWS
OF THE RED
GROSS IN EUROPE
About $12,000,000 to Be Expended
In First Six Months Since U.
S. Entered War.
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FIVE COMMISSION SENT
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Vast Quantities of Supplies Are
Being Shipped Almost Ev
ery Day.
Washington, Sept. 9. Approximately
$120,000,000 for war relief work in Eu
rope will have been expended by the '
American Red Cross in the first six
months since the United States has
been at war with Germany, according
to a report addressed "to the Ameri
can people" today by Henry P. Davi
son, chairman of the Red Cross war '
council, in which full details are giv
en of the activities of the organization
in various nations abroad.
More than $10,000,000 of this sum,
appropriated up to and Including Au
gust 3 lby the war council, since Its
appointment May 10, is for use in
France. Other countries to receive
relief are Russia, Rumania, Italy, Ser
bia, England and Armenia, the grand
total amounting to $12,339,681, th
greater part of which will be used by
November 1, although some of the ap
propriations cover a year. Most ot
the persons in charge of the Red Cross
work in France are giving their time
and paying their own expenses. A
special fund of $100,000 has been pri
vately contributed to meet the ex
penses of members of the commission
to France, unable to pay their own
way.
Five Separate Commission.
"The war council has sent to Europe
five separate commissions, each com
prised of representative Americans
skilled in business administration, in
medical and surgical work and in oth
er lines of Red Cross effort. The work
covers a wide scope of relief, from
the establishing and maintaining ol
hospitals for soldiers in the American
army in France to civilian aid. In
cluding the care and education of des
titute French chP.dron and the rehabil
itation "of the devastated areas in
France and Belgium. Relief and pre- J
ventive means against tuberculosis,
which has greatl increased since the
war, also will be supplied. A plan
has been devised to extend aid to sol
diers and civilians held as prisoners
by the enemy. These are only a few
of the many avenues through which
Red Cross relief will flow to countless
thousands of war victims.
Takes Over Hospitals.
The Red Cross in France has assum
ed the management of the war relief
clearing house. It has taken over,
under control of the United States
army, the administration of the Amer
ican ambulance hospital at Neuilly.
It has assumed financial responsibil
ity for Dr. J. A. Blake's American
hospital in Paris. It has allied with
itself the work of the American sur
gical dressing committee, which dis
tributed in France in July 782. 949
, dressings among 435 hospital
The effort has been In accordance
with the expressed view of President
Wilson and of the civic and military
authorities of France to cc-ordinate
along helpful lines all relief work be
ing done in France and America. The
first and the supreme object of the
task is to care for the United State
army and navy. Toward this end the
Red Cross is establishing field can
teens which it will provide for every
corps of the French army as well as
for the American army. There are
now large reception camps near the
coast where United States soldiers are
reifvid,
X'onl the route to the firing line the
Red Crots has established infirmaries
and rest stations. At railway stations
canteens are being established where
American soldiers may find rest and
refreshment. Baths, food, games and
otlier comfort will be available. When
American troops start for France the
men -are given comfort kits. Christ
mas parcels will be sent later.
Various appropriations have bees
made to "worthy causes, such as $1,
000,005 for the relief of sick and
wounded French soldiers and their
families; $100,000 for medical research
work In France; $500,000 for supply
warehouses; $1,500,000 to buy food
stuffs to be sent to France and $1,000,
000 for the hospital supply service.
Difficult Transportation Problem.
The transportation problem in mov
ing supplies over seas has been most,
difficult, but through official French,
British and Italian co-operation with
the United States Shipping Board ano
leading steamship and railroad com
paniep. vast nuantitieK of supplies are
now shipped almost daily. A special
Red Cross transport service has been
developed in France as the railroads
there are over-taxed with military
needs. Six base hospitals were sent to
European fronts In advance of the
American soldiers and more than a
dozen are now actively in service there
and others are rapidly being made
ready.
It is not the policy of the Red Cross
to rebuild . French villages but it is
hoped to afford new starts in life to
a large number of persons destitute
through ravages of the German army.
A provisional experiment along this
line is being worked out.
Railroad Clerks Strike.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 8. A strike
order issued here late today calls upon
7,000 freight- handlers and checking
clerks of the Rock Island. Missouri,
Kansas and Texas and Missouri Paoiflo
railroads to quit "work tomorrow '
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